Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 10 The Twin Stars of Yangzhou

On the dilapidated and dimly lit street, Zhou Yang, wearing alloy combat boots and holding a black long gun, was cautiously moving forward.

This was his first time facing these ferocious monsters, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"The monsters released into this town are the weakest H-class monsters, which are equivalent to the level of a human junior warrior. With my current physical condition, as long as I am careful not to get surrounded by a large number of monsters, I should be in no danger."

"I could learn from Luo Feng and practice my combat skills and courage against these monsters."

Zhou Yang observed his surroundings while silently pondering the situation.

For these aspiring martial artists who have never seen blood, honing their courage is of paramount importance.

The experience of actually fighting a monster face-to-face is completely different from sparring and practicing in a martial arts gym.

At this time, the levels of various hormones in the body will surge rapidly, and the body will be in a state of extreme excitement or tension, which will greatly affect the body's reactions.

In severe cases, it can even lead to trembling and stiffness in the body.

In this abandoned town used for the preliminary martial arts assessment, all the monsters are low-level monsters that have been screened and released by the military, so they are relatively less dangerous.

To put it bluntly, the main purpose of this so-called martial arts combat assessment is to let these young aspiring martial artists get used to the intensity of fighting monsters and hone their courage.

This way, when you actually enter the wilderness and fight monsters in the future, you won't lose your life due to excessive tension.

Zhou Yang walked slowly along the dilapidated street, carefully observing the movements around him.

As he rounded a dark corner, he suddenly spun around, his spear whistling through the air as he lashed out behind him.

"Bang!"

A dark shadow shot out, but after colliding with the spear, it flew backward, followed by a series of painful cries.

Zhou Yang focused his gaze forward and saw a monster resembling a giant cat lying on the ground among the ruins more than ten meters away.

The giant cat monster's chest and abdomen had clearly collapsed, and a large amount of blood was gushing out, indicating that it was barely breathing.

"Is this...Shadowcat?"

He recognized the monster in front of him.

"This Shadow Cat is strong in speed, but its strength is only average. When I fired a shot with all my might, it shattered its sternum."

"With my current strength, I could easily annihilate even the weakest H-class monsters!"

After comparing them, Zhou Yang gained a general understanding of the level of the so-called H-class monsters.

He stepped forward, and his black spear shot out like lightning, instantly piercing the throat of the black shadow cat.

Then, with a flick of the spear tip, one of the shadow cat's left ears flew off, which he quickly caught and put into the backpack behind him.

"I need to be careful not to overexert myself from now on. First, I'll meet the minimum assessment standards, and then I'll start practicing against these monsters!"

He quickly got up and continued searching for his next prey.

At this moment, in the second-floor hall of the military camp where Zhou Yang and Luo Feng had stayed, Zhuge Tao, the manager of the Limitless Martial Arts School, and the burly manager of the Thunder Martial Arts School, among others, were chatting casually.

On one wall of the hall, there was a huge screen displaying more than a dozen images simultaneously, showing some scenes of a group of prospective martial artists undergoing practical assessments.

One of the scenes was showing a fight scene of Wan Dong, the sinister young man who had been recruited by the Thunder Martial Arts School in advance.

Wan Dong, wielding a long knife, was engaged in a fierce battle with a tiger mastiff. After only a few rounds, his long knife pierced the tiger mastiff's throat.

"Zhuge, what do you think of Wan Dong, the student our martial arts school recruited?"

The burly manager of the Thunder Martial Arts Academy chuckled as he looked at Zhuge Tao, a smug smile on his lips. "This Wan Dong is only eighteen years old this year, yet his physical abilities have already reached the level of an intermediate warrior. His fighting style is also ruthless and decisive, just my type!"

"oh."

Zhuge Tao, sitting to the side, simply gave a faint "hmm" without any further reaction.

"You're so boring!"

The burly man muttered something, then his eyes darted around, and a smile returned to his face.

"Tell the monitoring room to project the fight between Zhou Yang and Luo Feng from the Extreme Martial Arts Academy!" he shouted to the person next to him.

"yes!"

The martial artist beside him responded and quickly began contacting the monitoring room.

Before long, two new images appeared on the large screen in the room.

In the scene, Zhou Yang and Luo Feng basically follow the same pattern: both of them attract several monsters to their side and hone their combat skills by constantly fighting with the monsters.

After watching for only a short while, the burly man and Zhuge Tao all showed a hint of interest on their faces.

"Ha, these two kids are treating this practical assessment like a training ground!"

"Haha, but the little ones' fighting techniques are still a bit immature."

The hall contained not only Zhuge Tao and the burly man, but also bigwigs from various forces, including the military and the HR Alliance.

At this moment, these big shots watched the videos of these young aspiring martial artists fighting and casually chatted and laughed.

"Hey? Look at Luo Feng! Wait, there's Zhou Yang too!"

A martial artist from the military suddenly sighed, while the other bigwigs had already focused their attention on two images on the big screen.

Those two scenes depicted the battle between Zhou Yang and Luo Feng.

Originally, the two were constantly fighting and killing the monsters around them. Perhaps they gradually figured out the monsters' patterns, and the two launched their attacks at almost the same time.

In the first scene, Luo Feng's figure suddenly became elusive and eerie. The attacks from the several monsters around him almost grazed his body each time, but they could never hit him.

Luo Feng maintained this elusive state, continuously slashing his Blood Shadow Battle Blade. Almost simultaneously, huge blood flowers bloomed from the necks of the monsters around him, and their massive bodies collapsed helplessly to the ground.

In the second scene, Zhou Yang, who was originally slow, suddenly accelerated. His figure did not have the elusive feeling of Luo Feng, but he showed amazing power.

He swung the black spear in his hand with great force, the powerful burst of energy causing the shaft to curve slightly.

A huge, iron-haired wild boar next to him was struck in the body by the spear and sent flying backward like a cannonball.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yang continued to wield his spear, thrusting, smashing, and whipping. Some of the monsters surrounding him had their throats pierced, some had their skulls smashed, and some even had their bodies smashed to pieces by the powerful force. In a short while, the seven or eight monsters that were attacking him were reduced to corpses scattered all over the ground.

The hall was already filled with noise.

"Holy crap, am I seeing things? Luo Feng's movement technique is at the 'Subtle' level?"

"That's the Microscopic Level! This kid's a bit freakish; I haven't even reached the Microscopic Level yet."

"And then there's Zhou Yang, who sent a wild boar weighing hundreds of kilograms flying more than ten meters with a single shot! That takes incredible strength!"

"Extreme Martial Arts Gym has struck gold!"

Amidst the praises of a group of industry leaders and peers, Wu Tong, sitting in the corner, couldn't hide his smile.

"Haha, the twin stars of Yangzhou City are indeed formidable!"

(End of this chapter)