, 17rd Floor

After the 16th level was completed, the Sky Bridge had left the burning star and stretched out into the boundless starry sky.

Until a certain moment, Li Che felt the resistance from the virtual space again, and that huge voice reappeared, echoing in Li Che's ears.

"Choose your opponent. You can choose a martial artist, a mentalist controller, or a mentalist illusionist. Choose any opponent you like. Defeating your opponent will allow you to pass the 17th floor."

"A martial artist!" Li Che replied without hesitation.

"brush!"

As soon as he finished speaking, faint starlight flickered and gathered in the void not far away, forming a figure in front of Li Che wearing a fire crystal armor and with his face covered by a dark gold mask. He stood in mid-air with his arms crossed in front of his chest, looking down at Li Che.

"Being able to pass the 16th floor shows that your understanding of the laws and your secret techniques are already quite perfect. Unfortunately, based on your performance on the 16th floor, it is not enough to defeat me."

He was also wearing that ferocious and brutal Flame Crystal Armor. With the armor on, he looked like a savage beast that had been forged countless times in the stars, blazing hot, ferocious, and overwhelmingly powerful.

The founder of the secret method "Black Hole Evolution" has a very different understanding of black holes from that of Ritsch.

Li Che's approach started with the gravity aspect of the fundamental laws of earth, gradually finding the essence of the laws of gravity, and then continuously researching and strengthening the direction of gravity, directly arriving at the perspective of a black hole with almost infinite gravity.

The path described in "Black Hole Evolution" is more like a linear study of those terrifying celestial bodies in the universe. A significant part of its secret methods mainly study stars, and based on stars, it proposes the concept of "Flame Crystals." Black holes are something that was studied later.

Just like the opponent in front of them, he did not show much of the aura of a black hole, but was more inclined towards the "Flame Crystal" direction with the star as the core.

Moreover, his aura was indeed much stronger than that of the opponent on the 16th floor.

"Clang!"

Li Che flipped his hand, and the pitch-black Dark Sea Spear reappeared in his hand. He hoisted the heavy spear onto his shoulder, pushed off the ground, and strode towards the fiery figure in the distance.

"Return to the Void - Star-Suppressing!"

A surge of immense global power rapidly enveloped a spherical space surrounding Li Che. Within it, the immense power of the fundamental laws of space made all of the opponent's movements on the 17th floor a billion times heavier.

One of Li Che's two strongest secret techniques in the Mountain and Sea Realm is called Zhenxing. It is a secret technique for controlling mental masters that Li Che developed by studying the treasure in the Star Tower - Zhenfeng. It is already considered an excellent work in the field of space sealing.

In the last fifty years, Li Che has transformed many of the ideas behind this move into martial arts techniques. Although it is not as powerful as the true Zhenxing Secret Technique, it is still quite suppressive.

"roar!"

The mysterious figure let out a deep roar. He was like a beast god standing upright. The fire crystal core on his chest burst forth with infinite power of law, which actually restrained Li Che's sealing method. He once again lashed at Li Che with the giant tail on his back.

"Return to the Void - Kill!"

Upon seeing this, Li Che's Dark Sea Spear trembled, and the heavy spear was immediately imbued with Li Che's Return to the Void Secret Technique. At the same time, layers of spatial origin power burst forth from the spearhead, revealing the great power of the law that could tear apart space.

This is Li Che's masterpiece in the field of spatial strangulation, a secret technique he created himself.

Two completely different laws of power collided, and Li Che's Dark Sea Spear clashed with his opponent's fists, claws, tail and other body parts. For a time, the two were evenly matched.

The scene of their battle, under the control of Baffin, the administrator of the Skybridge, spread at an extremely fast speed to many immortal gods and cosmic venerables in the Giant Axe Arena, attracting a considerable number of onlookers.

"Wow! This junior uncle is indeed extraordinary. He has already mastered both spatial law sealing and strangulation techniques. It's only a matter of time before he masters them all."

In the virtual universe of the Giant Axe Spacetime, an immortal being resembling a crimson-scaled dragon, shrouded in the light of laws, gazes up at a virtual screen, which is displaying Li Che's battle on the 17th floor of the Bridge to Heaven.

Beside him, there were seven or eight immortal gods gathered, also gazing at the battle.

They are all extremely powerful, with even the weakest being a high-level king-level immortal god, holding an extraordinary position within the Giant Axe Arena.

At the same time, these immortal beings have one thing in common: their teachers or grandmasters were all disciples of the Lord of Void Gold.

After all, as the number two figure in the Giant Axe Arena, the Great Void Gold Lord has had many disciples throughout the long eons. Apart from the newly recruited Li Che, all of them who have survived to this day have already reached the level of a Universe Venerable.

Those cosmic venerables typically have a group of disciples who have reached the King-level Immortal realm, and many of these disciples also have exceptionally talented followers…

These Venerables and Immortals gathered around the Lord of Void Gold, and through the bonds of their sects, they naturally formed a powerful faction, a formidable force within the Giant Axe Arena and even among humanity itself.

Now, the great Lord of False Gold has accepted another disciple and has begun the trial of personal disciples. Of course, the disciples and grand-disciples of the Lord of False Gold will not ignore this.

The battle between Li Che and his opponent on the 17th floor lasted for tens of thousands of rounds. In the end, Li Che unleashed a perfectly timed "Return to the Void - Kill" that successfully pierced through the head of his opponent on the 17th floor.

Upon seeing this, smiles appeared on the faces of the second and third generation disciples of the Lord of False Gold.

"What's even more terrifying is that Junior Uncle has only lived for a little over five eras. Before that, he was just a minor wild world lord and had never received any proper inheritance."

Another immortal deity, with an exceptionally slender figure and deep blue skin, whispered, his voice tinged with a hint of wistfulness.

Five eras—this age was far too young in their eyes.

It should be noted that the theoretical lifespan of a human realm lord is a full 1000 epochs. Top core members of places like the virtual universe primordial secret realm and the giant axe arena are all veteran realm lords who have lived for at least hundreds of epochs.

Take, for example, the current number one fighter in the Giant Axe Arena. He was a genius who almost made it to the 19th floor of the Bridge to Heaven, and his cultivation time spanned more than two hundred epochs.

Compared to them, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Li Che is now a toddler learning to walk.

"Do you think it's possible for Junior Uncle to become the next Fiery Eclipse Uncle, and even pass the 20th level of the Heavenly Bridge at the World Lord level?"

Suddenly, a snake-woman immortal deity with four arms chuckled and spoke.

Upon hearing this, all the immortal kings present were slightly taken aback.

The "Fire-Eating Uncle" they were referring to was naturally another disciple under the Lord of Void Gold, the Fire-Eating Venerable, a monument to the human race from ancient times, hailed as a genius seen only once in tens of millions of years.

"It's difficult, isn't it? The 20th level of the Bridge to Heaven... I've lived for forty million epochs and still haven't made it..."

The immortal dragon-man, covered in crimson scales, flicked his long tail, intending to retort, but suddenly found himself speechless.

After all, Li Che is only a little over 5 years old, which is far too young. Given the World Lord's affinity for the fundamental laws, Li Che is currently in a period of explosive growth in strength.

With the favorable conditions of "Black Hole Evolution" and the initial universe, the level of improvement that Riche could achieve during this explosive period would undoubtedly be even more exaggerated.