Yuan's Ascension-Chapter 871: Edge Unveiled (2)

Amidst an icy snowscape, a fierce battle was unfolding. Wu Yuan stood atop a sword disk, pursuing a frantically fleeing giant figure wreathed in lightning.

"Damn it! Ming Jian, with your strength, why must you hunt me? You've already killed many Immortal Court powerhouses - do you intend to make an enemy of my Immortal Court?" The lightning-wreathed giant roared.

He was rather frustrated, repeatedly swinging his war saber in desperation to block the streaks of silver light bombarding him.

Each collision sent him flying backwards. Whenever he tried to counterattack, even more silver river flying swords would strike, blasting him away again as if toying with him.

"You’ve heard of me?" Wu Yuan asked with a smile, standing casually atop his silver disk.

"Throughout the megaverse, there are only so many prodigies who comprehend the Law of Space, and even fewer who comprehend Spacetime," the lightning giant growled. "And since practically all other Spacetime geniuses have had their locations confirmed, you are the only suspect left.

“I just didn't expect that your strength would reach such a level in the last ten thousand years.

“Moreover, my Immortal Court has basically gathered all intelligence about you, so naturally I could identify you."

"Is that so?" Wu Yuan's qi refiner self laughed heartily.

The Crossroads had been open for nearly ten days. In these ten days, his ether body, limited by speed and detection efficiency, had only slain around thirty geniuses.

His qi refiner self, on the other hand, was truly on a murderous rampage. Wu Yuan's qi refiner self had already slain the mana/ether bodies of several hundred geniuses, many of them participants from the Eldritch Court and Immortal Court. The Immortal Court geniuses made up the majority.

The reputation and infamy of Ming Jian had spread like wildfire, shocking all who heard. After all, such an efficiency of slaughter was too frightening.

"Don't try to intimidate me with the Immortal Court," Wu Yuan's qi refiner self sneered. "Whether you’re from the Immortal Court or Eldritch Court, I’ll kill you all the same."

"You're courting death. With such rampant killing, our Immortal Court's Supreme Geniuses will come to slay you sooner or later," the lightning giant roared.

"Tell your Immortal Court's Supreme Geniuses to come if they have what it takes," Wu Yuan sneered. "When they arrive, we'll see who kills whom.

“I've had enough fun with you. Time to die!"

Wu Yuan's expression suddenly turned solemn. With a thought, nine streams of silver light instantly shot out from the sword disk, merging into one.

Nine mid-grade Dao Instrument flying swords combined as one - this was the strongest power his mana body could command.

The sixth step of the Nine Swords of Spacetime - Heaven-Splitting Sword!

A streak of silver light, sharp and unstoppable, tore through the stable Divine Domain World with thunderous force. It pierced straight through the lightning giant's defenses, driving directly into his skull. Following that, interweaving sword lights reduced his body to dust.

Then an overwhelming tide of sword lights surged forth, obliterating the vital aura from his body in the blink of an eye.

Dead!

His strength was impressive, stronger than High Eldritch Wu Jian - he must have reached late-stage Astral Monarch-level comprehension. He's probably the most formidable genius I've encountered over these past few days. Wu Yuan muttered to himself as he waved his hand to collect the treasures left behind.

It was indeed a good harvest.

In terms of strength, this lightning giant approached the level of High Immortal Nan Yin. But still, he couldn't force Wu Yuan's mana body to reveal its full power.

This was Wu Yuan's qi refiner self. Nearly twenty thousand years of cultivation, especially the three thousand years in the Primordial Hall, had truly transformed him, bringing his strength to terrifying heights.

Supreme Geniuses? Even if they really came, I might not necessarily lose with the combined might of my true self and mana body. Wu Yuan sneered.

In fact, Wu Yuan rather yearned to cross blades with other Supreme Geniuses. Moreover, even if he couldn't win, escaping would be easy.

Adding this one, the kill count of mana/ether bodies has reached 982. Wu Yuan thought to himself. True self kills, one.

Indeed, during Wu Yuan's murderous rampage these past ten days, he had accidentally encountered one unfortunate soul.

Wu Yuan hadn't expected the other party to be a true self, and had casually slain them.

It wasn't until after the kill, when he discovered that the other party had been carrying over a hundred Immortal Life Pills, combined with the notification from the Crossroads’ system, that he confirmed the person had actually been a true self.

Just like that, a genius who might have been renowned throughout a vast macrocosm, a future Astral Monarch, died silently in the Megaverse Crossroads.

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From start to finish, Wu Yuan never recognized that unfortunate person's identity or which faction they belonged to. What achievements did they have? Wu Yuan didn't know. He couldn’t care less.

However, my kill rate is slowing. Wu Yuan mused.

This phase of frenzied killing was coming to an end.

Of the millions of participants engaging in mutual slaughter, most mana and ether bodies had already perished after this first round of battles. It would take at least ten years to cultivate new ones.

