Chapter 56: First Defeat

When the Sky Thunder Blade stood upright before him, Xiao Yu's primal force surged wildly, and his surrounding Domain released, with electric snakes coiling around him; under the Domain his speed almost instantly reached limit speed, and carrying the electric snakes he rushed toward the blue‑skinned man.

At the moment they collided, a bolt of lightning flashed, and the blue‑skinned man was split in two from the middle, his body flying a distance by inertia, then falling along a natural curve onto the grass outside the arena.

After Xiao Yu landed back on the arena, he exited to view the decisive battle space, and his record became: 1 win 0 loss.

In this match, Xiao Yu deliberately displayed his Domain, so that those who saw his data might not refuse his challenge.

"Xiao Yu, you actually have a Domain," the red‑skinned man Ouliko said in surprise.

Apparently he had watched Xiao Yu's combat video.

In the second match, he challenged a warrior rated seven stars; the opponent, seeing his data calmly, accepted the challenge.

"A Stellar-level First Tier already has its own Domain? When I first saw that line in the decisive battle space system data, I didn't dare believe it. Indeed there is none… Come on! Let me see where a Domain master is truly strong," said a tall skinny man with three eyes, holding a war saber.

"Then you must concentrate, feel it carefully!" Xiao Yu laughed.

Moments later, the three‑eyed tall skinny man, who had already returned to the hall, finally understood what Xiao Yu meant by concentrating.

Battles between Stellar-levels are very quick, especially when the power gap is huge; they can often end in an instant.

After winning, Xiao Yu's rating rose to four stars.

Almost simultaneously, challenge applications appeared on his screen, most being eight stars, nine stars, and even Stellar-level Second Tier, Third Tier.

In one day, Xiao Yu fought nearly a hundred battles, encountering only one Domain‑level warrior, and that was just a single‑layer Domain.

The red‑skinned man Ouliko, whom he had just met for a day, could be said to have been speechless the whole time.

After a week of continuous battles, Xiao Yu's rating finally became nine stars, and his record turned into: 659 wins 0 loss.

Xiao Yu's performance during this period attracted the attention of Cang Bomanluo, who reported Xiao Yu's achievements to the Virtual Universe Company.

……

In the decisive battle space.

Opposite him, a female warrior in white battle attire, expressionless, eyes cold, each hand holding a sharp war saber.

Xiao Yu's two‑layer Domain fully unfolded, thick electric snakes formed by lightning coiled around.

At full power, Xiao Yu's speed matched the limit speed of Stellar-level Ninth Tier.

The duel between the two was extremely swift.

"Haha, you are indeed a three‑layer Domain warrior," Xiao Yu said happily.

The white‑clothed female warrior before him clearly has a high genetic tier, and her amplitude definitely exceeds thirty times.

In the next instant, a war saber eerily swept across Xiao Yu's neck.

Xiao Yu suffered his first defeat in the decisive battle space.

Returning to the hall, Xiao Yu quietly recalled the recent decisive battle; his Domain was inferior, his amplitude inferior, genetic tier comparable, so defeat was inevitable.

During this time soaking in the killing field, Xiao Yu also befriended dozens of people like him. Those with a Stellar-level First Tier Domain reaching double layers are many willing to befriend, most of whom are Stellar-level Ninth Tier.

"Wu, when are we returning to Earth, how's the matter going?" Xiao Yu asked in his mind.

"It's almost done; we've already contacted the spaceship manufacturer, ordered ten C9‑class spaceships, each costing 28.5 billion Heilong Coins." Wu replied.

This time Xiao Yu is taking back too many people, a near‑ten‑thousand‑person team, needing to purchase some spaceships.

"How's the Solar System defense system plan coming along?" Xiao Yu asked.

"According to your command, the Solar System defense system must be able to resist and kill, at minimum heavily damage Universe-level Ninth Tier strongmen." Wu hurriedly said: "The whole defense system includes nearly a hundred C9‑class survival bases of various sizes placed on planets within the Solar System, warning zones on Neptune and Pluto orbits, thousands of C9‑class bases in the asteroid belt, Earth‑Moon defense system, etc., total cost estimated at 500 trillion to 600 trillion Heilong Coins."

A C9‑class survival base that can house three hundred million people costs 240 billion Heilong Coins each, far pricier than a C5‑class at 98 billion Heilong Coins.

Of course, the smaller type that can house ten million people is much cheaper, only 19 billion Heilong Coins.

And the micro survival bases that can house a few hundred thousand to a few million people are even cheaper.

"These have already been discussed with Starry Sky Defense Company; their supervisor can meet you when convenient." Wu said: "Additionally, to facilitate inter‑stellar travel, I also purchased a huge warehouse on Bailan Star, 11,800 light‑years from Earth, at a modest cost."

"Alright, let's go." Xiao Yu stood up, greeted a few newly made friends nearby, and left the killing field.

……

In a meditation room on the upper floor of the killing field, a burly man was watching Xiao Yu's combat video with the white‑clothed female warrior.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!" The knocking sounded.

"Come in." the burly man said.

The door was pushed open.

A solemn female warrior in a white robe entered, closed the door, and respectfully bowed: "Sir, the mission is complete."

"Very good, you may return from the Virtual Universe. I've already issued your contribution points." the burly man said.

"Understood."

The white‑robed female warrior dissolved into void, leaving the Virtual Universe.

……

In Virtual Space, outside a restaurant private room, Xiao Yu knocked and entered.

Inside the private room, a middle‑aged man three meters three centimeters tall, with purple skin and a pair of cat ears on his head, was waiting. He is the second‑level supervisor of the renowned Starry Sky Defense Company in the universe, and the person in charge of the company's operations on Heilongshan Island.

The supervisor placed the black tablet on the table, and the models of each survival base appeared above the tablet.

"Sir, here are the survival bases you selected; next is the simulated Stellar‑system defense system based on your specifications."

The supervisor swiped his left hand across the tablet, and a stellar system resembling the Solar System materialized, showing the asteroid belt's defense layout, even simulating a battle scene of Universe-level pirates invading.

The spectacle of tens of thousands of C‑class laser cannons firing simultaneously was still impressive.

Although it did not completely eliminate all ten invading Universe-level Ninth Tier pirates, it at least destroyed five, and the other five who fled were seriously wounded.

"These simulated Universe-level Ninth Tier pirates are ordinary strongmen," the supervisor clarified, "Our Starry Sky Defense Company has always been straightforward, honest, and trustworthy—that's our consistent commitment."

This was also the reason Xiao Yu originally chose their company, of course also due to Wu's recommendation.

Xiao Yu nodded.

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