My Special Ability Is Perfect Replication

by Stayrr

After transmigrating to this world where spiritual energy is revived, I realized that it’s a world rampaged by Direbeasts. But what is most exciting is that humans with special abilities do exist! It’s awesome to witness control of thunder and fire, titan’s transformation, limb regeneration, teleportation, telepathy, precognition and many more. And guess what? I have them all.

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Chapter 41: Crushing a Class 4 Direbeast, the Assault of the Beast Tide

On the street filled with vegetation, thirty to forty giant wolves stepped forward as they charged furiously toward a young man.

These giant wolves had a gray coat over their bodies, with a row of bone spurs on their backs and tails like bronze hammers. They were Class 2 Direbeasts called Hammerspike Wolves.

"Awoooo!"

The Hammerspike Wolves howled furiously as they charged in from all directions. They menacingly tried to rip the young man apart, be it with their fangs or claws.

Unfortunately for them, no matter how they attacked, they could not even get close to the young man, being held back at a ten-meter radius around him.

Flowing sand circled the young man and constantly changed into various shapes. Whenever a wolf approached, it would be sent flying by the sand.

The young man strolled in the courtyard and walked all the way from one end of the street to the other, leaving pools of blood, as well as Hammerspike Wolf corpses, in his wake.

Yet, the young man had never even moved his finger since the beginning, not even breaking a drop of sweat.

"I really look like Gaara from Naruto now!"

Gaara was a character in an anime called Naruto. He could freely control sand and change it into various forms for offense and defense. His control of sand could even be called an art.

"After reaching Level 4, my control of the sand has been much more agile. With just a single thought, I can control the sand at will and transform it into all kinds of shapes to attack and defend!

"So this is a Level 4 Arcanist!" Ling Jiu continued.

Next, he expanded his Arcana's area of control to a radius of a hundred meters. If a Direbeast were to come within a hundred meters of him, he would launch an attack.

The plan was to train his control of his Arcana.

After reaching Level 4, the Arcana's radius had increased to a hundred meters around his body. With the sudden increase of seventy meters at once, his control of his Arcana would inevitably be rough around the edges.

That meant practice!

Only with continuous practice would he achieve precise control over his Arcana at a range of a hundred meters.

Boom!

Linyou County was home to a large number of Direbeasts, and they were all Ling Jiu's training targets. He continued to provoke them, and the Direbeasts continued to attack him.

He honed his combat ability through actual combat.

He also honed his Arcana control through actual combat.

Whenever he was tired, he would find a place to rest.

Whenever he was hungry, he would simply grab something to eat.

Every day was busy but fruitful.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

"I've almost completely slaughtered the Direbeasts in Linyou County, and those that have not been killed have fled into the mountains. They shouldn't be coming back for a while now!

"Time to go home!"

After a week of slaughter, the greenness on Ling Jiu's face had somewhat faded as his entire person appeared more mature, especially with the murderous aura that shone in his eyes from time to time. It gave him a little more presence.

"However, before I go back, let's kill that old croc in Yunnu Lake!"

As he thought of this, Ling Jiu deployed the maglev motorcycle and rushed toward the lake, west of the county. It was the only lake in Linyou County—Yunnu Lake.

Yunnu Lake was not big, and it had been formed by the mountains. The lake was surrounded on three sides by the mountains, with many towering trees and lush vegetation growing around it. The lake water was clear and very cooling.

Yunnu Lake was the only place that Ling Jiu had yet to visit. According to the Direbeast Radar, there was a Class 4 Direbeast in there.

When Ling Jiu arrived at the lake, he casually swiped his hand, and a large amount of sand rose up from the lake, forming into a stone pillar.

Ling Jiu stood on the stone pillar and locked on the Class 4 Direbeast as he attacked it.

Baaaam!!

Fifty square meters of Osmium Soil transformed into a giant hand as it tried to grab the Class 4 Direbeast where it was.

There was a loud bang as the lake water splashed up high, kicking up countless waves.

"Raawr!!!"

A furious roar mixed with a tinge of pain rang out from the bottom of the lake as a giant crocodile over twenty meters in length emerged from the lake.

It was covered in hard scales, and there was a row of bone spurs at the center of its back. Its two-meter-long mouth was filled with dense rows of sharp teeth. This Class 4 Direbeast was the Titan Crocodile!

The Titan Crocodile stared at Ling Jiu, its eyes brimming with fury. It was the overlord of this lake and even the entire Linyou County. No Direbeast had dared to approach, let alone attack it without any reservations!

His actions were literally courting death!

"Rawr!!!"

The Titan Crocodile roared as it thrashed and slammed its ten-meter-long tail into the stone pillar that Ling Jiu was standing on.

As long as it could destroy the stone pillar and make Ling Jiu fall into the water, the Titan Crocodile was confident that it could swallow Ling Jiu whole. While he was not even enough to fill the gaps between its teeth, at least it could vent its anger.

"Hehe, you must be dreaming!"

Ling Jiu snorted and struck the Titan Crocodile before it even approached him.

The fifty square meter's worth of osimium soil quickly wrapped around his body, and in the blink of an eye, Ling Jiu became a thirty-meter-tall osmium giant.

The giant was completely silver like a massive superalloy robot as it shone brightly under the sun.

"Die!"

The osmium giant clenched its fist and threw a punch at the charging Titan Crocodile.

The Titan Crocodile was huge, and the water level in Yunnu Lake was not deep, so its swimming speed was not exactly fast.

Then, the fist struck the Titan Crocodile squarely on its back!

Dushhh!!

The Titan Crocodile was smashed straight into the bottom of the lake as blood flowed out of its body. That strike from the fist had clearly wounded it.

"Again!"

The osmium giant's hands reached out and clasped the Titan Crocodile's neck, pulling it out of the bottom of the lake as if it was a chick.

Ling Jiu then raised his left fist and struck the crocodile like a violent storm.

Dush dush dush!!!

The Titan Crocodile struggled as it swung its tail at the osmium giant.

But… it was useless!

Its power was just too weak, and it could not even shake the osmium giant in the slightest. Even if the osmium soil were scattered by its thrashing, it would reform into the osmium giant again.

A minute later, the osmium giant was still doing fine, and the Titan Crocodile's struggle was becoming weaker and weaker. After a while, it finally stopped moving and was smashed to death.

"Done!"

With a wave of his hand, he stored the Titan Crocodile into his dimensional pocket and dispersed the osmium giant at the same time.

"Even a Titan Crocodile was just bullied to death, and I haven't even used my Shadowform, Gravity, and Blink yet. Easy peasy!"

Ling Jiu stretched and jumped onto his maglev motorcycle. "Xiaojiu, turn on automatic navigation. Let's head back to Lantian Base City!"

"Yes, Master!"

The maglev motorcycle turned into a stream of light and disappeared from Linyou County.

It took merely half an hour to get back to Lantian Base City, but the scene outside the city shocked Ling Jiu.

Direbeasts!

A large number of Direbeasts had surrounded Lantian Base City!

Their numbers were countless, at least in the tens of thousands, and there was a massive shadow floating in the sky that raised Ling Jiu's brows up high!

It was a flying Direbeast with a wingspan of more than sixty meters. It had massive bat wings but a rat-like body.

There was no fur on its body. Instead, it had pieces of hard scales in place. A terrifying aura radiated from it, driving fear into everyone.

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Chapter 42: The Beast Tide Strikes, Class 6 Direbeasts

"A Class 6 Direbeast, the Bloodgorger Bat!" Ling Jiu uttered those few words with difficulty, and he was stunned. "Why has a Class 6 Direbeast appeared here? It's too dangerous!"

A Class 6 Direbeast!

It was the very symbol of strength!

Each Class 6 Direbeast had the power to collapse mountains, and most firearms were useless against them!

Plus, a Class 6 Direbeast often had many underlings and could easily launch a Beast tide. It was literally a disaster for small- to medium-sized base cities!

At that moment, Lantian Base City's defense system had been activated because the high and thick defensive concrete walls were lined with Arcanists.

At the same time, the sound of all the firearms and ballistas that had been installed on the city walls tore through the place as a continuous stream of lead and projectiles were unleased.

The effect of the firearms was clear right then. The weaker Direbeasts were turned into pincushions, while munitions only bounced off the more powerful Direbeasts, creating bursts of sparks in the process.

It was obvious that firearms… were not very useful, especially when up against the powerful Direbeasts. Hence, Arcanists remained the key!

A large number of Arcanists stationed themselves at the front of the city, resisting the Beast Tide.

Flames roared, icicles shot out, violent winds whirled about, and stone bullets ripped through the air… The entire Lantian Base City was a veritable meat grinder.

A large number of Direbeasts were killed, and their corpses piled up high on the city's grounds. The flowing blood was so dense that it formed a creek, which emitted a pungent bloody smell.

"Everyone, keep fighting! We only need to hold on a little longer to break the Beast Tide!"

The commander's voice resounded in the city. He was from the military and was the supreme commander of Lantian Base City's military district, Wang Chao!

It was worth mentioning that the army was responsible for the entire base city's defense and safety. Every time there was a Beast Tide, the army would always be the first to show up and fight off the Beast Tide while they summoned the Arcanists in the city.

So, the army was the patron saint of the people in the entire base city!

Just as Wang Chao had said, the number of beasts was indeed shrinking quickly. Unsurprisingly, the Beast Tide would soon be completely destroyed.

By then, the Beast Tide would disperse, but that was on the premise of the Class 6 Direbeast not joining the battle.

Perhaps enraged by the scene before it, the Bloodgorger Bat flew over the base city and opened its mouth wide as it released a loud, high-pitched shriek.

Skriiiing!

Ripples spread out from the bat, and the entire space was filled with sound waves. All of the fighting Arcanists suddenly screamed and rolled around in unison as they clutched their heads. There was blood flowing out of their ears, and they were clearly wounded by the sound wave.

"This is… a sonic attack!"

Ling Jiu also felt his ears ring, and he was dizzy as his heart thumped in fear.

Every Class 6 Direbeast was a catastrophe, and a Class 6 Direbeast like the Bloodgorger Bat that could emit ultrasonic waves was even more terrifying; the destructive power of its ultrasonic waves was just too wide-spread.

"The Bloodgorger Bat has acted!"

All of the Arcanists looked fearful. A Class 6 Direbeast was not something a low-level Arcanist could deal with. Only an Arcanist of the same level could kill it!

The issue was…

Lantian Base City was only a medium-sized base city, and a Level 5 Arcanist was pretty much the limit. Where were they going to find a Level 6 Arcanist to kill the Class 6 Direbeast?!

"Quick! Launch the electromagnetic cannons and take it down!" Wang Chao roared.

"Yes, Chief!"

A gun port slowly appeared at the center of the city walls as a cannon more than ten meters long stood quietly inside the port. It was one of the Lantian Base City's most powerful weapons, the electromagnetic cannon!

With Lantian Base City's level of technology, the electromagnetic cannon could not be manufactured there, and it was instead purchased from a large base city!

In theory, as long as the electromagnetic cannon shells found their mark, it would be enough to kill a Class 7 Direbeast.

However, that was just a theory!

Although the electromagnetic cannon was powerful, it took a long time to charge and required aiming.

On the other hand, Class 6 or Class 7 Direbeasts were as fast as lightning, and it was just too difficult to hit them!

Bzzzt…

Electric arcs permeated throughout the cannon as a large amount of electricity filled it. The blue light from the cannon gradually turned green before it turned white.

Finally, the electromagnetic cannon completely turned white!

"Chief, the electromagnetic cannon is fully charged!"

"Aim it at the Bloodgorger Bat and fire!

Wooosh!

The electromagnetic cannon roared as a white light beam of pure concentrated electricity blasted out and headed toward the Bloodgorger Bat at a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to see.

"Great, the electromagnetic cannon has been fired!"

"Hit it! Hit it!"

All of the Arcanists stopped and stared at the electromagnetic cannon without blinking, praying that the cannon would hit the Bloodgorger Bat. As long as the bat died, the crisis would naturally be averted.

Unfortunately, something caused everyone to despair. Just as the cannon's shell was closing in on the Bloodgorger Bat and about to hit its mark…

The Bloodgorger Bat suddenly exploded into a cloud of blood mist as it propelled itself to the side like lightning. The cannon's shell grazed the tail of the blood mist when it flew into the air, and the mist once again reformed into the Bloodgorger Bat dozens of meters away.

"It… It dodged it!"

All of the Arcanists were dumbstruck as a trace of despair rose in their hearts. "This Bloodgorger Bat has an Arcana! It also has an Arcana!"

"Damn it!"

Wang Chao's face was green. "What a misfortune for us to run into a Class 6 Direbeast with Arcana. This will be tricky!"

After Direbeasts evolved, they generally possessed extremely powerful bodies, strength, or speed. Rarely any would develop Arcanas.

But nothing was absolute!

There would always be a small number of Direbeasts with Arcanas, such as this Bloodgorger Bat before them. This type of Direbeast was often the most difficult to deal with.

"This Bloodgorger beast's ability seems to be Blood Mist Transformation. It's very difficult for the electromagnetic cannon to hit it. If we want to kill it, we need to find a way to lock it in place or hold it in place!"

A staff officer calmly analyzed. "As long as we can lock it down for a second or two, or hold it in place for a moment, the electromagnetic cannon will be able to hit it!"

"Hold it in place? How?"

Wang Chao rubbed his temples and felt his head aching. That was a Class 6 Direbeast!

"We will need the help of the Arcanists!"

"We need to look for those Arcanists with control-type Arcanas, or those who can delay the Bloodgorger Bat for a while!" the staff member said.

"Contact all Arcanists at once and ask for their help!" Wang Chao decided immediately and barked orders.

"Yes, Chief!"

"Bloody hell! A Class 6 Direbeast that can hide in blood… How do I even kill it?!"

Ling Jiu secretly wiped away his cold sweat. "Let's head to the city to help fight off the Beast Tide. If that fails, I have to run!"

"Hello, everyone!"

Suddenly, a loud voice rang above the city. "Everyone has seen it, right? The Bloodgorger Bat has a special ability, and it's very difficult for the electromagnetic cannon to hit it…"

"Hold the Bloodgorger Bat?"

Listening to the announcement echoing above, Ling Jiu had an idea. "I am now a Level 4 Arcanist, and the maximum gravity I can use is 8G's. Eight times the gravity should be able to hold the bat in place for a while, right?

"Besides, I can blink, so even if that fails, I can still escape! How about… I give it a try?"

Ling Jiu was a person who was afraid of death, and he never did things that he did not have full confidence in. However, he felt that with him and the electromagnetic cannon, it was entirely possible to kill the Bloodgorger Bat!

Ling Jiu understood that the Bloodgorger Bat was the key to ending this Blood Tide!

As long as it was alive, the Beast Tide would not disperse!

If the city's defenses were breached, the lives of the five million people living there would be in peril.

His dad and little sister would be in danger then!

"F*ck it! Let's do this!"

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Chapter 43: The Electromagnetic Cannon's Power, The Disintegration of the Beast Tide

"What did you say? No one contacted us?"

"Yes, Chief, as of the deadline of the announcement, no Arcanist or Arcanist organization has contacted us!"

"A*holes! A bunch of selfish, greedy, cowardly a*holes!"

Wang Chao was furious. "Lantian Base City is not just the military's base city, but everyone's base city. For no one to step up at such a critical moment… What about the general managers and PICs of those Arcanist organizations? Are they unwilling to help too?"

The general managers and persons in charge of an Arcanist organization were often Level 4 or Leve; 5 Arcanists. Provided that they were willing to help, they could still hold the Bloodgorger Bat in place for a few moments. However, that involved a great risk!

"Chief, there's still no one contacting us!"

"Damn it!"

Wang Chao slammed his fist onto the table. "Those a*holes always try to one-up each other when it comes to earning money and snatching Direbeasts, yet during this crucial moment, none of them are willing to step forward? Bloody hell!"

The staff officer sighed. "Chief, you don't need to be angry. Against a Class 6 Direbeast like the Bloodgorger Bat, no one would dare to take the risk so easily. After all, a single mistake could mean death!"

"You don't need to make excuses for them. They are all a bunch of selfish pricks…"

"Chief, someone has contacted us!" the radio operator suddenly shouted.

"Who?"

Wang Chao and the staff officer looked at the radio operator at the same time.

"An Arcanist from Pangu Arcana Combine called Ling Jiu. He said that he has Gravity Arcana and can hold the Bloodgorger Bat in place for a moment!"

"Gravity Arcana!"

"A Level 4 Arcanist!"

Wang Chao, as well as the staff officer, looked at each other and spoke in unison. "We have a chance!"

"Tell him to approach the Bloodgorger Bat immediately but also prioritize his own safety first. As long as he can hold the Bloodgorger Bat for a moment or two, it will be enough!" Wang Chao instantly issued an order.

"Yes, Chief!"

"Inform the gunnery crew to standby for my orders and prepare to fire the electromagnetic cannon at any moment."

"Yes, Chief!"

After he gave out a series of orders, Wang Chao looked at the computer screen, and on it was a terrifying beast, the Bloodgorger Bat.

Although the Bloodgorger Bat had not really joined the battle, every time it launched its ultrasonic wave, it would cause huge damage to the Arcanists on the city's bulwark.

Meanwhile, the Beast Tide took the opportunity to advance its rampage!

In a short period of time, a large swarm of Class 2 and Class 3 Direbeasts were on the walls. They then started a bloody melee with the Arcanists stationed there.

Some were injured…

Some even bled…

And some perished.

The situation was extremely precarious!

"We need to kill the Bloodgorger Bat right now, or else the consequences will be disastrous!" Wang Chao clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"Chief, look! Someone is approaching the Bloodgorger Bat!" the staff officer suddenly exclaimed.

Wang Chao immediately looked at his computer screen and saw a maglev motorcycle rushing toward the Bloodgorger Bat at top speed. The person riding the bike was a boy of sixteen to seventeen years old.

"He's Ling Jiu?" Wang Chao was slightly taken aback. "Isn't he a bit too young?"

"As of now, we have only received a response from him. I think he is Ling Jiu!" the staff officer said slowly.

Wang Chao did not respond to him but said in confusion, "I basically know all the Level 4 Arcanists in Lantian Base City, but I've never seen him before. Is he a foreign Arcanist?"

"Unable to rule out this possibility!"

The staff officer nodded slightly. Arcanists were always moving around, and some could have moved to Lantian Base City for example. Aside from the registered Arcanists in the city, there were also Arcanists from other cities as well.

There were temporary residents; some were just passing by, while some were out on missions. This Level 4 Arcanist, Ling Jiu looked very unfamiliar, so he most likely came from another city.

"Chief, he has rushed over!"

The Bloodgorger Bat was reminiscent of a primordial behemoth as it traversed the skies, venting its monstrous ferocity with wanton abandon. The closer Ling Jiu got to it, the heavier the pressure, making breathing difficult.

"It sure is a Class 6 Direbeast!"

Ling Jiu's muscles tightened as he prepared to deal with all possible dangers. Should there be any danger, he would Blink away as soon as possible.

"What is that guy doing? Has he gone mad?"

"He dares to approach the Bloodgorger Bat at this moment… Is he looking for death?"

The Arcanists on the wall also spotted Ling Jiu who was approaching the Bloodgorger Bat. Each of them looked on with wide eyes that were full of shock.

Ling Jiu continued to approach the beast.

Three hundred meters…

Two hundred meters…

One hundred meters…

Fifty meters…

There was no danger along the way, and Ling Jiu was finally 50 meters away from the Bloodgorger Bat. Compared with this behemoth, he was akin to a tiny kid before it, and the two were not at all on par.

Ling Jiu felt his heart beat rapidly, and the surrounding air became extremely viscous, feeling unusually heavier.

In such a situation, forget fighting, even breathing became very difficult!

The Bloodgorger Bat had also spotted Ling Jiu by now. Its blood-red eyes emanated a cold glow as it opened its mouth to attack.

Ling Jiu knew that if he got hit by the ultrasonic waves at such a close range, he would be seriously injured even if he survived the ordeal.

"I'm going to attack!"

Ling Jiu yelled into the phone and decisively activated his Gravity Arcana.

Baaaaam!!

The terrifying 8G's of gravitational force instantly enveloped the Bloodgorger Bat, and right then, every cell of the Bloodgorger Bat seemingly succumbed to the 8G's of gravity.

Yet, sure enough…

With the Bloodgorger Bat's strength, there was no problem withstanding the 8G's, but it was caught off guard. So its body still shuddered under the pressure, and the ultrasonic wave in its mouth was also interrupted.

At that moment, a dazzling white light from the electromagnetic cannon arrived and hit the Bloodgorger Bat in the abdomen.

Buzzzz…

Not long after, the electromagnetic cannon penetrated the Bloodgorger Bat's abdomen and tore through it as the beam blasted out of its back.

Crrrreaaawkk!

The Bloodgorger let out a shrill roar and almost ripped Ling Jiu's eardrums apart. He only saw a hole with a diameter of twenty to thirty centimeters appearing on its abdomen and back.

The flesh, internal organs, and muscles in the cavity had all been destroyed by the extreme heat.

"That's bloody terrifying!"

Seeing this, Ling Jiu's hair stood on end. It penetrated the Bloodgorger Bat in a single shot… Is this the power of the electromagnetic cannon?"

"It worked!"

In the command center, Wang Chao clenched his fist as his face was full of elation.

The staff officer and other soldiers in the command center also cheered in excitement.

Similarly, after a short moment of astonishment, the Arcanists on the city walls cheered too. The Bloodgorger Bat was dead, and the Beast Tide was done for.

"Die!"

"Kill those bastards!"

"Don't let them escape!"

The morale of the Arcanists was greatly boosted as they frantically slaughtered the Direbeasts that had climbed up the city walls. The momentum of the battle had taken a 180-degree turn from earlier.

Ling Jiu did not stay idle either. Stone bullets made out of osmium soil shot out like a rain of bullets.

Dush dush dush!

The heavy osmium bullets had amazing lethality, and each shot could kill a Direbeast, be it a Class 2 or Class 3 Direbeast. None of them could withstand the impact of the bullet, even a Class 4 Direbeast could barely withstand a couple of hits.

A moment later, a large number of Direbeasts perished by Ling Jiu's hands. The remaining Direbeasts were so frightened that they immediately fled, wishing that they had extra limbs to run with.

The almost-catastrophic Beast Tide… was finally defeated!

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Chapter 44: He's a Genius, Back to Appraising

"Mr. Ling Jiu, this time it's all thanks to you!"

Wang Chao held Ling Jiu's hand tightly, and his gratitude was overwhelming. "If it weren't for you, the Lantian Base City would have been in danger today!"

"Chief Wang, you're too kind. Resisting the Beast Tide is everyone's responsibility, I just did what I should have done!" Ling Jiu was not greedy for credits and appeared very humble instead.

"If everyone had the same awareness as you, Mr. Ling Jiu, things would be much simpler."

Wang Chao sighed and immediately changed the subject. "Mr. Ling Jiu, I haven't seen you before. Are you from other cities?"

"Chief Wang, unfortunately, that's a wrong guess. I'm a true blue Lantian Base City citizen. I've lived here since I was little and even my house is here!" Ling Jiu smiled and said.

Wang Chao was surprised. "You're already a Level 4 Arcanist at such a young age! Our Lantian Base City also has its own genius now. Good news indeed!"

"Chief Wang, you're too kind!"

The two chatted briefly before Ling Jiu left. Gazing at the latter's back, Wang Chao turned to look at the staff officer: "Is he really from Lantian Base City?"

"I've just checked, and he indeed is!" The staff officer had a look of surprise on his face. "But if you read his information, I'm sure you'd be surprised as well!"

"Hmmm?"

Wang Chao raised his eyebrows.

"According to the database, Ling Jiu is 16 years old, and he has just awakened his Arcana in May. As of today, his Arcana has awakened for seven months!"

"What? Only seven months?" Wang Chao shuddered. "He became a Level 4 Arcanist in just seven months? You gotta be kidding!"

"It's true, Sir!"

The staff officer stared at a microcomputer. "Back in May, he awakened an Earth-type Arcana during the Arcana Trials in school. After that, he joined the Pangu Arcana Combine. Half a year later, he passed the assessment and took first place, becoming a Level 2 Arcanist in the process!

"Later on, he signed an A contract with Pangu and became a Wild Hunter. In this past month, he has entered the wilderness twice and stayed for a total of 22 days!"

Wang Chao's eyes almost popped out. "That means, in just a month's time, he reached Level 3, then Level 4 to become a Level 4 Arcanist?"

"Indeed!"

The staff officer nodded slightly.

"It's too fast. His progress is too fast!" Wang Chao was in disbelief. "It's too fast to be believable!"

"It truly is too fast! But considering that he signed an A contract, it's probably understandable since part of the contract is an Intermediate-level Gene Arcana secret technique.

"That's still too fast!"

Wang Chao sighed. "It's a damn shame that such a genius was snatched away by a commercial company like Pangu!"

"Indeed, Sir!"

The staff officer strongly agreed as well. "With the speed of his progress, his future is limitless."

"Now it's too late to say anything else!"

Wang Chao was extremely frustrated. "With his power as a Level 4 Arcanist, Pangu will definitely take good care of him. It'll be too difficult to poach him over!"

"It is just as you said, Sir!" The staff officer nodded.

"Although we cannot poach him, we can still build a good relationship with him! I see that he is a decent person, so establishing a good relationship with him will still be beneficial."

Wang Chao pondered deeply for a moment. "Didn't he kill a number of Direbeasts earlier? Later, send those Direbeast carcasses to him personally! Also, that Bloodgorger Bat, send it over as well!"

"But that's a Class 6 Direbeast… To give it to him just like that…"

"That's an order!"

"Yes, Sir!"

Back at the base city, Ling Jiu did not rush home, instead, he headed straight to the company. Since he had just gotten a lot of good stuff, it was time to cash them out.

"Ol' Ling, you're back."

Seeing Ling Jiu again, Li Kai looked very excited. "I have some good news to tell you. I've become a Level 2 Arcanist!"

"Congratulations, Ol' Li."

Ling Jiu punched his shoulder and congratulated him sincerely. Li Kai was his only good friend, and Ling Jiu was very happy about the latter becoming a Level 2 Arcanist.

"Hahaha!! I'll buy some barbecued meat later, my treat today!" Li Kai smiled so much that his snot came out. "We should have a good drink tonight!"

"No problem!"

"Oh, right! You're here for the Direbeast carcass appraisal, right? I'll take you to my master! Let's go straight to the appraisal room. You don't need to queue!"

As Ling Jiu followed Li Kai to the appraisal room, he saw Li Kai's master, Wang Yun. The old man took the initiative to greet Ling Jiu. "Young man, just came back from the wilderness?"

"Yes, Master Wang. How have you been doing lately?" Ling Jiu smiled and greeted back.

"Haha, doing well here!"

Wang Yun laughed. "Come, let me have a look at the haul you got. I want to see if you have the same level of luck as last time!"

"Okay!"

Ling Jiu walked to the center of the appraisal room and poured out his haul.

Some of them had been hunted by him while some had been by that middle-aged scumbag and the frail middle-aged man. In short, they were all Class 3 Direbeasts and below.

"More than the last time?"

Looking at the Direbeast carcasses that suddenly filled the entire appraisal room, Li Kai's eyes popped out again. Even Wang Yun gasped. "Young man, how many Direbeasts did you kill? This is far too many!"

"Not much, just over a thousand or so!" Ling Jiu said softly.

He had indeed hunted lots of Direbeasts in the past half a month, especially after he reached Level 4. Since his Arcana's area of effect went up to cover a radius of a hundred meters, the speed of his hunting had greatly increased.

In order to precisely control his Arcana, almost all of the Direbeasts in Linyou County and the surrounding mountains had been completely wiped out by him. Everything below Class 4 had been slaughtered.

It was not an exaggeration to say that as many as hundreds of Direbeasts died by his hands every single day for half a month. It was a veritable genocide!

"More than a thousand? That's insane!"

Wang Yun could not help but shake his head. He immediately put on his mask and gloves before he dived straight into his appraisal work. Li Kai looked at Ling Jiu like he was a monster. Then he picked up a microcomputer and walked behind Wang Yun, recording everything obediently.

"Class 2 Direbeast, Chrysanthemum Skyboar, two fangs, 20,000!"

"Class 2 Direbeast, Rock-shattering Lizard, one spine, 18,000!"

After more than an hour later, all of the corpses were appraised, and both master, as well as apprentice, were exhausted. Li Kai mumbled a complaint, "Ol' Ling, can you hunt less next time? You make me break my back every time I conduct an appraisal for you. Look, my master is already old enough, he won't be able to stand it!"

"Boy, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Wang Yun rolled his eyes. "Your master makes his living by appraising Direbeast carcasses; the more, the better of course!"

After that, he looked at Ling Jiu. "Young man, you weren't as lucky as you were previously. While the number this time is several times higher than the last, the money you've made is far lesser!"

"That's true!"

Li Kai interjected. "Ol' Ling, the value of the Direbeasts you've hunted this time is worth 281.93 million. Even though it still makes me jealous, it's not at much as before!"

"What's this?" Ling Jiu smiled. "What I just took out was only the worthless stuff. I haven't even gotten to the good stuff yet!"

"What, mate?"

Li Kai and Wang Yun looked at Ling Jiu at the same time.

"Shall we switch appraisal rooms?"

Ling Jiu glanced at the Direbeast carcasses strewn all over the floor.

"All right, all right, come next door!"

When he arrived at the appraisal room next door, Ling Jiu waved his hand, and released five Void Falcon carcasses, followed by a series of Class 4 Direbeasts!

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Chapter 45: Becoming a Billionaire, the Fifth Pillar

"That's… a Void Falcon?

"There's also a Class 4 Titan Crocodile?

"That's also a Class 4 Direbeast!"

Looking at the pile of Class 4 Direbeast carcasses that exuded a terrifying aura, Wang Yun exclaimed repeatedly before he started the appraisal process once again.

This time, the number of Direbeasts was much lesser and only took ten minutes for the appraisal to be completed. However, both master and disciple were more shocked than ever.

"Five Vold Falcon carcasses. While they are not in as perfect of a condition as the last time, the most valuable Void bladders are all there!"

Wang Yun had a complicated look on his face. "Did you kill all five of these Void Falcons?"

"Yep!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly.

"Young man, you've just made bank!"

Wang Yun was aghast with emotion. "A Vold Falcon corpse is worth 150 million, and these five corpses alone have made you 750 million!"

"Ol' Ling, I admit that I am jealous of you!"

Li Kai's eyes were green with envy. "Aside from the Void Falcon carcasses that are worth 750 million, the 104 Class 4 Direbeasts you have killed are worth 670 million!"

"So all in all, it adds up to 1.42 billion! Adding on the 280 million from earlier, the total is 1.7 billion! Wow, 1.7 billion! Do you know how many years I need to work to earn that amount of money?

"No, tonight's treat is on you, and it shall be a feast fit for a king!"

"Wasn't it supposed to be your treat? Why did it suddenly become my treat instead?" Ling Jiu was speechless.

"You've earned so much and still have the cheek to ask me to treat you? Where's your dignity?" Li Kai said angrily.

"Oh, by the way, how strong are you now? You can even kill a Class 4 Direbeast! Have you already reached Level 4? How old are you again?"

"I have indeed reached Level 4!"

After leaving the Appraisal Department, Ling Jiu came to the general manager's office, who looked at him as he pushed the door open. Luo Jia's pupils shrank. "Ling Jiu, have you reached Level 4?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you, Ms. Luo!"

Ling Jiu did not deny it.

"Four levels in seven months!"

Luo Jia stared at Ling Jiu. "Your progress is just too fast, so much so that it is comparable to the geniuses from those big base cities, whom the HQ has recruited!"

"It's all luck!"

Ling Jiu smiled faintly. "Ms. Luo, I would like to sell something!"

"Oh? Take them out, and let me have a look!"

Luo Jia's body trembled a little as an expression of interest appeared on her face. Ling Jiu waved his right hand and took out two Snowdragon Biles.

"This is…"

"Snowdragon Bile?" Luo Jia muttered softly.

"Snowdragon Bile!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly.

The Snowdragon Bile was a precious item. Consuming one would instantly increase a person's "inner strength" for five years. If it were not for the diminishing effects, Ling Jiu would not have wanted to sell them off.

After the first five years of consuming the first plant, the effect of the second consumption would immediately weaken, increasing one's inner strength for a year. The third consumption would be even weaker, lasting less than three months!

In view of this, Ling Jiu knew that the effects of the remaining ones would be even weaker, so he did not eat the remaining two Snowdragon Biles and sold them instead.

After all, a single one was worth 4 billion, a pretty penny!

"This is a Snowdragon Bile… Your luck sure is great. Your breakthrough to Level 4 is a result of eating the Snowdragon Bile, right?" Luo Jia whispered in amazement.

"Ms. Luo, you have a good eye!"

"It was the Icehollow Weed the last time, and the Snowdragon Bile this time. I've been the GM of this company for several years now, and I've never seen a Wild Hunter as lucky as you! But, luck is also a part of your strength, and your luck sure runs deep!"

Luo Jia smiled a little. "Do you want to sell all of the Snowdragon Biles? A single plant is worth 4 billion, and two will be 8 billion, so you will get 80 contribution points!"

"I'll sell them!"

"Okay!"

A moment later, Pangu Mall added another transaction to their record, and Ling Jiu's savings increased by another 8 billion.

"Altogether, you have sold a total of 13 billion's worth of items, and now you are a proper billionaire with 130 contribution points!"

Luo Jia smiled and said, "Speaking of which, looking at the entire Lantian Base City, there really are few who are worth more than you!"

"It's all luck!"

Ling Jiu smiled and added, "Ms. Luo, I would like to buy the advanced-level Gene Arcana secret technique!"

"I thought so!"

Luo Jia was not surprised at all. "After all, for a level 4 Arcanist, the efficiency of an intermediate-level Gene Arcana secret technique is indeed somewhat low."

Ling Jiu swiped his card to pay, and 10 billion of his net worth instantly evaporated. Soon after, Luo Jia handed him a USB drive equipped with the advanced-level Gene Arcana secret technique in it.

"Ling Jiu, congratulations on getting the advanced-level Gene Arcana secret technique."

Luo Jia smiled and said, "With this, I believe your progress will be even faster, and it won't take too long for you to surpass me!"

"Ms. Luo, you sure know how to joke!"

"I'm not joking. At the speed you're progressing, surpassing me is just a matter of time!" Luo Jia smiled. "All right, let's skip the idle chatter and talk about you. You are now a Level 4 Arcanist, and there are few in the company who are stronger than you!"

"So, the question now is where to place you."

"I'll follow your arrangement, Ms. Luo!"

Ling Jiu taichi-ed the problem back to Luo Jia.

"You cheeky brat!"

Luo Jia smiled helplessly. "To deal with this issue, I have two ideas for the time being. I'll let you know first, so you can consider them yourself."

"First, continue to stay in Lantian Base City. With your strength, there's no problem with you serving as Assistant General Manager."

"Assistant General Manager?"

Ling Jiu was startled. There were three Assistant General Managers in Pangu's Lantian Base City branch. Alongside the general manager, Luo Jia, the four of them were considered the four pillars of the branch.

As long as he stayed in Lantian Base City, he could become the fifth pillar, standing beneath one person and above tens of thousands. It was a veritable leap to the top!

"But I don't recommend you to take this route!"

Luo Jia continued, "You're only 16 years old. It's a good time for you to forge ahead and improve your strength. Participating in company affairs too early will distract you, and that's not good for your future development."

"Luo Jia, you mean…"

Ling Jiu looked at Luo Jia.

"You should join the super training camp!"

Luo Jia slowly said, "You've awakened your Arcana for less than a year, and you are already a Level 4 Arcanist. You are fully qualified to participate in the super training camp!"

"What's the super training camp?"

Ling Jiu was puzzled.

"The super training camp is a special training activity prepared by the HQ for true geniuses and prodigies!

"The training camp is equipped with the best training environment, the best instructors, and the best training resources!"

There was a look of yearning on Luo Jia's face. "The super training camp is pretty much a training opportunity that all Arcanists dream of. Any Arcanist who comes out of the training camp will see a tremendous change in their capabilities and a jump of at least two levels!"

"Two levels?"

Ling Jiu was shocked. He was already a Level 4 Arcanist now; if he went up by two levels, would he not be a Level 6 Arcanist, then?

A Level 6 Arcanist!

That was already an advanced-level Arcanist!

Ling Jiu was tempted. "Ms. Luo, can I really participate in that super training camp?"

"Of course, as long as your awakening has not exceeded two years and you are not weaker than Level 4. You also mustn't be more than 20 years old, then you can participate in the super training camp!"

Luo Jia smiled. "You fully meet the requirements to join the training camp, so I believe that as long as I report it upwards, you should be able to enter without incident!"

"In that case, thank you, Ms. Luo!" Ling Jiu said sincerely.

"Still with the pleasantries!"

Luo Jia laughed and said, "You are one of Lantian Base City's personnel! If you really make it into the super training camp, you will be the pride of Lantian Base City, which will also be a part of my personal work credit. I will naturally do my best to help you get into the super training camp!"

"Thank you, Ms. Luo!"

Chapter 46: Class Reunion? Assassin's Strike

Ling Jiu kind of looked forward to the super training camp. There would be the best training environment, the best instructors, and the best training resources!

Of course, the large number of geniuses and prodigies was another reason Ling Jiu was willing to join the super training camp!

The super training camp would gather many geniuses, as well as prodigies, and by the end, his Arcana Replication ability would certainly shine!

"Right, one more thing!"

At the end of the conversation, Luo Jia said, "Our people have looked into Yang Yuting's attempt to dispatch someone to kidnap your father.

"Sadly, Yang Yuting handled the matter too cleanly, so our people could not find a lot of strong evidence. Therefore, trying to take him to court may not work."

"Understood!"

Ling Jiu was very calm. "Since I can't go about it the legal way, I shall go by the rules of the Arcanists. In any case, since he has wronged me, he has to pay the price, right?"

"That's up to you. Just make sure you do a clean job." Luo Jia nodded.

"However, if you want to deal with him in the near future, you might need to shelf it. According to the information I received, he's currently not in the base city."

"Not in the base city? Where did he go?" Ling Jiu frowned.

"It looks like something happened back home, so he went back to Chang'an Base City," Luo Jia said. "Don't worry, I'll let you know immediately once he is back here!"

"Thank you, Ms. Luo!"

After leaving Ms. Luo's office, Ling Jiu went to one of the company's training rooms. He plugged the USB into a microcomputer and checked the advanced-level Gene Arcana secret technique he had just obtained.

Since it was still too early to clock off work, Ling Jiu planned to learn this advanced Gene Arcana secret technique to improve the efficiency of his Gene Arcana meditation.

"The Sea of a Hundred Rivers… Advanced Gene Arcana secret technique… can pull in Gene Arcana within a kilometer radius… the absorption of Gene Arcana is extremely fast…"

Ling Jiu stared at the microcomputer and concentrated on studying the Sea of a Hundred Rivers.

Be it any Gene Arcana secret technique, the essence was to draw in the surrounding Gene Arcana, so it was not difficult to learn once you knew the gist of it.

In less than one afternoon, Ling Jiu had basically learned the Sea of a Hundred Rivers.

An invisible suction power was released from his body, and the Gene Arcana within a kilometer were all pulled toward him, swarming him like swallows returning to their nests.

After that, they poured into Ling Jiu's body as much as possible, blending in with the Gene Arcana that were already inside his body and becoming virtually indistinguishable.

Ling Jiu could feel his "inner strength" strengthening at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

If the first time he absorbed Gene Arcana, he could only absorb one per second, a low-level Gene Arcana secret technique would allow him to absorb ten per second, and an intermediate-level technique allowed one hundred Gene Arcana per second.

Now… it was one thousand per second.

The efficiency was just not the same!

"If I had the advanced Gene Arcana secret technique from the beginning, I'd probably be a Level 5 Arcanist by now I guess?"

Ring ring!

His phone's ringtone suddenly reverberated.

Ling Jiu opened his eyes and discovered that the call was from Li Kai. He could not help but sigh. The feeling of being interrupted when he was at this stage of comprehension was really not cool, Yet, since it was Li Kai's call, there was little he could say.

"Ol' Li!"

"Ol' Ling, are you still in the office?"

"I am!"

"Right, lemme tell you something!" Li Kai said.

"Just now, Xu Gang, our ex-class monitor called. He said that there's going to be a class reunion tomorrow and we are invited to go there. Are you going?"

"A class reunion?" Ling Jiu was dumbstruck.

"Huh? What's the occasion? Why are there still class reunions?"

"Hahaha, Ol' Ling, you've been away from school for far too long!"

Li Kai guffawed and said, "But yeah, we awakened our Arcana back in May and haven't been to school since, so yeah, it's totally possible for you to forget this!

"Listen, a month after we left school, didn't the rest take the university entrance examination? Some went to university, some joined the workforce, and some even joined the army. Everyone went their separate ways, and we have not seen each other for half a year now!

"There was the winter break recently, so everyone thought of having a reunion. That's how this gathering came about. If you don't believe me, you can go to the class chat group and see for yourself!"

"The class chat group?"

"Didn't I pull you into the group last time?"

"I immediately blocked it the moment you pulled me in. They are just too noisy!"

"…Fine! No wonder you never show up in the group! Anyway, are you going to the reunion or not?"

"What's there to go? Isn't the class reunion just a gathering to show off? I'm not about to bench-warm for someone else!"

"Stand in someone else's shade? Oh, my dear Master Ling, you are a person worth tens of billions now. There's hardly anyone richer than you in the entire base city. Who dares to show off in front of you and make you their benchwarmer?"

"Uh… there's that I suppose!"

Ling Jiu was taken aback but still shook his head. "Forget it, I've just bought an advanced Gene Arcana secret technique, and I'm getting a feel of the one-thousand-times efficiency. So, how would I have the time to go to the reunion? Nope, not going!"

Li Kai went silent before a sentence popped out between his teeth. "And you dare to say that others are showing off. You're a proper showboater! I'm telling you, Ol' Ling, you'll lose me if you keep being like this!"

"Hahaha! Who's showing off to you? I'm just telling you the truth!"

Ling Jiu laughed out loud. "All right, I'll pass on the reunion. Have fun there, and eat my share as well!"

"You're really low-key, huh!" Li Kai said in a huff.

"I actually wanted to take you along to show off. Who would have thought… Ah, forget it. Fine, if you don't want to go, I'll go there myself!"

"Go, go!"

Once he hung up the phone, Ling Jiu looked at the time. It was time to get off work, so he left the office. He then went to the market to get some fresh vegetables before he headed home.

After not going back for half a month, Ling Jiu had really started to miss his father and sister.

"I held you with my left hand, and left you with my right; when my palms meet, you shall forever be in my heart…"

Ling Jiu carried bags of groceries as he hummed a little tune. Just as he approached the door of the villa and took out his key to open it…

Buzzz!

A flash of cold light suddenly materialized near Ling Jiu's throat and stabbed him there. The cold light caused a sharp pain in Ling Jiu's neck.

"Damn it!"

Ling Jiu's hair stood on end as he immediately disappeared from the spot he was standing in earlier.

"Hmmm?"

A soft whisper suddenly rang out as the void rippled, and a young man in black sportswear appeared, holding a sharp blade.

"Who are you?"

Ling Jiu stared at the other party coldly.

"Ling Jiu, male, 16 years old, awakened the Earth-type Arcana on May 5th, 2031, and revealed Gravity Arcana half a year later!"

The young man played with the blade in his hand. "Yet, you've clearly just used another Arcana. That means you're different from what the information suggested. Can you tell me what Arcana that was?"

"Why don't you ask Hades then!"

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Chapter 47: Hired Killer, Killed Instead

"Why don't you ask Hades then!"

A surging gravitational force suddenly came crashing down, covering a radius of several meters in an instant. However, the lazy-looking young man seemed to be prepared and had somehow disappeared.

"You are not my match!"

The voice of the lazy-looking young man echoed all around him. "You cannot surpass the gap between our levels. You will die by my blade today and become a dead soul!"

"Go ahead and try!" Ling Jiu sneered.

Woooosh!!

The next moment, a cold light appeared out of nowhere and slashed at his throat again. The sharp blade seemed to pierce the void and suddenly stretched out from it.

"You couldn't kill me during the first strike, and you're doing the same trick again? Hilarious!"

Ling Jiu increased his gravity output.

Baaaam!!

A gravitational force of 8G's suddenly enveloped an area with a radius of several dozen meters, and everything within its range was under a pressure that was eight times its own weight.

Be it the air or space…

The flowers and the trees…

The ground and the buildings…

Everything… was under 8G gravity!

"What powerful gravity!"

A terrifying sound rang out in a corner as there was a violent gasp followed by the crunching sound of bones being crushed.

"Found you!"

Crack!!

A bloody arrow rushed out, and the lazy-looking young man immediately reappeared. His chest was sunken, and his face turned pale.

"In my gravity field, there's nowhere for you to hide!" Ling Jiu looked at the other person. "If I'm not wrong, your Arcana is Invisibility, right?"

"This terrifying gravity… You're a Level 4 Arcanist?" The lazy-looking young man stared at Ling Jiu, his eyes bloodshot. He knew he was done for!

A Level 4 Arcanist!

That was not someone he could fight against!

"You're not stupid after all!"

Ling Jiu walked over, step by step. "Talk, who sent you to kill me?"

"You think I'll betray my employer?"

The lazy-looking young man coughed out blood.

"Oh, I think you will!"

Ling Jiu cracked his neck. "Even if you don't want to say it, I still have ways to make you speak. The methods will be cruel, though, and be beyond your ability to withstand!

"Oh, by the way, just to remind you, I'm an employee of Pangu Arcana Combine. We have many capable folks in Pangu, like those who can search souls!"

The lazy-looking young man's expression changed, and he suddenly attempted to cut his own throat.

Ling Jiu sneered and grabbed the young man's wrist like a bolt of lightning. A light tug and a crack later, the young man's wrist was broken, and the sharp blade fell onto the ground.

"Right, there's also your chin!"

Ling Jiu remembered something again as he clasped the young man's chin and gave it a tug. The young man screamed as his lower jaw was dislocated.

"Now, even if you have venom fangs or sacs in your mouth, you won't be able to kill yourself any longer!" Ling Jiu clapped his hands, satisfied with his own alertness.

The lazy-looking young man was on the verge of despair. Are you the killer or am I the killer? Why are you much more experienced than me?!

"Let's talk. Who hired you? Be truthful, and I'll make your death an easy one. Otherwise, I won't mind letting you go through the Qing Dynasty's Ten Great Tortures!" Ling Jiu said faintly.

The lazy-looking young man remained silent for a long while before he said, "The GM of Yang Group, Yang Yuting hired me to kill you. He's placed a 100 million yuan bounty on your head!"

"Sure enough, it's him!"

Ling Jiu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Only a 100 million yuan bounty on my head? Is my life that cheap? This pisses me off!"

"Your profile only states that you're a Level 2 Arcanist!" the lazy-looking young man said.

"That's the price for all Level 2 Arcanists, or else I wouldn't have taken the risk to assassinate you!"

"By the way, why are you suddenly so chirpy?" Ling Jiu asked with interest. "Weren't you willing to die without talking earlier?"

"I don't want to be Soulsearched!" the lazy-looking young man said solemnly. "Make it quick!"

"I'll do that. Help Yang Yuting say 'hi' to Hades for me. I'll send him down there to meet Hades soon enough!"

"Yang Yuting, you're a dead man!"

Ling Jiu looked to the east with murderous intent in his eyes. "I'll make sure that you know what kind of horrible consequences await you for crossing me!"

"Brother, you're back!"

At that moment, a pleasantly surprised voice rang out behind him, and Ling Jiu turned around. He saw his sister run over with her little schoolbag on her back.

"Xiaotong, you're off school!"

Ling Jiu reached out and hugged his sister with a smile on his face.

"Yes, just finished school today!"

Ling Xiaotong bobbed her tiny head with a grievance in her heart. "Brother, you've been away for so long, do you know how much I've missed you?"

"Hahaha, I've missed you too! Let's go back and chill! See, I've brought so many delicious foods today. I'll make it up to you later!"

"That's right! You need to cook by yourself today, though!"

"As long as you can eat it…"

When the siblings entered the villa, Ling Jiu found that his father was not at home and could not help but wonder. "Xiaotong, where's Dad?"

"Dad recently got another batch of investments and opened a transportation company. He should be in the office right now!" Xiaotong explained.

"A new company again?" Ling Jiu sighed. "Dad sure isn't resting on his laurels!"

"I know right!"

"Xiao Jiu, you're back?"

At that moment, his dad also returned home. The moment he saw Ling Jiu in the living room, a smile appeared on his face. "It's good that you're back!"

"Yeah, I'm home!"

"You must be hungry. Your dad will cook for you right now!"

"Dad, I'll help!"

"Me too!"

With the three putting in the hard work, dinner was soon on the table. As Ling Jiu ate the delicious food, he felt particularly warm on the inside. It was a feeling of home.

"Dad, how is the company doing?" Ling Jiu asked casually.

Hearing his son mention this, Ling Tianci could not help but reveal a smile on his face. "After busying myself for the past few days, everything is now well prepared. The first shipment will officially start tomorrow!"

"Is it going well?"

"Well enough! The employees are previous old-timers, so everyone knows each other, and it's much easier to direct them than newcomers. Plus, the current funds I have are still sufficient, so everything has gone smoother than expected!"

"That's good to hear!"

Seeing that his father had swept away the doom and gloom from before, Ling Jiu felt extremely happy. "I wish you success in advance and all the best!"

"Hahaha, thank you, Son. I'm honored by your blessing!"

"Dad, there's something that I need to tell you and Xiaotong!"

"What's the matter? It sounds serious."

Ling Tianci and Xiaotong looked surprised.

"I'm already a Level 4 Arcanist!" Ling Jiu said as he looked at both of them.

"A Level… Level 4 Arcanist?"

Both Ling Tianci, as well as Xiaotong, shuddered, and the expressions on their faces were particularly colorful. There was shock at first, then disbelief, elation, and relief.

"Brother, have you really become a Level 4 Arcanist?"

Xiaotong's beautiful eyes were shining with a brilliant gleam.

"Yeah, I reached it two days ago!" Ling Jiu nodded slightly.

"A Level 4 Arcanist! There aren't many Level 4 Arcanists in Lantian Base City, right?" Ling Tianci gasped.

"More or less!"

Ling Jiu continued, "In view of my strength and extremely fast progress, the company has given me two options!"

"Which two?"

"The first one is to stay in Lantian Base City and become the Assistant General Manager of the branch company!"

"Assistant General Manager?"

Ling Tianci opened his mouth wide in surprise, so much so that one could fit an egg in it.

An Assistant General Manager of Pangu?

His son was already that incredible?

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Chapter 48: Invitation for a Meal, Chance Reunion With Classmates

Ling Tianci had mixed emotions.

When his son awakened his Arcana, he knew that his son would embark on a completely different life path from him.

However, he never expected his son's path to be so bright.

He had gotten first place in the trial assessment…

He had gotten an A contract in advance…

He had made 5 billion during his first trip to the wilderness…

Now he had even become a Level 4 Arcanist, and he was about to become Pangu's Assistant General Manager.

Each accomplishment was far greater than this father had ever accomplished!

"Son, you're all grown up!"

Ling Tianci's eyes were red. "The proudest thing that I, Ling Tianci have accomplished in my life is to have you as a son. You are my greatest pride!"

"Brother, you're awesome!"

Ling Xiaotong looked at her brother with adoration, her eyes full of pride.

"Save the pride for a bit later!" Ling Jiu smiled bitterly.

"The second option that the company has offered me is to leave Lantian Base City and join the super training camp!"

"Leave the base city?"

"Join a training camp?"

Ling Tianci and Ling Xiaotong's expressions suddenly changed, and Ling Xiaotong anxiously asked, "Brother, are you leaving?"

"Son, what the hell is going on?!" Ling Tianci also asked.

"It's like this!"

Ling Jiu explained the super training camp in detail and finally added, "I don't want to leave you two either, but the super training camp is a rare opportunity, and it would be a pity if I didn't go!

"You know, the people who participate in this camp will go up two levels. I am now a Level 4 Arcanist, so a two-level promotion means that I'll be a Level 6 Arcanist!"

"A Level 6 Arcanist!"

Ling Tianci shuddered. He did not know what a Level 6 Arcanist represented, but he knew one thing: the strongest Arcanist in Lantian Base City was no more than Level 5, and if his son were to become a Level 6 Arcanist…

"Go! Of course, you must go!"

Ling Tianci looked at Ling Jiu. "This opportunity is not to be missed. You never know when the next one will come. It will be an absolute shame if you miss an opportunity as good as the super training camp!"

"Dad…"

Xiaotong was dissatisfied but Ling Tianci gave her a stern look. "The super training camp is related to your brother's future. Now is not the time for you to throw temper tantrums!"

Xiaotong pouted and stopped talking.

"Dad, you're supporting me to go?"

"Of course. You have your own pursuits, so do not let me or Xiaotong affect your decision-making. No matter what you decide to do, we will support you unconditionally!" Ling Tianci said earnestly.

Although he did not want his son to leave, he understood that an eagle would always grow up and leave its nest one day as it challenged the vast skies.

The same was true for children. Parents could not allow their children to miss out on the opportunity to grow up independently just because the parents did not want to see them leave.

Furthermore, even he would feel sorry for Ling Jiu if an opportunity like the super training camp was missed.

"Thanks, Dad!"

Ling Jiu thanked him sincerely.

"What's with the pleasantries!"

Ling Tianci laughed and admonished at the same time before he said, "Although I support your decision, your dad also has some requests. You may only leave after you agree to them!"

"Just say it, Dad!" Ling Jiu said earnestly.

"Firstly, no matter where you go, please take care of yourself. You have to remember that you are the pillar of the family now. You need to make sure that nothing happens to you!"

Ling Tianci's expression was serious.

"Understood!" Ling Jiu nodded.

"Secondly, before you head off to the HQ, try not to go into the wilderness. Stay at home with us!" Ling Tianci continued.

"Understood!"

The night passed without another word.

The next morning, his father and sister left home in succession after breakfast. After cleaning up, Ling Jiu was about to prepare for training when his phone rang, and the caller ID was of an unknown number.

"Hello, who is this…"

"Hello, Mr. Ling, we met yesterday!" There was a hearty laugh from the other side of the phone.

"Ah, it's you, Sir. Is there anything?" Ling Jiu asked with a smile. Staff Officer Liu Jiang was one of the military district's heads, and he had met the latter after he defeated the Beast Tide.

"It's like this Mr. Ling, all of the Direbeasts killed during the Beast Tide belong to the Arcanist. Mr. Ling, you killed many Direbeasts yesterday and also helped to kill the Bloodgorger Bat, so you deserve all of it!"

Liu Jiang smiled and said, "We have prepared the Direbeast carcasses for you, and we can send it over to you now or you can pick it up in person."

"Ah, I see!"

Ling Jiu suddenly realized it and immediately laughed. "Ah well, it's okay, I don't want the Direbeasts from yesterday's hunt. You can keep them!"

"Take it as a treat for the brothers of the military district. After all, you guys have been defending Lantian Base City all this while. Maintaining the security of the base city is hard work!"

"Mr. Ling, how could we—"

"That's that!"

"All right then!"

Liu Jiang had to agree. In fact, such a thing was not without precedent. Every time after a Beast Tide, many Arcanists could not be bothered to take away the carcasses of the slain Direbeasts. They would leave the army to deal with them in the name of donation.

"There's one more thing!"

Liu Jiang continued, "Mr. Ling, since you helped us a great deal yesterday, our Chief Wang would like to invite you to dinner as an expression of our gratitude!"

Ling Jiu smiled bitterly. "That's really kind of him, but I didn't do much at all yesterday!"

"Hahaha, Brother Ling, you may think that you didn't do much, but to the military district and the entire base city, it was a matter of life and death!"

Wang Chao's bold voice came from the phone. "Brother Ling, don't refuse. Give me some face and come out for a drink or two, yeah?"

"Since you've said so, it'd be bad manners for me to continue to refuse!" Ling Jiu smiled and said. "When and where?"

"Might as well just go with the flow, how about tonight? The place is at Wanhua Plaza. The environment there is good, and the food is also great. What do you think?"

"Okay!"

At six o'clock in the evening, Ling Jiu rode the maglev motorcycle to Wanhua Plaza. Later, he kept the bike in his dimensional pocket as he walked to the building.

"Ol' Ling, didn't you say that you wouldn't be coming to the reunion? Why are you here?"

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Chapter 49: Young Master from Chang'an, Arcanist Family

Ling Jiu turned his head and saw a group of people approaching. Although they looked young and green, all of them were well-dressed.

The boys were in suits and leather shoes, the girls in thick make-up. If it weren't for the familiar faces, Ling Jiu would have thought this was a group of successful people in society.

That's right!

This group of people was Ling Jiu's high school classmates, classmates whom he had not seen since the awakening of his Arcana.

At this moment, everyone looked at Ling Jiu with completely different gazes. The female classmates' gazes were fierce as if they wanted to swallow Ling Jiu whole.

Ling Jiu awakening his Arcana, and then getting first place in the trial assessment. Plus, the matter of him signing an A contract with Pangu Arcana Combine had long been spread among his classmates.

That was an A contract, with a monthly salary of a million, with an annual salary in the tens of millions. If they became Ling Jiu's girlfriend, would it not mean that they were set for life?

So many of the girls' gazes were bare, and if Ling Jiu wanted anything special out of them, they would not be objecting to it.

In contrast, most of the boys were jealous and hateful. They were jealous of Ling Jiu's bullshit luck, jealous of him attracting all of the girls' attention the moment he appeared which made them feel like they were non-existent.

Li Kai too was in the crowd. He approached Ling Jiu and said in a low voice. "Alright, Ol' Ling, you told me you're not coming, but you ended up coming here yourself. Could it be that you cannot hold back from showing off, and wanted to show off before your classmates?"

"The hell you talking about?"

Ling Jiu rolled his eyes and was about to explain, but Li Kai said with an expression that he understood everything ."No need to explain, bro. I understand!"

"Heh, since you want to show off, how about I play along with you, being bros and all? Don't you worry, I'll play along with you all the way!"

"The hell you on about?"

Ling Jiu punched him on the shoulder. "I have an appointment with a friend for dinner here today. I'm not here for the class reunion! Besides, how would I know you guys were gathering here, you didn't tell me anything!"

"Ugh…"

Li Kai was taken aback. Yeah, I didn't tell him, how did Ol' Ling find out? Did he secretly read the announcement in the class chatroom?

"Everyone's here!

At this moment, a sweet voice rang out, and everyone turned their heads around.

What they saw was a girl with red wavy hair, in a red short skirt and red high heels walking over. Her appearance was at least worth seven points, looking quite charming and alluring.

And the girl was holding the arm of a handsome young man. This young man was dressed in suit and leather shoes, handsome and cool-looking, obviously a top-tier good-looking hunk.

"Wu Na, you're here!"

The classmates greeted the girl one after another, the boys were looking at the girl with eager eyes. Wu Na was one of the prettiest girls in their class, and even in the entire grade she was one of the top beauties and was the goddess in their dreams.

"Wu Na, is he your boyfriend?"

A girl with freckles on her face stared at the young man beside Wu Na.

"Alright!"

Wu Na smiled faintly and introduced him with gusto. "I want to introduce him to all of you, this is my boyfriend, Ai Jiacheng, from Chang'ang'an Base City!"

"Hello, everyone!"

Ai Jiacheng smiled and greeted everyone, with two shallow dimples appearing at the corners of his mouth, making him look even more handsome. Many of the girls were dazzled.

"Wow! Wu Na, your boyfriend is so handsome!"

"Wu Na, you are so lucky. How did you get your hands on this handsome guy? But both of you are good-looking, a real match there!"

All of the girls were effusive in their praises, although they all envied Wu Na's luck, looks alone won't fill their bowls, so their eyes soon fell back onto Ling Jiu as they started chatting again.

"Ling Jiu, after becoming an Arcanist, have you forgotten about us, your old classmates? We don't see you in the group chat either, not really friendly no?"

"He's now an employee of Pangu Arcana Combine, with a monthly salary of a million, living in a stand-alone villa, it's understandable if he had forgotten about us!"

"Sad…"

Seeing the girls chattering about Ling Jiu, Wu Na's boyfriend Ai Jiacheng immediately got upset. He whispered to his girlfriend next to him. "Who's that guy? Such a big shot?"

"He's Ling Jiu, one of the two Arcanists who had awakened their Arcana in our class. He was later hired by Pangu Arcana Combine and signed an A contract with him. He's possibly the most well-off of all classmates!"

Wu Na explained in a low voice, her gaze upon Ling Jiu was also somewhat different.

After Ling Jiu's awakening, she also had some thoughts about Ling Jiu, but as the distance between her and Ling Jiu got farther and farther, those thoughts gradually faded away.

However, she felt that she was lucky that nothing happened between her and Ling Jiu as her current boyfriend Ai Jiacheng was a hundred times better than Ling Jiu, whether it was in terms of ability, skill, or family background.

"So he's just an ordinary Arcanist, I thought he was some big shot!"

After listening to his girlfriend's introduction, Ai Jiacheng sneered and deliberately amplified his voice a little bit. "As I expected, how can a small medium-sized base city have badass characters!"

As soon as he said that, everyone frowned slightly, and Wu Nia immediately said. "Sorry, he's just like that, don't take it to heart!"

"Wu Na, your boyfriend has a big background huh!"

Li Kai sneered. "I do want to know what exactly his identity is, after degrading our Lantian Base City to nothing in a single breath."

Wu Na had brought her boyfriend to the class reunion today to show off, how could she hold back after hearing that.

She pretended to be reserved and smiled. "Don't be fooled by him, he's actually quite ordinary, from the Ai Family of Chang'an Base City!"

"The Ai Family of Chang'an Base City?"

Many classmates had a blank look on their faces, but one of the boy's expressions changed. "Could it be that Ai Family?"

"Zhang Lun, you know of the Ai family?"

The classmates looked at the boy.

"Of course!"

The boy named Zhang Lun looked at Ai Jiacheng in awe, before explaining. "You should know that Chang'an Base City is the only large base city in the northwest region, with a population of over 100 million!"

"Plus, Chang'an Base City is also the main base city in the northwest region. Its status is equivalent to the provincial capital 30 years ago, while a small-medium-sized Lantian Base City is just a satellite base city!"

"We all know what you said, what does this have to do with the Ai family?" The classmates were puzzled.

"I'm telling you these to let you guys know that Chang'an Base City is very big, be it status, strength, or economy, it is far above Lantian Base City!"

Zhang Lun continued. "And the Ai Family could be said to be the number one family in Chang'an Base City!"

"The number one family of Chang'an Base City?"

Everyone's expressions changed one after another, the number one family of such a large base city?

How does this even begin to compare?

"The Ai Family does not engage in business, politics, or the military, and in those three sectors, they may not be as prominent as the Yang, or the Mo family, but the Ai family is good at producing Arcanists!"

Zhang Lun said slowly. "There's a saying in Chang'an Base City that there was a one in ten chance of a person from the Ai family to be an Arcanist. A ratio of 10:1, can you imagine that?"

"That over the top?"

Everyone could not help but gasp. The chances of an ordinary person becoming an Arcanist is 1000:1, but the Ai family's ratio was 10:1.

This was just way over the top!

"Because of this, the Ai family is also known as the Arcanist Family. I've heard that the Ai family had given birth to many Arcanists with terrifying powers, with many people working in both Pangu, and Vulcan Arcana Combine!"

Zhang Lun continued. "As far as I know, the general manager of Pangu Arcana Combine in Chang'an Base City is from the Ai family!"

"So guys, do you think the Ai family should be considered the number one family in Chang'an Base City?"

"Of course!"

"The general manager of the Pangu Arcana Combine branch in Chang'an Base City!"

"Wow! I never thought the Ai family to be so terrifying!"

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Chapter 50: Ridiculing Ling Jiu, an Important Guest

The students were all aghast in admiration, with a trace of awe as they looked at Ai Jiacheng.

In this dangerous age, what was needed the most was none other than strength…

And Arcanists represented power!

With so many Arcanists belonging to the Ai family, it meant that the Ai family had power, which those consortiums with money and authority could scarcely even compare.

It was no exaggeration to call the Ai family the number one family in Chang'an Base City.

"You're quite knowledgeable!"

Ai Jiacheng raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Lun with some surprise.

"Master Ai, you flatter me. One of my roommates is born with a silver spoon, so he knows quite a bit about this, and I've learned about it from him as well," Zhang Lun humbly said.

"Oh, I see!"

Ai Jiacheng nodded casually.

"Wu Na, your boyfriend is amazing!"

"Wu Na, you struck gold!"

"Wu Na, you have to support your old classmates in the future. Don't be like some, already having their nose up high long before they made it big!"

"Watch your words, is our Wu Na that sort of person?"

"Look at my mouth…"

Listening to the flatteries of her fellow classmates, and then looking at their envious and hateful eyes, Wu Na's vanity was greatly satisfied.

Ai Jiacheng also gave his girlfriend plenty of face. "Everyone is Nana's classmate. If you come to Chang'an Base City in the future, do look for me!"

"Really?"

"Young Master Ai is a good person!"

"Look at Master Ai, and then at a certain someone, why is the gap between people so big?"

"Wu Na, your boyfriend is so nice…"

"These guys…"

Seeing Ai Jiacheng and Wu Na becoming the focus and the object of flattering, Li Kai felt down, and could not help but to snort in a low voice. "Isn't it just because he was born into a good family? Without that, he's not even worthy of picking up your shoes for you, Ol' Ling!"

"Forget it, they are just a bunch of children, why be calculative with them!"

Ling Jiu was a grown man in his past life and had long seen through all of this. He patted Li Kai on the shoulder and smiled. "You guys continue chatting, I'll head in first."

"Ol' Ling, you're really not joining the class reunion?" Li Kai asked.

"Didn't I told you, I invited a friend to eat here!" Ling Jiu smiled and then walked towards Wanhua Plaza.

"Welcome!"

"Why did Ling Jiu leave?"

"Didn't he came to join the class reunion?"

Looking at Ling Jiu's departing figure, the classmates looked at each other. The freckled girl pursed her lips and smiled. "Could it be that Master Ai's aura is too strong, and he could not stand it so he left in a hurry?"

"Hahaha, to think that he wants to compare to Master Ai, why doesn't he take a piss and look at the reflection!"

"I know right…"

A few girls ridiculed Ling Jiu as they wanted to leave a good impression on Ai Jiacheng. If it weren't for Wu Na being beside him, they would have glued themselves to him. For such a good boyfriend, they wouldn't mind throwing themselves at him.

"What bullshit are you talking about?"

Li Kai glared at the girls. "Who do you think you are that you have the right to ridicule Ol' Ling? Why don't you take a piss and look at your damn reflections!"

The looks on these girls' faces froze, and their expressions suddenly became uncomfortable.

"To tell you the truth, Ol' Ling's current net worth has already exceeded 2 billion. That amount of money is not something you lot could earn in ten lifetimes, and you have the cheek to ridicule him?" Li Kai yelled angrily.

He had long been pissed at these girls for a long time. They were doing naught but showing off their wealth in the group chat all day long. Buying a new bag today, a new lipstick tomorrow, causing the entire classroom chat group to be in a dour atmosphere, and he had been pissed for a long time now.

"Two… Two billion?"

These girls wanted to refute him but after hearing 2 billion, an incredulous look appeared on their faces. "Li Kai, you're joking right?"

"Don't believe me? Haha, you can go to Pangu's official website to check!"

