Splash—
Leina's words were like a stone thrown into a calm body of water, and the scene instantly erupted into a commotion.
One was a god who came from a distant galaxy, the Lieyang Star System, summoned by Chief Engineer Lian Feng of the Black Great Wall Project.
And the other was an instructor of the Super Soldier Company right here on Earth.
Before the duel began, aside from the members of the Super Soldier Company who held some hope for Sun Wukong, practically all the surrounding Space Force soldiers held zero hope for him whatsoever.
Yet the outcome was entirely unexpected; the two sparred for a mere single move, and then each simply stood in place as the match ended inexplicably.
And Leina actually admitted defeat.
Mind you, prior to this, Leina's attitude had been extremely arrogant; although she didn't overtly flaunt that pride, basically everyone on the plaza just now could sense it.
Yet such a proud person actually conceded.
One could only imagine that Sun Wukong truly had defeated Leina in a way they knew nothing about.
Only, how on earth had he beaten her?
Aside from Su Xiao Li, probably no one knew.
Even Qiang Wei, though aware that Sun Wukong possessed spatial abilities, could clearly see that what he had just used to defeat Leina was not the power of space at all.
At that moment, Qiang Wei looked at Sun Wukong in the distance and fell deep into thought.
At the sparring grounds of the two, following Leina's remark, Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Since that's the case, you should honor the promise you made."
Though he didn't care all that much, since Leina lost, everything that ought to be done naturally needed to be carried out.
Otherwise, everything Sun Wukong had done would lose its meaning.
"Leina, now you should know what you're supposed to call me, right?"
"Understood, instructor!"
"Very well, fall in!"
Hearing Leina's words, Sun Wukong nodded with considerable satisfaction. "As for other matters, we'll talk when I think of them later."
As Sun Wukong's voice trailed off, Leina walked over toward Ge Xiaolun's formation.
As for the other Space Force soldiers, with the spectacle over, they dispersed.
Though they had been rather bewildered and the whole affair had ended so inexplicably, baffled as they were, none of them dared to ask.
After all, one was a god, and the other was an instructor of the Super Soldier Company.
Watching Leina walk over, Ge Xiaolun and the others felt their minds become active.
"Hello everyone, my name is Leina. From now on, we're teammates."
Arriving before the squad, Leina offered a self-introduction.
At the same time, Sun Wukong also came up to the formation and spoke, "Leina is right. From now on, Leina will be training alongside you all. Let's all welcome our new teammate."
Hearing Sun Wukong's words, the members of the Super Soldier Company broke into applause.
"Welcome, welcome!"
Among the trainees, Liu Chuang chimed in directly, "Well I'll be, we're actually training right alongside the Sun Goddess."
"Haha, I never expected that one day, I, Lord Xin, would get up close and personal with a goddess!"
Yet the moment their voices fell, Leina's gaze swept over instantly.
Seeing Leina cast her gaze their way, Zhao Xin and Liu Chuang abruptly shut their mouths and turned their heads aside.
They hadn't forgotten that although the Leina before them had lost to the instructor, she could conjure flames in the palm of her hand at any time—this was a level of strength they were still no match for.
Seeing this, Sun Wukong simply remained silent.
One week later, still at the Space Force training grounds on Venus, all the members of the Super Soldier Company gathered together to prepare for today's training.
"Leina has been part of the Super Soldier Company for a week now. Through these past few days of integration, I believe you've all developed some tacit coordination. Today we won't be running the previous training modules; today, we're changing our training method."
With that, Sun Wukong swept his gaze across the faces of all the members before continuing, "You are very soon going to officially become qualified Super Warriors of the Super Soldier Company. Before that, however, we need to hold a test to gauge your strength, speed, and defensive capabilities. Based on these abilities, I will comprehensively select a captain and a vice captain."
As Sun Wukong's voice dropped, Ge Xiaolun bluntly asked a question, "Instructor, didn't you say before that you were having Leina serve as captain? Why are we testing?"
"What? Do you have an objection?"
Sun Wukong gazed at Ge Xiaolun, while beside him Qiang Wei likewise shot a lightning-sharp look in that direction.
Scaring Ge Xiaolun into shrinking his neck, he hastily clamped his mouth shut. He had almost forgotten that before Leina's arrival, Qiang Wei had always served as the captain of the Super Soldier Company. Now that Leina had shown up and was about to snatch her captain's post, how could Qiang Wei possibly be happy?
Presumably, this test was something Qiang Wei had demanded.
"Ge Xiaolun, how about the two of us have a friendly match first?" Qiang Wei turned her head, eyeing Xiao Lun with an unfriendly tone.
"..." Watching Sun Wukong and the others wear looks of eager anticipation, Ge Xiaolun replied in speechless silence, "Instructor, you can't do this to me."
"Alright, follow me to the equipment room. There are all sorts of apparatuses in there capable of measuring strength levels below the god tier."
With that, Sun Wukong led the group of members toward the training base's equipment room.
Inside the equipment room, Sun Wukong looked at a special metal sphere before him and stated directly, "There is a testing ball here, with a weight capped at a minimum of ten thousand catties and a maximum of one billion catties."
Hearing this, Ge Xiaolun and the others were all momentarily stunned.
"Instructor, you surely don't expect us to lift this ball, do you?"
Sun Wukong nodded. "That's right. This sphere can appropriately increase its own weight according to your strength!"
"Hiss!"
The members drew in a sharp breath of air.
A metal sphere starting at ten thousand catties and capped at one billion catties—how was anyone supposed to lift that?
Yet the action Sun Wukong took next left them dumbfounded.
They saw him casually pick up the metal sphere before him and toss it back and forth between his left and right hands with complete ease. To a second generation god like him, this strength-testing ball served no purpose whatsoever.
"Instructor, did something go wrong? Is this metal sphere really that heavy?"
Hearing this, Sun Wukong offered a gentle smile without rushing to explain. "In that case, why don't you give it a try, Liu Chuang?"
"Bring it on!"
Seeing that this metal sphere was so tiny, about the size of an ordinary shot put, Liu Chuang immediately grew defiant.
How could a sphere like this possibly have a capped weight of one billion catties?
Regarding Liu Chuang's behavior, Sun Wukong said nothing further, simply setting the shot-put-sized metal sphere gently down onto the ground.
At that moment, Liu Chuang also stepped out from the formation.
"Instructor, I'm starting!"
Sun Wukong nodded with a smiling expression.
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