Autonomy

With only two months left in their university life, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi followed their plan to hone their Battle Specialty and enhance their soft power.

Both of them received titles that increased their proficiency growth rate, but Bai Xiaowen's "Overwhelming Domination, which increased proficiency by 50%, was more outstanding. However, Bai Xiaowen also needed to practice more Battle Specialty.

Li Shuyi Melee Combat Specialty, and at Bai Xiaowen's suggestion, she also incorporated Shield Mastery Specialty into her training. As for One-Handed Swordsmanship, Li Shuyi has already reached level 7, Warrior's Star title won't be relevant.

In addition, Li Shuyi's melee skills have relatively short cooldown times, making them relatively easy to master.

In comparison, Bai Xiaowen practiced far more skills. Leaving aside the long cooldowns of Talisman Switching and Intimidation skills, just considering Battle Specialty, those useful to Bai Xiaowen included hand-to-hand combat, shooting, One-Handed Swordsmanship, two -Two-Handed Swordsmanship, Polearm Mastery Specialty, Shield Mastery, Meditation, and so on.

This doesn't even include some less common specialties, such as Lightning Spell Mastery... Yes, this specialty is beneficial to Bone Warlock.

Bai Xiaowen could only arrange things slowly according to priority and formulated a reasonable training plan. Although the title of "Overwhelming Domination" was good, after specifying a specialty or skill, there was a 7-day cooldown period before the next one could be specified, so it was not easy to switch at will.

Li Beihai initially did not support Bai Xiaowen's decision to graduate early.

Although he acknowledged that Bai Xiaowen already possessed the skills of Professional League, and that the Super God Guild was indeed performing poorly and needed Bai Xiaowen to lead the team, Li Beihai did not want Bai Xiaowen to graduate early for these reasons. Losing the resources provided by the school might affect Bai Xiaowen's growth.

After learning that Jinghai University would retain Bai Xiaowen's Honor Points, allowing him to enter the Trial Space at any time, Li Beihai's concerns were put to rest. He instructed Li Chengbin to reach a preliminary agreement with Bai Xiaowen on an S-Tier professional contract.

The specific contract details were negotiated and finalized by Sister Zheng on behalf of Bai Xiaowen and Li Chengbin. Based on the relationship between the two parties, the negotiation process was completed in a relaxed atmosphere. In Sister Zheng's words, this was the most relaxed negotiation she had ever encountered.

Li Chengbin agreed to almost all of the conditions proposed by Sister Zheng.

The negotiation terms Bai Xiaowen proposed to Sister Zheng were not demanding in terms of signing fee or Psionic Points, as Bai Xiaowen had no shortage of those. What he demanded was the independence and autonomy of the Professional League team.

According to the agreement, Bai Xiaowen's team competing in the Professional League will recruit its own members. The salaries and spiritual energy cultivation resources of each team member will be managed by the team captain and registered under the name of the Super God Guild. The Super God Guild only needs to invest according to the agreement and has only the right to make suggestions regarding specific team affairs.

As for the amount of betting resources, it is related to the league performance of Bai Xiaowen's team; the better the performance, the higher the investment amount.

With Li Beihai in charge, the Super God Guild had a high degree of trust in Bai Xiaowen. Given Li Beihai's personality, he would generally not interfere with Bai Xiaowen's team affairs.

Bai Xiaowen demanded autonomy and wanted to maintain the team's independence because the Super God Guild wasn't run by Li Beihai alone; it had several senior, high-ranking figures assisting it. By ensuring its current independence, Bai Xiaowen was avoiding potential future troubles.

The veteran members of the Super God Guild were not satisfied with the existence of a "state within a state" within the guild.

Some argue that Bai Xiaowen has been given too much autonomy and lacks checks and balances. If a conflict arises between the team and the guild in the future, Bai Xiaowen could easily lead the team away to another guild, leaving the Super God Guild powerless to stop him. No guild would offer such a contract to a newly joined member.

However, in the end, these veteran executives did not explicitly express their opposition.

There are two reasons.

Li Beihai's support was a crucial factor; he slammed his fist on the table at a high-level meeting, outlining the dire straits of the Super God Guild:

"What can we offer to attract such a talented individual like Little Bai to join us? Don't think that Little Bai joining the Super God Guild is a given. Right now, all the major guilds are practically wearing down his doorstep! Any one of them has more resources than us. They can offer any kind of generous terms and benefits, so why should Little Bai come here?"

Besides Li Beihai's support, Bai Xiaowen's excellence was also a factor that impressed these veteran executives. A CUAA champion who was only eighteen years old and just a freshman, the value of his achievement goes without saying. These veteran executives had also followed Bai Xiaowen's CUAA competitions and acknowledged that Bai Xiaowen was strong enough, both in terms of current strength and future potential, to be one of the most outstanding young talents in China in recent years.

The top student in China wouldn't be willing to join a small, struggling guild like the Super God Guild without some special conditions.

The contract was signed smoothly.

After the formal signing and press conference, the representatives from guilds of all sizes from various regions finally gave up their idea of signing Bai Xiaowen —none of their guilds could offer such lenient terms as Super God Guild.

Main team position? That's negotiable. Future core player? That's also negotiable. But an independent team... no guild is willing to let its main team drift out of the guild's control.

With the representatives from various guilds heading home, Bai Xiaowen was finally able to have some peace and quiet and focus on her training.

Jinghai University dormitory area.

As more and more senior students find jobs, the senior dormitories are becoming increasingly empty.

Graduation season is here, and the barbecue stalls and karaoke bars outside the school are packed every day.

Every day, drunk senior students, either being helped or leaning on each other, stagger back to their dorm rooms, then lie there like Salted Fish until 10 a. m. the next day. When they open their eyes again, they find that there is another familiar bed, now empty except for the bed board.

Every day, people pack their bags and move out of the dormitory area, embarking on an unknown new life.

This applies to students in regular departments as well as Awakened students in the Combat Department. As prominent figures in the school, they have even more parties as graduation approaches.

But there was one exception.

Liu Fei stood with his arms crossed, leaning against the door of his dormitory, watching two burly movers busily packing his belongings and carrying them to the trunk of an SUV outside.

Students walked by one after another, but few took the initiative to talk to Liu Fei; they just nodded and passed by.

"Have you heard? The University Team won the championship this time."

"Yeah, it's absolutely awesome."

"Bai Xiaowen is probably the strongest student in the CUAA. Without him, the University Team might barely qualify."

"Of course..."

Bai Xiaowen, that familiar name, once again stung Liu Fei's nerves. The painful experience of being expelled from the team resurfaced before his eyes.

"Bullshit! We'll see about the Professional League." Liu Fei spat and followed the two porters out of the dormitory.