What, Feeling Sorry for Him?

The next day, at Wu University's Training Ground.

The three-month military training for new students officially began. Instructors dispatched by the Western Military Region divided the freshmen into classes and groups. Even as martial artists, the students had to begin with the most basic courses. The first week of training was meant to cultivate teamwork and obedience among the freshmen. The courses consisted of the most basic drills: standing at attention and marching in formation. These were still quite easy for freshmen who had only just become martial artists.

Meanwhile, inside a small training ground.

Jiang Tianhai found a full five Gold-rank instructors for Lin Hao. Living up to expectations, those instructors drew up a complete training plan for him in a single night. Even though Lin Hao was an Ability User with an SSS-rank talent, he still had to start from the most basic courses. Like the freshmen, he first needed to develop stronger discipline and obedience.

This first stage alone lasted an entire week. Every day, Lin Hao had to get up before dawn for a ten-kilometer weighted run and forest obstacle course. He also had to undergo basic endurance and reaction training every day, such as standing at attention and responding to commands. After one week, Lin Hao was completely numb. Either they called an assembly while he was eating, or someone tossed smoke grenades into the dormitory while he was sleeping. The worst time was when Lin Hao was still on the toilet and someone threw in a flash grenade.

Fuck, is this military training? Even a dog lives better than I do. Lin Hao groaned endlessly, having completely lost the determination he initially had to train himself harder. Jiang Weiwei also gave Lin Hao some special treatment at just the right time—in food and cultivation. Jiang Weiwei wrung ten Silver-grade beast cores out of Jiang Tianhai and gave them to Lin Hao. Lin Hao was so moved that, if Jiang Weiwei had not been a girl, he would definitely have hugged her and kissed her.

After a week, Lin Hao began the second stage of training. Close combat—yes, close combat, and he was not allowed to use his ability. According to the instructors, once an Ability User with a lightning-element talent like Lin Hao was approached by a martial artist or Fierce Beast, he would be useless, without even the strength to protect himself.

At first, Lin Hao could not even last a minute against a single instructor. He was beaten black and blue. The key was that the instructors could suddenly appear before him and launch sneak attacks at any time. Yes, sneak attacks. This was to train Lin Hao's vigilance. Whether he was eating, sleeping, or using the toilet, he had to stay alert.

Another two weeks passed, and Lin Hao was already able to spar with three instructors at once. Facing a beating from three Gold-rank instructors, Lin Hao had become calm and composed. Blocking, counterattacking, sweeping kicks—these basic moves had all fused together in his mind. Lin Hao had also fallen in love with the feeling of fist meeting flesh.

This was youth. This was the hot-blooded spirit a man should have.

During those weeks of training, Lin Hao returned to the dormitory almost every day bruised and battered. Jiang Tianhai and Jiang Weiwei both watched his growth. Jiang Tianhai was now more satisfied with Lin Hao the more he looked at him.

"Dad, you're not going to train Lin Hao into a cripple, are you?" Jiang Weiwei looked worried. She knew exactly how ruthless her father was toward Lin Hao. Jiang Tianhai did not care in the slightest. As a Divine-level Expert, he could see Lin Hao's potential. "What's this? It's only been one month. The next two months will be even harsher. What, feeling sorry for him?"

Seeing her father trying to steer the conversation off track again, Jiang Weiwei simply stopped talking.

Another week passed under Lin Hao's daily high-intensity sparring. He was already able to spar against five instructors at once.

That day, six people stood on a small fighting platform. Five of them surrounded a young man in the center. The man in the middle was Lin Hao, while the five surrounding him were the instructors training him. Today marked the beginning of a new course: training Lin Hao's control over his ability. It was also the first time Lin Hao displayed his strength before others.

Facing five Gold-rank instructors, Lin Hao made the first move. Black Lightning swirled around his body, crackling and snapping. The five instructors treated Lin Hao's Black Lightning with caution. Though they did not know what kind of talent his black lightning belonged to, the instincts forged through years of life-and-death battles told them that Lin Hao's lightning was anything but ordinary.

