134: Chapter 134 Eight Kings Approach the Ancestral Star!
Inside the quiet room, time seemed to lose its meaning.
Ning Yuan was completely immersed in the ocean of cultivation, forgetting both himself and the world.
The vast golden essence sea within his body, driven by the Myriad Tribulations Star Dome Dragon Elephant Scripture, acted like a greedy black hole, frantically devouring the extremely dense heaven and earth essence around him!
With the assistance of the nine dragons spirit nurturing pendant, his soul power was also growing rapidly, and his comprehension of the laws of heaven and earth was changing with each passing day, advancing by leaps and bounds!
The benefits brought by the King-level Physical Body were manifested to the fullest at this moment!
Those indestructible meridians were sufficient to withstand an energy scouring that was a hundred times more violent than that of an ordinary person!
That blood-qi power as vast as the sea provided an endless source of motivation for his essence power cultivation!
Under these conditions, his cultivation speed reached an appalling level!
Even he himself felt a hint of alarm!
Boom!
An unknown amount of time passed.
When the last trace of heaven and earth essence in the quiet room was completely devoured by him.
A terrifying roar, like the explosion of a star, suddenly came from within his body!
A terrifying aura, several times stronger than before, burst out from him!
The entire quiet room shook violently under the impact of this aura, as if it would collapse at any moment!
Radiant Moon Rank!
In just seven short days!
He had actually soared all the way from the early Meteor Rank to the peak of the Radiant Moon Rank with unstoppable momentum!
If this terrifying cultivation speed were to be told, it would absolutely scare those so-called 'top geniuses' to death!
“Whew...”
Ning Yuan slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a mouthful of hot, turbid air.
Inside that turbid air, there was actually a faint hint of golden lightning, scorching the air in front of him until it twisted and deformed!
“Peak Radiant Moon Rank... not bad.”
He felt the surging power within his body and nodded with satisfaction.
“Next is the Sun Rank!”
“As long as I can step into the peak of the Sun Rank, I’ll have the confidence to charge at that legendary King Realm barrier!”
His eyes flashed with sharp light, filled with confidence!
Just then.
A powerful aura fluctuation also came from the room next door!
That was... Jiang Mingyue's aura!
Clearly, during these seven days, she hadn't been idle either, successfully stabilizing her realm and smoothly breaking through to the Meteor Rank Flying Heaven Realm!
Although it couldn't compare to Ning Yuan's freakishness, it was definitely considered lightning speed!
“This guy... is truly a freak!”
Jiang Mingyue felt the fleeting, terrifying aura next door, her heart filled with a sense of helplessness.
She had worked herself to death just to barely break through one minor realm.
As it turned out, that guy just soared directly from the early stage to the peak?!
How is anyone else supposed to live?!
Comparing oneself to others really is infuriating!
However, after a brief period of depression, a high-spirited fighting spirit reignited in her eyes!
“Hmph! Just you wait!”
“Once we enter the Taixu Secret Realm, this Saintess will definitely let you know what a true—Opportunity Harvester—is!”
She was a Reborn person after all!
When it came to knowledge of the Taixu Secret Realm, who could possibly surpass her?!
When the time came, she would sweep up all the good things inside!
She’d make that freak die of envy!
...
Soon, the day for the official opening of the Taixu Secret Realm arrived.
The four roommates gathered once again.
Zhou Qi and Lu Sheng had also gained tremendously during these seven days.
Although they hadn't broken through, they had completely stabilized their Earth Rank peak realms, and their combat power was more than a notch stronger than before.
“Boss! Second Brother! Your auras... have become stronger again?!”
Looking at the two unfathomable Prodigys before them, the two couldn't help but gasp.
Especially Ning Yuan; although he had tried his best to restrain his aura, that faint sense of pressure still made their hearts palpitate!
Too terrifying!
Just what level has the Boss's strength reached now?
They simply couldn't imagine it!
“Let’s go. If we’re late, we won’t get a good spot.”
Ning Yuan patted the two on the shoulders with a smile and took the lead in walking outside.
Along the way, Zhou Qi, the 'Little Prince of Intelligence,' started talking incessantly again, educating everyone on the latest 'gossip.'
“Boss, Second Brother, you guys were in seclusion these past few days so you might not know, but our Great Xia Martial Academy is now completely bustling!”
“Ever since the news about the Taixu Secret Realm opening spread, human geniuses from across the Federation have gone crazy, all rushing towards our Ancestral Star!”
“Now, let alone our Transcendent Academy, even the Flying Heaven Institute is overcrowded! Prodigys that were rare to see before are now as common as cabbage, you can grab a handful anywhere!”
“But...”
At this point, he lowered his voice and said mysteriously, “This time, the academy higher-ups have also issued a strict order! Only human geniuses are allowed to enter! Not a single one of those foreign race fellows will get in!”
