Combat Power Amplification 8.2

Combat Power Amplification 8.2

Conception was something profoundly mysterious.

In Gu Ce's eyes, it was the lower level of laws and domains, as well as the foundation for comprehending a domain.

In the world of Swallowed Star, one could not avoid the Ten Origin Laws if one wished to cultivate and grow stronger.

Time, space, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and light.

Even on the Origin Continent, one needed to grasp the Chaos Law formed by fusing the Ten Origin Laws in order to become a Chaos Master.

Six Eyes gave him the ability to directly observe the operational patterns of the Origin Laws of Space within the universe. The lower-level laws of the Origin Laws of Space were the five major Origin Laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

In other words, the Conception Gu Ce comprehended would most likely correspond to one of those five laws.

And coincidentally, the Conception Gu Hechang had comprehended was the Water Artistic Conception, which was also the foundation of the Longevity Swordplay Third Layer.

"Water Artistic Conception..." Gu Ce frowned in deep thought.

It was still far too difficult to comprehend something like Conception in a single day.

A life-and-death battle!

Gu Ce gained some insight.

That Rending Tooth Lizard had not been strong enough. It had not made Gu Ce feel like he might die.

Keep fighting!

Fighting felt great!

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

Over that month, Gu Ce had practically shuttled back and forth between the Hunting Area and the Gravity Chamber. He even ate and slept in the Gravity Chamber. Three times gravity no longer affected him, and its training effect had become negligible.

Even so, his strength had increased by more than three thousand kilograms.

In the Hunting Area, Gu Ce had earned a great deal of combat merit points. Coupled with his Combat Power Amplification, he had reached first place in the rankings while the others were away.

However, according to War God Panxi, even after the others returned, Gu Ce's results would still be enough to place him among the top twenty!

After all, quite a few students in the Training Camp had already reached War God level but had not chosen to graduate!

With the physical fitness of a Mid-level General, Gu Ce had managed to squeeze into the top twenty among those War Gods and High-level Generals. That was already no easy feat.

August 31st.

Today was the day the other students returned.

Thor returned from Antarctica alongside those students, and the rankings shifted the instant they came back.

Whoosh!

Dozens of names vanished!

The Elite Training Camp, which had originally held 111 people, now had only 89 left!

Twenty-two students had died in a single life-and-death trial!

These students had all been elites nurtured by major factions, future War Gods for humanity, yet they had died so easily during a trial.

"Hmm?"

Gu Ce watched his ranking jump repeatedly before finally stopping at seventeenth place.

The surrounding students discussed what had happened during the life-and-death trial. Few noticed the change in rankings, but some still did.

"Gu Ce? Judging by the name, he's from Huaxia? Why haven't I seen him before?" a white student asked curiously.

"A student who arrived in August?" another Black student asked in surprise.

"He shot up to seventeenth place as soon as he arrived. Which faction trained him? With talent like that, he could enter the Training Camp of the Limitless Martial Arts School, couldn't he?" the white student said.

Gu Ce glanced at him. Be careful saying that. Thor might hear you.

Thor's expression did not change in the air. Silently, he memorized the white student's appearance and decided to instruct the Training Camp's teachers to give him a "small" lesson later.

After concealing their figures, Thor moved at incredible speed and instantly brought Gu Ce to the roof of a building.

"Kid, your strength has improved quickly." Thor looked Gu Ce up and down as he spoke.

"It's average." Gu Ce shook his head. "Without comprehending Conception, I'm still far behind."

"You don't need to be so modest." Thor gritted his teeth.

"Hall Master, what exactly happened during the life-and-death expedition?" Gu Ce tried to change the subject.

"The location of the life-and-death expedition was Antarctica. There were already huge numbers of krill and fish there before the Great Nirvana. After the Great Nirvana, they mutated into monsters. Although individual monsters were not particularly strong, they usually appeared in groups. Whenever they appeared, there were often hundreds or thousands of them," Thor explained.

"Some students weren't good at group combat. They were surrounded by monsters and died before they had time to call for help." Thor sounded somewhat angry. "In the end, they were still too weak. If they had been strong enough, there would not have been so many casualties. This year had the highest casualty rate of any class."

"Can I go?" Gu Ce asked eagerly.

Group combat? That was his specialty!

"You?" Thor looked him up and down. "Once you fulfill the fourth condition in the contract, I can take you there for a look."

The fourth condition was to reach a Combat Power Amplification of 16 before December 1, 2057.

It was not actually difficult. As long as Gu Ce comprehended Conception and mastered the Longevity Swordplay Third Layer, he could achieve it.

"What's the situation with that ruin in Antarctica?" Gu Ce asked curiously.

That ruin had not appeared in the original novel. Perhaps it was unimportant, or perhaps it had never been discovered.

"It's a trial ruin. Each person can only enter once. The mortality rate isn't high, but you can only receive rewards by clearing enough stages. The Frost and Thousand Year Ice Marrow Crystal mentioned in the third condition both came from there." Thor did not explain in too much detail, but Gu Ce more or less understood.

It sounded like a ruin left behind by some faction to train its disciples.

Like Ruins No. 9, where the Black God Set had been obtained.

"Hall Master, I want to borrow the Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber from the Limitless Martial Arts School," Gu Ce said.

The Lightning Martial Arts School could not offer him much help anymore.

He could basically learn whatever the teachers taught after seeing it once. He had long mastered some Force Generation Techniques, such as making other parts of the body exert force. Otherwise, he could not have charged in and out of monster hordes seven times.

At this point, only the Limitless Martial Arts School could still provide him with some help.

Besides that, Gu Ce also intended to create his own secret manual. The contract's option to choose any secret manual was the best reference material.

In the original novel, Earth's secret manuals had gone in the wrong direction. The Force Generation Techniques of the universe could be applied to defense, amplifying one's defensive power. Gu Ce planned to give it a try as well.

Next, he would first clear the third floor of the Trial Tower, fulfill the second condition, and break through to War God level!

"No problem. I'll discuss it with Brother Hong," Thor agreed readily.

With nothing else to do, Thor left first.

Gu Ce headed toward the Nine Heavens Tower. The students had only just returned and were all resting, so no one would come here.

The third floor of the Trial Tower.

Gu Ce stepped on a Golden Vulture's head, used it as a foothold in midair, and leaped up to kill the final Mid-level Beast General Rank Golden Vulture.

"Gu Ce, congratulations on completing the third-floor trial. Next is the Stage A trial of the fourth floor of the Trial Tower. Your objective is to kill fifty monsters within ten minutes... Good luck."

The monsters on the fourth floor were even more troublesome. On Earth, there were only a handful of martial artists who could reach this stage.

Gu Ce put up a token resistance and did not entangle himself with them for too long.

His next tasks were to break through to War God level and comprehend Conception!

Trial Tower Level 4.1!

Combat Power Amplification 8.2!