Original Universe, Virtual Universe Company Headquarters, Rain Phase Mountain.
Doomsday Zone, in the training room of a blockhouse.
A young man with short black hair, sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes. The moment he got up, his body flickered, turning into thirty-six figures that circled the small training room like phantoms.
"'Thousand Body Array' second layer—Heavenly Dipper Array, finally reached!"
Gǔ Fēi was very happy.
In the past three years, especially the two years where his Eastern Emperor Clan clone was meticulously guided by Teacher Vara, Gǔ Fēi's Law Comprehension level and combat ability had undergone earth-shattering changes.
It could be said that the two years of guidance from Teacher Vara were extremely crucial for his future growth!
After all, he was still very weak and lacked vision. During training, small errors were easily made.
Some errors were extremely small, so small that even the cultivator themselves couldn't detect them, and they seemingly didn't affect anything. But when more and more errors accumulated to a sufficient degree, cultivation would encounter a bottleneck!
Some people, after the passage of time, could eventually break through this bottleneck and their strength would increase again.
Some people might never be able to break through again and could only stay put!
And for this kind of problem, the role of a Teacher was crucial!
The stronger the Teacher, the keener their insight. When a disciple first embarked on the path of cultivation, the more they could help the disciple find errors in their training and make up for deficiencies. Subtly, this would allow the disciple to walk the correct path more smoothly.
If the foundation is not firm, the mountain will shake. The firmer the foundation is built, the faster and higher the disciple can go in the future.
This is why so many geniuses are keen to find a strong Teacher when they are weak.
Teacher Vara, as a Immortal King peak, or even barely King-level Immortal God expert, was more than enough to guide a little fellow like Gǔ Fēi.
Furthermore, even more fortunately, as an expert who grew up in the incomparably ancient and profound Eastern Emperor Holy Land Universe, Teacher Vara might not be too strong in terms of pure strength, but his vision, insight, and ability to guide disciples were definitely not inferior to the King-level Immortals of the Primitive Universe Human Race.
In such circumstances, how could Gǔ Fēi's transformation be described by a simple phrase like 'benefited greatly'?
At this moment, he could easily instantly kill the Gǔ Fēi from the Genius Battle three years ago.
But even so, Gǔ Fēi didn't dare to slack off.
During the three-year journey, the one thousand young geniuses absorbed into the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company were all extremely hardworking, and none dared to relax.
This Genius Battle had a great impact on them. Before this, they were all the top geniuses in their respective areas, rarely encountering opponents. But in the Genius Battle, stars gathered, and battle after battle of evenly matched opponents allowed this group of geniuses to benefit greatly. Many people, after the Genius Battle ended, seriously reflected and made significant breakthroughs, improving a lot.
At the same time, they all had points given by the Virtual Universe Company, although the points received varied depending on the level of the secret realm they were in.
But for little fellows of their level, there was no need to buy overly expensive things. Even the one hundred points in the Doomsday Secret Realm were enough to buy decent basic secret techniques.
After three years of traveling, cultivating secret techniques, and focusing on them, they all improved a lot. Therefore, one must never underestimate the heroes of the world.
"I still need to fight a match to see how powerful this newly trained Heavenly Dipper Array is."
Gǔ Fēi's heart stirred, "Unfortunately, my training room is too small."
The 'training rooms' specially equipped for members of the company's core layer all have the effect of a killing space, which can completely simulate any opponent desired, but the simulated space of the 'training room' is limited.
Like the super large training ground for members of the Primordial Secret Realm, which is 50 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide, although the area is still limited, it is already sufficient to meet normal training needs.
And Gǔ Fēi is a member of the Doomsday Secret Realm. His residence itself is a suite in a blockhouse, and the area of the training room within the suite is even more extremely small. Any slightly larger movement cannot be performed, and he has to go to the killing space specifically.
On a training ground in the killing space, Gǔ Fēi stood holding a black long saber.
"Simulation battle. Opponent, set as the Ape-Man Gugu, the first in the Genius Battle. Combat power set as the strongest combat power displayed during the Genius Battle."
In the training ground, the Ape-Man Gugu, over two meters tall, vaguely condensed.
He wore a golden hoop on his head, silver combat boots on his feet, and held an ancient combat saber. His whole body exuded a fierce aura. However, his eyes were lifeless, and he stood there motionless.
"Start!" Gǔ Fēi shouted.
"Boom" The eyes of the simulated Gugu instantly lit up, and then he charged directly at Gǔ Fēi like a great mountain.
"Come on, Heavenly Dipper Array."
Gǔ Fēi held the combat saber and transformed into thirty-six figures, forming a mysterious formation, just like thirty-six ghostly green streams of light, charging straight towards Gugu.
"Clang" Their sabers clashed head-on.
"Fallen Leaf Blade!" Gǔ Fēi unleashed the "Fallen Leaf Blade" secret technique, erupting fiercely. It was truly like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. In almost an instant, he exchanged tens of thousands of blows with Gugu.
And his movement technique was also extremely mysterious. The thirty-six figures flickered unpredictably, seemingly real and illusory, making them difficult to fathom.
"Golden Slash!" The Ape-Man Gugu's eyes were like lightning, and he roared like thunder. Golden light erupted from his entire body.
Gold, the most rigid and yang. Even his ancient combat saber was stained with dazzling gold. The endless golden saber light converged and directly chopped down!
"Fallen Leaf!" Gǔ Fēi also roared, and space seemed to be suppressed.
"Peng!"
"Puff!" Blood spurted wildly. Gugu was directly sent flying, falling to the ground like a broken sandbag.
"Rumble~~~" The training ground shifted for a while. The previously simulated Gugu disappeared, leaving Gǔ Fēi standing alone in place.
"Not bad, I can already defeat Gugu relatively easily."
"But I still need to practice. The Gugu I defeated is the one from the Genius Battle. In the past three years, with the points and resources from the Primordial Secret Realm, he must have become stronger."
...
In the spaceship hall.
Gǔ Fēi, with short black hair and wearing black combat armor, was sitting cross-legged, concentrating on cultivating.
The middle-aged man with a hooked nose, Ka Yu, walked over and said to him with a smile, "Gǔ Fēi, we are about to arrive at the company headquarters."
"Oh? Are we already there?" Gǔ Fēi finished his cultivation and slowly stood up.
"Starting universe transit, entering the Original Universe."
"10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1!"
Following the countdown from the spaceship's intelligent assistant, Gǔ Fēi felt the spaceship tremble slightly. After ten seconds, everything returned to normal.
He casually instructed, "Exterior simulation 100%."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall instantly became transparent and disappeared, and a dreamlike starry sky appeared around Gǔ Fēi.
In the far distance of the starry sky, there was a super continent suspended in space, vast and boundless.
Even from a very distant distance, it was impossible to see the end at a glance.
This was the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters for the entire universe!
Even though he had long known about the grandness and magnificence of the company headquarters from the description in the original work, when he actually saw it, Gǔ Fēi still felt incredibly shocked, feeling like 'Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden'.
The vast continent, the celestial bodies that looked like natural Universe beauty but were actually terrifying technological weapons... As expected of the Virtual Universe Company, one of the five major giants of the Human Race.
Of course, Gǔ Fēi also knew that no matter how terrifying these technological weapons were, they were merely embellishments and couldn't play much of a role.
The ones truly guarding the headquarters were the Universe Masters of the Virtual Universe Company. They were high above, overlooking the vast universe, and their location was the core of the Human Race.
"A great man should be like this."
Gǔ Fēi thought to himself.