Swallowed Star: Copy God

Some people do possess the physical qualities to become martial artists, and they also have very good footwork and swordsmanship. However, these things do not mean they can kill monsters! Some may even be unable to display even 10% of their strength when faced with a monster and the sight of blood, or when facing life and death. What's the use of having such people become martial artists?

After all, since the establishment of the major human survival base cities, human life has not been constantly facing monsters as before. Therefore, martial artists who grow up in such an environment are definitely not as good as those from the previous era.

Moreover, in earlier years, there were indeed some martial artists who entered the wilderness and, afraid to face monsters, lost their lives in vain. This is also why the martial artist combat assessment has been consistently promoted. If someone truly lacks such qualifications, it's better to weed them out directly through such an assessment, so that the remaining resources can be better used to cultivate elites.

As evening approached, it was already close to 6:30 PM. The sky had long since darkened. Ye Yun and all the prospective martial artists gathered in front of the town, watching a three-story building on the outskirts of the town. An officer was loudly addressing everyone:

"This martial artist combat assessment will follow the same rules as before! It will begin at 6:30 PM sharp inside the town and end at 6:30 AM tomorrow!"

"The goal of the assessment is to kill monsters. The more monsters you kill, the more points you will earn! For each monster killed, cut off its left ear as proof."

After introducing the basic point-scoring rules, the officer's voice gradually turned cold:

"One thing I need to remind you is that all conflicts between each other are prohibited during this assessment. All your actions are under our surveillance, and violators will be executed directly!"

"Out of you 1575 prospective martial artists, the top 60% in points will be eligible to become martial artists, while the bottom 40% will be eliminated! In other words, only 945 people will successfully obtain martial artist qualifications this time, and the rest will have to wait for the next martial artist combat assessment!"

Saying this, the officer raised his right hand, holding a communication watch, and continued:

"If you encounter any problems during the assessment, whether it's encountering danger or a special situation, you can press the emergency rescue button on this watch, and someone will immediately arrive at the scene to handle it. However, this also means that your martial artist combat assessment is over!"

"Therefore, once you've nearly completed the assessment target, leave the town as soon as possible, without necessarily waiting until the time is up! Based on past experience, generally hunting three monsters is enough to pass. If it's two, it depends on luck. You figure out the logic yourselves!"

After finishing the introduction, the officer leaped down from the dozen-meter-high building, and then, with a few jumps, arrived outside the town. Then, the officer waved his hand:

"All prospective martial artists, set off, enter the monster town!"

Ye Yun was very clear about the rules of the prospective martial artist combat assessment. On the way here, Wu Tong had also told Ye Yun and the others about the key points in detail, so Ye Yun was not very surprised. Following the officer's order, Ye Yun followed the flow of prospective martial artists and stepped into the monster town.

After all 1575 prospective martial artists entered the monster town, they quickly dispersed within the town, and the town gate behind them slammed shut, not to be opened again until the end of the assessment.

After entering the town, Ye Yun paid special attention and found that many people still chose to travel together. After all, if they acted together with familiar partners, the cooperation and understanding between them would definitely help to pass the assessment.

Although the number of monsters to deal with would increase after teaming up, the efficiency of hunting monsters might actually increase when fighting together.

The prospective martial artist combat assessment did not prohibit such behavior. Although the reason was not stated, Ye Yun had his own guesses in his heart. After all, on Earth today, martial artists, especially low-level warrior and warlord-level martial artists, still prefer team cooperation. When Luo Feng's own strength was low, he had also joined a team of the Limit Martial Hall, accompanying Luo Feng through the early stages of his cultivation career.

So, if they could cooperate to hunt monsters, then such behavior would naturally not be prevented. After all, the biggest purpose of this prospective martial artist combat assessment was to let these prospective martial artists have the courage to fight and hunt monsters, and other aspects were not very important.

Ye Yun thought in his heart, his footsteps did not stop, and he gradually went deeper into the town.

The outermost periphery of the town was too bright because there were too many powerful martial artists and under the illumination of huge searchlights, so there were no monsters. As he slowly went deeper, Ye Yun could already faintly hear the roars of monsters.

In the depths of this town, although many areas appeared brighter under the occasional sweep of searchlights, the dark areas were obviously more numerous. Ye Yun walked in the darkness, keeping alert in his heart, searching for his prey.

Ye Yun's physical fitness had already reached the level of a beginner warlord, and the monsters in the town at this time were all the lowest-level H-grade beast soldiers, equivalent to human beginner warriors. If Ye Yun faced these monsters, he could actually completely crush them.

