Chapter 203: Chapter 202: Advancing to the Finals and the Crisis After Half a Year!

Translator: 549690339

Half an hour before the start of the third round of competition, the atmosphere at Du Gang’s podium felt a bit strange to the other contestants.

Because the supposedly despaired Du Gang was just looking around expressionlessly, eyeing everyone present.

A plump girl wondered aloud, “What’s he up to? Is he accepting that he’s done for and wants to remember the beauty of this world one last time by staring at me non-stop before he dies?”

“Pfft, he isn’t just observing you, he’s on the lookout for everyone…”

Although they were fooling around, their banter still left everyone feeling more perplexed.

“Could it be that Du Gang is indeed doing what the chubby girl suggested cherishing his last moments on Earth?”

Anyone who had made it this far in the competition naturally had exceptional identity, status, and strength, and they were well aware of the conflict between Du Gang and the Jiang Family, as well as his gambling agreement with the Kong Family.

“It could be true. He’s guaranteed to lose this time, which will spell the end of his agreement with Kong Family. This means that the Kong Family will no longer protect him and any member of the Jiang Family could easily take him down…”

“So it’s highly possible that the chubby girl is right. Du Gang is in a state of despair!”

Despair?

Du Gang gave a faint smile. He was merely observing the rankings of his opponents in the field, roughly assessing their cultivation and power levels.

If he were in the real world, facing such powerful opponents would surely lead to his defeat.

However, this was a virtual universe, and this universe was equipped with a podium!

The podium was only a hundred kilometers in length forming a perfect cube.

This implied that if he transformed, he could potentially fill the entire space.

Hence, he wanted to see how many individuals in the field could withstand his transformed state.

Fortunately, judging by his initial estimates, there were only six individuals with power exceeding the Rank Six of a Sector Lord, meaning there was a

chance that he could instantly transform as the competition began, thus eliminating everyone and forcefully ending the match.

The key to the success of this plan, however, was not the weakness of the others.

It was whether he could withstand everyone’s retaliation and persist until the other participants were grounded under the attack of the six powerful individuals whose strength exceeded that of a Rank Six Sector Lord.

It was a good thing that he was an Ancient God, naturally possessing extremely robust physical defenses. So, this plan was worth a try.

Or rather, apart from this plan, there was no other conceivable way he could win this competition.

At the same time, in order to ensure that others died instantly, he needed to cause a self-explosion…

After all, the podium was just a hundred kilometers long-sized cube, and even if he expanded his body, there would inevitably be gaps!

[Begin the competition!]

Finally, under everyone’s watchful eyes, the countdown came to an end, and the competition officially started.

“Transform!”

In the split second he was transported, Du Gang chose to transform before he even made sense of his surroundings.

“Boom!”

In that instant, his head banged against the transparent protective shield surrounding the podium.

“Pop!”

Without any hesitation, Du Gang acted, causing his own head to explode.

“Pop!” “Pop!” “Pop!” “Pop!”

Following that, his limbs exploded in the process of his body expanding tremendously.

At this moment, he felt like a pig being butchered, left with only a bare torso, not even a head to spare.

Under normal circumstances, he would have been declared defeated and eliminated at this point. However, his body didn’t halt its growth, his life force was still vigorous, causing a momentary system glitch, as the system deliberated over whether Du Gang was dead or not.

“Enough!”

Du Gang, in the final second of his remaining consciousness, confirmed that Jiang Wengu and the others were just as bewildered as he was.

“Boom!”

“Crackle!”

At this instant, Du Gang’s body began growing madly, filling up the entire podium space within a fraction of a second.

All the contestants, without even having time to understand their immediate full situation at the start of the match, were thrown against the air shield encasing the podium by Du Gang’s flesh and blood. “Pop!” “Pop!” “Pop!” “Pop!” “Pop!”

What followed was a continuous string of explosions.

One by one, the contestants were crushed under such immense pressure, their bodies bursting at the seams, turning into a flickering white light, and getting eliminated from the contest.

