Hunting Before Departure

Although Shi Jiang had yet to emerge, Chen Hao had basically wrung all the value he could from the entire Training Camp, so there was no reason to stay any longer. He returned home to Jiangnan Pavilion.

Seeing the regretful expressions on those compatriots who had celebrated his achievement earlier, Chen Hao curled his lips into a faint smile, nodded at them, then turned and left.

When you are poor, no one asks after you even in a bustling city; when you are rich, distant relatives appear even in the deepest mountains. People were practical creatures, after all!

Zhao Ruo was also extremely displeased with those people's attitudes. After shooting them an angry glare, she turned and left as well.

The remaining Chinese geniuses felt somewhat awkward, but no one spoke up.

After returning to his residence, just as he was about to rest, someone knocked on the door. He checked and found it was Chu Qiang.

Chen Hao opened the door. "Brother Qiang, what brings you here?"

Chu Qiang smiled. "Aren't you going to invite me in for a seat?"

"Come in!" Chen Hao stepped aside and led Chu Qiang into the living room. Once the two sat down on the sofa,

Chu Qiang spoke first, his attitude extremely sincere. "Chen Hao, don't mind all that gossip. You can still go hunt monsters next month. With your Combat Power Amplitude, your points will definitely rank among the top few."

Chen Hao nodded. "I don't really care, Brother Qiang. I probably won't be staying at the Training Camp for many more days."

Chu Qiang immediately sprang to his feet in shock. "What? You're leaving the Training Camp? Why would you want to leave? You need to know that the resources here are the best in the world. You can't enjoy resources like these anywhere else."

"Brother Qiang, you'll understand someday." Chen Hao did not explain.

Chu Qiang fell silent for a moment. "Since you've already made up your mind, I won't say more. But if you leave the Elite Training Camp, are you leaving the Extreme Martial Arts Hall too? If you do leave the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, then on behalf of China Military, I invite you to join us. Don't worry, you'll see our sincerity."

Chen Hao waved his hand. "There's no need. You have my contact information anyway. If the country needs me, I'll answer the call without hesitation. As for compensation and the like, there's no need."

Seeing that Chen Hao had made up his mind, Chu Qiang sighed inwardly. It seemed Chen Hao had no plans to leave the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. What a pity. I can't bring such a young Spiritual Thought Master into China Military.

One had to know that an Advanced War General Rank Spiritual Thought Master could play a role in defending against a Beast Tide equal to more than a dozen Martial Artists of the same level. He was still young, so there was no need to rush the military's invitation.

Early the next morning, Chen Hao arrived at the Training Camp gate and submitted an application to enter the wilderness. It was approved quickly.

At the same time, many people noticed Chen Hao's actions. They immediately sneered. Even if he went out to kill monsters today, he would not earn many achievement points, and there was not enough time anyway.

Ignoring everyone, he bought more than a dozen backpacks and headed out of the Training Camp toward City 1001.

As the largest Wilderness Zone city outside Hongning Base City, it was normally used for trainees to gain experience, so surveillance was extremely strict.

As long as trainees did not court death themselves, it was difficult for anything to happen to them here. Of course, that did not mean the place was without danger. The Lord-level Monsters here simply would not come out.

They all remained within their own territories and would not wander out, because once they did, they would be exterminated by human Martial Artists. As Lord-level Monsters with no small amount of intelligence, they naturally would not leave their territories to seek death.

Chen Hao had long obtained the locations of the major Lord-level Monsters in City 1001, as well as the areas where Beast General Level Monsters lived in groups. Those Lord-level Monsters were his targets.

Inside a cave in a mountainous forest region of the Wilderness Zone, a gigantic monster roughly eight or nine meters tall was resting. Suddenly, the sleeping bear monster twitched its nose, and its ears began to flick rapidly.

Its cold, gleaming eyes snapped open, filled with bloodthirsty excitement.

The bear monster suddenly smashed apart the cave it occupied, leapt fiercely upward, and swiped at a human figure floating in midair.

The figure in the sky showed no panic as he watched the monster moving at supersonic speed.

He muttered, "So this is the Intermediate Lord-level Monster, the Giant Rock Black Bear? I'll use you to test my current strength."

He then drew a war saber and charged at the bear monster. The figure moved like lightning, and faint thunder rumbled within the blade light.

Although this Giant Rock Black Bear was an Intermediate Lord, possessing boundless strength and an incredibly tough body, after it passed by the figure, its enormous head flew directly into the air, while its entire corpse crashed to the ground.

The figure, now standing on the ground, looked at the falling black bear corpse and shook his head. "Even the Giant Rock Black Bear, one of the most formidable Intermediate Lords, is nothing before me. Advanced Lords might be stronger, but not by much. If I truly want to temper my strength in the future, I'll have to find King-level Monsters."

He glanced toward City 1001, his tone somewhat disappointed. "This place is too close to Hongning Base City. No King-level Monster would be stupid enough to come here. That would just be delivering materials to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall."

The young man was Chen Hao. He had originally intended to use the monsters in this wilderness city to practice and test his strength.

His improvement came through actual combat. Although the Skill Card had drastically shortened the time required, because he had entered a state of enlightenment, he did not suffer the drawbacks of having his strength forcibly raised. Instead, his grasp of his power was exceptionally solid.

"If there are no King-level Monsters here, I'll look elsewhere. It's about time I left this place too. The Extreme Martial Arts Hall headquarters is no longer of much use to me. But before I go, I should squeeze out one last bit of value." He then looked at the Lord-level Monster nests marked on the map and chuckled.

A figure flew through the air outside the Elite Training Camp gate, with a massive creature beside him.

The figure descended at the gate, and only then did people see clearly that many enormous backpacks were floating around him.

Once they recognized the figure, they began discussing him in astonishment.

"Isn't that idiot? He actually has so many materials."

"Could he have found materials from High-level Beast Soldier Level or Elementary Beast General Level monsters to pass off as something else?"

"At best, they're probably Elementary Beast General Level materials. He should understand what kind of crime it is to falsify materials in the Training Camp, right?"

Ignoring what the others thought, Chen Hao placed the backpacks before the materials inspection staff. "Process these materials for me." He then dumped all the materials from the backpacks onto the ground.

"Is that a Black Rock Giant Bear's gallbladder?"

"Is it? It really is! Isn't that the horn of the Elementary Lord monster, the Flamehorn Mang Bull?"

"This trainee, are you sure you want to process these materials? If you do, you will graduate from the Training Camp immediately."

"I know. Just handle it for me. Also, recertify my Martial Artist rank." Since he had decided to leave, Chen Hao had practically wiped out all the Lord-level Monsters in City 1001. There were more than a hundred of them in total. He estimated that the materials he had collected were worth more than a trillion.