After learning that the second stage of the trial was the Rhinoceros Emperor Game, and that even failure would at most cost a single clone, Luo Fan decided to have the human race experts participate as well.
Moreover, with him present, it was even possible that not a single clone would be lost.
Hearing Luo Fan's explanation, the human race experts were all tempted.
Even if they could not obtain the final reward, simply participating in such a trial was already a good opportunity.
After all, the Rhinoceros Emperor Game could enhance comprehension.
Although it was also possible to study the Rhinoceros Emperor Game within the Original Universe, everyone naturally preferred to try it firsthand.
What if they passed the second round?
For a moment, a trace of eagerness flashed in the eyes of these human race Universe Masters.
Originally, not many human experts had planned to participate in the trial.
After all, they had no confidence in competing with Luo Fan.
The other forces of the Universe Sea and the Original Universe might not know Luo Fan's true capabilities, but how could they not?
Competing in talent with someone who possessed a Original Universe clone and had Universe Master combat strength within a single epoch?
What a joke.
However, after learning that there were two inheritances, quite a few people became interested.
Now that they also knew that failing the second round would only cost a clone at most, there was no reason not to give it a try.
Giant Axe pondered for a moment. Seeing the anticipation in everyone's eyes, he did not call for a vote again.
"Those who are going, remember to bring a Hunyuan clone."
"And make sure only your clones go. The younger ones should do the same."
The human race selected a total of ten thousand Immortal beings and one hundred Venerables.
They were all the most talented individuals of the human race.
These Immortal beings all had the potential to break through to the Venerable level.
As for the Venerables, they each had a slight chance of becoming a Universe Master.
Among them were clones of the three top-tier Universe Overlords.
They had also been granted the clone secret technique by Luo Fan.
Among the Immortal beings, there was even Luo Feng's clone.
Although his true body was currently inside the small universe of the ancestral Starry Sky Beast, the old Beast God, comprehending the secret pattern diagram path,
he possessed a Space Worm clone and could create many clones.
While these clones were not very powerful, they were more than sufficient for participating in the trial.
Soon, the Chaos City Lord led the Universe Masters who were preparing to participate, along with the clones of those human geniuses, to a location several million light-years away from the Eternal Ancient City.
At this moment, on a massive floating rock in the void, Luo Fan's Space Worm clone was waiting.
He planned to send them directly near the General's Mansion.
That way, even if experts from other forces tried to stop them, it would be useless.
After all, upon learning of Luo Fan's terrifying talent, other forces had begun to harbor intentions of targeting the human race.
Originally, they had not been too concerned.
Because in their view, even Luo Fan could at most grow to the peak of a True God.
That was roughly the level of the Original Ancestor.
They might fear the Original Ancestor, but not necessarily Luo Fan.
This was because the most terrifying aspect of the Original Ancestor was his mastery of soul techniques.
A peak True God soul master was what the forces of the Universe Sea feared most.
Unless one possessed a supreme soul-type treasure, no one could guarantee survival against the Original Ancestor.
If not for the fear that excessive slaughter would provoke a united attack from hundreds of Universe Sea factions, the Original Ancestor would have long dominated the Universe Sea.
Material attacks, on the other hand, were not as difficult to deal with.
As long as one had a peak-tier supreme armor, even Luo Fan in the future might not be able to kill an eighth-tier peak True God.
Once someone reached the ninth tier, Luo Fan would have no way of dealing with them.
Therefore, although they knew Luo Fan's talent was terrifying, the Universe Sea factions had not made preparations to target the human race like the three major races had.
In the end, their conflicts of interest with the human race were limited.
In their view, once Luo Fan broke through to the True God level and returned to his origin, he would only retain his human true body.
At that point, without the clone secret technique, he would not be able to occupy many dangerous regions.
Since that was the case, why create conflict with him now?
But things were different now.
With talent like Luo Fan's, he was highly likely to obtain an inheritance.
Since they could not deal with him inside, they had to consider other approaches.
