Once again, he leapt high, once again performing the Demon Ape Shatters the Earth move according to the instructions in his mind. In just an instant, David Bennett felt as if every muscle that trembled was like a sponge, absorbing and tempering the energy lingering outside his muscles.

Jump, punch, land!

Jump, punch, land...

The repeated movements did not bore David Bennett in the slightest. He kept repeating the Demon Ape Shatters the Earth, feeling the tremor of all 603 muscles in his body.

The few moves from the Basic Twelve Forms that train the muscles mainly use the strength of the arms, legs, and some abdominal muscles—altogether, only about three hundred muscles.

“Demon Ape Shatters the Earth!”

Like a sky-rending demon ape, David Bennett felt his body sway the moment he landed. He even felt a sense of darkness in his mind.

Overtraining—his internal energy couldn’t keep up!

In this situation, he absolutely couldn’t rush and continue training.

Reluctantly glancing at the other diagrams, David Bennett turned and left the classroom where the Ape-Dragon Foundation Diagram was hanging.

It was already dark!

That meant he had been practicing all afternoon!

Looking at the school, now lit by only a few biogas lamps, David Bennett walked straight toward the playground.

The punching target still stood proudly in the center of the field.

David Bennett stepped forward and threw a punch!

At this moment, he had restored all his attributes to normal—this punch could be said to be his truest result.

1001 jin!

The number that appeared on the punching target made David Bennett's eyes flash with wild joy.

The Ape-Dragon Foundation Diagram truly deserved to be a method only elites could train in. After just one afternoon, his strength had increased to 1001 jin!

David Bennett leapt into the air, and the now-familiar Demon Ape Shatters the Earth was unleashed, landing directly on the punching target.

1213 jin!

Another increase of two hundred jin—awesome!

At this moment, David Bennett felt an urge to howl at the sky, but he suppressed his wild joy and headed out of the school with his head down.

His home was in the small town—he wanted to share his happiness with his family!

At the same time, the scene of himself throwing a 1001-jin punch kept flashing in his mind. The biggest reason for this, he thought, was that training Demon Ape Shatters the Earth had activated muscles in his body that had always been dormant.

How could the strength of three hundred muscles compare to the strength of six hundred muscles!

“Huh!” As David Bennett walked up to his house, he suddenly heard a sharp voice from inside. The voice was very unfamiliar—not one of his family members!

Chapter 4: Mental Power

“Aunt Yunying, back then, if I hadn’t taken pity on you as a widow and orphan, would I have given you a way to survive?”

“Ah, look at this—such a nice mink coat, and you’ve ruined it! You even washed the lining to shreds for the customer!”

“I’m telling you, you’re not a child anymore. Can’t you be a bit more reliable? Stop causing me trouble, stop making messes for me!”

Listening to this scolding, David Bennett's face showed a trace of anger. That guy Frank Miller had actually come to his house.

Frank Miller was a nickname that his younger sister Anna Bennett had given to the laundry shop owner John Miller, and it had become the usual way to refer to John Miller in the The Bennett Family.

This devious guy always found ways to make David Bennett's mother do more work, and then tried every trick to reduce her pay.

That’s how Frank Miller got his name.

Without time to think, David Bennett pushed the door open and walked in. Under the dim pine branch lamp, his mother hung her head, while his sister curled up in the corner like a wounded little quail.

The scene before him made David Bennett feel a deep ache.

“Yunyang, you’re back. There’s food on the stove, go eat first!” When Emily Sullivan saw her son return, a trace of embarrassment appeared on her face, and she spoke in a low voice.

David Bennett didn’t go to eat, but instead strode toward John Miller. Seeing David Bennett coming toward him with big steps, John Miller actually felt a bit afraid.

He was actually scared of a half-grown kid—how ridiculous...

Although John Miller couldn’t be called a big shot in town, he did own a shop, and with his elder brother being a martial artist, he was still someone not to be underestimated in Donglu Town.

“David Bennett, you’re back. I heard that in this exam, you were more than two hundred jin weaker than Young Master Foster. Heh, if you ask me, you shouldn’t waste your mom’s money anymore.”

As John Miller spoke, he straightened his back even more, looking down at David Bennett with a condescending gaze.

Emily Sullivan, who was already worried about her son seeing her like this, turned pale, while Anna Bennett puffed up and said angrily, “You’re lying! In the last test, that Ethan Foster was more than two hundred jin weaker than my brother!”

“That’s old news, you know. Boss Foster got his son a body-tempering potion—tsk tsk, a hundred thousand yuan!”

At this point, John Miller's voice rose a few notches: “Now, martial artists have high status, sure, but you’re just a poor kid. How could you possibly make something of your training?”

“You know what you lack? A good father!”