Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 6 Joining the Firehammer Squad

December 28, 5:43 AM.

Having just completed his swordsmanship training, Luo Shen walked into the neurological response testing room.

Luo Shen was already quite familiar with this small room, which was only about 100 square meters. Apart from the neurological response testing device, there were no other large pieces of equipment in the room.

At the very front of this device are firing ports resembling those of a Gatling gun.

However, there were many more of them, a total of fifty or sixty.

The tests conducted by the neural response testing equipment are naturally divided into different levels of intensity. The most basic level is for intermediate students' assessments, while the highest level is used for testing and training top martial artists.

Luo Shen set the mode to "Beginner Warrior Level".

Although after more than half a month, Luo Shen's physical strength had only just exceeded 4000KG, with twice the physical strength, his speed was no different from that of an ordinary junior warrior.

Therefore, he has been using the beginner-level warrior mode to assist in cultivating his movement techniques during this period.

After setting a delay for activation, Luo Shen quickly walked into the circle with a diameter of 3.6 meters. During training, Luo Shen was strict with himself. Once he touched the red light or was hit by a certain number of bullets, he would immediately stop training.

He stood still in the circle for a moment.

"Beep beep beep" The cannon of the neural response testing machine began to rotate, accelerating continuously until it reached an astonishing speed. Then, dozens of gun barrels in the huge cannon fired rubber bullets one after another, which quickly shot into the red dome.

The bullets were moving at varying speeds, and their trajectories were completely erratic and not parallel at all.

"It's still as fast as ever!"

In the center of the red circle, Luo Shen is rapidly making small-scale movements.

With his eyes fixed on the trajectory of the bullets, he quickly calculated the optimal solution in his mind. He was like an elegant cat, constantly dodging left and right, avoiding each rubber bullet.

They moved with light steps and dodged swiftly.

"Pfft! Pfft!" Even though he was hit by two bullets in a row due to his mistake, Luo Shen did not hesitate at all, and his dodging movements did not change at all.

Because those bullets that hit were also part of his calculations.

A minute passed quickly.

The cannon slowed down until it stopped rotating, and a long string of numbers appeared on the screen.

Walking to the screen, Luo Shen glanced down: "Hmm? 60 seconds, hit 43 times, didn't touch the red light, good!"

Seeing this result, I couldn't help but shake my head.

Achieving this result in the "Beginner Warrior Level" mode is already an unattainable pinnacle for most advanced warriors, but for Luo Shen, it's still a long way off.

"I'm still a bit short before my movement technique can reach the Subtle Level."

The "Subtle Movement Technique" refers to the ability to dodge monster attacks by making small movements of the body during a life-or-death battle. Because the body movements are small, more dodges can be performed per unit of time, making it extremely efficient!

But that's precisely why we need more accurate judgments!

Otherwise, if a mistake is made, the monster's claws might not just brush past him, but instead slice through his body and rip him open!

"I made seven mistakes while dodging just now."

Luo Shen was still reviewing the movement training he had just done. Mistakes were not terrible; the most important thing was to follow the clues, find the root cause of the problem, and solve it.

Fortunately, there was the help of the neurological response testing device.

Over the past two weeks, Luo Shen's skill level in agility has rapidly increased.

However, compared to his already nearly perfected basic movement techniques, Luo Shen's proficiency in swordsmanship was pitifully low. After training for more than half a month, he hadn't even filled in half of his proficiency.

After all, while movement techniques can be trained with the assistance of a neural response testing device, sword techniques don't have that advantage.

The martial arts school doesn't teach basic swordsmanship. If you want to practice swordsmanship, you can only refer to some free online instructional videos and gradually explore on your own.

Jiang Nian had taught some sword techniques when he was at the Extreme Martial Arts Academy.

However, Luo Shen was eager to improve his physical fitness at that time. In addition, practicing sword techniques was not very efficient for improving physical fitness. On the contrary, each advancement in his basic fist techniques would accelerate the growth of his physical fitness.

Therefore, Luo Shen temporarily put aside his swordsmanship skills.

Like body techniques, swordsmanship is also divided into three levels: solid foundation, proficiency, and ease of use.

Above that is the Specialist level.

Although Luo Shen had been cramming on the basics of swordsmanship for the past two weeks, spending a third of his usual training time on swordsmanship every day, he had only reached the 'proficient' level.

However, the monsters in the martial arts combat assessment are all of the lowest level, H-rank.

With his strength, he could easily crush even the most ordinary monsters using only his physical abilities, and his proficient swordsmanship was more than enough.

After training, Luo Shen came downstairs covered in sweat.

In the bar on the first floor, several martial artists were chatting, two of whom were Wu Tong and Luo Feng.

"Ah Shen!" Luo Feng waved with a smile.

"Good lad!" Wu Tong laughed, "Coming to cultivate so early in the morning, you're a true young man, full of energy. It reminds me of myself back then, you know..."

Upon hearing that Wu Tong was about to reminisce about the past again, Luo Shen quickly interrupted, "Brother Feng, Uncle Wu, what are you two talking about?"

Luo Feng knew Wu Tong's nagging skills, so he chimed in, "Aren't you going to participate in the martial arts combat assessment in a few days? Uncle Wu asked if you could join our Fire Hammer team so he can mentor you."

Luo Shen looked at Wu Tong.

Wu Tong nodded and said, "The Fire Hammer Squad is quite strong. If a newcomer like you can join, you can learn a lot, which will benefit your future path as a martial artist."

"What do you mean, Brother Feng?" Luo Shen asked.

Wu Tong might not be aware of this, but Luo Shen was very clear about it. Apart from Zhang Ke, who had retired, the rest of the Fire Hammer Squad, including Chen Gu and the Wei brothers, had all taken gene serums, which had elevated their physical abilities to the level of warrior generals.

Luo Feng smiled and said, "If it were you, I would certainly be happy to."

The two lived close by and were both from Yi'an District. Moreover, because of Luo Shen, Luo Feng realized that he could use his physical strength to generate speed. Therefore, the two had gotten along well for the past half month.

Luo Feng was naturally aware of Luo Shen's capabilities.

Although he had only passed the preliminary martial artist assessment less than a month ago, Luo Shen's physical fitness had already reached the advanced warrior level. In addition, with his physical strength, he could be considered a warrior-level fighter.

It's just that they lack experience in wilderness combat.

"Since Brother Feng has said so, it would be rude of me to refuse," Luo Shen said with a smile.

Wu Tong smiled and nodded: "In that case, it's settled then."

"By the way, the martial arts combat assessment is in two or three days."

As if suddenly remembering something, Wu Tong cautioned, "Many newcomers can only unleash one or two tenths of their strength after seeing blood, and they also cower in fear when facing monsters. Don't be fooled by the fact that the monsters in the assessment are only the lowest-level, beginner-level beast soldiers; their destructive power is by no means weak. You must be careful and not let yourself be caught off guard."

Luo Shen nodded, indicating that he understood.

(End of this chapter)