Leaving the Governor's office, Ender walked towards his room.
As he walked, he pondered.
"Thinking about it carefully, the Governor's so-called special approval for me to enter the Stellar Training Camp probably doesn't exist. I haven't received any notification, nor did he show me the so-called order.
"The Governor gave me a year to raise my combat skills to Perfection. Obviously, Perfection combat skills are the minimum requirement for students at the Stellar Training Camp.
"So this should be a provocation, but is it really a provocation?"
Ender stopped by the corridor window, looking at the various flowers blooming on the grassland outside.
"Yes, the Governor did intend to give a reward, as long as I could meet the requirements, but..."
His hands clenched tightly. The colorful flowers outside were beautiful, but he was not in the mood to appreciate them!
"The huge disparity in strength and status made me feel the powerlessness of weakness! Not motivation!
"Living in a peaceful country in my previous life, and now living on a peaceful planet in this life, made me forget that the world has never been peaceful!"
Taking a deep breath, Ender turned and continued walking towards his room.
"From this morning, I have no choice!
"Either move forward step by step to become a strong person! Or die on the path to becoming a strong person!"
Many people discussed the anomaly that occurred on the grassland this morning, and Ender naturally heard about it.
After inquiring, he deduced the time the anomaly appeared, which coincided with the time he broke through to Planetary Level and Awakened his special ability.
The anomaly was caused by him!
And he could deduce that an Empire with powerful strength could naturally deduce it too!
Therefore, he knew he had entered the sight of the Empire's high-level officials.
When he talked with the Governor before, there was an element of acting, but it wasn't entirely acting.
He truly wanted to enter the Stellar Training Camp, because being able to enter meant he would not be in danger and could resolve the ranch crisis.
Of course, he was safe now, but that feeling of being unable to decide his own life and death was truly unbearable!
Back in his room, Ender sat on the bed and recalled the relationship between Perfection-level skills and Domain.
"Perfection-level combat skills pursue control, controlling everything in the surrounding environment, even the enemy's and one's own combat rhythm must be under control.
"At the same time, Perfection-level combat skills are also the Prototype of Domain, but understanding Domain does not necessarily require Perfection-level combat skills.
"Because only by understanding Artistic Conception can one further understand Domain, and once Domain is understood, Perfection-level skills are automatically mastered!"
Ender was very clear that Artistic Conception, Domain, and Law corresponded to Universe Level, Domain Master, and World Master Level respectively. As long as one understood the former, there would be no Bottleneck in breaking through to the latter!
Of course, for those who lack resources, the accumulation of energy is also very difficult, and even if they comprehend high-level skills, they cannot advance further.
"Now the ranking battle is about to come, my skills are close to Perfection, which is enough to cope with the ranking battle.
"Moreover, methods that are not usually good to use can also be used in the ranking battle!"
Facing the upcoming ranking battle, he was not worried, because Spiritual Masters have a great advantage at the Planetary Level.
...
A few days later.
Virtual Universe, Kuka Planet Special Training Camp.
The ranking trial was being held.
In a competition arena, two figures were fighting in the sky over the grassland.
Ender held his battle blade, with eight bone spike circling around him, fighting fiercely with his enemy.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...!
The opponent's combat skills were stronger than his, especially the explosive power was extremely strong. He was having some difficulty holding on, so the eight bone spike attacked the enemy from all directions.
Seeing the eight bone spike pinning down the enemy, Ender sighed helplessly, "Sure enough, my close-combat skills are still far inferior to Martial Artists of the same rank."
His close-combat skills were not good, and he suffered too much against students who were Planetary Level Martial Artists.
So whenever he couldn't hold on, the eight bone spike surrounding him would launch an attack to pin down the enemy.
The pinned student shouted, "Hey! Ender, don't go too far!"
This student felt aggrieved. In terms of close-combat skills, he far surpassed Ender, but this was already the several times he had been pinned by the bone spike.
If it weren't for the bone spike pinning him, he would have long since cut him down with his blade in a close-quarters fight.
The student roared, "Either you use Spiritual Master methods, or you fight me in close combat to your heart's content. Is it interesting to always play these disgusting tricks?"
Ender ignored him, only using Spiritual Force to withdraw the bone spike and continuing to advance for close-quarters combat.
Seeing Ender advance for close-quarters combat, the student was overjoyed and shouted, "Good!"
He slashed with his blade, purple Gene Energy covered his entire body, and amidst the faint sound of thunder, he fought in a tangled mess with Ender, who had come close.
In just over ten seconds, he had suppressed Ender, and in a few more seconds, he could defeat him.
"Haha! Die for me!"
About to defeat his opponent, the student couldn't help but burst into laughter. He had been disgusted many times before, and now he could finally get his revenge.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Just as he was laughing triumphantly, eight bone spike shot out from all directions again.
"Bastard!"
Seeing this situation, the student was furious. He swung his battle blade to knock down several bone spike, and at the same time, his figure flickered to dodge the remaining bone spike.
Without the protection of armor, he could not ignore the bone spike's attacks of a Spiritual Master of the same rank.
"Disgusting, truly disgusting!"
The student yelled, "Ender Royce! This time you win! You just wait!"
After angrily uttering harsh words, the student conceded and left the competition arena.
This battle had truly disgusted him!
He knew that Ender, as a Spiritual Master, had an advantage, and his actual combat ability was superior to his.
If he won with Spiritual Master methods, he would have nothing to say.
But he used his mediocre close-combat methods to fight him, and once he was at a disadvantage, he would use Spiritual Master methods to pin him down, and then continue to advance for close combat after adjusting.
This kind of fighting style was completely playing with him!
Anyway, in that student's opinion, by playing with him like this today, a grudge had been formed.
And Ender looked at the direction where his opponent disappeared, thinking, "This is the fifth one."
In fact, he knew very well that doing so in the previous battle would offend his opponent, but he still did it.
That was because these five offended students were all carefully selected by him.
Although they were classmates who had attended classes together, the strength of these opponents was all at the bottom level, otherwise they would not have been reduced to serving as his sparring partners for close combat.
And the next opponents made him extremely serious, "After these five battles, my close-combat skills have improved slightly.
"But the next opponents are stronger, I must focus on using object manipulation attacks to win against them."
...
After several days of combat, the ranking trial ended, and Ender ranked among the top by virtue of being a Spiritual Master.
The students ranked in the last few places were eliminated and forced to leave the Special Training Camp, including the five students he had offended earlier.
After the ranking trial ended, Ender resumed his usual Cultivation, continuing to hone his combat skills.
Combat skills are not like Gene Energy and Spiritual Force Cultivation; the former requires a lot of time and effort to fight and hone, while the latter only requires continuous Cultivation and accumulation.
A month later, Ender successfully raised his combat skills to Perfection, able to fight using the surrounding environment without relying on Spiritual Force assistance.
After breaking through to Perfection in combat skills, his close-combat skills also advanced by leaps and bounds, from being able to only bully classmates at the bottom of the rankings to now being comparable to those students whose strength was in the middle of the ranking trial.
However, his power amplification was still low...