Punch Power Amplification Level 5!

Next came the second floor's trial.

In the first A phase, the monsters changed from the first floor's Raging Bulls to Iron Armored Scorpions. Though they were still at the Primary Beast General level and their numbers remained the same as on the first floor, the time limit had been reduced to ten minutes, increasing the difficulty by several times at least.

After all, Iron Armored Scorpions were countless times smaller than Raging Bulls. During a siege, more than ten—or even over twenty—could attack at the same time. Their smaller size also made them far more agile and difficult to handle.

In the Original Work, Luo Feng had failed at this very stage. At the time, his explosive power was not much different from Vinina's when she did not use Battle Intent Power. So, the moment the trial began and fifty Iron Armored Scorpions appeared out of nowhere, Vinina chose the simplest and most brutal approach: overwhelming force!

As long as they entered her attack range, she would stab them to death with a single thrust!

The spear's far broader combat range compared to a war blade allowed Vinina to barely remain composed under the Monster Tide-like charge of the Iron Armored Scorpions. As time passed and one scorpion after another died beneath her spear, handling them became much easier.

At 6 minutes and 10 seconds, she finished off the last one.

Second floor, A-phase trial passed!

Trial Tower level: 2.6!

However, since Vinina had not yet undergone an assessment for her Punch Power Amplification Level, it remained at the previous 1.8 times. Multiplied together, her Combat Power Amplitude was 4.68.

As for her Points ranking?

It had not changed in the slightest. She remained firmly in 147th place.

After all, Points were primarily based on achievement points. A Primary Beast General-level monster was worth 1 achievement point, an Intermediate Beast General-level monster was worth 10, a High-level Beast General-level monster was worth 100, and an Initial Lord-level monster was worth 1,000.

Of course, few people hunted Initial Lord-level monsters. Once someone accumulated the kills of two Initial Lord-level monsters, their strength assessment would become "War God level," and they would graduate from the training camp.

Points were achievement points multiplied by Combat Power Amplitude. For example, if Vinina currently had 1,000 achievement points, then her Points would be 4,680.

But where would Vinina get achievement points?

She had not even left the training camp once since arriving, so naturally, her achievement points were 0. Multiplied together, her Points were also 0, so her ranking naturally would not change at all.

But aside from the Black Dragon Engraving rankings, there were clearly people constantly watching Trial Tower levels as well.

And they were even more excited!

"She's only been officially enrolled for a week, yet she cleared the second floor's A phase?! Just how good are this Vinina's movement technique, speed, and Spear Technique?"

"She cultivates Annihilation—at least the third level!"

"Her movement technique has to be at least major mastery of Subtlety too. What kind of trash intel gathering is this? Could someone with Annihilation's first level and movement technique below Subtlety kill fifty Iron Armored Scorpions within ten minutes? If her movement technique hadn't reached Subtlety, she wouldn't even be able to handle the two hundred Raging Bulls in the first floor's C phase!"

"Hurry and notify the Inspector! Poach this girl!"

"A Direct Descendant of the Polenas Family? Uh..."

"Chief, Vinina has passed the second floor's B-phase trial."

"To hell with the Polenas Family. Can they even teach a genius like this properly? Get the Inspector on the line!"

The second floor's B-phase trial involved one hundred Primary Beast General-level Iron Armored Scorpions. Vinina had only barely passed by relying on Battle Intent Power. But in the C phase, with 190 Primary Beast General-level Iron Armored Scorpions plus 10 Intermediate Beast General-level Iron Armored Scorpions, she found things much more difficult.

After all, under the separate command of those ten Intermediate Beast General-level Iron Armored Scorpions, the offensive was no longer as aimless as it had been in the B phase. Instead, they charged and attacked in coordination, causing the difficulty to soar once again. Vinina had only killed her twentieth scorpion—all of them Primary Beast General-level Iron Armored Scorpions—when the dense swarm dragged her beneath the desert and killed her.

Her Trial Tower level ended at 2.7.

After taking off her helmet and leaving the room, the first thing she saw was a call from the Polenas Family's higher-ups. The first thing they said after she answered was that the family already knew her Trial Tower result. The Limit Martial Hall would approach her afterward, and she did not need to refuse. She was to cooperate, display her potential, and obtain resources.

Their words were extremely brief. Once they finished, they cleanly hung up, leaving Vinina standing there in a daze.

What was going on?

What did they mean, she did not need to refuse the Limit Martial Hall's recruitment?

Shouldn't they be overjoyed and immediately provide her with resources? Shouldn't things like Dragon Blood and the Black God Set be arranged for her directly?

After leaving the Nine-Story Building, Vinina immediately spotted Xue Ming in the distance, clearly waiting for her. However, Xue Ming's face was full of confusion as she quickly approached. "What did you do?"

"The Trial Tower assessment."

"The Trial Tower assessment? Then why did they tell me to take you for a Punch Power Amplification Level test?"

Xue Ming stared at Vinina's lovely face, utterly bewildered.

She had just been carrying out her daily Guidance Technique training when she suddenly received a call from the Inspector. She had been told to wait for Vinina at the Nine-Story Building and, the moment she saw her, take her for a Punch Power Amplification Level test.

But confused or not, an order from the Inspector still had to be carried out immediately. So, while leading Vinina toward the punch power testing grounds, she asked:

"What is your base strength?"

Vinina answered truthfully, "It's barely at the Low-level Battle General standard, around 8,100 kilograms."

"That's already very good. You're only sixteen this year, after all. Having that kind of base strength already makes you quite a genius."

Xue Ming nodded slightly, her face full of admiration, before asking again, "Then what is your Punch Power Amplification Level?"

"Five?"

"That's pretty good too. No wonder the Inspector asked me to bring you for a punch power amplification test. The martial hall probably wants to recruit—"

Halfway through her sentence, Xue Ming seemed to realize the number Vinina had just given. She abruptly spun around, stared fixedly at Vinina, and widened her eyes. "What did you say?"

"About five."

Vinina answered weakly.

Without including Battle Intent Power, it simply would not make sense logically. After all, she had only reached Annihilation's second level, meaning three layers of hidden force totaling twenty-sevenfold power, while her movement technique had only just entered Subtlety. With that kind of strength, even the first floor's C-phase trial would be difficult for her, let alone the second floor's B-phase trial.

She might as well reveal everything.

That would maximize the benefits.

And if she remembered correctly, a Punch Power Amplification Level of 5 could earn her one drop of Jade Marrow worth 30 billion, one SS-class standard weapon, and a full set of 9-series (S-class) Combat Suits.

Among them, an S-class Combat Suit was worth around 12 billion, while an SS-class weapon was worth anywhere from 15 billion to 30 billion. In other words, just these standard rewards alone would give Vinina treasures and equipment worth over 50 billion. If she could go one step further and reach Punch Power Amplification Level 6, she could obtain Dragon Blood worth 80 billion, an SS-class Combat Suit, a Full Set of Weapons, and more.

The SS-class Combat Suit among those rewards was exceptionally expensive. To buy one through the HR Alliance's channels would cost at least 100 billion Huaxia Coin!

No wonder the Polenas Family had been so quick to let go.

One of the HR Alliance's nine core families?

They were nothing.

When the rewards and support at stake could easily amount to tens or even hundreds of billions, aside from the Limit Martial Hall, the Lightning Martial Hall, and the five great powers, even if other factions could afford it, would they truly be willing to invest that much in a so-called genius?