The Trial Tower

“Me, put this on?” Luo Feng, a little nervous, picked up one of the dark blue helmets. He looked at Yang Hui, puzzled. “Mr. Yang, do I just put it on like this?”

“Watch me!” Yang Hui smiled, then sat down and reclined on the sofa. “You lie down on the sofa too.”

Luo Feng obediently lay down. The sofa was very comfortable, perfectly sized for one person. Yang Hui said solemnly, “Once you put on the helmet, your consciousness will directly enter the virtual space, so don’t panic. Come, put on the helmet!” Under Yang Hui’s gaze, Luo Feng took a deep breath and put on the helmet.

Virtual space? It was described in sci-fi novels, but this was his first time truly experiencing it.

“Hmm?” The moment he put on the helmet, Luo Feng felt a buzzing sensation in his head.

Seeing Luo Feng put on the helmet, Yang Hui smiled and put on his own.

…It was an endless silver land. Two figures appeared on the ground, one after the other: Luo Feng and Yang Hui.

“How amazing, is this the virtual space?” Luo Feng looked around. The sky in this virtual space was actually the cosmic starry sky. Thousands of stars in the boundless night sky made the entire silver land reflect a dreamlike radiance.

“This silver land? It’s as smooth as a mirror.” Luo Feng knelt down in surprise, tapping the ground with his finger, producing a metallic ‘clang-clang’ sound.

“Luo Feng, in this Trial Tower virtual space, the sky is the starry sky. The ground is a silver land. The material of this silver land is similar to an alloy!” Yang Hui smiled, pointing into the distance, “And the only building you can see in this entire virtual space is that seven-story Trial Tower in the distance! It’s also where you’ll undergo your test.”

Indeed, looking in all directions, there was only one building! It was a massive, towering structure, about three to four hundred meters away. The entire tower was covered with carved images, various monster sculptures, encircling the pagoda. With the naked eye, he could vaguely discern that the tall tower had seven stories.

“I’ll undergo the B-tier test there?” Luo Feng’s heart stirred, and he tried to activate his mental strength. “Hmm? Why is there no mental strength?” He couldn’t feel even a trace of mental strength.

“This isn’t good.” Luo Feng lightly bounced a couple of times, throwing punches and kicks. “My body seems off too.”

“Mr. Yang, why does my body feel different from before?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but ask.

Yang Hui laughed heartily, pointing to the sky and then to the ground. “Where is this? This is the virtual space! Only our consciousness enters here; our physical bodies, weapons, and everything else cannot.”

“Only consciousness enters?” Luo Feng’s heart jolted, and he thought to himself, “This means everything outside of consciousness can’t enter. My mental strength didn’t come in either… This is troublesome. Without mental strength, my power is probably only a fraction of what it was. Can I pass this B-tier test?”

Yang Hui continued, “Luo Feng, no matter who it is, only their consciousness can enter the virtual space! And the virtual space provides us with a virtual body.”

“Our current bodies… our physical attributes are all the same,” Yang Hui said.

“The same?” Luo Feng was surprised.

“Yes, whether it’s a War God, an existence beyond a War God, an ordinary warrior, or even just a normal person. Once consciousness enters, everyone will possess a body with identical physical attributes—a normal punch force of 10,000 kg, a speed of 150 meters per second, and a nervous reaction speed superior to a Beginner Tier Warlord.”

Luo Feng was stunned. Everyone entering the virtual space has identical physical attributes?

“Because in the virtual space, everyone’s physical attributes are the same. Even the Grandmaster ‘Hong’ possesses this body when entering the virtual space. This way, it’s easy to test a person’s true combat ability.” Yang Hui looked at Luo Feng, “Now, come with me to the Trial Tower!”

What else could be done now? In the virtual space, everyone was equal; no matter how powerful one’s body was in the real world, it was the same here.

…The Trial Tower soared into the clouds, immense and colossal. Luo Feng and Yang Hui stood at the entrance, like two ants.

“Look at that stone pillar.” Yang Hui pointed to a black stone pillar to the left of the Trial Tower’s main entrance. Carvings surprisingly appeared on this black stone pillar—

“Name: Luo Feng

Gender: Male

Status: Elite Training Camp Provisional Member

Trial Tower Level: 1”

Luo Feng turned his head to look at a black stone pillar to the right of the Trial Tower’s main entrance. Carvings also appeared on this black stone pillar—

“Name: Yang Hui

Gender: Male

Status: War God

Trial Tower Level: 3.2”

Luo Feng was surprised. His Trial Tower Level was 1, while War God Yang Hui’s was 3.2. What exactly was this Trial Tower Level?

“Luo Feng, are you curious about this Trial Tower Level?” Yang Hui smiled, “For example, you and I, using the same body, enter the Trial Tower and advance step by step. After clearing the first floor, you directly enter the second floor. At that point, your Trial Tower Level would be 2.0. When you break into the third floor, your Trial Tower Level would be 3.0. While challenging the third floor, you could be 3.1, 3.2, 3.3… all are possible. But you haven’t challenged it yet, so you’re at the most basic 1, which means you haven’t achieved anything on the first floor of the Trial Tower.”

Luo Feng suddenly understood. He was then secretly astonished that War God Yang Hui, despite his age and naturally rich combat experience, had only reached the third floor!

