"Hong's" Special Training!

When Instructor Yang Hui saw Chen Yi, he remembered that Chen Yi and Luo Feng were good friends and felt he should give Chen Yi a word of advice.

It was simple enough.

He would tell Chen Yi about Luo Feng's current cultivation progress.

In a little over ten days,

his punching force had risen from over 5,000 kilograms to over 8,000 kilograms. It was downright terrifying!

If Chen Yi stayed good friends with a genius like Luo Feng, it would be like hugging a massive thigh. That could only be a good thing!

And so,

Yang Hui kindly offered him a word of advice:

"Chen Yi, let me tell you... Luo Feng's improving at a terrifying rate. His future is limitless!"

"Terrifying?" Chen Yi remembered that he wasn't supposed to know the information "Senior Yun" knew, so he pretended to be unaware.

"That's right, terrifying."

Thinking about it, Yang Hui found it unbelievable.

Everyone had a different talent for improving their Genetic Origin Energy.

Take the Five Hearts Facing Heaven Technique: when people cultivated it for the first time, the amount they improved varied greatly...

It mainly depended on bloodline, but geniuses occasionally appeared among commoners' children too. After all, before the Great Nirvana, "Hong" and "Thunder God's" parents had been ordinary people, yet the two of them had left everyone in the dust when it came to cultivating Genetic Origin Energy.

And Luo Feng had gone from over 5,000 kilograms of punching force to over 8,000 in a little over ten days. That kind of talent for cultivating Genetic Origin Energy...

Even without considering his talent for Force Application Technique, his Genetic Origin Energy cultivation alone was terrifying in Yang Hui's eyes! In the future, Luo Feng would at least become a Beyond War God, and he certainly wouldn't be weak among others at the Beyond War God level.

Yang Hui explained:

"His improvement is simply terrifying."

"On August 1, you and Luo Feng both had your physical fitness tested under Zhuge Tao's supervision. Luo Feng's punching force was a little over 5,000 kilograms then. Guess how much it is now, just over ten days later!"

"How much?" Chen Yi knew perfectly well, but he couldn't reveal that he was Senior Yun, so he could only pretend to be curious.

Yang Hui made a gesture with one hand, then said, "8,000! A full 8,154 kilograms of punching force!"

"Eight thousand kilograms? That's terrifying!" Chen Yi put on a look of shock. He truly did think Luo Feng was good at enduring hardship. He was also cultivating the "Abyss-Stilling Sea-Subduing Diagram" and enduring the pain of having his will hammered to pieces, but he wasn't as efficient as Luo Feng.

Part of the reason was that Luo Feng had obtained the "Vortex Energy Bead" first, but his greater ability to endure hardship and stronger will were also important factors.

But Chen Yi hadn't forgotten why he had come: to have Instructor Yang Hui witness his improvement and relay it to "Hong."

So he spoke directly:

"Instructor Yang, a few days ago, when I went out to practice my saber technique, I had some fortuitous encounters."

"I've made quite a bit of progress too."

"How about... you step aside for a moment and let me test my punching force too? I feel like I've improved quickly as well."

Yang Hui paused, then nodded and stepped aside, revealing the punching-force tester behind him.

He was also curious about how strong Chen Yi, who had entered the Training Camp at the same time as Luo Feng, was.

"Here goes..."

Chen Yi clenched his fist and threw a punch with all his strength while maintaining his stance.

He didn't know what his punching force was now either, but he was certain it had passed the threshold for an Intermediate War General.

Bang!

The target on the punching-force tester shook.

Then the machine announced:

"16,972 kg!"

The moment the announcement sounded,

Chen Yi couldn't see Luo Feng and Yang Hui in his blind spot, so he didn't know that both of them were standing there stunned.

Bang!

"16,981 kg!"

Bang!

"16,969 kg!"

Chen Yi threw several punches in succession, but he still didn't reach 17,000 kilograms, always falling just a little short. Even so, he had already exceeded the minimum standard of 16,000 kilograms for an Intermediate War General.

The announcements rang out across that floor of the Nine-Story Tower.

"Chen... Chen Yi, how are you cultivating so quickly?" Yang Hui was dumbfounded. Chen Yi's improvement had gone beyond the bounds of normal talent.

How could Chen Yi be improving so fiercely?

