Facing the charging herd of wild bulls, Luo Feng stood motionless, holding a hexagonal shield in one hand and his Blood Shadow saber in the other, calm as ever.
“Boom~~” The breath of the bulls spread through the air, and the first bull in the entire herd finally reached Luo Feng. Having experienced countless battles against beast herds, Luo Feng was extremely experienced. With a subtle sidestep and retreat, the blade of his Blood Shadow saber flashed!
The second layer of the “Nine Thunder Blades” — 2.1 times the power erupted!
Blood sprayed from the neck of the first bull.
“One!” Luo Feng’s eyes were cold and calm.
He clearly understood that when facing a beast herd, especially when each beast posed a threat to him, he absolutely could not panic!
“The bulls have large bodies, much bigger than the usual iron-haired wild boars. They’re like tanks! Their large frames mean only a few can attack me at once.” Luo Feng knew clearly that he must use the bulls’ own bodies as obstacles and maneuver skillfully among the gaps!
Time passed, second by second.
Luo Feng’s movement techniques were absolutely at the “Microscopic Mastery” level, dodging among the bulls with exquisite precision. Fortunately, Luo Feng had much prior experience fighting within beast herds. Without such experience, encountering a herd of 100 low-level beast general-class monsters would indeed be very troublesome.
Moreover, Luo Feng had cultivated the “Nine Thunder Blades” to the third layer, granting him the ability to kill a bull with a single strike!
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“31, 32, 33.”
One by one, the bulls either leapt or charged headlong, while Luo Feng, like a leaf in perilous flight, narrowly dodged and counterattacked.
“Not good!” A sharp bull’s horn grazed Luo Feng’s face. At the same time, a dead bull’s corpse behind him was violently struck by a living bull, suddenly affecting Luo Feng’s retreat space. Just this slight error caused the bulls from front, back, left, right, and above to instantly surround him!
Trapped in an almost certain death situation!
“Bang!”
In an instant, Luo Feng acted like a wild bull himself, using his hexagonal shield on his left arm to smash headlong into a charging bull coming from the front-left. Boom~~ The powerful impact instantly numbed Luo Feng’s left arm, and his body uncontrollably staggered backward from the shock, spitting out a mouthful of blood from the violent collision.
While retreating, Luo Feng’s steps were strangely varied in distance and speed. At the same time, a cold blade of light flashed.
Pfft!
In a flash, his saber slashed through the hoof of a bull lunging from midair! Severing a section of the hoof, as it fell, Luo Feng instantly surged forward. As he charged, the back of his Blood Shadow saber struck the hoof. The hoof flew like a cannonball, smashing into the bull charging from behind him!
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A dazzling, desperate struggle! Remember, each bull moved faster than 100 meters per second. Within a radius of no more than ten meters, in a sudden encircling attack lasting barely 0.8 seconds, Luo Feng injured three bulls and killed five. He himself was severely injured and spat blood, but still managed to survive the deadly danger.
“My saber techniques, while powerful at their peak, cannot strike multiple blows simultaneously when facing multiple attackers!” Previously, Luo Feng had always pursued the maximum power in a single strike.
However, the stronger a single strike, the more time it required to recover.
If Luo Feng could slash ten times in the blink of an eye, killing ten bulls around him, if his blade speed could reach such a level, then there would be no need to rely on “Microscopic Mastery”-level movement techniques to dodge—he could simply go on a killing spree! Yet against bulls moving over 100 meters per second, to kill ten bulls simultaneously in an instant required an extremely high level of control over blade force.
Pfft!
Chii!
Luo Feng dared not relax even slightly, avoiding the earlier mistake. In fact, since that time at the Carrefour supermarket in City 003, when he escaped in 1.2 seconds, Luo Feng had experienced several times the sensation of “Perfect-Level” movement techniques, making optimal use of every object in the environment.
Man and environment became as one!
“Just like this!”
Because each bull was a low-level beast general, the unprecedented pressure actually allowed Luo Feng, as he killed his 70th bull, to feel as though he had merged with the surroundings. At this moment, the corpses of the bulls, even the surrounding weeds, felt intimately familiar to Luo Feng.
There was no need for extreme mental calculations—nearly instinctively, he skillfully utilized every bull corpse, even parts of the corpses.
Effortless!
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
As a bull’s head flew into the air, blood sprayed forth.
“Time used: 21 minutes and 18 seconds. All 100 bulls killed. B-level trial passed! Congratulations, Luo Feng student.” A godlike electronic voice echoed across the entire grassland.
Luo Feng finally emerged from that state, helplessly smiling and sighing, “Why did it disappear just at the crucial moment? More bulls, come on!” Luo Feng had studied the “Nine Thunder Blades,” which included a movement technique called “Light Flow.” Therefore, he clearly understood how difficult it was to advance movement techniques from “Microscopic Mastery” to “Perfect-Level.”
Previously, Luo Feng had often used his mental power to sense the surroundings, occasionally experiencing “Perfect-Level” movement techniques by luck. But this time, in the virtual space, he had no mental power at all. Unlike beast herds in the real world, which were mostly beast soldier-class, every beast in this virtual space posed a threat to him!