“The Trial Tower has a total of seven floors! Currently, not a single person has cleared the seventh floor!” Yang Hui smiled, looking at Luo Feng.

“Not a single one?” Luo Feng was stunned. “What about Earth’s strongest, Hong? And the second strongest, Lei Shen?”

“That’s right, not a single one. The world’s strongest, ‘Hong,’ can currently reach the sixth floor; he’s the strongest globally.” Yang Hui shook his head and sighed, “This is the gap. Even if we use the same body as the Grandmaster, I can only reach the third floor, but the Grandmaster reaches the sixth!”

Luo Feng looked up at the seven-story Trial Tower. He hadn’t expected that among all the powerhouses on Earth, not one had yet cleared the seventh floor.

Suddenly—

“Luo Feng, please select your combat suit and weapons. After selecting, enter the Trial Tower within one minute to undergo the B-tier test!” Suddenly, an electronic voice echoed throughout the entire virtual space.

Various combat suit styles and weapon styles immediately appeared before Luo Feng’s eyes. Without much thought, he immediately selected a combat suit that fit his body size, along with a Blood Shadow Battle Blade and a hexagonal shield. Then, the combat suit, Blood Shadow Battle Blade, and shield immediately appeared on the ground, and Luo Feng quickly put them on.

With a running speed of 150 meters per second, putting on the combat suit was frighteningly fast. A blur of motion, and in less than ten seconds, he was fully dressed.

“Luo Feng, I wish you success.” Yang Hui smiled, “This B-tier test is a medium-difficulty test on the first floor of the Trial Tower, even though it’s just the first floor. Yet, even among the current official members of the Elite Training Camp, dozens are still challenging the first floor!”

“Understood.” Luo Feng took a deep breath and walked directly into the dark entrance ahead.

…Whoosh! As if the space had shifted, Luo Feng suddenly found himself in a vast, boundless grassland.

“Luo Feng.” The electronic voice echoed across the entire grassland, “The B-tier test requires you to kill 100 Beginner Tier Beast General-level savage bulls attacking you within 30 minutes! If you die midway, it’s a failure! If the number of savage bulls killed after 30 minutes is less than 100, it’s also a failure! Since this is your first time entering the Trial Tower, you have five minutes of preparation time.”

Luo Feng’s expression changed drastically. “100 savage bulls, and all of them Beginner Tier Beast General-level?” Luo Feng was completely stunned.

Although the beast hordes he usually encountered were terrifying, most of them were Soldier-level monsters. Beast General-level monsters were extremely rare.

But he hadn’t expected this B-tier test to involve being surrounded by 100 savage bulls, all of them Beginner Tier Beast General-level! Since they were Beginner Tier Beast General-level, that meant… any single savage bull was almost equal to him in strength and speed. 100 creatures almost equal to Luo Feng, ganging up on one Luo Feng!

And Luo Feng had to kill all one hundred of them by himself within 30 minutes?

“Insane!”

“The first floor is this insane; no wonder dozens of the 182 official members of the Elite Training Camp are still struggling on the first floor!” Luo Feng could fully imagine how insane the second, third, fourth floors… would be. And ‘Hong,’ using the exact same body as himself, could clear the sixth floor! It was already incredible.

“It’s alright, my body in the real world is close to the physical attributes of this virtual body. So I’m relatively used to it.” Luo Feng moved around a bit, quickly dodging, sidestepping, and swinging his Blood Shadow Battle Blade to get accustomed to this body.

Five minutes passed quickly!

“B-tier test, begin!” The electronic voice boomed like thunder throughout the grassland world. At the same time, on the grassland a hundred meters ahead, appeared strong bovine monsters, nearly three meters tall. Among bovine monsters, famous for their unity and herd behavior—savage bulls! Their long, shaggy fur, a pair of curved, sharp horns, and reddish eyes.

“Moo~~” A full hundred savage bulls, each with horns tinged with a faint red, as if stained with blood. If their sharp horn tips pierced Luo Feng, even if they didn’t break through his combat suit, they would likely break his bones and cause internal bleeding. Every single one was a serious threat!

“Moo~~ Moo~~” Following the roars that echoed across the vast grassland, rumbling~~~~ One hundred Beginner Tier Beast General-level savage bulls, with bloodshot eyes, snorting white mist from their nostrils, charged rapidly towards Luo Feng, their hooves trampling the grass!

The grassland ground faintly trembled.

“Aside from that time at Carrefour Supermarket, I’ve never faced so many Beginner Tier Beast General-level monsters at once.” Luo Feng himself wasn’t confident. No wonder this B-tier test was designed to assess Earth’s top geniuses… its difficulty was indeed terrifying. If he had his mental strength, he would still be confident.

“But without mental strength?”

“I can only give it my all!” “Dozens of Elite Training Camp members are still challenging the first floor, which means over a hundred people have probably cleared it. I refuse to believe I can’t pass!” Luo Feng gritted his teeth. Trapped in this situation, what else could he do?

“Fight!”

One hundred savage bulls, larger than tanks, stampeded in a herd. Rumbling~~~ The ground trembled. The hundred-meter distance between them was covered in the blink of an eye by the Beginner Tier Beast General-level savage bull herd, which moved at over a hundred meters per second. Like a tsunami, an endless wave of savage bulls instantly engulfed Luo Feng!