Chapter 11: Chapter 11: First Battle
Some people do have the physical qualities to become warriors, and they also have very good body movements and swordsmanship, but these things do not mean that they can kill monsters! Even when facing monsters, seeing blood, facing life and death, they can only exert 10% of their full strength. What is the point of these people becoming warriors?
After all, after the establishment of major human survival base cities, human life is no longer like before where they have to face monsters all the time, so warriors who grow up in such an environment are definitely not as good as those in previous eras.
Moreover, in the early years, there were indeed some warriors who, after entering the wilderness area, were afraid to face the monsters and lost their lives in vain. This was why the actual combat assessment of warriors was later necessary. If one really did not have such qualifications, it would be better to eliminate them directly in such an assessment, so that the remaining resources could be better used to train elites.
By the evening, it was almost half past six. The sky had already darkened. Ye Yun and all the would-be warriors gathered in front of the town. Looking at a three-story building outside the town, there was an officer who shouted to everyone,
"This time, the combat test for warriors follows the same rules as before! You will enter the town at 6:30 and the test will end at 6:30 tomorrow morning!
The goal of the assessment is to kill monsters. The more monsters you kill, the more points you can get! Every time you kill a monster, you cut off the monster's left ear as proof. "
After introducing the basic points-based killing rules, the officer's voice gradually turned cold.
"I need to remind you that in this assessment, any conflicts between you are prohibited. All your actions are under our surveillance, and violators will be executed directly!"
"Of the 1,575 would-be warriors, those who rank in the top 60% in terms of points will be eligible to become warriors, while the bottom 40% will be eliminated! In other words, only 945 people will be able to successfully obtain the qualifications of warriors this time, and the rest will have to wait for the next actual combat assessment!"
At this point, the officer raised his right hand, holding a communication watch, and continued,
"If you encounter any problems during the assessment period, whether you are in danger or in a special situation, you can press the emergency button on this watch and someone will rush to the scene to deal with it immediately, but this also means that your warrior combat assessment is over!
So, once you have almost completed the assessment goal, hurry up and leave the town. You don't have to wait until the time is up! According to past experience, you can usually pass the level by hunting three monsters. If you kill two, it depends on luck. You have to understand the reason yourself!"
After the introduction, the officer leaped down from a building more than ten meters high. After a few more leaps, he arrived outside the town. Then the officer waved his hand and said,
"All would-be warriors, set off and enter the Monster Town!"
Ye Yun was very clear about the rules of the practical assessment for prospective warriors. On the way here, Wu Tong had also explained the key points to Ye Yun and others in detail, so Ye Yun was not too surprised. Following the officer's order, Ye Yun followed the flow of prospective warriors and stepped into the Monster Town.
After all 1,575 prospective warriors entered the Monster Town, they quickly dispersed within the town, and the town gate behind them slammed shut, and would not open again until the assessment time was over.
After entering the town, Ye Yun paid special attention and found that many people chose to travel together. After all, if you act with partners you are familiar with, the cooperation and tacit understanding between each other will be of certain help in passing the assessment.
Although the number of monsters to be dealt with increases after teaming up, fighting together may actually increase the efficiency of hunting monsters.
The combat assessment for prospective warriors did not prohibit such behavior. Although the reason was not explained, Ye Yun had his own guess in his heart. After all, on Earth today, warriors, especially low-level fighters and general-level warriors, still value teamwork more. When Luo Feng's own strength was low, he once joined a team in the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, which accompanied Luo Feng through his early training career.
Therefore, if they can cooperate to hunt monsters, then naturally they will not stop such behavior. After all, the biggest purpose of this practical assessment of quasi-warriors is to let these quasi-warriors have the courage to fight and hunt monsters, and other aspects are not very important.
Ye Yun was thinking in his mind, without stopping, he gradually went deeper into the town.
The outermost part of the town was extremely bright because there were too many powerful warriors and under the illumination of huge searchlights, there were no monsters. As Ye Yun went deeper, he could vaguely hear the roar of monsters.
Deep in this town, although many areas appeared brighter due to the occasional searchlights, there were obviously more dark areas. Ye Yun walked in the darkness, remaining alert in his heart, searching for his prey.
Ye Yun's physical fitness at this time has reached the level of a junior general. The monsters in the town at this time are all the lowest level H-level beast soldiers, which are equivalent to junior human warriors. If Ye Yun faces these monsters, he can actually crush them completely.
However, Ye Yun did not forget the purpose of his coming to the assessment this time. It was not just to obtain the identity of a warrior. The most important thing was to use this opportunity to train his courage and mentality to face monsters. Therefore, Ye Yun was not prepared to exert all his strength, but to suppress his strength and maintain the level of a junior warrior. This was to hone his body movements and force techniques that he had practiced hard these days and increase his practical experience.
