High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

Seventeen hours later, He Miao and the reconnaissance battalion returned successfully after collecting all the information about the entire cave.

They encountered no danger along the way; the only living creatures they met were mutated blind fish in the underground river.

These things became quite ferocious under the influence of abyssal energy, but unfortunately, being only seven or eight centimeters in size, they posed no real threat.

Kong Dexian took the 3D diagram made by He Miao and marked several points.

"The terrain is now very clear; these locations should be the final hideout of the Abyss Cult."

"The terrain of underground caves is relatively easy to analyze, and the human body size makes it impossible to hide in a very small corner."

"Um...Commander Kong."

He Miao then came out and cautiously offered a reminder.

"What's wrong?"

Kong Dexian put down the 3D diagram in his hand and turned to look at He Miao.

"During my reconnaissance, I discovered a location where there was a very strong spiritual energy reaction..."

He Miao pointed to a spot on the 3D map that had been overlooked; she had sensed a very noticeable fluctuation of mental energy there when she passed by.

Martial artists cannot detect fluctuations in spiritual power; even grandmasters can only detect subtle changes.

Most of the time, it is ignored.

"I suspect that the Abyss Cult has mental cultivators, but their mental fluctuations seem to be mixed with blood and qi?"

He Miao herself wasn't sure either, so she turned and glanced at Chen Mo.

Currently, Chen Mo is the only one known to possess both spiritual power and blood energy, but he doesn't seem to care much about his spiritual power.

"..."

Kong Dexian frowned; he had seen information about He Miao before.

This little girl looks delicate and weak, but she is actually very strong in terms of mental strength, even stronger than Chu Tianhua.

Especially in terms of the application of mental power, the only difference between him and Chu Tianhua is experience.

Therefore... her words are highly credible, and we definitely need to be vigilant.

"Then I'll trouble you to be in charge of monitoring this area, and the rest of the area will be the responsibility of the military."

"The terrain in this area is relatively complex and cannot hide too many people. With Chen Mo's strength, he can easily guard this place by himself."

"To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, this time we'll have Grandmaster Zhao Lianqi, Chen Mo, Gu Feng, Ma Wanglin, and you guard this place."

"May I?"

In Kong Dexian's stereotype, mentalists usually do not pose much of a threat.

This terrain could only hide a few hundred people at most, which was nothing to Chen Mo, let alone the fact that he had Zhao Lianqi with him.

Even if the X, Y, and Z axes were filled with people, Chen Mo and his group could handle it with ease.

Unless they can fit a squad of grandmasters in that place.

"Well... our captain is Chen Mo, I need to ask him."

He Miao is an indecisive person who always needs others to make decisions for her.

"Sure, there's still time. You can discuss it with Chen Mo and the others."

Kong Dexian nodded, giving He Miao and Chen Mo plenty of time.

He Miao breathed a sigh of relief. She really couldn't make the decision; she always felt that whatever she did would go wrong.

Fortunately, we have a reliable team leader...

Although sometimes it's not entirely reliable.

But at least he's much stronger than me.

...

After taking the copied 3D image, He Miao first found Ma Wanglin and Gu Feng, who were doing hard labor, and then led them to Chen Mo, who was still tempering his internal organs and muscles.

"Hey kid, your friend's here to see you."

Zhao Lianqi couldn't take it anymore. Was this kid really just a level seven martial artist?

With that monstrous body, no wonder Song Bin was so fond of him.

"Um?"

Chen Mo opened his eyes, and a stream of blood tears mixed with rich blood flowed out.

"Holy shit! When the hell did you get injured?!"

Zhao Lianqi's heart skipped a beat. If anything happened to this kid, he'd be roasted like a piece of meat by Song Bin...

"It's nothing serious, just a minor internal injury."

Chen Mo waved his hand and stepped out from under Zhao Lianqi's oppressive aura.

"Ugh~"

After spitting out a mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, Chen Mo felt refreshed.

"..." Zhao Lianqi was starting to doubt his life. You call this a minor injury?

It was actually a minor injury. Chen Mo's health remained above 95%, and the black blood and internal organ fragments just hadn't been expelled yet.

"Master Zhao, you don't need to worry. This is how Chen Mo tempers his body."

Gu Feng comforted Zhao Lianqi, but inwardly he was thinking that this grandmaster was really ignorant.

This kind of scene is nothing to Chen Mo; you've never seen him completely explode.

Am I really getting old...?

Zhao Lianqi looked at his hands, unsure of what to say.

"By the way, what did you want to see me about?"

After two days of tempering, Chen Mo's internal organ tempering progress has reached 50.3%, and his muscle tempering progress has reached 77.1%.

"Well, Commander Kong ordered us to stay at this position because I sensed a very strong fluctuation of mental energy here..."

With Chen Mo as her pillar of support, He Miao became much more confident and carefully explained her findings and speculations.

"Several hundred people..."

Chen Mo pursed his lips; to be honest, he wasn't too satisfied with this number.

He was even thinking of going into the midst of a massive army of ten thousand and unleashing his full power.

"Don't do anything reckless. The military's plans and orders must be followed. Even a grandmaster cannot change them at will."

Zhao Lianqi seemed to realize that Chen Mo was planning to cause trouble, and quickly reminded him.

"I know I'm not so immature as to affect something this important."

Chen Mo nodded. His plan was to take the initiative and clear out the positions they needed to guard once the operation began.

After clearing that spot, wouldn't he be able to go into the midst of a massive army and unleash his power, while also enjoying stacking Heart Steel?

"Hey, you guys come over here, let's talk about this..."