Oh, I Get It!

"Yang Wu, you held back just now, didn't you?"

Zhuge Tao looked at Yang Wu. Others might not have been able to tell, but as a fellow Advanced Warrior Level fighter, he could vaguely sense that Yang Wu had withdrawn some of his strength at the last moment before hitting the punch target.

"Supervisor, I..."

"Don't worry. I mean no harm. Hiding one's strength is human nature—I understand."

"But Yang Wu, do you know?"

"Our Limit Martial Hall has always placed great importance on nurturing geniuses. The more talented you prove yourself to be, the more training resources you can receive."

"Now, are you willing to tell me how much punching power you have?"

"55,273 kilograms." Before Yang Wu could even speak, Supervisor Zhuge Tao had already barraged him with questions, leaving him to answer obediently and calmly.

"How much???"

Zhuge Tao could not help raising his voice, thinking he had misheard.

Bang.

Hearing was unreliable; seeing was believing.

Yang Wu gathered his strength and threw a punch at the target. The entire punching power testing machine shook along with the swaying target.

On the machine's display, the five digits—55273—were clearly reflected in Zhuge Tao's eyes.

"Gasp!"

Without another word, Zhuge Tao took a sharp breath first. More than fifty thousand kilograms of punching power—judging from physical fitness alone, Yang Wu was already no weaker than him.

Elementary Warrior General: 8,000 kilograms of punching power.

Intermediate Warrior General: 16,000 kilograms of punching power.

Advanced Warrior General: 32,000 kilograms of punching power.

Elementary War God: 64,000 kilograms of punching power.

Who could have imagined that just one month ago, this young man had only passed the Quasi-Warrior assessment? In a single month, his physical fitness had reached the Advanced Warrior Level, and his numerical strength was even closing in on the Elementary War God Level.

Relying solely on cultivating Genetic Force, it was simply impossible to improve at such an absurd rate. No wonder Zhuge Tao had thought he had misheard.

Fortunately, Yang Wu's speed test only barely reached the Intermediate Warrior General Level.

Before Zhuge Tao could breathe a sigh of relief, the following neural reaction speed test made him cry out again.

"This is... Entrance Level movement technique!"

This time, Zhuge Tao truly could not sit still.

The physical fitness from before was one thing. That could actually be faked through certain methods, such as taking special treasures to enhance one's physique.

But comprehension-based things like movement technique realms could not be forced. Those insights could only be improved through battle after battle, training session after training session, through experience and talent.

Of course, he did not know that there was a species in this world that simply defied reason...

Cheaters!

"Supervisor, I don't know what happened either. Ever since I woke up after collapsing at the martial hall that day in April, my physical fitness has started skyrocketing."

To muddy the waters, Yang Wu deliberately made something up. If they were curious, they could investigate. By the time they found anything...

I'll be nearly there too!

"Mm, he collapsed before."

After hearing Yang Wu's "explanation," Zhuge Tao quickly searched his mind for similar cases, but could not find anything that matched.

In the end, he found a barely plausible explanation and tried to use it to convince himself.

A Psychic!

Yang Wu's Entrance Level movement technique made him boldly guess that Yang Wu had awakened Psychic talent. Only Psychics could use their immense mental capacity to calculate complex attacks.

Only that could barely explain why his strength had skyrocketed in such a short time.

"Yang Wu, after you woke up from collapsing at the martial hall that day, aside from your enhanced physical fitness, did you notice anything else unusual?"

"For example, did your five senses suddenly become stronger? Or could you sense some kind of invisible force?"

Judging by Supervisor Zhuge Tao's expression, he had mistaken him for someone who had awakened Psychic talent.

What a pity. I'm not!

"Supervisor, after I woke from that coma, my strength suddenly increased. Other than that, I didn't notice anything unusual."

Yang Wu shook his head, directly shattering the other man's daydream.

A Psychic? I wish.

But some things were destined to be innate. Even if he could Extract the Future, he could not turn himself into a woman physically, mentally, or even spiritually...

Of course, even if he really could, he would not do it. He was not mentally deranged. (No offense to women intended.)

Yang Wu knew quite a lot about Psychics. On Earth today, aside from Babata, no one could compare to him in that regard.

Although Yang Wu's knowledge was more comprehensive than Babata's, he could not match him in secret techniques and treasures.

On Earth, Psychics were the most envied and feared group of people. They were all extraordinarily gifted, born with immensely powerful spiritual force.

Before the spiritual force hidden within their consciousness was fully unearthed, they would remain in a period of rapid growth in strength.

Psychics were generally also formidable martial artists. On top of cultivating Genetic Force, they cultivated a second type of energy: spiritual force.

Limited by physical fitness, Psychics could only withstand spiritual force two levels above their physical fitness. This remained true until their latent spiritual force was fully exhausted.

It could be said that in the original Earth arc, Psychics were practically cheat-like beings.

Still, it depended on the individual and their talent. The strong ones soared like Luo Feng with his cheat-like growth, while the weak ones were like raindrops scattered across the ocean.

They could not stir even the slightest ripple!

"Only your strength increased?"

Zhuge Tao froze, then immediately shook his head again and again. "Impossible. That shouldn't be the case!"

"Oh, I get it!"

Seeing the innocent look in Yang Wu's eyes, Zhuge Tao assumed that he wanted to hide his talent, wearing an expression that said he understood.

That made sense. After awakening his talent, Yang Wu's physical fitness had skyrocketed to the Advanced Warrior Level in such a short time. If his spiritual force was two levels above his physical fitness, then he was already close to the Intermediate War God Level.

A War God!

His ability to sit in this position was supported by quite a few War Gods behind him. Even his elder brother, Zhuge Shan, was a War God.

In terms of status, he was not inferior to War God Level powerhouses from other factions, but in terms of strength, he still had to look up to War Gods.

And now, someone like that seemed to be standing right before him, especially considering Yang Wu's identity not long ago.

This was simply absurd...

Yet with such talent, even the legendary deeds of Ister, Earth's number one Psychic, seemed somewhat inferior by comparison.

But a genius was ultimately only a genius. A genius who had not yet grown into a true powerhouse still had the possibility of dying young.

A genius who died young was no longer a genius. No one would remember them.

It was fine if Yang Wu wanted to hide it. From another angle, it showed that his mind was resolute, that he could resist temptation without wavering in the slightest.

Zhuge Tao secretly nodded. Given how monstrous Yang Wu was, wanting to hide his talent was perfectly normal.

"Haha, Yang Wu, your strength is no weaker than mine. If you don't mind, call me Uncle Tao from now on!"

After roughly completing his evaluation, the delighted Zhuge Tao began trying to win Yang Wu over.

He was not stupid. So long as Yang Wu did not die young, he was guaranteed to become an Invincible War God in the future. There was even a strong possibility that he would surpass the War God Level.

Zhuge Tao had tremendous confidence in Yang Wu on that point.

Ever since becoming a supervisor, he had often gone out of his way to cultivate talented individuals.

Sometimes he pressured them; sometimes he invested in them with money, manuals, and other means. All of it was to make his own position more secure.

Yang Wu's appearance allowed him to see his own brilliant future. Not only could his position become more stable, he might even have a chance to advance further.

As for investigating secrets, Zhuge Tao thought they could get lost.

It was a damn situation where he could take off directly from the ground—why create unnecessary complications? Sometimes, a perfectly good hand was played into a complete mess because of some stupid ideas.

Besides, whether he could even beat Yang Wu was another question!