Chapter 154

Zhong Dan had something to attend to, so she entered Villa 003 together with Jiang Churan,

while Zhou Yi headed straight back to Villa 001 at the top of the hill.

"I'm back......"

Scanning the familiar surroundings, Zhou Yi completely relaxed.

He sat on the sofa to rest for a moment, enjoying a spell of laid-back leisure.

Then he put his gear back on and headed to the outdoor training ground.

"Welcome home, Master."

The moment he stepped into the training ground, the AI Xiao Hei took the initiative to greet him, its voice sounding from the surrounding speakers.

It even projected a smiling-face electronic animation emoji in midair.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if the voice were a bit softer and gentler.

"Xiao Hei, activate combat monitoring and release the training robots."

"Xiao Hei, acknowledged."

Throughout the training ground, the pitch-black, sci-fi-styled surveillance cameras embedded everywhere whirred to life, locking their angles onto Zhou Yi's position.

"Let's begin......"

Zhou Yi took a deep breath, his mind stirred, a sacred aura spread out, and various buff-enhancing skills began to stack.

After a gap of over a month, he needed to confirm once more just how strong he had actually become......

Meanwhile, Jiang Churan and Zhong Dan had just entered Villa 003.

A uniquely shaped, somewhat adorably cute silver-white robot came up to greet them.

"Welcome home, Master. What service would you like?"

"Bring us some fruit."

Jiang Churan answered casually. The moment she sat down on the sofa, the silver-white robot flew over, flames jetting from its back.

After placing a plate of freshly cut fruit on the coffee table, it asked again:

"Master, any other instructions?"

"No, you may go."

Jiang Churan waved her hand, and only then did the robot wobble away again.

The sight left Zhong Dan full of envy.

"Xiaoran, your dorm is really nice—there's even a dedicated service robot. It's simply too luxurious!"

She was also a specially recruited student, but her default initial sequence ranking was 34th.

Her dorm was also a villa, but compared to Jiang Churan's, it looked far more low-end.

"Hehe, Zhou Yi's Villa 1 is even more luxurious than mine."

Jiang Churan said with a light laugh.

She had been to Zhou Yi's villa once; the degree of luxury was no less than her own Villa 003......

"Zhou Yi?"

"Speaking of which, I feel like he's gotten a lot stronger again since coming back this time."

At the mention of Zhou Yi, Zhong Dan suddenly became interested too.

"It's not that he seems stronger—he really has gotten a lot stronger."

"Moreover, to the point where even I have no power to resist at all......"

Jiang Churan's beautiful eyes flashed with brilliance as she affirmed.

"Huh? Even you have no power to resist? How is that possible!"

"Xiaoran, you're not joking with me, are you?"

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Zhong Dan's eyes went wide as she said in disbelief.

Like Jiang Churan, she was also from Sichuan Province.

Moreover, both were from the provincial capital Rong City; only Jiang Churan was at Rong City No. 1 High School.

While she was at Rong City No. 3 High School......

Although the two were at different high schools, the genius girl Jiang Churan of No. 1 High School

could be said to be widely renowned—many people knew of her, and naturally Zhong Dan was among them.

Before the college entrance exam, some had already predicted she would be the top scorer of this year's Sichuan Province.

And indeed, that turned out to be the case.

Yet now, this proud genius girl was actually saying she couldn't put up even the slightest resistance against Zhou Yi.

It was simply unbelievable.

"I'm not joking."

"Zhou Yi's strength far surpasses mine......"

The moment she recalled the strength Zhou Yi had displayed three days ago in the Gale Wind Mountain Range, Jiang Churan felt a wave of suffocation.

It was hard to imagine that someone their age had already become this strong.

Yet just over a month ago, she had still been confident enough to face him in a fight.

"This......"

"I keep hearing them say that Zhou Yi hasn't been at school for over a month, wasting the time he could have used to grow stronger."

"Now it seems, things aren't like that at all."

Zhong Dan said, looking a bit adorably dazed.

During the more than one month that Zhou Yi had been away, there were quite a few discussions and rumors about him among the specially-recruited students.

Among them, the most prevalent was that he had wasted his time, and his strength surely hadn't improved much.

Looking at it now, this claim was clearly no longer credible.

"Heh, once the Freshman Grand Competition begins tomorrow, they'll find out."

As for the specially-recruited students' evaluations of Zhou Yi, Jiang Churan naturally knew about them too, and she gave a cold snort.

At the same time, she secretly made up her mind then and there to properly teach them a lesson on behalf of Brother Zhou Yi!!!

Meanwhile, at the open-air training ground of Villa 001.

Zhou Yi, who had just finished his strength test, stood holding his hammer, his sweat steaming into hot vapor that rose from his body.

Looking at the test results compiled by Little Black before him, he was very satisfied.

Compared to a month ago, his strength had increased by more than tenfold!!

"However, my equipment seems to need some repairs."

Zhou Yi lowered his head to take a look.

The Forest Set, which had still been bright and shiny a month ago, was now utterly tattered after the fierce battles in the Gale Mountain Range and against the Flame Demon Legion.

Its attribute-boosting effects had greatly diminished.

And the Gold-grade Xuanlight Warhammer, due to excessive use, had even had its hammerhead slightly deformed.

This was also within expectations.

After all......

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Those Flame Demons, each and every one, had armor naturally formed by their skin, with defense comparable to human heavy armor!!

To be honest.

The fact that this level-13 Xuanlight Warhammer hadn't been directly smashed apart under his such high-intensity swinging and striking was already considered pretty good.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yi ultimately still did not choose to repair this equipment.

After all, his level had already reached level 18.

These level-13 pieces of equipment were no longer enough for him to use.

For instance, just now, when he was using the Xuanlight Warhammer for training, he had already felt that its weight was somewhat insufficient.