After all that had happened, who could think about hotpot?
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao had taken Xiaoyu home first!
And Jiang Nan was in a hurry to get home, too!
By a stroke of luck, he'd just poured the Strength Potion all over himself!
It had the same body-enhancing effect, and it didn't make him bald!
Taking it made you go bald? Fine, then he'd just use it on his skin!
That was great!
On the way home, he'd stopped to buy a bathtub!
In a wooded area on the outskirts of River City!
Everything within three hundred meters was a mess, with torn-up grass and huge craters everywhere!
The military vehicle had overturned nearby and was wrecked!
A woman in a black leather jacket, wearing a beret and a short ponytail, stood beside the vehicle with a grim expression!
She was really tall—around 1.9 meters!
She looked to be in her mid-twenties. Her sharp, narrow phoenix eyes gleamed with a cold light!
A ferocious air hung about her. She was as cold and ruthless as a beast stalking its prey!
She wiped the blood from her face, leaving a clear streak across her fair cheek—wild and violent!
At that moment, several subordinates were searching the three corpses at her feet.
"Report, Major. The item isn't on any of them!"
The tall woman narrowed her eyes. "On a mission, use my codename!"
"Yes, Captain Wildcat!"
Wildcat narrowed her eyes. "If it's not here, then it must be on that viper!"
"Search the entire city, inch by inch! That item absolutely cannot get out!"
"She's injured. She won't escape the cordon! Find her!"
The officer replied, "Yes! We're already sending people to tighten the perimeter and search the whole area!"
Just then, Wildcat hesitated. "What's the situation at the mall?"
The officer replied, "The fire's out. Twelve dead! Thirty-seven injured!"
Wildcat was taken aback. That number surprised her. There should have been more, by rights!
The situation had been urgent. She hadn't had time to save anyone!
Letting the item get away would only cause far greater harm!
"After you chased her, a Space Element Spirit Warrior used teleportation to rescue everyone trapped in the mall!"
"Oh! And Alexander, the one you crippled, didn't die. He was rescued too and is now being held at the armed police station!"
Wildcat was surprised. "Li Daotian intervened?"
The officer gave a wry smile. "How could we possibly have gotten Li Daotian involved? It was a high school senior named Jiang Nan!"
Wildcat's eyes shone with startling intensity!
China was vast, with no shortage of talent! So far, there had only been one Space Element Spirit Warrior: Li Mingshan, also known as Li Daotian!
"A second Space Element user? How come the military doesn't know about him?"
The officer smacked his lips, at a loss for words. "Captain, here's his file. Take a look. E-class talent—he's practically useless!"
The most powerful ability with the worst talent?
That really was...
Wildcat carefully went through the file, including the video footage of him rescuing people!
"Twenty-one teleports, a maximum range of one hundred meters, and he still hadn't run out of spirit energy! At least Black Iron ten-star! And you're telling me this is E-class talent?"
The officer was stunned. "Captain, are you saying... the talent test was wrong?"
Wildcat watched the footage of Jiang Nan carrying people out of the mall. Her expression gradually changed.
"I want all his information!"
"Bring Alexander to me. I'll interrogate him myself!"
Jiang Nan was pouring Strength Potion into the bathtub, bucket after bucket!
His eyes were full of excitement!
After ten buckets, the tub was full!
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! Ten million for one bath! Even Dubai's rich oil tycoons can't outdo me, can they?"
He indulged in a little daydreaming!
Jiang Nan stripped naked and jumped into the tub!
The cold made him shudder violently!
Sitting in the tub, Jiang Nan closed his eyes in comfort.
He could feel waves of strength welling up from within his body!
It wasn't as direct, simple, and brutal as taking it orally!
The energy in the Strength Potion steadily improved Jiang Nan's physique!
And unlike taking it orally, its effects didn't last just three days and nights!
This was a permanent transformation that increased his physical abilities!
His senses, defenses, motor skills—everything improved!
"I'm a freaking genius!"
"Good people really do get rewarded!"
If he hadn't rushed into the fire to rescue people, he never would've discovered this use for the Strength Potion!
He lay there comfortably for half an hour!
He didn't stop until he felt his body had absorbed as much of the potion's effects as it could.
His physical abilities had reached ten times their former level!
And that was without taking the Strength Potion!
He'd have to wait until tomorrow to soak again. The improvement was gradual, so there was no way it could happen all at once!
There was still plenty of the potion's power left in the tub...
"Hmm... Should I pour it back into the bottles and sell it?"
Heh heh?
Now that was a cheeky idea!
Being thrifty meant recycling and reusing, right?
He had to follow a path of sustainable development.
"But wouldn't that mean other people drinking my bathwater?"
Jiang Nan shivered!
That just felt weird!
He quickly abandoned the idea!
Jiang Nan looked down and admired his perfect body!
Tsk, tsk, tsk!
Look at those perfect muscle lines! His abs were sharply defined, his physique balanced and not bulky!
His skin was as soft as a baby's!
And his body was so supple you could burst it with a touch!
Hmm?
Wait?
Something seemed wrong!
Jiang Nan looked down at his waist and stomach!
What the heck? What's going on?
Jiang Nan panicked and hurriedly felt around. His hair was still there!
His eyebrows were still there!
And then...
Everything below his eyebrows was hairless?
Jiang Nan swore, "What the *****?!"
[Host detected insulting the system. Deducting 1,000 yuan!]
Jiang Nan was furious and heartbroken!
But when he thought about it, he accepted it!
Was losing a whole forest really a problem if it meant gaining strength?
Besides, no one could see it!
He'd just treat it as a little secret of his own!
Just then, there was a loud crash from the roof!
The roof had been smashed through!
And someone dropped straight down!
Jiang Nan was stunned. He was just about to climb out of the tub when—
The person shoved him back down, and a faintly gleaming dagger pressed against his neck!
Then Jiang Nan felt something soft press tightly against his back!
A faint orchid-like fragrance mingled with the smell of blood and filled his nose!
Long golden hair slid over Jiang Nan's shoulder and fell into the tub!
An extreme sense of danger surged through him!
He felt as if needles were pricking his back. He was just about to turn around when—
The dagger pressed in slightly, cutting his skin!
The woman behind him leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Little bro, don't move! Move again, and you're dead!"
Her breath tickled his ear, and his body stiffened. He didn't dare turn around.
But he still muttered, "Big sis! I'm not a little bro!"
The blonde girl glanced down into the bathtub!
"Hehehe~ You're not that little, but you're so clean... and you still say you're not a little bro?"
Jiang Nan: ???
What the heck!
That made way too much sense!
He couldn't even argue!
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