"You're using someone else's body. Did you get her permission?"
Mu Nianbing carefully examined the girl in the sailor uniform. He had to admit that the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds had excellent taste.
Although the girl's figure was slightly slender, her appearance was definitely above ninety points.
Combined with the unique sailor outfit, she could easily reach ninety-five.
"I wanted to ask for her opinion, but I haven't learned the island nation's language," the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds said helplessly.
"You've lived for over a thousand years and still don't know to read more books? Knowledge can change destiny, don't you understand?" Mu Nianbing teased with a faint smile.
"Heh heh."
The Queen of the Nine Netherworlds rolled her eyes playfully.
She had once been an empress. Why would she bother learning such useless knowledge?
"Alright, what did you come to see me for?"
Mu Nianbing was not worried that the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds would harm him. Other Undead Rulers might resist serving a human.
But the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds would obey him absolutely, because Mu Nianbing had the ability to help her resurrect.
"Xia Island has been found. I specifically traveled thousands of miles to tell you, yet you're still ungrateful."
Because of the height difference, the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds leaned lightly against Mu Nianbing's chest, a trace of resentment in her eyes.
"Xia Island..." Mu Nianbing's eyes lit up immediately.
As long as Xia Island was located, the Earth Holy Spring on that island would practically be his.
Although Xia Island had several Super Level Mages, compared with the Ancient King, they were nothing more than insignificant figures.
Let alone the Ancient King—even the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds could easily deal with those old men and women.
A sharp glint flashed in Mu Nianbing's eyes.
If he wanted to break through to the Super Level as soon as possible, he had to return to the country.
Compared with breaking through to the Super Level, this training mission was completely unimportant.
"I still need to wait a few more days. You can return first," Mu Nianbing said to her.
The mentor group would arrive in a few days, and Mu Nianbing needed to settle that matter first.
If he did nothing, the person most likely to be eliminated would be Zhao Manyan.
But Zhao Manyan had helped him quite a bit, and Mu Nianbing did not want him to be eliminated so easily.
Zhao Manyan was, after all, a defense-type mage who invested everything into protection.
It would be extremely difficult for him to fight his way back from the National Pavilion.
"Of course I'm staying to accompany my master. If master needs any service, just let me know."
The Queen of the Nine Netherworlds winked charmingly, her innocent face perfectly combined with an alluring temperament.
Mu Nianbing had to admit that it was very tempting.
But if he were to actually do anything, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable. After all, it was someone else's body.
It didn't feel right to leave something strange inside someone else's body.
After a short conversation, Mu Nianbing brought the Queen of the Nine Netherworlds to an auction house in Tokyo.
Tokyo truly lived up to its reputation as a top-tier city. Even this auction house displayed treasures more valuable than Soul Seeds.
Mu Nianbing not only auctioned all of his spirit essences, but also purchased a High-Level Leg Magical Tool.
The special ability attached to this leg equipment was Shadow Escape.
Mu Nianbing was already used to using Shadow Escape, and since he also possessed Instantaneous Movement, Wind Track had become completely unnecessary.
He bought the equipment for 120 million, and its Shadow Escape ability was comparable to the spell cast by a High-Level Shadow Element Mage.
There were probably no leg magical tools of a higher grade. Even if they existed, they would likely be held by powerful organizations.
Mu Nianbing originally planned to buy a Wing Magical Tool, but the wings available in the auction house did not satisfy him.
His requirements were simple. The flying speed had to at least match the effect of a Level 3 Wind Wing.
Otherwise, once he broke through to the Super Level, the wing equipment would become practically useless.
Unfortunately, the auction house did not have anything of that level.
Perhaps only the international auction house in Venice would sell such high-quality Wing Magical Tools.
Over the next few days, the other team members who had still been at the Intermediate Level gradually broke through to the High Level.
Soon, Feng Li, Song He, and the other mentors arrived in the island nation and quickly gathered the entire team.
"Excellent. Everyone has broken through to the High Level."
Feng Li scanned the group. After confirming their cultivation levels, a rare smile appeared on his face.
Even with Mu Nianbing as his strongest trump card, Feng Li still valued the overall strength of the team.
If they wanted to win the championship, teamwork and collective power were even more important.
"Everyone has reached the High Level. So how should we decide who gets eliminated?" Song He asked, pushing the decision toward Feng Li.
He did not want to offend the powerful forces behind these young mages.
In Mu Nianbing's eyes, only Feng Li among the mentors was truly doing practical work. The other mentors were like NPCs—completely replaceable.
In fact, their existence mainly served to balance Feng Li's authority.
Hearing the question, Feng Li's gaze naturally fell on Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, and Zhao Manyan.
As substitutes, the first elimination would naturally be chosen from among them.
Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue had relatively strong cultivation levels.
From the perspective of the team's strength, eliminating Zhao Manyan seemed like the most logical choice.
Zhao Manyan felt Feng Li's gaze and his heart tightened.
Although he had already suspected this possibility, he was still nervous at this moment.
"Mentor, since everyone has reached the High Level, why don't we decide the eliminated member through a sparring match?" Mu Nianbing suddenly suggested.
As soon as he spoke, Mu Tingying, Zu Jiming, and several others immediately showed displeased expressions.
They were official members, while substitutes were supposed to be eliminated!
However, Ai Jiangtu and Nan Jue expressed their support.
In their opinion, this method was fairer and more beneficial to the National Team.
"This can also test everyone's strength," Feng Li nodded in agreement.
"This... some of them have only recently broken through to the High Level. Won't the strength difference be too large?" Song He said hesitantly.
"Cultivation itself is a part of strength. However, Mu Nianbing, Ai Jiangtu, and Mu Ningxue will not participate. Their cultivation levels are far higher than the others."
Feng Li stroked his beard calmly.
The lowest cultivation among those three was dual-element High Level, and they could already cast High-Level magic skillfully.
If they fought the others, the result would be completely predictable.
Mo Fan had only one High-Level element, so the gap between him and the others was not very large.
Seeing that Feng Li had already made his decision, Song He could not argue further.
Although both of them were National Team mentors, Feng Li still held the final authority.
Soon afterward, Feng Li used his considerable resources to rent an arena for the competition.
However, Nan Rongni, as the team's only Healing Mage, was exempt from participating.
In truth, Feng Li actually believed that Mu Tingying should be eliminated.
After all, the team already had three Ice Element Mages, and Mu Tingying was clearly the weakest among them.
Unfortunately, Mu Tingying had the backing of the powerful Mu Clan, so Feng Li could not remove her directly.
Mu Nianbing sat quietly in the audience, his gaze fixed on Zhao Manyan below.
Zhao Manyan possessed the Mark of Baxia, so his strength should not be weaker than that of Zu Jiming or Mu Tingying.
The only thing Zhao Manyan truly lacked was offensive power.
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