Trap

[Martial Arts Heavenly Capital, Heavenly Martial Training Base, Public Rest Area]

The afternoon sunlight streamed through the portholes, casting mottled shadows across the metal tables in the Public Rest Area. Fine dust floated in the air, left with nowhere to hide beneath the light.

Ever since the Longevity Island trial ended, the trainees had briefly returned to relatively steady cultivation and study.

Yet the brutality of the Longevity Island trial had still sounded an alarm in many people's hearts.

As a result, they began cultivating even more diligently.

Chen Kong and the others were naturally among them.

As the anime camera zoomed in, Chen Kong, the Stellaris protagonist who had been absent for an entire episode, appeared before the Dimensional Audience once more.

On-screen, he sat in the Public Rest Area, seriously watching a video.

The video showed several of his previous battles on Longevity Island.

Though they were all events that had already happened, Chen Kong still found many areas for improvement through this constant review.

Nearby, Vivian was inexplicably holding a yellowed Old Era book on star energy theory and reading it intently.

Unlike the quietness on their side, however, the simulated training ground not far away was incredibly noisy.

Liu Ma's roars and the clashing of metal gauntlets rose and fell one after another.

On the training ground, he threw a straight punch at Isabelle's ice shield.

Not only did he fail to break through Isabelle's defense, the impact even numbed the web between his thumb and forefinger.

But he did not mind at all. He continued to grin broadly. "Isabelle, I said I'd help you make up for your close-quarters combat, but I can't help you if you keep doing this."

After thinking for a moment, Isabelle said, "You're right."

As soon as she spoke, Isabelle