Felix frowned. "Did he know ahead of time that there was an emerald bed here for healing? If not, why would he dare take such a risk?"

If Felix could have ignored the physical consequences, he would have attracted seven or eight monsters to train with long ago instead of being so cautious.

"No way. Nobody could know that in advance. In the Rank-Ascending Competition, only the elimination round format stays the same. But even that is unpredictable because the planets are chosen randomly.

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