Chapter 29

After Emperor Lei finished speaking, the message had already ended. He left behind some star maps that contained the secret locations of hidden lightning-type seed cores, as well as some mecha and technical data. He warned about ensuring safety, explained the wonders of the origin core, and noted the necessity of learning the Star Body Tempering Technique. Emperor Lei left a lot, but his tone was extremely unpleasant, almost as if he was toying with others for his own amusement.

After receiving all these things, Du Nan felt a sense of clarity.

Suddenly.

His entire mood relaxed.

"Open the user profile." After playing on the Magic Network all day, Du Nan began to understand its functions.

Mechanical voice: "Profile activated. Note: This profile is currently in 'confidential' form. Do you want to make it public?"

"No."

Mechanical voice: "Confirmed confidential. Profile activated... The user's magic energy type is 'Thunder,' currently at the six-star rank, with the fused seed core being the Thunder Swift Core. Occupation: Magic Network combatant, White Iron District, Private First Class. Due to missing data, the training opponents will be automatically replaced by the four types of mecha: Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth, randomly generated. Do you want to modify?"

"No modification." Du Nan was slightly surprised and temporarily logged out of the Magic Network.

Six-star.

It was actually a six-star rank... The Thunder Swift Core was a private treasure of the ancestor. Did he know about these things?

Or, was the ancestor related to this Thunder magic energy?

In the entire Azure Region Network, there were about five hundred six-star Diamond-level experts. On the Blue Sea Planet where he lived, he had only heard of a few. The president of the Magic Association, Luo Hou, was one rank higher than him, so he must be a seven-star Flying General-level powerhouse? The 'Three Elders' and the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Long Tu, who dared to challenge him, were also at the seven-star rank?

Long Tu was clearly a six-star Diamond-level Private First Class on the Magic Network... Was he deliberately showing weakness?

"Start the ranking test." Du Nan had too many things he didn't understand, and now he could only take it step by step. Knowing his strength, he felt more at ease. The next second, when he saw a one-star White Iron Private First Class mecha standing in front of him, Du Nan was stunned. He thought, can this thing even last a second against me? Is it that new users on the Magic Network have to start from a one-star White Iron rank, regardless of their real-world combat strength?

Squeak!

Du Nan casually picked a long sword. After the match started, he flicked his finger, and a bolt of lightning pierced through the enemy mecha.

Instant kill.

Mechanical voice: "One-third of the match won, congratulations, Wind Walker..."

The same prompt, the same process. Du Nan's strength, no matter how strong, could not interfere with the Magic Network's ranking order. He could only step by step, from a one-star White Iron Private First Class to a nine-star White Iron Private First Class, finally hearing a new prompt: "Congratulations, Wind Walker, promoted to nine-star White Iron Private First Class. Detected that your seed core is above two-star, your ranking submission is valid. The next match will be a Bronze-level evaluation, starting in ten seconds. Do you want to start?"

Du Nan clicked 'yes' without resting.

This level of combat was not tiring at all, all were instant kills.

Bronze level, all instant kills.

Red Steel level, continued instant kills.

Four-star Silver level, some changes, but still passed easily.

Five-star Gold level, Du Nan finally encountered some difficulty. Without taking any damage, he ultimately cut through the ranks and reached a nine-star Gold Private First Class. On the entire regional Magic Network, Du Nan was not worried that his rapid advancement would attract attention. The numbers on the entire regional Magic Network were unclear even to the seven-star General District, let alone the six-star and below districts.

Mechanical voice: "Six-star Diamond-level ranking test, starting, ten-second countdown, ten, nine, eight..."

Ten minutes later.

Du Nan took a deep breath, looked down at his 'broken' left foot, and thought: The six-star Diamond rank isn't hard either. Even without weapons, the enemy mecha couldn't gain an advantage. The Thunder Swift Core's speed is astonishing. If not fighting a Wind-type mecha, the Water, Fire, and Earth mechas are simply no match. Emperor Lei said it's best to fuse all lightning seeds, and this is the reason for this 'characteristic.' If I fuse 'Thunder Fire,' would I also have Fire-type characteristics?

Another ten minutes.

Mechanical voice: "Match lost..." Du Nan had a string of victories, but finally lost his first match at the seven-star Diamond Private First Class ranking, in a randomly selected harsh environment at the bottom of the deep sea, against a Water-type mecha.

Another ten minutes.

Mechanical voice: "Two consecutive losses. If you lose one more match, the ranking test will end in failure. Note: The user can watch the recordings to find their weaknesses or the enemy's combat style. Note two: The user can choose a familiar terrain to gain an advantageous position. Note three: The user can pause to rest and recover before continuing the challenge."

In the depths of a desert with howling sandstorms, Du Nan smiled bitterly.

The randomly selected harsh environment was a desert terrain, and he was fighting an Earth-type mecha.

