From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

Chapter 214: Chapter 214: No Hope

The third round of the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall selection was about to begin!

Li Yang was also heading to the Yangyuan Empire to participate in the selection.

Li Yang looked at his family and said, "Dad, Mom, Zhou Yao... I’m leaving."

Besides his family, many other people had also come to see him off.

"Go, Dad!"

Xiaolidong clenched his fists and said to Li Yang. Then, a look of reluctance appeared on his face. "Dad, you have to visit us a lot in the Virtual World."

Li Yang smiled and nodded. "Xiaodong, be a good boy and listen to your mother, grandpa, and grandma."

He nodded to Zhou Yao, then finally turned and entered the aircraft.

The aircraft started up and quickly departed.

...

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Yang was brought to a large plaza by the aircraft.

At this time, many young people were already there.

"Someone’s here."

"Which genius is it?"

"Stupid. Almost all of us are here. The only one who hasn’t arrived is Li Yang."

"The person who’s coming is Li Yang."

As the aircraft descended, the gazes of many young people in the plaza immediately turned toward it.

Li Yang flew out and looked at the youths.

"So that’s Li Yang."

"His strength is immense. Other than Jin Xu and Longqute, no one is his match."

"It’s incredible that a genius from a Planet Zero is so powerful!"

These young people looked at Li Yang with a clear trace of awe in their eyes.

In the crowd, there was a youth with completely blue skin, strange antennae on his head, and a tail. At this moment, his gaze was also fixed on Li Yang.

"Hm?"

As if sensing this gaze, Li Yang looked directly over.

"Celestial Net."

Seeing Celestial Net, Li Yang’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Celestial Net was also in this competition. And now, they were meeting for the second time.

During their first encounter, his strength couldn’t even handle an Early Longevity Realm opponent. He had no power to resist Celestial Net and could only escape by using a teleportation token.

But now, at their second meeting, he no longer needed to be afraid. His strength was more than enough to kill Celestial Net with ease.

"Haha, Li Yang, I’m Longqute. Nice to meet you."

"Li Yang, I’m..."

Several people, smiling, came forward to befriend Li Yang as soon as they saw him.

Someone with Talent as powerful as Li Yang’s would definitely be cultivated as a priority by the Yangyuan Empire. He might even become an eternal Deity in the future. Befriending him early was certainly the right move.

"Hello, everyone." Li Yang withdrew his gaze from Celestial Net and said with a smile.

He couldn’t possibly make a move against Celestial Net here.

Of the ten thousand people, 9,999 were from the Yangyuan Empire’s martial grounds and all knew each other. Only Li Yang was a stranger. This led to everyone now coming over to meet Li Yang, who was completely surrounded and had become the center of attention.

"Hmph!"

Watching Li Yang be so popular, Celestial Net’s expression remained unchanged, but he snorted coldly in his heart.

’Li Yang, you can enjoy the spotlight for now. We’ll see how you fare later,’ Celestial Net thought contemptuously.

He detested Li Yang to the extreme and wished he could kill him on the spot.

As it happened, Li Yang was thinking the exact same thing.

’I need to find a way to get rid of Celestial Net in the future.’

Li Yang thought to himself, ’If something unexpected happens, like there are too many geniuses hiding their strength and I can’t get into the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall, I’ll just be recruited by the Yangyuan Empire. If that’s the case, I’ll expose what Celestial Net did to eliminate me back then.’

Celestial Net interfering with the Golden Moon Empire’s genius selection was a clear violation of the rules.

If he revealed this, even if Celestial Net didn’t die, he would still face some form of punishment.

No matter how much potential he had, the fact was that his current strength was low. Who knew what else Celestial Net might try to do behind his back.

Just as Li Yang was thinking this...

SWOOSH!

Suddenly, a figure flashed in the plaza. A man appeared, clad in golden armor, covered in golden fur, and standing over ten meters tall.

The moment the man appeared, the surrounding space seemed to freeze. Even a World Master would be utterly insignificant before him.

’This is... a Divine Realm expert!’

Li Yang was shocked to see the man who had suddenly appeared.

The Divine Realm—this was what countless Cultivators pursued. All other realms, no matter how powerful, came with a limited lifespan.

Only Divine Realm experts could live forever!

Immortality... who didn’t yearn for it?

However, reaching the Divine Realm was incredibly difficult. It was said that only one Deity could be born in over a thousand galaxies, which showed just how hard it was.

This was the first time Li Yang had ever seen an expert of this level.

’I have my Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clone. With normal growth, it will inevitably master three profundities of the Space Law, but I’ll still be missing one. Only by mastering the fourth profundity of the Space Law can I break through to the Divine Realm,’ Li Yang thought to himself.

A trace of longing appeared deep in his eyes.

Even for a Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon, a lifeform of an extremely high level and an unparalleled tyrant in the Cosmos, breaking through to the Divine Realm was still somewhat difficult.

While Li Yang watched, the others were also looking at the man in golden armor.

"It’s Lord Lu Kaluo."

"Lord Lu Kaluo’s strength is at an extremely high level among Deities. Ordinary Divine Realm experts are no match for him at all."

The geniuses were all filled with immense awe, clearly aware of this Deity’s identity.

"Hmph!"

In the void, Lu Kaluo snorted coldly.

Instantly, the entire plaza fell silent.

Only then did Lu Kaluo speak. "I am Lu Kaluo, and I am in charge of your selection against the geniuses from the other Star Continents."

His gaze swept across the crowd. "You’ve all seen the videos of the selections from the other Star Continents, haven’t you? You have greatly disappointed the Emperor. With your level of strength, even the number one genius, Jin Xu, would rank below four-thousandth place among the geniuses from the other Star Continents. With results like that, there’s no way you’ll be accepted by the Human Race’s Eternal Saint Hall."

"Therefore, this time, your competition against the geniuses from other Star Continents is just a formality. Afterward, you will all come back with your tails between your legs."

Lu Kaluo’s words were blunt and merciless.

No one spoke. They clenched their fists, a trace of defiance in their eyes, but also a sense of powerlessness.

Although they were unwilling to admit it in their hearts, the geniuses from the other Star Continents were indeed stronger than them.

In one corner of the plaza, a purple-haired youth clenched his fists.

He was none other than Jin Xu, currently ranked number one in the entire Yangyuan Star Continent.

"However, the competition isn’t over. Anything is possible, and the Emperor is also hoping for a miracle!"

Lu Kaluo’s tone suddenly shifted as he said coldly, "Now, follow me into the Virtual World!"

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

One by one, the geniuses in the plaza chose to enter.

With Li Yang’s arrival, all ten thousand geniuses of the Yangyuan Empire had gathered.

Li Yang gripped his bracelet and entered as well.

Normally, when you logged out of the Virtual World, you would reappear in the same spot when you logged back in.

But this time, Li Yang felt that he was no longer in the Milky Way Galaxy, but had appeared in a vast, unfamiliar area.