142: Xiao Ling advances to Hidden Sword Technique.

The next day.

Inside the sea of consciousness space, the sword cocoon emitted ten thousand golden rays, and Sword Qi crisscrossed.

Clearly, Xiao Ling was about to complete her advancement.

Suddenly, the sword cocoon cracked, and countless sword shadows all converged inward.

Xiao Ling had grown a full size larger and had even woven a small skirt for herself.

Only then did Lin Chuan realize that he hadn't paid much attention to Xiao Ling's gender before. Speaking of which, did she even have a gender distinction previously?

Beast Companion: Sword Spirit Soul (Commander Rank One Star)

Skills:

Sword Armor Armament lv9 (Active...)

Virtual-Reality Sword lv9 (Passive...)

Void Sword (Active...)

Illusion Sword Art lv9 (Active...)

Sword Nurturing Art (Unique Passive, exclusive to Immortal Sword Soul. Constantly absorbs and stores energy of any form, with no upper limit. Unleashes all stored energy in a single strike, 100% triggering the Virtual-Reality Sword effect.)

Hidden Sword Art lv1 (Active, enters a completely hidden state, undetectable by King Rank and below, lasts 10 minutes, cooldown one hour. Can be used while Sword Armor is equipped, can voluntarily cancel the state.)

Potential: Unknown

Aside from growing a bit in size, she gained a new skill: [Hidden Sword Art].

Concealment?

Lin Chuan didn't know the specific effect, but he could try it out later.

Without hesitation, he maxed it out immediately.

Hidden Sword Art lv9 (Active, enters a completely hidden state, lasts 50 minutes, cooldown one hour. Can be used while Sword Armor is equipped.)

Just a little bit more, and he could achieve full-time invisibility, exclusive to a sneaky old fox.

"Master..."

After advancing, Xiao Ling also became more agile; normally, she wouldn't greet him proactively if there was nothing wrong.

"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat some fruit?"

Lin Chuan showed a fatherly smile and placed all the remaining energy fruits in front of Xiao Ling.

Old Hei: ???

Egg fried rice is fine, but I need twenty portions every meal!!!

...Opening ceremony day.

Xia Siye actually came out of seclusion and sent a message saying he was waiting for Lin Chuan on the training ground to exit the Secret Realm together.

"Xiao Ling, Sword Armor."

[Hidden Sword Art]

[Void Sword]

Lin Chuan, in an invisible state, instantly appeared on the training ground.

He casually glanced around and saw Xia Siye leaning against a tree, striking a cool pose with his arms crossed, drawing whispers and glances from many girls.

He sensed him; he was already Elite Eight-Star.

Lin Chuan walked up to him, but the other party was completely unaware, not even moving an eyelid.

"You're here?"

Suddenly, Xia Siye spoke.

"Damn, how did you find out!" Lin Chuan was startled, could Xiao Ling's skill be so ineffective?

"New skill? New Beast Companion? You stepped on my shadow."

Xia Siye said coolly.

"How about now?"

Lin Chuan quickly moved further away and then asked aloud.

"Can't sense you, no breathing or heartbeat... unless you speak up voluntarily."

Xia Siye said to the air.

"That's more like it. If even you could break it, then this skill would be too useless."

Xia Siye: "???"

If he couldn't beat him, he would have definitely given him a few punches.

"Let's go, all the new students in the school are waiting for you."

"It's not like they haven't seen me before; I don't even dare to go out now."

Lu Xiaomo re-edited and re-scored Lin Chuan's College Entrance Examination live broadcast video, and it became completely popular again throughout the summer vacation.

It had to be said, this invisibility skill came at the perfect time, otherwise Lin Chuan wouldn't have been able to go out at all.

Xia Siye was too lazy to bother with Lin Chuan and walked straight to the Secret Realm exit.

Lin Chuan naturally followed him invisibly, wanting to test if invisibility truly worked in front of a Diamond Rank.

At Xuanwu University, on the largest training ground.

Thousands of new students, divided by academy, stood in their respective formations.

Yu Ming Academy was assigned to the most central position, with a sign hanging with the words 'Yu Ming', attracting many students to observe, yet they didn't know what it meant to occupy the school's center stage.

As Xia Siye walked by, he drew countless screams from girls. Normally, Xia Siye was elusive, only making a fleeting appearance in Lin Chuan's videos, making him very mysterious.

It had to be said, mysterious, cool, Genius, plus rich and handsome—this type was rarely rejected by girls.

"Old Xia, you're quite popular with girls, aren't you?"

"Women only slow down my blade drawing speed!"

"Tsk..."

"If you have the guts, don't be invisible! Let's see who's more popular." It was clear that popularity was a negative effect for Xia Siye.

"Forget it, I'm not interested in women."

Xia Siye: "???" He silently pulled away.

"Then what are you interested in?"

"That must be Beast-Eared Girls! Speaking of which, does our school have an academy for them?"

Carelessly, Lin Chuan exposed his true thoughts.

"Oh." Xia Siye finally relaxed and then said, "You're talking about the Possession Dance Department, right?"

"You know about that too?"

Lin Chuan was surprised; he originally thought Xia Siye wouldn't be interested in such things.

"Cough cough..."

...The two arrived at the Yu Ming Academy formation, directly facing the school leaders' podium.

"Siye, where's Lin Chuan?"

Xia Yuan only saw Xia Siye arrive alone and quickly asked.

"He's here."

Xia Siye only replied with three words and then walked straight to the side.

Xia Yuan was puzzled and thoroughly scanned the area again, confirming there was no sign of Lin Chuan.

"Uncle Xia, can't you sense me either?"

At this moment, Lin Chuan spoke.

"Damn, I'm seeing ghosts!"

Xia Yuan jumped in fright, then reacted.

"Lin Chuan?"

"Uncle Xia, you still haven't answered." As he spoke, Lin Chuan revealed himself.

"Damn, it really is you, kid, you've grown some guts!"

Xia Yuan patted Lin Chuan's shoulder hard and then said, "The concealment effect is good; it's difficult to detect with conventional methods. However, this is still a visual effect, not true nothingness. If you encounter skills that detect physical entities, you'll still be easily discovered. Don't fall into a ditch."

"Got it, Uncle Xia, I'll be careful."

Lin Chuan naturally nodded in agreement.

Next, it was the boring time for leaders' speeches.

Lin Chuan had heard them for two lifetimes; he was sick of them.

With this time, it would be better to arrange for some girls from the dance department to perform a dance to liven things up... Speaking of which, where was the Beast-Eared Girl legion?

Just as Lin Chuan was looking around, the host teacher on stage said:

"Next, please welcome the top scorer of this year's College Entrance Examination, student Lin Chuan, to the stage to give a speech."

"I believe all students have seen his video, where in the Secret Realm, with only a Silver Five-Star Rank, he overpowered many Geniuses, and even Commander Rank Yao Beasts were no match for him..."

He even talked about fighting an entire school during high school, various deeds, each one incredibly exaggerated. As for later, his brotherhood with a King Rank Demon Beast, that naturally wouldn't be mentioned on this occasion.

Lin Chuan walked onto the podium step by step as the teacher introduced him.

Lin Chuan picked up the microphone, seemingly a bit shy.

Then, he spoke:

"Um, hello everyone, fellow students. I'm sorry, I'm Gold Rank now..."