379: Dark matter (thanks to Brother Xu A for the 10,000-coin reward)

Inside the VIP viewing room.

Yu Meng was now both pained and happy.

The pain came from immense pressure.

Song Qingfeng and several other high-ranking officials from the Universe Alliance were all in front of him, each watching him connect with Lin Yang.

The happiness, on the other hand, was because he realized that Lin Yang was rejecting everyone else's meeting requests and only accepting his, which was an opportune moment to elevate his status.

Normally, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to meet Song Qingfeng and the others, but now these big shots were speaking to him amicably.

Lin Yang had created an opportunity for him to communicate and converse with these important figures.

If he handled it well, it would be of immense benefit to the entire Yu Xia Universe.

Yu Meng understood this in his heart and was extremely grateful to Lin Yang.

He relayed the meeting request to Lin Yang as per Song Qingfeng and the others' instructions.

For such a significant matter, Song Qingfeng and the others naturally wouldn't discuss it over a call; only by meeting Lin Yang in person could they negotiate more effectively.

Lin Yang, however, only replied with one sentence.

“Everything will be discussed after the competition ends!”

“Discuss after the competition ends?”

In the viewing room, Song Qingfeng and the others frowned upon seeing Lin Yang's reply.

This round of competition had just concluded, and there were at least three days of rest in between.

They had all intended to use this time to meet Lin Yang first.

But now Lin Yang said to wait until all the competitions were over, which made them a bit anxious.

They couldn't wait a moment longer!

Yu Meng was also somewhat surprised that Your Excellency Lin Yang would refuse to meet Song Qingfeng and the others. While wiping a bead of sweat, he cautiously added:

“Your Excellency Lin Yang said that he knows what you all want from him, but for now, he wants to prioritize the competition. Anyway, there aren't many rounds left, so please, esteemed sirs, wait a few more days.”

“This… alright. Since that's the case, please inform guy Lin Yang to focus on his competition.”

Although Song Qingfeng and the others were anxious, the initiative was now in Your Excellency Lin Yang's hands, and they couldn't rush him, so they had no choice but to leave disappointed.

After they left, Yu Meng wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead: “Lin Yang is truly formidable; he even refused to meet the several Chairmen.”

To be honest, when he received Lin Yang's reply just now, his heart was trembling.

One could say that any one of Song Qingfeng and the others, on a normal day, had countless important figures trying to meet them, only to find no way in, yet Your Excellency Lin Yang directly refused.

This simply made his scalp tingle.

“Lin Yang is indeed too formidable; he's practically my number one idol!” Xing Guang said, his face full of adoration.

The important figures whom others desperately sought to meet, Your Excellency Lin Yang didn't care about, which made his admiration for Your Excellency Lin Yang reach a new height at this moment.

He then couldn't help but exclaim: “If only I could be as powerful as Your Excellency Lin Yang someday.”

“Slap!”

Yu Meng directly slapped Xing Guang on the forehead: “Don't dream in broad daylight; you really dare to say anything!”

“...” Xing Guang immediately hugged his head, looking wronged.

“I need to get Yu Chen here quickly. This time, it's an unprecedented opportunity for us. If we handle it properly...”

Yu Meng's eyes flickered incessantly... On Lin Yang's side, he wasn't intentionally putting on airs and keeping Song Qingfeng and the others waiting.

Rather, he hadn't thought about how to address Song Qingfeng and the others' demands.

Immediately after the competition, he had seen some things from the audience's discussions and online.

He also knew the astonishing value and significance of the extraordinary power he was now displaying!

Song Qingfeng and the others wanted the method for this new path, but he simply couldn't provide it!

He couldn't possibly reveal the existence of the system, could he?

“Headache!”

Lin Yang began to feel a headache.

Before, he only thought that revealing extraordinary power would at most cause shock, but now the situation had somewhat exceeded his previous estimations.

If he directly said no, or that he had no way to provide it, Song Qingfeng and the others would probably not be as polite as they were now.

So he could only stall until after the competition ended to meet them. He needed to use this time to think of a countermeasure.

“If only White Fatty Old Man were here,” Lin Yang muttered.

