Chapter 30

Lucia came up to him, "What are you looking at? It's not the first time you've seen me."

Luofeng woke from his daze, realizing he had been rude, and quickly averted his gaze, "Sister Lucia, but I've never seen you in martial arts attire before."

Lucia replied, "I haven't worn it in a long time. How do I look?"

"Um, very beautiful, and extremely sexy!" Luofeng praised sincerely.

Lucia smiled; women always liked compliments about their figures, and Luofeng was not a lecher, so his praise was not annoying.

Only the beautiful president entered, and Luofeng asked curiously, "Sister Lucia, where is the sparring partner? Where is he?"

Lucia countered, "What do you think?"

"Eh?" Luofeng suddenly remembered something, "Sister Lucia, no way, you are...?"

Lucia laughed, "What, am I not qualified to be your sparring partner?"

"No, no, of course not!" Lucia was a fourth-stage Spirit Qi cultivator, a Dominant-level powerhouse. Even though she could no longer continue her cultivation due to certain reasons and remained at her previous level, she was still far stronger than he was. If she couldn't be a sparring partner, the requirements would be too high.

Luofeng just found it surprising. Although being a sparring partner was not a shameful profession, it was hard to associate the president of a chamber of commerce with such a role.

"Then it's settled. I haven't been to the training ground for a while. This is a good opportunity to get some exercise, or I'll rust." She beckoned to Luofeng, "Come on, use your strongest power to fight me, no holding back!"

Seeing her determination, Luofeng did not refuse, "Then, Sister Lucia, here I come."

With that, his martial qi burst forth, immediately reaching the Gang Qi stage, and he launched a Gang Qi projectile.

It was very powerful; among those of the same level, few could perform better with a Gang Qi projectile.

Lucia immediately evaluated it, and then her martial qi appeared, also at the first stage of Gang Qi. However, unlike Luofeng's, her Gang Qi was not colorless but had a hint of dark ink.

Dark attribute!

Generally, human martial artists only displayed attribute characteristics at the Magic Qi stage or at least the higher stages of Gang Qi. Special races were exceptions, such as dwarves who had basic attributes at the Gang Qi stage.

Although Lucia was human, her ancestors had intermarried with the Dark clan of the Nature system, giving her Dark clan genes and a Black Widow constitution. She already had attribute characteristics at the first stage of Gang Qi, even faster than Bart's Earth attribute.

With a flip of her wrist, she launched a pale black sphere.

The lowest-level Blue-stage martial skill—Dark Projectile!

Unlike the Gang Qi projectile, this skill was specifically designed for those who had the Dark attribute at the lower stages of Gang Qi. It contained attribute power, making it much stronger than a Gang Qi projectile.

The two projectiles collided, but there was no common impact sound. Instead, there was a slight hiss, and Luofeng's Gang Qi projectile was dyed black and then absorbed into the Dark Projectile. The Dark Projectile did not shrink after the attack; instead, it grew larger, though the ink color became lighter.

This was the attribute characteristic of the Dark system—assimilation!

Dark martial qi could assimilate any attribute energy except Light martial qi, making it its own. Therefore, when other systems fought the Dark system, their skills could become stronger after the collision, as the power contained in their skills had been assimilated.

The Dark system, a special system, was a headache for almost all other systems. Except for the Space system, which had strong resistance to assimilation, and the Light system, which was nearly immune to assimilation and could counter the Dark system, the Dark system was a formidable opponent.

Lucia's Black Widow constitution was a top-tier Dark system constitution, making the assimilation attribute very effective in combat even at the first stage of Gang Qi. Luofeng's Gang Qi projectile was entirely assimilated.

Luofeng launched a second Gang Qi projectile, which was also partially dyed black upon contact with the Dark Projectile. However, the ink color in the Dark Projectile completely disappeared, indicating that the Dark attribute power had been exhausted and could no longer assimilate more energy.

Then, the Dark Projectile began to shrink, as Luofeng's second Gang Qi projectile had only assimilated a small part of it, and the rest had broken down its attack.

However, this forced Luofeng to use a third Gang Qi projectile to break the Dark Projectile. By then, Luofeng was almost hit, and the fragments of the Dark Projectile splashed onto him, but his Super Body promptly activated and defended him.

This first exchange left Luofeng amazed.

At the same lowest-level Blue-stage martial skill, Sister Lucia's move was so powerful that it took three of my Gang Qi projectiles to barely counter it. She truly is one of the two great beauties of the Holy City, alongside General Jocken's daughter!

