Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops-Chapter 86: Good Steel Must Be Used on the Knife Edge (4/10 Subscribe!)

"Today will be enough."

Ji Huai sheathed his sword and stood, "Tomorrow is the practical combat exam, so today's training time is halved."

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"Okay." Qin Chuan let out a sigh of relief, immediately soothing his sore body.

Now, he could withstand Ji Huai's attacks five or six times.

Although it didn't seem much more, Ji Huai's sword skill was ever-changing. Even though the movements were based on the same basic sword skill, in his hands, they seemed to return to simplicity, making it impossible for Qin Chuan to predict what the next strike would be like. He needed to see and dismantle moves spontaneously.

Therefore, withstanding each additional strike was a significant improvement.

According to Ji Huai, once Qin Chuan could withstand ten of his strikes without defeat, his sword skill would be considered useful.

"Have you ever been to Qingwang Mountain?" Ji Huai suddenly spoke, causing Qin Chuan to be slightly startled.

"No." Qin Chuan shook his head.

Although Qingwang Mountain was a local scenic spot in Changxing City, it cost money to enter.

To Qin Chuan, viewing the scenery from afar was enough; there was no need to go inside.

Of course, the most important reason was that previously he didn't have the spare money.

"Here is an environmental guide to Qingwang Mountain." Ji Huai tossed a booklet to Qin Chuan, "Take a look when you get back and think about which skills to bring tomorrow."

"Okay." Qin Chuan took the booklet, his face showing a bit of surprise.

He could feel that Ji Huai revealing this information in advance was to help him.

Was it to help him secure first place and get that piece of Starshine Equipment Material?

That explanation made sense, but Qin Chuan felt that it wasn't that simple.

Noticing Qin Chuan's confusion, Ji Huai disassembled his long sword into a metal bracelet and turned to leave, his calm voice drifting into Qin Chuan's ears.

"Observers from the admissions offices of various universities will be present at tomorrow's practical combat exam."

Qin Chuan couldn't help showing a look of surprise.

Admissions offices from various universities?

He quickly understood.

Ji Huai had mentioned in the last practical combat exam that such exams were similar to independent recruitment. Outstanding performance and remarkable results could lead to reduced-admission scores or even direct admissions offers.

Zhou Zixiu had also mentioned that performing well in subsequent exams could potentially secure him direct admission offers from the Extraordinary Practical Departments of Yanbei and Huaqing universities.

The purpose of the admissions offices sending observers was clear.

Watching Ji Huai's retreating figure, Qin Chuan's eyes harbored a touch of gratitude.

After spending these days together, he had discovered that Ji Huai was a man whose exterior was cold but whose heart was warm.

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"Are there no above-ground rivers..."

Sitting on the bed and looking at the booklet, Qin Chuan showed a contemplative expression.

As a mountain and forest scenic area, Qingwang Mountain naturally had plenty of water, but there were only underground streams, no above-ground rivers.

Extracting water directly from underground streams was difficult for those with the Water Attribute.

Of course, this wasn't much of a problem for Qin Chuan.

Zhou Zixiu's Extraordinary Theory Class had already covered the Water Attribute and had started on the Ice Attribute.

Some of the content had given him new insights.

By using the Ice Attribute's ability to control temperature to condense the gaseous water in the air into mist, the Water Attribute could then control this mist—feasible due to the high humidity in the mountain forests.

Of course, that didn't mean Qin Chuan had to use this method.

Because he had a better option.

After contracting the ice cream, he had never tried carrying two Ice Attribute active skills.

"Let's try out the sword skills tomorrow," Qin Chuan said with anticipation.

Although he had not yet reached the standard of being "usable" according to Ji Huai.

But Ji Huai had high standards, naturally higher than that of ordinary people.

With his current level of sword skills combined with Frost Breaking Slash, it would only be stronger than Dark Current Binding.

After all, the former was a pure output skill.

With a plan in mind, Qin Chuan placed the booklet on the bedside table, laid down with anticipation, and quickly fell asleep amidst overwhelming fatigue.

When his consciousness awakened once again, he found himself in the Dream World.

"Luo, what did you mean by 'doing something big' yesterday?"

The slightly reproachful inquiry of Yue Li echoed in his ears.

Just before leaving the Dream World yesterday, seeing an Elite Rank Lv20 Blue Scale Jiao only ten thousand meters away, Qin Chuan had excitedly blurted out that tomorrow he would do something big.

Before Yue Li could ask for specifics, it was eight o'clock.

Thus, Yue Li had been thinking about this matter for sixteen whole hours.

This damned Luo, abruptly cutting off the conversation!

"Ah... well," feeling the slightly murderous gaze from Yue Li, Qin Chuan scratched his head awkwardly, "It was an accident, purely accidental."

"I know where an Elite Rank Lv20 Blue Scale Jiao is located, killing it will provide us with an Intermediate Resource necessary for Water Flower's evolution."

"Elite Rank?!" Yue Li exclaimed, her eyes instantly lighting up.

During her Juvenile Stage, she had exceeded her rank more than once or twice, so naturally, she had little fear now.

Moreover, it was an Elite Rank Lv20, the weakest existence among the Elite Rank.

"No wonder you said you wanted to do something big," Yue Li smiled and spoke, "It's not easy for someone in Growth Rank to kill someone in Elite Rank."

From Growth Rank to Elite Rank, one not only had to advance but also evolve.

For this reason, the power gap between Elite Rank and Growth Rank was much wider than the gap between Growth Rank and Juvenile Stage.

Although there were no exact Clan Value data currently, the Special Affairs Group had provided an estimate of the Elite Rank's strength.

The weakest Elite Rank Lv20 probably had a Clan Value of 4000, which was twice that of a Growth Rank Lv20.

Not only that, an Elite Rank Spiritual Beast possessed a piece of Starshine Equipment that could use the equipment entry effects of Starshine Equipment to provide additional boost.

Even the weakest Starshine Equipment, crafted from two pieces of Starshine Equipment Material, had an advantageous boost in its equipment entry effects when facing a beast without any equipment.

"Shall we strike together?" Even though she mentioned that killing an Elite Rank wasn't easy, Yue Li was already eager to try.

"Okay," Qin Chuan nodded.

Initially, he had planned to kill the Blue Scale Jiao alone, earning 1000 Achievement Points from the "Cross-Rank Killing II" achievement.

The Cross-Rank Killing series of achievements required a 1v1 kill, but this '1' does not refer to Contracted Spiritual Beasts but to the player.

According to his original plan, as long as he contracted a second Spiritual Beast and maximized the strength of both beasts, this goal seemed not too difficult to achieve.

However, after observing and speculating some of the Blue Scale Jiao's abilities over the past five days, he realized that it wasn't so simple.

Water Flower and Ice Cream together couldn't take this guy down, so it needed more time with Time Stop.

As of now, he had accumulated seven seconds of Time Stop.

Seven seconds were enough to cross the rank.

But it wasn't a profitable deal.

Because if he teamed up with Yue Li to kill the Blue Scale Jiao, he would get a 500 Achievement Points achievement "Empty Fist Cooperation" without using Time Stop.

Thus, spending seven seconds would only net him an additional 500 Achievement Points.

Unlike when he killed the Shadow Leopard, whether he had these 500 Achievement Points or not, he could firmly hold the top spot on the Achievement Leaderboard; the invisible benefits it brought were minimal.

After gaining the Gold Talent at the limits of Time Stop, Qin Chuan valued the Time Stop even more.

Good steel should be used for the blade's edge.