Elite Training Camp

On the afternoon of August 3rd, Chen Daolin received a package delivered by a special courier from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. It was a password-protected safe containing the first two volumes of World Destroyer and the top-tier guiding technique, Weather Cloud Pillar.

This secret manual could only be practiced by himself; if others were discovered practicing it, they would be held accountable and prosecuted.

The first two volumes of the World Destroyer spear technique included four physical books—covering the spear technique and the Phantom movement technique—along with two instructional discs. The guiding technique, Weather Cloud Pillar, was a separate manual accompanied by its own disc. Chen Daolin began studying and practicing diligently the very day he opened it.

Days passed, and Chen Daolin spent every day practicing his spear technique, movement technique, and cultivating his Genetic Origin Energy, constantly pondering the World Destroyer spear and movement techniques in his mind.

He occasionally communicated with others on the Martial Artist Forum or sought advice from the Yangzhou City chief instructor, Wu Tong.

Sometimes he would spar with Ji Xuan, only to find that he was completely unable to defeat her.

When hungry, he would go to the Ji household to eat, treating it as his own home.

On the second floor of the villa, in a spacious training room over a hundred square meters, Chen Daolin stood in the center wearing a white training suit, barefoot, thrusting a long spear into the empty air before him. Each time, the spear tore through the air with a piercing whistle, and sweat dripped from his face and body.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Daolin sat on a chair to rest, drinking water, feeling helpless in his heart.

"It is said that mastering the first level of the World Destroyer spear technique can increase one's striking force by ninety percent. However, I've been practicing for nearly ten days and haven't even found a way to get started, let alone master it."

"Sigh, as expected of a top-tier ultimate technique with infinite power, it's truly difficult. I'll just have to take it slow."

"With the guiding technique, my Genetic Origin Energy cultivation speed has increased significantly, and my physical fitness has improved by a large margin. My current physical fitness should be around 4000kg, reaching the level of an Advanced Warrior," Chen Daolin muttered to himself.

After a while, his rest concluded, and he picked up the long spear again, continuing to repeat his practice, drenched in sweat.

Next door, Ji Xuan had already purchased the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade manual and was also diligently practicing her blade technique.

In the blink of an eye, the date arrived at August 29th.

Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan arrived at the Jiangnan Base City Extreme Main Hall ahead of schedule, where they met the special envoy sent from headquarters to escort them: the intermediate God of War, Yang Hui.

Under Yang Hui's guidance, they boarded a giant disc-shaped passenger aircraft and arrived at the Hongning Base City, where the headquarters of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall was located, at 4:30 that afternoon.

The entire Hongning Base City was built by the world's number one, Hong, and his followers back in the day. It housed a population of eighty million and was considered the safest city in the world today.

"This is the Elite Training Camp," Yang Hui said with a smile after stepping out of the vehicle, pointing to the spacious training camp gate in front of them.

Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan stepped out of the car and looked at the gate, their hearts slightly stirred.

Upon entering the gate, one could see a giant black dragon sculpture nearly fifty meters high. The dragon's pair of massive eyes stared at the entrance, and the endless aura of darkness pressed down instantly, making it hard to breathe. On the black scales of the fifty-meter-long giant black dragon were small display screens, each bearing a name.

"no.1 Renatus & Bridge()"

"no.182 Adaline & Will()"

From top to bottom, each scale held a name, totaling 182 names.

Yang Hui smiled and said: "Currently, the entire Elite Training Camp has 182 of the world's top talented students. They are ranked from high to low based on each person's combat power points! The higher the rank, the more resources you occupy! As for the bottom three, if they remain in the bottom three for three consecutive times, they will be eliminated."

Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan understood.

"Follow me, don't wander off." Yang Hui walked forward first. Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan followed with their backpacks, looking around at the scenery like country bumpkins entering the city.

The entire training camp was actually composed of several main palaces modeled after ancient styles and elegant pavilions, surrounded by various flowers, trees, small bridges, and flowing water. It could be said to be breathtakingly beautiful, like a fairyland on earth. Occasionally, they could see young men and women of various ethnicities wearing loose training suits moving in and out of the pavilions. Chen Daolin and the others could feel the strength of those students' spirits and vitality.

Yang Hui pointed to the nine-story giant tower at the core of the training camp, "That is the Nine-Layered Tower. All students' studies and training take place there, including some special training rooms."

From the outside, the Nine-Layered Tower looked like an ancient building, but the interior was styled with technology. The floors were made of hard alloy, each level six meters high and over 150 meters in length and width. Yang Hui led them to the top 9th floor, a spacious hall where some young men and women from all over the world were sitting casually on mats chatting. Seeing Yang Hui and the others, they all looked over.

