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"Spiritualist?"

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Chapter 14: A Genius Like This—And the Limit Martial Arts Hall Snatched Him Up!

"Punched a Tiger Mastiff Dog's head to bits?"

"Three flying stones shot out of nowhere and killed a Tiger Mastiff Dog in one go?"

"What kind of freak is this?!"

The officer stared at the switched-back footage, his face full of shock. He immediately pressed the communication button in front of him: "Lock onto the white-clothed prospective martial artist at camera 18!"

"Pull up his file for me right now!"

"What, Iron Monkey, you're tempted too?"

The burly man beside him smirked, eyeing his old brother from the Northern Military District. "But you're out of luck."

"Old Wang..."

The officer called Iron Monkey froze, casting a puzzled look at Old Wang. "What do you mean by that?"

"His name is Jiang Li. Damn it, the Limit Martial Arts Hall already took him!"

This burly man was none other than Old Wang from the Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall. His face was full of frustration. "Even Inspector Lei came to recruit him in person, and he still turned us down. Who knew the kid was also a Spiritualist!"

"If Zhuge Tao finds out, he'll be laughing like a pig!"

"No way!"

The more Old Wang spoke, the angrier he got. He slammed the table hard. "I have to report this higher up and fight to snatch him back!"

"Iron Monkey, are we brothers through life and death or not?"

"What are you trying to do?!"

Iron Monkey's eyes widened. "I'm not doing anything illegal or against the rules for you!"

"Illegal stuff? Just keep this video under wraps for now. Don't let the Limit Martial Arts Hall see it, especially that bastard Zhuge Tao!"

With that, Old Wang immediately dialed the higher-ups at the Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall.

Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall Headquarters.

"Hm? Little Wang from the Jiangnan Guild Hall?"

Lei Meng's calm voice rang out.

Under normal circumstances, the Jiangnan Guild Hall wouldn't contact him, an Inspector, directly. The only explanation was that something big had happened!

"Inspector Lei, sir, it's like this—I've discovered that this Jiang Li isn't just a General-level martial artist, he's also a Spiritualist!"

Old Wang's tone was urgent.

"I understand. Don't bother with it."

With that, Lei Meng ended the call.

"What?"

Old Wang stared blankly at the disconnected line, mulling it over. He'd made himself perfectly clear!

General-level, and a Spiritualist!

A freak like that, and he was supposed to ignore it?

But how could he know that after Jiang Li said, "Ling Ling told me to join the Limit Martial Arts Hall," Lei Meng already knew the Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall had no chance.

One night passed.

The sky was just barely lightening. Iron Monkey from the Northern Military District had watched camera 18 all night, barely able to sleep.

After Jiang Li had killed five Tiger Mastiff Dogs, he simply went to the town entrance to train. With his spiritual power covering the area, he had no fear of monsters ambushing him.

"Woo... woo!"

At that moment, a long siren sounded.

At the same time, a deep voice echoed across the entire town: "Time's up! All prospective martial artists, assemble immediately at the town entrance!"

"It's over."

Jiang Li stretched lazily and strolled out from a collapsed building toward the town entrance.

One by one, prospective martial artists gathered. Almost everyone had bloodstains on them—maybe from the monsters, maybe their own.

Some were being helped out by others.

"Jiang Li? Hm, four monster left ears. Not bad. Next!"

Jiang Li was the first to walk out. The inspecting officer nodded slightly when he saw the white clothes completely unstained by blood.

"Lu Fei, four monster left ears, light injury on the left arm. Not bad either!"

Soon, Lu Fei came out too. Spotting Jiang Li, he quickened his pace to catch up. "Brother Jiang, I took down four monsters. What about you? Forty? Fifty?"

"Same as you."

Jiang Li shrugged. "Four. That should be enough to pass."

"What?"

Lu Fei looked incredulous and was about to say something more when—

"Look, it's Luo Feng!"

"That Luo Feng who Limit Martial Arts Hall recruited early—I wonder how many monsters he's killed!"

"There are only three people in this early recruitment. The top three on the leaderboard are probably them."

"Heh, good physical stats don't mean real combat ability!"

"Exactly. He might faint at the sight of blood!"

"..."

In an instant, the gazes of countless martial artists locked onto Luo Feng, who had just arrived at the entrance.

"Thirty-six monster left ears, no injuries. You currently have the highest kill count."

At the statistical officer's words, the scene erupted in uproar!

"I'm the highest?"

Luo Feng was taken aback. He'd held back on kills to hone his blade and movement techniques.

"Crazy, over here!" Lu Fei waved at Luo Feng from a distance.

"Brother Lu! Brother Jiang!"

Luo Feng jogged over. "How many monsters did you two kill?"

Hearing this.

Lu Fei grinned. "Crazy, you might not believe it, but Brother Jiang and I killed the same number—four each. Pretty impressive, right?!"

Jiang Li: "..."

Luo Feng: "..."

If you wanted to put it that way, it wasn't wrong.

Luo Feng looked at Jiang Li, who was spotless, and asked, "Brother Jiang didn't go hunting, did he? Well, with your strength, killing more wouldn't mean anything anyway."

"Luo Feng!"

Just then, a bearded officer walked over with a smile. "Come with me. An old friend of mine wants to meet you..."

"Me?"

Luo Feng was puzzled. It would've made more sense for them to want to see Jiang Li.

Wanting to see him?

That was unexpected.

Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall Headquarters.

Inside the large audiovisual room.

"Iceberg."

Lei Meng connected to Limit Martial Arts Hall and asked, "How long do you estimate the Hall Master and the First Elder will be at the ancient ruins this time?"

"I don't know."

On the other end of the video feed, Iceberg replied expressionlessly. "The Hall Master has cut off all communication. This ancient ruin seems unusual. It'll probably be a while before they come out."

"Even the First Elder cut off communication?"

A trace of helplessness flickered across Lei Meng's face. "Looks like we'll just have to wait."

For experts like Hong and the Thunder God, a single closed-door training session could last years, and exploring ancient ruins was the same—sometimes a few months, sometimes a year or more before they emerged.

Elsewhere.

After completing his registration, Jiang Li didn't linger at the Northern Military District. He took a train straight back to Yangzhou City.

"Wife!"

The moment Jiang Li stepped off the train, he saw Ling Ling staring intently at the exit.

"Husband!"