Late at night, the playground under the moonlight.
Lin Ze held his breath slightly, stared at the white knife in his hand, and suddenly his eyes narrowed.
There was silence all around, and after about seven or eight seconds, a thin layer of air slowly appeared on the surface of the white knife.
"Less than eight seconds is still too slow."
Looking at the slightly twisted white sword, Lin Ze sighed softly and released the sword.
Mastering Dao Gang was more difficult than he expected. After practicing for four nights, the concentration time was still stuck between seven and eight seconds. Even though it had shortened the original one minute by more than half, similar skills are usually more difficult to master.
It gets more difficult in the later stages. If you have to shorten the seven or eight seconds to less than one second, it will probably take a lot more time than before.
"Forget it, don't worry. Anyway, my current strength should be enough to pass the graduation examination. I will apply tomorrow."
With some concerns in his mind, Lin Ze put aside his distracting thoughts and continued to practice Condensing Sword Gang.
The next day, after the morning class, Lin Ze went straight to Instructor Liu and applied for the graduation assessment.
Hearing this, instructor Liu just looked at him deeply and agreed.
"The assessment will be held in the afternoon. Come to me at two o'clock."
After saying these words, Instructor Liu turned around and left.
"What!? You want to take the graduation exam?"
During the lunch break, after hearing what Lin Ze said, Wang Quanjin couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaimed.
The loud voice suddenly attracted the attention of the crowd around him, and many students showed shocked expressions. Although they knew that Lin Ze was powerful, they did not expect that he would apply for the graduation examination so soon.
Su Lin also heard Wang Quanjin's screams, walked over, and chuckled: "Congratulations in advance on passing the exam!"
Lin Ze didn't show any pretense and agreed with a smile: "Thank you."
Wang Quanjin on the side looked back and forth between the two of them, showing an expression that said, "You seem to have an ulterior relationship."
In any case, Lin Ze's application for the graduation examination caused quite a stir among the students. Once passed, he will become the first apprentice swordsmith among this batch of students, and truly come into contact with that vast and mysterious circle.
Can't help but be envious.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Ze came to Instructor Liu's office on time.
"Follow me!"
After the meeting, Instructor Liu didn't waste any time and took Lin Ze directly out of the office and came to a huge building in a zigzag manner.
Standing at the door of the building were two guards wearing special combat uniforms with white swords on their waists.
Like "Exercise Diary of a Strong Man", there are no hot weapons in the world of "Wasteland Swordsman". The only popular weapon is the sword, and among them, the white sword has the highest status and is sought after by everyone.
After all, the white sword is a weapon made of special materials. In addition to being able to absorb soul energy and evolve into a soul sword, it also has a damage bonus to insect beasts. It can already be regarded as a strategic-level resource.
After crossing the gate, under the leadership of Instructor Liu, Lin Ze went deep into the building. Along the way, he saw many men dressed similarly to the guards at the door, as well as many researchers in white coats.
Not long after, the two arrived at the door of a room.
"Go inside, you should know the content of the assessment, right?"
Seeing Lin Ze nod, Instructor Liu said no more, took out the ID card and put it on the touch screen on the side of the door, then turned and left.
The door opened with a sneer, Lin Ze stepped in, turned around and looked at the surrounding environment.
What you see upon entering is an empty and spacious room, about the size of two-thirds of a playground. The floor and walls are made of hard concrete. There are rows of bright light tubes on the ceiling, illuminating the large room.
bright.
There was an iron gate on the wall directly opposite the door, and a protruding platform above it. Not long after, instructor Liu's figure appeared on the platform, looking at Lin Ze with an indifferent expression, and said slowly:
"According to the rules, when you feel that you are unable to defeat the Steel Soldier Insect, you can shout for help and I will help you, but that also means failure in the assessment!"
"Understood." Lin Ze responded calmly. He had learned all the rules of the assessment in advance.
In fact, the graduation assessment is also a process of evaluating students' potential. If you just pass the assessment, you only need to kill a steel soldier insect, but capable students will basically not choose to stop there.
The final evaluation of a student is linked to the number of steel soldiers killed in the assessment. The higher the evaluation, the more favored the three major organizations will be, and the treatment and benefits they can receive will naturally increase.
"The assessment begins!"
Following Instructor Liu's order, the iron gate embedded in the wall raised with a click, and a ferocious-looking monster slowly walked out of the darkness.
It was a terrifying monster about the size of a calf, wearing a huge iron-gray shell. It looked like an insect, with four strange legs like sharp steel knives. There were two fierce pliers on the front of the torso, and a sharp bloody mouth in the middle.
From time to time, disgusting gray liquid flows down the corner of his mouth.
Steel Soldier Bug!
Low-level insect beasts, like insect soldiers, have a strong defensive shell and sharp blade-like limbs. It is difficult to compete with ordinary sharp weapons. Its weak point is its fragile head.
In an instant, information related to the Steel Soldier Insect flashed through Lin Ze's mind.
After the Steel Soldier Insect appeared, its eyes with cruelty and cruelty fell on Lin Ze for the first time. After raising its head and screaming sharply, its four sharp legs quickly moved towards Lin Ze like a charging chariot.
Come.
The cruel and violent aura rushed towards him, making Lin Ze's breathing tighten.
Compared to their fellow human enemies, the insect beasts in front of them were much more ferocious and terrifying, and the sense of oppression brought by the two was incomparable.
Forcibly suppressing the throbbing in his heart, Lin Ze stared intently at the charging steel soldier bug. When the two sharp pliers closed on him, he squatted down and rolled to the side. As soon as he straightened his body, the white knife in his hand
It stabbed out as fast as a thunderbolt, and a bright silver sword flashed through the void in an instant, and the lightning penetrated the head of the steel soldier insect before it had time to return to guard.
hiss!
After a painful scream, the Steel Soldier Bug's body trembled a few times, his limbs went limp, and he lay motionless on the ground.
Instructor Liu on the platform couldn't help but have a flash of surprise in his eyes. He didn't expect Lin Ze to kill a Steel Soldier Insect instantly.
"Although this guy's sword skills are average, his agility is astonishing. He is much faster than many experienced swordsmiths. It's really weird!"
Thoughts were racing in his mind, but Instructor Liu still maintained an indifferent expression on his face, looking at Lin Ze who was half-kneeling in front of the corpse of the Steel Soldier Insect with a solemn expression without saying a word.
After killing the insect beast, the most important thing is to absorb the soul energy. The necessary steps have been taught in class. You only need to insert the white knife into the insect beast's corpse.
It is worth mentioning that how much soul energy a swordsmith can absorb after the insect beast dies depends entirely on the contribution to killing the insect beast. If there is no combat contribution at all and it is just a last-ditch attack, how much soul energy can be absorbed?
The ability is close to nothing, which eliminates the idea of some people wanting to rely on the help of strong people to cheat and quickly forge a soul knife.
About three or four seconds later, Lin Ze pulled out the white knife from the head of the steel soldier insect. When his eyes focused on the blade again, a line of small words slowly appeared in front of his eyes: