Chương 47: War God — Chapter 47 - Forging Throwing Knives! Target, Skeletal Blade Tomb!

"Using a million to forge three throwing knives..."

"These three throwing knives will serve as one of my trump cards..." The first tier doesn't demand much from a martial artist's physical fitness. Only at the second tier, when you need to continuously control nine throwing knives, does it begin to require a certain level of physical strength. By the third tier, physical fitness alone is far from enough. So this martial art only gets harder to train. There are still two more tiers beyond that. Wang Xian felt the training requirements were excessively high.

Even a Martial God might not be able to master and execute them. As for the training methods of the final two tiers, Wang Xian never even found them. But with just the first three tiers, back in the day, Wang Xian at the Eighth Realm executed all three in succession. Shadow Pursuit, Daybreak, Light Splitting. Not even a Ninth Realm Martial God dared to face that edge head-on. Now, as long as he mastered the first tier, Shadow Pursuit, it would be enough to run rampant across the lower three realms.

Unfortunately, these things are consumables. That's one of their drawbacks. They can only serve as trump cards, not everyday tools.

"Aside from the throwing knives..."

"With the remaining four million, I'll directly buy auxiliary cultivation items similar to Elemental Crystal Water and first open up the Governing and Conception Vessels..."

"That way, my life force can also increase by a small margin."

"Next is purchasing suitable attire... when you're out and about, your identity is something you give yourself."

"Finally, I'll just grab any random blade to make do..." Beyond that, there were all sorts of other miscellaneous considerations. In short, after a round of preparations, a week had passed.

"Student Wang, your martial artist investigation certification has been processed."

"Also, you cannot present yourself as a student."

"The state prohibits high school students from entering unmanaged wilderness areas, as well as various relics and secret realms."

"So on the certification, the identity I've arranged for you is 'Wang Feng,' a martial artist contracted with our Heavenly Blade Club."

"Check the identity details yourself." The state's regulations are definitely well-intentioned. It's just that where there's a policy, there's a countermeasure. Within permitted boundaries, arranging some small certifications is doable. Just like many ultra-wealthy families. In order to nurture their offspring, they let them start tempering themselves early, going out to kill exotic beasts. After all, in the most important Martial Exam, the real combat section requires fighting exotic beasts.

It's just that those exotic beasts aren't as strong as the ones in the wild. That kind of tempering definitely comes with many martial artist bodyguards. Young master's training regimen. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. The young master faces no mortal danger. The ones in mortal danger are only the protecting martial artists. Purely feeding them experience.

Even if it's just feeding experience, for the Martial Exam, it's more than enough to pull far ahead of everyone else. After all, while others are still huffing and puffing challenging holographic intelligent beasts, the young masters are already, surrounded by a crowd of martial artists, casually cutting down one exotic beast after another. Truly so strong!

"Additionally, per your request, I've assigned you to Long Yuan's squad."

"Your identity is a 'newcomer' to the club." Bringing along a newbie. It seemed to stir up some of Wang Xian's memories. He shook his head, slung a travel bag over his shoulder, and arrived at the boundary of Rong City. To enter unmanaged zones and relics, you can only take the special rail transit. Rong City Boundary Defense Bureau.

"Identity certification verified."

"Based on your strength levels, currently only the unmanaged zone 'Insect Valley Town' is open. That area only has F-rank exotic beasts."

"Only two relics and secret realms are open."

"The closer one is Shadow Wolf Cavern. The farther one is Skeletal Blade Tomb."

"If you wish to go to other zones or relics, please proceed to the West City Defense Bureau." Unmanaged zones are like large-scale maps. Relics and secret realms are like small-scale dungeons. At the Defense Bureau, an officer handed the identity certifications back to the group before him and smiled.

"As for the reward mechanics, you should be able to look them up on your phones."

"Long Yuan? You're the captain?" The imposing young man nodded with a smile.

"Yes."

"Your life force is approaching triple digits. As captain, you must protect your team members well." The officer nodded slightly.

