Just as they entered the Demon Beast's lair, Rolando, who landed next to Ender, asked with some confusion, "What?"
Ender replied, "The avian Demon Beast we just killed is an extra objective for this collection mission."
"An extra objective for the collection mission?"
Upon hearing this, Rolando's eyes lit up slightly, and he quickly opened his communicator.
A light screen popped up, and he tapped his finger repeatedly on the screen, then scrolled down.
"Haha, this is truly an unexpected gain!"
Rolando smiled, "Extra objective: Stellar Ninth Order Five-Color Owl. After killing it, collect one eyeball and hold it for 10 minutes to receive 30 points."
"I'll go collect the eyeball."
Seeing the rules for acquiring points, Rolando flew out of the lair and headed down the mountain.
Not long after, he returned to the lair, with two eyeballs much larger than a soccer ball floating beside him.
"Ender, this one is yours."
Rolando said, and an eyeball flew to Ender's side.
"Mm."
Ender nodded, took the eyeball with his Spiritual Force, and then said, "For this trial mission, there are 40 basic collection objectives. Each objective yields different points after collection, totaling 150 points.
"There are ten extra objectives, each completion grants 30 points. We have already completed one.
"All students should have the same extra objectives. Let's start checking the basic mission objectives now."
Rolando nodded, "Okay."
The two checked the basic mission objectives, and in less than a minute, they were done.
"We have 8 different basic mission objectives, thankfully not too many."
Rolando said with some relief, "Otherwise, this team-up wouldn't have much meaning."
"Even if the map marks the location of the mission objectives, searching and collecting still takes time. Having an extra person will speed up the collection significantly."
Ender first expressed agreement, then suggested, "After we complete the same mission objectives, we'll split up to collect the different objectives. Then we'll meet back here and go complete the extra collection objectives."
Rolando nodded, "Let's stick to that plan. Now we just wait for the map to be released."
The time competition for this trial mission was based on the speed of completing the basic collection objectives. The two were only temporarily cooperating as a team; their relationship was not yet at the point where they would help each other complete their basic collection tasks first before completing their own.
The two waited quietly. More than two hours later, the Stellar Training Camp finally sent a message, informing them that the map was about to be released!
After waiting for nearly another half an hour, Rolando stood up, "The map is about to be released!"
Ender also stood up and opened his communicator, waiting for the map's official release.
It wasn't just the two of them; in many caves, tree hollows, and underground tunnels on Kuka Planet, students from the Stellar Training Camp were all staring at the light screen in front of them, waiting for the map to be released.
Buzz!
A slight vibration sounded, and Ender and Rolando spoke simultaneously, "It's here!"
On the light screens in front of them, text written in the universal language of the Universe appeared, "The Map is officially released, coordinates are..."
"In this direction."
Ender looked back into the distance, then soared into the sky and flew towards the direction indicated on the map.
Rolando was not much slower than Ender; the moment the latter took off, he too shot into the sky. Buzz!
The two hadn't flown for long when their communicators on their wrists vibrated slightly again.
"Hmm!"
The two stopped in unison and opened their communicators. It was a message from the Stellar Training Camp, indicating that the map had been acquired by other students and revealing that student's coordinates.
Rolando transmitted, "The map was acquired so quickly."
"Perhaps the map was released right near them."
Ender first speculated, then transmitted, "From the coordinates given by the Stellar Training Camp, we are not particularly far from the map's coordinates; we can make it in time."
The student holding the map would have their coordinates announced every ten minutes for an hour. They were not far from the map's coordinates and could reach the student's location within an hour.
Rolando nodded; he also believed they could make it and didn't want to miss this opportunity to seize the map.
Whoosh!
After their conversation, the two stepped on their Spirit Weapons and continued flying towards the map's coordinates.
Considering that Rolando used the Cloud Soaring Sword's initial flying form, the Cloud Piercing Shuttle, for flight, Ender used a First-Order Spiritual Weapon, the Heavy Defense Disk, for this flight, rather than the Second-Order Spiritual Weapon, the Blood Edge Blade.
After flying for ten minutes, their communicators vibrated slightly again. This time, the two did not stop; they directly opened their communicators and looked.
After glancing at the coordinates on the light screen, Rolando transmitted, "The map's coordinates are very close to us, but the other party doesn't seem to be moving."
"Not moving is even better," Ender transmitted. "We can get there faster and don't have to spend time looking for them."
After flying for a few more minutes, they arrived at the area where the map's coordinates were located, but the situation here was somewhat unusual.
Rolando was a little surprised, "Why are there so many people!"
At this moment, there were more than forty people in the area of the map's coordinates. These people were in groups of two or three, spaced far apart from others, scattered around and all flying in the air.
In the center of these forty-plus people was a trio of two males and one female. Facing the encirclement of the forty-plus people, the trio appeared very calm.
In contrast, the forty-plus people surrounding them all looked solemn as if facing a great enemy, and no one dared to make the first move against the trio!
"Ian! Cortinia! Akum!"
Rolando couldn't help but softly utter the names of the three, somewhat understanding why it was a stalemate, "It's actually three Domain-level students cooperating. No wonder the other students don't dare to make a move."
"Mentor Ian!"
Ender was a little surprised; he was very familiar with one of the three—Ian, who had given him a special admission quota to Morning Light Academy on Kuka Planet.
"At that time, Governor Lorenzo of Kuka Planet once said that I might meet his Disciple Ian in the Stellar Training Camp, but I didn't expect to meet him in such a situation."
A student from the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp, seeing Ender and Rolando arrive, couldn't help but whisper, "Another Domain-level one has arrived, and it's the Planetary-Level Domain Genius Ender!"
Another student, who was teamed up with that student, recognized Rolando and knew that he had also comprehended a Domain, so he corrected, "No, it's two! Rolando also comprehended a Domain."
"Heh, this is getting interesting."
The student chuckled, "Our Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp has five Domain-level students present, and the other two Stellar Training Camps have also sent four Domain-level ones. I wonder if they'll start a fight."
Another student noticed the Domain-level students from the other two Stellar Training Camps, and his expression changed slightly, so he said, "Hard to say, but I see that the Domain-level students from the other two Stellar Training Camps seem to have the intention of joining forces."
"It's him!"
Ian, in the center, saw Ender arrive, and with a thought, he transmitted a message...