"For the B-level assessment, you must kill 100 Low-Rank Beast General–class wild bulls in under 30 minutes!"
"If you die mid-trial, you fail. If the timer runs out before you reach 100 kills, you also fail!"
One hundred wild bulls? Wei Wen gave a calm smile.
To the average martial artist, this test would be brutal. In the Virtual Training Realm, your physical stats are equal to those of the bulls. No advantage. Just pure combat skill.
Add in the time limit, and it's no surprise that so many students fail to even clear the first level of the Trial Tower.
But for Wei Wen, this was child's play.
He had already achieved 4.9 times Force Amplification, which meant his strength far exceeded the wild bulls.
He could probably finish in a minute or two.
"Assessment begins."
As the mechanical voice echoed, a hundred wild bulls spawned, a hundred meters away—then charged.
Each bull stood three to four meters tall, like compact battle tanks stampeding across the battlefield. Their size limited how many could reach him at once. That played to Wei Wen's advantage.
"Let's begin."
His eyes narrowed. The Bloodshadow Combat Blade flashed through the air.
Shhhk—
Backed by his 4.9x Force Amplification, his strike carried the force of a High-Rank Beast General. The wild bulls in front of him were torn apart like paper. His blade cut deep, ripping through flesh and bone with surgical precision.
The Trial Tower evaluated more than brute force. It tested:
The level of your Force Amplification technique
Your footwork and evasion skills
Your real combat instincts
And how well you adapted under pressure
Wei Wen flowed through the herd like water—dancing around hooves, dodging horns, and harvesting lives with every motion.
Wild bull after wild bull fell.
Their bodies piled up in a crimson trail, and in less than two minutes, it was over.
"Time: 1 minute 56 seconds.Target: 100 Low-Rank Beast General wild bulls—eliminated.B-Level assessment passed.Congratulations, Wei Wen, you are now an Official Student of the Elite Training Camp."
"Do you wish to proceed to the next Trial Tower test?"
"Yes."
"C-Level assessment: Eliminate 200 wild bulls in 50 minutes.Target composition: 190 Low-Rank Beast General wild bulls, 10 Mid-Rank Beast General wild bulls."
Outside the tower, Yang Hui watched the black stone pillar update.
Name: Wei WenGender: MaleStatus: Elite Training Camp StudentTrial Tower Progress: Level 1.6
Yang Hui, a War God–level martial artist himself, wasn't surprised. Not exactly.
Wei Wen had already grasped the Second Form of the Ninefold Thunderblade Technique in just ten days. It was no shock that the B-Level assessment was a breeze for him.
Still, Wei Wen's completion time hinted at something more.
His Force Amplification might already be above mine, Yang Hui thought, eyes narrowing slightly.I've trained for years to reach my speed… and he just brushed past it. Curious how far he can go.
Back inside the Trial Tower
The C-Level trial was a different beast.
With Mid-Rank Beast General bulls leading the charge, the herd moved in coordinated waves—much faster, more aggressive. Their speed exceeded 100 meters per second.
Here, Wei Wen couldn't afford to go all out with each strike. Sure, his Fourth Form burst from the Thunderblade could end any bull in a single blow, but the cooldown between heavy strikes would leave him vulnerable.
This wasn't a duel. It was crowd control.
He needed efficiency, not just power.
So he balanced his forms:
First and Second Forms for quick slashes to cut down the lower-tier bulls.
Third Form, with its 2.8x amplification and 28,000 kg of punching force, to decimate Mid-Rank bulls.
His strategy paid off. The battlefield turned into a rhythm of calculated violence.
Kill. Pivot. Kill. Dash. Strike again.
Bull corpses rained down like a storm of steel and blood.
"Time: 3 minutes 10 seconds.Kills: 190 Low-Rank Beast General wild bulls, 10 Mid-Rank Beast General wild bulls.All Level 1 trials cleared."
"Next Trial: Second Floor A-Level Assessment.Target: 50 Low-Rank Beast General Iron Armored Scorpions within 10 minutes.Proceed?"
"Yes."
Yang Hui, still observing, frowned slightly.
He's even faster than before, he realized. He beat my record time.
It wasn't just talent anymore. Wei Wen's Force Amplification, blade technique, movement, and battle instincts were now undeniably beyond his own.
I've only reached the level between the Third and Fourth Form of the Thunderblade, Yang Hui thought. Does that mean Wei Wen's already mastered the Fourth?
To do that in two months… what kind of monster is this kid?
Second Floor: A-Level Trial – Iron Armored Scorpions
The new opponents were smaller and more agile. Up to twenty could strike at once.
Their conical tails, needle-sharp and coated in venom, stabbed out like lightning from all directions. The sheer volume and speed of attacks would overwhelm most fighters.
But not Wei Wen.
His movement technique wasn't just good. It was perfect.
Even while surrounded, he danced through the strikes with precision, dodging the venomous barbs while counter-attacking with ruthless clarity.
Shing—
His blade flashed like a thunderbolt, glowing crimson in the swarm of chitin and fangs.
Strike after strike pierced the armored shells of the scorpions, breaking their natural defense and cleaving straight into their core. Every hit was a kill.
Wei Wen cleared the A-Level challenge with ease.
And when the B- and C-Level challenges followed—each with greater numbers and higher-ranked Iron Armored Scorpions—he still passed.
Outside again, Yang Hui looked up at the Trial Tower's black stone.
Wei Wen – Trial Tower Progress: Level 3.3
He felt the weight of it.
He passed the third floor A-level assessment already? That fast?
I'm a War God, a teacher at the Elite Training Camp—and I only barely reached Level 3.2.
The Trial Tower stripped away all external advantages. Everyone entered with identical physical stats. Progress came down to skill, instinct, and real combat power.
Yet Wei Wen, who had only been cultivating as a martial artist for two months, had now surpassed him.
Even among the Elite Training Camp's best, dozens of students are stuck at the first floor. That's how difficult this test is.
But Wei Wen... he's just getting started.
Yang Hui stared at the Tower, a mixture of shock and awe on his face.
He might be the most talented warrior I've ever seen.Now let's see how far he goes.