In the darkness of night, on the nearly twenty-storey-high Black Dragon sculpture, every name on the dragon scales was clearly visible.
At this moment, beneath the enormous sculpture, nearly a hundred trainees and some War God instructors were all staring in shock at one name——“No.68 Luo Feng (570403)”. Everyone understood that it was already 11:20 p.m., very close to the final cut-off at midnight.
The trainees who had gone out hunting had already returned, and the ranking was unlikely to change much anymore.
In other words——
Luo Feng’s April ranking had basically been locked in at 68.
“This is big trouble!”
“Where did this monster come from?”
“Oh my God!”
Even the most composed people were shaken by this ranking. On its own, 68th place was nothing extraordinary, but for a trainee who had just joined the training camp to reach 68th in his first month was something completely different. Its value was even higher than an old trainee spending four or five years to reach first place.
“How is this possible, 68?” Kandis’s dark, deep eyes were filled with disbelief.
He did not want to accept it.
“Kandis,” William beside him said softly.
“Damn it!” Kandis said coldly. “From today onwards, don’t provoke this Luo Feng.”
“Understood.” William nodded.
“Really damn lucky,” Kandis cursed. He was extremely displeased that this Chinese youth he looked down on had reached 68th place in his first month. No matter how unhappy he was, reason told him that their past conflicts were only matters of pride, not life-and-death grudges.
All he could do was swallow his pride and treat Luo Feng as if he did not exist in the future.
“This Luo Feng is going to rise,” someone said.
“Definitely,” a slightly chubby yellow-skinned youth exclaimed. “In the history of our training camp, only five people have entered the top 100 in their first month. The most recent was eight years ago. And he is not just top 100, he is 68th!”
Everyone understood this clearly.
Governments, organisations, and major powers across the world valued talent deeply. For someone like Luo Feng, they would not ignore him. Being 68th in this round meant he was more valuable than even the top rank this time. His future treatment would go without saying.
……
In a residential building three kilometres away.
“Damn it!”
A burly man with dyed yellow hair stared wide-eyed at the screen on the wall, fixated on the name at 68th place, Luo Feng. As the intelligence team leader here, he knew all trainee profiles very well, and he understood exactly what this ranking meant.
“Quick, connect to the boss!” he growled, his expression twisted.
“Boss, it’s not even midnight yet,” a lightly dressed woman chuckled.
“Shut up! Connect now!” the burly man roared.
Only then did the woman realise the seriousness of the situation and quickly began the connection.
……
“Shit!”
“That genius is from China, connect me to the general!”
……
“68th?”
“He is only nineteen, and he came from an ordinary family with no special martial training since childhood.”
“This Luo Feng is a monster. Quickly, contact headquarters!”
……
At this moment, intelligence personnel from military organisations, administrative bodies, families, financial groups, and mercenary organisations across the Hongning Base City were all urgently reporting the newly updated Black Dragon ranking.
Anyone entering the top 100 in their first month was already an absolute genius.
And now, at 68th place, it was even more extraordinary.
And he was only 19 years old.
……
For superpowers like the Five Great Nations and the Two Great Dojos, what truly mattered was not only physical strength growth, which could be enhanced with expensive resources like Dragon Blood or other secret items.
What could not be bought with money was technique, combat awareness, movement skills, force exertion, and weapon mastery.
These depended entirely on experience, combat, and talent.
This was what the training camp called “combat power amplification”.
One unit of strength turning into ten units of combat effectiveness, or even more.
That was true ability.
And Luo Feng clearly had extremely high combat amplification.
……
At Jiangnan University in the main city district, in a girls’ dormitory room 602, Xu Xin was sitting with three roommates chatting casually.
“Third sister, I think the young master from the Wang family is quite good. He’s very sincere toward you,” said a mixed-race girl lying on the sofa with a cup of coffee.
“Second sister, Xu Xin already likes that Luo Feng. Stop trying to matchmake her with the Wang family heir,” another girl laughed.
“Enough,” Xu Xin frowned slightly.
She was clearly in a bad mood, and the other three stopped teasing her.
Xu Xin was already under a lot of pressure. She was of marriageable age, and in this era many university students married early. With her status in the Xu family, she attracted many suitors, some even tied to her family’s interests.
Her attitude was firm, but the family stance was complicated.
“Hmm?”
Her phone rang.
“Brother?”
She picked up the phone and went into her room, closing the door.
On the screen was Xu Gang, smiling brightly.
“Good news, big news!” Xu Gang said excitedly. “Sister, your choice is really something. That Luo Feng has done something earth-shaking this time.”
Xu Xin frowned slightly. “What big thing? You mean entering the top 100?”
“No, not just top 100. He is 68th!”
Xu Gang was shocked. “This news has spread everywhere like a storm. Everyone in HR Alliance families knows about it now. Even the Five Great Nations are paying attention!”
Xu Xin did not hear the rest clearly.
She only remembered one thing.
Luo Feng was 68th.
She was not an ordinary girl. She understood exactly what that number meant.
“Now the family fully supports your relationship with him,” Xu Gang continued with a laugh.
Xu Xin felt like laughing and scolding at the same time.
That was how families worked.
“Alright, I understand,” she said calmly.
“You’re not even excited?” Xu Gang asked.
“Hehe,” Xu Xin forced a smile. “Satisfied now, brother?”
She ended the call.
A relaxed smile appeared on her face.
“So… everything is fine now.”
She sat back down at her computer and connected to Luo Feng.
……
In the Hongning Base City, at the elite training camp.
Luo Feng rushed back to his residence like a defeated soldier.
“My God, I only reached 68th place and it caused such a huge reaction?”
He recalled everything that had just happened after leaving the trial room. Especially when he walked out of the Nine Stages Tower, he had been surrounded by congratulations and invitations from various factions.
Every invitation came with terrifying conditions, with annual funding reaching hundreds of billions. This was the kind of treatment usually reserved for high-level War Gods, yet he was already receiving it.
“It really is something,” Luo Feng sighed.
“The trial tower really kicked me out right on time too.”
He felt a little regretful. If he had been given more time, he might have improved even further.
This time, his gains had been enormous.
During the trial, he had unexpectedly entered the “perfect movement technique” state again in Stage B, and even maintained it for over forty minutes across B and C stages.
Because of that, he broke through B stage and almost cleared C stage as well.
His ranking jumped from 98 to 82, then finally to 68 after the last improvement in trial level.
“I’ve basically stepped into perfect movement technique,” he thought with satisfaction.
Just then——
“Beep beep.”
A video call request came through on his computer.
“Hm?” He walked over, sat down, and smiled. “Xu Xin?”
He accepted the call.
The video quickly appeared on screen, showing Xu Xin.