"Ding, level up."
Facing the dazzling golden light before him, Lu PingAn searched for sunglasses to shield his eyes while supplying the sound effects himself.
"Come on, fight me!"
The woman who had just successfully advanced challenged Lu PingAn without hesitation.
"This time, you can use your full strength!" The woman was delighted, but also rather arrogant, as if she had suddenly become ten years younger.
"Spare me. Back in the Gymnasium, I was already giving it my all." Lu PingAn refused outright. Who in their right mind would want to go head-to-head with a Rule-level?
"No Magical Pets, no magical plants—how does that count as full strength?"
"...That was my full strength under normal circumstances. I can use magical plants and consumables here too, but will you compensate me if they get destroyed?"
The Gymnasium's "deathmatch resurrection" function was better suited to ordinary combat classes. For a Life-type like Lu PingAn, his Magical Pets and magical plants could not be resurrected after a round. Any battle losses would be ruinously expensive.
"...If you really want to fight, wait two days. Yu Ge isn't far off either."
Rubbing his chin, Lu PingAn declined the challenge from the team's newly advanced Rule-level.
Hua Xueyi's advancement had been entirely expected. She had been taking medicine and relying on Dietary Supplementation every day as a Quasi Rule-level, while all kinds of Life Points exchange services had been piled onto her. In particular, she had directly spent a "Wish" to stabilize her physical condition—her Metal Slime transformation—making up for her final weakness and allowing her to cross that threshold with ease.
"...Besides, your rule is too disgusting. One fight could easily cost me a fortune."
Hua Xueyi's rule, "Touch Stone into Gold," was practically a "weapon destroyer." Metal weapons in particular could be completely