From Mortal Body to Immortality

“Lu Sheng—will he become like Senior Sister back then?”

Yang Zhenyun couldn't help but mutter in his heart, looking at Liu Yao's back, secretly pondering.

In his mind, he couldn't help but recall Liu Yao's past.

Once, Liu Yao entered the sixth rank in just a hundred years, but after entering the sixth rank, for some unknown reason,

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she suddenly immersed herself in research.

As a result... two hundred years have passed, and there is still no news of Liu Yao's breakthrough, as if... she has exhausted all her talent.

In so many years of the Grand Competition, every time Yang Zhenyun and the Third Senior Brother wanted to challenge Liu Yao, they were only narrowly defeated by her.

Even their cultivation was the same as theirs, at the early stage of the sixth rank.

“Senior Sister—”

Yang Zhenyun's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at Liu Yao's back.

Lu Sheng's instant kill of Murong Xue caused different reactions from everyone, and even Gu Mo focused all his attention on Lu Sheng.

“This child's talent... is no less than Liu Yao's back then!”

Gu Mo said secretly in his heart.

“He values love and righteousness, and such a temperament is already quite rare.”

“Perhaps—”

Gu Mo pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Liu Yao and transmitted his voice.

“What do you think of this little guy?”

Liu Yao paused slightly, her mouth didn't even move, but she had already responded with a voice transmission.

“Innate talent, no less than I was back then.”

Hearing Liu Yao's words, a rare smile appeared on Gu Mo's face, and he said with a smile through voice transmission: “After this Grand Competition is over, you can ask this little guy what he thinks about the research school.”

“Perhaps he can be cultivated as the next Senior Brother!”

Liu Yao's expression remained unchanged, but there was a trace of ripples in her eyes.

“Yes!”

Faced with Gu Mo's inquiry, Liu Yao's expression was still incomparably calm, as if nothing in this world could cause any waves in her heart.

“Thirty percent chance!”

Hearing this, Gu Mo also sighed, and there was a trace of pity in his eyes when he looked at Liu Yao: “You have been hiding your strength for so many years, you have worked hard.”

Liu Yao didn't speak this time, just looked calmly at the light curtains, but she didn't know what she was thinking in her heart.

Lu Sheng was unaware of the outside world's reaction.

At this moment, after putting the Earth Soul Orb into the Five Elements Small World, Lu Sheng started his treasure hunt again.

Relying on the perception amplified by Vaulting Heaven, and the perfected Life and Death artistic conception domain, Lu Sheng's credits continued to increase on the leaderboard.

However, as time went by, Lu Sheng couldn't help but look around.

“The range of the Tongtian Small World... seems to be constantly shrinking!”

Lu Sheng said softly, his eyes falling on one place.

Under the cover of the Life and Death artistic conception domain, there was a Vine Worm larva, quietly趴on the ground, and it was not affected by the Life and Death artistic conception domain.

But if you look closely, you can find that there is a faint green light on the surface of the larva, and it is this green light that makes the larva unaffected by the Life and Death artistic conception domain.

“Is this maintaining the sustainable development of the Tongtian Small World?”

Lu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.

Once there are too many Vine Worms, it is certainly harmful to the Tongtian Vine, but if it is controlled within a certain range, it is beneficial to the Tongtian Vine.

Therefore, these larvae will be protected by the Tongtian Vine.

Not only these larvae, but even the roots of some natural treasures in this Tongtian Small World are also protected by the power of the Tongtian Vine.

As long as these roots are not damaged, they will grow out again over time under the majestic vitality of the Tongtian Small World.

After understanding all this, Lu Sheng no longer attacked these larvae, but specialized in attacking those Vine Worms that were not protected by the Tongtian Vine.

Credits—are still increasing!

However, as time went by, on the sky of this Tongtian Small World, the leaderboard that contained tens of thousands of people constantly had some names that gradually lost their brilliance and turned gray.

“People are being eliminated one after another. As the range of the Tongtian Small World shrinks, the possibility of players encountering each other is even greater, and at this time... it can almost be regarded as the later stage of the competition.”

Lu Sheng raised his head, looked at the leaderboard in the sky, and said calmly.

Lu Sheng also noticed that although the eliminated students were gone, the credits on the leaderboard were not cleared, but were retained.

However, people are eliminated, and they have no source of obtaining credits, and their ranking can only continue to decline.

“Sure enough—the first element of this competition is to ensure one's own safety first, after all, only in this Tongtian Small World can there be hope of hitting a higher ranking.”

Lu Sheng looked at this scene and smiled indifferently.

In the process of frantically searching for treasures and hunting Vine Worms, Lu Sheng's credits skyrocketed, and at this moment, he had already ranked himself in the top two thousand on the leaderboard.

“Senior Sister Murong who was eliminated before, with her strength, it would be easy to enter the top two thousand, but unfortunately, after being eliminated by me, her current ranking has fallen to more than eight thousand, and is still constantly declining.”

Lu Sheng shook his head with a smile, then continued to walk forward, searching for the natural treasures in this Tongtian Small World.

