Chapter 242: A small promise
Some of them were impossibly tall and powerfully built. Some looked ordinary but radiated waves of scorching heat, while others exuded an uncanny, dazzling beauty despite being covered from head to toe.
None of their faces could be seen clearly. All anyone could tell was that there were both men and women, seemingly of every skin color and ethnicity.
Qin Xiaoxia sat beside Old Master Mo at the far end, studying the five of them intently. His gaze lingered a little longer on Ding Yi and Guo Wei.
"These two were the ones who first discovered the soul-possessing spirit, correct?"
"Yes, Lord Sage. The younger one is Guo Wei, and the older one is Ding Yi. They're two of the more outstanding students from the Skyward Martial Arts Hall's first intake."
A soul-possessing spirit?
Ding Yi and Guo Wei were puzzled for a moment, but realization struck an instant later.
That 'Pervert Ghost' on the subway!
The two exchanged a glance, each seeing the same guess in the other's eyes.
And Instructor Mo Qingxue actually called this man Lord Sage?
"Not bad. One is an Evolver, and the other has reached a fairly high degree of physical unlocking."
By now, the Association had begun establishing clearer measures of strength for its combat personnel.
The Otherworld's beings classified strength in a rather intuitive way, largely because most clashes took place between different kinds of creatures.
Except among members of the same species, the distinctions between most creatures' physical capabilities were unclear. And from what they currently understood, individuals of any given Otherworld species usually possessed similar physical strength upon reaching adulthood, unlike humans, who included both ordinary people and Evolvers.
Magical beings, meanwhile, were an entirely new concept. Beyond sensing magic power, each magical being-and even