Supreme Star Card Master

Number 1 Practical Combat Hall was located north of the dormitory area. Walking further west led to the teaching buildings.

Before long, Su Yuan and Shang Baiyu arrived at the combat hall.

This was a massive, flat building with two floors, each over sixteen meters high.

The first floor was for Bronze, Silver, and Gold Levels.

The second floor was for Shining Star and above. Ordinary students didn't have access.

"Such a large combat hall, the area alone is more than ten times bigger than that of No. 4 High School," Su Yuan couldn't help but click his tongue.

Shang Baiyu laughed: "Of course, back in high school, all the students were Star Apprentices. The destructive power and impact range were limited."

"But from the Bronze Level onwards, a Star Card Master's power range increases substantially, leading to higher requirements for training grounds. It needs to be spacious, sturdy, and resistant to erosion, among other qualities."

Su Yuan nodded, noticing that Shang Baiyu referred to "your high school" instead of just "high school," making him a bit curious.@@novelbin@@

"Let's go, hurry up and check it out!" Shang Baiyu urged excitedly.

After briefly pondering, Su Yuan didn't ask further and walked in with Shang Baiyu.

The hall's interior resembled an enlarged indoor basketball court. The perimeter had stands and walkways, while the center featured a massive square arena.

The arena was made of precious materials of levels one, two, and even three, with barriers set up, making it costly.

The moment Su Yuan and Shang Baiyu entered, they felt intense Star Power fluctuations.

"Surprising Swan!"

"Blowing Snow Second Style!"

"Clang, clang, clang...!"

...

Many students were sparring and exchanging moves in the central arena, with sounds of combat ringing continuously.

Most of the onlookers stood at the edge of the arena or on walkways, many itching to join in.

Shang Baiyu observed for a while: "It seems like all of them are at Star Apprentice Ninth Rank."

Su Yuan nodded: "Perhaps because of the upcoming preselection challenge, none of the Bronze-Level are participating."

"Preselection challenge... that makes sense." Shang Baiyu thought for a moment and understood.

Hundreds of Bronze-Level students aimed to challenge the Burning Sun-Level mentors in the preselection. Naturally, they wouldn't reveal their strength easily.

In Star Card Master battles, raw strength was crucial, but intelligence was equally important.

Know yourself and your enemy, and you won't be defeated in a hundred battles.

Attributes countered, skills targeted, and tactics changed; these all could influence the outcome.

In terms of skills, if sparring exposed their usual tactics and trump cards, it could be detrimental during the preselection challenge.

There were no invincible, flawless skills. The lower the skill's grade, the more flaws it had, making it easier to counter.

Of course, if confident enough to overpower any opponent with sheer strength, it wouldn't matter as much.

After watching for a while, they didn't see anyone particularly outstanding.

Remembering Shang Baiyu's earlier eagerness, Su Yuan asked: "Baiyu, aren't you going to try?"

Shang Baiyu looked around, seemingly searching for something, then shook his head: "I don't like fighting, no, I won't go."

Su Yuan was puzzled: "You don't like fighting, so why were you...?"

"Ah...!"

Just then, a scream suddenly sounded not far away.

"Someone got hit by a fireball, hurry, take him to the infirmary!"

"It looks pretty serious. His whole arm is burned like a pig's trotter, hurry up!"

"..."

The injured boy's entire right arm was burned, indeed a serious injury.

Compared to ordinary people, a Bronze-Level Star Card Master already possessed extraordinary power.

Even during sparring, it wasn't always possible to control the damage, so injuries were common.

Places like the combat hall usually had on-duty healers. The infirmary of this Number 1 Practical Combat Hall was right next to the stands.

The injured boy's roommate was a strong, solid guy. He easily carried him on his back, accompanied by a slightly panicked girl, ready to head to the infirmary.

At that moment, Su Yuan's vision blurred. With a "whoosh," Shang Baiyu sped off.

"Let me do it!"

Shang Baiyu called out, then directly pulled the injured boy from his roommate's back and pressed him to the ground.

"What are you doing?!"

The strong youth was startled and rushed forward to stop him.

The girl who caused the burn was also dumbfounded, not knowing what was happening.

