Swallowed Star

by Alexander Buchanez

  [THUMP]

  The head of the iron fur boar was immediately detached from its body and flew up high. Fresh blood was spewing out of the area where it was cut from and the body also flew at least 10 meters before falling. The body twitched for a bit on the ground and then finally died.

  "Hu, hu" Luo Feng took in two deep breaths. Luo Feng's heart shaked a bit after witnessing the gory scene.

  Killing monsters.....

  Killing a monster for the first time can indeed be a shock.

  "No wonder uncle Wu said that some prospective fighters can't bring out their strength after witnessing blood" Luo Feng reflected on his battle, "The dodge just now was done pretty well, but..... the way I slashed across the iron fur boar's neck used up unnecessary strength. However, a regular prospective fighter probably could never cut off the iron fur boar's head"

  The iron fur boar's defense was powerful, but that was for a regular prospective fighter.

  Luo Feng's current strength is on par with an intermediate warrior level fighter. Fighting with this iron fur boar is just like bullying.

  "According to my fighter brothers at the Ming-Yue sector, you can't just use brute force when dealing with monsters. You have to grasp their weak point"

  "Also, I can't believe I let my heart waver when I severed the iron fur boar's head. I must get used to this! In the future, I'll be fighting with monsters all the time with my life on the line. If my heart isn't prepared, I might lose my life in a crucial moment" Luo Feng understood that the more crucial the moment is, the more calm you have to be.

  However, Luo Feng's state of mind was pretty good, since people usually have a much larger reaction towards their first kill.

  Luo Feng walked towards the boar's head, and with one swipe of his hand -

  He cut off the boar's left ear and put it inside the bag he was carrying, "First one! Now towards the next!" with a slight movement of his body, Luo Feng has already disappeared from the street. Only the corpse of the iron fur boar remained on the blood stained street.

  .....

  With every passing second in this enclosed town, there were bloody battles taking place in every corner! Even though the H level monsters are close to the prospective fighters in power, the humans have one advantage: intellect! The weakest H level monsters don't have much intellect; only some basic bestial instincts.

  Around 8 PM.

  On a six story high apartment, two shadows were swiftly fighting with each other.

  [HUA!]

  A cold light shone, Luo Feng's was kneeling on the platform. A trace of blood could be seen on the ghost blade he was holding. The other shadow was helplessly thrown aside as it left behind a trail of blood.

  "This shadow cat is the fastest one out of the three monsters. Even though it's a H level monster, it has a speed of 40 m/s" Luo Feng stood up and walked over to it. The shadow cat on the floor's fur was grey and its body wasn't too big; around half a meter long. This shadow cat's abdomen had a staggering wound; even the inner organs were slashed open by Luo Feng's attack.

  "For regular prospective fighters, this cat does indeed pose a threat. However, too bad it met me" Luo Feng shaked his head and cut off the shadow cat's left year.

  Luo Feng's speed is way faster than the shadow cat's.

  There's no helping it, since Luo Feng has already reached the level of an intermediate warrior. And within the intermediate warrior level fighters, Luo Feng counts as a stronger one.

  "Fifth"

  Luo Feng carefully put away the spoils of war, "Usually, there's a hundred percent chance of passing if you can kill three monsters. I already killed five, so I pass for sure! Then now..... I'll start seriously training my agility and blade". He killed monsters for points before, and now he has enough points.

  "I'll use 1000 kg of fist strength and 30 m/s of speed to start fighting with these monsters"

  Luo Feng was practically bullying the monsters, since they were on a completely different level.

  But now, Luo Feng has suppressed his strength to make it equal with the enemies', so there's actually a point in training. When you enter the danger zone in the future, you can't just keep killing monsters weaker than you every time.

  "Begin!"

  Luo Feng was standing on the balcony of a residential apartment as he looked around and below him.

  "Hm? First one!" Luo Feng saw a mastiff tiger, whose body was full of spots, near the top of a ruined three story apartment out of the corner of his eye. Luo Feng immediately flew towards it. With just one leap off of the balcony, he flew more than 10 meters and heavily landed onto the ruined roof, even the floor violently shook as he landed.

