Practical Combat Assessment

This small town was almost entirely enclosed by iron wire mesh, surrounded by a large number of soldiers holding firearms, while heavy trucks drove into it one after another.

Each vehicle carried a cage, but they were covered with black cloth, and Su You and the others could only hear the angry roars coming from within the cages.

At dusk, an officer stood on an abandoned high platform to introduce the rules of the assessment to all the prospective martial artists.

The duration is twelve hours, from 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM tomorrow morning; each monster killed earns one point, with the monster's left ear serving as proof.

If the battle records are tied, the ranking will be determined based on the time taken to kill the monsters and the severity of any injuries sustained, and the top 60% of scorers will pass the assessment and obtain the status of a martial artist.

Additionally, it is strictly forbidden for prospective martial artists to kill each other; violators will be executed immediately.

After the officer finished his introduction, he made several leaps and arrived outside the town's main gate.

"All prospective martial artists, move out and enter the monster town."

Over a thousand prospective martial artists quickly passed through the gate and swarmed into the monster town, and the actual combat assessment for martial artists officially began.

As soon as they entered the monster town, the thousand-plus prospective martial artists quickly dispersed to hunt monsters separately.

According to the information provided by the military district, there are mainly three types of monsters in this town: Black-furred Rats, Iron-furred Wild Boars, and Grey Wolves, which are also the three most common H-level monsters around Kyoto Base City.

Among them, the Iron-furred Wild Boar is strong in power and defense but relatively clumsy, making it the easiest to deal with.

The Grey Wolf has astonishing power and speed, making it much harder to deal with than the Iron-furred Wild Boar for ordinary prospective martial artists.

As for the Black-furred Rat, it is the weakest of the three, but also the most dangerous; in every assessment, the most prospective martial artists die at the hands of Black-furred Rats.

The reason lies in the Black-furred Rat's powerful stealth capabilities, especially in these nighttime conditions, where the Black-furred Rat is uniquely advantaged.

However, they can only pose a threat to those ordinary prospective martial artists; after all, their strength is only equivalent to that of a junior warrior, and they possess low intelligence.

Having gone through two months of cultivation, Su You's weakest attribute, his punch force, had already crossed the threshold of a senior warrior, so dealing with these ordinary monsters was not difficult at all.

Su You walked slowly down the street when he suddenly thrust his sword behind him; a black shadow happened to pounce at that exact moment, "impaling" its own neck onto the longsword.

Su You turned his right hand, pulled out the longsword, and with a casual flick and a lift, the left ear of a Black-furred Rat flew into the open backpack behind him.

Su You shook his head; this actual combat assessment was nothing more than a formality for him, and it served as a chance to see blood and adapt to fighting monsters—after all, in his previous life, he hadn't even killed a chicken.

Wandering through the town, Su You mimicked Luo Feng from his memories, luring eight monsters to surround him while suppressing his own power and speed, fighting them using only sword techniques and footwork.

"Sigh, this is boring!" Su You sighed. Even though he had suppressed his speed to the standard of a prospective martial artist, the siege of eight Grey Wolves still failed to put any pressure on him.

"Forget it, I might as well go back early!" The longsword in Su You's hand accelerated instantly, and with a flash of sword light, the four Grey Wolves directly in front of him all fell to the ground.

The four Grey Wolves behind him reacted extremely quickly, howling before turning to run, but Su You turned and took a large stride, his longsword vibrating four times in succession. The four Grey Wolves died instantly, each with a fist-sized hole in their necks.

After cutting off the eight left ears, Su You headed toward the town gate; these monsters no longer served as training for him, so there was no need to waste time inside.

At the entrance of the monster town, a large number of soldiers were patrolling diligently to prevent any monsters from escaping through the gate.

Not far from the gate was a pre-established collection point where every prospective martial artist who came out had to submit the monster left ears they had obtained to prove the number of monsters they had hunted.

Three officers sat in front of the collection point, and as soon as Su You walked over, he heard one of them call out to him.

"Su You, right? Just dump the left ears of the monsters you hunted into the basin in front."

Su You nodded, took off his backpack, and poured the contents directly into the metal basin to the side.

A moment later, the assessment officer finished counting the number and said to Su You with a smile: "Not bad, you killed thirteen monsters in just over an hour."

Su You smiled. Aside from the first Black-furred Rat he encountered, he had also taken out four monsters while luring the eight Grey Wolves, so there were thirteen left ears in total.

Generally speaking, being able to hunt three monsters is enough to pass the assessment, so Su You's score of thirteen was naturally not a problem.

However, the final results would not be out until the actual combat assessment ended the next morning; he could only become an official martial artist after everyone's results were recorded.

Thus, led by a soldier, Su You returned to the military district early, moved into a simple lounge, and waited peacefully for the results to be announced the next day.

At 8:00 AM the next day, the results of the thousand-plus prospective martial artists were all recorded, and Su You ranked sixth with a score of thirteen monsters, officially becoming a martial artist.

After the group had breakfast at the military district, they took a train back, and it was already dusk by the time Su You returned home.

After some celebration, Su You returned to his bedroom, turned on his computer, and entered the website for Extreme Home, an internal network exclusive to martial artists of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, accessible only to those who belonged to it.

After iris verification, Su You's personal page appeared on the computer screen.

Name: Su You

Gender: Male

Address: Huaxia Country, Kyoto Base City

Martial Artist ID:

Level: Warrior Level (Junior)

Contribution Points: 0

Currency Balance: 100,000,000 Huaxia Coins

"Hmm, it has arrived." Su You smiled and clicked on the flashing email icon at the top of the webpage; there were two emails in total.

The first was a congratulatory video from Supervisor Wang, along with a notification that the funds had been credited.

The second email was an introductory video for newcomers, primarily explaining the various functions of the Extreme Home.

After Su You gained a brief understanding, he went straight into the online store and selected the secret manual page, preparing to spend his one-billion quota first.

According to the contract he signed with the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, the first purchase of an attack technique, movement technique, and cultivation technique would be exempt from contribution point requirements, allowing him to enjoy the most favorable prices directly.

Su You's gaze skipped right over the World Destroyer by Hong and the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade by Thunder God, as the secret manuals created by those two were undoubtedly the strongest on Earth at the moment.

However, one of them practiced spear techniques, and the other practiced blade techniques, neither of which matched his needs.

Su You's mouse hovered over the secret manual category column for a moment, and then, instead of choosing a cultivation technique, he selected the sword technique column.