Unfortunately, within the competition space, White Fatty Old Man couldn't appear or contact him at will. He could only wait until after the competition to find an opportunity to meet White Fatty Old Man and then respond.

Afterward, Lin Yang stopped overthinking and continued to use all his time to merge with extraordinary substances.

Although there weren't many matching rounds left, only a few.

However, Jin Hua Cang and Que Tian, the two strongest guy, hadn't been matched with him yet, so it was safer to try to improve his strength as much as possible for the upcoming battles.

Time flew by.

A new round of matching began again.

In this round, Lin Yang's opponent was Heng Nian.

Without any surprise, he directly won!

Because, after Heng Nian entered the arena, he smiled and greeted him a few times, then stated that he had no way to contend with space power and directly conceded.

Another seed competitor from the three great Universe Countries voluntarily conceded.

However, this time, everyone's reaction was very calm.

As the Cosmic Competition progressed, too many shocking things had already occurred, and Heng Nian's concession was even within everyone's expectations.

Firstly, Heng Nian indeed had no strength to withstand space power.

Secondly, everyone also understood that Lin Yang's new path method was priceless. Even the three great Universe Countries would surely want to show him favor, so Heng Nian's concession was both reasonable and expected.

Three days later, then another three days.

Three days and then three more days.

Round after round of matches, Lin Yang was undefeated.

Whether it was truly being outmatched or wanting to show him favor.

In any case, after being matched with him, they either simply conceded immediately or politely wanted to experience space power before conceding.

In short, all his matches were victories and incredibly easy.

This made the spectators feel a bit bored.

Because, with Lin Yang's current strength, even if he mastered this semi-fused space extraordinary power, the other first-tier seed competitors from the three great Universe Countries weren't entirely incapable of putting up a fight.

But because everyone wanted to show favor to Lin Yang, his battles became the most uninteresting ones.

Finally, in a new round of matching, Lin Yang was matched with Jin Hua Cang.

The bored crowd finally perked up a bit.

“Jin Hua Cang wouldn't also concede, would he?”

“This round should at least offer some exciting combat, right?”

Jin Hua Cang's strength, after round after round of competition, was also recognized by everyone.

He and Que Tian were the only two competitors who truly had the strength to contend with Lin Yang, who wielded space extraordinary power.

Many people began to look forward to seeing a Gene Warrior battle an Extraordinary Warrior.

However... “What the hell is going on? Jin Hua Cang actually conceded too??”

“Holy cow, what is Gu Lan Supreme Civilization doing? Even if they want to show favor and curry goodwill, it shouldn't be this obvious, right? Even Jin Hua Cang directly conceded. Are they just going to hand over first place to Lin Yang??”

“I've truly lived long enough to see this. The first place in the Cosmic Competition, which people from the three great Universe Countries have always coveted, they actually want to voluntarily give up. This Cosmic Competition is destined to be recorded in the annals of the Universe Alliance.”

“Ahem, let me correct that. It should be that only Taixuan Ancient Dynasty and Gu Lan Supreme Civilization are willing to give it up. Even if Shiyuan Universe Country wanted to, they don't have that opportunity now!”

“...Bro, you're really good at hurting people. Wouldn't the people from Shiyuan Universe Country go crazy if they saw what you said?”

“Exactly, buddy, quickly delete your account and run. I'm afraid the people from Shiyuan Universe Country will follow the internet cable and beat you up.”

“...”

Everyone sighed one after another.

The rankings of the Cosmic Competition had always been one of the most important things for the three great Universe Countries.

In every previous competition, the rivalry was incredibly fierce, yet now it was all peaceful.

It was simply unbelievable.

Everyone found it hard to believe, and Lin Yang himself was actually the same.

Others conceding was fine.

After all, they indeed had little chance of winning against him.

But Jin Hua Cang conceding was a bit beyond his expectation.

“Gu Lan Supreme Civilization is really generous; they actually let Jin Hua Cang directly concede to me.”

Lin Yang's eyes were deep.

With the strength Jin Hua Cang had displayed, he could definitely have fought him.

But conceding immediately, to be honest, he felt a bit regretful.

