In the quiet of the media room, Luo Feng sipped gently from a cup of freshly brewed hot tea, his gaze fixed on the giant screen on the wall. “20 million Huaxia Credits? The start-up funds promised by the Limit Martial Arts Gym—they’ve indeed arrived.” At the top of the webpage, a row of buttons glowed, one of which was flashing persistently with the words: “You have two new emails.”
Luo Feng lightly tapped the touchpad of the wireless keyboard, opening the mailbox.
“Whoosh!”
The first email opened, immediately displaying a video.
“Hello, Mr. Luo Feng.” A middle-aged man in a black suit appeared on the giant screen, smiling. “I am the assistant of Director Zhuge. I trust you’ve already noticed the 20 million start-up funds promised by the director. As for purchasing techniques—body movement, blade techniques, and guidance arts—you can directly purchase them through the internal network, provided the price does not exceed 100 million. The cost will be reimbursed directly through the internal network, without deducting a single penny from your account. If the price exceeds 100 million, you will need to cover the excess yourself. On behalf of the director, I also extend our congratulations on your successful completion of the martial artist practical examination.”
With that, the video ended abruptly.
“The Limit Martial Arts Gym has treated me quite well,” Luo Feng muttered as he clicked open the second email.
The second email also contained a video.
“Respected new martial artist ‘Luo Feng,’ greetings. On behalf of the Limit Martial Arts Gym, I welcome you to our big family,” a sweet-looking young girl smiled. “This is your first time entering the internal network of the Limit Martial Arts Gym—the Limit Home! Allow me to introduce to you the functions and uses of Limit Home.”
“Firstly, within Limit Home, you can purchase various levels of weapons, guidance arts, body movement techniques, attack techniques such as blade techniques, spear techniques, sword techniques, and so on. You can also purchase firearms, transportation, armor and protective gear, communication systems, specialized bombs, special medical agents, genetic enhancement drugs… even certain special material treasures. As long as you have enough money, you can buy anything.”
“Once payment is made, the goods will be delivered within 24 hours.”
“Through Limit Home, you can even invite martial artists of Battle Lord or even Martial God ranks to provide one-on-one online teaching and guidance. Of course, this will require a significant monetary cost.”
The girl on the video smiled. “If you have enough contribution points, all of the above items will be half price!”
Luo Feng was stunned.
Half price?
If an item costs 100 million and he has enough contribution points, he would only need to pay 50 million? Contribution points are indeed very useful. However, his current contribution points were zero.
“Contribution points have many uses beyond just discounts on purchases. For example, when your contribution points reach a certain level, you can command special units of the Limit Martial Arts Gym,” the girl on the video continued smiling. “The higher your contribution points, the higher your status in the Limit Martial Arts Gym, the greater your power, and the better your benefits.”
“There are mainly two ways to earn contribution points.”
“One, by hunting and killing monsters and collecting important materials from their bodies. Selling these materials to the Limit Martial Arts Gym will earn you both money and contribution points.”
“The second way is by donating money to the Limit Martial Arts Gym. The more money you donate, the more contribution points you will receive. Currently, the rate is… donating 10,000 Huaxia Credits earns you 1 contribution point! The donation system requires a minimum donation of 10 million Huaxia Credits, with a maximum donation of 100 billion. In other words, through the donation system, the maximum number of contribution points you can earn is 10 million!”
Luo Feng inhaled sharply.
What?
There was even a limit on donations? A maximum of 1000 billion? Beyond that, the Limit Martial Arts Gym wouldn’t even accept it? 1000 billion Huaxia Credits… nowadays, the richest person in the Huaxia Nation on the Forbes list only had assets slightly over 1000 billion. The richest person in the world on the Forbes list had assets of about 1200 billion US dollars, equivalent to about 4200 billion Huaxia Credits.
Of course, the Forbes list only included those who were publicly known—some super-rich families had total assets exceeding those of individual billionaires. But that was the accumulation of an entire family.
“Mr. Luo Feng, I remind you here that hunting and killing monsters is the best way to earn contribution points. You can earn both contribution points and money,” the girl on the video smiled. “Now that you have the start-up funds, please do not rush to make purchases. You can enter the martial artist forum’s resource section and carefully review the basic knowledge of martial artists. This will be very beneficial for you to choose techniques and purchase weapons.”
“Finally, we wish Mr. Luo Feng great success in our big family of the Limit Martial Arts Gym and hope you can reach the peak of martial artists.”
With that, the girl on the video bowed and the video ended.
Luo Feng listened in admiration…
The internal network of the Limit Martial Arts Gym, ‘Limit Home,’ was indeed very useful. What attracted Luo Feng the most was the ability to directly hire martial artists of Battle Lord and even Martial God ranks through the network for one-on-one teaching and guidance.
…
Although he now had 20 million Huaxia Credits, Luo Feng did not rush to purchase weapons and other items. Instead, he first familiarized himself with Limit Home, the internal website. The Limit Home website had many functions, divided into many sections, including mission acceptance and posting, private chat, training, and donation systems.
However, the two sections that attracted Luo Feng the most were the ‘Martial Artist Forum’ and the ‘Online Mall.’
The Online Mall contained a vast array of items—guidance arts, body movement techniques, blade techniques, firearms, cold weapons, genetic enhancement drugs, and more. In short, the Online Mall was where money was spent.
“The Martial Artist Forum.”
Luo Feng clicked into the forum and then entered the ‘Martial Artist Basic Knowledge Database’ sub-forum. This sub-forum had no replies; it only contained a large number of basic resources.
