My Son Su Zhe, Fit to Be a Councillor

Jiangnan Base City.

In the basement of a detached villa within a certain martial artist residential area.

"Bang!"

Su Zhe slammed his fist into the force tester and revealed a satisfied smile as he looked at the number appearing on the screen.

5060 kilograms!

One must know that when Su Zhe participated in the martial artist practical examination, his punching power had barely reached 2000 kilograms, just touching the threshold of an intermediate warrior. Yet, in just a few short days, he had already become an advanced warrior—and not even a newly promoted one at that!

Being able to achieve such progress was all thanks to the power of the Blacklight Virus.

According to Su Zhe's estimation, devouring each low-level soldier-grade monster could increase his strength by about 1 to 100 kilograms, while intermediate soldier-grade monsters could increase it by about 1 to 200 kilograms.

The magnitude of the improvement also varied depending on the species of the monster devoured.

For small, weak monsters like the Shadow Cat, the increase was relatively minor.

As Su Zhe's strength grew, the effect of devouring those weak monsters would diminish; eventually, those weak monsters would likely only serve as blood bags, or perhaps not even be worthy of that.

"Xiao Zhe, this speed of your progress..."

To the side, a stern-faced middle-aged man was staring at the scene before him, dumbfounded.

This was Su Zhe's father, Su Yongyi, an advanced wargod-level martial artist.

"This is simply the potential of a Wargod... no, the potential of a Council Member!"

Su Yongyi said with excitement.

He knew that Su Zhe had only just passed the prospective martial artist practical examination last month. At that time, he had been hunting in the wilderness and couldn't return to witness it in person, but through later communications, he learned that Su Zhe had only increased his strength by a little over a thousand kilograms during his first time practicing the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Technique.

That level could not be called good; it was merely ordinary. Considering Su Zhe's age, there was hope for him to become a Wargod, but not much.

Su Yongyi had originally thought that since Su Zhe lacked cultivation talent, he would just follow his own path. After becoming a wargod-level martial artist in the future, perhaps he could find a family within the HR Alliance to join and enjoy a life of luxury. He never expected that Su Zhe's rate of strength improvement would be so exaggerated!

He had gone to watch Su Zhe's martial artist practical examination a few days ago, but Su Zhe's strength hadn't been this exaggerated back then, had it?

This didn't make sense. What exactly was going on?

Su Yongyi actually had some guesses in his heart; Su Zhe must have encountered some fortuitous opportunity, or perhaps even...

"Xiao Zhe, have you awakened spiritual energy?"

Su Yongyi asked.

Awakening spiritual energy and becoming a spirit reader would drive the improvement of physical strength; this was no secret to powerful martial artists.

"Huh?"

Su Zhe looked blank. What spiritual energy?

Seeing Su Yongyi's knowing expression, Su Zhe felt that he had misunderstood something.

"I haven't awakened any spiritual energy," Su Zhe quickly said.

"Really?"

Su Yongyi looked suspicious.

If he hadn't awakened spiritual energy, then what was the deal with this rate of improvement?

Did he find some heaven-sent treasures?

If so, this brat really had good luck.

Su Yongyi sighed inwardly; he had been a martial artist for so many years and hadn't seen many heaven-sent treasures himself.

"Of course."

Su Zhe patted his chest and nodded. He wasn't lying; he really hadn't awakened any spiritual energy.

"Then..." Su Yongyi was about to continue, but suddenly realized a problem: "Wait... did you sneak off to the wilderness behind my back?"

"..."

Crap, he was found out.

Su Zhe felt a bit awkward. He had promised Su Yongyi that his first trip to the wilderness would be personally led by him. Now that he had been caught red-handed by Su Yongyi, why did it feel like being caught in an affair?

"...Forget it."

Seeing that Su Zhe didn't speak, Su Yongyi sighed.

The child had grown up; he had his own ideas and secrets now.

"Did you enter the wilderness by yourself, or did you join another martial artist squad?" Su Yongyi asked.

"By myself."

Su Zhe hesitated for a moment before choosing to tell the truth.

"By yourself? You weren't injured, were you?" Su Yongyi asked with a worried expression.

"No." Su Zhe shook his head. "I only went to County 0231; there aren't any powerful monsters there."

"That's good." Su Yongyi breathed a sigh of relief.

He was well aware of County 0231; it was located near a military zone and inhabited by a vast number of soldier-level monsters, with commander-level monsters being a rare sight. However, he had no idea that an adolescent Black-Crowned Golden Eagle was lurking there.

Had he known of the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's existence, Su Yongyi would never have allowed Su Zhe to go there alone, no matter what.

Although an adult Black-Crowned Golden Eagle only reaches the mid-level commander rank—or at most, the high-level commander rank—and cannot compare to those lord-level monsters, it still poses a massive threat to ordinary martial artists!

The speed of an adult Black-Crowned Golden Eagle at full sprint is something even a high-level War God would struggle to keep up with.

Only a Spirit Reader could hope to compete with a Black-Crowned Golden Eagle in the realm of speed.

"Since you have already been to the wilderness and returned unscathed, it is time to hand this over to you."

Su Yongyi clapped his hands, retrieved a large case from behind him, and opened it.

Su Zhe fixed his gaze on the contents: a brand-new Series 6 combat suit, a Series 6 battle blade, and a matching communication watch... It was safe to say that the standard loadout for a high-level War General was all here.

"These items will be enough to last you until you reach the War God level."

"And this card; there is 100 million Chinese Yuan on it."

Su Yongyi spoke up, "Little Zhe, you haven't chosen which faction to join yet. Why not just join the Extreme Martial Arts Hall? I know a director there; getting you a good contract shouldn't be a problem."

"Or, do you want to join the HR Alliance? The HR Alliance offers more resources, but the restrictions on your freedom are also greater."

"Either is fine," Su Zhe said.

Joining any particular faction made no difference to Su Zhe.

He truly did not believe he would remain at the Apprentice level for long, and he doubted he would even spend much time at the Planetary level.

Therefore, restrictions on his freedom were completely irrelevant. Once he broke through to the Planetary level and became a Council Member, would those people dare to restrict his freedom?

They would likely not even know how they died.

"Then let's go with the Extreme Martial Arts Hall."

Su Yongyi was a member of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall himself, so naturally, he preferred for Su Zhe to join it.

The subsequent matters were much simpler.

As a high-level War General, Su Yongyi held no official position within the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, but he still carried a certain reputation. Soon, with a director from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall arriving in person, Su Zhe officially signed the contract and joined the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

In return, Su Zhe received a starting fund of 200 million Chinese Yuan, as well as the qualification to purchase secret manuals at half price for the first time.