  Luo Feng rolled on the ground with the force of the impact and directly flew towards the mastiff tiger.

  [HOWL~~~] The mastiff tiger also came flying towards.

  .....

  A grim teenager, whose shirt was stained with blood, carried a darkmoon blade as he arrogantly walked on the street.

  "I wonder how many monsters Luo Feng has killed" thought the grim teenager. He is the only one out of the 1680 fighters whose strength is close to Luo Feng's. The genius who was scouted by the Thunder dojo, 'Wan Dong'. Although this time, there were three people who were scouted.

  However, one of them is a firearms genius whose fitness level isn't that high.

  Only Luo Feng and this Wan Dong are geniuses with similar fitness levels.

  "Hm?" Wan Dong's gaze landed at a location.

  He only saw a shadow constantly fighting with two shadow cats. The two shadow cats hissed and speedily attacked with their claws. However, the shadow dexterously dodged the attacks as he fought the two shadow cats.

  "Luo Feng! It takes you so long just to kill two shadow cats? I am so disappointed in you" shouted Wan Dong as he laughed.

  [CHI!] [CHI!]

  As if lightning, the ghost blade in Luo Feng's hand made two slashes, and the two shadow cats immediately fell to the floor. After a few twitches, they stopped moving.

  "So quick" Wan Dong was shocked and thought to himself, "And the blade made a clean cut towards the weak points of the shadow cats". Wan Dong saw from Luo Feng's two slashes that Luo Feng's strength was not to be underestimated.

  "I was going to play with you a bit more and continue training myself" Luo Feng looked at the corpses of the two shadow cats, "However, that guy is annoying and I don't want him to see me training my agility and blade" Luo Feng cut off the two shadow cats' ears, put it into his bag, and disappeared without even looking at Wan Dong once.

  Chapter 31: Ru Wei class

  In the enclosed town, the slaughter continued.

  Some prospective fighters instinctively pressed the emergency help button after getting injured in their first battle, and thus failing. Some prospective fighters become pale from shock after killing a monster. Some powerful prospective fighters get pumped up and excited after killing monsters!

  In a place not too far from the enclosed town, there was a large security screen in a tall structure displaying everything happening in each sector in the town.

  "What a weak strategy!" In one of the rooms of this large structure, a military officer was drinking with a burly man. The screens on the sidewalls were displaying the slaughter going on in the city. The burly man sighed, "Watching these young men fight with these monsters reminds me of when we were young!"

  "Yea, from a glance, most of them are all around 20 years old, which is the youngest yet most fragile point of their lives" the military officer also sighed, "Old Wang, after a blink of an eye, we two brothers have become old. Back in the day, we were rookies in Jiang-Nan city too. Now you're the chief of the Thunder Dojo, haha"

  The burly man laughed loudly, "Iron monkey, didn't you also get your way to major general"

  "Hm?" the military instructor looked with shock at the display. The more he looked, the more shocked he became, "Old Wang, hurry and look"

  On the display was several videos of the town. Since there were so many came
ras recording, the videos on the display change every so often.

  "It changed?" the military officer immediately pressed the telephone on the side and commanded, "Lock onto the prospective fighter just now from camera #21, lock onto him"

  "Yes" an impressive sound came from the telephone.

  The burly man Wang looked suspiciously at his good brother: "Iron monkey, what did you just see?"

  "Old Wang, you'll see soon" the military instructor laughed mysteriously.

  In just a moment, the display changed to the video from before. in the video was five shadow cats constantly attacking a prospective fighter. These five shadow cats were five H level shadow cats, and the prospective fighter held a hexagonal shield, a ghost blade, and looked very young, it was indeed Luo Feng!

  "Oh?" the burly man's eyes flashed.

  "How about this? This kiddo's strong isn't he" said the military officer, "This kiddo actually used this exam as a free chance to train himself! And look..... his technique is insane!"

  "Ru Wei class!"

