Chapter 104

Inside a luxurious starship, a group of princes, princesses and crown princes from various star regions of the Qian Wu Universe Country were chatting and laughing.

"Look, Ailik, your Black Dragon Mountain Empire has someone breaking into the top 1000, already on the first day," shouted a certain imperial royal prince of the empire.

Ailik's eyes lit up as he looked over; on the large screen beside him were the names of various empires. It showed "Black Dragon Mountain Empire preliminary qualification slots (temporary): 1", which had been "0" before and now jumped to "1".

Ailik quickly clicked it open.

Next to the huge screen a small screen appeared, displaying a line of text: World Zone 88, rank 586: Xiao Yu (Black Dragon Mountain Empire).

The ranking kept fluctuating, soon reaching rank 156.

"Haha, this Xiao Yu is the talent our Black Dragon Mountain Empire has meticulously cultivated," Ailik said loudly, looking proud, while his heart felt as if pricked by needles.

"Haha, Ailik, your Black Dragon Mountain finally isn't at the bottom."

In the previous Peak Talent War, during the Qian Wu Universe Country preliminary selection, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire never even reached the ten‑thousandth place.

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"Quickly check, what's the background?"

On Earth, there are now over one hundred stellar‑level masters and more than ten thousand planetary‑level ones, all of whom hold citizenship of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Xiao Yu decided to reveal a hint of his power in this talent war, forming before him a massive Thunder Blade stretching eight thousand meters, imbued with the power of the Law of the Origin of Thunder and the Nine-layer Thunder Electric Domain.

The happiest were still the humans of Earth.

At the same moment, many Divine Kingdoms and countless organizations monitoring the talent war promptly recorded Xiao Yu's name. Yet the truly excited were the citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and some high‑ranking figures.

"Even in the cosmos, Lord Xiao Yu remains dazzling!"

"Lord Xiao Yu truly is Earth's glory!"

"This Xiao Yu is really fierce! He's already surged into the top 100."

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"Ah! Xiao Yu has broken into the top 500!"

"Haha, someone has broken into the top 1000. Quickly check who this Xiao Yu really is."

The massive Thunder Blade traced an arc in the sky, striking directly at nearly a thousand people in front of Xiao Yu, and passing through their bodies it flew straight toward the rear.

For three consecutive days, Xiao Yu stood at the highest point of City No. 103 Center, confronting every challenger.

Because six people from Earth entered the Peak Talent War, they each set aside cultivation, donned Consciousness Sensing Helmets, entered the Virtual Universe, and the World Zone they occupied watched the six's battle.

Suddenly, the sky filled with dense clouds, flashing lightning and roaring thunder.

"Our Black Dragon Mountain Empire also has someone breaking into the top 1000."

Meanwhile, as the Thunder Blade flew, it continuously unleashed massive thunder power, the huge thunder piercing the void and striking one master after another, like threading through candied hawthorn.

During the first three days, some ordinary stellar‑level participants came to join the siege; on the third day, over one hundred thousand people gathered to besiege Xiao Yu in the high sky.

"Xiao Yu? I've never heard that name."

This effect is an ability Xiao Yu gained after comprehending the 28th essence of the Law of the Origin of Thunder; anyone struck by the thunder force causes anyone within three thousand meters of that person to be struck as well, though the thunder force diminishes with propagation.

The massive thunder spread continuously with propagation, almost enveloping everyone besieging Xiao Yu.

Waves of burnt‑meat smell drifted in, and Xiao Yu hurriedly sealed his mouth and nose with the helmet.

In midair, individual silhouettes turned into charcoals, fell a kilometer down, shattered into powder, and scattered into the air.

At the edge of the besieging crowd, a towering man clad in a black Force Armor, wielding a massive battle saber in each hand, exclaimed, "This person's comprehension of the Law of the Origin of Thunder is far deeper than mine!"

Seeing the thunder about to strike him, the towering man hurriedly activated his own Seven-layer Domain, simultaneously injecting a sliver of the Fundamental Law of Light he had comprehended into the domain, which elevated his speed and freed him from the suppression of the Nine-layer Thunder Domain.

He fled outward.

"Huh!"

Xiao Yu, slightly surprised, looked toward the direction the towering man fled and said, "He actually managed to escape; seems he's also quite strong."

"Eliminating someone of that caliber now would be a pity!" Xiao Yu lowered his head to glance at the screen on his wrist.

Participant: Xiao Yu (Black Dragon Mountain Empire)

Points: 2678492

Rank: 1

"That just added one million points; among those just instantly killed, there must have been some tough ones!"

The crowd that had been about to siege from afar was terrified by this dreadful strike and hurriedly fled outward.

From then on, a ten‑kilometer radius around City Center became like a forbidden zone; no one dared to set foot there, even when Xiao Yu left on the fifth day because no one came, it remained the same.

The black‑clad towering man who had previously escaped luck­ily fled the City No. 103, only stopping then, still trembling, "Glad I got out; otherwise with my current points I'd have no chance of reaching the top 1001."

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In World Zone 88, aboard a luxurious starship, three humans in white robes were seated; one of the towering men in a white robe stared at the scene of Xiao Yu unleashing the Thunder Blade below for a long time before sighing, "Who is this person? Their comprehension of the Law of the Origin of Thunder far exceeds that of me, a Domain Lord!"

"It must be Xiao Yu, no doubt; he's already rank 1 in World Zone 88, and just now as he killed nearly a hundred thousand people, his points surged by a million," said a lean man beside him, eyes fixed on the big screen even though the battle had already ceased.

"The essence of the Law of the Origin of Thunder that this person has comprehended definitely exceeds ten types; otherwise, within the high‑gravity World Zone, a Thunder Blade could not possess such power," said a short, stout man in a white robe. "One strike instantly slays a hundred thousand of the same tier; while there are reasons for such a gathering, one cannot help but marvel at the astonishing power of this technique!"

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Inside a private cabin of another starship, Xiao Yu's family suddenly rose from their respective seats.

"Terrifying indeed!" Xiao Dingguo muttered to himself; he knew his son was formidable, but had not expected him to be this formidable.

"Big brother is the strongest, even stronger than big sister," Xiao Rong shouted; his older sister had only lasted a day, was eliminated yesterday, and ended with less than a hundred points.

"How could I compare with that pervert!" Xiao Ling smiled.

……

Above the Qianwu Continent, in an unknown starry sky, a towering figure whose face was indistinct and whose surrounding space warped sat upon a chair dozens of meters high.

A giant clad in a gray robe, bearing twin swords, respectfully said, "Nation Lord! We have discovered a once‑in‑hundreds‑of‑millions‑of‑years supreme talent."

"What?" the voice echoed, subtly warping the surrounding space.

"Nation Lord, although this person did not exert full force, the attacks they launched show that their comprehension of the Law of the Origin of Thunder is quite deep, comparable to that of an ordinary Realm Lord‑level being."

"Send this person's information to me; I want to examine it carefully, and after the Preliminary Selection Competition, I will reward him properly." The figure on the tall seat, as if hidden by space, gradually vanished.

"Yes, Nation Lord!" The gray‑robed man bowed respectfully.

(End of chapter)