Chapter 70 starts (a bit watery, so I’ll post it for free)
As the internal selections in various universes came to an end, many geniuses began their final preparations.

On Mars, Shen Muku sat on the top of Mount Xiong and entered a disconnected retreat.

Time passes like this day by day.

Every day, Shen Mu's perception and understanding of the laws of space will be further improved, and he will have a deeper understanding of the most fundamental mysteries of the laws.

With increasing accumulation and growing strength, the day when quantitative change turns into qualitative change is not far away.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was September 2070, 9 in the Chinese calendar, and more than a year had passed since the end of the Qianwu Universe National Reincarnation Competition.

The much anticipated finals of the Universe's Top Talent Battle officially began on this day.

In the absolutely safe lobby of the top-level F-class spacecraft above Mars, Shen Mu, Luo Feng and Hong gathered.

"Brother, Afeng, let's start." Shen Mu spoke, with a glimmer of desire in his eyes.

This is the desire to fight a powerful opponent.

Luo Feng looked a little excited: "The final battle of the entire universe, our brothers are here!"

Hong's face was calm: "Come on."

After encouraging each other, the consciousness of the three people entered the virtual universe network.

Outside the spaceship hall, the immortal god Hantian sat at the entrance of the hall with a serious expression. Even he would not enter the hall now.

……

In the virtual universe, on a floating island above the Qianwu Continent.

brush!
Shen Mu, Luo Feng and Hong were teleported together.

"Your Highness Shen Mu, Mr. Luo Feng, Mr. Hong, please follow me." Next to the teleportation point, a cosmic-level staff member respectfully saluted Shen Mu, and then pointed to a path nearby.

Shen Mu and the other two responded politely, which greatly touched the cosmic-level member. Shen Mu and the other two were the most polite three of the star-level geniuses he had ever met.

Under the guidance of the staff, Shen Mu and the other two came to a square surrounded by strange and magical plants.

There were quite a few people gathered in the square at this time. At first glance, there were hundreds of them, both men and women, with different appearances, but at least one-third of them looked very similar to humans on Earth.

After all, biologically speaking, humans on Earth are a branch of the largest ape-man group in the human population, and the ape-man group is considered the mainstream among the human population.

"Your Highness Shen Mu."

"Senior Brother Shen Mu!"

Most people were greeting Shen Mu and Luo Feng, and only a few people would talk to Hong who was standing low-key beside Shen Mu.

Shen Mu and the other two greeted some geniuses they were familiar with. Among these 1000 geniuses, half were members of the Qianwu Secret Realm, so they basically knew each other.

Suddenly, an invisible pressure covered the entire square. A thousand peerless geniuses turned pale and their bodies trembled slightly involuntarily.

"I am the thirteenth general under the command of the king. You can call me Lord Thirteen. In compliance with the king's orders, I will lead you to participate in the final battle of the universe."

The giant's voice was as loud as thunder, and his glance gave people an overwhelming sense of pressure.

1000 geniuses, including Shen Mu, were as weak as ants in front of this giant in scaled armor, and fear would arise from the level of biological instinct. Those who could overcome this fear, without exception, had a strong state of mind and will, but even Shen Mu could not do it at this stage, but he performed much better than others.

Hong, the only one who could do it, turned into a dramatic actor and performed very poorly.

"Among you, only His Highness Shen Mu, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun have absolute confidence in joining the core group. As for the others, just treat it as a training experience. There is basically no hope."

Hearing this, many arrogant people couldn't help but clench their fists, feeling very unconvinced, but no one dared to refute out loud and could only endure it silently.

"Haha, it seems that you are not convinced!" General Thirteen glanced coldly at the group of young people who showed dissatisfaction.

"The rest of you have basically no hope. People like Rong Jun and Luo Feng, who have crossed the threshold of the Space Law, even had a chance to compete for first place in previous sessions, but in this session, they can only make it into the top ten at best!"

"Of course, there are also examples in history where someone started out mediocre but suddenly made a comeback. I hope you can create this kind of miracle too!"

After the words fell, the Thirteen Gods looked around at everyone, and then waved their hands: "Okay, follow me!"

……

The virtual universe is a temporary new world, a vast continent.

There are 1008 magnificent buildings on the continent, arranged in a ring, with a dreamy fairyland square in the center of the ring.

At this time, there were already many geniuses from other cosmic countries wandering around the square. A rough glance showed that there were at least tens of thousands of them.

These 1008 buildings are where the geniuses from various cosmic countries live during the finals.

As for which building you will be assigned to live in, it depends on your overall performance in the previous genius battle.

In the last genius competition, the average level of geniuses in Qianwu Universe Country ranked 825th, which was at the bottom among thousands of universe countries, so they lived in Building 0825. This result made the King of Qianwu Country very angry for a time.

The thirteen generals brought Shen Mu and others to land at the edge of the square, and then walked along the road towards Building 0825. The square has exclusive passages leading to each building.

"This group of people went to Building 0825. It seems that they are the geniuses of Qianwu Universe." Someone noticed the team from Qianwu Universe and couldn't help but say.

"Yes! It's the team from Qianwu Universe. I watched the battle video of the 'God of Killing' Shen Mu in the preliminaries. The young man in white standing next to the Immortal leader is Shen Mu!"

"I heard that Shen Mu is the disciple of the Lord of Qianwu Kingdom, and he was able to perform the third level of the Frost God Weapon several years ago!"

"Monster, the last time a star-level genius used the third level of the Nine Divine Weapons was thousands of years ago."

In the square, many geniuses from other universes watched the Qianwu universe's team from afar and whispered to each other.

The total number of geniuses participating in the universe finals exceeds one million, and most of them are not famous, but the top geniuses in each universe country are exceptions.

Especially for geniuses like Shen Mu, Luo Feng and Rong Jun who have stepped into the threshold of the higher laws, their combat videos have probably been studied thoroughly, so it is normal for them to be recognized.

On the first floor of Building 0825, 1000 geniuses, led by Shen Mu, gathered.

The Thirteen Gods waved their hands and said, "You are free to disband now. You can rest or go to the square to communicate with the geniuses from other universe countries."

"When it's almost dark, the organizers of the Virtual Universe Company will gather all of you."

[PS: I suddenly realized that this plot in the original novel is watered down for three or four chapters. I tried to compress it but it is still watered down. I will send it to you guys for free, just to make it more realistic. Also, the update may be late in the evening, as I don’t have any drafts saved.]

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