He actually quite wanted to clash with a seed competitor of that caliber.

However, Gu Lan Supreme Civilization didn't give him that opportunity.

“Now there's only Que Tian left. He can't possibly concede too, can he?”

Lin Yang looked towards the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty resting area.

After round after round of matches, now only the last round remained, and he was matched with Que Tian in this final round.

At the same time, the outcome of this final round also determined who would claim first place!

Que Tian, like him, also had an undefeated record so far.

Whoever won this round would secure first place in this Cosmic Competition.

“Hossen and Yuan Mo of Taixuan Ancient Dynasty both wield Forbidden Power. It's hard to say that Que Tian doesn't, so I still need to be careful.”

Facing Que Tian, Lin Yang also became unprecedentedly cautious.

After all, the incidents with Hossen and Yuan Mo earlier were still fresh in his mind.

Although he had no conflict with Taixuan Ancient Dynasty, he still had to be somewhat prepared.

Soon, another three days passed.

The final round of matching began.

“This final round is the battle between Lin Yang and Que Tian. I wonder how Que Tian will choose?”

Everyone also grew curious.

Even Jin Hua Cang had directly conceded, so they wondered if Taixuan Ancient Dynasty would also have Que Tian concede.

“Taixuan Ancient Dynasty made such a big move this time, having two competitors both wield Forbidden Power to perish with Gu Ming and Gu Ran. They probably weren't thinking about rankings, so it's possible they'll also have Que Tian concede.”

Someone speculated this.

Inside the competition space.

Lin Yang and Que Tian had both entered the arena.

The two looked at each other.

Que Tian did not concede. Instead, he laughed loudly and said: “Lin Yang, I will not concede. I imagine you are also looking forward to a true great battle, and I, too, wish to fully experience space power. So, let us both go all out and decide the victor, how about it?”

Lin Yang's eyebrows raised upon hearing this, and he showed a smile: “Good, Que Tian, your words are exactly what I wanted.”

He indeed wanted to have a great battle with a seed competitor of this caliber.

Que Tian's words truly resonated with him!

“Your Excellency Lin Yang, please!”

Que Tian cupped his fists.

“Que Tian, please!”

Your Excellency Lin Yang also raised his hand.

The next instant, both simultaneously unleashed their power, attacking each other.

Que Tian, just like in his previous encounter with Jin Hua Cang, went all out from the start, holding nothing back.

Lin Yang also directly used space power to envelop Que Tian.

Que Tian directly tore his upper clothing, revealing his sturdy physique, and withstood the cutting of space power.

The power that could easily carve dense wounds on Hong Jin, while still able to injure Que Tian, caused much shallower wounds on him.

“What an astonishing physique!”

Your Excellency Lin Yang couldn't help but exclaim.

“Haha, Your Excellency Lin Yang, your space power is also very formidable. At the same power level, no one has ever managed to leave so many wounds on me. Extraordinary Power is truly impressive!” Que Tian laughed heartily.

He wasn't exaggerating.

Although Hong Jin's physical strength was the strongest among their group of competitors,

Que Tian was different. He knew his potential wasn't as high as Hong Jin's, so he found another way, integrating a tiny bit of special dark matter into his body's surface.

Therefore, the physical defense he displayed at this moment was stronger than Hong Jin's, not because he was inherently stronger, but because of the effect of that special dark matter.

And this method is not advocated by the Universe Alliance.

Although integrating those special dark matters can temporarily provide some assistance, it will cause some adverse effects on oneself after integration.

It is also very difficult to re-separate this special dark matter.

Normally, only those who can no longer advance or are seeking extremes would consider this method.

Because once integrated, influenced by the special dark matter, one's genes will undergo some subtle changes, which will make it difficult to continue to grow and become stronger through normal means.

However, anyone who still has a promising future would not choose to integrate this special dark matter into their body.

Yet, Que Tian did just that!

On the viewing stands, there were naturally sharp-eyed individuals who instantly discerned his condition through Que Tian's state.

“What the heck, Que Tian has integrated special dark matter. Is he crazy?”

