Chương 41: War God — Chapter 41 - Student Wang Has Already Passed All Three Training Items — He Won't Be

The moment the words fell, the screen itself warped. Just for an instant. Then it snapped back. The youth on screen didn't move. A long while passed. Still nothing.

"As expected, it's not that easy..." Zhou Dahai frowned. The school's gravity chambers only went up to five times normal. This was ten times. A massive jump all at once. Just adapting would be brutal.

"No rush. First attempt..." Zheng Changhong said casually. His words had barely left his mouth when Wang Xian burst into motion. His form moved like wind. The blade in his hand flowed like water. A complete set of Flowing Water Blade Technique unfolded before their eyes, full of intent, flawless. Their expressions turned solemn instantly. Watching that figure move as if gravity meant nothing, their faces showed a mix of emotions.

"Xiao Bai, the gravity switch, you're sure it's on?!" Zheng Changhong didn't dare turn his head. His tone was grave.

"Huh?" The staff member stared, then hurriedly checked the instruments.

"It's on, it's on, no problem... all readings normal. The display shows... shows the Flowing Water Blade Technique he's performing has no sluggishness, no errors, identical to the demonstration..."

"Uh, based on the final strike's intensity... data indicates his mastery is approaching Pinnacle Mastery..."

"Assessment... score... perfect?" The moment he finished, he froze. HISS! Both men sucked in sharp breaths. Not long after, Wang Xian walked out of the gravity chamber. A trace of thought lingered on his face.

"If there were a hundredfold gravity differential... I might get a taste of the Alien Star Battlefield." Wang Xian shook his head. His body felt no discomfort whatsoever. Still. Training in this environment was definitely beneficial for martial artists. Under high-intensity gravity, the primal energy hidden in a martial artist's body would accelerate its fusion with their physique. Especially when executing techniques, the whole body in high-intensity motion rapidly increased overall quality and boosted life force.

Just not very useful for him. His body contained almost no primal energy. Only one Divine Meridian held Spirit Malevolence. And Spirit Malevolence, that powerful cosmic energy, was fundamentally unaffected by gravity. In this environment, performing a full technique set could still rapidly elevate martial mastery. Except...

"My Flowing Water Blade Technique is almost at Pinnacle Mastery..." Not much room left for improvement.

"Teacher Zhou, Minister Zheng, let's move to the next item." Wang Xian walked into the room and knocked. It jolted Zhou Dahai and Zheng Changhong from their daze.

"Right, right, arrange the next item immediately!" Zheng Changhong's expression was excited. Teacher, your eye for talent is terrifying! A raw gem buried in No. 7 High, you actually found it in that backwater! The next item was movement technique training. This required a large dedicated room: the movement technique simulation chamber. Inside, one could select from several challenge environments. [Tygran Landing (Unlocked)] [Lightning Raid on Pearl Lane (Locked)] [Falcon Pursuit Battle (Locked)]......

"These simulated battles must be from ancient historical campaigns, right?"

"From that war-torn era..." The first was the most classic beach assault. It told of a certain war period when the nation's massive army crossed the sea to land on Tygran Beach. The beach was already prepared with countless trenches. Gunfire flew everywhere. The landing difficulty became hellish. The enormous array of thermal weapons formed a giant web capable of devouring any soldier attempting to land.

With modern martial artists' physical quality, if placed in that era and able to evade these weapons within the time limit and successfully land, it counted as proper movement technique training. This simulation demanded extremely high speed, reaction, observation, evasion, perception, and more from martial artists. The comprehensive expression of movement technique. Not just pure speed. Generally speaking, reaching first-stage movement technique, 'millisecond-level reaction,' gave one the foundation to pass.

The author's tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. With a few more training sessions, passing wasn't difficult. The hard part was reaching that stage in the first place. Millisecond-level reaction meant 50ms response time. 0. 05 seconds. In that campaign era, this already far exceeded human reaction limits. No one could rely on their own ability to get through Tygran Beach. Only pure human-wave tactics could fill the gap, relying on luck to break through.

