Chapter 39: Apprenticeship

The three great King limits were killed, and the news quickly spread in the 11th Extraterritorial Battlefield.

All four great camps were shocked; King limits are hard to die in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, and even if extreme circumstances occur, only occasionally does a King limit die.

This time, three great King limits were actually wiped out all at once.

"It's Zhou Yu of the human race."

"He is a genius of the human race at the ten-million-epoch level, but he rose too fast; just as he began to show promise, he broke through to Immortality, leaving no chance to kill him. I never expected Zhou Yu to reach the Invincible King level so quickly."

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The other three great camps, after figuring out the killer, all shook their heads.

Generally, assassinating a genius is pointless unless the target is an extremely heaven-defying existence; otherwise, once they become Immortal, they basically lose assassination value.

After all, killing such a genius and preventing their revival requires a considerable cost or risk.

Given Zhou Yu's current performance, it's clearly not enough to make other camps spare no expense to kill him.

As for the human race side, after the news spread, many people admired him.

Defeating three great King limits alone isn't hard, but to kill three at once is very likely; Zhou Yu has already reached the Invincible King level!

At the King stage, reaching the Invincible King level is highly difficult; even some geniuses of Zhou Yu's level cannot achieve it.

At the same time, after watching Zhou Yu's battle videos in the Extraterritorial Battlefield, the human race high-level also unanimously agreed that his potential is enormous; if he becomes a Cosmic Venerable in the future, he is expected to reach the Cosmic Overlord level.

This is already considered an extremely high evaluation, basically the upper limit of achievement for ten-million-epoch-level geniuses.

Those who can become Master of the Universe are not merely relying on talent; they also need many other factors.

Previously, Venerable Mo Feng gave Zhou Yu an opportunity: if he made sufficient progress and obtained a great treasure with hope of becoming an Invincible King, he would be granted a great treasure.

Now Zhou Yu has reached Invincible King level solely by himself; this is clearly overperformance, and receiving a great treasure is therefore natural.

In this battle, Zhou Yu's name has spread thoroughly throughout the Extraterritorial Battlefield.

Meanwhile, while the human race internally paid attention to all this, Zhou Yu also received two emails; one came from the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, stating that, in view of his excellent performance, the Virtual Universe Company would give him a great treasure, requiring him to go to the headquarters to collect it.

As for the second email, it came from the Lord of Chaos City.

In the email, the Lord of Chaos City mentioned having watched his battle video in the Extraterritorial Battlefield and asked him to visit the Lord's Mansion of Chaos City.

Although the Lord of Chaos City didn't say it outright, Zhou Yu also knew that the Lord was evidently thinking of taking him as a disciple; otherwise, why would the Lord have nothing to do and ask him to make this trip?

"The Lord of Chaos City is quite an ideal teacher." Zhou Yu hesitated no longer; he left the Extraterritorial Battlefield again and headed straight for Chaos City.

Chaos City is located within the Primordial Universe.

The Primordial Universe is a small universe still undergoing evolution, with chaotic qi flowing throughout and laws manifesting, making it especially suitable for contemplating the laws.

Established within the Primordial Universe, Chaos City can be called a holy land of the human race.

Ordinary human lives find it difficult to visit Chaos City, but as Zhou Yu is a King of the Virtual Universe Company, he is not subject to that restriction; he has already obtained permanent residency rights in Chaos City.

Upon arriving at Chaos City this time, Zhou Yu did not rush to see the Lord of Chaos City; instead, he first brought gifts to visit the Fire Dragon King.

Seeing Zhou Yu arrive, the Fire Dragon King was naturally delighted, and upon learning that Zhou Yu had received an audience with the Lord of Chaos City, he was overjoyed.

"Haha, hurry up and go; seize this opportunity." The Fire Dragon King repeatedly urged Zhou Yu.

Although the Lord of Chaos City didn't set a time for Zhou Yu's arrival, since he had come to Chaos City, he naturally ought to go immediately; otherwise, it would be too disrespectful to the Lord of Chaos City.

"Teacher, I'll go first." Zhou Yu smiled.

At the Lord's Mansion of Chaos City, Zhou Yu was obviously not there for the first time; after all, the city's supreme treasure, the fifty-two Chaos Steles, are located here.

However, the place where the Chaos Steles are located is only the outer perimeter of the Lord's Mansion; this time Zhou Yu headed straight for the inner depths of the Lord's Mansion.

Under the guidance of the guards inside the Lord's Mansion, Zhou Yu quickly stepped into a vortex.

Time and space shifted!

When Zhou Yu reappeared, he found himself within a vast world resembling a sea of corpses and blood.

"What exquisite temporal-spatial technique! Indeed, the Lord of Chaos City is a Master of the Universe who walks the Path of Time and Space." Zhou Yu understood clearly.

Merely comprehending the laws of time and space does not make one a practitioner of the Path of Time and Space; one must derive time and space from the laws to truly follow that path.

Like Zhou Yu's envisioned "Time-Space Formation," although it still derives from the laws of time and space, it certainly is not the Path of Time and Space; Zhou Yu now calls this route the "Matrix Way."

"The true Path of Time and Space, I can still study it in the future."

Zhou Yu's mind flashed with this thought; after all, he was quite skilled in time and space in another world, so researching it would surely progress quickly.

Thinking this, Zhou Yu also stepped forward; not long after walking, he sensed a figure suddenly appearing ahead.

The figure was not particularly tall, with a countenance that could be called fierce and terrifying, but his eyes were as vast as an endless starry sky.

This was naturally the Lord of Chaos City; looking at Zhou Yu, he also exerted considerable pressure on him.

"Greetings, Lord." Zhou Yu said while performing a salute.