At this stage, in the process of fully unleashing perception to search for treasures, one must also beware of other players attacking themselves, and even experience fierce battles.

Making many players, as time goes by, have begun to be exhausted.

After all, even warriors, no matter how strong their vitality is, need time to rest.

Only Lu Sheng—

Relying on the Life and Death artistic conception domain, the vitality extracted when hunting Vine Worms is enough to keep Lu Sheng easily in peak condition.

In addition, the Consummate-level Undying Art makes Lu Sheng's vitality, even if it is only at the peak of the fourth rank, is no different from a fifth-rank warrior.

Outside, Yang Zhenyun looked at Lu Sheng, who was still at his peak and unscrupulously releasing the Life and Death artistic conception domain, and couldn't help but say with a smile.

“This junior Lu Sheng's state is much better than other juniors.”

The Third Senior Brother also nodded in agreement: “Indeed, although there is the effect of the Life and Death artistic conception domain, releasing the artistic conception domain for such a long time requires a lot of vitality.”

“Our junior Lu Sheng's attainments in the Undying Art are probably not low, it is very likely that he has already reached Great Accomplishment!”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Qian's expression became slightly stiff. She had always insisted on her point of view before, but now Lu Sheng is still at his peak, which is obviously slapping her in the face.

It doesn't matter whether Lu Sheng slaps her in the face, what matters is... wouldn't she be embarrassing herself in front of her sister again?

Thinking of this, Liu Qian felt a little unhappy.

At this time, Liu Yao, who had not spoken all the time, said lightly: “Lu Sheng has already cultivated the Undying Art to Consummation.”

“The vitality brought by the Consummate-level Undying Art is enough to make Lu Sheng comparable to other fifth-rank students.”

“And the ability brought about after the Consummation of the Undying Art—will also be the opportunity for Lu Sheng to get into the top 100!”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Zhenyun and the Third Senior Brother's hearts trembled suddenly, and they looked at Lu Sheng in the light curtain in horror. Another Stellar-level martial art Consummated?

What kind of monster is this?

Could it be... really no less than Liu Yao back then?

Compared to the reaction of Yang Zhenyun and the Third Senior Brother, Liu Qian's attention did not fall on Lu Sheng because of Liu Yao's words.

Instead, she looked at Liu Yao suspiciously.

“Everyone is at the early stage of the sixth rank—why can she see through the secrets on Lu Sheng's body through the secret realm?

Liu Qian was a little puzzled in her heart, but she couldn't think of any reason, and finally could only shake her head helplessly.

“There are—three thousand people left!”

At this time, Gu Mo slowly opened his mouth, his voice echoing and spreading throughout the surrounding viewing stands.

Everyone's expressions also shook slightly at this moment.

“Only three thousand people are left out of ten thousand. This is probably the white-hot stage. Basically, the next encounter will be a fight.”

“Now, it all comes down to everyone's true strength.”

“That's right. At this stage, even good luck won't help. It's all about each person's combat power!”

Whispers came from all around the audience.

In a corner of the audience, Du Bai stared intently at the light screens, especially the one showing Lu Sheng, clenching his fists.

“Junior Lu Sheng—add oil!”

Inside the Tongtian Small World, as seventy percent of the names on the leaderboard turned gray, some contestants who had mastered the Domain of Intent also dispersed their Domains of Intent.

At this stage, it was time to compete in terms of combat power, so at this moment, it was necessary to conserve strength as much as possible.

Releasing the Domain of Intent, especially for a long time, was a considerable burden even for a fifth-order transcendent.

In one area of the Tongtian Small World, Lu Sheng also reduced his ten-thousand-meter Domain of Life and Death Intent to a hundred meters.

“After the Perfection of the Undying Art, even releasing the Domain of Life and Death Intent for a long time is not a big burden for me.”

“It's just—the Perfection of the Undying Art is, after all, my trump card. It's time to hide my abilities.”

Lu Sheng lowered his eyes and spoke softly.

Shrinking the Domain of Life and Death Intent to a hundred meters served two purposes, as Lu Sheng said, to hide his strength.

Secondly, shrinking the original ten-thousand-meter Domain of Life and Death Intent to a hundred meters could also increase the power of the Domain of Life and Death Intent.

Thinking of this, Lu Sheng slowly looked towards the center of the Tongtian Small World, a faint glint flashing in his eyes.

There, Lu Sheng could already see a huge ancient tree quietly sitting in that world, its dense branches covering an area of several square kilometers.

Even—there was a vast life force being released from that ancient tree.

“The Tongtian Tree, the core of the Tongtian Small World.”

“Also—the final battleground for the second round of the competition!”

Lu Sheng said softly, his figure transforming into a white stream of light, heading towards the Tongtian Tree.

When Lu Sheng arrived within the vicinity of the Tongtian Tree, he found that many students were already waiting quietly in this place, each of them exuding a powerful aura.

Moreover, as time passed, many more students were rushing towards the location of the Tongtian Tree.

