Huge Reward

Entering May, thanks to a breakthrough in his swordsmanship, Su You's efficiency in hunting monsters increased significantly, and by the beginning of the month, he had already reached around 35th place on the Black Dragon Sculpture.

Because he had ranked 42nd in April, Su You had four hours of training time in both the Gravity Chamber and the Trial Room this month, which allowed his strength to progress even faster.

At the end of April, Su You's strength was 48,000 kg, an increase of only 2,500 kg compared to the previous month. However, by the end of May, his punch force reached 52,700 kg, an increase of 4,700 kg in a single month, primarily due to the effects of the Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber.

On another note, Su You's Dripping Water Sword also broke through to the fourth level in May, bringing his body force to three times his base strength. With this burst, his punch force could reach 158,100 kg, which had already crossed the threshold for an entry-level Wargod.

Influenced by this, he also broke through the third floor, stage B of the Trial Tower, bringing his Trial Tower level to 3.6 with a combat power amplitude as high as 10.8. This caused his ranking on the Black Dragon Sculpture to rise significantly, landing him exactly at 30th place on the Black Dragon Ranking by the end of May.

At 10:40 PM on June 28th, a massive crowd of students sat beneath the giant Black Dragon Sculpture.

"Did that guy Su You really go to the Trial Room again?"

"Of course, I saw it with my own eyes. Could it be fake?"

"He's already ranked 25th. The higher you go, the larger the gap in points becomes. I don't think his ranking will rise much more this month."

"According to historical research, Su You's ancestors were citizens of our cosmic nation before the Great Nirvana."

Beneath the Black Dragon Sculpture, the students were buzzing with discussion, but inside the Trial Tower, Su You was in an exceptionally sorry state.

The requirement for the third floor, stage C was to kill 200 mid-level commander-class Golden Vultures within thirty minutes.

One must understand that while his body in the virtual space was only at the entry-level Warlord stage, he had to kill 200 mid-level commanders within thirty minutes—and they were avian monsters at that. The difficulty of this stage was self-evident.

Su You executed Lingbo Microsteps, flashing rapidly. He was like a lone boat in the middle of a vast ocean, ready to capsize at any moment. His long sword had been knocked away at some point, and his combat suit had already been torn in several places.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

More than a dozen Golden Vultures, some fast and some slow, descended upon Su You almost simultaneously, completely surrounding him.

"There's no way out!"

A sharp glint flashed in Su You's eyes. Five consecutive bursts of hidden energy surged into his legs, and his speed exploded instantly. Combined with the unpredictable nature of Lingbo Microsteps, he suddenly seemed to transform into a light breeze, every dodging movement filled with rhythm.

Although the Golden Vultures lunged at him in unison, Su You managed to find a gap in their encirclement and slipped out. Afterward, he relied on his movement technique to control the rhythm of the battle, and piercing cries echoed across the sky.

"Time elapsed: 29 minutes and 37 seconds. 200 mid-level commander-class Golden Vultures killed. Stage C passed. Trial Tower third floor passed. Congratulations, student Su You."

"That was close!" Su You let out a breath and plopped onto the ground. If his movement technique hadn't broken through to the artistic conception level, he would have had absolutely no chance of victory.

On this third floor of the Trial Tower, the most important thing was movement technique. Otherwise, once caught and lifted by the Golden Vultures, one would have almost no power to resist while in the air.

For example, Su You's teacher at the training camp, Zhai Mo, was superior to Su You in terms of swordsmanship and body force, but because his movement technique was slightly lacking, he had yet to pass the third floor, stage C.

"There is a reward for reaching level 4 in the Trial Tower, which applies to all members of the Elite Training Camp.

My punch force multiplier is 3, so my combat power amplitude is 12. This meets one of the standards in the contract I signed with the Dojo, so I can claim another reward."

Su You was ecstatic. He hadn't expected to pass the third floor, stage C, and now he could claim two rewards directly.

After the electronic voice finished, the entire wilderness flickered and vanished completely, and the endless landscape around him transformed back into a desert.

"Student Su You, the next trial is the fourth floor, stage A of the Trial Tower. Your goal is to kill 1 Black Armored Ant Queen of the high-level commander class within 10 minutes. Good luck."

Black Armored Ants are ant-type monsters. Such monsters are quite rare for martial artists, but their appearance signifies an ant tide, which is far more terrifying than a rat tide. Often, even Wargod-level experts perish beneath an ant tide.

"Black Armored Ant Queen?" Su You muttered. In the endless desert, dense swarms of black ants quickly appeared, seemingly without end.

The smallest were about five centimeters long, the larger ones only a dozen centimeters, and the largest was an ant about fifty or sixty centimeters long. It was currently watching Su You from afar, seemingly having no intention of actively attacking him.

"Is this the Black Armored Ant Queen?" A thought flashed through Su You's mind, and he flashed forward, charging directly toward the Black Armored Ant Queen.

When encountering an ant tide, one must either kill the queen as quickly as possible or flee, and Su You clearly had no other choice.

As soon as Su You charged out, he saw individual Black Armored Ants frantically lunging to obstruct his movement. At the same time, the Black Armored Ant Queen kept changing its position, always maintaining distance from Su You, its speed seemingly much faster than his own charge.

"How, how do I kill this?" Su You was in a miserable state, completely trapped in the encirclement of the ant tide. One minute later, Su You was dragged into the ground by the endless ants and killed.

Afterward, Su You tried three more times, but the longest he lasted was three minutes before being swarmed and killed. The ants were simply too small; hundreds could attack Su You at the same time, and even with his excellent movement technique, he had no room to dodge.

Furthermore, the Black Armored Ant Queen would not attack him directly, and even when Su You pushed his speed to the limit, he couldn't touch it, let alone kill it.

When the time was up, Su You was kicked out of the virtual space. His Trial Tower level remained at 4; clearly, he had achieved nothing on the fourth floor, stage A.

However, Su You didn't feel discouraged. With his current strength, passing the third floor, stage C was somewhat lucky, and being able to enter the fourth floor was already quite good.

Su You took off his helmet and glanced at his communication watch. Many people had already sent congratulatory messages. After passing the third floor of the Trial Tower, his ranking on the Black Dragon Ranking had jumped to 19th place.

With his ranking officially entering the top twenty, Su You's usage time for the Gravity Chamber and Trial Room next month would increase to 6 hours.

When he returned to the Kyoto Pavilion, it was already past eleven o'clock. Su You first went to his study to find the contract he had signed, then opened his laptop to check the instructions in the student handbook.

Su You smiled happily: "These two phone numbers are indeed the same; I don't have to worry about which one to call first."

The rewards he received this time were much more than those Luo Feng had received in his past life's memories: a portion of Dragon Blood at half price for 80 billion, a drop of Jade Essence at half price for 30 billion, any two full sets of secret manuals, and two sets of Grade 9 combat suits and weapons.

Even calculating at half price, the total value of these items exceeded 200 billion Huaxia Currency, which was definitely a massive reward.