Outside the Virtual Battlefield.
Jiang Qingyue checked the time.
"Two minutes and forty-seven seconds."
Gale's mouth twitched.
"You actually guessed right..."
Jiang Qingyue smiled as she took a sip of milk tea.
"A bet's a bet. Tomorrow's milk tea is on you."
Gale: "..."
Just then, two figures teleported out of the Virtual Battlefield.
The moment Lilith landed, she bounded over to the two of them.
"Qingyue! Gale!"
"Listen, I almost made Captain use [Purple] just now!"
"I was this close!"
Jiang Qingyue and Gale exchanged a glance.
Both broke into knowing smiles.
"Mm-hmm, this close."
"Right, just that little bit away."
Lilith: "...Why do you sound like you're humoring a kid?"
Just then, Qi Wu walked over to them.
Lilith puffed out her cheeks, her little face round with indignation.
"I'm telling the truth!"
She planted her hands on her hips, determined to prove herself. "My final move, [Piercing Blood]-even Captain's [Limitless] couldn't stop it! He had to use [Unlimited Void] to take it!"
Jiang Qingyue and Gale exchanged another glance, taking her a little more seriously this time.
"Even [Limitless] couldn't stop it?"
Gale frowned slightly and looked at Qi Wu. "Captain, is that true?"
Qi Wu stood with his hands in his pockets, wearing a smug grin.
"Well~ more or less."
"That move really was pretty interesting. Its penetrating power was ridiculously strong."
"If this girl practices for another eight or ten years, she might actually manage to touch the hem of my clothes."
Lilith immediately bristled.
"What do you mean, another eight or ten years just to touch your clothes?!"
"I can touch them right now!"
She sprang up and reached for the hem of Qi Wu's clothes.
Qi Wu shifted slightly to one side, easily dodging her.
"Oh dear, you missed~"
Lilith landed, then jumped