Swallowed Star
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Tower of trials level: 1.6"
Luo Feng laughed. Under the virtual space's reminder, Luo Feng swiftly put on his battle uniform set and equipped his weapon, shield, etc. After that, he directly stepped within the tower of trials.
......
On a large grass plain, Luo Feng appeared out of thin air.
"Luo Feng" an electronic sound reverberated around the entire plain, "You already completed the first floor's B grade exam, Next, we'll move on to the C grade exam. Your objective is to kill 200 raging bulls within 50 minutes. Within these 200 raging bulls, 190 of them are low level commander level while 10 of them are medium level commander level. Good luck!"
Luo Feng grinned; his gaze was as sharp as a blade.
Since he's been in this training camp for a month already, Luo Feng was clear on what he would have to deal with on each stage of the tower of trials. When he took the B grade exam, he had to deal with 100 low level commander level raging bulls. This time, he has to deal with 200, and 10 of them are medium level commander level. And he just has his beginner level warlord level body.
Get rid of all of them within 50 minutes to pass!
"HU~~" 200 mighty raging bulls instantly appeared on the grassy plains. Some raging bulls within this horde were gigantic, flame-colored raging bulls.
"MOO~~"
The ground rumbled. Under the lead of the 10 medium level commander level raging bulls, the horde charged towards Luo Feng like a roaring tide! With Luo Feng's body fitness level, he'll probably lose the ability to fight after taking one direct hit, since he'll be trampled by the horde as a result. So this time, no errors are allowed.
"Come!" Luo Feng held his hexagonal shield in one hand and his ghost blade in the other as he grinned and charged towards the entire horde!
******
When Luo Feng was taking his exam in the tower of trials, quite a few students learned about what Luo Feng was doing thanks to the broadcasting of the six students from Africa. This Chinese student who charged up to rank 126 right after entering the training camp didn't even take his tower of trials exam yet.
He just started taking it today!
He didn't take the test and is already rank 126. Is he going to charge up to the top 100 after taking the exam?
Quite a few students eating lunch quickly finished up and headed towards the black dragon sculpture. Each of them paid attention to any change that could happen on the black dragon ranking. Actually, this ranking changes extremely frequently, all the way until midnight of the 28th.
.....
At this time, on a ruined three story villa in the wilderness' 1001 city.
Candace��Paulinus, who was wearing a black battle uniform set, sat alone. He had his water bag in hand to rehydrate himself. Even though he was the successor of the 'Paulinus Family', one of the nine core families of the HR alliance, Candace never lowered his expectations of himself.
"My own strength is the most important thing. Everything else is meaningless!" Candace took a small sip of water, "It's already the 26th, so there's only two days left until the ranking is set. Looks like I can reach the top 50 with no problem"
As of now, Candace was already ranked 39.
"I'll see if I can get into the top 30" Candace's nose was straight and his gaze was cold, "Who would've thought that that Chinese kid could improve so quickly; he's already around 120". Ever since the staked battle between his good friend William and Luo Feng, a small group led by Candace frequently went to mess with Luo Feng.
For example, stealing Luo Feng's prey in the wilderness.
Or getting in the way of Luo Feng's hunting.
The training camp only banned 'killing each other' and 'private trades'. Causing trouble wouldn't bring you any punishment.
"Hm?" Candace looked towards the tactical communications watch on his wrist.
"A phone call from William?"
"Redial!"
After William sent out his command, the call quickly went through.
"William, you're even calling me while I'm in the wilderness. Could it be that you miss me?" teased Candace.
"Candace, let me tell you something..... that Chinese kid just started taking his tower of trials exam today" William's voice carried out of the tactical communications watch.
"What does his tower of trials exam have to do with us" right after saying that, Candace's face changed dramatically, "What did you say..... he, he just started taking his tower of trials exam today? Are you saying that he never took the exam these past 26 days? He didn't take the exam and was able to charge up to around rank 120? How is this possible? Impossible!"
Candace really disliked Luo Feng, so of course he wouldn't want to believe that Luo Feng was powerful.
"I don't want to believe either, but my brother, I have to tell you, this is the truth: Luo Feng is taking his tower of trials exam right now. And right now, a few dozen people in the training camp are watching the black dragon ranking right here waiting for the ranking to update. Quite a few teachers in the training camp came too" William's fluent English came out quickly, "If this Luo Feng really charges into the top 100 in his first month, then that'll be incredible"
"I don't believe this!"
Candace's eyes were like a poisonous snake's, "I don't believe that he'll be able to charge into the top 100"
"I don't want to believe either, but you'll know if you're here in the training camp" said William helplessly.
"Stare at the black dragon sculpture and don't hang up. Tell me right when it updates!" commanded Candace.
"Okay"
******
In the tower of trial's first floor of the virtual space; the vast grassy plain.
Corpse after corpse of raging bulls were laying on the ground, their blood dying the grassy plain. Luo Feng's body was full of blood as he stepped on the corpse of a raging bull; his face was pale and some blood trickled down the side of his mouth.
