Wen Yuanyuan, Xia Xueqing, and Chang Rui hurried to break up the fight, but Jiang Ji was so unruly that he wouldn't even show a jōnin any respect, let alone the girls.
In the end, it was only when Su Bai spoke that Jiang Ji finally reined in his temper.
"Xia You, if I weren't doing this for Su Bai's sake, you and I wouldn't be done here!" Jiang Ji sat back down. Even now, he still felt a lingering fear of Su Bai's reckless fighting style and Sharingan.
After arranging to go to the Wasteland Zone with Xia Xueqing the next day to hunt Magic Beasts, Su Bai left.
The others watched him go in silence for a moment, all feeling the pressure.
Chang Rui said, "I'm going tomorrow too. Su Bai's working this hard, and if we don't catch up, we might not even be able to stay friends!"
"That's right. I'm going too, and I'll bring Yang Liu along!" Wen Yuanyuan nodded.
Xia Xueqing added, "Sister Rui is right. We can't let up."
"Let's spend the time before school starts in the Wasteland Zone. We're already ninjas."
"Yeah, it's settled!"
The girls were full of confidence and eager to catch up with Su Bai.
Hope Residential Complex, Training Ground No. 3.
Luo Yan gazed at the young man in front of her with a bright smile, in a very good mood.
"Su Bai, thank you for this."
"Thank me? I'm the one who should be thanking you, Sister Yan, for giving me this opportunity." Su Bai opened the wooden box in his hands. Inside was a dark-red, grape-shaped fruit—his spoils, a D-Rank God Tree Fruit!
Luo Yan shook her head without explaining, then said, "Eat it. The sooner you eat this, the better."
"Okay."
Su Bai