At that moment, the lightning around Lin Hao suddenly surged. The lightning that had originally only surrounded his body abruptly doubled in range. Martial Art: Thunder Prison Instant Space Flash. In the blink of an eye, Lin Hao appeared before one of the instructors. His right fist, wrapped in violent Black Lightning, smashed into the instructor's body.

Then, with a bang, that instructor was sent flying dozens of meters away. Jiang Tianhai, watching from outside the platform, reacted swiftly and caught the instructor before he flew off the training stage.

"Damn, we were careless." Seeing their teammate sent flying, the remaining four instructors reacted quickly. Their Gold-rank strength erupted as they charged toward Lin Hao to kill him. Lin Hao had long been prepared. Thunder Prison Instant Space Flash activated beneath his feet again, allowing him to evade the four instructors' encirclement. The four were aghast. "What terrifying speed! It's already comparable to Platinum rank. What kind of Martial Art is this?"

Outside the arena, Jiang Tianhai and Jiang Weiwei both widened their eyes. Jiang Tianhai's expression turned solemn. "This Martial Art increases his speed by more than tenfold in an instant. It is at least an Earth Grade Martial Art." Jiang Tianhai now had an entirely new understanding of Lin Hao.

After evading the encirclement, Lin Hao formed hand seals with both hands. In an instant, a terrifying lightning aura surged from his body. The thin Black Lightning around him instantly transformed into dozens of bolts as thick as bowls, rapidly spreading outward with Lin Hao at the center. Martial Art: Endless Thunder Prison.

The instructors did not dare to be careless. One after another, they used Battle Skills to resist.

Battle Skill: Sky Splitting Slash.

Battle Skill: Hegemon Blade Art.

Four scorching Blade Auras collided with the Black Lightning in an unstoppable surge. The center of the training ground exploded with a deafening roar, sending dust flying into the sky. The four instructors stood back-to-back in a Swastika Formation, maintaining a guarded stance. When the dust settled, Lin Hao had long since vanished from the field. The four of them were utterly dumbfounded. Only Jiang Tianhai stared gravely into the sky.

"Where did Lin Hao go? Don't tell me he was cut to death by a single slash?" one instructor said.

"No!" Suddenly, alarm bells rang in all four of their hearts, and they simultaneously looked up at the sky.

Above them, Lin Hao had Wind and Thunder Wings attached to his back. In his hands, he had condensed an incomparably enormous Black Lightning Orb. He dove straight down toward the four men.

"Not good!" Jiang Tianhai could no longer remain seated. He flashed in front of the four instructors. Facing that terrifying Black Lightning Orb, he lightly tapped it with a finger, and the orb exploded with a boom. Jiang Tianhai then held two fingers together like a sword and slashed twice through the air. That violent lightning aura was bizarrely sealed within a space until it finally dissipated.

"What terrifying destructive power." The five instructors and Jiang Weiwei alike were frozen on the spot. Lin Hao stood in the middle of the training ground, bracing his hands on his knees and gasping for breath. Activating four Heaven Grade Cultivation Methods in succession had consumed more than half of his Spiritual Power. Jiang Tianhai quickly stepped forward. "Lin Hao, how did you awaken so many Martial Arts?" Normally, each stage allowed a martial artist or Ability User to awaken only one skill, but Lin Hao had awakened four.

Lin Hao straightened up and smiled faintly. "General Jiang, I don't know either. When I advanced to the Bronze Initial Stage, these Martial Arts were already in my mind." Jiang Tianhai's expression was incomparably solemn. With a sweep of his hand, a massive energy barrier enveloped the fighting platform. "What happened today must be kept absolutely secret. Anyone who dares leak it will be dealt with under military law."

"Yes, General Jiang!" The five instructors and Jiang Weiwei all straightened up and gave a military salute.

"Training is suspended for today. You five rest for a day. Weiwei, Lin Hao, you two come with me." With that, Jiang Tianhai headed toward Jiang Weiwei's office.