The Longevity Sword was broader and longer than an ordinary longsword. Its blade alone was one and a half meters long. It was clearly a one-handed sword, yet it looked like a two-handed sword.
The Longevity Sword. Longevity Swordplay.
This was the ultimate technique that had made Gu Ce's uncle famous. If not for his weaker physical fitness, he could also have been called an Invincible War God.
Longevity Swordplay had three levels. At its highest, it could reach fourfold force output, and in the warrior mall, it was considered an SS-rank manual. The full set sold for ten billion Huaxia dollars!
Of course, Gu Ce did not need to pay to learn this swordplay.
"Let me see how strong these monsters are!" Gu Ce was somewhat excited.
There were mainly only three kinds of monsters in Monster Town: the Shadow Cat, a feline monster that won through speed; the Iron-Haired Boar, which won through great strength and defense; and the Tiger Mastiff, a canine monster with astonishing speed and power.
However, they were all merely the lowest H-rank monsters, corresponding to Beginner Beast Soldier Level, equal to human Beginner Warriors.
With Gu Ce's Advanced Warrior level physical fitness, he was practically here to bully weaklings. It was basically just for him to see some blood.
No one thought this Combat Assessment could have any effect on Gu Ce, Gu Ce himself included.
He walked down the main road of the town, the surroundings lit by streetlamps.
With the longsword on his back, Gu Ce clasped his hands behind his head and even closed his eyes. Like he had come here on vacation, he did not take the monsters seriously at all. He swaggered down the street just like that, enjoying the moonlight.
"Isn't he being too arrogant?" an officer in the monitoring room said unhappily.
As a military Major General, he could not stand seeing these so-called geniuses act like this.
"Try to understand. He's still young," Wang Heng said with a smile, explaining on Gu Ce's behalf.
"A pack of Shadow Cats is approaching over there. If he doesn't react in time, even as an Advanced Warrior, he won't come out well." Zhuge Tao stared intently at the screen as he spoke.
In the image, more than ten Shadow Cats hid in the dark, silently approaching Gu Ce beneath the lamplight.
Whoosh!
As if they had found an opening!
The Shadow Cats pounced at Gu Ce instantly, erupting with a speed of forty meters per second. This already surpassed ordinary Beginner Warriors, not to mention that more than a dozen Shadow Cats had appeared at once. Even an Intermediate Warrior would be at risk of death.
In that instant.
Gu Ce moved.
No one saw his movements clearly. It was as if he had simply stood there and lightly lifted his right foot, yet he kicked the incoming Shadow Cat flying. With over four thousand kilograms of force, the Shadow Cat was killed outright by that kick.
It was even simpler than kicking a soccer ball.
Wearing alloy combat boots, Gu Ce stepped, shifted, and turned, easily toying with these Shadow Cats in the palm of his hand. With speed that crushed theirs and movements faster than theirs, it was almost one cat per kick. His control over his strength was extremely even, and he easily kicked them to death.
The entire process took less than two minutes.
Drawing the Longevity Sword from his back, Gu Ce patted his forehead, revealing a troubled expression.
Was it the left ear or the right ear again?
Inside the monitoring room, there was dead silence.
Only after a long while did someone speak in a trembling voice.
"Mic... Microscopic Level?"
"He didn't even open his eyes!"
"It doesn't look like Microscopic Level. Microscopic Level can't do it that easily."
Zhuge Tao stared fixedly at Gu Ce on the screen, repeatedly pondering his movements.
"Perfect Level Movement Technique!" Wang Heng was shocked and instantly covered his mouth, while inwardly cursing: That kid played me last time? He deliberately showed Microscopic Level Movement Technique, holding it back until now to make a big show of it?
As for breaking through from Microscopic Level to Perfect Level in just a few short days, Wang Heng had not been unable to imagine it. He simply felt it was not very likely.
"President, I have an important matter I wish to report to the Hall Master." Right in front of Wang Heng, Zhuge Tao directly reported Gu Ce's situation. "I discovered an outstanding genius in Jiangnan Base City. A sixteen-year-old Advanced Warrior, plus a suspected Perfect Level Movement Technique!"
"Zhuge Tao!" Wang Heng could not hold back anymore and directly cursed at Zhuge Tao. "Don't even think about snatching away the genius of my Lightning Martial Arts School! Do you know who his father is?"
"Longevity Sword... War God Gu Hesheng of Lightning Martial Arts School?" Zhuge Tao was stunned.
Rumor had it that the War God backing Wang Heng was this War God Gu Hesheng.
The reason he was certain it was Gu Hesheng and not Gu Hechang was that Gu Hechang had no children and had not taken a wife.
However, War God Gu Hesheng and War God Gu Hechang had an excellent relationship. Even the swordplay War God Gu Hechang had created was named after the two brothers. Gu Ce was practically no different from Gu Hechang's own son.
"You wait. I'll personally call Senior Gu Hesheng."
Seeing Zhuge Tao stop what he was doing, Wang Heng secretly let out a breath of relief, then dialed the number.
The call connected quickly, and Gu Hesheng's lazy voice came from the other end.
"Hello? Little Wang, what happened? Did my son kill off all the monsters in Monster Town?"
Hearing this, everyone immediately had black lines on their faces.
What makes you think your son can kill all the monsters?
But with the strength he had just displayed... it did seem somewhat possible.
"Senior Gu, it's like this," Wang Heng began explaining. "Little Ce just displayed Perfect Level Movement Technique in the Combat Assessment. I wanted to ask if you knew about this, and also what opinion you have about which force he should join."
"Perfect Level? As expected of my son!" Gu Hesheng said. "As for which force he should join? Just ask Little Ce about that. He'll decide for himself. Anyway, with a sixteen-year-old possessing Perfect Level Movement Technique, would you people offer him poor treatment? If you did, that would be slapping both me and my brother in the face."
Uh...
True.
Thinking of Gu Hesheng and Gu Hechang, the people in the monitoring room shivered.
Offering treatment that was too poor would be slapping them in the face! It was not as if Gu Ce had no backing.
Offering too much? The few of them could not make that decision immediately either.
"I've already reported to the President and contacted the Hall Master. Barring any accidents, the Hall Master will personally come to Huaxia to meet Little Ce tomorrow."
After receiving a message and glancing at it, Wang Heng suddenly said in delight.
"Thor? Fine. Perfect timing—my brother will be back tomorrow too," Gu Hesheng said with a hearty laugh, then hung up.
Hearing this, Zhuge Tao knew that Limitless Martial Arts School most likely had no chance, unless Hong also came over tomorrow.
But from what the President had said, he could not contact the Hall Master on his end. The Hall Master seemed to be away.
What a pity.
War God would only be Gu Ce's starting point!
A genius like this had slipped away just like that.
Zhuge Tao's mood was a little low, especially when he saw Wang Heng smiling so happily. It made him feel even worse.
Glancing at the screen, Zhuge Tao suddenly shouted in surprise.
"No, what is he doing?"
In the image, on an open piece of ground in the town, a huge crowd of monsters had surrounded Gu Ce. There were Shadow Cats, Iron-Haired Boars, and Tiger Mastiffs. Their numbers had already exceeded a hundred and were still constantly increasing as the surrounding monsters rushed over quickly.
As for Gu Ce, he moved like a swimming dragon amid the beast horde, displaying his Perfect Level Movement Technique to the fullest. Yet he showed no sign of taking action to deal with the monsters. Ignoring the expenditure of his stamina, he seemed to be intentionally gathering these monsters together.
"Does he want to temper his movement technique?" someone guessed.
"Doesn't look like it." Zhuge Tao focused, observing carefully.
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