Bright Moon District.
Zhou Ze lay back in his chair with his hands behind his head, gazing up at the stars.
"Domain... What exactly am I missing?" Zhou Ze sighed inwardly. "If I could just experience a domain once, I could definitely break through!"
Zhou Ze glanced at his raised left hand. He hadn't used it in years, and now that he had an extra arm, it felt rather strange—a faint sense of unfamiliarity.
"It's not a problem with my arm. Maybe my mental power just can't keep up with my physical strength..." Zhou Ze thought to himself.
"Clatter!"
The sound of a glass door sliding open came from beside him. Zhou Ze glanced over. "Janet, are you heading back to the Elite Training Camp? What time's your flight?"
"Around three this afternoon." Janet's beautiful eyes sparkled as she smiled faintly and walked over with a swaying gait, using the Mysterious Step.
"Teacher, thank you for guiding me these past few days. I came to say goodbye."
In just half a month, Janet's strength had undergone a tremendous transformation. Although her Force Emission hadn't advanced to the Fourth Layer of the Ninefold Thunderblade, following Zhou Ze's guidance, she had perfectly integrated her Guidance Technique, blade technique, and movement technique.
Her blade technique had reached the threshold of the Artistic Conception Level, and her movement technique had stabilized at Perfect Level. Her strength had surged, and though she still couldn't match Luo Feng when he first entered the Elite Training Camp, she was now easily among the top fifty.
"All right, you're finally leaving. If this goes on, you'll ruin my reputation..."
Zhou Ze joked, but then caught the scent of perfume mingled with a young woman's delicate fragrance. He'd grown used to it over the past few days, but this time she was much too close...
"Smack! Smack!"
Zhou Ze felt a moist touch on both cheeks and froze for a moment.
"Hehe... Teacher Zhou, don't get the wrong idea. This is a Western custom. I'm off..."
Watching Janet leap from the rooftop, Zhou Ze wondered, Is kissing still a popular custom in the West? In videos, they always seem to prefer shaking hands like we do in Huaxia Country. At most, they hug...
Janet, something's not right with you!
West Asia, at the headquarters of the Limit Martial Arts Hall—the Elite Training Camp.
Janet returned to her dormitory, Romantic Castle, brimming with confidence. As soon as she walked in, a white girl sitting in the living room teased her.
"Hey, Janet, you're back! We thought he'd had his way with you, but here you are."
"Sweetie, let me feel your tummy and see if you're expecting a baby..."
Janet snorted. "Get lost, Mary. I was studying under Teacher Zhou. Don't let your filthy thoughts cast doubt on the relationship between a teacher and his student."
"Sure, sure. But why's your face red?" Mary blinked her big, limpid eyes, looking utterly innocent.
"Fuck off!"
After cursing, Janet rushed into her room without looking back, prompting a fit of giggles from Mary.
The Ninth Floor of Ninefold Tower, Trial Room.
Janet strode into the hall. The moment she entered, she noticed a group of people looking her way and whispering. Her brows lifted slightly, but she ignored them and went to wait by herself.
"She's here for the Trial Room."
"She looks pretty confident. Does she really think Luo Feng succeeded because of his teacher in Yangzhou City...?"
"You don't know? She stayed at Luo Feng's teacher's house for a whole week or two. And Luo Feng's teacher is a man..."
"If it were me, I wouldn't pass up a beauty like her!"
Before long, two more people entered: Candice and William.
"Candice, look, it's Janet." William raised his eyebrows at Candice.
Candice said nothing. He wasn't so obsessed with Janet anymore, but since he'd once pursued her, he still felt a little reluctant to see this happen.
"Janet, Luo Feng's success has gone to your head..." Candice said coldly.
William shrugged too. "Maybe she's into that sort of thing. After all, it lets her get closer to Luo Feng, hehe..."
Janet sat cross-legged on the floor, acting as though she hadn't heard a word from Candice or William.
Candice said no more. William, finding it dull, glanced around, spotted a group he knew, and joined their conversation.
"William, you're here for the Trial Room too? Think you can break into the top hundred this time?"
"Of course. My Force Emission improved again during this life-or-death adventure. Haha!"
"By the way, Candice has been pursuing Janet for ages. Why didn't she even acknowledge you just now? Did you two have a fight? Haha."
"Fuck off. You know perfectly well why. Janet stayed at Luo Feng's teacher's house for so long. Who knows what happened..."
Time passed, and soon it was Janet's turn to enter the Trial Room. Before going in, she glanced at William's group and sneered.
"A bunch of useless losers who can't even make the top hundred. All you can do is gossip behind people's backs. You're good for nothing. Instead of wasting time on this, why don't you work harder?"
All the students at the Elite Training Camp were War Generals, with exceptionally sharp senses. They thought lowering their voices meant no one could hear them, but they were only fooling themselves.
If they wouldn't show themselves any respect, why should she show them any?
At Janet's words, not only did William and the others immediately fall silent, but the entire Trial Room hall went quiet.
Ignoring everyone in the hall, Janet strode down the corridor ahead and entered the innermost room. She picked up the deep-blue helmet used for movement testing, her face full of confidence!
At the training camp, in front of the Black Dragon Sculpture by the main entrance.
Quite a few Elite Training Camp students, as well as students from the Basic Training Camp, were gathered there watching the rankings.
The Elite Training Camp students were mainly checking their own standings, while the Basic Training Camp students were there to satisfy their curiosity or see whether someone they were interested in had climbed the rankings.
As one of the Elite Training Camp's few female students, a Senior War General Level fighter, and, most importantly, its prettiest student, Janet naturally drew the admiration of students throughout the camp.
Whenever her ranking changed, it drew everyone's attention.
"Look, it's Janet. Her ranking went up? Did spending half a month at Teacher Luo Feng's house really help?"
As one of the camp's most talked-about figures, Janet's every move attracted the attention of most of the students.
Everyone at the camp knew she'd been staying at Zhou Ze's home for the past half month.
"Wait, look at her ranking! It's gone up again, and so fast!"
At that, everyone in front of the Black Dragon Statue focused on Janet's ranking.
Janet's mastery of the Ninefold Thunderblade far surpassed Luo Feng's when he had just entered the Elite Training Camp. Her Force Emission had also reached the Third Layer, while her movement technique surpassed Luo Feng's by a full level, reaching Perfect Level.
Her blade technique was two levels above Luo Feng's, at the Artistic Conception Level. With strength like that, she was undoubtedly far stronger than Luo Feng had been when he first entered the camp and reached rank 68 in his first month.
"She went up again! My god! She's broken into the top fifty!"
"Th-this is impossible! How could she climb so many places at once?"
The excitement in front of the Black Dragon Statue spread like wildfire...
But Janet's ranking kept climbing...
On the Ninth Floor of Ninefold Tower, Elite Training Camp students were waiting in line for the Trial Room. One of them received a message from a friend and couldn't help shouting:
"Oh my God!"
At that, Candice, William, and everyone else in the hall turned to look.
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