"If I went all out, I wouldn't have lost." The two consecutive losses were not a complete defeat. Du Nan did not use his full strength and forfeited after sustaining serious injuries. He knew that in reality, a person cannot infinitely resurrect or ignore injuries. Once heavily injured, it represents a significant reduction in combat ability. If one really had a severed arm or leg, they couldn't fight to the bitter end. The Magic Network and reality are different. He needed to train in a way that simulates real-world combat. Even if he won with a severed limb, it wouldn't be meaningful.

What if he lost?

This is the Magic Network, it doesn't matter. If he were to regret anything, it would be that he couldn't use his Thunder magic energy in public. Sweeping through the Diamond District on the main network, in the Azure Star Alliance and the Blue Sea Federation, he could only pretend to be a nine-star White Iron Private First Class... This was truly frustrating. The outcome of the ranking test was insignificant.

Stopping at the six-star Diamond Private First Class, Du Nan did not immediately log out of the Magic Network.

He chose a high-difficulty mecha battlefield and equipped a close-combat sword. After three hours of intense battle, Du Nan slew countless mechas and destroyed over fifty towers. He also killed over two hundred enemy mechas with the same magic energy. Standing on a mountain of mecha corpses, he realized that a single six-star Diamond mecha master could decide the outcome of a large-scale battle.

With his own strength, he could slaughter a corps of tens of thousands... Only then did Du Nan understand why a five-star Gold mecha master was the pinnacle warrior of the Federation.

Magic energy.

Mecha... When the two combined, he became a god of slaughter, an invincible existence.

After logging out of the main network, Du Nan's mood was still unsettled. The Thunder magic energy was incredibly powerful, but its safety was always an unsolvable problem. Du Nan did not think that his six-star strength could allow him to act without restraint. Just with Luo Hou alone, he had no guarantee of victory.

After calming down, Du Nan reflected that he had neglected his body techniques during the continuous network training.

After receiving Emperor Lei's legacy, he needed to prioritize his body techniques. Although no one in this world took them seriously, he, who had absorbed the fragments of a divine artifact, had long understood their effectiveness. If he were to fully unleash his strength, with the fragments of a divine artifact, he would be fearless even against a first-rank magic energy mecha. With the Thunder magic energy not fully secured, he couldn't afford to lose this trump card.

When leaving school at night, the Military Physical Academy did not question Du Nan's nighttime outings.

Magic energy warriors.

They have a special status.

Moreover, the nightlife in Baiquan City was incredibly rich. This young upstart, originally a commoner, going out to see the world, who would suspect anything?

Outside the city.

In the deep iron ruins, in an abandoned mine shaft a hundred meters underground, Du Nan was fiercely battling a horde of Earth King Rats.

At this moment, he did not use Ice magic energy, nor did he use Thunder power, only body techniques. Du Nan knew that training in body techniques here was a hundred times more advantageous than in his previous life. The harsh environment created countless opponents. In his previous life, there were few who could match him. Now, there were mutated insects and beasts everywhere as opponents, and with such high-intensity training, it was hard not to improve quickly.

Yin Ling and Ye Binghua both had third-level body techniques. This 250 hat, he couldn't avoid wearing it.

After becoming a magic energy warrior, no one would care about his body techniques.

Du Nan, a big man, could not fall behind two girls. Moreover, Emperor Lei's strong promotion of body techniques must have a deeper meaning. To advance his Thunder magic energy to the seven-star rank and receive the next legacy, this was an unpredictable matter. Who knew where the lightning-type seed cores were stored... These things were not popular, they were taboo items.

To learn more, he needed to improve his body techniques. If he reached the peak of body techniques, he would know the effects without Emperor Lei telling him.

"The last one."

Du Nan fought for half the night, almost using up all his strength to lift his hand.

This almost insane training method finally paid off: after defeating the last giant rat, the third set of star maps appeared in his pupils, with the nineteenth star shining. Du Nan's body expelled the last bit of impurity, achieving complete purification. Body techniques beyond this point would be the first major hurdle, no longer just detoxifying and purifying the body, but an indescribable enhancement.

A body as strong as armor, that was the miraculous effect of the fourth-level body techniques.

Du Nan had once reached this level and experienced this change. Now... he still needed time to train to reach it.

In a short time.

Advancing to the third-level body techniques, Du Nan was quite satisfied.

During this period, he spent a lot of effort on magic energy. Now that his body techniques hadn't fallen behind, he felt relieved. Eight days later, Yin Ling called for the start of 'free team battle' training, clearly intending to bully the Bronze District warriors... This was something Du Nan was also very interested in. Deep down, he always felt that Yin Ling and Ye Binghua had goals beyond this, but he couldn't probe further.

Everyone has their own secrets... They never asked him, so why should he meddle?

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