Watching the white-robed swordsman sweep through the battlefield on the giant screen, Rong Jun clenched his fists tightly. Including him, every genius present felt as though they were gazing up at an insurmountable mountain.
However...
Jiang Li was not the only one dressed in white.
Amid waves of astonished cries, the contestant ranked second—"Reaper" Bolan—also cleared the sixth Trial Tower.
"They're both so strong... it's enough to make anyone despair!"
"Look! Madman Luo Feng is catching up too!"
"Hong is dead!"
"Yi Feng is out too!"
As the Trial Towers reached their final stages, only three contestants remained.
Among them, Luo Feng was progressing the slowest, having only just cleared the fifth Trial Tower.
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Inside the Trial Space
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Standing atop his Soaring Heavenly Shuttle, Luo Feng glanced at the crystal display.
"Big Brother Jiang is incredible... He's already cleared six Trial Towers!"
Based on the score alone, it was easy to determine how far Jiang Li had advanced.
"What a pity. I've only just touched the threshold of the Space Origin Law. I'll have to keep improving little by little."
After two years of life-and-death training, Luo Feng had become far calmer and more composed than before.
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Seventh Floor of the Fifth Trial Tower
Hong transformed into a streak of light, wielding the Aurora Silver Star Spear as he darted among countless Qing Mantis Warriors of the insect race.
Every thrust of his spear was flawless, each strike precisely killing a single insect warrior.
Even so, the speed at which he killed them was nowhere near enough to match the Queen's endless rate of reproduction.
"This is bad!"
Hong frowned deeply.
Even after exhausting every technique at his disposal, he could do nothing to reverse the situation.
In the end, an overwhelming tide of Qing Mantis Warriors engulfed him, leaving him with no room to evade.
He fell in battle.
Moments later, Hong emerged from the Trial Space.
His final ranking settled at 772nd place.
He had always approached the Trial Towers steadily and methodically, never rushing.
Unfortunately, his mastery of the Laws of Light and Time alone wasn't enough to carry him through the seventh floor of the fifth Trial Tower.
"Jiang Li... Luo Feng... Do your best!"
Hong looked up at the three remaining projection screens in the plaza, silently cheering for his brothers.
"Now it all comes down to Jiang Li and Bolan. Let's see who takes first place!"
"But each Trial Tower is exponentially harder than the last. The first floor of the seventh tower... it'll probably be nearly impossible to clear."
Countless eyes remained fixed on the screens.
Everyone knew that...
The combined score for the first six Trial Towers was only a little over 7.7 billion points.
Yet the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower alone was worth 10 billion points.
The score difference alone revealed just how terrifying the difficulty was.
"My god! That's..."
"Law fluctuations!"
"The Blood-Furred Mammoths on the first floor... they've actually comprehended Origin Laws?"
"W-What?!"
Ten thousand Blood-Furred Mammoths imbued with Origin Laws...
It was practically the same as facing ten thousand peerless geniuses simultaneously!
"Look!"
"Afterimages! Endless afterimages!"
"Reaper Bolan is finally using his trump card!"
On the projection screens, Jiang Li and Bolan stepped into the final Trial Tower almost simultaneously.
Surrounded by charging Blood-Furred Mammoths, Bolan's figure flickered continuously.
Utilizing his nearly perfect mastery of the Space Origin Law, he split into countless white-robed phantoms until reality and illusion became indistinguishable.
A stream of cyan energy rippled outward, enveloping every phantom.
With his domain enhancing him, sword light burst across the battlefield.
Every slash seemed capable of cutting space itself apart.
His swordplay was strange and unpredictable.
His sword arcs flowed like the wind.
Swish!
Swish!
Swish!
Countless sword shadows crisscrossed the first floor of the Trial Tower.
The intertwining of afterimages and sword light was so fast that even the million peerless geniuses watching couldn't follow his movements.
Blood sprayed into the air as Blood-Furred Mammoths fell one after another.
Even so...
The endless tide of mammoths continued to surge forward, squeezing his fighting space smaller and smaller.
"Hmph!"
One fearless Blood-Furred Mammoth rammed directly into his blade.
Using the momentum of its charge, its razor-sharp tusks tore open Bolan's arm.
Blood instantly soaked his white robe.
Rumble!