This meant that going forward, Wu Yuan's qi refiner self's kill rate would drastically decrease.

Even after ten years, this kill rate wouldn't recover, because after losing their mana/ether body once, these geniuses would naturally become more cautious, no longer engaging in crazed battles like when they first descended.

No rush! I still have nine thousand years. Completing one percent of the goal in just ten days is already pretty efficient. Wu Yuan's qi refiner self smiled.

One had to understand that his ether body had only managed to kill several dozen geniuses so far despite searching for opponents non-stop.

In the end, each Divine Domain World was vast beyond measure.

…

Time flowed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, nearly a month had passed since the opening of the Megaverse Crossroads.

When the Megaverse Crossroads first opened, millions of peerless geniuses from across the megaverse arrived, all brimming with fighting spirit - most chose not to hide away, but instead to fight.

Thus, during the first month, as countless geniuses descended, the fighting was incredibly brutal.

This wasn't just true for the majority of participants who only had Dao comprehension at the early-stage Astral Monarch level. Even those with mid-stage and late-stage Astral Monarch comprehension fell in great numbers.

The carnage was beyond description.

The Overlords of the Eldritch Court, Immortal Court, and various Saintdoms watched with intense focus, constantly gathering intelligence from their faction’s geniuses, all while marveling at the developments.

Geniuses! They were all geniuses! Most possessed extraordinary abilities.

Those long-famous peerless geniuses needed no introduction. Whether it was Supreme Geniuses like Zhu Shan, Bai Lian, Yu Xiang, and Mu Long, or the widely acknowledged Wu Yuan, Xuan Rong and others who mastered Sovereign-level techniques - they were all on a killing spree.

Talents of Xuan Rong and Cang Yu's caliber were rare across the infinite megaverse, with only hundreds in total, averaging just ten to twenty per Divine Domain World. The probability of them encountering each other at the start was extremely low!

Therefore, when they made their moves, they were completely unstoppable.

As more intelligence was gathered, various Saintdoms gradually confirmed which Divine Domain World these top-tier geniuses were in, and found that they were more or less evenly distributed.

However, besides these already famous geniuses, some previously ordinary participants began to reveal their brilliance, some with peak-stage Astral Monarch comprehension.

Those who mastered Sovereign-level techniques were all formidable. Of course, the current lack of reports about unknown Supreme Geniuses didn't mean there weren't any - it just meant no worthy opponents had appeared to force them to reveal their full strength.

Without them taking action, even supreme beings couldn't discern the true capabilities of these participants, let alone these Overlords.

"Such a gathering of prodigies."

"There are truly many impressive youngsters," the Overlords of various Saintdoms sighed in amazement.

They continued encouraging their faction’s participants, urging them not to give up.

Though the number of participants who had lost their mana/ether bodies exceeded ninety percent, those who had lost their true selves were negligible in number.

"Zhu Shan is terrifying!"

"Simply heaven-defying."

Across the fifty-five Divine Domain Worlds, most top-tier geniuses were able to dominate the place, yet to meet their equal.

But there were exceptions. For instance - Zhu Shan.

In the Divine Domain World he landed in, there were five Supreme Geniuses, and on the twenty-second day, he happened to encounter Yu Xiang - a Supreme Genius of the Desolation Divine Court!

Upon meeting, Yu Xiang recognized his opponent and attempted to retreat, but Zhu Shan gave him no chance to escape, swiftly charging in for the kill.

It took just three palm strikes.

The first strike shattered Yu Xiang's defenses, the second strike shredded his body, and the final strike completely annihilated Yu Xiang.

News of this battle quickly spread from the Desolation Divine Court to various Saintdoms, leaving their Overlords in awe.

Too powerful. It was inconceivable - even among Supreme Geniuses, the gap shouldn't have been so vast. Yet the reality was that Yu Xiang was destroyed in three palm strikes.

Moreover, this was merely one of Zhu Shan's ether bodies - he possessed three in total.

In a flash, various Saintdoms almost unanimously declared Zhu Shan as the strongest participant of this Megaverse Crossroads, with the highest probability of claiming a Saintcrest.

Even the other Supreme Geniuses in the same Divine Domain World as Zhu Shan secretly departed through spatial passages.

…

While Zhu Shan was undoubtedly the most dazzling, the second most eye-catching was Ming Jian of the Taiyuan Divine Court!

"He has killed at least six hundred participants, even more than Zhu Shan."

"He has comprehended the Great Dao of Spacetime, reaching the ninth-level True Intent stage, with peak-stage Astral Monarch comprehension."

"It's unknown if he has mastered any Sovereign-level techniques." Various Saintdoms paid close attention.

Firstly, his qi refiner self's performance was too impressive, with a kill count surpassing most Supreme Geniuses, definitely ranking in the top five or even top three of the entire Megaverse Crossroads.

Secondly, the Great Dao of Spacetime was too special - while not the strongest in direct combat, it was the most mysterious and unpredictable, known as the Dao of control.