Li Kai sneered. "Oh, right, you don't seem to be able to enter the official site, as you lot can't even sign the lowest D-level contract with Pangu!"

Listening to Li Kai's sarcasm, the girls' faces turned pale and then green before the class monitor, Xu Gang quickly stood up to calm the tensions. "Let's just cut back on the barbs, everyone's a former classmate, so give each other some face yeah?"

"Yeah!"

The girls took the opportunity and backed down as they all echoed in agreement. At this moment, Ai Jiacheng was surprised and said. "Uncle Wang, why are you here?"

"Uncle Wang?"

Everyone turned their heads around and saw Ai Jiacheng walking quickly towards a majestic-looking middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was dressed in casual clothes and was followed by several black-clad bodyguards. All of them sharp-eyed and were extremely fearless, everyone who saw them knew they were not ordinary folks at first glance.

"Xiaocheng?"

Wang Chao looked at Ai Jiacheng in surprise.

"Uncle Wang, it's me!"

Ai Jiacheng smiled and said. "I came to Lantian Base City for fun this time. I actually planned to visit you tomorrow, but I did not expect to meet you here!"

"Oh, I see!"

Wang Chao chuckled: "The last time we met was a few years ago, right. I didn't expect you to grow up so fast. By the way, how's your dad?"

"He's doing fine! He misses you all the time!"

Ai Jiacheng was very well-mannered. "He always mentioned the times when you two roamed the wilderness and hunted Direbeasts. He kept saying that if it weren't for you, there would be no him today! When he learned I was visiting Lantian Base City, he specifically told me to pay you a visit no matter what!"

"Your dad is still the same!"

Wang Chao laughed and said. "Remember to come to my house tomorrow, I have an important guest today, so I'll head off first."

"Uncle Wang, please go ahead. I'll definitely go to your place tomorrow!" Ai Jiacheng nodded repeatedly.

"Alright!"

Wang Chao left after speaking.

Looking at his back, Ai Jiacheng let out a long sigh as Wu Na asked in confusion. "Jiacheng, is he your elder?"

"Yeah, an old friend of my dad. When they were younger, they experienced the Direbeast Catastrophe together, so they had a friendship in life and blood.

Ai Jiacheng explained. "Later on, my father went home and inherited the family background, while Uncle Wang joined the army, and he's now the Chief of the Lantian Base City military district!"

"He's the chief of the Lantian Base City military district?" Wu Na and the other classmates could not help but be surprised when they heard that.

The military bore many meanings throughout Lantian Base City, and while there were many Arcana organizations in the base city, but in the minds of the people, the military was undoubtedly the number one force of the base city.

Supreme Chief of the Military District!

What great character!

"So excited, I did not expect to see such a great person here!"

"A shame! I should have taken a picture just now!"

"Yeah, how could I forget this? If I managed to take a photo and share it to my Moments, it'll sure look very good!"

The students were either excited, annoyed, or regretful, each with different expressions.

"Come, let's go in!"

The group entered Wanhua Plaza and came to the pre-booked room. When they walked past the room beside it, they saw a few black-clad bodyguards standing at the door of the box. All of them stood up straight, looking all tenacious and ruthless.

"Aren't those bodyguards?"

"Seems like the Chief is having a meal in this private room!"

"The chief said that he wanted to meet an important guest. To be called an important guest, that person must be someone unusual!"

The students looked into the private room one after another. The people inside the room were ordering food, and the door was not closed, so they could see Wang Chao and his important guest inside the room.

"Ling Jiu?"

"F*ck, why is Ling Jiu inside?"

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Chapter 51: Two Worlds, Upright People

"Ling Jiu!!!"

"Why is he in there?"

"The important guest Chief Wang mentioned is Ling Jiu? You gotta be kidding!"

Looking at Ling Jiu inside the room, everyone was shocked and dumbfounded.

"The important guest Uncle Wang's talked out… It turned out to be him?"

Ai Jiacheng's face turned pale, he did not expect that the important guest Uncle Wang wanted to meet was Ling Jiu.

One was just an ordinary Arcanist!

Another was the chief of the base city military district!

They were clearly people from two different worlds, how did they get involved together?

He couldn't understand it!

His classmates were even more confounded!

"Ling Jiu is actually the guest of Chief. We had ridiculed him like that earlier, if he holds a grudge, how are we to survive in the base city?"

A few of the girls who had ridiculed Ling Jiu earlier had an ashen look on their faces.

"Hold a grudge against you lot? You gotta be joking!"

Li Kai snorted. "In Ol' Ling's eyes, you lot are just a bunch of buzzing flies. To be calculative to flies? He's not that mean!"

"I'll tell you the truth. Ol' Ling is already a level 4 Arcanist. The gap between you and him is like the ants on the ground, and the dragons in the heavens. You are nothing in his eyes!"

"Hold a grudge? What are you even thinking of!"

"What?!"

"A Level 4 Arcanist?"

Hearing this, everyone could not help but gasp as their eyes were filled with shock. Wu Na exclaimed. "Li Kai, you're joking, right? How long has it been since Ling Jiu's awakening?"

"Yeah, you two had only awakened your Arcana in May, and it's only been seven months now, how could Ling Jiu become a Level 4 Arcanist is such a short period of time?" The freckled girl muttered.

"Do you think I'm bullsh*tting?"

Li Kai sniggered as he took out his microcomputer and logged into the company's official website, pulling out Ling Jiu's personal information and showed it to everyone.

"Open your eyes and take a good look!" Li Kai snorted coldly.

"Ling Jiu is really a level 4 Arcanist!!"

Looking at Ling Jiu's personal information, both Wu Na and the freckled girl went silent, all of the classmates also fell silent.

"Ling Jiu is really a Level 4 Arcanist?"

Even the class monitor, Xu Gang's, voice trembled a little. "There aren't that many level 4 Arcanists in Lantian Base City, right?"

"You think?"

Li Kai felt triumphant as if he was a Level 4 Arcanist himself. "With Ol' Ling's current strength and the talents he demonstrated, he will either become a top echelon of the company or join the HQ for further training!"

"In any case, Ol' Ling's future is bright, with an 80% chance of him being a high-level Arcanist, and a 40% chance to become an elite Arcanist!"

"He and us… are destined to people of two different worlds, and you lot dared to ridicule him? Who gave you lot that courage I wonder?"

"A high-level Arcanist!"

"An elite Arcanist!"

Everyone had mixed feelings. If they knew that Ling Jiu was such an outstanding person, they would have tried to foster good relationship with him earlier. After all, they had been classmates for 3 years, and they do have the chance.

Just like Li Kai!

Since he had a good relationship with Ling Jiu, the two of them often talked to each other and ate together. Li Kai too often posted pictures of the two eating together in the group chat.

They believe that as long as Li Kai maintained this simple classmate relationship, and even a slight help from Ling Jiu was enough to benefit Li Kai for life.

Many of the prettier girls were extremely regretful. There was a saying that it was easier for a girl to chase after a guy; they had a natural advantage, and if only they were a little more proactive back then…

At this moment, everyone's emotions were so mixed that they no longer had the mood to eat. And even the dazzling Wu Na felt empty inside as her rich boyfriend did not look all that fanciful anymore. No matter how great his family was, he was only an ordinary Arcanist.

While Ling Jiu may not have the family background, his future was limitless!

"Sigh! Why didn't I notice the gold nugget in Ling Jiu before?"

Wu Na was bitter inside.

Yet she did not know that her boyfriend had different thoughts. "A level 4 Arcanist at just 16, and had awakened his Arcana for only seven months. This condition is fully in line with the requirements for Pangu's super training camp, and once he comes out of it…"

"A Level 6 Arcanist!"

Ai Jiacheng shuddered. Although the Ai family was big and powerful and was one of the famous Arcanist families in the northwest, there were scarcely any Level 6 Arcanists!"

"I totally did not expect such a person to appear in Lantian Base City! I've screwed up just now! No, I have to foster a good relationship with him. Even if I can't be friends, I cannot afford to make an enemy out of him!"

Ai Jiacheng was not just a rich person who only knows to show off and sleep around with girls. He was a thoughtful person, and there was a saying that many friends equates many roads, this was his way of life.

Thinking of this, Ai Jiacheng pulled away from his girlfriend, Wu Na's hands, and walked towards the private room Ling Jiu and Wang Chao were at.

"Jiacheng, what are you doing?"

Wu Na asked quickly.

"Going and meet that classmate of yours!"

Ai Jiacheng smiled and walked into the room.

"Brother Ling, the Beast Tide this time is really all thanks to you… Let's cut to the chase, cheers!"

After downing several glasses of alcohol, Wang Chao's face became reddish. "I'm a straightforward person, so I won't beat around the bush with you. The reason I'm treating you for dinner is one, to thank you, and two, to invite you to join the military district!"

"Join the military district?"

Ling Jiu was surprised.

"That's right!"

Wang Chao said bluntly. "Brother Ling, you may not know, while the Arcanists of the Arcana organizations are also hunting the Direbeasts, and contributing to mankind, but they are often very utilitarian, and would not obey orders and dispatches!"

"Let's take this Beast Tide for example!"

"You know the danger of the Bloodgorger Bat, and to kill it we have issued a special notice, hoping to get the help of the Arcanists!"

"And the result was?"

"There are nearly 2,000 Arcanists in the entire Lantian Base City, and only you, Brother Ling, who were willing to help us kill the Bloodgorger Bat!"

"To be honest, I was very disappointed!"

Wang Chao sighed. "Even the lowest level of those in charge of the Arcana organizations are all level 4 or 5 Arcanists. As long as they were willing to help, holding back the Bloodgorger Bat would be totally possible, but sadly, there was no one!"

"Why?"

"What else but cowardice?"

"Of course, it is natural to be afraid of death, and we cannot force them. After all, all of them were big shots worth tens of billions, what a shame if they died!

Ling Jiu smiled bitterly.

"Sigh! If all Arcanists were to accept a unified command, with strict adherence to orders and prohibitions, the elimination of Direbeasts won't even be a problem!"

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Chapter 52: Special Operations, Two Teams

In the face of Wang Chao's words, Ling Jiu did not know how to continue, but there was no denying that what the former said was the truth.

While the Arcana Combines were Arcana organizations, but they were still commercial companies after all, and all commercial companies were profit-driven.

For the purpose of earning money, many Arcanists were extremely utilitarian, which was a point that the military could not contend with.

The military was strictly managed, with orders and prohibitions going from top to bottom, and even an Arcanist must absolutely obey orders.

Every time a Beast Tide strikes, the army and the military Arcanists were always on the frontlines, bleeding and sacrificing their lives as needed.

It could be said that the nature of both sides had completely determined the standard by which they operated. It was impossible to determine who was right or wrong because everyone's pursuit was different.

Ling Jiu was willing to hunt down Direbeasts and contribute his strength to humanity, but he also enjoyed a free life.

Therefore, he could only refuse Wang Chao's good intentions.

In the next few days, Ling Jiu stayed at home and trained, during the day, he practiced the manipulation of his Arcana, while at night, he practiced using the 'Sea of Hundred Rivers'.

Every day was passed fruitfully.

And his strength steadily improved.

In a blink of an eye, more than twenty days had passed. On the morning of the 28th of December, Ling Jiu received a call from Luo Jia and rushed to the office.

"Ling Jiu, I've already sent the report for the super training camp up. You've passed the first round of selection, so I'll congratulate you first!"

"Thank you, Miss Luo!"

Ling Jiu was very grateful.

"Still with the pleasantries!"

Luo Jia smiled. "There's another reason that I contacted you today!"

"Miss Luo, go ahead!"

"It's like this. The safe passage between Lantian Base City and Hanzhong Base City was attacked by the Direbeasts, causing the safe passage to be interrupted!"

"So the government decided to destroy to Direbeasts, and restore the safe passage!"

Luo Jia explained. "According to the reliable information we have, the number of Direbeasts attacking the safe passage is massive. It is initially estimated to be about 30 thousand, with many of the Fourth or Fifth-Order Direbeasts!"

"So, reopening the safe passage will be difficult, and the two base cities had decided on a joint operation!"

Ling Jiu frowned. Although the Direbeasts rampaged across the wilderness, many base cities kept in touch through safe passages for the circulation of goods.

The safe passages were man-made rail lines. Through the safe passages, the base cities could communicate with one another, and send and receive goods.

Thus, the safe passage was very important!

Should a safe passage comes under attack by the Direbeasts, or if Direbeasts had taken over the place, then they must be eliminated immediately and restoring the safe passage.

"This operation is jointly led by both base cities, and so each base city needs to deploy 200 Arcanists, and Pangu will need to dispatch 10 Arcanists!"

Luo Jia continued. "I personally decided to appoint you as the interim captain of the Pangu teams, and lead ten of our employees for this mission. Any opinions?"

"No!"

Ling Jiu agreed without even thinking about it. He was bored out of his wits staying at home for more than 20 days, and he had long wanted to go to the wilderness.

After all, he had promised Dad, so he felt bad leaving, but now he had a reason to leave.

"Very good!"

Luo Jia was very pleased with Ling Jiu's reply, and then pulled out a list of personnel. "This is the list of personnel that will participate in this operation. Have a look first, I'll take you to get to know them later. You'll leave with the team tomorrow morning!"

Ling Jiu took the list and saw two wilderness teams on it. The Windchaser Squad and the T-Rex Squad.

Windchaser Squad:

Captain: Chen Feng, 35 years old, Wind Manipulation, Level 3 Arcanist.

Team member 1: Zhang Yuan, 33 years old. Metal Manipulation, Level 3 Arcanist.

Team member 2: Meng Lijun, 39 years old, Tungsten Form, Level 3 Arcanist.

Team member 3: Fan Cheng, 31 years old, Fire Manipulation, Level 3 Arcanist.

Team member 4: Bai Yue, 29 years old, Earth Manipulation, Level 3 Arcanist.

"Tungsten Form?"

Ling Jiu's eyes fell on Team member number 2, Meng Lijun, and asked. "Miss Luo, what's this Tungsten Form Arcana?"

"The Tungsten Form is a very powerful Arcana, it is not a metal manipulation-type Arcana, but instead a Body Morphing-type Arcana!"

"When morphed, Meng Lijun can transform his body tissue into an alloy material that is extremely hard, the tungsten alloy!"

Luo Jia explained. "After morphing into Tungsten Form, Meng Lijun not only will get an increase of over dozen times in strength but also have a very potent defensive power!"

"What a terrifying Arcana!"

Ling Jiu licked his lips.

"This Arcana is really freakish!"

Luo Jia sighed. "He is now a level 3 Arcanist. Once he morphed into his Tungsten Form, he can exert 30 times the power under normal conditions.

"His defense is even more invincible. At the same level, no one can hurt him, not even Direbeasts!"

"What a great Arcana!"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up.

"In terms of melee, Meng Lijun is an invincible existence against beings of the same level. Unfortunately, his progress is just too slow, and he is already 39 years old this year, and only a level 3 Arcanist. So he will probably top out at Level 4 in this lifetime, his potential extremely average."

Luo Jia sighed again. "If he had the rapid progress like yours, his future potential would simply be unimaginable!"

"What do you mean?"

"Theoretically, as long as Meng Lijun becomes a Level 9 Arcanist, he will be able to unleash 10,000 times the power, and is no inferior to the founder of Pangu!"

"What a pity!"

Ling Jiu said slowly.

"It is!"

Ling Jiu continued to browse.

T-Rex Squad:

Captain: Huang Hailong, 34 years old, Tyranno-Form, Level 3 Arcanist

Team member 1: Shi Hao, 31 years old, Rock Manipulation, Level 3 Arcanist.

Team member 2: Zhou Dun, 37 years old, Plant Manipulation, Level 3 Arcanist.

Team member 3: Yang Jiong, Thunder and Lightning Manipulation, Level 3 Arcanist.

Team member 4: Yang Tong, 32 years old, Thunder and Lightning Manipulation, Level 3 Arcanist.

"Yang Jiong and Yang Tong, are the two twins?" Ling Jiu was surprised.

"You're right, they are twin brothers!" Luo Jia nodded.

"All right!"

"Have you finished reading? If you are, we can head over right now!"

"Let's go!"

The two got up, and led by Luo Jia, they headed to the place the Windchaser and T-Rex Squad was gathered.

Along the way, Luo Jia reminded. "The Windchaser and the T-Rex squad are the company's most elite wilderness teams, each member is an experienced Wild Hunter!"

"They are old coots, so they are naturally a little unruly. If you want to convince them, you need to show your strength to awe them, or else leading them will be a pain!"

"Understood!"

When he arrived at the training room on the third floor, Ling Jiu saw the two squads.

"Hello, Miss Luo!"

The members of both squads bowed and greeted Luo Jia. She was the head honcho of the branch and was also a level 5 Arcanist, they dared not show her any disrespect.

"Hello, everyone!"

Luo Jia nodded slightly. "I think you are all clear about tomorrow's operation, so I won't repeat it here. What I want to say now is that I've found a team leader for this operation, and I hope you lot can obey orders!"

"Captain Ling, give them a few words!" Luo Jia looked at Ling Jiu.

Rustle… Rustle…

The two squads looked at Ling Jiu at the same time, and all of them could not help but to show a surprised, doubtful, provoked, disdainful, and unhappy… look in their eyes.

"He's our captain? Miss Luo, you are not pulling our legs, right?"

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Chapter 53: Body-morphing Arcana, Tungsten Alloy Form

They have already been briefed about the operation, and also knew that the company was sending them a captain. They were even talking about it just now and were a little anticipant.

This operation was not simple, and the company will definitely send a high-level Arcanist, perhaps even a Level 4 one. Then they can ask a thing or two, or even foster a good relationship.

It turned out too good to be true. The level 4 Arcanist was nowhere in sight, but instead, a punk came in his place, how could they take it?

"Miss Luo, this joke has gone too far!"

Before Ling Jiu even spoke, the squad leader of the T-Rex squad spoke. "This operation between two base cities, and more than 400 Arcanists working together!"

"Moreover, we are going into the Qin Mountains, and the Daba Mountains, the dangers there are unimaginable, and you are letting a little punk be our captain?"

"Danger aside, if the other companies find out that the captain leading the Pangu squads is a punk, won't we be laughed our way out?"

"Miss Luo, you should change him with someone else. If the company really cannot spare the manpower, then we don't need a captain. In any case, our two squads are more than enough!"

"Yeah, Miss Luo…"

The team members all spoke one after another.

Arcanists respected strength and age represented strength to a certain extent. Ling Jiu looked like he had not even had hair down there, what sort of strength such a kid could have?

Luo Jia frowned and was a little unhappy as Ling Jiu faintly said, "A group of oil farts, all of you are not all that strong, but your tempers sure are."

"Kid, what did you say?"

Huang Hailong widened his eyes as he glared at Ling Jiu, the other members also stared at Ling Jiu angrily, their expressions sour.

"Let's cut the nonsense, all of you can take me on at once!"

Ling Jiu walked to the center of the training room. "Let me see if your strength is as strong as the words coming out of your mouth!"

Huang Hailong was stunned!

All of the other members were also stunned!

Taking on all of them all at once?

Did he want to fight solo against two squads?

F*ck!

Upon realizing that, the members of both squads blew their fuses.

"Arrogant!"

"Insolent!"

"Way over your head!"

"Boy, you are way too arrogant!"

Huang Hailong looked at Luo Jia. "Miss Luo, the kid you brought here lacks discipline, so get him to apologize to us immediately or otherwise, I don't mind disciplining him for his parents!"

"Discipline him? Up to you lot!"

Luo Jia said impatiently. "I've brought you guys your captain, whether you recognize him or not is none of my business. All right, I have work to do, so you guys continue talking!"

After that, Luo Jia nodded to Ling Jiu, and then left the training room, not forgetting to close the door of the training room as she left.

There was no need to watch what would happen next, as the results were already set in stone.

"Boy, apologize to us this once!"

Seeing Luo Jia leave, the members of both squads were relieved, they then looked at Ling Jiu all at once, with a look of ridicule and displeasure in their eyes.

"Apologize? Sure!"

Ling Jiu hooked his finger. "If you can beat me, forget apologize, I will even kneel and kowtow!"

"What an impudent punk!"

"You're too bloody arrogant, oh my temper's boiling…

"Who will teach him a lesson?"

Huang Hailong looked at everyone.

"Me!"

Zhang Yuan stood up: "Boy, I've never met anyone as arrogant as you!"

As soon as his voice trailed off, Zhang Yuan grabbed at the void, and a shot put in the training room flew up, and blasted out like a cannonball out of the barrel at Ling Jiu.

The weight of the shot put was amazing, and under Zhang Yuan's control, its speed was terrifying. If it was to strike someone on the body, it can definitely kill that person.

"Child's play!"

Ling Jiu showed a look of disdain, and no one saw what he did as the shot put flying at him suddenly veered towards the ground and slammed straight into the rubber mat floor, letting out a muffled bang, and stopped moving.

"Hmmm?"

Everyone let out a soft whisper of confusion.

Although Zhang Yuan did not use his full strength, the high-speed shot put was not that easy to catch. Yet the punk before him did not do anything and had changed the trajectory of the shot?

"What Arcana was that?"

"Metal Manipulation? Gravity Manipulation Or Air Manipulation?

"Punk, you do have some tricks up your sleeves!"

"I did underestimate you somewhat!"

Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes and grabbed the void with both hands as seven or eight alloy spears flew up into the sky and shot at Ling Jiu like bolts of lightning.

"Just this? Seems like I had expected a little too much from you lot! Forget it, let's end this boring farce!"

Ling Jiu shook his head slightly, and as a thought flashed past his mind, a terrifying gravitational force suddenly enveloped the entire training room.

Baaaaam!!

Everyone, including Zhang Yuan, suddenly felt a terrible pressure upon their bodies as if Mount Olympus was pressing upon them. Their bodies were bent, and the bones in their bodies made a crackling sound.

"Gra… Gravity!"

"What terrifying gravity!"

"His Arcana is Gravity Manipulation!"

All of the squad members were shocked. It was not like they have not seen a Gravity Manipulation-type Arcanist, but the current gravitational force is just too terrifying!

They felt dizzy and found it difficult to breathe as they were unable to even straighten their bodies. Even movements became extremely difficult, let alone fighting!

"Activate!"

Suddenly a roar rang out, as a person grew inches by inches, and in the blink of an eye, he grew into a two-meter-tall being that looked a robot made out of alloy.

"Ol' Meng!"

The squad members were shocked and all looked at the 'robot' at the same time. That person was a member of the Windchaser Squad, Meng Lijun.

"Boy, I'll take you down!"

Meng Lijun roared and then charged in a fury towards Ling Jiu against the terrifying 8 times the gravitational force.

Baaaam!!

Baaaaaam!!

Baaaaaaamm!!

His feet stomped on the floor, and the ground trembled. Soon, he was upon Ling Jiu as he raised his fist and blasted it out.

"Tsk! As expected of the Arcana I desire!"

Ling Jiu sighed inwardly, and at the moment Meng Lijun's fist struck, he controlled his osmium soil to meet the attack.

Baaaaam!!

The fist collided with the osmium soil and a loud bang rang out. Before Meng Lijun could even throw out a second punch, a large amount of osmium soil fell upon and wrapped around him.

"Sand Binding Coffin !"

Meng Lijun struggled frantically, but under the pressure of the 8 times gravity, his movements came more and more difficult, let alone resisting the binding of the osmium soil.

In the end, Meng Lijun was completely buried by the osmium soil and transformed into a small hill, with only his head sticking out.

Meng Lijun struggled and struggled, but he could not break free. The osmium soil was just too heavy.

"Save your breath!"

Ling Jiu looked at Meng Lijun. "Eight times gravity alongside osmium soil 20 times heavier than sand, even if you are Sun Wukong you'll never break free!"

Meng Lijun looked flustered and finally gave up. "I admit defeat!"

"How about the rest?"

"I give up!"

"We admit defeat!"

"Captain, please remove the gravity, I'm almost at my limit…"

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Chapter 54: All Gathered, Operation Commence

The battle had ended just as it barely even started. With only 8 times the gravity was enough to suppress both the Windchaser and T-Rex squad to the point of immobility, let alone fight.

"Convinced now?"

"Yeah!"

"Absolutely!"

"Very good!"

Ling Jiu nodded with satisfaction. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Ling Jiu, and I'm 16 years old with Dual Arcana, Earth Manipulation and Gravity Manipulation. Current level, Level 4!"

"Sixteen years old!!!"

"Level 4 Arcanist!!!"

The reactions of all of the squad members were very animated. Although it was obvious that Ling Jiu was very young, they never expected him to only be 16 years old.

16 years old!

The youngest among them was already 31 years old and was exactly twice Ling Jiu's age. In the end, all of them thoroughly lost to Ling Jiu.

What were they doing?

However, a 16-year-old Level 4 Arcanist did indeed shock them. Ling Jiu was a veritable genius, and his future achievements were far beyond comparison to the likes of them.

"Cap'n, you're too strong!"

"One word: Awesome!"

"You're Ling Jiu? I've heard that our company had recruited a twin-Arcana genius, could that person be you?"

After a brief shock, all of the squad members came together to either compliment or to voice their admiration. They had totally shed their previous unruliness and disdain as they were fully convinced now.

Ling Jiu chatted with them for a bit, and after getting to know one another, he said this before he left.

"Oh right, I still prefer you guys with unruliness at first, try to get that back!"

Early next morning, Ling Jiu arrived at the company early, and then went to the city hall with his squad members where they will rendezvous with other Arcanists.

"Ol' Chen, long time no see. I see you've gotten much rounder now, where did you strike gold recently?"

After arriving at the city hall, the Arcanists from other companies arrived one after another as they got together and chatted.

The time was 10 o'clock, and all 200 Arcanists had arrived. The government leaders and senior company officials then made a simple speech.

"As we all know, our Lantian Base City relies upon Hanzhong Base City for much of our supplies, and now that the logistics are interrupted, it will seriously threaten the survival of the 5 million people in our base city!"

"It is utmost urgent for us to restore the safe passage, and I ask of you to clear the Direbeasts from the safe passage so that we can resume the supply lines!"

The leaders spoke one after another, and the crowd began to board their respective vehicles. This time, it was in a maglev airship.

The maglev airship was like a giant football as it stood quietly in the square. There were more than 200 seats lined up neatly, and the small table in front of the seats was filled with fruits and drinks.

Ten minutes later, the maglev airship took off and activated stealth mode as it disappeared over the city hall.

Sitting next to Ling Jiu was the captain of the Windchaser Squad, Chen Feng, and the captain of T-Rex Squad, Huang Hailong, and the two were chatting away.

"Pah, the feeling of riding a maglev airship sure is different. I can't even feel any shaking, if I have the money, I'll also buy one for myself!"

"Heh, dream on!"

Huang Hailong spat. "This Tempest H9 Maglev airship is worth 3.6 billion. With your earning speed, you'll probably have no hope of earning that amount in this lifetime!"

"Ol' Huang, shut up…"

Listening to the two old men poking fun at each other, Ling Jiu felt somewhat interested, he had to say, sitting on a maglev airship did indeed feels very different.

He could not feel any trace of wind, nor any noise, nor any vibrations, as if he was sitting stably on the ground.

Ling Jiu had to admit that he was also tempted. The maglev airship purchased by the city hall was mainly used to transport government personnel, so the interior layout was like an airplane: too many seats!

So the space was relatively small.

If it was a private airship, then he could customize it according to his needs, and make it like a house, with a bedroom, living room, toilet, training room…

Imagine that:

Hunting Direbeasts during the day.

Resting in the airship at night.

What was the difference between the wilderness and staying at his own home then?

"If I have spare cash, I can probably buy one to play around with!" Ling Jiu thought to himself.

"Everyone!"

At the moment, the operation coordinator, Xu Yuanhui walked to the small podium at the front of the airship. The big screen behind him had been lowered, showing the scene of the wilderness.

"Before the operation begins, let me brief you on the main tasks of our operation!"

Xu Yuanhui held a baton and pointed toward the big screen. "The safe passage between Lantian and Hanzhong is 418 kilometers long!"

Everyone listened quietly.

"We need to pass through the Qin Mountains and Daba Mountains along the way! As we all know, the Qin Mountains and Daba Mountains have a large number of Direbeasts in them, so this operation will be tough, and I hope all of you mentally prepare yourself in advance!"

Xu Yuanhui's face was solemn. "Earlier on, we had used drones to recon, and there are 36 main packs of Direbeasts along the safe passage!"

"We and Hanzhong Base City are in charge of 18 packs each, and the 18 packs we are responsible for are entrenched in Chenggu, Xiaojingou, Shangba River, Longquan Town, Dianling, Xishui River, and Mopan Bay…"

"Among them, the two Direbeasts packs entrenched in Meizi Town and Heihuya Mountain is the strongest, with all of them being Class 5 Direbeasts, while the rest are Class 3 and Class 4 Direbeasts!"

"Our preliminary plan is to fan out and eliminate the 16 Class 3 and Class 4 Direbeasts packs, then regroup before taking out the last two Class 5 Direbeast packs!"

Having said that, Xu Yuanhui looked at everyone and asked, "Do you have any differing opinions on my arrangement?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Xu Yuanhui nodded slightly. "In that case, I'll be assigning the missions, first is, Pangu Arcana Combine!"

Xu Yuanhui looked at Ling Jiu and the rest. "Your mission is to eliminate the Class 3 beasts entrenched in Xishui River, any objections?"

The members of the Windchaser and T-Rex squads all looked at Ling Jiu one after another. He was the captain of this operation, so everything would be decided by him.

"Class 3 Direbeasts are too weak!"

Ling Jiu faintly said, "Isn't there a Class 4 Direbeast in Longquan Town? Let us handle Longquan Town as well!"

"The Class 4 Direbeasts, can you deal with them?"

Just as Ling Jiu's voice fell, a black-faced strong man with a beard spat coldly. "Boy, killing Direbeasts is not the same as playing house, if not done right, someone might die!"

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Chapter 55: Rampaging Sweep, Greatmaw Ants

The competition between different Arcana organizations was quite fierce. After all, everyone had the same job, the same business, the same business interests, so competition was inevitable.

In particular, Pangu ranked number one in the world, and Vulcan ranked second. The competition between the two was extremely fierce, like water and fire.

Just as Ling Jiu, Pangu's captain finished speaking, Vulcan's captain Yang Gan straightaway threw barbs at him.

Ling Jiu glanced at him. "Don't worry, if there's someone that will be killed by a Direbeast, that person would be you!"

"You may be young, but you sure talk big!"

The brawny bearded man, Yang Gan sneered. "I really don't understand how Pangu would let a twerp like you become a captain. Are they not afraid of dragging two elite teams down, and let them die for nothing?"

"Heh, it's not your fault for being ugly, but coming out to scary everyone with your looks, then that's your fault!" Ling Jiu spat back. I didn't do anything to you, why are you picking a fight with me?

"Boy, do you want to die?"

Yang Gan was furious. He absolutely hated someone else calling him ugly.

Because of his ugliness, when the calamity broke out, he was abandoned by his parents, and if he had not awakened his Arcana in his despair, he would have been dead already.

Therefore, his appearance had been the biggest pain point in his life. Now that Ling Jiu exposed that in front of everyone else, how could his petty temper tolerate that?

"All right, all right, quiet, both of you!"

Xu Yuanhui came out to smoothen things out. He looked at the bearded strong man and said. "Captain Yang, Captain Ling may be young, but he is already a level 4 Arcanist, and having dual-Arcana to boot. In terms of strength, he is no weaker than you!"

"Level 4 Arcanist!"

Yang Gan's expression changed drastically, and the expressions of the other Arcanists who wanted to watch the drama unfold too changed as a trace of awe appeared in the eyes as they looked at Ling Jiu.

The vast majority of people present were level 3 Arcanists, and many smaller companies even send out only Level 2 Arcanists.

But Ling Jiu was a Level 4 Arcanist!

A person of superior rank would crush anyone beneath him!

When an Arcanist is a level higher, the difference in strength was completely incomparable!

A Level 4 Arcanist!

That was enough to make them look up to him.

Let alone having dual-Arcana!

Baiting for drama with these sorts of people?

They better think things through!

"Since Commander Xu said so, I'll give you face!"

Yang Gan calmed down a little, but his face still looked bitter as he said coldly. "Boy, are you interested in a competition?"

"What competition?"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows.

"Who can hunt more Direbeasts!"

Yang Gan snorted coldly. "If you can kill more Direbeasts than me, I will apologize to you for the rudeness before. Otherwise, you would have to apologize to me instead!"

"I'll wait for your apology!"

Ling Jiu smiled faintly.

"Let's see what happens next!"

Yang Gan snorted and looked at Xu Yuanhui. "Commander Xu, the other Fourth-Order Direbeasts pack is Huoshen's!"

"No problem!"

Xu Yuanhui smiled in his heart, this was the healthy competition he wanted to see. Everyone working hard together to clean up the Direbeasts as soon as possible.

The airship traveled along the safe passage, and every time they arrived at a spot where the Direbeasts were entrenched, they would drop a group of Arcanists.

An hour later, they finally arrived at Longquan Town.

"Captain Ling, we have arrived at Longquan Town!"

Xu Yuanhui said, "Your mission is to clean up all of the Direbeasts within a hundred miles of Longquan Town. Once you are done, we will come to pick you up!"

"No problem!"

Longquan Town was surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the mountains were covered with towering trees and lush plants. Together with the dilapidated buildings and streets, it felt like a long-lost ancient city.

"Brother Chen, where is the Fourth-Order Direbeast pack located?" Ling Jiu looked at Chen Feng.

"We are at the southeast corner of Longquan Town, and the Fourth-Order Direbeast pack happens to be on the northwest corner, more than 30 miles away!" Chen Feng replied.

"Let's go, and slaughter our way through!"

Ling Jiu ordered.

"Yes, Captain Ling!"

"Woof!"

Not long into their walk, two giant dogs suddenly appeared in the jungle ahead.

