Industrial Powerhouse

"Sorry for being late."

The fourth person to board the plane was Ye Feng, who had still been recuperating a few days ago.

"Have you recovered?"

"Yes... I only fully recovered the day before yesterday. Yesterday, I promptly completed an auxiliary trial mission and killed a Grade-B ghost. I didn't expect to make it just in time."

As Ye Feng boarded the plane, he was still panting nonstop, having overexerted himself.

"Don't tell me you just ran here from the administrative building?"

"At two-thirty this morning, I finally killed the ghost. Then I flew straight back to Imperial City without stopping. As soon as I got off the plane, I immediately returned to the Ability Institute to complete the procedures. I got lucky. Otherwise, I would've had to wait until next year."

"You're really impressive."

Yu Jing scrutinized Ye Feng from head to toe. The most striking difference was the pitch-black scabbard hanging from his waist.

The Merciless Evil Blade he had once obtained at the Black Joint Training Camp had been completely damaged in battle. This brand-new black blade had clearly been acquired recently and was probably a special reward from the Forbidden Zone Cinema.

As Ye Feng boarded the plane, he exchanged a glance with Shui Bingmiao in the corner.

"Ye Feng."

"Brother Miao."

The two had cooperated many times in Sin Tower, and Shui Bingmiao acknowledged Ye Feng's swordsmanship and the bearing of a tyrant.

With that, there were four disciples from the Second Stage of Transcendence in total. The passenger plane bound for the Great Holy Shield State departed on schedule. Other than visiting Kloster Island during the first phase, this was Yu Jing's first time leaving the empire and entering foreign territory.

"Yu Jing, let me ask you something... What's the background of that friend