On the other side, Zhuge Tao, one of the four giants of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall in Jiangnan Base City, was chatting with Director Liu of the Jiangnan Base City Security Bureau outside Monster Town.
"Zhuge, do you think that little genius your Extreme Martial Arts Hall recruited this time will outperform the Thunder Martial Arts Hall in this assessment?" Liu Dong asked with a smile.
The Extreme Martial Arts Hall and the Thunder Martial Arts Hall were founded by Hong, the world's number one strongest, and Thor, the second strongest, respectively.
Since their inception, the two martial arts halls have been competing with each other, always trying to outdo the other in everything. The genius martial artists recruited each year are naturally part of this competition.
"That kid Luo Feng is quite steady. I wonder if he can give me a surprise this time?" Zhuge Tao said calmly.
Zhuge Tao smiled as he thought of Luo Feng's reaction when the genius from the Thunder Martial Arts Hall provoked him.
However, both Wan Dong and Luo Feng were just talented young people. Their competition was merely a pastime for Zhuge Tao and the others, and shouldn't be taken seriously.
Just then, a series of monster roars suddenly came from outside the town.
"What's going on?" Zhuge Tao and Liu Dong were startled and quickly looked behind them warily.
They saw several heavy trucks heading towards Monster Town again.
"They're transporting monsters!" Liu Dong said suspiciously, "What's Hou Zhen doing? Why is he only transporting monsters now!"
"No!" Zhuge Tao said seriously, "Hou Zhen already transported a batch of monsters before the assessment started. If he's transporting them again now, something must have happened that we don't know about. Let's go take a look!"
"Alright!"
After saying that, Zhuge Tao and Liu Dong headed directly towards the large building where Hou Zhen and Wang Heng were.
...
Yang Wu, who had just finished hunting a wave of monsters that had arrived, was about to head to another place to continue hunting monsters. Suddenly, several hurried footsteps came from not far away.
Yang Wu looked up and saw several martial artists dressed in military combat uniforms rushing towards him.
"What's going on?" Yang Wu was puzzled, but secretly on guard.
From what he knew, these people wouldn't have appeared if the prospective martial artist hadn't pressed the distress button.
"Examinee Yang Wu, please don't be nervous! We are military personnel in charge of the assessment. We just need your cooperation!"
Seeing Yang Wu's wary expression, the leading officer slowed his pace, explaining his purpose while showing his identification.
Yang Wu's expression softened slightly. He nodded to the group and asked, "I'm currently undergoing the prospective martial artist assessment. What do you need me for?"
The officer looked at the numerous monster corpses around him, quite surprised.
He slowly walked up to Yang Wu and said, "Examinee Yang Wu, our commander from the Northern Military Region wants to see you. Please come with me!"
Hearing this, Yang Wu understood that his battle scene must have been witnessed.
"Okay!" Yang Wu replied and followed the group out of Monster Town.
...
In a small room inside a large building, Wang Heng and Hou Zhen had long lost their appetite for drinking.
"Iron Monkey, haven't you found out anything about this person yet? Don't let Zhuge Tao from the Limitless Martial Arts Academy snatch him away!" Wang Heng said.
Giving him to the Chinese military was one thing, but if such a genius were to be taken by the Limitless Martial Arts Academy, he'd be upset for a long time.
"I've already sent people to investigate, but it won't be that fast! What's the rush? This person might have been a student at your Thunder Martial Arts Academy before," Hou Zhen said calmly.
He already had the upper hand, so he wasn't flustered.
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Coming!" Hou Zhen's face lit up with joy, and he quickly called out, "Come in!"
"Hahaha..." Liu Dong's hearty laughter came from outside the door, "Old Hou, you guys are really enjoying yourselves drinking here!"
"Why is he here?" Wang Heng and Hou Zhen frowned upon hearing Liu Dong's voice.
Although Hou Zhen and Liu Dong both belonged to the Huaxia Kingdom, they were from different systems, and there was considerable competition between them.
When Wang Heng and Hou Zhen saw Zhuge Tao also enter, they felt even more annoyed.
