World Destroyer

After Yang Wu joined the team, the Phantom Squad members celebrated with a big meal at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall headquarters' restaurant.

After eating, Chu Tian led Lu Yuan and the others to a lounge to chat.

"Yang Wu!" Chu Tian asked with a smile. "Our team plans to head to the Wilderness Area to hunt monsters in ten days. Do you have all your weapons and equipment ready?"

"Not yet!" Yang Wu replied helplessly. "Captain, I want to buy a good set of gear, but I just became a martial artist and have no contribution points. Buying at full price is too expensive. I was planning to ask Uncle Wu for help, but he brought me here instead!"

"That's simple!" Zhou Zheng patted Yang Wu on the shoulder and laughed. "My contribution points are already at the three-star level. Give me a list of what you need, and I can buy it for you at half price. Just pay me back later! But you'll have to buy the secret manuals yourself—there's no helping with that!"

"I understand. Thanks, Brother Zhou!"

Yang Wu nodded.

Since they'd be on the same team, calling some 'uncle' and others 'brother' wouldn't be quite right, so Yang Wu changed how he addressed Zhou Zheng. No one minded.

Yang Wu had already picked out his gear earlier, so he sent the list to Zhou Zheng via his phone.

Standard Series 6 equipment: a full combat suit for 80 million, half price 40 million; a Pojun series long spear, A6-grade, full price 20 million, half price 10 million. Those two items alone drained all the startup funds the Extreme Martial Arts Hall had given Yang Wu. Luckily, he had some savings, and small tools like backpacks and communication watches were reasonably priced, so he could buy those too.

Looking at Yang Wu's purchase list, the others were slightly surprised.

They clearly didn't know that Zhuge Tao had increased Yang Wu's startup funds.

"Didn't expect you to be a little rich kid, Yang Wu!" Zheng Tao joked.

In truth, 50 million Huaxia Currency was nothing to the Phantom Squad members. But for a newcomer like Yang Wu, who had just become a martial artist, it was a huge sum. Even though he had War General-level strength, he hadn't hunted any monsters yet, so he had no monster materials to sell.

"Alright!" Chu Tian, seeing everything arranged, smiled at Yang Wu. "Yang Wu, once the gear arrives, get familiar with it quickly. Make sure you're comfortable with it before we head into the Wilderness Area!"

"Captain, I understand!" Yang Wu nodded slightly.

Martial artists always use their most comfortable equipment. After switching to new gear, due to differences in weight and material, it takes some time to adapt.

They chatted a while longer until around two in the afternoon, when Yang Wu and Wu Tong returned to Yangzhou City.

Mingyue Residential Quarter, Villa 201, second-floor Martial Arts Training Hall.

Yang Wu sat cross-legged on the floor, a thick secret manual placed before him—the first layer of the Ultimate Spear Art, World Destroyer.

Opening the first page of World Destroyer, Yang Wu immediately saw a spear tip rushing toward him, chillingly cold, annihilating all things, sending a shiver down his spine.

"So powerful!" Yang Wu thought in awe.

Just a printed copy of the script could make him, a War General-level martial artist, tremble with fear. No wonder Hong was the world's number one, having comprehended the domain.

After the shock passed, Yang Wu continued reading.

"The fundamental essence of my World Destroyer spear art lies in two words: stillness and motion."

"As the old saying goes, still as a maiden, swift as a startled hare."

"Stillness is for better burst. If you don't move, fine; if you do, go all out. One spear thrust, and heaven and earth tremble, nothing left undestroyed."

After finishing the first page, Yang Wu turned to the second.

"Stillness lets you counter motion, better observe your enemy's flaws, and find their weaknesses."

"Motion means a full-force strike, leaving the enemy no chance to defend."

"My World Destroyer spear art integrates a unique domain from this world. Once you grasp it, you'll be unmatched at the same rank!"

"The World Destroyer manual includes a complete Movement Technique, 'Shadow,' a complete top-tier Guidance Art, 'Guangyao Qixing,' and a complete spear art, 'World Destroyer.'"

"The Guidance Art builds a stronger physique; the spear art and Movement Technique grant superior skill."

"Only through relentless practice and remarkable insight can you grasp the true essence of World Destroyer."

Though the manual covered much, Yang Wu had already made some progress in spear arts and movement techniques, and Guidance Arts mostly aided in cultivating Genetic Origin Energy. So, he focused more on the Force Application Technique within World Destroyer.

Yang Wu quickly flipped to the section on force application.

After reading the Force Application Technique recorded in the first layer of the manual, Yang Wu finally understood the difference between top-tier and ordinary secret manuals.

Perhaps this World Destroyer was nothing special in the vast universe.

But compared to the Blazing Spear Art he'd learned in the Simulator, World Destroyer was exquisitely refined.

Just mastering the first layer of World Destroyer would grant him a two-fold Force Application Technique.

The second layer would give him three-fold force.

The fifth layer would yield six-fold force.

As for the sixth layer, it didn't enhance force application.

It was said that only Hong himself in the entire world had mastered the sixth layer of World Destroyer.

"Maybe the sixth layer involves the secret of the domain," Yang Wu thought to himself.

Hong had clearly stated in World Destroyer that it integrated his domain. The reason the sixth layer was so hard to master was likely due to the domain.

"Never mind. The domain is still far off for me. I'd better focus on mastering the first layer's Force Application Technique first."

In the Martial Arts Training Hall, Yang Wu used his arm as a spear, continuously thrusting and practicing the spear techniques from the first layer of World Destroyer.

The first layer of World Destroyer contained a total of thirteen spear techniques. According to the manual, these thirteen forms helped in comprehending the Force Application Technique within the first layer.

Yang Wu practiced so intensely that he lost track of time, only snapping out of it when his mother, Liu Yuhua, called him for dinner.

After putting the manual back in his bedroom, Yang Wu went downstairs. He saw his parents already seated at the table, but his younger brother, Yang Fan, was nowhere to be found.

"Dad, Mom, where's Xiao Fan?" Yang Wu asked in confusion. "It's dinner time. Why isn't he back yet?"

It was still summer break, so students didn't have to go to school. Yang Fan was usually at home doing homework or training.

"Xiao Fan went to a classmate's house. He just called and said he'd be back a bit later," his father, Yang Yuande, said.

"Forget about him. Let's eat first!" Liu Yuhua stood up and ladled a bowl of rice for Yang Wu.