Chapter 118 – The Altered Promotion Trial

Volume 3: Rising Winds and Clouds

Kuangliu watched the farce between Andrei and Claire outside the city and curled his lip. He glanced around, looking profoundly bored.

After a while, something seemed to occur to him. He took out his Walkie-Talkie and called Wen Yu for the Nth time.

"Where are you…"

Kuangliu sounded utterly dead inside.

"Xing has finished his Promotion and is getting used to his body's various functions. We'll be back at the Outpost in another thirty minutes. Oh, and prepare some Level 4 Dark Attribute Magic Crystals."

Kuangliu instantly perked up. He agreed repeatedly, ended the call, and turned to Fang Wenhai.

"Call Yang Pengguang back. Wen Yu is almost here."

Fang Wenhai nodded at once.

…

Outside the Outpost, the roar of artillery and the fighting among the Class Holder corps had yet to stop. Meanwhile, the "battle" between Andrei and Claire was growing increasingly intense.

Boom!

A "specially made" missile flew straight into Andrei's enormous mouth. It blasted a chip out of one of his front teeth and, as an added benefit, silenced the torrent of obscenities pouring from him.

"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey…"

Andrei spat fragments of shrapnel from his mouth while giving Claire an emphatic middle finger.

Whatever had happened between them in the past, their grudge was clearly no small matter.

The Russian and American soldiers around them howled with laughter, occasionally pointing at Andrei. Andrei did not look angry in the least. He downed a bottle of Super Healing Potion, activated his verbal-barrage Skill again, and was promptly chased all over the place by Claire's gunfire.

"Enough fooling around. Huaxia's Military just sent word that Sequence 2 will be back soon. Andrei, Claire-get ready."

A senior American officer walked onto the wall and addressed the two of them.

The lively wall instantly fell silent at the news.

When the fighting first began, the soldiers on the wall had personally witnessed the individual strength of Sequence 5, Sequence 6, Sequence 7, and Sequence 9.

Their power existed on a completely different level, leaving the countless soldiers who had never seen a true powerhouse awestruck.

Unfortunately…

When Kuangliu walked onto the wall as a Level 5, everyone-including the four Sequence members-finally witnessed the strength of a powerhouse who truly stood at the pinnacle of the Human Race.

A Level 5 Sequence 3 possessed power that completely crushed everyone else.

The greatest reason for that difference was level. Kuangliu had spent far longer at the Outpost and had naturally gained far more than the other four.

The foreign soldiers had also learned that Sequence 2 was inside this Outpost as well-and that his strength surpassed even Kuangliu's.

Now that Sequence 2 was about to return, Andrei and Claire immediately stopped their horseplay. The two hurried onto the front wall defended by Huaxia, eager to see what kind of monster Sequence 2 was.

Kuangliu and Sequence 9 were already waiting there, along with Yang Pengguang, who had returned after receiving the news.

…

A black speck appeared in the distance. Even with Kuangliu's Level 5 strength, he could barely make it out, which showed just how far away it was.

"He's here."

Kuangliu spoke softly as he toyed with several Level 4 Dark Attribute Magic Crystals.

The people beside him craned their necks and stared into the distance, but they could not see anything.

"What kind of person is Sequence 2?"

Yang Pengguang smiled as he asked Kuangliu. An odd light flickered through his eyes.

"You'll know when he gets here."

Kuangliu's tone was indifferent and far from friendly. The perfunctory intent behind his answer could not have been clearer.

Yang Pengguang shrugged, unconcerned by Kuangliu's attitude, and looked outside again.

The black speck in the distance drew closer and closer.

…

Xing's enormous figure circled above the Outpost for a long while, causing a commotion below.

Then the massive beast slowly descended onto the wall. Wen Yu looked at Kuangliu and the unfamiliar foreigners waiting there, but had no desire to greet them. He jumped from Xing's back and held out a hand to Kuangliu.

"You come back without so much as saying hello and immediately demand something. You really are…"

Before Kuangliu could finish grumbling, Wen Yu snatched the Magic Crystals from his hand. He fed them to the Little Soul Beast and asked, "What changed about the Level 5 Promotion Trial?"

Kuangliu had once said that the Level 5 Promotion Trial would be different. Wen Yu remembered it perfectly. With a ready-made example standing before him, he naturally intended to ask for every detail.

Kuangliu shook his head.

"It wasn't difficult. But the people who piled up their strength using other people's Magic Crystals will probably be eliminated."

Wen Yu nodded in understanding.

He might not be brilliant, but he was certainly no fool. Kuangliu's meaning was perfectly clear.

"By the way, let me introduce you. This is…"

Wen Yu waved a hand before Kuangliu could continue.

"Whatever it is can wait until after my Promotion."

With that, he continued feeding Magic Crystals to the Little Soul Beast as he walked toward the Exchange Pillar.

Kuangliu remained where he was, looking helpless, while the other Sequence members wore awkward expressions.

Yang Pengguang spoke with faint mockery.

"He certainly is arrogant."

"No kidding. I didn't expect someone to ignore us completely."

Andrei sounded rather indignant.

Kuangliu, unusually, spoke in Wen Yu's defense.

"He isn't actually hard to get along with. He's simply a pure egoist. He's about to undergo Promotion, so he naturally has no interest in greeting any of you right now."

"Oh, and he doesn't seem particularly interested in women…"

Kuangliu directed the last sentence at Claire, who had deliberately exposed more than half of her pale cleavage.

Claire immediately pulled up the neckline of her suit. She glared at Wen Yu's retreating back and unleashed a string of English curses.

"What a waste of my makeup…"

"Baby, you still have me."

Andrei deliberately put on a lecherous expression. Claire spun around and kicked him squarely in the balls, folding him at the waist.

…

"Select Promotion Trial."

"Ding! Scanning. The Host's current Physical Attribute is 500 points, at Peak Level 4."

"Ding! The Host's Class has been identified as Soul Master. Scanning the Soul Beast's Physical Attribute."

"Scan complete. The Soul Beast's current Physical Attribute is 500 points, at Peak Level 4. Promotion conditions met."

"Ding! Deducting 500,000 Points. Promotion Trial commencing."