Tiger Hunt, Thunderclap

Time flew.

In the blink of an eye, Li Xiuwen had been in the Learning Society for two months.

At the end of the month, while training in seclusion for a final push toward Tiger Hunt, he took another Placement Exam. This time, he placed thirtieth, replacing Qian Xiaolong, whom he had defeated, as the new gatekeeper before Tiger Hunt.

What amused him was this:

Green-Haired Turtle placed thirty-first.

One rank below him again!

Li Xiuwen suspected Green-Haired Turtle had a crush on him.

Why else did he keep following right on his heels?

After all, Green-Haired Turtle had broken through long ago.

He simply had not gone to the administrative office to update his token. Many disciples still thought he was a Three-Leaf Green Sprout. Only Li Xiuwen and higher-ups like Tiger Granny knew he had reached Tiger Hunt long ago.

With his strength, Green-Haired Turtle could even contend with Mid-Stage Tiger Hunt experts ranked in the top twenty-five. Li Xiuwen finally understood where the "turtle" in Turtle King Style came from. He had to admit he could not compare.

One night, long past dark,

Li Xiuwen was still practicing.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

[Whale-Swallowing Art proficiency increased by 1%...]

[Whale-Swallowing Art: Second Layer (1%)]

[Stage: Tiger Hunt (1%)]

As the last Great Elixir dissolved into a trickling warmth that flowed through his Four Limbs and Hundred Bones, Li Xiuwen finally mastered the first layer of Whale-Swallowing Art, "Long Whale Draws Water," through relentless training and a steady diet of elixirs. An endless supply of qi and blood sprang from his hundred apertures, traveled along his meridians, and filled his muscles.

Li Xiuwen looked within. As he clenched his fist, peals of thunder sounded inside him, like a fierce tiger roaring across a mountain ridge.