On the steps in the rest area.
The upperclassmen who had been badmouthing Ye Xiao fell silent at once.
They stared in shock in Ye Xiao's direction, their eyes wide with disbelief.
"How did that guy make it all the way to the 10x gravity zone?"
"No way! That's ridiculous!"
"An E-Grade Martialist, a freshman! He just came in and went straight to the 10x gravity zone?"
"We've been at this school for three years, and we can barely train in the 10x gravity zone."
"Just wait. That guy's definitely going to get himself into trouble!"
"Look, his body's already trembling. That means the gravity is beyond his physical limit, and he's starting to lose his balance."
"If this keeps up, could he just drop dead?"
"If he does, he'll have brought it on himself!"
"..."
The people over here weren't the only ones talking about Ye Xiao.
The upperclassmen elsewhere on the second floor had also been drawn to him.
Zhou Yao looked especially astonished.
This freshman seems to have something going for him!
Even if he's just putting on a brave face, simply making it to the 10x gravity zone and staying upright is something plenty of juniors can't do!
Is he really an E-Grade Martialist?
Ye Xiao spent a full ten minutes.
At last, he barely managed to adapt to the 10x gravity zone.
Then,
he went over to the wooden training post.
And started throwing punches!
He threw his first punch!
[You completed a punch. Force of this punch: 21%!] [Realm upgrade failed!]
Ye Xiao wasn't discouraged.
Instead, he tried to resist the force of gravity in an even more intense environment.
That way, he could draw on more of his body's potential and strength!
He threw his second punch!
[You completed a punch. Force of this punch: 27%!] [Realm upgrade failed!]
"Good. I'm slowly getting the hang of it!"
Although he had failed again,
Ye Xiao had still gained a lot.
Even under 10x gravity, his level of force continued to improve!
He threw his third punch!
Ye Xiao's face flushed slightly. His skin reddened and burned all over, and sweat poured down.
After just three punches, he was already panting!
[ Ding! ] [You completed a punch. Force of this punch: 31%!] [You gained 10 Martial Value!] [Your realm has increased!] [Current realm: Mud Embryo Realm · 1001th layer!] [Current realm: Mud Embryo Realm · 1002nd layer!] [...] [Current realm: Mud Embryo Realm · 1010th layer!]
I finally landed a successful punch!
A tremendous sense of achievement welled up inside Ye Xiao!
Under 10x gravity,
One punch had boosted Ye Xiao's realm by a full ten layers!
That was twice as efficient as training on the first floor!
Now,
not only was Ye Xiao's realm improving much faster,
he was also earning Martial Value more quickly.
"Keep going! I'll squeeze every last bit of strength out of myself!"
Punch!
[Realm +10!]
Punch!
[Realm +10!]
After Ye Xiao had thrown seven punches in all,
he was completely out of strength.
He gasped for breath, sweat pouring off him like a waterfall.
"I can't go on. I need a break!"
There happened to be a seat nearby.
He hurried over and sat down to rest.
And in the time it had taken Ye Xiao to throw those seven punches,
only three short minutes had passed.
But in those three minutes,
every upperclassman training on the second floor of the Gravity Training Tower
had been captivated by Ye Xiao!
They had seen it with their own eyes.
Ye Xiao, in the 10x gravity zone, had thrown those fierce, brutal punches one after another!
On the steps in the rest area,
the upperclassmen weren't badmouthing Ye Xiao anymore.
Every single one of them had fallen eerily silent.
"Is that guy crazy?" Zhao Lei couldn't help cursing. "He really doesn't care if he lives or dies! In the 10x gravity zone, burning through his strength and pushing himself so hard—doesn't he worry that he won't be able to withstand the 10x gravity once he's exhausted?"
Sun Hao shook his head again and again, looking completely dumbfounded.
"Damn, do all Martialists train like this, charging ahead with their heads down?"
"If it doesn't kill you, train until it does!"
"I saw his skin turn as red as blood, and what came off him wasn't white steam. It was a bloody-red vapor."
"For a moment, I thought he was going to burst apart!"
The short-haired upperclassman was amazed.
"Even though he's an E-Grade Martialist, his physical strength must be no joke."
"He doesn't have huge muscles, but you can tell his body's tougher than refined steel."
The long-haired upperclassman beside her suddenly teased her.
"Hey, Xiao Yu, why are you drooling? Judging by that look in your eyes, you've got your eye on that junior's body, huh?"
The short-haired upperclassman glanced at the girl beside her.
"Sure, I'm interested. But I don't believe you aren't, either."
The long-haired upperclassman gave a cold laugh.
"If it were me, I'd just have some fun with him. If I were really looking for a partner, I'd have to find someone with an S-Grade profession or higher."
The short-haired upperclassman nodded in agreement.
"With your looks and beauty, it's true that anyone below S-Grade wouldn't catch your eye."
As the two upperclassmen chatted,
the male upperclassmen nearby clearly weren't pleased.
They'd arranged to come train at the Gravity Training Tower with several girls.
They'd clearly meant to show off their strength and, while they were at it, flirt with them.
But in just this short while,
they felt that Ye Xiao, a freshman, had somehow overshadowed them.
Half an hour.
Forty minutes.
Fifty minutes.
"Is that guy really a monster?"
Zhou Yao had been watching Ye Xiao from a distance the whole time.
She'd noticed that he'd been in the 10x gravity zone for nearly an hour.
Yet Ye Xiao showed no sign of leaving.
He did nothing but practice his punches or sit on a chair to rest.
Every so often, he ate a few Tiger Sun Pills.
This mind-numbingly dull training seemed to bring Ye Xiao nothing but enjoyment.
Ye Xiao kept practicing his punches until noon.
Then he hurried to the cafeteria to eat, and went to the maintenance department to wash dishes.
At two in the afternoon,
he returned to the Gravity Training Tower to keep training.
The people on the second floor came and went in waves.
Some arrived, finished training, and left.
Some trained until they were exhausted, then went downstairs.
But that person in the corner kept throwing punches.
His movements were neither fast nor slow, each punch swinging like a pendulum.
Ye Xiao stayed in the same spot so consistently that he was practically like an NPC.
That drew more and more people's attention.
"That freshman—how long has he been on the second floor?"
"He was here when I came in the morning, and he was still here when I came back this afternoon."
"He probably just went to the cafeteria for a meal, then came right back to keep training."
"How can a freshman have a physique like that?"
"I heard he's an E-Grade Martialist!"
"What? The weakest profession is that tough?"
"Damn, I remember the first time I came here, my legs went weak after fifteen minutes on the second floor."
"Can Martialists really take that much?"
"No idea."
"I've never seen anyone with a Martialist profession before. Aren't the lowest-ranked professions at our school C-Grade?"
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