Beyond Magic City, sunlight glittered across an endless expanse of water. With a splash, an azure-blue Eastern Divine Dragon shot out of the deep sea and soared into the sky. A woman in a black diving suit stood atop its head, gazing dazedly at the sunlight.
"Over half a month already."
As the Azure Sea Dragon soared through the clouds, Gu Qingyi murmured to herself. Some time ago, she had ridden the Azure Sea Dragon from Magic City into the ocean, both to train her pet beasts in the deep sea and to investigate the threats there. That trip had lasted over half a month. Upon emerging, her first thought was how Lu Ran was doing and whether he had successfully cleared his Breakthrough Secret Realm.
How had he performed in the Freshman Tournament? She had left after leaving the Trait Crystal and Beast Taming Skill with Manager Ying, and she really was a little worried. Gu Qingyi took out her phone, about to call Manager Ying to ask, but the news notifications popping up one after another made her freeze. All sorts of headlines, such as "Tyrannosaurus rex resurrected!", "John Doe slays Monarch Species tyrannosaur with a sword," "Blue Star's first Dragon Chef emerges," and "Cooking Department professor enrolls in Forging Department, thrashes combat prodigy," nearly made her think seawater had gotten into her brain.
"Huh?"
"What did I miss?"
Meanwhile, Lu Ran had already returned to Sky City. When he came out of Infinite City, Manager Ying was waiting for him in the living room.
"Hey, nicely done."
Although Manager Ying had thought Silly Husky would be at no disadvantage against a tyrannosaur with Dragon-Slaying Sword Will, seeing Lu Ran win so easily made the cat realize it had still underestimated those two.
"It was just an attribute