Anna Bennett was stunned when she heard this, looking at her beloved brother in disbelief, so shocked that she couldn't speak.

She knew very well what a martial artist was—in the entire Donglu Town, martial artists were almost the best-off people.

She had once dreamed that one day her brother could also become a martial artist, but she never expected happiness to come so quickly, making her feel as if she were in a surreal illusion.

"Is what you said true? This..." Emily Sullivan was even more overjoyed, hardly able to believe her own ears.

Compared to her daughter, she knew her son's abilities better. Although her son was quite talented, due to the family's circumstances, there was simply no way for him to obtain high-quality food.

A thousand jin of strength!

That was the threshold for a martial artist, and her beloved son was still under six hundred jin.

"This afternoon, I comprehended the Ape-Dragon Foundation Diagram, and my strength increased to a thousand jin!" Seeing his mother's face full of disbelief, David Bennett told her about the Ape-Dragon Foundation Diagram.

At this point, David Bennett reached out to the table at home that was missing a leg and picked up a round ball.

A grip strength ball!

The Federation's crudest tool for testing strength, costing only ten Dayuan. It was a gift from Anna Bennett for David Bennett's fifteenth birthday.

"Red, orange, yellow, green, blue!"

The five colors flashed, and finally the color settled on blue. That shining blue, under the Luo family's pine branch lamp, looked dazzling.

"A thousand jin? A thousand jin, brother's strength has reached a thousand jin! Oh my, my brother is a martial artist now!" The overjoyed Anna Bennett cheered loudly.

Emily Sullivan looked at the blue light, feeling much more at ease, but then she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Yunyang, Dong'er, wait a moment, Mom will go make something delicious for you." Wiping her eyes, Emily Sullivan walked toward the kitchen built outside the small house.

In a short while, Emily Sullivan brought over four dishes.

Although their mother had done her best to improve the family's life, looking at the plain and watery vegetarian food, David Bennett felt even more stirred inside.

I must work hard to let my mother and sister live a good life!

After dinner, David Bennett set up his small bed in the living room. This brick-and-wood house, only twenty square meters, had existed for at least fifty years, and much of the wood was already cracked.

Sleeping inside, he could often hear the wood creaking and splitting.

The most important thing now was to buy a bigger house, so that his mother and sister wouldn't have to live so cramped.

In a flash, David Bennett thought again of today's experience—the attribute-adjusting panel. He didn't know where it came from, but he was already aware of its importance.

This panel would be his greatest support!

As he tried to fall asleep, David Bennett recalled what it felt like when he adjusted his spirit to 3.5.

Not only could he observe things in great detail, it was as if there was a force at work, though at the time he hadn't paid much attention.

Adjust spirit again!

David Bennett once more adjusted his spirit to 3.5!

At that moment, David Bennett felt everything around him become incredibly clear. He even sensed an annoying mosquito buzzing toward Anna Bennett's arm.

"It can't land!" Thinking of the big bump that might appear on his sister's arm tomorrow, David Bennett almost instinctively wanted to stop it.

But this was just his thought.

Yet just as David Bennett thought his effort was futile, the descending mosquito seemed to encounter some resistance and simply couldn't land!

"Pa!"

David Bennett felt as if something shattered, his vision went black, and he almost fainted!

Chapter 5: Elite

The mosquito shattered!

This scene was vividly imprinted in David Bennett's mind, but at this moment, David Bennett had no time to care about it.

His head hurt so much that David Bennett felt an urge to groan. He guessed it was because he had overused his spirit.

Lower the spirit—hmm, better return to normal attribute values!

In a flash, David Bennett's four attributes quickly returned to normal, and at that moment, David Bennett felt his headache ease!

With spirit reaching 3.5, he could actually kill a mosquito four or five meters away. If his spirit reached 10, wouldn't that mean...

As he speculated, David Bennett suddenly felt a huge wave of exhaustion, and in an instant, he fell asleep.

"Mom, I'm going to school to register. At the latest, in three days, I can take the martial artist test!" When David Bennett woke up, he felt incredibly comfortable, and also very hungry.

After quickly washing his face, David Bennett ran off toward the school.

Although the level-one energy bars there weren't great, at least there was something to eat. The food at home should be left for his mother and sister!

Watching her son's figure grow more distant, Emily Sullivan felt very gratified. Her son was truly considerate.

"Yunyang, those punches yesterday felt so damn good!" As soon as David Bennett appeared on the playground, Brian Sullivan sidled up with a cheeky grin.