Challenge the Trial Tower II

Virtual space, first floor of the Trial Tower, on the vast grasslands.

Brutal Ox corpses lay all around, their blood staining the grass red. Xu Feng, covered in blood, stood on the corpse of a Brutal Ox, his face pale and blood still at the corner of his mouth.

"Time used: 41 minutes, 26 seconds. Killed 100 Elementary Beast General level Brutal Oxen and 10 Intermediate Beast General level Brutal Oxen. C-grade stage passed. First floor of the Trial Tower passed. Congratulations, trainee Xu Feng."

The electronic voice rang out, and with a flash of light, the entire grassland vanished. The endless world around him became a boundless desert. This was the second floor of the Trial Tower.

From what Xu Feng knew, every floor of the Trial Tower had A, B, and C stages. For example, on the second floor, completing the A-grade stage meant 2.3, completing the B-grade stage meant 2.6, and completing the C-grade stage meant 3.0. Xu Feng had just completed the C-grade stage of the first floor, making his level 2.0.

"I never expected the herd of 100 Brutal Oxen in the B-grade stage to become a herd of 200 in the C-grade stage, and turn so terrifying."

Xu Feng recalled the slaughter from before and still felt lingering fear. "With ten Intermediate Beast General level Brutal Oxen among them, those Intermediate Beast General monsters alone weren't much of a threat. The real trouble was that they each led the other Brutal Oxen, launching organized attacks again and again."

It was unlike the B-grade stage, where they had mindlessly surrounded and attacked Xu Feng.

The C-grade stage was organized.

If Xu Feng's blade technique had not improved greatly from before, he would already have failed during one of the herd's charges.

"Xu Feng, congratulations on completing the first-floor trial. Next is the A-grade stage trial of the second floor of the Trial Tower. Your objective is to kill 50 Elementary Beast General level Ironclad Scorpions within ten minutes. Good luck." The electronic voice of the virtual space echoed through the skies above the desert.

Ironclad Scorpions were a type of monster often seen in desert regions, and the most numerous among scorpion-type monsters.

"According to what the other trainees said, Ironclad Scorpions are relatively small, allowing more than ten or even over twenty of them to attack a human at the same time. Their evasive movements are strange too, making them extremely hard to deal with. The A-grade stage of this second floor is several times harder than before." Xu Feng was under tremendous pressure as well.

Rustle, rustle~~~ In the endless desert, dark-red armored scorpions suddenly crawled out from beneath the sand. Clearly, each of these scorpions could easily burrow into the desert.

Every scorpion had dark-red armor, while its long, pointed tail was jet-black. No one would doubt the power of those scorpion tails.

The A-grade stage trial of the second floor of the Trial Tower began. In City 1001 of the Wilderness Zone, Mo Qi leaned against a wall, chatting with Luo Luoya from time to time. "The rankings changed! Xu Feng's ranking changed!" Luo Luoya cried out through the communication watch.

"What did it become?" Mo Qi was startled.

"He went from 85th to 51st."

Hearing this, Mo Qi drew a deep breath. He had actually become 88th in the training camp. For a newcomer who had only just entered the training camp to charge up to 51st in his first month was indeed terrifying. At that moment—

A trace of regret rose in Mo Qi's heart. Why had she not gotten close to him before?

With Xu Feng's current achievements, he was destined to become terrifyingly powerful in the future.

Mo Qi did not know that the reason Xu Feng's ranking had leaped from 85th to 51st was because he had passed the C-grade stage, raising his Trial Tower level from 1.6 to 2.0. This represented an increase of a full quarter in Xu Feng's Points, which was why his advancement had been so astonishing.

"It changed again!"

"Mo Qi, the ranking changed again." Luo Luoya's voice came through the communication watch.

"To what?"

"He's already 18th! He broke into the top 50!" Mo Qi's expression changed.

Inside the training camp, before the Black Dragon Sculpture at the main gate.

Dozens of trainees and more than ten War God instructors saw the ranking refresh once again, with Xu Feng appearing at No. 18. Every one of them grew excited and exclaimed in amazement.

"A newcomer breaking into the top 50 in his first month has only happened once before in our training camp's history. That person broke through to become a War God, then became an existence beyond War Gods!" a bearded, muscular white man from Russia shouted happily.

"Impressive."

