"Brother Yang, shall we team up?"
Upon entering Monster Town, Bai Yang, who had also passed the preliminary martial artist assessment, unexpectedly approached Yang Wu. While
killing each other was forbidden in Monster Town, cooperation and mutual assistance were not. After all, even in the true wilderness, most martial artists traveled in teams.
Bai Yang had originally intended to team up with Luo Feng, but he had already heard that Luo Feng had been pre-recruited by the Limitless Martial Arts Academy and knew the chances were slim. Therefore, he directly approached Yang Wu, believing that cooperation would greatly increase their chances of passing the assessment.
"Brother Bai, I plan to take this assessment alone," Yang Wu declined Bai Yang's suggestion, then added, "If you can't find companions, I can introduce you to a few."
Many of the participants in this preliminary martial artist assessment were indeed friends Yang Wu knew. Although they weren't particularly close, forming a team was a mutually beneficial arrangement, and no one would refuse.
"No need, Brother Yang." Bai Yang shook his head and said, "I can find someone myself."
Of course, Bai Yang knew more than just Luo Feng and Yang Wu, these two aspiring martial artists. He just felt that the three of them had passed the aspiring martial artist assessment together before, which was somewhat of a coincidence. Seeing that Yang Wu didn't want to team up with anyone, he naturally wouldn't continue to pester him.
"Okay." Yang Wu extended his fist and bumped fists with Bai Yang: "Brother, pass the assessment alive!"
"Same here, pass the assessment alive!" Bai Yang smiled back.
Then, Bai Yang went to meet other aspiring martial artists he knew.
As for Yang Wu, after declining several invitations, he wandered alone through the alleys of the town.
Night fell, and on the edge of the town, large searchlights illuminated the surrounding area, but many places in the town were still shrouded in darkness.
"The monsters in this town are all the lowest-level beast soldier-class monsters, they pose no threat to me at all."
Yang Wu carried his Broken Army Spear and walked slowly through the alleys. Although Yang Wu was confident in his strength, the combat experience he gained from the simulator still made him very cautious.
Just then, a dark figure suddenly darted out from the shadows next to Yang Wu.
The shadowy figure moved with incredible speed; it was a shadow cat, easily half a meter long.
Its gray fur stood on end, and the spikes on its claws gleamed coldly.
Whoosh!
This shadow cat, just released from its cage, was already ravenously hungry. Upon seeing Yang Wu, it charged at him with astonishing speed.
"Looking for death!"
Yang Wu sneered, his Broken Army Spear twitching violently. A flash of cold light appeared in the night sky, and the charging shadow cat was instantly killed.
Although this was Yang Wu's first time hunting a monster in reality, he felt no discomfort. He had hunted countless monsters in the simulator; the combat experience felt as if he had experienced it firsthand.
Thump!
The shadow cat's massive corpse, propelled by its momentum, continued forward for over ten meters before crashing heavily to the ground. The shadow cat
's body was remarkably well-preserved, except for a bloody hole near its left eye.
Yang Wu took two steps forward, about to draw his dagger to collect materials from the shadow cat's body.
Suddenly realizing he was taking a hit, Yang Wu understood he was participating in a quasi-martial artist combat assessment.
With a self-deprecating laugh, he swung his spear, and Shadow Cat's left ear detached instantly.
Yang Wu placed the monster's left ear in his backpack and then walked aside to wait silently.
Monsters are inherently ferocious and extremely sensitive to the smell of blood. Given the monster density in Monster Town, a large number of monsters would arrive within minutes, saving Yang Wu the trouble of constantly searching.
What followed was a one-sided massacre.
With his initial-level warrior strength, Yang Wu easily slaughtered these lowest-level beast-soldier monsters.
The stench of blood attracted a large number of monsters, while simultaneously causing countless quasi-martial artists participating in the assessment to detour.
Yang Wu's spear was like a scythe in the hand of death, reaping the lives of countless monsters.
Only when the dense stench of blood deterred the monsters from charging did Yang Wu move on to another location.
One, two… ten, a hundred…
countless monsters died at Yang Wu's hands. By around 9 PM, just over two hours after the assessment began, Yang Wu's backpack was already full of monster left ears.
