From four till seven—three full hours.
Su Bai trained alone on the empty pitch, pushing himself to the limit.
Back at Dortmund, the club had held afternoon sessions but never included him.
He'd long grown used to training in solitude.
As the sun set, Su Bai packed up and headed for the canteen, only to find it had already closed.
Helpless, he turned back to his dorm.
Starving, he rummaged through his bag the second he walked in.
Luckily, he'd kept plenty of bread inside for his flight home.
He washed it down with water and called it dinner.
Only then did he finally have time to check his system.
Lying on the bed, Su Bai opened it up again.
His stats were still pitifully low.
He shifted his gaze straight to Training Points.
What he saw surprised him.
The once-empty Training Points bar now showed a small section of green.
"System! What's this green stuff?"
Excited by the change, Su Bai asked immediately.
Training Points can be converted into System Attribute Points.
Current host's overall attributes are too low.
Training Points are calculated by time spent training.
Every 10 hours of training grants the host 1 Attribute Point.
10 hours!!!
Su Bai's face lit up.
Just as he'd guessed.
This Training Points system was a cheat code.
One point every 10 hours—roughly one point per day.
Looking at his garbage stats, Su Bai suddenly felt hope.
What he needed most right now was Ball Control.
He had the La Croqueta skill card, but his Ball Control stat was way too low.
If he could raise it,
his first touches, dribbling, and everything else would improve instantly.
With high-level Ball Control plus maxed Passing,
he'd definitely secure his place in the U18 squad.
He carefully checked how full the green bar was.
Su Bai shot up and dashed out of his room.
Only four more hours.
His Training Points would max out.
He couldn't wait to see how to spend the point once it unlocked.
...
Daniel yawned and closed his laptop.
The first 3. Liga match of the season was this weekend.
Even though the team had the afternoon off, training would resume tomorrow.
In just four days,
he'd finally settled on his tactics for the new season and locked in his starting lineup.
He glanced at the moon rising outside his window, turned off the lights, and slowly headed downstairs.
Just like Wycliffe earlier,
he heard someone on the training pitch as soon as he stepped outside.
Daniel checked his watch.
11 PM.
Who could be out this late?
The club had turned all the floodlights off hours ago.
Curious, he walked over.
Soon, a black-haired boy appeared in the moonlight.
Sweat dripped from every inch of his body.
Even in the dark, every drop hitting the ground was clear to Daniel.
It was…
the Chinese kid?
Working this hard?
Even the experienced Daniel was stunned.
It was eleven o'clock at night!
Training in complete darkness?
Especially watching the boy drilling the most basic dribbling drills over and over.
Daniel didn't know what to say.
After a long pause, he turned and left quietly.
Meanwhile, Su Bai was still counting his training time.
11:04 PM.
That's it!
10 full hours.
Right on cue, the system let out a clear ding!
Su Bai collapsed onto the grass, completely exhausted.
But that sharp sound brought a smile to his tired face.
He packed his things and dragged his heavy legs back to the dorm.
Collapsing onto the bed, he immediately dived back into the system.
The same familiar interface appeared.
This time, the experience bar under Training Points was full.
And next to it, a bright yellow plus sign had appeared.
Su Bai tapped it at once.
Ding!
Congratulations, Host! You have received 1 Free Attribute Point!
Now, green plus signs showed up next to all his stats.
Without hesitation, Su Bai dumped the point into Ball Control.
In an instant, a surge of energy ran through his body.
His exhausted muscles felt fully recovered.
Feeling lively and refreshed again, Su Bai was thrilled.
"System! Does leveling up stats also remove fatigue?"
Every time the Host allocates an Attribute Point, the system resets, clearing all negative status effects.
Perfect!
A bold idea popped into Su Bai's head.
If he trained 10 hours to reset his status…
could he…
Status reset can only be triggered once per day!!!
The system quickly poured cold water on his plan.
He'd hoped to exploit a loophole and train nonstop for two points a day.
But the system had already blocked that trick.
Helpless, Su Bai gave up on his scheme.
He checked his updated stats:
Attack: 69
Ball Control: 65
Passing: 100
Shooting: 65
Heading: 68
Set Pieces: 66
Curve: 66
Speed: 80
Foot Power: 75
Jump: 74
Physical Contact: 72
Stamina: 88
Defense: 58
Tackling: 65
Overall Rating: 67
Age: 17
Su Bai sighed and exited the system.
Aside from Stamina, his stats were still terrible.
He had a long road ahead.
What Su Bai didn't know was that,
back in China, a anonymous account had just made a post on a Chinese football forum.
Title: Chinese Youngster Pulls Off Insane Passing Masterclass
Under the title was a video link.
Clicking it revealed none other than Su Bai's stunning La Croqueta and rainbow curved assist from the Schalke training match!!!