Chapter 507: A Genius

“A hundred years?”

Lei Xuan’s expression had been calm, but he froze when he heard Li Yang. It was as if he’d misheard. “How many years? Say it again.”

Breaking through to the World Realm in a hundred years made one an absolute genius in their race—among the very best.

“Replying to you, sir, I have cultivated for a hundred years,” Li Yang’s Thunder Star Beast clone said respectfully.

In truth, Li Yang was clearly exaggerating. His Thunder Star Beast avatar had only existed for seventy years at most.

Just then, Baleng, standing beside Lei Xuan, was filled with excitement. “Only a hundred years? What’s your strength level now? Did you break through to the World Realm with the Thunder Law?”

Thunder Star Beasts were World Realm lifeforms who were born having mastered the Explosive Profundity of the Thunder Law, so breaking through to the World Realm wasn’t difficult for them.

However, among the Thunder Star Beast race, it was normal to spend several hundred years of hard work to master the Explosive Profundity. To do it in a hundred years was the mark of a true genius.

Li Yang said, “It’s not just the Thunder Law. I’ve also comprehended the Space Law, Time Law, Fire Element Law, and Dark Law. Of those, I’ve broken through to the World Realm in Space, Time, and Fire Element.”

Upon hearing this, Baleng’s face was a mask of utter shock.

“You’re saying that besides the Thunder Law, you’ve also comprehended the Space, Time, Fire Element, and Dark Laws? And you’ve already broken through to the World Realm in Space, Time, and Fire Element?”

Baleng couldn’t believe his ears.

His shock quickly turned to wild joy.

The Five-Element Laws! And he’d broken through to the World Realm in four of them! All in just a hundred years!

This speed of comprehending Laws was simply heaven-defying!

Baleng could feel his body starting to tremble. With such a Talent, becoming an Emperor in the future would be absolutely no problem.

Beside him, the young Lei Xuan also looked utterly shocked. The Thunder Star Beast race had seen very few with this level of Talent.

In truth, there were geniuses who had broken through in Four-Element Laws to the World Realm within a hundred years. The Human Race had some of them.

But even mastering a profundity in each of the Four-Element Laws still left a huge gap to the level of Deities.

Only those who possessed the strength to kill Deities within a hundred years could be called one of the top ten geniuses of the Human Race.

The Talent Li Yang’s Thunder Star Beast clone was displaying now was still far inferior to that of his original body.

A hint of shock remained in Lei Xuan’s eyes. He looked at Li Yang and said, “You must not lie. Once we return to the clan, your cultivation time and other details can be easily detected.”

He was beginning to suspect that Li Yang was lying.

Li Yang’s Thunder Star Beast clone replied respectfully, “I would not dare to deceive you, sir.”

He waved his hooved claws, and immediately, fluctuations from various Laws manifested.

Space Law! Time Law! Thunder Law! Fire Element Law! Dark Law!

He displayed them one by one.

In truth, with the Thunder Star Beast’s foundation, he couldn’t necessarily match a Deity with just these Laws alone, not without using trump cards like the Destruction Spear Skill. But for now, displaying these Laws was more than enough!

Li Yang even held back slightly, not revealing his full capabilities.

For instance, he had mastered two profundities of the Fire Element Law, but he only demonstrated one.

Unless a Law’s profundity was fully unleashed, others couldn’t discern its details.

‘I’m sure that what I’ve shown is enough to cause a huge stir in the Thunder Star Beast race!’

And just as he’d expected, the old man Baleng was ecstatic, his wrinkled face completely smoothing out as he grinned from ear to ear.

“Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!”

Baleng exclaimed, “They say the human Li Yang has a heaven-defying Talent and has comprehended multiple Laws, but he only has an aptitude for Space, Time, Thunder, and Fire Element. He hasn’t comprehended the Dark Law at all.”

But this Thunder Star Beast genius before them had comprehended one more than the human Li Yang—the Dark Law!

Overcome with excitement, Baleng turned to Lei Xuan and said hurriedly, “Young Master Lei Xuan, when we return to the clan, you must help this genius from my branch apply for eligibility to enter Saint Mountain.”

‘His Talent is this strong even without entering Saint Mountain. Once he’s in, won’t he become even more powerful?’

It was hard to read the expression on Young Master Lei Xuan’s face. He, too, was completely stunned by the Talent Li Yang had displayed.

He gave Li Yang a deep look, nodded, and said, “With a Talent like this, he can easily enter Saint Mountain even if I don’t submit an application for him.”

Hearing this, the old man Baleng grew even more delighted.

He looked at Li Yang’s Thunder Star Beast clone and asked with a wide smile, “Child, can you tell me your name?”

Li Yang replied, “Mu Xuan.”

He had just randomly picked a name for himself.

“Good. Mu Xuan, we are about to return to our clan—which is your clan, too, of course. Are you willing to come back with us? There, you will receive the very best training our race has to offer,” the old man Baleng asked, his voice full of anticipation.

He was terrified that Li Yang might refuse to go back with them.

Hearing this, Li Yang’s Thunder Star Beast clone nodded. “I am willing to go back.”

He felt a surge of joy. ‘I didn’t expect these two Thunder Star Beasts to be returning to their clan. This saves me a lot of time. If I’d found others, they might have had business on the Slaughter Battlefield, and I would have been stuck waiting.’

Seeing Li Yang nod, the old man Baleng became even more excited.

…

Far in the distance, Li Yang stood silently on a mountaintop, gazing in their direction.

‘Things are going more smoothly than I imagined. My Thunder Star Beast avatar is about to infiltrate the Thunder Star Beast clan!’

A smile touched Li Yang’s lips. ‘Once it’s in, with the Talent my Thunder Star Beast avatar has displayed, it’s guaranteed to receive the best training!’

Of course it would. His Thunder Star Beast avatar was something he had created; in terms of age, it was over a decade younger than him!

His own Talent was already considered top-tier among a major power like the Human Race. His Thunder Star Beast avatar’s Talent would only be greater. It was easy to imagine how highly the Thunder Star Beast race would value him.

‘It probably won’t be long before my rate of progress takes another huge leap,’ Li Yang thought in anticipation.

He was sure he could get into the Thunder Star Beast clan’s sacred land of inheritance. ‘Once I’m in, my progress will definitely accelerate.’

‘However, I still haven’t found the Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon clan.’

Li Yang thought to himself, ‘But there’s no rush. My main body can head directly to the Human Race’s land of inheritance. The training there only takes ten years. I can resume my search after that.’

With the plan for his Thunder Star Beast avatar a success, Li Yang was no longer in a hurry. He would go receive his inheritance first.

Besides, he might even run into a Sky-Fierce Flood Dragon on the way.

WHOOSH!

With these thoughts in mind, Li Yang’s figure flickered and shot off into the distance, disappearing from sight in an instant.

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