Chapter 121 Names Soaring on the Trial Ranking

If one were to name the most popular place at Kyoto Martial Arts University, it would undoubtedly be the trial tower.

This is a mandatory course that every student cannot avoid, and it is the core trial grounds of Kyoto Martial Arts University.

Challenging the trial tower allows one to both verify their strength and earn credits.

The floor reached in the trial tower also serves as a student's pass; higher floors can be exchanged for more Advanced permissions.

For every student, it's a guaranteed profitable venture.

Of course, challenging the trial tower isn't free; everyone only gets one challenge opportunity per day.

If one wants to continue challenging, they need to pay extra credits.

Having won the Freshman Grand Competition, Chu Han had five additional challenge permissions on top of his daily one, with no need to use credits.

Furthermore, there's no need to queue for the trial tower; all students can challenge it simultaneously.

Generally speaking, most challengers start from the first floor.

After passing each floor, the challenger's state is reset.

This ensures that every floor is challenged at Peak state.

The trial tower also records each student's highest score; challengers can start from the highest floor of their record without having to start over.

However, in that case, during the settlement phase at the end of the challenge, credits for the previous floors will not be awarded.

Usually, every student chooses to challenge from the beginning because they can obtain full credits that way.

For every student, having a free chance to farm credits every day is naturally something they won't waste.

When Chu Han arrived at the trial tower, it was only a bit past 7 AM.

The area beneath the trial tower was already crowded with students.

There were those coming to challenge it and those coming to watch and learn.

This silver giant tower, 99 stories high, has trials of varying intensity for each floor.

From different Ranks of Beastss and mechanical Puppets to solo combat and team coordination, all kinds of scenarios were available.

Chu Han's appearance immediately caused quite a stir.

As the first-place winner of this year's Freshman Grand Competition, Chu Han had demonstrated strength far exceeding that of a New Student.

His record of killing a 5th-rank peak Martial Artist with a single punch had already spread throughout the school.

How many floors he could clear was a question on many people's minds.

If Chu Han's floor count wasn't ideal, then his strength might be questionable.

If Chu Han broke through all the way and even shattered records, it would be another major event for Kyoto Martial Arts University.

As Chu Han arrived beneath the trial tower, a notification immediately popped up on his bracelet:

["Do you wish to enter the trial tower for a challenge? You have 6 challenge opportunities."]

"Challenge."

Chu Han immediately chose to challenge.

In the next moment, a beam of light shot out from the trial tower, enveloping him.

Following that, the space around Chu Han shifted, and he found himself inside a tower.

The layout inside the tower was simple, like a massive arena surrounded by walls.

On the wall, a large "1" represented the current floor being challenged.

Then, a notification sound rang out: "First Floor Trial: Kill 10 Rank 1 Gale Wolves."

Chu Han felt the Elemental Energy fluctuations around him change abruptly, and a dense forest immediately rose from the trial tower's black stone floor.

The trial tower could also simulate real combat scenarios.

"Awoo~"

The sound of wolf howls echoed, and ten gray shadows immediately darted out from the forest.

Surrounded by wind-attribute Elemental Energy and with fangs glinting coldly, they pounced toward Chu Han.

Chu Han didn't move; the Elemental Energy within him erupted instantly, forming a sea of fire that completely enveloped the ten Gale Wolves.

The Gale Wolves didn't even have time to let out a whimper before they were turned to ash in the high heat.

The first-floor trial was not even a warm-up for him now; it was just a waste of time.

The stairs leading to the second floor appeared, and Chu Han quickly made his way up.

The scene inside the trial tower changed again; the forest became a desert plateau, and the number on the wall changed from 1 to 2.

"Second Floor Trial: Kill 20 Rank 1 Earth Armored Scorpions."

Soon, 20 scorpions gleaming with black light crawled out of the sand.

They were once again burned to ash by Chu Han's flames.

For the next few dozen floors, Chu Han tore through the levels with unstoppable momentum.

From floors 1 to 10, the opponents were all Rank 1 Beastss, increasing in number.

From floors 11 to 20, the opponents were all Rank 2 Beastss.

Even for a New Student, most could reach the 20th floor.

After the 20th floor, the trial difficulty began to increase; the opponents for floors 20 to 30 were all Rank 3 Beastss or mechanical Puppets.

And so on.

The strength of opponents on the 40th floor was at Rank 4, and on the 50th floor, it was at Rank 5.

Chu Han reached the 60th floor in one breath, taking only a few minutes.

Starting from the 60th floor, the trial difficulty increased significantly.

"Sixtieth Floor Trial: Defeat a 6th Rank Initial Stage mechanical Puppet; it can generate a combat style targeting the challenger's weaknesses."

The scene inside the trial tower changed into a metal secret chamber.

A silver, saber-wielding metal Puppet appeared before him, exuding the aura of a 6th-rank Martial Artist Early Stage, along with a bone-chilling white frost.

Targeting Chu Han's fire attribute ability, this mechanical Puppet had generated an ice attribute ability, hoping to counter him.

However, although its ability was very targeted...

it had a limit to its power.

A Rank 6 strength was simply no match for Chu Han.

A red light flashed from the flame demon battle saber in Chu Han's hand, and the mechanical Puppet was instantly sliced in two and turned to ash.

Chu Han went a step further and arrived at the 61st floor.

Outside, a new name appeared on the trial tower's overall rankings displayed on the tower's exterior.

Chu Han, 60th floor, Rank 544!

The overall trial tower rankings only record the top 1,000 students, and to break into the top 1,000, one had to clear at least 59 floors.

When Chu Han passed the 59th floor, his name was not yet on the list.

But after he cleared the 60th floor, he suddenly entered the top 600.

This meant that among all the students across all grades at Kyoto Martial Arts University, only 544 people had passed the 60th floor of the trial tower.

"Look, Chu Han's name appeared!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise, and everyone's eyes turned toward the rankings.

"He actually cleared the 60th floor! This has already broken the Kyoto Martial Arts University New Student record!"

"The 60th floor—even some Martial Artists who just broke through to Rank 6 can't pass it. Just how strong is Chu Han!"

"No wonder he could insta-kill Xu Jie; I remember Xu Jie has been stuck on the 59th floor for half a year, unable to break through the 60th."

"Of the Three Major Rankings, the Hunting Rankings is the only one he hasn't made it onto yet, right?"

Outside the trial tower, the students of Kyoto Martial Arts University were discussing excitedly.

As if they were the ones who had made the list.

This was a very normal phenomenon.

Every time there was a change in the school's Three Major Rankings, it would attract everyone's attention.

When someone makes the list, someone else falls off.

And those on the list receive rewards from the school.

"Chu Han's Rank changed again! 531st place! He's already cleared the 61st floor!"

Although it was only one more floor, Chu Han's Rank rose by 13 places.