In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
During that time, Chen Mo and Xiao Jiu had truly become kings of diligence, doing nothing but training.
Their progress was remarkable; the little guy's Electrical Growth Level had another breakthrough, reaching the Awakened 8th Stage.
As for the original Fire Growth Level...
Xiao Jiu expressed that it almost forgot it was a Fire Element Spirit Beast.
Fire Growth Level would have to wait until next time to brush out traits like "Masochistically Spicy" to enhance its fire talent again.
In terms of moves,
it trained its mid-level skill, Group Thunder, to mastery, and the low-level skill Electric Net to an Expert level.
Electrofishing should be good enough now.
Chen Mo, of course, also kept up with the daily and weekly challenges during this period, and this time's weekly challenge presented a trait that was very useful for increasing combat power.
Hunter (Green)
Trait Effect: Slightly increases speed and attack, and when in stealth, less likely to be detected.
This Hunter trait would be very useful for the upcoming fishing plan!
However, Xiao Jiu could only equip 3 traits now, so after Chen Mo decomposed some useless traits, he bought a Trait Solidification in the trait store and permanently solidified [Thick-skinned]onto Xiao Jiu.
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Sunday morning, after Chen Mo arrived at school, he found two buses parked at the entrance.
After the students of the experimental class arrived one after another, the bus left on time at 8 o'clock, heading to the entrance of the Spirit Realm in Shenghai City.
However, when they were less than 5 kilometers away from the entrance, Chen Mo could no longer see any vehicles or people; most of the surroundings were decayed and dilapidated buildings.
This area was once a bustling district, but after a deep pit suddenly appeared in Yida Square, residents within a 5-kilometer radius were urgently evacuated, and the military also established a base around the pit.
Soon, the bus stopped in front of a towering wall.
The wall was at least a dozen meters high, with thick vines entwining the walls, covered with thorns, stretching for hundreds of meters.
Chen Mo used his wristband to scan it and found out it was actually a Lord Stage Spiritual Beast, the Green Blood Vine Demon.
Apart from soldiers, every 5 meters on top of the wall, there were Pea Demons basking in the sun while guarding the wall.
These Spiritual Beasts were somewhat similar to the Peashooters from "Plants vs. Zombies," except they had no eyes or exaggerated "machine gun mouths." Their main method of attack was the Flying Leaf Cutter.
After entering the base, Chen Mo saw many armed Spirit Army soldiers and their Spiritual Beasts patrolling.
Most of these soldiers were Spirit Masters, and the guns they were equipped with were not ordinary weapons, but specially made Spiritual Energy Guns that could fire Spiritual Bullets with effects like fire, ice, lightning, etc., posing threats even to Transcendent beings.
Chen Mo and the others didn't get off the bus; the homeroom teacher Lao Bai was tirelessly repeating the precautions for this practice session.
"Brother Chen Mo, our team lacks one more person, do you want to join?"
At this time, a petite girl in the seat behind Chen Mo, with a bunny hairpin and a very Japanese look, spoke up.
This practice allowed team formation, with a maximum of 5 people.
The advantage of forming a team is division of labor and cooperation, speeding up the acquisition of points, and greatly improving safety; the downside is that the spoils have to be shared.
Many people wanted to recruit Chen Mo, the big leg, into their team in these days, only to find that Chen Mo didn't come to school from the second day on. Invitations sent via WeChat were either not responded to or directly rejected.
This girl wanted to attempt a "beauty trap" before the start of the practice.
"Not coming."
Chen Mo flatly refused.
He came to the secret realm mainly to fish with electricity—no, to complete the challenge named "Fishing Master", and it was inconvenient to act with others.
Besides, the strongest beast on this island was only a Transcendent 5th Rank; Chen Mo, possessing numerous trump cards, felt that self-preservation would be absolutely more than enough.
With Xiao Jiu around, he could walk sideways with confidence!
Soon, students from other schools who had come for training also arrived one after another.
From the message that Lao Bai sent in the class group, Chen Mo learned that about 200 people participated in this training session, the majority of whom had Spiritual Beasts of the Awakened Stage, while only a dozen or so people had Spiritual Beasts that had grown to the Transcendent level.
Moreover, they were all Spiritual Beasts of the Transcendent 1-stage or 2-stage. Because of the thin Spiritual Energy on Blue Star, it was quite difficult for Transcendent level Spiritual Beasts to continue advancing.
"Those participating in this training, assemble at the field!"
Suddenly, a full and powerful voice came from outside the vehicle.
The person calling out was Instructor Jiang Cheng, who was a military officer from Shenghai City base.
After getting off the vehicle and quickly assembling, Chen Mo stood in his spot and noticed that from time to time people around him would glance in his direction.
Although he was wearing a cap, the Blazing Flame Fox on his shoulder resembling a scarf still gave him away.
After the broadcast of the Young Eagle Cup competition, Chen Mo and his Blazing Flame Fox quickly became a hot topic among students from various schools. Now seeing the person himself, their gazes naturally carried curiosity.
"Everyone should be clear about the general content of this training, so I won't go into detail,"
After everyone had assembled, Instructor Jiang began speaking.
"I'll just say a few words, remember! This training is not a trip or a picnic! It is an important process for you to become mature Spirit Masters. Although we will ensure your safety to the greatest extent, there have been no small number of students who have had accidents during past trainings, such as disappearing beyond the boundaries of the island, or dying from poison, or panicking when encountering powerful Spiritual Beasts and failing to press the distress signal in time, etc."
"So remember, in case of danger, press the help button on your belt. Do not challenge Spiritual Beasts far beyond your own strength! You have only one life, and there's no room for error. If you understand, follow my soldiers in order to the secret realm!"
Instructor Jiang's voice was strong and authoritative.
Everyone split into groups of twenty, following a soldier each, heading to the entrance of the Spirit Realm.
Chen Mo happened to be in the first group, following a soldier in front. Soon they arrived at a large pit, at the center of which two sci-fi looking elevators immediately caught everyone's curious eyes.
Chen Mo couldn't help thinking about the last movie he saw before crossing over, "The Wandering Earth 2," which featured a space elevator.
These two elevators, built with special materials, served as the current bridge connecting the two worlds.
Of course, if one had a Water Element Spiritual Beast, they could also simply jump down; the other end of this spatial corridor was located deep in the ocean.
"Jiu!" (I'm so scared! ≥﹏≤)
After sitting on the elevator, Xiao Jiu glanced down through the transparent glass window, seeing nothing but darkness below, like an endless abyss, causing the little guy to bury his head in Chen Mo's arms out of fear.
"Jiu Bao, you're afraid of heights!"
Chen Mo said with a chuckle, hugging the little one tight in his arms.
"Jiu!" (No, I'm not!)
Xiao Jiu stubbornly retorted, but didn't dare to open its eyes no matter what.
After the elevator doors closed, it began to descend rapidly.
Following the profound darkness was a dazzling, colorful space corridor.
And after passing through the dazzling space corridor, Chen Mo's vision was filled with a swath of deep blue, and the floor indicator on the elevator changed from -30 to -101.
At this moment, they had arrived in the Spirit Realm.