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Blood瞳 was sweating profusely in the gravity room, oblivious to the gawking eyes outside.

He was still training with the same course as last time: basic reaction training for probationary mercenaries. It involved navigating a three-hundred-meter corridor blocked by numerous retractable steel pillars and hitting the target at the end.

Last time, he completed this training using speed and a sudden burst of inspiration, but it was a narrow success. This time, Blood瞳 didn't plan to be perfunctory. He wanted to complete it again properly.

Amidst the rapidly retracting steel pillars, Blood瞳 continuously dodged. His speed was fast, and coupled with his fluid turns, he looked like a leaping cheetah. However, the speed of the steel pillars was too fast, and they became increasingly dense towards the end. Blood瞳's movements slowed after only one hundred meters, and he was struck by five steel pillars, sending him flying out of the corridor.

Waves of pain came from the injured areas, but Blood瞳 didn't even furrow his brow. He stood up expressionlessly, stretched, and started training again.

Outside the gravity room, whispers had already begun.

“Did you see that? That guy is challenging the mercenary course again. I bet he can't pass this time.”

“I think so too.”

“Don't talk nonsense, he passed last time.”

“That was luck. Do you think everyone can just pass this training? Don't forget he's just a thrall. Even among probationary mercenaries just starting this training, not many can pass.”

“We'll see.”

The crowd discussed animatedly, but Blood瞳 couldn't hear them. He had entered a state of complete focus again. If once wasn't enough, he'd do it twice. If twice wasn't enough, he'd do it four times. Amidst the jeers of the crowd, he repeated the process expressionlessly, like a machine. Around him, the fiercely striking steel pillars stirred up gusts of wind, but he always managed to dodge at the last possible moment. And even when he was hit, Blood瞳's skin would instantly create a tiny dent, appropriately offsetting some of the impact.

Blood瞳 didn't know why this was happening, but this situation had existed since the battle with Hector last time. His body was changing at an imperceptible rate, becoming more adapted to combat, more resilient, and more sensitive.

Training continued. Gradually, Blood瞳 entered a strange rhythm. His body was adapting to the high-intensity training in a peculiar way. Many evasive movements could be completed without even thinking. The speed was so fast that it felt like instinct. Vaguely, Blood瞳 even had the feeling that he had done similar training thousands of times before.

His speed became faster and faster, more and more fluid. He circled among the countless flying steel pillars, approaching the finish line step by step, and finally landed a punch on the target.

This was the second time he had completed the training, but there was no longer any struggle. The whole process was as smooth as flowing water.

The people outside immediately erupted into an uproar. They had intended to watch the show, but they never expected Blood瞳 to complete the training so quickly, and even more smoothly than last time. Their eyes were wide with disbelief. This was a low-level gravity room, and most of those present were thralls, some not even that. To see a thrall pass the probationary mercenary training course with their own eyes was very shocking to them.

But Blood瞳's next move surprised them even more.

After passing the training, Blood瞳 didn't rest. Instead, he returned to the starting point and stood still with his eyes closed, like a statue.

“What is he going to do?”

“Who knows what he's going to do?”

The crowd was full of speculation, and no one could figure out Blood瞳's intentions... Just as they were making wild guesses, Blood瞳 moved...

With one movement, he stepped directly into the training corridor. Without making any arc, five steel pillars immediately struck from the surroundings!

“He's crazy!!” Someone immediately exclaimed. Because at this moment, Blood瞳 didn't seem to be dodging, and didn't intend to dodge at all!!

“Bang!!” Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Blood瞳 punched the first steel pillar to arrive, forcibly sending it back. Then came an elbow strike, a whip kick, a knee strike, and a headbutt, repelling the remaining steel pillars one by one. Five hit data immediately appeared on the light screen representing the results.

According to the general training assessment, Blood瞳 had been hit by the steel pillars five times and should be considered a failure.

But he didn't care about the system's warnings and took another step forward. This time, the attacking steel pillars doubled, reaching more than ten. These ten or more steel pillars attacked Blood瞳 from all directions, sealing off all escape routes.

This was precisely the difficulty of reaction training. To avoid all the steel pillars, speed alone was not enough. It also required keen prediction and lightning-fast reactions. Only by responding before the steel pillars sealed off all escape routes could one successfully break free.

This was not difficult for Blood瞳. In fact, he had already done it just now. But now he had no intention of dodging, as if he was waiting for the steel pillars to attack. Facing more than ten steel pillars from all directions, he took another step forward, directly delivering five punches and three kicks. Immediately, only the sound of clanging could be heard, and the ten or more steel pillars were repelled again. The last few were even solved by Blood瞳 with a sweeping kick.