Meanwhile, not far from the closed-off town, in a small room inside a large building, an officer was drinking with a burly man.
"Report!" A voice suddenly rang out from outside the room.
"Come in!"
Hou Zhen's voice fell, and an officer pushed open the door and entered the room.
"What's going on?"
Normally, unless there were special circumstances, no one would disturb him during the assessment. So Hou Zhen quickly asked.
"Report, the number of monsters in Monster Town seems to be insufficient. Should we immediately send a batch of monsters over?" the officer reported immediately.
"How is this possible?" Hou Zhen asked doubtfully, "Didn't we just transport two thousand monsters in?"
Despite his doubts, Hou Zhen still gave orders without hesitation: "Pass on my order to transport another one thousand monsters into the town. Make sure the practical assessment proceeds smoothly. Also, immediately dispatch an elite team into the town to investigate the reason for the mass disappearance of the monsters. Make sure the safety of the prospective martial artists participating in the assessment is guaranteed."
Although he had never encountered such a situation before, Hou Zhen still issued various orders methodically.
"Iron Monkey!" The burly man who had been silent suddenly spoke up: "I think I've found the reason for the mass disappearance of the monsters!"
"What?" Hou Zhen quickly looked at the burly man: "Old Wang, this is no joke!"
"I don't have time to joke with you, look at the screen!" The burly man, Wang Heng, pointed to a monitor on a screen and shouted.
"Hmm?" Hou Zhen quickly followed Wang Heng's gaze.
On the screen, more than ten monsters of various kinds were attacking a young man in his early twenties who was considered a quasi-martial artist. In the blink of an eye, he had slaughtered them all, leaving countless monster corpses lying on the ground beside him.
"Specialized marksmanship?"
Hou Zhen was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening and said to the officer who hadn't left, "Xiao Li, immediately send someone to transport a thousand monsters into the town, and then bring me this person from the surveillance footage."
"Damn it, do you know how hard it is for me to catch so many monsters? He's ruined them all by himself!" Hou Zhen laughed heartily. "I'll make him compensate me!"
The officer received the order and quickly left.
Hearing Hou Zhen's laughter, Wang Heng's heart tightened, and he quickly said, "Iron Monkey, I spotted this person first!"
Wang Heng hadn't wanted to tell Hou Zhen about this, but he didn't know Yang Wu at all, and Hou Zhen controlled the entire military region; finding Yang Wu was only a matter of time.
Moreover, the two had a decades-long friendship, which was why Wang Heng didn't choose to hide it. He hadn't expected the other party to also be interested in Yang Wu.
"Old Wang!" Hou Zhen sighed, slowly saying, "You know, our military has always been at the forefront of the fight against the monsters, and we're severely lacking in high-level combat power. If this person were just a genius with expert-level marksmanship, I definitely wouldn't compete with you! But his physical attributes have probably reached the level of a junior general. With that kind of strength, he can already stand alone. Our military absolutely cannot give up on him!"
Hou Zhen and Hou Heng were both top-tier senior general-level martial artists, so they could naturally analyze Yang Wu's strength through the video.
Hearing Hou Zhen's words, Wang Heng was stunned. He certainly knew the difficulties the military faced, and Hou Zhen had helped him a lot over the years.
"Iron Monkey!" Wang Heng sighed, "You've already said so much, how can I compete with you!"
"However!" Wang Heng suddenly changed his tone, "If this person hasn't consumed any treasures to enhance their physical attributes, then my Thunder Martial Arts School will have to compete for them."
Hearing Wang Heng voluntarily give up, Hou Zhen felt relieved. If Thunder Martial Arts School had been determined to compete, Hou Zhen really wasn't very confident in recruiting them. After all, in terms of conditions, both schools were almost equal, but Thunder Martial Arts School had more freedom. As for
Wang Heng's statement about the other person not having consumed any treasures to enhance their physical attributes, Hou Zhen wasn't worried at all.
Having just reached the qualifying standard for a quasi-martial artist, yet their physical attributes had already improved to the level of a beginner-level warrior, with a strength increase exceeding 8000 kilograms—Hou Zhen had never heard of such a monstrous talent in all his years of life.
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