vncnus Chapter 94: Genius
Chapter 94: Genius
Virtual universe network, Heilongshan Island, decisive battle in space.
On the boundless starry arena, countless enormous meteorites floated silently, forming a complex three-dimensional battlefield. Hong held a black spear in one hand, his posture upright and his aura calm and collected.
This marks his 999th consecutive victory in the decisive battle space. If he wins this match, he will set a new record for the longest winning streak in this decisive battle hall, and even in the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire server, in nearly a century.
Standing a hundred meters away opposite him was a giant nearly three meters tall, covered in thick, blue scales. This man exuded a violent aura, and his cultivation had reached the peak of the ninth level of the Hengxing realm. He gripped two enormous battle axes, each the size of a door panel, with thick bolts of lightning crackling around their blades, emitting loud, crackling sounds.
"Boy, your winning streak ends here." The giant with blue scales spoke in a deep, booming voice, which echoed across the empty arena.
Hong remained silent.
For the past few dozen days, he had been almost entirely immersed in the decisive battle space. Nearly a thousand high-intensity battles had honed his marksmanship and combat instincts.
Through repeated battles, his understanding of the second level of the "Blood Blossom" secret technique advanced by leaps and bounds, breaking through the limit of twenty times the physical exertion. The primal energy and muscles within his body learned to resonate at a higher frequency.
Now, his physical strength has reached a terrifying level of thirty-five times.
"boom!"
Seeing that Hong remained silent, the giant with blue scales opposite him flashed a savage glint in his eyes. He stomped his legs in mid-air and shot towards Hong. The two giant axes in his hands crossed fiercely in mid-air, unleashing a massive lightning cross slash.
The cross-shaped slash carried an astonishing pressure capable of tearing through the starry sky. Wherever it passed, even the surrounding floating meteorites were instantly pulverized into powder by the violent energy contained within. The power of this strike was such that if an ordinary star-level martial artist were grazed even slightly, they would probably not even be left with a complete skeleton.
Just as the lightning was about to strike, Hong Dong moved.
With a thought, his domain erupted. The profound darkness, like spilled ink, instantly enveloped an area of several thousand meters around, forcibly suppressing and weakening the dazzling and violent lightning.
In this darkness that belonged to him, the black spear in his hand emitted a crisp, resonant hum that seemed to pierce through gold and shatter stone.
The Blood Blossom Secret Technique: Thirty-five times the power amplitude!
Facing the lightning cross slash that was powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, Hong did not retreat a single step, but charged straight at the terrifying energy. His movements were as fast as a ghost, and the tip of his spear drew a cold arc in the darkness, striking the lightning cross slash.
"clang--!"
A deafening metallic roar echoed throughout the entire arena.
The giant blue-scaled man's seemingly inevitable, decisive strike proved as fragile as glass before Hong's extremely restrained penetrating power. The massive lightning cross slash was shattered at its center by Hong's spear, transforming into countless scattered electric snakes that shot haphazardly into the surrounding void.
The spear's momentum remained undiminished.
In the incredulous gaze of the giant with blue scales, the black spear tip tore through his protective energy, pierced through his supposedly indestructible scales, and went straight through his throat.
"you……"
The giant's eyes quickly dimmed, and his body dissipated helplessly into the void.
[The 1000th match, a victory.]
The system's emotionless, mechanical voice rang in Hong's ears.
The moment he won, the entire public viewing area outside the battle hall erupted in cheers and shouts.
A martial artist at the early stage of the Eternal Star realm, having crossed seven minor realms, swiftly and decisively killed a seasoned ninth-level Eternal Star realm expert in a near-instantaneous kill.
This battle completely shocked the entire audience.
……
Inside the luxurious upscale lounge at the edge of the killing field hall.
The melodious and ethereal music gently echoed in the magnificent hall, forming a stark contrast to the bloody and violent atmosphere of the killing field outside.
Hong finished the battle, and with a thought, he withdrew from the decisive battle space, his figure re-condensing beside the bar's private round table.
As soon as he sat down, Thor pushed a glass of blue fruit wine that had been poured earlier in front of Hong. Hong slapped his thigh, his face flushed with excitement.
"Brother Hong, that shot of yours was absolutely brilliant! You took down a ninth-level Hengxing guy with a single shot. Right now, the screens throughout the entire hall are playing the recording of your battle on a loop! You, the ruthless man codenamed 'Assassin,' are now completely famous!"
Luo Feng was also sitting on the other side. He had just ended his 862nd winning streak and was reviewing the gains and losses of the battle in his mind.
"Big Brother's domain combined with 35 times the power is indeed domineering. Although I have also achieved a winning streak of over 800 games, the opponents I am matched with later are getting stronger and stronger, and their understanding of the laws is getting deeper and deeper. Winning will not be so easy anymore."
Hong picked up his glass, took a sip of the chilled fruit wine, and the fatigue from the battle dissipated considerably. His face didn't show any joy at achieving a thousand-game winning streak. Out of the corner of his eye, he subtly glanced towards a dimly lit corner of the bar.
From the first day the three brothers stepped into the battle space, a bald old man with a pale greenish skin, wearing a tattered gray robe, had been sitting in that corner.
