Chapter 37: Heaven‑Shaking Giant Tremor

Beneath the massive black dragon statue, four to fifty meters tall, the already noisy crowd boiled over!

There were trainees from the training camp among them, as well as many teachers.

Yet at this moment, everyone's gaze was fixed on a single name on the ranking list!

"No. 89 Zhou Yang (561208)"

"God, Zhou Yang is that newcomer who only joined the training camp this month! To burst into the top hundred in his first month, even straight to No. 89—how unbelievably extraordinary!"

A black youth couldn't help shouting loudly.

"To be precise, it's twenty days! Zhou Yang only joined the training camp on the 8th!"

His companion beside him whispered a reminder.

"Oh, God! I witnessed a miracle!"

"No, Zhou Yang didn't go monster‑hunting today, yet his rank advanced—where is he?"

At that moment, someone in the plaza crowd raised a doubt.

Immediately after, a strikingly handsome blond youth stepped forward to answer the crowd's question.

"Stop guessing; Zhou Yang is in the Trial Chamber."

"Trial Chamber? Xiao En, you're not lying to us, are you? Zhou Yang is only now undergoing the Trial Tower assessment?"

"Shit, why would I lie? He was right behind me a moment ago!"

Hearing the blond youth, the surrounding people slowly nodded.

"No wonder—this guy must have just broken through a Trial Tower level, which pushed his ranking forward a huge step!"

Yet everyone's excitement still couldn't settle for a long while.

That's No. 89! Its weight is far different from merely scraping the top‑100 threshold.

And Zhou Yang is still so young; his strength will accelerate rapidly.

If this continues, perhaps in a year or two he'll have the power to challenge the top ten of the ranking list!

The top ten of the ranking list are truly war‑god level, and he'd be among the strongest of them!

A person like that, whether he stays at the Martial Arts Academy or joins another organization, will be given absolute attention!

"Zhou Yang has really made it!"

The group of trainees beneath the black dragon statue wore faces full of envy.

In a corner of the crowd, several teachers from the Elite Training Camp gathered, chatting and laughing.

Among them was a silver‑haired, kindly‑faced, stooped elder.

At that moment the elder's face flushed red, his eyes laughing so hard they were about to pop open, and the wrinkles on his face curled into a chrysanthemum shape.

"Hehe, Dong, your newly recruited student is no ordinary one—bursting into the top hundred in his first month!"

The bald, burly teacher beside him smiled and paid a compliment.

In the history of the Elite Training Camp, only five trainees have ever broken into the top hundred within their first month.

The most recent of those was already eight years ago.

But today, right before them, another person has made history!

He joined the Elite Training Camp for only twenty days and already surged straight to No. 89!

"The youngster is truly fearsome!"

The bald teacher praised again.

"Haha, ordinary, haha, sorry for the laugh, everyone's laughing, hahahaha"

The silver‑haired elder tried hard to appear nonchalant, yet the upturned corners of his mouth twitched as if cramped, refusing to be suppressed.

At that moment another voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

"Um, you all said—will Zhou Yang's rank rise any further?"

Hearing that, the crowd held its breath slightly.

"Climb higher? No, that's impossible—he's already beyond normal!"

"No, no, this guy is still in the Trial Chamber and hasn't emerged yet—this, this, this, that actually could be possible!"

In the barren desert, countless dark‑red armored scorpions kept burrowing up from the ground.

Not far away, Zhou Yang stood solemnly with his gun, his mind racing.

"When I first entered the training camp, the Trial Tower usage time was only one hour; with the newcomer's extra chance, that's just two hours total, and half of it has already passed."

"But now World Annihilation has already broken through the second tier, and my gun‑technique realm has truly been integrated, reaching the specialized realm!"

"Now I have attained the strongest state of the current stage; there's no need to waste any more time."

"Then let's go all out! Show me where my current limit lies!"

The next instant, a fierce battle erupted in an instant!

Over a hundred armored scorpions attacked him simultaneously—from above his head, from the sand beneath his feet, and from the air all around.

Pairs of massive, razor‑sharp claws and terrifying, barbed tails lunged at him from all eight directions!

Yet Zhou Yang's speed outpaced theirs!

He vaulted, his speed hitting the limit, effortlessly drifting through the gaps between each scorpion.

The Micro‑level Great Completion Body Technique activated!

At the same moment, brilliant starlight blended with gunfire blossomed instantly!

World Annihilation's second tier triple‑bonus erupted!

Specialized‑level gun technique burst forth!

"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Zhou Yang's state was fully unleashed, his combat power reaching terrifying levels!

One by one, the armored scorpions were repeatedly pierced and swept away, and large splashes of fresh blood kept pouring out.

"Time taken: 15 minutes 29 seconds, all 100 armored scorpions killed!"

"Congratulations on successfully passing the Trial Tower's second floor, stage b!"

Continue!

"Trainee Zhou Yang, the second floor, stage c assessment will now begin.

Target: within 50 minutes, kill 190 junior Beast General‑rank armored scorpions and 10 intermediate Beast General‑rank armored scorpions. Good luck!"

"Time taken: 29 minutes 12 seconds. Congratulations."

Continue!

In the darkness, on the black‑dragon‑carved dragon scales that rose like a twenty‑story building, each name was as clear as if written.

Yet at that moment, nearly a hundred trainees beneath the giant black‑dragon carving—and several War‑God instructors—stared in shock at that name one after another.

"No. 50 Zhou Yang (561208)!"

All within a brief span of just one hour, right before their very eyes!

That name!

It made three successive, massive jumps!

First it leapt from outside the top hundred to rank 89, then to 68.

Just now, it vaulted straight to the 50th spot overall!

At this point, everyone's expression had already grown slightly numb.

Perhaps even if Zhou Yang's rank jumped again, straight to the thirties or even the twenties, everyone would take it as a matter of course.

However, that situation never actually occurred.

"Dong~"

A massive bell rang.

Midnight struck, and the leaderboard rankings finally closed!

Zhou Yang's final rank: 50th place!

In that instant, the crowd in the square gradually came to their senses.

"This… this Zhou Yang, he's really impressive!"

In the history of the Elite Training Camp, there have been precedents of entering the top hundred within the first month.

But reaching the 50th spot directly within the first month is truly unprecedented!

Fiftieth place and the top hundred are completely different concepts!

Leaving aside everything else, the usage time of the Ancient Civilization Hall alone has doubled!

"Quick, quick, quick, notify the family!"

"We must report to the commander immediately!"

Among the first to react, people began pulling out their phones, reporting Zhou Yang's information to their respective families or factions.

Breaking into the 50th place in the first month carries as much weight as the top few on the leaderboard!

All the major powers and organizations on Earth place great emphasis on talent.

Talents like Zhou Yang are precisely the ones everyone scrambles to recruit!

They all want to seize the initiative!

Soon, news about Zhou Yang spread like a gust of wind across the headquarters of major factions.

Immediately thereafter, orders were dispatched rapidly!

"Pull in everyone at all costs; money doesn't matter, it's not an issue—I only need people!"

"Notify Jiangnan Base City: raise the security level of the residential area where Zhou Yang's parents live. What level? Raise it to the highest!"

"This Zhou Yang, hasn't he gotten married yet?"

(End of chapter)