Chapter 239: The Number One: Kong Shi! 500,000 Combat Power!

Virtual training requires a virtual immersion pod, and such pods are only available in the Training Building.

After leaving Professor Yang's villa, Xu Jingming headed directly to the Training Building.

Ma Da's Training Building is a lavishly constructed tower, twelve stories tall.

Each floor covers at least ten thousand square meters.

The first floor of the Training Building is the arena area where Xu Jingming once challenged Lei Zhou.

The fourth floor is where the virtual immersion pods are located.

"Dingdong~~, fourth floor arrived."

The elevator doors opened, and Xu Jingming stepped out.

A single glance took in the entire layout of the fourth floor.

The interior decoration resembled a cybercafé, leaning toward a sci-fi style.

Instead of computers, the lobby housed row upon row of virtual immersion pods, each large enough to hold one person.

Looking around, there were at least a hundred such pods in the lobby.

A pod with its door open and slightly tilted for easy entry was unoccupied.

A pod with its door closed and lying horizontally was in use.

"Last time I nearly cleared Level 10 and broke ten thousand combat power—I'll definitely do it this time!"

"Haha, keep dreaming. Level 10 has twenty second-tier low-rank Rhinoceros Beetles attacking at once."

"You've just entered second tier—you'd be lucky to kill half before you die!"

"Don't believe me? Just wait and see!"

"......"

Although the winter break hadn't ended and Ma Da's official semester hadn't begun yet, most students had already returned to campus.

After over a month of cultivation, their strength had improved significantly.

Now that they were back, they naturally wanted to test their combat power.

Thus, the fourth floor wasn't empty—students mostly gathered in small groups.

They taunted and bet against each other, each refusing to yield, entering the pods one after another.

They'd wait until the trial ended, letting combat power decide the winner.

Besides these betting students, many others had just exited the pods and were preparing to leave.

And then came Xu Jingming, tall at nearly two meters, radiating powerful energy.

He was unmistakably conspicuous on the fourth floor, and his identity was quickly recognized.

"Holy shit! That's Xu Jingming?"

"It really is him! He actually came for virtual training?"

"Big news! His name never appeared on the combat power leaderboard—now it's finally coming!"

"Looks like we'll soon find out who's stronger: Kong Shi or Xu Jingming."

"......"

On today's student forums, most threads debated whether Xu Jingming or Kong Shi was stronger and more worthy of being team captain.

Xu Jingming's arrival at the virtual training ground meant this debate was about to end.

So many students grew excited and immediately pulled out their phones to post this explosive news on the forum.

"SHOCKING! Xu Jingming has arrived at virtual training!"

"Lei Di vs. Iron Bear—who's stronger? The truth is coming soon!"

"Lei Di, with zero combat power so far—how much will he get? Xiao Chen brings you live coverage!"

"......"

Let's be honest—Ma Da students knew how to grab attention.

Soon, headline after headline with eye-catching titles appeared on the forum, and comments surged rapidly.

Xu Jingming knew his presence here would spark gossip, but he didn't care.

He walked straight to the front desk and asked:

"Hello, I'd like to undergo virtual training—what do I need to do?"

"Virtual training requires initial combat technique data collection. Since it's your first time, let me guide you."

Behind the desk, a female attendant stood up enthusiastically.

Normally, for first-time visitors, the front desk only needed to answer simple questions.

But for Xu Jingming—good-looking, with an exceptional aura—this attendant didn't mind offering deeper guidance.

"Thank you." Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

He'd never been here before—he truly didn't know how to proceed.

Amid the stares and murmurs of those around him, Xu Jingming followed the attendant out of the lobby and into the side hall on the right.

The side hall was slightly smaller than the lobby and didn't house virtual immersion pods.

Instead, it contained row upon row of massive black machines, over five meters tall.

"The virtual space will simulate a body matching your level and physical strength."

"But your unique abilities and mastered combat techniques must be scanned into this machine beforehand."

"Of course, you don't need to fully unleash them—just enough for the machine to confirm you can actually perform the technique."

Under the attendant's explanation, Xu Jingming finally understood the purpose of these black machines.

"This machine is free—just swipe your student ID to use it."

"Got it."

Xu Jingming took his student ID out of his spatial ring and swiped it across the sensor of the device. Immediately, a prompt tone sounded:

"Welcome, student ID holder of S-rank authority, Xu Jingming, using the information collection device."

"S-rank student?" The female attendant beside him was instantly taken aback.

She had worked here for two or three years, and this was the first time she had ever encountered an S-rank student.

Xu Jingming paid no attention to the attendant's thoughts and stepped into the device.

Hiss—

The heavy hatch closed, cutting off all outside line of sight.

'Honored S-rank student, please activate your ability and demonstrate the combat techniques you have mastered.'

Following the device's prompt, Xu Jingming unleashed his Doushen Shenlei.

Golden Lei Ting swirled around his entire body, spear in hand, as he demonstrated various S-rank combat techniques and ordinary combat techniques, including Lei Shen Zhi.

Of course,

none of these techniques were fully released—otherwise the entire training building would have suffered.

Additionally, the device, over five meters tall, had clearly also taken into account ability users with gigantification-type abilities.

Xu Jingming's 2.2-meter height after entering Lei Extreme State felt not the least bit cramped inside this device.

Finally,

after more than ten minutes, Xu Jingming finished demonstrating all his combat techniques and walked out of the device.

Immediately after, led by the attendant, he returned to the main hall.

Just as he thought he could pick any virtual pod at random to use,

the attendant instead led him straight to the center of the hall, in front of the largest virtual pod.

"This is...?"

Xu Jingming looked with some confusion at the pod before him, whose style was far more high-end than the other devices.

"This is the only top-tier virtual pod in our training building. It offers a more realistic virtual experience and is exclusively provided for S-rank students." The female attendant explained respectfully.

In fact, this was also her first time bringing someone over to use it.

"S-rank exclusive? Mo Da really is strict with its hierarchy everywhere, with different treatments for each—but... I like it."

Amid the envious gazes of those around him, Xu Jingming smiled slightly and lay down inside the pod.

Whoosh—

The hatch closed. Xu Jingming's vision went black, and then a faint white fluorescent glow lit up inside the pod.

【Body data scanning...】

【Scan complete. Checking neural bundle connection...】

【Check complete. Entering virtual space...】

After a string of prompt tones, Xu Jingming's consciousness blurred.

When he came to again, he was already standing on a vast silver land.

This silver land stretched boundlessly, and besides Xu Jingming, there was only a single great door—fifty meters wide and over ten meters tall.

The door was classically styled, pitch-black all over, emanating a heavy aura.

Beside this great door stood a giant Shi Zhu.

On the Shi Zhu, densely packed names were engraved.

"Looks like this is the combat power ranking."

Xu Jingming swept his gaze across and quickly found his own name on the Shi Zhu.

Rank 4123: Xu Jingming, Combat Power: 0

And at the very top of the Shi Zhu, towering above all others, was another name.

Rank 1: Kong Shi, Combat Power:!