So, under the watchful eyes of many instructors, Chi Chen lifted all the remaining new recruits off the ground in less than ten minutes. Although some of the new recruits were too weak and fell down again after only a few minutes of standing up, they all managed to stand up, which could be considered as fulfilling Cheng Hu's condition.
"Ahem, that concludes today's appetizer. Next, this morning, Instructor Zhu Cheng behind me will teach you how to use the longswords uniformly made by the Zhanmi Bureau. Of course, if you already have a weapon that you are proficient in using, you can also ask Instructor Zhu Cheng for guidance. Instructor Zhu Cheng may not claim to be an expert in all eighteen martial arts, but when it comes to the use of weapons, there are few people in the entire Great Xia War Zone who can surpass him!"
Cheng Hu glanced at Chi Chen, who seemed innocent and indicated that this situation was not his intention, and gestured for Zhu Cheng behind him to step forward.
"Newcomers! Take a ten-minute break. In ten minutes, let me see how capable you really are!"
Behind Cheng Hu, the man on the left stepped forward, said a few words, and then stepped back.
After the instructors left, only the new recruits remained on the field, but they did not disperse; instead, most of them gathered around Chi Chen.
"Chi Chen, thank you so much just now, otherwise we wouldn't have any food to eat today!"
A slightly thin newcomer spoke up and thanked Chi Chen first. He was one of Chi Chen's roommates, and they had already met briefly last night.
"Yeah, Chi Chen, you're amazing! How did you manage to stand up so easily without using any forbidden techniques!"
"We almost caused everyone to miss out on food, thank goodness you were there!"
For a moment, the other newlyweds looked at Chi Chen with great curiosity, and voices of inquiry and gratitude rang out one after another.
Seeing this, Chi Chen felt a little embarrassed and could only scratch his head shyly without saying anything more.
Ten minutes later, in the square, the newlyweds sat cross-legged on the ground, with Zhu Cheng holding a standard long sword in front of them.
"Next, I will teach you how to use the special longswords made by the Secret Slayer Bureau. After you complete the training, the Secret Slayer Bureau will tailor-make a longsword that is most suitable for each of you. This longsword is made of a special material that has a natural suppressive force against the mysterious, giving you more advantages when fighting against them!"
Zhu Cheng briefly introduced the longswords equipped by the Zhanmi people, and then drew his own longsword from his waist. A peculiar fluctuation emanated from the blade, which should be caused by the special material.
"A specially made longsword?"
Chi Chen looked at the long sword in front of him. This sword was given to him by Zhang Rong. Although it was not bad, it was still inferior to the one in Zhu Cheng's hand.
"First, I'd like to invite one student to come up and demonstrate a move with me. The rest of you, please pay attention to my movements and techniques when using the longsword in combat. Even if you already have your own familiar weapons, you must still study diligently and not be complacent. All martial arts in the world, though varied, share the same fundamental principles. Although different weapons have different ways of being used, they must also have similarities!"
After Zhu Cheng finished speaking, his eyes swept across the crowd and finally landed on Chi Chen.
Upon seeing this, Chi Chen was slightly taken aback, and his expression became somewhat strange.
"This instructor from Zhucheng, he probably wanted to choose me from the beginning, right? He even circled around among them a few times."
Chi Chen wondered to himself if the instructors were holding a grudge against him because of what had happened before.
"It's you, come out!"
Seeing that Chi Chen did not make a move, Zhu Cheng raised an eyebrow and called him out.
Helpless, Chi Chen picked up his sword and stood up.
"Oh? It seems you already have experience using a knife. Perfect, you can demonstrate it to everyone better! I'll also point out your problems during the fight!"
Zhu Cheng smiled slightly when he saw Chi Chen approaching with a knife.
Off the field, Lin Bai and Xiang Ming exchanged a glance, almost laughing. It seemed that the instructor's idea of instructing Chi Chen on knife skills was bound to fail.
"Come on, attack me with all your might! Use forbidden abilities if you want, don't hold back!"
Zhu Cheng and Chi Chen stood facing each other, both holding long swords. Zhu Cheng smiled, indicating to Chi Chen that he didn't need to be nervous.
Upon hearing this, Chi Chen launched a full-scale attack? Using a forbidden technique?
Is it really necessary?
