Swallowed Star: Beginning with a Pair of Double Pupils
Chapter 9

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"Hmm?"

Fang Yi turned his head toward the direction of the footsteps.

"Fang Yi, it's me, Luo Feng."

Luo Feng watched as Fang Yi stopped in his tracks and turned to look in his direction.

He was surprised at first, but then realized it was normal; although the other man had his eyes bandaged, it was as if he weren't wearing them at all, appearing to see everything around him just as clearly.

"Luo Feng, is something the matter? You should have collected enough ears by now."

"Yes, I have already reached the standard to pass the assessment."

"Not bad."

Fang Yi nodded indifferently.

Luo Feng was, after all, the child of destiny in this world; the monsters in this assessment were too weak and posed no difficulty at all.

He hadn't influenced the other man too much, and the butterfly effect he had caused was not severe.

"What is your punch power now? I saw how you fought earlier. Your progress is immense. No, it could even be described as incredible."

Luo Feng had witnessed Fang Yi's battle on the street earlier.

The strikes were ruthless, not at all like those of a newcomer, and his footwork was terrifying, moving through the herd of beasts.

Like a swimming dragon.

In this past month, through the cultivation of Genetic Origin Energy and the amplification from the Dark Gold Sphere in his mind, his own punch power had reached around 3000kg.

It met the standard of an intermediate Fighter.

However, Luo Feng felt that Fang Yi's strength was above his own, and by no small margin.

After hearing this, Fang Yi realized the other man must have seen his fight, so he said, "After my cultivation, there was indeed a significant increase; my punch power is around 4000kg or higher."

"4000kg!"

"As expected, your growth after cultivation is extremely strong." Luo Feng nodded slightly; this punch power certainly matched his performance in the earlier battle.

After the two chatted for a while.

They took turns keeping watch and resting, as their bodies were inevitably fatigued after experiencing several battles.

Just as the sky began to brighten, the two prepared to part ways and search for other monsters wandering in the center of the town.

But before they had taken many steps, both were lucky enough to encounter a chaotic, stampeding herd of monsters.

Six Tiger Mastiffs, four Shadow Cats, and seven Iron-Haired Boars; the size of this stampeding herd would make any ordinary Quasi-Martial Artist think only of fleeing immediately.

But the two were not afraid in the slightest.

"Half each?" Luo Feng turned his head to look at Fang Yi, whose eyes were bandaged.

"Fine."

Fang Yi did not refuse, and the two separated to the left and right. The herd that had been targeting them also split into two groups, each pursuing one person; these H-Class Monsters did not have high intelligence and mostly followed their instincts.

The advantage in numbers, combined with their bloodthirsty instincts.

Made them chase the two relentlessly.

Luo Feng focused his attention, dodging constantly amidst the pursuit of the herd, taking the opportunity to practice his micro-level footwork, hoping to use it more skillfully and reach the realm of perfection.

But due to the large number of monsters, perfect dodging remained difficult.

Elsewhere.

Fang Yi did not use the monsters' attacks for practice like Luo Feng did.

Instead, in less than a minute, he tore the head off the last Tiger Mastiff chasing him, blood filling the air, a sight that made one's heart palpitate.

He cut off the monster's ears and continued his search toward other parts of the street.

Simply because these monsters were too weak now, and fighting them brought no further benefit.

"Woo-woo—!"

Following a shrill warning sound, a deep voice echoed throughout the town.

"Time is up, all Quasi-Martial Artists, immediately..."

Many Quasi-Martial Artists looked up, knowing the assessment had ended, and began to pack up and head toward the town exit.

At the exit.

Over 1000 Quasi-Martial Artists gradually left the town.

Many were stained with blood; some were still caught in the thrill of the hunt, while others were covered in wounds.

Heavy trucks drove past one after another.

One pile was filled with the corpses of monsters, while another was heaped with the bodies of many Quasi-Martial Artists.

Amidst the bursts of exclamations and even weeping.

The officer began to inspect the left ears of the monsters brought out by each Quasi-Martial Artist.

"Fang Tianli, three monster left ears, next."

"Two monster left ears, next. Thigh injured, left arm injured."

"Gu Tian, three monster left ears, next."

Shortly after.

Fang Yi, covered in blood, carried his bag to the front of the line.

Just by looking at the amount of blood on Fang Yi's combat suit, many of the surrounding Quasi-Martial Artists could tell that he must have killed quite a few monsters!

But what surprised the onlookers even more was that Fang Yi was still wearing that black blindfold.

"He couldn't have been blindfolded the entire time while killing his way through, could he?"

"That's impossible. He must have tied it on just before coming out. How could anyone survive while blindfolded, let alone come out covered in blood?"

"My god, his combat suit has turned into a blood-soaked garment!"

"A lot of the blood has dried and turned a dark, crimson black."

"The amount of blood on his fists seems exceptionally low; they're practically the cleanest parts of him besides his head..."

Amidst the various discussions.

Fang Yi opened his backpack. The officer in charge of the inspection took the bag, and at just a single glance, a look of astonishment appeared on his calm face.

The backpack was filled to the brim with monster left ears.

"You guys count them. I didn't keep track of how many I killed."

Fang Yi's voice was indifferent; he truly hadn't kept count of how many he had slain.

He basically killed every monster he saw and cut off its ear.

Then he would continue searching for the next monster; he never bothered to count the total. As long as the backpack was full, he would definitely pass.

The officer swallowed hard.

But counting them in detail would take too much time, so he immediately shouted:

"Fang Yi, one full backpack of monster left ears, quantity to be recorded later."

And this shout.

Echoed throughout the exit of the small town. Some Quasi-Martial Artists who had been waiting there to rest, or those who had just exited the town, turned their heads in disbelief to look in the direction of Fang Yi.

"A whole backpack!"

Luo Feng, who had just arrived, was slightly surprised upon hearing this, but he soon returned to his calm state.

It seemed he had expected as much, though he truly hadn't anticipated that the other party would kill so many.

It seemed that throughout the entire assessment, the other party had been searching for monsters without stopping, except for the time they had taken turns resting.

"The quantity is massive, at least several hundred. Fang Yi, you can no longer be described as just 'qualified.' Congratulations on becoming a Martial Artist."

The officer in charge of receiving the ears poured all the monster ears from the backpack into a large metal vat to the side.

In an instant, it filled up most of the empty space.

Hearing what the officer said, Fang Yi simply nodded faintly before leaving the line.

Many people around him were still looking at Fang Yi as if he were a monster; they couldn't wrap their heads around it no matter how hard they tried.

An ordinary Quasi-Martial Artist.

Had to be extremely careful and focused just to deal with one monster, yet here was someone who had managed to kill hundreds of monsters throughout the entire assessment!

This wasn't a genius.

This was a monster; this was a damn freak!

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, Fang the Freak, he really is a freak... too terrifying."

Yang Wu, who had just arrived at the exit and finished handing over his monster ears.

Naturally, he had also heard the officer's shout. Recalling the assessment at the Limit Dojo, he couldn't help but click his tongue.

Luo Feng, standing to the side, gave an "mm" of agreement after hearing this.

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