They were four meters tall and were more than seven meters long, with fangs exposed from the side, and a menacing look in their eyes.

"Watch out, it's a Class 3 Hillborer Mastiff!"

Huang Hailong called out, and the members of both squads immediately went on alert, as they took out their weapons and surrounded it cautiously. They cannot afford to be careless when against a Third-Order Direbeast!

Yet, before they even got close, two giant hands suddenly slammed down from the sky. With a loud crack, the screams ended abruptly, and the two Hillborer Mastiffs were smashed into a paste by the giant hands.

"Advance!"

Ling Jiu put away the corpses and continued to press on. Chen Feng and the others looked at each other with shocked expressions.

They were all Level 3 Wild Hunter squads, and they usually hunted Third-Order Direbeasts, so, against any Third-Order Direbeast, they would deal with it with utmost caution.

It was nothing like what was happening now!

He killed two Third-Order Direbeasts with a single slap! It was way too easy!

"Just because he is a level higher, he can do whatever he wants?"

"Seems like it!"

"Stop lollygagging and hurry up!"

In the next moment, the two squads finally realized what it meant to do whatever one wanted.

Ling Jiu stood at the vanguard as he opened the way, be it Second or Third-Order Direbeasts, he would just slap them to death in a single blow.

In a rampaging sweep, it only took an hour for them to slay everything between the southeast corner of Longquan until the northwest corner where the Fourth-Order Direbeast pack was, during which more than three hundred Third-Order Direbeasts were slain.

"Three hundred Third-Order Direbeasts!"

"I'm not dreaming, am I?"

"Normally when we go into the wilderness for a few months, we may not be able to kill so many Third-Order Direbeasts, and yet we did it today in only an hour's time!"

"And, it had never been easier!"

"Yeah, there is no need for fear nor caution. We simply just sweep and push on, is this the power of a level 4 Arcanist?"

"I've been a Wild Hunter for almost ten years now, and I've never been so relaxed as today!"

"Yeah…"

All of the squad members were amazed, and they looked at Ling Jiu in awe.

This was Ling Jiu, killing Third-Order Direbeasts like he was slaughtering cannon fodders. For him to do whatever he wanted in a dangerous wilderness like Longquan Town, it was just too awesome!

"Everyone, on your guard!"

Ling Jiu spoke. "The Direbeast pack not too far away seems to be a pack of ant-type Direbeasts, and by the looks of it… they are the Greatmaw Ants!"

"What?!"

"Greatmaw Ants!!"

The squad members were taken aback at first, then they were shocked as their expressions changed. "Captain Ling, the Fourth-Order Direbeasts pack is actually the Greatmaw Ants?"

"It shouldn't be wrong!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "There are about 3,000 of them, and among them, about 7 to 8 are Fourth-Order Greatmaw Ants, while the rest are Third-Order!"

"Greatmaw Ants huh, it's the end of the road now, let's withdraw!"

"They are Greatmaw Ants, how can we kill them?"

"Captain Ling, how about we withdraw?"

The team members' faces were ashen, and they were unable to hide the fear in their eyes. Among the Direbeasts, the ant-types were the most difficult to deal with. Generally, ant-type Direbeasts had the following three characteristics:

First, a terrifying number of them!

Second, unbridled strength!

Third, invincible defenses!

The Greatmaw Ants, as the leader of the ant-type Fourth-Order Direbeasts, the most frightening thing about them was not their numbers, strength, or defense, but their…speed!"

The Greatmaw Ants was the Fourth-Order Direbeast with the fastest attack speed. They were fast as lightning, and the speed of their bite was unparalleled.

They can close their maw and bite their prey in 0.13 milliseconds, 2,300 times faster than the speed of a human's blink, which was ridiculously fast!

In the face of a pack of Direbeasts with great strength, numbers, and defense, they would normally circle around them when they ran into a pack like this.

For them to hunt them?

You had to be joking!

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Chapter 56: This Is Money-grubbing, Killing All in One Fell Swoop

"Why? Are you guys afraid?"

Ling Jiu glanced at his team members.

"Captain Ling, this is not fear, but we don't want to die for nothing!" Huang Hailong smiled bitterly. "These are Greatmaw Ants, we have no chance of winning against them!"

"Yeah, Captain Ling, the 3000 Third-Order Greatmaw Ants aside, just the seven to eight Fourth-Order Greatmaw Ants alone are not something we can deal with!"

Chen Feng also chimed in. "Captain Ling, how about we withdraw first, and wait until we find a safe method to deal with them? This is just too risky!"

Although the other team members did not speak, their faces were full of reluctance. It was not that they were afraid of death, but the power gap between them and the Greatmaw Ants was too great.

They did not want to die for nothing!

"A Third-Order Greatmaw Ant can be sold for about 1 million!" Ling Jiu faintly said, "There are 3000 of them here, which is worth about 3 billion. You guys sure you don't want this 3 billion?"

"Three… billion!!"

The team members all swallowed their saliva, as a gleam of green light appeared in their eyes. But the moment they recalled the terrifying power of the Greatmaw Ants, they still shook their heads.

"Captain Ling, forget it. While 3 billion is tempting, what's the point if you lose your life?"

"Yeah, Captain Ling…"

"Fine! Since you guys don't want it, I'll take this 3 billion for myself!"

Ling Jiu waved his hand. "You guys retreat to somewhere safe first!"

"Ling Jiu, you are going to…"

Chen Feng's expression changed, and Ling Jiu had already rushed out.

"Captain Ling!"

Chen Feng yelled, but Ling Jiu was too fast, and in a blink of an eye he appeared in front of the Greatmaw Ant's nest and rushed into the Greatmaw Ants' encirclement.

"Cap'n Chen, what should we do?"

"You ask me, who the hell should I ask then?"

"Captain Ling is just too reckless! There are 3,000 Greatmaw Ants there, him charging over just like that, what's the difference then throwing himself onto his death?"

The team members almost freaked out. They were reluctant to advance as they did not want to die for nothing, but to watch on as Ling Jiu get killed surrounded by the Greatmaw Ants… They simply could not do that!

Advance?

They dared not!

Run?

They were too embarrassed to do so!

For a moment, the team members fell into a painful dilemma.

While they struggled, Ling Jiu wasn't. At this moment, he seemed to be like a tiger that had broken into a sheep corral and was slaughtering the Greatmaw Ants with gleeful abandon.

The Greatmaw Ants were not that big, about the size of an ordinary yak. Their bodies were grayish-brown in color and were covered in barbed armor, even their legs had barbed lined throughout.

Their giant pincer-like teeth that looked out of proportion stood out. The Greatmaw Ants were named after that.

The massive tooth was the killer tool of the Greatmaw Ants, and the closing speed of the maw was terrifying, 2300 times faster than the blink of a human's eye.

That is to say, once bitten by the Greatmaw Ant, that pair of pincers can cut your body 2300 times in an instant.

Two thousand three hundred times!

How does this even begin to compare?

So, one could not allow them to get close, much less getting bitten by them. Otherwise, even level 4 Arcanist would simply just perish.

Fortunately, Ling Jiu did not fear these sort of speed-type Direbeasts, as the 8G gravity descended and covered a radius of 100 meters.

Even if the Greatmaw Ants were powerful, but under the pressure of 8 times the gravity, their movement speed was severely hampered.

"Sand Spear Rain!"

The osmium soil floated in the air and quietly formed into long spears, and then fell from the sky like pouring rain. As the whistling rip of the air rang out, countless spears rained upon that radius of 100 meters.

Enhanced by the 8G gravity, the spears became extremely heavy, and the speed of their fall accelerated, and naturally, the lethality was even more terrifying.

Dush dush dush!

The sound of torn flesh and broken limbs rang out. As a volley of spear rain fell, the Greatmaw Ants within a hundred-meter radius were all turned into pin-cushions and were dead.

"Very good!"

Ling Jiu waved his hand, and the Greatmaw Ant corpses all disappeared one by one, and a moment later, that hundred-meter radius turned into an empty spot, with only blood splatters wordlessly painting the horrific scene earlier.

The team members stared at the scene with stunned silence. All of them gawked so much that one could fit an egg into their mouths. "A hundred Greatmaw Ants died just like that?"

"Oh my god! How strong is Captain Ling?"

"No wonder he dared to single-handedly take on the Greatmaw Ant swarm. He was actually that strong!"

"Hiss… Hiss… Hiss…"

Just as the team members were in shock, Greatmaw Ants swarmed out from the other side of the nest like a disturbed hornet's nest.

In a blink of an eye, the nest was once again full of Greatmaw Ants numbering in the hundreds. And the massive Greatmaw Ant was particularly eye-catching.

It was two to three times the size of the other Greatmaw Ants, with a pair of cicada-like wings on its back, standing out like a king before the rabble.

"Another swarm of hundreds of Greatmaw Ants, and among them is a Fourth-Order one, I wonder how Captain Ling will respond this time?"

The team members pondered in silence.

How would he deal with them?

Ling Jiu pointed to the void. "Sand Spear Rain!"

Vooosh, vooosh!!

Another volley of stone spears fell.

Dush dush dush!

A moment later, a hundred-odd Greatmaw Ants perished once again, and only the Fourth-Order Greatmaw Ant was unharmed.

The thorned carapace on its body was extremely sturdy, and the power of the stone spears was not enough to penetrate its carapace and kill it.

"Hiss…"

The Fourth-Order Greatmaw Ant seemed to be angered as it let out a cry into the sky and vibrated its wings as it charged at Ling Jiu in an instant.

The huge maw gleamed under the sunlight, making sure that no one doubted its sharpness.

The moment the maw closes, with its astonishing biting speed of 2300 times in an instant, was definitely enough to rip anything it catches into pieces.

"Good timing!"

Ling Jiu let out a laugh, as the osmium soil around him gathered, and suddenly, he transformed into a gleaming silver giant ten meters tall.

"This is…"

Seeing Ling Jiu's sudden transformation, all of the team members opened their eyes wide, as Bai Yue exclaimed. "This is the Top-level Earth-element secret Arcana technique, the Rock Giant!"

"A top-level secret Arcana technique?"

"Captain Ling is really loaded. A top-level secret technique is worth a billion. We won't be able to afford one even if we were to struggle for a dozen years. I did not expect him to buy that within a year of awakening his Arcana!"

"Eight times the force of gravity!"

In the face of the charging Fourth-Order Greatmaw Ant, Ling Jiu did not retreat but went on the offensive. The moment the Fourth-Order Greatmaw Ant approached with its maw open wide, the 8G gravity came crashing down.

Bam!

The Greatmaw Ant was slammed into the ground, and before it could regain its balance, the iron fists of the Rock Giant came crashing, and a loud crack thundered as the Greatmaw Ant's brain exploded.

The Greatmaw Ant twitched twice… before falling silent.

"Ten million… in the pocket!"

Ling Jiu dispersed the osmium soil and looked at the dead Fourth-Order Greatmaw Ant as a smile appeared on his face.

The Greatmaw Ants were a leader among the Direbeasts of the same order, and they were worth much more than an average Direbeast. A Third-Order Greatmaw Ant was worth a million!

A Fourth-Order Greatmaw Ant was worth 10 million!

In other words, in just a short time, he had already earned 210 million as if he was just picking up spare change!

"Too strong!"

"Captain Ling is just too tough!"

"This is literally robbery!"

The team members were all speechless, but what shocked them even more was after killing these swarm of Greatmaw Ants, Ling Jiu did not wait for more to appear but went inside the nest of the Greatmaw Ants.

"F*ck me!"

"What is Captain Ling trying to do?"

"Is he thinking that killing like this is just too slow, so he wants to rush into their nest, and destroy the entire nest in one fell swoop?"

"One fell swoop? F*ck me!"

"Is he even human?"

Chapter 57: Dealing with the Root, Overwhelming Desire

And they guessed it right. Ling Jiu was indeed planning to do just that. Rather than wait for the Greatmaw Ants to come out one by one, he might as well charge in… and kill them all in one fell swoop!

Simple and easy!

Moreover, while it may look risky, but it was actually very advantageous for Ling Jiu. The Greatmaw Ants' numbers were astonishing, and if he was surrounded by a thousand Greatmaw Ants, even he would need to die.

Charging into the nest was a whole different ball game. The space inside the nest is limited, and the Greatmaw Ants cannot attack at the same time, so Ling Jiu would only need to face a couple at a single time, greatly reducing the pressure on him.

Things were as Ling Jiu expected!

After entering the nest, the Greatmaw Ants rushed over in a long line. It was a literal line as they came one by one to their deaths.

They were moving quickly and had charged forward in a blink of an eye. Yet there was only one facing Ling Jiu, and with a wave of his hand, a long spear shot out.

Dush!!

The Greatmaw Ant at the forefront had its head immediately impaled by the stone spear, and died on the spot.

Ling Jiu put its body away, and the second Greatmaw Ant charged forward. With another raise of his hand, another Greatmaw Ant was impaled by the spear.

The slaughter had begun.

Ling Jiu ran rampant inside the nest as he stood alone against the horde, and like a meatgrinder, he butchered the Greatmaw Ants rushing over with tireless abandon!

The butchering lasted little over an hour, and when Ling Jiu arrived at the deepest part of the nest, all three thousand Greatmaw Ants had perished.

The deepest part of the nest was the nexus of it. It was massive, much like an underground palace.

Yet, surprisingly, the place was bright, filled with milky white light.

"That's…"

Ling Jiu's eyes were attracted by the numerous light pearls at the center of the palace.

Each 'light pearls' had the size of a watermelon, and was thoroughly milky white, like it was the best white jade as they exuded a milky white light.

Ling Jiu knew that this was not any light pearls but instead Greatmaw Ant eggs. The ferocious Greatmaw Ants were all hatched from here.

"The eggs of the Greatmaw Ants are rich in lots of nutrients. In terms of price alone, a Greatmaw Ant egg is no lesser than one of their corpses!"

"So many Greatmaw Ant eggs, if I take them out and sell them off, I'll make another big buck!"

Ling Jiu waved his hand and put away all of the Greatmaw Ant egg into the bag.

Krrreak!

At this moment, a sharp sound that sounded like a ripped-apart gong rang out and sent goosebumps all over Ling Jiu as his ears buzzed.

"The hell?"

Ling Jiu turned around and saw in a corner not too far away lay a mountain of flesh. Yeah, let us call it that because it was just too enormous!

It was 20 meters long, and 15 meters thick. Its body was thoroughly milky white as it lay there like a mess of rotting flesh and crept along extremely slowly. On the other end of it, was a tiny body of an ant.

"That's … the Queen? "

Ling Jiu said to himself.

The Queen's abdomen was just too big, like a white mountain of flesh.

And its upper body was about the size of an ordinary Greatmaw Egg, but its lower body and abdomen… was completely out of proportion, looking particularly distorted.

At this moment, the Ant Queen looked at Ling Jiu furiously, as flames of fury and hatred burned in its crimson eyes.

The Ant Queen was extremely intelligent and was actually the brains of the entire colony. She knew that Ling Jiu had killed all of its children, and now was taking away her eggs, that made her wanted to rip Ling Jiu into shreds.

"You dare to stare at me!"

Ling Jiu had no time for nonsense with the Ant Queen, as he ran a stone spear through the queen's head. Looking at the ant nest again, the one had needed to be killed the most was the Ant Queen.

Only with the queen's death would a colony die out. Otherwise, she would simply breed new swarms of ants.

"Captain Ling went in for a while now, why hasn't he come out yet. Did something happen?"

"Alas! He's still too young! Those are Greatmaw Ants, him rushing in like that means he probably ran into some mishaps…"

"Captain Ling's coming out!"

The team members hurriedly turned and look and saw Ling Jiu casually walking out of the nest. His body did not have a speck of dust, nor any signs of sweat, and his clothes were intact.

Mishaps?

No such thing!

"Captain Ling, are you all right?"

"Do I look like I'm not?"

Ling Jiu shrugged.

"Team Ling, what about the Big Tooth ant colony? You won't really be taken care of by you alone, right?"

"If not, then?"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrow.

"Hiss…"

All of them gasped hard as they looked at Ling Jiu like they were looking at a monster. 3000 Greatmaw Ant, with seven to eight Class 4 ones, were all gone just like that?

"Captain Ling, you are really…"

Chen Feng smiled wryly. "Pardon my lack of education, that I cannot describe what I'm feeling now. I can only use the word 'awesome' to describe you!"

"Three thousand Greatmaw Ants! Killed by you alone! Awesome!"

"Yeah, awesome!"

"How is a single awesome even enough?"

Listening to the flurry of 'awesomes', Ling Jiu could not help but to roll his eyes. "You guys only know how to use awesome to express your emotions?"

"Hey hey! It's not like we have a choice, we are not well-educated, so Captain Ling please don't mind that!"

"Yeah, we're caught up with the Direbeast Catastrophe not long after we were born, and did not have the chance to attend primary school! How will we know any other big words?"

"Yeah…"

"All right, all right!"

Ling Jiu shook his head. These guys were all in their thirties, and the Direbeast Catastrophe had only happened 30 years ago, so their generation really did not receive much education.

"Let's go, we'll continue to clean up the Direbeasts around Longquan Town!" Ling Jiu said softly.

"Yes, Captain Ling!"

Next, the entire team went on a frenzied clean-up sweep.

Ling Jiu had single-handedly done in all of the powerful Class 3 and Class 4 Direbeasts, and the rest were just scrubs that did not even needed Ling Jiu to take any action as the team members could easily deal with all of them.

At this moment, Ling Jiu saw all of everyone's Arcanas. Earth Manipulation, Thunder Manipulation, Metal Manipulation, Tyranno-Form, Tungsten Form…

Ling Jiu's focus was naturally on the Tungsten Form Arcana. Watching Meng Lijun morphing into that form, and bashing the Class 2 Direbeasts to death with his own eyes, Ling Jiu felt extremely greedy.

Supreme Defense…

A thirty times boost in strength…

It was a proper Steelskin Hulk!

"If I calculate it correctly, I only need to wait until tomorrow before I can replicate a new Arcana, then I can immediately copy Meng Lijun's Tungsten Form Arcana!"

"With my Level 4 Arcanist strength, I should be able to unleash 100 times the strength than normal!"

"A hundred times the power!"

Ling Jiu licked his lips as a flash of excitement gleamed in his eyes. The power of the Tungsten Form was insane due to the fact that its defense and strength would continue to grow as one leveled up.

When Meng Lijun was a Level 1 Arcanist, he was able to use 3 times the strength; when he was a Level 2 Arcanist, it was 10 times.

Now that he was Level 3, he was able to unleash 30 times the strength, and when he reaches Level 4, it will be 100 times the strength!

In theory, as long as Meng Lijun becomes a Level 9 Arcanist, he could exert 10,000 times the normal power.

This was even more freakish than Emperor Might's Pangu God Ant-form.

After all, Emperor Might's Pangu God Ant-form only had the 10,000 times strength but not the corresponding super defense.

"Tomorrow, this Arcana will be mine!"

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Chapter 58: One Fist One Kill, Emergency Backup Request

Midnight, Longquan Town.

There was a dilapidated villa in the mountains that was overgrown with trees and weeds. Its walls were covered with creeper plants and were quiet.

Inside a room in the villa, Ling Jiu sat cross-legged as he activated the Sea of Hundred Rivers, absorbing the Gene Arcana without a kilometer's radius.

The other team members were all asleep in the next room. It was not because they did not want to practice, but being in the same room with Ling Jiu, they could not absorb any Gene Arcana at all.

Ling Jiu's absorption ability was just too strong, and all of the Gene Arcana within a thousand meters were all swept away by him in an instant. So there was no other way but to sleep instead of training.

"The Arcana Replication ability is finally restored!"

At three o'clock in the morning, Ling Jiu suddenly opened his eyes as a sharp glint flashed across his eyes. He then quietly went to the next room and found Meng Lijun.

Name: Meng Lijun

Race: Human

Arcana: Tungsten Form (Awakened, Replicable)

"Replicate!"

Ling Jiu ordered.

After the fusion was successful, Ling Jiu did not rush to complete it, but instead quietly left the villa, and came to a remote forest in the distance before starting the process.

Baaaam!!

The familiar pain swept through his body. Even if he had experienced this a few times before, Ling Jiu still suffered from the pain. For some reason, the pain was far worse than before.

Be it the fusion of the Earth Manipulation Arcana, Shadowform Arcana, Blink Arcana, or the Gravity Arcana, neither of them had given him pain this violent.

If the pain from the previous few fusions were concentrated on his head, then this time, it was all over his body, as every nook and cranny of his being writhed in pain.

What Ling Jiu could not see was a mysterious silver substance was sweeping across his body, transforming his body in a frenzy.

Be it his bones, meridians, skin, blood, cells, or even his DNA… all of them were being transformed by the silver substance.

An overwhelming pain came from every cell in his body as his nerves felt like they were being torn by a raging river. Ling Jiu felt that his entire body was about to break apart as he convulsed violently.

Fortunately, the pain left as quickly as it violently came. Ten minutes later, the pain disappeared like the ebbing tide as Ling Jiu lay on the grass and panted violently.

His clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and his body was stained with dirt from his struggling, but Ling Jiu's mind was not on all these.

"Tungsten Form!"

A thought appeared in Ling Jiu's mind.

In an instant, mysterious energy erupted from his body as his whole body seemed to transformed into iron, and quickly took a dark silver sheen.

At the same time, Ling Jiu's body quickly inflated like a balloon, and in a blink of an eye, his entire body had become a man of steel that was two meters tall.

At this moment, Ling Jiu felt his body was clearly different now.

He could not feel any breathing.

He could not feel any heartbeat.

He could not even feel any temperature.

His skeleton, muscles, veins, organs, his whole body… had completely transformed into tungsten!

"This power…"

Ling Jiu clenched his fists, and felt the strength in his body was many, many times stronger than before as a powerful strength surged within his body.

Ling Jiu could not bear it any longer and suddenly leaped up as he squeezed his right fist tight and punched a willow tree the size of a water barrel next to him.

Crack!!

The terrifying power immediately erupted, causing a brief sonic boom before him, and following that, a crack as the iron fist instantly perforated the trunk of the big willow tree and then shot out from its back. Surprisingly, the big willow tree did not shake much at all.

"What terrifying power!"

Ling Jiu's eyes beamed with excitement. "As expected of the Tungsten Form. My strength now is very likely a hundred times stronger than before!"

Without any devices to measure his strength, Ling Jiu could not test it out, but that punch through the willow tree trunk earlier had completely shown that his strength… had increased by many folds.

As to whether it had increased by 100 times, he needed to test it out slowly.

"Roar!!!"

At this moment, a low roar suddenly came from behind him, and just as he turned his head, a giant tiger with a height of five meters, and a body length of 8 meters, covered in iron armor and scales appeared from the grass.

The tiger's jaw was wide open with drool flowing out of its mouth as it stared at Ling Jiu with cold, menacing eyes that were full of greed and hunger.

It's hungry!

And it needed something to eat badly!

"A Class 4 Direbeast, the Ironclad Striped Tiger!"

Looking at the giant tiger that had taken him for food, the corner of Ling Jiu's mouth raised slightly. "You came at the right time, let me try my new gain Arcana on you then!"

After today's sweep, the Direbeasts in Longquan Town were almost totally eliminated, but the 50-mile area around Longquan Town was too big to be completed in one day.

There were many powerful Direbeasts living in these places, and the Ironclad Striped Tiger was one of them. Ling Jiu had planned to deal with them tomorrow, but he did not expect to encounter one of them tonight.

"Roar!!!"

The Ironclad Striped Tiger was famished, and once reaching its attack range, it attacked with any hesitation, as it charged with a powerful force towards Ling Jiu.

"Good timing!"

Ling Jiu laughed and shot out a punch. The iron fist was like a cannonball that accurately struck the Ironclad Striped Tiger's forehead.

With a loud crack, the iron fist punched directly into the tiger's forehead.

The Ironclad Striped Tiger was stunned as its massive body froze in midair. Its round eyes were bloodshot, full of consternation and disbelief.

It could have never expected that Ling Jiu's fist would be so powerful, so devastating, so domineering that it penetrated its frontal bone.

The frontal bone!

The hardest bone in its body!

"Pah, you dare to show off with that child's play?"

Ling Jiu was very satisfied with his strength. To be honest, he did not even use his full strength with the punch just now, and he did not even break the skin of his fist.

"As expected of the Tungsten Form, not only it has terrifying power, its defensive power is superb. I love this Arcana!"

Although he possessed the Earth Manipulation Arcana, Ling Jiu still likes to fight things head-on. He had the blood of warriors and tanks flowing in him.

Mages?

Those are for sissies!

"Unfortunately, this Arcana, like the others, I cannot expose it to anyone else. But It could be used in conjunction with my Rock Giant skill!"

Afterward, Ling Jiu returned to the camping villa and continued to train. However, it wasn't long before he was awakened by a screeching telephone ring.

"What's the situation?"

Everyone was awakened.

"Take the call!"

Ling Jiu pressed the answer button.

"Is this Captain Ling Jiu"

Xu Yuanhui's anxious voice came from the other side of the phone.

"It's me!"

"Thank goodness!"

Xu Yuanhui said anxiously. "Captain Ling, please reinforce Mopan Bay immediately. A large number of Class 4 and Class 5 Direbeasts had suddenly appeared there. The situation is very critical!"

"Mopan Bay?"

"A large number of Claa 4 and Class 5 Direbeasts?"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "No problem, we'll head there right away!"

"Thank you, Captain Ling!"

Chapter 59: Mysterious Egg, Titan Tempest Ape

Over in Mopan Bay, an abandoned riverside villa stood alone by the river. Before it was the rushing waters of the Wei River and behind it a lush forest.

A series of bestial roars rang out from the mountains and the forests as the grass and trees shook and a large number of Direbeasts poured out of it and surrounded the villa by the river!

Inside the villa.

"Damn it, they're here again!"

The members of Vulcan Arcana Combine looked at the Direbeasts outside through the window, each with a grim face as they felt anxious and fatigue amidst their fury. They could no longer remember what wave of Direbeast attack this was.

Although they were able to repel every Direbeast onslaught thus far, after a long period of combat, their physical strength and Gene Arcana had been extremely exhausted, and they were almost at breaking point.

Seeing the Direbeasts charged in once again, all of the team members looked at Captain Yang Gan. "Captain Yang, what should we do? Should we return that thing back?"

Yang Gan's expression kept changing as he went from hesitating to struggling to finally having a look of determination. "Continue to resist! If all fails, then we'll hand it over!"

"Yes, Captain!"

All of the members responded. They too were conflicted. Before them were Direbeasts that might kill them, and they wanted to surrender that item in exchange for their lives.

However, they were also reluctant to let it go. It was a treasure worth tens of billions after all!

Tens of billions!

Who would willingly hand it over?

"Raaaaaaawrrrr!"

Following a violent roar, a swarm of Direbeasts rushed out from the forest and charged at the riverside house.

The Direbeasts…

Had attacked once again.

"Die!"

"Kill these b*stards!"

"Go to hell!"

A fierce battle broke out!

The Direbeasts kept charging forward, seemingly unafraid of death as if they wanted to swallow the riverside house whole.

The Huoshen team resisted desperately and were throwing out various Arcanas like they were free.

"Roar!!!"

Crack!!

Dush!

The Direbeasts were killed one after another, and the pungent smell of blood filled the air.

Although the Direbeasts were numerous, they were mostly Class 1 to Class 4 Direbeasts, and the Vulcan team could hold them back, albeit barely.

Yet, when a Direbeast joined the fray, the entire situation drastically changed.

Boom! Boom!

A giant ape as tall as a three-story building emerged from the forest.

The hair all over its body consisted of steel needles standing upright with bulging muscles looking like they were cast out of metal, and left no illusions about the terrifying destructive power within it.

Looking at the suddenly appearing giant ape-like Direbeast, the faces of the Vulcan team members changed wildly, and all of them fell into despair.

"A Class 5 Direbeast, Titan Tempest Ape!"

"A Titan Tempest Ape! It's the Titan Tempest Ape!"

"It's over! It's all over now!"

"Captain! Hand that thing over quickly, or we'll all be dead!"

"Captain, throw that thing out!"

Yang Gan was horrified, and his voice was trembling. "Isn't it a little too late to throw it out now? I'm afraid it won't let us off even after it takes that thing away!"

"How will we know if we don't even try?"

"Captain, don't hesitate anymore! If that Titan Tempest Ape charges over, we'll definitely be dead! Toss that damn thing out!"

"All right, all right!"

Although he was extremely reluctant to let it go, his life was now at stake, and whether he was reluctant or not, the Titan Tempest Ape was not something they could fight against.

Yang Gan took out a backpack from the dimensional pockets, and then took out an "iron lump" the size of a watermelon… It was covered with strange patterns, and exuding a powerful vitality from within.

"Oh! What a pity!"

Looking at this iron lump, Yang Gan sighed as he resisted the pain and forcefully threw it away.

The iron lump flew a beautiful parabolic arc and flew far, far away, before finally landing not too far away from the Titan Tempest Ape.

The amazing this was that, after flying so far and hitting the ground so hard, the iron lump did not break, but landed perfectly intact.

It had to be said that that iron lump sure was hard, just like a real iron lump.

"Raaaawrrrr!!!

The Titan Tempest Ape was still beating its chest and venting its anger, but when it saw that the iron lump suddenly fell from the sky, it stopped.

It picked up the iron lump from the ground and sniffed it hard. A flash of joy appeared in its eyes that were bigger than apples as it looked at the riverside villa.

At this moment, Yang Gan and the others inside the villa were looking at the Titan Tempest Ape with anxiety and panic in their eyes.

"Leave!"

"Hurry up and leave!"

"We've already given your things back! Stop pestering us!"

The Vulcan team prayed and shouted frantically. They were very fearful, against an extremely violent and ferocious Class 5 Direbeast like the Titan Tempest Ape, they stood no chance at all!

Sadly, their prayers fell on deaf ears, and instead of leaving, the Titan Tempest Ape rushed toward them.

Baaaaam!!

Baaaaaam!!

The ground trembling rhythmically as if a heavy tank was rolling over it.

"It's… coming!"

"Damn it! It already had wanted it wanted, and it still doesn't want to let us go! Damn it all!"

Yang Gan was trembling, and his face turned blue. "Retreat! Retreat to the basement!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The Vulcan team members dared not tarry as they all fled toward the basement one after another.

The Titan Tempest Ape obviously did not intend to let them go, and waiting there meant certain death. Only by escaping to the basement that they may have a chance to escape!

Baaaaam!!

The Titan Tempest Ape was clearly in a foul mood. It strode over to the riverside villa and raised its massive fist as it pounded the villa's wall.

Baaaam!!

A terrifying force exploded, and the riverside villa that had been standing upright for more than 30 years was smashed into pieces.

Stones splintered and cement shattered.

A couple of punches later, the riverside villa was completely razed to the ground with only twisted metal and broken cement blocks remained to tell the tale of what happened earlier.

"Raaawrrr!!!

The Titan Tempest Ape who was done venting beat its own chest as it let out a hearty roar. The rolling sound waves traveled far and wide.

After that, the Titan Tempest Ape took a big step and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, at the same moment, a stream of light flashed across the sky, and finally stopped over the skies above the riverside villa.

"Roar!!!"

The Titan Tempest Ape roared and saw a maglev motorcycle stopping not too far away. On it was a human.

There was still a human!

The Titan Tempest Ape grew furious as it turned and rushed toward the maglev motorcycle with murderous intentions.

"A Class 5, Titan Tempest Ape!"

Ling Jiu's expression changed and immediately put away the maglev motorcycle before releasing all 50 square meters of osmium soil as he used the Rock Giant technique.

In a blink of an eye, Ling Jiu had become a thirty-meter tall behemoth.

Thirty meters!

About ten stories high!

In contrast, the ten-meter-tall Titan Tempest Ape looked like a little brother, but the ape was not intimidated as it raised its right fist and smashed hard.

Baaaam!!

A violent power exploded, and the osmium giant was smashed and staggered before falling onto the ground as a large quantity of osmium soil fell off it.

"Hiss…"

Feeling the terrifying shock on his body, Ling Jiu could not help but gasp. This sure lived up to its name as a Class 5 Direbeast, the Titan Tempest Ape.

Even though his body was covered in osmium Soil, but the power of the Titan Tempest Ape was far too great, and the shock of its attack had Ling Jiu's boil blood.

"Tungsten Form!"

Chapter 60: Every Fist Connected, This Is Gravity

In the face of a violent and ferocious strength-type Direbeast such as the Titan Tempest Ape, Ling Jiu did not hesitate to use the new Arcana he had just obtained, Tungsten Form.

Encased inside the osmium soil, Ling Jiu suddenly became a two-meter tall Tungsten Giant. His entire body's defense and strength had changed dramatically.

At that moment, the Titan Tempest Ape's second punch had already thundered over.

"Good timing!"

Ling Jiu's right fist met the attack.

Baaaam!!

The two fists met, a massive thunderclap blasted out, and a devastating power was unleashed as a shocking scene took place: The most ferocious Class 5 Direbeast, the Titan Tempest Ape, that was known for its strength, was sent flying backwards uncontrollably!

Its ten meter tall body flew out like a cannonball for seven to eight meters, before crashing onto the ground, and causing the earth to shake and tremble.

All the while, the Rock Giant's massive body stood on the ground as solid as the mountains, unmoving. It did not move even an inch during the exchange.

In just an exchange, superiority was already determined.

"Haha! Come on!"

Ling Jiu got so excited that he strode and charged toward the Titan Tempest Ape.

"Roar!!!"

The Titan Tempest Ape was furious, and let out a wrothful roar. Immediately after, its body started to inflate like a balloon… and was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Fifteen meters, twenty meters, twenty-five meters…

In a few breath's time, the Titan Tempest Ape grew from 10 meters tall to 30 meters, transforming into a behemoth no lesser than the Rock Giant.

"It became even bigger? Is this… the Gigantization-type Arcana?" Ling Jiu's eyes shrank, as he grew more cautious.

