“Jujingzu (Whale Seat), you're the strongest assassin, the top bounty hunter on Earth and the Moon! No one but you can accomplish this mission. After you complete the task, the organization will arrange three escape routes for you. In that environment where all technological devices are sealed off, no one will be your match with your abilities!” the mustached man said in a low voice.

“So?”

“So, the higher-ups have entrusted this task entirely to you. This is the meaning of Xuanming Island.”

Xuanming Island.

Upon hearing this, the smile on Jujingzu's (Whale Seat's) face slowly faded.

Even someone as arrogant as him would feel intense pressure and displeasure when faced with this name.

He killed his parents, severed his emotions, all in pursuit of the ultimate strength of his own pure bloodline!

And the way Xuanming Island initially sent people to invite him had always made him extremely unhappy.

“As the future Crown Prince, Zhou Shuo will definitely have extremely powerful Feiyi (Flying Instrument) masters guarding him. Therefore, the best opportunity for assassination is in the competition area where technological products are prohibited. Jujingzu (Whale Seat), you must obtain the opportunity to get close to Zhou Shuo as the first-place winner after the competition.”

*Bang!*

Before the words could finish.

The mustached man's head snapped to the side as he was struck in the head by a palm, flying horizontally and crashing to the ground.

“Say ‘must’ one more time,” Jujingzu (Whale Seat) said, retracting his hand, “and I'll kill you!”

The mustached man coughed a few times, blood溢flowing from the corner of his mouth as he slowly got up. A trace of anger and fear flashed in his eyes.

But he didn't dare to resist.

Jujingzu (Whale Seat) was the physically strongest monster in Xinghu (Star Lake).

He had undergone hundreds of genetic experiments and modifications, and his body's structure was beyond the common-sense understanding of ordinary people.

The limit of an ordinary person's strength is around one ton.

But Jujingzu (Whale Seat) had undergone the organization's Xingmo (Star Demon) surgery, incorporating a special gene cultivated using dead-angle drugs—the Xingmo (Star Demon) gene.

Therefore, whether it was speed, strength, or physique, he far surpassed the limits of ordinary people.

But the power of dead angles wasn't so easy to harness.

Although Jujingzu (Whale Seat) had succeeded in the surgery, his temperament had changed from the initial stability and introversion to the current martial arts fanatic who pursued the extreme of strength.

In his hands, once he entered the Xingmo (Star Demon) state, those so-called masters of various schools were all as vulnerable as chickens.

It was precisely for this reason that the organization had chosen him as the best candidate for this operation against Zhou Shuo.

But he hadn't expected that this guy was too manic and completely uncontrollable.

He even dared to attack him, the organization's liaison.

Getting up, the mustached man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

“Don't be careless. Utopia has also sent people to participate in this competition. They seem to have other, different plans.”

“What plans?” Jujingzu (Whale Seat) picked up a wine glass and tilted his head back, drinking the liquid inside.

“It should be revenge against Jiuyi (Nine Instruments). Last time, they were continuously killed by Jiuyi (Nine Instruments), losing many ministers and a large number of mid- and high-level experts, suffering heavy losses. With Hong Miao's (Red Temple's) style, they will never let it go.”

“That's for the best.” Jujingzu (Whale Seat) stood up. “If they're too weak, I won't even have the interest to crush them.”

He walked to the mustached man.

“Hopefully, it won't be as boring as it was three years ago.”

Three years ago, he disguised himself as another person and beat more than a dozen contestants to death or disability in a competition. Later, after discovering that his opponent was cheating, he went berserk and launched a massacre, causing hundreds of casualties among the opponent, their team, and the supporting audience.

Afterwards, when he left, he was besieged by Feiyi (Flying Instrument) masters but mysteriously retreated.

This was also one of his achievements that earned him the reputation of being the strongest pure bloodline within the organization.

*

*

*

Time passed. In the blink of an eye, a week had gone by.

Inside the Chaoyu (Facing Speech) Li family's estate.

A monthly family gathering was quietly beginning.

