Rise of the Zerg in the World of Gods

After completing the first set of training, Xu Luo didn't immediately start the next set.

He sat down in the training hall to rest for a while.

At this point, he had realized that ten sets weren't as simple as he had imagined.

The first set was already like this; he would only get more tired later, with his condition gradually deteriorating. Without proper adjustment, he might not even be able to complete ten sets.

Resting wasn't for laziness, but to better complete the training.

"Good balance between tension and relaxation, not overly pursuing time and speed!" Zhang Jian silently graded in his heart.

This was his habit, scoring every student's performance.

Once, Qianqian was the highest-scoring student. Now it seemed this position would change hands.

In terms of performance, Zhang Jian felt that Xu Luo wasn't as dazzling as Qianqian, who seemed born for battle.

Xu Luo appeared ordinary in combat performance, not standing out.

But he understood when to advance and retreat, knew how to choose, and didn't compete for momentary gains. Such people could go far and stand high.

Those who run fast at the beginning might fall halfway through.

After resting and recovering his condition a bit, Xu Luo got up again to train. This time, he slightly increased his speed.

Not to complete the task quickly, but because he had adapted to the previous attack frequency and could now slightly increase it.

Although he increased the frequency, he still maintained a uniform speed, without any change.

In such continuous training, the worst thing was to be fast at one moment and slow at another, disrupting one's rhythm.

The current approach was best, maintaining his rhythm while increasing speed as much as possible.

Xu Luo wasn't just going through the motions or conserving strength.

Coming here, he was giving it his all.

He came for special training to break through his current level of strength. If he still wanted to conserve strength, why come at all?

He maintained a rhythmic breathing while keeping a uniform sword speed.

Time passed minute by minute, second by second, and Xu Luo completed set after set of motions.

At this time, a group of people had gathered around Zhang Jian.

"Coach Zhang, ten sets on the first day... isn't that a bit too much?" Everyone was astounded.

When they came, they only did one set. Even now, completing ten sets wasn't easy.

"If you think it's too much, you can go help him. Just do ten times as much!" Zhang Jian glanced at them and spoke calmly.

This immediately silenced them.

Bringing trouble upon themselves was not good, and provoking the great devil Zhang was even worse.

These people feared two words the most.

Extra training!

"Look at him, then look at yourselves. How can the gap be so big?" Zhang Jian suddenly roared dissatisfied.

"Everyone do 100 sets of 800-meter obstacle course trials. When you finish, it'll be about time to eat. The last two people aren't allowed to eat!"

"Ah, you can't be serious!" The group wailed. They had just completed their tailored daily training tasks, and now this suddenly came up.

800 meters didn't seem much, and 100 sets was only 80 kilometers. They had even completed a 100-kilometer run in one go yesterday!

But this was completely different!

The 800-meter obstacle course was very physically demanding. Some would prefer to run ten sets of 10-kilometer cross-country instead.

Unfortunately, once Zhang Jian said it, he wouldn't change his mind. The group could only go run.

They had to compete with others, and the last two not only wouldn't get to eat but also couldn't leave. They'd have to stay here watching others eat, which was extremely uncomfortable.

The reason for Zhang Jian's irritation came from Xu Luo.

Seeing Xu Luo complete five sets in one go, Zhang Jian felt very regretful.

Why didn't he meet this student earlier? Why wasn't this student from No. 1 High School?

Now there was only a month's time, and then he would leave. Such talent was really a pity!

Xu Luo's training continued, and the time didn't change much.

The first set took 16 minutes and 2 seconds, the second set 16 minutes and 11 seconds, the third set 16 minutes and 13 seconds...

Although the time taken was increasing, it remained very close, proving his strong control over his rhythm.

This was still without previous experience. Otherwise, with more reasonable distribution of energy, his results would be even better.

By the time Xu Luo came out after completing ten sets, more than five hours had passed.

He actually consumed just over three hours, with the rest of the time spent resting inside.

During the last two sets, Xu Luo was completely relying on his tenacious willpower to persist.

Especially during the last thousand or so thrusts of the final set, he felt his arm had lost all feeling. After completing all the motions, his whole body relaxed, feeling like he was oxygen-deprived, his mind completely blank.

He lay in the training hall for a long time. After recovering, he disconnected and crawled out of the game pod.

At this point, he was drenched in sweat, as if he had just crawled out of water. His clothes could be wrung out.

"Xu Luo, you're finally out. Come on, let's go eat," Xiang Lu, sitting bored in the rest area, was delighted to see Xu Luo crawl out of the game pod.

Finally, they could eat.

However, looking at Xu Luo now, his face was full of admiration.

Not just because of Xu Luo's talent, but more for his mental willpower.

During the last 500 thrusts, he thought Xu Luo couldn't finish. Even in reality, it took several seconds for him to make one thrust, and sometimes he couldn't even hit the red dot with all his might.

But unexpectedly, he actually relied on his mental willpower to grit his teeth and break through his limits.

Genius wasn't scary; what was scary was when someone stronger than you was also more hardworking than you.

Xiang Lu deeply realized this point.

"Th... Thank you!" At this moment, Xu Luo was actually a bit dazed. Although he had ten times the time in the training hall and had indeed rested for quite a while, it still wasn't enough.

Repeatedly breaking through his limits put tremendous strain on his body.

He was now tired, hungry, and very thirsty, but what he wanted most was to close his eyes and sleep.

Seeing Xu Luo's right hand hanging at his side, still involuntarily twitching, Xiang Lu, for the first time, felt he was inferior to someone else.

Previously, he thought that coming from the Xiang family, which was quite prestigious in Tianhai, and entering No. 1 High School, although he wasn't as arrogant as his cousins Xiang Xun and Xiang Yang who thought they were superior to others, he still had a sense of pride. Even though Qianqian was more capable than him, he thought talent was innate and he couldn't compare, but he could surpass her through his own efforts later.

