Woosh!
After killing Yu Haitao, Wang Ye left immediately.
He knew that Yu Haitao might have some good stuff on him, such as potions. He could tell from the special combat suit.
The Red Sun Saber couldn't even sever his legs.
Unfortunately, good equipment alone could not make up for the difference in strength.
As for destroying the evidence... Beside Yu Haitao was a hungry mutated monster.
"I hope everything goes smoothly."
Wang Ye knew that killing Yu Haitao might bring him trouble, but he had no choice.
The apocalyptic world was cruel. Either one died or the other.
If he didn't kill Yu Haitao today, he might be the one to die tomorrow.
It was taboo to be soft-hearted.
The rookie trial with a 27% mortality rate was the best opportunity to strike.
Still, he could not place his hopes on fate and luck.
Only when one was strong could one face any danger with ease!
It was time to go up the mountains!
The rookie trial had not ended yet.
Let a rookie like him stir up trouble!
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West Camp, data research center.
"Oh, Department Head Huang, what brings you here?" Chief Instructor Sun, who was looking at the trial rankings, could not help but smile when he saw the person who had come.
"You already know. I'm here to take a look at the future talents of our division, of course," Department Head Huang chuckled.
The two of them shook hands politely.
One was the chief instructor of the West Camp, and the other was the department head of the base defense division. Their positions were equal.
"Zirui is performing very well and is currently in first place," Chief Instructor Sun smiled. Huang Zirui was Department Head Huang's nephew, something he already knew about when the student entered the camp.
"Hmm, eighth?" Department Head Huang narrowed his eyes as he looked at the rankings.
Hmm?
Chief Instructor Sun looked over and saw the name "Yu Shuiqin" in eighth place.
"Department Head Huang, do you know Yu Shuiqin?" Chief Instructor Sun was slightly surprised.
"She's the daughter of an old friend," Department Head Huang chuckled
"I see."
Chief Instructor Sun did not continue asking.
It seemed that Yu Shuiqin's family background was not as simple as it was written in the register.
It made sense though. How could a student who could awaken as an ability user right after evolving be an ordinary person?
"It's still early," Chief Instructor Sun said with a smile, "The rankings of every rookie trial often change suddenly in the second half. Yu Shuiqin might be holding back her strength and waiting for the night to come."
Department Head Huang smiled and nodded.
...
On the hill, a blade light streaked across the night sky, and a five-meter-long steppe rat snake monster's head was cut off.
Huff!
The vicious snake monster's head bit at Wang Ye.
Almost instinctively, Wang Ye used the limit break skill, Comprehensive Saber Technique, to block the attack.
The defense turned into offense and the head of the fiend-level snake monster was shattered.
[Level 1 snake monster killed.]
[Potential Points: 5.5→6.5.]]
"That was close."
Wang Ye waved his hand.
One really couldn't afford to be careless when dealing with a fiend-level monster.
Wang Ye aimed his watch at the steppe rat snake monster's corpse and marked it, sending its information to the collectors.
Then, he continued to carefully explore his surroundings.
Different from the village environment, the number of monsters on the mountain was sparse. The mutated beasts seemed to have been all eaten up by the fiend-level monsters.
In this place, as long as one bumped into a monster, it would be a fiend-level monster.
He was still halfway up the mountain and had already encountered three fiend-level monsters.
At this speed, his potential points would probably be maxed out before he reached the peak.
"Beep!" His watch vibrated.
Wang Ye was surprised and couldn't help but laugh.
Rank: 99
To think the camp even showed their real-time ranking. Were they trying to make the chaos even more chaotic?
"I didn't receive the notification before. It seems that one has to first enter the top 100."
Wang Ye had a rough idea of the rookie trial's objective.
From the environment of the training ground, one could see clues.
The villages had basically mutated monsters only, while the mountains were filled with fiend-level monsters.
Selection!
Not only was the rookie trial screening out elite Evolvers who could fight, but also the batch with the strongest fighting spirit!
"To think I have entered the top 100 by just killing three fiend-level monsters... The elite class students aren't very good, huh..." Wang Ye continued his search.
