章 263: 'Path' to Spiritual Ascension! Part-1.

Infirmary.

An elven healer retracted her hand as she healed the small wound on Lia's hand.

Lia nodded at the healer to thank her, then got up to leave.

While walking back to her own waiting room, Lia brought out her phone and scrolled through the videos of a certain someone's fights.

'He won so easily… He has become much stronger than he was during the group survival test… Meanwhile, I haven't made much progress at all…'

Seeing Rio's display of overwhelming strength, Lia clenched her fists.

She might have accepted him as a close person to her, but her competitive spirit won't just acknowledge defeat so easily.

Rio has been progressing extremely fast recently, and he has left Lia far behind.

'If not for Kai's blessing… I won't even be worthy of standing on the same stage as him…'

To Lia, being left behind in dust like this was a great blow.