Lucia did not rush to attack, as she wanted to see how Luofeng's current level was. After the initial test, she did not take the opportunity to press the attack, or else a few more Gang Qi projectiles would have made Luofeng lose.

Luofeng, however, did not hold back and launched a fierce attack. No matter how he attacked, Lucia easily deflected it. Frustrated, he launched two more Gang Qi spheres and then rushed toward Lucia.

When the two Gang Qi spheres were partially assimilated by the Dark Projectile, he was close to Lucia. His martial qi rapidly condensed, forming a palm-shaped model that suddenly expanded tenfold, just like the Great Hand Seal he used against Pierce.

First, he used Gang Qi to restrain the opponent, then approached and used a short-range but more powerful martial skill to strike. This was a tactic he learned from Pierce.

Lucia was a bit surprised. Had he learned the Great Hand Seal in just over twenty days?

"Slap!"

The Dark Projectile, having lost its assimilation attribute and much of its power, was shattered by the Great Hand Seal.

At this moment, Lucia did not have time to launch another Dark Projectile and changed her move. Her pale ink martial qi instantly transformed into a black claw.

The lowest-level Blue-stage martial skill—Dark Claw Slash!

Just like the Great Hand Seal, this was a difficult Dark system martial skill for low-stage Gang Qi martial artists to learn. However, it was not difficult for Lucia, who had already mastered it at the first stage of Gang Qi when she was in the academy.

It was a short-range attack with greater power, but Lucia's martial qi had the Dark attribute. The part of the Great Hand Seal that the black claw grabbed was immediately dyed black and assimilated into Lucia's power. The Great Hand Seal, now weakened, was torn apart like tofu, thanks to the assimilation attribute of Dark martial qi, which made it easy to break through skills in combat.

However, when it hit Luofeng, the black aura on Lucia's hand disappeared. She had strong control over her martial qi and could easily adjust the power of her low-level martial skill.

"I lost, Sister Lucia, you are really strong!" Luofeng admitted, as Lucia had defeated him without using higher-level power, and with minimal effort, both at the first stage of Gang Qi.

"Except for the Light and Space systems, all other systems are restrained by the Dark system. Not to mention, your martial qi has no attribute, so you did quite well." Lucia consoled him, "Luofeng, your martial qi is actually quite special among non-attribute martial qi. The lowest-level Blue-stage martial skills can be very powerful, with fast bursts and sustained power. However, your experience is indeed lacking, your moves are monotonous, and you don't pay attention to footwork during attacks, making your patterns easy for opponents to figure out. These are areas that need more practice."

She pointed out Luofeng's biggest weaknesses. Due to his past illness, which made it difficult to cultivate martial qi, Luofeng had focused all his energy on qi cultivation, neglecting combat techniques. After his parents passed away and the family fell into decline, he could not afford a private tutor, so he was not even qualified in other areas besides qi cultivation.

At this stage, the requirements for combat techniques were not high, but in the future, when facing experienced opponents, he might suffer. Therefore, he needed to improve early.

"Yes, Sister Lucia!"

After the second spirit medicine wash, Luofeng's martial qi grew rapidly, and he broke through to the second stage of Gang Qi a few days after returning to the training camp. However, a bad piece of news arrived.

An acceptance letter was delivered to him.

Others had already received their acceptance letters, but those who were recommended for advancement and participated in the training camp received theirs later. The Federation continued to observe this new batch of talent and decided their college placements near the end of the training camp.

In fact, this was not bad news. Luofeng had six colleges to choose from, all located in major cities of the states, and all were well-known colleges in the Federation. Luofeng was quite satisfied with the level of these colleges.

The problem was that none of these colleges were in the capital, Victoria City.

The day before, Qiqi had already received her acceptance letter to the Magic Academy, one of which was in Victoria City, the best and oldest Magic Academy in the Federation.

Due to the rarity of mages and the scarcity of excellent mages, Qiqi's magic level at her age was already quite rare. Moreover, Luofeng had transferred the essence of the magic he learned from the Archmages to Qiqi, making her theoretical knowledge very strong. She even scored full marks in the written exam for the entrance examination, so she was eventually accepted into the best Magic Academy in Victoria City.

There were not many Magic Academies in the entire Radiant Federation, and none of the other Magic Academies Qiqi could choose from were in the same city as the Martial Arts Academies on Luofeng's list. This meant that the two would be separated during their studies, which was why Luofeng was troubled.