A Brand New Future

Facing the charging herd of wild bulls, Luo Feng stood unmoving, a hexagonal shield in one hand, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade in the other, calmly rooted to the spot. A roar, and the scent of the wild bulls' breath permeated the air. The first bull in the massive herd finally charged toward Luo Feng. Having endured countless beast horde battles, Luo Feng was incredibly experienced. With a subtle sidestep and retreat, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade flashed! The Ninefold Thunderblade, second stage—2.1 times power erupted! A spray of blood mist erupted from the first bull's neck. "One!" Luo Feng's gaze was chillingly calm. He knew that when facing a beast horde, especially when every monster posed a threat, he absolutely could not panic! "Wild bulls are large, much bigger than ordinary Iron-Furred Wild Boars. They're like tanks! Their large size means only a few can attack me simultaneously." Luo Feng understood that he had to use the bulls' own bodies as obstacles, maneuvering through the gaps. Time ticked by. Luo Feng's footwork was definitely at 'Micro-level mastery', allowing him to dodge with exquisite precision within the bull herd. Fortunately, Luo Feng had extensive experience fighting in beast hordes; without it, facing a hundred Beginner Tier Beast General monsters would have been truly troublesome. Furthermore, Luo Feng had cultivated the Ninefold Thunderblade to its third stage, giving him the power to kill a wild bull with a single strike! ... "31, 32, 33." One after another, the wild bulls either leaped and pounced or charged head-on. Luo Feng, like a leaf, dodged and struck with extreme peril. "Not good!" A sharp horn tip grazed Luo Feng's face, and simultaneously, a wild bull's carcass behind him was violently struck by a living bull, instantly restricting Luo Feng's retreat space. This slight error immediately led to wild bulls pouncing from front, back, left, right, and even from above, encircling Luo Feng! He was in a near-certain death situation! "Bang!" In an instant, Luo Feng, like a wild bull himself, slammed his left arm, clad in the hexagonal shield, into a charging bull to his front-left. Boom! The powerful impact instantly numbed Luo Feng's left arm, and his body involuntarily recoiled backward. "Pfft!" The intense collision made him spit out a mouthful of blood. As he recoiled, Luo Feng's steps became erratic, changing speed strangely, and a cold blade light flashed. Pfft! A lightning-fast strike sliced across the hoof of a wild bull pouncing through the air! A section of the hoof was severed. As the hoof fell, Luo Feng darted forward. In that instant, the back of the Blood Shadow Battle Blade struck the falling hoof. The hoof, like a cannonball, blasted towards the wild bull charging from behind Luo Feng! ... It was a dazzling, desperate struggle! Each wild bull moved at over 100 meters per second. In a sudden encirclement within ten meters, Luo Feng wounded three bulls and killed five in just 0.8 seconds. Though severely wounded and spitting blood, he survived the immediate danger. "While my blade technique has immense power in a single strike, I can't deliver many strikes simultaneously when facing a group!" In the past, Luo Feng always pursued the strongest single strike. However, the stronger a single strike, the longer it took to recover the blade. If Luo Feng could deliver ten strikes in the blink of an eye, killing ten surrounding wild bulls, and if his blade speed could reach that level, he wouldn't need to rely on 'Micro-level mastery' footwork to dodge; he could simply rampage! But facing wild bulls moving at over a hundred meters per second, killing ten simultaneously pouncing bulls in the blink of an eye demanded an impossibly high level of control over blade force. Pfft! Hiss! Luo Feng dared not relax in the slightest, nor repeat his previous mistake. In fact, ever since his 1.2-second escape from the Carrefour Supermarket in City 003, Luo Feng had experienced 'perfect level' footwork several times, making the most effective use of every object in his surroundings. Man and environment, as one! "That's it!" Because every wild bull was a Beginner Tier Beast General, this unprecedented pressure, when Luo Feng had killed seventy bulls, made him feel as if he had merged with his surroundings. At that moment, the surrounding bull carcasses, and even the weeds, felt incredibly intimate to Luo Feng. There was no need for extreme mental calculation; it was an almost instinctive, clever utilization of every bull carcass, even parts of them. Effortlessly! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! As a bull's head flew into the air, blood spurted. "Time: 21 minutes and 18 seconds. All 100 wild bulls eliminated. B-level test passed! Congratulations, Student Luo Feng." A god-like electronic voice echoed across the grassland. Luo Feng only then snapped out of that state, a wry smile on his face. "Why did it end at the crucial moment? Bring more wild bulls!" Luo Feng had studied the Ninefold Thunderblade, which included a footwork technique called 'Flowing Light'. So, he understood how difficult it was to progress from 'Micro-level' to 'perfect level' in footwork. Previously, Luo Feng had often relied on his mental force to sense his surroundings, occasionally experiencing 'perfect level' footwork by sheer luck. But this time, in the virtual space, there was no mental force. Moreover, unlike real-world beast hordes, which mostly consisted of Beast Soldier level monsters, every monster in this virtual space posed a threat to him! Therefore, Luo Feng pushed himself to his limit. Unconsciously, he entered the 'perfect level'. The longer he maintained that state, the easier it would be to truly achieve 'perfect level' in the future. Unfortunately, Luo Feng only maintained it for a moment, killing the last thirty wild bulls in less than five minutes. When the test ended, Luo Feng also emerged from that state. "Student Luo Feng, you will automatically leave the virtual space in five seconds. