Renard kept his word and truly did not make Sui Xiong wait long.
In fact, he took only half a year.
In that brief half-year, the batch of Northwest Republic National Defense Army troops specially selected for the new training had already completed it.
The reason they could finish so quickly was, of course, because their foundations were solid. The Northwest Republic's National Defense Army not only possessed excellent physiques and ample training, but also had outstanding morale and spirit. They all knew what they were fighting for, and all had the courage and determination to fight to the death when faced with danger. What was more... every one of them had received specialized training in the "Infinite Terror" system at temples of the Void Church.
That training had been designed specifically for soldiers. It removed elements such as adventuring, and its contents consisted entirely of all sorts of battles. Battles against magical beasts, battles against monsters, battles against demons... and, naturally, battles against humans as well.
In most of these battles, the trainees could fight their way to victory in the end. But when circumstances were unfavorable, fighting until death was hardly an uncommon occurrence.
As the saying went, "Through all the ages, death alone has been the hardest trial." After truly "dying" several times, death itself turned out to be no more than that.
In fact, the internal version of the "Infinite Terror" system even had trainees simulate the scenes following their own deaths more than once. Their families' grief, the state and military helping arrange their funerals, honors and farewells... The trainees would temporarily become one of the deceased dwelling in the divine kingdom, witnessing all of it from a helpless perspective.
The effect of this training was extremely powerful. Many people wept bitterly after it ended,