38: Chapter 38 One hour? I can't be that fast!

[System Announcement: A mysterious Adventurer has quietly entered the [Supreme Training Room], gaining ten times monster spawn speed and a double experience bonus! Level up a step ahead of others, and lead the way in combat power for a lifetime!]

[What are you waiting for? Head to the Supreme Tower immediately; the next legend could be you!]

A golden banner, heavily styled like a web game advertisement, abruptly scrolled three times across the vision of all players in the Source Realm.

In an instant, the entirety of Zhao City fell silent.

"Holy crap? The Supreme Training Room? The one that costs ten gold coins an hour?"

"Which super tycoon is being such a spendthrift? Wouldn't it be better to buy a few pieces of rare equipment with that money?"

"It couldn't be the top-ranked big shot again, could it? Didn't he just go in half a month ago?"

Various speculations flooded the regional channel, but soon, everyone's gaze drifted, intentionally or otherwise, toward the same direction—the Supreme Tower.

Zhao City, [Moon Gods Radiance] guild headquarters.

Yue Ying looked at the golden announcement before her, the fingers holding her teacup stiffening slightly.

Was it a coincidence?

No.

Reason told her it was that rude fellow named Chen You.

The guy who casually threw out a ten-gold-coin bounty and then rejected and deleted her, a member of the Elf God Clan, twice in a row!

"The Supreme Training Room..."

Yue Ying murmured to herself, a hint of disbelief appearing on her exquisite face.

As the regional manager for the [Moon Gods Radiance] guild, she knew better than anyone what ten gold coins an hour signified.

Even Salos, who was first on the rankings, would only extravagantly stay inside for an hour or two when pushing through a critical bottleneck.

And this Chen You... a Level 5 "newbie," just went in like that?

Just how much money does he have?

Where did he get so many gold coins?

Yue Ying took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart.

"Spendthrift," she finally spat out coldly.

In her view, this was the most foolish and inefficient way to flaunt wealth.

A Level 5 player had extremely limited attack power and skills. In a training room of that intensity, how long could his spiritual power and stamina last?

Half an hour? That would be the absolute limit!

Even with a backpack full of potions, one hour would certainly be the maximum.

"Someone, come here," Yue Ying said flatly.

"Guild Leader," an elven archer appeared quietly.

"Go keep an eye on the entrance of the Supreme Tower. In one hour..."

Yue Ying frowned. "Forget it, I'll go personally in a bit."

In her eyes, the previous failure was because they hadn't communicated face-to-face.

Once he saw her appearance, his attitude would surely not be like that.

Absolute confidence once again surfaced on her face.

This Chen You was like a child holding a mountain of gold but not knowing how to mine it.

Wait until an hour later, when his spiritual power is exhausted and he comes out physically and mentally drained.

Then, when she proposes a "power-leveling" plan, he should finally understand how to make the right choice.

Yue Ying could already envision him kneeling before her, begging to be carried.

...

Meanwhile, inside the Supreme Training Room.

Chen You had no idea he was being targeted once again.

He was currently surveying the space with great interest.

This wasn't some empty room, but a floating stone platform shrouded in thick white mist.

The air was filled with spiritual energy so dense it almost felt physical. Just taking a single breath made his entire body feel comfortable.

Even the recovery speed of his spiritual power seemed to have slightly increased.

"Ten gold coins an hour is indeed worth the price."

Chen You praised inwardly, then began making settings on the virtual panel before him.

[Please select monster spawn level: LV1-LV20]

[Please select monster spawn type: Random/Specified]

"Level 10, Random."

Chen You made his choice without hesitation.

He had just one-shotted a Level 10 elite from the Garrison Army; dealing with ordinary monsters of the same level should be no problem.

Buzz—

As he confirmed, the white mist ahead churned.

Six [LV10 Demonized Wolves] with pitch-black bodies and blood-red eyes lunged out with roars.

Chen You's eyes were calm, still holding that novice iron sword.

