World Destroyer

After Yang Wu joined the squad, the Phantom Squad celebrated by having a feast at the restaurant inside Extreme Martial Arts Hall headquarters.

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

"Yang Wu!" Chu Tian asked with a smile. "Our squad plans to head to the Wilderness Area to hunt monsters in ten days. Have you got all your weapons and gear yet?"

"Not yet!" Yang Wu replied helplessly. "Captain, I want to buy a decent set of weapons and gear, but I just became a warrior and don't have any Contribution Points. Paying the full price would be too expensive. I was planning to ask Uncle Wu for help, but I never expected him to bring me here!"

"That's easy!" Zhou Zheng said with a smile, patting Yang Wu on the shoulder. "I've already reached the three-star Contribution Point level. Send me a list of the gear you need, and I can get it for you at half price. You can pay me back afterward! But you'll have to buy the manuals yourself. There's nothing we can do to help with those!"

"Got it. Thanks, Brother Zhou!"

Yang Wu nodded.

Since they would be in the same squad, calling one person "Uncle" and another "Brother" didn't seem appropriate, so Yang Wu changed the way he addressed Zhou Zheng. No one minded.

Yang Wu had picked out the gear he needed long ago, so he sent Zhou Zheng the list on his phone.

The complete set of Series 6 gear included a combat suit priced at 80 million, or 40 million at half price, and a Pojun-series spear, an A6-grade weapon priced at 20 million, or 10 million at half price. Those two items alone would use up all the start-up funds Extreme Martial Arts Hall had given Yang Wu. Fortunately, Yang Wu had some savings, and small items like a backpack and Communication Watch were reasonably priced, so he could afford to buy those as well.

The others were slightly surprised when they saw Yang Wu's order.

They clearly hadn't known that Zhuge Tao had increased Yang Wu's start-up funds.

"Who would've thought you were a little rich guy, Yang Wu!" Zheng Tao joked.

In truth, 50 million Huaxia Currency was nothing to the members of the Phantom Squad. But for a rookie who had just become a warrior like Yang Wu, it was still a huge sum. Even though Yang Wu had War General Level strength, he had never hunted monsters, so he had no monster materials to sell.

"Good!" Seeing that everything had been arranged, Chu Tian smiled at Yang Wu. "Once your gear arrives, make sure you get familiar with it as soon as possible. Try to get used to everything before we enter the Wilderness Area!"

"Understood, Captain." Yang Wu nodded.

Warriors usually used gear that suited them best. When they switched to new equipment, differences in weight and materials meant they inevitably needed time to adjust.

They chatted for a while longer. It was around two in the afternoon when Yang Wu and Wu Tong finally returned to Yangzhou City.

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

Yang Wu sat cross-legged on the floor, with a thick manual in front of him. It was the first volume of the Ultimate Spear Art, World Destroyer.

As soon as he opened the first page of World Destroyer, Yang Wu saw a spear point thrusting toward him. Its chilling aura seemed to annihilate all things, making his heart tremble with fear.

"So powerful!" Yang Wu thought.

Just the printed words on a page were enough to make him, a War General Level warrior, feel terrified. Hong truly deserved to be the world's strongest fighter, having comprehended a Domain.

After recovering from his shock, Yang Wu continued reading.

"The core principles of the World Destroyer Spear Art I created are the two words: stillness and motion."

"As the old saying goes, be still as a maiden and move as a startled hare."

"Stillness prepares you for a stronger burst. If you don't move, nothing happens; once you move, you give it everything. When your spear thrusts, heaven and earth tremble, and nothing can withstand it."

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

"Becoming still allows you to use stillness to counter motion, better observe your enemy's weaknesses, and find their vulnerabilities."

"When you move, you strike with all your strength, leaving your enemy no chance to defend against your attack."

"The World Destroyer Spear Art I created incorporates the one-of-a-kind Domain in this world. Once you comprehend it, you will be invincible among those of your level!"

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

"The Guidance Technique can give you a stronger body, while the spear art and Movement Technique can give you superior skills."

"Only by practicing over and over again and possessing astonishing insight can you comprehend the true essence of the World Destroyer Spear Art."

The manual explained many things, but Yang Wu's spear art and Movement Technique had already reached a decent level, while the Guidance Technique mainly helped with cultivating Genetic Origin Energy. So what Yang Wu valued most was the Force Application Technique in the World Destroyer Spear Art.

Yang Wu soon flipped to the section on Force Application Technique.

After reading about the Force Application Technique in the first volume, Yang Wu finally understood the difference between a top-tier manual and an ordinary one.

Perhaps World Destroyer wasn't anything special in the vast universe.

But compared with the Blazing Spear Art he had learned in the Simulator, World Destroyer was exquisitely intricate.

Just mastering the first volume of World Destroyer would give him twice the force application.

The second volume would give him three times the force application.

The fifth volume would give him six times the force application.

As for the sixth volume, it no longer improved the Force Application Technique.

It was said that Hong was the only person in the world who had mastered the sixth volume of World Destroyer.

"Perhaps the sixth volume involves the secrets of Domain!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

In World Destroyer, Hong had clearly stated that the spear art incorporated his own Domain. The sixth volume was so difficult to master most likely because of that Domain.

"Never mind. Domain is still a long way off for me. I'd better focus on mastering the Force Application Technique in the first volume."

In the Martial Arts Training Hall, Yang Wu used his arm as a spear, thrusting and sweeping again and again as he practiced the spear techniques in the first volume of World Destroyer.

The first volume of World Destroyer contained thirteen spear forms. According to the manual, these thirteen forms helped one comprehend the Force Application Technique of the first volume.

Once Yang Wu began practicing, he lost track of time. He didn't come back to himself until his mother, Liu Yuhua, called him to dinner.

He put the manual back in his bedroom and went downstairs. His parents were already seated at the table, but his younger brother, Yang Fan, was nowhere to be seen.

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

It was still summer vacation, so students didn't have to go to school. Yang Fan usually stayed home to do his homework or train.

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

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