The next second, Chi Chen moved, his long sword slicing through the air in a semi-circle, heading directly towards Zhu Cheng.
"Good speed, and the direction of the sword swing is also good!"
Upon seeing this, Zhu Cheng's eyes flashed with a hint of admiration. As a master of the knife, he could discern some clues from Chi Chen's movements the moment Chi Chen drew his blade.
Zhu Cheng simultaneously raised his longsword, precisely blocking the falling blade from Chi Chen's hand. The two blades collided, producing a crisp, resounding sound.
"This kid, he's got incredible strength?"
Zhu Cheng's hand trembled slightly, dissipating the shock transmitted from the blade, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Chi Chen also swung his arm, dispelling the tingling sensation from his palm. The next second, Chi Chen turned his body and slashed at Zhu Cheng with his sword.
Zhu Cheng's surprise became even more apparent. When the blades clashed just now, he had secretly used a clever trick to increase the force. According to Zhu Cheng's expectations, even if Chi Chen did not drop the long sword from his hand, he should not be able to hold the long sword freely.
However, Chi Chen seemed completely unaffected and quickly launched another attack.
"Ding ding ding!"
In an instant, Chi Chen's body flipped and turned, his whole body like a gradually accelerating windmill, constantly swinging the long sword in his hand to attack Zhu Cheng.
"How many years has this kid been practicing with a knife?"
Zhu Cheng, who had been somewhat careless at first, was now regretting it. He kept raising and swinging his long sword, blocking Chi Chen's attacks time and time again.
But the vibrations from the blade grew stronger and stronger, and Chi Chen's speed increased. Zhu Cheng sensed something was wrong; this kid was clearly a master of the blade.
In the midst of repeated attacks, Zhu Cheng clearly felt the increasing sword aura emanating from Chi Chen. If he continued to be attacked like this, even he would be unable to stop Chi Chen.
"Are we about to capsize in a ditch?"
Zhu Cheng looked at Chi Chen, who showed no signs of stopping, and immediately felt his blood pressure rise. This kid, doesn't he know that training camp isn't about fighting and killing, but about understanding human relationships?
"Chi Chen... he's managed to suppress Instructor Zhu Cheng?"
"It seems so, isn't it?"
The other new recruits, watching the flashing blades between the two, were momentarily bewildered. Wasn't this their instructor giving them a lesson?
Why does it look like the instructor got a lesson from Chi Chen?
Something's not right, something's really not right!
Was the instructor deliberately holding back? Did he want to show them Chi Chen's swordsmanship before launching a counterattack and defeating him, so he could explain it more clearly?
"Chi Chen is here again!"
Seeing this, Lin Bai helplessly rubbed his forehead. Although Chi Chen had not activated his Battle Saint Intent, once he entered battle mode, it was not much different from activating his Battle Saint Intent, except that he was not as arrogant and conceited.
"This kid's really getting more and more into it?"
Chi Chen's sword aura had already gathered, his wrists constantly rotating, the blade leaving afterimages in the air as he slashed at Zhu Cheng one strike after another.
Zhu Cheng's face was no longer relaxed at all. Now he and Chi Chen were fighting only with their physical strength. Zhu Cheng thought that if he held out for a while, Chi Chen's stamina would gradually decrease. But he did not expect that Chi Chen's body seemed to have inexhaustible strength. Not only did it not diminish at all, but it became more and more fierce as they fought.
As Zhu Cheng backed away, he glanced at a certain spot, where Cheng Hu stood with his arms crossed, watching the scene with a somewhat strange expression.
This kid has so many tricks up his sleeve?
Where did this freak come from?
To maintain absolute fairness, the backgrounds of all new recruits during the training camp of the Secret Bureau were kept secret from the instructors. Even Cheng Hu, the religious instructor, did not know. All they knew was the information they could obtain from the moment Chi Chen and his group stepped into the plains surrounding the mountains.
Therefore, Cheng Hu was unaware that Chi Chen was from the same region as Zhang Rong, one of his two most outstanding students.
"No, I'll really lose face if I let this kid keep suppressing me!"
Finally, Zhu Cheng saw that Chi Chen still hadn't stopped his desires, and he couldn't take it anymore. If this continued, how could he continue to be an instructor?
