Nineblade Venerable heard this and his expression became a little strange.
Because of those ten individuals, rumors had spread within the Virtual Universe Company that the rules of the next Genius Tournament would be changed.
Of course, it was only a rumor.
At that moment, Nineblade Venerable suddenly asked:
"Where is Luo Fan?"
"He seems to have stopped challenging the Sky-Piercing Bridge ever since he passed the sixth level decades ago."
Jade King nodded.
"Yes. But according to the information from King Xiren, Luo Fan is in no way inferior to Bolan and the others."
"So passing the seventh level definitely won't be a problem."
"It is only the eighth level that is uncertain."
Because Luo Fan had not challenged the Sky-Piercing Bridge for so long, many people were saying he had exhausted his potential.
However, he completely ignored such talk.
After all, he was not lacking opportunities to comprehend the Chaos Stele.
He also had the replication diagrams.
He had not even fully mastered the third picture.
More importantly, Luo Fan previously had no confidence in passing the ninth level to obtain the fourth replication diagram of the Ice Peak Sky-Piercing Bridge.
Nineblade Venerable nodded and said no more.
…
In Chaos City.
Air currents drifted as Luo Fan sat cross-legged on the rooftop of his cultivation residence.
On the other rooftops, countless cultivators were standing or sitting, each one watching the rule patterns displayed in the sky before closing their eyes to comprehend.
"Hm?"
Luo Fan opened his eyes.
"Come see me immediately!"
A voice echoed beside his ear and inside his mind.
"Come see me immediately!"
"Come see me immediately!"
"Come see me immediately!"
The voice repeated again and again, causing all eight hundred and eight remaining geniuses to stop their cultivation.
"Are we leaving?"
Luo Fan glanced at his residence, then soared into the sky.
…
Swish. Swish. Swish.
…
From all regions of the vast Chaos City, more than eight hundred figures shot into the air, all flying toward the same direction.
High above Chaos City, an enormous blue phantom-like fish nearly a thousand meters long floated like a beast within the chaotic turbulence.
It gently swayed its tail as it flew out of the unstable, ever-shattering chaos of the Initial Universe.
The oppressive aura that made all living beings instinctively bow came from inside that "blue fish" spacecraft.
Clack.
The hatch on the belly of the "fish" opened. More than a dozen figures flew out. Leading them was a purple-scaled man in a cyan battle robe, Nineblade Venerable.
The giant fish suddenly vanished from midair.
At this moment, Luo Fan, the eight hundred and eight geniuses, and nearly one hundred undying beings had already gathered respectfully in the sky above Chaos City.
"Greetings, Venerable!"
The Immortal beings bowed.
"Greetings, Venerable!"
Luo Fan and the massive group of geniuses also bowed in midair.
"Hmph."
A cold snort sounded like a hammer smashing into everyone's hearts.
Nineblade Venerable stood like a god, his cold eyes sweeping over the large group beneath him.
The countless cultivators throughout Chaos City felt the pressure, not even daring to lift their heads.
It felt as if an ant was being watched by a colossal dragon.
"Chaos City is the safest place arranged for you." The cyan-robed, purple-scaled man hovered in the sky like a deity, overlooking the crowd.
"You one thousand have already lost nearly twenty percent. That truly disappoints me."
Silence.
In the air above Chaos City, Luo Fan and the others listened obediently without daring to speak.
"In ten days, you will leave Chaos City."
Nineblade Venerable spoke coldly.
"Once you leave, it will not be this safe. If you lose twenty percent in a place like Chaos City, then when you return to the Original Universe, you will likely drop to only five hundred survivors within a hundred years."
"Hmph."
"Use these last ten days wisely. Those who need to challenge the Sky-Piercing Bridge should go challenge it. Those who need to comprehend the Chaos Stele should hurry."
"Once you leave Chaos City, it will be a very long time before you can return."
Nineblade Venerable waved his hand.
"That is all. Go."
"Yes!"
A loud chorus responded.
The group dispersed immediately, flying in all directions back toward Chaos City.
Luo Fan returned to his residence.
His consciousness entered the Virtual Universe and he teleported directly into the Sky-Piercing Bridge space.
He saw that many people were present today.
"Luo Fan has arrived!"
"He's finally going to challenge the Sky-Piercing Bridge!"
"I wonder how far he'll go."
"Some people said he had run out of talent. Let's see if that's true."
The geniuses whispered when they saw him.
Luo Fan ignored them and walked straight to Baffin.
"Guardian."
Baffin looked at him and smiled.
"You haven't been here for a long time."
"There are still two people ahead of you on the Ice Peak Sky-Piercing Bridge. Wait a moment."
Luo Fan nodded and began creating missions.
[Mission: Pass the eighth level of the Ice Peak Sky-Piercing Bridge. Reward: Ice Peak Chaos Stele Comprehension +80,000, Ice Crystal Spiritual Fruit ×8]
[Mission: Pass the ninth level of the Ice Peak Sky-Piercing Bridge. Reward: Ice Peak Chaos Stele Comprehension +90,000, Ice Crystal Spiritual Fruit ×9, Ice Peak Chaos Stele Fourth Picture (Replication Diagram)]
He had already created the mission for the seventh level earlier.
Soon, the person ahead of Luo Fan emerged.
Without hesitation, Luo Fan entered the Ice Peak Sky-Piercing Bridge.
"Select your opponent. You may choose a Warrior, a Spiritual Force Controller, or a Spiritual Force Illusionist."
"Defeat any one opponent and you will advance to the eighth level."
The familiar voice echoed from the mist.
"I choose a Warrior."
Luo Fan spoke calmly.
A familiar mysterious opponent appeared before him.
Luo Fan said nothing and struck with a single blade.
The blade light flashed, the mist dispersed, and Luo Fan walked toward the eighth level.
…
"Holy… who was the idiot that said Luo Fan had run out of talent?"
"The seventh-level guardian was instantly killed!"
"What kind of secret technique is that? It doesn't look like the standard techniques of the Blade of the Tides."
"So this is the true weight of being number one in the Genius Tournament."
A genius requested that Baffin show the video of Luo Fan's challenge.
Baffin agreed immediately. With a wave of his hand, Luo Fan's battle appeared before everyone.
The geniuses were shocked.
The seventh-level guardian was defeated instantly.
Back then, Luo Feng and Bolan had both failed multiple times before barely passing.
Luo Feng even used a method akin to mutual destruction to get through.
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