Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Kyoto base city

No one expected that Xiang Bei, who was entering the wilderness area for the first time, would stay there for a full ten days.

During these ten days, Xiang Bei only had time for necessary rest and meals.

They're either fighting or on their way to a battle.

You could say he was completely absorbed in the killing!

Every day, the moment I open my eyes, I pick up my halberd and start hacking!

Xiang Dong and the others couldn't help but admire Xiang Bei's perseverance.

It is important to know that fighting in the wilderness is not only a test of a martial artist's physical strength, but also a test of their spirit!

Even experienced teams need to stop at supply stations to rest from time to time when hunting in the wilderness.

Of course, such fierce fighting also led to Xiang Bei's extremely rapid progress.

It almost made Xiang Dong and the others drop their jaws in astonishment.

There's no way around it, Xiang Bei has improved too much. Just ten days ago, Xiang Bei was beaten badly and was in grave danger when he fought a four-horned ibex.

Ten days later, Xiang Bei was able to kill a monster of the Beast General level all by himself.

Although they didn't know exactly what Xiang Bei's physical abilities were, Xiang Dong and the others felt that they were definitely no worse than those of a junior general.

In the past, Xiang Dong and his colleagues would never have even heard of such an outrageous thing, let alone seen it!

Ten days, just ten days.

A newcomer who had just entered the advanced warrior level had already become a warrior general in such a fresh and promising way!

Moreover, Xiang Bei hadn't used any resources to aid his cultivation during those ten days; he had become a warrior simply by working from the moment he opened his eyes!

That's absolutely outrageous!

Xiang Bei simply smiled noncommittally at the crowd's astonishment.

This is nothing! The most terrifying thing about Heart of Steel is its snowballing growth!

That's why the town they went to was mostly inhabited by monsters of the beast soldier level.

Otherwise, he could be even stronger!

Once he goes to the elite training camp, his strength will improve faster than blowing up a balloon.

Oh well, the people from the Thunder Martial Arts School will be coming to pick him up tomorrow to take him to the Thunder Martial Arts School headquarters.

Take a good break today, spend time with your family, and be with your mom and younger sister!

I won't be back for at least a few months after this trip to the Thunder Martial Arts School.

Mom might be reluctant to part with me then!

After all, he's never been away from home for so long in his life, let alone to go to such a far place as the Thunder Martial Arts School.

That evening, the entire Xiang family gathered together, and even the old man and his father Xiang Hu, who was stationed in the military region, took some time to come home.

Both the old man and Xiang Hu were extremely satisfied with Xiang Bei's growth.

That night, not only the old man but almost all the second generation of the Xiang family drank quite a bit. As for the third generation, Xiang Dong and Xiang Nan were drunk to the point of being under the table, and even their warrior-level physical strength couldn't withstand it.

However, Xiang Bei, the protagonist, was spared by everyone because he had to go to the Thunder Martial Arts School headquarters for testing the next day!

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Kyoto Base City Raiden Martial Arts Hall

Xiang Bei didn't let anyone see him off; he went to the main hall of the Thunder Martial Arts School alone.

As the headquarters of a nation's capital, the architecture of the Thunder Martial Arts Hall is undoubtedly much more imposing than other headquarters.

After explaining his purpose to the receptionist, Xiang Bei took the elevator directly to the supervisor's office.

After being announced by the waiter, Xiang Bei entered the manager's office.

However, Shan Yucheng was not the only one in the office at the moment.

Besides Shan Yucheng, there were five other people.

Among them were a middle-aged man in a black robe, a foreign woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, and an elderly man from the Camel Kingdom who looked to be over fifty years old and of average appearance.

Xiang Bei recognized the man in the black robe, or rather, he had seen him on television.

It was Qi Cunyuan, the inspector of the Kyoto Base City General Hall.

The other two people Xiang Bei didn't recognize were most likely special envoys sent by the Thunder Martial Arts School headquarters.

Besides the others, the remaining two were also young people, and it seemed that they were geniuses like him who were heading to the headquarters of the Thunder Martial Arts School.

Xiang Bei sensed a familiar aura about them and roughly guessed that these two were probably the free spots that the Thunder Martial Arts Academy had provided to the military.

"You must be Xiang Bei?" Before Shan Yucheng could speak, Qi Cunyuan, the inspector, spoke first: "Your grandfather and I have a long-standing relationship."

"Inspector!" Xiang Bei replied respectfully.

Qi Cunyuan smiled and said, "Two years ago, General Xiang and I fought a great battle against four lord-level monsters in the Tianjin city area. If General Xiang hadn't single-handedly held off three lord-level monsters for three seconds, I wouldn't have been able to kill that Crimson Dragonfish. That battle would have been dangerous!"

After Qi Cunyuan finished speaking, Xiang Bei understood that the reason he was chosen by the Thunder Martial Arts Academy and even directly expelled from the elite training camp was probably due to the great efforts of his grandfather and the inspector in front of him.

"Haha, come here, let me introduce you. This is a special envoy from headquarters, the God of War Belinda and the God of War Ennis." As he spoke, Qi Cunyuan pointed to the blonde woman standing to the side and the old man from the Camel Kingdom.

"Greetings to the two war gods." Xiang Bei dared not be negligent and greeted them again.

The old man from Camel Country simply nodded slightly in response.

However, the blonde, blue-eyed foreign woman, Belinda, seemed somewhat curious about Xiang Bei. She said in a rather strange tone, "I'll remember you. You're a little genius from Xia Country. You can help guide him at the training camp. I'm very interested!"

As she spoke, she even touched Xiang Bei's chest with her fingertips, and blinked her big blue eyes at him.

No, woman, is this advice serious?!

God of War! With his small frame, he probably wouldn't be completely drained after just one training session!

Thank you, but no need!

Why don't you wait until I become a War God and then we can have a friendly spar? Believe me, it won't be long!

"Thank you for your kindness, Goddess Belinda," Xiang Bei said quickly, suppressing his urge to back away.

About ten minutes later, another young man walked in, led by staff from the Thunder Martial Arts School.

From the conversation among the war gods, Xiang Bei learned that he and another young military officer went directly to the elite training camp.

The other two were going to the basic training camp.

In addition, five more people from the six base cities within Xia Kingdom are going to the basic training camp.

However, other special envoys will pick them up, so they don't need to worry about it.

This year's basic training camp enrolled 27 people, two more than last year.

The elite training camp only recruited 11 people, including Xiang Bei.

Moreover, 7 of these 11 people were free spots allocated by the Thunder Martial Arts Academy.

In reality, only four people were actually recruited from the public!

That's quite exaggerated!

Once everyone was present, the two war gods had no intention of staying long. They had come with a mission and needed to return to report within the stipulated time.

Moreover, they are only at the War God level and do not have their own dedicated fighter jets; they can only travel by civilian aircraft.

If you arrive late, the plane won't care whether you're the God of War of the Thunder Martial Arts School or not.