"Zhuge, Lao Liu, what brings you here?"
Hou Zhen's face changed instantly, from a bitter expression to a smile.
"Lao Hou!" Liu Dong didn't stand on ceremony and asked seriously, "Zhuge and I just saw the soldiers transporting monsters into the town again. Is there some problem?"
"No!" A hint of unease flashed across Hou Zhen's face, and he quickly said, "It's just a small mistake in calculating the number of monsters. You can go and see for yourselves. Come on, I'll take you!"
After saying that, Hou Zhen winked at Wang Heng and was about to lead Zhuge Tao and Liu Dong away.
"Old Hou!" Zhuge Tao, who had been watching Hou Zhen's expression closely, suddenly said, "You and Old Wang aren't hiding something from me and Old Liu, are you?"
"What could I possibly be hiding from you..." Hou Zhen retorted guiltily.
"Report!"
Suddenly, another voice rang out from outside the door, but this time, Hou Zhen's face was devoid of a smile.
Under the watchful eyes of Zhuge Tao and Liu Dong, Hou Zhen could only let the man in and ask, "What is it?"
"Reporting, sir!" The officer who entered completely ignored Hou Zhen's expression and said directly, "I've found the information on the person you asked me to find. His name is Yang Wu, a senior student at the Extreme Martial Arts Academy in Yangzhou City. He just passed the preliminary martial artist assessment last month!"
"Old Hou?" Zhuge Tao, upon hearing the officer mention the Extreme Martial Arts Academy, became secretly wary and asked directly, "Did he just mention Yang Wu from our Extreme Martial Arts Academy?"
Although Zhuge Tao didn't know who Yang Wu was, it didn't stop him from categorizing Yang Wu as belonging to the Extreme Martial Arts Academy.
"This..." Hou Zhen hesitated, unsure whether to reveal the truth.
"Hehe!"
At this moment, Wang Heng of the Thunder Martial Arts Academy suddenly laughed, "Zhuge, Yang Wu is just a student at your Limit Martial Arts Academy. He didn't sign a contract with you at all. How did he become one of your Limit Martial Arts Academy's people?"
"Old Wang!" Although Zhuge Tao didn't know what had happened, he knew that what Wang Heng objected to was what he insisted on. "Yang Wu studied at my Limit Martial Arts Academy, so of course he's one of my Limit Martial Arts Academy's people. What's there to argue about?"
At this moment, Liu Dong looked puzzled and directly asked Hou Zhen, "Old Hou, what's going on with this Yang Wu? Is it related to those monsters that were just transported in?"
Hou Zhen knew that once Yang Wu was brought here, he couldn't hide it from Zhuge Tao and Liu Dong, so he simply told them the whole truth.
"What did you say? Battle General level strength? How is that possible?" Zhuge Tao and Liu Dong were both stunned.
As leaders of their respective factions in the Jiangnan base city, they had seen plenty of geniuses, but none of them had ever heard of a genius who possessed the strength of a general just after participating in the quasi-martial artist assessment!
"Otherwise, why didn't I tell you earlier? Old Wang and I saw it with our own eyes, would we lie to you?" Hou Zhen said with a helpless smile, "If you two really don't believe me, don't argue with me later!"
"Hahaha..." Zhuge Tao and Liu Dong both laughed, "We've known each other for so many years, how could we not trust you?"
They were joking, how could they not compete with such a genius?
After laughing, Zhuge Tao said solemnly, "If this person really hasn't taken any treasures to enhance physical fitness, he might be able to enter the War God Training Camp!"
"War God Training Camp?" Hou Zhen and the others were somewhat surprised.
"Not bad!" Wang Heng from the Thunder Martial Arts Academy echoed, "If this person truly increased his strength by nearly eight thousand kilograms through cultivating genetic energy, his talent must be terrifying. Coupled with his expert-level marksmanship, entering the War God Training Camp shouldn't be difficult!"
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Just then, Yang Wu followed the officer leading the group outside the room.
"Report!"
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