Inside the trial room, Kandis and Luo Feng’s consciousness were almost simultaneously ejected from the virtual space.
“I lost?”
“I lost?” Kandis was still wearing the dark blue helmet. His vision was completely dark, but he did not take it off. Instead, he sat there in silence.
“How could I lose? Impossible. I should not have lost. His arm was already severed, I had a complete advantage. That final strike… that final movement speed…” Kandis sat on the sofa, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles cracked and turned pale. He hated it. He truly hated it.
From Luo Feng’s final speed and blade technique, Kandis understood one thing clearly. Luo Feng’s strength and explosive power had increased significantly.
“At the final moment, at the most critical moment, he actually turned it around?”
“How could something like this happen?”
“A breakthrough during battle? I actually ran into that?” Kandis trembled slightly, partly because he had lost 10 billion Chinese yuan in this battle. He was only the family’s first heir, not the head of the family. This amount was still a huge sum for him.
Secondly, because of his pursuit of a girlfriend, Kandis already deeply hated Luo Feng as a love rival. He had been suppressing his anger all along. Finally getting a chance to teach Luo Feng a lesson, he instead ended up being the one taught a lesson. This was humiliation.
Most of all, what made him even more furious and unwilling was this.
He had tried to severely defeat Luo Feng and make him suffer a huge financial loss. Instead, not only did the opponent gain money, he also broke through.
Luo Feng’s breakthrough strength was partly thanks to Kandis himself.
Of course, the main reason for Luo Feng’s breakthrough was that before coming to the training camp, he had already mastered the third level of the Nine Layer Thunder Blade. During daily training in the camp, his control over strength had become more precise and his foundation more solid. Even without this sudden inspiration, in another three to five months, he would have naturally reached the fourth level.
But advancing three to five months earlier was still a great benefit.
This battle did have its influence.
He lost his wife and soldiers too. How could Kandis not be furious? How could he accept it?
“Challenge result: Luo Feng wins.”
The electronic voice echoed through the ninth floor hall, and could also be heard inside the trial room.
Kandis’s body trembled slightly, and only then did he take off his helmet.
“Kandis, thanks this time.” Luo Feng was already standing at the door.
“Hmph.” Kandis snorted coldly and stood up from the sofa.
Suddenly, Luo Feng’s phone in his pocket rang with a pleasant melody. This made Kandis’s expression even darker. Luo Feng, however, smiled slightly and took out his phone to check the message. As expected, it was a bank notification. A total of 20 billion had been credited.
Among that, 10 billion was the amount Luo Feng had transferred into the training camp challenge system account in advance. The other 10 billion was his winnings.
Click.
The door opened.
Luo Feng and Kandis walked out one after another. They immediately saw that the ninth floor hall was noisy and lively. Many battle instructors and elite training camp elites were in shock. From their perspective, Kandis had a higher chance of winning.
They all knew Kandis’s movement and sword technique combination had a stacking effect.
This was why, even though Luo Feng had a slight advantage in strength and speed at the beginning, he was still suppressed and had his arm cut off.
“Luo Feng!”
“Haha, Luo Feng, well done.”
Especially the Huaxia students, many of them gave thumbs up or excited greetings. Luo Feng smiled and walked over. In contrast, Kandis’s face turned dark and ugly. He only briefly spoke with a few strong students before quickly returning to his residence.
This time, Kandis had failed to vent his anger and instead swallowed a full stomach of frustration.
He hated it.
Hated Luo Feng, and hated himself for losing.
That night.
Luo Feng was alone in his study. After video chatting with his family, he still could not suppress his excitement.
This time, he had truly gained a huge benefit.
Making 10 billion was secondary. The most important thing was that in the final moment of the battle, he had actually comprehended the fourth level of the Nine Layer Thunder Blade.
“This fourth level is indeed difficult. I understood the first three levels very quickly, but this fourth level had been stuck since my time in Jiangnan base city. Even in the training camp, my blade technique and strength control improved a lot, but I still could not break through.”
Luo Feng sighed.
In the virtual battle, that pool of water and the ripples from a drop of water…
It was very similar to when he first comprehended the second level of the Nine Layer Thunder Blade.
“A drop of water creates ripples. The important thing is not the ripples or the drop itself, but the mirror-like surface. The calmer the water, like a mirror, the clearer the ripples when a drop falls.”
Force generation works the same way.
The key is not individual hidden forces, but how the force travels through the entire body’s muscles and bones.
Once he understood this, and with his already improved control, Luo Feng directly comprehended the fourth level.
“The fourth level.”
“Now that I have comprehended it, my explosive power reaches 3.5 times.”
“My trial tower level is 3.4. Just a little more… 3.4 times 3.5 is 11.9. Just a little more. If my trial tower level reaches 3.5, my combat multiplier will exceed 12.”
According to the agreement with the Extreme Martial Arts School, if he reached a combat multiplier of 12 before 1 August, he would receive a full set of level 9 combat suit and weapons, any full set of secret manuals, and a drop of dragon blood worth 80 billion.
A massive reward.
Just the dragon blood alone was priceless. Not to mention the secret manuals.
Luo Feng was determined.
“Tomorrow night’s trial, I will exceed 12.”
The next day, he spent most of his time in the underground training room to familiarise himself with the fourth level of the Nine Layer Thunder Blade. After dinner, he rested and prepared for the trial tower challenge.
At 9:35 p.m., he arrived at the ninth floor of the Nine Story Tower.
“Luo Feng.”
“Hello, Luo.”
Many students greeted him. Luo Feng responded with a smile and entered the trial room.
Lying on the sofa, he held the dark blue helmet.
“Try to succeed in one go.”
“With dragon blood, I can become a high level war god spiritual master within one or two months, an invincible existence among war gods.”
He encouraged himself silently, then put on the helmet.
…
In the virtual space.
An endless silver alloy ground stretched out. In the distance stood a giant seven storey tower. The trial tower.
Luo Feng appeared on the ground.
“I will begin the fist power test,” he called out.
A boxing test machine appeared beside him.
“Luo Feng, please begin your fist power test immediately.”
He took a deep breath, focused his mind, and struck.
Boom.
The display showed: 35080 kg.
“Fist power explosive level 3.5. Combat multiplier 11.9.”
“Still just short of 12.”
He walked towards the trial tower.
Trial tower, third level.
Wilderness stage.
“Stage B trial: within 30 minutes, kill 190 low level beast general golden vultures and 10 intermediate ones.”
The sky filled with black pressing waves of flying beasts.
The battle began.