Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
In no time, the materialized arms of both sides had exchanged dozens of blows.
After this exchange, Luo Qingyan's face began to turn a little pale.
Maintaining her true angelic form was still too strenuous for her at this stage.
With the significant depletion of magic, Luo Qingyan's stamina was clearly failing.
The light of her true angelic form was dimming continuously, eventually almost losing its luster.
As for Lin Ran, relying on the Soul Ring for magic replenishment, he showed no signs of weakness.
Luo Qingyan keenly noticed this and smiled helplessly, dispelling her true angelic form.
"No more magic... I lost..."
"To be honest, were your materialized arms intentionally holding back?"
"Otherwise, with your overwhelming quality advantage, you should have been able to shatter me within ten moves?"
Lin Ran chuckled, not answering her question, but instead saying,
"It wasn't that exaggerated... not that exaggerated..."
Luo Qingyan snorted, puffing out her cheeks in dissatisfaction.
Not that exaggerated? If Lin Ran had gone all out, it would probably have been even more exaggerated!
She was truly foolish to only realize this at the very end.
Frustrating...
"Lin Ran, winner!"
Upon receiving Luo Qingyan's message of concession, the arena announced the result of the match.
Watching Lin Ran and Luo Qingyan walk off the stage, the five department heads couldn't hold back and swarmed them.
Lin Miao, ecstatic, first grabbed Luo Qingyan's hand and exclaimed,
"Qingyan! Your talent is truly exceptional!"
"Follow your sister from now on, and I'll ensure you become at least an eighth-tier Awakener!"
"As for a ninth-tier Awakener, that's also very achievable!"
Lü Qiufeng quickly pulled Lin Miao away with a look of disdain,
"Hey, hey, hey... control your drooling..."
"We haven't even discussed the main business yet, and you're already trying to poach people?"
Gao Xian stepped forward with a smile,
"Incredible... truly worthy of being the strongest two from this year's college entrance examination."
"Then our deal is settled. Your rewards can be upgraded to three platinum-tier heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and three platinum-tier magic energy equipment!"
"However, as these exchange vouchers will only be issued by the school after the official start of the semester, which is still a month away..."
"How about this! I'll lend you these 12 vouchers for now. You can return them to me after you receive your rewards."
Saying that, Gao Xian took out the 12 vouchers from his spatial storage device and handed 6 to Lin Ran and 6 to Luo Qingyan each.
Ling Shangqing's face darkened,
"Good for you, Gao Xian!"
"I never expected someone as upright as you to resort to such sly tricks!"
"No wonder you proposed this reward upgrade; you had it all planned out!"
"To advance their rewards beforehand, I can't believe you thought of that!"
Gao Xian proudly raised his head,
"Hmph, but you all agreed when I proposed it, didn't you?"
"Who's to blame for your lack of foresight?"
"Besides, what I did was within the rules and legal."
"I didn't prematurely withdraw school resources..."
"I'm lending them my own things, you see."
Ling Shangqing's face darkened further, but he couldn't find any fault in Gao Xian's actions, so he could only grit his teeth in silence.
Although the surrounding onlookers couldn't hear what they were arguing about, from their interactions, it was clear they were vying for the two students.
"Isn't this the first day of registration for the first-year special recruits? Are the department heads this desperate?"
"Of course, they're desperate! My heavens! Did you see that just now?"
"With the strength of a first-tier Awakener, to be able to summon such an astonishing mysterious spirit to fight, how much is that worth?"
"All five department heads appearing at once is simply unheard of..."
"I seem to recall that in our year, even the top scorer didn't receive this kind of treatment."
"That's what happens when you lack strength... Compared to these two, I genuinely can't find any other outstanding talents from our year."
"When they reach our level, they might be able to fight ten against one."
"Ten against one? I'm afraid it'll be a hundred against one!"
"..."
Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, the five department heads continued to bicker for a while longer, until Xu Lei finally stepped in to mediate,
"Alright, alright!"
"Lin Ran and Qingyan can take some time to carefully consider which department they wish to join."
"No matter how eager we are, we must respect their wishes."
"Let's get to the main business first."
"The boss... uh... our esteemed principal, has asked us to inquire how you two plan to spend the next month."
How to spend the next month?
This question truly stumped Lin Ran and Luo Qingyan.
They hadn't really thought about it when they went to the meeting.
Seeing their confusion, Lin Miao smiled and said,
"How about this, I don't understand Lin Ran's talent and bloodline, but I understand Qingyan very well!"
"Qingyan, our Holy Angel lineage has many secret techniques and recuperation methods that you probably don't know about yet."
"The most important thing is special meditation and breathing techniques that can greatly enhance your stamina..."
"How about it, do you want to come to my place for some training this month?"
"I've even prepared a detailed plan for your ascension to godhood."
"Then, I won't say you can defeat that monstrous Lin Ran, but at least you won't be at too much of a disadvantage."
Hearing Lin Miao's words, Luo Qingyan's eyes instantly lit up with surprise and joy,
"Really? That would be wonderful! Then I thank you in advance, Sister Miao!"
With that, she was pulled into Lin Miao's embrace.
Lin Miao smugly draped an arm around Luo Qingyan's shoulder, looking provocatively at the other four.
Lü Qiufeng, Ling Shangqing, Gao Xian, and Xu Lei all wore expressions of helplessness.
Alas!
With her shared lineage and talent with Luo Qingyan, Lin Miao truly had a significant advantage over them...
Ling Shangqing glanced at Lin Ran again and asked,
"What about you, Lin Ran?"
Lin Ran thought for a moment before replying,
"I plan to go to forbidden areas outside the campus and natural secret realms for practical combat training."
"That way, it should be the fastest way to improve my strength and progress."
His statement caused everyone, including Luo Qingyan, to look at Lin Ran with surprise.
Luo Qingyan spoke first,
"But... going outside the campus is very dangerous."
"Although you have a natural spirit, your cultivation is limited, and the natural spirit is not invincible."
Lin Ran smiled confidently,
"Don't worry, I have a special method of survival."
"You can roughly think of it as an emergency evasion device that triggers automatically when danger arises."
"And its safety is absolutely guaranteed."