But the spark of fighting spirit residing in Lia's left eye acted like a catalyst, giving Lia a push.
Thanks to her physical condition, Lia advanced two levels and entered the Star Rank!
This aroused envy among Xueyan and the others.
"The captain is indeed a genius," Orlu commented in a simple and honest manner.
"Captain, congratulations on reaching the Star Rank," Kaine said with a smile.
"What does it feel like to become a Star-Rank?" Chrona asked curiously as the man carrying the small axe walked over.
This made Leah extremely proud.
"It's alright, just average, only a few times better than before."
Lia rubbed her nose with her finger, and fire-type battle aura gathered in her palm, like a small sun.
The astonishing power contained within caused the expressions of the group to change.
Leah can easily take down that Sleeping Serpent Beast on her own now.
The power increase from Star Rank is much greater than that below level 30.
Leah's ultimate move, Blazing Slash, has evolved into Super Blazing Slash. Combined with her talent skill, Flame Burst, it can be unleashed twice.
The difference in combat power between them and ordinary star ranks is immediately apparent.
Besides Lia and Eko reaching Star Rank, Chrona also leveled up to 28, Oru and Kaine to 26, and Phyllis to 27.
With Xueyan's current combat strength, with a little preparation, breaking through the 14th level and becoming a Steel-grade expert will be a piece of cake.
That afternoon, Lia went to the Adventurers' Guild's training room to find Linda and tell her the good news.
"Hahaha, quickly call me Lady Leah, the Astral Adventurer!"
Leah stood with her hands on her hips, her slightly bulging chest puffed out, and the corners of her mouth almost turned up to the sky.
"Behold my Star Rank power!"
She couldn't wait to use her new skills on Linda.
Linda's feet felt like they were stuck in mud, and she had thousands of pounds of barbell plates hanging on her shoulders.
His face was swollen with anger.
Okay, okay, I'll make a walkthrough for you guys. You'll be the first to criticize me after you beat the game, right?
"So this is power, no wonder Star Rank people like to oppress others like this, it's so useful." Lia was completely unaware of what would happen that night, and looked at Linda's humiliated expression with satisfaction.
"Have you made enough of a scene?" Lulu's face turned cold as she released her Star Rank aura, neutralizing Lia's power.
Eko stepped in to be the peacemaker: "Lia, how could you do this? Here, Linda, let me wipe your sweat."
Linda then noticed that Ai Ke had also advanced to the Star Rank.
He sincerely said, "Congratulations."
"Sigh, I broke through without even realizing it. I was originally planning to stay at level 29 a little longer to hone my skills." Ai Ke's dark circles were covered by foundation as she smiled elegantly.
Linda: "I always thought you would reach the first star rank. In terms of individual talent, you are the best among us."
"Th-thank you," Ai Ke said, a little embarrassed. She had only wanted to show off, but she hadn't expected Linda to praise her so sincerely.
Leah walked over like a proud little rooster, tilting her snow-white chin: "Linda, you must be very envious of me, right?"
I'm not envious.
"Hmph, you must be incredibly envious inside. You might just stay stuck at level 26 forever."
"You are so smart."
Linda was speechless at Leah's high EQ comment. Adventurers hate it when others say they can't level up, and if they don't get along with the person, they'll immediately turn hostile.
"By the way, how's Isabella doing?"
Linda stayed in the training room the whole time and didn't go out, so she didn't know much about what was happening outside.
"Oh, this?" Lia said irritably, "You passed it. Isa is already a Star Rank, if she can't pass the 14th floor while leading the team, then she's too weak."
The result was obvious.
Linda wondered why Isha hadn't come to report the good news since she had already passed the 14th floor.
On second thought, perhaps the Ice Flower team was having a victory celebration and hadn't informed them. Although they were allies, they were still a step below the level of family-like team members.
Linda's original plan was to discuss it tonight, and then the three teams would go together tomorrow to explore resources in the public area of the tenth level of the Great Mystic Realm.
"If all else fails, then let's go with Luanweihua and Xueyan. Although Liya is a troublesome person, she's at least a Star Rank, and there's also Ai Ke, a Star Rank mage. Luanweihua has Lulu. With both teams combined, we can put up a fight against weaker Iron Rank adventure teams."
Linda pondered to herself.
"Without further ado, let's begin today's team training."
Linda clapped her hands and looked at Leah with a forced smile: "I hope your performance today was satisfactory."
That night.
Lia got a severe lesson from Linda.
Linda demanded the highest training standards from Lia.
The angle and timing of attacks on monsters, as well as the speed of responding to commands, are almost demanding.
Whenever Lia showed any sign of charging forward and abandoning her teammates, Linda would stop her and single her out for a reprimand.
This blatant humiliation nearly made Leah explode several times, her face turning as red as a monkey's bottom.
During the punishment segment, Leah did an unprecedented 1,523 push-ups.
When she finished, Leah's arms and hands ached, and she was completely drained of energy, lying listlessly on the ground.
During this time, Linda went to the ice flower area.
Binghua's villa is located in Bishui Community, not far from Jinling Community, about a ten-minute walk away.
At night, the sky was clear and cloudless, the streets were illuminated by starlight, and piles of unmelted snow lay along the roadside.
Linda quickly arrived at the entrance of Bishui Community.
In front of a large black iron gate, the guard was a young man with a blond mushroom haircut.
He recognized Linda immediately: "Captain Linda, hello, I'm your fan!"
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