Invincible War God

Jiangnan Pavilion consisted of three buildings. Shi Jiang lived in the central one, while Zhao Ruo lived in the one on the left, to the west. Luo Yuan and Luo Feng lived in the eastern building.

"Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, sit down, sit down." Zhao Ruo was wonderfully welcoming. All four of them were in the living room of her residence.

They introduced themselves and exchanged pleasantries, growing much closer.

"When you get back to your rooms later, turn on the laptops the Training Camp provided," Shi Jiang reminded them. "There's an e-book on them called the Trainee Guidelines. Make sure you read it carefully."

"Could you two tell us about the Black Dragon Ranking directly?" Luo Yuan asked.

"The Black Dragon Ranking is a points ranking. The more points you have, the higher you rank, and the better your rewards! You earn points from the first through the twenty-eighth of each month. On the twenty-ninth, the results are tallied to determine the final rankings for that month! When the next month starts, everyone's points are reset to zero. Then you work hard all over again to earn points and compete for a higher rank.

"Your points are calculated by multiplying your combat achievement points by your combat power amplitude. You get combat achievement points by hunting monsters! As for combat power amplitude, that's simple: it's your fist force level multiplied by your Trial Tower level," Shi Jiang explained.

"Our Elite Training Camp has three training rooms: the Trial Room, the Challenge Room, and the Gravity Room. Your ranking determines how much time you get to use them. The higher you rank, the more time you get," Zhao Ruo chimed in.

That afternoon, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng left Zhao Ruo's building and went to the small building to the east. Luo Yuan took the upper floor, while Luo Feng lived downstairs.

After briefly reading the Trainee Guidelines in his bedroom, Luo Yuan lay down on his bed to rest. He also spread out his Mental Power, instantly taking in everything within a ten-thousand-meter radius. He saw plenty of trainees cultivating, constantly dropping attribute bubbles. Luo Yuan collected them directly with his Mental Power, growing stronger and stronger.

Force Application Technique proficiency +1

Force Application Technique proficiency +1

Force Application Technique proficiency +1

Suddenly, streams of knowledge flooded Luo Yuan's mind. After assimilating them, he was delighted. Previously, he had only used the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade to slash with his blade, but the force application techniques he received taught him to incorporate its method of channeling force into every part of his body. That meant he could unleash the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade's hidden-force boost from any part of himself. Then his attribute system notified him that his Nine-Layered Thunder Blade had finally broken through to the fourth layer, giving him a force multiplier of 3.5.

Picking up attributes feels fantastic! Luo Yuan thought happily.

The next day, Luo Yuan headed to the Nine-Story Tower to collect attributes. He knew that breaking through to the Planetary Level would not be easy. Besides, although he had the cultivation level, his actual combat strength was another matter. At least when it came to blade technique, movement technique, force application techniques, and their levels, plenty of people in the Nine-Story Tower surpassed him. So he decided to strengthen his foundations.

Upon reaching the ninth floor of the Nine-Story Tower, Luo Yuan sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion. As he cultivated Genetic Origin Energy, he spread his Mental Power over the entire floor. Attribute Fusion notifications immediately began ringing nonstop in his mind. This was much faster than collecting attributes at the Limit Hall back then, and he gained far more as well.

Mental Power +20

Strength +20

Speed +20

Dodging Movement Technique proficiency +20

Nine-Layered Thunder Blade proficiency +20

Force Application Technique proficiency +20

Blade technique realm proficiency +20

Luo Yuan could feel himself growing stronger, his various skills steadily improving. Blade technique realms, sword technique realms, and the like were divided into four levels: basic, proficient, perfection, and intent. His own blade technique realm was still only at the proficient level. If he fought a warrior at the same cultivation level as himself, he figured he would lose. That was also part of why he worried about Li Yao's retaliation. He needed to improve his actual combat strength. To keep collecting attributes, Luo Yuan had even turned down the instructor the Training Camp had assigned to guide him.

The Trial Tower could test his actual combat strength, while the Gravity Room could train every cell in his body and increase the amount of Genetic Origin Energy his cells absorbed. Moreover, as long as he reached the top ranks, he could obtain all kinds of resources, such as a Complete Set of Top-Tier Manuals, a Complete Set of SS-Rank Equipment, and even a Black God Set. If he relied only on collecting attributes, he could never improve this quickly.

On April 1, Luo Yuan joined the other trainees and headed to a city in the Wilderness Zone roughly three hundred kilometers from the Training Camp-City 1001. Its designation had been personally chosen by Hong, the founder of Hongning Base City. All trainees had to hunt monsters in this city.

Once he arrived, Luo Yuan unleashed his full combat strength, killing high-level beast generals with a single slash each. As for Lord Level monsters, he had yet to hunt any. Eventually, the Training Camp's trainees witnessed the bizarre sight of Luo Yuan single-handedly chasing a large pack of high-level beast generals as they fled in disarray. Every one of them was dumbfounded. It also made them realize that Luo Yuan was a formidable fighter who had been hiding his strength.

In the end, the Training Camp had to send dedicated personnel with dozens of large trucks to collect the bodies of the high-level beast generals Luo Yuan had killed. His points kept climbing, and he had already reached sixteenth place on the Black Dragon Ranking. He had also broken through to the third floor of the Trial Tower, bringing his Trial Tower level to 3.6. Combined with the 4.5 force multiplier of his current fifth-layer Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, his combat power amplitude was 16.2, putting him in the exceptional category. All this had taken less than a month, drawing particular attention from the five Inspectors. Even Chief Hall Master Hong said he would come see Luo Yuan in person.

One day at noon, just as Luo Yuan came out of the Gravity Room, War God Yang Hui came to find him, saying that Inspector Wang wanted to see him.

At Inspector Wang's home, the two sat facing each other, the fragrance of tea filling the tea room.

"Luo Yuan, you've hidden your strength well. You must have broken through to the War God Level long ago, right?" Inspector Wang asked in a slightly hoarse voice.

Luo Yuan nodded. He was not surprised. After all, he no longer intended to hide his strength, since he had found that the Training Camp was becoming less and less useful to him. He was now only a step away from the Planetary Level.

"Haha, excellent. We all underestimated you. It seems you don't intend to hide your strength anymore, either. This is a contract the Chief Hall Master personally drew up for you. Once you sign it, the corresponding rewards will be issued to you. However, we only have one Black God Set here. After you receive it, you'll need to obtain another set from the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins in the future and sell it to the martial hall." Inspector Wang looked into Luo Yuan's eyes as he spoke earnestly.

Luo Yuan nodded again.

Afterward, wearing the Black God Set and carrying a Complete Set of SS-Rank Equipment, Luo Yuan killed five High Lord-level Monsters in succession. Hong personally bestowed upon him the title of Invincible War God. Luo Yuan also received a Consciousness Sensor Helmet and officially joined the War God Palace.

Next came his breakthrough to the Planetary Level-as both a warrior and a Psychic Master. Luo Yuan had to admit that the Elite Training Camp had provided him with quite a lot of attribute points. He wondered what special ability his Genetic Origin Energy would grant him.

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