From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

Li Yang was still unaware that the matter had been exposed and that both Celestial Net and Lentz had been captured.

At this moment, he was in a vast, open space.

He was the only one in the vicinity, which was a complex environment filled with jungles, plains, lakes, and more.

This was the battleground for the deathmatch.

Li Yang was walking through an area with some boulders. As he approached one spot...

BOOM!

A boulder over a meter tall beside him suddenly split open, revealing rows upon rows of dense teeth.

An incredibly powerful fluctuation erupted from the entire rock—a fluctuation that had reached the Peak of Longevity Realm!

Its massive mouth lunged directly at Li Yang.

This seemingly ordinary rock was actually a life form at the Peak of Longevity Realm!

Li Yang’s spiritual perception was exceptionally sharp. Combined with his cautious nature, the instant the rock showed any anomaly, he retreated and swung the spear in his hand, thrusting it out like a bolt of lightning.

Although the rock’s attack was a complete surprise, it had no effect on Li Yang. He killed it with a single spear strike, and it shattered into countless small pieces of rubble.

’As expected, this space is fraught with danger.’

Li Yang took a deep breath.

This was already the seventh crisis he had encountered.

Inside this space, he had encountered and killed one genius, but only one.

However, he constantly ran into surprise attacks like this.

Someone slightly weaker might have been killed instantly by such a danger.

’Onward.’

Li Yang continued forward. Along the way, he encountered and killed another genius. By this point, the number of crises he had faced had reached ten.

As Li Yang arrived at a new area, his steps suddenly came to a halt.

Not far away, a burly young man with bare arms was walking toward him.

’Mute, the genius from Kui Lang Star Continent.’

Looking at this young man, a cautious expression immediately appeared in Li Yang’s eyes.

Mute was a member of the family of Emperor Kui Lang, the ruler of Kui Lang Star Continent. Furthermore, he had been accepted as Emperor Kui Lang’s disciple and was extremely powerful.

He could also instantly kill experts at the Peak of Longevity Realm. He was currently ranked seventh overall, a higher rank than Li Yang’s.

”Haha, Li Yang, the genius from Yangyuan Star Continent.” Seeing Li Yang, Mute’s eyes lit up, and he strode over with a loud laugh.

Li Yang watched the burly Mute, and Mute looked back at him.

Not far away, another genius happened to be walking by. When he saw the two of them, he was startled and immediately fled into the distance.

’Holy crap, Mute and Li Yang, two top-ten geniuses, have run into each other? Is one of them about to be eliminated?’ the genius thought to himself.

He was curious, but he didn’t dare to linger.

Both Mute and Li Yang could kill him in an instant with ease.

”Haha, Li Yang, what a coincidence.”

A trace of excitement was evident on Mute’s face. He said, ”Since we’ve met, how about a fight? Let’s see who’s stronger.”

A hint of battle intent flickered in his eyes; he was clearly a belligerent young man.

”If you want a fight, you’ve got one,” Li Yang replied coldly, not backing down in the slightest.

Having come this far, with his current strength, he had no reason to fear Mute.

In the ninth trial, Mute had killed two virtual opponents, while he had killed one.

”Good. Straight to the point.” Mute laughed heartily and gripped a massive battle saber.

The battle saber was even larger than his body, and it radiated waves of extremely sharp fluctuations.

Gold Element Law!

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Li Yang’s figure blurred, and instantly, streams of illusory figures appeared.

He fully activated the third form of his Illusion Body Skill. A thousand illusory figures appeared, densely packed, surrounding Mute.

All one thousand and one of them swung their spears in unison.

”Haha, Li Yang, your comprehension of Space Law may be strong, but it’s useless against me.”

Mute laughed loudly and swung his battle saber. With each swing, the surrounding void seemed to tremble.

One of the four great profundities of the Gold Element Law—the Metal Domain!

Within this domain, Mute saw through Li Yang’s illusory bodies with a single glance.

He completely ignored the illusions and charged, his figure erupting with power as he attacked Li Yang’s one true body!

The illusory bodies possessed some of the original’s strength, but they were not as powerful as the real one.

The sharp Gold Element Law erupted with power. In terms of raw offensive strength, the Gold Element Law was number one among all single-element laws!

Li Yang naturally knew where his own advantages lay. Both of them were considered invincible within the Longevity Realm. He had comprehended Space Law and mastered the third form of the Illusion Body Skill. Mute’s attack power might surpass his, but his Body Technique was definitely superior.

His figure flickered, and he directly dodged Mute’s attack. At the same time, he swung his Hexagram Spear, unleashing a sudden flash of spear light.

CRACK!

However, the spear light was casually shattered by Mute’s battle saber.

But just then, Li Yang charged forward, his spear thrusting out. This time, their attacks collided head-on.

Li Yang felt an incomparably sharp fluctuation wash over him. Terrifying waves of law even tried to penetrate his body.

’The Penetration Profundity?’

Li Yang was shocked. ’Not only has Mute comprehended the Metal Domain, he’s also grasped the Metal Element’s Penetration Profundity!’

Shen Xuan from Earth had also comprehended this profundity, which ignored defenses and had nearly allowed him to instantly kill Jin Mola.

However, Mute’s comprehension of the Metal Domain was clearly very strong, while he had only grasped a little of the Penetration Profundity.

After the collision, Li Yang’s figure was sent flying backward. His attack power was not as strong as Mute’s. However, his figure flickered, and he easily dodged Mute’s subsequent attacks.

’Damn it. These Space Law cultivators are the most annoying. Every single one of them has an astonishingly good Body Technique. I can’t even land a hit,’ Mute thought, frustrated.

His attack power was clearly stronger than Li Yang’s, but his Body Technique was inferior.

If Li Yang didn’t want to fight head-on, Mute couldn’t even touch him.

He and Li Yang were both at the level of being invincible in the Longevity Realm. He had relied on the powerful attacks of his Gold Element Law to kill two virtual opponents in the ninth trial.

Li Yang’s Body Technique was a bit stronger, but his attack power was weaker, so he had only killed the first virtual opponent in the ninth trial.

Their strengths were very close to begin with.

If they were on an arena stage and forced to fight continuously, a winner would surely be decided. But here in this vast space, it was simply impossible for him to kill Li Yang.

”I’m done, I’m done fighting.” After fighting a little longer, Mute stopped and waved his hand.

Li Yang also stopped and looked at Mute.

’This Mute is really strong!’

’If we were forced to fight in the limited space of an arena, I probably wouldn’t be his match.’

”Li Yang.”

Looking at Li Yang, Mute’s eyes shifted, and he suddenly said, ”I have a plan. Are you interested in joining?”

It seemed that he hadn’t intended to kill Li Yang in their fight but had instead sought him out with an invitation.

Hearing Mute’s words, Li Yang asked calmly, ”What plan?”

A smile played on Mute’s lips as he said, ”Do you know of Lan Yu?”

Li Yang nodded. Lan Yu was the second-ranked genius on the leaderboards. He had cleared the trials and possessed the strength to kill a Star Lord!

Both he and Mixed Void were hailed as peerless geniuses of the Human Race, the kind that might only appear once every few hundred million years!

A glint appeared in Mute’s eyes. ”I’m planning to hunt this Lan Yu!”