Only after Wei Wen entered the small training hall did the other students dare to start discussing him.
"This new guy looks about 18, but his mental power is terrifying!"
"With mental power like that, his monster-hunting efficiency must be through the roof. He'll probably rank high on the Black Dragon List in his first month."
"In the Trial Tower, mental powers are sealed. He might not do anything extraordinary there."
"If he got a special recruitment, he can't be weak no matter what. Definitely better than you—you're still stuck on the first level of the B-grade assessment!"
"I'm a newbie too!"
"Tch, as if he isn't?"
…
Wei Wen walked toward a large punching force analyzer in the corner of the training hall. After switching it on, the machine's display lit up.
"My punching force before coming here was about 24,000 kg. Let's see what my base strength is after using Dragon Blood." Wei Wen stepped forward and threw a heavy punch.
This time, he didn't use any special force exertion method, simply unleashing all his power in a straightforward explosion.
Whoosh!
Wei Wen's fist shot out like a cannonball, striking the target with a sonic boom.
Thud!
The black punching pad emitted a dull sound, and a line of data flashed on the analyzer's screen—"60,006 kg."
Wei Wen's pure warrior strength had now reached a punch of 60 tons!
"As expected, my genetic talent isn't as good as Luo Feng's…" Wei Wen secretly shook his head.
His guess was correct. One dose of Dragon Blood should have roughly doubled his strength, bringing his punching force to about 48,000 kg!
In addition to the transformation from the Dragon Blood, the warrior's strength increased dramatically, which in turn greatly unleashed his spiritual power, further reinforcing his physical strength.
However, since the physical enhancement occurred simultaneously with the Dragon Blood's effects, the boost wasn't as exaggerated. Still, it added about 12,000 kg to Wei Wen's punching force.
Nevertheless, Wei Wen was quite satisfied with his current power. He was approaching the baseline for a Junior God of War.
Wei Wen was a spiritual master whose latent psychic power was far from depleted. A spiritual master's strength is typically two tiers above a warrior's, so he could be considered a spiritual master approaching the Advanced God of War level.
Of course, he was only approaching the level of an Advanced God of War spiritual master, not yet at its peak.
Even so, across the entire Earth, aside from those who surpassed the God of War level… among the Gods of War themselves, Wei Wen was already a formidable warrior.
Only a very few so-called Invincible Gods of War could match him!
"And this isn't even my limit." Wei Wen's eyes flashed like lightning. This formidable strength gave him absolute confidence.
The baseline punching force limits for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced War Gods are 64,000 kg, 128,000 kg, and 256,000 kg, respectively.
Once his warrior strength reaches 128,000 kg, he would likely be a spiritual master at the peak of the Advanced God of War level.
However, Wei Wen's latent mental power wasn't just at the peak of the God of War level like Luo Feng's—it had planetary-level potential.
Later, he might also receive feedback from Luo Feng's own use of Dragon Blood. Perhaps, relying on that feedback along with Luo Feng's training insights, he could reach the Planetary level.
A Planetary-level spiritual master could completely overpower ordinary Planetary-level warriors.
…
The staff of the Extreme Martial Hall were highly efficient. Wei Wen had just completed the relevant procedures yesterday, and today a recording team arrived.
It took Wei Wen about a day to record the optimized versions of the first three stage of the Nine Stage Thunder Blade into instructional videos and compile them into a simple manual.
It wasn't that he couldn't obtain the manuals for the first six stages of the original Nine Stage Thunder Blade. Firstly, money was of little use to Wei Wen now, and secondly, creating the manuals was time-consuming.
After some basic post-production, the materials were uploaded to the Extreme House as quickly as possible for all warriors.
[Review Results for New Nine Stage Thunder Blade]
[Category: Warrior]
[Evaluation: Super-Grade]
[Price: 100 billion Chinese Yuan (full price) / 50 billion Chinese Yuan (half price, requires 3-star contribution points)]
[First Two Stages of New Nine Stage Thunder Blade]
[Price: 10 billion Chinese Yuan (full price) / 5 billion Chinese Yuan (half price, requires 2-star contribution points)]
[First Stage of New Nine Stage Thunder Blade]
[Price: 100 million Chinese Yuan (full price) / 50 million Chinese Yuan (half price, requires 1-star contribution points)]
Following the review, the New Nine Stage Thunder Blade will be officially sold in the Extreme House online mall.
We will also reward the manual's creator, Wei Wen, with 10 billion contribution points (4-star contribution level). We hope he continues to strive for greater achievements!
After some time, the headquarters will coordinate with major forces worldwide to make the New Nine Stage Thunder Blade manuals available for sale on their respective internal networks…
"Super-Grade?"
"100 billion?"
For just the optimized first three Stages, the Extreme Martial Hall set a price higher than the original first six Stages of the Nine Stage Thunder Blade.