Nearly 17,000 kilograms-didn't that mean Chen Yi had already reached the Intermediate War General level? What about his spirit reader level?

Hearing the question, Chen Yi knew his rate of improvement was indeed a little terrifying, so he said directly:

"I had some fortuitous encounters while killing monsters and practicing my saber technique outside the Base City. They helped me improve my physical fitness a little."

Fortuitous encounters?

That made sense to Yang Hui. After all, some very precious items, like Dragon Blood, could directly improve physical fitness. If Chen Yi had had some fortuitous encounters,

then his rate of improvement was understandable.

Even so...

Yang Hui could hardly conceal the envy in his eyes. After all, fortuitous encounters could be chanced upon but not sought. Who didn't long for one?

And by relying on such encounters to save time on arduous cultivation, wasn't one's potential effectively greater too?

At that thought, Yang Hui remembered that Chen Yi was also a spirit reader and quickly asked, "Chen Yi, has your rapid Growth Stage as a spirit reader ended?"

Chen Yi replied, "Not yet."

Yang Hui fell silent.

If his rapid Growth Stage as a spirit reader hadn't ended, that meant his spirit reader level would still be two levels ahead of his physical fitness.

Didn't that mean...

Chen Yi was already a Beginner War God as a spirit reader?

An eighteen-year-old War God!

Yang Hui had lived to his age and was only an Intermediate War God... Only now did he realize that Chen Yi was a massive thigh too!

"Chen Yi... you've already reached the War God Level?" Luo Feng looked over as well. He and Chen Yi were the only two trainees in the Elite Training Camp, and they were from the same hometown. They often ate together and discussed cultivation, so they were quite close.

Chen Yi was the person he was closest to in the Training Camp.

Luo Feng admired Chen Yi. Chen Yi cultivated just as diligently, and with the "Abyss-Stilling Sea-Subduing Diagram" Luo Feng had shared with him, he should have made good progress too... It was just that Luo Feng had always thought he was sure to be progressing a little faster.

After all, he had "Senior Yun's" help!

After cultivating for only a little over ten days, his improving physical fitness had already brought his spirit reader level up to Advanced War General.

But now...

Chen Yi said he had had some fortuitous encounters and was already a Beginner War God. Though Chen Yi had surpassed him, Luo Feng was genuinely happy for his friend.

The information Senior Yun gave me said danger lurks everywhere in the universe, and Earth might be attacked by adventurer teams in the future. Chen Yi is talented too. If he can grow stronger, perhaps he'll be a comrade fighting alongside me in the future.

Luo Feng congratulated his friend Chen Yi from the bottom of his heart.

He wasn't discouraged by falling behind. He only felt he should work a little harder... If he brought out the full effect of the "Abyss-Stilling Sea-Subduing Diagram," he could probably improve much faster too, couldn't he?

Outside the Nine-Story Tower,

Hong had heard that Luo Feng had become a Junior War General in just over ten days. Impressed, he had come especially to see for himself.

But on the way, he received another message.

"Chen Yi" had also taken a punching-force test, and his result had reached nearly 17,000 kilograms!

This...

This is further proof that the system is real!

The system task said that if I invest in training Chen Yi and Luo Feng now, there will be generous returns in the future!

But... Chen Yi said he had some fortuitous encounters? Was it a treasure like Dragon Blood?

Hong pondered silently. Looking at it that way alone, Luo Feng, who had relied entirely on talent, seemed stronger. But the system had said that

Chen Yi... was a super genius too.

He was no weaker than Luo Feng.

So perhaps Chen Yi's talent had yet to truly show itself.

In any case, Hong felt he needed to invest properly in these two geniuses.

Danger lurked everywhere in the universe. Another civilization might discover Earth at any time, and when that happened... only these powerhouses on Earth would be on the same side as him.

Helping the two geniuses would let him complete the task and earn system contribution points.

It would also bring him "generous returns" once they grew stronger, as well as two comrades to help protect Earth.

It was like killing several birds with one stone!

In that case...

Perhaps he could give them better treatment. After all, Hong did have some treasures that could help those below the Planetary Level improve.

Hong strode into the Nine-Story Tower and stopped in the very center.

He looked over and called out:

"Luo Feng, Chen Yi!"

"You two are very impressive..."

"I plan to give you special training resources, far beyond what the other Elite Training Camp trainees receive!"