Global Headquarters of the Limit Martial Arts School

June 29th, 3:20 AM.

The Global Headquarters of the Limit Martial Arts School, Hongning Base City, was located in western Asia, relatively close to Europe.

During the Great Nirvana Period back then, Hong had led a group of followers to build a simple human base on this land, allowing numerous refugees to move in and live.

As time passed, this Hongning Base City was built larger and larger, eventually turning into its current appearance.

Wang Yi and Yang Hui sat inside the extended Cadillac, looking at the scenery outside the carriage windows. The entire base city was extremely beautiful, and the architectural style completely drew inspiration from ancient Chinese architecture; pavilions, terraces, and towers could be seen everywhere.

Wang Yi discovered that he liked this place very much, perhaps because he was a native-born person of Huaxia deep down in his bones.

As an individual, Hong is truly remarkable, Wang Yi sighed inwardly.

The entire world had a total of five major nations, plus 23 base cities, and Hong occupied one of them all by himself!

The number one person in strength!

The number one person in power!

The number one person in wealth!

Coupled with the Limit Martial Arts School under his command also being the number one martial arts school in the entire world, just how enormous was its influence.

Countless young people grew up listening to the legends of Hong.

However... Wang Yi subsequently thought again, this is just on Earth; placed in the universe, it's nothing.

However, no matter what, Hong indeed made indelible contributions to mankind.

Regardless of whether it was in his past life or the present life, Wang Yi still deeply admired Hong.

Very quickly, the Elite Training Camp arrived.

Wang Yi and Yang Hui got out of the car together and walked together into the spacious gates of the training camp.

As soon as he entered the gates, Wang Yi indeed saw a nearly fifty-meter-tall giant black dragon-shaped sculpture.

Those huge dragon eyes were aimed right at the entrance; no matter who it was, as long as they came in, they would be able to see them at first glance.

And when making eye contact with the eyes of the Black Dragon, an aura of boundless darkness instantly pressed over.

Wang Yi already had mental preparations, yet he still felt his breathing slightly hitch.

Wang Yi knew that this was actually a real SS-level (King-level) monster!

After being killed by Hong, the Black Dragon's pair of eyes were placed onto the sculpture.

This also caused the entire sculpture to be filled with an intangible imposing aura.

Ordinary people would receive intangible influence just by seeing it.

Even a martial artist would feel pressure!

And on the black dragon scales of the giant black dragon measuring a full fifty meters in length, there were also small display screens one by one, with a name on every single display screen.

"No. 1: Renatus Bridge (530321)"

"No. 2: He Jing (520309)"

"No. 3: Eben Pass (520916)"

"No. 4: Chu Qiang (540601)"

"No. 183: Arthur Yates (560502)"

Wang Yi knew that this was the so-called Black Dragon Ranking of the Elite Training Camp. On it was the name of a character 'Chu Qiang' from the original novel whom Wang Yi was relatively familiar with, and he actually ranked fourth.

Now it was June 29th, 2056, and 'Chu Qiang' should have entered the Elite Training Camp in June of '54. To actually be able to surpass many geniuses of the entire world and become fourth in a mere two years time, it seemed Chu Qiang's talent was indeed quite good.

As for the one ranked last, he should have come in this May.

It looks like I'm the only one in June, Wang Yi thought inwardly.

Meanwhile, Yang Hui was also explaining matters of the training camp to Wang Yi beside him.

"...Right now, the entire Elite Training Camp, including you, has a total of 184 cadets, all of whom are the absolute top geniuses coming from all over the world... Rankings are carried out once a month, and for those whose rankings are in the bottom three, as long as they accumulate three times in the bottom three, they will be eliminated."

Wang Yi discovered that Yang Hui spoke these words with extreme fluency, and he didn't know how many people he had already told it to.

Wang Yi walked along inside the training camp. Throughout the entire training camp, ancient architecture was everywhere, presenting exquisite and antique palaces as well as delicate and elegant pavilions one after another, making people feel as though they had returned to ancient times.

Rockery gardens, small bridges and flowing water—it felt like a fairyland on earth.

