All eyes instantly snapped to a figure in the corner of the many screens, one that had just come into focus again because its opponent had leveled up. It was Li Wen.
And the one he faced was a virtual opponent clad in orange.
It wasn't just Class 21's attention that was captured. The students from the first batch of assessments, who had already returned to the plaza, also turned their gazes toward the large screens.
Xue Jun, his face still a little pale after stepping out of the virtual pod, and Deng Yuefei, whose expression held a mixture of pride and lingering fear, both locked their eyes on the screen showing Li Wen.
Deng Yuefei's stare was particularly intense, tinged with scrutiny and a hidden sense of comparison.
He had just fought an incredibly difficult battle against an orange-robed opponent, also at the High-level Perfection stage, and had barely scraped by with a win.
