Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

The fourth level, stage A of the Trial Tower requires Xiang Bei to kill thirty medium-level swamp crocodiles within 10 minutes in the swamp.

Without hesitation, Xiang Bei charged forward with his halberd.

The complex swampy terrain posed no obstacle whatsoever to Xiang Bei.

Wherever Xiang Bei's halberd passed, the swamp crocodiles were slaughtered to death; not a single swamp crocodile could escape his clutches.

In less than a minute, Xiang Bei had slaughtered all thirty mid-level swamp crocodiles.

Phase B then begins.

Unlike the first three levels, two types of monsters appeared in Phase B of the fourth level.

One is still the swamp crocodile, and the other is a giant spider that often appears in swamp areas—the venomous spider.

These two things together are quite disgusting.

One hides in the mud, lurking and plotting; the other spins webs, its silk not only extremely tough and adept at trapping prey, but also highly venomous.

If a novice warrior gets entangled by this thing, he will lose the ability to resist in an instant.

They are extremely difficult opponents in swampy areas.

Thirty mid-level beast general-grade swamp crocodiles and thirty mid-level beast general-grade venomous spiders must be killed within twenty minutes.

This time, Xiang Bei also spent a lot of effort to resolve both issues.

However, the difficulty spikes again in stage C, where you not only have to face two types of monsters, each with fifty of them, but also ten high-level beast generals for each type of monster.

Despite his best efforts, Xiang Bei was ultimately no match for the venomous spider. He was entangled in its web and then dragged into the swamp by the swamp crocodile.

"As expected, this Trial Tower isn't so easy to conquer!"

Xiang Bei sighed softly and glanced at the Trial Tower's level.

4.8

They were just one step away from passing the fourth level of the Trial Tower.

This score is already quite high. You should know that one of the rewards that is publicly available in the Elite Training Camp is that reaching level 5 in the Trial Tower will grant you the position of Inspector.

What is the status of an inspector?

There are only three inspectors in the entire Thunder Martial Arts Academy, and each of them is a powerhouse who surpasses the level of a war god and holds a seat in a council on Earth.

They have a say in the direction of the entire planet.

In other words, if Xiang Bei can reach the fifth level of the Trial Tower, he will receive the same treatment as these powerful individuals.

Of course, it would be very difficult to get to this point. Xiang Bei guessed that if he wanted to reach the fifth level, he would have to reach the level of intent in either the halberd technique or the movement technique.

Or perhaps, in "Apocalypse," one breaks through to the fifth level, and their physical strength reaches 5.5 times the normal level.

None of these are easy to achieve.

At this moment, news of Xiang Bei's attempt to challenge the Trial Tower was also transmitted to Thor and the three inspectors through the Trial Tower's back office.

Thor was naturally quite satisfied, even delighted, with this.

The three inspectors from the Thunder Martial Arts School, however, had rather complicated feelings.

The reason is simple: the three inspectors had only just reached the fifth level of the Trial Tower.

The highest level is Li Chengqing, a level 2 planetary expert, whose Trial Tower level is only 5.3, just past stage A of the fifth floor.

The remaining two, one with a score of 5.1 and the other with only a score of 5, barely managed to pass the fourth level.

Given Xiang Bei's current rate of progress, wouldn't it be a matter of time before he catches up with them in the Trial Tower level?

But at this moment, all they wanted was to befriend Xiang Bei.

After all, if such a powerful, talented genius, favored by Thor, were to be foolish enough to make enemies, they wouldn't be able to become an inspector.

However, Xiang Bei really had no interest in them.

If you're willing to befriend me, I'm happy to accept it; if you don't want to associate with me, as long as you don't provoke me, I won't bother with you.

And so, Xiang Bei continued to immerse himself in cultivation, spending his days either practicing or looking for trouble with lord-level monsters.

The only pity is that the old turtle disappeared after Xiang Bei threw Xiang Bei into the seabed mud. Xiang Bei searched for a long time but could not find any trace of the old turtle.

They were most likely scared off by Xiang Bei and ultimately chose to move.

However, after the deep-sea crocodile turtle left, the other lord-level monsters suffered.

Whether you were a mid-level lord, a high-level lord, or even some kind of dragon, Xiang Bei beat them all up.

This caused many lord-level monsters to run away upon seeing Xiang Bei.

As for the King-level monsters, ever since Thor demonstrated what seafood barbecue looks like, as long as Xiang Bei doesn't provoke them, they won't personally deal with Xiang Bei. At most, they'll mobilize their Lord-level monsters to besiege him.

However, Xiang Bei wasn't stupid. Seeing a bunch of Lord-level monsters, he naturally wouldn't do anything reckless. Even if he was surrounded, with the Black God Set, he could escape unharmed.

Then we'll get our revenge!

As a result, Xiang Bei became the most troublesome existence for the lord-level monsters in the entire near-shore area.

However, this situation finally ended two months later.

Inside the alloy-cast metal hall

Xiang Bei brandished his halberd with both hands, unleashing gusts of wind as he attacked Thor, but Thor remained unmoved by Xiang Bei's ferocious onslaught, holding only a sword in one hand.

With his halberd gleaming like a rainbow, Xiang Bei infused each strike with immense force, pushing his physical strength to the limit by using 5.5 times the power of his body.

"Boom boom boom"

The battle halberd broke through the air barrier, creating a series of air explosions in mid-air.

However, despite such terrifying and ferocious attacks, Thor was able to easily withstand them each time, without even moving his feet an inch.

Even while parrying Xiang Bei's attack, he still had the energy to explain the shortcomings of Xiang Bei's moves to Xiang Bei.

"Good, keep going!" Thor smiled approvingly, his expression showing no sign of strain.

"good!"

Xiang Bei also had excitement on his face. Having a powerful figure like Thor personally train him was something many people would beg for.

Then, Xiang Bei quickly changed his move. The halberd in his hand, which was originally as fast as the wind and as explosive as fire, suddenly seemed to slow down. The path of the halberd's change of move was visible to the naked eye.

However, when Thor saw Xiang Bei's attack slow down significantly, his expression involuntarily became slightly more serious.

At this moment, Xiang Bei's halberd seemed to be stuck in the current, seemingly moving upstream with slow attacks, but in reality, it was creating huge, powerful waves.

Thor parried several of Xiang Bei's attacks, but even he couldn't help but exert a little more force with his sword!

"Master, take my final blow!"

With a loud shout, Xiang Bei changed the shape of his halberd once again. Then, as if stirring up water, the halberd drew spirals in the air.

Like a water python, it stirs up undercurrents on the seabed!

"Splash splash splash!"

The halberd led the water serpent, stirring up the undercurrents, its target being Thor.

"good!"

At this moment, Thor finally took a step, his battle blade moving like lightning, leaving afterimages in his wake!