Inside the Trial Room, Luo Feng turned on the lights.
He lay on the sofa and picked up the deep blue helmet beside him. Under the light, the consciousness interface helmet reflected a dazzling blue glow.
“The further I push, the better,” Luo Feng whispered. He kissed the helmet, then put it on directly.
Buzz.
In the boundless silver world, the sky was an endless cosmic starry sky.
The only structure was a seven story giant tower that seemed to pierce the heavens, the Trial Tower.
Luo Feng appeared at the entrance of the Trial Tower as if he was already familiar with it. On the left pillar of the tower, his information was displayed.
Name: Luo Feng
Gender: Male
Identity: Elite Training Camp Official Trainee
Trial Tower Level: 1.6
Luo Feng smiled. Under the system prompt in the virtual space, he quickly equipped his combat suit, weapons, and shield, then stepped into the Trial Tower.
…
In a vast grassland, Luo Feng appeared out of nowhere.
“Luo Feng,” an electronic voice echoed across the grassland. “You have completed Stage B of the first floor. Next is Stage C. Your objective is to kill 200 Maned Bull beasts within 50 minutes. Among them, 190 are low level Beast Generals and 10 are mid level Beast Generals. Good luck.”
Luo Feng grinned, his gaze sharp as a blade.
After nearly a month in the training camp, he was very familiar with every stage of the Trial Tower. Stage B had been 100 low level Beast General Maned Bulls. Now it had doubled to 200, with 10 mid level Beast Generals added. His body was only at low level War General level.
He had to finish them all within 50 minutes.
Whoosh.
Two hundred Maned Bulls appeared across the grassland, including several massive ones with fiery red horns.
“Roar.”
The ground trembled. Led by the ten mid level Beast Generals, the herd surged forward like a roaring wave toward Luo Feng. With his current physical strength, a single direct hit would likely cripple him and turn him into meat paste. He could not afford a single mistake.
“Bring it on,” Luo Feng said, holding a hexagonal shield in one hand and the Blood Shadow battle blade in the other, charging straight into the herd with a grin.
While Luo Feng was undergoing his Trial Tower assessment, the news spread through the six African trainees and quickly reached many others. People learned that Luo Feng, who had already reached rank 126 in his first month without even completing the Trial Tower assessment, was finally taking it today.
If he was already rank 126 without the assessment, would he break into the top 100 after it?
Many trainees quickly finished their meals and rushed to the Black Dragon sculpture at the training camp entrance, watching the ranking changes.
The leaderboard updates frequently and only locks at midnight on the 28th.
…
At that moment, in City 1001 of the wilderness area, Kandis Bolinas, wearing a black combat suit, sat alone on the floor of a ruined three story villa, drinking from a water flask.
Although he was the first heir of one of the HR Alliance’s nine core families, he never relaxed his training.
“Strength is the foundation. Everything else is illusion,” Kandis murmured. “Today is already the 26th. Only two days remain before the rankings are finalised. It looks like I can enter the top fifty this time.”
His current ranking was 39th.
“Maybe I can break into the top 30,” he said coldly. “That Huaxia kid has improved quickly too, already above 120.”
Ever since William’s first gamble match with Luo Feng, Kandis and his group had repeatedly targeted him, stealing kills in the wilderness or disrupting his hunts.
The training camp only prohibited killing trainees and private trading. Such interference was not punished.
Hm?
Kandis looked at his communicator.
“It is William?”
He answered.
“Kandis, I have news,” William’s voice came quickly. “That Huaxia kid is only doing his Trial Tower assessment today.”
“What does that have to do with us?” Kandis replied, then froze. “What did you say? Today? He only just started? He has gone 26 days without assessment and still reached rank 120 plus? Impossible.”
“I do not want to believe it either, but it is true,” William said. “Many trainees are already watching the Black Dragon ranking. Even instructors have gone.”
“If he really enters the top 100 in his first month, it will be terrifying.”
“I do not believe it,” Kandis said coldly, eyes like a snake. “He cannot enter the top 100.”
“Then you will see,” William replied.
“Keep watching. Do not hang up. Report immediately,” Kandis ordered.
…
In the virtual space, on the desert of Trial Tower level one.
Corpses of Maned Bulls lay everywhere. Blood stained the grassland. Luo Feng stood on a corpse, covered in blood, face pale, blood at the corner of his mouth.
Time taken: 41 minutes 26 seconds.
Killed: 190 low level Beast Generals, 10 mid level Beast Generals.
Stage C passed. Trial Tower first floor cleared. Congratulations, trainee Luo Feng.
The grassland vanished, replaced by an endless desert.
Second floor of the Trial Tower.
Luo Feng took a breath.
He had not expected the 200 beast formation with mid level Beast Generals to be so terrifying. The mid level ones themselves were not the biggest threat, but they coordinated the entire herd, launching organised attacks in waves.
Unlike the chaotic swarm of Stage B, Stage C was structured and coordinated.
Without his improved blade technique, he would have failed during one of the charges.
“Next,” the mechanical voice echoed. “Second floor Stage A trial. Kill 50 low level Beast General Iron Armoured Scorpions within 10 minutes. Good luck.”
Iron Armoured Scorpions were common desert beasts, small but extremely agile, and capable of group attacks.
As Luo Feng knew from other trainees, they could swarm in more than ten or even twenty at once, with extremely strange movement. This stage was several times harder than before.
Rustle, rustle.
Dark red scorpions crawled out of the sand, each with black tail stingers.
The trial began.
…
In the wilderness, Kandis leaned against a wall, still on the phone with William.
“It has changed. His ranking has changed,” William said suddenly.
“To what?” Kandis asked.
“From 126 to 108.”
Kandis took a breath. This jump already felt shocking for a newcomer.
But he still calmed himself.
“So what. He is still not in the top 100,” he said coldly.
What he did not know was that this rise came from Luo Feng completing Stage C, raising his Trial Tower level from 1.6 to 2.0, increasing his score by a quarter.
Then suddenly.
“It changed again,” William shouted.
“What now?” Kandis asked sharply.
“Rank 99. He is in the top 100.”
Kandis’ expression changed.
…
At the training camp entrance, in front of the Black Dragon sculpture, dozens of trainees and over ten War God instructors stared at the leaderboard in shock.
A newcomer entering the top 100 in his first month.
In the entire history of the training camp, this had only happened five times. All five were true monsters, four of them had already become advanced War Gods, and one had even surpassed War God level.
A Russian bearded man laughed loudly.
“Incredible.”
“His movement, speed, and blade technique must be excellent.”
“Quick, report this to the supervisor!”