Nine-Story Tower

"Luo Feng, why are you looking at me like that? You have a strange expression on your face," Luo Yuan asked with a frown.

"Uh, Senior Brother Luo Yuan, I've actually always wanted to know just how strong you are now," Luo Feng asked earnestly, his eyes full of curiosity.

"My strength? I'm an Advanced War General. Isn't my warrior rank clearly listed?" Luo Yuan replied calmly, though his eyes involuntarily flicked up and to the right.

Luo Feng merely pressed his lips together. He didn't quite believe him. Judging by the slash Luo Yuan had used to kill the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake back then, his strength was probably already close to War God Level.

"Fine, you don't have to tell me. Everyone has their own secrets, after all."

Luo Feng looked up at his family, who were waiting to welcome him at the entrance to his villa, and smiled happily.

"Go on. You won't have many chances to see your family from now on," Luo Yuan said.

Luo Yuan returned to his own villa and began packing as well. He had so few belongings that they didn't even fill half a backpack. Feeling a little bored on his own, he went straight to the media room to watch the news. Who would have thought that the top headline the moment he turned it on would be Li Yao and his wife's live broadcast? It was a shame those two hadn't become internet celebrities. Now the whole world knew who they were.

"To the murderer who killed my son, I know you must have seen this video too. Rest assured, I'll find you, then torture you mercilessly! I'll kill you!" Li Yao's vicious face appeared on the big screen, looking as though he wanted to devour someone. Luo Yuan merely frowned and changed the channel.

"Our latest report: an Iron-Armored Dragon, a High Lord-level Monster, recently appeared in City 003. Several War Gods joined forces to surround and kill it while it was weakened after laying its eggs, but their efforts ended in failure. A Mid-level War God also lost his life, and the entire nation mourns..." Luo Yuan watched the news in a daze. High Lord-level Monsters were that powerful? Good thing he hadn't courted death by trying to steal an egg like Luo Feng had.

March 28, 1:30 p.m., Jiangnan Base City Airport.

Under the guidance of the War God Yang Hui, Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, and a young man named Heng Xia boarded a massive flying-saucer-shaped passenger aircraft.

"Mr. Yang, your seats are in the top-floor first-class cabin," a beautiful flight attendant said with a smile.

"Mm."

Yang Hui nodded slightly and headed up the stairs to the top floor. Luo Yuan and the other two hurried after him.

The moment they entered the top-floor cabin, they saw that its walls formed a circle. All the seats were arranged in concentric rings, with the outermost ring naturally holding the most seats. In the open space at the very center, there was actually a three-dimensional virtual projection.

Rumble...

With a low rumble, the passenger aircraft finally took off. The circular cabin was completely enclosed and had no windows, so Luo Yuan and the others couldn't see outside at all. In the spacious area at the center of the cabin, a highly acclaimed movie that had only recently been released began playing!

Shown using three-dimensional virtual projection technology, it felt incredibly realistic.

"The rich really know how to enjoy themselves!" Luo Yuan couldn't help sighing as he reclined in his soft seat. A single ticket for this first-class cabin cost twenty million in Huaxia Currency!

A little over an hour later, the passenger aircraft landed at the airport in Hongning Base City, home to the Limitless Martial Hall's Global Headquarters.

After the four of them left the airport, they got straight into a private car.

Inside the stretch Cadillac.

Luo Yuan looked out through the window, and his eyes lit up. The entire base city was beautiful. Its architecture drew entirely on ancient Chinese styles, with pavilions and towers everywhere. It felt as though he had returned to a film studio complex from his previous life, and he liked it very much.

"Our Hongning Base City is in western Asia, relatively close to Europe. With the Hall Master here, Hongning Base City is the safest base city in the world! Every year, many wealthy people and warriors move here. However, the Hall Master has always controlled the city's population. Even now, the entire city has only eighty million people," Yang Hui said with a smile.

"We're at the Training Camp. Let's get out," Yang Hui said.

They got out of the car. The moment they passed through the Training Camp's gates, they saw an enormous dragon sculpture. The huge eyes of the nearly fifty-meter-tall black dragon stared at Luo Feng, and an endless aura of darkness instantly bore down on them. Luo Yuan was stunned for a moment but quickly recovered. Beside him, Luo Feng and Heng Xia had gone rather pale, and Yang Hui snapped them out of it with a sharp call.

"The Black Dragon Sculpture is made entirely from fairly precious materials, but the most valuable parts are naturally its eyes. They're the actual eyes of an SS-Rank (King-level) monster, a black dragon! Luo Yuan handled that well. You two should learn from him," Yang Hui said with a smile.

The black scales of the enormous black dragon, which was a full fifty meters long, were actually small display screens. Each screen bore a name.

"No. 1 Renatus Bridge (530321)"

"No. 2 Chu Qiang (540601)"

"No. 3 Eben Pass (520916)"

"No. 182 Jacqueline Berner (570319)"

From top to bottom, each dragon scale bore a name, for a total of 182 names.

Beside them, Yang Hui smiled and said, "These are the rankings. Right now, the Elite Training Camp has 182 students, all of them the finest geniuses from around the world. They're ranked by their combat strength points, from highest to lowest. Naturally, the higher your rank, the more resources you receive!"

They followed the War God Yang Hui into the Training Camp and found the grounds breathtakingly beautiful, as though they had entered an ancient palace complex. There were all sorts of precious flowers, plants, and trees, along with small bridges over flowing streams. Apart from a few main palaces, the grounds were filled with elegantly designed pavilions. Every so often, young people in loose training clothes could be seen emerging from them.

These young people included both men and women, and they were white, black, and Asian.

"That nine-story tower is called the Nine-Story Tower. It's where all the official students of the Elite Training Camp study and train."

Yang Hui pointed toward the massive nine-story tower at the very heart of the Training Camp. Although it had only nine floors, it was as tall as an ordinary twenty-story building.

The gazes and bearing of the Training Camp's official students were clearly different from those of ordinary warriors outside. This was where the world's most monstrous geniuses gathered. Luo Yuan's eyes couldn't help lighting up. He spread out his spiritual power and immediately collected one colorful attribute bubble after another. The information flowing into his mind told him that quite a few warriors here practiced the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, and their mastery was very advanced.

"Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, I'll take you to complete the registration procedures first," Yang Hui said.

It was a two-story pavilion, and even all the furniture inside was in an ancient style. There wasn't even a television, let alone a washing machine or anything else. Fortunately, there were electrical outlets and lights, and everyone could have a laptop. Dedicated staff would handle meals and cleaning, which made Luo Yuan feel a little as though he were back at university in his previous life.

From the balcony, he could look out over the entire Training Camp. Luo Yuan rested both hands on the curved wooden railing and admired the scenery. Not far below the pavilion, a winding stream flowed toward a distant lake, soothing his heart.

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