Age of Evolution

“Oh my God!”

“This bastard… Shen Yuhua, you son of a bitch!”

The warriors of Ice City either covered their faces, refusing to watch, or cursed out loud, finding Shen Yuhua’s actions much worse in nature than the previous martial artist from Tianfu.

The previous martial artist was merely robbing, but Shen Yuhua was killing for the sake of robbing.

Moreover, he was targeting a little girl, helpless to fight back. His actions made the warriors of Ice City feel shame and hatred simultaneously.

“Well, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Who would have thought that this guy from Ice City, who looks decent enough, could do such a despicable thing? How did he get into Gale?”

“Haha! Boss Jiang Huai, are you still rooting for the warriors of Gale?” “Thank goodness I’m not in Ice City Base City, else I would be too embarrassed to show my face.”

Jiang Huai from Demon Capital Gale Martial Arts Hall was also looking upset. He didn’t expect a warrior from Ice City Gale to behave so disgracefully, which made him feel ashamed and regretful for cheering for Shen Yuhua earlier.

The surrounding warriors were talking heatedly. Their comments reaching the ears of the Ice city people made them feel utterly humiliated.

After Shen Yuhua regained his senses, his face changed color like a chameleon, first red, then white, and finally green.

He wished he could iumD off the Dlatform and be done with evervthinc. This

was not just about being eliminated anymore, he could imagine the anger he would face from Dongfang Jun when he returns to Gale and the Base City.

Even more so, he would face the wrath of Ice City warriors when his actions become known and he walks the streets of Ice City.

After forceful descent from the platform, Shen Yuhua didn’t dare to return to the group of Ice City warriors. Instead, he found a corner far away to squat in, wishing he could bury his head in the dirt.

After Shen Yuhua’s incident, the status of Ice City’s warriors inevitably dropped. The peculiar gazes from warriors of other bases made them extremely uncomfortable. At this moment, they were all hoping that Lou

Qingfeng and Wu Ming could perform well and regain some dignity for them.

After a while, Lou Qingfeng and other advanced War Generals finally made it to the second platform, with Lou Qingfeng being the first one.

Upon reaching the second-tier platform and wearing the virtual helmet, the screen flickered twice, and then an image appeared.

The figure of Lou Qingfeng appeared on an alley side.

It seemed like the alley had just been subjected to a world war, with chaos and smoke shrouding everything. Lou Qingfeng strode along the alley, looking left and right with a confused look.

“Help!”

A woman’s voice could be heard. Lou Qingfeng moved faster to see a few tall Russian warriors cornering a young girl and attempting to molest her at the street corner.

The young girl appeared helpless against the men. Her clothes were torn to rag, and she was screaming and running, flashing her nudity from time to time.

The Russian warriors, seeing Lou Qingfeng arriving, hollered: “Hey! You yellow-skinned pig, get lost! The War God Delov is here, if you dare to meddle you’ll be torn apart!”

A blond Russian warrior, a War God, glared cruelly at Lou Qingfeng as if he would lash out the instant Lou Qingfeng initiated a move.

The several Russian hulks surrounding him were all advanced-level War Generals. Confronting such a formidable formation was far from easy.

Lou Qingfeng, a seventh-level War General and a Golden Level Spiritual Mind Master, barely had any rivals among the War Generals, but the presence of a War God was a different story.

There is a fundamental difference between a War God and a War General, as even a strong War General would hardly stand against a War God capable of manipulating energy. Even for him, a Golden Level Spiritual Mind Master, the odds of successfully challenging a War God were pretty slim.

Lou Qingfeng’s expression changed several times, and his feet began to involuntarily move backward.

The several Russians started to laugh heartily, one warrior ripped off the girl’s blouse, “See, this is what a Hua Xia warrior is like! They only know how to bully the weak, but against us, mighty Russian soldiers, they turn into trembling shrimps.”

“Come on, let me taste this Hua Xia beauty!”

The men pounced on the girl who was screaming helplessly, with no strength to resist. She was on the verge of being violated.

Lou Qingfeng, from a distance, watched with clenching fists. Nobody could stop him if he turned around and left now, but if he tried to play a hero, he might very well risk his life. It was indeed a tough decision.

However, the girl’s heart-wrenching cries… If he didn’t come to save her, he would probably be haunted for life.

“Screw it! I’d just meddle for once!”

Lou Qingfeng prepared a shuttle-shaped shield and placed it under his feet. He was ready to flee at any time. Raising his hand, he ordered five flying swords into the sky targeting the Russian from behind for hitting them separately; a relatively safer bet.

The moment when Lou Qingfeng launched his assault, the screen flickered and disappeared. The test was over.

The system scored him, 6.5 points.

Lou Qingfeng’s hesitation deducted some points from him, but he still got a passing score and passed the second round.

