Even Luo Feng had to use that kind of method to pass when fighting the guardian of the seventh level.
But Luo Fan instantly killed him.
That difference was obvious at a glance.
…
Luo Fan walked past the eighth level and arrived before the mist at the end.
Just like before, he chose the warrior option.
The mysterious figure appeared again, still holding the same Tidal God Blade as Luo Fan.
"You are quite good."
This time, the mysterious figure actually spoke.
Luo Fan looked at him with a hint of surprise. He was about to respond, but the opponent had already prepared to initiate combat.
The mysterious figure raised the Tidal God Blade, ready to strike downward.
Luo Fan stopped speaking as well.
He raised his Tidal God Blade.
Both blades swung down at the same time.
Before the mysterious figure, countless Tidal Beasts appeared.
This was the sixth form of the Tidal God Blade, Tidal Beast World.
One slash, and countless Tidal Beasts emerged.
Luo Fan was different.
With one slash, a massive wolf-shaped creature appeared.
This was the first form of the Tidal Blade Combat Arts created by the Tidal Blade King, Jadefall Direwolf.
In the next moment, the swarm of Tidal Beasts collided with the massive wolf-shaped creature.
The Tidal Beasts were shredded like vegetables being chopped. The Jadefall Direwolf massacred them relentlessly.
They could only inflict the slightest damage on it.
Before long, every Tidal Beast was annihilated by the Jadefall Direwolf.
The Jadefall Direwolf charged straight toward the mysterious figure.
The mysterious figure tried to resist, unleashing Tidal Beast World again.
But the Jadefall Direwolf tore through the Tidal Beast swarm and completely slew the mysterious figure.
The eighth level was cleared.
Luo Fan ignored the notification of the system task completion ringing in his mind and walked toward the depths of the ninth level.
…
In the space of the Celestial Ascension Bridge.
Silence.
At this moment, the entire plaza was silent.
Not only the geniuses, but even the newly arrived Kings and a few Venerables were stunned by Luo Fan's current strength.
Thirty years in Chaos City, and he actually broke through the eighth level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
What did that mean?
Across 1,000 iterations of the Genius War organized by the Virtual Universe Corporation, among the participants who spent their first thirty years in Chaos City, 4,168 had passed the third level.
Nine hundred and twenty-six passed the fourth level.
Thirty-two passed the fifth level.
None passed the sixth level.
The Virtual Universe Corporation held a Genius War every ten thousand years. Each generation rarely had anyone pass the third level, and the average for passing the fourth level was roughly one person.
If a particular generation was slightly weaker, there would be no one passing the fourth level.
If the overall strength was higher, two or three might pass the fourth level.
This generation had already produced several who surpassed the fifth level.
Hong had already passed the fifth level of the Illusion Sky-Piercing Bridge.
Luo Feng and Bolan had even passed the seventh level.
A single generation producing two who passed the seventh level was already shocking.
Across nearly a thousand generations of the Genius War, aside from this one, no one had ever passed the sixth level within their first thirty years in Chaos City.
Yet this generation produced two such cases already.
And not only did they reach the sixth level, they had surpassed the seventh.
But even all of that wasn't the most shocking part.
The most shocking one was Luo Fan.
He had passed the eighth level.
And he did it all within thirty short years in Chaos City.
Judging from his expression, he looked completely relaxed.
"Hahahaha!"
"Hahahahahaha!"
A loud, excited laugh shattered the surrounding silence.
The Kings and Venerables looked toward the werewolf who was laughing.
Because there was a barrier separating the powerful figures from the geniuses, only these powerhouses heard the wild, excited laughter.
Everyone glanced over and immediately understood.
It was the Tidal Blade King laughing.
The Tidal Blade King was incomparably excited.
He had long known what realm Luo Fan's comprehension of the laws had reached.
After all, during these thirty years, the Tidal Blade King had practically been teaching him personally.
Whenever Luo Fan encountered something he didn't understand, the Tidal Blade King would explain and demonstrate in reality.
Whether it was laws or secret arts, Luo Fan received immediate guidance for any question.
During these thirty years, no matter when, Luo Fan could always seek out the Tidal Blade King.
So the Tidal Blade King understood Luo Fan better than anyone.
Even Grandor wasn't as familiar with Luo Fan as the Tidal Blade King was.
After all, Luo Fan later trained in the Tidal Blade Combat Arts, the Tidal Blade King's own creation.
That was why the Tidal Blade King understood Luo Fan to such a depth.
Over the years, Luo Fan never challenged the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
Some people even came to ask the Tidal Blade King if his treasured disciple had run out of potential.
Now, Luo Fan used pure strength to slap all of them in the face.
The Tidal Blade King was ecstatic.
If not for the presence of the Venerables, he would have already started bragging about his disciple on the spot.
At this moment, a few Venerables looked at Luo Fan, their eyes flashing with interest.
They silently sent out several messages.
…
Luo Fan arrived before the mist of the ninth level and once again chose the warrior option.
A mysterious figure appeared.
This time, his eyes were filled with admiration.
But admiration was one thing. He would never hold back against Luo Fan.
The moment he appeared, he immediately unleashed the seventh form of the Tidal God Blade, Heaven-Cleaving Strike.
A massive Tidal God Blade manifested out of thin air.
The surrounding space even showed faint cracks.
The enormous Tidal God Blade slashed toward Luo Fan.
Wherever it passed, the space was cut open into pitch-black rifts.
Around the large rifts, fine spiderweb-like fractures appeared.
The spatial tears even had a tendency to expand.
Luo Fan looked calmly at the enormous Tidal God Blade descending upon him.
He gripped his Tidal God Blade and swung.
In the next moment, a massive blade aura appeared.
On the blade aura were intricate secret patterns.
This was the second form of the Tidal Blade Combat Arts, Heaven-Sunder.
The Tidal Blade King created this based on the original Heaven-Cleaving Strike paired with the Tidal God Blade.
The blade aura collided with the giant Tidal God Blade.
Cracks immediately spread across both massive blade projections.
The surrounding space shattered.
Because the Sky-Piercing Bridge simulated reality perfectly, battle effects appeared exactly as they would in the real world.
Countless spatial rifts opened around them.
But these rifts could not harm either combatant.
The two enormous blades clashed, and even space trembled.
As time passed, the cracks across both blades deepened.
At that moment, the secret patterns on Luo Fan's blade aura lit up.
In the next instant, the blade aura erupted with terrifying power and completely shattered the giant Tidal God Blade.
The cracked blade aura slashed toward the mysterious figure.
Even though the blade aura was close to collapsing, it still severely injured him.
Luo Fan unleashed Heaven-Sunder again and completely slew the mysterious figure.
The ninth level of the Sky-Piercing Bridge was cleared.
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