Swallowed Star
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"All future fighters, we have introduced the previous three. No need to say, everyone knows I'm from the dojo of limits!" the person on the screen changed to another person, "My name is Zhu Ge! The dojo of limits..... is the strongest dojo on earth and was created by the strongest fighter! In our dojo, we hold the strongest power on earth....."
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The four advertisements raised up discussion between the prospective fighters in the carriage.
"Second brother, after becoming a fighter, which side will you join? I think the dojo of limits is pretty good"
"I'll join the Underground Alliance; you can earn the most money there, haha"
"The Thunder dojo gives fighters better conditions, even a better than the dojo of limits'. Joining the thunder dojo seems like a good choice too"
The excited discussions of the prospective fighters spread around the carriage.
Luo Feng and Yang Wu also discussed in a low voice: "Crazy, my instructor and my senior both joined the dojo of limits. Now, even you have joined the dojo of limits, so of course I will too! Even if I join the dojo of limits, I can still receive missions from the Underground Alliance. We can choose to buy things from both the dojo of limits and from the Underground Alliance"
"The Dojo of Limits, the Thunder Dojo, the Underground Alliance, and the government's army....." Luo Feng was clear.
Within all of those powers, the government's army was no doubt the strongest.
For the Underground Alliance, which is made out of many powerful families from all over the world, even a country would try to avoid angering them, since the Underground Alliance controls nearly the entire world's economy!
The thunder dojo and the dojo of limits are behind the first two in power.
However, joining these two large dojos represents freedom!
"Brother Yang, how many prospective fighters do you see on this carriage?" Luo Feng looked around and saw that there were over a hundred people inside just one carriage.
"There are a lot of people" Yang Wu curled his lip, "I just heard from other people's discussions how there are two fighter combat exams each year. And in each fighter combat exam, over a thousand prospective fighters from all over Jiang-Nan city come to take it"
"Over a thousand?" Luo Feng was shocked.
However, that seemed right, since there was a population of two hundred million in Jiang-Nan city and ten million people in the entirety of Yang-Zhou city. In average, there are just a few dozen more fighters.
After a while--
"Fellow prospective fighters, the train will be entering the station shortly, so please prepare to get off" came a sound from the speaker in the carriage. Shortly after, the train started decelerating until it stopped.
The carriages' doors opened and all the prospective fighters from each carriage got off.
Very quickly, the mighty crowd of prospective fighters entered a huge military camp, which took a vast amount of space. Various heated weapons could be seen on the outer parts of the camp; one cannon was pointed towards the outskirts of the camp. Large amounts of soldiers were all holding various sophisticated weapons.
Luo Feng and the group of prospective fighters looked around.
"Look outside the camp" Yang Wu excitedly pointed far away.
Luo Feng looked carefully and, other than the camp's security line, there were a few starving monsters who were growling. However, these monsters didn't dare approach the camp.
[GA~~]
An ear-piercing howl made all of the fighters simultaneously raise their heads, and they saw hundreds of densely packed Fei-Qin monsters howl across the dark, blue sky.
"According the the books, after you leave the city, you can see all sorts of monsters. The books were indeed right" Luo Feng's eyes flashed, "Humans can only live in the cities or in military camps. Only a fighter can come out here alone and fight with those powerful monsters!"
"Everyone--"
A loud sound carried to every single fighter's ears, "Welcome to Jiang-Nan city's northern military sector. This time, the 1680 of you will take your fighter combat exam hosted in our northern military sector. I hope most of you will pass, and I hope all of you will live through this exam!"
Chapter 29: Monster town
It was lively within the military sector. At the same time, there was an extravagant lunch prepared for all the prospective fighters who came to participate in the fighter combat exam.
Afternoon.
1680 fighters stood in an open plaza. At a reception desk in the plaza sat some high authorities of Jiang-Nan city's northern military sector and some high authorities of the thunder dojo and the dojo of limits.