Therefore, Luo Feng pushed himself to the limit.
Unconsciously, he had entered the “Perfect-Level,” and the longer he maintained that state, the easier it would be for him to truly enter the “Perfect-Level” in the future. Unfortunately, Luo Feng only maintained it briefly. Killing the last 30 bulls took less than five minutes, the trial ended, and Luo Feng exited that state.
“Luo Feng student, in five seconds, you will automatically leave the virtual space. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…”
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The Elite Training Camp, the ninth floor of the Nine-Tiered Tower.
When Yang Hui and Luo Feng walked out of the “Trial Room” chatting, the spacious hall on the ninth floor was filled with talented martial artists from around the globe, of various skin colors, all looking over in surprise. One young man with yellow skin hastily asked, “Teacher, did he pass the trial?”
“He passed.” Yang Hui smiled. “I’ll take him to complete the procedures. It’s almost 1 PM. You all can begin your trials.”
Instantly, the more than ten people in the spacious hall either conversed with Luo Feng or began discussing in groups, making the place lively.
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As they exited the Nine-Tiered Tower, the originally overcast sky had begun pouring rain. Luo Feng and Yang Hui both walked out with umbrellas.
“Although there are only around 180 students here, it secretly involves the five major global powers and numerous families from the HR Alliance. The waters here run deep.” Yang Hui said gravely. “Luo Feng, becoming a member of the Elite Training Camp, as long as you aren’t eliminated, your future will surely be brilliant!”
“In the training camp, the government and military will try to recruit you, special organizations will try to recruit you, and various families from the HR Alliance will try to recruit you… There may be temptations of money, beauty, and power. But remember, the most important thing is your strength!”
“Don’t take those temptations too seriously. Your current goal is one—”
“Climb higher on the training camp leaderboard!”
“There are 183 students in total, including you, all top geniuses. What you must do is step over others and stand higher yourself!” Yang Hui said solemnly.
Luo Feng nodded in agreement.
“What code name will you choose?” Yang Hui asked. “Today is March 29th, so you officially join the training camp on April 1st, 2057… Therefore, the first four digits of your code name must be ‘5704’. As for the last two digits, since you’re the only one joining in April, you can choose any two numbers.”
Luo Feng suddenly understood. No wonder on that black dragon sculpture earlier, each name had a numerical code behind it.
The last time he saw the top-ranked one—NO.1 Renatus Bridge (530321)
It seemed that person had joined the training camp in March 2053 and had been there for a full four years now.
“What will you choose for the last two digits?” Yang Hui asked.
“Hmm… 03!” Luo Feng replied.
Back in City 003, that time due to stealing the dragon egg, a series of troubles arose, and a vial of Life Water cost 30 billion. He felt a special connection with the number ‘3’.
“03?” Yang Hui nodded. “Your student code will be 570403. The other procedures will be completed soon.”
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On the world’s number one training camp’s Black Dragon sculpture leaderboard, the 183rd name appeared that day—”NO.183 Luo Feng (570403).”
This news almost instantly spread to the five major global powers and every base city. Various government military special departments, as well as the nine core families and dozens of important families of the HR Alliance, quickly received this news. On the same day, each of these institutions and organizations received a detailed dossier on Luo Feng!
From his birth in a low-income housing complex…
His family and loved ones, all were recorded.
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In a building constructed underground in the capital base city of the Chinese nation.
On the third underground level.
Inside an elegantly decorated office, a thin man wearing loose martial arts clothing lightly tapped the desk with one hand while flipping through the dossier on Luo Feng.
“Send orders to the branch in the Jiangnan base city to dispatch personnel to secretly monitor Luo Feng’s family 24/7. First, ensure Luo Feng’s family absolutely does not leave the Jiangnan base city. Second, ensure the safety of Luo Feng’s family.”
“Absolutely no recurrence of last time’s incident!”
The thin man had a black mole on his chin, his eyes cold and sharp.
“Yes.”
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Governments, military forces, special organizations, financial conglomerates, and families around the world all devised various plans in response to Luo Feng, who had just entered the Elite Training Camp! Similarly, as the HR Alliance China Regional Executive President, Vinita Bolenas naturally received this dossier almost immediately.
At the Huayao Peak Mountain Villa in the Jiangnan Landscape Community.
“Vinita, isn’t this Luo Feng one of our many suspects?” As soon as he saw the first page of the dossier, Bald Eagle Li Yao immediately recalled the unremarkable Luo Feng among the many suspects.
“Yes, at the time Ahwei died, he was one of those nearby.” Vinita shook her head. “But he’s only 19 years old now, with strength only at the low-level battle general level. The family is still trying to figure out whether we can recruit Luo Feng to serve the Bolenas family.”
“How did he enter the Elite Training Camp, because he’s a mentalist?” Li Yao’s eyes flashed coldly.
“No, you’ll understand after reading the whole thing.” Vinita shook her head. “Li Yao, I think you’ve become overly sensitive chasing the killer, suspecting everyone you see as a murderer.”
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