Jiangnan Base City, Warrior Residential Area, Su Family villa.
After returning from the Wilderness Zone, Su Zhe had considered flying straight home, since it was such a short distance. But that might cause a panic, and the Devourer Beast incident had only ended a few days ago, so it was better not to make such a big show of himself.
At the moment, all of humanity was still on edge.
Even the villains in the original story couldn't possibly show up and provoke them this soon. They couldn't even be sure whether Luo Feng was dead yet.
Otherwise, Su Zhe wouldn't care whether his strength was exposed.
"You're back?"
Su Zhe had barely stepped inside when, before he could say a word, he saw Su Yongyi talking with a somewhat familiar figure beside him. Seeing Su Zhe return, Su Yongyi waved him over.
The visitor was none other than Supervisor Zhuge, who had represented the Extreme Martial Arts Hall when Su Zhe signed his contract.
Supervisor Zhuge held a respectable position in the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. He was only an Advanced War General himself, but he had a War God brother backing him. More importantly, he was the one who had discovered Luo Feng, a true gem.
That alone meant there were few people in the Extreme Martial Arts Hall who dared to cross Supervisor Zhuge.
It was only his strength that kept him from rising to an even higher position.
Su Zhe had no idea why Supervisor Zhuge was at his house, but he assumed there was something he wanted to discuss.
Su Yongyi looked at Su Zhe and said cheerfully, "Supervisor Zhuge, Xiao Zhe is back. Could you go over what you just told me again?"
"Of course."
Supervisor Zhuge nodded with a smile.
Still looking puzzled, Su Zhe sat down on the sofa. He saw a document appear in Supervisor Zhuge's hand.
"Xiao Zhe, I've already discussed this with your father, and he agrees with my idea."
"This is an application for the Extreme Martial Arts Hall's Basic Training Camp. With your talent, you absolutely qualify to join." Supervisor Zhuge handed him the document.
"First, let me tell you about the Basic Training Camp. Although it can't compare to the Elite Training Camp, known as the 'War God Preparatory Camp,' it still has all the resources and equipment you'd need."
"If you perform well in the Basic Training Camp, you can even join the Elite Training Camp directly and receive the best training and resources."
As he spoke, Supervisor Zhuge looked at Su Zhe, then suddenly hesitated.
It had only been a day since they'd last met. Why did Su Zhe seem so different from yesterday?
Supervisor Zhuge was an Advanced War General, after all. Although he hadn't been to the Wilderness Zone much in recent years, he had somehow... sensed a faint threat from Su Zhe?
How was that possible?
Su Zhe was only an Intermediate Warrior!
"Supervisor Zhuge."
By now, Su Zhe understood what Supervisor Zhuge meant.
The Basic Training Camp?
There was no way he was going. With his strength, he was nearly qualified to teach at the Elite Training Camp.
"I'm sorry, but it looks like I won't be able to join the Basic Training Camp." Su Zhe stood up with a smile.
"Why?"
Supervisor Zhuge asked instinctively.
Although he sensed something was off about Su Zhe, he had never imagined that Su Zhe might be a War God.
A place in the Basic Training Camp was something countless warriors fought to get. And Su Zhe was just turning it down?
Su Yongyi also looked at Su Zhe in confusion, but he chose to trust his son. "Xiao Zhe, has your strength improved again? Did you really awaken Psychic Power, or find some plant spirit?"
"...There's no point in talking about it. You'd better see for yourselves."
Su Zhe shook his head slightly and led them down to the basement.
A strength tester stood in the center of the basement. Supervisor Zhuge and Su Yongyi stood to one side, their eyes fixed on Su Zhe.
Su Zhe casually raised his right hand and clenched his fist. He didn't deliberately use the Force Application Technique, and he even suppressed the Super Muscle that would otherwise activate on its own. He simply threw an ordinary punch.
However.
The instant he clenched his fist, the two men behind him felt their pupils contract!
Su Yongyi and Supervisor Zhuge were both Advanced War Generals, so they were intimately familiar with this kind of aura.
Bang!
An invisible pressure spread outward from Su Zhe like a tangible wave!
The air in the basement seemed to freeze. The two men stared in shock as Su Zhe threw his punch. It looked as though he barely brushed the punching target, yet the numbers on the tester began to soar!
10,000 kg... 20,000 kg... 40,000 kg... 60,000 kg!
At last, the numbers stopped at a value that made Supervisor Zhuge's breath catch and his eyes nearly bulge out of their sockets—
66,710 kg!
That was already beyond the 64,000-kilogram threshold for a Beginner War God. It meant that Su Zhe was now a War God!
"W-What?!"
Supervisor Zhuge was dumbfounded.
Yesterday, he had been an Intermediate Warrior. Today, he was already a War God?
How was that possible?
Even Luo Feng hadn't advanced that quickly back then, had he?
Another Luo Feng?
No, no, no. Su Zhe's progress was far more astonishing than Luo Feng's!
It had been a single day, not a year!
"Have you been hiding your strength?" Supervisor Zhuge asked instinctively. But he quickly realized how absurd that sounded and shook his head again and again. "No, no. Even if you were hiding your strength, it couldn't be anything like this!"
"How did you..."
Supervisor Zhuge looked Su Zhe up and down as if he were some kind of monster. Even Su Yongyi, standing nearby, stared at his son in bewilderment, as though he were seeing him for the first time.
If he hadn't watched Su Zhe grow up with his own eyes, Su Yongyi would have wondered whether Su Zhe was really his son.
After all, the path Su Yongyi had originally planned for him was to become a War General step by step. First, they would see whether he could reach the Advanced War General level, and only then would they consider whether he had any chance of becoming a War God!
Su Zhe's talent for absorbing cosmic energy through the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Technique wasn't particularly good.
"Well?"
Su Zhe turned to look at the two men, who were still staring at him in shock, and smiled.
"...It seems that the Basic Training Camp isn't the only place that wouldn't suit you. Even the Elite Training Camp might not be right for you." Supervisor Zhuge gave a wry smile.
"Talent" was no longer enough to describe him.
He was a prodigy!
A monster!
"Su Zhe, I'll contact the president and the Inspector and report your situation as soon as possible. Then you'll receive the full support and training of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. You could become the next Luo Feng... or even surpass him!" Supervisor Zhuge said excitedly.
"Sure." Su Zhe didn't mind.
With strength like his, there was no reason to hide it.
Su Zhe didn't think there was any point in playing the weakling. Besides, on Earth... there weren't really any tigers to fool.
The right path was to grow strong enough as soon as possible and head for the universe.
If he could use his rapidly growing strength to draw out the few villains hiding on Earth ahead of time, that might be a good choice too. They had all been killed by Luo Feng when he returned anyway. Su Zhe might as well be the one to devour them.
Su Zhe thought to himself.
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