Lieutenant Leopold, Derek, and Quentin suddenly felt sorry for Vanessa. It was so demoralizing to meet a gifted student like Steve.

"I'd be too demoralized to teach him." Quentin couldn't decide if he wanted to laugh or cry, while looking at Vanessa.

"Vanessa's skin is thick enough. However, she clearly was not able to a.n.a.lyze the situation as well as Steve, so all she can do is nod her head and agree with him!" Lieutenant Leopold was also embarra.s.sed for her. He wanted to laugh, but was unable to.

Regardless of their opinion about Vanessa, there was no denying that they all felt that they had underestimated Steve's talent! He was able to perform a level one armored robot operator skill on his first day, and even the legendary geniuses that they've heard about could not do this!

"You may not have done it perfectly this time, but after more practice, you will be better." Vanessa rea.s.sured Steve.

Actually, she was the one who needed to be comforted the most. She had wanted to give Steve a difficult action so that he would be unable to complete it, which would then allow her to find an opportunity to punish him. But, unexpectedly, Steve had successfully done it!

"Yes Instructor, I will practice diligently and do it as perfectly as you did next time." Steve nodded.

In the distance, the recruits who were still learning the first set of basic movements felt equally perplexed. Steve was no longer a man, but a G.o.d in their hearts! The G.o.d of armored robot operators!

They already had so much difficulty in just completing the first set of movements, but Steve had already completed a level-one armored robot operator skill. Compared to Steve, they felt like it was the difference between a man and G.o.d!

However, Steve didn't pay attention to other people's thoughts. Instead, he summed up his previous experience, finding many shortcomings. So, he began to try the Horizontal Killing movement again.

As another 100-meter-high, 50-meter-thick iron pole rose on the plain, Steve sprinted at it again, golden lightning flas.h.i.+ng by as he went. He was moving a little faster than before.

Clang!

The sound of metal clas.h.i.+ng signaled that the second iron pole was cut off. This time, Steve's sword was inserted in half of the scabbard, but it was still far behind Vanessa's speed.

"Not good enough!" Vanessa exclaimed. "A perfect entry, at the moment of cutting off the target, is without any sound. Are you ringing a bell when you cut off your target now, as you're making such a loud noise?"

Vanessa soon took on the role of a stern instructor, scolding Steve mercilessly. Steve thought about the shortcomings of his previous attempts. This time was a little better than the first attempt, but it still wasn't perfect.

As Vanessa said, the perfect Horizontal Killing movement was soundless when the target was cut in half. This simulated the experience of killing the enemy at a fast speed, where the enemy would be killed even before feeling pain!

"Give me ten new targets!" Steve said calmly.

After he spoke, ten huge iron poles rose from the plain. Steve immediately began to practice once more. Although Vanesa was scolding Steve, she was also shocked by his growth rate. There was a clear growth for almost every shot, and his growth rate was very noticeable.

His practicing lasted all the way till dusk. By this time, Lucy and Sofia had finally mastered the second basic movement, which was sprinting. Stuart could also take strides, but he couldn't run yet.

Others were still stuck in the first movement of walking. Although all of them had succeeded in taking their first step, they still needed to practice walking around until it became habitual.

"That's the end of today's practice. You've all done a good job." Instructor Bob shouted out some encouragement.

However, none of them were happy. Their eyes couldn't help but look in Steve's direction, and they were greatly agitated.