Chapter 66: Power Assessment

At the Mingyue Residential Quarter in Yangzhou City, inside the home of Luo Feng.

In the living room, Luo Feng was having dinner with his parents and younger brother, surrounded by laughter and joy. The first time Luo Feng had entered the wilderness zone had only lasted about seven or eight days, but this time he had been away for nearly two months. Although his parents and younger brother had often contacted him by phone during that time, the happiness of seeing Luo Feng in person was far greater than any phone conversation could bring.

After dinner, inside the younger brother Luo Hua’s room.

“Luohua, what are you writing?” Luo Feng saw a large amount of text on the Word document on his brother’s laptop and asked with a smile.

“Reflecting on the gains and losses of stock trading in the past month, and improving my stock trading theory,” Luo Hua replied with a smile. “Brother, the main ideological theory of stock trading can actually be established in just a few months. However, after extensive practice, perfecting this theory takes a very long time.”

Luo Feng laughed heartily. “Luohua, don’t talk to me about this stuff—I don’t understand it. By the way, how did your stock trading go in the past three months?”

“The stock market hasn’t been great lately, with the overall index dropping about 10%. But the stocks I selected are all high-quality stocks. Through swing trading, I’ve made about a 50% profit in the past three months.” Luo Hua had a hint of confidence on his face. Luo Feng smiled as well—he had actually looked up a bit about stock trading online.

Nowadays, the entire Earth Alliance stock market is integrated. Due to different regional conditions, while the overall market might be down, some areas might still be up, while other areas, affected by monster attacks, could experience dramatic declines.

Under such chaotic conditions, stock trading is quite challenging.

“Oh, so you’re saying you made ten million?” Luo Feng asked in surprise. Three months ago, Luo Feng had made a large sum of money by killing a ‘Hunter’ and gave his younger brother twenty million after returning. Although Luo Feng had confidence in his brother, he didn’t dare to give him too much money at once, fearing he might lose too much.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Luo Feng picked up his phone and quickly accessed online banking to make a transfer.

“Beep!”

Luo Hua was surprised and picked up his own phone. A text message showed a bank balance update: “Your card ending in 3206 deposited 50 million yuan into Bank of Communications at 21:51 on November 30. Balance: 50,003,000. (Bank of Communications)”

“Brother, fifty million?” Luo Hua looked at his older brother Luo Feng in shock. Fifty million was no small sum. The current Huaxia currency was still valuable, with an exchange rate of only about 3.5 to the Earth Dollar. Many businessmen and wealthy individuals in Huaxia would find it difficult to come up with fifty million in cash.

“Luohua, work hard. I believe in you,” Luo Feng grinned.

“Okay.” Luo Hua’s eyes sparkled as he nodded firmly.

Handling such a large sum of money and navigating the stock market gave Luo Hua a sense of achievement. For him, who had been disabled in both legs, the stock market had long become his career. Since he started trading several years ago, he had tried various strategies—short-term, medium-term, and long-term investments, regional stocks, and manipulated stocks—before finally establishing his own ideological path.

It could be said that he already had the foundation of a master.

However, even master-level figures in the stock market could still suffer setbacks, as it required high demands on ideology, psychological quality, and more.

“Get some rest early,” Luo Feng said with a smile and then went upstairs.

Fifty million—Luo Feng really didn’t care about it. This time, during his two months of cultivation, he had earned more than eighty million. This speed of making money was indeed enviable to many warriors, but there was nothing they could do about it—Luo Feng’s methods were simply unlearnable… After all, Luo Feng was a mentalist, and if he really wanted to make money, with his mentalist abilities, he could definitely kill a large number of beast general-level monsters.

…

Last night was still a heavy storm, but tonight the stars already shine brightly. Starlight poured through the skylight into the second-floor training hall, where Luo Feng was holding the Blood Shadow War Blade and repeatedly swinging it. The frequency of his blade swings was extremely high. Each time, Luo Feng exerted his limit using the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade technique. Because he had already spent 20 consecutive hours of hard work at the supply base before, this high-frequency, limit-level blade swinging made Luo Feng exhausted in just half an hour.

Then, Luo Feng practiced the guiding technique ‘Nine Heavens Chaos’.

