This was a resplendent planet in the universe. Its orbit and natural ecology were no different from the Earth that everyone was familiar with.
After countless trillions of years, the vast Wu Tuo Continent was born on this planet. After another trillion years of accumulation, the Wu Tuo Continent gave birth to countless lives.
However, unlike the dazzling scenery of this planet, the life on the continent was fighting and reproducing in a cruel civilization.
There was only one theme for this civilization: Survival.
The Wutuo Continent stretched for tens of thousands of kilometers, seemingly endless. The land occupied eighty to ninety percent of the space of this Otherworld, while the water occupied only ten to twenty percent of the space. Thus, aquatic life on the Wutuo Continent was extremely rare and precious.
In particular, a type of merman that lived in deep water was the king of life in the water.
They had beautiful faces, like the moonlight that was condensed and soaked in a thousand flowers, holy and intoxicating. This kind of mermaid also had a perfect body. It was a beautiful curve that no man could control at a glance...
However, this was not the most powerful aspect of the merfolk. Legend had it that these merfolk could give people a strange ability, allowing them to reach the peak of the continent, making all martial artists of the Wu Tuo Continent flock to them.
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On the Wutuo Continent, there was a small town called Puni Town.
Puni Town was very small. Compared to the ancient civilization of the Utuo Continent and its trillions of people, Puni Town was just a dim star in the starry sky. It was located in the southeast of the Utuo Continent, small and unremembered by the world.
Puni Town did not have a large population, but under the hot sun, it still looked prosperous and lively. Everything seemed to be in order, and the people lived in peace and order. If it were not for the occasional guards who scanned the people around them vigilantly, everyone would have forgotten that there was no real order in this continent.
War and slaughter had been going on for thousands of years, and all the order seen today had been established through blood, swords, and spears.
When the strength was equal, people could obtain the resources they needed through trade and exchange. Once the strength was no longer on the same level, the cruel power would tell the weak that the weak had no right to survive here.
"Ha ha…"
In the crude training field of Puni Town, more than fifty child-like children were training their bodies. Some of them were just five or six years old, and most of them were twelve or thirteen years old.
The long period of training had completely soaked the children's clothes. Even the dry ground under their feet was drenched in sweat. There were not only boys but also little girls.
The cruel survival battle formation told everyone on the Wutuo Continent that there was no distinction between men and women!
In front of the children, a tall figure walked back and forth with his hands behind his back. His shrewd eyes observed the performance of each child from time to time. Wherever his gaze landed, there would always be some children trembling in fear, except for that special child.
This tall man was the training teacher hired by Puni Town. His name was Du Heng.
He was a rank 7 martial guard. He had been on the battlefield, as a mercenary, and had wandered the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He had also gone to the outside world to train for a few years. The experience of rushing out of the Death Gate several times had given him a deep understanding of great power. His temperament had also become cold and greedy.
The strong people's disregard for life had deeply affected him, so even if he trained these young bodies, he would not show mercy.
Du Heng liked the children's fear. Perhaps this was Du Heng's experience for these children, or perhaps he was enjoying the fear of the weak. Perhaps there were some of them. People's hearts were strange, and Du Heng himself couldn't explain it.
Du Heng looked at the children's worshipful and fearful eyes and felt a little excited. He opened his mouth and lectured,"
"Don't feel tired, don't feel bitter, because compared to your lives, these are nothing. Although you are still very weak, won't go to the battlefield, and won't face danger for a while, you must remember that one day you will grow up and have to face the cruelest test of survival in this world.”
"Alright, it's getting late. Today's training can come to an end. Sit down and meditate for an hour. After an hour, we'll start testing your martial qi level.”
After Du Heng finished speaking, he turned around and sat on the chair. He picked up a cup of medicine and slowly drank it.
Du Heng's task for the day was almost completed, so he was somewhat relaxed.
However, these children did not dare to relax at all.
Test.
It was a simple word, but it was like their daily nightmare.
This nightmare did not come from Du Heng, but from the hearts of these children and the expectations of their families.
Because no matter what the test result was, Du Heng would not punish them. Anyway, there was no need to record it, but these children would punish themselves.
If the five or six-year-old children who had just participated in the training were full of anticipation for the test, the twelve or thirteen-year-old children were very nervous because they had been training for seven or eight years. Most of them were already used to their level not growing at all.
