My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 973 - 791: Vito, Devastated

How exhilarating!

Vito is confident, compared to half a month ago, now he can take on three of his former self!

The progress can only be described as phenomenal!

"World Tree Academy was definitely the right choice!"

"Except, I’m running low on credits."

There’s half a month left before getting credits; without them, he can only attend public classes and use communal cultivation spaces, slowing his progress by at least several times.

Although still faster than at the Hero Club, having experienced daily growth in strength before, Vito couldn’t tolerate this Turtle Speed now.

"Credits come from three sources: first is completing assignments, which include both internal and external ones."

Internal assignments are mostly set by instructors for student assessments, while external ones resemble completing commissions.

But Vito browsed through the available tasks and frowned, as each takes at least two to three days to complete.

"Then there’s creating secret techniques—higher the ratings, greater the credit rewards."

But he couldn’t accomplish that either.

As one of the top two geniuses at the Hero Club, Vito had actually created three Spells on his own, which were recorded in the Hero Club’s Spell Hall, a past glory he was very proud of.

But upon arriving at World Tree Academy and researching Spells in the library, Vito was surprised to find similar Spells already existed here, and were even more perfected—their Spells were better in both cohesion time and cost efficiency.

It made him ashamed.

"So, the only choice left is to tackle challenges and climb the rankings."

The academy has the ’Trial Tower’, ’Heavenly Ladder Battle’, and other competitive activities, with top ten participants receiving extra credits every month.

Moreover, new students breaking into the top 500, 100, 50, 20,...etc., are rewarded one-time credits for each milestone, a freshman benefit.

"With my strength, conquering challenges is sure to earn a lot of points; if I make it into the top ten, I can also earn a substantial monthly credit income."

Vito’s gaze burned with determination.

World Tree Academy students are all very strong; although he hasn’t seen most of them more than a few times, their auras felt not much different.

Initially, he did not choose to take on challenges because upon admission, he wasn’t confident enough for top ten competition, but now...

Vito is confident; back at the Hero Club, he’s the strongest!

At World Tree Academy, he won’t be inferior to anyone either!

Challenge!

Let’s go!

...

Vito logged into his personal space.

The Extreme Martial Arts Hall also has a branch in Hero City; Vito is well acquainted with the Spirit Space that can perfectly simulate reality.

"However, after gaining permissions, there are more functions."

World Tree Academy has its own independent space area; if ’Illusion City’ is a continent, then World Tree Academy is a small island.

Small but complete in every aspect.

The Core Area is a square paved with white stones, with a slightly smaller Divine Tree at its center.

The surroundings are lined with huge azure Gates leading to various trial places.

The square occasionally sees young students appearing, only to quickly disappear into the azure Gates.

Suddenly, his gaze fixed, "Gu Tang."

A handsome figure emerged not far away, despite being Vito’s age, looked only thirteen or fourteen, with a slight smirk and a trace of arrogance between his brows.

He glanced around, then his gaze landed on Vito.

"I know you, Vito. You are the only one from your Hero Club whose name I remember."

Vito’s brows furrowed, his expression cooled slightly, "Challenge?"

"Heh, you guessed right." Gu Tang looked towards the Gate, "How about we see who first ascends the Peak."

Vito’s eyebrows creased slightly, he didn’t respond.

"Boring." Gu Tang flicked his sleeve and strode into one of the Gates.

Vito hesitated for two seconds before entering the same azure Gate.

——School’s Heavenly Ladder Battle!

This is the competition with the highest credit rewards.

No fancy tricks, just dueling on the arena against randomly matched academy students.

But,

World Tree Academy students spend most of their time in cultivation and research, rarely are they simultaneously in the Heavenly Ladder Battle, especially in higher score sections.

So, opponents are not real people but completely simulate the best combat power of some student, challenging the competitor.

"It’s said the simulated strength can reach 99.9%, never making mistakes, sometimes students cannot even defeat their own Mirror Image."

Vito opened the leaderboard, and the name at the top shone brilliantly.

First place: Duan Qin

Second place: Ji Kaipeng

Third place: Yang Feixue

...

Vito looked around, indeed, he didn’t recognize a single one—after all, there was no self-introduction event at the start of the semester, and in half a month he’d yet to inquire about any famed academy talents.

True talents should just prove their worth!

The Heavenly Ladder Battle has its own combat power assessment system.

Vito only fought once, showing some combat prowess, and quickly rose from tens of thousands to a few thousand positions.

Soon,

Two thousandth, thousandth, five hundredth...

Vito achieved his first milestone reward of 100 credits.

Half an hour later, Vito entered the top 100, earning another 500 credits.

"Great, next is the top fifty."

At the top 100, opponents are randomly within the five ranks around; occasionally losing doesn’t mean immediate defeat, since different Magic, specializations, and professions may counter each other.

Even losing at rank 90, the final position might be 89.

Vito’s small goal is top ten.

The ultimate goal is to reach top three or even first before the exchange program ends.

"Oh no, why is it so challenging?"

He just won a match but didn’t find it easy, his eyebrows furrowed.

Searching through the combat records, he found his opponent was Liu Jinbao, ranked 76th on the Heavenly Ladder.

"Just rank 76..."

He paused, then entered the next match.

Almost half an hour later, Vito gasped as he returned to the resting area.

He reached to his chest, feeling the remnants of the painful cut inflicted by the opponent.

He was injured.

His opponent was only ranked 73, possibly not even in the same class.

"Any student in the academy is this strong?"

Vito was somewhat incredulous.

Initially, the Hero Club allocated some top talents to classes four and five, and Vito was quite dissatisfied.

But he understood the need to follow rules.

The monthly assessment is a chance to prove the Hero Club talents’ worth, but it seems Green Shadow City doesn’t ignore the Hero Club—it has honored them with high placement!

Whether positions can be maintained next month is up for debate!

Vito dared not continue challenging, although after each fight in the Spirit Space one returns to peak state, the fatigue remains, not physical or mental, but perceptual.

After two days of Heavenly Ladder Battle, Vito barely made it into the top fifty, ranking at 48.

He spotted Gu Tang’s name on the ladder, ranked 57th, having stopped there since yesterday, seemingly also stuck at this position.

"Ranks 47, 46, 45, 44, and 43 I’ve challenged, losing without complaint."

Vito smiled wryly, yet took clearer stock of himself.

"I wonder how strong the top ten are?"

In a random battle, he could only face rank 43 at most.

Hesitating for a moment, Vito clicked the first name on the leaderboard, opening the options.

"Ding, do you wish to spend 50 credits to challenge student Duan Qin (not counted in Heavenly Ladder Battle results)."

Vito took a deep breath, his figure appeared on a vast duel platform.

Across him, radiance gathered to form a petite figure holding a Yanyue Blade taller than herself, blade slightly slanted.

The battle began!

Vito swiftly retreated, Source Qi surged and formed layers of Defensive Magic in front of him.

Clang!

A red glow flashed, and all Defensive Magic shattered like paper.

Vito barely felt any pain before finding himself back in the resting area, unable to regain his composure for a long time.

...

In a blink, the end-of-month assessment arrived.

After being separated for a month, thirty heroes from the Hero Club finally regrouped, led by a talent from class 2.