Once the first succeeded, more mammoths rushed forward without fear of death.
Trading their lives for injuries, they repeatedly wounded Bolan until his entire arm was finally torn away.
While Bolan was gradually being driven into a hopeless situation...
The Blood-Furred Mammoths around Jiang Li also began their overwhelming charge.
"Origin Laws?"
"Then let's see... the Weight of the Stars."
The instant the mammoths thundered toward him, Jiang Li's eyes narrowed slightly.
A lotus-like bloom of earthen-yellow radiance suddenly spread outward from his body.
The currents of the Earth Origin Law fused seamlessly with his Heaven and Earth Domain, causing the entire domain to feel as though it bore the crushing weight of countless stars.
The next moment...
The Blood-Furred Mammoths that entered the domain immediately felt as though they had plunged into a swamp.
Their speed dropped sharply.
Eventually, every step became incomparably difficult.
Seeing this, the million geniuses collectively gasped.
"That's... the Weight of the Stars?!"
"My heavens! Jiang Li's mastery of the Earth Origin Law is also nearly perfect?"
"He's nearly perfected two Origin Laws?!"
"Unbelievable..."
"Look! Bolan lost!"
Just as Jiang Li unleashed his domain, the genius hailed as the greatest talent in dozens of generations—
Reaper Bolan
—finally fell on the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower.
His total score exceeded 12 billion points, temporarily placing him in first.
Exhale...
With Bolan's defeat, only two contestants remained inside the Trial Space.
And both of them came from the Qianwu Universe Country.
"He's... still alive?"
After leaving the Trial Space, Bolan completely ignored the shocked and admiring gazes surrounding him.
His eyes remained locked onto the central projection screen.
His fists clenched unconsciously.
"No wonder...
No wonder he couldn't even be bothered to acknowledge me."
Nearby, Rong Jun gritted his teeth, staring without blinking.
"His Earth Origin Law surpasses mine.
His Space Origin Law surpasses mine.
Even the explosive power of his attacks far exceeds mine..."
The genius siblings from August Star, the prince of Manka Star, and every other genius who had entered the top hundred no longer felt any joy over their rankings.
Compared to Jiang Li...
Their achievements seemed insignificant.
On the screen...
With the suppressive force of the Weight of the Stars, Jiang Li advanced like the Grim Reaper himself.
One man.
One sword.
One Blood-Furred Mammoth killed with every strike.
His speed wasn't especially fast.
But every attack was perfectly efficient.
"The last one."
Dressed in flowing white robes, Jiang Li floated in the air and unleashed a final sword slash.
The last Blood-Furred Mammoth collapsed.
At that instant...
The enormous plaza fell into complete silence.
Even the lofty Immortals stood frozen for a moment.
"The last person to clear the first floor of the seventh Trial Tower..."
"...was that lord's disciple."
At the mention of that individual, reverence appeared in every Immortal's eyes.
That was one of humanity's greatest geniuses in countless eras.
Even at the peak of the World Lord realm, he had been capable of slaying Marquis-level Immortals.
How terrifying was such an existence?
While the Immortals were still lost in amazement...
Inside the Trial Tower...
Jiang Li remained calm and graceful, his white robes fluttering as he carried the Wind-Thunder Cloud Sword into the second floor of the seventh Trial Tower.
The scene shifted.
One enormous Nine-Headed Python after another emerged.
Golden patterns pulsed across their scales, covering their entire bodies and making their armored hides unimaginably durable.
"The Metal Origin Law?"
"The ultimate Yang... absolute hardness?"
Jiang Li swept his gaze across the incoming serpents.
His figure shot into the sky like a soaring roc as he charged directly toward the first Nine-Headed Python.
"Five Claws!"
"Shatter Heaven and Earth!"
The Wind-Thunder Cloud Sword erupted with a dazzling streak of light.
His amplification technique exploded with full force.
The terrifying impact resembled an entire planet crashing down, instantly blasting the first Nine-Headed Python into a rain of flesh and blood.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
But in the very next instant...
An endless sea of Nine-Headed Pythons surged toward him from every direction.
Although Five Claws: Shatter Heaven and Earth possessed overwhelming destructive power, against these Nine-Headed Pythons empowered by the Metal Origin Law, it was difficult to inflict large-scale casualties.
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