Shen Mu's Rapid Improvement

City 1001, upon a dilapidated street, Shen Mu, long spear in hand, traversed the road.

Various unknown weeds grew on both sides of the road, some even sprouting directly from the cracks in the pavement.

On the buildings lining the street, some Latin characters could be seen, though Shen Mu didn't recognize them.

"Roar!"

"Woof!"

From afar, the sounds of various beasts rose and fell. Shen Mu's eyes lit up. Wiping his shield, he flew directly into the air, looking towards the source of the roars.

About four hundred meters away was a dilapidated park, where two groups of monsters were facing off.

One type was the Tiger Cat Beast, the other the Wolfhound Beast, both evolved from pre-Great Nirvana pet cats and dogs, numbering over four hundred at a rough count.

"Six Elementary General-level, the rest are Soldier-level. Just right for me to practice my spearmanship!"

Shen Mu's figure transformed into a stream of light, rushing directly towards the cat and dog horde.

"Die!"

The jet-black spear thrust straight out, piercing a Soldier-level Tiger Cat as quickly as lightning. Simultaneously, a flying knife shot out, also intercepting a Wolfhound Beast, instantly provoking both monster groups.

"Woof!"

"Roar!"

The two monster groups were startled by Shen Mu's appearance. Then, seeing that Shen Mu was alone and didn't exude any dangerous aura, they instantly went berserk.

The ground of the entire dilapidated park seemed to tremble slightly as a large number of Soldier-level beasts pounced towards Shen Mu.

Sweeping his spear, Shen Mu's entire body was boiling. His strength of 11,000 kilograms, amplified, reached 13,000 kilograms, approaching the standard of an Intermediate Warrior. Facing a group of Soldier-level monsters, he was naturally crushing them.

Among the horde, the few General-level monsters didn't rush forward immediately, but cautiously stared at Shen Mu.

"Awoo!"

In the next instant, several General-level Wolfhound Beasts pounced towards Shen Mu.

Shen Mu swept his spear horizontally, the enormous force directly smashing the Wolfhound Beast away, while Shen Mu's figure also staggered.

Seeing Shen Mu exposed, countless monsters instantly pounced.

Shu shu shu!

Three golden streams of light instantly shot out. The sharp Series 9 Flying Knife didn't create much sound even breaking the sound barrier, piercing through the foreheads of monster after monster.

Five minutes later, in the park littered with corpses, Shen Mu sat on the corpse of a Tiger Cat Beast, drinking water.

"This won't do. I can resist the siege of Soldier-level beasts, but against the siege of General-level beasts, I have to use spiritual power."

Shen Mu pondered slightly. It seemed that if he wanted to hone his spearmanship, he could only look for Soldier-level beast groups, or challenge those stronger Intermediate Generals.

While resting, Shen Mu controlled his flying knives to dismember the valuable materials from the corpses of several General-level monsters and store them away, then ventured deeper into the wilderness.

In mid-air, Shen Mu, stepping on his shield, looked down at the city, a dozen flying knives dancing around him, easily slaughtering a group of General-level Black Bird Beasts, observing the entire city.

After a moment, Shen Mu locked onto an Ironthorn Dragon Lizard that was feeding.

This was a giant lizard more than five meters long, with jet-black scales all over its body and a string of jagged bone spurs growing on its back. Five of these bone spurs indicated it was an Intermediate General-level.

The Ironthorn Dragon Lizard was an extremely troublesome monster, with terrifyingly high defense. It was almost impossible to break its defense within the same realm unless one possessed three or four times the explosive power skill, which was just right for the current Shen Mu.

Shen Mu stretched out his right hand, and a section of wall more than two meters long slowly floated up, then slammed down on the Ironthorn Dragon Lizard.

Boom!

The rubble crashed down, and the entire street seemed to rumble.

"Roar!"

The Ironthorn Dragon Lizard, interrupted from its meal, let out an angry roar, its gaze locking directly onto Shen Mu, who had approached it.

The giant lizard, more than five meters long, charged towards Shen Mu like a sports car starting instantly.

"Good!"

Shen Mu brandished his spear and faced it head-on, the spear thrusting out like lightning.

Ding!

The long spear stabbed into the Ironthorn Dragon Lizard's scales, actually emitting a crisp sound of metal colliding, the enormous force shaking Shen Mu's hands numb.

"Awoo!"

The Ironthorn Dragon Lizard's eyes immediately turned red. Although Shen Mu couldn't break its defense, that didn't mean he couldn't hurt it.

The Ironthorn Dragon Lizard, its ferocity aroused, completely locked onto Shen Mu, its speed increasing again!

Boom!