The Gigantization, like the Tungsten Form and Tyranno-Form Arcanas, were all part of the Body Morphing Arcanas.

Once used, the user's body will grow rapidly, and eventually transforming into a behemoth far greater than the user's original size. And as the user grows larger, their strength and defense will also soar as well.

However, the Gigantization-type Arcana usually only appear in human Arcanists, and most Arcanists can only grow about five to six meters tall, nothing like the Titan Tempest Ape's 30 meter height.

This was quite terrifying to say the least!

"Gigantization is a good Arcana, but I can't replicate it now!" Ling Jiu felt a little pity.

On the other side of the ruins, a few pieces of rubble flew away as several heads popped out. They were the Vulcan team members.

Right then, the members of the Vulcan team were looking at the two behemoths standong on the grassland, their eyes bewildered.

"Who… Who are they?"

"One of them should be a gigantized Titan Tempest Ape, the other one I have no idea!"

"Seems like a Rock Giant. If I'm right, it should be an Arcanist that had used a top-level Earth-type technique, the Rock Giant!"

"An Arcanist? F*ck me! That person dares to go head-on with the Titan Tempest Ape, damn!"

Boom! Boom!

After gigantizing, the Titan Tempest Ape pounded its chest as it let out a thunderous roar. It then stomped on the ground as it charged at Ling Jiu once again.

"I'd like to see how much stronger you've gotten once you've gigantized!"

Ling Jiu's blood began to boil as he stomped the ground hard and used the powerful counter-force to shoot himself out.

Crack!!

The two sides collided, and a crisp blast erupted in the void. A devastating shock wave centered on the two spread out on all sides.

Everything within the blast radius were sent flying.

The two behemoths pulled back at the same time, each retreating seven or eight meters back.

"Evenly matched?"

Yang Gan stared with wide eyes. "Is this a Level 5 Earth-type Arcanist? Yes! He must be at Level 5!"

"Indeed, only a Level 5 Arcanist can fight head-on with a powerful Class 5 Direbeast like that ape! Anyone below Level 5 will never be able to do it!"

"A Level 5 Arcanist!"

"Great, we're saved!"

The Vulcan team members were secretly excited, they did not care who was their savior as long as that person could defeat the Titan Tempest Ape, and kill it or drive it away.

"Raaawrrrr!"

The Titan Tempest Ape roared continuously. Instead of making it flinch, the strike only provoked its ferocity as it roared and charged again.

Baaaam!!

It was at this moment a terrible gravity suddenly came crushing down.

The Titan Tempest Ape stumbled and almost fell onto the ground. At this very moment, Ling Jiu controlled the Rock Giant as he slammed a fist down.

Baaaam!!

The Titan Tempest Ape was smashed by the fist, but before it could even fight back, the terrifying gravity suddenly disappeared.

Even the 1G gravity of the Earth that had originally acted upon it had also disappeared.

Without the shackles of gravity, the Titan Tempest Ape flew upwards uncontrollably.

The Titan Tempest Ape thrashed its limbs about, yet there was nothing it could get a hold on…

Baaaam!!

Ling Jiu did not let go of such an opening, and smashed another fist over. The Titan Tempest Ape was struck dazed, its eyes blurred.

"Using three Arcanas at the same time drains too much Gene Arcana, I need to end this battle quick!"

Ling Jiu sighed inwardly. The Tungsten Form mixed with Rock Giant allowed his strength to surged limitlessly, and even match the Titan Tempest Ape.

He would have loved to fight the Titan Tempest Ape on a head-on brawl, but unfortunately, fighting this way was just too draining on his 'Mana'.

Ling Jiu knew that once the Gene Arcana in his body was completely exhausted, he would be a toothless tiger then, and the Titan Tempest Ape would slaughter him.

So, he needed to end the battle as soon as possible!

"Roar!!!"

The Titan Tempest Ape roared as it tried to turn around to attack.

At this moment, the 8G gravity came crushing down again, and the Titan Tempest Ape's body was strong and could withstand the 8 times gravity.

Just as it Titan Tempest Ape charged over, bearing the 8G gravity, it changed again, and the gravity was no longer pointing downwards but upwards instead.

A gravitational force pointing toward the sky?

The Titan Tempest Ape "fell" uncontrollably toward the sky. Of course, in the eyes of the others, it was flying with its head facing upwards.

Before it could even fly into the air, the gravity changed again, and then turned downwards.

Baaaam!!

The Titan Tempest Ape fell from the sky, and slammed heavily onto the ground, smashing open a giant crater.

"This is gravity!"

"It can be increased or decreased!"

"It can be pointed upwards or downwards!"

"Against a strength-type Direbeast like you, gravity is definitely the best!"

In this ever-changing gravity, the Titan Tempest Ape can forget fighting as it could not even stand steadily, so the result of the battle was obvious.

In the end, after Ling Jiu's flurry of frenzied blows, the Titan Tempest Ape died on the spot.

"He… won?"

"Captain Yang, he won!"

"That's great! We're saved!"

The Vulcan team members were overjoyed, and even the captain, Yang Gan could not help but to breath a sigh of relief. The Titan Tempest Ape was dead, and they were now completely safe.

However, before Yang Gan could even cheer up, he saw the Rock Giant walk toward the iron lump he had thrown out earlier.

"Sh*t! He's going to take the giant egg!"

Yang Gan's expression changed drastically as he rushed out without even thinking. That giant egg was his, and no one could take it away from him!

"What is this?"

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Chapter 61: Give Me Back My Egg, Ox-Dragon Serpent Egg

"What is this?"

Ling Jiu picked up the giant egg as a look of confusion appeared in his eyes. If he remembered correctly, the Titan Tempest Ape was hugging it earlier.

The Titan Tempest Ape was a Class 5 Direbeast. Why was it hugging a rock?

A rock?

It did look like a rock!

"Sir!"

Just as Ling Jiu was about to inspect the giant egg, Yang Gan rushed over and smiled. "Sir, my apologies, we accidentally dropped something here!"

As he spoke, he pointed at the giant egg in Ling Jiu's hand. It went without saying that the giant egg in Ling Jiu's hand was the item he dropped earlier and hoped that Ling Jiu could return it to him.

"Your item?"

Ling Jiu scattered the osmium soil from his body, revealing his real look. Yang Gan could not help but be shocked when he saw this. "How… How could it be you?!"

"It's him?"

"Isn't he Pangu's captain?"

"Goodness me! He's so strong!"

The Vulcan team members who rushed over later were all dumbstruck as well. The Level 5 Arcanist who fought the Titan Tempest Ape to a standstill, and then finally killing it… was actually Ling Jiu?

This joke had gone a little too far!

Ling Jiu did not care about the Vulcan team member's shock, and instead, put the giant egg in his hand. "You say this thing is yours? Do you have any proof?"

"Proof?"

Yang Gan snapped back and said with a dry smile, "Captain Ling, you may not know, we had left in a hurry and had accidentally dropped it, but it is indeed mine, my team members can vouch for me!"

"Captain Ling, this thing is really ours, we can vouch for that!"

The Vulcan team members all spoke up. This was something worth tens of billions, and they will have to get it back no matter what!

"That is to say, none of you can provide any proof that it's yours?"

The edge of Ling Jiu's mouth raised slightly.

"This…"

Yang Gan was at a loss for words. Proof?

What proof?

This was something they had stolen from Heilong Lake, and they had not even had the chance to have a proper gander at it before it was thrown back to the Titan Tempest Ape. What proof would they have?

"It can't be helped if there's no proof!"

Ling Jiu shook his head. "If I remember correctly, this belonged to the Titan Tempest Ape, and I killed that ape, so it's naturally my war trophy!"

After saying that, Ling Jiu turned around to leave. Yang Gan panicked and blocked Ling Jiu's path. "It's mine, give it back!"

"Yours?"

Ling Jiu stared coldly at Yang Gan. "Since it's yours, then could you tell me, why it was in the hands of the Titan Tempest Ape?"

"I…"

Yang Gan was suddenly speechless.

"At a loss for words?"

Ling Jiu sneered, "Then get out of my way!"

"Ling Jiu!!!"

Yang Gan growled. "Give it back, or I'll…"

Baaaam!!

Before he could finish his sentence, a terrifying gravitational force suddenly came crashing down. Caught off guard, Yang Gan was directly crushed into the ground.

"You dare to threaten me?" Ling Jiu said coldly. "Who do you think you are?"

"Damn you!"

Yang Gan was filled with both fury and humiliation. He used all of his strength as he tried to get up, yet the gravity pressing on him was like the Himalayan Mountain. No matter how he struggled he was unable to get back up.

"Captain Ling, please spare him!"

Upon seeing this, a Vulcan team member hurriedly said. "We'll give it up, please let Captain Yang go!"

"Captain Ling, considering we are from the same base city…"

The other team members also begged for mercy as they had belatedly realized something.

This was an uninhabited wilderness, even if Ling Jiu was to kill all of them, there would be no evidence, and their deaths would be in vain.

The giant egg may be valuable, but their life…

It was even much more precious!

"Only this once, no more exceptions next time!"

Ling Jiu snorted and left straight away.

"Hah…."

Yang Gan sat on the ground as he gasped for air. His eyes were filled with bitterness, humiliation, hatred, and anger…

That was something worth billions, and it was snatched away just like that!

"Ling Jiu!!!"

Yang Gan clenched his fist, his eyes were filled with a bottomless fury. "Things that I can't get, you won't get it either!"

The maglev motorcycle's autopilot function was activated as it slowly sped toward Longquan Town. Ling Jiu checked the information on the microcomputer, and his entire person plunged into unspeakable excitement.

"Unexpectedly!"

"It's actually something like this!"

"No wonder that Direbeast attacked the Vulcan team!"

"No wonder Yang Gan would rather offend me just to get his hand on this."

"It's really…"

Ling Jiu was very excited. He thought it was just a simple rescue operation, but he never expected to get such a haul. This egg was worth at least tens of billions.

The question now was, what was this big egg?

The microcomputer gave out the details.

Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent Egg: Egg of a Class 7 Direbeast, can breed a new Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent. Price: 30 billion per unit.

The Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent: Class 7 Direbeast. Extremely powerful, with unparalleled defense, and also has Ice-type Arcana, and belongs to the best of the Class 7 Direbeasts.

"Who would have thought that this plain rock is actually a Class 7 Direbeast, the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent's egg? That's a bloody Class 7 Direbeast!"

Ling Jiu was very excited.

According to market conditions, a Class 7 Direbeast carcass can sell for billions, and if a carcass could sell for that much, what more of a Class 7 Direbeast egg?

It would only get even more expensive and even more outrageous because the value of eggs was much greater!

"A Class 7 Direbeast is also known as a Lord of the Direbeasts. Beneath each Class 7 Direbeast is a large number of Direbeasts, just like the lords and nobility among the humans!"

"The Direbeast Lord got its name from that!"

"So, every Class 7 Direbeast is synonymous with might and terror!"

"If one can tame a Class 7 Direbeast, not only would you be able to get a powerful combat partner, but also an army of Direbeasts!"

"Sadly, a Class 7 Direbeast is just too ferocious to be tamed at all!"

"The Direbeast egg is different, however, and the beast it hatches can be tamed!"

"As long as it is properly hatched, an Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent can be hatched from this egg. In just a dozen years, it will grow to its peak state, and become a powerful Class 7 Direbeast!"

"A Class 7 Direbeast!"

A glint flashed in Ling Jiu's eyes. "I guess, even in Chang'an Base City, there are not that many Level 7 Arcanists that could actually match a Class 7 Direbeast!"

"Not to mention that a Class 7 Direbeast, or a Direbeast Lord, has the ability to form a huge army of Direbeasts!"

"So, if I were to put this egg up for sale, I can definitely sell it for a sky-high price!"

"I wonder how did those people from Vulcan steal this egg from the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent's lair. Was it sleeping?"

Ling Jiu mumbled to himself, but this was obviously not the point. The main thing was the egg was in his hands now, and that itself was enough!

So, should he keep it or sell it?

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Chapter 62: Selling the Giant Egg, Sold Within Mere Seconds

Sell it?

Keep it?

Ling Jiu did not think much about it and decided to sell the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg. It would take decades for this thing to grow to its peak.

A decade?

Too slow!

Ling Jiu just could not wait that long!

That night, Ling Jiu rushed overnight back to the base city and looked for Luo Jia.

"Ling Jiu, weren't you on the mission? Why are you in the base city?" Luo Jia was surprised at Ling Jiu's sudden appearance.

"I found something good, so I rushed back overnight!"

Ling Jiu cut to the chase, and immediately took out the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent Egg, and Luo Jia was dumbfounded, as she asked in confusion. "Ling Jiu, what is this?"

"An Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg!"

"Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent… egg?"

Luo Jia's body trembled slightly and could not help but to take a deep gasp. "Isn't the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent a Class 7 Direbeast Lord? How did you manage to get its egg?"

Ling Jiu retold the story, and a glint flashed in Luo Jia's eyes.

"It seems like the Vulcans must have stolen the egg, but due to their fear of the Titan Tempest Ape they handed the egg back, and in the end, it became yours for nothing."

"I think so too!"

Ling Jiu smiled slightly. The Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent lives in Heilong Lake and was a few hundred kilometers away from Mopan Bay, so the egg must have been stolen.

"Of course, all of that is besides the point!"

Luo Jia's gaze fell on the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg again, and she said, "The point is this egg! Are you going to sell it to the company?"

"If the price is right, I will definitely sell to the company!" Ling Jiu said.

Luo Jia took out a microcomputer to give it a check and said, "According to the market price, this thing is worth 30 billion. If you were to auction it, you should be able to sell it for two or three billion more. If you sell it to the company, I can only give you 30 billion."

"No contribution points?"

Ling Jiu frowned slightly.

"Although the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg is invaluable, it is still not a treasure of heaven and earth, and could not be counted as a special contribution!" Luo Jia explained.

She personally hoped that the company would buy this egg, but the company had company rules, and any items that are not considered special contributions cannot be given any contribution points. As a manager, she could not violate company rules.

"But…"

Luo Jia then switched the conversation. "Although you cannot sell it to the company, the company has a special trading channel, and I can help you to put the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg on that trade channel. You can trade with other Arcanists in the company and I believe someone will be able to provide you a satisfactory price!"

"There's something like that? Why haven't I heard of this before?" Ling Jiu asked in confusion.

"From the perspective of a company manager, I naturally would like that you would trade with the company instead of privately. I hope you can understand this!" Liu Jia explained with a smile.

"All right!"

Afterward, Luo Jia opened the trading channel, and placed the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent on auction, and attached the price given by Ling Jiu, 30 billion and 300 contribution points.

"To be honest with you, the price is a bit high, but Pangu had never lacked rich folks, and I believe there will be a reply soon enough!"

Luo Jia smiled as she comforted Ling Jiu. Unexpectedly, before she could even finish her sentence, the microcomputer beeped. Luo Jia looked at the microcomputer and laughed. "Look, it was snapped up as soon as I put it up for auction!"

"That fast?"

Ling Jiu was a little surprised.

"Yeah."

Luo Jia turned the computer around, and Ling Jiu took a closer look. The Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent was indeed being instantly snapped up, and the buyer was named Ai Tianfan.

"Ai Tianfan? His family name is Ai?"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows. "Isn't that the Ai family of Chang'an Base City?"

Luo Jia smiled and nodded. "Your guess is right. Ai Tianfan is from the Ai family in Chang'an Base City, and he's also the general manager of Pangu's Chang'an Base City branch, and his rank is higher than mine!"

"So that's him!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly as he clicked on Ai Tianfan's profile picture at random, and some information about Ai Tianfan suddenly popped up on the screen.

"Ai Tianfan: Male, 47 years old…"

"Ai Yuhe?" Ling Jiu was stunned. "He's Ai Yuhe's father?"

"Do you know Ai Yuhe?"

Luo Jia was a little surprised, and he nodded. "This young lady is just 18 years old today, and she is also a rare Dual Arcana genius!"

"One of her Arcana is a Dimension-type Arcana, and the other type is currently unknown!"

"I've heard that this young lady of the Ai family is the most talented among the younger generation of the Ai family, and had gotten the full attention of the Ai family in raising her, she should be a Level 4 Arcanist!"

"I've met her once!"

A glint appeared in Ling Jiu's eyes as he calmly asked, "With her talents, it should be easy for her to get into the super training camp, right?"

"Naturally!"

Luo Jia nodded, and suddenly looked deeply at Ling Jiu as she teased. "Ling Jiu, I don't suppose you are harboring any ideas about this Ai Yuhe?"

Ling Jiu was stunned, and he immediately burst into laughter. "Miss Luo, what are you talking about? I've only met her once, so I can't really say any ideas have actually formed!"

"Is that so?"

Luo Jia chuckled. "Even if you have any, that's fine. A fair lady is always the subject of pursuit by gentlemen. A girl with a good family background and talent like her is indeed a perfect match for you!"

"Have some confidence. Boldly chase after her if you like her. You are definitely worthy of her!"

"Let's talk about that later!"

Ling Jiu changed the subject and said, "Miss Luo, there's one more thing that I would like to seek your help on!"

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Luo Jia raised her eyebrow.

"I want to rent the company's dimensional pockets!"

Ling Jiu smiled and said. "I suppose this operation will need us to kill plenty of Direbeasts, and my dimensional pocket may not be enough, so…"

"That's not a problem, how many do you want?"

"Top-level dimensional pockets, 20 of them!"

"Okay!"

"By the way, let me remind you, Ai Tianfan had just sent a message over. He will send someone to Lantian Base City to trade with you. I hope you will be prepared for that!"

"Understood!"

Holding the rented dimensional pockets, Ling Jiu did not even go back home as he sped all the way back to Longquan Town. He was on a mission now, so it was not convenient for him to go home.

More than an hour later, Ling Jiu rushed to Longquan Town, and then with his team, slaughtered the Direbeasts around Longquan Town.

Two days later, all of the Direbeasts within a hundred miles of Longquan Town were slain.

In the evening, everyone sat on the roof of an abandoned building, having a barbecue and drink session as they enjoyed a rare time of relaxation.

"Captain Ling, come, have a grilled chicken wing!"

"Captain Ling, a toast to you!"

"Captain Ling, don't forget about your brothers here once you have made it big in the future. There's this saying… Forget… Forget…

"Forget not your friends even when you're rich!

"Right, right, forget not your friends even when you're rich!"

"Just eat!"

The night then went by without another word.

Early next morning., the government's maglev airship arrived at Longquan Town on time.

"Commander Xu, where are the other teams?"

Ling Jiu looked at the empty airship and could not help but ask. Aside from them, there were barely any people in the airship, only Commander Xu and several government Arcanists.

"Your team is the fastest, the other teams haven't even contacted us yet!"

Commander Xu explained with a smile. "Take a break, once everyone has gathered back, we will head to Meizi Town together to clean up that Class 5 Direbeast pack!"

"No need to wait!" Ling Jiu waved his hand. "Let's go directly to Meizi Town!"

"Captain Ling, this is ill-advised!"

Commander Xu frowned slightly. "The Class 5 Direbeast pack in Meizi Town is not only numerous, but they are also very powerful!"

"Based on our investigation there, there are three Class 5 Direbeasts in Meizi Town, 41 Class 4 Direbeasts, and the rest are all Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 Direbeasts, with just you guys…"

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Chapter 63: Long-legged Phasmids, Super Chestnut

Xu Yuanhui rejected Ling Jiu's request.

He had seen Ling Jiu and his team's data before and knew what their strengths were.

Although he was surprised that Ling Jiu had become a Level 4 Arcanist at just 16 years, he was uncertain that Ling Jiu could kill a Class 5 Direbeast.

A Level 4 Arcanist.

A Class 5 Direbeast.

That was two totally different levels!

Not to mention that there was not one Class 5 Direbeast in Meizi Town, but three, and there were also 41 Class 4 Direbeasts and countless Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 Direbeasts.

How could Ling Jiu's squad of 11 destroy such a terrifying Direbeast pack?

However, he could not resist Ling Jiu's pestering, and in the end Xu Yuanhui ordered the maglev airship to come to Meizi Town. Without any delay, Ling Jiu took his team members down to the bamboo forest around Meizi Town.

A bamboo forest?

The bamboo forest before him was very different from Ling Jiu's memory. Bamboo should be long and thin, but the bamboos in this bamboo forest were thick and long instead.

Each bamboo—at its thickest was the size of an adult wrapping both arms around a tree—grew out the ground, and were like giant canopic trees as the fallen leaves had piled up into a thick layer.

It was clear that the bamboo forest had evolved!

"I never thought that in 30 short years, the bamboo forest had grown till like this." Zhou Dun looked at the forest as he was awed.

"Zhou Dun, you've come here before?" Huang Hailong asked with a smile.

"I'm a native of Meizi Town!" Zhou Dun explained. "Thirty years ago, before the Direbeast incursion, I spent my childhood in Meizi Town."

"Back then, in order to stop soil erosion and to protect the environment, the government had planted over 6,000 odd acres of bamboo forest, 8,600 acres of chestnut trees, and about 2,500 acres of mulberry trees."

"Back then, we would dig out bamboo shoots during spring, have mulberries during summer, and chestnuts during winter. Every day was carefree and joyful!"

"However, everything changed when I was seven. The Direbeast incursion happened, and the entire town was evacuated, and I left the Meizi Town that I have spent my childhood!"

"I never thought once I left it would be thirty years since. By the time I got back to my hometown, I've already grown from a boy into a boomer now. Sigh!"

Everyone nodded and fully understood how Zhou Dun was feeling. All of them were in their thirties, and had experienced the same thing as Zhou Dun, so they could feel the same thing as him.

Whooosh!!

Just as everyone was reminiscing, a sudden rip of the air rang out as a sharp bamboo was raised and came crashing down.

The bamboo was the size of an adult's thigh, and its root was extremely sharp, as it stabbed at Meng Lijun like a spear.

Dush!

The bamboo spear stabbed through Meng Lijun's shoulder in an instant, and the stab went through him as the bamboo spear stabbed into the ground.

"Lijun!"

Chen Feng yelled as he pulled out the war knife on his back into a slash. A loud crack rang out and the bamboo was cut into two, with green blood spewing out of the wound.

"Grurrruhhh!"

A shrill scream came from the top, and everyone looked up. Above them was a 10 meter long bamboo pole as thick as an adult wrapping their arms around a tree.

A bamboo pole?

A scream?

This scene was somewhat terrifying!

"Sh*t! It's the Long-legged Phasmid!"

Huang Hailong yelled. "Watch out! It's the Long-legged Phasmid!"

"The Long-legged Phasmid?"

Ling Jiu could not help but take a few more looks. From the outside, this Long-legged Phasmid was no different than a bamboo pole in terms of its color and its shape…

If it stood still or did not move, it looked literally the same as the bamboos around it, totally indistinguishable.

"Ol' Meng, how are you faring?"

Chen Feng asked concernedly.

"I'm fine!"

Meng Lijun endured the piercing pain and pulled out the bamboo spear that pierced into his shoulder before activating his Tungsten Form.

When lightly injured, he could transform into this form to heal his wounds. This was part of his ability.

"You dare to hurt me. Die!"

Meng Lijun, who had now transformed into a Tungsten Giant was thoroughly enraged as he leapt up high, and slammed his fist onto the Long-legged Phasmid.

Crack!!

Meng Lijun's fist shattered the Long-legged Phasmid's body and a large amount of dark green blood gushed out.

"Grurrruhhh!"

The Long-legged Phasmid screamed as it brandished its remaining five legs as it stabbed at Meng Lijun in a frenzy.

Sadly, in this state, Meng Lijun was extremely tough, and the bamboo spears only managed sparks when they struck him.

Meng Lijun shot out several punches, and all five of the bamboo spear legs were broken. The Long-legged Phasmid let out a shrill scream as it fell from the sky onto the ground.

"Die!"

Meng Lijun aimed at its head, and then smashed it clean. The Long-legged Phasmid struggled for a moment before falling motionless.

"Watch out guys, there should be more than one Long-legged Phasmid in the forest." Huang Hailong yelled a reminder.

The Long-legged Phasmid was not a high-level Direbeast, it was just a Class 2 Direbeast. However, with them hiding in the bamboo forest, their camouflage was perfect and was a threat. Any carelessness may see them getting stabbed into a pin-cushion as Meng Lijun had.

"Don't bother!"

Ling Jiu said faintly as 8G gravity suddenly shrouded an area within a hundred meter radius.

Boom! Boom!

The sound of objects falling onto the ground rang out one after another. Everyone turned around and saw the bamboo poles that were falling onto the ground were all Long-legged Phasmids.

"Captain Ling, you're quite the something!"

"Hahaha! Captain Ling's 8G gravity is beyond a Class 3 Direbeast's ability to resist, much less a Class 2 Direbeast like the Long-legged Phasmids!"

"The Long-legged Phasmid is probably the Class 2 Direbeast worst affected by gravity!"

"Hahaha, who asked them to grow legs that long!"

"Cut the chatter, kill them!"

Since they had been forced to appear, the Long-legged Phasmids' threat was greatly reduced. Everoyne then went on the offensive and killed the Long-legged Phasmids one by one.

By the time the team crossed the 5,000-acre bamboo forest and came outside of the bamboo forest, hundreds of Long-legged Phasmids had died in their hands.

"We're finally out!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked forward. A forest appeared before them, with thick trees growing from the ground.

All the trees were almost the same, and they had likely been artificially planted. The thick and tall trees were covered in watermelon-sized hairballs.

"What tree is this?"

Shi Hao asked incredulously.

"Everyone, we've struck gold!"

Zhou Dun licked his lips and laughed.

"Ol' Zhou, stop being coy. Spit it out!" Bai Yue could not help but urge him.

"Didn't I tell you guys earlier? Thirty years ago, our town planted chestnut trees across 8,600 acres of land, and behold, the forest in front of us is just that!"

Zhou Dun smiled and said, "But obviously, these chestnut leaves have evolved. Look, the chestnut they produce are as big as watermelons!"

"This is a chestnut? Bloody hell!"

"Chestnuts the size of watermelons?"

"My daughter-in-law loves fried chestnuts, but there's barely any on the market so it's difficult to buy them even if you have money. The last time I had chestnut was two years ago!"

"The chestnuts on the market are all grown in organic greenhouses, how can they compare with these evolved pure wild chestnuts?"

"Everyone, it's December now, and it's the season for chestnuts. How about we take some home?" Zhou Dun said with a smile.

"Of course!"

"This is something good, since we've ran into them, of course we should take them back!"

"Let's go!"

The group all went into the chestnut forest to pick the chestnuts. Ling Jiu also picked a good chestnut tree as the ground under his feet swelled, lifting him to a place where he could reach the chestnuts and started picking them slowly.

It was December, and the chestnuts were riped. After breaking the outer shell, a golden chestnut appeared before his eyes.

Taking a hard bite, it was hard, sweet, and delicious. If it was taken back to be stir-fried or stewed in a soup, it would taste even better.

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Chapter 64: Super Spider Silk, Bloodfeast Souleater

After going through a good part of the chestnut forest did the group left with satisfaction.

Ling Jiu had picked more. Chestnuts themselves were pretty pricey, and this type of super chestnut was undoubtedly a rare item worth hundreds a single catty.

If the hawkers in the base city were to find out about this chestnut forest, they would definitely be heartbroken. Chestnuts are worth hundreds of dollars per catty, if one were to sell all of the chestnuts in this forest, how much money can you earn?

Sadly for them, they cannot leave the base city, and even if they could, they would not be able to come here as they would have long been fodder for Direbeasts halfway through the trip.

The group continued their slaughter of Direbeasts and soon they came to the mulberry forest.

The leaves of the mulberry trees had all fallen off, exposing their bare trunks, but all surfaces of the trees were covered in white spider webs.

Countless spiderwebs were spread out all over the mulberry forest, completely covering the forest in it, leaving the vision inside the mulberry forest obscured.

"The Direbeast Radar shows that there are a total of 568 Direbeasts in this mulberry forest. Among them are a Class 5 Direbeast, 13 Class 4 Direbeasts, and the rest are Class 3 ones."

Ling Jiu said, "According to preliminary observations, all of the Direbeasts are Ten-legged White Ape Spiders. Their strength should not be underestimated. Stay vigilant!"

"Ten-legged White Ape Spider?"

"That is to say, the spider webs covering the entire mulberry forest are all Ten-legged White Apes? How much are these worth?"

The entire team suddenly became excited.

The Ten-legged White Ape Spider is a very powerful social Direbeast, and they were like the result of the fusion between white apes and spiders.

With ten spider legs but the body of a white ape, not only they are agile and powerful, but they were also good at spinning webs!

What's even more terrifying, the spider silk of the Ten-legged White Ape Spider was extremely tough and comparable to steel in terms of strength. Using this silk to create bullet vests and protective armor not only made them tough and sturdy but also light and easy to wear.

Therefore, the silk of a Ten-legged White Ape Spider is extremely expensive. A pound of their silk could sell for a sky-high price of 1 million yuan!

How much spider silk were there in this forest? If they could collect all of them to sell, how much can they earn?

Chen Feng swallowed his saliva but still reminded everyone, "Guys, be careful. The Ten-legged White Ape Spiders may be worth a lot, but a Ten-legged White Ape Spider isn't easy to deal with. Any mistakes can just result in us dying here, no joke!"

Hearing this, all of the team members snapped back to reality and calmed down instantly.

Ling Jiu said, "You guys collecting the spider silks. Leave the elimination of the Ten-legged White Ape Spiders to me. I hope by the time I'm done with them, you guys are done collecting!"

"Captain Ling, can you manage alone?" Huang Hailong asked out of concern. "There's a Class 5 Direbeast there, and it won't be easy to deal with!"

"Captain Ling, let's go together?" All the other team members said one after another.

"I have confidence!"

Ling Jiu smiled and spoke before instantly vanishing from where he stood.

"Guy, Captain Ling has already gone ahead. Let's get moving!"

"Heave ho!"

Going underground along the way, Ling Jiu found the first Ten-legged White Ape Spider. Its spider legs were four meters long and were covered with barbs while its body was snow white. It was a literal White Ape Spider with ten legs.

At this moment, the Ten-legged White Ape Spider was crawling on the web, eating a bug-type Direbeast. Its mouth had bulged up as it enjoyed gnawing on its quarry.

Against such a Class 3 Direbeast, Ling Jiu raised his hand and shot out a stone spear through the head of the Ten-legged White Ape Spider, killing it on the spot.

Collecting the corpse, Ling Jiu went on to kill the second Ten-legged White Ape Spider. He was like a silent assassin, searching and killing all the way.

In less than an hour, all Class 3 and Class 4 Ten-legged White Ape Spiders were all killed, leaving only the Class 5 Ten-legged White Ape Spider.

Ling Jiu headed to the center of the mulberry forest to search for the Class 5 Direbeast. Unexpectedly, the Direbeast Radar suddenly sounded. "Alert! Alert! The Class 5 Ten-legged White Ape Spider has disappeared!"

"Hmmm?"

Ling Jiu looked at the Direbeast Radar and saw the orange mark representing the Ten-legged White Ape Spider on the radar disappeared.

"It disappeared?"

Ling Jiu frowned slightly, as he took out his phone and contacted Chen Feng and the rest. "That Class 5 Ten-legged White Ape Spider had disappeared, and its whereabouts unknown. All of you, pull out of the mulberry forest first to avoid being attacked!"

"What?!"

Chen Feng immediately reacted. "Yes, yes! We'll withdraw right away! Guys, fall back! That Class 5 Ten-legged White Ape Spider has disappeared!"

"F*ck…"

After hanging up, Ling Jiu immediately headed to the center of the mulberry forest, and he found that the heart of the forest was covered in a layer of thick spiderwebs.

The spiderweb had three interior layers and three external layers interwoven to form a very solid defensive circle that surrounded the center of the mulberry forest, leaving it impossible for anyone to see what was inside there.

This was not difficult for Ling Jiu as he dived into the earth and used 'Earth Escape' to come to the center of the mulberry forest. Yet, what he saw shocked him.

At the heart of the mulberry forest was a deep pit of unknown depth. The pit wall was covered with thick layers of spider silk, like a carpet covering over the pit.

Ling Jiu heightened his vigilance as he cautiously came to the edge of the pit to have a look down. This look alone sent chills down his spine as cold sweat started to form.

The Class 5 Ten-legged White Ape Spider was at the bottom of the pit. However it was lying motionless there, or rather, it was creeping slowly.

At the same time, it let out bursts of roars as if it was in pain, and it was actually covered with countless small red creatures.

These red creatures looked a little like spiders and a little like crabs. They were only the size of an apple and were blood-red as they clambered all over the Ten-legged White Ape Spider's body, looking extremely vampish and evil.

"What's that?"

Ling Jiu was puzzled, and carefully used the osmium soil to grab one of the red creatures over, and then used the microcomputer to query their information.

"Bloodfeast Souleater Spider, a parasitic spider. Its adult form is about ten centimeters, and it can grow up to fifteen centimeters. Its entire body is red as if it is made out of fresh blood…"

"Its body is covered with hard spines and survives as a parasite. It would often get into the bodies of larger Direbeasts and hooked into them with the spines and consumes the host's blood!"

"At the same time, it would divide rapidly, multiplies, then divides again, forming a huge colony. Only when it had drained the blood of its current host dry it will look for a new host!"

"Bloodfeast Souleater Spider can split into a colony in a short period of time, so the Bloodfeast Souleater Spider is also called the Vampire Spider…"

"Note: The Bloodfeast Souleater Spider has a magical substance-X in its body. X is the main material used for creating the Water of Life, so the Bloodfeast Souleater Spider is extremely valuable. Price: 1.5 billion per catty!"

"Whoa, 1.5 billion per catty?!"

"You gotta be kidding me!"

Ling Jiu's eyes almost popped out.

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Chapter 65: Water of Life, Extending Life by 30 Years

One billion per catty!

This was definitely the most expensive, most outrageous Direbeast that Ling Jiu had ever seen before. Even those Class 7 or Class 8 Direbeasts could not compare to this. It was that outrageous!