"Whether in an unmanaged zone or inside a relic, every person who dies lowers your survival chances."

"Once you've decided, board the Z150 special train."

"Alright." Long Yuan turned around, looked at his three team members, and said loudly, "Everyone, which relic do you think we should go to?"

"Shadow Wolf Cavern? The things I've killed the most in holographic intelligent beast challenges are saber-toothed wolves."

"No, the beast contamination level in Shadow Wolf Cavern is a bit higher. We can't fight inside there for long periods."

"But isn't Skeletal Blade Tomb too easy?" Wang Xian watched the three of them discuss without saying a word. Of the three, one was the veteran who had spoken to him that day at the club. The other two, a man and a woman, were contracted martial artists of the Heavenly Blade Club. The man had a crew cut, the woman had twin ponytails. Both looked sharp and efficient.

"Hold on, you guys need to look after the newbie." The veteran hooked an arm around Wang Xian's shoulder and laughed.

"This guy just barely challenged the primary holographic intelligent beasts."

"The ones he challenged were all saber-toothed wolves. Shadow Wolf Cavern is dangerous, sure, but don't we have the captain?"

"We've got to give the newbie a chance to temper himself, let him see real saber-toothed wolves." As soon as the words left his mouth, a squad of agile martial artists walked past nearby. At their head was a coldly arrogant youth. He merely glanced at Long Yuan's group and said with a faint smile, "Everyone, I think you'd be better off going to Skeletal Blade Tomb."

"If you go to Shadow Wolf Cavern, you won't be able to see a single exotic beast."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Because..." The coldly arrogant youth smiled.

"I will purge the entire cavern! Until the next time exotic beasts appear in the cavern again!" The crew-cut guy in the team was only a few years older than Wang Xian. Seeing the other party act like that, he was very displeased.

"Who the hell are you? Just the outer perimeter of Shadow Wolf Cavern has at least several dozen exotic beasts. How many can you kill?" He wanted to say a few more words. Unexpectedly, the coldly arrogant youth paid him no attention and instead led the group of martial artists in black cloaks behind him toward the boarding gate.

"Shut up!" The veteran grabbed the crew-cut guy and said in a low voice, "That's a 'young master.'""Young master?"

"A young master from some family or financial conglomerate out on a training expedition." Long Yuan pointed at the youth's back.

"The martial artists behind him should all be third-realm, just all disguised as first-realm martial artists." Wang Xian nodded. He had seen through it at a glance. Even more, among that group of black-cloaked martial artists, he even spotted a familiar face. Hearing this, the crew-cut guy immediately shut his mouth.

"Being rich sure is something!" he grumbled.

"So we have no choice now..." Long Yuan shrugged helplessly.

"We can only go to Skeletal Blade Tomb."

"How about going to the unmanaged zone, Insect Valley Town? That works too, right?" Wang Xian suddenly spoke up.

"That place is big enough, lots of exotic beasts but widely spread out, and it hasn't been fully explored yet. Also, it only has F-rank exotic beasts."

"Maybe if we go, we might even find some 'exotic treasures'?" The veteran and the others listened and thought it made sense too. They didn't actually have to go to a relic. No need to fight over it with others. An unmanaged zone was different. There was also a certain sense of novelty. Not like Skeletal Blade Tomb, which had already been explored by countless martial artists.

"Wang Feng, this is your first time out." Long Yuan shook his head.

"Exotic beasts aren't simple. The exotic beasts in Insect Valley Town are only F-rank, but there are over 10 different species!"

"So many species of exotic beasts, each with completely different abilities, characteristics, and strength levels!"

"Even I can't claim to handle every exotic beast in Insect Valley Town."

"So..." He smiled.

"We'd better go to Skeletal Blade Tomb. That place is simple, the exotic beasts are relatively uniform."

"Most importantly, there's not much danger either."

"Oh..." Wang Xian glanced at him and nodded in agreement.

"Let's move out!"

"Target, Skeletal Blade Tomb!" ➤ Next: Sis, Tone It Down a Notch