Wang Yi's Strength

In the ninth-floor hall, geniuses from all over the world were also discussing Wang Yi, who had just arrived.

"Was that newcomer just now?"

"I think I heard that a newcomer from Huaxia Country would be arriving at the end of this month."

"How far do you think he can make it on his first attempt?"

"He's just a newcomer. It'd already be impressive if he passed the First Layer's a-level test."

The talented youths from around the world did not think much of the newly arrived Wang Yi.

After all, they were geniuses too, and the very best among them.

Virtual Space.

On an endless grassland, Wang Yi was fighting a herd of Savage Oxen.

Every Savage Ox possessed the exact same physical attributes as Wang Yi. In other words, it was practically equivalent to Wang Yi facing the combined assault of fifty monsters at his own level.

Wang Yi's gray-black combat suit was already soaked in blood. His face was cold and stern, but his eyes remained incomparably calm.

His figure moved like a ghost among the Savage Oxen, dodging as he used the terrain and the oxen's bodies to perform all kinds of unbelievable maneuvers. The twin blades in his hands became two blood-red bolts of lightning, crisscrossing through the herd, tearing open wound after wound as blood sprayed through the air.

The pounding hooves and furious roars of the Savage Oxen echoed across the entire grassland.

Yet they could not even touch Wang Yi's shadow.

The fifty Savage Oxen charged at the black-haired youth one after another, their eyes red with rage. One by one, they fell beneath Wang Yi's blades, their numbers rapidly dwindling.

At last, the grassland fell silent. Corpses covered the ground, and the stench of blood filled the air. Only a black-and-red figure stood there alone.

After killing all fifty Savage Oxen, Wang Yi was merely breathing a little harder. He did not even have a single wound.

Artistic Conception-level Body Movement and Blade Technique, combined with the First Layer force exertion of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, made this battle against the Savage Oxen nothing more than a one-sided slaughter.

"No challenge at all." Wang Yi glanced at the corpses on the ground.

"Time used: 1 minute 1 second. All 50 Savage Oxen have been killed. a-level test passed! Congratulations, trainee Wang Yi." A vast electronic voice echoed throughout the grassland. "You have completed the First Layer's a-stage trial. Next is the b-stage trial. Your objective is to kill 100 Savage Oxen within 30 minutes. The trial will begin in 1 minute. Good luck!"

Wang Yi's expression did not change.

"One minute of preparation time. Countdown begins. 59, 58..."

Very soon, one minute passed. A hundred meters ahead of Wang Yi, powerful bovine monsters nearly three meters tall appeared across the grassland.

"Moo~~"

A full hundred Savage Oxen, their eyes red and white vapor blasting from their noses and mouths, charged at Wang Yi like a flood. Their momentum was so immense that even the grassland seemed to tremble.

"One hundred!" Wang Yi narrowed his eyes, a cold gleam flashing through them.

Whoosh!

To both sides, with Beginner Wargod-level physiques, a distance of one hundred meters could be crossed in an instant. In the blink of an eye, the sharp horns of the foremost towering Savage Oxen were already about to crash into Wang Yi.

Wang Yi remained calm. His figure darted and weaved through the herd like a flickering stream of fire. As he evaded... the combat blades in his hands moved as well.

Slash, slash, slash...

A succession of sounds like leather being cut rang out from within the herd. Brilliant sprays of blood blossomed simultaneously from the necks of the several Savage Oxen closest to Wang Yi.

It was breathtaking.

Wang Yi's face was indifferent, his figure swift as lightning, dreamlike and illusory, like an unreal flicker of fire flashing through the dense herd. Wherever he passed, bloody flowers continued to bloom in his wake.

The herd's numbers rapidly decreased...

No matter how the Savage Oxen tried to surround that flickering fire at the center, they always fell short. Besides, due to their size, only three or four Savage Oxen could usually get close to Wang Yi at once.

To Wang Yi, that made no difference at all.

His body was lightning, his blades were fire, each movement brimming with an astonishing sense of power.

More and more corpses covered the ground, gradually growing dense.

"Whoosh!"

