Chapter 29

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

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At this moment, Su Hei was facing the 61st battle drum.

Unlike the previous drums, the 61st drum was a hundred meters away from the 60th drum.

From that alone, one could tell that it would be extremely dangerous trying to break that drum.

“According to the previous rebound efficiency, the rebound efficiency of this war drum will be more than 60%,” analyzed Su Hei.

However, it was still manageable.

Su Hei clenched his fists and casually threw out a punch.

His power shot forth, tearing through the air, and smashed into the war drum ferociously.

In the blink of an eye, the war drum was torn apart and shattered into pieces.

His power was so great that it even broke the 62nd, 63rd, and 64th war drums.

Su Hei went all out. Using his full strength, he managed to break all of the drums.

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Everyone, including Fang Dongjin, was stunned when they saw the screen which showed Su Hei’s image.

All of them had gone through the war drums training, but most of them were stuck at the 40th drum.

Hence, they all knew that the deeper into the passageway they went, the more explosive power the drums had.

Sikou Nanbo understood the power of the war drums as he had fully smashed all of them.

However, he was already an intermediate-level Grandmaster when he managed to smash the 61st war drum.

Su Hei was only 18 years old, yet he could already do that!

His power was terrifying beyond words.

In Zosteylor, it was difficult to find another person like Su Hei even after a thousand years had passed.

“His combat power should be reaching the intermediate-level Grandmaster level soon.”

Fang Dongjin smiled bitterly.

He felt indescribable emotions wring his heart the more outstanding Su Hei’s performance was.

There was jealousy, but not much.

It was natural for humans to be jealous of people more outstanding than themselves, but they would not be jealous of someone so exceptional that they would be looked down on by that person. This was called having self-awareness.

Cao Guangning was a classic example of someone who did not know his limits.

On the other side, Su Hei continued to smash the war drums in the depths of the passageway.

However, it was not as effortless as earlier. The deeper into the passageway he walked, Su Hei upped the frequency of his punches.

Su Hei finally stood still after trying to smash the drum in front of him using five consecutive punches but failing to.

“The rebound power of the 71st drum had reached a horrifying rate of 90 percent!”

“If I want to break it, I need at least 400,000 pounds of strength,” thought Su Hei.

Su Hei calmed his breathing and analyzed.

After breaking 70 war drums in a row, his strength had increased by 20,000 pounds.

This last set of war drums would increase his combat strength even more.

It was detrimental to him if he was too eager for quick success.

In the end, Su Hei chose to leave the passageway.

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Many recruits were waiting outside the war drums training ground for their turn.

They had been astonished by Li Burou, Bai Tiantian, and the other two team leaders’ results.

“Leader Li broke 30 war drums, Leader Bai broke 29 war drums, Leader Zhang broke 28 war drums, and Leader Cao broke 23 war drums.”

“As expected of our leaders! They can easily achieve something that we don’t even dare imagine!”

“I heard that Leader Su was the first to enter, but he hasn’t come out yet. How many war drums do you think he can break?”

“Leader Su is very strong, but I don’t think his result will be too different from the other leaders.”

“I agree. My guess is 35 drums, tops.”

As everyone was in the midst of the discussion, Su Hei walked out of the passageway.

Everyone made way for him once they caught sight of him.

Everyone knew that as the leader of Team One, Su Hei was the strongest martial artist among the recruits.

They had to show their respect for him.

They waited for Su Hei to walk off. After they could not see his figure, there was a rising tumult of shocked voices.

“Look at the passageway that Leader Su just came out of. There’s a number displayed on top.”

“Seventy?”

Everyone was dumbfounded.

They wondered if the display screen was spoilt.

Otherwise, it was impossible for such a ridiculous number to appear.

“It’s broken. It’s definitely broken.”

“I think so too.”

At this moment, a few senior members passed by the passageway.

When they saw the numbers on the screen, they were astonished.

“F*ck, 70 war drums?”

“Which captain was inside earlier?”

“It can’t be a captain. Only recruits will be using the war drums training ground during this period. Besides, those captains have already undergone the war drums training. It won’t be effective if they do it again.”

“So what you’re saying is that person who was inside earlier was a recruit? This is bullshit. A recruit can smash 70 war drums? The display screen must be defective.”

“But there are soldiers in charge of monitoring the training ground. It’s impossible for the display screen to be defective.”

“So, what you’re saying is…”

Those senior soldiers who were still questioning Su Hei’s capability earlier seemed to have thought of a terrifying image and were dumbfounded.

The display screen could not be defective, so it was true that someone had indeed broken 70 war drums.

And the person who could do that was as strong as the captain!

They could not believe that a recruit had done that!

The recruits heard them talking, and everyone fell silent.

They all looked in the direction Su Hei had gone with terrified expressions.

Gasps sounded from every corner.

Soon, every soldier—new or old—came to know of this news.

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In Team Two’s dormitory.

Li Burou had a bitter look on his face. He shook his head.

“Su Hei, you’re so much more powerful than me. It makes me feel ashamed of myself,” he murmured.

Originally, he thought that Su Hei and he were on par with each other.

Seventy war drums.

Li Burou snorted.

“You’re really something,” he thought.

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Over to Bai Tiantian.

Bai Tiantian had dog food in the palm of her hand as Ice Cream dug in greedily.

She could not help but mutter.

“Su Hei is so terrifying.”

“I heard that the stronger a person is, the stranger their temperament is. Stay away from him in the future. Otherwise, even if he kicks you, Mommy won’t be able to avenge you.”

Upon hearing this, Ice Cream stopped eating and looked up. It was blinking its adorable eyes as it stared at Bai Tiantian with a frightened expression.

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The members of Senior Class One were already used to such a situation.

Another person who did not seem surprised was Zhang Xiaofan.

“Seventy war drums, more than twice as many as mine. As expected of Leader Su!” he gushed.

Zhang Xiaofan was bursting with fanboy excitement.

Not to mention 70, he would not be surprised even if all 81 drums were destroyed.

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In Team Five’s dormitory.

At Cao Guangning’s place.

When the news reached him, his face instantly darkened.

Crack!

A wave of fury crashed through him. Cao Guangning lost control over his strength, and he crushed the edge of the table into fine powder.

When the recruit who had told him the news was still there, Cao Guangning could still act composed and suppress his anger.

As soon as that recruit left, he could not hold his temper anymore.

“70 war drums! He broke a total of 70 war drums!” he yelled.

Cao Guangning felt an overwhelming sense of shock.

He had only smashed 23 war drums before having suffered a considerable internal injury.

“That bastard Su Hei can break 70 war drums?” he thought angrily.

“Since when did the gap between me and Su Hei become so big?”

He could hear everyone discussing Su Hei’s shocking achievement everywhere. He could hear them speaking outside the window, outside his door, in the corridor, or even downstairs!

All this glory should belong to him!

“This is all that bastard’s fault!” he cursed mentally.

“I swear that if I don’t get rid of Su Hei in this life, I—Cao Guangning—am not worthy of being a human!”