Finally, he practiced the ‘Five Hearts Facing Heaven’ genetic primal energy cultivation method.

“Shhh~~” Sitting cross-legged with his five hearts facing heaven, Luo Feng couldn’t help but show a hint of joy on his face. He clearly felt that every cell in his body seemed extremely hungry, frantically devouring cosmic energy. “When I first mastered the first layer of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, my cultivation speed nearly doubled! Now, after mastering the second layer of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, my cells seem even hungrier, capable of absorbing more genetic primal energy.”

Time passed second by second.

After a long while.

Every cell in his body seemed to be joyfully ‘burping’ as if full, unable to absorb any more and reaching a saturated state.

“When I first mastered the first layer, my cultivation speed doubled! After mastering the second layer, although the increase in cultivation speed wasn’t as significant as the first layer, it still increased by a third!” Luo Feng marveled. The Nine Heavens Thunder Blade was indeed incredibly magical. Combined with the guiding technique, it made his cultivation speed astonishingly fast.

“Before, I trained hard at home for a month, then entered the wilderness zone for two months of training. I wonder how much my strength has increased over these three months,” Luo Feng thought with anticipation.

In these three months, Luo Feng indeed made remarkable progress every day.

After all, he was a mentalist, and his mental energy was constantly and imperceptibly improving his body. This was also one of the reasons why mentalists’ strength initially increased. Secondly, Luo Feng was cultivating the ultimate technique ‘Nine Heavens Thunder Blade,’ and with two months of life-and-death combat in the wilderness zone.

Combined together, Luo Feng’s cultivation speed was five to six times faster than that of an average excellent warrior.

“Tomorrow I’ll go to the Limit Pavilion for a test to see what level my current strength has reached,” Luo Feng also wanted to test the effectiveness of his hard training.

…

Early in the morning, around five o’clock, Luo Feng headed to the Limit Pavilion.

“Crazy, you’re out this early?” Some warriors in the residential area were doing morning exercises.

“Crazy, I heard you made a big fortune in the past two months.”

“You have to treat us. Take the guys in our residential area for a good meal. Let’s have some fun.”

Many warriors greeted him happily.

The last time Luo Feng struck it rich by slaying the ‘Silvermoon Direwolf Hunter’ remained largely unknown. However, over the past two months, his relentless massacre of ordinary soldier-level beasts had made him notorious among warriors. Eliminating over ten thousand monsters in just two months—that was sheer madness.

So it was no wonder he earned the nickname ‘Crazy.’

Because of this, everyone respected Luo Feng much more. After all, even the clumsiest person, after continuously killing over ten thousand monsters, would have very high experience and skill in monster killing—practice makes perfect.

“Sure, no problem. How about tonight?” Luo Feng laughed.

Entering the Limit Pavilion, the receptionist girl at the lobby saw Luo Feng and shouted, “Mr. Luo, it’s so early. There’s no one upstairs yet. Would you like something to drink? I’ll bring it up for you.”

“No need. Prepare some tea, snacks, and I’ll come down later,” Luo Feng smiled and went upstairs directly.

On the sixth floor of the Limit Pavilion.

As Luo Feng stood before the immense training hall on the sixth floor, a wave of nostalgia washed over him. This was the very place where his quasi-warrior evaluation had unfolded. In what felt like the mere flutter of a butterfly’s wings, the former quasi-warrior had now ascended into the ranks of a genuine elite warrior. With focused determination, Luo Feng first engaged the punch force analyzer, then swiftly moved to activate the velocity assessment apparatus.

After turning on the speed tester, Luo Feng casually stood on the runway.

“Let me see my current strength.” Luo Feng, who was standing relaxed on the runway, suddenly shot forward like an arrow, almost in the blink of an eye, he had rushed through the runway and slowed down to a stop.

Luo Feng walked to the speed tester and looked at the screen, which displayed the number—”78.6m/s”

“Not bad,” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.

Generally, 60 meters per second is the minimum standard for advanced warrior-level physical fitness. 90 meters per second is the minimum standard for junior general-level.

“Test the punch power,” Luo Feng walked to the punch tester, took a deep breath, and suddenly exerted force!

Boom!