He took a step forward, his wrist flicking.

"Startling Swan!"

An almost imperceptible sword light, like a fleeting glimpse of a master's stroke, instantly swept across the neck of the lead Demonized Wolf.

-2480! (Armor Break!)

A terrifying four-digit damage number popped up.

That Level 10 Demonized Wolf, with a full two thousand health points, didn't even have time to howl before its body exploded into a shower of light.

[System Notification: You have killed a LV10 Demonized Wolf, gaining 120 experience points (Double Exp Bonus)!]

Chen You didn't even look at the notification. His figure flickered through the wolf pack like a ghost, his iron sword thrusting out five times in succession.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Five sword lights, five explosive sounds.

In less than three seconds, all six Level 10 Demonized Wolves were wiped out!

[System Notification: You have killed a LV10 Demonized Wolf, gaining 120 experience points...]

[System Notification: ...]

A string of experience notifications flooded the screen, and his experience bar grew by a visible chunk.

"Sweet!"

Chen You couldn't help but let out a low shout.

This was the leveling speed he wanted!

Buzz—

Barely a second after the monsters died, the training room's mechanism activated, and six brand-new Demonized Wolves spawned.

Ten times spawn speed—it lived up to its reputation!

Chen You didn't stop for a moment and charged forward again.

Sword light flashed, numbers jumped wildly, and experience soared.

He was like a tireless killing machine, performing an ultimate slaughter show on this small stone platform.

Ten minutes passed.

Chen You no longer knew how many waves of monsters he had killed; he only saw his experience bar skyrocketing.

Twenty minutes passed.

His spiritual power had finally been consumed from 105 points down to only 30 points.

"Time to take some medicine?"

The thought flashed by, but Chen You immediately snuffed it out.

He remembered the analysis from the Data Group—for a Cultivator, raising one's realm was far more important than level!

And here...

Chen You felt the spiritual energy so thick it wouldn't disperse, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

"Pause spawning!"

With a thought, the monster spawning in the training room stopped instantly.

Chen You sat cross-legged, palms and soles facing the sky, and immediately began to circulate the Nine Revolutions Primordial Chaos Art.

Boom!

The moment the technique began to run, the dense spiritual energy around him seemed to find an outlet, turning into visible white currents that surged frantically into his body!

This cultivation speed was more than ten times faster than in the base back in the real world!

His spiritual power, which would normally take several hours to fully recover, was now rising at an incredible rate.

30%... 50%... 80%... 100%!

In less than ten minutes, his spiritual power was completely restored.

Furthermore, his entire spirit was fuller than ever before; he could even feel that the wisp of spiritual power in his dantian seemed to have grown slightly stronger.

"So this is the correct way to use the Supreme Training Room!"

Chen You suddenly saw the light.

Here, spiritual power wasn't a consumable at all!

Consume in battle, replenish through cultivation—a perfect cycle!

These ten gold coins an hour didn't just buy double experience; they bought nearly infinite combat uptime and more than ten times the cultivation speed!

"Continue!"

Chen You once again activated the monster-grinding mode.

Battle, spiritual power hits bottom, pause, cultivate, spiritual power refills, continue battle...

He was completely immersed in the pleasure of his rapidly growing strength.

Time flew by.

[System Notification: Congratulations, you have reached LV6! Gained 5 free attribute points!]

"All into Attack!"

...

Outside the Supreme Tower.

Time passed minute by minute.

Yue Ying leaned against a white jade pillar, her expression shifting from calm to gradually impatient.

It had been an hour.

That guy named Chen You actually hadn't come out yet?

"Could it be... he bought two hours?"

The moment the thought appeared, she snuffed it out.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Twenty gold coins—even the top ten of the Elf God Clan rankings would never squander money like that.

"Could he have disconnected inside?"

Yue Ying speculated and sent another friend request.

[System Notification: The other party has rejected your friend request.]

The cold system notification caused Yue Ying's face to darken completely.