Just then, Hammer’s notification sounded in his mind.
[Mission Complete.]
[Time elapsed: One month and twenty-seven days.]
[Assessment Grade: Excellent.]
[Please return to the Space Fortress in orbit of planet G19182-B11 and await deployment for the second team mission.]
Qin Feng was slightly taken aback.
’Return?’
’How am I supposed to return?’
The next second, a small, silver, sci-fi-esque aircraft appeared silently in the sky above him, hovering in front of him.
The cabin door opened, and an upperclassman in a Canaan Star Martial Arts University uniform smiled at him.
"You must be junior Qin Feng, right? Congratulations on completing the first assessment. Please board the aircraft."
Qin Feng nodded, leaped up, and entered the aircraft.
The aircraft shot straight toward the heavens.
Soon, the orange-yellow planet G19182-B11 rapidly shrank in his field of view, and a magnificent Space Fortress, like a continent of metal, appeared before his eyes.
The upperclassman dropped Qin Feng off inside one of the fortress’s massive deployment bays.
"Please rest here. The system is currently matching you with teammates. Once a full team has been assembled, the second assessment will begin immediately."
With that, the upperclassman piloted the aircraft away, disappearing once more into space.
Qin Feng found a corner, sat down cross-legged, and began seizing every second to recover his spent energy.
...
On the black, elevated platform.
The moment Qin Feng used "Fierce Owl Chasing Shadow" to ambush the transport worm, a sharp glint appeared in the eyes of all the masters.
"Beautiful!"
The red-haired female master, Yue Hong, couldn’t help but clap her hands in admiration. "That ’Fierce Owl Chasing Shadow’ was truly stunning! It perfectly fused the treacherous killing intent of the ’Fierce Owl Technique’ with the ultimate piercing power of ’Flowing Light Chasing Shadow,’ while also incorporating elements of the Wandering Dragon and Fierce Bird body techniques. This kid has truly forged his own path in the art of killing."
"His power is a bit absurd."
Master Lv Lan, standing to the side, had a sharp gaze. He said in a low voice, "His final strike, ’Fierce Owl Chasing Shadow’—according to the system’s calculations, the instantaneous explosive power peaked at 270,000 kilograms! That’s far beyond the scope of what a Third-level Martial Artist should be capable of. His physical constitution... has already surpassed the Gold Standard Human, Grade III."
"Tsk tsk, what an absolute monster."
The old man, Mu Lin, who was carrying a wine gourd, smacked his lips.
Mu Lin pulled up the master leaderboard, glanced at it, and said, "He’s the seventy-second to complete the hunting mission. So far, of the seventy-something people who have finished, fifty-seven are graduates from various military Martial Arts High Schools. The remaining dozen or so are all ruthless characters who have been tempered on real battlefields for at least a year."
"But all those others used pursuit tactics, wearing down their targets before killing them. This little guy, Qin Feng, inflicted a heavy blow in a single strike. His strength should be the greatest among this batch of new students."
The masters chatted and laughed, not stingy in the least with their words of praise.
Master Yu Han also maintained a smile, nodding along from time to time in agreement.
In his heart, his appreciation for Qin Feng grew even more.
But the doubt hidden deep in his heart, instead of diminishing, only grew stronger.
’Control Realm killing techniques, a monstrous physique, a top-tier mentality and Combat Wisdom... all of this combined is enough to make him one of the top geniuses of this generation.’
’But is all of this really enough to make the high-and-mighty Lord Zhou Xiong, a man who manages countless affairs, go so far as to break the rules and personally descend with his Will just to ’pull some strings’ for him?’
’A physical constitution surpassing the Gold Standard Human, Grade III isn’t unheard of, and we see plenty of people at the Control Realm every year.’
’Lord Zhou Xiong... why would he do it?’
Yu Han felt it still wasn’t enough.
’There must be a deeper secret about this child... a secret that we... or rather, that I am not yet aware of.’
His gaze passed through the light screen, landing on the young man sitting quietly in meditation within the deployment bay.