"This Zhou Yu's spirit and will are extraordinary."

The Lord of Chaos City looked at Zhou Yu and was also somewhat surprised; previously, merely looking at Zhou Yu's experience, there wasn't anything particularly remarkable.

At this moment, seeing Zhou Yu, he somewhat understood why Zhou Yu was initially unremarkable but later progressed ever faster.

Of course, the Lord of Chaos City clearly misunderstood; Zhou Yu's rapid progress stems from the talent "Potential Enhancement."

"Zhou Yu, are you willing to become my disciple?" The Lord of Chaos City didn't say much; he directly asked the question.

"Greetings, Teacher."

Zhou Yu naturally hesitated not at all in performing the apprentice ceremony; having prepared himself beforehand, when the opportunity arose, he certainly would not let it pass.

The Lord of Chaos City looked at Zhou Yu, his mind also filled with many thoughts; among the disciples he has accepted, Zhou Yu was quite strong when he first performed the apprentice ceremony.

Invincible King level is already close to Cosmic Venerable!

Zhou Yu has also walked his own path; the guidance he can offer is limited.

"Zhou Yu, what is the name of the peak secret technique you created?" the Lord of Chaos City asked at this time.

"Peak secret technique?" Zhou Yu puzzled; he didn't expect the Lord of Chaos City, upon taking him as a disciple, to immediately ask about his peak secret technique.

"Teacher, I call it the 'Time-Space Formation'." Zhou Yu said.

"Time-Space Formation?" the Chaos City Lord nodded, then asked, "Do you know why I took you as my disciple?"

"Is it because of my peak secret art?"

Zhou Yu had a guess in his heart; if not, why would the Chaos City Lord have suddenly asked about his secret art just now?

"Your peak secret art is quite special; after seeing it, I immediately recalled a stone tablet I once obtained, whose recorded secret art bears some similarity to yours," the Chaos City Lord said, waving his hand.

Whoosh!

A broken stone tablet about a hundred meters tall appeared ahead; Zhou Yu focused his gaze on it and saw three different patterns on it.

Star diagram, sky diagram, giant diagram.

But to Zhou Yu, the sky diagram and giant diagram were just ordinary patterns; however, that star diagram gave him a sense of familiarity at a glance.

However, it was merely a feeling of familiarity; upon deeper thought, he found it elusive and vague.

"It is the law of time."

Zhou Yu quickly understood; he had little study of the time law, yet the mysteries contained in this star diagram also encompassed space law and time law, so naturally he couldn't comprehend it.

"You discovered it?" the Chaos City Lord said:

"The secret art on this stone tablet was at least left behind by a cosmic overlord; it's normal for it to contain both time and space laws."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu understood; although the Chaos City Lord didn't say it outright, he guessed that the stone tablet was likely picked up in the cosmic sea, and things from the cosmic sea are indeed likely related to a cosmic overlord.

"Our human race has 52 Chaos Steles, each recording a different path; your peak secret art is not among those paths, and it's rare that your secret art bears considerable similarity to the one on this stone tablet," the Chaos City Lord said:

"This stone tablet differs from the Chaos Steles; it has no guiding function for comprehension. I hope you can refer to it and forge a brand-new path!"

This was also the main reason he chose to accept Zhou Yu as his disciple.

Before, when Zhou Yu had traversed the Primordial Ascension Mountain, he already knew of Zhou Yu's existence, but at that time he had no intention of taking on a disciple.

This time, Zhou Yu swiftly became an invincible king; the Chaos City Lord noticed him again and only then discovered the uniqueness of Zhou Yu's peak secret art, prompting him to change his mind.

In the Chaos City Lord's view, as long as Zhou Yu follows this path to reach the level of cosmic overlord, it counts as success.

As for the cosmic overlord?

He once had 31 closed-door disciples, yet none have become a cosmic overlord to this day.

You should know, those disciples either followed the Beast God's path, or from a young age simultaneously comprehended time and space laws; theoretically, they all had hope of becoming a cosmic overlord.

And Zhou Yu? To this day, he excels only in space law!

"Teacher, I will surely do my best."

Zhou Yu spoke solemnly; he was still happy in his heart, and before becoming a disciple, he had thought of either becoming a disciple of a cosmic venerable whose path resembled his, or directly taking the cosmic overlord as his teacher.

Now the Chaos City Lord has given him a set of secret arts similar to his path— isn't that killing two birds with one stone?

"To comprehend this secret art, you must also have a solid foundation in time law; I know you have never studied time law, your foundation is very weak, and since you have already become immortal, the difficulty of studying time law is even greater," the Chaos City Lord said:

"Later I will have someone send you a fragment of 'Time Thousand-Silk Crystal'; after you integrate it into your divine body, your sensitivity to time law will become somewhat clearer!"

"Time Thousand-Silk Crystal?" Zhou Yu felt doubtful; he had never heard of such a treasure.

But he also realized that this is probably an extremely precious treasure.

Being able to enhance the clarity of one's perception of time law is absolutely something that space venerables yearn for.

"You have already forged your own path; I can only give you limited guidance, which means I can only help you with these external objects," the Chaos City Lord also said:

I know that Mo Feng and the others have already decided to send you a heavy treasure in the name of the company; since that is the case, I will also give you a gift—a set of heavy treasures whose value far exceeds any heavy treasure, worthy of being called a supreme treasure!

"Supreme treasure?"

Zhou Yu secretly startled; he already possessed the strength of an invincible king, and logically it would be hard to completely kill him; if it were an ordinary killing, the Chaos City Lord should have no trouble reviving him.

Unexpectedly, the Chaos City Lord still sent him a supreme treasure.

"Thank you, Teacher," Zhou Yu bowed in gratitude.

(End of chapter)