Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 35 Trial Tower

December 28th was an exceptionally lively day at the elite training camp.

Today is the last day for the Black Dragon Ranking points to be tallied this month.

A large number of students gathered under the black dragon sculpture at the entrance, nervously watching their ranking fluctuations.

At this time, apart from a few students with even-numbered rankings who were still diligently killing monsters in City 1001 of the Wilderness Area, everyone else had returned to the training camp.

Therefore, the rankings on this points leaderboard are unlikely to change much.

"Damn, I'm just 50 points away from making it into the top 100! Damn it!"

Groups of students gathered under the Black Dragon Ranking, chatting and laughing, with occasional exclamations or sighs of frustration.

"It's a real shame, considering it was just a matter of a few mid-level beast general-level monsters."

"Yeah, I was killing monsters like crazy yesterday, and I finally managed to squeeze into the top 100, but I got squeezed out today!"

"Unfortunately, today is an even-numbered day, so I can't go to the wilderness area!"

"There's no way around it, the competition is always fierce at the end of each month. Good luck next month!"

Amidst the hustle and bustle, Zhou Yang, dressed in a black training uniform, walked out of Jiangnan Pavilion and hurried towards the Nine-Story Tower.

"Old Dong actually expects me to break into the top 100? That's giving me way too much credit! I was number 8 when I came to the training camp!"

He entered the elite training camp on December 8th, and it has been exactly 20 days since then.

Although he is a psychic and his monster-hunting efficiency is comparable to that of the top 50 students, he takes almost a third less time than others.

In addition, he has not conducted any tests in the Trial Tower, and the Trial Tower level has remained at the default level of 1, so his combat power fluctuation is not high.

All things considered, he is currently ranked 153rd on the Black Dragon leaderboard!

This ranking is actually quite outstanding among the new trainees who have entered the elite training camp over the years.

However, this is certainly not his limit.

He hasn't used his trial tower assessment opportunity for this month yet!

Teacher Dong had asked him to save this assessment opportunity for last, and during this period, he underwent intensive "special training"!

After twenty days of torture and torment, Zhou Yang's movement and marksmanship have made great progress!

In terms of movement techniques, he has now mastered the application of subtle movement techniques.

As for marksmanship, he has already reached the basics of a specialist-level marksmanship.

This level is not bad compared to Luo Feng when he first entered the training camp in the original work!

"Now, my movement and marksmanship have caught up with Luo Feng in every way, and I may even be slightly better than him."

"In the original story, he passed the second level, stage A of the Trial Tower in one go. There's no reason for me, a transmigrator, to be worse off than him!"

Since transmigrating here, Zhou Yang has always aimed to catch up with Luo Feng, the "chosen one" of this world.

Training that pushes the limits of the human body time and time again, and struggles that leave one exhausted and collapsed on the ground time and time again.

Of course, the miraculous assistance of Meteor Tears must also be added.

Now, almost a year later, I can finally say with complete confidence—

Zhou Yang has truly surpassed Luo Feng at this stage!

"Then let's give it our all and see where my limits are!"

Nine-Story Tower Trial Room.

It was already 10 PM, and there were only two hours left before the leaderboard rankings closed.

"Click—"

The door to the trial room opened, and a handsome blond young man walked out looking annoyed.

"Shit! I almost passed stage A!"

He cursed fiercely.

At that moment, he suddenly noticed a black-haired youth waiting outside the trial room, so he stepped aside and gave him a reminder.

"Brother, the Trial Tower assessment? You'd better hurry, the ranking deadline is approaching!"

"OK, thanks!"

The black-haired youth smiled and nodded at him, then walked past him into the trial room.

"This guy looks unfamiliar. He's Chinese. Is he the new guy who joined this month? I heard he's a psychic, and he's climbed pretty high in the monster-killing rankings this month."

"What a pity, mental power can't be used in the Trial Tower."

The blond youth didn't take it to heart and quickly turned and left.

Inside the trial room, Zhou Yang was already lying on a sofa, quickly putting on a futuristic-looking metal helmet.

