"Choose your opponent. You may choose a warrior, a spiritual force controller, or a spiritual illusionist."
"Select any one opponent. Defeat them, and you will pass the first level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge."
Before Luo Fan lay a vast mass of mist. A voice echoed from within it.
Only by defeating his opponent would the mist disperse, allowing him to enter a higher level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
"I choose… warrior!"
Whoosh!
A mass of black liquid surged out from the mist, rising into the air and condensing into a figure wearing a black mask.
In the figure's hand was also a Tidal God Blade.
Beneath the mask, a pair of eerie eyes locked onto Luo Fan as it spoke in a cold, mechanical tone.
"Battle, begin!"
"Defeat him, and you may enter the second level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge," the misty voice added.
Without hesitation, Luo Fan unleashed the fourth form of the Tidal God Blade.
In the next instant, countless blades filled the sky.
Every blade of light slashed toward the masked figure.
…
At the very moment Luo Fan entered the Sky-Piercing Bridge, Baffin began sending mass notifications.
Many powerful beings had told Baffin before, if Luo Fan started the Sky-Piercing Bridge trial, he must inform them at once.
Baffin was already used to it. This was hardly the first time.
The same thing had happened when Luo Feng and Bolan challenged the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
Just a second after Baffin finished sending the messages, a powerful figure arrived in the Sky-Piercing Bridge realm.
It was none other than Luo Fan's teacher, King Tidal Blade!
Soon after, another arrived.
It was Luo Fan's other teacher, King Wood Spirit, Grando.
Although Grando mainly taught Luo Fan knowledge and alchemy, he still valued Luo Fan's comprehension of the laws.
After all, in the Original Universe, no matter which path one pursued, law comprehension was essential.
Law comprehension could be said to take the highest priority!
"You're here. I just arrived myself,"
King Tidal Blade greeted Grando.
Grando asked curiously, "How strong is this kid now?"
King Tidal Blade spread his hands and shrugged.
"I'm not sure. I told him to first enter Chaos City and comprehend the Chaos Stele."
"After he organized his insights and finished the Sky-Piercing Bridge, he was to come find me."
Then, King Tidal Blade turned to Baffin.
"Baffin, show me the footage of this kid's trial."
At his command, Baffin waved his hand.
The next moment, Luo Fan's battle appeared before them.
By then, several more powerful beings had arrived.
Most were Kings.
Nearly all belonged to the Ice Peak lineage, or were friends of King Tidal Blade and Grando.
Unlike Bolan and Luo Feng, neither of whom had yet taken a master, Luo Fan already had two, King Tidal Blade and Grando.
If he were to take another, it would surely be a Universe Venerable.
Thus, the strong ones who came to watch Luo Fan's trial were mainly of three types:
those from the Ice Peak lineage curious about his strength, friends of his two teachers eager to see the disciple they boasted about, and a few powerful experts or subordinates of Venerables drawn by curiosity, these were the rarest.
At that moment, not far away, Thor and his group trembled slightly as they looked at the gathered experts.
All of them were at least King level.
Even the unintentional pressure they released was terrifying.
Soon, dozens of King-level experts had gathered.
They chatted among themselves while watching the projection of Luo Fan's battle with great interest.
…
When Luo Fan unleashed his Sea of Blades technique, the mysterious figure countered with the Water-Severing Form.
But the opponent's comprehension was insufficient to support stronger techniques.
Each Sky-Piercing Bridge guardian had a fixed level of law comprehension.
With just one strike, the countless blades unleashed by Luo Fan shattered all eighteen blade lights of the opponent's attack.
Then, the torrent of blades engulfed the masked figure.
The mysterious opponent was instantly slain!
The moment he died, the mist before Luo Fan dispersed, revealing the path to the second level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
Without hesitation, Luo Fan stepped forward into it.
…
"Hiss—"
"Tidal Blade, your disciple's not bad!"
"I'd heard plenty during the Universe Genius Battle about how strong this kid was."
"Didn't expect him to be this strong."
"No wonder the Virtual Universe Company added two more Original Secret Realm quotas this time."
A wolf-headed King nudged King Tidal Blade's shoulder with a grin.
Around them, several other Kings also voiced their amazement at Luo Fan's power.
After all, to reach this level right after entering Chaos City was extremely rare even in the history of the Universe Genius Battles.
A proud glint crossed King Tidal Blade's face.
"Heh, of course! Whose disciple do you think he is?"
The wolf-headed King chuckled and nodded in agreement.
"True. His use of the Tidal God Blade carries a touch of your own style."
Grando added with pride, "He's also my disciple!"
…
Besides these King-level powerhouses, some other geniuses had also heard the news from Thor's group.
Upon learning that Luo Fan was attempting the Sky-Piercing Bridge, many came to watch.
Hong arrived as well.
As for Luo Feng, he had just received True Yan King's guidance and purchased Drifting Blood.
Feeling enlightenment, he had disabled message notifications in the Virtual Universe.
Babata noticed and didn't disturb him.
"I feel like Luo Fan's trial seems much easier than Bolan's or Luo Feng's," someone said.
"Yeah, the first-level guardian was instantly killed!"
"When Luo Feng and Bolan passed the first level, it wasn't this fast, right?"
"No doubt about it, Luo Fan's incredible!"
All the geniuses agreed that among this generation's top three: Luo Fan, Bolan, and Luo Feng.
These three stood above the rest.
But Luo Fan left the deepest impression.
Many regarded the trio as their targets to surpass.
Now that Luo Fan was challenging the Sky-Piercing Bridge, they were eager to see how much he had gained from the Chaos Stele.
They wanted to see whether Luo Fan could clear the third level.
After all, Bolan and Luo Feng had only reached the second.
Still, everyone knew Bolan's law comprehension was stronger than Luo Feng's; the reason both stopped at the same level was that Bolan, like in the original account, chose the Universe Chaos Stele, a stele that required simultaneous comprehension of the Laws of Space and Time.
Its Sky-Piercing Bridge was far more difficult than the rest.
Bolan's understanding of the Law of Time had held him back.
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