Chapter 1315: Dier

Just as the palace atmosphere was harmonious and joyful.

Noah Lances, after receiving a message, suddenly furrowed his brow.

"Lances, what's wrong?"

King Noah noticed his expression and spoke up.

Noah Lances was the immortal deity he had cultivated over endless ages.

In terms of lineage, he was unsure how many generations his grandson.

"My lord, Master Eison has arrived and will soon reach my palace."

Lances spoke respectfully.

"Eison? Then this is about Dier."

"Go, tell him the result—we've done all we could."

King Noah said in a low voice.

Eison was Dier's immortal-deity-level maternal grandfather.

Dier's death had never been resolved.

Unexpectedly, Eison had come directly here.

"Yes."

Lances gave a slight nod, then exited the virtual universe.

In reality, as the royal family's overseer, he was met by an immortal deity over three meters tall.

A crimson flame mark adorned his forehead, and endless flames seemed to burn around him.

Eison, Immortal Stage Six.

As soon as he stepped into the palace, the temperature inside surged rapidly.

"Master Eison."

Seeing Eison's arrival, Lances bowed slightly.

He was only Immortal Stage Four; in both rank and lineage, he must show Eison proper respect.

"How far have you gotten with Dier's case?"

Eison cut straight to the point without preamble.

"We're still investigating, but so far we've found no valuable leads," Lances replied.

Dier's death was either a major matter or a minor one.

After all, Dier was of the Noah royal family.

But within the entire Noah Empire, King Noah himself didn't even know how many offspring he'd produced.

So initially, they had gone to great lengths to investigate.

But after months with no leads, the case gradually faded away.

"A whole year has passed, and you still haven't found a single clue?"

Eison snorted coldly; the palace's already thousand-degree heat spiked violently:

"If I hadn't been trapped in a cosmic secret realm back then, I would've come myself!

Dier! My most cherished grandson, dead without cause right here in your hands!"

Eison grew angrier by the moment, flames surging violently around him.

Lances remained silent.

Because he knew, at this moment, any words would only fuel the other's rage.

"Since you can't solve it, I'll solve it myself!"

Eison stared at Lances, radiating murderous intent:

"I've already contacted the Prophet Temple—they'll deliver results in five days.

If demons were truly behind this, I have no grounds to complain.

But if it turns out to be someone from the Noah Empire, you must cooperate."

How rare are demon clans?

Especially appearing near the imperial capital of a cosmic empire!

He didn't believe this was mere coincidence!

And Dier was a pampered playboy—how could he possibly attract demon attention?

He knew Dier's nature; if he had enemies, they were almost certainly within the Noah Empire.

"The Prophet Temple?" Lances was startled.

The Prophet Temple was a supremely exalted entity across the entire universe.

They controlled the past and foretold the future—profoundly mysterious.

He never expected Eison had the power to summon them for help.

If these people intervened, perhaps there was still a chance.

After his surprise, he nodded:

"Fine. If it's confirmed Dier's death was murder, we will fully cooperate."

The royal family's dignity cannot be defiled.

If this isn't pursued rigorously, won't it signal that anyone can strike at the royal family?

Not finding the killer was one thing.

But if the killer is found, we must make an example of them.

Virtual Universe, Sector 65.

The gravity in the competition zone is immense—nearly ten thousand times that of Blue Star!

Originally, Xu Jingming's maximum flight speed was 200 times the speed of sound.

But here, he can fly at most twice the speed of sound.

Yet even so, his speed is astonishingly fast!

Ssssshhhh—!!

Xu Jingming's entire body became a golden phantom, slicing swiftly through the sky.

He resembled a moving golden sea of lightning, and wherever he passed,

skyscrapers collapsed, streets cracked apart.

The modern city was reduced to burning ruins and scorched earth ravaged by Lei Guang.

Under the sweep of T6-level Doushen Shenlei, all beings were equal—no one could survive.

His points and ranking surged violently upward!

Rank #.

Rank #.

Rank #8154.

In just a few short hours, Xu Jingming's ranking shot into the top ten thousand!

"Hah, it seems Xu Jingming is finally unleashing his power."

"In my Noah Empire, he has the best results."

"From what I see, he should make it into the top hundred!"

"......"

Inside the Noah Imperial Palace, a host of Eternal Gods were very pleased.

Although others performed poorly, just having Xu Jingming was already enough.

Soon, another ten or more hours passed, and Xu Jingming's rank had climbed to just over one hundred.

"Huh, he's climbing fast—he's almost at rank one hundred."

"It's only the first day—how can he surge so fiercely?"

"He should hold back a bit; this is too conspicuous."

"......"

The Eternal Gods were all somewhat surprised by Xu Jingming's ranking.

The entire preliminary stage lasted ten days.

To achieve this rank on the first day means Xu Jingming has been killing nonstop.

He has been killing at every moment, continuously slaughtering, causing his ranking to skyrocket.

And this also means he is more likely to be exposed to other competitors.

If he encounters some top prodigies and they kill him,

Xu Jingming will lose half his points!

And this is only the first day—if he loses half his points,

his final ranking will certainly be bleak.

Thus, including Niki and Lu Wen, many were worried.

They feared Xu Jingming's brilliance would draw attention from top prodigies, who would then kill him.

Xu Jingming in the competition zone knew nothing of their thoughts.

He pushed his full power, killing relentlessly.

Thus, those outside saw:

Even after entering the top one hundred, Xu Jingming's rank continued rising rapidly!

Rank #98!

Rank #76!

Rank #54!

Rank #32!

Rank #14!

Rank #10!

Finally, at the 25th hour after the Prodigy War began,

Xu Jingming's rank entered the top ten!

The Virtual Universe, Star Torch Empire.

On the continent closest to the leaderboard.

Over a thousand staff members stared intently at the floating top hundred competition zone rankings.

Suddenly, a monitor officer leapt to his feet and cried out:

"Competition Zone 65! Someone's points surged into the top ten!"

His cry immediately drew the attention of those around him.

On the Zone 65 leaderboard, a sudden brilliant light flared.

The name of "Luo Jiuchuan (Star Torch Imperial Star)," previously steady at #10, suddenly dropped.

In its place appeared a striking new entry:

Rank #10: Xu Jingming (Noah Empire)

"Noah Empire? I've never heard that name—does such an empire exist among the mid-tier civilizational universes?"

A supervisor frowned and asked.

"No, no, the Noah Empire is merely a primary civilization cosmic state."

"It is administered by the intermediate cosmic state, the Lingshu Empire."

The monitor quickly pulled up the data and hurriedly said.

The Star Torch Empire administers 900 primary civilization cosmic states!

But most of these people only know about those intermediate civilization cosmic states.

They rarely pay attention to those primary civilization cosmic states.

After all, the probability of any of those primary cosmic states entering the top 100 of the competition is extremely slim, let alone the top 10.

"A primary civilization cosmic state?!"

The supervisor's eyes widened, "Could someone from them really make it into the top ten?"