But now, Robert Harris could only sneak glances at William Carter playing games over there, while he himself could only practice hard here.

"What are you looking at? You're not focusing on your training—your movements are all out of shape." David Thompson walked over and said.

Robert Harris glanced at William Carter, who was playing games in a dedicated spot, and said enviously, "If only I had William Carter's talent, how great would that be. Cultivation is so painful—who wouldn't want to play games all day?"

David Thompson laughed and said, "Do you really think William Carter just plays games all day?"

"Isn't that the case? We can all see how much fun he has every day," Robert Harris said.

But David Thompson shook his head and said, "What we see is only what he does at school. We have no idea what he does after school."

"You mean, after school he goes home and trains like crazy?" Robert Harris understood what David Thompson meant.

"There's no such thing as getting something for nothing in this world. William Carter, that guy, looks harmless and as if he doesn't care about anything, but deep down he's very proud. Last time he lost so badly to Jane Anderson, and even though it wasn't really his fault, with his personality, I doubt he can let it go. He must be working hard at cultivation. You can tell from his actual combat proficiency—he's definitely not as lazy and playful as he appears," David Thompson said seriously.

"Then why does he act so lazy at school? There's really no need for that. Wouldn't it be better to use his game time for cultivation?" Robert Harris was half convinced, half doubtful.

David Thompson glanced at William Carter, then said, "I think, when he was just defeated by Jane Anderson, he probably did suffer a psychological blow, making people think he had given up on himself."

"But that still doesn't explain why he plays games at school," Robert Harris still couldn't figure it out.

"Think about it: if everyone thinks you're trash, but then you shock everyone by getting the top score in the college entrance exam, and then look at their faces—wouldn't that feel amazing?" David Thompson said.

"Damn, William Carter is really twisted. That guy is such a scheming bastard..." Robert Harris suddenly understood, almost shouting out loud, but luckily David Thompson covered his mouth.

Of course, William Carter was not as Robert Harris imagined. He could also improve his strength by playing games, and the game character was essentially his avatar. When the game character fought, he would definitely gain combat experience and skill proficiency, so he didn't need to practice separately.

"Mutated Mighty Ant!" William Carter was happily grinding monsters when he suddenly saw a blood-red Mighty Ant appear.

In the past few days, he had killed at least a dozen mutated Mighty Ants, but the results were not ideal.

Except for the first mutated Mighty Ant, which dropped two dimensional crystals, the chance of getting dimensional crystals from the later ones became lower and lower, and the quality was much worse.

Not to mention Primordial Energy Skill Crystals—even ninth-level dimensional crystals were rare, and sometimes out of about ten mutated Mighty Ants, none dropped anything at all.

So now, seeing another mutated Mighty Ant, William Carter was no longer as excited as before. He calmly controlled the scarlet avatar, stepped forward, and with two Mighty God Fists, blasted the mutated Mighty Ant to death.

"Ding!"

A familiar sound rang in his ears, and this time something actually dropped.

William Carter wasn't particularly excited—even if it was a dimensional crystal, unless it was a speed crystal, those with only seven or eight points weren't very useful to him, just for replenishing energy.

But when William Carter saw what had dropped, he was slightly stunned, because the name of the item didn't include the word "crystal."

"Killed Mutated Mighty Ant, discovered Companion Egg."

A game notification popped up in the lower left corner of the screen, making William Carter, who saw it clearly, both surprised and delighted.

Getting a Companion Egg meant a chance to have a companion pet. But as far as William Carter knew, it was very rare for Mortal-class beings to have companion pets—usually only after reaching the Legendary class did people have a chance to get one.

You could say that having a companion pet was a symbol of strength and status. Humans who could walk down the street with a companion pet were basically all Legendary-level powerhouses or above, admired and envied by others.

The reason Mortal-class people almost never had companion pets was because Mortal-class dimensional creatures almost never dropped companion pets. Only Legendary-class dimensional creatures had a low chance of dropping them, and Legendary-class Companion Eggs required Legendary Primordial Energy to hatch, so even if a Mortal-class human got a Companion Egg, they couldn't hatch it.

After hatching, a companion pet was bound to its owner for life and death, and it was very difficult to transfer it to someone else. Forcibly transferring it required a huge price, so most people wouldn't do it.

In a small place like Guide Prefecture, William Carter had never seen any Mortal-class human with a companion pet.

The Companion Egg was about the size of the scarlet avatar's fist, milky white and semi-transparent, oval-shaped, with a few red light spots flickering inside, looking mysterious and beautiful.