All Heavens: Starting as a Sacrifice

The specially made wooden weapons have not yet been delivered.

Therefore, if the two want to fight now, they can only do so bare-handed.

Luo Feng took a deep breath. He knew in his heart that Li Yi was now very strong and that he might not be a match for him.

However, after so much training, I am definitely not someone to be trifled with. Being careful and cautious might just give me a chance to win.

Luo Feng took a step forward and threw a punch, but he didn't use his full strength, because this was just a facade.

Li Yi noticed his subtle actions, but did nothing about it.

Luo Feng's current speed and strength are too slow and weak in his eyes. Even if he uses some tricks, he will not be able to defeat him.

A hand gently pressed against his chest, and Luo Feng felt a tremendous force surge through him, almost causing him to fall uncontrollably.

Li Yi quickly grabbed his arm and helped him steady.

“You haven’t been cultivating for long enough; you’re no match for me. Hurry up and train; the martial arts combat assessment is very dangerous,” Li Yi said.

As far as he knew, the injury and death rates in martial arts combat assessments were around 15% each year.

This is even after all the safety tests and equipment have been prepared.

If you don't prepare anything and just throw them into the wild, you'd be lucky if one out of ten people came back alive.

"Don't worry." Luo Feng nodded.

He has already purchased the manual for the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade and is about to begin practicing it.

Although he was no match for Li Yi at the moment, he believed that as long as he persisted in his cultivation, he would have a chance to catch up with him.

Even if the chance is slim, you must seize it and never give up, because giving up means admitting defeat from the very beginning.

Time flies, and it's already the end of July. Tomorrow they will be going to participate in the martial arts assessment.

Li Yi was preparing to test his current strength, but he didn't do it at home. Instead, he went to the Extreme Club in the neighborhood.

Although his house was spacious, it was still a bit small compared to the Extreme Club.

The third floor of the clubhouse was empty and deserted.

Apart from the preliminary martial arts assessment on the first of each month, most of the time, this clubhouse only has a few staff members and very few martial artists.

Most martial artists either hunt monsters in the wild or cultivate alone.

Some older individuals chose to retire and become instructors at martial arts schools.

He rarely comes here, except when he encounters something special and needs to summon all the martial artists for a meeting.

Li Yi stood in front of the punching power testing machine, without using the power-gathering method of the World-Destroying Spear Technique.

This was a full-force punch delivered solely by the power of a flesh god, striking the testing equipment.

"boom!"

A muffled thud sounded in the air, and numbers flashed across the test screen.

Punching power: 10436 kg.

He threw several more punches, each punch carrying a force exceeding 10,000 kilograms.

He then began testing speed and neural reaction speed.

Speed: 96 meters per second.

Nerve reaction speed: Excellent for junior warriors, qualified for intermediate warriors.

His current physical fitness levels have reached the level of a junior warrior.

The progress has been remarkably rapid.

Moreover, he has gradually perfected the first level of the World-Destroying Spear Technique. Although he cannot walk now, he is always in a state of accumulating power when sitting or lying down.

When fighting against others, one can quickly get into a state of readiness, accumulate one's own power, and unleash a powerful attack.

He has never slacked off in his training in body techniques and is almost at the level of subtlety.

Even when faced with tests of neural reaction speed, it can find the most suitable state to evade.

With such strength, participating in the martial arts assessment would be no challenge at all.

The real challenge is how to escape from hundreds of powerful individuals, some of whom are of similar or even stronger than himself.

Li Yi remembered clearly that he would be leaving in another month.

I must seize this month to elevate my strength to a new level.

If possible, it would be best to reach the level of the ultimate warrior.

If necessary, one can sacrifice certain things to purchase and use gene-based drugs.

Li Yi was well aware of the effects of the gene serum, which allowed martial artists to forcibly realize some of their potential.

To elevate our current strength to a new level.

Once you've used this potion, it's very difficult to increase your strength again.