However, when Ling Jiu looked up the information on the Water of Life, he suddenly felt the reason why the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders were so expensive was not without reason.

The Water of Life: Advanced genetic medicine. Can activate telomerase at the end of the cell chromosomes, greatly increasing the number of chromosome replication, and increasing the number of cell divisions, slowing down cell aging and ultimately extending a person's life.

"A vial of Water of Life can extend one's lifespan by 30 years. That's just incredible!"

Ling Jiu was shocked.

Although he knew that many technologies of this world had far surpassed the one in his previous life, he did not expect that a life-prolonging drug had actually been developed.

Water of Life?

Activating the Telemorase?

Increasing the number of chromosome duplications?

Ultimately, extending one's life?

Why did this sound more like fantasy?

However, the information given by the microcomputer made it plain that the Water of Life can indeed extend someone's life, and by a whole 30 years!

Thirty years!

How many "30 years" could a person have?

Most would only have two!

A few would have three!

It was very little indeed!

So, who would not want to increase their lifespan by another 30 years?

Thinking about it that way, suddenly the 1.5 billion per catty price did not seem all that expensive.

"Mine! All mine!"

Ling Jiu was excited beyond words. Seeing the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders, his eyes transformed into dollar signs. They were no longer just evil, bloodsucking vampires, but instead a series of zeroes in his account balance.

"Gotta…

"Gotta catch'em all!"

Ling Jiu immediately checked the method of capturing a Bloodfeast Souleater Spider and found that capturing them was not as easy as he had imagined.

The Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders were very dangerous, and once the spider had infested in one's body unless it was removed by surgery in time, only death awaits…

However, this was not too difficult for Ling Jiu. He took out 50 square meters of osmium soil and wrapped all of the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders on the Ten-legged White Ape Spider into a large, airtight ball.

Then, he took out a special Dimensional Bag and put the osmium ball into it.

"I believe the next time I take it out, all of the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders should have been smothered to death. By then I can just sell them straight, hehe. Another jackpot!"

Ling Jiu licked his lips and his snot was even coming out of his nose. This sort of wanton money-grubbing and that feeling of picking up tens of billions at a time was just too much fun.

"The prince of an Ultimate Gene Arcana technique is worth 1,000 contribution points. Once I sell this batch of Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders off, I should have about enough?"

Ling Jiu pondered silently, and he was full of expectations for the future. He then checked around, and once he confirmed he had not left anything behind, he began to collect the spider silk.

The spider silk in this area was probably made by the Class 5 Ten-legged White Ape Spider, and the price alone was higher than the other spider silks, so he could not let them go.

Half an hour later, once he was done collecting the spider silk did Ling Jiu contact Chen Feng and the rest for them to continue collecting the spider silks inside the mulberry forest.

The sun was now to the west, and it was evening. All of the spider silks in the mulberry forest were collected, and the whole team was exhausted enough to camp directly inside the mulberry forest.

"Hahaha!! One million per catty! I'll probably be awake tonight just by smiling!"

"Ol' Chen, how much spider silk have you collected?"

"Not much, not much. A few hundred catties at most!"

"About the same as us then!"

"That is to say, we had made at least 1 billion this afternoon alone?"

"One billion? That's insane!"

"Hahaha, this is all thanks to Captain Ling. If it weren't for him, how could we make so much money? Come, come, everyone toast Captain Ling!"

Although they were physically exhausted, everyone was very happy. Although they had only been out for two days, they had earned more than a usual year.

The difference was just on a whole different level!

Ling Jiu also smiled happily. Although his team members had made a fortune, he had made an even bigger one.

Three thousand Greatmaw Ants carcasses…

A thousand Greatmaw Ant eggs…

An Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent worth 30 billion, and that Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders he had just harvested today. All of them were by his own efforts.

So, he took them all for himself!

In addition, as for the countless Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, and Class 5 Direbeasts carcasses that he had hunted with the rest, as he was the main attacker, he naturally would take a bigger share!

It could be said that he was the one who earned the most!

"Rest well tonight guys, we'll try to kill all of the Direbeasts in Meizi Town in two days' time, and then head to the next Class 5 Direbeast pack!"

Ling Jiu smiled and said, "Once we have cleared the Direbeast packs there, we can leave here in advance, and then return to the company to turn our haul into cash!"

"As you say, Captain Ling!"

The next morning, everyone got up at six in the morning and had a quick breakfast before setting off. Today's mission was going to be arduous, so they had to work harder.

"Kill them all!"

The slaughter unfolded again.

Two days later, all of the Direbeasts in Meizi Town were slaughtered.

"Call Commander Xu!"

"Yes, Captain Ling!"

An hour later, the maglev airship appeared over Meizi Town. Ling Jiu led his team onto the airship and found that there were many people in the airship, and among them were the Vulcan Team led by Yang Gan.

"You!"

Yang Gan suddenly stood up, his eyes blood-red as he stared at Ling Jiu furiously.

If his gaze could kill, he would have ripped Ling Jiu into pieces, and then take the egg back. That was an Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent Egg worth 30 billion!"

Although the other members of the Vulcan team were not as angry as Yang Gan, all of them wore grim experiences as they clenched their fists and glared at Ling Jiu.

"What's going on?"

Chen Feng and others were stunned.

"So it's you lot!"

Ling Jiu glanced at them before finding a seat and sat down, completely ignoring the angry Yang Gan and the rest. and that made him even more furious.

"Boy, just you wait. I won't let you just take it away like that. Sooner or later, I'll make you spit that out with interest! This I promise you!"

"Be my guest at any time!"

Ling Jiu snorted and ignored him. He instead turned to Xu Yuanhui. "Commander Xu, we've cleared out the Direbeasts in Meizi Town. Take us to Heihuya Mountain."

"Already done?"

Xu Yuanhui was stunned, and he immediately got someone to check. A moment later, he got news that there were no more Direbeasts in Meizi Town.

"Captain Ling, Pangu's hunting efficiency sure is amazing!"

Xu Yuanhui gave a thumbs up. "There were so many Direbeasts in Meizi Town, with three Class 5 Direbeasts, but they were all killed by you. Amazing!"

"It's all thanks to all of my comrades!"

Ling Jiu smiled slightly. "Can we head over to Heihuya Mountain now?"

"Sure, sure!"

Xu Yuanhui nodded repeatedly before ordering the maglev airship to change course and head directly for Heihuya Mountain. He was completely convinced now.

"Commander Xu, once we are done clearing Heihuya's Direbeasts, we can leave in advance right?" Ling Jiuman asked casually.

"Of course!"

Xu Yuanhui was dumbfounded for a moment before laughing. "The other 17 Direbeast packs had already been mostly cleaned up, leaving only Heihuya Mountain as the toughest nut to crack. Captain Ling, if you and your team can take Heihuya Mountain, you can leave the clean-up job to us!"

"That's good then!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly, before closing his eyes to rest.

"Boy, just you wait. I'll make you pay for this later!"

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Chapter 66: Royal Hover, The Vulcan Manager

Luo Jia was seeing a special guest today. If Ling Jiu were here, he would have instantly recognized this guest, Ai Yuhe, whom he had met before.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Ai."

Luo Jia shook Ai Yuhe's hand enthusiastically.

"Nice to meet you too, Miss Luo."

Ai Yuhe smiled.

"Mr. Ai has told me your purpose of visit."

Luo Jia ushered Ai Yuhe to sit down. "It's a shame that the owner of the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg is still hunting Direbeasts in Qin Mountains. I'm afraid—"

"Qin Mountains? That place is near to Lantian Base City!" Ai Yuhe then asked as she smiled, "Could you tell me where he is? I can go to see him straightaway!"

"Sure!"

Luo Jia nodded. She took out a phone and made a call. Before long, she got Ling Jiu's location. "They are heading to the Heihu Mountain Pass, Miss Ai!"

"The Heihu Mountain Pass? Thank you, Miss Luo!"

The Heihu Mountain Pass was a ravine in the majestic Qin Mountains, hugged by steep mountains and forest front and back.

As the maglev airship reached the Heihu Mountain Pass, Ling Jiu and others disembarked and were ready to continue wiping out the Direbeasts.

Just then, a four-meter-long maglev car arrived in a flash. As the door hissed open by itself, a strapping man stepping on a silver skateboard floated out, then hovered above them.

"The Royal Hover!"

"A Level-Five Arcanist!"

Everyone, including Ling Jiu, saw the man and their hearts missed a beat.

Level-1 and -2 arcanists were of lower level; Level-3 and -4 arcanists were of intermediate level, and Level-5 arcanists were of advanced realm.

Advanced Arcanists—the shorthand for strength!

A Level-5 arcanist could easily kill a lower-level arcanist. Even the strongest Level-4 arcanist could not hold a candle to the power of a Level-5 arcanist.

Because of their strength, there were few Level-5 arcanists in Lantian Base City. Only the general managers or those in the leadership in major organizations like Pangu and Vulcan were Level-5 arcanists.

"Isn't he Jin Chao, the general manager of Vulcan?" Chen Feng looked at him and exclaimed quietly. "Why is he here?"

"It really is the general manager of Vulcan! What is he doing here instead of staying in the base city?" Huang Hailong was puzzled, too.

"Who knows?"

"Maybe he is just passing by!"

All team members shook their heads.

Just like Luo Jia, the general manager of Vulcan is a bigwig. They all recognized him. Just that he did not know who they were.

"Mr. Jin!"

Yang Gan and the Vulcan team were overjoyed at seeing him. They bowed to him in unison.

"Hey, Yang, which one of them is Ling Jiu?" Jin Chao looked at Yang Gan.

"It's him, Mr. Jin!"

Yang Gan pointed at Ling Jiu and was almost gloating over it. "He took our stuff. He must be made to return it!"

"What is the situation?"

The Pangu team was puzzled. Same went to Xu Yuanhui and some other arcanists onboard the maglev airship.

'What's the matter? Looking for Ling Jiu?'

"Hand over the thing, kid!"

Jin Chao looked at Ling Jiu. "You know what I mean. There's no point pretending!" he said faintly.

"Who do you think you are?" Ling Jiu hissed.

"A Level-Five arcanist!"

Jin Chao was nonchalant—haughty, in fact. He looked condescendingly at Ling Jiu, as if Ling Jiu was a nobody. "Is this reason… good enough?"

Ling Jiu laughed, but not aloud, his voice filled with disdain. "Are you intimidating me with you only being a Level-Five arcanist? Who do you think you are?"

His words caused a stir.

All eyes were on Ling Jiu with their jaws dropped, as if they were seeing a monster.

This is the general manager of Vulcan he was facing. How dared he talk to Jin Chao like that?

He must have a death wish.

"How dare you!"

Meanwhile, Yang Gan looked in anger, but deep down, he was quietly gloating over it. "Mr. Jin is the general manager of Vulcan. You have disrespected him by talking to him like that!"

"Mr. Jin? He is only the GM of Vulcan, not of Pangu. Why should I care about him?"

Ling Jiu looked annoyed. "Cut the cackle! I have no time for this. Just make you move now. I have got things to do!"

"Damn it. He is so arrogant!"

"Loudmouthed!"

"I have never seen anyone so arrogant!"

"Captain Ling, don't be like this!"

Chen Feng and others were terrified. They tried to dissuade him quietly. "Just apologize. We will talk it over when we are back in the case city. He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day!"

"That's right, Captain Ling. You have angered Mr. Jin—"

"It doesn't concern you all. So don't interfere!"

Ling Jiu held up his hand and sneered. "If someone tries to take things away from me, I will tell that person to perish the thought and go somewhere else!"

"You have a death wish, rascal!"

Jin Chao was furious. With his finger pointing into the air, a glinting silver blade shot out of the silver skateboard under his feet.

The blade faded into a light as it was targeting at Ling Jiu. It was so quick that it came within inches of him, aiming at his knee.

As furious as Jin Chao was, he would not kill Ling Jiu, as that would be akin to shooting himself in the foot if he killed the Level-4 arcanist of Pangu.

Unless there was no one around.

An earthen wall rose from under Ling Jiu's feet to block the attack.

But the blade was more powerful than he had expected; it pierced through the wall and still shot at him.

Nevertheless, the wall had delayed the blade by a second, and that one second was all Ling Jiu needed.

He dodged the blade in a flash and launched his counterattack at the same time.

The Qin Mountains were rocky. Rocks were everywhere, and this environment favored Ling Jiu.

Once he stomped his feet to the ground, the rocks within a hundred yards around him rose and shot at Jin Chao in the air.

Hundreds of rocks screamed through the air like a symphony orchestra.

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Chapter 67: Eighty-Death Shield, That's Too Savage

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Not good!"

Jin Chao's expression subtly changed when he saw so many rocks. Each of them was as large as an ox. If he got hit, he would be done for.

Jin Chao came down from the air at once. A Level-5 arcanist could perform a Royal Hover, but that was all it did—hovering instead of flying.

Hovering meant he could not go forward or backward and perform evasive maneuvers.

If he remained hovering in the air, it would be a target, the sitting duck. It was a dumb idea.

"Do you really think you will be alright by landing on the ground?"

Ling Jiu sneered as his hand grabbed in the air then smacked toward the ground.

Boom!

The rocks, which were hurled at Jin Chao, suddenly turned back and came down at Jin Chao as a rock rain.

"Break that!"

As Jin Chao shouted, the silver skateboard under his feet broke up and turned into dozens of identical silver blades.

The blades quickly regrouped and formed into a silver fan, spinning at high speed to meet the falling rocks.

A shocking scene happened when the rocks hit the high-speed fan. Like tofu, they broke apart. They were pulverized and scattered all over the place.

"T—this is the ultimate Gold-type cold weapon—The Eighty-Death Shield?" Zhang Yuan exclaimed.

"The Ultimate Gold-type cold weapon?"

"The Eighty-Death Shield?"

Chen Feng and others looked at Zhang Yuan.

"The Eighty-Death Shield comprised eighty sharp blades. It is said that each blade was made from meteorite. It would cut iron like slicing melon, extremely sharp!"

"On its own, each blade was a sharp weapon. Collectively, they were a terrifying arsenal!" Zhang Yuan explained further.

"They could take the form of eighty types of weapons such as saber, spear, sword, halberd, auger, wheel, and umbrella, extremely powerful!"

"I see!"

Chen Feng and others could not help but worry when they learned what it was.

Jin Chao was a Level-5 arcanist with a super weapon like that. Would Ling Jiu be his match?

Just when everyone was still worried, the few hundred rocks had shattered. Jin Chao's eyes flashed with murderous intent. "Rascal, I will make sure you pay for your stupidity and arrogance!"

"Sword!"

As Jin Chao shouted, the eighty blades changed again. This time, they formed into a two-meter-long, twenty-centimeter-wide great sword.

"Kill!"

The great sword shot at Ling Jiu.

It pierced through the air with a loud sonic boom and came in front of Ling Jiu in the blink of an eye, aiming at his chest.

The sword was quick and merciless. No way a normal Level-4 arcanist could dodge that without getting pierced through and through.

But Ling Jiu was an exception. He was no ordinary arcanist. Seeing the incoming great sword, he decisively performed a Gravity Arcana.

"Eightfold gravity!"

The great sword traveled the length of its trajectory and ended up hitting the ground in front of Ling Jiu's feet.

"What?"

Shock was not the word for it when Jin Chao saw his attack that he was so sure to succeed had failed. Before he knew it, the eightfold gravity had come upon him.

He lost his balance as he almost could not straighten his back. The force of the eightfold gravity was so terrible that even a direbeast as savage as the Titan Tempest Ape gave way, let alone him.

"A horrifying gravity force!"

Jin Chao's heart missed a beat, and he was thinking of retrieving his great sword.

Before he knew it, the eightfold gravity force reversed its direction from downward to upward, hurling Jin Chao up in the air.

"Storm of Bullets!"

The corner of Ling Jiu's mouth curled up in a smirk. With the wave of his hand, several hundred rocks were flung through the air at Jin Chao like a tide, unstoppable.

"Damn it!"

There was no leverage point in the air. Now Jin Chao could not even move its body, let alone dodge. All he could do was to watch himself buried by the rocks.

Taking hits from several hundred rocks hurled at him, Jin Chao let out a painful scream. When Ling Jiu finally removed the eightfold gravity force, Jin Chao dropped to the ground, lying in a pool of blood like a lump of crushed meat.

Ling Jiu pulled the great sword out of the ground and walked up to Jin Chao. "You should be thankful that people are around. Otherwise…"

Jin Chao turned his head with difficulty to look at Ling Jiu, opening his mouth as he tried to say something. He coughed up and spat a mouthful of blood. Nothing was said.

All of his bones were crushed. He was as good as dead.

"I will take your great sword as my loot!"

Ling Jiu brandished the great sword in his hand. "If you are not happy about it, come to find me. I'll be waiting!"

Having said that, Ling Jiu left Jin Chao alone and turned to Yang Gan. "You have provoked me repeatedly. Do you really think I won't dare to do anything to you?"

"W—what are you going to do?"

Yang Gan's face turned pale; his body was shivering like a fearful quail.

"What do you think I am going to do?"

With the wave of the great sword, Ling Jiu cut off the right arm and left leg of Yang Gan. Yang Gan screamed in agony as blood spurted out from his wound instantly. He fell on the ground and rolled about in pain.

"If you dare to mess with me again, I will not only cut off your arm and leg, but also your head!"

Ling Jiu spoke nonchalantly. He then looked at the Vulcan team. "Come forward if you all want to avenge your team leader!"

Ling Jiu spun around and left after saying that.

"Sir!"

Chen Feng and others quickly came up. They eyes were filled with reverence.

"Let's keep clearing out those direbeasts!"

Ling Jiu's nonchalance seemed to tell that what he had done was not worth his second glance.

Indeed.

He had only defeated a Level-5 arcanist, which was not something worth bragging about. After all, there had already been four Class-5 Direbeasts dead at his hands.

"Yes, sir!"

Ling Jiu and others had left.

The members of the Vulcan team watched as they left, fear filling their eyes. They did not say a word the whole time.

Avenge?

You must be kidding.

Even Mr. Jin was already half-dead. Who would be that stupid to die for nothing?

"Too savage!"

"Absolutely too savage!"

Xu Yuanhui and others were breaking out in a cold sweat. They could swear to Heavens that they had never seen an arcanist as savage as him.

The GM of Vulcan was now a basket case.

Even a Level-4 arcanist like Yang Gan had his right arm and left leg cut off.

Ruthless.

"Savage? If not for us at the scene, the people from Vulcan would have ended up worse!" Someone had a different opinion.

Xu Yuanhui and others got chills by just thinking of that. That person was right. Had they not been here, no people from the Vulcan could have lived.

"Director Xu, what do we do now?" Someone asked in a shivering voice.

"We can't leave them here to die. They are from the Vulcan, after all!"

Xu Yuanhui sighed. "Bring them back to the base city and treat their wounds. If any of them dies here, we will have a hard time explaining it to Vulcan!"

"Yes, Director Xu!"

Chapter 68: Deal Closed, Mission Accomplished

"Captain Ling, you are awesome!"

"Even the GM of Vulcan isn't Captain Ling's match. Who else in Lantian Base City can beat Captain Ling?"

"Miss Luo is the Number One fighter in Lantian Base City, and Jin Chao from Vulcan comes in second. Since Captain Ling has defeated Jin Chao, Captain Ling isn't far from Miss Luo, I guess?"

"Captain Ling is only sixteen, yet already so capable. He should be qualified to join the Super Training Camp, where the best of the best gathered."

His team members followed him from behind and kept flattering him, some apparently sucking up to him, and more at awe and admiration.

"That's enough. Let's focus on hunting the Direbeasts. Don't drop the ball!"

"Who is still afraid of the Direbeasts when Captain Ling is here?"

There was laughter from the team members. But everyone got in the groove quickly. Ling Jiu was leading, using gravity force to suppress hostile as his teammates charged forward and hunted.

"Kill!"

Boom!

They were on a roll until nearly nightfall. Almost all Direbeasts in the Heihu Mountain Pass had been hunted down. The few left behind were the ones lingering on their last breath.

"Let's fill our faces and take a good rest for the night. We will finish off the rest of the Direbeasts tomorrow morning, then we can return to the company!"

"Yes, Captain Ling!"

After their dinner, the teammates went to sleep in the abandoned building while Ling Jiu stayed outside to absorb the gene energy.

Just then, ripples formed in the air nearby and a fine shaped girl appeared.

She was tall, and had a wonderfully pretty face, silky-smooth long hair and impeccable skin; she was like a ravishing figure walking out from a painting.

"It has only been a month, and you have become a Level-Five arcanist. You have exceeded my expectation!" The girl ran her fingers through the hair cascading down her ear.

Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat. When he saw who she was, he forced a smile. "Your sudden appearance almost scared the hell out of me, miss!"

"Oh, really?"

Ai Yuhe tittered as she came up, sat down beside Ling Jiu, and jarred the bonfire, flaming it up further.

"You know why I am here, don't you?" Ai Yuhe steered the topic.

"Because of this?"

Ling Jiu nodded at the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg appearing in his hand.

"That's right."

Her eyes flashed. "I've been here watching as you and Jin Chao fought. Just that I didn't reveal myself!

"Honestly, I'm shocked. I still remember you were only a Level-Three arcanist a month ago. You have risen to become a Level-Five arcanist in just a short one month. What you achieved is nothing short of incredible!"

"You are wrong, Miss. My combat strength might be equal to that of a Level-Five arcanist, but I am still at Level Four!" Ling Jiu corrected her.

"Level Four?"

Ai Yuhe cocked an eyebrow. "A Level-Four arcanist could kill a Level-Five arcanist. You are more terrific than I have thought!"

"I am flattered, Miss!"

The two talked for a while before Ling Jiu passed the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg to her. "Check the goods, Miss!"

"No problem!"

Ai Yuhe accepted the thing. "This is a legit Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg, two years and three months old, nine months to go before it hatches!"

"You can even see that?" Ling Jiu was surprised.

"Special instrument!" Ai Yuhe had a beautiful smile. "30 billion dollars and 300 contribution points, right?"

"Yes!"

"Tell me your bank account number!"

The transfer was successful, and Ling Jiu had an additional 30 billion dollars in his account, which now stood at 34 billion.

"My net worth will spike again, and I can buy a maglev airship after selling all the stuff!"

Ling Jiu was on cloud nine as he saw the many digits of zero in his account. It seemed like a dream to own that kind of money.

"It's done!"

Ai Yuhe let out a smile. "We will see again, young billionaire!"

"Are you leaving so quickly, miss? I couldn't bear to see you going! Your every smile, every move, and eyes captivate me."

Ling Jiu pulled a sad face.

Ai Yuhe blushed. "Are you trying to flirt with me, kid? Not that it matters. Just that it sounds so awkward. Are you waiting for me to laugh till I die so you can take back the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg?"

Ling Jiu let out an awkward smile. "It is not flirting but words from the bottom of my heart!"

"Save it! I don't buy this!"

Smile faded from Ai Yuhe's face as she took out a maglev car and was ready to leave. Before leaving, she suddenly looked back at Ling Jiu with a smile. "See you around!"

She disappeared into the maglev car and left.

Ling Jiu looked in the direction where the maglev car disappeared, and could not help but laugh.

"As the adage goes, a fair maiden is all a good young man is after! I may not be a good young man, but I love fair maidens!"

After practicing self-cultivation for a night, he had replenished the Gene Arcana that he had exhausted. Not only that, it had become even more powerful than before. The Sea of Hundred Rivers was no doubt wonderful stuff.

After breakfast, Ling Jiu and others continued their hunt and had killed all Direbeasts within fifty miles radius of Heihu Mountain Pass.

At two or three in the afternoon, they returned to the company and went straight to the appraisal department to meet Lee Kai and Wang Yun—Lee Kai's master.

"The harvest is a little more than usual this time, Master Wang!"

"The more, the merrier!"

After the pleasantries, the appraisal process began.

First up was the Class-2 and -3 Direbeasts.

Then it was the Class-4 and -5.

Because of the sheer number of Direbeasts, the appraisal took some time. Ling Jiu instructed Chen Feng and others to keep an eye on the process while he was away to the general manager's office.

"You are back!"

Luo Jia looked like she was in a pickle.

"Yeah, I'm back!"

Ling Jiu nodded as he smiled.

"I have heard about the Heihu Mountain Pass!"

Luo Jia still had the same expression on her face. "To be honest, I knew you would surpass me soon, but did not expect it to be this quick!"

"Has the incident at the Heihu Mountain Pass brought trouble to the company, Miss Luo?"

"A little, but not a big deal!"

Luo Jia shrugged it off with a smile. "Because of you defeating Jin Chao, Pangu has become even more famous in Lantian Base City and stolen the limelight from Vulcan!"

"That's great!"

Ling Jiu smiled and cut to the chase. "I'm here to sell something, Miss Luo."

Luo Jia cocked an eyebrow.

Before this, Ling Jiu had sold Icehollow Weed, Snowdragon Bile, and Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg. So what's next?

Luo Jia was in anticipation.

"It is bunch of Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders!"

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Chapter 69: The Wealthiest Person in Lantian, Airship Purchase

"Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders?"

Luo Jia was a little surprised; her beautiful eyes were wide open. She sprang to her feet. "What did you say? Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders? You have got the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders?"

Ling Jiu nodded.

"Oh gosh! You have got the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders! How could you be so lucky? This thing is a priceless ingredient for making the Water of Life for Heaven's sake!"

Luo Jia could not hold back her excitement. "Show me. Quick!"

"Here?"

Ling Jiu looked reluctant. "I'm afraid they will dirty your office!"

"Screw it!" Luo Jia could not wait. "Just show me!"

"All right, then."

With the wave of his hand, Ling Jiu took out a large osmium ball that held the Ten-Legged White-Ape Spider and Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders. The ball was so large that it took up half of the office room space.

Luckily Luo Jia's office was large enough. Otherwise, she would have a hard time accommodating the corpse of this Class-5 Ten-Legged White-Ape Spider.

Ling Jiu removed the osmium soil to reveal the corpse of the Ten-Legged White-Ape Spider, covered in the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders.

After being wrapped up for so long, all the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders had died from suffocation. There was no parasitic fear.

"These are the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders?"

Luo Jia picked up a Bloodfeast Souleater Spider and carefully studied it. "I have heard about these things. But this is the first time I am seeing one!"

Following that, Luo Jia took out a micro-PC to do validation, after which she called someone in to collect the samples.

They conducted anatomy on the Ten-Legged White-Ape Spider and took out all the Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders from its body.

The last step was to weigh them.

"You are rich, Ling Jiu!"

"The Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders weigh thirty-four pounds and eight ounces, valued at 47.4 billion dollars. I am so jealous of you!"

"You are the company's general manager. That's peanuts to you."

Ling Jiu was equally excited at hearing the figure. Both Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent egg and Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders were windfall to him.

He could not believe that he could be so lucky. He must have found great favor with Heaven.

"Here's the deal."

Luo Jia continued. "The Bloodfeast Souleater Spiders are a treasure of heaven and earth. The company offers you 47.4 billion dollars and 474 contribution points for them. How about that?"

"Deal!"

After closing the deal, Ling Jiu's personal net worth climbed to 81.4 billion dollars. That had not included the 904 contribution points he had.

There was no one—not even the general manager Luo Jia—richer than him in Lantian Base City.

"Congratulations! You have become the wealthiest person in Lantian!"

Praises and amazement filled Luo Jia's eyes. She had been witnessing the rise of Ling Jiu, from a rookie to surpassing her, which took only eight months.

It felt so dreamy, so surreal.

"Thank you!"

Ling Jiu was grinning from ear to ear, feeling just as surreal.

Before transmigration, he had been in labor class, taking a few thousand dollars in wages. But after the transmigration, not only did he have become an arcanist, he had made 80 billion dollars in eight months.

The changes came so quick that he felt it surreal. But Ling Jiu was not complacent; his contribution points had not crossed the 1,000-threshold.

This shattered his dream of buying the Ultimate Gene Arcana.

"Got to save up!"

After chatting with Luo Jia for a while, Ling Jiu left the general manager's office and returned to the appraisal department, where Master Wang and Li Kai were still busy doing their job.

"Captain Ling!"

"Captain Ling!"

Chen Feng and others greeted him.

"How is the appraisal process going?" asked Ling Jiu.

"We may not finish today because of the sheer number of harvests!"

"I have never thought of hunting too many Direbeasts could be a problem, too!" Huang Hailong gave a helpless smile.

"Don't you all think so?"

The other team members nodded their agreement.

"Tell Master Wang and Li Kai we will have dinner together. Leave the unfinished appraisal for another day!"

"Okay!"

Three days had passed since then, and they finally completed the appraisal. The outcome was known.

On Ling Jiu's side, there were seven Class-5, 468 Class-4 Direbeasts, 3,000 Greatmaw Ants, and 1,000 ant eggs, all of which worth 7.3 billion dollars.

Ling Jiu had hunted these Direbeasts alone, and so they all belonged to him.

Next up was the shared hunting portion, which included 176 Class-4, and 23,876 Class-3 Direbeasts, valued at 12 billion dollars.

The wilderness team had its own formula in dividing the 12 billion dollars, each member taking a cut according to his share of contribution during the hunting process.

Ling Jiu took most of the credits. Although he had not fought too much, his use of the Gravity Arcana rendering those Direbeasts defenseless had played a significant role.

For this reason, the team had agreed unanimously that Ling Jiu should be entitled to 30 percent, while the ten of them should divide the remaining 70 percent among themselves equally. Of course, Ling Jiu had no objection.

Just like that, he got another 3.6 billion dollars, pushing his personal net worth further to 92.3 billion dollars, just one step away from the 100-billion mark.

After breakfast, instead of practicing self-cultivation, Ling Jiu logged on to the Pangu Mall and browsed through the items for sales.

He wanted to reward himself for his hard work. What was the point of working so hard just so he could keep the money?

"I am going to get myself a maglev airship!"

There were many choices in Pangu Mall—from the cheapest, which cost one billion onward, to the most expensive, which cost tens of billions. Ling Jiu set his eyes on the maglev airships priced below 10 billion dollars.

After sifting through the selection and taking heed from the opinions of the senior forum members, Ling Jiu decided on a family-model maglev airship that cost 8.8 billion dollars.

This maglev airship was not as large as the government airship, but it still had 200-meter- squared internal space.

The cabin design was entirely family-style with a layout of four bedrooms, two living rooms, one kitchen, and two bathrooms.

This meant that with this maglev airship, Ling Jiu could not only use it for hunting but also bring his family and friends for an outing. It was very convenient.

Besides, it had a weapon system that could kill Direbeasts of below Class-5 and stand Class-5 Direbeasts' attack. It could attack and defend itself, definitely a bang-for-buck model.

Ordered.

Confirmed.

Paid.

8.8 billion dollars were deducted from his account.

"The seller says he will deliver the order by afternoon. Next, I have got to look at the arcana manuals!"

Ling Jiu possessed five types of arcana: Earth Manipulation, Shadowform, Teleportation, Gravity Manipulation, and Tungsten Form.

Right now, there was only the Rock Giant Ultimate Manual for the Earth Manipulation arcana. There was no manual for the other four arcana.

He did not have the money last time. But he was different now; he had the money and would want to complete his collection of arcana manuals.

"First, look at the Shadowform!"

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Chapter 70: Shinratensei, Lavishly Elegant

There were few manuals about Shadowform in the mall. The Shadow Shift was the only manual under the Ultimate Shadowform arcana.

Shadow Shift: the manual of the Ultimate Arcana, the use of which will enable you to move at 20-fold speed in Shadow Shift state. Price: 1 billion dollars.

"Shadow Shift is a manual about high-speed movement. Twentyfold speed isn't bad at all. It was a nice-to-have!"

Ling Jiu shook his head slightly. He had teleportation ability that could make him move a hundred meters in the blink of an eye. So spending 1 billion dollars on Shadow Shift was pretty meaningless to him.

"Gravity Arcana!"

If Shadowform was regarded as a special arcana to which few had awakened and of which the manuals were few, then Gravity arcana should be deemed as a conventional arcana.

Why was that?

Because most Earth-type arcanists would usually gain the Gravity Arcana when they reached Level 6.

So most advanced Earth-type arcanists possessed the Gravity Arcana.

The more people capable of the Gravity Arcana, the more manuals of the Gravity Arcana existed. So there were 50 manuals of Ultimate Gravity Arcana found.

Shinratensei: The ultimate arcana manual, changing the direction of gravity force, using reversed gravity force to bounce off objects and attack. Price: 1 billion dollars.

Gravity Drill: the ultimate arcana manual, manipulating gravity force to form into a drill to inflict destructive damage on target's internal. Price: 1 billion dollars.

Gravity Shackle…

As Ling Jiu browsed through the ultimate arcana manuals, an oddly named arcana manual—The Shinratensei—attracted his attention.

Apparently, the author of The Shinratensei must be a fan of the manga series Naruto. So much so that he even named his arcana after the skill in the manga series.

But this was totally understandable.

His Shinratensei was like the Shinratensei of Naruto in that he manipulated the gravity force around him to bounce off objects and attacks.

"This is a pretty handy defense ability. I will take it!"

Ling Jiu had decided. He ordered and paid.

"Next up—Tungsten Form!"

He continued searching.

According to the veteran forum members, there was no manual for Body-changing Arcana like Tungsten Form, Tyranno-form, and Gigantization.

Because these arcana were of close-quarters combat, so there were only manuals on close-quarters combat.

It was about how to kill a target quicker and more ruthlessly with maximum power.

Ling Jiu tapped on the ultimate category.

Typhoon Kick, Wavesurfer Fist, Realgar Kick…

Eightfold Rolling Thunder: the ultimate close-quarters combat arcana manual, famous for its fearsome, brute-force, powerful attack. At the pinnacle of its cultivation, it has eightfold more energy with extremely destructive power. Price: 1 billion dollars.

