From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

”Mixed Void and Lan Yu are finally going to fight.”

The crowd of geniuses watched the two of them, whispering amongst themselves.

Li Yang, Mute, and the others were also discussing it. Mute lamented, ”Lan Yu instantly defeated us before. His strength must be greater; he’s been hiding it too well.”

”No.”

Just as Mute finished, Long Zhan, who was ranked third, suddenly interjected, ”I think Mixed Void is stronger.”

Li Yang and the others all turned to look at him.

Long Zhan said in a low voice, ”I got the feeling that during my fight with Mixed Void, he wasn’t using any of his real power at all.”

He had killed nine virtual opponents when other geniuses could only manage one or two. Long Zhan’s strength was clearly a cut above Li Yang’s group.

”Our Dragon Scale Race has incredibly sharp senses. The sense of pressure I get from Mixed Void feels even stronger than the one from Lan Yu.”

Hearing this, Li Yang asked, ”So, you’re saying Mixed Void has been hiding his true strength this whole time?”

In fact, Li Yang had also felt a faint sense of pressure from Mixed Void before.

”Yes.” Long Zhan nodded.

While they spoke, the two peerless geniuses on the stage faced each other.

Three seconds passed in silence. Neither had made a move. Finally, Lan Yu broke the silence.

”Mixed Void, I’ve been looking forward to fighting you. I never thought I’d have to wait until the very end for the chance!”

A smile touched the corners of Lan Yu’s mouth, his eyes burning with a frenzied will to fight.

”You’ve held the number one spot this entire time. Now, let’s see which one of us is truly number one!”

He clenched his right fist, and a peculiar weapon materialized in his hand. It looked like a series of interlocking gears, a truly bizarre design.

”As a sign of respect, I will use my full power! I hope you won’t hold back either.”

Previously, Lan Yu hadn’t even used a weapon against Li Yang’s group of five, but now, facing Mixed Void, he had drawn his.

’Is that... the Time Wheel?’ Li Yang’s heart skipped a beat as he stared at the weapon.

The Time Wheel was an incredibly difficult Cultivation Technique to master. But for those who succeeded, their power would become immense! Its grade was even slightly higher than the Hexagram Spear.

Hearing Lan Yu’s words, Mixed Void simply nodded and said calmly, ”Alright.”

A longsword appeared in his hand. Much like his face, the sword was plain and ordinary, with no distinguishing features.

The two geniuses finally began their battle.

Countless eyes were now fixed on the stage, watching these two peerless geniuses.

BOOM!

On the stage, Lan Yu moved.

A terrifying wave of power erupted from his body. He swung the serrated weapon, and a massive, illusory gear materialized in the void!

The gear spun continuously, its presence affecting the very void around it, causing the flow of time to slow dramatically.

The colossal gear solidified, so immense that it blotted out the sky and took up half the stage!

Waves of terrifying power emanated from the colossal gear as it bore down on Mixed Void, threatening to crush him!

”So Lan Yu was still holding back! His full power has completely reached the Mid-Star Lord Realm!”

”Haha, that kid really knows how to hide his strength!”

”Mid-Star Lord Realm... A practitioner at the Peak of Law Realm with power comparable to the Mid-Star Lord Realm. With talent like that, his chances of becoming an Emperor in the future have grown even greater.”

Seeing Lan Yu finally unleash his full power, the eyes of the powerful Deities watching the battle lit up with interest.

As for Li Yang and the others watching from the sidelines, they were utterly stunned.

”The fourth form of the Time Wheel!”

Li Yang was inwardly reeling with shock.

’If he were to completely master the fourth form of his Hexagram Spear, he would have the power to crush an Early Stage Star Lord Realm expert. His strength would be on par with a true Mid-Star Lord Realm cultivator!’

’But according to his own estimates, even with all his trump cards and the continuous aid of the law imprints, it had still taken him five years just to master the third form.’

’Even if he could walk the Path of Deities again and observe countless more law imprints, he estimated it would take him decades to master the fourth form!’

’And the fourth form of the Time Wheel was in no way inferior to the fourth form of the Hexagram Spear—it might even be superior!’

’Yet from the looks of it, Lan Yu had already mastered it completely!’

’Even if he himself mastered the fourth form of the Hexagram Spear, he would still be no match for Lan Yu!’

’The gap in their power was just immense!’

”It’s the fourth form of the Time Wheel!”

”What a monster! Lan Yu is an absolute monster to have mastered the Time Wheel to such a degree!”

”Even among geniuses at the Longevity Realm, few can master the fourth form of the Time Wheel. And he’s only in the Law Realm.”

”I also comprehend the Time Law and practice the Time Wheel, but I haven’t even mastered the third form yet.”

Seeing Lan Yu’s full power on display, the other geniuses were stunned. The gap... it was enough to drive one to despair, extinguishing any thought of ever catching up.

RUMBLE!

The massive Time Wheel rolled onward, seeming to crush everything in its path as it bore down directly on Mixed Void!

”Can he block it?” everyone wondered, their eyes glued to the stage.

Beneath the massive Time Wheel, Mixed Void looked infinitesimally small, like an ant.

As everyone watched, Mixed Void finally moved. He gripped his longsword and swung.

SWOOSH!

Instantly, a dazzling flash of sword light appeared! The moment it emerged, it magnified countless times over, rushing to meet the colossal gear head-on.

The two attacks collided violently in the void!

”Whose attack is stronger?”

The geniuses watched intently. This would decide the winner.

But in the next instant, looks of utter disbelief filled their eyes, as if they were witnessing the impossible.

Before their very eyes, the sword light made contact with the massive Time Wheel.

CRACK!

The massive Time Wheel offered no resistance at all. It was instantly sliced in two down the middle by the sword light before shattering into countless fragments.

”What?”

Seeing this, Lan Yu’s face fell. He tried to defend himself.

But the sword light was impossibly fast. It seemed to traverse the void in an instant, appearing before him and slicing through his body.

Instantly, the powerful aura around Lan Yu dissipated like a receding tide, and he vanished from the stage.

The battle between the two peerless geniuses, Mixed Void and Lan Yu, was not the intense clash everyone had expected. It was over in an instant.

An instant kill!

The mighty Lan Yu, who possessed the power of a Mid-Star Lord Realm expert; Lan Yu, a peerless genius the likes of which the Human Race might see only once in billions of years, had been instantly killed by a single beam of Mixed Void’s sword light. He hadn’t been able to put up any resistance at all!

”M-Monster! An absolute monster!”

”Lan Yu had mastered the fourth form of the Time Wheel and was that powerful, yet he couldn’t even withstand a single blow from Mixed Void!”

”What kind of technique was that sword light?”

”Powerful! Unbelievably powerful! Just how in the world does Mixed Void train?”

All the geniuses were left reeling from the power Mixed Void had just unleashed.