But to be fair, the improved Nine Stage Thunder Blade might hold more value than Thunder God's entire original set.
No matter how high the price, many warriors would be willing to pay to enhance their strength.
As for whether they could master it—that was none of Wei Wen's concern.
Though, the new Nine Stage Thunder Blade was also easier to practice than Thunder God's original version.
[Ding!]
Before Wei Wen could process everything, he suddenly received a text message.
[9.9 billion Chinese Yuan has been deposited into the warrior's account!]
Wei Wen's mouth twitched. Who could be this fast? The manual had just been approved and listed on the Extreme House, and someone bought a copy immediately!
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Hong Ning Base City, Extreme Martial Hall HQ.
In a hundred-square-meter office, staff in Extreme Martial Hall uniforms were responsible for operating the Extreme House platform.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, a powerful God of War noticed a new manual being uploaded.
'New Nine Stage Thunder Blade?'
How did the lower-level staff let such an obviously infringing manual name pass the initial review and get listed?
He was about to examine the manual's content to check for infringement.
But before he could act, the manual was directly approved, with its price and other details already set.
Clearly, this was the work of the Extreme House's backend virtual intelligence, which had directly reviewed and priced the manual. This could be considered Hong's own decision.
"What's going on?" The powerful God of War was puzzled.
Curious about the manual, he directly placed an order for the first Stage, intending to see why Hong would personally approve such a seemingly infringing manual.
After purchasing it, he instructed his subordinates, and soon they delivered the manual for the first Stage of the Nine Stage Thunder Blade.
After a brief look, the powerful God of War was instantly shocked.
"An incredible force exertion manual… Clearly more profound and elusive than the intent behind the original Nine Stage Thunder Blade." The God of War spiritual master took a deep breath.
"It's called the Nine Stage Thunder Blade, but it's actually more advanced than the original. No wonder the Hall Master personally approved it."
"If I had this manual long ago and practiced it to this day, my strength and power would definitely be greater. It's a pity there's no follow-up!"
"Wait, let me see who created this manual. Maybe they can produce the Follow-up Stages after some time."
"Wei Wen?!" The God of War warrior frowned. "I'm familiar with all the warriors beyond the God of War level and most at the God of War level. This name… doesn't seem to be among them?"
Although Wei Wen was somewhat famous, it was largely confined to Jiangnan Base City and the elite training camp. It was normal for this God of War not to recognize him.
After Hong uploaded the cheats to the Extreme Hall, his virtual intelligence also recommended them to the backend networks of other major powers. Naturally, any secret manual personally endorsed by Hong received immense attention.
Thus, a rumor began spreading through the Thunder Dojo: someone had supposedly developed a new force-exertion sword technique based on the Thunder God's signature Nine Stage Thunder Blade.
This was further fueled by the appearance of a new manual titled New Nine Stages of Thunder Blade in their own dojo's database, leaving its warriors utterly speechless.
Initially, few believed it. However, there's no smoke without fire, and the rumor was backed by Hong's personal verification, sowing seeds of doubt among the fighters.
This doubt turned to shock when a warrior who practiced the original Nine Stage Thunder Blade purchased the new manual and immediately broke through his force-exertion level.
The warriors of the Thunder Dojo were astounded. They were even more stunned to discover that the Thunder God's Nine Stage Thunder Blade contained obvious flaws.
This was unbelievable. The Thunder God was acknowledged as the foremost expert in force exertion, a domain where even Hong admitted inferiority. The idea that the Thunder God's path could be flawed was a fact he himself struggled to digest, unable to suppress the horror and shock within.
He also hadn't expected that Wei Wen, who was said to be very young—a fact easily verified—had not only optimized these flaws.
Through intelligence reports, he had judged Wei Wen to possess perhaps the highest potential of any warrior in Earth's history, but he never imagined that potential could be so… incredible.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Hmm?" The Thunder God, deep in secluded training, frowned as the door to his chamber was knocked repeatedly. His subordinates knew better than to disturb him without urgent cause.
"What is it?" Thunder God opened his eyes, his voice echoing in the quiet room.
"Master," a powerful War God from the Thunder Dojo said respectfully, "a new secret manual has recently surfaced on the network. It's said to have been created based on your Nine Stage Thunder Blade."
"After a simple purchase and trial, we were shocked to find this New Nine-Stage Thunder Blade to be profoundly mysterious…"
"A manual based on my blade technique? And mysterious?" The Thunder God pushed open the chamber door, his gaze sharp. "You came specifically to report this. Are you implying this manual is more advanced than my Nine Stage Thunder Blade?"
"I dare not make such a judgment, Master. You will know once you see it." The War God warrior did not presume to comment, simply handing over the manual.
The Thunder God briefly scanned the contents. His eyes suddenly lit up, then he fell into a stunned silence, a strange quiet enveloping the area.