Wang Yi's figure abruptly came to a halt at the far end. Behind him lay a trail of Savage Ox corpses, without a single one left standing.

In such a short time, relying solely on himself, he had forcibly carved a path straight through the herd of one hundred Savage Oxen.

Artistic Conception-level Blade Technique was extremely terrifying. For example, even if an ordinary Martial Artist mastered the force exertion of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, they could generally only strike a single blow when swinging with full force.

But Artistic Conception-level Blade Technique, with its perfect control over blade force, allowed Wang Yi to unleash more strikes in the same amount of time.

Not to mention, his weapons were twin blades!

His attack frequency doubled!

Combined with Artistic Conception-level Body Movement, which blended seamlessly with his Blade Technique and coordinated with it perfectly... the strength he could unleash became even more terrifying.

Moreover, the First Layer force exertion technique of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade could be applied to his entire body, including his speed, increasing Wang Yi's instantaneous movement speed by forty percent!

The Savage Oxen's charging speed toward him was not even as fast as his own speed of slaughter!

A one-sided massacre!

If Wang Yi had not deliberately wanted to temper himself and intentionally slowed his clearing speed, he would have wiped out this herd even faster!

One hundred Beginner Beast General-level Savage Oxen could not make Wang Yi feel even the slightest pressure.

"Time used: 2 minutes 11 seconds. All 100 Savage Oxen have been killed. b-level test passed! Congratulations, trainee Wang Yi." The godlike electronic voice echoed above the grassland.

"You have completed the First Layer's b-stage trial. Next is the c-stage trial. Your objective is to kill 200 Savage Oxen within 50 minutes. Among these 200 Savage Ox monsters, there are 190 Beginner Beast General-level Savage Oxen and 10 Intermediate Beast General-level Savage Oxen. Good luck!"

"One minute of preparation time. Countdown begins. 59, 58..."

When the time was up, another huge herd of towering Savage Oxen appeared not far ahead of Wang Yi. There were a full two hundred monsters like miniature tanks, including ten gigantic Savage Oxen that were even larger, with fiery red horns.

"Moo~~" Amid earth-shaking roars, all two hundred Savage Oxen charged toward Wang Yi at once.

Wang Yi tightened his grip on his twin blades, his gaze fixed on the ten fiery red giant Savage Oxen at the front.

"I'll kill those ten first!"

Wang Yi's thoughts raced, and in the next moment, the two sides collided!

Outside the Trial Space, Yang Hui waited beneath the entrance to the Trial Tower. Before long, he saw that the carved number on the black stone pillar belonging to Wang Yi at the main entrance had changed.

His Trial Tower level had changed from 1 to 1.3!

"So fast." Yang Hui was somewhat surprised, then a smile appeared on his face. "Looks like this kid has some skill. He actually passed the a-level test so quickly."

"But this should be as far as he gets. The b-level test isn't so easy to pass. Many old trainees who have been in the Training Camp for a year are still struggling on the First Layer." Though Yang Hui was a little surprised by Wang Yi's clearing speed, he still did not think Wang Yi could pass the next stage.

After all, in the original story, Luo Feng had only barely passed the First Layer's b-level test after reaching Perfect-level Body Movement and mastering the Third Layer of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, with 2.8 times force exertion.

According to the information he had, Wang Yi's greatest strength was the speed at which his physical attributes improved. As for his Body Movement, it seemed to be only at the Subtle level.

Passing the First Layer's a-level test was already very impressive.

Not long afterward, Yang Hui saw Wang Yi's black-carved Trial Tower level change from '1.3' to '1.6'!

"He really passed!" Yang Hui was somewhat stunned.

Based on what he knew about Wang Yi, passing the b-level test should have been nearly impossible.

That was only natural, because Wang Yi had not displayed his true strength during the assessment.

Yang Hui raised his head and looked at the towering Trial Tower. "Since he passed the b-level test, he should be coming out soon, right? How could a newcomer possibly pass the c-level test?"

Time passed bit by bit, and Yang Hui felt as though his neck was about to stiffen.

But Wang Yi still had not come out.

"...Holy shit!"