As one of the top three noble families in Chaoyu (Facing Speech), the Li family controlled all of the catering industry in Chaoyu (Facing Speech). Eighty percent of the entire industrial chain related to food in Chaoyu (Facing Speech) was in the hands of the Li family.

Songyu Manor was one of the locations where the Li family had held regular meetings for many years.

This manor itself wasn't on the surface but, like the clan lands of other great nobles, was located three thousand meters deep beneath the entire Chaoyu (Facing Speech).

Calling it a manor was actually a huge underground cavity unique to the Li family.

In the cavity, an area of more than one hundred thousand square meters had been transformed into a cluster of antique-style buildings with small bridges and flowing water in a garden style.

Bright lighting orbs floated in the air, providing this pale-white building complex with a pale-yellow, sun-like simulated sunlight.

Da Zhuang (Big Strong) Li Chongnan, as in previous regular meetings, sat alone on the edge of the lawn, carefully reading a copy of *General Explanation of Fighting Styles*.

Not participating at all in the peers holding a music barbecue on the lawn in the distance.

For a week, she went to her teacher Li Chengyi's place every day to receive special training, and was almost beaten black and blue every day.

But strangely, the next day after returning, the injuries on her body, no matter how severe, would mysteriously disappear and return to normal.

Combined with the practice of the Holy Spirit Technique, she has now officially completed the second section of practice, and the Wisdom Sword condensed on her body is ten times stronger than the initial one!

Not only that, but she could feel that the flesh, bones, and muscles all over her body were being greatly improved and strengthened, as if they were constantly being hammered into alloy.

And these weren't all. The most exaggerated thing was her consciousness!

She had tested it. Originally, her consciousness wasn't enough to become a Feiyi (Flying Instrument) master at all.

But now, her consciousness strength had exceeded the official Feiyi (Flying Instrument) master standard by three times!

This was only a week!

A week is just a little bit of time for ordinary people to go to work and rest, and it passes in the blink of an eye.

But for her, it was a week of rebirth.

“Xiaonan, the Holy Spirit Technique values intention the most. If you can use this competition to temper your intention, make your will purer, stronger, and less likely to be shaken. Then your Holy Spirit Technique will definitely have a great leap forward!”

Master Li Chengyi's voice came from the headset.

“I know,” Li Chongnan responded in a low voice.

“No. You don't know,” Li Chengyi said. “The greatest strength of the Holy Spirit Technique I created lies in intention!”

“No accumulation is needed. As long as your will is strong enough, firm enough, and never wavers, you can quickly expand yourself like a balloon by absorbing external forces.”

“As long as the conditions are right, you can reach the peak that ordinary people can't reach in decades in a very short period of time!”

Li Chongnan's heart was boiling with enthusiasm.

In the past week, she had personally experienced the exaggeration of the Holy Spirit Technique.

In a week, her physical strength and reaction speed had far surpassed her former self, reaching the limit that the human body could reach.

And this was only the foundation. What was truly strong was the Wisdom Sword.

The Wisdom Sword, which moved with her heart, had a terrifying advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

“Dazhuang. Why aren't you participating in the gathering?”

Just as she was thinking, a familiar voice floated from the side.

A slender girl in a purple skirt, with a bright smile, holding a drink, had walked over here at some point.

Her name was Li Chongying, Da Zhuang's distant cousin. They had a good relationship on weekdays because they were both peripheral members of the family, so they often huddled together for warmth and comforted each other.

“Several brothers from other families have come today. Aren't you going to take a look? I heard that there are two from the Zhu family, and their temperament and abilities are very strong. If you can connect with them, maybe...”

Li Chongying was very beautiful. To be precise, most of the descendants of the great nobles were very beautiful and handsome.

In this era where genetic technology was so strong that it could manipulate everything at will, the only thing that could limit the bottom line of life was the Moral Ethics Committee.

Also, because everyone was good-looking, the only thing that truly determined the advantages and disadvantages was talent.

“Not interested,” Da Zhuang said coldly.

“What's wrong? Just accompany me, okay?” Li Chongying grabbed her arm and gently acted coquettishly.