"Generally, even first-realm martial artists might not have first-stage movement technique..."

"For non-first-realm martial artists, possessing this stage is very difficult..."

"Many excel at cultivating martial techniques. But movement technique cultivation... few excel at that." Inside the room, Zhou Dahai and Zheng Changhong watched with excitement. After passing the first item, they now had considerable confidence in Wang Xian. Wang Xian made a hand gesture.

"Begin!" Zheng Changhong waved grandly. The staff member activated the simulation immediately! The next second, the walls and ceiling transformed into holographic scenery. Dark clouds wailed. The rat-tat-tat of thermal weapons was unending. Countless fire serpents breathed death, slicing through air, becoming scythes reaping lives. Yet Wang Xian wore a calm expression. With every step forward, at least dozens of fire serpents brushed past him. Not a single one landed.

Faintly, his body seemed to tremble in the footage. Trembling into afterimages. Because his evasion was too fast, yet seemed motionless.

"Millisecond-level reaction!" Zhou Dahai laughed heartily.

"I knew it, this kid's movement technique is already first stage! Though he's clearly familiar with this campaign. Right, his Third Uncle's martial hall should have similar training."

"That I can understand." Zheng Changhong beside him frowned slightly.

"Looks like more than first stage... there's a hint of second-stage 'bullet time.'"" No, no, his life force isn't strong enough. He can't achieve that kind of instantaneous super-reaction of bullet time..." Zhou Dahai refuted. They discussed briefly. Zheng Changhong was quickly convinced. Second-stage bullet time required the body to achieve high-intensity reaction instantly, relatively slowing the opponent's speed. To evade key attacks. It required certain physical quality to accomplish.

Before long, Wang Xian easily completed the movement technique training.

"Time: 13 minutes, 32 seconds. Hits taken: zero." Staff member Xiao Bai reported, eyes full of shock.

"This is our facility's all-time best result."

"Beat second place by about a minute."

"Bit exaggerated..." Second place was a No. 1 High student from last year who tested for fun.

"Then next, only the final item remains." The two men took deep breaths and exchanged glances. Could this kid actually pull it off?

"Minister, Minister Zhao from Divine Sword Club is calling..." Suddenly, Xiao Bai spoke. Dragon Country's several clubs all had competitive relationships, openly and covertly. Branch divisions were the same.

"Put him through!"

"Old Zheng?"

"Got something to say? Spit it out."

"Actually, I didn't really want to call you." A hearty laugh came through.

"Today's the first day No. 1 High's martial class came to our club for training, right?"

"This time, No. 1 High produced some good seedlings."

"You might not believe this."

"First day of training, someone already passed gravity training and movement technique training."

"Hahaha! Didn't expect that, did you?" Zheng Changhong's mouth twitched. In the past, he certainly wouldn't have. Today though...

"And then?" Zheng Changhong said flatly.

"Hm? No need to pretend calm. I know all about Heavenly Blade Club's data. Your best previous gravity training result was seven days, set by a former No. 1 High student."

"Too bad your club still lacks something. Look how much No. 1 High has improved since choosing us!"

"You called just to tell me this?" Zheng Changhong laughed. If this call had come an hour earlier, he might have been shocked, jealous... Now? Just so-so!

"There's still the holographic intelligent beast challenge, isn't there?" Zheng Changhong asked.

"See, getting anxious? Within two days, absolutely done. No. 1 High has several good seedlings this time!"

"So it's not done yet?"

"Yo, putting on airs now? Fine, won't bother you. Talk in two days!" He hung up. Zhou Dahai beside him smiled. He understood the competitive relationship between these two. Healthy competition, of course.

"Let's go, send Wang Xian to the holographic intelligent beast challenge!" Zheng Changhong waved grandly. The staff member nodded, thought for a moment, then went outside and discreetly waved at a certain gravity chamber. Tan Tianze, training inside, saw immediately. He walked out unhurriedly.

"About to start?"

"Yes."

"Add me on Feixin." Tan Tianze said. They added each other. [Ding, you received a red packet from Tan Tianze] A message appeared on the staff member's phone. He paused, opened it. Five hundred yuan inside.