One could also see young men and women of various skin colors wearing martial arts uniforms walking around here.

"Those are all official cadets of the Elite Training Camp." Yang Hui pointed at a nine-story giant tower-shaped tall building located at the very center and core of the training camp. "That nine-story tower is named the 'Nine Heavens Tower', and it is the place where all cadets study and train, including some special training rooms which are also located in there."

Wang Yi's eyes also lit up.

He had finally arrived.

As for the cadets of the Elite Training Camp, 30 to 40 cadets graduated every year, so 30 to 40 people were also recruited every year.

However, two-thirds of these enrollment quotas were recruited from the Basic Training Camp of the Limit Martial Arts School, and only one-third was recruited from other various places around the world.

That meant the entire world had at most a little over ten people recruited into the Elite Training Camp each year.

Averaged across the 52 base cities, it might take several years for a single genius who could enter the Elite Training Camp to appear!

The academic system of the Basic Training Camp was three years, yet the Elite Training Camp was five years!

Moreover, the number of cadets in the Basic Training Camp far exceeded the Elite Training Camp, and the competition was also extremely fierce.

Of course, that had nothing to do with Wang Yi.

Yang Hui led Wang Yi to a two-story building in an ancient style, arranged for Wang Yi to stay here, and told him that tomorrow at 12:00 noon he still needed to go to the Nine Heavens Tower to participate in a trial. However, Yang Hui explicitly told Wang Yi that this was merely a routine trial to test Wang Yi's current level, and regardless of his score, he would be able to join the Elite Training Camp, letting him not have any psychological burden.

Of course Wang Yi knew that the so-called trial was clearing the trial tower in the virtual space.

Naturally, he wouldn't have any psychological burden. Even if he were truly tested, according to his current body movement and blade technique levels coupled with having mastered the first form of the Ninefold Thunder Blade, passing even Luo Feng's B-grade trial from the original novel would be more than enough for him.

Besides, the entrance test of the Elite Training Camp was generally just an A-grade trial.

The reason why Luo Feng underwent a B-grade trial in the original novel was because Huaxia's quotas were all used up that year, hence raising the difficulty of the trial.

After Yang Hui left, Wang Yi stood alone inside the quiet pavilion, walked to the study on the second floor, silently put down his luggage backpack, and then walked onto the balcony, gazing far into the distance across the entire training camp.

The time was near dusk, and the entire training camp was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun. Those antique and exquisite buildings looked as though they were dyed with a layer of golden gauze—quiet, serene, and beautiful to the point of unreality.

What a truly great place, Wang Yi praised inwardly.

While appreciating the beautiful scenery of the training camp, Wang Yi also hadn't forgotten the more important matter.

Check in.

The next moment—

Ding! Congratulations to the host for a successful check-in. Reward: body movement and blade technique experience plus ten.

Your body movement has been elevated to the level of 'Artistic Conception'.

Your blade technique has been elevated to the level of 'Artistic Conception'.

The number of available check-ins for this location is: 0

Almost at the exact instant of the panel prompt, a powerful surge of information poured into Wang Yi's consciousness.

His mind grew dizzy, as if he were immersed in an ocean of time.

He saw a youth who looked exactly like him, wielding a blade with a cold expression and practicing blade technique through spring, summer, autumn, and winter without yielding to wind or rain.

Forests, oceans, grasslands, towering mountains, deserts...

He didn't know how much time had passed, but finally, when the youth arrived at a dead place where flying ash drifted across the sky, and suddenly saw a tall volcano erupting, the earth shaking and mountains trembling, with all things turning to ashes amidst soaring flames, the youth instantly attained enlightenment.

The youth's figure dashed out swiftly, his speed as fast as lightning flash, and a flaming meteor seemed to appear between heaven and earth.

A single blade cleaved out, resembling a volcanic eruption, with all things burned to nothingness.

Boom!

Wang Yi violently shook, startling awake.

Looking at his own hands, that feeling still lingered persistently in his heart.

Is this... the Artistic Conception Level?

Have I... reached the Artistic Conception Level just like this?