Rolando, with his striking blue hair, came up to greet him, "Ender, I didn't expect to run into you here."
"Oh, it's you, Rolando."
Ender's eyes lit up slightly. He had just been worrying about finding teammates when an acquaintance conveniently appeared.
Rolando asked curiously, "You're applying for a new trial mission so quickly? Didn't you just complete a Hunting Mission on a planet with an extremely high death rate?"
"No choice, I'm short on points."
Ender shrugged helplessly, "I just exchanged for a Second-Order Spiritual Weapon, which used up all my points."
When he first entered the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp and won 50 points from Rolando in a wager, he had claimed that he comprehended his Domain on the way to the Stellar Training Camp and thus didn't receive any special rewards from the Stellar Training Camp.
Now, to make his previous statement consistent, he could only say he used his points to exchange for a Second-Order Spiritual Weapon.
Fortunately, he gained a lot of points from the last Planetary Hunting Mission, and Rolando couldn't check his points, so he could make it work.
"Second-Order Spiritual Weapon!"
Rolando's eyes widened, somewhat disbelieving. "You've only been at the Stellar Training Camp for just over a year and you can already exchange for a Second-Order Spiritual Weapon?"
He had been at the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp for more than ten years and was still using a first-order Spirit Weapon, the Cloud Soaring Sword. Yet, a newcomer who had only been there for just over a year could exchange for a Second-Order Spiritual Weapon, which he found hard to believe.
Ender smiled and explained, "Mainly, I gained a lot of points from the last trial mission."
"How many points did you get from your last trial mission?" Rolando asked.
"Just a few hundred points," Ender replied with a smile.
Rolando was somewhat envious, "Just a few hundred..."
The exchange price for a Second-Order Spiritual Weapon is around 800 points. To be wealthy enough to exchange for a Second-Order Spiritual Weapon, those "few hundred" must be at least five or six hundred.
Envy aside, if he were asked to participate in that Planetary Hunting Mission with an extremely high death rate, he would definitely refuse, because once targeted by a Universe Level criminal, it would be more bad than good!
To be honest, he admired Ender greatly. To still dare to covet 100 points when facing a Universe Level criminal was truly risking his life.
Ender asked, "This trial mission is a bit different. To rank high in the time competition, you need to cooperate with teammates. Have you found any teammates?"
Rolando pointed his finger towards the lounge, "I'm about to go look."
Ender got straight to the point, "Don't bother looking. Let's team up."
Hearing this, Rolando couldn't help but ponder carefully, "He's a Planetary-Level Domain Genius, and now he even has a Second-Order Spiritual Weapon, so his strength is guaranteed. Teaming up with him is a good choice."
"Moreover, by teaming up with him, I can also take the opportunity to spar with him. Last time I was crushed by his Domain, this time I want to win back."
After thinking it over, Rolando said, "Teaming up is not impossible, but I have one condition."
"Condition?"
Ender frowned slightly, "Tell me."
"Let's have another match in the Virtual Universe!" Rolando narrowed his eyes. "Of course, no matter the outcome of this match, I will still team up with you."
"A match?"
Ender's brows relaxed. After a brief thought, he chuckled and said, "Knowing that I am a Planetary-Level Domain Genius, you still dare to challenge me to a match. So, you've comprehended a Domain?"
"You guessed it so quickly."
Rolando said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I have you to thank for comprehending my Domain. During that wager, your display of Domain gave me some insights, and I finally comprehended Domain half a year ago."
"I've comprehended Domain. Now that you don't have a Domain advantage, do you dare to have a match with me?"
Finally, Rolando's words carried a clear hint of provocation, mimicking Ender's behavior during their last wager.
Ender raised an eyebrow, "A match it is. What's there to be afraid of?"
He was at Domain Triple, how could he be afraid of someone who had just comprehended Domain?
"Good!" Rolando nodded. "Let's go back now and enter the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp in the Virtual Universe. We'll meet at Plaza Number Three."
With that, he directly turned and headed back the way he came.
"Plaza Number Three, isn't that the same plaza where we had our last wager?"
Ender looked at Rolando's retreating back, "He lost the last wager and wants to win it back. He doesn't actually think he can win, does he?"
"Anyway, he's already agreed to team up, so I'll just play along with him."
Returning to his room, Ender put on his consciousness sensor and entered the Virtual Universe, then met Rolando at Plaza Number Three in the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp.
As soon as he approached Rolando, a light screen popped up in front of Ender, which was Rolando's challenge invitation.
He asked somewhat helplessly, "Are you that eager to lose?"
Rolando raised an eyebrow and said, "Who wins or loses is still uncertain!"
Ender's lips curved slightly, "Is that so? Don't you dare say I bullied you later!"
As he clicked accept, the two entered the combat space.
"Please select your weapons and battle armor."
Looking at the many first-order Spirit Weapons on the light screen in front of him, Ender fell into thought, "I remember Rolando's Spirit Weapon is the Cloud Soaring Sword. This Spirit Weapon can separate and combine, and its attack methods are tricky; it's a purely offensive Spirit Weapon."
The Heavy Defense Disk he used in reality had both attack and defense forms. In terms of defense, it was much stronger, but in terms of attack methods, it couldn't compare to the Cloud Soaring Sword.
"Hmm, I can choose two weapons and one shield. Interesting..."
A playful smile appeared on Ender's face, "He wants to use Domain to cancel out Domain, then engage me in close combat to avenge being killed by me in close quarters last time."
"Since that's the case, I'll play along with you. I hope you don't regret it."
He chose the Spirit Weapon, Heavy Defense Shield, then also selected a primal force battle blade he had once used in the Virtual Universe and a hexagonal shield.
Once the selection was complete, the light screen disappeared, and the space changed accordingly.
The sky was scorching with a blazing sun, and the land was a desert.
Ender flew in the air, and after seeing a black dot in the distance, he flew directly towards it.
Clang, clang, clang...!
The Heavy Defense Disk transformed into a black metal torrent, combining into a circular blade disc beside him, then turning into a black light and shooting towards the black dot in the distance, with him following behind.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Several silver lights came from afar; these were the Sky Piercing Swords controlled by Rolando.
The circular blade disc, transformed into black light, collided with one of the silver lights, directly crushing it, and continued to shoot towards Rolando with undiminished momentum.
"It's the attack form of the Heavy Defense Disk, the circular blade disc."
With just a sweep of his Divine Thought, Rolando distinguished what Spirit Weapon was flying towards him.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Two more silver lights flew out, continuously colliding with the black circular blade disc, reducing some of its power. Then, Rolando used his battle shield to block the circular blade disc.
On the other side, Ender continuously used his battle shield and battle blade to parry or slash, pushing through the interference of several silver lights, and charged straight forward.