Chapter 81: Forced Buying and Selling

Even if I have a lot of points on me, I can only get the reward for first place on the leaderboard.

So why not sell those extra points?

There are definitely many trainees who only have one point each; although their strength is lacking, their family backgrounds are very prominent.

Lu Jing thought and thought, and his face was already filled with an excited expression.

On this trip back, the villa at home should be able to be bought outright.

"Selling one point for a hundred thousand would be too cheap, wouldn't it?"

Lu Jing muttered to himself: "It seems a bit low; let's set the price at two hundred thousand!"

Just as he was thinking about how to sell those extra points, his mental power suddenly jolted.

Within the mental power field he had spread out a hundred meters around himself, he actually sensed the presence of another mental power.

That mental power felt very weak to him, its strength not even reaching one-fifth of his.

This was Lu Jing's first contact with another person's mental power; he was very careful and quickly withdrew his own mental power.

It wasn't because he was worried about being discovered; it was mainly an instinctive reaction to sensing danger.

For a mental‑system Talent Endowed, a clash of mental powers is extremely deadly.

Normally releasing one's mental power is fine, but if one ever encounters another mental‑system Talent Endowed,

it amounts to exposing one's own weakness.

"This genius training camp is interesting; besides me, there's actually another mental‑system Talent Endowed......"

Lu Jing felt a hint of curiosity rise in his heart, and he walked toward the direction where he had sensed the mental power.

And not far away, Hao Pengjie was drenched in cold sweat, panting heavily, sprinting wildly back the way he had come.

"How is that possible!?"

At that moment his mind went blank, his mental power gave a sharp pain, and all he wanted was to flee this place as quickly as possible.

He kept running until he reached the entrance of the Huāngshén Cónglín, where Hao Pengjie finally stopped.

He leaned his whole body tightly against a tree, his chest heaving violently, his heart pounding as if it wanted to jump out.

Hao Pengjie's forehead bangs were soaked with cold sweat, strands sticking to his face, his expression losing all its former ease and comfort.

"It's too terrifying; could it be that Lu Jing is a mental‑system Talent Endowed!?"

He stretched out his trembling hand, tidied his messy hair a bit, and said, "Impossible; even if he is a Talent Endowed, his mental power couldn't be this substantial—it's far stronger than the teacher's mental power......"

If Hao Pengjie's mental power is like soft flowing water, then Lu Jing's mental power is like solid ice.

Just now, when his mental power touched Lu Jing's mental domain, it was like an egg hitting a stone, making his head feel like it would split.

Outside the Huāngshén Cónglín.

On the open ground inside the temporary military camp.

Dozens of demon beast corpses lay there, each bearing the training camp's exclusive markings.

These point‑yielding demon beasts died rather casually—either their hearts were smashed by a single punch, or they were beheaded, while the rest of their bodies remained intact.

Dong Ningxue and Zhu Xingyao stood beside those demon beasts, but their attention wasn't on the beasts; instead, they looked at the large screen to the side.

The screen was playing Lu Jing's every move.

From crippling Wu Yi, to hunting demon beasts at night, and finally defeating the three Lu Sang alone.

When the whole video finished playing, everyone's faces were filled with shock.

"To him, a third‑rank demon beast is like a toy; so far, none have survived more than two moves in his hands......"

Zhu Xingyao let out a sigh, looked toward Dong Ningxue beside her, and smiled: "Sister Snow, this kid's strength seems completely different from what the records show—his combat power simply surpasses a fourth‑realm martial artist; when he fought Ye Shaohua earlier, he definitely held back!"

"Hmm, could it be that he didn't hold back, but his strength has actually increased further?"

Dong Ningxue's expression was complex; she hadn't expected that Lu Jing, whom she had excluded from the seedling trainees, would actually be the most dazzling presence in the entire evaluation.

"Such a person can only be described in two words," Zhu Xingyao said mischievously: "Monster!"

"Compared to our school's Wu Kuang, there are even more monsters; Wu Kuang was older than Lu Jing back then, but his strength definitely wasn't as strong as Lu Jing's now!"

Dong Ningxue blinked slightly, recalling Wu Kuang's overwhelming power back at school, and sighed: "Indeed......"

