"That man is Councillor Jiang Ming!"
Luo Feng had not expected that the person they had just been discussing would appear before him the very next second.
At that moment, the envy in Yang Hui's eyes was practically overflowing.
"Remember Councillor Jiang Ming's guidance well. With so many people here, Councillor Jiang Ming chose to personally instruct you alone."
Yang Hui had no idea what incredible luck Luo Feng had stumbled into. He had not even officially joined the Elite Training Camp yet, and he had already received guidance from such an important figure.
"Mm, I will."
Luo Feng nodded. Although this had come rather suddenly, receiving guidance from such a major figure was undeniably a good thing for him.
Surely someone like that would not be playing around with him.
So today is Luo Feng's first day at the Elite Training Camp. I happened to run into him—was this the luck of the Child of Destiny?
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
His decision to leave had been random. Even he had not expected to go out at that particular time.
Yet he had happened to encounter Luo Feng just as he joined the Elite Training Camp. Such a coincidence was a little too coincidental.
Was he lucky, or was I lucky?
Jiang Ming felt somewhat confused. He could not tell whose good fortune this truly was.
On the surface, Luo Feng was the one benefiting, so naturally he was the lucky one.
But Jiang Ming himself knew that merely stepping outside had allowed him to lend a hand to the Child of Destiny of Swallowed Star. His luck was certainly not bad either.
Forget it. I can't figure it out, so I won't think about it.
Jiang Ming put the matter behind him.
As long as he remained on Earth, encountering Luo Feng was inevitable.
His body floated into the air, and Jiang Ming shot skyward.
Amid the clouds, a King-class fighter jet appeared.
The King-class fighter jet tore through the sky. Its hatch opened, and Jiang Ming flew out, descending toward the ground below.
A massive volcano appeared before Jiang Ming.
Its crater was more than five thousand meters across, making it the largest active volcano on Earth.
This was Jiang Ming's newest training ground.
He plunged headfirst into the volcanic magma, and the combat suit formed by his Black God Suit began to reshape itself into a pair of shorts.
Lines of crimson-gold Sun God Marks began appearing across Jiang Ming's bare body.
This Black God Suit really is useful. As long as I pay a little attention, I won't have to run around naked after every battle.
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
After returning to Hongning Base City, Jiang Ming had obtained a Black God Suit from Hong.
Although the Black God Suit could not increase his strength, it at least kept him from running around naked after every battle.
That would undermine the bearing of an Expert.
As the Sun God Marks across his body flickered between light and darkness as though breathing, the genetic energy within Jiang Ming gradually increased as well.
After a martial artist broke through to the Planetary level, genetic energy could be projected outward for attacks.
The strength of one's genetic energy was often equal to one's own physical strength.
*Raising my Gene level has increased my appetite as well. If I still had a Body Gene three times stronger than normal, I would probably already be Planetary level two.
But now, I can feel that I'm still a long way from Planetary level two.
If I want to improve as rapidly as I did during the Apprentice stage, I'll probably have to wait until I reach the stellar level.*
Jiang Ming sensed his ever-rising strength and thought to himself.
Could an ant and an elephant possibly eat the same amount?
Jiang Ming was now an elephant in every sense of the word.
He needed more Cosmic Origin Energy to advance his realm.
*It would be nice if I had a Nutrition Chamber. Levels one through nine are merely an accumulation of quantity.
Only a leap in realm is a true transformation of life—from worm to dragon.*
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
The various major powers in the universe would never let their own geniuses waste time on mere accumulation.
Even weaker factions that lacked something like a Nutrition Chamber would have inferior substitutes, or even more inferior substitutes.
They would not allow geniuses to waste time on such meaningless matters.
I wonder how Hong's preparations are coming along.
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
Having grown accustomed to rapid increases in cultivation, Jiang Ming found it somewhat difficult to adapt now that he had merely slowed down to consolidate his foundation.
Should I go deeper toward Earth's core and see whether cultivating there is more effective?
With that thought, Jiang Ming immediately twisted his body and followed the magma downward.
Before long, he reached the bottom of the crater, where there was no path leading toward Earth's core.
Jiang Ming was not surprised by this sight.
Even the largest volcano would not be excessively deep.
Take the volcano Jiang Ming was currently in, for instance. It was already Earth's largest active volcano, yet it was still less than two hundred meters deep.
It had not even penetrated the earth's crust, much less reached the core of the earth.
I'll give it a try. There aren't any humans on Hawaii Island anyway. Even if I blow up the Hawaii volcano, it won't have any real impact.
Jiang Ming thought, then threw a full-force punch at the bottom of the magma.
Boom!
Jiang Ming's punch at the bottom of the volcano was like the detonation of a high-yield nuclear bomb.
The entire volcano immediately began to tremble, while magma erupted from the crater in a small-scale burst.
Jiang Ming's punch had opened an enormous pit a thousand meters wide at the bottom of the volcano.
"This won't do. The efficiency is too low."
Looking at the huge pit he had created, Jiang Ming calculated how long it would take to carve out a passage using only his own strength, then spoke with some disappointment.
"At this rate, even hundreds of years wouldn't be enough to reach Earth's core."
Although Earth's core was only a few thousand kilometers beneath the surface, and Jiang Ming could punch out a hole one kilometer wide at the bottom of the volcano with a single blow,
it only seemed as though a few thousand punches would be enough to reach Earth's core. In reality, it was nothing of the sort.
As Jiang Ming continued deeper, the underground pressure would also grow stronger.
At that point, the transmission of his force would weaken.
The holes he created would only become smaller and smaller.
"Hm? My energy absorption rate has increased?"
Jiang Ming suddenly discovered that the strength within his body was growing faster.
Is it because I triggered a small-scale eruption of the Hawaii volcano, increasing the volcano's energy output?
After studying the change in the rate at which his strength was growing, Jiang Ming thought to himself.
At that thought, Jiang Ming immediately became interested.
An unexpected gain. It seems the Hawaii volcano had already accumulated nearly enough energy on its own, and I merely pushed it into its active period early.
"Then let the storm rage even harder."
Jiang Ming laughed loudly, the crimson-gold Sun God Marks around his body shining with dazzling brilliance.
He threw another punch, smashing it into the bottom of the volcano.
The magma in the crater became even more active.
"Not enough! Again."
Jiang Ming sensed that as the volcano's activity increased, the energy it released grew greater and greater. The rate at which his strength increased also accelerated, and he was instantly delighted.
He began throwing punches without pause.
Each fist that struck the bottom of the volcano was like a nuclear bomb detonating.
The volcano gradually began to roar, surging with power!
Until Jiang Ming threw another punch!
Boom!
The surging underground magma began to rush upward madly, pouring toward the crater.
Jiang Ming stood at the bottom of the volcano. Torrents of magma surged toward him, yet he was like an immovable boulder, standing atop the waves.
Boundless volcanic energy flooded wildly into Jiang Ming's body, continuously increasing his strength.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
Feeling that long-lost thrill of rapid improvement once more, Jiang Ming let out a hearty laugh.
He could feel that the rate at which his strength was increasing was now dozens of times faster than usual!
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