Once all the behind-the-scenes arrangements had been completed, Dai Mubai eagerly went to find Cuihua.
"We've been in this world for more than half a year now."
Dai Mubai spoke with great sincerity. "Your Spiritual Force has indeed improved rapidly, but you've never had any real combat experience. You have strength, but no fighting experience. That doesn't make you a true powerhouse."
"Being a sparring partner at the martial arts hall does involve fighting, but it's still different from actual combat."
"Our strength has improved tremendously. I think it's time for us to head to the Wilderness Zone for some genuine combat training!"
Holding a cup of coffee, Cuihua was somewhat tempted by Dai Mubai's suggestion.
But she still hesitated. "My teacher said that I have zero combat experience. Before I've fully grown, I must ensure my own safety."
"If I recklessly go out and something happens, I'd be letting down all the resources the martial arts hall spent to train me."
Dai Mubai paused, then began persuading her patiently.
"Cuihua, I'm sure you know that I'm one of the current Shrek Seven Devils."
Cuihua nodded.
Dai Mubai smiled. "The most authoritative theory expert in our Douluo Continent, Master Yu Xiaogang, once said that a greenhouse can only grow delicate flowers, not towering trees."
"If you don't experience true life-and-death battles, you will never learn real combat experience."
"With me there to protect you, we'll just take a stroll around the outermost edges of the Wilderness Zone. If we can't beat them, we can run. Nothing will happen."
Dai Mubai delivered that speech without blushing or missing a beat.
He completely failed to consider that Cuihua's Martial Path cultivation was now stronger than his, and that she also possessed the talent of a Spirit Master. Her overall combat strength had already surpassed his by a fair margin.
Once they reached the Wilderness Zone, if they truly encountered danger, it was still unclear who would be protecting whom.
Dai Mubai's patient yet highly persuasive words struck right at Cuihua's heart. She was tempted, but could only say awkwardly, "Then I'll ask my teacher for permission first. If he agrees, I'll go with you."
Dai Mubai did not want the Extreme Martial Arts Hall involved in this matter, lest complications arise.
But Cuihua's reasoning was perfectly valid, and he could not force her. Otherwise, he would only make Cuihua suspicious.
"Then apply to Teacher Jiang. I'll wait for your good news."
With that, Dai Mubai deliberately put on a disappointed expression and left dejectedly.
On the Sky Screen, after Dai Mubai left, Cuihua took out her communication wristband and sent several messages. Then she left the training room and knocked on the door of an office in the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.
Inside the office, the sharp-eyed middle-aged man softened his gaze slightly when he saw that the visitor was Cuihua.
"What do you need?"
Jiang Nian had always been stern and unyielding. Though he appeared somewhat gentler when facing Cuihua, he still made her feel intimidated.
On the other hand, Jiang Nian was extremely pleased with Cuihua, the disciple he had taken in by chance.
At only fifteen or sixteen, with no foundation whatsoever in the Martial Path, she had become a Junior Martial Artist solely through Gene Serum. Coupled with her exceptional Spirit Master talent, Cuihua had now thoroughly become synonymous with genius!
With proper training in the future, becoming a Warlord Level Martial Artist would only be a matter of time.
Even the War God Level was not impossible!
Cuihua bit her lip and said softly, "I want to train in the Wilderness Zone."
Jiang Nian looked at Cuihua and remained silent for a long time.
"Was that Dai Mubai the one who asked you to go with him?"
"Yes."
"Do you truly want to go, or does he insist that you go?"
"I want to go."
"Then go."
Considering that Cuihua was extraordinarily talented but had indeed never experienced actual combat, Jiang Nian agreed directly after a brief exchange.
Jiangnan Base City, outskirts of the Wilderness Zone.
The ruined high-rises were tightly entwined by thick mutated vines, while waist-high weeds grew across the cracked asphalt roads.
The air was filled with a strong earthy stench and a pungent smell of blood.
Because Cuihua had been teleported directly here, this was her first time seeing such a desolate and dilapidated scene. Witnessing it with her own eyes left her deeply shocked.
The others on the team, however, were accustomed to it.
This team had clearly been assembled temporarily. There were five people in total. Aside from Dai Mubai and Cuihua, the other three were naturally "independent Martial Artists" Dai Mubai had arranged to join them.
Naturally, those three seemingly friendly independent Martial Artists were the three from the Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall!
"Be careful. It's the first time for both of you out here, so you don't understand how terrifying the Wilderness Zone can be. Watch your surroundings, and be careful of monsters hiding nearby to ambush you."
Seeing Cuihua marveling at everything and looking around aimlessly, the scar-faced man could not help reminding her.
Cuihua nodded awkwardly.
But as soon as they rounded a corner, they heard a savage roar!
"Roar—"
At the corner, a Single-Horned Wild Boar the size of a bull charged straight at the five-person team the moment it spotted them.
Standing in the middle of the group, Cuihua saw the ferocious monster and turned pale with fright, her legs trembling.
She recognized this monster!
Among the first batch of Explorers shown on the Sky Screen, the first monster Yu Tianheng fought after arriving in this world had been one of these!
A Single-Horned Wild Boar, a Junior Beast Soldier Level monster!
And Yu Tianheng had had his arm broken by its charge!
Instinctively, she wanted to hide behind Dai Mubai.
"Don't be afraid! Use your Spiritual Force!" Dai Mubai shouted in reminder.
Cuihua took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the fear in her heart.
She held her breath and focused. Her immense spiritual power instantly transformed into two invisible hands, steadily supporting the two Alloy Flying Daggers floating at her sides.
"Go!"
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two streaks of silver light tore through the air, moving so fast that only afterimages could be seen.
Before the charging Single-Horned Wild Boar could react at all, the two flying daggers shot accurately into its eyes, pierced straight through its brain, and flew out the back of its head in a spray of blood.
Although she had never fought in real combat before, Jiang Nian had taught her all the relevant combat experience without holding anything back.
Facing a monster for the first time, she had panicked, but the movements drilled into her instincts were undoubtedly the correct response!
The massive boar corpse crashed to the ground and slid more than ten meters from inertia, stopping right at Cuihua's feet.
Cuihua froze.
She looked at the enormous corpse lying dead on the ground, then at her slightly trembling hands. The fear in her eyes gradually faded, replaced by uncontrollable ecstasy.
"I killed a monster? I actually killed a monster that easily?"
Cuihua's cheeks flushed with excitement as an enormous sense of achievement, of wielding supreme power, spread through her heart.
So strong!
Everything in this world was so strong!
A Junior Beast Soldier Level monster could injure Douluo genius Yu Tianheng, yet she could kill one with a single strike!
Didn't that mean that once she returned to Douluo Continent, she could become even stronger than Yu Tianheng had been?!
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