Chapter 101: Entering the Gale Wind Mountain Range! Zhou Yi, Wasting Time? (Subscribe!)

After leaving the supply base, Zhou Yi, having obtained his identity certification, passed through the checkpoint with ease and entered the Gale Wind Mountain Range.

When he had just passed through the checkpoint, there were still many professionals traveling alongside him.

Most of them were chatting and laughing, looking very lively.

But not long after stepping into the mountain range, they all vanished without a trace, like rivers flowing into the sea.

Only the lone traveler Zhou Yi was left behind.

At the same time, the roars belonging to magical beasts began to sound from the distance.

"Roar~~~~"

"Awooo~~~"

"......"

Ferocious roars, dense and towering jungle.

Although it was his first time facing this kind of wilderness scene head-on.

But in the nightmare-level instance of the college entrance exam, Zhou Yi had seen scenes far more terrifying than this.

So, he didn't feel anything particularly special about it.

His expression unchanged, he took the Darklight Battle Hammer from his back and gripped it in his hand.

"Blessing of Courage! Blessing of Protection!"

Accompanied by a burst of dazzling sacred light, Zhou Yi's aura grew another fraction stronger.

These two skills were merely D-rank buff skills, consuming very little mana, and could last for roughly ten minutes or so.

And ten minutes later, the mana consumed would have long since fully recovered under the accelerated mana regeneration effect of the Dense Forest Set......

"Huff——"

Having applied the beneficial buffs to himself, Zhou Yi let out a long breath, then looked toward the distant jungle:

"Let's begin. Sweep the entire outer perimeter of the Gale Wind Mountain Range."

Gripping the battle hammer tightly in his right hand, Zhou Yi strode forward.

August 1st was the day for all the remaining new students to report.

And August 3rd was the day the Freshman Grand Competition would begin.

Today was June 23rd, still over a month away from August 3rd.

During this period of over a month, he would walk through the entire outer perimeter of the Gale Wind Mountain Range.

Searching for traces of the Extreme Cold Ice Lotus.

And the Gale Wind Mountain Range, as large as four Ning'an Cities, was extremely vast even if only counting its outer region.

Therefore, he had to make every moment count......

"Step, step......"

The Dense Forest War Boots stepped onto the yellow earth road surface, making sounds.

The reddish glow of the setting sun shone upon Zhou Yi, dragging a long shadow across the road.

While most of his peers were still training at school.

This young man had resolutely embarked upon a solitary path......

In the blink of an eye, nearly a month had passed.

At Suhang University, although the various newly enrolled specially-recruited students were almost all training individually in their dormitories.

Quite a few of them still noticed something was off.

"Huh? Why do I feel like it's been a long time since I've seen that Sequence 001 Holy Knight?"

"Right, I haven't seen him in a long time either. The lights in Villa No. 001 on the hilltop don't seem to come on at night either."

"Heh, this period is precisely when our strength is rapidly increasing. Who knows where he's run off to."

"I heard he's from a relatively barren prefecture-level city in Jiangbei. He was probably dazzled by the prosperity of Ning'an City, and on top of that the province and city rewarded him with quite a bit of cash, so it's normal for him to stay out all night 〃｀."

"Hmph, small-town people are small-town people, their vision is too shallow! Choosing to enjoy themselves now means plenty of suffering later!"

"......"

You have to know, the credits at Suhang University can only be used within the school.

Outside the school, credits are worthless.

Although no one knew why Zhou Yi hadn't been on campus during this period, he hadn't used credits to exchange for resources to enhance his strength.

In terms of the speed of strength improvement, he would inevitably fall behind everyone else by a large margin.

The other specially-recruited students were naturally happy about this.

Suhang University, Teaching Building, third floor, conference hall.

A meeting concerning this cohort of specially-recruited students was underway.

"Everyone, how have the specially-recruited students been performing recently?"

Wu Mang, the Dean of the War Academy seated in the main position, spoke.

Possessing giant bloodline, he stood over three meters tall, and his seat was also different from the other teachers—extremely wide and large.

A deep voice emanated from his towering frame, and the entire conference hall seemed to tremble along with it.

"Not bad. Recently quite a few specially-recruited students have already come to consult me on some training questions."

One of the mentors said with a smile.

Although they would only choose mentors and be assigned to academies after the Freshman Grand Competition.

During this period, however, the specially-recruited students could actually come to these teachers of theirs to consult on some questions.

Over half a month having passed, it was obvious quite a few people had already realized this point.

"This cohort of new students is very strong, and they train extremely hard as well.

"As far as I know, Shen Lingfeng, ranked 002 in the sequence, has already been able to break through the Level 5 combat stance of the villa training ground's training robots."

Another teacher reported.

"Mm, not bad."

Wu Mang nodded slightly.

He is the dean of the War Academy, and also the chief administrator of this year's specially-recruited students.

He is responsible for monitoring the relevant training information of these specially-recruited students after enrollment.

And in one month's time, clearing a Level 5 combat stance is indeed quite impressive talent.

After a moment of contemplation, he looked toward Su Mei in the seat on the left:

"Teacher Su, I heard that Zhou Yi hasn't been at school during this period?"

All the sequence rankings of the specially-recruited students were arranged by him personally.

And Zhou Yi, whom he had evaluated as the strongest among the new students.

He naturally paid more attention.

He hoped the other party could diligently consume resources during this period of enrollment to further increase their strength.

However, he heard the news that the other party seemed to not be on campus.

"Yes."

Taking a deep breath, Su Mei reported.

"Mm? What's going on?"

Wu Mang furrowed his brow.

The aura belonging to a Third-turn professional filled the entire conference hall, instantly making the surrounding teachers feel the pressure multiply.

"On the second day after the specially-recruited student meet-and-greet, Zhou Yi went to the Gale Wind Mountain Range."

"The purpose should be to find the Extreme Cold Ice Lotus that can allow her sister's bloodline to awaken safely."

Su Mei said, bracing herself.

Under the pressure of Wu Mang's aura as a Third-turn warrior, she, a Second-turn mage, didn't even dare to take a deep breath.

"Went to the Gale Wind Mountain Range?"

Wu Mang's brows knitted tightly.

But upon thinking that the other party was not, as rumored, indulging in luxury within Ning'an City,

his brows gradually relaxed:

"Since he went to the Gale Wind Mountain Range, then it's fine."

"But during this one month when the specially-recruited students' strength is rapidly increasing, Zhou Yi has wasted it even so."