But with a casual push, Shang Baiyu sent the strong youth stumbling several steps back, landing on his backside.

"Don't disturb me." Shang Baiyu didn't even lift his head, then smiled at the injured boy lying on the ground, "Don't move, or I might mess up and waste my efforts~"

Shang Baiyu said this while forming a seal technique, and then started pointing at the injured boy's shoulder in a specific sequence with his index finger.

At seventeen or eighteen, the boys were young and vigorous. Being pushed to the ground under the watchful eyes of so many people was embarrassing.

"Damn it..."

The strong youth cursed angrily and stood up. He wasn't about to let this slide and was ready to battle Shang Baiyu again!

But just then, the strong youth saw a blur before his eyes, and Su Yuan blocked his way, gripping his wrist.

"Get out of my way!"

The strong youth, still steamed with anger, tried to shake off the person in front of him. However, the opponent didn't move an inch.

The strong youth used all his strength several times but couldn't budge Su Yuan. Alarmed, his anger lessened somewhat.

Su Yuan smiled: "Just wait a bit, let's get your friend treated first."

The strong youth glanced forward and saw Shang Baiyu pointing down with his fingers, placing clusters of pure white plum blossom-shaped Star Power on the injured boy's arm. It indeed looked like a healing technique.

The strong youth spoke in a deep voice: "Alright, I'll wait!"

Su Yuan nodded and released him, then turned to watch Shang Baiyu apply the healing skill, his eyes narrowing slightly.

This guy had high strength and agility...

Su Yuan recalled how Shang Baiyu disappeared from his sight in a flash and casually pushed the strong youth down, confirming that the opponent wasn't simple.

He had come over to restrain the strong youth partly to cover for Shang Baiyu, who had started healing. He also wanted to personally gauge the strong youth's strength for comparison.

The strong youth wasn't weak. Using him as a reference, Su Yuan was surprised to find that Shang Baiyu's strength might not be much different from his own.

At that moment, with Shang Baiyu's last finger press on the injured boy's hand, twelve white plum blossom petals rotated together, emitting a mist that quickly enveloped the entire arm.

"Ah..."

A cooling sensation surged through the burnt arm, and the injured boy couldn't help but groan in relief.

Realizing his mistake, the injured boy looked up and saw the amused faces of surrounding students. His face flushed, wishing he could crawl into a hole.

Soon, the plum blossoms dissipated, the mist vanished, and the injured youth's right arm returned to its normal color.

"Thank you so much!"

The injured youth stood up, waving his right arm, finding it completely healed, and couldn't help but thank Shang Baiyu gratefully.

Shang Baiyu smiled: "No problem. As a healer, bringing people back to health is my ideal!"

This scene drew exclamations from the surrounding students.

"He healed it so quickly, in just a short time!"

"What an amazing healing skill. You can't even tell he was injured!"

...

Just then, someone else shouted from another spot: "Someone's been slashed, help us!"

"Coming!" Shang Baiyu enthusiastically responded and dashed off again.

Su Yuan was momentarily speechless. It seemed that Shang Baiyu wasn't eager to spar but rather to treat injuries in the combat hall?

He sure was "unique"!

...

At the infirmary entrance, four Demon Capital students, two males and two females, watched Shang Baiyu treat the new sparring students from a distance.

"That new student's healing skill seems quite impressive, right?"

"Yeah, my Intermediate Water Healing Skill might not heal that burned arm faster. He's just a new student..."

"And his healing skills are pretty unique too."

...

The four students discussed, intrigued by the new healer.

"Teacher Xin Lan, can you tell what healing skill he's using?" one girl turned to ask. Read exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire

The other three also looked curiously at the mature female teacher sitting by the window.

"White Plum Finger," the mature teacher spoke calmly, "He's from Mo Mei Valley."

"Mo Mei Valley? Haven't heard of it..." The questioning girl looked puzzled and whispered to her companions, "Do you guys know?"

"Nope..."

"Never heard of it, but it sounds like some faction?"

They glanced at Lan Xinlan but didn't dare to ask further.

Lan Xinlan looked through the window, seeing Shang Baiyu enthusiastically treating injuries, no matter their severity. She couldn't help but frown slightly, a trace of almost imperceptible disdain flashing in her eyes.