“Supposedly, it's because those foreign races were offended terribly during the last Thunder King Pool incident. Now they're all brewing bad intentions, looking for trouble with us. The academy is also afraid they'll cause destruction in the secret realm, so they just barred them all from the door!”
“Hahaha! Serves them right! They were so arrogant before!”
Lu Sheng listened from the side, gloating and feeling greatly satisfied.
Hearing this, Ning Yuan's heart stirred.
The foreign exchange students have all been sent back?
Then wouldn't the 'Hunt Foreign Geniuses' mission he received from the system earlier... fall through?
However, he didn't care too much.
It was just a side mission anyway; it didn't matter if he did it or not.
The current priority was still to increase his strength in the Taixu Secret Realm first!
Seeing everyone listening intently, Zhou Qi became even more spirited in his speech.
“And I also heard that among the top talents rushing here from various star sectors, there are eight fellows who are true Prodigys among Prodigys!”
“They all come from top academies or ancient families across the Federation's star sectors. Each one is said to have already reached the Quasi-King Rank! They specially came to make their final accumulation and refinement before stepping into the King Realm!”
“The Federation's higher-ups also have high hopes for them, hoping they can grow up quickly so they can step onto the crisis-ridden Myriad Races Battlefield in the near future!”
“These eight people are now being called the 'Human Race's New Eight Kings' by busybodies!”
“Oh? Quasi-King Rank?”
Hearing this, Ning Yuan also became interested.
“Tell me, who are these tough characters?”
Zhou Qi cleared his throat and began to introduce them one by one.
“First, from the Central Star Sector's 'Divine Martial Academy,' is the 'tyrant spear'—Xiang Kunlun! It's said he was born with divine strength and awakened the ancient Overlord bloodline. With the 'heavenly dragon city-shattering halberd' in hand, weighing a million catties, he's enough to sweep away his generation with peerless valor!”
“The second is the 'Heavenly Calculator' from 'Tiandao Academy'—Zhuge Qing! This guy is the most mysterious; no one has seen him go all out. It's said his main cultivation isn't combat but the Dao of Heavenly Divination, allowing him to foresee danger and seek luck while avoiding calamity. His mastery of formations is even more supernatural; he once trapped and killed three foreign geniuses of the same rank by himself, making even the older generation of experts wary of him!”
“The third is the 'Ice Emperor' from the Northern Border Star Sector's 'Ice and Snow Divine Palace'—Ice Emperor! She possesses the legendary 'Tai Yin Divine Body' and is naturally close to the Great Dao of Ice and Snow. Her divine ability 'Freezing for a Thousand Miles' can even briefly freeze time and space!”
“The fourth is the 'Void Sword Child' from the ancient 'Ji Family' of the Eastern Desolation Star Sector—Ji Xuan! This person's sword dao talent is unique across the ages, and even more terrifyingly, he seems to have awakened a talent related to spatial power. His sword strikes are shadowless and impossible to guard against!”
“The fifth is the 'Beast King' from the Southern Ridge Star Sector's 'Myriad Beast Mountain'—Beast King! He isn't a pure-blood human; it's said the blood of the ancient Titan Great Ape flows in his body, allowing him to transform into a hundred-zhang ape demon, with physical strength enough to clash head-on with a Young True Dragon cub!”
“The sixth is the ascetic monk from the Western Desert Star Sector's 'Buddhist Holy Land'—Fa Hai! Cough, no, it's Fa Chan! It's said he cultivates the supreme Buddhist body-refining technique 'Indestructible Vajra Body,' making his physical body indestructible and immune to all methods!”
“The seventh is the Saintess of 'Yaoguang Holy Land'—Holy Maiden of Yaoguang Holy Land! This woman is said to possess the legendary 'Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart,' being naturally close to the Dao. Cultivating any technique yields twice the result with half the effort, her comprehension is incredibly high, and her methods are endless!”
“As for the last one...”
At this point, an unprecedented gravity and... awe appeared on Zhou Qi's face.
“He is also recognized as the strongest among these eight!”
“He doesn't come from any academy or family, but... from our human military!”
“His code name is just one word—'War God'!”
“Supposedly, he's an orphan who has been fighting in the blood and fire of the Myriad Races Battlefield since he was three! To this day, the number of foreign geniuses who have died by his hand is not ten thousand, then at least eight thousand!”
“His strength has long reached the peak of the Quasi-King Rank! There are even rumors that he once clashed head-on with a true foreign Martial King on the front lines and retreated unscathed!”
“He is the well-deserved number one of the human race's younger generation!”
Listening to Zhou Qi's introduction.
Even Ning Yuan felt a slight chill in his heart at this moment.
It seemed he had still underestimated the heroes of the world!
None of these people were easy to deal with!
Each one had their own legends and trump cards!
It seemed this trip to the Taixu Secret Realm would be even more exciting than he had imagined!
In his eyes, there wasn't the slightest bit of fear, but rather an unprecedented...
Anticipation!