Chapter 49: The Hunter's Gold Card

"His superpower is lightning, so he is capable of teleportation. His absolute limit for a single teleport is around five hundred meters, and he can do it twice a second, directly covering a range of a kilometer. However, doing so consumes a massive amount of demonic energy, and the path must be completely unobstructed. In the middle of combat, it's best to use such large-scale teleportation sparingly, as it's quite dangerous."

Ye Yang nodded. No wonder Wang Feng hadn't used teleportation to rescue him when he was fighting the Demon Devourer on the cliff face. First, Sang Shi was heavily injured, and second, the cliff was likely too far away, making teleportation extremely dangerous at a time when he was surrounded by countless predators.

Although both Wang Feng and Yao Jun described Ling Fengyan as mediocre in strength, Ye Yang liked him quite a bit. Moreover, the big man turned out to be an excellent teacher. Seizing the opportunity, he taught Ye Yang some essential combat methods, such as demonic energy defense and the technique of channeling demonic energy into attacks, and the two even sparred briefly.

Ye Yang's current strength was already quite impressive. Although he was still a beginner in many aspects, he had, after all, torn apart a predator with his bare hands. Yet, standing before Ling Fengyan, he felt as defenseless and fragile as an infant.

His attacks had zero effect. Ling Fengyan's superpower allowed him to instantly turn his entire body's skin into metal; Ye Yang's fists couldn't even budge him, and instead, the recoil nearly shattered Ye Yang's own bones.

Defense? Although Ling Fengyan wasn't using any weapons, those massive fists hammered Ye Yang to the verge of spitting blood. Every single punch felt like a collapsing mountain or a splitting earth, and Ye Yang even noticed that when Ling Fengyan's demonic energy condensed, faint ripples radiated from the front of his fists.

"When power is condensed to its absolute limit, it looks like this. Once your demonic energy surpasses one thousand, you'll achieve this kind of effect," Ling Fengyan explained with a smile.

Ye Yang nodded frantically. He truly admired this big man from the bottom of his heart. Mediocre? Damn! He was the truly mediocre one here. This guy's demonic energy was at 1,600, his superpower was formidable, and his physical strength was immense. He could be considered a hunter with an extremely well-balanced offense and defense.

Ling Fengyan was equally full of praise for Ye Yang's strength. He felt that this kid was already getting close to Sang Shi—in terms of demonic energy, of course, while his overall physical conditioning still lagged far behind, but the speed of his progress was...

"If this keeps up, in at most a month, his demonic energy might surpass Sang Shi's," Ling Fengyan sighed in amazement. Lacking a superpower was his fatal flaw and Ye Yang's greatest pity. Otherwise, even with the most ordinary superpower, augmented by his demonic energy, it would become an overwhelmingly lethal ultimate move.

Ye Yang was progressing far too quickly. The growth of his demonic energy was something no one could have anticipated; this rate of evolution was simply baffling. Yet none of them had considered whether this was truly evolution at all. Calling it a mutation would be closer to the truth, or perhaps even...

Ye Yang's condition didn't look like growth in the slightest. It felt as though he had always possessed this immense power and was merely waking up to it now. Yes! He was currently in the process of waking up! A waking state after being frozen in ice for twenty years!!

And... perhaps he wasn't the only one waking up.

"Right, I brought you a good thing. Wang Feng asked me to deliver it." Ling Fengyan suddenly smiled, fished out his phone, opened his storage space, and pulled out a small case.

"Your combat armor and your gold card."

"Armor?" Ye Yang immediately grew interested. He popped the case open and let out an exclamation. It was a silver-white half-body armor composed of several independent sections, connected by a material whose name he didn't know. It fit like a piece of clothing while protecting all of his vital areas.

"Take a look, isn't it cool?" Ye Yang laughed heartily. The armor restricted his joints in a few places, yet it was extraordinarily soft and didn't hinder his range of motion in the slightest. Even the weight of the armor was bizarre—it was actually much lighter than an ordinary down jacket.

"I have one too," Chen Yun giggled from the side, pulling out her phone to produce a similar set of armor, which she slipped on. However, the girl's armor differed slightly from the men's; the chest area was...

Puff, Ye Yang suffered a nosebleed. The soft armor over Chen Yun's chest was stretched to the point of bulging prominently, looking as though two small watermelons had been stuffed inside, combined with the armor's distinct cleavage design, making it indescribably alluring.

At that moment, had Ling Fengyan not been present, Ye Yang might have just forcibly swept the girl off her feet. He was reaching his breaking point; Ye Yang felt that if he had met this girl a few years earlier, he probably never would have bothered looking at Master Cang.

"By the way, what is a gold card?" Ye Yang asked, holding up the golden card that looked just like a bank card. It genuinely appeared to be a bank card, complete with embossed machine-readable codes.

Ling Fengyan smiled and said, "It's a gold card exclusively for hunters of Level 3 and above. It's issued after completing the internship, valid anywhere, and accepted worldwide. There's no cash stored inside, but you can use it to swipe and pay directly—similar to a credit card. Also, if you need to, you can make withdrawals from any bank at will."