“Beep!”

A millisecond had passed. Du Gang’s body had long since filled up the podium with flesh and blood. At this point, the system’s prompt finally sounded.

[End of the competition!]

Instantly, the growth of Du Gang’s body paused momentarily.

“I won! ”

With the help of the system, he reverts back to his human form, his face full of relief.

Under normal circumstances, his body could have stretched up to a hundred thousand kilometers long but only a little over ten thousand kilometers wide.

Just filling up the podium’s space would have been enough.

But in reality, at the moment when Du Gang’s body filled up the podium’s space, only half the contestants had died.

The other half were still alive!

In such a situation, Du Gang could only continue to grow his body hysterically, similar to an object within a box growing frantically.

When the object and the box have the same volume, with the box predestined not to expand, the only outcome would be the frantic crushing of the flesh inside.

Therefore, within the ring space, Du Gang was simultaneously exploding his flesh and using his intensely compressed flesh to fiercely attack his opponent.

Eventually, when his body became half as large, all of the other ninety contestants died. They were crushed to death by Du Gang’s maximally compressed flesh and the Spatial Wall of the ring!

It could be said that this ring competition created a new record in the entire Cosmic Peak Talents Competition: a new way to die!

In the advancement space, which was originally empty, ten people suddenly appeared.

It was Du Gang, Jiang Wengu and others. Interestingly, Mu Nuogai was also amongst them.

“What’s going on?”

Jiang Wengu looked confused. “Didn’t the competition start? How did it just… now…

Not just him, the other nine people also had puzzled expressions on their faces.

During the compression, they could only focus on understanding the situation and not on counterattacking, assuming they had encountered something. Before they could figure out what was happening, in the next second their surroundings changed, and it seemed like the competition was over because their bodies were restrained again.

At this point, Du Gang looked at Mu Nuogai with astonishment. “How did you survive?”

Mu Nuogai was also perplexed. “Ah?”

Du Gang recalled what happened and soon understood, revealing a bizarre expression on his face.

Because, he vaguely remembered that there was a man under him who did not die…

In the previous competition, the only place that could have kept Mu Nuogai alive was the Spongy Tissue!

Compared to the other body parts that were gradually shrinking, crushing the other contestants to explosion, only spongy tissue could maintain its extreme elasticity after drastic expansion…

One could only say that Mu Nuogai was incredibly lucky…

At this moment, Jiang Wengu and the others also realized that the competition was over.

“The competition is over?”

“How is that possible…”

None of them knew what had happened; they only remembered a moment of crushing pressure.

Jiang Wengu looked at Du Gang, who was unfazed, and asked, “Did you do this?”

Minus a response to that question, Du Gang instead asked, “I want to know, how does Qin Yanghua’s strength compare to yours?”

Jiang Wengu’s expression finally turned serious. He studied Du Gang closely for a moment before answering, “Qin Yanghua is much stronger than me. No one knows his full strength. However, I don’t think you can reach him…”

“I don’t know how you won by playing tricks, but during the finals, I will show you what a real gap is…”

Du Gang chuckled lightly, saying, “Good, until then!”

He wasn’t worried at all at the moment. After the qualifications competition, there would be half a year of rest. This meant that he could practice crazily in the coming time, reducing the gap between himself and these guys. Thus, contestants in the winner’s space continued to emerge. Before long, all the thousand advancement candidates appeared.

[Congratulations on your final victory in the qualification competition!]

[Congratulations on gaining the qualifications for the finals!]

Soon, under a barrage of congratulatory system notifications, the qualification competition came to a full stop.

Du Gang was also teleported out, returning to reality.

“Du Gang, you’re out. On the Internet…”

“Never mind the Internet. I plan to go into closed-door cultivation now. Can you help me see if there’s anything I need to do right now?”

This time, Du Gang keenly felt the inadequacy of his strength. He resolved to vigorously cultivate himself.