At the very back of the hall was a corridor, and on both sides of the corridor were large rooms. The two were led to a room at the very end. The room was dim and not very large. When the lights were turned on, they could see two sofas inside, with two deep blue helmets placed on them.

Yang Hui introduced: "This is a consciousness sensor for virtual space equipment, modeled after ancient civilization ruins, which our scientists spent endless effort to replicate. Put it on, and your consciousness will enter a virtual space with 100% simulation. There is a Trial Tower inside. Although you have been granted the qualification to enter the Elite Training Camp, if you want a ranking, you still need to take a test in the Trial Tower."

"Who will go first?" Yang Hui asked.

Chen Daolin and Ji Xuan looked at each other.

Ji Xuan spoke first: "I'll go first."

Ji Xuan and Yang Hui lay on the sofas and put on the helmets. Chen Daolin waited obediently on the side. After about twenty minutes, Ji Xuan and Yang Hui took off their helmets and sat up almost simultaneously.

"How was it?" Chen Daolin asked eagerly.

Ji Xuan pursed her lips, "It's very interesting. You'll know once you put it on."

Chen Daolin lay in the position Ji Xuan had just vacated and put on the helmet. The next moment, he appeared on a boundless silver land, and a figure appeared beside him—it was Yang Hui. A few hundred meters away, there was a giant seven-story tower reaching into the clouds.

Watching Chen Daolin curiously looking around and touching his own body, Yang Hui smiled and explained: "In the virtual space, only consciousness can enter; Spirit Reading Power cannot enter. Therefore, this place is actually very unfriendly to Spirit Readers."

Chen Daolin was thoughtful. Ji Xuan was a Spirit Reader, so this meant that testing here was actually very disadvantageous for her.

Yang Hui continued, "Here, our physical fitness is the same: a punch force of 10,000 kg, a speed of 150 meters per second, and a nerve reaction speed at the superior level of an elementary Warlord. Since everyone's physical fitness is the same, it is very easy to test a person's true combat ability."

The two arrived at the base of the massive Trial Tower. On a black stone pillar to the left of the main entrance of the Trial Tower, an inscription appeared—

"Name: Chen Daolin

Gender: Male

Identity: Elite Training Camp Preparatory Student

Trial Tower Level: 1"

And on a black stone pillar to the right of the main entrance of the Trial Tower, it displayed Yang Hui's information—"Name: Yang Hui

Gender: Male

Identity: God of War

Trial Tower Level: 3.2"

Yang Hui said, "Each floor of the Trial Tower is divided into three stages of testing, with different ratings given based on your completion. 1 is the foundation; for example, the first floor is divided into 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and so on, depending on your progress. Passing the first floor is 2.0. I must tell you, even the first floor is not that easy to pass. There are still dozens of students in the training camp currently stuck on the first floor."

"The difficulty of the Trial Tower is far beyond your imagination. Even our Extreme Martial Arts Hall master, the world's number one, Hong, has only reached the sixth floor. No one in the whole world has been able to enter the seventh floor yet."

Chen Daolin couldn't help but hold his breath, his blood boiling as he looked at the towering Trial Tower, his eyes filled with the desire for a challenge.

If Hong can't do it, and no martial artist in the world can do it, I wonder if I will be able to do it in the future.

Suddenly, a synthesized electronic voice rang in Chen Daolin's ears. "Chen Daolin, please select your combat suit and weapon. After selection, enter the Trial Tower within one minute to accept the A-level test!" Various styles of combat suits and weapons immediately appeared before Chen Daolin's eyes. He chose a spear that felt comfortable in his hand and a well-fitting combat suit.

As Chen Daolin walked into the pitch-black entrance, the next moment, he appeared on a vast grassland.

"Chen Daolin." The electronic voice echoed throughout the grassland. "The A-level test is to kill 50 low-level Beast General Level Mang Bull surrounding you within 15 minutes! If you die during the process, you fail! If you have not killed 50 Mang Bull after 15 minutes, you also fail! This is your first time entering the Trial Tower, so you have five minutes of preparation time."

"..."

Chen Daolin was stunned.

To be surrounded by 50 monsters with physical stats similar to his own, and to have to finish them all off within 15 minutes.

This is too insane, right? How am I supposed to fight? Chen Daolin knew his own strength clearly; his spear technique and footwork could only be considered average, and his force-exertion technique was zero. How could he possibly be a match for 50 monsters of the same level? Let alone 50, even 2 or 3 would be a struggle!

The 5 minutes passed quickly. Chen Daolin was sweating profusely, his mind racing frantically as he searched for a way to break the deadlock.

What do I do? What do I do?

In the face of absolute strength, there was simply no way.

Not long after, Chen Daolin was despairingly overwhelmed by the 50 Mang Bull. Although he fought back with all his might, he could not escape the siege of the herd and died cleanly and swiftly.

Trial Tower Level: 1.0!