Chapter 73: Apprentice Mercenary Assessment

"System, check the mission panel," Xiao Yu silently muttered in his mind.

【Host: Xiao Yu】

【Genetic Warrior: Stellar-level Ninth Tier 99.9%】

【Spiritual Power: Stellar-level Fourth Tier】

【Domain: Thunder Domain Ninefold 15%】

【Lightning Law: 0.835%】

【Space Law: 0.0036%】

【Time Law: 0.0002%】

【Amplitude: 42 times】

【Genetic Level: 15 times】

During this period, Xiao Yu not only studied Phantom Slash Technique, but occasionally also studied Warrior Secret Technique to raise his amplitude, and thus increased the amplitude from 40 times to 42 times within five months.

Luo Feng's Golden Horn Giant Beast body, after devouring the Xuan Iron Essence from Mars and the metal alloy specially configured for him by Baba Ta, has reached Stellar-level Ninth Tier. Its human avatar's strength also reached Stellar-level First Tier.

Later Luo Feng went to claim the first inheritance from his teacher Hu Yanbo, 10 billion Qiankun coins, which was still less than what Xiao Yu gave him.

Virtual Universe, Heilongshan Island Nine Star Bay.

Xiao Yu, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen sat around an outdoor stone table.

"I've already decided with Lei Shen to sign up for the Universe Apprentice Mercenary Assessment," Hong said.

"Not bad, lately I feel my strength is improving very slowly," Lei Shen said.

Since his power rose to Stellar-level Third Tier four months ago, he still hasn't been able to advance to Stellar-level Fourth Tier.

"I'll go with you too, Third Brother, are you going?" Luo Feng asked.

"We promised to explore the universe together; how could I be left out!" Xiao Yu laughed.

The Universe Apprentice Mercenary Assessment is always conducted within the Realm Lord's world. During the assessment, the dangers encountered, aside from those inherent to the Realm Lord's world itself, mainly come from other assessment squads.

Therefore, the Universe Mercenary Alliance recommends that teams entering the assessment have members of Stellar-level Eighth Tier or Ninth Tier.

Five days later, Xiao Yu, Luo Feng and two others, along with bodyguards Xiao Yi and Xiao Er, arrived at the Qiu Long Star's Universe Mercenary Alliance base to register for the Universe Apprentice Mercenary Assessment.

Applying for the Universe Apprentice Mercenary Assessment requires 10,000 Black Dragon coins per person.

After paying 60,000 Black Dragon coins, Xiao Yu and the other five understood the mission: enter the Realm Lord's world on Cang Lan Star and obtain three Wind Corner Stones and one horn from a single‑horned Iron Rhinoceros.

Wind Corner Stone is a stone unique to Thunder World, containing the world's attributes, while the single‑horned Iron Rhinoceros is a ferocious beast that the Universe Mercenary Alliance specifically breeds within the Realm Lord's world.

The six of them need to acquire six horns from single‑horned Iron Rhinoceroses and eighteen Wind Corner Stones in total, and that will suffice.

While the six were discussing the assessment details and precautions, an extremely skinny man with huge ears came to sell maps of the Realm Lord's world, and eventually Lei Shen spent 50 Black Dragon coins to buy one.

The Universe Apprentice Mercenary Assessments in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region are all conducted within Thunder World, so the maps are incredibly detailed.

Later, Xiao Yu and the other five boarded a space vessel and left Qiu Long Star, heading for Cang Lan Star.

After the interstellar jump, the space vessel flew toward an extraordinarily beautiful aqua‑blue planet.

Inside the control room.

"This is Cang Lan Star, its diameter is about 32,000 kilometers," Xiao Yu said.

"The Realm Lord's divine power is truly vast; the Realm Lord's world hidden within Cang Lan Star has an area more than a hundred times that of Cang Lan Star itself. In such a huge world, it's said that some peak Realm Lords can conceal it within a single grain of sand," Lei Shen said.

"One grain of sand, one world—that's the Realm Lord," Hong exclaimed.

The space vessel, just after arriving at Cang Lan Star, was pulled by a signal to the planet's docking harbor.

Xiao Yu and the other five flew for a few minutes and arrived at Thunder City. This Thunder City is named after Thunder World.

Thunder World is hidden within a massive villa.

On the way into Thunder World, the six encountered many squads, some like theirs and some from various factions of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

The Black Dragon Mountain Empire has two Great Holy Lands, four major organizations, and sixteen great families. The two Great Holy Lands are 'Black Dragon Mountain' and 'Ice Sea Divine Kingdom', each housing an Immortal Divine Spirit, which form the foundation of the empire.

The four major organizations are Sanfu Mountain, Hundred Tiger Tower, Black Cloud Society, and North Dragon City; among them, Nuo Lan Mountain is a member of Hundred Tiger Tower, though only at a grassroots level.

As for the sixteen great families, they are also considered official forces.

After confirming their identities, Xiao Yu and the others went to the second floor of the villa and entered Thunder World.

The world was pitch black, with only faint glimmers of light high in the distance, preventing it from being absolute darkness. Beneath their feet stretched an endless black desert.

This was the six's first impression of Thunder World.

"This is the Death Desert," the map Lei Shen purchased introduced.

"The gravity of Thunder World is about 3,900 times that of Earth," Xiao Yu said.

Luo Feng grabbed a handful of sand and gravel and weighed it. Each grain was very heavy, its density dozens of times higher than gold.

"The entire world was created by the Realm Lord using 'Universe Primordial Energy', and the foundation of the Realm Lord's world is 'Universe Crystal'. Land, sand, rocks, and so on are all influenced by Universe Primordial Energy, making them far more special than external matter," Hong said solemnly.

Xiao Yu thought of this, placed his hand on the desert floor, silently used his spirit to envelop the surrounding sand and gravel, and moved at least 10,000 cubic meters of sand into the Space Ring, causing the ground around him to sink a great distance.

"Xiao Yu, why are you collecting these sand and gravel?" Luo Feng asked.

Although Luo Feng's telekinesis, affected by gravity, had a spread radius of less than a hundred meters, he could still sense Xiao Yu's actions.

"Just collect a bit, take it back for research," Xiao Yu said.

"System, absorb the 10,000 cubic meters of sand and gravel inside the Space Ring."

【Absorbing sand and gravel containing 10,000 cubic meters of Universe Primordial Energy yields 1,000 Wish Copper Coins.】

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Er, what is the spread radius of your telekinesis?" Luo Feng asked.

"My telekinesis spread radius is nine hundred fifty meters," Xiao Yi said.

"Me too," Xiao Er said.

"The Death Desert is one of the most dangerous areas in Thunder World. And it's night now, we must leave quickly," Hong continued.

Xiao Yu then absorbed twice more, gaining 2,000 Wish Copper Coins.

"Just find a direction, let's go." Xiao Yu said.

Xiao Yu and five others rose into the air and flew toward a direction; the gravity here is strong, making their speed much slower than on Earth.

Xiao Yu took off the Golden Eye Mask, and the purple light in his right eye continuously shone ahead.

In the world of his right eye, like a cloth, profound Secret Patterns constantly flow, the most active being the Secret Pattern of the Thunder Origin Law that makes him feel the closest.

"Not bad for the Small World of the Thunder Realm Lord!" Xiao Yu exclaimed.

Here, he can feel that his comprehension of the Lightning Law is constantly rising.

Although the laws here are incomplete, comprehending them is much easier than outside.

Five minutes later, the rear was completely engulfed in black sand and dust, rushing toward Xiao Yu at an astonishing speed; beneath the sand and dust, a group of young men and women were desperately flying to escape.

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