Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Thunder Fortress

With the monthly deadline approaching, there have been significantly more people loitering around the training camp entrance and Thunder Fortress in the last two days compared to usual.

Xiang Bei's arrival at Thunder Fortress instantly attracted the attention of many people.

After all, it would be strange if a genius fresh out of the training camp didn't attract attention.

In particular, Xiang Bei's rampage through the training camp, directly breaking into the top seventy, attracted the attention of many forces.

Some forces even ignored the shadow of the Xia Kingdom's military behind Xiang Bei and extended olive branches to him, blatantly poaching his talent.

However, the Xia Kingdom's military reacted quickly, sending a recruitment message directly through Xiang Bei's grandfather, Xiang Shan.

He did not refuse the offer and directly agreed to the military's recruitment.

However, Xiang Bei put forward two conditions. First, he would not take a position in any department. He had no interest in any power struggles. If there were any battle requirements such as a beast tide, he could make the request directly, and he would not refuse if he could do it.

The second thing was to ask his grandfather for a portion of the Water of Life.

His grandfather had refused before, but this time Xiang Bei was very firm: he would not join the military if Xiang Shan didn't want him.

So Xiang Shan compromised.

Xiang Bei officially signed an agreement with the Xia Kingdom's military, stipulating that once he graduates from the training camp, he can directly be assigned a star from the Kyoto base city.

At this point, all the scoundrels and monsters who had planned to undermine him all retreated.

This saved Xiang Bei from a lot of harassment, but there were still quite a few people who wanted to befriend him.

When Xiang Bei appeared at Thunder Fortress, many people took the initiative to greet him.

Xiang Bei responded to each of them.

You can't hit someone who's smiling at you.

Upon entering Thunder Fortress, Xiang Bei went straight to the ninth floor.

There weren't many people in the hall at the moment; only a handful, and not all of them were there to challenge the Trial Tower.

Xiang Bei waited in line for about ten minutes before the students participating in the Trial Tower came out of the room.

After entering the room, Xiang Bei skillfully put on the helmet and immersed his consciousness into the virtual world.

Suddenly, Xiang Bei's figure reappeared under that familiar starry sky.

Without any hesitation, Xiang Bei selected suitable weapons and equipment and went directly into the Trial Tower.

"Xiang Bei." The electronic voice echoed across the vast grassland. "You have completed the first stage, A-level trial. The next step is stage B. The objective is to kill 100 low-level beast general-level monsters, the Savage Bulls, within 30 minutes. Good luck."

As the electronic voice faded, the figures of 100 wild bulls quickly appeared on the grassland far north of Xiangbei, followed by a series of exceptionally loud bellows that echoed throughout the entire grassland.

"Taking down a hundred wild bulls in 30 minutes—that's more than double the difficulty!"

Xiang Bei looked at his old friend in the distance and couldn't help but sigh.

However, Xiang Bei at this moment is not the same person he used to be.

For the past month, he has either been fighting monsters in the wilderness or getting beaten up by Belinda, and his combat skills have increased exponentially!

"Come!"

The earth trembled as a hundred enormous bulls charged, creating a tremendous commotion.

However, Xiang Bei felt no fear whatsoever.

"Puff puff puff puff!"

As Xiang Bei continued to swing his halberd, he was like the Grim Reaper, constantly reaping the lives of wild bulls.

The once formidable Bull Formation was so easily shattered by Xiang Bei!

Without taking any rest, Xiang Bei took advantage of the Bulls' bulky formation and their inability to turn around in time, and quickly charged into the Bulls' herd.

Instantly, the entire herd of wild bulls was thrown into chaos by Xiang Bei's slaughter, with one wild bull after another falling to the ground and turning into corpses.

The collective charge that the raging bulls were originally most adept at was completely thwarted by Xiang Bei's halberd, and could not even take shape.

The wild bulls had already been slaughtered by Xiang Bei.

"Time: 19 minutes and 37 seconds. You have killed 100 low-level beast general-level wild bulls. You have passed the B-level stage. Congratulations, Xiang Bei."

"19 minutes, looks like we can try stage C."

"Xiang Bei, the next stage is the first level, C phase of the Trial Tower. The objective is to kill 190 low-level beast general-grade bulls and 10 mid-level beast general-grade bulls within 50 minutes. Good luck!"

Compared to stage B, stage C is more than twice as difficult.

As more large numbers of wild bulls appeared in the distance, Xiang Bei's expression grew increasingly serious.

Xiang Bei wasn't very confident about the charge of 200 beast-general level bulls.

All we can do is fight to the death!

"kill!"

The wind began to blow, and blood rained down.

At the entrance of the training camp, due to the end of the month, trainees would occasionally stop by the statue to check their rankings.

At that moment, a Western student who had just returned from hunting saw the rankings and his eyes immediately narrowed.

"Oh my god, Xiang Bei's ranking has gone up again!"

Xiang Bei, who was originally ranked 68th, suddenly jumped to 60th place.

He wasn't in a hurry to go back to the training camp to calculate his points anymore. Instead, he waited at the entrance of the training camp and started contacting the students he knew to get the latest information.

virtual reality

Xiang Bei, alone with his halberd, was already engaged in a fierce battle with hundreds of wild bulls.

Blood splattered everywhere. The leading mid-level beast general-level bull had its head severed by Xiang Bei's halberd the moment it collided with him.

The fiery red halberd spun and raged like a whirlwind among the bulls.

Countless wild bulls were instantly turned into corpses by the battle halberd.

In an instant, blood splattered, severed heads, and broken cow legs were scattered all over the ground.

It turned the entire grassland into a scene of hell.

However, the attack of more than two hundred wild bulls was far from over; the entire herd of wild bulls surged towards Xiang Bei like waves.

At this moment, Xiang Bei was like a reef being battered by ocean waves.

It constantly resists the erosion of the seawater!

"Bang!"

A mid-level beast general-level bull rammed into Xiang Bei's battle halberd, causing Xiang Bei to stagger back several steps before regaining his footing.

"roll!"

With a loud shout from Xiang Bei, the halberd blade that was stuck on the bull's horn was suddenly pressed down by Xiang Bei, and the bull was forced to fall to the right front by Xiang Bei's halberd.

Then the entire bull was pulled and rolled to the side.

"Again!"

Wielding his halberd, Xiang Bei was now acting like a madman under the relentless onslaught of the raging bulls.

The bull's relentless charges caused Xiang Bei to suffer injuries of varying sizes all over his body, and even his internal organs were aching from the immense force!

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Xiang Bei gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with a hint of madness. Instead of advancing, he retreated and charged forward again, stubbornly enduring the bull's charge.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

The halberds of the Xiang family have never feared any bloody battle!

Since there's no way out, let's fight to the death!

Bloodshed permeated the grasslands.

Xiang Bei's halberd swung more and more fiercely!

It tore a bloody gash through the endless herd of wild bulls!