Chapter 264
Chapter 265 Waiting It Out
Helen blinked her gray, petrified eyelids, surprisingly optimistic.
As for who didn’t want her to return, Helen didn’t say.
It was all internal power struggles within Divine and Demonic Academy, and she didn’t want Joanna to become disillusioned with the academy she still held sacred.
The academy itself was good; it was the people who were flawed.
With pressure coming from multiple sides, Helen had ended up trapped here.
Fortunately, with Joanna’s help, she would be getting out soon.
“Professor Carpenter, please wait a little longer. At my current absorption speed, it’ll take at least three months to free you,” Joanna said helplessly. The evil god’s petrification modifier was simply too vast, covering too large an area.
“Three months is far better than thirty years. Thank you, my genius student,” Helen said, already more than satisfied.
Joanna relaxed a little. At least Helen’s mind was still tough as nails.
“Then I’ll come back once I have updates. I’ll head out for now p>
Even with Helen’s consent, using Dream Invasion together consumed a huge amount of Joanna’s mana.
Once the dream ended, Joanna continued absorbing the petrification modifier.
At the same time, her affinity aura kept rising.
Endless waves of giant pythons surged in, far more than the monsters she had faced on public battlefields before.
Joanna didn’t rest for 24 hours straight. With her four contracted beasts rotating attacks and Hastor’s assistance, she could kill as many as 400 million a day.
Just enough to soothe each of her four contracted beasts once per day.
Ten days later, all four contracted beasts had been soothed ten times.
Joanna gained 1,700 Vitality, 1,800 Strength, 1,600 Agility, and 1,600 Spirit.
But from then on, soothing once required one billion affinity aura.
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Soothing all four ten more times would take forty billion, meaning she’d need to grind here for another hundred days.
Which lined up almost perfectly with the time needed to absorb the petrification modifier.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Joanna reached Level 34.
During that month, she never returned to Divine and Demonic Academy.
Yet back at the academy, neither Sophie nor George dared stir up trouble in Joanna’s absence.
Joanna’s leveling speed was simply too terrifying.
After Level 30, the experience required for intermediate professionals skyrocketed.
academy standards, gaining one level per month was already considered the benchmark for omores, and most still couldn’t manage it. Many had to rely on vacation courses or even
t years.
Yet Joanna, a freshman, reached Level 34 in just 2.5 months after enrollment.
One level every ten days. She was about to surpass George.
In this world, strength ruled everything.
na’s potential and power had completely crushed any thought of resistance in George’s
Sophie, on the other hand, was relieved. With Joanna stuck in the Divine Battlefield, no one competed with her for endorsements. She wished Joanna would stay there forever.
As a result, the Public Relations Club stayed stable. The only issue was that Joanna’s Mythic- level skill upgrade stone was still sitting in the academy’s vault, untouched. No one dared move it.
After all, it wasn’t just George and the others who had noticed Joanna’s potential.
With the heavy publicity, everyone in the academy now knew how powerful Joanna was. What belonged to her would remain hers. That was the privilege of strength.
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Inside the Divine Battlefield.
Joanna’s petrification modifier had advanced to Epic-tier.
Using the modifier, she separated Helen’s feet from the petrified ground. At the very least, Helen could now be moved.
But after discussing it through Dream Invasion, Helen refused.
“Some people don’t want me to go back. If we return to Divine and Demonic Academy while I’m still half-petrified and not at peak condition, I’d be vulnerable.
“And this Petrification Law is valuable. Besides us, some cultists would love it too. I’ll stay here and hold the line. You can focus on absorbing it safely.
“Oh, and help me free my head from petrification. That way, I can party up with you and help you level p>
Joanna tried again and successfully removed the petrification from Helen’s head.
Helen finally regained full perception.
The first thing she did was form a party with Joanna.
Although Alwyn, and occasionally Nighthowl, helped hunt giant pythons, their kill speed couldn’t compare to Hastor’s.
With Helen power-leveling her, Joanna’s leveling speed didn’t slow at all, even after reaching Level 34. If anything, it got faster.
Like strapping into a rocket.
At this pace, the time needed to farm the 40 billion monsters required for her contracted beasts was shrinking rapidly.
In a blink, universal time crossed December and entered a new year.
“Hahaha! I’m finally free p>
Helen danced with excitement.
Joanna felt the pressure lift from her shoulders.
At that moment, her Level had reached a frightening 39. Just a little more, and she’d be able to contract another summoned beast.
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