For example, suppressing the human race to see if they could disrupt Luo Fan's state of mind.
Unfortunately, although they had been guarding outside the Eternal Ancient City, they had not seen any trace of the human race.
They did not know that the human race was millions of light-years away.
Originally, these forces had planned to ambush the human race and see if they could suppress some individuals to threaten Luo Fan.
They had even considered directly killing Giant Axe.
But the human experts never appeared.
There was nothing they could do.
Soon, the Space Worm clone saw the Chaos City Lord.
He immediately split into over ten thousand clones, transforming them into ordinary bracelets.
These were for the humans entering the trial.
With clones present, it would at least ensure they could leave the Eternal Ancient City safely.
After making preparations, Luo Fan waved his hand.
In the next moment, a massive wormhole appeared before the Chaos City Lord.
This time, the group entering would be led by the Chaos City Lord.
Although he was only a clone, he carried a peak-tier supreme palace treasure.
This ensured they could definitely enter the General's Mansion.
At this moment, the main hall of the General's Mansion was empty.
Those eligible for the trial had already entered the side halls.
Those who failed the first round had long gone elsewhere to search for other opportunities.
Suddenly, a wormhole appeared in the empty hall.
In the next moment, a palace flew out from it.
…
Inside the side hall, Qing Qiong quietly watched the crowd observing the stone pillars without offering any reminders.
At that moment, he suddenly sensed an unusual fluctuation.
His eyebrows rose slightly as his consciousness instantly covered the entire Eternal Ancient City.
He then saw the palace treasure that had appeared in the main hall.
Glancing at Luo Fan, who was observing the 123 perfect solutions on the left, Qing Qiong said nothing and disappeared.
No one reacted to Qing Qiong's disappearance.
After all, the second stage of the trial would not yield results in a short time.
…
At this moment, the Chaos City Lord, who was sending the palace treasure through the wormhole to Luo Fan, suddenly noticed someone standing before him. It was Qing Qiong.
He quickly delivered the palace treasure to Luo Fan, then respectfully bowed.
"My lord, I have brought my race's geniuses to participate in the trial."
Qing Qiong glanced at where the wormhole had been and said nothing.
With a wave of his hand, a passage appeared before them.
"Follow me. We will first conduct the initial screening to determine whether you meet the requirements."
Although it was obvious these people were from Luo Fan's race, the rules still had to be followed.
Seeing that Qing Qiong did not object, the Chaos City Lord breathed a sigh of relief.
Without hesitation, he led everyone into the passage.
…
Soon, the Universe Masters in the hall, who were studying the stone pillars, suddenly noticed a large number of humans entering from behind.
Looking at the Chaos City Lord leading them, they were completely stunned.
Where did these humans come from?
How were they so fast?
That was their first reaction.
The Eternal Ancient City was extremely vast.
Flight was prohibited, and one could only walk.
Traveling from the city gates to here took a very long time.
This was why the alien races from the Universe Sea, who had rushed toward the General's Mansion upon hearing about the inheritance trial, had still not arrived.
Moreover, these races knew that throughout the entire time, they had only seen Luo Fan and no other human experts.
They had no idea where the others were.
Yet now, the human race had appeared directly.
And not only that, they had clearly come prepared.
At a glance, they could tell that most of these humans were Venerables and Immortal beings.
Although there were Universe Masters present, they were few.
The majority were Immortal geniuses.
Seeing this, they were stunned.
At this moment, their own Immortal geniuses had not even left their small universes yet.
But the human race?
They had already arrived.
Although arrival time made no difference under normal circumstances, since everyone had a limit of three epochs,
that only applied if no one passed the trial.
If someone passed, those who arrived later would have no chance.
Thus, upon seeing the humans arrive, many Universe Masters immediately revealed killing intent.
However, they quickly remembered where they were.
Unable to act, they suppressed their killing intent and transmitted the situation to those outside.
If they could not act here, they would have to resort to external methods.
Luo Fan glanced at the Chaos City Lord and the others but did not even greet them, continuing to study the perfect solutions.