"Prospective fighters whose names are called, come up and retrieve your uniforms and weapons"
"Yan Zhuo"
"He Feng"
"Wang Bing Jiang"
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There were at least ten officers at the desk yelling names one by one. Prospective fighters whose names were called all went to pick up their uniforms and weapons.
"Luo Feng"
That ringing sound, right when Luo Feng heard it he sprinted up there.
"This is your battle uniform, your battle boots, and the 2nd series ghost blade you need. The heaviest one we prepared was 98 kg, we don't have any heavier ones" the officer passed a set of objects to Luo Feng, "Here is a communication watch, which can send mail and has GPS. This is a hexagonal shield"
While the officer was saying that, he was a bit suspicious as he looked into Luo Feng's eyes..... a prospective fighter actually asked for such a heavy ghost blade, quite weird.
Luo Feng slightly smiled and sprinted away holding the near 200 kg load of items.
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In the plaza, each of the 1680 fighters received their requested weapons that were most suitable for them. Each of them used cold weapons! This was the requirement for the fighter combat exam; heated weapons were banned. After they received their things, everyone returned to their own resting areas and changed into their battle gear.
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There was laughter all over the open plaza.
At this time, Luo Feng was equipped with his metal alloy battle boots, military standard trousers, and a battle vest with some special Ke-Luo alloy material inside. He also had his hexagonal shield and ghost blade on his back, and was happily talking with the fighter beside him.
"If you put down everything I have equipped, it'll be worth at least 7-10 thousand" a crew cut teenager excitedly pointed to his uniform, "This trouser and vest aren't the best fighter equipment. They're only lent to us for the fighter combat exam. However, it can defend against the weakest H grade monster's claws, which is much better than the bullshit bullet proof vests back at town. A regular bullet will never be able to pierce this, and a H grade monster will never be able to rip this apart"
"You can't rip it apart!"
A girl with a stern expression laughed coldly on the side, "Even if the monster can't rip apart the uniform, just the impact itself can break your bones and damage your internal organs"
"This big brother isn't so weak and fragile" the crew cut teenager sneered and glared at the girl, "How about, little girl, we go over there and test this brother's strength?"
"That's enough" Luo Feng frowned.
"Yes, brother Luo. We'll listen to brother Luo" the crew cut teenager laughed.
The news of Luo Feng being scouted by the dojo of limits was spread from one to ten, and ten to a hundred in the prospective fighter community. Out of the 1680 prospective fighters, only three of them were recruited by the dojo of limits and the thunder dojo! The prospective fighters knew that these three people were special.
"Luo Feng, Luo Feng" a yelling sound from far away was heard. It was the limit hall's chief instructor, Wu Tong.
"Uncle Wu"
Luo Feng ran towards him after telling Yang Wu and the others beside him. In the past month, Luo Feng lived in the Ming-Yue sector, so naturally
he would be close to chief instructor 'Wu Tong', who also lived in the same sector. He called familiarly, 'Uncle Wu'.
"Luo Feng, come with me" after Wu Tong said that, he started to lead the way.
Luo Feng was full of doubts but didn't say anything. They quickly arrived at the second floor of a quiet apartment. In the living room on the second floor, there were lots of people seated together. Luo Feng looked around..... out of all of these people, he only recognized one: one of the Big Four of the Jiang-Nan city's dojo of limits headquarters, Zhu Ge Tao!.
"Chief" greeted Luo Feng loudly.
"Hm, Luo Feng, go sit over there with Wu Tong" Zhu Ge Tong, wearing a dark battle uniform with faintly glowing silver pieces, said as he laughed quietly.
"Zhu Ge, this is the Luo Feng you talked about? Let me see, compared to our Thunder Dojo, he isn't that good isn't he" a burly man wearing a dark, purple battle uniform sat across from Zhu Ge Tao. When he spoke, the sounds seemed to echo within his chest, "Our thunder dojo recruited two people early, one whose fitness level is on par with your Luo Feng, and another who is a firearms genius"
The burly man looked to the two young men on his side, who immediately stood up in response.