The old man always kept his eyes closed, toying with a crystal wine glass in his hand, seemingly dozing off. But Hong could clearly sense the old man's aura, as deep and boundless as the ocean.
Hong felt a chill run down his spine. The old man's appearance was very likely that he was Manluo, the head of the killing field of the Virtual Universe Company, which had been stationed in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire branch for many years.
"Our winning streak in the decisive battle space is too strong; it's already attracted the attention of some higher-ups," Hong said in a low voice to his two brothers who were still excitedly discussing beside him. "Look, that old man in the corner is no ordinary person. I bet the AI system won't be assigning us regular martial artists as opponents anymore. The real test is about to begin."
Upon hearing this, Luo Feng and Lei Shen's excited expressions immediately vanished. Following Hong's gaze, they casually glanced at that corner before abruptly looking away, their expressions turning serious.
……
Half a day later, Thor and Luo Feng, having rested well at the bar, confidently entered the battle space once again.
Surprisingly, in less than an hour, the two figures reunited in their seats, one after the other.
Thor's face was extremely ugly. He grabbed a glass of liquor from the table, gulped down the full glass, and then slammed it heavily on the table.
"This is unbelievable! I, a second-tier Constant Star level cultivator, was actually defeated by a first-tier Constant Star level cultivator!"
"Even you lost, Second Brother?" Luo Feng was stunned for a moment, his face full of surprise.
Thor gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "Don't even mention it. That female warrior codenamed 'White Robe' is simply a monster. I couldn't even last thirty moves against her. Her movements are too bizarre. Even when she's clearly more than ten meters away from me, she can slash out as if she's just vanished into thin air. My lightning domain has absolutely no effect on her. The difference in strength is too great. Among us brothers, I'm afraid only you, Big Brother, can fight her."
After hearing this, Luo Feng couldn't help but give a bitter smile: "Second Brother, it seems we've both fallen for the same person."
The two exchanged a glance and understood. The gray-robed old man had clearly sent this mysterious "white-clad" man as a touchstone to assess the three brothers' worth.
Just then, the auxiliary computer on Hong's wrist emitted a crisp notification sound.
A virtual light screen automatically unfolded in front of him.
Above the light screen is a targeted challenge letter.
[Codename: White Robe. Rank: Level 1, Constant Star. Inviting you to a decisive battle.]
Thor and Luo Feng immediately came over, and upon seeing the challenge letter, their breathing became somewhat rapid.
Hong slowly stood up and grabbed the black spear that stood quietly beside him.
……
The final battle takes place in a desolate, metal city filled with ruins and rubble.
Hong, holding a black spear, stood quietly atop a half-collapsed metal skyscraper.
A hundred meters away, a cool and aloof female warrior dressed in a white, form-fitting battle suit and wielding two gleaming short blades was slowly walking towards him through the void. She was none other than the peerless genius who had defeated both Thor and Luo Feng, codenamed "White Robe".
The battle erupted the moment their eyes met!
The figure in white suddenly became blurry on the spot, and ripples spread through the space.
The space on the arena seemed to be folded up by an invisible hand at that moment. She merged into the void and disappeared without a trace.
Space domain!
Hong didn't rely on his eyes to search; against a spatial controller of this level, the eyes are the most unreliable organ. He contracted his domain, compressing it to a ten-meter radius around himself. Within this small space, his perception of even the slightest energy ripple was magnified hundreds of times.
"Left side!"
Hong suddenly twisted his waist, and without any warning, the black spear in his hand, carrying a force amplitude of thirty-five times, fiercely pointed at an empty space on the left.
"clang--!"
A piercing explosion of weapons clashing echoed across the ruins.
The figure in white was abruptly jolted out of the distorted space by the gunshot. But there was no surprise on her face. Using the enormous recoil, her body once again transformed into a blurry shadow and merged into the void.
The two engaged in an extremely dangerous close-quarters combat within the narrow, ruined passageway.
The white-clad figure wielded two daggers with cunning and ruthless angles, like two venomous snakes darting through the spatial layers, constantly leaving cuts on Hong's combat uniform.
Hong remained calm as ice. Although his speed was not as fast as Bai Yi's, who possessed a spatial domain, and he could not cause effective damage for the time being, he suppressed Bai Yi by relying on the terrifying explosive power brought by the "Blood Blossom" secret technique and his deeper understanding of the domain.
After exchanging hundreds of blows, Hong seemed to be exhausted, his energy circulation slowed down, and his movements became slightly slower. His left chest was completely exposed to his opponent's attack range.
Seeing that the opportunity was too good to pass up, the man in white burst out from a spatial rift, his short blade transforming into a streak of light, aimed straight at Hong's heart.
However, as if he had anticipated this, Hong slightly shifted his body, allowing the sharp dagger to pierce his left shoulder. A glint flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly activated the Blood Blooming Secret Technique. In an instant, the muscles of his right arm clamped the white-clad man's dagger with terrifying force, while the spear in his hand, like a black lightning bolt, precisely pierced through the white-clad man's slender throat.
The outcome is decided.