Ling Jiu had light in his eyes. "It feels like Eightfold Rolling Thunder is tailored-made for my Tungsten Form!"

Eightfold Rolling Thunder was fearsome, but it would also strain the physique. Without enough tenacity, one could easily get over-exhausted.

But apparently, Ling Jiu did not face such a side effect. Was there anything tougher than a Tungsten-formed body?

The answer was no.

"Buy! Must buy!"

Ordered and paid.

Another 1 billion dollars spent.

At last, he set his eyes on teleportation ability.

Teleportation was a rare type of Dimensional Arcana. There were only few manuals for it, let alone the ultimate manual.

It did not evoke Ling Jiu's interest at all. He would not buy without the ultimate manual.

"I have bought an 8.8-billion-dollar maglev airship, a one-billion-dollar Shinratensei, and a one-billion-dollar Eightfold Rolling Thunder!

"That's 10.8 billion dollars, money really burning a hole in my pocket!"

Ling Jiu sighed. He spent money as quickly as he earned it. He felt he needed to make more from now on. Otherwise, he would go from riches to rags in no time, and how could he get a wife then?

He continued to browse the mall. After all, he had spent so much on himself, and he needed to buy something for his father and younger sister, too.

"Father is spending all his time and effort in his company, working from morning till night. If he keeps going like that, I am afraid his health will give way. Buying something to enhance his body will be a good idea."

Ling Jiu quickly found something.

Vitality Fluid: intermediate Gene potion for improving gene condition, strengthen body organs, enhance stamina, and boost immune system. Price: 2 billion dollars.

He looked at the Vitality Fluid and could not help but nod. The body of an ordinary person like his father's would not react to strong potions too well. So the Vitality Fluid was the most suitable thing for him.

It could not only enhance his stamina but also boost his immune system.

"Get one for my sister, too!"

He spent 4 billion dollars on two bottles of Vitality Fluid.

After that, there were still 77.5 billion dollars in his account. He thought for a moment and bought a maglev car as his father's birthday gift.

His father's birthday was just a few days away.

"I wasn't so strong last time. Spending too much could attract unwanted attention! But now I am a different man. I could defeat a Level-Five arcanist. People would think twice before targeting us!"

While practicing the arcana manipulation at dusk, his phone rang.

"Mr. Ling, I am a staff member from Pangu Delivery. Your orders have arrived. Could you please come downstairs to receive it?"

"That quick?"

Ling Jiu was overjoyed. As he emerged from his mansion, two delivery guys were standing outside, behind them a medium-sized truck.

"Hi!"

"Mr. Ling!"

He signed the delivery order and accepted the goods.

After the two delivery guys left, Ling Jiu put the USB stick that contained Shinratensei and Eightfold Rolling Thunder, and the maglev car for his father into the dimensional pocket, then test drove his new maglev airship.

Just then, his father and younger sister arrived home. It stunned them to see a maglev airship parked up in front of the house.

"Brother, this is…" His younger sister asked.

"A newly arrived maglev airship!" Ling Jiu smiled.

"A maglev airship? You bought it?"

His younger sister was startled. "I heard it was incredibly expensive. The cheapest model costs few billion dollars. How could you afford this thing?"

"Don't you underestimate your brother!"

Ling Jiu was very proud. "Let me show you inside!"

"Number Nine, open the hatch!"

Ling Jiu issued an instruction to the maglev airship.

"Yes, sir!"

The maglev airship door slowly hissed opened at the sound of a pleasant synthesized voice. "Xiaotong, dad, go on. Take a look!"

"Wow!"

His younger sister exclaimed in awe as she scurried inside. His father nodded with a complicated expression on his face. When he got inside, he was awestruck.

A spacious, luxurious living room.

The mirror-like tiles.

The splendid chandelier.

The imported branded sofa.

The beautifully crafted bookcase.

Everything in the cabin was lavishly elegant.

"Are you sure this is the cabin of an airship, not someone else's mansion?"

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Chapter 71: Someone From the HQ, Not Enough to Go Round

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His younger sister and father were awestruck.

The airship cabin was no less opulent than their mansion. If not for them coming in from the outside, they would have thought this was a mansion's interior.

"This airship is too luxurious, son. How much did you spend?"

"Not much, just 8.8 billion dollars!"

"8.8 million? That's not really much… h—hold on a second! Did you say 8.8 billion?"

Ling Tianci was astonished. "So expensive?"

"It's all right, just small change!"

"S—small change?"

Ling Tianci's mouth twitched. How he wished he could knock his son's head; how could Ling Jiu say 8.8 billion dollars was just small change? He was in a stitherum.

"Do you want to go to the wilderness, Xiaotong?"

"The wilderness? Of course!"

"Number Nine, activate the stealth mode and go to the wilderness immediately!"

"Yes, sir!"

The maglev airship lifted off and disappeared from above the mansion.

Half an hour later, they came to the Guanshan Ranch a few hundred miles away.

Looking out, it was a vast forest and grassland accompanied by a stream and crystal-clear pond.

Above him was blue sky. Surrounding him were the undulating mountains divided by a valley where a river ran through, and an endless forest stretching into the horizon.

Winding stream and river, white clouds and blue sky.

Even the air was the best here, everything in harmony with nature.

"This place is beautiful!"

His younger sister was in awe.

"I have lost count for how many years I haven't seen this beautiful scenery!" his father said.

"Let's get down there!"

They just enjoyed the view as they meandered on the grassland, sat on the meadow to take a rest and had their meal.

The next early morning, the maglev airship returned to the base city just in time to send his father to work and his younger sister to school, after which Ling Jiu returned home to continue this self-cultivation practice.

He started by studying The Shinratensei in the morning, Eightfold Rolling Thunder in the afternoon, and Gene Arcana absorption in the evening.

His schedule was tightly packed.

A week had passed just like that.

This morning, Ling Jiu got a call from Luo Jia, saying that the HQ had sent someone over and wanted him to return to office for a review.

Ling Jiu wasted no time and drove to the company. He saw the reviewer, a somewhat skinny middle-aged man with a crew cut.

The man looked like he could float in the wind, but his aura was intimidating, especially his pair of knifelike eyes.

"Let me introduce, Ling Jiu."

Luo Jia said enthusiastically. "This is Jing Biao from the HQ. He will conduct a review on you."

"Hello, Mr. Jing," Ling Jiu said.

"You look full of beans, kid!"

Jing Biao guffawed. "The purpose I am here in Lantian Base City this time is to see you, besides visiting my hometown. I haven't come back for quite some time!"

"You are from Lantian, too, Mr. Jing Biao?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Yeah. My mother is a local, and I lived with my grandparents in Lantian when I was small until the Direbeasts invaded."

Jing Biao let out a smile. "It has been thirty years since then!"

Ling Jiu nodded lightly.

"Let us cut to the chase," Jing Biao said. "I have read your file, kid. At sixteen, you have gained Earth- and Gravity-type arcana, awakened less than one year, and now a Level-Four arcanist. Am I right?"

"You are right, Sir!" Ling Jiu nodded.

"Sixteen years old, arcana awakening is less than a year, a Level-Four arcanist, and the speed of your self-cultivation is all right. You meet the Super Training Camp requirement." Jing Biao said.

Just all-right?

As far as he knew, his speed of self-cultivation was unsurpassed in Lantian Base City, yet it was just all-right in Jing Biao's eyes?

That was disheartening.

"Something you may not know about Ling Jiu, Mr. Jing," Luo Jia said.

"At the start, Ling Jiu was using beginner Gene Arcana to absorb Gene Arcana. He gained Intermediate Gene Arcana through his own effort."

It startled Jing Biao to hear that. "Ling Jiu used beginner Gene Arcana, not advanced Gene Arcana when he first got started?"

"That's right," Luo Jia said.

"After the awakening, he signed a C-level contract with the company and he used only beginner Gene Arcana."

Jing Biao was shocked.

"If this is true, then Ling Jiu's self-cultivation speed is quick indeed!"

He looked at Ling Jiu. "At first, I thought you were just like other major clan disciples, using intermediate and advanced Gene Arcana as a start!"

Ling Jiu forced a smile; how he wished he could be so lucky. The sad thing was, he was not.

"Getting this level of attainment by using only beginner Gene Arcana, the speed of your self-cultivation is nothing short of genius!" Jing Biao said slowly.

"You meet all the requirements of the Super Training Camp, kid. But there is still a problem if you want to get a place in the Super Training Camp."

"Why is that, Mr. Jing?" Luo Jia frowned.

Jing Biao let out a sigh, then continued. "There is a quota of 200 people for the Super Training Camp each year."

"That's not enough to go round!

"You couldn't imagine how many arcanists are trying to get into the Super Training Camp. The competition is beyond thinking!"

"Just 200 people?"

Ling Jiu poked out his tongue.

Pangu was the world's top arcana combine. It had branches all over the world, and the Super Training Camp was open to arcanists from around the world.

But it only took in 200 people from among all the arcanists in the world.

The level of competition was mind-boggling.

"The HQ has allocated three places for Chang'an Base City, from which two geniuses have been shortlisted. So there is only one place left," Jing Biao said.

"The entire Chang'an Base City and the forty-one satellite base cities under its jurisdiction are competing for that one last place. You can imagine how tough the competition is."

Ling Jiu was silent. The Super Training Camp was open to all arcanists of Pangu. Anyone who met the requirements could apply to take part in the training camp.

An arcanist who had awakened no more than two years.

Must be a Level-4 arcanist.

Not older than 20 years old.

Anyone who met these conditions was qualified to apply.

But there were not enough places to go round.

Fierce was not the word for the competition.

"I have seen the list of applicants of Chang'an Base City. Ling Jiu was no doubt outstanding at his age."

Jing Biao continued. "He is unrivaled in the forty-one satellite base cities but not Chang'an Base City.

"Chang'an Base City?"

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Chang'an Base City was the only large and primary base city in the northeast. Its status was akin to a provincial capital 30 years ago.

Its massive population came with many powerful fighters and different forces. There were countless geniuses born here every year.

"Many forces have gone to great lengths to get this one place by either buying it directly or secure it through personal connections."

Jing Biao spoke slowly. "Many people, high up in the company management and originated from Chang'an Base City, used their personal connections just to get this one place."

"So intense a competition?"

Ling Jiu was discouraged. "My chance would be slim if that is the case."

"You will have little hope if you are just an ordinary genius. I am here in Lantian Base City is just a formality. But things would be different if you are a super genius."

Jing Biao let out a smile. "The purpose for the company to organize the Super Training Camp is to build a network of talents and train top fighters for the company. So if you are strong and terrific enough, you would emerge a victor."

"What should I do, sir?" Ling Jiu quickly asked.

"After a round of selection process, there are four contenders for the last place. Five if including you."

Jing Biao grinned. "The other four contenders have the support of four major forces behind them. You are at a disadvantage in this respect. The only way to win is to defeat them!"

"Defeat them?"

Ling Jiu was startled.

"Yup! Defeat them! Only by defeating them could you prove yourself that you are more talented than they are and could secure the place for yourself."

Jing Biao guffawed. "And that will depend on whether you are gutsy enough."

"I would like to give it a shot, sir!" Ling Jiu nodded.

"Very well!"

Jing Biao let out a smile as he patted Ling Jiu on the back. "Get ready. I will arrange for a sparring session as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir!"

For the following period, Ling Jiu stayed back home to practice his cultivation.

He was still not confident enough despite having the ability to defeat a Level-5 arcanist. After all, he was still a Level-4 arcanist.

"It would be nice if I could ascend to Level-Five before going to Chang'an Base City."

With this thought in mind, Ling Jiu browsed the mall as he wanted to find a treasure of heaven and earth like the Snowdragon Bile to enhance his strength.

But he was disappointed.

Effective treasures of heaven and earth were too expensive; he had got not enough contribution points.

Those treasures of heaven and earth that he could afford were basically useless.

He shook the thought from his mind and focused on practicing his cultivation.

A week had passed quickly.

Today, Ling Jiu got a call from Luo Jia.

"Ling Jiu, Mr. Jing has made arrangement. He asked you to pack up and follow him to Chang'an Base City tomorrow morning."

"Understood, Miss Luo!"

The next morning, after saying his goodbye to his family, Ling Jiu hopped on to Jing Biao's maglev airship and headed toward Chang'an Base City.

"Ling Jiu."

Jing Biao smiled at him. "We will arrive in Chang'an Base City in half an hour. Before we get there, I need to tell you about the other four contenders."

"Thank you, sir!"

Ling Jiu was grateful.

"These four guys are not just any contenders. Three of them are from Chang'an Base City's three major forces, namely Yang Group, Ai Family, and Chang'an Military District."

Jing Biao smiled. "The Yang family has spent 50 billion dollars to buy a place. But of course, that young chap from the Yang family is talented in his own right.

"And I don't have to tell you how powerful the Ai family and Chang'an Military District are. The last contender is the toughest; he is the child of the company's vice president."

Ling Jiu instantly frowned.

The power structure of Pangu Arcana Combine was like other arcana establishments, and the person at the helm of the company was its founder, Emperor Might.

Emperor Might was Pangu's director and president, who had the ultimate say in the company. His words could never be disputed.

Under Emperor Might were four vice presidents.

And under the vice presidents were departmental managers and base city managers.

Judging from this power structure, the vice presidents wielded immense power in Pangu Arcana Combine.

"Let us start with the guy from the Yang family."

Jing Biao continued. "His name is Yang Tian, a Level-Four arcanist, specializing in Mighty Mammoth Form, which is one of the nastiest Direbeasts.

"After attaining Mighty Mammoth Form, Yang Tian has gained a tremendous increase in strength and defense ability. He could increase his strength one-hundredfold. His strength is terrific."

"Mighty Mammoth Form! One-hundredfold increase in strength!"

There was an interesting look in Ling Jiu's eyes as he found that this ability was like his Tungsten Form.

"Ai Shangcheng from the Ai family is a Level-Four arcanist, whose main specialties are Fire and Wind Manipulations. He could manipulate a special kind of fire: Undying Skyfire, the temperature of which can be as high as five-thousand degree Celsius, extremely lethal!"

"Five-thousand-degree Celsius?"

Ling Jiu almost felt breathless at hearing that, considering the surface temperature of the sun was only 6,000ºC.

"Chu Ding, from the military district, is a Level-Four arcanist with Vajra Wolfclaw and Sonic-speed Arcana. His Wolfclaw is tough and sharp, and he can move as fast as sonic speed."

"The last one was Chang Jiandong, a Level-Five arcanist, whose arcana are Gigantization Arcana and Hundredfold Gene Arcana. He could turn into a ten-meter-tall giant, increase his strength and defense ability tenfold and his Gene Arcana in his body a hundredfold."

"A hundredfold increase in Gene Arcana is also considered an arcana?" Ling Jiu was puzzled.

"Of course."

Jing Biao nodded. "Chang Jiandong's physique is different from normal people in that his Gene Arcana is a hundred times that of normal people. Just like in comics, the unusually high amount of chakra is also an arcana."

"All right."

Ling Jiu had gotten the picture.

The Gene Arcana is the MP of an arcanist. The stronger the Gene Arcana was, the more tenacious an arcanist would be in combat.

Strong was not the word for a hundredfold increase in Gene Arcana.

"Not half bad at all for an ability. It would be terrific if I replicate this ability!"

He now realized he already had five types of arcana.

Putting the life-saving Shadowform arcana aside, his Earth and Gravity Manipulations, Teleportation and Tungsten Form were superb, especially terrific when they were used in combos.

The only downside was that they consumed too much Gene Arcana. If he could replicate Chang Jiandong's Hundredfold Gene Arcana, it would be a perfect complement to the shortcoming of his existing arcana.

"Too bad that there is another month to go before I can perform another replication." Ling Jiu sighed.

As Ling Jiu was silent, Jing Biao thought he was stunned. "Feeling the pressure, eh?" he laughed.

"A little. But that won't deter me!" Ling Jiu let out a confident smile. "I am confident of crushing them!"

"Very well!"

Jing Biao looked impressed. "That's how a young man should be—spirited and confident! I am looking forward to it, Ling Jiu!"

"I won't let you down."

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Chapter 73: Arriving in Chang'an, Bumping into Acquaintances

Half an hour had passed, and the airship arrived in the air above Chang'an Base City.

Outside the window, was a bird's-eye view of a massive city in a great land—Chang'an Base City. In contrast, Lantian Base City looked like a backward village.

Looking down from above, there were skyscrapers, and streets and shops that were filled with people. There were also aircraft flying around.

Aircraft was a rare sight in Lantian Base City. But here in Chang'an Base City, maglev motorcycles and cars were common.

They were as common as private cars, shuttling around on the air above the base city.

"There are fifty to sixty thousand arcanists living in Chang'an Base City, besides the many wealthy people. So aircraft is a common sight. Flying in the city doesn't require stealthy mode to be turned on, which is slightly different from the situation in Lantian Base City."

As they spoke, the airship had come above a 30-story building, which was the branch of Pangu Arcana Combine in Chang'an Base City.

"Here we are!"

The two alighted and came unhindered to the general manager's office, where they met up with Ai Tianfan, the general manager of Pangu Chang'an.

"Oh, you two are here, Jing Biao!"

Ai Tianfan showed up and welcomed them with a smile.

"Just arrived."

Jing Biao pointed at Ling Jiu. "This is the kid I have brought from Lantian Base City."

Ai Tianfan looked at Ling Jiu and held out his hand. "I have heard about you long ago, kid. Good to see you."

"What a pleasure, Mr. Ai."

Ling Jiu held out his hand.

"What a fine young man!"

Ai Tianfan patted Ling Jiu on his shoulder, then sat Jing Biao and Ling Jiu down. "I have arranged a spar as per your request, Jing Biao. I can call them over and start the spar any time."

"Then let us make it this afternoon."

Jing Biao glanced at Ling Jiu. "I think he needs a good rest after the journey. Let him have something to eat and replenish his energy before the match."

"You really look after this kid, eh, Jing Biao!" Ai Tianfan bantered.

"We have a rare thoroughbred from Lantian. It will only be proper for me to take good care of him. Besides, it is also my duty to select the right elites for the Super Training Camp."

Jing Biao looked at Ling Jiu. "It is your free time until three in the afternoon when you have to come back to the company."

"Yes, sir."

Being fresh off the boat, Ling Jiu looked forward to exploring Chang'an Base City. After all, this was the ancient capital city of thirteen dynasties, rich with cultural and historical significance. Besides, it was also the only large base city in the northeast.

It was a must-visit place.

"Maybe I should get something to eat first."

Ling Jiu took out his mobile phone and searched for food places. Just then, two girls emerged from the company building.

They were a perfect ten. The only fly in the ointment was that one of the girls was wheelchair bound.

Ling Jiu could not help but take a second glance at seeing the desirable girls. He found that one of them looked rather familiar.

"Missy?"

Ling Jiu could not help but call out.

The pretty girl pushing the wheelchair suddenly stopped in her tracks. When she spun around and saw Ling Jiu, she appeared startled. "It is you, Ling Jiu!"

"Yeah. I didn't expect to see you here!" Ling Jiu chortled. "I guess someone up there really wants us to see each other!"

"Indeed!"

Ai Yuhe reached to draw her hair to the back of her ear and smiled. "Are you here in Chang'an Base City for work or pleasure?"

"For the Super Training Camp selection."

Ling Jiu was forthright. "The selection will only start in the afternoon, and I am hungry now. Since you are a local, do you have any suggestions?"

"Super Training Camp selection?"

Ai Yuhe and the desirable girl in a wheelchair exchanged a look. They both saw the surprised expression in each other's eyes. "You have asked the right person. I know exactly where to find good food in Chang'an."

"Tell me, what is your preference? Hotpot? Veggies? Seafood? French, Japanese, or local food?"

Ai Yuhe was hospitable.

"Local food!"

Ling Jiu smiled. "Roujiamo[1, Paomo[2, Biangbiang noodles[3, Hele buckwheat noodles[4, or anything. I am not that particular with food."

"So these are your favorite, eh? Then you should go to the food street!"

Ai Yuhe beamed. "Dapiyuan, West Yangshi, Dongxinjie Street, and Dachejia Alley are the famous food streets in Chang'an. The nearest would be Dapiyuan and West Yangshi."

"Then I will choose Dapiyuan. Thanks for the recommendation, Missy! I will go now."

"You are going alone?"

Ai Yuhe's eyes flashed.

"It's not like I have a choice."

Ling Jiu shrugged. "But I wonder if I have the honor of having lunch with you two pretty girls?"

"Sure. I am very much free!"

Ai Yuhe chortled. "But first, let me make a call!"

She took out her phone and dialed. "I am sorry I can't have lunch with you. I have met a very important client."

"Done."

Ai Yuhe hung up the phone and winked at Ling Jiu with a bright smile. "We are ready to go, young man!"

"Did you not agree to lunch with that person? Is it okay for you to stand him up?" The desirable girl in a wheelchair said.

"I never said that I would have lunch with him. It was my dad. He took things in his own hands and made the date for me!"

Ai Yuhe blinked. "I couldn't find an excuse to decline earlier. But now it is different."

Ling Jiu had almost embarrassed himself by thinking that she was interested in him.

"Let's get inside the car, ladies!"

"You have got a maglev airship now, eh, parvenu!"

Not long after, they arrived at Dapiyuan, found a place, and waited for food to be served. "This is my bestie, Yang Ling-er," Ai Yuhe said.

The girl in a wheelchair rolled her eyes at Ai Yuhe. "You have finally remembered me. I thought you had forgotten me already!"

"Come on. I will not forget you even if I forget myself!"

Ai Yuhe reached to pinch Yang Ling-er's tender face, then pointed at Ling Jiu. "This is Ling Jiu from Lantian Base City. He might look young, but he is already a billionaire!"

"Nice to meet you, Miss Yang!"

"The same to you."

The three of them chatted away as they ate.

Ling Jiu and Yang Ling-er talked little. It was Ai Yuhe who did much of the talking. She looked particularly happy today.

"Did you mention you are taking part in the Super Training Camp selection, Ling Jiu?" Ai Yuhe asked.

He nodded.

"Have you learned about your opponents?"

"I read their files. They are all awesome and seemingly with powerful backgrounds."

"So, are you confident of beating them?

"I wouldn't have been in Chang'an if I weren't confident enough."

"I feel so much more at ease to be around you compared to the other guys. I hope you will get the place!"

"Thank you."

"Yuhe!"

Just then, a suppressed angry voice barged in. "Didn't you tell me you were meeting a very important client? Don't tell me that this pretty boy is that client of yours!"

[1] Meat sandwiched in bread /chinese-hamburgers-rou-jia-mo/

[2] Hot stew of chopped-up steamed leavened flat bread, cooked in lamb

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Chapter 74: Being Made a Romantic Rival, Gigantization Arcana

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ai Yuhe looked back and saw a strapping young man walking into the restaurant.

"Didn't you tell me you were meeting a very important client? Don't tell me that this pretty boy is that client of yours!" The young man pointed at Ling Jiu, resentment filling his eyes.

He felt he had been cheated.

How could this pretty boy be a very important client?

"He is that important client. What's wrong with it?" Ai Yuhe furrowed her brows.

"An important client? A pretty boy?"

The young man sneered. "Yuhe, I have gone through a lot of trouble, even getting help from Mr. Ai, just to have lunch with you."

His eyes reddened. "But you stood me up for a pretty boy! Yuhe, what is your relationship with this pretty boy?"

"Do I need your permission to have lunch with anyone at all, Chang Jiandong?"

Ai Yuhe continued. "So are you done yet? Why do you have to act this way every time? Fine. Please leave immediately since you are not listening!"

"Leave? I will. But before that, I want to know who this pretty boy is and why you stood me up because of him."

While speaking, he suddenly grabbed at Ling Jiu. "Follow me out there, you pretty boy!"

The young man's move was quick and brutal. Ling Jiu did not see it coming and was caught by his throat.

The powerful grab lifted him and flung him out of the restaurant.

Luckily, Ling Jiu could react agilely to this sudden occurrence. He did a somersault in midair, avoiding an embarrassing fall by landing on his two feet. Even then, he was furious.

'I am here just to have lunch, yet someone sees me as his romantic rival!'

'Are you stupid or something?'

"Are you mad, Chang Jiandong?"

Ai Yuhe got to her feet angrily.

"Give me a moment, Yuhe. Let me deal with this pretty boy first!"

After saying that, he darted out of the restaurant with fury in his eyes. "Don't you know my rules, kid?"

"Rules?"

Ling Jiu had a stern look in his eyes.

"The last time a pretty boy tried to chat up Yuhe, I broke his legs. The one who came before that last one became paralyzed after being hit by a truck!"

Chang Jiandong smirked. "And you are even more awful. How dare you ruin my hard-fought chance! How do you like to die?"

"I have no idea about what your rules are. But I know you must be an idiot!"

Ling Jiu looked at Chang Jiandong, as if he was a retard. "A person like you wants to date a girl? Perish the thought! If I were Miss Ai, I will not consider you, even if all the men in the world have died. You are a retard, idiot!"

"You must have a death wish!"

Infuriated, Chang Jiandong stomped his foot on the ground, which cracked in an instant. Using a terrific bouncing force, he launched himself at Ling Jiu like a bolt of lightning.

"Child's play. You are wasting your time!"

Ling Jiu sneered as he raised his right hand slowly. "Shinratensei!"

Boom!

A burst of horrible power sent Chang Jiandong flying backward.

"Punk!"

Chang Jiandong kipped up to his feet. The next moment, his body ballooned rapidly, and he turned into a ten-meter-tall giant in just a matter of a few breaths.

His body was as tall as a three-story building with his knotted muscles looking like a wall of steel. Blue veins popped up on his forehead.

Chang Jiandong looked like the Titan mentioned in the myth, exuding a terrifying, murderous aura. The coldness in his eyes was intimidating as if it could freeze everything over.

"You have pissed me off, kid!"

His voice was forceful like a great bell, carrying endless anger. "I will smash your bones and crush your skull to let you know the consequence of pissing me!"

"Chang Jiandong!"

Ai Yuhe had now lunged out in furious. "Are you done yet?"

"Yuhe, this pretty boy is harassing you. I won't let him off!" Chang Jiandong said coldly.

"Whatever he does to me has nothing to do with you!"

Ai Yuhe was extremely infuriated. "And let me tell you, I will not even consider you, even if all the men in the entire world have died! Don't harass me again. Otherwise, we won't be friends anymore."

"How could you treat me like this for the sake of this pretty boy, Yuhe?"

What Ai Yuhe said came like a bolt from the blue. He looked at her in disbelief; she had never said such a thing to him last time. He was in great distress.

Meanwhile, Ai Yuhe utterly went bananas at hearing what Chang Jiandong said. Can't you understand how I treat you has nothing to do with Ling Jiu?

But she had still underestimated how stubborn Chang Jiandong was. After a moment of daze, Chang Jiandong suddenly glared at Ling Jiu.

"It is you! It is all because of you! You shameless pretty boy! Yuhe wouldn't have treated me like this if not for you! I will kill you!"

Ling Jiu had no word for it. How could anyone be so stupid?

"Die!"

Chang Jiandong roared as he flung a punch at Ling Jiu. Despite in Gigantization form, his movement did not slow down but become even faster.

"Truly a retard!"

"Shinratensei!" Ling Jiu waved.

Boom!

Chang Jiandong was flung again even though he was now a ten-meter-tall giant with a tenfold increase in his strength. He still had a glass jaw in front of Shinratensei.

Ling Jiu could already suppress a 30-meter-tall Titan Tempest Ape with his Gravity Arcana, let alone a person like Chang Jiandong.

"D*mn it!"

The battle became meaningless. No matter how enraged Chang Jiandong was, he could not get near Ling Jiu.

It became a lopsided battle, as Shinratensei had completely suppressed him.

"Knock it off!"

As Chang Jiandong lunged back after being sent flying again, Ai Yuhe made her move, freezing him on the spot.

"Let's end it here!"

Ai Yuhe did not even bother to look at Chang Jiandong as she turned to Ling Jiu. "We will go to another place."

"Sure."

They paid and left the restaurant. It was not until they had gone a far distance could Chang Jiandong free himself. He fell to his knees and howled. "No! No! No…"

"I am sorry for what happened just now!"

Ai Yuhe forced a smile after switching to another restaurant. "I didn't expect that this problem of mine would get you involved. I am sorry about that!"

"It's okay! I bet anyone would have gone mad in facing such an admirer."

Ling Jiu waved with a smile. "But I am surprised by how mad you could be. You terrified the hell out of me."

As Ai Yuhe blushed, Yang Ling-er quickly came to her rescue. "She has a soft temperament. Just that she was really pissed just now."

"I can see that."

Ling Jiu nodded in acknowledgment. "We lose our temper now and then."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. It ruins the mood."

Ai Yuhe looked at Ling Jiu. "You are not half bad at all. I am surprised that you could have him in the palm of your hand. Don't forget that he is one of your four greatest contenders!"

"I just got lucky."

Ling Jiu let out a faint smile. "I wouldn't be so confident if you were my opponent. Your Dimension Arcana is the best-in-class!"

"It is all right."

The incident earlier had spoiled their mood. They no longer had the appetite. So after getting a quick bite, they went out for a walk.

It was the time for Ling Jiu to return to the company. Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er knew what he was going to do, and were eager to tag along.

So they were back to the company together.

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Chapter 75: Sparring Begins, Neck and Neck

Back to the company, Ling Jiu and the two saw and greeted Ai Tianfan and Jing Biao.

Ai Tianfan and Jing Biao nodded slightly. "The sparring is about to begin, Ling Jiu. Are you ready?"

"I am ready."

Ling Jiu nodded.

"Then let's go."

Ai Tianfan brought them to a large training hall. Ling Jiu was surprised to see crowd gather around.

And most of them were external personnel.

'So many spectators?

Ling Jiu was startled quietly.

"Because the last place involves many people and forces, and to guarantee fairness, Mr. Ai has invited some spectators," Jing Biao said, as if he had noticed Ling Jiu's puzzlement.

"With all these people as the witnesses, as long as you can defeat the other four contenders, the last place will be yours and no one could dispute that. Of course, if you lose, you could not dispute it too"

"I understand!"

Ling Jiu took a deep breath.

"Everyone!"

Ai Tianfan came to the center of the training hall and gave everyone a once over. "I will cut the cackle. Please allow me to say just a few words.

"After rounds of selection, we have finally shortlisted five contenders for the last placement in the Super Training Camp. There are more candidates than the openings. So there is only one rule: survival of the fittest. The strongest person will get the last placement. I announce that the sparring begins."

Because this was impromptu sparring, there were few rules. They would draw lots to decide who was going to fight who.

The five contenders—Ling Jiu, Yang Tian, Chang Jiandong, Ai Shangcheng, and Chu Ding—walked to the center of the training hall and started to draw lots.

The results were quickly known:

Ling Jiu vs. Yang Tian

Shang Aicheng vs. Chang Jiandong

Chu Ding from the military district would be on standby

While they were drawing lots just now, Chang Jiandong stared dead at Ling Jiu. If not for so many people around, he would have surely charged at Ling Jiu to kill him, although he knew he was not Ling Jiu's match.

"First session: Yang Tian versus Ling Jiu!"

All eyes were instantly on the two persons in the ring.

"Who do you think will win?" Ai Tianfan asked Jing Biao.

"It's hard to tell."

Jing Biao shook his head. "Ling Jiu has Earth and Gravity Arcana, both are for long-range attacks. But Yang Tian has Mighty Mammoth Form Arcana, a nasty close-quarters combat arcana. Their fighting styles are vastly different. It is hard to say who will win. But…"

"But what?"

Ai Tianfan cocked an eyebrow.

"Yang Tian's skill was best-in-class. No Level-Four arcanist could beat him in this realm," Jing Biao said slowly.

"That's for sure. Once Yang Tian shifted to Mighty Mammoth Form, his strength will increase by a hundredfold. By then, even Earth Manipulation and Gravity Arcana will have a hard time containing it."

Ai Tianfan nodded with a smile. "But it is still hard to say who will win before the battle ends."

"You are right!"

"Who do you think will win?" Yang Ling-er asked Ai Yuhe.

"Ling Jiu, of course."

Ai Yuhe said confidently.

"Are you sure?"

Yang Ling-er was a little surprised.

Jing Biao and Ai Tianfan looked at Ai Yuhe in disbelief.

Why was she so confident when even they were not so sure?

"No one can beat Ling Jiu below Level Five." Ai Yuhe let out a confident smile.

She had seen how Ling Jiu beat Jin Chao, and how he killed the Class-5 Direbeasts in Heihu Mountain Pass. She knew Ling Jiu's strength better than anyone else.

"Are you sure, my dear daughter?"

Ai Tianfan raised a brow.

"You will see, Dad."

On the other hand, Ling Jiu and Yang Tian had started talking.

"So you are Ling Jiu, eh?"

Yang Tian looked at him sideways. "I don't know who gives you the courage to come all the way from a village to Chang'an and compete with me for Super Training Camp's last placement. But let me tell you, you will be disappointed!"

"Just cut the cackle!"

Ling Jiu shrugged. "Make your move!"

"You are asking for it!"

Yang Tian hissed, then his body ballooned rapidly, and he turned into a five-meter-tall mammoth humanoid.

His legs and arms were huge. His ears looked like two large fans and he had two sharp fangs. There were also dark-green scales covering his body. He was neither mammoth nor human.

He was a hybrid of both species.

Boom!

The granite flooring cracked and shattered at once as Yang Tian stomped his feet on the floor and charged at Ling Jiu.

A mammoth always gave the impression that it was heavy and clumsy. But apparently, this was a delusion.

The mammoth was quick and could move at 20 km/h. In another word, it was said to be 5.5 m/s.

5.5 meters per second was only the speed of an ordinary mammoth. As for the best among the mammoth Direbeasts—Mighty Mammoth—could move at ten times faster than ordinary mammoths. In addition, it had incredible strength and defense ability.

So when Yang Tian moved, he ran like a steed and sent a tremor throughout the training hall.

