It had been a month since Chen Luo arrived in the ninth game world, and this was the first time he summoned companions from his home world.
Chen Luo learned some good news from Su Xiao.
First and foremost was the issue of time. The home world had been forcibly pulled into the middle void by the Dark Demon Lord, and the Great Source had suffered severe damage while blocking the Dark Demon's invasion.
Therefore, as a mid-tier world, the home world, in its damaged state, could not survive in the middle void for an extended period.
If Chen Luo could not obtain new Great Source power to help his home world recover from its injuries, the home world would be completely annihilated by the middle void over time.
On the other hand, although Chen Luo had temporarily repelled the Dark Demon's attack, the entire world was still progressing through the doomsday game.
Two years later in this world's timeline, the Dark Demons and other Abyss Lords would be able to completely break free from the game's restrictions and openly invade Chen Luo's home world.
Thus, time was Chen Luo's most pressing resource. This was also why Chen Luo had chosen the ninth game world in the outermost layer of the void's material plane when selecting worlds.
The flow of time differed between different void layers, and also between worlds of different tiers.
Chen Luo had spent a month in the ninth game world, but in his home world within the middle void, not even a day had passed.
Upon hearing Su Xiao's explanation, Chen Luo breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Secondly, after Chen Luo left the home world, his legions within the Great Yan Kingdom had not lost their legion bonuses from Chen Luo.
Despite being separated by several void layers, all aspects of his home world that were generated by the radiation of Chen Luo's power continued to function normally with the support of the system's power.
This news brought Chen Luo, who was on a solo mission, a sense of relief.
As Chen Luo was contemplating the situation of his home world, the roaring sound of metal hitting the ground announced the arrival of four Dragon Rider battle armors of different colors behind him.
Chen Luo collected his thoughts, turned around, and looked at the four seemingly imposing battle armors with a hint of teasing in his eyes:
"How is it, my little apprentices? Do you understand the gap in strength now?"
"Do you still think you're invincible?"
*Buzz!* The massive metal battle armors suddenly transformed into active metallic threads. As the metallic threads decomposed and re-entangled, four female apprentices, clad in form-fitting combat suits, landed in the arena with flushed faces.
Lin Xin'er, the youngest, was the most unrestrained. She immediately rushed forward, hugged Chen Luo's thigh, and whined:
"Master! We were wrong, we promise to continue cultivating and won't think about going out to defeat the Nine Dragons right away!!!"
Chen Luo ruffled the little girl's clever head and looked at the other three with their blushing faces, sighing softly.
Over the past month, Chen Luo had tried to help every fighter in the resistance improve their strength.
However, it was unfortunate that, seemingly due to the lack of player status, most people found it difficult to learn even when the Qi and Blood martial arts were presented to them.
Of course, after spending a lot of time, Chen Luo could still teach ordinary people, but the cost-effectiveness was completely unacceptable.
After a month of cultivation, the strength improvement of ordinary people was not as much as that of protagonist characters like Lin Yue in just one day.
In both Chen Luo's home world and the world of the Soul Battle Armor before him, the strength of high-tier powerhouses was the fundamental factor determining battles.
Therefore, Chen Luo naturally had to allocate resources to the more cost-effective fighters.
Finally, after testing, it was quite interesting that those who were fast at cultivating Qi and Blood martial arts generally had good aptitude in the Way of the Soul.
After a month of selection and training, the three Lin sisters and Fang Xue became a league of their own.
In terms of sheer quantity, their soul power had reached the top tier of S-class Dragon Riders according to the standards of this world.
However, their actual soul level (soul burn rate) was only at the A-class level.
But with Chen Luo, a monster whose mere B-class burn rate could rival an Apostle, they didn't seem particularly outstanding.
However, considering that the highest combat power within the resistance, apart from Fang Zheng, was only S-class Dragon Riders,
These four apprentices immediately became exceedingly arrogant.
After all, having cultivated Qi and Blood martial arts, they were like little supermen even without their battle armors.
When piloting battle armors and sparring with Soul Battle Armors of the same level, they could even achieve instant kills against their opponents.
This feeling of rapidly expanding power caused their confidence to swell as well.
They had even proposed to Chen Luo today that the four of them should split up and each liberate a new city of the Nine Dragons.
Chen Luo was stunned upon hearing this, wondering if he hadn't beaten them enough in the past.
So, when the four apprentices became a bit too conceited, Chen Luo happily summoned Su Xiao and had them engage in a friendly match.
"How is it, do you know there's always someone better? Su Xiao is also female, just like you, and the strength she can display here is on the same level as yours."
"Yet, she can take on all four of you! You still have a long way to go!"
Hearing Chen Luo's words, the apprentices lowered their heads even further.
However, Chen Luo found their mindset a bit strange: "Speaking of which, although you are almost invincible among battle armors of the same level, with a mountain like your teacher standing here, why did you become so arrogant all of a sudden?"
Hearing Chen Luo's words, the two elder Lin sisters and Fang Xue exchanged ashamed glances but said nothing.
Chen Luo, for the sake of peace and quiet, usually kept his mind-reading ability turned off, so he had no idea what these foolish apprentices were thinking.
It was still Lin Xin'er, the always straightforward and outspoken one:
"My sisters and I already agreed! We are only invincible among ourselves, but Master is a monster, and we don't compare ourselves to you!"
"Besides, Sister Fang and Sister Qing, Sister Yue, want to compete to become Master's strongest disciple. They say that handsome Master only deserves the strong... Ahh!!"
The three tall and leggy disciples who were originally standing with their heads bowed in shame suddenly sprang forward, covering mouths and pulling people,
And dragged the tattletale sister away.
"Wuwu! Master...!! I'm sorry!!"
Chen Luo looked at these foolish apprentices with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. However, he wasn't surprised that Fang Xue could get along with the three Lin sisters.
Although there was a bit of strange initial opposition between them, according to their original destinies, Fang Xue and Lin Yue were the closest of comrades.
They were even so close that if it weren't for the need to resist the Nine Dragons, they might have become lovers.
Therefore, their current friendship could only be attributed to their destined compatibility.
Just as Chen Luo was considering the training plans for his apprentices, a black alert notification suddenly came from the resistance communicator configured on his wrist:
[Leader!!! A super high-risk monster is approaching us!!!]