16-Year-Old Advanced Martial Arts Student!

"Will he win?"

Someone asked worriedly.

"He'll win."

Gu Ce smiled confidently and smoothed the white hair atop his head.

Gripping the wooden practice sword in his hand, Gu Ce looked at his opponent.

Opposite him stood a burly man wielding a saber. Compared to the longsword in Gu Ce's hand, the man's saber looked far heavier, nearly approaching the weight of a real combat weapon.

This was a match on the martial arts school's sparring stage, where weapons could be freely chosen. But judging by the other man's weapon, he was clearly planning to rely on its advantage to defeat Gu Ce.

That was a little shameless.

But as stated before, Gu Ce would win.

The burly man glared fiercely at Gu Ce. The broadsword in his hand seemed eager for blood as it instantly slashed down. Gu Ce blocked it with his wooden sword and knocked him back.

"Again!" the burly man roared, swinging his saber.

Gu Ce raised an eyebrow and did not clash head-on with him. After all, his weapon was at a disadvantage.

The burly man's broad, powerful slashes were easily evaded by Gu Ce's elegant footwork. Seizing an opening between his attacks, Gu Ce flashed behind him and placed his wooden sword directly against the man's throat.

"I... I lost." The burly man spoke dejectedly. He knew he might lose, but he had not expected to lose so quickly.

"Clap, clap, clap!"

"As expected of a 16-year-old Advanced Martial Arts Student! Little Ce, your movement technique is nearly at warrior standards already, isn't it?"

"I'm still far from that, Brother Wang." Gu Ce smiled and put away the wooden sword in his hand. Looking closely, one would find that he had not even broken a sweat. He had defeated his opponent with effortless ease.

"You're hardly far from it." The man called Brother Wang shook his head, then smiled. "When do you plan to take the Quasi-Warrior Assessment? If I remember correctly, you were only a little short on strength last time, right?"

"At the start of next month, I'll take it!" Gu Ce replied with a smile.

"So confident?" Brother Wang was taken aback, then laughed even louder. "Come, come, test yourself now! If you really become a quasi-warrior at sixteen, you must join our Lightning Martial Arts School! I'll make the call and give you the best benefits. Becoming a War God in the future won't be out of the question!"

"Then I'll be counting on you, Brother Wang." Gu Ce smiled.

They arrived at the testing area reserved for advanced students. No one happened to be using it, and even if there had been anyone there, they hurriedly yielded their spots upon seeing Gu Ce arrive with the supervisor.

Standing before the Punch Force Tester, Gu Ce took a deep breath and brought his body into peak condition.

Then!

Bang!

Gu Ce's right fist smashed into the target, making it sway violently.

A line of numbers appeared on the machine's display—"923 kg!"

"Good!"

Wang Heng could not help shouting.

He was only sixteen!

While others his age had only just become martial arts students, Gu Ce had already reached a height they could only look up to.

There probably was not another genius like him in the entire Jiangnan Base City, was there?

Wang Heng silently rejoiced. Luckily, he had recruited Gu Ce into the Lightning Martial Arts School!

Now let's see how those people from the Limitless Martial Arts School could keep showing off in front of him!

Gu Ce's future achievements would be no lower than War God!

Wang Heng had already decided that once Gu Ce passed the Warrior Practical Combat Assessment, he would send him to the Thunderbolt Martial Arts Global Headquarters for training. He knew very well that Gu Ce's greatest strength was his movement technique!

"Keep going, keep going."

Wang Heng urged him on. The last time Gu Ce had tested here was a month ago, and he could not wait to see how much Gu Ce had improved.

They moved to the track.

Whoosh!

Gu Ce moved with elegance and astonishing speed, almost becoming a gust of wind.

Wang Heng was secretly stunned and turned to look at the screen.

"29.9 m/s"

An astonishing figure.

Wang Heng remembered that Gu Ce had only been at 26.5 m/s during his last test, right? He had improved by more than three meters per second in a single month?

What terrifying talent.

Next came the Neural Reaction Test.

Gu Ce stepped into a circle 3.6 meters in diameter, surrounded by hazy red light.

Machines around him continuously fired rubber bullets at Gu Ce in the circle.

"Micro Level! To reach this level at sixteen, I've lived half my life for nothing."

Wang Heng was inwardly shocked.

Gu Ce's figure danced within the circle, dodging one bullet after another. With his Micro Level movement technique, a test of this level was child's play to him!

The final result was unsurprisingly excellent.

"Good, good, good!"

Wang Heng said "good" three times in a row, showing just how delighted he was.

"Brother Wang, what do you think?" Gu Ce asked with a smile.

"Excellent! You have greater talent than anyone else in the entire Jiangnan Base City." Wang Heng did not hold back his praise.

"Once you pass the Warrior Practical Combat Assessment, I'll recommend you to headquarters! By then, perhaps even the World's Second Strongest, Thor, the founder of our Lightning Martial Arts School, may personally guide you."

Gu Ce nodded. Of course, he knew Thor's great name.

"I won't say more. I believe the Combat Assessment won't trouble you, so go back and prepare properly. Tell your family while you're at it." Wang Heng smiled. "Once you enter the Global Headquarters Elite Training Camp, you won't be coming back anytime soon."

"Thank you, Brother Wang!"

Although the Lightning Martial Arts School was slightly inferior to the Limitless Martial Arts School, Gu Ce knew about Thor's relationship with Hong. The two were so close they might as well have worn the same pair of pants.

Never mind that the gap between the two schools was small—even if it were large, Gu Ce was confident that he would not need to rely on such things to break free of the Apprentice Level and reach the Planetary Level in the shortest possible time!

By then, the things on Earth would be of little use to him.

Of course, aside from Mist Island and a few ruins.

That was the confidence brought by being a transmigrator, as well as the confidence brought by his talent.

That was right. Gu Ce was a transmigrator.

After transmigrating into this world and learning that it was the world of Swallowed Star, Gu Ce had constantly trained his body. His goal was to become a warrior one day and participate in the events to come, rather than merely being a spectator—or worse, dying beneath the claws of monsters.

Fortunately, after transmigrating here, his body had not let down Gu Ce's efforts.

In the first year after becoming a martial arts student, he became an Advanced Martial Arts Student. In just over half a year, he entered the Apprentice Level with the aptitude of an Earthling—and that was not even the full extent of his talent!

Six Eyes.

After reaching the Apprentice Level, he awakened this ability inherited from a certain famous 2.5 Wu.

However, its effects were completely different, with almost nothing but the name remaining the same.

In the world of Swallowed Star, this ability had become the power to directly observe the operational patterns of the universe's Space Laws. If the Demon Killer Clan were the darlings of the Space Laws, then Gu Ce was the child most dearly loved by the Space Laws!

Beyond that, Six Eyes granted him extraordinarily strong learning ability and 360-degree vision. It allowed him to see through an enemy's movements and predict their next actions, bringing him tremendous convenience. Most importantly, he could control it freely, without the side effects seen in the manga.

Gu Ce also faintly felt that as his strength increased, these mutated Six Eyes would bring him even greater surprises.

With such talent, leaving everything else aside, becoming a Space Venerable in the future would absolutely not be a problem.

And with the improvement to his state of mind brought by being an Earthling, if Hong could become a True God, why couldn't I?

I am the strongest!