"You're... too kind!" He felt embarrassed.

"Only proper." Tan Tianze smiled, then walked to the main hall's center and looked at the large screen. Since everyone had gone to train in gravity chambers, the floor was quiet now. No one at the holographic intelligent beast challenge either. Before long, footage gradually appeared. Tan Tianze narrowed his eyes and stared at the screen without blinking. Wang Xian from No. 7 High, he'd heard that name quite a few times this past month. He, who only paid attention to No.

1 High, had no interest in whatever figure might emerge from No. 7 High.

"Let me see what level you're really at..." Tan Tianze raised his head toward the large screen. The footage gradually appeared. A youth's figure stood within. Opposite him was that first-order beast model that once made his heart tremble, the Saber-Toothed Wolf. First-order beasts. The Martial Alliance called them F-rank. The lowest level. But even the lowest could kill countless martial artists. Suddenly, before the battle even began, the holographic intelligent beast simulation chamber's door opened.

Wang Xian walked out and went into another room.

"What's going on?" Tan Tianze wondered. Failed? The large screen had a thirty-second delay. This delay prevented people outside from using extraordinary powers to interfere or cheat by watching the footage. He came out, meaning it was already over. And he'd only just started watching, which meant...

"Failed in 30 seconds?" Tan Tianze thought. Then he was only slightly stronger than that Xia Sichen. He shook his head, about to leave. Suddenly, the Saber-Toothed Wolf roared fiercely and howled. The powerful oppressive aura made even Tan Tianze, just watching from outside, frown slightly. The next second, the Saber-Toothed Wolf became an afterimage and charged. Immediately after, he saw a scene he'd find hard to forget.

The youth in the footage stood in place, not looking at the wolf but down at the blade in his hand. Until the Saber-Toothed Wolf pounced like a ghost. The instant sharp claws were about to tear through the youth's body! The youth, as if anticipating it all along, merely shifted his body aside, then drew and cleaved downward with thunderous speed! In an instant, the wolf's head separated from its body. Turning into fragmented data. The youth's face was expressionless.

He sheathed his blade and disappeared from the holographic environment...

"He... he didn't fail in 30 seconds..."

"Rather... in 30 seconds, he succeeded?"

"Didn't use any martial technique... just... the simplest single slash..." Tan Tianze stared, dazed. What kind of slash was that? Not a moment too slow, not a moment too fast! Exquisite, precise, as if divine. Beyond description... Inside the observation room, Zhou Dahai and Zheng Changhong both gulped hard, staring blankly at the screen that had slowly gone dark. Too fast. Too fast!

"All done?" Wang Xian pushed the door open and walked in. It startled them awake.

"Done... done..." Zhou Dahai was dazed.

"Come, come, come!" Zheng Changhong, now fully awake, laughed heartily.

"Student Wang, come with me first. I have something important to tell you!" He pulled Wang Xian and left. At the same time, he took out his phone and immediately dialed.

"Just hung up and you're calling back? What for?" A hearty voice came through. Zheng Changhong steadied his emotions and spoke casually:"Ah, actually, I didn't really want to call you either."

"Just now on our side, a student from No. 7 High passed all three training items on the very first day..."

"Aiya, young people these days are really getting more formidable... Old Zhao, don't you think?" Long silence on the other end. Then a roaring voice:"Bullshit, I don't believe it..." Beep! Zheng Changhong hung up, feeling completely at ease. Time soon arrived at noon. No. 7 High students gathered to rest and eat.

"Teacher, where's Wang Xian?" Zhou Xukun suddenly asked.

"I didn't see him in any gravity chambers this morning either?" The other students showed puzzled expressions. True, none of them had seen Wang Xian. Zhou Dahai looked at the martial class students with a complicated expression and spoke in a tone striving for calm:"Student Wang has already passed all three training items at Heavenly Blade Club."

"He probably won't be coming this winter break." The moment the words came out, dozens of students collectively turned to stone. ➤ Next: Wait, We Just Created Our Game Characters, and He Already Cleared It?