172: The subtle level of swift sword technique!

Li Ziyu also looked over. It was an old friend, a first-tier intermediate fierce beast, a Shadow Cat.

Li Ziyu didn't deliberately lower his voice, looking at the black-furred Shadow Cat in the cage and subconsciously speaking.

"Shadow Cat? That name is truly fitting."

Hu Yiwei on the main platform was first startled, then looked at Li Ziyu with a thoughtful expression.

Since discovering this fierce beast, there had been no specific name for it.

The name Shadow Cat, as spoken by this young man, was quite apt.

Li Ziyu was stunned, then remembered that this was two hundred years ago, and many fierce beasts had not yet been named. He chuckled wryly:

"Fortunately, it's an illusion, otherwise the name of this Shadow Cat in later generations would have been given by me."

At this moment, Hu Yiwei waved his hand again.

Thump, thump, thump!

Soldiers who had been waiting for a long time pulled back the black cloth. Four Soldiers, already prepared outside the cage, directly pulled back their gun bolts and unleashed a barrage of bullets at the Shadow Cat in the cage.

All the youths participating in the test were startled by this sudden development.

What was this? A live execution of a beast with guns? Was it to train their tolerance for gore?

Everyone curiously looked at the Shadow Cat in the cage.

However, the expected bloody mess did not appear. Everyone widened their eyes, looking horrified at the Shadow Cat in the cage, its fur completely intact as if it hadn't suffered a single scratch. They looked disbelievingly:

"Hiss! What's going on!? The bullets from a Type 95 rifle hit this feline, but it didn't even break its skin!?"

"Damn! How is this possible!? What kind of monster is this, to be able to withstand rifle bullets!?"

"How can there be such a monster? Wait, the combat targets that General Hu Yiwei just mentioned, they wouldn't be these monsters that even bullets can't penetrate, would they!?"

Everyone present instantly widened their eyes, their expressions somewhat horrified.

Even Lin Wuji, who had always been stern-faced, and Wang Chaoyue, who always wore a smile, couldn't help but change their expressions.

If it weren't for General Hu Yiwei standing on the main platform, they would have thought this was a prank.

Fierce beasts that bullets couldn't penetrate, and they were supposed to fight them with cold weapons?

Wasn't that sending them to their deaths?

That was too ridiculous!

"Quiet!"

"The test will not cost you your lives for nothing!"

"The martial arts manual in your hands is called Swift Wind Blade Technique. As long as you can master and apply it, you will be able to break through this fierce beast's defense."

As he spoke, Hu Yiwei waved his hand, and a burly, square-faced man carrying a battle saber walked to the Shadow Cat's cage.

The strong man held the saber with both hands, raised it sharply, and slashed towards the Shadow Cat.

A sound like a swift wind whistling, accompanied by an invisible blade shadow.

Everyone then saw a deep, bone-visible wound appear on the Shadow Cat's paw.

"The specific principle will be explained to you after you pass this assessment. What you need to do now is to master the Swift Wind Blade Technique in your hands within three hours.

Those who can master it within three hours will pass the first round of assessment.

If you cannot pass within three hours, you are eliminated!"

"If anyone wishes to leave, you may do so now."

Seeing that cold weapons could indeed injure the Shadow Cat, the crowd quieted down, and not a single person left.

Everyone's faces showed an eager expression. They had realized from the display by the burly man just now that the world had changed!

Hot weapons might no longer be the master of the world in the future!

The future masters might be martial artists who mastered special Battle Skills!

And they, as long as they could pass this assessment, might become a member of the martial artists!

"Very good, the three-hour countdown begins now."

Seeing that no one left, Hu Yiwei showed a satisfied expression, gave a few more instructions, and then stepped down from the main platform.

This test rule was formulated by combining the existing martial artists of various levels in Great Xia and hundreds of martial arts masters.

The Swift Wind Blade Technique manual given to everyone, through their tests, could generally be mastered within three hours by those with the comprehension ability of a martial artist.

And if one's comprehension ability was strong, it might take less than three hours, perhaps only two hours to comprehend.

If one could not master the Swift Wind Blade Technique within three hours, it could only be said that they did not have the innate understanding to become a martial artist.

After listening to Hu Yiwei's words, everyone present no longer had any questions and all picked up the secret manuals in their hands, lowering their heads to study them.

Li Ziyu was no exception.

His gaze fell on the Swift Wind Blade Technique manual in his hand.

This testing ground was quite thoughtful; it didn't make them stand idly. In the center of the venue were many chairs, and in front of each chair was a table with various fruit platters and drinks.

"Swift Wind Blade Technique, this is the first time I've seen it."

Li Ziyu found a seat and sat down, spreading the manual open on the table.

Looking at the name, it was a Knife Skill Battle Skill, but he had no impression of it.

He didn't know if it was renamed in later generations, or if it was too low-grade for him to have paid attention to it.

"Up until now, I still don't know which one is Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint in his youth, but what's certain is that Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint is definitely among these test participants."

Li Ziyu glanced at the test participants who were engrossed in their reading. After watching for a while, he couldn't tell who Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint was, so he stopped paying attention.

"Who cares who Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint is? Anyway, the mission requirement is to gain Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint's approval in terms of talent, so..."

"System, add points to Swift Wind Blade Technique for me!"

Although this mission suppressed his realm to first-tier intermediate and sealed all the Battle Skills he had mastered,

the System was still there!

Before he came, he had consumed a lot of mystic spirit marrow, which had been converted into blood energy points.

These blood energy points might not be enough to upgrade his other Ninth-level Techniques, but for an unranked Battle Skill like Swift Wind Blade Technique, there was more than enough to upgrade it.

Swift Wind Blade Technique → Primary Swift Wind Blade Technique!

"Add more for me!"

Primary Swift Wind Blade Technique → Intermediate Swift Wind Blade Technique!

"Add more!"

There were still blood energy points left. Li Ziyu felt that Intermediate Swift Wind Blade Technique wasn't impactful enough. Since he wanted to make a genius with unparalleled talent like Xingyao Wusheng Martial Saint feel admiration, he would shock him enough in one go!

Intermediate Swift Wind Blade Technique → Advanced Swift Wind Blade Technique!

Advanced Swift Wind Blade Technique → Peak Swift Wind Blade Technique!

It could only be said that the effect of mystic spirit marrow was indeed powerful.

He had consumed ten grams when he came, and although it wasn't enough to upgrade his original Ninth-level Techniques, it was more than enough to upgrade an unranked Swift Wind Blade Technique to its peak.

And he could still add more!

"It can still add points. In that case, I can't be stingy!

System, upgrade Swift Wind Blade Technique to Micro Rapid Wind Blade Technique!"

Peak Swift Wind Blade Technique → Micro Rapid Wind Blade Technique!

Li Ziyu looked at the large characters "Micro Rapid Wind Blade Technique" on the panel and finally showed a satisfied smile.

Slowly closing the Swift Wind Blade Technique manual, Li Ziyu stood up and looked at Hu Yiwei, who was pacing back and forth in the field, and said loudly:

"General Hu, I have already comprehended the Swift Wind Blade Technique and request to be the first to demonstrate it."

As soon as Li Ziyu finished speaking, all the test students present who were engrossed in their studies looked up in astonishment at Li Ziyu.