It can be said that almost every martial artist who uses gene-enhancing drugs does so only when they have no other choice but to take a gamble.

But they don't have many choices.

Even if the gene serum doesn't improve your physique later, you can still survive a month later.

But if you don't use it, the most likely outcome is death.

Even knowing it's like drinking poison to quench thirst, one still has to use it.

After the test, Li Yi turned off all the instruments.

They boarded a train to the wilderness with Luo Feng and the prospective martial artists; the martial artist assessment was next.

Chapter Fifteen: The 300 Million Yuan Bet

"Attention all prospective martial artists, the train is about to arrive at the station. Please prepare yourselves."

Li Yi was sitting on the train when he heard the announcement over the loudspeaker and immediately stood up.

"Click!" The carriage doors slowly opened, and the quasi-martial artists from each carriage stepped off, numbering probably over a thousand.

There seem to be a lot of people, but some of them are here again because they failed the assessment last time.

The Jiangnan City base has a population of 200 million, and at most a little over a thousand martial artists will emerge each year.

Of these more than a thousand people, half will die in the wild within three years due to various circumstances.

Being a martial artist is an extremely risky job.

It is precisely for this reason that martial artists were able to obtain privileges and a sufficiently high status in this era.

Otherwise, if one only possesses great power but does not go out into the wild to fight monsters and contribute to human society, it would be a waste.

Such a martial artist would only inspire fear and might not have attained his current high status.

A large group of aspiring warriors entered the massive military camp, the front line against the monsters.

Countless martial artists would come here to stay, replenish their supplies, and then head to the wilderness.

This area has now been specially cleared out for the assessment of aspiring martial artists.

Li Yi stepped forward to collect his equipment; the equipment provided for the assessment was the best available.

It is the best equipment provided within the limits that every aspiring martial artist can use.

The protective suit he wore was enough to withstand the bites of beast-soldier level monsters.

However, the monsters selected for the assessment were of very low level, some of which did not even reach the level of beast soldier.

Even so, the casualty rate in martial arts assessments remains high.

It can only be said that actual combat and regular sparring are two completely different states.

In reality, the preliminary martial artist assessment is only the first step in selecting martial artists; the second step begins when they enter the wilderness.

Becoming a martial artist comes with a 50% mortality rate within three years.

However, if they survive, the mortality rate will drop to five percent in the next three years.

After putting on his gear, Li Yi walked to the side and selected some emergency medicine.

"Li Yi, Luo Feng. Come with me." Jiang Nian ran over at this moment.

"Instructor Jiang!" Li Yi and Luo Feng called out in unison.

"Follow me." Jiang Nian said, and then led the way.

Soon the three arrived at a two-story building, where several people were gathered together.

Zhuge Tao sat there quietly, with a burly man wearing the exclusive battle suit of the Thunder Martial Arts School beside him.

His aura was also quite extraordinary, suggesting he must be one of the higher-ups at the Thunder Martial Arts School.

This is also the time to conduct the preliminary martial arts assessment, after which many martial arts masters will be born.

High-ranking officials from various factions will come here to recruit those who have passed the assessment once the assessment is over.

“Supervisor.” Li Yi nodded to Zhuge Tao.

"Hmm." Zhuge Tao nodded slightly.

Li Yi turned his gaze to the side and looked at the two young men next to the Thunder Martial Arts Hall's senior members.

One of them had a purple birthmark on his face, making him look gloomy.

He's not important; what's important is another young man.

She was very beautiful, extremely beautiful, a true beauty, and a scourge to the nation.

If it weren't for his Adam's apple, Li Yi would have even suspected that he was a girl.

"Young people, let's get to know each other," the burly man from the Thunder Martial Arts School shouted, his voice seemingly coming from his chest.

"My name is Wan Dong," the young man with the purple birthmark said coldly.

“Ma Xiao.” Another very handsome young man spoke up, his voice sounding weak, as if he were easy to bully.