“Spiritual Mentality Master, Spiritual Mentality Master…”
Luo Feng kept flipping pages, searching for information about Spiritual Mentality Masters. Finally—
“Hmm? This must be it.”
Luo Feng spotted a post titled ‘Some Simple Descriptions About Spiritual Mentality Masters.’
“Brothers, seeing that many of you know very little about Spiritual Mentality Masters, I’ll give you a brief introduction,” Luo Feng chuckled at the first sentence. It was obvious that the database of this martial artist forum was simply a compilation of posts written by various martial artists, not official resources.
“The Spiritual Mentality Masters can be said to be the most feared group within the martial artist circle.”
“Firstly, becoming a Spiritual Mentality Master isn’t something you can achieve through mere training. Every Spiritual Mentality Master is a person of extraordinary talent, awakening on their own!” The post was written in a very colloquial tone. “Before awakening, they might have been just ordinary martial artists. But once they awaken… they become incredibly powerful!”
“How powerful exactly?”
“Firstly, Spiritual Mentality Masters are mainly divided into two types. One type controls objects—such as spikes and flying knives—for long-range attacks! The Spiritual Mentality Master’s ability to control objects from a distance is far more effective than bullets from a heavy sniper rifle. Sniper bullets travel almost in straight lines, while the weapons controlled by Spiritual Mentality Masters move unpredictably! Not only do they move unpredictably, but their destructive power also varies.”
“For example, machine guns and heavy sniper rifles have limited bullet damage. Even the most advanced sniper rifles struggle to kill ‘low-level beast lord’ monsters. However, the power of spikes and flying knives controlled by Spiritual Mentality Masters increases with their spiritual power. There are many Spiritual Mentality Masters capable of killing ‘lord-level monsters’!”
“Besides controlling objects, the second main ability of Spiritual Mentality Masters is direct spiritual attacks!”
“This type is more mysterious, directly attacking the soul of a monster. Once successful, the monster’s body remains unscathed, yet it dies instantly! However, attacking the soul is difficult, and it’s said that very few Spiritual Mentality Masters know how to perform ‘spiritual attacks.'”
“Besides ‘telekinetic control’ and ‘spiritual attacks,’ there are legends of other schools among Spiritual Mentality Masters. But I’m not very clear about them.”
Luo Feng read every word carefully, not daring to miss a single sentence.
“What I envy the most is the speed at which Spiritual Mentality Masters improve their strength! Spiritual Mentality Masters are naturally born with extremely strong spiritual power! However, when they are young, their bodies cannot withstand such strong spiritual power, so it remains hidden in their consciousness. As their physical strength increases to a certain limit, their spiritual power will manifest!”
“The stronger the body, the more spiritual power it can withstand!”
“Martial artists are divided into Warrior Rank (beginner, intermediate, advanced), Battle Lord Rank (beginner, intermediate, advanced), and Martial God Rank (beginner, intermediate, advanced), totaling nine levels! Generally, physical strength is about two levels lower than spiritual power. If the body is at the beginner warrior level, the spiritual power is usually at the advanced warrior level! If the body is at the intermediate warrior level, the spiritual power would be at the beginner Battle Lord level…”
“Spiritual Mentality Masters have a period of rapid strength growth!”
“Because they are naturally born with extremely strong spiritual power, which has been dormant in their consciousness all along! As their bodies grow stronger, more of the dormant spiritual power is revealed… the stronger the body, the stronger the spiritual power… until one day, all the dormant spiritual power is fully unleashed. At that point, the Spiritual Mentality Master’s strength growth begins to slow down significantly.”
As Luo Feng read this section, he couldn’t help but be taken aback.
So that’s how it was…
The strength growth of Spiritual Mentality Masters was actually about uncovering the dormant spiritual power. Only with a strong enough body could one withstand a sufficient amount of spiritual power!
“Therefore, the potential of a Spiritual Mentality Master depends on how much spiritual power is hidden in their consciousness.”
“The dormant spiritual power may exist in liquid form, a combination of liquid and solid, or purely in solid form!”
“It is said that in one’s consciousness, if the dormant spiritual power condenses into a solid form, it represents an immense amount of spiritual power. These individuals are considered to have the highest potential among Spiritual Mentality Masters. As their physical strength increases, the spiritual power within the solid will continuously be released, allowing their strength to grow.”
“Until one day, when the solid is completely decomposed, their period of rapid strength growth will end!”
Luo Feng suppressed his inner excitement with great effort, continuing to read until he finished the entire post.
Afterward, Luo Feng browsed the database again and found two more posts introducing Spiritual Mentality Masters.
“They all describe similar things, so it must be true,” Luo Feng nodded. “Then… the dark golden sphere in my consciousness must be an immense amount of spiritual power condensed into a solid form! I’m really lucky to have survived the awakening.”
Luo Feng sighed with emotion.
According to the three posts he had read, when a Spiritual Mentality Master awakens, a strong spiritual power instantly erupts in their consciousness. If the awakening fails, one might become mentally impaired, a vegetative state, or even die with blood flowing from the seven orifices!
“No wonder I’ve had a dull headache almost every day since childhood, even fainting a few times,” Luo Feng suddenly realized. “It seems that my body was too weak, while my spiritual power was too strong, causing my body to be unable to withstand it, hence the headaches! As my physical strength improved, the headaches gradually weakened and now, they’ve completely disappeared.”
The headache had completely vanished since Luo Feng’s awakening.
“The dark golden sphere is actually spiritual power condensed into a solid form.”
“I wonder how much spiritual power it contains,” Luo Feng couldn’t help but speculate inwardly.
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