“Brute... brute force solution!!”

“It's actually a brute force solution!!”

The outside was immediately filled with surprise, and almost all the viewers showed shocked expressions. As the name suggests, brute force solution means not dodging at all, but using strong means to blast open all the steel pillars blocking the way! This was an unconventional way to pass. It should be known that the steel pillars were not only extremely fast, but their power was also terrifying. Just dodging was enough to make ordinary thralls flinch. How could ordinary people accurately hit every steel pillar in a flash of lightning and knock it back?

To put it bluntly, let alone thralls, even among probationary mercenaries, there were very few who could do this!

This was no longer just training, this was combat! Combat against oneself!!

In the whistling sound, Blood瞳 was like a demon with several arms, walking forward step by step. Every step encountered dozens of steel pillars, but each time he forcibly broke through. The data representing hits refreshed like a waterfall, and the warnings became more and more severe.

Soon, the hit data reached one thousand! This was a terrible value, indicating that Blood瞳 had repelled the attack of the steel pillars one thousand times.

But for Blood瞳 in the field, there was no feeling. He had now forgotten everything, his eyes full of whistling steel pillars. These steel pillars attacked him from the left, right, front, back, and even above and below. The number was so large that it almost covered his vision. But he had to distinguish their order in a flash of lightning, and then counterattack one by one. Unconsciously, faint blood spots appeared in his eyes again, but his speed became faster and faster, and his strength became more and more sufficient.

The sound of clanging became denser and denser, and eventually it was almost impossible to distinguish the number. In the eyes of outsiders, Blood瞳 was almost wrapped in a dense group of steel pillars. Every step he took would splash out large pieces of cyan light. That was the debris of the steel pillars being repelled. And as Blood瞳 moved forward step by step, there was more and more of this debris, and soon a thin layer accumulated on the ground.

“Too… exaggerated, right?” A thrall opened his mouth wide, hardly daring to believe his eyes.

“Yes… yes…” The thrall next to him was the same, echoing blankly.

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“This guy… is simply not human!”

But Blood瞳 couldn't hear their exclamations. Because at this moment, he had reached a distance of only ten meters from the finish line. This was the most difficult part of the entire training. The number of steel pillars was no longer dozens, but hundreds!! And the power was greater, and the angles were more tricky!

Seeing the red target dummy, a flash of ferocity suddenly flashed in Blood瞳's eyes. He exhaled and opened his voice, taking nine steps in a row!!

Nine steps, that was ten meters. He rushed into the deepest part of the steel pillar attack!

Immediately, hundreds of whistling steel pillars attacked from all directions, making it difficult to breathe. Blood瞳 gritted his teeth and took another step!!

The tenth step!!

With a bang, a dense scream exploded in the air. The power of the steel pillars suddenly doubled. Being hit by such a steel pillar, even Blood瞳 would be blown away in an instant!! But the most bizarre thing happened. Blood瞳 clearly took the tenth step forward, but his body seemed to appear in the back like a teleport!

“It's a broken shift!! It's actually a broken shift!!!” A thrall's eyes widened, almost choking on his saliva.

That was a broken shift, an advanced movement technique for probationary mercenaries. How did this guy do it? Let alone thralls, even among probationary mercenaries, there were few who could use such a technique. Because this was not only a technique, but also a test of physical strength! Once the physical strength was not enough, it might even be instantly torn and crippled by the opposite force!

But Blood瞳 did it. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he used a technique far beyond his status to get rid of the pursuit of countless steel pillars, placing the steel pillars in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, he stomped his feet and sank his body. His hands suddenly retracted to his ribs...

“That is!!” A thrall exclaimed, thinking of a very famous move in mercenary melee combat.

Mercenary boxing technique...

Chaotic Wind!!!

Only a tearing sound was heard, and a violent tearing sound suddenly rang out in the air. Blood瞳's fists, retracted to his ribs, suddenly exploded out, turning into a group of fist shadows that could not be clearly seen by the naked eye. In an instant, only the sound of clanging was heard like a storm, and countless debris exploded in front of him...

Speed!!

Strength!!

Technique!!

Was perfectly released at this moment. No one could see how many punches Blood瞳 threw in an instant, or how many steel pillars he broke. But the falling cyan debris was falling like rain. In just over ten seconds, a layer of cyan debris was laid around Blood瞳, forming a visible ring. When Blood瞳's fist shadows were completely withdrawn, there was no longer a single steel pillar in front of him. Only sections of steel pillar wreckage were left on the left and right walls and the ceiling above.

“Bang!!” Blood瞳 took the last step and stepped down on the target...