Hector and Lin Yu couldn't regain their senses for a long time, staring blankly at the situation in front of them.
Similar thoughts flashed across their mind.
What just happened?
Am I hallucinating?
For a moment, Hector and Lin Yu felt as if they were dreaming.
No, they wished they were dreaming.
Not far away from them, Zhu Wu's dead body was stuck in the wall, his eyes were wide open in fear and unbelievable horror remained on his face.
That Zhu Wu, who was so strong that even with their join effort they were still beaten down pitifully, was killed by that masked man in one blow?
They stared at Zhu Wu's dead body then the masked man, the one who end his life, shock and trepidation filled their hearts.
While they were still in daze, the masked man immediately left after the battle without sparing them a single glance.
Hector stared blankly at the man's back as he went further and further away, and only came to his senses when the latter disappeared into the night.
Recalling the scene just now, he couldn't help but gasp.
"The punch is like a cannon, along with thunderous boom, this is the signature of perfection-level Thunder Fist!"
"The perfection-level Thunder Fist!"
Hector and Lin Yu looked at each other, amazement was apparent on each other eyes.
Martial arts were broad and profound, as wide as the ocean.
If you wanted to cultivate a martial art to the master-level, you could do it as long as you were willing to dedicate time and energy.
But to reach the perfection-level, it was another beast altogether.
Without talent and a bloody effort to practice all day and night without a rest, it was simply impossible to reach perfection-level martial arts.
To greatly improved the chance of successfully cultivating the martial art into perfection-level, one had to reach a higher level of life energy level before practicing the martial arts starts from the basic again. Only then did they have the possibility to learn perfection-level martial art.
But that masked man definitely didn't reach life energy level 2 yet!
It's unbelievable that a level 1 martial artist has practiced a martial art to perfection!
Before tonight, if someone told Hector someone like that existed, he would definitely scoff it off and kindly suggest them to visit a psychiatrist. Definitely, there were something something wrong with their heads.
But now…
After a long while, the two of them slowly came back to their senses.
Lin Yu asked with slightly trembling voice. "What now?"
Hector shook his head and said helplessly, "Let's make a report to the headquarter first and let someone handle the aftermath."
Having said that, he felt rejoiced belatedly.
If he hadn't met that mysterious masked man, Lin Yu and his' fate would be more miserable than death.
A brutal villain like Zhu Wu wasn't short of any kind of torture methods!
After a pause, Hector added another sentence. "We also need to report about the masked man to Captain Vincent."
Lin Yu nodded. Someone as mysterious and powerful as that masked man suddenly appeared in their jurisdiction out of thin air. It was something they needed to put attention to and urgently investigate.
Although the man was wearing a mask and they couldn't see his face clearly, but they could identify him by his figure.
Thinking so, Lin Yu tried to recall the man's figure but…
Her eyes widened, her heart pounding rapidly.
She suddenly realized that she couldn't recall the figure of that person just now!
Not to mention the body shape, she couldn't even remember whether the person was a man or a woman.
Only the ominous black fox mask was left in her memory!
"Wait, Hector, do you remember the figure of that man just now?" Lin Yu stammered and asked.
Just as Hector was about to answer, he suddenly petrified, his eyes gradually popping like a balloon.
"What's going on... I seem to have forgotten what that person looked like just now, I only remember that he was wearing a mask..."
Once again, they looked at each other and noticed that their partner's face gradually turned pale as though seeing a ghost.
***
As the breeze blew by, a few gravels crashed down, and the crisp sound woke Julian from his stupor.
His heart burst in joy as he glanced at his fist.
The might of a perfection-level Thunder Fist was way stronger than he thought.
He actually killed a martial artist whose strength was close to level 2 with one blow!
After contemplating for a while, he shook his head. His four-dimensional attributes was only one step away from level 2, so combine with a perfect martial arts, such result was only a matter-of-course.
"It's quite regretful that this guy is only a level 1 and doesn't meet the requirement of [Actual Combat II], otherwise the task progress will be one-tenth completed."
Well, it wasn't like he was in a hurry, so Julian quickly got over it.
As for the fact that he had killed someone for the first time, drenching his hand with blood?
Strangely, Julian didn't feel anything other than dullness.
In the novel he often read in the past, it was often pictured that when the protagonist reaped a life for the first time, they would feel distraught or momentary self-guilt.
He had none of those feeling.
It was quite alarming, but he decided to not dwell too much about this subject.
Since he had the determination to tread the path of hunters, he would inadvertently washed his hand with blood and paved his way with the bones of his enemy.
