Many students felt their whole worldview collapse in an instant.
He had actually made it through the twentieth floor of Peak Tower and reached the twenty-first.
Of course, they didn't know that Lu Yuan hadn't failed to get through the twenty-first floor. His opponent had simply been too tough, and the Ice Elemental Energy inside Lu Yuan was already running low.
Otherwise, they would have been even more shocked.
As the transparent capsule landed, Lu Yuan stepped out.
"Lu Yuan."
Seeing him, Celicia called out with a smile, then strode over on her long legs.
Suddenly!
Celicia's pupils widened slightly, and she stopped in her tracks.
After a long moment, she finally asked, "Lu Yuan, your rank..."
Those of a higher rank could use Spiritual Power to sense the precise rank of those below them.
And just now, Celicia had sensed that Lu Yuan was still at the seventh-order Lower Rank.
In other words, Lu Yuan's rank hadn't increased at all over the past month.
So how had Lu Yuan managed to clear the twentieth floor of Peak Tower at the seventh-order Lower Rank?
Even she could only clear the eighteenth floor at the seventh-order Upper Rank.
The twentieth floor? She couldn't do it. Not a chance.
Celicia was utterly puzzled.
Lu Yuan knew what Celicia wanted to ask, so he explained without batting an eye, "I've mastered a new spell."
In truth, Lu Yuan wasn't telling her the whole story.
There were simply too many students nearby, and he didn't want to let on that his ability had reached SSS-rank.
So he chose to lie.
"Oh... I see..."
Celicia nodded thoughtfully.
For some reason, she had the feeling that Lu Yuan was lying.
Perhaps... he had his reasons.
Celicia was willing to give him the benefit of the