However, his actions did not get much approval. People felt that at such moments, he should not be so indecisive. If he had taken action earlier, the girl would not have suffered.

Especially in Capital Base City, Su Mingyue sat silently with her hair hanging down, while several female martial artists around her were voicing their disapproval at Lou Qingfeng.

However, the martial artists from Ice City breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of anything, Lou Qingfeng had made it through the round.

The design of this round was quite insightful. The opponents were stronger than the contestants, but not to the point of absolute invincibility. At this point, it tests a martial artist’s courage.

Martial artists need a sense of justice, but more importantly, they need courage. If the opponent is so strong that they cannot be defeated at all, reckless action is just stupidity. Only in situations where the chances of winning are not high can one see a person’s true character.

Lou Qingfeng opened his eyes, still showing no particular emotion, and continued his climb to the 1,200 meters point.

Then came the results of several other Senior War Generals. One from Nanfang City backed down. He lacked the courage to face a strong opponent and eventually chose to turn a blind eye.

He was eliminated for lacking a sense of justice and courage.

Afterwards, an Intermediate War General from Ice City Changfeng Martial Arts Academy, Wu Ming, performed quite well. He quietly left, then quickly turned back, choosing to ambush a Russian martial artist.

This move won him points, as he hesitated for a very short time. His score reached 8.5 points, the highest among all competitors so far.

The people of Ice City finally took a breather and praised Wu Ming of Changfeng Martial Arts. Other martial artists from Changfeng Martial Arts in other base cities were also delighted.

After that, one Intermediate War General and one Junior War General were also eliminated. However, no martial artist from Ice City was among them.

This showed the cruelty of the ladder competition. Now, only ten remained from the initial fifteen who took the stage.

The remaining ten continued to move forward, but they were not as fast as before. After all, climbing tirelessly is the most exhausting task.

There were four Senior War Generals, three Intermediate War Generals, and three Junior War Generals remaining.

Now it really started to show the gap in the martial artists’ strengths. Some people who were physically exhausted began to gradually fall behind and couldn’t keep up with the pace of others.

Lou Qingfeng, as a Golden Level Spiritual Mind Master, fully demonstrated his strength at this point when everyone was running low on energy. He gradually started to take the lead, leaving the others far behind.

It was him who first arrived at the platform at 1,200 meters on the third layer.

This layer tests the will power. Supposedly, one could meet the national hero Yan Qiyue here. All the warriors were intently staring at the big screen.

When Lou Qingfeng took the stage, the screen scrolled and a lakescape filled with haze and mist appeared.

There was a colossal aquatic monster lying on the shore of the lake. It had a long body, a long neck, tusks, sharp claws, and two wings, looking somewhat like a western dragon.

It was an aquatic dragon, that is, a reptile that had undergone multiple mutations, which was at least an A-level mutant beast or even an S-level or a double SS-level beast. It was one of the top predators among mutant beasts.

On this dead water dragon, a warrior sat smoking. When Lou Qingfeng appeared, he turned to look at him.

This man, dressed in camouflage and slightly askew his hat, looked handsome but carried a touch of roguishness. His eyes suddenly sharpened at the appearance of Lou Qingfeng: “Who are you? Why are you spying on me, Yan Qiyue, slaying a dragon?”

Lou Qingfeng was stunned. He never expected to meet the national hero, Yan Qiyue. Wasn’t he hundreds of years older than him?

But that was not the point at the moment. The point was, Yan Qiyue seemed angry.

“Speak! Who sent you here? Want to steal my combat techniques?” Yan Qiyue stood up from the water dragon, standing there with hands behind his back. His figure was like a mountain range, making people inherently fearful.

“Spiritual pressure! He’s applying spiritual pressure!” Despite their admiration, many of the watching martial artists noticed Yan Qiyue’s actions. He was a Spiritual Mind Master, and apparently of a high rank. In the screen, Lou Qingfeng was struggling to even stand.

“1…1 am not…l…l.” Lou Qingfeng did not know how to respond.

“Humph! Incoherent speech. Kneel down and talk!”

With that, Yan Qiyue’s gaze became even more severe. A dense spiritual force came crashing down, swirling with dark golden light around him, occasionally flashing with a colored aura, then disappearing instantly.

“Peak of Dark Gold! A Spiritual Mind Master approaching Diamond Level!” Lin Zhen’s eyes lit up. At the time of recording this video, Yan Qiyue was just a powerful warrior at the peak of War God, and had not yet entered the Star

Realm. However, at this moment, his spiritual power had reached the Peak of Dark Gold and was beginning to evolve towards Diamond level.

“He’s…he’s so strong!” Lin Zhen thought to himself.

As for Lou Qingfeng, facing Yan Qiyue’s powerful spiritual pressure, he couldn’t even move, let alone resist. Heavy sweat began to drip from his forehead, his legs trembling.. He couldn’t help but want to kneel down as Yan Qiyue instructed!