City 1001, located only 300 kilometers from the Elite Training Camp, was a city with an extremely high concentration of monsters. It was personally designated by Hong and served as a hunting and training ground for Elite Training Camp students.
The weakest monsters in the entire city were elementary Beast Soldiers, while intermediate and advanced Beast Soldiers roamed in groups, and there were even many Lord-level monsters entrenched there.
Qin Hao, having officially joined the Elite Training Camp, arrived at this city with over 80 other students to begin his first hunt.
Along the way, under Zhao Ruo's introduction, Qin Hao gained a certain understanding of City 1001 and also became aware of the training camp's strict rules.
1. Those who privately trade monster materials, give monster materials to other students, or help other students increase their combat points will be expelled upon discovery.
2. Those who engage in infighting and kill other students will be executed upon discovery!
Upon entering City 1001, all the students dispersed, and Qin Hao also began to act. Qin Hao's goal this time was also very simple: combat points.
He had already obtained the dragon blood, and for Qin Hao, the two fastest ways to improve his strength next were to acquire the essence of vegetation and to use the gravity room. To get more training time in the gravity room, he needed enough combat points.
With 3.5 times his strength output and the Trial Tower at 4.1, Qin Hao's combat power amplification had reached 14.35, placing him at the forefront of the Elite Training Camp. What he lacked now were combat points.
"20 days, that's enough time." Qin Hao began his slaughter in City 1001. His God of War-level strength, coupled with 3.5 times his strength output, and perfect-level movement and blade techniques, allowed Qin Hao to operate without any hesitation throughout City 1001.
Even if he encountered an advanced Lord, he could contend with it, not to mention he had the Black God Suit. Furthermore, the entire City 1001 was under satellite surveillance, and any movement of Lord-level beings was monitored, with the Dojo of Limits handling any dangers that arose.
For the following period, Qin Hao's life entered an extremely monotonous state. He went to City 1001 daily to hunt and accumulate combat points. As his combat points continuously accumulated, Qin Hao's ranking also steadily rose. Without testing his strength output, Qin Hao's ranking broke into the top 100 on the tenth day.
After entering the top 100, Qin Hao once again received attention from major forces worldwide. However, Qin Hao didn't care; besides hunting, he only focused on training within the Elite Training Camp.
As new students, they were all taught by their exclusive teachers. Just like Luo Feng's teacher, the Moon Demoness Jiang Fang, who taught blade techniques, movement techniques, and guided cultivation. However, Qin Hao had never received a teacher assigned to him.
Qin Hao didn't mind this situation and continued to train according to his own methods. After all, reaching the fourth floor of the Trial Tower was extremely rare in the Elite Training Camp; even most God of War-level teachers had not passed it.
After using up his training time in the ancient civilization gravity room, Qin Hao had been training in the replicated gravity room. Although the maximum gravity was only 3 times, the effect was still faster than normal training.
Coupled with weighted training, Qin Hao's strength also slowly increased. By the end of September, Qin Hao's strength had exceeded 110,000 kilograms, and his ranking was close to the top 50.
He hadn't updated his strength output, but Qin Hao's frenzied slaughter in City 1001 allowed him to gradually close the gap. Initially, some people wanted to take advantage of Qin Hao being a newcomer by challenging him to a gambling match. However, after witnessing Qin Hao's insane slaughter, they all gave up that idea.
Thus, Qin Hao entered a state of selfless training.
The increase in strength during these 20 days was relatively limited compared to Qin Hao's previous rapid surge in strength. However, Qin Hao was not discouraged by this situation.
Qin Hao knew that the surge in strength was one of his goals, but the foundation was even more important. Both the cultivation of Ninefold Thunderblade and the improvement of his movement and blade technique realms were very fast, but too fast. Now, he needed a period of accumulation.
Taking Ninefold Thunderblade as an example, the fourth stage was already very proficient, but the difficulty of breaking through to the fifth stage felt much greater, far from being so easy. This was due to his insufficient accumulation, lack of cultivation experience, and lack of understanding.
Cultivation is not just about the result, but also the process. In continuous slaughter, Qin Hao was not only increasing his combat points but also constantly honing himself, refining his strength, combat readiness, and mental fortitude in all aspects.
Luo Feng's rapid growth in the original work was related to his experiences. His efforts in his youth, his struggle for Earth in his youth, and even after the Genius Battle, becoming a genius of the Universe Virtual Company, he still progressed steadily, successfully surpassing a multitude of geniuses.
After 20 days of fighting, Qin Hao gained a new understanding of blade techniques and movement techniques, continuously perfecting them at the perfect level, and gaining stronger mastery of perfect-level movement and blade techniques. At the same time, Ninefold Thunderblade was closer to breaking through to the fifth stage.
Furthermore, he gained more insights into his self-created Thunderclap and Dreamlike Illusion, which were perfected during this period and are now considered two formal blade techniques.
On September 30th, after a day of training, Qin Hao arrived at the ninth floor of the Nine-Story Building.
"It's Qin Hao, why is he at the Nine-Story Building?"
"Does he want to challenge the Trial Tower?"
"Hasn't he cleared the Trial Tower yet? He's been in the training camp for 20 days, that's impossible."
"I heard his ranking is almost in the top fifty now, and the monsters he's hunted are far more than those hunted by veterans who've been in the training camp for five years."
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Ignoring the discussions around him, Qin Hao went directly to the training room and entered the Trial Tower. It was still the familiar scene; Qin Hao was already very familiar with it and directly entered the Trial Tower to begin the challenge.
As Qin Hao entered the training room, the genius martial artists from various countries around him began to notify their respective forces and rushed towards the Black Dragon statue at the entrance of the Elite Training Camp, wanting to see the changes in Qin Hao's results as soon as possible.
Upon entering the trial space, Qin Hao did not directly test his strength output but instead prepared to challenge the Trial Tower again to see the results of his training. Upon entering the fourth floor, Qin Hao quickly entered combat mode and charged into the monster horde.
His perfect-level movement technique, perfect-level blade technique, 3.5 times his strength output, and his more proficient self-created blade techniques, Thunderclap and Dreamlike Illusion, were all unleashed, using every trick in his arsenal. However, after 20 minutes of combat, Qin Hao was covered in wounds, one arm was broken, and then he was directly ground down by the monster horde, his figure dissipating.
"Indeed, I'm still far off. At least one of my blade techniques or movement techniques needs to reach the Intent Realm for there to be hope." Qin Hao recalled the details of the battle, reviewing it carefully.
Hong, who had comprehended the Domain, was only on the sixth floor, and Thunder God was still on the fifth floor. Thunder God's strength was slightly inferior to Hong's, but his strength output reached 7, and both his movement and blade techniques were at least at the peak of the Intent Realm, close to the Domain level.
Based on this, the fifth floor, in terms of strength output, blade technique, and movement technique, would not be much lower than Thunder God's, at least at the Intent Realm. Therefore, for the fourth floor, one aspect would still need to reach the Intent Realm, and strength output would need another breakthrough.