  "The Ru Wei class!" the burly man's eyes flashed and stared at the five shadow cats who were attacking Luo Feng. Each of Luo Feng's dodges didn't make much motion, but easily dodged every attack from each of the shadow cats. The taste of this stroll completely took over these two powerful men!

  The Ru Wei class technique, even many warlord level fighters can't do it.

  "His technique actually reached the Ru Wei class. Amazing, amazing!" the burly man took in a breath, "he's only 18 years old. His technique is just as good as his fitness level. With good talent, your fitness level will be high. However, technique results from battle experience and a clear understanding of the basics. Only then can you enter the 'Ru Wei class'.

  "How did you know he's 18 years old?" the military officer jumped in surprise, "You know him?"

  "He's Luo Feng. Fuck, the Dojo of Limits recruited him first" angrily shouted the burly man, "The dojo of limits sure had some bullshit luck. This Luo Feng is only 18, but not only is his fitness level fantastic, but his technique is also amazing! Ru Wei class at this age, what will he become in the future?"

  Understand.....

  That even powerful warlord level fighters haven't reached the Ru Wei class in technique! Clearly your technique has to be insanely good to get into this level.

  In real combat, fitness level is just one side. Technique, skill, and willpower also come into play.

  "NO!"

  The burly man slammed the table, "We can't let the Dojo of Limits steal this genius! Thankfully I was lucky and saw this scene while drinking with you, iron monkey"

  "What are you planning to do?" laughed the military officer.

  "What? Win him over!" the burly man glared, "I'll win him over no matter what! The Dojo of Limits might've not noticed this, but this young man's technique is astonishing. I'll win him over first! Isn't it just money? Hmph! Sure am lucky to encounter such a talented young man. Compared to him, Wan Dong is off by 18,000 miles!"

  The military officer laughed.

  "Iron monkey, make a copy of this recording for me later" said the burly man.

  "Sure, no problem" laughed the military officer as he nodded.

  �������

  In the dawn of the day in the enclosed monster town, Luo Feng encountered and was surrounded by three mastiff tigers, two shadow cats, and two iron fur boars in a ruined sector. It took quite a bit of energy to gather up all seven of these monsters here.

  "Good"

  "Keep coming"

  "Just like that"

  Luo Feng was calm, and as if taking a walk, he occasionally stepped left, occasionally stepped right, and forwards, and backwards. Sometimes he would slightly bend his waist, sometimes he would bend his body.....

  With just these small, slight movements, the seven monsters couldn't even touch a hair of Luo Feng's body.

  "Growl~~~" from the corner of his eye, Luo Feng noticed a mastiff tiger flying at him. Around him were four more monsters preparing to attack at the same time. Looking at the situation, his foot turned and his body immediately moved.

  "Not good, barely missed!" thought Luo Feng hopelessly.

  It seemed like the shadow cat's claw was about to grab onto Luo Feng's body, but strangely enough, Luo Feng's body suddenly moved five cm, which allowed him to just barely miss the attack.

  "It sure is quite a challenge learning the legendary Ru Wei class technique" it seemed like Luo Feng dodged all the attacks, but in fact..... Luo Feng himself was clear, he failed! Because in the last moment he used his spiritual force on the hexagonal shield on his left arm to create a force of propulsion!

  It was because of this force that Luo Feng was able to move that 5 cm!

  In a battle, your technique is extremely important, which is why Luo Feng has been training his technique the entire night. Usually..... technique training requires a very solid understanding in the basics, which usually takes ten years of bitter work. And fighting with monsters for years drills the ways to dodge into your consciousness. Once you train enough, your reflexes will come in play no matter what the situation.

  Solid understanding in the basics, tons of training, and reflexes!

  These three levels are the basics of technique. Above these three is..... the Ru Wei class!

  The Ru Wei class means that you have virtually complete control over your strength and body and are able to use the smallest amount of energy to just barely dodge the attack. All kinds of dodging, just like it has been calculated by a computer! The reason why the Ru Wei class technique is so hard is because when you are just barely dodging, any kind of mistake will lead to the attack from the monster striking you! Once you are hit by a monster, most people get heavily injured, if not killed.

