On the boundless silver alloy plain, there was only one structure, the arena.
Whoosh, whoosh!
A yellow skinned young man and a white young man appeared out of thin air on the arena, Luo Feng and William.
“Choose your weapons and combat suit.” A grand voice echoed across the entire world. At the same time, a large number of weapons, equipment, and so on appeared before Luo Feng’s eyes, exactly the same as the last time outside the trial tower. Luo Feng was very familiar with the process and chose the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, the hexagonal shield, and a combat suit that fit his body.
Both of them quickly equipped themselves.
“Oh?” Luo Feng’s gaze fell on the pillar on the arena. Words actually appeared on that pillar.
“Name: William Edison
Gender: Male
Identity: Official student of the elite training camp
Combat strength multiplier: Medium”
After looking at the other side, Luo Feng turned to the pillar beside him. It was almost exactly the same as the one introducing William, except for the name. The only difference was that the combat strength multiplier was listed as “Low”.
“Choose the battle scene.” The voice of the virtual space sounded again.
Eight map scenes appeared before Luo Feng and William.
“You choose.” William smiled slightly. “That way, you will not complain if you lose.”
“Then, the gymnasium,” Luo Feng casually selected the battle scene.
“The gymnasium?” William looked surprised and carefully studied the Chinese youth before him. Was this person full of confidence, or simply too arrogant?
Rumble, rumble.
The world shook. The surroundings of Luo Feng and William changed, and in an instant, they appeared inside a huge gymnasium. The battle area was wide open, with no obstacles at all. Around the arena were stands large enough to let tens of thousands of spectators watch the match.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Blinding lights illuminated the entire gymnasium, and there were only Luo Feng and William inside.
“Battle, begin!” The electronic voice echoed through the gymnasium.
William held a round shield in one hand and a long sword in the other. He looked at Luo Feng with confidence. “Luo Feng, I gave you the chance to choose a scene that favours you, yet you picked this gymnasium with no obstacles. I will let you know the real difference between an old student of the elite training camp and a newcomer like you!”
“Come on then,” Luo Feng said, narrowing his eyes slightly.
This would be his first opponent in the training camp.
William curved the corner of his mouth slightly. His body suddenly lunged forward, instantly covering nearly fifty metres. The tip of his sword looked like a beam of light, even causing ripples in the air. The sword tip stabbed straight at Luo Feng’s brow. At the same time, Luo Feng stepped back and swung his blade like lightning.
Screech!
William’s long sword tilted slightly, grazing against the Blood Shadow Battle Blade in Luo Feng’s hand.
Then, along the edge of Luo Feng’s blade, the sword swept horizontally toward Luo Feng’s neck.
Whoosh.
Luo Feng retreated rapidly, while his left hand raised the hexagonal shield.
Swish.
William’s sword moved in a perfect arc from the horizontal slash, actually sliding along the edge of Luo Feng’s left hexagonal shield and slashing toward Luo Feng’s right hand.
Retreat!
In almost an instant, Luo Feng had retreated over a hundred metres and jumped straight onto the stands.
“What, are you scared?” William laughed loudly. Holding his round shield and long sword, he walked casually toward Luo Feng. “Luo Feng, perhaps among ordinary warriors you think you are very strong. But in the elite training camp, there is no old student as simple as you imagine.”
“This time, losing 50 billion is your tuition fee.”
Luo Feng lowered his head and looked at his right hand. There was a white mark on the guard of his right arm, and on the upper arm there was a wound. Blood had already seeped out, though luckily the injury was not deep.
“His sword speed is not actually that fast, but in that brief moment just now, I was completely suppressed? His continuous moves were like they were made in heaven, with no openings at all. One move after another, all attacks.” Beads of sweat could not help forming on Luo Feng’s forehead. He narrowed his eyes. “I can only suppress him with speed!”
William remained as calm as ever, like a gentleman attending a banquet.
“A sword technique, a blade technique, just being fast is not enough. You have to make it smooth like flowing clouds and running water, with all kinds of attacks readily available, forming combination techniques!” William smiled. “After entering the elite training camp, I have practised sword technique for more than five hours every day. I only stop when my arms are aching.”
“If you want to beat me, you are still far away!” William pushed off the ground.
Whoosh!
He shot straight toward the stands.
“Ha!” Luo Feng’s eyes widened. The speed of the Blood Shadow Battle Blade in his hand surged to the limit, layers of dark force merging into the blade. Whoosh, like a dreamy cold light, or perhaps like electricity, carrying an unmatched momentum and a chilling speed, it slashed directly at William as he charged over.
Fast!
This move had only one word, fast.
Rumble.
Clang, clang, clang, clang.
A series of sharp sounds rang out. William’s long sword was like a willow branch as it met Luo Feng’s Blood Shadow Battle Blade. Then William himself immediately retreated. Sizzle. A terrifying crack appeared in the stand ahead, and shattered tiles and stones burst out in all directions, smashing onto some of the plastic seats in the stands.
“What a fast blade, but your basic blade technique is really too ordinary.” William laughed loudly and jumped back onto the stands.
Treading on one plastic chair after another in the stands, William swept in like a violent storm.
