"Jiang Kai, try again today." Xiao Fei said.
This time, Jiang Kai didn't make excuses and went straight toward the center of the field.
However, the Spirit Monkey King in its berserk stage was just too strong. That kind of near-crazed assault left Jiang Kai completely unable to resist.
Once again, Jiang Kai was defeated.
"Hey, Jiang Kai, it's fine, you lasted longer than last time." A war god helped Jiang Kai up. "For you to reach this level is already not easy."
"Properly comprehend Zhan Bahuang. This skill is very special, it requires comprehension on your own. You'll understand once you look."
"Kid, work hard. By the time we return, you must be able to solo kill the Spirit Monkey King!"
"It's getting late, we have to go. Remember, if you don't beat the Spirit Monkey King, you're not allowed to leave the War God Hall!"
Watching the war gods leave, Jiang Kai felt uneasy inside.
He still couldn't defeat the Spirit Monkey King.
But Zheng Xue didn't leave. She saw Jiang Kai sitting there in a daze, walked over, and sat down beside him.
"Do you know why they're ignoring the rules of the special training camp?" Zheng Xue suddenly asked.
Jiang Kai frowned. "Why?"
"Other than Xiao Fei and Ge Yunfei, the other 17 war gods are a special operations squad for this mission. They have to face the Beast God head on. The previous special squad, 42 transcendent fifth-rank war gods… 33 died." Zheng Xue said this, then fell silent, staring ahead.
"I really wish that was just a virtual battle. That way, before those war gods sacrificed themselves, I could have just pressed the pause button." Zheng Xue's voice choked, unable to continue.
Jiang Kai finally understood why these crazy war gods would pour all their teaching into him, why they'd spend their points to exchange a high-grade skill book for him, why they'd squeeze every bit of time to train him.
They were already prepared never to come back!
This was the War God Hall of Huaxia!
After a moment of silence, Jiang Kai cleared his throat and said, "I don't even know their names. I don't even know who my teachers are. That feels a bit unreasonable."
Zheng Xue softly replied, "Maybe they deliberately didn't tell you…"
Taking a deep breath, Zheng Xue steadied her emotions, then stood and looked at Jiang Kai.
"Jiang Kai, I will push you to complete this challenge. You are the only one in so many years who has a chance to pass this test. You have an attack ability that no one else does, one that makes killing a king-level boss possible in reality. I hope that by the time they return, you will have already defeated the Spirit Monkey King!"
"Even transcendent rank seven, without enough attack power, the longer you drag it out, the harder it is to win."
"Also, you can now participate in the tests at the special training hall. If you can improve skill efficiency, it could increase your chance of completing this test." After saying this, Zheng Xue quickly turned and left the sealed training room.
Jiang Kai looked around the now empty hall, then looked at the glass chamber.
A few days ago, it had been packed with people. Today, it was empty.
Jiang Kai murmured, "Teachers, you must come back… otherwise who will grade the students' homework…"
......…
Today, the transcendent doctor didn't help Jiang Kai recover. He only gave him a Ghost Star Heaven-Gifted Pill, and Jiang Kai could only drag his exhausted body back to his dormitory.
Back in the dorm, Jiang Kai took out Zhan Bahuang.
He remembered the war god saying this skill was special, requiring comprehension on his own. He didn't know what that meant.
Opening the skill book, there was even a loose insert, which fell out.
Jiang Kai picked up the sheet.
It had some information about the book.
[Zhan Bahuang, a movement technique dropped when our country defeated one of the top ten Guardian Lords. Only 10 copies exist. The prerequisite for learning this technique is a base Agility of 20,000 points.]
[Before learning this book, you need to observe the first eight pages of illustrations. When resonance is produced with a picture, Zhan Bahuang will reveal the corresponding text, which the learner can directly study. The more resonances you have, the more complete the movement technique you can learn.]
[Currently nine copies have been exchanged. The one with the most resonance matched seven pictures.]
Jiang Kai frowned deeply. A skill book this strange?
But since this was his first movement technique book, he couldn't wait to begin.
"A top-level movement skill of the War God Hall? I wonder with how many illustrations I can resonate."
The first eight pages of Zhan Bahuang each had a picture. They didn't have clear drawings, more like strange colored dotted patterns.
And after those eight pages—completely blank paper!
Fortunately there was that note. Otherwise, seeing a whole book of blank paper would have shocked him.
"Let's start with the first picture… Are you sure this isn't a color-blindness test?"
The pictures were bizarre. Jiang Kai had never felt resonance with any of them, so all he could do was stare hard.
After over ten minutes, his eyes felt blurry.
"Ghost Eye Focus!" Jiang Kai immediately activated the skill.
At that moment, he suddenly saw tiny red dots separating from the pattern. The dots seemed to be moving at high speed. Then the other dots in the picture also began to move.
This lasted more than ten seconds, then the dots froze again.
At this moment, Jiang Kai suddenly noticed that text had appeared on several of the blank pages behind.
"Success?" Jiang Kai couldn't believe it—he had succeeded on the first try.
He quickly began observing the second picture.
The second page's pattern was made of irregular colored blocks. Again, after activating Ghost Eye Focus, the blocks began to move, turning into colored bands, and a second section of text appeared.
"Two sections of text now!" Jiang Kai exclaimed in delight. "Doesn't feel that hard."
With Ghost Eye Focus's help, Jiang Kai quickly unlocked the third through seventh sections of text.
But when he turned to the eighth page, it was blank. Even with Ghost Eye Focus, he couldn't find anything special.
"Did they miss a page?"
After some thought, he found his suspicion laughable.
Repeated observation yielded nothing—no pattern, nothing to comprehend.
"Seven is seven. Let's just learn the movement skill."
Once he began learning, Jiang Kai realized Zhan Bahuang's movement technique was truly amazing.
With only one part learned, his Agility increased 3%, movement speed increased 3%, attack speed increased 3%, and he gained one rapid-evade ability with a range of 3 meters.
With two parts, Agility, movement, and attack speed increased 4%, and he gained three rapid-evade charges, each with max distance 3.5 meters.
With seven parts, Agility, movement, and attack speed increased 9%, and he gained 13 rapid-evade charges with max distance of 6 meters.
Especially the final sentence of the seventh part—it excited Jiang Kai even more.
[Mastering the full Zhan Bahuang skill grants one chance at a qualitative transformation.]
Only by mastering the complete Zhan Bahuang could its true power be unleashed!
......…
Three days later, Jiang Kai had fully recovered.
After some consideration, he decided to first challenge the special training hall. He wasn't expecting great results, but at least some results. That way, he could earn daily resources and points.
With stable income, he could then focus on completing the king-level boss challenge.
Thirteen days after the training camp opened, far fewer people came to the special training hall compared to before.
Jiang Kai looked at the ranking board.
Currently in first place, the best record was 6 hours 29 minutes.
The rest of the top ten had all lasted at least 5 minutes.
Jiang Kai withdrew his gaze, looked at the hall, and directly walked inside.
Just as Jiang Kai was about to step into the special training hall, someone behind him stopped him.
"Stop!"
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