The next stretch of their journey grew noticeably livelier.
Every so often, they ran into a small group of zombies. Even the weakest leaders were level seven, and Bai Yaoyao took them all down.
Everyone tried fighting level-eight zombies, getting a thorough feel for their strength and the damage they could deal.
They also grew increasingly comfortable in battle.
In just one month, almost everyone had reached level eight, making Bai Yaoyao reflect once again that the only way to grow stronger was to go out and fight every day.
For those with dual abilities, one ability might still be at level seven or six. Their energy levels weren't evenly balanced between the two; there was always one they focused on more.
The most obvious example was Bai Yaoyao...
Her abilities were seriously lopsided.
Her space ability and mind ability had already reached level eight, but her strength ability...
Was only level six.
Bai Yaoyao had never used crystal cores to push her strength ability to level seven, but there was no sign of it breaking through on its own, either.
Perhaps... that had something to do with her combat style.
She rarely relied primarily on her strength ability.
But Bai Yaoyao certainly wasn't weak. She ate Little Earthy Yellow's fruit as snacks every day, and her level-six strength ability practically matched other people's level-eight strength.
Precisely because it was enough, Bai Yaoyao had kept overlooking the issue.
Only when she tallied everyone's ability levels did she belatedly remember that she still had a level-six strength ability.
A perfectionist like Bai Yaoyao... naturally couldn't tolerate having a weak point.
So she promptly took out the Large Iron Hammer she hadn't used in ages.
She had Fat Brother use his metal ability to lengthen and enlarge the whole thing, then make