Although he still had the memory of his past life, the Julian of the earth had long gone.
He was a changed person and would continue to change in the future.
Julian didn't continue to struggle and quietly returned home in the dark.
After taking a quick shower, he went straight to bed and rested, sleeping soundly until the morning dawned.
The next day, Julian got up early for a run. By noon, more than half of the 100 kilometers had been completed.
After taking a cold shower to wash the sweat covering his body, Julian took the bus to the university.
Entering the classroom, he glanced around and found Ryan already sitting in his seat.
As their gaze met with each other, Julian could see complicated emotion written on his friend face.
It was understandable that Ryan experienced a great shock after witnessing him thrashing three combat department students like an adult picking on kids.
How do you feel if a classmate whose grades were similar to yourself, but suddenly showed a doctoral level of knowledge? It would definitely catch people off guard and feel unreasonable.
Despite reading Ryan like an open book, Julian acted like nothing happened and sat beside Ryan with a calm expression.
Seemingly hesitating for a while, Ryan eventually opened his mouth and spoke. "Julian, Alex is a narrow-minded person and someone who is holding grudge. You should be more careful lately."
Chen Chuan glanced at him lightly. "Don't worry, I know what to do."
Despite saying so, he honestly didn't care shit about this matter at all. After all, with the system's help, his strength improved far faster than normal people imagined.
A mere Alex posed no threat to the current him, and if he wanted to take a revenge, Julian sincerely suggested him to hurry up, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to do it in this lifetime.
Hearing Julian's perfunctory answer, Ryan become increasingly worried.
"I heard that Alex's cousin in combat department is already a level 2 practitioner. If Alex snitches on us to his cousin we'll be in big trouble, Jul."
Knowing that Ryan was oblivious to his true strength, Julian calmly reassured him. "It'll be fine. I'll take care of it. You just need to be careful."
Seeing that Julian unfazed, Ryan didn't insist anymore and shut his mouth.
After the class, Julian declined Ryan's invitation to have dinner together, and went straight home.
Before the exchange store was refreshed, he continued to go for a run.
Of course, the location was not the park last night, but another secluded place.
After more than an hour, the [Long-distance Runner] achievement was successfully completed.
Got another 200 self-discipline points!
New mission was issued in mission list.
[Long-distance Running Expert]: Running 500km. Reward: 300 PD points. Current Progress: 0/500.
After checking the new mission, Julian resumed his run for another 20 Km until the sun setting on the horizon and finally decided to call it a day.
The moment he stepped in the room, the sound of notification rang in his head.
[Exchange store (next refresh: 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds)]
[Random Attribute Card: Randomly increase 3 attribute points upon consumption, exchange price: 100 PD points. One-use disposable item.]
[Cultivation Crystal: Obtain five years of experience and comprehension of one designated martial arts skill. Exchange Price: 500 PD points. One-use disposable item.]
[Specified Attribute Card: Add 3 points of spirit upon usage. Exchange Price: 100 PD points. One-use disposable item.]
There was nothing new available in the store, but Julian didn't show much dissatisfaction.
Random MA card and Cultivation Crystal were what exactly he needed the most right now.
After consuming 100 PD points for a random martial arts card, Julian immediately used it upon the exchange.
[Get 318 points of martial art skill proficiency!]
Julian released a relieved sigh. "Fortunately, my luck isn't that bad."
Although 318 points was not enough to upgrade Thunder Fist, it was enough to upgrade one of the other two skills.
After weighing his option, Julian decided to upgrade the Whale Swallowing Breathing Method first.
Despite providing almost no assistance in combat, it didn't mean that the Whale Swallowing Breathing method was of no significance.
Without the swallowing breath method to transform the food into energy and quicken the energy absorbtion, his body couldn't support high martial arts training regiment.
As for Flash Step, it wasn't too late to upgrade it after accumulating enough PD points and exchanging them for cultivation crystals.
Without further ado, Julian immediately upgraded the Whale Swallowing Breathing Method.
In an instant, a lot of insights and comprehensions about the cultivation technique flooded Julian's mind.
At the same time, the muscles and tendons all over his body suddenly trembled violently, and a feeling of soreness and heat instantly washed over his entire body, making him extremely uncomfortable.
Fortunately, this feeling came and went quickly, and the abnormality in his body gradually disappeared.
Julian tried to move his limbs to find that his body movement became lighter as though a layer of shackles had been removed from his whole body. He felt like underwent a reborn.
He understood instantly.
He was finally reaching life energy level 2!