“I admit that your sword technique realm is higher than my blade technique realm. But, with one force, I can break ten techniques. You are too slow!” When William rushed right in front of him, Luo Feng’s speed suddenly exploded fully. In terms of speed alone, Luo Feng was definitely fifty percent faster than William. They were no longer on the same level.
Clearly, in terms of force output explosion, William was much worse than Luo Feng.
Whoosh.
Whoosh.
The two humans, both moving faster than one hundred metres per second, had completely turned into two phantoms. In particular, one of the black phantoms was obviously faster than the other. Every movement produced a sharp whistle that split the air, and even formed visible blade currents.
One slash, then another. Another slash again.
Relying on his superior speed, Luo Feng seized every opportunity to strike once, and if there was no opening, he immediately moved away. Then he came back with another slash.
After all, in terms of actual blade technique and sword technique, Luo Feng realised that he really was far behind William.
“Fuck!”
William shouted angrily. “You, you have the guts to fight me in close range, head on!” He was so angry that he even blurted out English. Clearly, he was furious. Luo Feng’s fighting method was very sneaky, relying on superior speed, superior blade speed, and greater power to bully him, never fighting head on.
“Head on battle?”
“Fine!”
“I will satisfy you!” Luo Feng’s voice echoed through the gymnasium. He had just slashed from William’s left side a moment ago.
Suddenly.
Luo Feng took three consecutive steps. Those three ghostlike steps actually dodged William’s fierce sword strike. William was extremely shocked. “How is that possible?” He only felt a phantom pass by. William immediately knew something was wrong, because Luo Feng had already disappeared from his field of vision.
Puchi!
A streak of blade light flashed across William’s neck, and his head flew up into the air.
Pfft.
Blood sprayed into the sky.
William’s body fell limply, and his blood stained the broken plastic chairs on the ground red.
“Challenge, Luo Feng wins!” The electronic voice echoed throughout the entire gymnasium. The whole gymnasium blurred and completely disappeared.
On the silver alloy plain, on the empty arena, Luo Feng and William were standing there again.
“Impossible.” William stared at Luo Feng deathly. “I cannot lose! I was selected into the elite training camp, and I have been training hard here for a whole year. During this year, I have almost every day been training sword technique, body force output, and so on. My strength has improved a lot compared to when I first arrived. How could I possibly lose to you, a newcomer?”
“Losing is losing,” Luo Feng said.
William clenched his fists tightly.
If this had been a normal spar, losing would have been fine. But this time, so many students had been attracted over. Losing this time meant two things, losing face, and losing a huge sum of money, 50 billion Chinese yuan. Even William felt pain losing such a fortune.
“You have already lost.” Luo Feng looked at William in front of him and could not help praising him. “I admit that in the realm of blade technique and sword technique, you are indeed much better than me.”
Much better.
His speed and strength were far above his opponent, yet he still could not win. It was precisely because his blade technique was indeed too crude. Luo Feng had always thought his blade technique was quite good, especially when combined with the acceleration of spiritual念力, and in the wilderness area he had indeed slaughtered all around. But compared with a genius like William…
His blade technique could not compare with William’s sword technique.
William’s sword technique was like flowing clouds and running water. One move followed another, like wave after wave, forcing Luo Feng to retreat again and again.
Luckily, at the final moment, Luo Feng finally used the movement technique that had touched the threshold of “perfect level”. His speed already suppressed his opponent, and with the ghostlike movement technique, he naturally defeated him with a single strike.
“I suppressed him in speed and strength, and still could not win. In the end, I still had to rely on a ghostlike movement technique.” Although Luo Feng won, he was still not very satisfied with himself.
“I lost!”
William gritted his teeth. If he knew Luo Feng was still unhappy after winning, he would probably be even angrier.
On the ninth floor of Nine Layer Tower, in the main hall.
Young men and women from all over Earth, of various skin colours, had gathered there. Some were bald, some had small braids, some had bodies that were frighteningly large, and some were very thin. These genius warriors from all over the world were waiting and discussing.
“That Luo Feng guy is definitely going to learn how big the gap is between newcomers and veterans!”
“Losing 10 billion would have been enough. He insisted on calling for 50 billion.”
“If he wants to give us money, why should we refuse?”
Some young men and women from the European Union were chatting and laughing. The students from other parts of Earth were also chatting casually, but it was obvious that most people here thought William would win. After all, in battles between veterans and newcomers, the veteran almost always wins. Only very rarely does the newcomer win.
“Challenge, Luo Feng wins!” An electronic voice echoed through the hall, leaving echoes behind.
Silence.
The entire hall fell silent.
“What!”
A group of young men and women from the European Union all widened their eyes.
“Oh, God!” A group of white and black young men and women from the United States were also shocked.
“Over four hundred billion rubles, and Luo Feng won it?” The young men and women from Russia could not help exclaiming.
From this day on, another example was added to the history of the training camp, of a newcomer who had just entered the camp defeating a veteran.
Luo Feng defeated William.
Click.
The challenge room door opened. William, whose face was ugly, and Luo Feng, holding a mobile phone, walked out together.