The next moment, facing the long sword that was rushing towards him again, Zhu Cheng's eyes changed, and his aura instantly became somewhat fierce. Zhu Cheng stomped his right foot, his body suddenly straightened, and a force instantly flowed from the sole of his foot to his hand, and then into the blade.
"bass!"
The two longswords clashed again, the blades vibrating. Chi Chen's expression changed instantly, because a visible crack appeared on the longsword in his hand after the impact, and it spread directly from the tip to the hilt.
"Snap!"
Finally, under the immense force, Chi Chen's arm trembled violently, and the long sword in his hand let out a mournful cry as the blade shattered into more than ten pieces, which fell to the ground with a clatter.
Chi Chen looked at the remaining hilt of the knife in his hand, then at the fragments of the blade on the ground, and then looked at Zhu Cheng with a blank expression.
What do you mean?
Isn't this supposed to be a swordsmanship tutorial? How come you just chopped your own longsword into pieces?
The other new recruits on the sidelines were also a bit confused. Was the instructor angry because he had been suppressed for too long?
Ah, isn't that a bit stingy?
"Cough cough!"
Upon seeing this, Zhu Cheng blushed, coughed a few times as a demonstration, and secretly shook his numb hands.
"Your name is Chi Chen, right? Your swordsmanship is quite good; you can even gather sword energy. You must have been practicing for at least eight years, right? Are you a novice?"
Zhu Cheng had barely finished speaking when he froze on the spot. When his gaze swept over Chi Chen's palm, he noticed that the calluses on the base of his thumb were not prominent, which didn't seem like the result of years of knife use.
Sure enough, the next second, Chi Chen answered him with a somewhat strange expression:
"No, I've only had a knife for a little over two months, but I do practice every day!"
"Two? Two...more than two months? Every...every day?"
Not only the newcomers in the audience were completely stunned when they heard this.
Even Zhu Cheng's face twitched involuntarily upon hearing this. Are you sure you're not joking?
Back in the day, I practiced for years and still wasn't as skilled with a knife as you are now. Even then, my teacher called me a genius!
You've only practiced for two months and you've already become like this?
But Zhu Cheng looked closely at Chi Chen's hand holding the knife and fell into deep thought.
"What's wrong, Instructor Zhu Cheng? Is there a problem?"
Chi Chenzhu Cheng remained silent, then asked another question.
"No, it's nothing! You can go back to the queue first!"
Looking at Chi Chen's sincere face, Zhu Cheng resisted the urge to punch him.
"Instructor Zhucheng, my knife?"
Chi Chen raised the hilt of his knife.
You're such a big instructor, you wouldn't break your knife and then refuse to pay for it, would you?
"Go to the warehouse over there and get one after class!"
Upon seeing this, Zhu Cheng's lips twitched again, and he said in an annoyed tone.
"oh!"
Chi Chen agreed and returned to the queue.
"Chi Chen, you should spend more time reading books!"
Chi Chen sat down again, and Lin Bai immediately came over, giving him a somewhat sympathetic look.
What books are you reading?
Upon hearing this, Chi Chen was slightly taken aback. Why was Lin Bai suddenly telling him to study? The college entrance exam was over, and they didn't need to take it anymore.
"The FBI teaches you how to improve your emotional intelligence!"
Lin Bai patted Chi Chen on the shoulder and said very seriously.
Chi Chen: "..."
Xiang Ming overheard their conversation and couldn't help but laugh.
"Yes, Chi Chen did a great job just now, but to help everyone remember it better, let's have another student come up and demonstrate!"
Zhu Cheng scanned the crowd again, and finally, to be on the safe side, chose a newcomer who had failed to stand up under Cheng Hu's mental pressure.
The newcomer was taken aback when he saw this, and then went on stage.
This time, with the help of the newcomer, Zhu Cheng was able to give a detailed explanation of the techniques for using the longsword.
For the rest of the morning, Chi Chen and the others practiced their swordsmanship in pairs. Zhu Cheng walked around the field, pointing out the shortcomings of the newcomers. But whether intentionally or unintentionally, Zhu Cheng never went to Chi Chen and Lin Bai's side.
...
Time flies, and in the fulfilling yet tiring training camp, Chi Chen and the others have been in the mountains for more than a month.
That morning, Chi Chen and the others were already lined up in the square.