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..." ... Elite Training Camp, Ninefold Tower, ninth floor. When Yang Hui and Luo Feng walked out of the 'Trial Room' chatting and laughing, the more than ten genius warriors from all over the world, with various skin colors, in the spacious hall on the ninth floor, looked over in surprise. One yellow-skinned youth even asked, "Teacher, did he pass the test?" "He passed," Yang Hui said with a smile. "I'm taking him to complete the formalities. It's almost 1 PM. You can begin your trials." Immediately, the spacious hall, with over ten people, became lively, some chatting with Luo Feng, others discussing amongst themselves. ... Emerging from the Ninefold Tower, the previously overcast sky had opened up into heavy rain. Luo Feng and Yang Hui both walked out with umbrellas. "Although there are only 180-odd students here, it secretly involves the world's five major powers, as well as various families of the HR Alliance. The waters here run deep," Yang Hui said in a low voice. "Luo Feng, as a member of the Elite Training Camp, as long as you're not eliminated, your future is destined to be brilliant!" "Within the training camp, government and military will try to recruit you, special organizations will try to recruit you, some HR Alliance families will try to recruit you... there might be various temptations of money, beauty, and power. But you must remember, the most important thing is your strength!" "Don't pay too much attention to those temptations. Your current goal is one thing—" "To climb higher on the training camp's ranking board!" "Including you, there are 183 students, all peerless geniuses. Your job is to step on others and stand higher yourself!" Yang Hui said solemnly. Luo Feng nodded. "What codename are you going to choose?" Yang Hui asked. "Today is March 29th, so you will officially join the training camp on April 1st, 2057... Therefore, the first four digits of your codename must be '5704'. As for the last two digits, since you are the only one joining in April, you can choose any two numbers." Luo Feng suddenly understood. No wonder every name on the black dragon sculpture ranking had a numerical codename. The last time he saw the number one ranked—NO.1 Renatus Bridge (530321)—it seemed this person entered the training camp in March 2053 and has been there for a full four years. "What will you choose for the last two digits?" Yang Hui inquired. "Hmm... 03!" Luo Feng replied. The incident in City 003, where stealing the dragon egg led to a series of troubles, and the price of a Life Water was 30 billion—he felt an affinity with the number '3'. "03?" Yang Hui nodded. "Your student codename will be 570403. The other formalities will be completed soon." ... On the black dragon sculpture ranking board of the World's No. 1 Training Camp, the 183rd name appeared that very day—"NO.183 Luo Feng (570403)". This news spread almost instantly to the global five major powers and various Base Cities. Government and military special departments, as well as the HR Alliance's nine core families and dozens of important families, quickly received this information. And on that very day, each of these agencies and organizations received a detailed file on Luo Feng! From Luo Feng's birth, his life in a rent-subsidized housing community... his relatives, everything was recorded. ... Huaxia Nation, Kyoto Base City, inside an underground building. Third underground level. In an elegantly decorated office, a lean man in loose training attire gently tapped the table with one hand while flipping through Luo Feng's information with the other. "Order the Jiangnan Base City branch to assign someone to covertly watch Luo Feng's family 24 hours a day. First, ensure Luo Feng's family absolutely does not leave Jiangnan Base City. Second, ensure the safety of Luo Feng's family." "Absolutely do not allow the last incident to happen again!" The lean man, with a black mole on his chin, had a cold gaze. "Yes." ... Various countries' government and military, special organizations, financial groups, and families all developed different plans for Luo Feng, who had just entered the Elite Training Camp! Similarly, as the HR Alliance Huaxia Region Executive President, Wenina Polenas naturally received this information almost immediately. Jiangnan Landscape Residential District, Huayao Peak mountain villa. "Wenina, isn't this Luo Feng one of our many suspects?" Upon seeing the first page of the file, Vulture Li Yao immediately recalled Luo Feng, who had been an inconspicuous name among the numerous suspects. "Yes, when A Wei died, he was relatively close to A Wei." Wenina shook her head. "However, he's only 19 years old this year, and his strength is only at the Beginner Tier Warrior level. The family is still trying to figure out if we can win over Luo Feng to serve our Polenas family." "How did he enter the Elite Training Camp? Is it because he's a mental-force user?" Li Yao's eyes flashed with cold light. "No, you'll know once you read it all," Wenina shook her head. "Yao, I think you've become overly paranoid looking for the killer, suspecting everyone."