"Terrifying!"
"As expected of the Great Demon King! He actually crushed Galaxi in the path of the soul."
"Using his opponent's own methods against him—Jiang Li really struck at the very core of Galaxi's confidence!"
"I don't think so. If Galaxi can break through his inner demons, his achievements in the future will certainly be extraordinary!"
"The Virtual Universe Company's arrangement is what caused Galaxi's misfortune."
"However, this Jiang Li really is…"
"Unmatched!"
The Immortal beings all understood clearly that among this batch of geniuses, Galaxi possessed the strongest soul.
Matching him against Jiang Li was undoubtedly an attempt to test just how profound Jiang Li's attainments in the soul were!
Even if Jiang Li were to lose, they believed that the Virtual Universe Company would change the rules for him and directly guarantee him entry into the Primal Secret Realm.
After all—
Rules had always been decided by the strong.
At this moment.
Jiang Li stood on the arena with his hands behind his back. Looking at Galaxi's gradually fading figure, he merely shook his head slightly.
The world only knew that he possessed countless Law insights.
But who knew that his soul was equally terrifying?
Very soon.
The results of the other battles were also decided.
Luo Feng and Rong Jun were still standing on their respective arenas.
Unfortunately, Hong's opponent was Qian Shui, a genius girl from the Ao Gu Si Star. In the end, Hong was defeated.
"First, congratulations to all the little fellows who are still standing on the arenas."
Nine Sword Venerable hovered in midair, his gaze sweeping across the 100 peerless geniuses standing on the arenas.
He smiled.
"First of all, congratulations on entering the 'Heaven and Earth Secret Realm' of our Virtual Universe Company."
"Now, according to the selection made by the Virtual Universe System, I will announce the names of twenty people."
"You will have the qualifications to participate in the next battle!"
Upon hearing this, the young geniuses who had just won their battles became nervous once again.
Victory only represented qualification to enter the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm!
It did not mean they were guaranteed the opportunity to participate in the next round of challenges!
"Jiang Li! Bolan! Gussro! Aichen! Wuka! Yifeng! Luo Feng! Rong Jun! … Qian Shui!"
After announcing the twenty names, Nine Sword Venerable continued.
"Recover from the exhaustion of your previous battles. The next round will begin in half an hour!"
"As for your opponents, you will find out when the battle begins!"
With the final list of twenty announced, the geniuses who had failed to qualify could only let out a long sigh.
At this point.
No one dared to loudly complain about the unfairness anymore.
After all, even Galaxi, publicly recognized as one of the top ten, had unfortunately been defeated.
"Galaxi, if you hadn't encountered Jiang Li, you definitely would have made it into the top twenty!"
The burly Kandita chimed in.
"Losing is losing."
Galaxi remained cold and indifferent.
His gaze remained fixed on the white-clothed Jiang Li standing gracefully on the arena, and his fighting spirit gradually grew stronger.
"I can still advance through the secret realms. One day, I, Galaxi, will rely on my own strength to win it back!"
He had lost.
But he had not surrendered!
Compared with the peerless geniuses who had been eliminated, those who remained on the arenas were not feeling particularly relaxed either.
Everyone's gazes intentionally or unintentionally swept toward the white-clothed young man standing on the central arena.
Some were filled with soaring fighting spirit.
Others were filled with awe.
"Who will my opponent be? It can't be Brother Jiang, right?"
Luo Feng's gaze swept across his surroundings.
When his eyes finally landed on Jiang Li, he couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Against anyone else—even the God of Death, Bolan—Luo Feng felt that he still had the strength to fight.
But when facing Jiang Li, Luo Feng had absolutely no confidence.
From the martial warrior examination all the way to the present, Jiang Li had always been like a sun illuminating the path ahead of him.
He was the goal Luo Feng had always been chasing.
He wanted to surpass him!
But he understood that, at this moment, he was still far too distant from that dazzling sun whose radiance seemed endless.
Half an hour later.
BOOM!
Ten enormous arenas rose from the ground of the square.
At the same time, the final twenty geniuses, including Jiang Li, were all teleported into them.
"Huh?"
When Hong saw the two figures appearing on one of the arenas, he couldn't help but freeze.
"They're matched against each other again!"
Luo Feng VS Rong Jun!
Meanwhile, on the other side—
"This is getting interesting!"
"The God of Death, Bolan, actually encountered the Great Demon King!"