“What's the point of going? You don't think those elite talents would take a fancy to trash like you, do you?” Not far away, two girls of the same clan in light red Vermilion Bird patterned dresses approached and sneered.

These two girls looked similar and had similar figures. They were twin sisters named Li Chonglan and Li Chongen.

Yes, this was Li Chongen, who had asked Da Zhuang for money before.

“Trash in terms of talent, and unable to give them future assistance behind you. You have nothing. Do you think this is poverty alleviation? Relying entirely on the man to support you? Who do you think you are?”

The one who spoke was the younger sister, Li Chongen. Her eyes were mocking, and she looked at Da Zhuang while speaking.

Originally, she had planned to combine her money with half of what she got from Da Zhuang this month, so that she could buy her Zhao family brother's favorite smart aircraft and give it to him to build a good relationship.

Unexpectedly, the words had already been spoken, but Da Zhuang, who usually lent money, dared to refuse her?

In her teens, this was the rebellious period where she cared most about face. After being put in such a position, Li Chongen was here to cause trouble.

Li Chongying's face became ugly because of what she said, and the smile on her face disappeared, but she didn't dare to argue back.

Among the various branches of the clan, the branch lines were also divided into upper and lower levels.

If she dared to resist, she would be targeted and suppressed in a blink of an eye. This kind of targeting and suppression wasn't as simple as in ordinary families.

It would even affect her parents and relatives behind her.

Many times, this was how it was in big families. People weren't just compared to each other based on themselves.

“Da Zhuang, what did you mean on the phone before? Didn't you promise to lend me money?” Li Chongen turned her gaze and landed on Da Zhuang.

“I'm sorry, I need a lot of money right now. I really can't lend it,” Li Chongnan said, putting down the book with a calm expression.

“Heh.” Li Chongen raised her eyebrows and moved closer. “Li Chongnan, I'm looking up to you by asking you to lend me money! What's wrong? Have you taken the wrong medicine recently and dare to go against me?”

“Actually, lending money is also possible,” Li Chongnan handed the book to her sister Li Chongying.

“That's right, we are good sisters. At critical times, how can we...”

“One million for a slap.”

Li Chongnan's voice interrupted her laughter.

The three of them were stunned, thinking they had heard wrong. Or rather, Da Zhuang Li Chongnan had said it wrong.

“What did you just say!?” Li Chongen opened her eyes wide and stared at Da Zhuang.

“Do I need to say it again? Or are you deaf and can't understand human language?”

Li Chongnan narrowed her eyes, vaguely showing a hint of the fierceness of her master Li Chengyi.

“One million for a slap.”

“Li Chongnan, you!!!?”

*Bang!*

With a muffled sound.

Li Chongen's body was thrown high into the air, flying horizontally for several meters before falling to the ground.

She covered her face, dizzy and convulsing on the ground, unable to get up for a while.

Several teeth mixed with blood were spat out of her mouth, and her left cheek quickly swelled up, like a steamed bun, completely destroying her meticulously made-up face.

At this moment, Li Chongying and Li Chonglan were stunned.

It wasn't that there were no fights among peers in the clan, but that was with other people, and mostly boys. How could a girl, especially Da Zhuang Li Chongnan, who had always had a gentle personality, actually hit someone??

And her strength was so exaggerated, knocking someone flying so far with one slap!?

Were they dreaming??!

“Pay attention to the degree, don't kill her,” Li Chengyi's voice rang in Li Chongnan's ears.

“Understood.” She replied, walking calmly towards the barbecue stand where the crowd was gathered in the distance.

To gain the attention of the elders in the clan, she must show enough potential and strength in the dog-eat-dog competition among her peers.

Whether it was martial arts or will.

Otherwise, a weakling could not become an inheritor.

“You!?!” The older sister Li Chonglan couldn't help but speak.

Before she could finish, she was swept away by Li Chongnan.

A huge force hit her arm, and she couldn't stand still on the spot, being thrown several meters away and sitting down on the ground.

“Get lost.”

(End of chapter)