Light Fortress
Chapter 765 - 13 Adversarial Training_2

Chapter 765: Chapter 13 Adversarial Training_2

Spiritual Transcendents generally are not strong in body techniques, and when compared to Transcendents of the same realm from the North Continent, they are even less impressive.

Lin Lin did not say anything about Vice Officer Zou’s concerns; he simply smiled softly.

...

...

With a "whoosh" sound,

a figure fell from the high wall.

Gu Shen finished his rye bread, patted his hands together, and shook off the crumbs from his body.

He had, of course, heard the earlier sound.

The North Continent always had a dubious recognition of the Transcendents from the Outer Continent... but in reality, this wasn’t discrimination. Located where it was eternally cold, even more warlike than Changye, this secluded continent truly embodied the belief "Might makes right" through and through.

Even among natives of the North Continent, those lacking strength received no respect.

"Deputy Captain Yuan,"

Gu Shen said with a smile, in a gentle voice, "I’ve just arrived, and I am not very familiar with the Investigation Corps and exploration missions... For safety’s sake, let’s go through some practice drills."

Yuan Yuan smiled too.

He looked at the not-tall young man before him, sighed, and asked, "Mr. Xiao Gu, would you like to participate in a sparring session?"

Gu Shen looked towards the open field.

He nodded. "I have been observing for a while... The rules seem simple."

On the field, several large circles were drawn.

The sparring was to take place within these circles, employing only body techniques without using any extraordinary abilities, focusing on physical combat.

The conditions for victory were simple.

Either knock down the opponent or force them out of the circle...

"Although it’s called ’sparring’..." Yuan Yuan said calmly, "in actual combat, injuries are common. Are you sure you want to participate?"

Gu Shen hummed affirmatively, rotated his arms, and limbered up his muscles as he stepped into one of the circles.

He no longer looked at Yuan Yuan.

Instead, he faced the elite members of the Investigation Corps.

Gu Shen asked with a smile, "Who will come?"

The Transcendents of the Investigation Corps looked at each other, then fell silent.

No one stepped forward because they had not been ordered to.

"Alright then." Yuan Yuan gave a resigned smile to Aluer. "Since our guest insists so much... Chen Jun, make your move, but be gentle."

Yuan Yuan cast his gaze toward one of the young Transcendents.

The young Transcendent, having received the order, slowly left his position and approached the circle in front of Gu Shen.

He was a Transcendent with the strength of the Deep Sea Sixth Layer.

Gu Shen observed this fact but said nothing.

The two exchanged salutes.

The battle began, and in an instant, Chen Jun transformed into a swift arrow diving at Gu Shen.

In a blink,

the two figures in the circle began chasing and dodging at high speed,

Moving within a very small area.

Yuan Yuan was preoccupied, absentmindedly spectating while he leaned toward Aluer and said, "Lord Apostle, due to the high risks in the ’Old World,’ this mission can only allow twelve people to venture out, consisting of two teams. Out of the eighteen people I brought, seven will stay at Gu Castle to provide support. With Gu Shen’s arrival... we still need to make room for one more person."

Aluer knew this was a complaint.

Yuan Yuan believed that an "unharmonious element" had infiltrated the elite of his Investigation Corps.

"So..." Yuan Yuan paused.

He was just about to speak when—

"Bang!" A light grunt erupted in the circle.

The sparring session in the circle ended at that moment... The chase and dodging ceased instantly, leaving only one figure standing in the vast circle.

Gu Shen’s palm, stretched out, rested on Chen Jun’s chest.

No one saw how he exerted force; in a moment of lightning and flint, Chen Jun was thrown more than ten meters away.

The brisk force still lingered around the tips of Gu Shen’s lightly pressed fingers.

Yuan Yuan’s pupils constricted.

Perhaps because his mind was preoccupied... he had not seen clearly when Gu Shen made his move?

Aluer said indifferently, "So... what were you about to say?"

Yuan Yuan suddenly fell silent, swallowing back the words he had intended to say.

He furrowed his brow.

This young man, if he remembered correctly, was supposed to be a Spiritual Transcendent...

