The shocked instructors, the dark figure

Qing Lingxue, Shi Wu, and Zhang Hao watched Ye Nan on the screen with anticipation.

In their eyes, Ye Nan was very likely the peerless genius the governor had spoken of.

But they couldn't be certain yet. They would have to watch him closely for a while longer.

"There are a lot of mechanical insects in the second half. We'll have to see whether he can withstand them."

Qing Lingxue spoke with her eyes fixed on the screen before her.

Shi Wu and Zhang Hao murmured in agreement.

Although they had no surveillance footage of the others, people kept coming into the room to give them reports.

From those reports, they learned that most of the geniuses had already failed in the second half.

The mechanical insects certainly couldn't compare to the alloy automatons in strength.

But they made up for it with numbers.

They had set the difficulty of this camp entrance test so that no one could pass it.

After all, it was an impossible level of difficulty.

But none of them had expected Ye Nan to reach the second half so quickly.

"According to his information, his name is Ye Nan, and he came from Jiangcheng."

Shi Wu checked Ye Nan's information.

"He's about to encounter the mechanical insects."

Zhang Hao chimed in.

Qing Lingxue still said nothing, her eyes remaining fixed on the large screen before her.

A few minutes later.

On the screen, Ye Nan encountered a swarm of mechanical insects.

Route nineteen.

Ye Nan stared at the mechanical insects before him, somewhat taken aback.

He had thought there were only ferocious beasts and alloy automatons on route nineteen.

He hadn't expected there to be mechanical insects as well.

After examining them, he learned about the mechanical insects.

They weren't made of alloy, but of some kind of unusual iron.

Their value was nowhere near comparable to that of the alloy automatons.

Immediately afterward.

Dozens of mechanical insects scurried rapidly toward him.

The mechanical insects weren't strong, but gathered together, they were not to be underestimated.

Ye Nan looked at the ant-shaped mechanical insects, his expression barely changing.

After another epiphany, the Mighty Bull Demon Fist had become the Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist.

Now that he had the Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist, he naturally had to try it out.

This was the perfect opportunity.

Once the dozens of mechanical insects had come within a certain distance.

He raised his fist.

Countless strands of star river power gathered around it.

Bang!

When Ye Nan struck, the star river power enveloping his fist condensed into countless fist-force blasts.

The fist-force blasts formed from star river power smashed toward the mechanical insects like a furious storm.

Boom!

In an instant.

Countless explosions erupted among the mechanical insects as the Star River Heavenly Shadow Fist struck.

The data showing his increase in combat power also appeared in Ye Nan's mind.

But the increase in combat power could only be described as minuscule.

Meanwhile, in a room at the foot of East Mountain.

Qing Lingxue, Zhang Hao, and Shi Wu stared at the large screen before them, as if frozen by magic.

Their eyes were wide open. They could never have imagined that this could actually be real.

What combat technique had Ye Nan used?

All those mechanical insects had disappeared in one strike?

"Holy crap, looks like he really is the peerless genius the governor was talking about."

"Yeah, isn't this a little too heaven-defying?"

"He's way too strong. He couldn't really make it all the way through, could he?"

Qing Lingxue, Shi Hao, and Zhang Wu were instructors for this Genius Training Camp.

They had seen countless geniuses, and were rare geniuses themselves.

But a genius like Ye Nan was definitely one they had never encountered in their lives.

On the large screen, Ye Nan continued toward the deepest part of route nineteen.

Along the way, Ye Nan overcame every obstacle and cut down every foe.

Nothing could stop him from advancing.

Soon.

Ye Nan reached the deepest part of route nineteen.

As soon as he arrived, he stopped in his tracks.

He sensed a powerful aura ahead of him.

But he didn't yet know exactly what it was.

Whoosh!

All of a sudden, a dark figure appeared before him.

It was a person!

Ye Nan had the Flowing Light Shadow Steps, so how could he fail to tell that the rapidly moving figure was a person?

"Kid, making it this far means you're strong, but this is as far as you go."

The dark figure darted around Ye Nan.

In the dark figure's view, he was moving very quickly.

Ye Nan couldn't possibly track his movements.

But to Ye Nan, the dark figure was like a clown jumping about.

Through the system's features, he discovered that the dark figure was actually quite strong.

He was a Senior Martial Master.

Ye Nan shook his head inwardly.

He thought that the route he had chosen was surely the most dangerous one.

Otherwise, how could there be so many dangers?

If every route were this dangerous, then probably no one but him could make it through.

"Stop running around in front of me. Your speed really isn't that impressive."

While the dark figure was still darting around him, Ye Nan spoke slowly.

"W-what did you say?"

The dark figure was stunned by Ye Nan's words.

He certainly hadn't expected Ye Nan to say that.

But soon.

The dark figure came to his senses and smiled at Ye Nan:

"Young man, my speed certainly wouldn't be impressive to a powerhouse, but it must be fast to you."

The dark figure was one of the Genius Training Camp's personnel.

He naturally assumed that a student like Ye Nan was putting on a show of composure.

Hearing the dark figure say that, Ye Nan couldn't help shaking his head with a smile.

Why wouldn't the dark figure believe him when he was telling the truth?

In that case, he would show him his own speed.

Then, he used the Flowing Light Shadow Steps.

After he used the Flowing Light Shadow Steps, flowing light began to appear beneath his feet.

In an instant.

Ye Nan's hand came to rest on the dark figure's shoulder.

Feeling Ye Nan's hand on his shoulder, the dark figure was dumbfounded.

At that moment.

The dark figure no longer dared to continue using his movement technique and stopped in his tracks.

The so-called dark figure was merely someone wearing a black robe and running with a movement technique.

It was nothing more than the resulting visual effect.

The dark figure's name was Ding Yunqiang.

He stared at Ye Nan in disbelief, as though he had seen a ghost.

"How... how can you be so fast?"

Ding Yunqiang had believed that with his cultivation realm and movement technique.

The students attending the Genius Training Camp would have had absolutely no way to react.

But how could he have expected that someone would actually be faster than him?

"It's not that I'm fast," Ye Nan said to Ding Yunqiang with a faint smile, "it's that you're too slow."

"I already told you that. You just didn't believe me."

Ye Nan continued speaking to Ding Yunqiang.

When Ding Yunqiang heard Ye Nan say this, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"In that case, then..."

But before Ding Yunqiang had finished speaking, he threw a punch at Ye Nan.

That punch showed no martial virtue!

It was a straight-up sneak attack!

"Sorry, student, but your test isn't over yet!"