But this time, seeing Xu Luo, he felt he couldn't compare.

Talent was innate, but he really couldn't match the other's effort in later development.

Although they were trained by Zhang Jian to the point of crying every day, their training volume actually hadn't reached the limit, but was just at the threshold of the limit.

As for whether to break through it, it purely depended on each individual.

Zhang Jian gave them the choice.

Of course, the students didn't know they were standing at the threshold of their limits. Just one more step would break through their current limits.

"Let me help you!" Seeing Xu Luo could barely stand, Xiang Lu ran over to put his left arm over his shoulder, supporting him down the stairs.

Xu Luo followed him down, but at this point, his consciousness was a bit fuzzy.

"Give him this to drink!" When the two reached downstairs, Zhang Jian handed over a small bottle of drink.

Xiang Lu took it and poured it into Xu Luo's mouth.

Xu Luo, extremely dehydrated, drank it like a desert traveler finding water, gulping it down eagerly.

Soon, he finished the liquid completely.

"Hey, how did you finish it?" Xiang Lu was shocked. How did Xu Luo finish it in just a moment of distraction?

"Wasn't it for me to drink?" Xu Luo, having recovered some strength after drinking the liquid, asked in confusion.

"You don't know anything!" Xiang Lu was speechless.

"This is for replenishing vitamins, specifically for people like you who are exhausted from training. But it's just meant to be sipped to replenish some energy, not gulped down all at once like you did!"

"Well, I've already drunk it. There won't be any side effects, right?" Xu Luo was also helpless. Everything here really couldn't be used excessively!

"No, there shouldn't be," Xiang Lu thought for a moment. It was just for vitamin replenishment, so there probably weren't any side effects.

"Then it's fine. Can we eat now? I'm so hungry!" Seeing the tables in the first-floor hall full of food, Xu Luo felt his eyes glowing red.

At this moment, he felt his stomach was sticking to his back, feeling like he could devour a whole cow if it were in front of him.

"Go ahead. You can eat anything here without restriction. Just don't waste food," Xiang Lu said, also going over to pick up a tray and choose his favorite dishes.

This meal was the most sumptuous of his day, even better than what he would eat at home, with so many varieties.

No. 1 High School was very generous to these genius students, providing enough nutritional meals daily to make others envious.

It was considered original food.

Chicken, duck, fish, meat, rice - all available for choice, and they could eat until full. Just these daily expenses were not a small sum.

At this moment, Xu Luo had already taken a tray, randomly selected some dishes, and started eating.

When serving dishes and rice, he put the tray on the table, but when eating, he directly used a spoon.

His right hand couldn't move temporarily, so he ate with his left hand.

He wolfed down the food, without any manners.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Jian wasn't dissatisfied at all, but rather very satisfied.

"See that? This is what it looks like to be truly hungry to the extreme. Unlike you lot, picking and choosing every day, complaining about being tired here, uncomfortable there, this doesn't taste good, that doesn't look nice. You're lucky to have food to eat, and you're still picky!"

Hearing Zhang Jian's words, the others quickly lowered their heads and shoveled food into their mouths, afraid of making any noise that might attract the devil's attention and cause him to call out for extra practice or ten more sets.

Since Xu Luo came, it seemed their days weren't so good anymore, often being compared to him.

After eating a full plate of food, Xu Luo finally felt he had recovered some strength.

"Don't rush to sleep. Rest a bit, apply some medicine, go lie down in the rest room for a while, and continue new training in the afternoon," Zhang Jian's voice came from the side.

Xu Luo obediently followed, as this would help him suffer less.

From this day on, Xu Luo began his grueling special training life.

Every day was packed full.

Thrusting, chopping, slashing, piercing...

Various motions came in different forms, then the red dots on the dummy were no longer fixed, and later it even became moving targets, with increasing difficulty.

After completing basic training, he began to learn various martial arts or swordsmanship.

These all came from the World of Gods, without any supernatural powers, and could be used in the real world after learning.

There was a lot to learn.

In reality, Xu Luo wasn't a God, so naturally, he couldn't learn everything instantly. However, although he wasn't a God, he had the Zerg.

When he truly began to learn various combat techniques, Xu Luo discovered that he could actually cheat.

He could apply the Zerg's talents to himself.

At this time, the most useful ability was naturally that of the xenomorphs.

After directly possessing the xenomorphs' learning ability, he truly became someone who could learn anything instantly.

After truly learning these, Zhang Jian no longer restricted his Demi-God power, letting him learn to control his Demi-God form in combat.

Sometimes he would also engage in avatar battles with others.

At this point, Xu Luo finally understood why they underwent such training.

At first, they simply used their Demi-God power or the abilities of their units.

However, because these powers weren't innate or gradually cultivated, their control was very weak, and they couldn't exert much effect.

When overpowering others with strength, it was fine, but if encountering someone of the same level with stronger control, they would be suppressed.

Because you could only control the power you possessed, but didn't understand the essence of this power.

Out of ten parts of power, at most five or six parts could be exerted.

Zhang Jian said they would understand after training.

Now Xu Luo understood why they underwent such training; it was actually to train their control.

Another reason was to increase their combat power.

Because of Zuo Tianyao's precedent, this method was used to give them some self-protection ability.

Not necessarily very powerful, but definitely stronger than ordinary people who knew nothing.

Moreover, after increasing control, when controlling Demi-God power or engaging in avatar battles, controlling believers' bodies, they could easily control that power and exert strong effects.

This was the difference between those who had trained and those who hadn't.

At this point, Xu Luo felt he could beat dozens of his untrained former selves.

The same power, the same person, yet such a change could occur. It was truly terrifying.