Do Spiritual Transcendents also possess body techniques of such a degree?

...

...

"This kid’s speed... is quite fast."

On the training ground.

A bare-chested middle-aged man squinted as he watched Gu Shen in the ring.

The image of Chen Jun being knocked away did indeed have a certain impact.

However, Gu Shen did not demonstrate an "overwhelming" victory; his combat throughout was very straightforward—chasing, dodging, and then finding an opening.

In fact, close combat does not need to be complicated.

Overwhelming strength or incredibly fast speed, having one of them is enough to secure a victory.

Gu Shen’s victory just now seemed to stem from his "speed advantage."

"Su He, bro..."

"This matter... might not be that simple..."

The lean crew-cut man training with the bare-chested man was the youngest member of the Investigation Corps, named Li Chen, in his early twenties.

This mission beyond the fortress had only eleven spots available.

Li Chen had already secured one... His strength was only at the Deep Sea Sixth Layer, and as a Transcendent not in the third phase, the reason he could secure a spot was simple; his ability was very important for the mission.

B-grade ability[Source Eyes]!

Deep Sea’s grading of Extraordinary Abilities is based on their hazard level, and because [Source Eyes] doesn’t have strong combat abilities, it was only rated as B... In fact, it’s a very powerful auxiliary ability.

In multi-person missions, [Source Eyes] can have a powerful miraculous effect!

It can detect changes in surrounding source energies and can establish temporary "Spiritual Links," enhancing teammates’ "Spiritual Perception" through the contribution of his own "spiritual power."

It is a quite reliable Spiritual auxiliary ability.

Li Chen’s brow faintly opened a void eye.

During the exchange between Gu Shen and Chen Jun.

He opened his[Source Eyes], but strangely... [Source Eyes]couldn’t capture any trace of Gu Shen; the opponent’s spiritual aura was almost extinguished within the senses of [Source Eyes].

This was an unprecedented situation.

Almost every Transcendent would habitually release a strand of spiritual aura.

Just like common people would open their eyes.

Even an Initial Stage Transcendent who had only reached the entry-level knows one thing... spiritual power is more effective than the naked eye.

And no sensation from [Source Eyes] could probably indicate something terrifying.

Gu Shen had given up the Transcendents’ innate habit of "Spiritual Sense."

A Spiritual Transcendent giving up Spiritual Sense?

What Li Chen found even more unbelievable was that during the previous intense combat... Gu Shen had actually glanced in his direction.

How did the one who gave up Spiritual Sense detect the "probe" here?

Purely... by intuition?

And it was during that glance.

[Source Eyes] seemed to "see" something terrifying, vaguely feeling an uncontrollable urge to forcibly close.

Fortunately, it was only a moment, and Gu Shen shifted his gaze away.

That oppressive feeling also dissipated like smoke.

The fight ended.

Chen Jun was cleanly knocked away; Gu Shen had not used too much force, the final palm merely hinging on the technique of "using the opponent’s force against them." The Transcendent from the Investigation Corps did not harbor too strong hostility, so he only suffered some minor abrasions that would heal in a few days.

He stood firm in the ring.

In the recent exchange, Gu Shen had sealed off "Chi Huo."

And from different directions outside of the ring, indeed many "Spiritual Senses" were sent out, Gu Shen, relying on intuition, located several of them... the elites in the Investigation Corps were quite strong, with several spiritual probes nearly triggering a counterattack from "Chi Huo."

However.

What caught his attention most... was from the direction of the high platform at Gu Castle Fortress.

There was a spiritual aura there.

For some reason... it felt familiar, almost as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Gu Shen cast his gaze toward the high platform of Gu Castle Fortress.

"Is that the end?"

Zou Hai clicked his tongue in amazement, feeling unfulfilled, "Lord, your insight is indeed precise...this kid’s body technique skill is surprisingly good."

"Hmm..."

Lin Lin hummed softly.

His hands rested on the stone railing of the high platform, his brows slightly furrowing as he looked at Gu Shen, who was returning his gaze.

This young man... had blocked off his own spiritual aura.

But why did he feel...

Somehow familiar?