The other captains finished recruiting their new members and realized the atmosphere in the atrium was tense . They saw the empty s.p.a.ce in the middle and saw Li Lanfeng and Shen Rufei standing there . They got a shock and quickly asked the members of Lingtian about what was happening .

When they heard that Shen Rufei requested to battle Li Lanfeng to settle the feud between him and Lingtian, they felt that he was unscrupulous too . They didn't know why Li Lanfeng accepted the challenge .

Shen Rufei saw the s.p.a.ce that was cleared out for them . He raised his leg and kicked a metal chair beside him . The chair broke . He reached out and grabbed a broken chair leg .

Li Lanfeng held onto his broken chair leg tightly . They stood three meters apart and stared at each other .

The atrium was dead silent . Li Lanfeng and Shen Rufei didn't move . They were looking for an opening in each other's defense . Once they found it, they would attack it furiously .

A few minutes pa.s.sed by . Shen Rufei couldn't find any opening on Li Lanfeng . He thought that Li Lanfeng was just an easy opponent but it seemed like he might be wrong . He felt frustrated .

Li Lanfeng's eyes lit up . He rushed out and aimed the broken chair leg at Shen Rufei's head .

Shen Rufei narrowed his eyes . He raised his hand and blocked the attack .

“Bang!” A loud sound erupted as the two broken chair legs. .h.i.t against each other . Sparks flew out from the impact .

The two people jumped back and slid for a few meters . They distanced themselves and started a staring compet.i.tion again .

People with sharp eyes saw what had happened in that instant . When the two weapons collided, Shen Rufei raised his leg and tried to sneak an attack on Li Lanfeng . However, Li Lanfeng saw through his intention and blocked his sneak attack . The force produced from this action caused them to bounce back .

Shen Rufei's heart dropped after this attack . He thought that he could dominate over his opponent but they were on par . In the database, Li Lanfeng's physical skills were at the peak of Refinement while he was at Qi-Jin .

“You hide yourself well,” Shen Rufei gritted his teeth and said .

Li Lanfeng replied indifferently, “I didn't hide it on purpose . I just forgot to update my information . ” This was the truth .

For these three years, Li Lanfeng persisted in practicing the movements that Ling Lan taught him . When other people were eating, he was practicing . When other people were sleeping, he was still practicing . Everytime he practiced, he felt his bones resisting the changes and felt that they could break at any moment . He had to experience this pain a few times every day . Sometimes, he thought he would die from the pain .

Thinking back, Li Lanfeng was amazed that he managed to survive . He s.h.i.+vered slightly when he remembered back the pain .

However, it was a good thing that he persisted . This foundational actions required persistence . People who practiced it would only feel pain in their first year . In the second year, the pain would gradually lessen but there was no real improvements on his body . Many people would give up and feel that it was a waste of effort and time . However, Li Lanfeng continued on . He trusted Ling Lan . He felt that if there were no results, it meant that he was not practicing hard enough .

Li Lanfeng started to push himself harder . He would only stop after he was exhausted . Sometimes, he was so exhausted until he had no more energy to climb onto his bed . He would sleep on the floor of his dormitory .

After repeating this for months, Li Lanfeng finally felt the benefits . He managed to breakthrough and advanced to Qi-Jin . He had been stuck at the peak of Refinement for a long time so his foundations were strong . Thus, after half a year, Li Lanfeng continued smoothly into the middle-stage of Qi-Jin .

Just like what Li Lanfeng said, he was too busy with his missions and practices so didn't have the time to go to the a.s.sessment department to update his information . Of course, he did have his own thoughts so he didn't tell Zhao Jun and Li s.h.i.+yu about his improvement . He wanted Ling Lan to be the first person to know about this good news .

He wanted to show off his Qi-Jin skills in front of Ling Lan and tell him that he didn't let him down .

However, Shen Rufei didn't believe what Li Lanfeng said . When he saw how the rest of the Lingtian members were shocked at Li Lanfeng's Qi-Jin level, he sneered . He had an idea . “This is weird . You are a good strategist but you can't even believe in your own teammates…”

Shen Rufei's words had a double meaning behind them . He was trying to tell the members of the Lingtian Battle Team that they trusted the wrong person .

But, his words were useless . The members of Lingtian were not affected by his words at all . They were stunned at Li Lanfeng's level of physical skills but they were not unhappy with him . Li Lanfeng had left for three years . If he didn't make any improvements in these three years, they would instead be worried for him .

The only people that could be affected would be Zhao Jun and Li s.h.i.+yu…

However, before they could react, Li Lanfeng smiled at them mysteriously and said, “If they really did care for me, they would know what my true level is . ”

Li Lanfeng's gaze made Zhao Jun uneasy . Was he saying that he didn't care much about him? That was why he didn't realize that Li Lanfeng was already at the Qi-Jin level .

He looked at Li s.h.i.+yu . Li s.h.i.+yu was calm . He seemed to have already known about Li Lanfeng's advancement to Qi-Jin .

Zhao Jun felt apologetic towards Li Lanfeng . He thought back about the past three years . He had been too busy with missions and practicing his mecha piloting and didn't spend much time with Li Lanfeng… sob, old friend, it is my fault . Please don't look at me with those eyes . I will feel even more guilty!

Li s.h.i.+yu noticed Li Lanfeng's gaze too . After a while, he saw Zhao Jun looking at him . He seemed to be asking if he knew about Li Lanfeng's true power . Li s.h.i.+yu recalled how close Zhao Jun and Li Lanfeng were and felt that Zhao Jun would definitely know about Li Lanfeng's true capabilities . On the other hand, he was always in the hospital and the laboratory . He didn't spend much time with them…