Early the next morning, Wong Yi arrived at Luo Fang's house.
"Oh! Little Wong, what a surprise!" Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan welcomed him warmly. They knew well their son had few true friends.
In the cramped room, Luo Hua sat in a wheelchair, pale and frail, watching Wong Yi silently.
The poverty of the home always stirred an ache in Wong Yi's chest. His own family struggled too, but the Luo family carried a heavier weight.
"Uncle, Aunt, you don't need to be so formal," Wong Yi said with a smile. "I have something to do shortly, so I'll be leaving soon."
Meanwhile, in his mind—
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Reward: Apprentice-level Tier-9 Mental Force Pearl.
Mental force enhanced.
A dark-gold sphere formed within his consciousness, rotating slowly and releasing strands of mist.
Suddenly—
His perception exploded.
He sensed everything around him with crystalline clarity—the tremor of a fly's wings outside the window, the gentle breathing of everyone in the home, the faint creak of old wood.
His awareness expanded outward like an invisible eye.
This… is mental force.
He realized he could move objects with his mind, though of course, he didn't dare use it in Luo Fang's house.
The Birth of a Mentalist
In this world, humans possessed two types of power:
Gene Original Energy → martial artists
Mental Force → mentalists (extremely rare)
Those who cultivated both were considered invincible at their level.
A martial artist's mental force typically surpassed their physical tier by two levels.
Wong Yi's physical strength was already at the intermediate war general level.
This meant—
His mental force was equivalent to a novice God-Tier warrior.
At only eighteen years old.
A God-Tier warrior was already a major figure in any base city. Mentalists were even rarer and more feared.
Even more terrifying, mentalists could control multiple concealed weapons simultaneously, creating deadly, unpredictable attacks. In the original timeline, Luo Fang's mental talent was unrivaled among humanity.
But now—
Wong Yi possessed the same gift.
His mental sphere hadn't even shattered yet. When it did, his mental force would skyrocket again.
His potential was now limitless.
A New Path Unfolds
As he stood in Luo Fang's humble home, Wong Yi felt a strange mix of awe and responsibility.
He had become a martial artist with war-general-tier strength…
A mentalist with God-Tier mental power…
And a wielder of the legendary Nine Tribulations technique.
The rise of a new powerhouse had quietly begun—inside a small, cramped apartment.
And no one yet understood what this meant for the future.
Not even Luo Fang.