The next second, his consciousness arrived in a boundless virtual space.

Above this virtual space is the boundless universe, dotted with countless stars, brilliant and dazzling.

Beneath their feet stretched an endless expanse of silver earth, smooth as a mirror, like some kind of alloy.

On this silvery land, a seven-story pagoda, nearly three or four hundred meters high, stands majestically.

"Trial Tower!"

Zhou Yang's heart stirred, and he instantly appeared in front of the tall tower.

At the main entrance of the Trial Tower stood a black stone pillar.

As Zhou Yang's gaze fell upon the stone pillar, several lines of numbers quietly appeared.

Name: Zhou Yang

Sex: Male

Identity: Elite Training Camp Student

Trial Tower Level: 1.

At the request of the hot-tempered teacher Dong Dao, he had been delaying the Trial Tower assessment, saving this opportunity for now.

During this period, Teacher Dong conducted extremely rigorous intensive training for Zhou Yang.

Under his special care, Zhou Yang's marksmanship and movement skills have improved dramatically.

Now is the time to test the results of this period of training!

He quickly donned the combat suit and weapons provided by the virtual space.

A minute later, a flash of light appeared around him, and he instantly appeared on a vast grassland.

Immediately afterwards, a huge electronic notification sound echoed overhead.

"Trainee Zhou Yang, now begin the first stage a challenge of the Trial Tower."

Objective: Kill 50 low-level beast general-level bulls within 10 minutes. Good luck!

As the voice faded, one after another, enormous and powerful bovine monsters appeared on the grassland hundreds of meters away.

Each monster was over three meters tall, with long, straight red fur and a pair of huge, sharp horns on its head, making it a truly terrifying sight.

It was a monster at the level of a low-level beast general—the Wild Bull!

"Moo~~~"

With a loud roar, the large herd of low-level beast general-level wild bulls instantly became restless.

One after another, the enormous bulls lowered their heads and charged towards Zhou Yang with their hooves pounding the ground!

The ground beneath their feet trembled slightly under their trampling.

"Holy crap! A horde of beast-general level monsters, that's terrifying!"

This was the first time Zhou Yang had faced so many beast general-level monsters attacking at the same time, and he was somewhat shocked.

"Boom!"

In the blink of an eye, the formation of fifty low-level beast general-level savage bulls charged in front of Zhou Yang!

"Moo!"

One after another, the wild bulls roared and charged madly toward Zhou Yang!

The massive bull horns gleamed with a chilling light; if one were to be pierced by them, the end result would surely be a gruesome death.

"bring it on!"

In an instant, Zhou Yang moved!

His figure moved swiftly to the side, almost brushing past the horns of a wild bull.

Then, his starry spear shot out swiftly like a phantom, instantly piercing the neck of a wild bull!

"Boom~~~"

The bull collapsed instantly, its massive body slightly slowing down the other bulls behind it.

The next second, its body was trampled into a bloody mess by the charging bulls.

Taking advantage of this moment, Zhou Yang leaped up with his legs and slammed into the body of a wild bull.

The bull swayed as he kicked it hard, while Zhou Yang had already leaped up, his spear piercing the back of another bull's neck like a poisonous thorn!

"These wild bulls are huge, and they will block each other when they are together. I only need to face two or three at a time."

Zhou Yang's mind raced, and he quickly figured out the next tactic!

"call!"

His figure moved like a ghost through the herd of wild bulls, his microscopic movement technique allowing him to easily evade their attacks.

The enormous bodies of those low-level beast general-level savage bulls actually became an obstacle to their attack on Zhou Yang.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The spearheads, adorned with hazy starlight, pierced out like phantoms, swiftly reaping the lives of one wild bull after another!

"One head, two heads, three heads."

"Moo!"

Soon, the last bull roared and collapsed.

"It took 8 minutes and 45 seconds to kill all 50 bulls. Congratulations on successfully passing the first stage (A) of the Trial Tower!"

(End of this chapter)