"Whoa..." At that moment, Chen Yun was so envious she almost fainted. Was there any girl who didn't lack money? However, although she had passed her internship, she had never reached Level 3, so she could only look on with envy.

Ye Yang was also startled. Withdrawals at will? Wasn't that a bit too exaggerated? Was there really no upper limit?

"There is one. If there wasn't an upper limit, things would descend into total chaos," Ling Fengyan said with a peculiar expression.

Ye Yang nodded, only for Ling Fengyan's next sentence to nearly make him spit blood.

"The limit is one hundred million RMB. If you exceed that amount, you need to come back and file a report, explaining what you spent the money on, and only then can you continue using it. But reports like that are usually just for show; they don't really impose strict restrictions."

"One hundred million?!" Ye Yang was so excited he felt like crying. It was his lifelong fantasy! He had finally become a multi-millionaire, hadn't he? Before being frozen in ice, he had been nothing more than a half-rate loser, and now he was worth a hundred million?

Suddenly, Ye Yang realized that Wang Feng and Lin Tian helping him rent an apartment and buy furniture was only natural. These guys probably all had gold cards like this; pocket change like that meant nothing to them.

After chatting for a bit longer, Ling Fengyan took off. Ye Yang and Chen Yun remained sitting on the sports field, dazed, staring at the gold cards with bizarre expressions.

"Shall I... treat you to dinner?" Ye Yang offered with a dry laugh. Chen Yun immediately nodded frantically; anyone who obtained such a gold card would be dying to use it, and heading out for a massive feast right away was an absolute must! Forget treating a young woman to dinner, even if Ye Yang wanted to keep a few mistresses and beauties right now, it wouldn't be a problem at all. One hundred million, after all...

"Xiaofang, come to the academy, my treat! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Sang Shi, get your ass out here, my treat! Oh... and bring Gao Ting along too, Xiaofang is coming!"

Ye Yang was truly feeling flush with cash right now; he desperately wanted to invite the entire academy to dinner. The only problem was...

"Seven people? You can only order seven dishes," the waiter said expressionlessly.

Ye Yang wanted to cry—he had completely forgotten about that rule. However, while they couldn't order a mountain of dishes, they could drink as much alcohol as they wanted! Ye Yang was no longer afraid of getting drunk; Wang Feng had mentioned that drinking heavily might actually have some benefits for demonic energy—ideally to the point of being completely dead drunk.

"Everyone, raise your glasses! Ha, let's toast to the longevity of our friendship," Ye Yang laughed loudly. Well... to be honest, half of these people weren't even close to him, and there wasn't much friendship to speak of, but everyone was in high spirits.

As for An Jing and An Xin, Ye Yang wasn't familiar with the twin sisters at all; they had only met today. However, Chen Yun had already told him in secret that the two girls were very easy to get along with—the older sister lived up to her name, being well-behaved and sensible, while the younger sister, though a bit mischievous, was mostly just adorable.

Moreover, the twin sisters were absolute eye-catchers. An Jing and An Xin were quite popular at the academy, and the majority of hunter trainees had dreamed of pursuing them. Sang Shi had spent the entire evening trying to curry favor with them. Though most people could only dream, these two sisters were undeniably elite members among the trainees, on the verge of advancing to Level 4.

It was worth mentioning that Ye Yang noticed Gao Ting wasn't as aloof as she had been when they first met. After two drinks, she was actually laughing and chatting along with the rest of them.

"Is she like this whenever she finishes drinking? Tsk tsk, the 'ice queen' vibe is completely gone," Ye Yang asked Sang Shi in a low voice.

"Xiaoting? Yeah. Actually, she isn't cold at all; once you spend time with her, you'll know. She just doesn't like getting close to strangers. Sigh... there's a backstory there," Sang Shi said boisterously, his voice booming at maximum volume. Ye Yang was filled with immediate despair and wanted to slap a hand over his mouth, but Gao Ting had already heard him.

"Ye Zi... I can call you Ye Zi, right? About what happened the first time we met... I'm sorry," Gao Ting said, raising her glass with a remorseful expression. She downed it in a single gulp, then turned her gaze toward the distance, lost in thought.

"Forget it, we're having a good time today! Let me tell you about my past," Gao Ting suddenly shouted at the top of her lungs, startling everyone for a moment before they broke into cheers. Only Sang Shi's expression shifted, looking as though he wanted to dissuade her, but Gao Ting waved him off.

"It's no big deal, it happened a long time ago," Gao Ting said with a bitter tone, pouring herself another glass and draining it. Her face was already flushed, her body swaying slightly, and her words were slurred. Sang Shi tried to intervene again, but this time Ye Yang stopped him.

He could tell that Gao Ting was harboring something deeply painful in her heart and wanted to use alcohol to vent.

Actually, Gao Ting wasn't cold by nature, but she intensely disliked strangers, which naturally had a reason. The girl wasn't a native Beijinger; like Qi Fang, she was actually born in a small village outside the city.