Isabella was stunned speechless when she learned Derek had already reached E-class as a cultivator. While many first and second-year students knew about his accomplishments, most upper-classmen were completely unaware.
To them, cultivators were supposed to be weak — so a first-year student reaching E-class was nothing short of astonishing.
All the assumptions she had about Derek began to collapse one after another. At first, she thought her friend Emma had been scammed or tricked somehow… but now, her thoughts were taking a very different direction.
Seeing Isabella completely spaced out, Emma couldn't help but giggle. She took the initiative and introduced them properly.
"Derek, this is one of my closest friends, Isabella. She wanted to see which party I'm joining for the Half-Yearly Ranker's Test, so I had no choice but to drag her along."
"No problem," Derek replied casually.
