Global Deities: Rising as Wood Elves' God

Chapter 351: Chapter 250: Former Companions, Current Situation; Lu Mei’s Reaction, a Mission of Increased Difficulty

Just two days after Zhang Yi had used Faith Value to have the Ancient Inheritance Training Camp generate blueprints for the growable Artificial Wonder—the Hall of Heroic Spirits—it was already April 30th, the end of the month.

At the same time, Instructor Li Qiantian sent a notification to their personal terminals announcing that the University Alliance Training Camp’s second internal team assessment, part of the Yanhuang Federation’s second round of evaluations, was about to begin.

Thus, on April 30th, the ten members of the Tianya Academy team, who hadn’t seen each other in over half a month, gathered once again in the main hall of the small training camp.

However, this time, when Zhang Yi entered the main hall, the other students who had arrived early and were already chatting didn’t suddenly lower their voices and shift their gazes away. Their conversation only faltered for a moment before resuming at its original volume.

This change didn’t mean they respected Zhang Yi any less than before. On the contrary, it signaled a deeper level of recognition. It meant that Zhang Yi’s demonstrated status and strength had earned him the silent acknowledgment of the other members of the Tianya Academy team. They now truly saw him as their captain, the strongest among them.

Zhang Yi’s status as the strongest on the Tianya Academy team no longer needed any embellishment or deliberate emphasis from others.

Although no one knew what purpose the team captain served beyond receiving some resource support, many students guessed it was likely related to the third and final round of the University Alliance Training Camp’s assessment.

Zhang Yi arrived a little earlier this time and waited for a short while. After greeting and making small talk with two official members of the Tianya Academy team, Hong Tianyi finally arrived in the main hall.

The other members of the Tianya Academy team knew that Hong Tianyi and Zhang Yi were from the same region. They were also aware that the two had passed the provincial exams together to reach the second round of the University Alliance Training Camp, so they understood their relationship was closer. So, when they saw Hong Tianyi enter the hall and walk straight toward Zhang Yi, the two members who had been asking Zhang Yi for advice on cultivating their Clans quickly found an excuse to end the conversation.

Hong Tianyi looked a bit embarrassed when he saw this. He couldn’t help but scratch his head before saying to Zhang Yi, "Did I come at a bad time? Did I interrupt you giving them pointers?"

Zhang Yi listened to Hong Tianyi, then smiled and shook his head. "It’s fine. You came at just the right time. We had just about finished discussing the questions they were asking. If we had chatted any longer, Instructor Li Qiantian would be arriving anyway."

In truth, Zhang Yi could sense it as well. The moment he entered the main hall this time, the attitude of the other Tianya Academy team members toward him had changed. Before, they had regarded him with a mixture of apprehension and jealousy. But after Instructor Li Qiantian used his Hell Difficulty assessment as a case study to teach the other students, their attitude toward him had done a complete one-eighty.

For example, the two official members who had just been asking him questions had walked straight over simply because they saw him arrive at the hall alone. Behind them, other official members of the team had also seen him arrive and wanted to walk over as well, but they were a beat too slow and missed their chance.

"That’s good, then!" Hong Tianyi breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, his usual cheerful demeanor—the one he had when he left with Zhang Yi last time—returned. He clapped Zhang Yi firmly on the shoulder and said, "Nice one, Captain Zhang! You’re the bona fide captain of the Tianya Academy team now! They didn’t accept you before, but look at them. They’re all coming up to talk to you of their own accord, aren’t they?"

Hong Tianyi hadn’t immediately processed the scene from a moment ago, but he wasn’t an idiot. Once it clicked, he immediately understood. The members who had previously refused to accept Zhang Yi’s position had been completely won over after witnessing his true strength upon completing the Hell Difficulty mission, and it had now dawned on them that they should try to get on better terms with him. But Zhang Yi usually stayed in his room, logging into his Divine Domain Connection Pod to enter the Divine Realm and guide his Clan’s development, so he was basically impossible to find. That was why when they saw him arrive at the main hall by himself today, they naturally approached, hoping to build a good relationship with the team captain.

"Stop teasing me," Zhang Yi smiled helplessly. "They only accept me as captain because they see that Instructor Li Qiantian favors me and that my strength is in a league of its own. Once they confirmed that they have no hope of catching up to me right now, they finally acknowledged me. If one day I become weaker than them, do you think they’ll still see me as their captain?"

Hearing this, Hong Tianyi wasn’t sure what had suddenly come over Zhang Yi, but just as he was about to offer some words of comfort, Zhang Yi’s tone suddenly shifted.

"But that’s on the condition that they can actually catch up to my strength!"