"puff--"
Chen Jin was sent flying against the rock wall behind him, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He was in so much pain that he felt as if his internal organs had shifted.
"You've made great progress, but you're not good enough to beat me."
Chen Jin withdrew to rest.
A short while later, Cheng Sheng and Jiang Chuan also came out, and the group rested in the rest area on the other side.
Cheng Sheng glanced at the two of them. "Did you win?"
Chen Jin answered truthfully, "I can't beat them."
Jiang Chuan looked out the window and remained silent.
The truth is, although he injured his sparring partner, he still lost in the end.
Cheng Sheng raised an eyebrow smugly and nudged Chen Jin's arm with her elbow. "Didn't you say you could win? What happened, did your boast vanish like a balloon?"
Chen Jin sighed, "I didn't expect that he was holding back when we fought before. He underestimated me. He definitely needs to practice more."
Cheng Sheng said nonchalantly, "So what? I've never won, so what's wrong with that? Besides, while you're improving, others aren't stagnant either; they're improving too."
Jiang Chuan then turned his gaze to the person in front of him. She was right. It wasn't that he was incapable, but that the other person was also constantly improving. To win, he could only improve even faster!
After figuring it out, he jumped up, took a deep breath, and returned to the virtual battlefield.
The sparring partner who had just entered was startled by him, "You're all adjusted already?"
"Let's continue."
Lu Nan quickly reached out to grab Yun's neck. Yun instinctively backed up to dodge, but Lu Nan immediately pulled his hand back while it was still in mid-air and then extended his right leg to attack Yun's lower body.
"Not bad." Yun remained completely still.
Lu Nan felt as if he had kicked a steel plate; his shinbone was throbbing with pain.
Yun smiled and commented, "If your leg strength were three times what it is now, this one blow would be enough to knock me down, and you would have enough time to launch the next attack immediately."
Lu Nan had already anticipated this, and calmly withdrew, somewhat helplessly, "It's exactly the same result as the simulation in my simulator."
"Taking the first step is itself a form of progress," said Yundao.
Lu Nan nodded.
Yun continued, "That concludes today's sparring session. Let's continue training our physical strength and speed."
“Okay.” Lu Nan was well aware of his weaknesses and had no objections.
Yun patted him on the shoulder, "There's plenty of time, no rush."
At that moment, Lu Nan thought of Lin Xi fighting the mid-level zombie, and he didn't say anything.
He needs to grow rapidly and cannot be satisfied with the status quo.
Lin Xi was playing with great enthusiasm, and although her sparring partner wasn't seriously injured, she was exhausted from playing with him.
At that moment, a hand reached out in front of him. "Wait, wait a minute."
He was panting heavily, with his other hand supporting his thigh.
Lin Xi stopped her leg just in front of him.
Aren't you tired?
Lin Xi thought to himself, "Oh no, I got so caught up in the game that I forgot to put it on."
However, the person on the other end didn't seem to suspect anything; they just thought she had unusually high energy levels.
"You can leave now, I need to rest for half an hour, okay?"
Lin Xi nodded, "Oh, okay."
Then, not long after Jiang Chuan went in, Lin Xi came out.
Before the two people could even look away, they saw Lin Xi take off her glasses.
"They're out? Did they win?" Chen Jin asked excitedly.
Lin Xi thought for a moment. Although she hadn't lost, it seemed like she hadn't won either, so she shook her head and said, "I didn't win."
"Your sparring partner also held back before, right?"
"Holding back? What does that mean?" Lin Xi didn't quite understand.
"Did he become more powerful than before this time he went in?"
Lin Xi continued to think, "No, he's always been like this."
It's surprisingly hard to beat.
Metal-based enhancement is indeed quite overpowered. For some reason, she suddenly thought of Tang He again; his metal-based control was also quite overpowered.
Perhaps those with metal-based superpowers are generally stronger.
Chen Jin and Cheng Sheng exchanged a glance.
Could it be that Lin Xi is just slow to notice?
Or is it that Lin Xi is so skilled that the sparring partner has been holding nothing back from the very beginning?
Cheng Sheng felt it was unlikely; in her mind, Jiang Chuan should be more powerful, after all, his superpower was more unique.
Lin Xi didn't explain much, and they didn't dwell on the matter. Chen Jin comforted her, "It's okay, you've persevered for so long, that's already amazing! I was the first one out."
Cheng Sheng whispered, "I hid for quite a while purely by using my teleportation ability."
Chen Jin was quite envious of her special ability; it was an essential skill for escaping, unlike him, who could only stand there as a human shield.
Fortunately, they are not easily injured.
Cheng Sheng started complaining, "I just got scolded."
Lin Xi asked encouragingly, "What's wrong?"
Cheng Sheng pouted and said with a wronged expression, "My sparring coach said I'm too cowardly, only caring about running away and useless in battle..."
Lin Xi didn't know what to say, because she felt that Cheng Sheng's sparring coach was quite right.
"It's not like I wanted to run away. He's a level 5 ability user, I can't beat him," Cheng Sheng continued to argue in a low voice.
With that explained it, Lin Xi could understand.
If you can run away, why would you stupidly walk right into someone's house and get beaten up?
A week has passed, and Lin Xi has quietly leveled up all by herself.
Yun met with her alone and said, "Not bad, you've made great progress and haven't disappointed me."
There was a brocade box on his table.
Lin Xi couldn't help but glance at it a few times, a little curious.
Her slender fingers tapped lightly on the brocade box. "Do you know what this is?"
Lin Xi shook her head.
Want to see?
Lin Xi hesitated. Should she watch this or not? Would she have to pay some kind of price if she did?
Ugh~ This darn curiosity is impossible to suppress.
She nodded.
Yun pushed the box over, her eyes full of smiles, "Open it and take a look."
When Lin Xi opened the box, a golden badge lay in the center, gleaming brightly—it was real gold!
She was a little confused. Was she given this thing to look at and make her drool, and then use it to motivate her to practice harder?
Yun looked at her and smiled, "Here you go."
Lin Xi was taken aback.
"Congratulations, starting today, you have been upgraded from a Silver Badge to a Gold Badge."
Lin Xi was still in shock, and it took her a while to ask, "So sudden?"
"Your sparring partner has already told me about your performance on the virtual battlefield, Lin Xi. Your strength is already worthy of this gold badge."
After hearing this, Lin Xi couldn't help but touch the gleaming gold badge with her fingers.
I never expected such a big surprise today.
When she realized what was happening, her first question was, "So, does that mean I can skip training and go straight out to do long missions?"
Yun nodded. "That's right."
Lin Xi's eyes were shining!
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