“I am currently at the Sector Lord Second Rank. My mastery of the 19th Law Mystery has just reached its peak..’

“According to the guess that I can successfully cultivate a Law Mystery in nine days, that means in half a year I should be able to learn about 20 Law

Mysteries. This means that my cultivation can reach the Sector Lord Fourth Rank!”

“No, that won’t do!”

He shook his head, “Jiang Wengu has already reached the Sector Lord Seventh -Rank. Even if other bonuses from Original Laws and Yellow-Grade martial arts are equal to mine, this means that I must elevate my cultivation to his level or gain a few more insights into the Original Laws…”

These means to enhance strength aren’t easy, but now time is too limited. Du Gang can’t even beat Jiang Wengu, so how can he fight the even stronger Qin Yanghua?

What should he do?

Feeling somewhat lost, Du Gang wasn’t sure how to cultivate over the next six months to make progress.

Suddenly, he thought of Kong Luo and quickly told Barlala, “Help me contact Kong Luo!”

Kong Luo’s projection soon appeared.

“Damn, Du Gang, how did you manage that last match?!”

As soon as they connected, Kong Luo started shouting abruptly.

However, Du Gang calmly said, “Uncle, Jiang Wengu’s cultivation is at the

Sector Lord Seventh-Rank, and he has realized three strands of Original Law and the first level of a Yellow-Grade martial art. If we don’t count cultivation level, I am on par with him in other respects. Tell me, how can I catch up and potentially surpass him within half a year?”

Seeing his serious look, Kong Luo’s expression also turned serious. He thought for a moment, then asked, “I heard from Kong Xu that your cultivation speed is very fast. Roughly, what’s the situation?”

Du Gang didn’t hide anything and answered directly: “I can roughly master a Law Mystery to its peak in about nine days. I’ve calculated it; in half a year, I can only reach the Sector Lord Fourth Rank at most. Compared to Jiang Wengu, that’s still three ranks short…

“Nine days?!”

Even though Kong Luo was far away, he couldn’t help but exclaim. He opened his mouth wide in a disbelief.

“Are you saying that you can understand a Law Mystery, or that you can cultivate this Law Mystery to its peak?”

His face displaying shock, he asked urgently.

Du Gang remained calm, saying, “For me, a day is enough to comprehend new mysteries. Nine days refers to the time it will take to cultivate this law to its perfection!”

“Wow!”

Kong Luo’s mouth instantly turned into an “O”, his entire frame freezing as if the signal had suddenly cut off.

After quite a while, he finally snapped back to reality. “Your talent, it’s really incredible!!”

Du Gang nodded, “I know, uncle, do you have a solution?”

This time, Kong Luo pondered seriously, then shook his head, “I don’t have any great solutions. However, your talent alone is enough to be reported to the family. Wait here, I’ll discuss it with them. It’ll take at most a day to give you an answer!”

Watching the disappearance of the projection, Du Gang turned to planet Lalala without hesitation, asking, “What’s the situation?”

Lalala shook its head, “Nothing to be particularly wary of for now…” “However, the Internet’s going crazy over news about you…”

“Moreover, some people have applied to the committee to disqualify you…” “There are also those attempting to hold a rematch of your recent game…”

Du Gang frowned, “What did the committee say?”

Lalala responded, “The committee hasn’t made a decision yet, but there’s a lot of demand for a rematch online…

“It’s mainly the Jiang Family using their influence. They have numerous troll armies stirring up trouble and leading the momentum…”

“Regarding the Kong Family’s response, there is no movement yet. I don’t know

It tney Will Intervene!”

Du Gang’s eyebrows furrowed, “Based on the previous behavior of the committee, analyze if they might make me rematch this time?”

If a rematch were to occur, he might not necessarily advance again under the prepared eyes of people like Jiang Wengu.

Lalala quickly began to retrieve all the data from the past Peak Genius Races.

Even with its computing power, it still took three seconds to finish the calculations.

