Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 27 Demonstrating Strength

As night fell, the only gate to Monster Town closed, and Qin Mu's long-awaited martial arts combat assessment finally began.

All the aspiring martial artists quickly dispersed to find their prey.

This monster town is a military facility specifically for martial arts combat assessments. It contains only low-level beast soldiers, but in large numbers.

The pass rate for the martial arts combat assessment is 60%. Based on past experience, one must hunt down at least three monsters to have a chance of passing the assessment.

Everyone was racing against time to hunt down as many monsters as possible.

"Brother Mu, we're going to hunt monsters too. This quasi-martial artist assessment should be a piece of cake for you. I need to hone my skills too, so I don't fall too far behind you."

Yang Wu looked at Qin Mu with a look of amazement. Even now, he still found it hard to believe, and his tone became respectful.

The three of them took the assessment together, and their abilities were roughly equal.

But in just one month, he could no longer understand Qin Mu's strength at all.

Not to mention Yang Wu, even Luo Feng's expression was full of admiration.

The difference is that Luo Feng is also secretly wondering if he could kill a monster of the Beast General level if he encountered it.

Luo Feng also awakened the mentalist skill, reaching the intermediate warrior level in martial arts and the beginner general level in mentalist skills.

However, having never actually seen a Beast General-level monster, he naturally lacked confidence.

Let's part ways here! See you again tomorrow at dawn!

Yang Wu and Luo Feng surveyed their surroundings and, after confirming that no monsters were hiding, each ran off into the distance.

Although it was already night, many large searchlights illuminated the edge of the town, making many parts of it quite bright. Surveillance cameras were also installed throughout the town, monitoring every move within Monster Town in real time.

Although there are many monsters in this monster town, there are mainly three types: Tiger Hound, Shadow Cat, and Iron-haired Boar, which are also the main combat units of the Zerg Swarm at this stage.

Qin Mu was very familiar with these three kinds of monsters.

After bidding farewell to Luo Feng and Yang Wu, Qin Mu stepped onto the main street. Soon, at the corner of the street, a tiger-like hound came into Qin Mu's view.

Qin Mu glanced at a security camera on the side of the street and knew that many people were watching his every move through surveillance.

Not to disappoint those people, Qin Mu held a long spear with the spearhead lowered, and suddenly twelve throwing knives on his thigh flew up and swirled around Qin Mu in the air.

One of the throwing knives shot towards the tiger-like dog, easily piercing its eye socket and killing it instantly.

When the throwing knife on Qin Mu's thigh flew up and hovered around him.

Not far from the closed-off town, inside a large building, numerous surveillance screens display everything happening in various areas of the town.

This scene was playing on the largest screen, and the dozen or so people gathered in the room gasped in surprise.

"He's a psychic! Qin Mu has actually awakened the power of a psychic!"

"No wonder he could kill monsters at the level of Beast General; he's an awakened psychic."

Everyone was relieved; this was the most reasonable explanation. Otherwise, it was impossible to explain how Qin Mu could kill a beast general-level monster so soon after becoming a quasi-martial artist.

After awakening as a mentalist, a mentalist's strength can be two levels higher than their physical abilities.

In other words, once Qin Mu raises his strength to the intermediate level of martial artist, his mental mastery will reach the level of a beginner warrior general, and he will be among the strongest beginner warrior generals. It would not be surprising if he could hunt down two beginner beast general level monsters.

After receiving information from the supply base last night, Qin Mu's information had already been thoroughly investigated by various forces.

When Qin Mu passed the preliminary martial artist assessment, he wasn't particularly outstanding among the many examinees. His rapid improvement in strength in such a short time has led many to speculate whether he has awakened the power of a mentalist, though no one is certain.

At this point, the major powers had all confirmed their positions.

Everyone's hearts burned with excitement. This was a mentalist! A very rare and powerful mentalist among martial artists!

The only thought in everyone's mind was that they had to find a way to win them over to their side.

"wrong!"

A burly man stared intently at the screen. In the video, Qin Mu charged directly into a street amidst dozens of wild boars.

Almost instantly, these dozens of iron-haired wild boars were pierced through vital points by twelve throwing knives and killed instantly.

"A novice-level mentalist couldn't possibly manipulate twelve throwing knives simultaneously to perform such exquisite movements! And the power and speed are also off!"

"Quick, replay that scene in slow motion!"

An officer also noticed this unusual scene.

Soon, technicians played back the video for everyone to study carefully.

"Something is definitely not right. Generally, newly awakened mentalists don't have very strong telekinetic abilities. Normally, they can only control one throwing knife. Being able to multitask is already quite impressive."

If you control four, five, or even more throwing knives, their speed, power, and other attributes will be drastically reduced.

Wu Tong, the head instructor of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy, was also full of surprise.

Although he was not a psychopath, his captain was, so he had some understanding of the methods of psychopaths.

Even his captain might not be able to simultaneously control 12 throwing knives, making such a sophisticated attack while maintaining its power.

"Could he be a mid-level warrior-level mentalist? How old is he? How long has he been a mentalist?"

Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, realizing they had discovered an extraordinary genius.

"Hold!"

Wu Tong couldn't help but swear. Qin Mu was a student of their Extreme Martial Arts Academy. If they had known beforehand, they could have secretly signed a contract. But now, it seemed like a fierce battle was about to begin.

It's important to know that even mentalists are ranked.

Each mentalist has different potential, and it's difficult to discern this potential until it's exhausted.

Most mental cultivators have the potential to reach the intermediate warrior level, with a small number reaching the advanced warrior level or even the god of war level.

However, it is obvious that Qin Mu in front of us has not been awakened for long, and it is even very likely that he only awakened after entering the wilderness area.

What does this mean? It means that as soon as he awakened, his strength rapidly increased, directly reaching the level of a high-level warrior. His potential as a mentalist is very likely to be at the level of a war god!

Successfully recruiting Qin Mu would be tantamount to recruiting a future war god, and an invincible mental master of the same level!

In an instant, many people in the room took out their phones and started contacting their superiors. The situation was no longer something they could control.

However, just when they thought that this was the full extent of Qin Mu's strength.

What happened next shocked them even more.

In Monster Town, Qin Mu stood in the center of the street, with hundreds of monster corpses behind him.

"I'm showing off like this on purpose; surely someone can see my skill level now?"

Qin Mu thought to himself.

"Then, let's begin the next step of the plan! Disguise yourself as a beast tamer and showcase your beast mastery!"

When Qin Mu enters the wilderness in the future, he will definitely be followed by a large swarm of insects. Unless he keeps his distance from others, he will definitely be discovered.

However, hiding it would definitely affect Qin Mu's strength improvement and the growth of the insect swarm.

Since that's the case, it's better to take precautions in advance by disguising oneself as a beast tamer and then openly letting the swarm of insects follow one's lead.

With a thought, Qin Mu focused his mental energy on his alloy combat boots, and his body floated into the air. Looking at the several quasi-martial artists beside the street who looked like they'd seen a ghost, Qin Mu smiled, then soared into the sky, flying towards another street.

"It flew away!"

Ignoring their shock, Qin Mu landed directly in front of the lone Shadow Cat at one end of another street.

With a sharp focus, an invisible spiritual force surged into the Shadow Cat's body.

The shadow cat's body stiffened, then slowly slumped to the ground.

Just as the people in the monitoring room were wondering what Qin Mu was doing, the shadow cat suddenly stood up and followed closely behind Qin Mu, as if it had been tamed.

"What? What happened?"

(End of this chapter)