"Used 41 minutes 26 seconds to kill 190 low level commander level raging bulls, 10 medium level commander level raging bulls. C grade exam, you pass! Congratulations, you have passed the first floor of the tower of trials, student Luo Feng" the electronic sound rose. Along with it, the entire plain disappeared in a flash. The surrounding area became a desert!
An infinite, boundless desert!
This is the second floor of the tower of trials. According to what Luo Feng knows, each tower of trials is split into the different grades: A, B, and C. For example, after finishing the A grade exam of the second floor of the tower of trials, your level becomes 2.3. After finishing the B grade exam, 2.6. After the C grade exam, 3.0.
As of now, Luo Feng just completed the first floor's C grade exam, so his current level is 2.0.
"Who would've thought that the 100 raging bulls in the B grade exam would become 200 raging bulls in the C grade exam, what a horrifying change" Luo Feng reminisced about the killing that just happened and was frightened, "With the 10 medium level commander level raging bulls, even though they weren't that much of a threat themselves...... they divided up the other raging bulls and formed small groups that coordinated their attacks."
Unlike the raging bulls in the B grade exam that just swarmed over Luo Feng.
The C grade exam has organized groups.
Unless Luo Feng's blade technique was way better than before, he would've failed in one of the clashes with the horde.
"Luo Feng, congratulations on passing the first floor. Next, you'll take the second floor's A grade exam. Your objective is to kill 50 'low level commander level' steel armored scorpions within 10 minutes, good luck" the electronic sound echoed around the entire desert.
Steel armored scorpions: an extremely common monster in the desert area, one of the most common scorpion type monsters.
"According to what the other students said, the bodies of these steel armored scorpions are quite small, so 10 or even over 20 of them can attack one person at the same time! The way they dodge is also quite peculiar, making them hard to
fight against. The A grade of the second floor is way, way harder than the previous exams!" Luo Feng was under a lot of pressure.
SHA SHA~~~
Within the infinite desert, dark red colored scorpions crawled out the sand one after another. Clearly, these scorpions could easily dig into the sand. The plating of each of these scorpions was dark red and its long, sharp tail was jet black; nobody would doubt the power of its tail.
Tower of trials second floor A grade exam, begin!
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In the wilderness' 1001 city, Candace was leaning against the wall as he chatted with William.
"Changed, Luo Feng's ranking changed!" William's surprised voice carried out from the tactical communications watch.
"How much did it change by?" Candace was shocked.
"It went from #126 to #108"
After hearing this, Candace took in a deep breath: it actually turned into #108. A rookie in this training camp charged to #108 within his first month. This was indeed quite shocking. At this moment..... Candace was slightly regretful. From what Luo Feng has accomplished now, he'll surely become quite scary in the future.
But since they're already foes.....
"I guess I could just stop harassing him and stay away from him" Candace sneered, "Furthermore, he's just #108; he hasn't entered the top 100 yet"
Candace didn't know that Luo Feng's ranking only went from #126 to #108 because he passed the C grade exam; his tower of trials level went from '1.6' to '2.0'. This means that Luo Feng's score increased by 25%! The change was astonishing.
"It changed again!"
"Candace, the ranking changed again" William's voice carried out of the tactical communications watch.
"What is it?"
"It turned into #99! He's in the top 100!"
Candace's face changed.
******
In the training camp, in front of the black dragon sculpture at the main gate.
A few dozen students and around 10 wargod teachers were all excited and surprised when Luo Feng's ranking turned into NO. 99.
"A rookie charged into the top 100 within his first month, something like this only happened five times in the history of this training camp. All five of those people were absolute geniuses. The first time something like this happened was 20 years ago. Out of these five people, four of them are already advanced level wargods, while one of them passed the wargod level and became an existence surpassing the wargod level" a Russian white brute who had a huge moustache yelled passionately.
"Very good"
"This rookie named Luo Feng probably has superb technique, speed, and blade technique"
"Hurry, hurry and contact the investigators, tell the investigators about this!"
Chapter 124: Luo Feng’s Rank
Jiang Fang was one of the most famous people in the circle of wargods.
She was born into a poor family around the few years that the Grand Nirvana period was going on. She was quite ill-fated: her husband died to save her in the wilderness. Because of this, Jiang Fang ignored all the power struggles between the organizations and relationships; she merely focused completely on her martial arts. And she actually managed to become someone great.
Nicknamed 'Moon Witch' Jiang Fang.
Her curved blades were god-like. Usually, she didn't like to get into arguments and didn't like the arguments and fights going on between fighters. She would rather be an instructor in the Dojo of Limits. This Jiang Fang has been in the elite training camp for nearly 10 years. Other than studying her blade technique, her only other hobby is--
to watch her students become great.
To watch her students surpass the students of the other teachers!
"Jiang, congratulations" said a bald, skinny black man.
"Luo Feng himself is talented" smiled Jiang fang. The white brute with a huge moustache said in accented Chinese: "It was because of lady Jiang Fang's teachings. There's a quote in Chinese, what was it again? It was...... great students come from great teachers!". In the training camp, there were very few female teachers.
And Jiang Fang had many wargod students, so she had tons of connections. She was also extremely powerful herself and was beautiful.