"What in the world…?" Suddenly, Thunder God's eyes widened. He drew a sharp, cold breath, his face filled with utter disbelief.
The War God could tell the Thunder God's emotions were in violent flux, causing his body to react involuntarily in shock.
For a warrior of Thunder God's caliber, with perfect control over every muscle, such a reaction was unthinkable under normal circumstances. That it happened now revealed just how profoundly Wei Wen's New Nine-fold Thunder Blade had shaken him.
After a long moment of silence, Thunder God struggled to accept the optimized version of his life's work. On the surface, the new technique seemed more complex, but as its original creator, he could clearly perceive that its force exertion was actually smoother, more effortless.
More crucially, after studying it, Lei Shen realized his own sword technique had indeed been on the wrong path. No wonder his progress had stagnated.
"I don't know how he created such a superb swordsmanship," the Thunder God murmured, filled with emotion. "The perfect way to exert force should be like this. My Nine Stage Thunder Blade is completely incomparable to his optimized version."
"If I had received such clear guidance on force exertion earlier, my mastery of the Lightning Domain would undoubtedly have advanced far beyond the ninth level by now."
As if possessed, Thunder God kept flipping through the manual, meticulously studying the perfect force-exertion method within. The concepts involved were a tremendous inspiration to him, a self-taught pioneer who had been groping in the dark. It was a moment of sudden enlightenment.
"Damn…" But soon, Lei Shen was at a loss for words again, discovering the new manual only contained the first three Stages. "Fortunately, there are only three levels. If all nine were optimized, I'd be too embarrassed to show my face."
"Yet, just these first three levels have shown me how to proceed with the rest of the Nine Stage Thunder Blade. This has pointed the way forward for me!"
At this moment, in the Thunder God's eyes, Wei Wen transformed into a radiant guide and pioneer, his entire image growing even more formidable.
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As a newcomer to the elite training camp, Wei Wen held rank 181—an odd number. For the first nine days of September, on even-numbered days, he was required to remain in camp for rigorous training.
In the blink of an eye, September 9th arrived—an odd-numbered day. This meant it was time to venture into the wilderness to hunt monsters and earn so-called "achievement points."
That day, he followed other ranked students to City No. 1001, a deserted urban zone in the wilderness approximately 300 kilometers from the training camp, designated for their monster hunts.
A surveillance satellite monitored the entire city. All students were restricted to hunting within its limits, both for safety and in accordance with camp rules.
The elite training camp rankings were tied to points, which created potential for cheating through private trading of monster materials.
Anyone caught engaging in such fraud would be expelled outright. It was also strictly forbidden to kill other students for profit; any warrior who did so would be summarily executed.
Pfft!
An SS-grade flying knife transformed into a streak of light, instantly piercing the skull of a wild bull the size of a small hill.
As a spiritual master, Wei Wen could fly even before reaching the Planetary level, making him perfectly at home in the urban wilderness. While other martial students might worry about being surrounded, that was never a concern for him.
Furthermore, with telekinetic strength approaching that of an advanced War God and a telekinetic amplitude 6 times higher, Wei Wen's hunting efficiency was exceptionally high, allowing him to accumulate achievement points rapidly.
"I started with 1000 points. I really want to hunt a lord-level monster; that would net so many more points," Wei Wen couldn't help but think.
Points were calculated based on two main factors: achievement points and combat power amplitude. The formula was: Total Points = Achievement Points x Combat Power Amplitude.
Achievement points came from hunting monsters. Besides the material value, each kill granted bonus points:
Elementary Beast General-level: +1 point
Medium Beast General-level: +10 points
High Beast General-level: +100 points
Elementary Lord-level: +1000 points, and so on.
For example, if Wei Wen hunted two elementary lord-level monsters, that would be 2000 achievement points. Multiplied by his combat power amplitude, his points would be 39,200.
However, Wei Wen had not yet updated his official force level. Currently, his points were calculated as: Achievement Points x Trial Tower Level.
One might wonder, if Wei Wen had the ability to hunt lord-level monsters for greater rewards, why didn't he?
The reason was simple: hunting two lord-level beasts and turning in the materials would prove he possessed War God-level strength, triggering an automatic update of his rank to War God.
The graduation requirement for the elite training camp was precisely to reach War God level.
Unless one was foolish, no one would choose to hunt War God-level monsters and trigger an early graduation. After all, the camp boasted the world's finest equipment, instructors, and resources—it was truly Earth's holy land of cultivation.
The first 28 days of each month were for earning points. Results were tallied in the early hours of the 29th, determining the final ranking for that month, which in turn dictated the rewards for the following month.
Of course, when the next month began, the previous month's points were reset to zero, and the fierce competition started anew. This very system was what made the rivalry so intense.
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