Chapter 40

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

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The actual combat competition was about to begin.

The recruits whose names were called all entered the cage one after another and began a life-and-death duel with the dire beasts.

Su Hei, Wang Dong, Li Hua, and the other members of Team One stayed where they were as they waited for their turn.

Su Hei stared fixedly at one particular cage. That cage was the largest cage in the gymnasium.

There was only one dire beast locked up there. It was a beginner-grade Spirit dire beast, and from the look of it, Su Hei deduced that it had around 150,000 combat power.

Sikou Nanbo had specially prepared that dire beast for Su Hei. He wanted to make use of that Spirit-level dire beast to increase Su Hei’s actual combat ability.

However, Su Hei’s terrifying combat strength had exceeded Sikou Nanbo’s expectations.

350,000 combat power was enough to crush this dire beast.

Su Hei walked straight toward the cage.

He knew that no one would choose to fight this dire beast. Thus, Su Hei did not bother to wait anymore.

Seeing that someone had taken the initiative to enter its territory, the dire beast had its mouth opened with blood dripping from its teeth.

Roar!

The dire beast’s pungent breath assaulted Su Hei’s nostrils and traveled more than 10 meters away.

Su Hei frowned and covered his nose.

The dire beast seemed to have noticed that Su Hei was no ordinary martial artist. After letting out a roar, it did not make any further move. It only stared warily at Su Hei, having no intention of launching an attack itself.

However, Su Hei was not interested in confronting it in such a smelly environment.

Swoosh!

He utilized his wind elemental ability and his figure flashed. In the blink of an eye, Su Hei appeared above the dire beast.

Orange-yellow flames ignited out of thin air and enveloped his fists. Su Hei’s punch was like a cannonball, and it accurately smashed into the dire beast’s head.

The terrifying impact caused the dire beast’s limbs to tremble, and it fell to the ground.

A beginner-grade Spirit beast’s strength was equivalent to a martial artist who was a beginner-level Grandmaster.

Su Hei killed the dire beast with a single punch!

“100 points to Su Hei!”

There were four large screens placed above the center of the gymnasium. At that moment, it was showing Su Hei’s new record.

“F*ck. He used less than three seconds to kill that beast. His speed is incredibly fast!”

Everyone was shocked. Su Hei’s performance had once again exceeded their expectations.

To them, Spirit-level dire beasts were extremely terrifying existences in this world.

However, it was no match for Su Hei.

Everyone wondered, “We are all humans, but why is there such a huge difference between Su Hei and us?”

After killing a Spirit-level dire beast, Su Hei did not stop there.

After leaving the cage, he turned around and entered another cage at the side. None of the recruits had picked that cage.

Coincidentally, the dire beast in this cage was the black-ringed leopard that had chased Su Hei and the others helter skelter through the Forest of Death.

Moreover, it was a superior-grade Savage black-ringed leopard.

Su Hei did not have a good impression of such dire beasts. He decided to use his water elemental power to attack the dire beast as water was infinitely flexible.

With a thought, he manipulated his water elemental powers and countless water droplets shot toward the black-ringed leopard like bullets.

However, they were much more powerful than bullets. Every droplet carried an impact of more than 10,000 pounds and easily pierced through the black-ringed leopard’s body.

The superior-grade Savage beast did not even have the chance to resist before it was killed by Su Hei’s Water Elemental ability.

The body of the Black Ringed Leopard that fell to the ground was covered in densely packed bloody holes, looking very much like sieves.

“150 points to Su Hei!”

The screen was refreshed to show the updated points.

Although Su Hei had undergone two battles, for each battle, he managed to achieve victory in a single blow.

Therefore, the other martial artists—including the other team leaders—were still engaged in battle with their respective dire beasts. Their points were all zero.

“I will continue battling,” said Su Hei.

Su Hei continued to move toward his next target.

In just a few minutes, he killed more than 10 superior-grade Savage beasts.

Tang Guosheng, Zhan Kong, and Sikou Nanbo could not stand to watch anymore.

“Hurry up and make this kid stop. He’s acting like some savage killer.”

Tang Guosheng had a disdainful expression.

“Call him over. The outcome of the Recruit Tournament has been decided.”

Zhan Kong turned to look at Sikou Nanbo and nodded at him.

Behind Sikou Nanbo, Fang Dongjin reacted quickly and walked down from the audience seats.

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Another superior-grade Savage beast died tragically under Su Hei’s hands.

This was already the 23rd dire beast. Su Hei’s points had also increased to 1,200.

But he did not care about that.

The reason for him choosing to continue killing the beasts was simple. His strength would increase a little during the process of killing dire beasts.

Although it was only a small change, it was better than nothing.

Just as Su Hei was about to set off for the next cage, Fang Dongjin appeared in front of him.

“Leader Su, give the others a way out. Follow me. The chief of the City Defense Team wants to see you.”

Fang Dongjin smiled bitterly.

This was the first time he had seen someone kill dire beasts so effortlessly during the combat segment of the recruit tournament.

“He wants to see me?” Su Hei asked.

He was puzzled.

Su Hei did not know much about the other bases.

However, from the memories that he had, he knew that the chief was the strongest martial artist in the Quilton base.

It was rumored that he was a Senior Grandmaster!

Su Hei knew very well that he was as insignificant as an ant in front of a Senior Grandmaster.

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On the stage.

Tang Guosheng, Zhan Kong, and Sikou Nanbo were waiting for Su Hei.

At this moment, a City Defense Team martial artist frantically ran toward Zhan Kong and whispered a few words to him.

“Say it again!”

Zhan Kong, who was beaming with joy earlier, had a drastic change in his expression.

“Zhan Kong, what’s wrong?”

Tang Guosheng questioned.

“There’s no time to explain. Both of you, come with me!”

Zhan Kong stood up and quickly walked toward the exit.

Hearing that, Tang Guosheng and Sikou Nanbo instantly realized that something was wrong.

Zhan Kong had always been someone who maintained a cool and calm composure no matter what happened. He had never shown such urgency before.

Tang Guosheng and Sikou Nanbo did not hesitate at all. After Tang Guosheng said a few words to another representative of the Quilton Base, he and Sikou Nanbo hurriedly followed Zhan Kong.

Soon, the three of them got into an armored SUV.

“What has happened?”

Only then did Sikou Nanbo ask.

“A small beast tide has appeared outside the southern city wall.”

Zhan Kong replied.

However, Tang Guosheng and Sikou Nanbo found it strange.

“It’s not that simple, is it?”

The defense of the Quilton base was perfect. A small beast tide would not pose any problems to the security of the base at all. There was no need for Zhan Kong to be so nervous.

However, after hearing what Zhan Kong said next, the two of them understood how serious the situation was.

“There’s another disaster-level beast tide rushing over. It’s less than a hundred miles away from us.”

A disaster-level beast tide could easily destroy a survival base with a population of a million people.

Even the Quilton base would suffer severe damage if they did not make timely preparations to deal with such a beast tide.

A palpable silence infiltrated the speeding car.