Right now, the Rhinoceros Emperor Game was the most important.
The Chaos City Lord and the others did the same. After Qing Qiong explained the rules, they immediately began studying the 123 perfect solutions on the left.
…
Virtual Universe.
Giant Axe looked at the Chaos City Lord and asked,
"Have you entered?"
Since he had no clone, he did not go in.
He was too important to the human race at the moment and had to remain outside.
The Chaos City Lord nodded.
"We have all entered successfully."
"As Hunyuan predicted, we all passed the first screening and are now undergoing the second stage."
Giant Axe nodded.
"Bring the younger ones who entered as well. Come to my small universe. I will accelerate time for you."
Giant Axe's small universe could accelerate time up to ten thousand times.
This meant they effectively had thirty thousand epochs for the trial.
He then looked at Luo Fan.
"Will you come as well, or stay in your Original Universe clone?"
He knew Luo Fan's Original Universe clone could also accelerate time.
However, he did not intend to let the others enter Luo Fan's Original Universe.
He did not want them to affect Luo Fan at such a critical moment, even slightly.
The cost of time acceleration depended on the strength of those benefiting from it.
If it were only Luo Fan, the cost would be negligible.
But adding all the human Universe Masters, Venerables, and Immortal beings would make the cost significant.
He did not want this to impact Luo Fan.
After all, the Original Universe clone was one of Luo Fan's clones and could assist him in solving the puzzles.
As for his own small universe, it did not matter as much, and he was not participating in the trial.
Luo Fan shook his head.
"No need. I will stay within my Original Universe clone."
Giant Axe did not press further.
Soon, the human experts and geniuses, whether their true bodies or clones, were brought into Giant Axe's small universe.
Meanwhile, Luo Fan's true body, Space Worm clone, and mechanical race clone all arrived at the origin of his Original Universe clone.
He did not immediately begin time acceleration.
This was because another clone was heading to the human treasury to exchange for a time chamber-type treasure.
Such treasures were extremely rare, and even the human treasury had very few.
Most only offered dozens or hundreds of times acceleration.
In fact, many Universe Masters skilled in forging could create such time chambers.
After all, Universe Masters could manipulate spacetime.
However, those not specializing in spacetime could typically only create chambers with tens of times acceleration.
Those specializing in spacetime might reach hundreds or thousands.
Still, very few Universe Masters bothered to create them.
They were largely impractical.
For Universe Masters, time was not particularly valuable.
The benefit of using such chambers was limited.
Moreover, their divine power reserves could not sustain them for long.
It was more efficient to train in places like the Black Pattern Stone Pillar Space.
As for lower-level geniuses below the Immortal level, they had limited lifespans.
Furthermore, the high time flow within such chambers made it difficult to comprehend laws.
Unless one had a clone outside to perceive them.
Otherwise, inside a time chamber, one could only create secret techniques.
But creating techniques required real combat experience, not isolation.
Thus, time chambers were rarely made.
In the human treasury, Luo Fan only found a time hall with a maximum time acceleration of one thousand times.
Without hesitation, he issued a task and exchanged for it.
[Task: Obtain the Time Hall. Reward: Temporal Divine Palace]
The moment the clone completed the exchange, a system notification appeared in his mind.
Without hesitation, he claimed the reward.
In the next instant, a palace appeared within the origin of his Original Universe clone.
This Temporal Divine Palace was a top-tier supreme palace treasure.
It could accelerate time up to ten thousand times!
By stacking the Temporal Divine Palace with the time acceleration of his Original Universe clone, he could achieve an even more terrifying effect.
After retrieving the Chaos Spirit Pearl, Luo Fan's true body entered the Temporal Divine Palace and activated the ten-thousandfold acceleration.
At the same time, the Original Universe clone began accelerating time at the origin.
With both effects combined, the time flow around Luo Fan's true body and his two clones reached an astonishing one hundred million times!
However, the cost was equally terrifying.
For every year in the outside world, he would consume the divine power of an entire Space Worm clone.
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