Chapter 108, Part 13: Shisui Uchiha—The Hope of the Dry Wizard Universe Nation (Fifth Update)

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Zone 52.
“The efficiency of the legion style is truly astounding.”
“No matter how fast a single powerful warrior is at killing enemies, it can’t compare to an entire legion.”
The avatar ‘Uchiha Shisui’ received news through a consciousness link that the battle in Zone 99 had ended, prompting a sigh of admiration.
Raising his wrist, he glanced at the information on the wristband screen.
Name: Uchiha Shisui (Qianwu Cosmic Nation)
Score: 42,678,459
Rank: 1
Even by simply revealing the ‘Flame Law’ and ‘Space Law,’ this avatar was an invincible presence within this zone.
Regarding the Space Law alone, after Jiang Chen first comprehended it, he obtained the secret technique of the “Ten-Thousand-Line Style” from Luo Feng. Combining the two, he could instantly split into over ten illusions.
This number was naturally far less compared to prodigies like Bolan.
But among all the stellar-level geniuses of this human generation, those who could surpass Jiang Chen could be counted on one hand.
If it weren’t for another equally monstrous figure named ‘Rong Jun’ in the Qianwu Cosmic Nation, Jiang Chen might boldly claim that just by combining the Flame Law, Space Law, and swordsmanship, he could easily claim the top spot of Qianwu Cosmic Nation.
Of course, even for the identity of ‘Uchiha Shisui,’ Jiang Chen had more than just these two laws as trump cards.
However, none of these cards could be used before the cosmic finals.
There were still several years until the cosmic finals, during which Jiang Chen would continue to grow. By then, he might crush the other geniuses without even needing those trump cards.
“This guy should be the most formidable genius ‘War Ghost’ in this city.”
Walking down the street, Jiang Chen—under the guise of Uchiha Shisui—saw without any concealment a burly man swaggering toward him, carrying an enormous greatsword on his back, and guessed his identity.
Real name unknown, nicknamed ‘War Ghost,’ a notorious monster in City 18 of Zone 52, best known for smashing enemies into pulp with his massive sword.
When facing strong opponents, he relied on his formidable defense and regenerative abilities to fight ferociously, exchanging injury for injury.
“Water, Earth, and Wood-type domains. Unfortunately, the strength of this domain hasn’t crossed the threshold of the laws.”
Jiang Chen scanned the opponent’s domain and felt slightly disappointed.
A genius who hadn’t even crossed the law threshold, no matter how skillful in combat, could pose no threat to him.
“Since that’s the case, let’s finish this quickly.”
Jiang Chen raised his arm, holding a short dagger horizontally before him.
The “Ten-Thousand-Line Style” body technique was deftly applied, and around Jiang Chen appeared more than ten identical figures.
The distance between them quickly closed. ‘War Ghost’ glanced disdainfully at Jiang Chen and drew the greatsword from his back, saying, “So these are your ‘phantom clones’? Hmph, just tricks and illusions!”
In the next moment, ‘War Ghost’ stomped the ground and charged forward like a cannonball, shouting angrily, “Watch me shatter your bones!”
Boom!
The greatsword sliced through one of the ‘Jiang Chen’ figures but seemed to cut through thin air.
“No solid form? Just illusions? Hmph, what good are illusions? I’ll keep slashing until I hit the real one!”
The thought flashed through ‘War Ghost’s’ mind. Without hesitation, he swung the greatsword at another ‘clone.’
However, at that instant, the ‘clone’ just struck turned around and stabbed backward at ‘War Ghost’s’ forehead with a dagger.
A faint, nearly imperceptible trace of flames lingered on the blade.
This was not because the flames were weak but because they were compressed to the extreme.
“Just an illusion, ignore it…”
A fleeting thought crossed ‘War Ghost’s’ mind.
But the next moment, an intense scorching sensation struck his forehead.
Followed by excruciating pain.
Squelch!
‘War Ghost’s’ skull was pierced by the dagger.
From the wound erupted a blazing torrent of fire.
Inside his skull, the flames of the Flame Law had completely incinerated everything.

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“How is this possible? Those were illusions! I didn’t see any of his illusions move positions. When did he switch places?!”
Before death, the last thought in ‘War Ghost’s’ mind emerged.
‘War Ghost’s’ death granted Jiang Chen over five million points.
At this stage, just past mid-preliminaries, this was no small sum.
It was certain that ‘War Ghost’s’ original score ranking was within the top few hundred.
But dying at Jiang Chen’s hands and losing half his points, it was uncertain whether he could maintain his position within the top 1001 after the preliminaries ended.
However, Jiang Chen paid no mind to others’ fates.
Participating in the Genius War meant even geniuses had to be mentally prepared to be eliminated early by stronger geniuses.
“This city has no valuable targets left. On to the next city.”
Without looking back at ‘War Ghost’s’ corpse, Jiang Chen took to the air and flew toward the distance.
Jiang Chen had no desire to engage in arena battles—they were too troublesome.
To skip arena battles and go straight to the cosmic finals, one had to rank first in the first preliminary round.
Though his current score advantage was large, there were more than ten days left in the competition.
If he stopped now, he might not even maintain a top ten position, let alone first place.
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Outside the Zone.
Somewhere in the virtual universe.
Large screens broadcast live footage of the powerful geniuses from the 100 zones of the Qianwu Cosmic Nation.
If the outside world knew, it would surely cause much astonishment and suspicion.
By regulation, the ‘Cosmic Genius War’ was not allowed to be broadcast live; everyone had to purchase expensive tickets to watch on-site.
That was only possible beyond the invisible ‘air wall’ nine thousand meters above each zone’s sky.
But these rules applied only to ordinary people.
For the truly high-ranking ‘big shots,’ watching real-time broadcasts was no great difficulty.
At this moment, dozens of figures radiating powerful auras gathered in a hall, each multitasking, intently focusing on one screen after another to monitor countless geniuses’ performances.
At the hall’s center, on a massive throne, sat a giant clad in scaled armor and wearing a helmet.
The giant was about five or six meters tall while seated; standing, he might reach nearly ten meters.
Judging from their auras, all present were immortal god-level beings.
And the scaled giant on the throne was a strong immortal amo