The entire Capital City was enveloped in a tense atmosphere.

Dragon Group and various major forces were all searching for the "Island Nation Ninja."

At this time, Lin Chen had already immersed his mind deep into the Prison of Time.

Lin Chen was now able to enter the second level of the Prison of Time for training, his speed even several times faster than before.

However, Lin Chen was not satisfied. Today's events had hit him hard, and knowing how weak his own strength was, he knew he must hurry to enhance his abilities so that he could protect his loved ones and those around him.

The two Qi Seas had widened much more than before, and his control over the fire and metal spirits had also become much more adept.

To enter the Prison of Time, he needed more Spiritual Energy, and the way to obtain Spiritual Energy was to kill demons and ghosts; it seemed a trip to the Martial Arts Guild was necessary.

Having left the Prison of Time while it was still early, Lin Chen took a cab straight to the Martial Arts Guild.

As soon as he left his home, Lin Chen felt the tense atmosphere around him.

Police cars were patrolling the streets from time to time, and at some major intersections, there were even armed policemen conducting checks.

Entering the Martial Arts Guild, it was crowded, but many people's conversations were focused on the great battle.

Lin Chen's eyes landed on the big screen displaying missions and he was shocked.

The first mission on the big screen was to find the Island Nation Ninja, with a reward amount of one billion.

Wow, I'm really that valuable! Lin Chen's sense of achievement surged.

Lin Chen then checked other bounty missions, and sure enough, there were quite a few for killing demons or ghosts.

If it were ordinary small ghosts or demons, the Spiritual Power was too pitiful, but if it was a Demon King or Ghost King, the strength was too strong and he couldn't handle it.

So Lin Chen had only one choice—to join a demon hunter team.

"Invincible Team recruiting one fire-element martial artist, lucrative compensation."

A fire-element martial artist—that was exactly what he was!

Lin Chen walked over and said to a young man who was recruiting, "Hello, I would like to apply!"

"You?" The young man looked Lin Chen up and down, "You're an S-rank superpower user, right?"

"Yes," Lin Chen nodded.

"Go, go, go, stop causing trouble. Didn't you see what's written above? We need SS-rank. You dare to come here to apply with your rookie abilities, it's just causing trouble," said the young man impatiently.

"Terminator Team urgently recruiting fire-law martial artists, interested parties come quickly!"

Lin Chen walked over, and this time a bearded middle-aged man glanced at Lin Chen: "An S-rank? Kid, don't mess around, the Demon King is terrifying. I think you'd better go home and drink milk!"

Laughter from the surrounding martial artists followed.

After trying a few more teams, Lin Chen faced rejection every time.

Lin Chen frowned, his strength was still too low, he couldn't even find a team to join.

"Fire-element martial artist wanted, rank not required."

Rank not required, Lin Chen's heart leaped, and he hurried over.

"An S-rank superpower martial artist? Your strength is a bit weak, but it'll do," the young man said with a reluctant shake of his head.

Because the mission was urgent, and they needed a fire-element martial artist, he had no choice but to grab whoever was available.

Lin Chen was overjoyed in his heart, having finally made it into a team.

"Hold on!" Just as they were about to leave, suddenly a bald man approached.

"Let him get lost, I'm joining your team," Bald Can said authoritatively.

"What did you say?" Lin Chen's gaze slightly hardened.

Bald Can looked at Lin Chen with disdain, "Trash, you with your kind of strength shouldn't embarrass yourself here."

"Trash?" Lin Chen looked at Bald Can coldly.

"I said you're trash, got a problem with that?" as he spoke, Bald Can produced a ball of flame in his hand.

This ball of flame clearly contained much more energy than Lin Chen's.

"See, trash, your little flame is only good for cooking. If you want to kill demons, you need to condense an earth fire," Bald Can said coldly.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. Sorry, young man, you should look for another team!" the team captain sighed as he spoke to Lin Chen.

"See, trash is just trash. Get lost and don't embarrass yourself here anymore," Bald Can laughed loudly.

Flames of anger flashed in Lin Chen's eyes, and a ball of fire blazed in his hand.

"Calm down, young man. Fighting is strictly forbidden here," the captain intervened between the two, trying to mediate.

"Because I'm stronger than you, you must scram like a dog when I tell you to," Bald Can made a contemptuous gesture at Lin Chen, his face full of arrogance.

Lin Chen snorted coldly and turned to leave.

This time, Lin Chen did not continue to apply for teams, but instead, he entered the restroom.

"System, exchange a Disguise Pill for me."

"Ding dong, congratulations to the host 'Lin Chen' for exchanging a Disguise Pill, deducting 10 popularity points."

A Disguise Pill appeared in the palm of his hand when he opened it.

Lin Chen swallowed the Disguise Pill, and soon a stern face appeared in the mirror.

Is an S-level superpower user a disgrace? What about a Lightning superpower user then?

Lin Chen had just walked around the hall, and not a single Lightning superpower user was seen throughout, so they must be very rare and popular.

Lin Chen asked for a recruitment sign at the service counter and placed it in the middle of the hall.

Soon, Lin Chen became the center of attention in the entire hall.

"No way, an S-level Lightning superpower user recruiting a team? Is this for real?"

"Could this guy be a Lightning superpower user? That's impossible!"

Listening to the discussions around him, Lin Chen did not retort, but lightning flickered in the palm of his hand.

"Boom!"

The entire hall fell silent.

"He really is a Lightning superpower user!"

After a brief silence, the hall erupted in chaos again.

"Dude, come join our Invincible Team. Our team is super tough with lots of combat experience!"

"Black Three, stop embarrassing yourself. Rich combat experience? I think you mean rich experience in failing!"

The speaker was none other than the man who had just mocked Lin Chen.

"Young man, come to our team. We're all from the retired guard team, experienced and safe."

"Tian Meng? Don't bamboozle the kid, okay? Come to our team! We have beauties here. Do you have a girlfriend, young man?"

"Young man, if you join our team, sister will be yours at night."

...

Around Lin Chen, the place was impenetrable as everyone tried to sell how great their team was.

Frowning, Lin Chen picked up a pen and wrote a few more words on the sign: "Only joining the top three ranked combat teams, no disturbance from other teams."

Seeing the content on Lin Chen's sign, those promoting their teams were silenced.

Yes, he's a powerful Lightning attribute user. How could he possibly join their mediocre teams?

"Lightning attribute, where's the Lightning attribute user?" At that moment, a tall man rushed over with a group of people.

Seeing Lin Chen, the tall man's eyes lit up: "Kid, our team is ranked number one, quickly join us!"

"Tan Long, your Death Squad has been the eternal second for years, okay."

"Nonsense, what do you know? That's because we didn't have a Lightning martial artist. With one, the first place is definitely ours," Tan Long glared at the man and said.

Lin Chen looked past Tan Long and his gaze sharpened because he saw an acquaintance, Bald Can.

With a slight smile on his lips, Lin Chen said to Tan Long, "I can join your team, but I have a condition!"

(Second update delivered, third update at nine tonight. Thanks for the 100 credit tips from the readers, and thanks for your recommendation tickets. Lately, the workload has been heavy, and I just want to sleep when I get home, but knowing you all await updates, I force myself to keep writing. Despite fewer updates, I'm genuinely not slacking.

If the recommendation tickets go over five hundred today, I'll stay up late after work and provide four updates tomorrow.)