usatvline Chapter 1903
Chapter 1903
Golden lightning traced a graceful arc across the sky.
Xu Jingming's figure flashed like lightning above the Eternal Star Alliance headquarters.
Beneath his feet lay the vast Starry Sky Academy complex, with towering skyscrapers reaching into the clouds in the distance.
High in the sky, other trainees flew by from time to time, but they all avoided each other.
"This is the gravity environment of the Eternal Star Alliance headquarters..."
Xu Jingming felt the surrounding gravitational field, which was hundreds of times stronger than that of ordinary life-bearing planets.
If it were an ordinary Star Rank cultivator here, even flying would be difficult.
But for him, this amount of gravity had little effect.
"Sure enough, many people have already broken through to the Star Rank."
Xu Jingming naturally noticed the change in Yueying's aura.
In fact, it wasn't just her.
Just now at the airport, at least half of the more than 800 new students who enrolled this time have already stepped into the Star Rank.
This is also normal.
In the battle of geniuses, everyone is at the peak of their star power.
Many people even deliberately suppress their breakthroughs in order to participate in the Genius Battle.
Now that the competition is over, everyone has naturally made breakthroughs.
"Star Rank..."
Xu Jingming's eyes flashed slightly.
As long as there are enough source points, breaking through will not be difficult for him.
How many source points one can obtain depends on the upcoming trial area.
"Number One, retrieve the data for the monster trial area."
He spoke to the silver bracelet on his wrist as he flew.
Eva has returned to her original form, so he simply made Number One his personal AI.
This is a perk he enjoys as a special-level member of the Starry Sky Academy.
Even the intelligence level of Number One is much higher than that of Eva.
"Okay, master."
A graceful voice rang out, and then a light screen unfolded in front of Xu Jingming.
"The monster trial area is located in the northwest of the academy."
Covering an area of approximately 600 million square kilometers, it is a real-world combat zone established to hone students' combat skills.
The screen displayed a range of rolling mountains and forests, with the figures of various ferocious monsters vaguely visible.
"Six hundred million square kilometers!"
Xu Jingming's eyes lit up slightly.
This is larger than the surface area of Earth!
It's even much larger than the monster trial area of Noah's Holy Land!
Of course, compared to the vast land area of Starry Sky Academy.
This area isn't particularly large.
"A large number of monsters live in the trial area."
However, the vast majority of trainees choose to hone their combat skills in the virtual universe.
The voice of Number One carried a hint of surprise, "I've never seen anyone like you, Master, who wants to go to the trial area as soon as you arrive at the academy."
"The virtual universe is ultimately virtual; only real life-or-death struggles can unleash potential."
Xu Jingming smiled.
He's waiting to harvest the source points; killing more in the virtual universe won't help.
"What kinds of monsters are in the trial area?" he continued to ask.
"The monsters in the trial area are mostly low-level Star Rank, with very few Star Radiance Rank monsters."
Number One replied, "Besides that, there are also a small number of cosmic-level demonic beasts wandering around."
At this point, her tone became serious: "Master, there is something I must remind you of."
In order to simulate a completely realistic combat scenario, the trial area will not have any protective measures.
Once a student encounters a high-level demonic beast, their death is truly certain; the academy may offer some compensation to their family at most.
As he flew, Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "So cruel?"
He had assumed that as the most prestigious academy for humans, Starry Sky Academy should guarantee the safety of its students, just like Noah's Holy Land.
"If you want to hone your combat skills, you can enter the virtual universe."
Entering the trial area is all about that feeling of navigating life and death.
If the academy provides protective measures, then the trial area and the virtual universe are no different.
Number One calmly replied, "Moreover, the academy only provides a platform for cultivation, not a nanny."
Every trainee should be responsible for the choices they make, including their actions during missions.
"Right."
Xu Jingming nodded slightly, and then Number One spoke up:
"Compared to the God-Slaying Martial Hall, our Starry Sky Academy's approach to geniuses is already considered mild."
Their method of selecting geniuses is to throw countless students onto a planet teeming with monsters or other alien races.
Only the geniuses still alive on that planet ten years later will be recruited by them.
In terms of 'cruelty', our Starry Sky Academy cannot compare to them.
However, it cannot be denied that such a method can indeed unleash the potential of geniuses.
Among our human race in the universe, the powerful figures from the Godslayer Martial Hall are quite renowned.
Among those of the same rank, their talent might not be the best, but their combat strength is definitely among the strongest.
"There's actually such a training method?" Xu Jingming thought to himself.
From this perspective, it seems that the Godslayer Martial Hall is more suitable for him.
However, the Eternal Star Alliance is not bad either, as long as there are places to hunt monsters.
As we talked, a vast primeval forest came into view at the edge of the horizon.
A faint crimson mist hung over the forest, and the roars of demonic beasts could be faintly heard.
"arrive."
Xu Jingming landed at the entrance of the trial area.
Here stands a black stone monument, inscribed with a warning in blood-red characters:
The trial area is fraught with danger; your life is at your own risk!
"Taking responsibility for life and death? That suits me just fine."
Xu Jingming smiled and stepped into the trial area.
"Roar--!!"
"Ouch——!!"
"..."
The moment they crossed the boundary, the surrounding air suddenly became viscous.
A strong stench of blood filled the air, and in the distance came the chilling roars of monstrous beasts.
"We've arrived! The Monster Trial Area!"
Xu Jingming was not surprised but happy.
He saw a massive number of source points beckoning to him.
"This trial area seems to be protected by some kind of barrier?"
That's right, there are cosmic-level monsters in here.
Without restrictive measures, countless problems would have arisen long ago.
However, this feeling is something I haven't felt in a long time.
Excitement flashed in Xu Jingming's eyes, and golden lightning began to surge around his body.
He flashed and transformed into a golden lightning bolt, rushing into the depths of the forest.
Of course, compared to flying over the Starry Sky Academy, his running speed was much slower.
He is very self-aware of his own abilities.
Although most of the monsters in the trial area were low-level Star Beasts that he could handle, it was still best to be cautious.
Soon, the first monster came into view.
It was a giant wolf that was eight meters tall, with silver-gray fur all over its body and a single horn on its forehead.
"A Star-level second-tier, Spirit Blood-grade Silver Moon Wolf King? Perfect for warming up!"
Xu Jingming raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
He channeled the raging divine lightning of Haotian into his spear and charged forward without hesitation.
With the physical strength of the third level of the Purple Nightmare Demon Body, and the blessing of the Lightning Law.
As long as he doesn't encounter a monster of King Blood level or higher, he can easily handle it...