"Everyone was wondering who would be unlucky enough to encounter the Great Demon King or the God of Death. And now… the unlucky one turns out to be the God of Death!"
"Hahaha, I suddenly feel psychologically balanced."
When the eliminated geniuses saw that the God of Death, Bolan, had appeared on Jiang Li's arena, they couldn't help revealing amused smiles.
Both were peerless geniuses dressed in white.
But at this moment, the radiance of the God of Death, Bolan, had been completely overshadowed by the Great Demon King, Jiang Li!
On the arena.
Bolan slowly gripped his blood-colored sword, which shimmered with crimson light.
His expression gradually became solemn, while his gaze grew increasingly cold.
He had once been hailed as the most talented peerless genius in dozens of generations!
His glory had illuminated the vast universe, and he had been regarded as an unparalleled prodigy capable of suppressing an entire generation.
Yet—
A peerless genius possessing such supreme glory had been forcibly pushed down from his divine throne, step by step, by an obscure figure named Jiang Li.
He had become nothing more than a stepping stone beneath Jiang Li's dazzling radiance.
How could Bolan not feel resentment?!
"Don't underestimate the God of Death, Bolan either. In terms of the Space Law, Bolan is in no way inferior to the Great Demon King!"
"No one is underestimating him. It's just that both of them were guaranteed to enter the Primal Secret Realm, and now one of them is going to be pushed out. It's simply a pity!"
"What's there to pity?"
"With their talent, even if they enter the Absolute Beginning Secret Realm, they'll quickly rise through the ranks."
"That's true!"
Some geniuses with powerful backgrounds understood the internal workings of the Virtual Universe Company very well.
Even within the secret realms, there were still rules governing promotion and demotion.
Resources would always be reserved for the best candidates!
On the arena decorated with beautiful patterns along its edges.
Jiang Li stood within it, holding the Wind-Thunder Cloud Sword in his hand.
His black hair fluttered in the wind, while his eyes seemed as deep and boundless as the endless abyss of the universe.
"You are very strong."
Bolan's deep, cold voice rang out.
His solemn gaze fixed upon Jiang Li as he spoke seriously.
"Before you, there has never been anyone who could force me to use my full strength!"
"In this Genius Battle, you are the only one qualified to become my opponent!"
As his voice fell—
A terrifying fluctuation of the Space Law spread outward like ripples.
The Laws surged violently, and the resulting fluctuations even swept beyond the boundaries of the arena, causing the expressions of everyone watching to change.
"Wow! That's insane!"
"This Bolan really is a monster!"
"Could this be the ultimate level of the Space Law?!"
The 980 geniuses watching the battle were all shocked as they stared at the God of Death, Bolan, who had unleashed his full strength.
Even many Immortal beings revealed looks of astonishment.
"His attainments in space are even more terrifying than those of some World Lords!"
Facing the Space Law fluctuations that enveloped the entire arena and Bolan's constantly flickering, illusory figure—
"Unfortunately…"
"I have never regarded you as my opponent."
Jiang Li's eyes narrowed.
His mental force surged outward like a flood breaking through a dam, instantly covering the entire enormous arena.
Then, he slowly closed his eyes.
Countless phantom bodies.
The naked eye could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion!
The eyes might deceive someone.
But the feedback from Jiang Li's spiritual consciousness could never lie.
"Seeking death!"
Bolan's figure flashed.
Holding his blood-colored sword, he transformed into a white meteor shooting toward Jiang Li.
At the same time, his body split from one into three, then three into nine, then nine into twenty-seven…
In merely an instant, countless phantom figures of Bolan filled the entire sky above and below the arena.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
The phantom bodies crisscrossed in every direction.
Bolan's sword techniques were unorthodox, and the trajectory of every strike was extraordinarily strange.
Yet—
Even such bizarre sword strikes were perfectly deflected by Jiang Li's sword.
At this moment—
The Wind-Thunder Cloud Sword moved like a swimming dragon playing in water.
Sometimes thrusting.
Sometimes sweeping.
Sometimes blocking.
And with every single strike, it seemed to carry the rhythmic fluctuations of the wind.
That's right!
The sword wind flowed.
As Jiang Li wielded the Wind-Thunder Cloud Sword, the wind surrounding him gradually became sharper and sharper.
The sword wind raged wildly, growing increasingly cold and fierce.
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