It wasn't scary if they didn't grow up, because they were only twelve or thirteen years old, and they had basically become level one or two martial guards. Even if their cultivation was slow, they should be able to become level three martial guards when they were twenty or thirty years old. They could join a mercenary group in Puni Town and complete some low-risk missions with the group to earn a sum of money. They could marry a woman from the town and support their families.
However…
Every single Martial Guard had the desire to become a powerhouse.
In order to become strong, they had to enter the academy and receive the most systematic and effective training under the guidance of the best teachers on the continent. When they graduated, they could enter the city or even the royal family. From there, they could stand out and raise their family's status in Puni Town.
If they were strong enough and willing, they could choose to give up the city that everyone yearned for and return to this small Puni Town. They could seize the position of mayor and seek more benefits for their families.
However, there was a prerequisite that was difficult to overcome:
It was the admission standard for the five great academies of the Utuo Continent.
Each of the five academies had its own admission criteria. According to the ranking and strength of the academy, the admission threshold of each academy was also very different, and the difference was huge. However, the lowest admission criteria was to reach the fifth grade martial guard at the age of fifteen.
However, other than that genius, almost no one else in the entire martial arts practice field had the hope of reaching this standard.
The sun was setting in the west.
Du Heng stretched his body and glanced indifferently at the children who were meditating. He saw that these children were sitting cross-legged on the ground with their eyes closed and motionless like small sculptures. Du Heng smiled.
"You all want to enter the academy, right? Humph! "Back then, I also wanted to, but unfortunately, I didn't get my wish. How can it be so easy to enter the academy? It has been almost twenty years since a child entered the academy in the entire Puni Town," Du Heng thought to himself.
"The current mayor, Hu Dong, returned from the academy and defeated the original mayor. From then on, he obtained the position of mayor and made the Hu family prosper. That was a matter of decades ago, and even if he entered the academy, would he definitely be able to stand out? Twenty years ago, the genius of that town had reached the standard of a fifth-grade martial guard at the age of fifteen. Unfortunately, he had only entered the academy for a few years before he died in an experiential learning.
It's better to be like me. Although I'm only a Grade Seven Martial Guard now, I can marry another wife and raise a child. I'll train the children in the town every day without doing dangerous work. It's so f * cking comfortable! Unless I could go to a big city, I really didn't want to go out again. If I went out again, I might not even be able to come back alive. The previous few times, I was lucky enough to not die, but I wouldn't be so lucky every time.”
As he thought about it, Du Heng took another sip of the medicine and enjoyed the pleasure of the drink breaking through his throat. He couldn't help but feel satisfied.
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Finally, an hour passed.
"Time's up!" Du Heng stood up and shouted,
"Now line up and prepare for the test.”
As soon as the rough voice fell, the children woke up from their meditation one by one.
After they stood up, the expressions on the children's faces became richer.
The eyes of those five or six-year-old children lit up, eager to give it a try.
As for the twelve or thirteen year old children, some of them were still looking forward to it, some were uneasy, and most of them were indeed indifferent. This was because after so many years, the daily tests had slowly wiped out most of their hopes.
The martial qi test required a martial test stele, and the martial test steles required for different stages of martial qi were also different. The martial test stele in Puni Town was an irregular grey stone stele, which was the lowest level martial test stele. It could only test martial guards below level nine. At the martial master stage, higher level martial test steles were required.
In fact, the martial test tablet was only used by these low-level martial guards and martial masters. High-level people could roughly determine the martial qi level of a person who was weaker than them through the perception of their aura and their own experience.
Du Heng walked to the Martial Test Stele on the west side of the training field. He looked at the children who had already lined up in a row and coldly pressed on the Martial Test Stele. With a thought, a stream of Martial Qi rushed from his palm to the Martial Test Stele. The Martial Test Stele was activated and emitted a faint gray light.
In fact, the activation of the Martial Test Stele had already been completed, but Du Heng really wanted to show off his strength. The martial qi in his body was still surging towards the Martial Test Stele until the last bit of martial qi in his body was exhausted.
There were nine black crystals on the Martial Test Stele, which were used to display the level.
After Du Heng injected his warrior qi into the Martial Testing Stele, seven crystals on the Martial Testing Stele lit up. The eighth crystal also gave off a faint light. Obviously, Du Heng was a Level Seven Martial Guard. Although the eighth crystal lit up, it didn't really light up, so he couldn't be considered a Level Eight Martial Guard.
The children in front of the Martial Test Stele looked at the seven bright crystals on the Martial Test Stele with admiration in their eyes. Du Heng wanted the admiration of these children.
Of course, he was just a little level seven martial guard and could only seek admiration from these children.
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