Lu Sheng's expression shifted slightly, and he silently put away the Sky Pillar, while concealing his vitality. As the Law of Flourishing and Decay circulated, a wisp of death energy slowly diffused from Lu Sheng's body.

Instantly, he created a trend of serious injury.

Sure enough, when Lu Sheng arrived near the Tongtian Tree in a “seriously injured” state, the students who remained in this place also looked at Lu Sheng.

Although their eyes carried a hint of surprise, when they sensed Lu Sheng's weak aura, they retracted their gazes and vigilantly looked at other powerful students.

The people outside, seeing Lu Sheng's actions, suddenly looked strange.

“Is this guy so cunning?”

“He's clearly unscathed, yet he's pretending to be seriously injured, and he even fooled the other students,

This—”

The crowd chattered, and some even began to verbally criticize Lu Sheng.

“That damned guy!”

Among the crowd, Murong Xue, watching Lu Sheng's disguise, felt a surge of anger, clenching her fists, wishing she could rush in and beat Lu Sheng to death.

Even Yang Zhenyun was amused by Lu Sheng's actions.

“Hahaha, interesting, interesting. This Junior Lu Sheng of ours—is becoming more and more interesting.”

The usually stern Third Senior Brother also had a faint smile on his lips after seeing Lu Sheng's disguise.

The people outside could see through Lu Sheng's disguise, after all, Lu Sheng's every move was under their observation, but the people inside the Tongtian Small World were unable to know this.

Their understanding of Lu Sheng was only that he had mastered the Domain of Life and Death Intent and possessed a Sky Pillar.

As for how Lu Sheng was seriously injured, they didn't know, and simply believed it.

Lu Sheng silently stood on the periphery of the Tongtian Tree, looking at the Tongtian Tree that emitted a brilliant green light.

A vast life force was constantly spreading out from the Tongtian Tree, and among the branches and leaves of the Tongtian Tree, there were thousands of fruits of different colors hanging.

Although these fruits were not yet ripe, one could still feel the vast energy fluctuations from those fruits.

Among these thousands of fruits, there were hundreds of fruits that were almost completely ripe.

The formation protecting the Tongtian Tree emitted bursts of soft humming sounds, seemingly about to open a corner and release the sixth-order fruits that were about to ripen.

“These are sixth-order top-grade treasures?”

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, unable to conceal the fiery color in those eyes.

“Soul Spirit Fruit!”

Lu Sheng's gaze fell on a few fruits emitting white light, and there was even more excitement between his brows.

“As long as I get this Soul Spirit Fruit, I will be able to successfully enter the top 100, and even Senior Du Bai's path of martial arts can be continued!”

“These fruits must be obtained!”

Lu Sheng said firmly in his heart.

However, just as Lu Sheng was calculating how to get the Soul Spirit Fruit, a figure slowly walked out near the Tongtian Tree.

The person's expression was indifferent, and they exuded an extremely powerful life force, piloting a giant mech that looked like obsidian.

“Everyone—this Tongtian Tree is not something you can touch.”

“I advise those ranked after 100 to leave directly, otherwise—don't blame us for being impolite!”

A faint voice came from the person's mouth, accompanied by an extremely powerful energy fluctuation, instantly shocking the surrounding crowd.

Fifth-order peak!

The powerful aura instantly spread out, causing the faces of many people to change slightly.

Not only this person, but after this person spoke, there were also voices echoing.

“Everyone—leave quickly!”

“Leave within an incense stick's time, otherwise—don't blame us for starting a massacre!”

Threatening voices echoed, accompanied by extremely terrifying auras.

Among these auras, at least the combat power of the late fifth-order was required to release them.

Lu Sheng frowned slightly as he listened to these words.

“These people—are planning to drive all the people ranked in the top 100 out, and then leave them to fight alone?”

Lu Sheng couldn't help but say, but he looked up at his ranking.

At this moment,

Lu Sheng's ranking had already risen from more than 2,000 to 700 during the previous treasure hunt.

But obviously, he was also among the targets of this group of people's expulsion.

As powerful auras emerged, the faces of many students with lower rankings became unsightly, and they looked at those who spoke with gloomy eyes.

But unfortunately... they were helpless.

These guys were at least in the late fifth-order, and there were even students at the peak of the fifth-order. How could they possibly be a match for this group of people?

“Damn it, these people are a bit too domineering!”

“That's right, they clearly want to monopolize it, cutting off our path to promotion!”

Someone said indignantly.

They were all very clear that if they wanted to enter the top 100, or improve their ranking in this final period of time, then these sixth-order Tongtian Tree fruits were the best possible objects.

Everyone hoped that they would be lucky enough to get one.

But now, this group of people's words directly killed the thoughts in their hearts.

“Time's up!”

“Since you all don't want to leave so much, then we will just have to—ask you to leave.”

“Move!”

A burst of shouting instantly rang out, and the dozens of students in the top 100 who spoke out all launched terrifying attacks at this moment, directly killing the students who had not entered the top 100.

And Lu Sheng... was also among their targets for expulsion.