  When training in the Ru Wei class technique, it isn't really effective to train with monsters who are much weaker than you.

  Luo Feng is being attacked by seven monsters right now; his strength and speed are being used to their utmost capabilities. However, it is too difficult to not get touched at all when surrounded by seven monsters.

  "I guess I'm in the Ru Wei class now?"

  "I also use the smallest, slightest of movements to delicately dodge. Of course errors will happen sometimes" Luo Feng felt a bit tired, so the ghost blade that never attacked suddenly flourished and the monsters cried in anguish. Five streams of fresh blood poured out and five out of the seven monsters were instantly killed. The other two realized the situation and ran away.

  "However....."

  "After this night of training, my technique has at least doubled in skill" Luo Feng let out a smile, what kind of training could compare to real combat experience with a monster? And what kind of combat with monsters could compare with Luo Feng's extreme training?

  Only by challenging your body's limits can you know the where the limit of your dodges are.

  This night of training has benefited Luo Feng greatly.

  Luo Feng is stronger than a H level mastiff tiger, shadow cat, and an iron fur boar in a one on one. However, seven monsters can kill a person. A fist can have 3000 kg of strength, but a 2000 kg charge from a monster is enough to heavily injure Luo Feng!

  Even that genius 'Wan Dong' wouldn't attempt such an extreme type of training!

  Or else, you might get pulled apart by the seven monsters.

  But Luo Feng would dare to attempt such a thing!

  Because he has his spiritual force. If he ever encounters any sort of danger, he can just use his spiritual force on his shield or his ghost blade to give him a boost and use that to dodge.

  "Too bad this spiritual force can only be used on inanimate objects. Once it gets near a person, it gets absorbed into it" Luo Feng shaked his head, his spiritual force couldn't be used to control humans and animals. He can only control things such as metal and wood. However, the spiritual force already gave Luo Feng plenty of joy.

  At least.... he's skilled enough for Ru Wei class dodging.

  Of course, it was a
different type of Ru Wei dodging. Since when he makes a mistake he can just use his spiritual force for a boost. However, just his dodging ability alone isn't any worse than the regular Ru Wei class. And it's also even more strange!

  [BEEP~~~BEEP~~~BEEP~~~]

  An ear piercing sound suddenly rang through the entire town. At the same time, a heavy voice also spread across the entire town, "Time's up, all prospective fighters immediately return to the exit of the town".

  "The fighter combat exam is over?" Luo Feng laughed.

  "I'll keep doing this kind of Ru Wei class technique training until the day I won't need my spiritual force to help me. My technique will also reach the Ru Wei class" Luo Feng cut off the left ears of the five monsters, put it in his bag, and rushed towards the main gate of monster town.

  Chapter 32: The Thunder Dojo’s invitation

  At the entrance of monster town, the prospective fighters left one by one. Virtually every prospective fighter had a few blood stains on them, whether it was their own blood or the monster's blood. There were even some prospective fighters who were being carried out by their friends.

  [BEEP~BEEP~]

  An ear piercing sound rang and a large, heavy truck came out of the town. The truck was filled with the monster's corpses.

  "Hey, these are the prospective fighters corpses, someone come pick them up" One of the large trucks stopped at the side, and there were indeed quite a bit of corpses. Some of them were missing large parts of their body, which were clearly bitten off by monsters. The truck dumped these corpses to the side.

  "Ah!"

  "Gan!"

  "Yin!"

  Within a moment, quite a few prospective fighters were crying out. Some of them even went to the corpses and wailed.

  "What are you crying about?" a cold, domineering voice rang from a military officer, which caused quite a few angry glances to look over at him. But this military officer scanned the surroundings coldly, "Who doesn't die when fighting with monsters! You chose to take the path of a fighter, so prepare yourself to die! Society gives fighters special rights, why? Not for you to enjoy it, but because you kill large amounts of monsters which benefits humanity. That's why you receive special benefits"