The fist hit the punch target like a cannonball, the target vibrated violently, and the screen displayed the number—”6121kg”.

Generally, 4000kg is the minimum standard for advanced warrior-level. 8000kg is the minimum standard for junior general-level. Of course, this is only an approximate standard, because nowadays strength is not judged by physical fitness, but by the record of monster killing.

After all, physical fitness is only part of strength.

“Try the power of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade,” Luo Feng breathed calmly, then suddenly opened his eyes wide, his feet exerted force, the entire training hall floor slightly trembled, powerful force transmitted from the legs instantly to the waist and hips, creaking~~ Luo Feng’s spine straightened segment by segment, strong punch force transmitted to the right arm.

At the same time, the waist and hips and the back were like ripples on the water, continuously rippling out two dark forces.

Connecting the force!

Second Layer of the Nine Heavens Thunderblade, 210% power—ERUPTION!

Luo Feng’s fist kept accelerating as it was thrown, then with a sound of air explosion, it directly hit the punch target of the punch tester.

“Boom~~” The punch target was knocked down halfway, then slowly stood up.

The screen also paused for a moment before displaying a line of numbers—”12928kg”.

“Wow,” Luo Feng’s face showed a hint of a smile. According to 6121 multiplied by 2.1, the exact number should be 12854. However, the punch power is inherently an approximate number, sometimes slightly higher, sometimes slightly lower, all normal. It can be said that when Luo Feng exerts his full strength, he can reach nearly 13000kg of force.

His inherent physical strength is advanced warrior-level.

But with the power generation method of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, he reached the junior general-level, and far exceeded the minimum standard of 8000kg. The general-level punch power usually ranges from 8000 to 16000.

“Finally, test the neural reaction speed.”

Luo Feng entered the neural reaction test room, directly adjusted to ‘junior general-level’ mode, and set a ‘5-second delay start’. After pressing the red button, Luo Feng quickly walked into the circle.

Standing in the circle.

About five seconds later, “Doo~~ Doo~~” — the neural reaction tester’s cannon began rotating, accelerating until it reached a breathtaking velocity. Then, dozens of barrels within the massive cannon fired rubber bullets in rapid succession, pelting relentlessly into the crimson barrier.

“So fast.” Standing in the center of the red circle, Luo Feng quickly moved.

His steps were ethereal but fast.

So easy.

If someone with the same neural reaction speed as Luo Feng attempted this, they likely wouldn’t find it as effortless as he did, because… Luo Feng’s footwork had ascended to the “micro-level.” With this refined control, he could push his evasion abilities to their absolute limit.

Puff! Puff! Two consecutive hits struck Luo Feng, but he didn’t hesitate at all and continued to dodge.

After a minute, the cannon slowed down and stopped rotating.

Luo Feng walked to the screen position and looked carefully: “Hmm? 60 seconds, hit 21 times, didn’t touch the red light, excellent?” Luo Feng was also surprised by this result. He didn’t expect to achieve an excellent grade in the junior general-level neural reaction test! This showed the effect of the micro-level!

In fact, this ‘neural reaction tester’ is, in a sense, testing evasion ability!

Evasion ability is related to speed, neural reaction, consciousness, etc. But this is already the best testing method.

“Speed 78.6 meters per second.”

“Punch power 6121kg, capable of reaching nearly 13000kg when unleashed.”

“Neural reaction test, junior general-level, excellent!”

Luo Feng was very satisfied with the test results. He clearly knew that his physical strength should be advanced warrior-level, but because of the power generation method of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade and the assistance of the micro-level. His attack power and neural reaction test reached the junior general-level.

After the test, Luo Feng happily went downstairs. In the first-floor bar area, several warriors were sitting there chatting.

“Crazy.”

“Luofeng.” Manager Wutong was also present, his lips curling into a cunning smile as he spoke. “You’ve arrived at the break of dawn. Here to witness the trials of the Novice Warriors? You missed the earlier bouts, but this one is just beginning—perfect timing to gauge the mettle of this new crop. Why not step forward and test them yourself?”

Luo Feng was stunned.

Warrior Candidate Evaluation

Correct, today is December 1st. The first day of each month marks the Warrior Candidate Evaluation Day.