Acquaintance

(The chapter title for this chapter was entered incorrectly, and the author cannot change it through the backend. It is actually Chapter 28. Tiger will contact the editor to correct it later. Sorry!)

After digesting the seven Iron-Fanged Hyena Seven-Power Fruits, one Fruit of Radiance, and one Judgment Fruit, Zhang Tie left the Castle of Black Iron again. By the time he emerged from the cave, six days had passed.

The Iron-Fanged Hyena Seven-Power Fruit was the most potent Seven-Power Fruit Zhang Tie had eaten so far. As a level-one creature, the combined seven powers contained within its fruit far surpassed those of the Wild Wolf Seven-Power Fruit and the Demon Rat Seven-Power Fruit. After completely digesting those seven Wild Wolf Seven-Power Fruits, Zhang Tie felt that the explosive strength his entire body could unleash had increased by more than forty percent.

It was a terrifying, enormous leap forward. The best proof of Zhang Tie's increased strength was the speed of the Flying Spears he tested in the Castle of Black Iron. From the previous 728 meters per second—more than twice the speed of sound—it had broken through to 1,014 meters per second, more than three times the speed of sound through air. He had officially entered the ranks of triple Sound Strike, and his maximum effective killing range had likewise exceeded 1,000 meters.

Miller said that unless he encountered the rare top-tier Strong Warrior with some special ability, this Sound Strike speed would be enough to completely suppress more than 98 percent of four-star or five-star Strong Warriors within a distance of one or two hundred meters.

From then on, the vast majority of Strong Warriors no longer posed a threat to Zhang Tie. Reaping a Strong Warrior's life was, to him, no more than throwing a Flying Spear.