There were really quite a few wargods that were chasing after her.
"Luo Feng's out"
After hearing this, Jiang Fang couldn't help but to turn her head. She saw Luo Feng in a simple casual outfit walk out of the Nine Grand Floors.
******
After walking out of the Nine Grand Floors, Luo Feng saw teacher Jiang Fang coming from far away. Teacher Jiang Fang was the flower of the training camp; even quite a few male students were chasing after this teacher. Since a wargod's life span is much longer than the average person's, the students didn't mind their 10 or so years of difference in age.
However.....
Luo Feng respected Jiang Fang. In this past month, Jiang Fang has helped him a lot.
"Teacher" said Luo Feng respectfully.
"Not bad, you're #99 now on the black dragon ranking" Jiang Fang smiled as she complimented, "How did you do in the tower of trials exam?"
"I failed the second floor's A grade exam" said Luo Feng helplessly.
He already knew that the steel armored scorpions would be hard to deal with, but he didn't know how strong they actually were until he fought them. Each of these scorpions had sharp claws and a phantom-like tail. Even though he improved a lot, he was only able to kill 36 of the 50 steel armored scorpions after doing everything he could. Finally, he was surrounded by the scorpions, dragged under the sand, and then killed.
A steel armored scorpion horde in the desert is really scary.
In the end, his tower of trials level became 2.2.
"The steel armored scorpions are indeed a pain" encouraged Jiang Fang, "Keep at it! Right now, you're ranked 99. There's still around two more days until we reach midnight of the 28th. Work hard these two days and try to stay within the top 100. My reputation will increase as a teacher of someone who could charge into the top 100 in his first month"
Luo Feng smiled.
He'll work hard!
.....
Around 8 PM, private training camp cars came one after another as they drove to the gate of the training camp. The students that went to hunt in the wilderness came in one by one.
"I heard Luo Feng charged up to #99 in the afternoon?"
"I heard that too, Luo Feng sure is doing us Chinese seniors a favor, haha"
The first thing these students did when they entered the training camp was raise their head towards the black dragon ranking. Because these students handed in their monster materials and received battle points, quite a few of them rose in rank by one or two places. Only an extreme few didn't raise, or even dropped.
"#101? Luo Feng fell to #101"
Candace just entered the training camp and heard this phrase. He couldn't help but to let out a smile as he raised his head.
Indeed--
Luo Feng, who was still #99 in the afternoon, was #101 now.
"The closer it gets to the midnight of the 28th, the harder everyone works. Luo Feng, you want to get into the top 100?" Candace sneered, took up his backpack, and headed towards his building.
.....
Dawn of the 27th, Luo Feng left the training camp with 91 other students. When leaving the training camp, Luo Feng found out that his ranking was #102. Clearly, the 91 other students that returned last night caused quite a bit of change in the ranking.
For the entire day of the 27th, Luo Feng hunted monsters.
Only until nearing 10 PM did he return to the training camp.
"Luo Feng, your harvest today was quite good" on the training camp's private car, a worker of the Dojo of Limits collected the materials and put the money in Luo Feng's card. Luo Feng's contribution points rose too...... at the same time, he received battle points for the training camp, "Your ranking should be able to raise by a few spots"
"Thanks to your blessings" smirked Luo
Feng.
The main entrance to the training camp.
After getting off the car, he walked as he looked towards the huge black dragon sculpture. All of his attention was focused on the dragon scales. With ease, he found his name--
"NO.98 Luo Feng (570403)"
"Charged to #98?" Luo Feng smiled and then headed back to Jiang-Nan pagoda.
A group of white youths came and one of them said in fluent English: "That Luo Feng is smiling? Even though he's #98 now, it'll be the 28th tomorrow, which means he won't be able to hunt monsters. When the 91 students return from hunting monsters, Luo Feng will probably be squeezed out of the top 100"
"Jason, you're making fun of other people? If I recall correctly, you were #179 in your first month?"
******
April 28th, 10 PM.
Quite a few students were happily chatting on the floor next to the gigantic black dragon sculpture in the training camp. They worked hard for nearly a month and did everything they could. All they could do now was wait here for the final results.
Outside the training camp, a residential apartment around 3 KM away.
"Hurry, get all the equipment set up"
"All of you hurry up. The boss gave you guys so much money to do this. Doing something like this is like being on vacation! The boss only told us to do a few things, so we better do them as best as we can. Got it?" howled a sturdy man with short, dyed blonde hair. The other five people swiftly set up the equipment.
"Got it"
"Captain, we're done"
On a gigantic screen on the wall of the room appeared a ranking; it was indeed the black dragon ranking.
"Very good" nodded the sturdy man with short, dyed blonde hair nodded, "Wait until the ranking to set at midnight. Once that happens, we'll notify the boss right away. Oh yea, the boss told us to especially take notice of our China's Luo Feng"
"Got it"
The rest of the five happily responded.
.....
There were many other informants other than this squad in Hong-Ning city, especially near the training camp, paying attention to the black dragon ranking. Not only were students in the elite training camp paying attention to the ranking at midnight, but also many organizations all over the world.