All-Around Expert

The All-Around Expert is an urban supernatural novel by the web author “I Am Angry” (real name Li Tie), serialized on 3G Book City from January 13, 2015 to August 2016. It runs over four million characters across more than 1,200 chapters. The story opens in Qingshui City, the flower capital of the north: Du Shishi, daughter of the business magnate Du Hao, is abducted by a black-clad figure with eerie, ghost-like skills. The pursuers trace the trail to an ancient tomb and discover the foe is an “ancient martial artist” far beyond ordinary fighters. Li Huaifeng, a boy abandoned in the deep mountains since childhood who accidentally gained a self-healing physique and is possessed by the ancient soul Xuan Yuan Luoxue, uses a forbidden technique to save Du Shishi. His master’s soul is damaged and most of his own martial arts are lost, so he enters the wider world with Du Hao as a bodyguard protecting Du Shishi, and enrolls in school as a transfer student. He deals with school bullies, officials’ sons and rich heirs while clashing with the Crocodile Gang, gradually encountering hidden ancient martial clans and sects. To repair his master’s soul he must borrow each clan’s treasured heirloom, and at a meeting of ancient martial families he is elected leader of the Ancient Martial Alliance and leads a team to win the World King of Fighters tournament. The return of the overseas Li family splits the alliance, and his investigations reveal the mystery of his own origins. Told in a light, humorous style, the novel blends supernatural powers, ancient martial arts, campus life and underworld intrigue as the protagonist defeats stronger foes and grows from a mountain boy into the “All-Around Expert” who unites China’s ancient martial forces.