"It's Mighty Mammoth Form. Interesting!"

As osmium soil surrounded Ling Jiu, he turned into a five-meter-tall osmium giant in the blink of an eye and activated Tungsten Form Arcana.

"What is this kid thinking? He wants to clash with his opponent head-on?"

"He wants to go head-to-head with Yang Tian? He must have hit his head somewhere!"

"Blow that naïve kid away, Yang Tian!"

Those spectators were shocked to see what Ling Jiu was doing. But they quickly derided him.

"Why going it head-to-head?"

Jing Biao frowned, thinking that this was very unwise of Ling Jiu.

Yang Tian was famous for his strength. By clashing with him head-on, Ling Jiu was punching above his weight.

This was stupid of him.

"Go home, lout!"

Yang Tian roared as he thrust a big and solid punch at Ling Jiu, who also flung his fist to meet Yang Tian's attack.

The two fists clashed like two high-speed trains collided.

An ear-shattering sound splintered the glasses around the training hall as Ling Jiu and Yang Tian were forced back at once.

"They are neck and neck?"

Those spectators were stunned. Yang Tian's Mighty Mammoth Form had increased his strength by a hundredfold, his punching force was as high as 30 tons.

Such a horrible attack could smash a van into a thin foil. Yet Ling Jiu had withstood it.

Are you kidding me?

"This kid is a badass!"

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Chapter 76: Three Arcana, Moving in a Flash

There was an uproar among the crowd.

"The Rock Giant is so strong?"

Jing Biao and Ai Tianfan exchanged a look. Both were surprised.

They knew about The Rock Giant, which was just a part of Earth-type Arcana. Yet it could match the strength of Yang Tian, who had a hundredfold increase in strength.

"Is Ling Jiu having the Power-type Arcana?" Yang Ling-er asked Ai Yuhe with a light in her eyes.

"Not bad for a wise lady like you. You have got a keen eye!"

Ai Yuhe admitted to it. "I don't know him well and what type of arcana that is. But one thing's for sure—he has got a Power-type Arcana."

"This Power-type Arcana complements his Rock Giant well, increasing his strength by a hundredfold."

"The Power-type Arcana!"

Ai Tianfan's eyes flashed. "Earth Manipulation and Gravity Arcana, and a mysterious Power-type Arcana. This kid has got three arcana up his sleeve. Incredible!"

"Had I known Ling Jiu has triple arcana, I would have let him take the place straightaway with no sparring needed." Jing Biao forced a smile.

"Probably not. Ling Jiu seems to possess three types of arcana, but once he attains Level Six, Earth Manipulation and Gravity Arcana would essentially be considered a single arcana."

Ai Tianfan continued. "So he practically has got only two types of arcana. In this perspective, the other contenders are just as good as he is."

"I guess you're right. But at this stage, he has still got the upper hand." Jing Biao smiled.

Ai Tianfan nodded his agreement.

"I can't believe it. You…"

Yang Tian looked at Ling Jiu in disbelief. Since his arcana was awakened, there had been few opponents who dared to clash with him head-to-head but all of them had failed to withstand his punch.

Ling Jiu had not only done that but also gotten even with him.

"But do you really think you could beat me just because you have withstood a punch from me? Let me tell you: You are daydreaming! Eightfold Rolling Thunder!"

Yang Tian roared in anger as the muscles on his right arm burst into power. He struck out a punch like a rumble of rolling thunder. His fist was thrusting toward Ling Jiu like a cannonball.

"Let's see what you've got!"

Ling Jiu planted his feet on the ground in a firm horse stance as he flung his fist to meet Yang Tian's punch.

A crisp burst of sound followed by a violent air current swept through the entire training hall. The two of them were forced to retreat seven or eight meters before they could stabilize their postures.

Another neck-and-neck fight.

"Damn it!"

Seeing that his most powerful move failed to defeat Ling Jiu, Yang Tian became desperate and attacked Ling Jiu in a frenzy of madness, using his fists, elbows, legs, and knees alternately.

He attacked non stop. Each of his moves came with a deluge of energy, which could smash any ordinary people into a pancake of meat.

Ling Jiu just rolled with the punches and parried all the attacks. After a few rounds of frantic assault, Yang Tian was panting and heaving, his face flushed.

At last, with a roar of indignation, his body shrank as he had exhausted his Gene Arcana and came out of Mighty Mammoth Form

"You have lost!"

Ling Jiu also came out of Tungsten Form and retrieved the Osmium Giant, looking at Yang Tian apathetically.

"Lost? No way I will lose to you."

Yang Tian looked grave. Before he could make another move, a terrifying gravity force came upon him.

In his human form, Yang Tian was a sitting duck being pressed down on the floor. He could not even get to his feet, let alone fight.

"Ling Jiu has won!"

Jing Biao beamed. "In fact, the outcome of the battle has been set when he performed his third arcana."

"Indeed."

Ai Tianfan had a complicated look in his eyes. "Earth Manipulation and Gravity Arcana are no less powerful than the Power-type Mighty Mammoth Form arcana. This kid has got long-range, auxiliary, and short-range arcana in one. He is incredibly talented."

"This is the aptitude we are talking about!"

Jing Biao let out a smile. "There are several billion people in the world. Some of them are inevitably, oddly powerful. So why couldn't it be him?"

"You have a point."

Ai Tianfan nodded his agreement, then walked to the center of the training room. "All right, it's over. Stop fighting. The winner of this sparring is Ling Jiu!"

Ling Jiu removed the gravity force upon hearing the announcement.

As the gravity force was lifted, Yang Tian bounced up to his feet, panting. But he could not accept the outcome.

"I have not lost! How could I lose to him? I can still fight—"

"That's enough!"

Ai Tianfan's face darkened. "Stop the crap and just admit that you have lost. Leave now!"

Yang Tian shot an indignant look at Ling Jiu before leaving the sparring ring. He dared not defy Ai Tianfan's words.

"Next session: Chang Jiandong versus Ai Shangcheng!"

After calling for the next session, Ai Tianfan turned to Ling Jiu. "You may watch the sparring, or take a rest in the room next door."

Ling Jiu felt the condition of his Gene Arcana in his body and nodded. "I will take a rest next door."

He came to the training room next door and performed Sea of Hundred Rivers to have his Gene Arcana recovered rapidly. The earlier battle had exhausted much of his Gene Arcana.

Time passed without him knowing. The next moment he knew it, he heard Ai Yuhe waking him up. "It is now your turn, Ling Jiu!"

"Who won the sparring in the last round?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Take a wild guess!"

Ai Yuhe let out a naughty smile.

"Ai Shangcheng?"

Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow.

"Bingo!"

"It is not hard to guess."

Ling Jiu got up. "Chang Jiandong is a weakling. His loss is a matter of course."

"Next session: Ling Jiu versus Chu Ding!"

Ling Jiu and Chu Ding came into the ring.

Chu Ding was a tough young man with a crew cut in a military uniform. He stood with his back upright with a tough aura in his demeanor.

"You are good. I will go all out!" Chu Ding drawled.

"I will go all out, too!"

Ling Jiu did not want to underestimate Chu Ding. In addition to Vajra Wolfclaw, Chu Ding had Sonic-Speed Arcana—he could move at the speed of sound.

Sonic speed is 340 m/s.

That was how quick Chu Ding was.

Ling Jiu could not afford to underestimate this opponent who was capable of moving at such a terrifying speed.

"Let's begin!"

As Ai Tianfan declared, Chu Ding instantly disappeared from the spot.

"Eightfold gravity force!"

As Ling Jiu shouted quietly, a gravity force eight times higher than normal engulfed an area of ten meters in radius. Gravity curbed speed so Ling Jiu could only guard Chu Ding's attack by this means.

Just when Ling Jiu performed a gravity force, he felt a chill on his neck. As he looked up, it shocked him to see that Chu Ding had come in front of him. Chu Dings four sharp alloy claws were just centimeters from his throat.

Ling Jiu broke out in a cold sweat. Lucky for him, he had used his Gravity Arcana in time. Otherwise, Chu Ding's Wolfclaw would have slit his throat.

"That was close! But I am going to win this fight no matter what!"

Ling Jiu looked at Chu Ding as he raised his right hand slowly. "Shinratensei!"

Boom!

A powerful force hit Chu Ding and sent him flying backward. Before he hit the floor, a massive amount of osmium soil appeared out of thin air then engulfed Chu Ding. As a result, he was kept still in the air.

"You have lost!"

Chapter 77: Undying Skyfire, Getting the Place

Engulfed in osmium soil in the air, Chu Ding struggled to fight back but found himself helpless against it. Hence, he admitted his defeat reluctantly.

"The gravity force is suppressing the Speed-type Arcana too much!"

"It is."

Those spectators blurted out in awe at seeing how Chu Ding's Sonic-Speed Arcana, an unfair ability, had met its worst enemy—Gravity Arcana.

What else could they say?

"It is true that the Gravity Arcana could counteract the Sonic-Speed Arcana. But don't forget how incredible Ling Jiu can manipulate gravity force." Jing Biao smiled.

"Indeed."

Ai Tianfan nodded his agreement, then walked into the ring. "Last session: Ling Jiu versus Ai Shangcheng!"

"Ling Jiu, to be fair to you, you can choose to either take a two-hour break or enter the battle immediately."

"I will enter the battle immediately," Ling Jiu said. "We have wasted too much time today. It's almost off working hours!"

"Are you sure?" Ai Tianfan asked.

"I am sure."

Ling Jiu nodded. The earlier battle that had only lasted for a moment cost little of his Gene Arcana. He was totally fine to continue the next session.

"Then let's begin!"

Ai Tianfan sent someone to bring out Ai Shangcheng, who was resting next door.

"This is the last session."

"This one last battle will decide who is going to take part in the Super Training Camp."

Ling Jiu and Ai Shangcheng came to the center of the ring. Ai Shangcheng was a timid teen, handsome but frail-looking. But Ling Jiu did not want to take chances.

The teen was capable of dual arcana of Fire and Wind Manipulations. Besides, he could control a special type of fire with temperature as high as 5,000ºC—the Undying Skyfire.

That was how terrific he was.

For comparison, the temperature of lava was only 1,400ºC, and the sun's surface was 6,000ºC. Yet Ai Shangcheng's fire reached 5,000ºC.

It was imaginable that this fire would burn him into ashes instantly. So Ling Jiu couldn't be more careful.

"Here I come!"

Ai Shangcheng gave Ling Jiu a heads up as a group of red flames burst out in his hand, and the horrible heat instantly spread.

Ling Jiu could already feel the scorching heat from ten meters away.

"Isn't this Undying Skyfire?"

Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat.

"Flaming Spear!"

Ai Shangcheng shouted in a low-pitched voice and turned the red-fiery flare into a flaming spear before shooting it at Ling Jiu.

"Shinratensei!"

Ling Jiu spread out his right hand.

Boom!

The surrounding gravity force suddenly reversed and became an expelling force that countered the incoming Flaming Spear.

The next moment, Flaming Spear was bounced back and away.

It stunned Ai Shangcheng to see his Flaming Spear bounced back. "I didn't know anyone could use gravity this way!"

"Gravity is also a force!"

Ling Jiu let out a smile. "And force has different strengths and directions. Since I can manipulate gravity, I can also manipulate its strength and direction. Gravity force can pull downward, push upward, and go sideways."

"I see!"

Ai Shangcheng was impressed. "You really are a dab hand at manipulation of gravity! But you may not withstand my next move with it!"

Ai Shangcheng clapped his hands as soon as his voice trailed off. "Doomsday Fire!"

Boom!

A vast amount of flame burst out of his hand. In the form of an enormous sea of fire, it spread toward Ling Jiu.

Those spectators could feel the heating scorching their faces. They quickly covered their faces and retreated.

There were scorched marks on the ceiling, flooring, doors, and windows.

"Rascal!"

Ai Tianfan cursed then immediately shot his hand out. The entire training hall was then engulfed with a white, chilly air.

A frost instantly formed on the ceiling, floor, doors, and windows to prevent the fire from scorching them further.

"Are you thinking of burning things up?" Ling Jiu's mouth twitched. "Shinratensei!"

Boom!

A terrifying expelling force burst out, driving the sea of fire away before it reversed and engulfed Ai Shangcheng with gravity.

Boom!

Ai Shangcheng was forced to bend down, his face reddening as he struggled against the gravity force. But he did not have the physical arcana that Yang Tian possessed.

At last, he was pressed to the floor and could no longer stand up.

"I concede defeat!"

After much struggling, Ai Shangcheng had no choice but to admit that he had lost.

"The outcome is known!" Jing Biao looked at Ai Tianfan, grinning.

"I knew it would turn out this way!"

"This kid's Gravity Arcana is also a bane for Ai Shangcheng!" Ai Tianfan said.

"Whatever. Ling Jiu has won." Jing Biao gave a smile.

Ai Tianfan nodded with reluctance. If he could, he would want to give the place to Ai Shangcheng.

But Ai Shangcheng was just not up to snuff. There was nothing he could do about it.

"Ling Jiu, you have earned yourself a place in the Super Training Camp!"

Ai Tianfan came to the middle of the ring to announce the ultimate outcome.

"Thank you, Mr. Ai," Ling Jiu said.

"You don't have to thank me. You earned it. I played no part in it."

Ai Tianfan held up his hand, then glanced at everyone at the scene. "The match has ended here and the outcome has also been announced. You all may leave now!"

"Rascal!"

"An outsider has taken the last place away!"

"Sigh…"

As indignant as those spectators were, they could do nothing to change it. After they all left, only Jing Biao, Ai Tianfan, Ling Jiu, Ai Yuhe, and Yang Ling-er were in the training hall.

"You have not let me down, Ling Jiu!"

Jing Biao walked up to Ling Jiu. "Three of you follow me to the Super Training Camp tomorrow morning."

"So fast?"

Ling Jiu was startled.

"The camp will start on the day after tomorrow. So you have got to register today." Jing Biao reminded him.

"All right."

Ling Jiu nodded helplessly. That meant his original plan was ruined.

"You two, do pack up tonight too."

Jing Biao turned to Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er. "Together with Ling Jiu, follow me to the Super Training Camp tomorrow morning."

"Yes, sir."

Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er nodded.

"You two have got the other two places?"

Ling Jiu looked at the two girls. "Why didn't you two tell me earlier?"

"You didn't ask."

The two girls giggled.

"Fine!"

Ling Jiu rolled his eyes. There were three openings for Chang'an Base City. He had not expected that these two girls had seized the other two places.

He was not questioning how Ai Yuhe got a place. But what about Yang Ling-er? Was her arcana very exceptional?

"All the best."

Jing Biao patted Ling Jiu on his shoulder, then left with Qi Tianfan.

"Congratulations, Brother Ling!"

Another guy came up. It was none other than Ai Jiacheng, who used to be pretentious in front of Ling Jiu.

Now he had a hospitable and humble smile on his face. "You are awesome, Brother Ling. Even the four contenders aren't your match!"

Ling Jiu put up a smile. Ai Jiacheng might have apologized in front of Wang Chao last time, but Ling Jiu still did not like this haughty, rich and spoiled brat.

"It is after working hours. Do you want to have dinner with me?" Ling Jiu asked.

Before Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er could answer, Ai Jiacheng chimed in instantly. "Sure! Sure! Let's go to dinner together!"

"We have got to celebrate your winning, getting the last seat. Besides, you all are leaving tomorrow. Treat this as a farewell dinner."

"Then let's go together!"

Since Ling Jiu and Ai Jiacheng had said so, there was no reason for Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er to say no.

They left the company and came to an upscale restaurant nearby.

"What would you like to eat, Brother Ling?"

Ai Jiacheng had an ingratiatory smile on his face as he put the menu in front of Ling Jiu.

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Chapter 78: Dimensional Fissures, Arriving in Australia

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

They all left early the next morning.

They were taking Jing Biao's maglev airship. In Ai Tianfan's words, it was safer to take Jing Biao's maglev airship than taking a jumbo jet. He knew Ling Jiu and others would be in Jing Biao's good hands.

"Where is the Super Training Camp, sir?"

As the maglev airship flew at high speed, the four of them chatted away while appreciating the scenery outside.

"Australia."

Jing Biao explained. "Australia is a big island. Before the Direbeast disaster, there were many ancient species in the Australian continent.

"After the Direbeast disaster broke out, the species in Australia—because of the geographical advantage—evolved much quicker than Direbeasts in other parts of the world.

"Thirty years have passed since, and now countless terrifying Direbeasts are roaming around Australia. Of the one hundred most vicious Direbeasts in the world, thirty are in Australia.

"Because of this, Australia is a no-man's-land and one of the rare forbidden, dangerous places where no one visits."

"There is something I don't understand, sir. Why did you say the creatures in Australia evolved much quicker than the Direbeasts in the rest of the world?" Ling Jiu looked in puzzlement.

"That is because," Jing Biao paused, "there is a dimensional fissure in Australia. You all should know that the Gene Arcana on Earth come from dimensional fissures."

The three nodded.

"Let me put it this way. The level of Gene Arcana is higher in a location where a dimensional fissure presents. And hence the evolution speed of the creatures the location is quicker.

"Just like the land where a river flows, the water sources around the river must be more abundant compared to other places, and so the vegetation along the river thrives much better. That's how things work."

"There is a dimensional fissure in Australia?" Ling Jiu was wide-eyed.

"Yup."

Jing Biao nodded, then continued. "During the beginning of the Direbeast disaster, dimensional fissure was a symbol of death, calamity, and hell.

"Because the leaked Gene Arcana from a dimensional fissure could turn a tame animal into a vicious demon, people were afraid of dimensional fissures.

"But as the arcanists rose, people started to find that the level of Gene Arcana's concentration around dimensional fissures was higher than other places and could boost self-cultivation effectiveness. So people started to use dimensional fissures for self-cultivation purposes."

Jing Biao let out a smile. "There have been eighty-one dimensional fissures found around the world so far, and they are controlled by different major forces in the world.

"Pangu controls thirteen of these dimensional fissures and has built thirteen training grounds there. The Super Training Camp in Australia is just one of them."

"I see!"

As Ling Jiu finally started to cotton on, another question popped up on his mind. "Since Gene Arcana could leak through dimensional fissures, that means we could also travel through it, right? What does the world on the other side of a dimensional fissure look like?"

The world on the other side of a dimensional fissure?

Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er looked at Jing Biao with one question in mind: what was the most mysterious place on Earth?

The answer was the dimensional fissures, of course.

Because of the dimensional fissures and the appearance of the Gene Arcana, the Direbeasts had risen and human technological development had leapfrogged to the era of arcana.

It was not an exaggeration to say that the dimension fissures had changed the Earth, propelling the planet off into another orbit.

So people were curious about what lay on the other side of the dimensional fissures.

The discussion on this topic had never stopped. There were many answers and speculations, but none of them could give a definite answer.

"I am as clueless as you."

Jing Biao forced a smile. "The dimension fissures are extremely unstable. Even the toughest material will be crushed into ashes once plunging into a dimensional fissure."

"That means no one knows what the worlds on the other side of the dimensional fissures look like?" Yang Ling-er frowned.

"You are right. No one knows."

Jing Biao nodded. "But our exploration of the dimension fissures has never stopped."

"The government of various countries and major arcana combines have spent a huge number of resources and manpower to study the dimensional fissures. Everyone has an image on their mind: the world on the other side is a land of treasure. At least, the Gene Arcana concentration is the highest."

"Indeed."

Ling Jiu and the other two nodded in unison.

When the concentration level of the leaked Gene Arcana was already this high, it made everyone wonder how crazy high it would be on the other side.

Just this point alone had given enough motivation for humans to explore the dimensional fissures.

"Perhaps when our technology is advanced enough, or when we could withstand the crushing force of the dimensional fissures, we will be able to travel to the other side."

There was a fervent light in Jing Biao's eyes. "I believe that day would not be far."

Ling Jiu and others nodded again. Human exploration would never stop.

Because of the courage to explore, humans had found and invented various manuals, weapons, treasures of heaven and earth, and arcana to survive while battling the Direbeasts.

As long as humans continue to improve, they would crack the secret of the dimensional fissures.

They chatted away as the airship traveled at high speed.

Three hours later, a large continent emerged on the horizon.

"That is Australia." Jing Biao smiled. "We are almost there!"

Ling Jiu and others looked with anticipation at the continent that was slowly filling their field of vision.

Ten minutes later, the airship arrived in the air above the continent. The airship kept flying before coming above an enormous castle.

A castle?

Fortress was the more apt word for it.

A hundred-meter-high wall protected the city all on all sides. Stains of dried blood covered the walls. Soldiers in combat uniforms were patrolling on the city walls.

The wall was heavily guarded by sentry posts.

There were embrasures on the wall, making the entire fortress look like a war machine.

Once there were Direbeasts coming near, those weapons lying in wait would turn into meat grinders and give those invading Direbeasts a lethal blow.

Besides, the area within ten miles from the fortress was scorched earth.

There was not a single tree. Not even grass.

Visibility was good when looking down from the fortress, from where people could see clearly if there were any Direbeasts coming.

The airship landed on a landing pad in the center of the fortress. As the four of them disembarked, a group of people came up from afar to meet them.

"Welcome back, sir!"

The leading guy, tanned skin, sturdy, wearing a green camouflage outfit, stepped up to greet Jing Biao.

"Yup."

Jing Biao patted the guy's shoulder with a smile. "Have other mentors come back?"

"They are all almost here!" The sturdy guy replied.

"Good."

Jing Biao nodded, then looked at Ling Jiu and the rest. "Let's go. Let me bring you to register first before settling you down."

"Yes, sir."

Jing Biao brought the three of them to the camp leader's office.

In Jing Biao's words, the camp leader was the head of the Super Training Camp, a high-ranking officer not lower than departmental managers in the company. He had an unfathomable level of strength.

"Glad to see you back, Jing!"

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Chapter 79: New Roommate, Different Benefits

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After seeing the camp leader, getting the registration done, and informed of their room numbers, they came to their respective rooms.

Ling Jiu's room was No. 308. The door was opened when he arrived. As he entered, he saw that the room was built with a special alloy, of which the tables, chairs and beds also made.

The room, measured about 40 m2, contained two empty alloy beds.

"What a shabby place!"

Ling Jiu mumbled to himself. There was no comparison between this room and his maglev airship, not to mention his company mansion.

He could not believe that this was the accommodation the Super Training Camp provided for a genius like him.

While Ling Jiu grumbled quietly, a handsome teenager emerged from the bathroom with a basin in his hands, seemingly wanting to clean the bed.

"So you are my roommate, eh?"

The handsome teenager said hello enthusiastically with a light in his eyes when he saw Ling Jiu.

"I stay in Room 308 too!"

Ling Jiu let out a smile. The teenager was wearing sunglasses. But by the looks of his face, he was pretty handsome.

"Hello, my name is Shi Gang. I am from Yangzhou Base City." The handsome teenager self-introduced. "Nice to meet you!"

Ling Jiu let out a faint smile. "My name is Ling Jiu. I am from Lantian Base City."

After exchanging some pleasantries with Shi Gang, he started to sort his stuff. He had not been sleeping ever since he had awakened his arcana. There was no need for a bedsheet and a blanket. All he needed was a towel, toothbrush, facial cleanser and other toiletries.

After sorting things out, it was already noon when Shi Gang invited Ling Jiu for lunch, and Ling Jiu did not decline.

But he also asked Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er to go along. The four of them came to the canteen where they met the other trainees.

Most of them were of their age and of different skin colors: yellow, white, black and brown.

Ling Jiu even saw some Japanese.

Japanese?

Ling Jiu was transfixed as a story about Japan he had read online came to mind.

30 years ago, during the invasion of Direbeasts, there was a dimensional fissure appeared in Japan. This had caused the Direbeasts in and around Japanese islands to evolve rapidly.

At last, most Japanese had either died, fled, or migrated.

Japan had disappeared as a nation in less than ten years. Only a small number of Japanese who had fled to the other parts of the world survived.

Seeing Japanese here surprised him.

A day had passed since then.

The next morning.

The rushing sound of the siren resonated throughout the fortress, followed by a voice speaking through a megaphone. "All trainees are required to assemble in the square immediately!"

"The assembly!"

"Quick! Go now!"

It did not take long before all trainees had left their hostels and come to the square.

The fortress was in the shape of a hollow cylinder with hostels, canteen and other structures surrounding a large and empty square in the center.

This was the square where they had assembled.

Everyone was standing in the middle of the square. Other than the camp leader and Jing Biao, many others had a horrifying aura in them.

"Time for a roll call!"

After that, the camp leader gave a speech.

The camp leader was a spirited, gray-haired old man. He wore a military uniform, stood with his back strengthened like a flagpole on the spot, and an aura of determination and bravery.

"You all are the top geniuses from around the world, the best of the best from your respective base cities. I am glad to see you all!"

The camp leader suddenly changed his tone. "But I want to tell you all, you are nothing here. Because everyone else in the training camp is stronger than all of you.

"So, you all must not slacken. Only by hard work and stretching yourselves to the last drop of your potential, you could enjoy the best benefit and resources! Next, I am going to set up a leaderboard for you all!"

The camp leader pointed at the giant screen erected in the center of the square.

"The higher the position you are on the leaderboard, the better the benefit you will enjoy as it proves how much hard work and effort you have put in."

The two hundred trainees looked up at the giant screen in the middle of the square. Right now, there was not a name displayed on the leaderboard.

"The leaderboard will be updated once a week. Those who are ranked at the top will receive handsome rewards.

"Those in the top thirty will receive a beginner-grade vitality-enhancement fluid and a beginner-grade Gene Arcana enhancement fluid.

"Those in the top ten will receive an intermediate vitality-enhancement fluid and an intermediate Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid.

"Those in the top three will receive an advanced vitality-enhancement fluid and an advanced Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid."

"What?"

Everyone was stunned at hearing that.

The vitality-enhancement fluid could enhance stamina, vitality, and body cells. It was definitely a precious potion in enhancing physical strength.

The Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid could boost Gene Arcana and increase internal strength. It functioned much like the Snowdragon Bile.

Like all treasures of heaven and earth and Gene potions, these two Gene potions could not be bought with money. They were of special items, only exchangeable with contribution points. Their 'prices' were:

Beginner vitality-enhancement fluid (Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid): 5 contribution points.

Intermediate vitality-enhancement fluid (Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid): 50 contribution points.

Advanced vitality-enhancement fluid (Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid): 500 contribution points.

There were vast differences in prices between the beginner, intermediate, and advanced vitality-enhancement fluids (Gene Arcana-enhancement fluids).

In fact, the efficacies of these different grades of vitality-enhancement fluids (Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid) differed vastly.

But all these were given as rewards to the trainees. That showed how generous the training camp was.

'How fast my self-cultivation will improve if I get an advanced vitality-enhancement fluid and an advanced Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid every week?'

Ling Jiu thought. In fact, everyone shared the same thought.

"The higher the score, the better the benefit!"

"This is just part of it!"

The camp leader continued. "The higher your ranking is, the better environment of self-cultivation you will get! You may not know that the dimensional fissure is right under our feet. An endless stream of Gene Arcana is leaking out of it constantly."

"What?"

"The dimensional fissure is right under our feet?"

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Chapter 80: A Cruel Scheme, Work for Free

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Everyone was shocked.

Despite knowing that there was a dimensional fissure in Australia, they did not expect to see it under their feet.

"Are we standing on a dimensional fissure? Are we going to fall?"

Everyone got chills. That was a dimensional fissure they were talking about. What if they fell into it?

"Gene Arcana is leaking out of it every second, so there is a high concentration of Gene Arcana around the dimension fissure!"

'High concentration? How come I couldn't feel it?' Ling Jiu grumbled.

"You all can't feel the changes in Gene Arcana because we have rounded it up as it leaks out of the dimensional fissure."

The camp commandant explained. "And then under our feet, we have constructed the self-cultivation rooms, which are the famous Twelve Underground Chambers."

"Twelve Underground Chambers?"

Everyone looked at him with bated breath.

"The Twelve Underground Chambers are right above the dimensional fissure, divided into four levels, each of which contains three self-cultivation chambers. There are twelve in total."

"Just twelve?"

The trainees looked at each other. There were 200 trainees but only 12 self-cultivation rooms in the training camp. That was not enough to go round.

The camp commandant quickly answered their question. "Why just twelve? Because it is to prevent mutual interference. As we all know, our Gen Arcana secret technique could forage Gene Arcana from as far as a thousand meters or even ten thousand meters away. If the self-cultivation rooms are too close to each other, there will be interference. So they have to be at least ten thousand meters away from each other. But because of the great distance, we could only construct twelve."

Aha! Everyone suddenly cottoned on.

"The Gene Arcana concentration decreases as you go from Level One to Two, from Two to Three, and from Three to Four."

The camp commandant paused, then continued. "The Gene Arcana concentration is the highest on Level One and goes down at each subsequent level. Their concentration ratio is 1000: 100: 10: 1."

"Different by a factor of ten!"

Ten times the difference.

That was a vast difference.

Everyone swallowed hard.

"The Twelve Underground Chambers are specially made for you all. Specifically, they are for the outstanding trainees."

The camp commandant gave everyone a once over. "Top three trainees will earn the right to use the level-one self-cultivation chamber. Top six trainees will get to use the self-cultivation rooms on level two. Top nine trainees use the three self-cultivation rooms on level three. As for the three self-cultivation rooms on level four, they are shared among the top fifty trainees."

"Shared?"

Everyone was startled.

"How?"

"According to your position on the leaderboard, each person may use it for an hour."

"What about the rest of the trainees?"

"The rest of the trainees are not qualified to use the Twelve Underground Chambers. They can only use the hostel."

"D*mn!"

"This is so unfair!"

There was an uproar.

Top 1, 2, and 3 trainees were to use the level-1 chambers.

Top 4, 5, and 6 trainees were to use the level-2 chambers.

Top 7, 8, and 9 trainees were to use the level-3 chambers.

The rest of the top 50 trainees were to share the level-4 chambers.

The rest of the trainees were not even qualified to share the Twelve Underground Chambers.

It was hard to accept such differentiated treatment.

"You all can't accept it, isn't it?"

The camp commandant looked at the trainees with a nonchalant expression. "If you all can't accept it, then work harder! Remember this: The Super Training Camp only trains the elites, the strongest, not a place for the trash to dawdle!

"In simple words; the more outstanding you are, the better resources you will get to enjoy. The higher your leaderboard score, the more advantages you will get!

"If you don't want to be left behind and the gap between you and your peers to widen, then work harder! Only by working harder could you enjoy the best benefit and resources!"

Everyone clenched their fists with a bitter fighting spirit in their eyes.

They were all geniuses, and no one thought they were worse than others. They believed that as long as they worked harder, they would get whatever they wanted.

The camp commandant glanced over at everyone and looked satisfied. Those who were present were geniuses. As soon as he triggered their motivation, there would be competition.

Heroes were made, not born.

Only those who emerged from the cruel competition were the strongest.

"What determines the ranking on the leaderboard, sir?" someone asked.

Others listened with their ear stand erect. After all that was said, the key to everything was the leaderboard.

"I will explain that later."

The camp commandant let out a faint smile. "I have talked about the ranking earlier. Now let me tell you about the self-cultivation arrangement.

"The Super Training Camp has only two types of training: The Gene Arcana cultivation and field combat exercise!

"The Gene Arcana is our internal strength, without which we can't use our arcana. Without adequate Gene Arcana, we can't fight a long battle.

"So the Gene Arcana cultivation is the top priority.

"As for field combat exercise," the camp commandant paused, then continued. "Needless to say, as an arcanist, you are not qualified to call yourself an arcanist without actual combat experience.

"So this is the arrangement, you all are to practice Gene Arcana cultivation on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The place: Twelve Underground Chambers and hostel.

"Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are for field combat exercise. The venue: the wilderness!"

"The wilderness?"

Everyone was stunned.

"Our duty in this era is to hunt the Direbeasts. So Direbeast-hunting will be our field combat exercise."

The camp commandant looked at everyone. "There are more Direbeasts outside the fortress than you could imagine, from the weakest Class-One Direbeasts to the chart-topping Direbeast Kings and.

"Your mission is to go into the wilderness every Thursday morning, hunt the Direbeasts, and bring their corpses back to the logistics department before six p.m. on Saturday.

"The logistics will compile a list of the Direbeasts that you have hunted according to their classes and levels of strength, which will form the basis of your ranking on the leaderboard.

"The higher the score, the higher the ranking, and the lower the score, the lower the ranking.

"That also means your leaderboard's ranking is based on your field combat performance from Thursday to Saturday, and your ranking will determine the benefit you get to enjoy."

Everyone was holding their breaths as they quickly digested the information they had just heard.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were for the Gene Arcana cultivation.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were for field combat exercise in the wilderness.

The more the number and higher the class of Direbeasts they hunted, the higher the score they would get, and the higher their ranking would be.

The ranking determined the benefits they would receive: the vitality-enhancement fluid, the Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid, the usage of the Twelve Underground Chambers.

This is a brutal competition.

If they wanted to enjoy the best benefits, they had to work harder by not only practicing self-cultivation but also hunting the Direbeasts. They had to fight every minute.

"I've got a question, sir!"

A young Caucasian guy raised his hand.

"I am listening."

"Will we get paid for the Direbeasts that we hunt after bringing them back to the logistics?" the young guy asked.

This was the question that had been on the mind of everyone. Back in their base cities, they hunted the Direbeasts and got rich from it.

So could they continue to make money by hunting the Direbeasts while they were in the training camp?

The camp commandant shook his head and laughed. "Let me tell you a cruel reality! Do you all know from where we get the money to pay for the running of the training camp, the vitality-enhancement fluid and the Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid for thirty trainees every week?

"Err…"

Everyone was stunned.

"The money comes from the Direbeasts that you all hunt. So, stop asking this kind of stupid question. You all are to hand over all the Direbeast corpses to the logistics and will not get paid a single cent! All we could give is the scores! That's it! If you all think you can't accept this, you all can pull out from the Super Training Camp right now. I believe no one is going to stop you!"

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