The experience and insights that Ye Yun copied from Zhuge Tao naturally included Zhuge Tao's experience in hunting monsters, but Ye Yun could only use these experiences as references. If he had not experienced them personally, they would be like talk on paper, and would not be able to directly deepen Ye Yun's own experience. Such insights could only be relied on by himself, and there was no possibility of any shortcuts.
At this moment, suddenly a black shadow came out from a deep alley not far away and pounced towards Ye Yun. It was so fast that it arrived in front of Ye Yun in just a moment.
With Ye Yun's powerful mental strength, he reacted the moment the black shadow appeared and pounced. Although the black shadow was extremely fast and there was almost no time to react, Ye Yun still swung his sword at the first moment, and with a simple upward swipe, he accurately hit the black shadow.
However, because Ye Yun responded hastily and did not use his full strength, Ye Yun did not feel a strong blow in his right hand holding the Blood Shadow Blade. Instead, a gentle force relieved the force of the attack. The next moment, the black shadow flipped over in the air and then retreated to a position not far away.
Only then did Ye Yun see the black shadow clearly. It was a cat-like monster with short gray hair, about half a meter long. It was squatting quietly on the ground, with all its strength gathered together, able to switch freely between attack and retreat at any time.
'Shadow Cat?'
Ye Yun recognized the cat-shaped monster in front of him. It was the Shadow Cat, the one with the best speed among the three types of H-level primary beast soldiers specially prepared for these prospective warriors in every actual combat assessment.
Although the Shadow Cat is not big in size and even not as strong as the average human junior warrior, it has its own unique advantage in speed. Ye Yun calculated based on the Shadow Cat's sudden attack just now that the Shadow Cat's instantaneous burst speed was actually over 40m/s, which is far beyond the level of a junior warrior and has reached the standard of a mid-level warrior. It can be said that it is extremely outstanding among the entire group of junior beast soldiers.
Ordinary human junior warriors, especially those who have just reached the physical fitness standard and have not had much experience in fighting monsters, are actually quite difficult to deal with when facing speed monsters like Shadow Cat. Few can easily cope with the Shadow Cat's speed attack.
However, for Ye Yun, this shadow cat, which is known for its speed, is exactly what he wants to hone at this stage. In the past month, Ye Yun has spent a lot of time on honing his body skills. With the help of Zhuge Tao's training experience, Ye Yun's body skills have improved at a terrifying speed!
Ye Yun exhaled lightly, slightly relieving some of the tension of the first battle against the monster. He held the long sword in his right hand diagonally, kicked his feet heavily, and slashed at the shadow cat in front.
Shadow Cat noticed Ye Yun's attack and felt Ye Yun's speed. A human-like mockery seemed to appear on his little face. Then he simply moved sideways to avoid Ye Yun's frontal knife attack. The next moment, Ye Yun was suddenly startled. Without thinking, he turned around quickly, raised the knife across his body, and blocked Shadow Cat's claws.
When Ye Yun was about to counterattack, he had lost sight of the Shadow Cat and could only see its rapidly retreating afterimage surrounding him. Ye Yun could only rely on his own judgment to avoid the Shadow Cat's attacks and try for an opportunity to counterattack. For a moment, the situation gradually became deadlocked.
But as time went by, Ye Yun slowly adapted to the rhythm of the battle, and the body skills that he had previously only practiced on his own were slowly integrated into the actual combat with Shadow Cat. He was no longer superficial. The tension of fighting the monster for the first time was also swept away, and he devoted himself to the battle with Shadow Cat.
At this moment, Ye Yun had just blocked Shadow Cat's attack again. When Shadow Cat was about to retreat and change direction as before, Ye Yun raised the knife in his right hand and slashed fiercely at the empty space on the upper right. The next moment, in Shadow Cat's horrified eyes, the knife hit Shadow Cat's soft belly. As Shadow Cat was not prepared at all, the long knife cut deeply into Shadow Cat's body and killed Shadow Cat with one blow!
'Although H-level primary beast soldiers have a certain degree of intelligence, they are still far from being comparable to humans. They fight almost entirely on instinct. However, I was able to kill the shadow cat with the physical fitness of a just-entry-level warrior. It seems that the results of my training in the past month are indeed as I expected!
The three stages before the subtle body movement level should be enough for me to be able to do it easily! '
Ye Yun cut off Shadow Cat's left ear, while recalling the battle with Shadow Cat just now, analyzing his own shortcomings and areas for improvement, he walked towards the depths of the town, tested his current strength for the first time, and also broke through his mentality of fighting monsters. Ye Yun's courage also grew slowly. He wanted to take advantage of this actual combat opportunity to try to touch the higher level of body movement, that is, the subtle level of body movement!