"My name is Wan Dong" said a teenager who seemed solemn and had a purple birthmark on his face.
"My name is Ma Xiao" another teenager was smiling and looked beautiful! Yes, we can use the word 'beautiful' for this teenager. If he was born a girl, it would probably be the kind that would bring calamity.
Luo Feng smiled and nodded: "Luo Feng, you already know"
"Luo Feng" the solemn teenager spoke, "Do you have any balls to compete? Tonight at the fighter combat exam, let's see who can get first place!" The solemn teenager's eyes flashed, as if he saw the most delicious kind of food, full of desire.
"Not interested" Luo Feng shaked his head.
The solemn teenager was startled, but then laughed coldly and didn't say anything further.
Zhu Ge Tao and the burly man from the thunder dojo laughed on the side: "Zhu Ge, your little kiddo seems quite interesting. He's quite calm, didn't let his head get hot when provoked! I kind of like this young man. Luo Feng, any plans to join my thunder dojo....."
"Go, go, go" Zhu Ge Tao glared.
"I'm just joking. Man, you aren't interesting" the burly man laughed.
Zhu Ge Tao glared: "We should go too. The fighter combat exam is going to start soon!"
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Luo Feng and the 1680 powerful prospective fighters, walked for at least half an hour under the lead of a soldier. They reached the outer part of a town. It was already evening at this time, and the sun has dropped.
[Roar~~~]
Various howls that makes your heart skip a beat could be heard in the town. The town was surrounded by barbed wire and had a large amount of soldiers patrolling with guns.
"Hurry, there aren't enough monsters inside. Bring another 1200 Iron fur boars, 300 Zhi shadow cats, and another 500 mastiff tigers." As the command went through the town, Luo Feng and the others didn't have to wait much longer until they saw huge trucks coming. Each of the trucks had angry howling coming from them.
Luo Feng and the large amounts of fighters went to look closely.....
In each of the trucks were cages, and in each of the cages were locked up monsters. Those angry howlings made some inexperienced prospective fighters' hearts tremble.
"Luo Feng"
Chief instructor 'Wu Tong' laughed beside Luo Feng, "Even if you're skilled and strong, that doesn't mean you can kill the monsters! When some people see blood and are faced with a chance of death, they won't even be able to bring out a tenth of their strength. So for this combat exam, the main goal is to train your mind. You have to get used to fighting to the death with monsters and be merciless"
"Understood" Luo Feng nodded.
"Hm..... these monsters are all the weakest H level monsters. They're equivalent to a 'Beginner warrior' level fighter" said Wu Tong, "Their weak point is their low intellect. However, their strong point is that they are very aggressive and cruel. So in every fighter combat exam, there's always a cruel case where a prospective fighter that dies"
Luo Feng nodded, there's no way that fighting to the death with real monsters could be safe.
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After a bunch of weak H level monsters have been imported into the town, the amount of monsters in the town have reached a startling amount.
"Everyone"
A ringing voice carried to every prospective fighter's ears. Luo Feng and every prospective fighter raised their heads to look, and they saw a military officer standing on a ruined three story apartment in the middle of the town as he spoke to all the prospective fighters, "This time's combat exam will have the same rules as the past ones! From 6:30 PM tonight, we will begin. The exam will end at 6 AM tomorrow!"
"The more monsters you slaughter, the more points you get. For each monster you slaughter, cut the monster's left ear off as proof"
"Remember, prospective fighters are not allowed to fight each other. Your movements and actions are all under our surveillance. Those who break the rules will immediately be shot and killed!"
"Out of you 1680 prospective fighters, the top 60% will earn the right to become a fighter! The other 40% will fail and will have to take the next fighter combat exam" the officer's voice suddenly became cold, "In other words, out of the 1680 of you, 1008 will pass and 672 will be disqualified!"
The prospective fighters who were listening below couldn't help but to start talking, an unbelievable 40% will be disqualified!.