“I don’t think he’s crazy; it’s the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty that’s gone mad, allowing their strongest guy to integrate dark matter. This is simply insane!”

“Damn it, the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty is truly abstract. Hossen and Yuan Mo, mastering Forbidden Power, ended up in a mutual destruction with Gu Ming and Gu Ran, while Que Tian integrated dark matter. I really don’t understand what the people of the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty are trying to do. The three most talented seeded guys of this generation are going to be ruined like this.”

“Once dark matter is integrated, it means that the path of one's own improvement is basically cut off. Que Tian giving up his bright future to integrate dark matter, if you say the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty has no ulterior motives, I won't believe it.”

“It's truly insane, everyone's gone mad!”

“This Cosmic Competition was really worth attending; the ticket price was totally worth it!”

“...”

As someone realized Que Tian had integrated dark matter, everyone was stunned.

This was a seeded guy!

With a bright future and a promising tomorrow!

Yet, he integrated dark matter into his body, which was equivalent to cutting off his own future!

Everyone couldn't understand why Que Tian would do this!

“Although the ranking of the Cosmic Competition is a kind of face-off for the three great Universe Countries, has there ever been a session as crazy as this one?!”

“Yes, the competition is held every few decades. Compared to the competition's ranking, talent is clearly more important. It seems no Universe Country has ever been like the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty, allowing their own guys to master Forbidden Power and integrate dark matter just to compete for rankings, right?”

The successive appearance of Forbidden Power and dark matter made everyone fully witness the madness and strangeness of the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty.

Destroying the future of their guys to compete for rankings was like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs!

People completely couldn't understand what the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty was trying to do!

Inside the arena, Lin Yang also noticed a slight anomaly in Que Tian’s formidable physical body.

At the Medium Super Gene Warrior level, the strongest physical strength should only be to the extent of Hong Jin.

Don't think that Hong Jin couldn't withstand his cutting; that's because he used space Extraordinary Power!

If it were someone with a slightly weaker physical body, the force he used to attack Hong Jin would be enough to cut a person into a skeleton.

But this Que Tian, facing the cutting of his space power, only sustained minor injuries on his body surface. This was not normal.

“Your body seems a little off,” Lin Yang said.

“Hehe, you noticed,” Que Tian smiled, and said indifferently, “I integrated some dark matter into my body.”

He didn't hide it but directly stated the reason.

“Dark matter?” Lin Yang frowned.

He had never heard of such a thing.

“You don’t know about dark matter?” Que Tian, seeing his reaction, was puzzled and surprised: “You master Extraordinary Power, yet you don’t know about dark matter?”

“No,” Lin Yang shook his head.

“That’s truly quite strange,” Que Tian also frowned, but then said, “It doesn’t matter whether you know or not; someone will explain it to you after the competition. In short, release your strongest power now. If your power cannot become stronger, then you will lose this round of battle!”

Lin Yang didn't speak immediately but stared at him for a while, then nodded silently: “Okay.”

“Then, let’s not waste time, shall we? You can directly unleash your strongest attack right now. If I can withstand it, then you will be eliminated. If I cannot easily withstand it, then I will directly admit defeat!” Que Tian spoke again.

“You want to decide the winner in one blow?” Lin Yang looked at him.

“That’s right,” Que Tian nodded, then added, “Of course, if you don’t want to, I will still accompany you to fight to the end, but it will just waste a little more time.”

Lin Yang was silent for a moment, then said, “Since that’s the case, then as you wish, I will unleash my strongest attack at the moment!”

“Good! Come on!”

Que Tian made a chest-expanding motion and laughed loudly.

Swish!

Lin Yang raised his hand and slashed!

Invisible forces cut through Que Tian's body!

Chii chii chii.

In an instant, hundreds of tiny cuts appeared on Que Tian’s body, slightly oozing blood.

Que Tian’s brows instantly furrowed, feeling the pain. He looked down at the dense, fine wounds covering his body, then looked up at Lin Yang: “How many more times can you use this extraordinary technique?”

“How many more times can you withstand?” Lin Yang, however, countered with a question.