“Based on past actions of the committee, there is a 56.88% probability that they might call for a rematch…”

“That high?!”

Du Gang was irritated, if they had a rematch, it could potentially lead to his failure in the competition. The Kong Family might withdraw their protection and consequently, his safety might be at risk from the Jiang Family.

“Hmm…lf the Kong family gets involved, they could also influence the committee’s decision!”

After all, this so-called Cosmic Peak Talents Competition was jointly organized by the eighteen clans. As long as it doesn’t conflict with other people’s interests, it all depends on whether the Jiang Family and the Kong Family can afford the cost.

As for things like fairness, who would question it? Who would object? They could erase any disobedient forces along with their families.

This is the naked truth. Any power able to survive doesn’t rely on laws or democracy. It relies on violence, the power to suppress all. This is the true essence.

While Du Gang and Lalala were closely monitoring the online sentiment for an hour, they suddenly noticed a shift in the online discourse.

Those who were previously adamantly calling for a rematch were being counterattacked by another group.

Countless anonymous profiles emerged from the shadows to publicly support Du Gang. Though he was never guilty, he had been smeared by the Jiang family’s online trolls.

At the same time, Kong Luo’s communication came in.

“Du Gang, congratulations!”

His projection appeared with an expression of joy, “Our Kong family higher-ups, after learning of your talent, have reassessed you and are willing to offer even greater assistance…”

“Also, about the news online, you’ve seen it, right? Our Kong Family has made a move. A rematch is basically impossible. Hold on for a bit, I’m handling an issue, and I’ll come over to discuss it in person …”

After the call ended again, Du Gang finally breathed a sigh of relief. Not having a rematch means temporary safety, at least no danger in the next half a year.

But if he couldn’t defeat Qin Yanghua within half a year, there could still be danger.

“Strength! Everything depends on strength..

At this moment, Du Gang once again deeply felt the importance of strength. If he were powerful enough, there wouldn’t be so many troubles.

This time, without waiting too long, it only took Kong Luo about ten minutes to tear through the space and appear before Du Gang.

“Alright, I’ll take you to Penglai Island now. Let’s discuss all your questions when we get there!”

“Okay!”

Soon, Kong Luo took out an A-grade spaceship.

“Do we need to use a spaceship?”

Du Gang asked with a curiosity.

Kong Luo laughed, “Of course, I might be able to tear through space for a certain distance, but not too far, only short-distance transportation…”

“If we need to travel a long distance, a spaceship is a better option…” Du Gang nodded, quickly following him onto the ship.

He then curiously asked, “Isn’t Lord Kong Xu coming back?”

Kong Luo smiled, “That kid has been on Penglai Island for a long time and is tired of it. Now that he’s finally out, he wouldn’t willingly return…”

“Get ready, we are about to jump!”

“Boom!”

Following a roar, the A-grade spaceship disappeared instantly. When it reappeared, it was already in an unfamiliar star field. “Let’s go, let’s head off!”

The two quickly disembarked from the spaceship.

Du Gang stared at the surrounding starry sky in suspense, “Aren’t we going to

Penglai island?”

Kong Luo grabbed his shoulder with one hand and laughed, “We can’t travel by spaceship for the rest of the journey…”

Seeing Du Gang’s puzzled face, he laughed and said, “The principle of a spaceship’s space jump is to teleport from space nodes…”

“And space nodes, in truth, are just the markers of space expansion after the spaceship jumps, inciting dark matter technology…”

Du Gang recalled what Kong Xu had said earlier: that dark matter is what keeps the universe expanding. Therefore, he didn’t find it difficult to comprehend his statement.

“The closer we get to the center of the universe, the denser the space, meaning the distance between space nodes is shorter and fewer…”

“So, in this area, if we want to make good time, we can only use the method of tearing through space…”

Kong Luo laughed, “Tearing through space to travel isn’t the same thing as a

spaceship’s leap…”

With that, he tore through the space in front of them and rapidly jumped in, bringing Du Gang along with him.