"Here's a reminder, usually if one can kill three monsters, they pass. If you can only kill two monsters, it'll be up to luck" the officers voice resonated in everyone's ears, "When scores are the same, we use the amount of time used to kill the monsters and how injured you are to determine the rankings. So, when you finish killing the amount of monsters required, hurry and come out of the town"
"Remember, if you receive a heavy wound, press the emergency help button on your communication watch. Someone will immediately come and save you..... however, that moment also represents the end of your fighter combat exam" the officer leaped.
[WHOOSH!]
From the top of the apartment to the ground was at least a height of around 10 meters. And with two more consecutive leaps, he was already outside of town.
"All prospective fighters, move out, and enter monster town" the officer waved his hand.
The 1680 prospective fighters were like a raging wave, and poured into monster town.
"Shut the door!" ordered the officer.
[RUMBLE~~~] the only gate closed shut.
The fighter combat exam, officially begins!
Chapter 30: First Kill
In the enclosed town, the 1680 prospective fighters rapidly spread out and started to hunt their prey.
"Brother Yang, are you going to challenge monster town alone?" Luo Feng and Yang Wu stood next to a small supermarket's wall together. Yang Wu firmly nodded his head: "Crazy, this time's fighter combat exam isn't just an exam, more importantly, it's a place for training your courage! When you enter the danger zone alone, the dangers you'll encounter are ten to a hundred times more dangerous than the ones here! If I even need your help in this monster town, then what'll I do in the future?"
Luo Feng nodded: "You're right. Brother Yang, be careful.
"Okay, Crazy, you should grab your chance too" reminded Yang Wu, "This town is all filled with the weakest H level monsters. There probably won't be any more opportunities in the future to train your blade on the weakest level of monsters"
"I understand. This is a rare chance to train our skill with the blade" smiled Luo Feng as he nodded.
"Okay, meet you in the town tomorrow morning" after saying that, Yang Wu looked carefully in all four directions and then swiftly jumped away.
Luo Feng also quickly sprinted into a shady area.
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As nightfall approac
hed, there was a huge searchlight illuminating the borders of the town. Most of the town was lit up, but there were also many places hidden in the dark.
"From what the fighters said in the small sector, the monsters are split into soldiers, commanders, and horde leaders". Luo Feng held his hexagonal shield with his left hand and his ghost blade with his right as he quietly stood in a ruined alley filled with dust.
"The soldier, or H level monster, is as strong as a human beginner warrior"
"Even though there are many monsters in this town, there are mainly three different types: the cat monster with the primary trait of speed 'shadow cat', the powerful, heavy class 'Iron fur boars', and the 'Mastiff tiger' whose power and speed are great" Luo Feng scanned the area.
Suddenly, a shadow approached from a ruined two story apartment. With Luo Feng's great vision, he saw that the shadow's fur was sharp as needles and was at least 1.5 meters tall. Its mouth had two gigantic tusks which reflected the light from the searchlight, which could make one's heart skip a beat.
A regular boar that humans eat is probably only 60-70 cm tall.
In other words, this monster is at least double the size of a domestic pig, almost as if it was a small truck.
"Iron fur boar? My first prey will be you" Luo Feng watched the iron fur boar and came out of the alley, right into the iron fur boar's field of vision.
[Growl~~]
As he stared at the iron fur boar in the eye, he held up his shield and blade. The monster made a weird growling sound and suddenly fiercely stepped on the concrete surface, making a cloud of dust. It carried a putrid current with it as it charged towards Luo Feng, as if it was a heavy hummer flying towards him.
The two long, sharp tusks pointed forward like gigantic scimitars.
[HU!] Right when the iron fur boar charged, Luo Feng quickly dodged to the side; the iron fur boar didn't even have time to stop during its charge. And with a quick flash in his eyes, all the power on his body focused in his arm and unrelentlessly made a slash with his ghost blade! The ghost blade cut right across the iron fur boar's neck!