I logged into the God panel.

The frantic babbling echoed in my ears, low and persistent, relentlessly drilling into my brain.

Lu Yu covered her head, feeling that the specially made earplugs were barely effective.

Senior Sister Que and Li Bohe, standing to the side, both looked to be in great pain... Bohe looked a little better.

"You'll get used to it."

Senior Sister Que was panting, holding a compass in one hand and a candle in the other. The candlelight seemed to dispel some of her frantic ramblings.

Lu Yu, holding Bohe's hand, suppressed the faint feeling of madness and gazed intently at the vast world.

"Is this... the spirit world?" she murmured.

All things were silent, except for the murmurs that lingered in my ears.

She felt a chill run down her spine, tightened her grip on Mint's hand, and glanced at Mint sideways.

"ah!!!"

Lu Yu cried out in surprise.

She pointed to Li Bohe's shoulder, where a faint human-shaped outline floated.

Senior Sister Que laughed:

"Don't worry, this is a spirit creature, but it seems to be very friendly to Mint and keeps following her... That's why the academy teachers want to recruit Mint."

Lu Yu was still somewhat afraid, and Li Bohe also looked timidly at the human-shaped silhouette beside her, clearly it was also the first time she had ever seen it with her own eyes.

After pausing for a moment, Senior Sister Que continued:

"You wouldn't normally be able to see this, but since this is the spirit world, you can see it now... Let's go."

"Where to?" Lu Yu asked, bewildered.

"Go a little deeper and see if we can stimulate your potential and open your spiritual vision in a highly spiritual environment."

Senior Sister Que said softly, "In this way, you can get higher scores in the test and obtain a lot of resource support."

Lu Yu and Li Bohe exchanged a glance, took a deep breath, and nodded emphatically.

The two followed closely behind Senior Sparrow, carefully avoiding the chaotic vortex of colors.

All around were swirling vortexes of color, so densely packed that one couldn't see very far into the distance.

Senior Sister Que said as she walked:

"Don't worry, you won't encounter any danger. At most, you'll encounter some weak spirit beings that wander around, not as powerful as Mint Shoulder... or other spirit travelers."

As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them rounded a vortex of color and paused slightly in surprise.

There are people ahead...

It was a spirit traveler, standing in a strange posture, breathing as if an elephant were howling, and emitting a faint glow, accompanied by ripples like water.

"This is....."

Senior Sister Que's expression changed, she stopped walking, and said cautiously:

"This is a senior who is attempting to complete a life transformation... It should be their first life transformation. If nothing unexpected happens, that senior will become a [Fighter]!"

Li Bohe and Lu Yu both turned serious. Having followed Senior Sister Que, they had a general understanding of the extraordinary world.

Knowing what it means to be a fighter.

The existence of a second tier!

In Donghai City, he's already considered a big shot; even the tutors and professors in the academy aren't much better than him!

"Should we leave quietly?" Lu Yu asked in a low voice.

"Need not."

A smile appeared on Senior Sister Que's face. "We met each other so soon, which means this senior must also be from Donghai City."

"According to custom, if you happen to meet someone who is witnessing your advancement in the spirit world, it is considered a matter of fate."

Lu Yu and Li Bohe looked at each other blankly, but did not ask any questions. They stood obediently beside Senior Sister Que, quietly waiting for the senior to complete her transformation.

Time passed slowly, and the middle-aged man standing in the dim light began to breathe faster, while the elephant's call grew louder.

Just then, the faint sound of conversation could be heard not far away.

"Um?"

The three of them looked over instinctively and saw a vortex of color behind which three or four people circled around. The leader was an old man with white hair, followed by a boy and girl who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old.

"A life transformation?"

The elderly man, with a scholarly air about him, looked surprised. He adjusted his glasses and first nodded in a friendly manner to Lu Yu and the other two.

She then gave a brief explanation to the boys and girls behind her, saying something that was largely the same as what Senior Sister Que had said before.

"To meet in the spirit world is fate, and to witness an advancement is naturally a good connection..."

As he spoke, the old man's gaze shifted to Lu Yu and the other two, pausing on Li Bohe's shoulder.

A freckled boy pointed to the humanoid silhouette on Li Bohe's shoulder, his face full of curiosity:

"Teacher, that girl's shoulder..."

"The spirit world life seems to be a deep, undead spirit, approaching the second tier of spirit world life."

Then, the old man spoke kindly to the three girls:

"Which academy are you three from?"

"Old sir."

Senior Sister Que said respectfully:

"We come from the White Elephant Academy, which is under the jurisdiction of the Church of the Sun."

"White Elephant, Church of the Sun..."

The white-haired old man raised his eyebrows, and the expressions of the boys and girls behind him became strange.

He spoke calmly:

"I am the Dean of the Ether Academy, and these are my students."

Ether Academy?

