Chapter 555

It seemed he had already skipped five days of class since entering school.

Luo En quickly got up, put on his clothes, and ran to school like a bolt of lightning.

The teacher was giving a lecture and, upon seeing Luo En, said with some surprise:

"Where on earth have you been? We thought you'd gone missing and searched everywhere for you."

"But we looked in many places and couldn't find you."

Luo En said, somewhat embarrassed:

"I'm truly sorry—I've been staying up all night."

"So I slept for two full days and only just woke up now."

The teacher frowned and said to Luo En:

"Then go sit down quickly."

Luo En returned to his seat.

Nai Zi leaned over with a mysterious expression.

"Where exactly have you been? I searched everywhere and couldn't find you."

"Did you go off alone again to fight a curse?"

Luo En shook his head.

"After what happened last time, how could I possibly go provoking a curse again?"

"With my current strength, I couldn't kill them—even fighting would be meaningless."

Nai Zi was extremely curious.

"Then where exactly have you been all this time?"

Luo En said:

"I've been at home studying cursed energy all along."

"But I never made any progress."

"I studied for three days and three nights, then slept for two days and two nights."

"So these five days were entirely spent researching cursed energy."

Nai Zi rolled her eyes.

"How can you study this stuff by yourself? You have to attend class and listen to the teacher."

"Only then will you know how to actually use it."

"Trying to figure it out on your own—what good will that do?"

Luo En said nothing more.

He knew Nai Zi was right.

But he also knew his situation was unusual—even the school's teachers didn't know what to do.

Still, he had already achieved results: he had converted all his energy into cursed energy.

Now he listened to the teacher's lecture with full attention.

From the lecture, he learned many ways to use cursed energy.

It was a form of energy, so no matter how it was used, the main goal was to maximize that energy.

Only by using energy with maximum efficiency could one unleash truly powerful attacks.

And the most critical point among these was the cursed technique.

By activating the cursed technique domain, one's strength could be greatly enhanced.

No matter what kind of energy was used, it would multiply at that moment.

Such a field usually required reaching a certain level of strength to manifest.

160,

Lower-grade students were not required to learn the cursed technique domain.

Only in higher grades, when one's cursed energy reached a certain threshold,

would this technique be introduced.

But the teacher's lecture was ahead of its time—she touched on some theoretical aspects of cursed techniques.

Just these theories made Luo En listen with great interest.

The activation of the cursed technique domain was indeed an extraordinary combat method.

It could be used not only for offense but also for defense—it was an extreme application of energy.

So Luo En immediately became interested in the cursed technique domain.

He decided to ask thoroughly after class about how to activate the cursed technique domain.

Although his internal energy was already powerful, without understanding the techniques, it was useless.

Nai Zi and Luo En listened with such intensity.

She was curious: Luo En had skipped five days of class—surely he wasn't a good student.

He'd probably been goofing off somewhere again, just making up an excuse.

But unexpectedly, Luo En listened to the lecture without distraction and kept taking notes nonstop.

Nai Zi rolled her eyes again.

"What kind of achievement could this bookworm possibly have? At best, he'll just theorize."

She leaned over to peek at Luo En's notes—there, clearly written, was "Cursed Technique Domain Expansion."

Nai Zi rolled her eyes once more.

"What's a lower-grade student even doing learning the cursed technique domain?"

It's completely unnecessary; your current magical energy can't possibly support the activation of a technique domain—learning this is useless.

"Your notes aren't professional at all."

With that, Nai Zi pushed her notebook over to Luo En.

"Write according to these notes—this is the real substance."

Luo En glanced at the notebook Nai Zi handed him; it recorded only common uses of magical energy.

And some basic fundamentals related to magical energy.

Luo En had long since memorized all of this from the book his teacher gave him.

Still, he wouldn't refuse Nai Zi's good intentions.

Nai Zi asked again, in a mysterious tone.

"Come on, where have you been these past days? If you found anything fun, don't forget to bring me along."

Luo En said, exasperated.

"I've really been studying—I didn't go out to play."

Nai Zi gave him a Byakugan.

"Who believes you?"

The classmates nearby, seeing how warmly Nai Zi and Luo En were interacting, were surprised.

Previously, Nai Zi had always disliked Luo En—she'd even wanted to give him a good beating.

After Luo En's victory and his rise to the top position, they'd assumed Nai Zi and Luo En would never speak again.

But now it seemed their relationship was actually quite good.

At that moment, Luo En whispered to Nai Zi.

"Are you prepared for the match ten days from now?"

Hearing Luo En's question, Nai Zi chuckled—she thought he might be afraid.

With her strength, how could Luo En possibly defeat her easily?

If it were purely a matter of magical energy, Luo En couldn't possibly reach that level in such a short time.

Nai Zi said.

"Are you thinking of backing out?"

Luo En shook his head.

"Not at all—I just saw you activate your technique domain before."

"You've already mastered it, haven't you?"

Nai Zi said proudly.

"Of course—just look who you're talking to."