Graduation

Because of this discovery, Tang Ping had made up his mind early on: once he received his rewards, he wouldn't use them himself but would find excuses to give them to his brothers, thereby maximizing their utility. Of course, when giving them to his good brothers, he would have to temporarily adjust the distribution ratio; otherwise, just like the previous two times, he would only be left with the scraps.

He quietly arrived at Wang Zhizhong's training room, and sure enough, he was still diligently training.

"Hey, Old Wang, stop for a second. Come over here, I've got something good for you." Closing the door to the training room, Tang Ping called out to Wang Zhizhong, who was in the middle of practicing his blade technique.

Hearing this, Wang Zhizhong stopped immediately, wiped the sweat from his brow, and asked, "What is it?"

"This, Dragon Blood." Tang Ping held up the Spirit of Vegetation in his hand and shook it.

"What? Dragon Blood? I can't take that. Don't you need it yourself, Brother Ping? I'll just keep working hard; I reckon I can get the Dragon Blood from the reward terms in about a month or so." After his initial surprise, Wang Zhizhong refused decisively, knowing that Tang Ping himself had not yet reached the limit of the War God-level.

"Haha... is that what you're worried about? Look at this, it's a Spirit of Vegetation, something even better than Dragon Blood. Didn't Jiang Yang and the others say that using Dragon Blood is extremely painful? I don't want to suffer through that. Since there's a better Spirit of Vegetation to use, it would be a waste not to use this Dragon Blood. Just take it and use it for now. If you feel bad about it, you can just return it to me once you get your own share of Dragon Blood next month." Tang Ping brought out the excuse he had prepared long ago to persuade him.

"Well... if that's the case, alright then. I'll return it to you once I get my Dragon Blood." Wang Zhizhong hesitated for a moment before choosing to accept his brother's kindness.

"I'll leave the Dragon Blood here for you then. Adjust yourself and use it soon; I'm heading back." After setting down the Dragon Blood, Tang Ping went straight back to his own room.

After readjusting the distribution ratio and waiting for a short while, Tang Ping felt his physical fitness rapidly improving; he figured Wang Zhizhong must have already started using the Dragon Blood.

Speaking of which, the system deserves a compliment: only the effects of the treasures were subject to critical hits, while the pain remained completely unchanged, meaning it wouldn't be transferred to Tang Ping. He completed the enhancement comfortably—it felt great!

Before long, Tang Ping felt that his physical fitness had reached its current limit. From here on out, unless he broke through to the Planetary Level, using ordinary Apprentice Level treasures to improve his physical fitness would no longer be effective.

After slightly adapting to his surging physical strength, Tang Ping walked out of his room once again.

This time, his destination was the training room of the little fatty, Li Ze.

Because of Li Ze's status as a Spirit Reader, the distribution ratio Tang Ping had set for him had always been lower than that of the other brothers, which meant he hadn't yet reached any of the reward terms, and there wasn't even much hope for next month.

Therefore, Tang Ping specifically saved the relatively superior Spirit of Vegetation for him, which could be considered a small, insignificant form of compensation. Although he didn't actually owe his brothers anything, there had been some differential treatment after all.

Upon entering the training room, Li Ze refused to accept the Spirit of Vegetation when Tang Ping first brought it out. Fortunately, Tang Ping was well-prepared; he had given Wang Zhizhong the Dragon Blood first specifically for this moment.

He briefly demonstrated his own strength, which had already reached the limit of the War God-level, to convince Li Ze that the Spirit of Vegetation was of no use to him. Only then, after much persuasion, did he finally get him to accept it.

Back in his room, a warm current suddenly appeared in his body after a short while, but this time, his physical fitness didn't improve in the slightest. After all, the Spirit of Vegetation that Hong used to reward the students was only of average quality; even with the effect of a critical hit, it couldn't possibly possess the power to make someone break through directly to the Planetary Level.

With this, the five brothers finally stood on the same starting line again, all at the limit of the War God-level. Of course, there was still a gap in their actual combat strength, as they were still quite far behind Tang Ping in terms of Battle Power Amplitude.

January and February were the vacation months for the Limit Martial Arts Hall's Elite Training Camp. Tang Ping felt that he would surely break through to the Planetary Level within two months, and since he was bored staying here, he decided to just graduate. After all, he had already obtained everything he needed from the Elite Training Camp.

After sharing this idea with his brothers, they were all tempted. They were now all at the limit of the War God-level, and the next step was to transcend the War God-level. To be honest, the Elite Training Camp didn't offer much help in that regard, so they were also interested in applying for graduation alongside Tang Ping.

Only Wang Zhizhong was hesitant, as he was still thinking about getting the Dragon Blood from the reward terms to return to Tang Ping. However, after he voiced this concern, his brothers mocked him mercilessly.

It was true; Tang Ping didn't need the Dragon Blood himself anyway. If he really wanted to pay him back, he could just return the money—he could just pay him back at the market price. After all, with their current strength at the limit of the War God-level, they could make money very quickly.

Wang Zhizhong realized this instantly. At the end of the day, their strength had improved too quickly, and his mindset hadn't caught up. For their current strength as brothers, something worth tens of billions really wasn't much. In the end, Wang Zhizhong, mocked into a state of embarrassment, declared that he wouldn't return it at all, and they could do whatever they wanted, which successfully triggered another round of laughter.

And so, on the last day of December, the five brothers simultaneously applied to the training camp for early graduation.

Having applied for graduation after being here for only two months, it must be said that Tang Ping and his brothers had set a record for the Elite Training Camp.

After completing the assessment for their high-level War God-level combat records, the graduation process was quite easy to handle.

However, all five brothers had previously signed contracts with the Martial Arts Hall and were considered core members. Although two of them hadn't managed to "fleece" the Martial Arts Hall for anything yet (laughs), their placement after graduation would still depend on how the Martial Arts Hall arranged it.

As for Tang Ping, it was easy. Among the reward terms in the contract he had previously signed, there was a clause stating that if his Battle Power Amplitude reached twenty, he would become an Inspector of the Limit Martial Arts Hall. So, even if he didn't want to graduate now, Hong would have had him graduate anyway.

An Inspector was considered true top-tier management within the Limit Martial Arts Hall, so as soon as their graduation applications were submitted, they quickly received a notification that Hong wanted to summon them personally.

Traveling by private vehicle to the Martial Arts Hall headquarters, what came into view was a massive, ship-like building over ten thousand meters long. Tang Ping, of course, knew that this was actually a real spaceship; although it was abandoned and could no longer fly, the other brothers were truly shocked.

After passing identity verification, Tang Ping and the others were led by headquarters reception staff to Hong's reception room.

Since this didn't involve any personal privacy issues, and Hong was aware of the relationship between Tang Ping and his brothers, he simply summoned the five brothers all at once.