Que Tian raised an eyebrow, and without immediately answering, he stared at Lin Yang for a while, then slowly said, “Sixteen times. If you can still perform it sixteen times, then I can admit defeat!”

“Sixteen times, that many?” Lin Yang was astonished.

After integrating space extraordinary matter, he mastered the most basic method of space extraordinary power—space cutting!

And the power of space cutting will increase with the further integration of extraordinary matter and the improvement of its quality.

The strike he just unleashed was his strongest cutting technique at the moment—the Hundred Empty Slashes.

A hundred cutting forces erupted simultaneously, which under normal circumstances would be enough to completely destroy the physical body of a Medium Super Gene Warrior.

But Que Tian could actually withstand sixteen more times!

This was incredibly exaggerated!

“Indeed, sixteen times, no more, no less!” Que Tian nodded, confirming, “One less time, and I would still have the strength to defeat you. One more time, and my physical body wouldn’t be able to withstand it.”

“Alright,” Lin Yang sighed, and under Que Tian’s piercing gaze, he said, “Then you can admit defeat. I can unleash it more than sixteen times!”

“Good, then I concede!” Que Tian, upon hearing this, very decisively submitted a request to actively concede!

He didn't doubt at all whether Lin Yang was exaggerating!

Lin Yang couldn't help but say, “Aren’t you afraid I’m lying?”

“Haha, I believe you wouldn’t!” Que Tian laughed heartily, “Although I think you being able to perform it sixteen more times is indeed a bit abnormal, I still believe that such a young Extraordinary Warrior wouldn’t stoop to lying!”

Lin Yang was taken aback.

Que Tian then smiled slightly and instantly exited the arena space.

This round, Lin Yang wins!

The big screen also updated the results in real-time.

Lin Yang won all his battles, ranking first!

At this point, all the matching rounds of this Cosmic Competition have been completed... “It’s over, it’s just over like this?”

“This grand competition was truly abstract in all sorts of ways!”

“Oh my, I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel a bit empty.”

“What are you empty about? Although the competition is over, given the frequent occurrence of various strange situations during the competition, do you think there won’t be any excitement to watch next?”

“Exactly, not to mention anything else, just the post-competition struggles between the major Universe Countries will be very exciting!”

“Haha, this time, the Shiyuan Universe Country and the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty are really going to clash!”

“Indeed, the Shiyuan Universe Country previously asked the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty for an explanation, but the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty completely ignored them. After the competition, the two great Universe Countries are probably going to war!”

“Hehe, war is good, fighting is good, I want to see rivers of blood!”

“You really love to watch the drama unfold!”

“...”

“Esteemed Your Excellency Lin Yang, thank you for the splendid battles you contributed to this competition. Your current match score ranks first. Congratulations on winning first place in this Cosmic Competition!”

“Cosmic Competition officials will contact you shortly to distribute the competition rewards. Please keep your exclusive line open.”

After Que Tian conceded, Lin Yang received a notification from the competition's intelligent system.

It informed him that he had won the championship of this competition!

“It’s the championship already…”

Lin Yang also felt a bit dazed.

Beep, beep, beep!

Immediately after, his communicator rang incessantly.

It was a connection request from Yu Meng.

Lin Yang accepted.

“Lin Yang, you are truly amazing! You won the championship of this Cosmic Competition!!! I admire you so much!!!”

As soon as the call connected, Your Excellency Lin Yang immediately heard Xing Guang's excited shout from the other end!

“Ahem, Lin Yang, I also congratulate you on winning the championship. At the same time, Song Qingfeng and several other directors have once again asked me to convey their request to meet you. When would be a convenient time for you?”

Yu Meng was also very excited, but there was something more urgent than excitement now!

Upon hearing this, Lin Yang's expression became serious.

In the end, he couldn't avoid it!

“Tell those directors to give me half a day. I’ll meet them after half a day.”

Lin Yang took a deep breath and said slowly.

“Half a day? Good!”

Yu Meng's spirits also lifted.

The outcome of Lin Yang’s meeting with Song Qingfeng and the others directly related to the future of the Yu Xia Universe!

While he was nervously anticipating, he also felt a bit uneasy!

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