I Can See Experience Points

Fourth form of the Iron Sand Palm—Iron Sand Incinerates the City!

This palm technique was originally meant to be the ultimate killing move, powered by the Flame Divine Skill.

But He Xiaotian took a different path, executing it with the Fire Series Inner Strength from his Fire-refined Golden Body.

Of course, its power wasn’t necessarily any weaker than the original version’s.

This was especially true since he’d also fused it with fifty years of Inner Strength from the Thirteen Grand Protectors’ Cross Training. The two powers stacked, forcefully raising the total to one hundred and thirty years’ worth.

His right hand moved like a blur, leaving a series of afterimages in the air.

Searing Inner Strength and azure flames intertwined, striking the woman like a fiery tornado.

The lethality of fifteen points of burn-attribute damage was unquestionable.

It could be said that it burned anything it touched, turning rotten wood to ash, melting gold and warping iron. It was unstoppable, its edge impossible to turn aside.

BOOM!

The air in front of He Xiaotian distorted to its absolute limit.

The woman with hollow eyes and tears of blood was instantly melted by the intense heat.

The television and the surrounding furniture were incinerated, not even leaving behind a speck of dust.

’Not good.’

He cursed inwardly and hurriedly retracted his power.

SIZZLE!

The wall, as if splashed with ink, was scorched jet-black in the blink of an eye.

Phew.

He Xiaotian let out a soft sigh of relief. Thank goodness he had stopped the remaining force.

Otherwise, he could have kissed this wall goodbye.

[Ding! You have slain a weakened Mirror Spirit. Obtained 5,000 Experience Points.]

’Five thousand?!’

When the text popped up in the top-left corner of his vision, he was instantly displeased.

’A Mirror Spirit that actually got the drop on me is only worth five thousand Experience Points? Isn’t that too little?’

That blood-freak last time was worth five thousand.

But under his twin hammers, that thing had been utterly powerless—a total pushover.

’And you’re telling me a tough enemy like tonight’s is also just five thousand Experience Points? Have you no shame?’

Obviously, the Experience Points system couldn’t receive He Xiaotian’s internal complaints.

Besides, even if it could, was it really going to give him a tenfold bonus?

Having successfully slain the Mirror Spirit, he went straight back to his bedroom, ready for sleep.

On the other side of the city, the Cleaners weren’t having such a leisurely time.

Aside from the night patrol, nearly everyone was gathered in a massive conference room.

The Minister of the Cleaners, who also served as the dean of the academy for gifted individuals, sat at the head of the table, his face livid with anger.

"Why did the things from the Medical University get out? Can someone tell me!"

His phone had been ringing off the hook in the middle of the night, and three team members were dead. How could he not be furious?

That’s right. It wasn’t just one of Lei Yang’s subordinates who had died.

During their intensive search, they had discovered two more bodies.

A man wearing glasses, who appeared to be a civilian employee, stood up and spoke.

"Our initial assessment is that the culprits are the Mirror Spirit from Room Nine on the third floor of the Medical University, and the Dream Eye from Room Five. Working together, it’s true that ordinary team members would be no match for them.

"The Mirror Spirit transports the Dream Eye into the mirror world. The Dream Eye then immediately appears on a mirror’s surface to perform its hypnosis. I’m sure the veterans who have been inside the Medical University know just how terrifying the Dream Eye’s Illusion Technique is."

Hearing this, everyone present couldn’t help but shiver.

A few people even clutched at their chests.

The Dream Eye’s Illusion Technique was an absolutely terrifying nightmare.

Back when they were clearing out the supernatural entities in the Medical University, they had opened the door to Room Five on the third floor.

After that, they saw an eyeball, and only three people survived.

According to their colleagues in the hallway at the time, the moment the door was opened, the entire group started killing each other.

If they hadn’t been stopped in time and the wounded sent for medical treatment, the entire team might have been wiped out.

This just went to show how vicious the Dream Eye was.

"So? I asked why the Mirror Spirit and the Dream Eye got out! And right now, I need solutions, not to sit here listening to you spout useless information." The minister’s anger reached its peak.

The Mirror Spirits were bizarre. If the Cleaners hadn’t used special methods to seal the entire Medical University, forcing them all to stay inside the building, the real world would have descended into chaos long ago.

These things could travel freely between the mirror world and the real world.

If the team at the Medical University hadn’t repeatedly confirmed that the seal was intact...

...Shanghai would probably be overrun with supernatural entities murdering people right now.

An endless stream of Mirror Spirits using mirrors in the real world to teleport all sorts of entities out of the Medical University—the mere thought was terrifying.

If that happened, even if the number of Cleaners were to suddenly increase tenfold, they still wouldn’t be enough.

"Minister, the reason for that hasn’t been found yet. Our top priority is to determine exactly how many Mirror Spirits and Dream Eyes have escaped. Their goal in escaping can only be to release all the other entities within the Medical University.

"Minister, please urge Department 037. We just don’t have enough manpower. We must initiate a nationwide inspection as soon as possible to recruit more fresh blood. Some of the dangerous anomalous items also need to be unsealed to track down these escaped entities."

The man in glasses pushed them up his nose awkwardly and replied with a sense of helplessness.

"Haaah." The minister let out a long, heavy sigh. "What do you need?"

"Item D12: Immobilization Talisman. Item C13: Pen Immortal. And the anti-Illusion Technique potion produced by Item B07: Evil Vial."

"You really know how to make things difficult for me."

The minister rubbed his temples, but finally nodded in agreement.

He had no choice. The situation was too serious.

If they couldn’t resolve this quickly, a new terror would likely descend upon Shanghai.

The last incident, with the entity that kept attacking women wearing red at night, had already caused a wave of resignations at many companies.

Fortunately, X took care of it.

That’s right. Ever since the matter of the giant crocodile at the bottom of the Pu River was resolved, they had discovered X’s identity as He Xiaotian.

The minister was very interested in this gifted individual who had moved to Shanghai from Z County.

Unfortunately, after two days of investigation, they hadn’t found a single trace of him.

"Take my authorization and go retrieve them from the Energy Research Lab."

And with that, the massive organization known as the city’s Cleaners began to move.

The man in glasses, for his part, took three squads and headed for the Energy Research Lab.

Speaking of this department, it was a "nightmare" for many.

The members of the research lab were all the nation’s most cutting-edge scientists. They had been assembled six months ago, after the outbreak of strange incidents, to study the free-roaming external energies that appeared after the "energy tide."

Of course, their research wasn’t limited to that; they also studied gifted individuals and anomalous items.

In short, their work was all-encompassing. The strange SUVs that could detect resentment reactions were one of their products.

The lab’s specific location will not be disclosed for now.

Deep underground, the man in glasses led three squad leaders into a place that looked like something out of a sci-fi movie.

There were researchers in white lab coats everywhere, along with countless strange instruments.

One could even hear the roars of monsters and the hate-filled shrieks of supernatural entities.

And of course, there was no shortage of security personnel.

"Once we’re inside, do not make any suspicious movements. The security here is composed entirely of members from the National Guardian Team. You know their style—ruthless and unforgiving.

"If they decide the four of us are a threat, they’ll execute us on the spot and face no punishment. So if we die in there, we just die."