118: Getting started, trying it out

Xiao Weiqing entered the training room and took an ironwood saber.

He shouted at a wall:

"Come!"

His eyes focused, Mental Energy burst forth, and the ironwood saber in his hand swung, leaving afterimages.

Metallic clanging sounds rang out from the training room incessantly.

"Ding~ Ding!~ Dang!~ Dang~."

"Here he goes again."

Outside the training room, several Trainees attending Teacher Zhao's private lessons smiled bitterly.

Over the past month or so, they all got to know Xiao Weiqing because he appeared punctually every day without fail; the sound was as punctual as a school bell.

Less than ten minutes later.

The noise in the training room stopped.

Several Trainees were surprised.

"It ended so early today?"

Inside the training room.

Xiao Weiqing smiled; he finally met the requirements.

He had just struck 102 times consecutively.

All hits landed on the flying red dots—fast, ruthless, and accurate. Under the anchoring of Mental Energy, the red dots had nowhere to hide.

"One more time."

He tried a few more times.

"105!"

"103!"

"104!"

"It seems this is my current limit, but it's enough."

Xiao Weiqing closed his eyes, practicing Seamless Slash in his mind.

This month, his cultivation of Seamless Slash became smoother and smoother, feeling like he was just one step away from mastery.

Recalling the tens of thousands of strikes over the past month and a half, the blurry and intangible strike in his mind became clearer and clearer.

"That's it!"

"Qiang!"

He swung a strike.

"Seamless Slash!"

Pa!

A soft sound rang out, and space itself seemed to be split open.

Teacher Zhao, outside the training room, seemed to sense something and turned to look.

"It seems he succeeded."

Ka!

The door opened.

Xiao Weiqing walked out, radiating a sharp aura, like a saber pointing towards the heavens.

"Succeeded?"

Teacher Zhao asked with a smile.

Xiao Weiqing also smiled, "I succeeded, Teacher Zhao."

"Want to practice?"

Teacher Zhao pointed at the Trainees over there.

"Sure."

"You guys, come over. You all know Xiao Weiqing, right? Want to spar with him?"

The Trainees looked at each other.

"Teacher Zhao, Junior Xiao has mastered his craft and wants to use us to test his blade, right?"

"Exactly. Weren't you always curious? Don't you want to try?"

A sophomore Trainee stepped out, holding a longsword, "Okay, but there must be a prize."

Teacher Zhao laughed, "Fine, if you can block one strike from Xiao Weiqing, and if you take my private lessons next month, I won't charge you points."

"Teacher Zhao, are you serious?"

Teacher Zhao's monthly course cost one or two thousand points; who wouldn't want to get it for free?

"Of course."

"Xiao Weiqing, it's up to you."

Xiao Weiqing felt helpless, "Teacher Zhao, you really think highly of me."

But he didn't back down.

He stepped forward.

"Senior Yu, please."

"Junior Xiao, please. Let me see your saber techniques."

The two stood five meters apart.

The other Trainees stepped aside.

"Start."

Teacher Zhao gave the command.

Xiao Weiqing took a step, instantly crossing several meters, and slashed.

Senior Yu tried to flick the blade away with his sword.

But.

The next moment, the blade was already across Senior Yu's neck.

"This... how is this possible?"

He had no power to fight back; he couldn't even block one strike.

"Thank you for the match, Senior Yu."

Teacher Zhao was also very surprised; even though that strike wasn't aimed at him, he could still see its extraordinary nature.

"Alright, go back and practice well. Don't come here for a while; the clanging every day gives me a headache."

"Teacher Zhao, then I'll head back first."

"Mm, go ahead."

After Xiao Weiqing left, Senior Yu still hadn't recovered.

"Teacher Zhao, am I really a piece of rotten wood?"

Teacher Zhao slapped him on the head, "What are you thinking? Xiao Weiqing's Innate Skill Rank is very high; it's normal that you're not his match. Don't compare yourself to him."

A Trainee asked: "Teacher Zhao, how high?"

"Several levels high."

...Xiao Weiqing returned to Ziwei Courtyard. Seamless Slash finally reached the entry level, and he walked with a lighter step.

"Go to the ladder."