Before Lu Yu and Li Bohe could react, Senior Sister Que's expression changed drastically, and she subconsciously took a step back to protect the two girls.

"Senior Sister Que?" Lu Yu sensed something was wrong.

Senior Sister Que pursed her lips, her pale yellow skirt swaying gently in the ethereal breeze, and explained in a low voice:

"Etheric Academy is affiliated with the Church of the Light of the Universe... The relationship between the Church of the Sun and the Church of the Light of the Universe is very bad."

She actually wanted to say that the deities worshipped by the Church of the Light of the Universe were suspected to be external gods or evil gods, but she didn't say it in the end, for fear of offending the old man.

The academy's dean is likely a high-ranking priest or a high-ranking fighter, or even someone close to a third-tier grand priest or martial artist!

In fact, when students from White Elephant Academy and Ether Academy encounter each other in the spirit world, they often fight each other, sometimes even to the death.

Now we can only pray that this Dean of Ether won't bully the weak... Is that even possible?

Sweat dripped down Senior Sister Que's forehead, and Lu Yu and Li Bohe, who were standing next to her, also noticed something was wrong, and their hearts tightened slightly.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

Moo!

The elephant's cry suddenly intensified, and everyone's gaze turned to the middle-aged man undergoing a life transformation—clearly, he had succeeded!

An invisible surge of air rushed toward the middle-aged man, causing his bones to crack and his muscles to bulge. Zhang Youwei suddenly opened his eyes, a glint of brilliance flashing within them!

Inhale.

The air currents were surging.

Exhale.

A sudden gust of wind arose.

The wind pressure made it difficult for the young boys and girls to open their eyes, but the white-haired old man remained standing still.

After quickly scanning the area, Zhang Youwei raised an eyebrow, his gaze lingering for a moment on the girl with spirit beings floating on her shoulder and the old man with a full head of white hair.

He cupped his hands in a respectful gesture:

"I never expected that my promotion today would be witnessed by all of you; it is truly an honor... My name is Zhang Youwei, and it is through this connection that we have formed a bond. If in the future..."

Zhang Youwei's voice suddenly stopped, and his gaze abruptly turned to Lu Yu.

This girl looks somewhat familiar.

The more I look at it, the more familiar it seems... I remember now!

A chill ran down his spine. Wasn't this the eldest daughter of the family living in apartment 302 of the Donghe residential complex?

I saw the information and the photos back then!

"Your successful promotion is truly a fortunate event," the white-haired old man suddenly spoke leisurely, first nodding to Zhang Youwei with a smile—he was a high-ranking priest, equivalent to a high-ranking fighter.

He is far stronger than Zhang Youwei, who has just been promoted to a fighter, so there is no need for him to bow.

The old man then changed the subject:

"Now that you have successfully been promoted, it is time for the feud between our two academies to begin."

His gaze fell on the three girls, and several teenagers behind him began to rub their hands together in anticipation.

Zhang Youwei was taken aback. His gaze lingered on the old man's clothes for a moment, then he looked at the compass held in the hand of the girl in the pale yellow dress.

These are... Ether Academy and White Elephant Academy?

He suddenly realized what had happened, and a chill ran down his spine as he recalled the terrifying ordeal of the previous day.

If I remember correctly, that girl's name is Lu Yu, right?

A bad feeling inexplicably arose in Zhang Youwei's heart.

"Senior Dean..." Senior Sparrow seemed to want to say something, but the words caught in her throat.

Suddenly, a heavy mental pressure came crashing down from the sky, and all three of them felt difficulty breathing. It felt as if a huge stone was pressing on their chests, and they were unable to move at all!

Zhang Youwei swallowed hard, recalling the conversation in the tavern. The young man had said that there was a mysterious being in that family... which was probably referring to the terrifying creature he had encountered!

But this is the spirit world, that terrifying creature shouldn't be able to detect us... right?

"Institutional conflicts and church battles are fought to the death, regardless of size, only life and death matter."

Dean Ether spoke calmly, extending his hand in a grasping motion. The air surged, as if a giant, illusory hand had materialized out of thin air!

The large hand was about to strike down when the ghost on Li Bohe's shoulder roared. Zhang Youwei's bad premonition grew stronger, and he immediately wanted to turn around and leave.

Suddenly at this moment.

*Thump! Thump! Thump!*

A loud, muffled thud echoed in the distance.

Dean Yitai stopped what he was doing, and everyone present instinctively turned to look in the direction of the sound.

Xuan Du was astonished to see the swirling colors around him vibrating and swaying, and the murmurs in his ears grew louder!

Then came a deafening roar, as if a thousand people were shouting at the same time, layer upon layer of sounds!

"The Lord dwells high in the city atop the mountain, overlooking the world, where the lambs gather like sand, worshiping and praising..."

Zhang Youwei's face turned deathly pale.

"I knew it... I knew it!!"

*Thump! Thump! Thump!*

The dull rumble grew closer.