Open up and break into another world

Before his eyes, space and time rapidly shifted.

The feeling of distorted space-time made Xu Ming feel faintly nauseous. Of course, Xu Ming's willpower was as strong as steel, and he quickly adapted.

“This time's space-time distortion is much more severe than the last time I went to do a mercenary mission! It seems that the location of this mission is also much farther away!”

The farther the destination of the teleportation, the stronger the space-time distortion would naturally be, and the stronger the sense of disorientation would be.

Whoosh!

Just a quarter of an hour later, a white light appeared before Xu Ming, and he descended into a luxurious palace complex.

“Arrived!”

Before Xu Ming could observe the surroundings, his expression suddenly changed: “Such a strong spatial pressure!”

Boom!!

The terrifying spatial pressure crushed down on Xu Ming like a heavy mountain; although it didn't have much of an effect on Xu Ming, it still shocked him: “What exactly is this place? The spatial pressure here is three times that of the God Domain!”

However, Xu Ming didn't really care much.

After all, the God Domain was infinitely vast, and there would always be some magical places. Moreover, some super existences in the God Domain had evolved their God Kingdoms to be incomparably perfect, and they would also be very special.

However, what Xu Ming didn't know was that he had thought too simply of the land beneath his feet!

… …

At this time, the Third Young Lord of the Muxi Pavilion, Mu Zifan, walked out from the largest palace to meet Xu Ming.

“Finally, someone has accepted the mission…” Mu Zifan thought to himself.

Xu Ming was the first to accept the mission! — After all, Mu Zifan's mission conditions were indeed a bit harsh; at least, being able to fight a thousand opponents alone, such a heaven-defying genius, was absolutely rare!

Now, Mu Zifan was actually quite satisfied to have someone accept the mission.

“However… hiring a heaven-defying genius through the Myriad Realms Token is much cheaper than raising a heaven-defying genius for a long time! Silver Moon Rank Four is fine, it's better than nothing!”

In Mu Zifan's eyes, Xu Ming's role was just to "make up the numbers". In any case, Mu Zifan's subordinates now had three heaven-defying geniuses.

Of course, Mu Zifan was still skeptical about whether Xu Ming could really fight a thousand opponents alone. After all, he was only meeting Xu Ming for the first time and didn't know Xu Ming's true strength.

“Welcome, Your Excellency!” Mu Zifan cupped his hands and smiled, “I am Mu Zifan, the Third Young Lord of the Muxi Pavilion; may I know how to address you?”

Muxi Pavilion?

Third Young Lord?

Xu Ming naturally didn't know what Mu Zifan's identity meant in the Heavenly Offering Realm; after all, he had never been to the Heavenly Offering Realm.

“Xu Ming!” Xu Ming also cupped his hands and introduced himself.

At the same time, Xu Ming subtly observed Mu Zifan, but couldn't easily see through the other party's cultivation; but what was certain was that the other party was at least an Emperor-level existence!

“The employer for this mission doesn't seem simple!” Xu Ming said inwardly.

“Young Lord!” Xu Ming smiled, “May I know what this mission is…?”

“The mission is very simple, it is to invite you to join my command and participate in the Heavenly Offering Assembly!” Mu Zifan said.

“Heavenly Offering Assembly?” There was doubt in Xu Ming's eyes.

“You're not from our Heavenly Offering Realm, are you?” Mu Zifan glanced at Xu Ming and explained, “The Heavenly Offering Assembly is the most important event in our Heavenly Offering Realm! One of the segments is the competition between the heaven-defying geniuses of the entire Heavenly Offering Realm!”

“Oh…” Xu Ming nodded.

“However…” Mu Zifan added, “This competition is very dangerous! The minimum requirement to pass the first round is to have the strength to fight a thousand opponents of the same level; if you don't have such strength, going on stage is just courting death! — Have you thought it over carefully?”

The meaning of Mu Zifan's words was actually to confirm whether Xu Ming really had the strength to fight a thousand opponents alone. If he didn't, he wouldn't let Xu Ming participate in the Heavenly Offering Assembly, so as not to embarrass himself at that time.

“So that's how it is… I understand!” Xu Ming said confidently.

“That's good!” Mu Zifan saw that Xu Ming was very confident, and he felt much more relieved; after all, if Xu Ming didn't have some strength, he wouldn't be courting death.

“I would like to ask, how should we settle the rewards for the mission?” Xu Ming came to do mercenary missions, one was to nurture his Natal Divine Weapon, and the other was to earn some extra money by the way.

The rewards, naturally, had to be negotiated in advance!

“Don't worry about that!” Mu Zifan said, “As long as you participate in the Heavenly Offering Assembly, at the very least, I will give you a hundred bottles of Divine Marrow; if you perform amazingly and can break into the third round, then even if you want Heaven and Earth Essence Liquid, it's not a problem! — Moreover, all the prizes you can get at the Heavenly Offering Assembly are yours!”

“Good!” Xu Ming also knew that how much reward he got completely depended on how much he contributed.

“This palace complex is my residence. You can stay here first, and later, I will take you to meet the other two heaven-defying geniuses!”

After settling Xu Ming down, Mu Zifan still shook his head slightly in disappointment.

“His cultivation is too low! Only Silver Moon Rank Four! Alas… If I could meet a Silver Moon Rank Ten heaven-defying genius, maybe I could impress my father at the Heavenly Offering Assembly!”

“It's better than nothing!” Mu Zifan comforted himself in this way.

… …

Mu Zifan's etiquette was still very well done. Although he was somewhat disappointed with Xu Ming's cultivation, he still arranged a grand welcoming banquet for Xu Ming that evening.

At the welcoming banquet, Xu Ming met the other two heaven-defying geniuses — Luo Shui and Ku Jianxiu.

“Brother Xu Ming, it's a pleasure to meet you!” Ku Jianxiu raised his wine glass and toasted.

“It's a pleasure to meet you too!” Xu Ming also said.

Although Ku Jianxiu looked scruffy, he never left his sword; obviously, he was a bitter cultivator on the path of martial arts.

Xu Ming actually had some respect for this kind of bitter cultivator. Because Xu Ming had a cheat, and his cultivation had been very smooth all the way; he wasn't sure if he didn't have a cheat, whether he could be like Ku Jianxiu, a bitter cultivator on the path of martial arts.

Sitting next to Ku Jianxiu, Luo Shui was a handsome young man.

However, he had no intention of toasting Xu Ming, but instead looked Xu Ming up and down and said in a strange tone: “Brother Xu Ming, I heard that you are the newest heaven-defying genius invited by the Third Young Lord?”

Regarding the mercenary mission, Mu Zifan and Xu Ming both chose to keep it secret. After all, very few people knew about the Myriad Realms Token and the mercenary mission.

In fact, if Mu Zifan's mouth wasn't tight enough, then he would have no chance to obtain the Myriad Realms Token.

Therefore, other people only thought that Xu Ming was an ordinary heaven-defying genius; but they didn't know at all that Xu Ming was here to carry out a mercenary mission.

“That's right!” Xu Ming looked directly at Luo Shui and replied.

Luo Shui laughed strangely: “Ku Jianxiu and I, we have both proven our strength through countless actual battles before being evaluated as heaven-defying geniuses! Brother Xu Ming, you're new here, shouldn't you also show us a thing or two?”