The Beginning of Mutation, Hong Breaks Through!

Telekinesis spread out.

It covered a distance of several dozen meters around him.

At the same time, his mind merged with the heavens and earth.

The Samsara Spear in the hands of Teng Qingshan swung.

Looking from afar.

At this moment, the tip of the Samsara Spear was shrouded in a dense mass of earth-attribute Cosmic Energy.

As the long spear danced, the earth-yellow spear shadows seemed incredibly slow, yet also incredibly fast.

This was none other than the Primordial Chaos Spear Technique, which possessed the strongest defense.

After finishing the Primordial Chaos Spear Technique, he moved on to the Crimson Tiger Roar Spear Art.

As dense, fiery-red energy flickered.

Every strike he unleashed.

Seemed to pierce through the space in front of him!

As the spear technique with the greatest close-quarters power currently in Teng Qingshan's arsenal.

The power of this strike had already reached the limit for anyone below the Planetary Level.

It was only limited by the fact that his source energy and Telekinesis had not yet broken through to the Planetary Level, restricting his domain range to this size.

However, for an apprentice to be able to execute spear techniques to this degree.

It was enough to shock anyone.

Once he broke through, his domain range could fully expand to a diameter of several dozen meters.

Within this range, Teng Qingshan would be invincible!

With his spear practice finished, Teng Qingshan continued to practice his fist techniques.

A long time later.

As the sky grew dark.

Teng Qingshan ended his training for the day.

He walked on the road home.

The streets had now recovered some of their former bustle.

Small shops had also reopened.

The only difference from before was.

There were now significantly more people out jogging and exercising in the evening.

Seeing society regaining its vitality, Teng Qingshan could not help but feel happy.

But this happiness did not last long.

Teng Qingshan's powerful perception detected something abnormal.

In the hidden corners of the streets, in the sewers.

The rats and cockroaches that originally lived in the gutters.

Were now all a size larger than before.

Even their boldness had increased.

Teng Qingshan witnessed with his own eyes a rat that had grown to over ten centimeters long in the corner of a small shop, daring to steal food right in front of a human.

When the person reacted and wanted to grab a stick to drive it away, the rat actually bared its teeth and squeaked, its cold, sharp teeth appearing even more eerie under the reflection of the lights.

The man holding the stick was startled by this scene, and by the time he reacted and tried to strike, the rat had already vanished back into the sewer.

"That's truly strange; even rats aren't afraid of people these days."

The shop owner scratched his head, put the stick away without giving it much thought, and went back to playing his game.

Watching this scene, Teng Qingshan knew.

The mutation of animals had already begun in silence.

But in the face of all this.

Teng Qingshan had no good solution.

Even if he were to call on everyone to be wary of animals now.

Who would listen to him?

People would only think he was making a fuss over nothing or grandstanding.

This is the meaning of the saying that one's words carry little weight when one is of low status.

After all, humans had grown accustomed to dominating this planet.

Even though people knew that animals were also mutating, and that the speed and degree of their mutation were faster than those of humans, they did not care.

Why were humans strong?

It was not because of their bodies.

It was because of technology! Weapons!

In the inherent perception of the people.

No matter how strong a body of flesh and blood was, could it withstand a cannonball?

Even if it could withstand a cannonball, what about a missile?

What about atomic bombs or hydrogen bombs?

No matter how strong the Monster was, in front of these weapons, it was merely a target.

Human arrogance.

Teng Qingshan naturally understood this.

So he remained silent, quietly training to improve his strength.

Only when Monsters capable of withstanding missiles and atomic bombs appeared would humans realize their arrogance.

Only then would they truly change.

However, by that time.

The price that would need to be paid would far exceed the cost of overcoming the Virus.

"Sigh..."

Leaving behind a silent sigh, Teng Qingshan did not linger and walked quickly toward his home.

In this world.

The only people Teng Qingshan truly cared about were Elder Teng and his disciple Hong.

As for others.

If it was within his capabilities, Teng Qingshan would save them.

But if it exceeded his capabilities, or if he simply disliked them, Teng Qingshan could not be bothered to save them.

Everyone had their own destiny.

There was no need to forcibly interfere.

Seemingly peaceful days passed for another two days.

On the third day.

Hong finally arrived in Yangzhou.

In order to learn fist techniques and the Five Elements Spear Technique from Teng Qingshan on a regular basis.

Hong specifically bought a villa in the suburbs.

After returning this time to submit the mysterious Map Fragment, the Dark Hand had rewarded Hong with quite a lot of money.

Furthermore, after the organization discovered that Hong's strength had improved so much, the remuneration for his subsequent missions had also increased by several tiers.

Naturally, Hong was not short of money now.

Buying a villa in the suburbs was very easy.

After Hong arrived.

Teng Qingshan's daily training routine added one more item.

That was teaching Hong.

The eighteen-year-old Hong.

He was still very young.

He was not yet the seasoned killer who had experienced countless slaughters and battles as seen in the original work.

Currently, he was generally still very sunny. It was just that he also liked to wear black, and his weapon of choice was also a spear.

Half a month later.

In the spacious lawn of the villa's backyard.

Hong, dressed in black, held a spear and was practicing the Five Elements Spear Technique that Teng Qingshan had taught him.

Although Teng Qingshan had not stepped into the realm of Domain in anything other than Earth and Fire.

But thanks to the memories of his spear techniques from his past life, which had reached the level of the Dao.

Teaching Hong was still not a problem.

Moreover, everyone had different areas of expertise.

Teng Qingshan was not certain which of the five elements Hong excelled in, or if he excelled in any of them at all.

After all, the Swallowed Star world was not limited to the five elements of the spatial path; it also included the light, wind, and lightning of the temporal path.

What exactly Hong's physical affinity was, and which direction he excelled in, remained unknown for the time being.

These were all still mysteries.

Teng Qingshan had asked him as well.

Hong did not suffer from any mysterious headaches, nor did he show any signs of awakening Telekinesis.

Naturally.

Teng Qingshan could only teach Hong all the spear techniques and fist techniques he had mastered, letting him find the path that suited him best.

That was exactly what Hong was doing now.

Watching the youth brandish his spear on the lawn, Teng Qingshan wore a faint smile.

Hong's comprehension was truly the greatest he had ever seen in his life.

No matter how difficult or complex a fist or spear technique was, Teng Qingshan only needed to demonstrate it once and explain it once, and Hong would grasp seven or eight tenths of it.

Previously, separated by the internet, Teng Qingshan could not provide proper guidance.

Now, face to face, Teng Qingshan could clearly identify the problems in Hong's practice and provide targeted corrections.

Hong's rate of progress surged once again.

Under such high-intensity training, Hong's physical fitness continued to strengthen, steadily approaching the 900-kilogram punch force threshold.

For the sake of testing his strength, Hong had specifically ordered a punch force tester to measure his power every day.

However, the current punch force tester could only measure up to a maximum of 10,000 kilograms.

Teng Qingshan's casual punches far exceeded this number, so it was naturally useless to him; however, with his control over his own physical strength, even without a tester, he could clearly track his daily progress, down to the single digit.

Roar, roar, roar!

On the lawn, after finishing his spear practice, Hong began to practice his fist techniques.

But this time, as Hong practiced the Tiger Cannon Fist, his entire body's tendons and bones resonated, emitting a faint tiger's roar!

Teng Qingshan's eyes lit up, knowing that after this period of guidance, Hong had finally broken through to the realm of an Internal Martial Arts master!