However, Ye Yun had not forgotten the purpose of his visit for this assessment. It wasn't just to obtain the identity of a martial artist; most importantly, it was to use this opportunity to train his courage and mindset in facing monsters. Therefore, Ye Yun didn't plan to unleash his full strength. Instead, he intended to suppress his power, maintaining it at the level of a beginner warrior, all for the sake of honing the footwork and force exertion techniques he had diligently practiced these past few days, and to increase his practical combat experience.

Among the experience and insights that Ye Yun had copied from Zhuge Tao, there was naturally Zhuge Tao's experience in hunting monsters. However, Ye Yun could only use these experiences as a reference. If he hadn't personally experienced them, it would be like armchair strategy, unable to directly deepen Ye Yun's own experience. Such insights could only be obtained through his own efforts; there was no possibility of taking shortcuts.

Just at that moment, a dark shadow suddenly darted out from a deep alley not far away, pouncing swiftly towards Ye Yun. Its speed was extremely fast, arriving in front of Ye Yun in an instant.

With Ye Yun's powerful mental strength, he had reacted the instant the dark shadow appeared and pounced. Although the dark shadow's speed was extremely fast, leaving almost no time to react, Ye Yun still swung his blade in the first moment, executing a simple upward slash that accurately struck the dark shadow.

However, because Ye Yun had responded hastily and hadn't used his full strength, Ye Yun's right hand, gripping the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, didn't feel a strong impact. Instead, the force of the attack was dissipated by a gentle force. The next moment, the dark shadow somersaulted in the air, then retreated to a position not far away.

Only then did Ye Yun see the appearance of the dark shadow clearly. It was a feline monster with short, gray fur all over its body, about half a meter long, quietly crouching on the ground, its entire body's power gathered together, able to freely switch between offense and retreat at any time.

'A Shadow Cat, huh?'

Ye Yun recognized the feline monster in front of him. It was one of the three types of H-level beginner beast soldiers specially prepared for these prospective martial artists during each practical assessment, the Shadow Cat, which was the most outstanding in terms of speed.

Although the Shadow Cat was not large in size, and even weaker than the average human beginner warrior in terms of strength, it had its own unique advantage in speed. According to Ye Yun's calculations based on the Shadow Cat's sudden attack just now, the Shadow Cat's instantaneous burst of speed actually exceeded 40m/s, already far exceeding the level of a beginner warrior, reaching the standard of an intermediate warrior. It could be said that within the entire beginner beast soldier group, it was considered extremely outstanding.

Ordinary human beginner warriors, especially prospective martial artists who had just met the physical fitness standards and hadn't had much experience fighting monsters, found speed-type monsters like the Shadow Cat to be quite tricky. Under the Shadow Cat's rapid attacks, few could cope with ease.

However, for Ye Yun, this Shadow Cat, known for its speed, was exactly the training target he wanted most at this stage. In the past month, Ye Yun had spent a lot of time honing his footwork. With the help of Zhuge Tao's cultivation experience and insights, Ye Yun's footwork improved at a terrifying rate!

Ye Yun took a light breath, slightly alleviating some of the tension from his first battle with a monster. He held the long blade diagonally in his right hand, and with a heavy stomp of his feet, he slashed towards the Shadow Cat in front of him.

The Shadow Cat noticed Ye Yun's attack, and sensing the speed of Ye Yun's movements, a human-like mockery seemed to appear on its small face. Then, with a simple sidestep, it avoided Ye Yun's frontal slash. The next moment, Ye Yun's heart suddenly jumped, and without thinking, he quickly turned around, holding his blade horizontally in front of him, blocking the Shadow Cat's claws.

Just as Ye Yun had blocked the Shadow Cat's attack again, and the Shadow Cat was preparing to retreat and change position as before, Ye Yun raised his blade in his right hand and slashed fiercely towards the empty space in the upper right. The next moment, in the Shadow Cat's horrified eyes, this slash hit the Shadow Cat's soft abdomen squarely. Coupled with the Shadow Cat's lack of any defense, the long blade deeply penetrated the Shadow Cat's body, killing the Shadow Cat in one strike!

'H-level beginner beast soldiers, although they have a certain amount of intelligence, are still far from being comparable to humans. Combat almost entirely relies on instinct. However, to be able to kill this Shadow Cat with the physical fitness of someone who has just entered the beginner warrior level, it seems that my month of cultivation has indeed produced results similar to what I expected!

I should be able to reach the point where I can use the three stages before the subtle level of footwork with ease!'

Ye Yun cut off the Shadow Cat's left ear, and while savoring the battle with the Shadow Cat just now, analyzing his shortcomings and areas for improvement, he walked towards the depths of the town. Having initially tested his current strength and overcome his fear of fighting monsters, Ye Yun's courage gradually grew. He wanted to use this practical opportunity to try to touch the higher level of footwork, which is the subtle level of footwork!

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