"This newcomer named Xu Feng must have extremely high movement technique, speed, and blade technique."

"Quick, notify the inspector! Tell the inspector this news!"

Jiang Fang was also extremely famous among the War God circles throughout the world.

She had been born into poverty, during the most turbulent years of the Great Nirvana. Her life could be called full of misfortune. Her husband had died while saving her during a hunt in the Wilderness Zone.

From then on, Jiang Fang no longer involved herself in struggles between different factions, nor did she concern herself with matters of love. She devoted herself wholeheartedly to martial arts and achieved tremendous success.

She was known as the Moon Demoness, Jiang Fang.

Her paired curved blades were said to be divine in their mastery. Many martial artists who disliked scheming and conflict with the outside world were willing to become instructors at the Limitless Martial Arts School. Jiang Fang had stayed at the Elite Training Camp for nearly ten years. Aside from studying blade techniques and training bitterly, her only pleasure was watching her disciples achieve greatness one after another.

Watching her disciples surpass the disciples of other instructors. "Teacher Jiang, congratulations," said a lean, bald Black man.

"It's also because Xu Feng is talented." Jiang Fang smiled. The bearded white man beside her spoke in awkward Mandarin. "It is Miss Jiang Fang who taught him well. You Huaxia people have a saying, how does it go? A famous teacher produces excellent disciples."

There were very few female instructors in the Elite Training Camp.

Jiang Fang had many War God disciples, so she naturally had extensive connections. She was powerful herself, tall, and beautiful.

There were truly many War God experts who wanted to pursue Jiang Fang.

"Xu Feng is out."

At the call, Jiang Fang could not help turning to look. Xu Feng, dressed in simple casual clothing, was walking out of the Nine-Layered Tower.

The moment Xu Feng walked out of the Nine-Layered Tower, he saw Teacher Jiang Fang approaching from afar. Teacher Jiang Fang was considered one of the flowers of the Elite Training Camp. Even quite a few male trainees pursued her. After all, War Gods lived far longer than ordinary people, so the trainees did not care about an age difference of more than ten years.

However—Xu Feng held Jiang Fang in great respect. Over this past month, Jiang Fang had indeed helped him greatly.

"Sister Fang," Xu Feng said respectfully.

"Not bad. You're now ranked 18th on the Black Dragon Ranking." Jiang Fang smiled in praise. "How did the Trial Tower level assessment go?"

"I failed at the A-grade stage of the third floor."

Xu Feng did not reveal the truth. He had not actually failed; he had merely run out of time.

Regardless of victory or defeat, once the time ran out, the system immediately deemed the challenge a failure.

His final Trial Tower level was 3.1.

"Ironclad Scorpion swarms really are difficult to deal with." Jiang Fang encouraged him. "Keep it up. You're currently ranked 18th, and there are still a little over two days until midnight on the 28th. Work hard during these two days and try to maintain a ranking within the top 5. If you can break into the top 1 in your first month at the training camp, then as your teacher, I'll have some face too."

Xu Feng smiled.

He really did need to work harder. A little after eight that evening, training camp vehicles arrived one after another at the main gate. The trainees who had been hunting monsters in the Wilderness Zone entered one by one.

"I heard Xu Feng reached 18th around noon today?"

"I heard it too. Xu Feng brought glory to Huaxia, haha."

The first thing this group of trainees did after entering the training camp was look up at the rankings on the Black Dragon Sculpture. Since these trainees had turned in monster materials and earned Battle Points, most of those returning from hunting monsters today had risen one or two places. Only a few did not rise or had even dropped in rank.

Early in the morning on the 28th, Xu Feng left the training camp with the other 91 trainees. As he left, Xu Feng also noticed that his ranking had become 19th. Clearly, the return of those 91 trainees who had hunted monsters the previous night had caused considerable changes to the rankings.

Throughout the entire day on the 28th, Xu Feng worked hard hunting monsters.

He did not return to the training camp until nearly ten that night.

"Xu Feng, you had quite a harvest today." On the training camp vehicle, Limitless Martial Arts School staff purchased the materials and transferred the money into Xu Feng's card. This also increased Xu Feng's Contribution Points, while earning him Battle Points from the training camp. "Your ranking should rise a few places."

"Thanks for the kind words." Xu Feng grinned.