Soaring Strength

Bai Yang immediately left, heading to the school's equipment to test his own strength.

Only directly quantifiable data could provide a basis for comparison.

It was the morning of July 2nd. Luo Feng should have already awakened his telekinetic power, able to challenge opponents two or three ranks higher with flying knives.

Though Bai Yang was confident, defeating him would likely require every trick he had. He needed a clearer understanding of his own capabilities.

Summer break had already started, and most students had gone home.

Before long, he arrived at the training hall reserved for elite class students. The entire place was sparsely populated, with only a few people around.

He swiped his card with practiced ease, activated the punch force tester, and struck the punching target with all his might, a thunderous boom echoing through the hall.

The numbers on the display flickered for a moment before settling on '6214kg'.

Bai Yang sucked in a sharp breath. That much!?

During yesterday's probationary warrior assessment, he had been in a playful mood, deliberately holding back to stay just ahead of Luo Feng.

But even then, he had used about 80% of his full strength, putting his overall power at roughly 1300KG.

Yet in a single night, his strength had swelled nearly fivefold!

For Apprentice Rank warriors, the difference between two ranks was roughly a factor of two.

Going from a Junior Warrior to a Senior Warrior should have strengthened him about four times over.

If he had hit around 5000KG, he wouldn't have been too surprised.

But what he hadn't expected was 6214kg!

That wasn't too far from the 8000-kilogram threshold for a Junior War General.

Excitement surged in Bai Yang's heart, and he immediately went to activate the speed test nearby.

After a round of testing, his current speed was 81m/s!

Even closer to the War General-level benchmark of 90m/s!

Joy filled him. There was no need to test his neural reaction time anymore.

That was the least useful metric among all the instruments. If measured by high-level warrior standards, no matter how he was tested, he would achieve perfect dodges with zero errors. It was meaningless.

As he finished this round of tests, the internal program in the instruments immediately sent his data to Principal Wei.

War Gods were the goal of every warrior. Kyoto First Military Academy's students all strived to enter the War God Camp and become War Gods.

In contrast, for a student at Jiangnan First Military Academy to achieve the strength of a Junior War General before graduation

was a one-in-a-thousand chance. The rest of the warrior's path would have to wait until they entered the Wilderness Zone.

Only after at least a decade of hard work would some have a chance at success.

Luo Feng's former Fire Hammer Squad was already the elite among ordinary people, and only their captain was an intermediate-level warlord. The rest were mostly high-level warriors.

A 19-year-old student reaching the level of a high-level warrior on the very first day of practicing genetic energy would make anyone's jaw drop in shock.

Throughout Jiangnan Base City, aside from Luo Feng, the strongest was likely the 21-year-old intermediate war general, Guo Hai.

How could Principal Wei not be moved upon receiving such news?

He had originally thought Bai Yang was merely perfect in technique and movement, naturally gifted in comprehension.

He never expected Bai Yang to have such strong talent in genetic energy cultivation as well.

Though his old friend Lu Ting had snatched him away midway, Bai Yang's strength would inevitably be exposed during the practical assessment on August 1st.

Would Old Lu's original terms still be enough then?

If the Limit Dojo and Thunder Dojo insisted on poaching him, the [Mount Hua] name might not carry enough weight after all.

Thinking of the commotion to come, Principal Wei smiled silently.

He directly deleted the file information and locked others out of the query with his authority.

From now on, only he would know when the kid tested again.

"If Bai Yang really wants to tell, he'll surely tell Mei girl himself. I'll just pretend I don't know, hahahaha."

Outside the training hall, Bai Yang walked out in high spirits.

The results of this single night of training were truly astonishing. In the following days, though the effects would certainly not match the first day, he had definitely entered a period of rapid strength growth—there was no doubt about that.

Just then, his phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw it was a reminder from Principal Wei.

Whether to disclose his results or not was up to him.

Choosing to test at school, Bai Yang had known this would happen all along.

Lu Ting and Mei Xiaqing had just done him such a huge favor.

Others might think it was a small matter, but only he knew how important it truly was.

He wasn't actually afraid of showing some strength. There was nothing to hide about it.

Being able to increase his standing in Mount Hua's eyes was also a good choice.

Bai Yang sent the photos of the data to Mei Xiaqing.

Sure enough, after a moment, a string of exclamations came from the other side.

Bai Yang asked, "Sister Mei, with my current strength, what level am I at worldwide?"

Mei Xiaqing was clearly stunned by his information. After a long pause, she replied, "Hard to say. I can only say you're outstanding within Huaxia."

Bai Yang raised an eyebrow, somewhat skeptical, and pressed further, "Are there still many peers stronger than me?"

Mei Xiaqing replied, "I said it's hard to say because there's no comparison. Do you know about Spirit Readers?"

"I do. Those guys who can level up on the spot early on are really unreasonable."

Mei Xiaqing didn't dwell on his odd phrasing and continued, "Besides that, do you know about Hongning Base City and Thor Base City?"

Bai Yang's heart stirred, and he replied, "I've heard of them. What's there?"

"Those two places are the headquarters of the Limit Dojo and Thunder Dojo respectively.

They're said to be sites with prehistoric ruins. The atmosphere and resources there are different from our normal countries.

They're practically base cities made up entirely of martial artists. Martial artist training starts very early there, and they hold most of the world's martial artist power.

The specific situation there is something no force can pry into, not even Mount Hua.

So I say, if you look at countries around the world, you're absolutely outstanding right now. But when it comes to humanity as a whole, I wouldn't dare say."

Bai Yang finally understood. That made it reasonable.

Mei Xiaqing might have been guilty of "overestimating the enemy," being overly cautious about her opponents.

Although from the later plot, the other two base cities were just so-so, being cautious in the face of the unknown wasn't a bad thing.

Bai Yang didn't dwell on the topic and chatted with her a bit more.

Sister Mei said that after he finished his practical assessment, Lu Ting would definitely sign a new contract with him, and she told him to have faith in Mount Hua.

Bai Yang naturally agreed. The two of them gave him a pretty good impression, so he owed them that much.

He was about to turn off his phone when suddenly another message came in.

He couldn't help but wonder. This was a rare occurrence.

Bai Yang picked it up and looked, his heart suddenly jolting.

Cousin Bai Sheng!

He had finally come to Jiangnan Base City!

Bai Sheng asked on the messaging app, "Xiao Yang, where are you now?"

Thinking of this cousin's past behavior, Bai Yang could only tell the truth, "Sheng Ge, I'm out. I'll be back at the dorm soon."

"Alright then, we'll wait for you at the dorm."

We?

Bai Yang was puzzled. Who else could it be?