Level Seven

"You have been eliminated."

Xiong Haikuo crashed heavily to the ground. He tried to struggle to his feet, only to find that his Battle Armor had already taken control of his movements.

Chu Kuang, clad in Mysterious Armor and holding a Halberd, stood in the center of the battlefield. He was like an ancient overlord reborn, his eyes like torches sweeping over everyone as he coldly bellowed, "Who else?"

"Boom—"

In an instant, everyone retreated several steps, their faces filled with shock. They were clearly stunned by his single strike that broke the formation and instantly killed Xiong Haikuo.

Lin Ya, the vice-captain of Class Five, quickly retreated far away and bowed to Chu Kuang, saying, "We were overconfident and disturbed you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately turned and left. The other students from Class Five also retreated like a receding tide.

Chu Kuang did not pursue them. Instead, he returned to his nest to continue refining the Source Energy Treasure Liquid.

By this point, the Source Energy Spring Eyes in the outer areas had been almost completely plundered, and there was no point in searching further. He planned to digest his gains as quickly as possible before heading to the core area of the Dark Domain.

After sweeping through Class Five this time, Chu Kuang felt a sense of clarity. Every pore of his body felt unblocked, and even his cultivation speed seemed to have increased significantly.

"So this is the benefit of mental clarity?"

With this unexpected gain, Chu Kuang began to continuously refine the Source Energy Treasure Liquid and Nutrient Solution, accelerating the improvement of his Life Level and cultivation.

Chu Kuang cultivated like this for a day and a night, exhausting all the Source Energy Treasure Liquid and refining over a hundred bottles of Nutrient Solution. His cultivation finally achieved a qualitative breakthrough.

Name: Chu Kuang

Race: Human

Life Level: 6.8 → 7

[Iron Armor Technique (Great Accomplishment 57 → 90%)]

[Gold-Splitting Spear (Great Accomplishment 37 → 74%)]

[Blood Battle in All Directions (Great Accomplishment 29%)]

[Thousand Jun Formation Breaker (Great Accomplishment 27%)]

[Iron Bell Shield (Great Accomplishment 2%)]

"My Life Level has reached level seven, and the Iron Bell Shield has reached Great Accomplishment. The Iron Armor Technique is also not far from Perfection."

Chu Kuang took a deep breath. "With ample Source Energy, a day of cultivation here is more effective than half a month of cultivation in the outside world."

"No wonder all High School Students seize the opportunity to gain entry into the Dark Domain."

Chu Kuang murmured to himself, gaining a sudden realization.

Although Nutrient Solution was affordable and cost-effective, its quality was too low. For cultivators whose Life Level surpassed level 8, it only served to replenish energy and made it difficult to further increase their Life Level.

Without the opportunity to cultivate in the Dark Domain, most students with ordinary potential in school could at best refine their Beginner External and Internal Martial Arts to Perfection in their lifetime.

Only by entering the Dark Domain and cultivating long-term with the Source Energy within it could they have a chance to break through to the Mortal Transformation Realm.

Unfortunately, most of the resources in the Safe Dark Domain were already claimed. Ordinary people who wanted to gain access to cultivate there usually had to pay a hefty Source Energy Tax.

This was unavoidable. After all, the Safe Dark Domain was opened up at a great cost, with countless soldiers of the Federation and civilian cultivators losing their lives. It was natural that it wouldn't be given away for free cultivation.

Although Pioneer Dark Domains did not require a Source Energy Tax, they required timely completion of pioneering tasks.

Otherwise, if others were fighting to the death to pioneer a Dark Domain while you hid in the back, absorbing Source Energy and cultivating without doing anything, that would not be permitted by the Federation.

The tasks in Pioneer Dark Domains were often quite dangerous, with extremely high mortality rates in some of the more perilous ones.

Therefore, for the vast majority of people, the Dark Domain opportunity during high school was the most precious. The school provided access to the Safe Dark Domain for free, and even the trials arranged there would not involve significant safety risks.

However, the Federation did provide preferential treatment for the cultivation of High School Students. Only students with greater potential received support from the school.

"Just one abandoned Dark Domain yielded so many opportunities."

"The Dark Domain opportunities after the Final Exam will likely be much more abundant than this."

Chu Kuang murmured to himself, then calmly stood up and looked towards the core of the Dark Domain, striding towards its center.

The Special Training arranged by the school this time was not intended to make most students progress uniformly, but rather to truly select Elite Seeds from the forty-eight Key Classes.

All the challenges during the Special Training, whether it was the Wolf Lizard Beast or the Sabertooth Tiger, were designed to allow promising students to stand out.

Anyone who captured a Source Energy Spring Eye would advance their strength.

However, the greatest challenge actually lay in the core area of the Dark Domain, which was also the greatest opportunity of this trip.

Chu Kuang walked forward, encountering many Source Energy Spring Eyes along the way, but they had all been claimed by others.

After two hours of travel, traversing the vast Dark Domain until he reached a mountain range, he finally slowed his steps.

Between the mountains before him, a valley shaped like a Crouching Dragon lay coiled. Outside the valley, hundreds of students were gathered, all with solemn expressions.

Chu Kuang spotted Lin Shuyao from his class among the crowd, as well as many other familiar students.

The average Life Level of these students was above level five, including over a hundred Elite cultivators who had achieved Great Accomplishment in Beginner External Martial Arts.

"Chu Kuang, you're here."

Seeing Chu Kuang arrive, several top students from his class walked over.

Lin Shuyao, standing in the crowd, looked at Chu Kuang and said, "You took so long, I thought something had happened to you."

"My training took a little time," Chu Kuang said calmly. He then looked at the gathered students and asked, "Are you all here because of that Source Energy Spring Eye?"

"There's a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the valley," Lin Shuyao replied, a hint of fear in her eyes. "We organized two attacks, one after another, and over a thousand students were eliminated."

"A Tyrannosaurus Rex?" Chu Kuang frowned slightly. As a dominant fierce beast species, an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex was a top-tier Beast Soldier, with combat power sufficient to contend with a genius at the Perfection stage of Advanced External and Internal Martial Arts. Even in the Key Class of the third year of high school, only a handful of individuals could fight one. Of course, a cloned Bio-Beast wouldn't be as formidable as a true Tyrannosaurus Rex, but its strength was likely not to be underestimated.

Understanding this, Chu Kuang asked, "So, are you waiting for everyone to gather before making a move?"

"Yes," Lin Shuyao nodded. "The elites from Class One and Class Two haven't arrived yet. We'll have a better chance if we all move together once everyone is here."

"With your strength, I imagine you'll be a main force then," Chu Kuang said nothing, merely stating, "Let's see."

As they were speaking, the sound of footsteps echoed from the distance. Two groups of figures were strolling toward them. The group on the left had over seventy people, nine of whom had clearly reached Great Accomplishment in External Martial Arts. Leading them was a youth wielding a long spear. The group on the right had only a dozen or so people, but each of them exuded an exceptionally powerful aura. Leading them was a youth clad in White Armor, who turned out to be an acquaintance of Chu Kuang's, Ye Shuanghen.