Chapter 206 - 105: Forceful Breakthrough, Breaking the Hundred-Year Record

Chapter 206: Chapter 105: Forceful Breakthrough, Breaking the Hundred-Year Record

"Li Hao! My god, Li Hao... he’s incredible! He shaved a full eight minutes off his previous time!"

"Damn... less than two minutes away! Just a tiny bit more and he would’ve passed Tier Six!"

"Is he even human? I haven’t even passed Tier Four yet!"

"Tch. You think you can compare? Li Hao is a monster, a genius among geniuses!"

The heavy alloy door of the combat room slid open slowly.

Li Hao’s figure appeared in the doorway.

His face showed a hint of exhaustion.

But what was more apparent was an unconcealable pride.

He held his head high, a confident smile playing on his lips as he savored the sudden burst of fervent admiration from the crowd outside, basking in the worshipful gazes that threatened to drown him.

This feeling of being the center of attention was like a fine, mellow wine, leaving him utterly intoxicated.

"Li Hao! That was incredible! With that score, you’re on the verge of breaking into Tier Seven, right?" a student at the front of the crowd shouted excitedly, his eyes filled with fanaticism.

Li Hao feigned modesty, pausing for a moment as if in deep thought. Then, he gave a reserved nod and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Mm, I should be... soon."

His nonchalant tone, however, radiated unparalleled confidence.

"Oh my god! I heard the fastest record for reaching Tier Seven is eighteen days after the start of camp! Li Hao, you... it’s only been ten days! You’re about to set a new camp record!" another boy exclaimed, his face flushed with excitement as he gesticulated wildly.

"My idol! Li Hao, you’re my idol!"

"So strong! He’s not even human!"

The praise washed over him like a tidal wave.

The smile on Li Hao’s face grew even brighter.

Pride and confidence seemed to ooze from his every pore.

’Break the record?’

For Li Hao, wasn’t that a piece of cake?

As he basked in the crowd’s adulation, Li Hao’s gaze swept casually across the throng of students. A particular figure suddenly surfaced in his mind.

A sneer of undisguised contempt and mockery formed on his lips. He deliberately raised his voice and asked playfully,

"By the way, where’s Lin Yi? Is he still holed up in his dorm like a dead dog?"

The moment he finished speaking, someone scrambled to answer, their tone equally filled with contempt.

"You bet he is! Still hiding out in that kennel of his! Haven’t seen hide nor hair of him!"

"I’ve seen it all now! It’s already eight o’clock at night! There’s not much time left before the deadline! Is he really planning to give up on the assessment entirely?"

"Haha! If he really doesn’t show up, that’ll be hilarious! Dead last! The former ’King of the Newcomers’ getting demoted to Class C? Oh, the thought is just too beautiful to imagine!"

"It can’t be that bad, can it? I don’t think Lin Yi is that stupid. Even if he hasn’t trained at all for the past ten days, with the terrifying strength he showed when he first arrived, staying in Class A should be a walk in the park for him."

"That’s true. A starved camel is still bigger than a horse, after all. But... he’s definitely not your match anymore, Li Hao! You’ve left him completely in the dust!"

Listening to the chatter around him, Li Hao sneered inwardly.

’Lin Yi!’

’The guy who almost crippled me on the very first day of camp!’

’It’s the shame of my life!’

The memory of that bone-deep pain and fear still made his heart pound.

’Thank god the training camp has top-tier medical resources. Otherwise, I would’ve been bedridden for a full six months!’

’But things are different now!’

’How much have I sweated over these past ten days?’

’How many life-or-death trials have I endured?’

’My strength has skyrocketed. Compared to the pathetic wreck I was ten days ago, I’m a completely different person. I’ve been reborn!’

’And what about that Lin Yi?’

’I heard that after camp started, he sold off all the valuable points the training camp gave him!’

’For money?’

In Li Hao’s eyes, this was an act of supreme stupidity, something only a complete fucking idiot would do.

He’d thrown away a golden opportunity to improve himself at the camp.

He no longer considered the current Lin Yi a threat.

He was confident that now, he could easily crush the man who had once been his nightmare.

He desperately craved, desperately anticipated, another battle with Lin Yi.

Here, in the combat tower where all eyes were watching, right in front of every single student, he would grind Lin Yi under his heel. He would make Lin Yi taste what it felt like to be beaten like a dog and utterly humiliated!

He would wash away his shame with his own two hands.

...

Night deepened.

Starlight, like shattered diamonds, sprinkled across the cold yet vibrant architecture of the training camp.

Lin Yi strode through the training camp.

The cool night wind brushed against his cheeks, carrying the faint sound of shouts from the training grounds.

He tilted his head back slightly, his gaze fixed on the endless sea of stars, and let out a nearly inaudible sigh.

"It’s already been... ten days."

Compared to ten days ago, Lin Yi’s outward appearance hadn’t changed much.

But a closer look revealed an indescribable change in his aura.

His eyes were more reserved, his entire presence as placid as still water, yet it held a faint, heart-stopping gravity.

The transformation was profound and esoteric, impossible to describe in detail, but undeniably real.

Ten full days of frenzied Bone Tempering.

He had worked without sleep or rest, squeezing out every last drop of his potential and enduring a pain unimaginable to ordinary people.

His Qi and Blood had skyrocketed from 700 cal when he entered the camp, finally stabilizing at an astonishing 1240 cal.

His total Qi and Blood had nearly doubled!

This explosive new power lay dormant within his body, like a sleeping volcano.

Even Lin Yi himself couldn’t be sure by what factor his overall combat strength had increased in just ten short days.

’Tenfold?’

’Or maybe more?’

’Right now, the best score in camp belongs to Li Hao. He’s reached Tier Six of the combat tower...’