This time, the two traveled in the eerily quiet darkness for nearly a minute.

In that minute, Du Gang lost sight and hearing or, to state it more accurately, he lost nearly all senses aside from feeling Kong Luo grabbing him.

He felt as if he were in some kind of vortex, constantly twirling and floating.

Finally, the minute was up, and they regained the outside world.

Now, they had reached the vicinity of Penglai Island.

A black sphere was floating in the distance in space. If it weren’t for a white aura surrounding it, Du Gang probably wouldn’t even have noticed the sphere.

He briefly looked it over and discovered that the sphere seemed to be similar in size to Earth.

“What’s that?!”

He remembered the words Kong Xu had said earlier and asked.

Kong Luo nodded, “Yes, that’s the ‘shell’ of the Primordial Continent!!”

He chuckled and said, “The so-called ‘shell’ is actually a black hole, and its internal space is much larger than what it appears to be…”

“This thing is at the center of the universe. All the matter in the universe revolves around this ‘shell’…”

Even though the shell seemed ordinary, what it signified was completely different. It excited Du Gang, and he even felt an urge to rush into it.

“Hehe, don’t be so hasty. This thing might look like a black hole, but it really is a black hole. It loves swallowing other things…”

“Without Eternal-level power, don’t even think about going through this black hole… ”

Kong Luo quickly grabbed Du Gang’s shoulder again and pointed to the smaller satellite islands not far from the ‘shell’. “That’s Penglai Island. There are four main islands, thirty-six inner ring islands, and seventy-two outer ring islands…”

“Is it this small?”

Du Gang was surprised. At the moment, compared to the ‘shell’, the size of the main island resembled the size relationship between the Moon and Earth.

He had thought that the center of the universe would be much larger. Who knew that it was actually smaller?

Kong Luo shrugged, “Actually, it’s a sort of space technology. From the outside, the island indeed looks quite small, but the inside is much larger…”

“Of course, compared to the Pangu Continent, this place, even if the internal space is expanded, is still very small!” “That’s because the space here is too dense…”

Dense again!

Du Gang had heard the term ‘dense space’ several times now.

He didn’t quite understand and didn’t know the difference between being dense and being dispersed.

Kong Luo seemed to see his thoughts and laughed, “Don’t be too anxious about understanding space. Once you reach the Eternal level and learn about the space laws, you’ll understand naturally…”

“Let’s go and first land on the island…”

The two flew again, heading for the numerous islands.

Just when Du Gang thought Kong Luo would lead him to land on an outer ring island, Kong Luo took him straight to the four enormous main islands in the center.

“Swish!”

This time, it didn’t take long. They directly entered the island’s atmosphere and descended at a very fast speed.

In a short while, they reached a picturesque place with clear mountains and water.

Before he could get acquainted with his surroundings, Du Gang blinked, and they had already appeared inside a building.

“Is this the Ancient God?”

Two old men stood up with smiles and examined Du Gang from left to right.

Seeing this, Du Gang hurriedly greeted, “Hello, senior!”

Kong Luo finally explained to him, “The high -ranking elders have discussed and decided to make an exception for you. A special secret realm that can speed up your perception of the Gold Element Laws will be opened for you…”

“The quota to this secret realm is very precious, even I have only entered once.

Thus, you need to cherish this opportunity…”

Hearing this, Du Gang immediately breathed a sigh of relief and thanked them repeatedly.

The ability to increase cultivation speed is stronger than any aid. He was extremely satisfied with the Kong Family’s decision and believed that once he left the secret realm, he would certainly become even more powerful!

ps: I’ve been hesitating about whether to add a military order, as it only works for specific people, like Orange Cat, who often has great determination….

ps: I’ve finally decided to add the military order. As for its implementation, this has risen to the level of Orange Cat’s character. If it can’t be executed, Orange Cat will be a failure in his life, and he shouldn’t dream about any turnaround. We ask for a full subscription, January must grab the first Combat Power

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