This month and a half, his cultivation was crazy, and he had no time for the ladder system; his Rank had dropped outside the top hundred.

Inside the ladder system.

Even in the afternoon, there were still many people in the ladder.

As the supernatural universities started early, the number of registered users for the ladder had already exceeded eight million, with six to seven hundred thousand people online in the afternoon.

His current points were 8,000, while the top hundred scores had already broken the 10,000-point mark.

First place Dongfang Xuan and second place Xia Mo both exceeded 30,000 points.

"Match!"

Matching... in less than half a minute.

"Match successful!"

"Qianyue University, Tan Xingwen, Extraordinary Talent, Level 4."

Xiao Weiqing looked at his opponent, curious. A Level 4 talent who hadn't joined the major academies and could Rank within the top 200—it seemed he was also a Genius.

Tan Xingwen was high-spirited right now. Since obtaining an Innate Skill left by a Senior, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. His ladder Rank had reached Rank 180. He didn't know how many Level 5 Extraordinary Talent geniuses he had defeated.

He wanted to win, to keep winning until he defeated Level 6 Extraordinary Talent people, so that all the geniuses of Great Xia would know his name.

As for that Xiao Weiqing, clearly a Level 5 Extraordinary Talent but pretending to be Level 3, just seeking attention.

Only he, Tan Xingwen, could fight above his level; he was the Chosen One.

"Match successful."

"Luo Jiang Academy, Xiao Weiqing, Extraordinary Talent, Level 5."

"Hmph, another Level 5. Doesn't matter, I will defeat... huh? Xiao Weiqing?"

"You are Xiao Weiqing?"

Xiao Weiqing felt helpless; why did everyone have to ask when they met him? Didn't the System provide a prompt?

Can't they read?

Seeing Xiao Weiqing didn't answer.

"Not talking? Pretending to be a master?"

Tan Xingwen was slightly angry, feeling Xiao Weiqing was arrogant. He twirled his spear and rushed at Xiao Weiqing.

"Qiang!~"

Xiao Weiqing blocked with a strike, then swept his hand in a follow-up; Tan Xingwen's head fell to the ground.

Blood splattered everywhere.

"Huh? Why didn't it turn into particles?"

"Xiao Weiqing wins! points +150."

Not in a hurry to match, he checked the ladder's update log.

It turned out the ladder system was updated half a month ago. Not only did pain perception increase, but corpses no longer turned into particles, leaning more towards realism.

At the same time, a Battle Royale mode was added.

"Interesting, I'll check it out later."

"Continue matching."

...6:00 PM.

points: 15,214

Rank: 17

For two whole hours, Xiao Weiqing won 50 consecutive matches, basically insta-killing every match. Level 5 geniuses couldn't even block one strike from Xiao Weiqing.

If he met a Level 6 Extraordinary Talent person and they luckily blocked, then he'd use Fire Owl, and if that didn't work, Flame Dome.

There was always a suitable one.

His points had reached 15,000, and his Rank entered the top 20 again.

Most terrifyingly, he still maintained a 100% win rate.

Regarding Xiao Weiqing's disappearance for a month and his current crazy point-climbing behavior, the ladder forum exploded again.

"Xiao Weiqing is even stronger, especially his saber techniques. I used to think he wasn't good at close combat, but this time when I met him, I was killed in one strike. After my head flew out, I saw my own blood spraying high." [Terrified.JPG].

"That experience of yours is indeed amazing."

Someone said: "Is Xiao Weiqing really as powerful as you say? I really want to fight him."

"If you were slashed by Xiao Weiqing's blade, you wouldn't think so."

"Heh, if he's so capable, let him come. I'm waiting for him at Rank 1,000; I'm afraid he's not even qualified to see me."

"To the person above, you win. Unless Xiao Weiqing is crippled, he really won't meet you."

Chosen One: "Hmph, I was careless just now. Next time I meet Xiao Weiqing, the one to lose will definitely be him."

"I feel like I've heard those words before. You're not the first to be 'careless,' and you probably won't be the last." @Chosen One.

Chosen One: "Are you mocking me?"

"Yes." @Chosen One.

Tan Xingwen gritted his teeth in hatred, exited the ladder system, and threw himself into cultivation. He swore he would definitely defeat Xiao Weiqing next time.