"Since Lu Jing is so promising, should we add him to your key cultivation list?"

Zhu Xingyao said with a smile, after all she had been optimistic about Lu Jing from the start.

Dong Ningxue nodded: "As things stand now, Lu Jing definitely has the value to be a key cultivation focus, but I'm better at teaching elemental‑system Talent Endowed; this power‑type should be left to you."

"Great, great!"

Zhu Xingyao happily laughed: "Once he enters the training camp, I'll definitely give him special extra coaching!"

She had already thought of how to train Lu Jing and Yao Rong—one strong in power, the other resistant to blows—why not let them fight each other in close combat? It would definitely be exciting!

"The sky has darkened again; this is the last night......"

Lu Jing lay on the wide tree trunk and stretched.

It's already evening, and also the time to release fourth‑rank demon beasts.

Sure enough, not long after, the sound of helicopters roaring filled the air.

The night sky gathered dense red dots.

Soon, huge specially made containers were dropped down one after another.

At the same time, red dots for point‑yielding demon beasts appeared again on the wristwatch.

"Start the hunt!"

Lu Jing's eyes flashed with excitement as he leapt down from a tree branch.

"Director Dong, he's gone!"

Inside the camp, a staff member tracked Lu Jing's position in real time, while several hovering drones in the air were conducting surveillance.

"Hmm."

Dong Ningxue nodded, then looked at the screen beside her showing the trainees' positions; she saw that, aside from Lu Jing, all the trainees were running toward the entrance.

But the red dot representing Lu Jing was quite special, moving against the flow of people toward the direction where the fourth-level Demon Beasts were released.

"Director Dong, aren't fifteen fourth-level Demon Beasts a bit too many?" a staff member responsible for monitoring Demon Beasts said quietly, "Some trainees haven't had time to evacuate; there's a good chance something dangerous will happen."

Dong Ningxue shook her head, her focus entirely on Lu Jing's video feed, "It's fine, I've arranged for a fifth-realm supervisor to go in; if any trainee is attacked by a Demon Beast, he will assist with the evacuation."

"I want to see, after switching to fourth-level Demon Beasts, whether you can still hunt them clean in a single night!"

At the same time, inside Huāngshén Cónglín.

A blade light flashed past, Clang—

Following the positioning tracker, Lu Jing slashed open the special alloy container with one strike, revealing the somewhat dazed fourth-level Demon Beast Azure Jade Wolf Spider inside.

The Azure Jade Wolf Spider had just awakened from anesthesia when it was startled by the sudden appearance of Lu Jing.

"Don't sleep, welcome home!"

The next moment, taking advantage of the fourth-level Demon Beast not yet recovering, Lu Jing struck again with a backhand blow.

Clang!

The Thousand-Blade Demon Sword struck like thunder, hitting the Azure Jade Wolf Spider's leg.

Pfft!

This time the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword did not sever the Azure Jade Wolf Spider's leg outright, but instead lodged deep into it.

Lu Jing could clearly feel the Azure Jade Wolf Spider's incredibly tough exoskeleton; a force rebounded back, traveling from the hilt to his hand.

This strike felt like chopping into stone!

"As expected of a fourth-level Demon Beast, its shell is really hard......"

Lu Jing frowned slightly, knowing that the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword had been enhanced, its sharpness increased by a notch.

If it were the previous Thousand-Blade Demon Sword, at best it could barely break through the Azure Jade Wolf Spider's defense.

Lu Jing drew the Thousand-Blade Demon Sword and lightly flicked the blade.

He flung the green blood staining it onto the ground, and the blade regained its pristine sharpness.

Sizzle—

The green blood, upon touching the ground, emitted a corrosive sound, and a puff of acidic smoke rose.

This scene was precisely captured by a drone.

"Director Dong, won't this fourth-level Demon Beast be too difficult for him?"

A staff member hesitated and said.

"No, this is an Azure Jade Wolf Spider," Dong Ningxue shook her head, "This kind of Demon Beast is famed for its speed and defense; its exoskeleton is much harder than alloy, and......"

However, before she could finish, Lu Jing's subsequent actions on the big screen shocked everyone beyond words.