Rumble!

The long spear collided with sharp giant claws, and the entire ground shook violently, with huge pits appearing one after another.

Shen Mu could only barely parry the Ironthorn Dragon Lizard's attacks, as the opponent was a level above him in both strength and defense.

In just half a minute, Shen Mu was almost unable to parry, his entire body aching and numb.

The next instant, the giant lizard's long tail slammed down, and Shen Mu blocked with his spear, sending him flying backward.

The giant lizard, its eyes red with rage, was about to follow up with a fatal blow, but it discovered that Shen Mu's figure had directly taken flight, instantly escaping the lizard's attack range.

Before the giant lizard could even react, two streaks of light shot directly into its eyes.

"Excellent, this is the kind of opponent I need!"

Shen Mu gasped for breath, his chest heaving violently from the exertion, his heart pounding.

It's a pity my mental power is too strong. If I want to hone my spearmanship, I can't pick powerful opponents. Without a real sense of pressure, it's still not quite there.

"At least it's much better than sparring in the training camp. Let's continue!"

In the evening, before ending his training, Shen Mu unleashed his full combat power, hunting down five high-level General-level Beasts, earning 500 combat points upon returning to the training camp.

Including other intermediate and low-level General-level Beasts, Shen Mu earned a total of 684 combat points on his first day.

Stacked with Shen Mu's terrifying 62x combat power amplification, his daily score reached over 42,000 points.

Because it was only the beginning of February, everyone's scores were recalculated, so Shen Mu directly topped the Black Dragon Rankings, leading Chu Qiang, who was in second place, by over 30,000 points, shocking the entire training camp.

As a result, Shen Mu's terrifying combat power amplification was also exposed, and related information spread to major global forces in the first instance.

That same day, various forces sent people to contact Shen Mu, each one cutting straight to the chase with their offers. The benefits were all frighteningly high, and if he wasn't satisfied, they were willing to negotiate.

9:30 PM, Forbidden Pavilion courtyard.

By the stone table under the large locust tree, Shen Mu stood up and looked at Candice in front of him.

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother Candice, and the HR Alliance. I have already chosen to join the Limit Martial Hall."

Seeing Shen Mu directly refuse, Candice was not annoyed, a friendly smile on his face. "Alright, let's have a meal together sometime."

After a few polite exchanges, Shen Mu watched Candice leave.

"Finally over." Shen Mu plopped down by the stone table, picking up a teacup and draining it in one gulp.

Chu Qiang walked over at this time, smiling as he said, "Can't be helped, who told Junior Brother to be so popular? You're already being called the world's number one mental power master of the future."

Shen Mu shook his head, not continuing the topic. "Senior Brother, do you think anyone would accept if I challenged them to a duel?"

Chu Qiang nodded slightly. "If it's in the identity of a martial artist, definitely. After all, your strength, spearmanship, and movement technique levels are basically at the bottom among the training camp students."

"That's good. Anyway, I can't go out to train tomorrow, so I'll just challenge people to duels. I have plenty of points anyway."

The next day, Shen Mu's second day in the training camp, everyone witnessed Shen Mu's madness.

He kept challenging people to duels, sparring through the virtual space as a martial artist, and giving away points, 1000 points per match.

After losing one match, he'd lose a second. Countless people eagerly hoped that Shen Mu would challenge them to a spar, until Shen Mu had lost all of his points from the first day.

On the third day, Shen Mu continued to head to the wilderness to hunt monsters.

This time was different from before. An unknown number of people in the training camp were paying attention to Shen Mu's movements.

Then they saw Shen Mu spending the entire day looking for intermediate and high-level General-level Beasts to hone his spearmanship, getting abused in various ways, only using his mental power to counter-kill at the critical moment of life and death.

That night, Shen Mu once again topped the rankings, and the next day he once again lost all of his points.

Shen Mu spent the next month like this, except that from the second half of the month, his duels changed from 1000 points per game to 100 points per game.

He still had to compete for a spot on the Black Dragon Rankings; he couldn't lose all of his points every day.

Under such conditions, Shen Mu's martial arts skills were also rapidly improving.

In just one month, his spearmanship reached the level of Great Mastery of Specialization, and his movement technique also improved from the Basic level to the Subtle level, and it had also stabilized.

The last day of February, the 28th.

Forbidden Pavilion, within the alloy secret room.

Shen Mu sat cross-legged, and in front of him, a green crystal shaped like an egg floated under the control of his mental power, with dense roots winding and growing on it.

The entire crystal was translucent, and one could vaguely see a green essence liquid flowing within it.

Sorry sorry, forgot to schedule the release, brothers please forgive me.