Compared to during the day, the density of fiend-level monsters was much lower, and the number of students was also much lower.
Now was the best time to hunt.
..
20:00, ranked 81st.
21:00, ranked 63rd.
22:00, ranked 47th.
He had entered the top 50.
Wang Ye looked at his watch.
The Evolution Camp reported the rankings on the hour so that the top 100 rookies could roughly gauge their rankings.
The real-time ranking was indeed quite psychologically pressuring.
Wang Ye continued hunting.
Twenty minutes later.
[Level 1 lizard monster killed.]
[Potential Points: 19.8→20.8.]]
Wang Ye opened his interface, and his consciousness fell on the "+" without hesitation.
In the space of consciousness, he trained his Basic Red Sun Saber Technique over and over again.
The third move, Myriad Light, had astonishing speed and extraordinary explosive power. He practiced it thousands of times faster than in reality, and time passed quickly until he completely mastered it.
Basic Red Sun Saber Technique, mastery!
"Howl!" In the night sky, a huge fiend-level black-eared eagle monster was flying like a glider.
Its pitch-black pupils emitted intense killing intent. The wings that were spread out were like two indestructible sharp blades that wanted to cut Wang Ye into pieces.
Boom!
Head-on confrontation.
The Red Sun Saber was brandished at high speed. Myriad Light was full of explosive power.
Not only did it block the black-eared eagle monster's attack, but it also tore through its scales.
Wang Ye suppressed the tightness in his chest and the numbness in his hands, then abruptly stepped forward to strike the black-eared eagle monster to the ground.
Another stab!
With that, the fiend-level black-eared eagle monster, which was four meters long and had the ability to fly at extreme speeds, was cut down by the saber!
"I've become stronger."
Wang Ye could feel the change in his strength. His combat power had increased by at least 20%!
This was especially so for his ability to fight head-on.
Even though strength was not his forte, the mastery-level Red Sun Saber Technique was enough to make up for his lack of offensive power.
Complemented by the mastery-level Red Sun Evolution Technique, his current combat strength was already at the top among the rookies.
"It's time to charge into the top ten, or even the top five."
Wang Ye dashed down the mountain.
His next destination was the most difficult and dangerous mountain in the rookie trial - Bone Burying Mountain.
The mountain of trials where the bones of countless West Camp rookies were buried.
The place had the largest number of fiend-level monsters in the trial ground, as well as the most rookies who came to compete for the rankings.
"Something is wrong."
Huang Zirui held his silver spear. His shrewd eyes swept across the blackened corpses and corroded ground on Bone Burying Mountain. He sniffed and frowned slightly.
"A very violent poison. A medium-grade fiend-level monster?"
Huang Zirui shook his head.
"That's not right. If a fiend-level monster with poison becomes stronger, only its poison will increase. Unless it's a nightmare-level monster... But it's impossible for such a monster to appear... Could it be an awakening-type fiend-level monster? There's no need to take the risk."
Beep.
Huang Zirui looked at his watch.
4:00 am, ranked 1st.
There were only three hours left until the end of the rookie trial.
"It's almost time. I have a huge advantage, and Wang Jun can't catch up. In the remaining time, I'll just sweep through the nearby mountains."
...
"Fourth place, there's still hope!"
Yu Shuiqin had been preserving her strength in the first half of the battle.
Unlike genetic warriors, who had powerful bodies and recovery abilities, ability users had limited abilities. If they used up all their abilities, they would need time to recover.
Therefore, she had been using her strength as a genetic warrior to fight against the fiend-level monsters previously.
Compared to her strength as an ability user, she was much weaker as a genetic warrior.
The sound of the grass rustling in the distance could not escape an ability user's powerful perception.
Yu Shuiqin raised the crossbow gun in her hand and aimed. There were no arrows.
Suddenly, the bowstring was tightened, and an energy arrow condensed from her ability appeared. With a swoosh, it shot out rapidly.
Bang!
The ability arrow head-shotted the fiend-level monster, instantly killing it.
"Dad, I will prove to you that the release-type ability is the strongest among all ability users, and not the elemental type!"