After a month of training, the naivety of when these newcomers first arrived in the mountains has faded from their faces, replaced by a gradually resolute look in their eyes.
"New recruits, after more than a month of training, it's time to put your training results to the test! Today, I have a gift for you!"
Cheng Hu stood on the high platform, looking down at the newlyweds below who were quite different from when they arrived.
Another gift?
Below the stage, Chi Chen and the others looked somewhat uneasy upon hearing Cheng Hu's words. For the past month, every time Cheng Hu uttered those two words, it meant they were about to suffer again.
"You're here?"
Seeing this, Cheng Hu didn't offer any further explanation, but instead looked up at the distant horizon.
"Boom boom boom!"
The roar of a propeller came from afar and reached Chi Chen and the others. Chi Chen looked up and saw a military helicopter speeding toward them. In just a moment, it was right above them.
Then, seven black dots jumped off the helicopter and crashed straight down to the ground.
"Those were seven people?"
Chi Chen was slightly surprised. They actually jumped directly from such a high place? If they landed on the ground, wouldn't they be turned into a pile of minced meat?
Then, to the astonishment of the many newcomers, when they were still more than ten meters from the ground, the seven people simultaneously tapped their feet in mid-air, then flipped over and landed steadily on the ground. They then struck a cool pose, appearing somewhat aloof and arrogant.
The seven men were all dressed in black standard cloaks, wore white smiling masks, and carried special long swords made of secret techniques at their waists.
"Holy crap, Chi Chen is so handsome!"
Lin Bai stared wide-eyed at the seven people who had struck a cool pose. The scene just now was truly shocking for these young people.
"Captain! How long are we going to have to set up? I wasn't paying attention when I came down, and I think I strained my back!"
One of the seven asked in a low voice.
"Captain, I also think this pose is a bit too cringeworthy! Should we stop posing like this?"
Upon hearing this, the other person also spoke up.
"Purple Night, Crimson Stripes, shut up! Isn't that a cool pose, Captain!"
After the two spoke, a somewhat playful female voice came from under another mask.
Among the seven, the one standing at the very front, with one hand on the long sword at his waist and the other behind his back, had a slight twitch in his face beneath the Blue Moon mask. He didn't know why Cheng Hu had asked them to strike a pose when they landed.
"Who are they? The Seven Rainbows Squad?"
Among the crowd, there were clearly newcomers who knew the identities of the seven people. After a moment of stunned silence, they exclaimed in surprise, their voices filled with excitement.
"The Seven Rainbows Squad?"
Chi Chen looked at the seven figures not far away, somewhat puzzled.
"The Seven Rainbows Squad is the newest of the five special secret-removal squads in the Great Xia War Zone. They are responsible for roaming various regions to solve mysterious incidents that the local squads cannot handle, as well as going out and investigating mysterious gathering points on the city walls. Every one of them is an absolute young elite in the Secret-Removal Bureau!"
Xiang Ming answered Chi Chen's questions briefly.
"A special squad? Absolutely elite? Does Cheng Hu intend for us to fight them?"
Chi Chen looked at Lan Yue, just as Lan Yue was looking at him, and their eyes met.
The look in Lan Yue's eyes beneath the mask shifted slightly.
"Why does this newcomer inexplicably get my blood pumping?"
"Captain, I can't hold on any longer!"
The next second, Zi Ye plopped down on the ground, interrupting Lan Yue's confusion.
“...”
Upon seeing this, the rest of the Seven Rainbows Squad all wore expressions of exasperation beneath their masks.
"???"
Chi Chen and the others were also full of questions. Why was only one person sitting down?
"Hmm, this floor is pretty good, Captain. It should be able to withstand our footsteps later!"
Upon seeing this, Zi Ye quickly tapped the ground and said in a serious tone.
On the high platform, Cheng Hu's lips twitched almost imperceptibly, then he coughed twice, drawing everyone's attention back to him.
"That's right, they are Seven Rainbows, one of the special teams. This is my gift to you today. Until midnight tonight, you can move freely in this forest. They will begin to capture you. If even one of you survives to the end, you win!"
Upon hearing this, Chi Chen and the others looked at the Seven Rainbows Squad again. Were they going to play a cat-and-mouse game?
Even for a special team, capturing over 190 people wouldn't be so easy, would it?
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