After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply-Chapter 726 - 505, Sacred Rank Cat Girl and Power of Laws_2

Taige’s tiger-like head squeezed out from behind Lin Da and he grinned mischievously, hugging Bailuo while spinning around. “Bailuo-sama is so soft and comfy, although your chest is too hard.”

“Ahem.” Bailuo’s face immediately darkened, her cat tail slapping the ground. A faint blue Battle Qi radiated from her body.

Taige felt as if he was drenched in a torrential flood, frozen stiff, unable to move, pleading with pitiable eyes: “Wuwuwu, I won’t do it again.”

This Battle Qi was distinct from regular Water Series energy; it surged like rivers pounding against rocks—resilient as water yet domineering like fire.

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No one paid heed to poor Taige digging his own grave. Lin Da chuckled: “Preliminarily mastering the Laws, congratulations, Dean Bailuo, on ascending to Sacred Rank!”

Starting from Light Rank, adventurers need to formally comprehend the Power of Laws. According to Mystic Continent’s rules, a complete Law Core is composed of one hundred fragments, equating to 100% mastery. At Light Rank, understanding 10% of the Laws is required to level up from 59 to 60.

If one has sufficient experience but lacks enough comprehension, advancement is impossible.

The difficulty of comprehending the Laws is insurmountable; 90% of Light Rank adventurers are stuck at this step. Level 50 has the highest turnover rate in adventure teams—those unable to master the Laws inevitably depart with broken dreams.

Lin Da quietly analyzed Bailuo’s Battle Qi profile internally, thinking that it was definitely not the standard, colloquially referred to as Low-Level “Magic Law.”

It must be that one.

Original-skin Bailuo had comprehended the Law tied to swimsuit-limited Bailuo!

Bailuo shook her head. “Just good luck. With your talent, you’ll undoubtedly master your own Laws someday.”

“I hope so.” Lin Da smiled faintly.

After exchanging pleasantries, they were about to head into the living room when Bailuo suddenly noticed a familiar face.

“You are…” Bailuo froze.

Anna, wearing a black dress, walked in with a smile.

“Little Bailuo, have you missed me?”

“L-Little…”

Bailuo rubbed her temples and sighed helplessly. “I’m only one year younger than you. I’m an adult now; could you please stop using that nickname? What if the students overhear?”

“Alright, alright, after all, you’re the Dean now.”

“After leaving the Royal Capital, I thought you’d been searching for the captain all this time. Judging by your expression, it seems you’ve come to terms with it.” Bailuo looked despondent.

Four years had passed, and many had already moved on from those days in Primordial.

Anna said nothing, only smiling.

In her heart, Anna thought: Actually, I haven’t let it go at all. It’s just that I don’t need to think about it anymore.

Seeing how much thinner Bailuo was compared to her memory, Anna felt her nose ache slightly.

The quest to find the captain must have been full of countless disappointments.

Even now, Bailuo still hadn’t given up.

Put simply, while Anna could happily give opportunities to Lia and the others to use their abilities and wield the Mask of Pain, she would willingly relinquish them for Bailuo’s sake.

Among the main members of Primordial, Bailuo’s admiration for the captain undoubtedly ranked in the top three. People like Anna, a self-proclaimed weirdo, were content picking up scraps.

Anna smiled brightly, deciding not to dwell on sad matters: “I came here today for Bailuo’s cooking! I want Bailuo’s Xiaolongbao!”

“Of course.”

Reuniting with her friend, Bailuo’s spirit lifted, and her face showed signs of a smile.

“You three became friends?”

Walking into the living room, Bailuo made coffee for them while curiously asking.

Lin Da, Taige, Anna.

One was from White Dove City, one from Black Mamba City, and one from the Royal Capital.

People from such divergent locations—how did they come together?

And they seemed to get along quite well.

“He’s my boss! My boss treats me so well; all three of my Legendary-grade items are gifts from him!”

“Oh.” Bailuo gave Taige a frosty glance.

Scratching his head, Taige couldn’t understand why Bailuo seemed upset again—he hadn’t said anything wrong.

The underlying reason, though, was crystal clear to everyone present except Taige.

In the past, Taige exclusively referred to Dark Shadow as his boss.

After teaming up with Lin Da, he immediately changed loyalties.

In Bailuo’s eyes, this made Taige a disloyal tiger, hence the chilly reception.

“By the way, this room is ridiculously extravagant.” Kafni gasped while glancing at the walls.

Numerous paintings hung there, all depicting a swordsman in a black cloak and a petite catman girl.

“That’s my teacher, and a younger version of me.” Bailuo spoke softly. “He’s the best adventurer across the continent.”

Lin Da and the others displayed mixed expressions.

Seeing Bailuo’s face filled with reverence for Dark Shadow, the team felt a surge of admiration. It wasn’t easy for someone to maintain such deep sentiment for a captain who had vanished more than four years ago without any trace of life or death. Plenty of others had gotten drunk, bawled their eyes out, and moved on with their lives.

Tasya said, “Having such a loyal and powerful student like Dean Bailuo, your teacher must feel proud.”

“Exactly! Don’t give up searching for your teacher, Bailuo-sis!” Monica chimed in, encouragingly.

They were both among the earliest Four-stars to be dropped from the roster and had never crossed paths with Bailuo before, meaning Bailuo didn’t know them.

Lin Da added, “I envy your teacher. If I were him, I wouldn’t even be able to sleep at night from sheer joy.”

“Not at all,” Bailuo replied sadly. “I’m just a burden to my teacher, nothing more.”

Bailuo’s face clouded over. “Otherwise, he wouldn’t have disappeared from our midst. In the end, all my skills were taught to me by him. Without my teacher’s recognition, I’d probably still be a low-level Water Series Mage right now.”

Bailuo started as a Mage, training twice as much every day as anyone else at the academy, yet still failing to keep up with the average progress.

Only after being noticed by players for her swordsmanship talent and switching classes did she begin to shine.

From there, she soared rapidly to become an elite swordsmanship master.

Bailuo’s Rare Technique, “Water Flow Wave Cutting,” was derived from Dark Shadow’s “Magic Flame Flash.”; both were Charge techniques, with hers covering a longer distance and featuring more consecutive strikes, albeit slightly less powerful.

On crowded battlefields, she resembled an agile white cat, darting in streaks of blue light, leaving behind piles of corpses—a prized Water Series hero Lin Da had drawn in a gacha event, requiring a whopping 648 draws.

No one expected such a genius to harbor low self-esteem, viewing herself as a burden.

Watching Bailuo’s face look utterly lifeless as if her soul had been stolen, Lin Da felt a pang of anguish, longing to tell Bailuo:

Teacher, it’s me… You’re my favorite, Bailuo!

But now was not the right time to unveil the truth; who knew if the Dean’s office was being monitored? Even the Guard Team had reported recent incursions by heretics into the academy.

Lin Da could only suppress his affections deep within his heart, resolving to make it up to Bailuo properly after she joined the team in the future.

Meanwhile, Taige’s eyes darted about craftily, clearly scheming something.

“Wait, what’s this smell?”

Lin Da stepped closer to Bailuo, catching a subtle yet peculiar odor.

Everyone froze in astonishment.

Could the dean actually be so careless that she hadn’t bathed in a year?

To salvage her reputation, Bailuo frowned and explained: “Indeed, it’s coming from me, but it’s not what you think.”

Bailuo turned her back to them, pulling down the left strap of her garment to reveal her shoulder blade.

“This is!”

Lin Da’s expression shifted dramatically.

Taige, Anna, and the rest of the team wore looks of disbelief.

Monica covered her eyes, her little hands trembling in fear, unable to bear witness.