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 161: Casmodor, Fruits of the Divine

"Divine Tree of Casmodor?"

Ling Jiu was dumbfounded. He had never heard of it at all. What the hell was it?

"I am an extraterrestrial lifeform."

The sapling trembled as it spoke, but its words were shocking. "I arrived on this planet by accident over ten years ago and have been living here ever since."

"Are you an alien plant?"

It stunned Ling Jiu to hear that. "How did you get here? By spaceship?"

"Spaceship? What is a spaceship?"

The sapling was puzzled. "I came to this planet on a meteorite. Of course, I was just a seed that had yet to sprout at the time."

Ling Jiu was utterly silenced.

Came on a meteorite?

It might have sounded simple, but Ling Jiu could fully understand the terrifying truth of it.

A seed had embarked on a long space journey aboard a meteorite, passed through the atmosphere of Pandora, and endured the test of extreme temperature. In the end, it hit the ground with an impact force equal to that of a nuclear explosion.

Miraculously, it survived.

How tough was this seed?

Ordinary seeds would have already died after soaking boiling water. It was impossible for them to sprout in such a circumstance, but this guy here…

If what it says is true, then its origins must be extraordinary, Ling Jiu thought. "Tell me about yourself!"

"I originally lived on Casmodor, a beautiful and rich planet, which is also the home planet of our Casmodor Divine Tree!"

The sapling continued, "An alien civilization invaded my home planet, so my mother wrapped me in stone and cast me out of Casmodor.

"After that, I wandered in space for a long time. It was not until I reached this planet that I managed to take root and sprout.

"It is a pity that the resources on this planet are too scarce and the energy content is not abundant. As a result, I have grown at a slow rate."

Too few resources?

Ling Jiu's mouth twitched. Pandora's resources were scarce?

Ling Jiu could not tell if that was indeed the case. However, if the resources on Pandora were scarce, how scarce were the resources on Earth?

"Let's not talk about that."

Ling Jiu became impatient. "Tell me what you can do."

"I-I think… all I can do is eat." The sapling was startled and stammering.

"Eat?"

The corners of Ling Jiu's mouth twitched, and he picked up his war blade again. "Since all you can do is eat, I am sorry to tell you that I will have to gouge out your heart. You'll prove more valuable to me this way."

"D-Don't kill me!"

The sapling was shaking in fright. "My body is tough enough to be used as a weapon. Plus, we Casmodor Divine Trees will bear fruit once we reach adulthood."

"Bear fruit?"

"What's the use of this fruit?" Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow.

"I don't know exactly."

The tree sapling was in fear. "I only know that those animals on Casmodor gain a tremendous increase in strength by eating the fruits of the adult Casmodor Divine Trees."

"Gain a tremendous increase in strength?" Ling Jiu squinted. "How much strength can it add?"

"I don't know." The sapling did not have a clue.

"You don't know?"

Ling Jiu raised his war blade again.

"I really don't know!" the sapling cried out.

"Ling Jiu, stop frightening it!"

Another voice echoed in Ling Jiu's mind. It was 9527.

"You know this guy, 9527?" Ling Jiu was surprised.

"It is the Divine Tree of Casmodor."

9527 chuckled. "I knew about it when it arrived on this planet, but I just allowed it to grow. I didn't expect you guys to discover it. This little guy is so unlucky. Fortunately, it was you who found it. It is kind of a blessing in disguise."

"What kind of life form is the Divine Tree of Casmodor, 9527?" Ling Jiu was baffled.

"The Divine Tree of Casmodor is a relatively powerful plant. It can grow into a pinnacle stellar life form as soon as it matures," 9527 said. "There is something magical about this plant, though. It is able to bear the Casmodor Fruit once it reaches adulthood, and you can grow into a stellar life form as soon as you eat the fruit."

"Become a stellar life form as soon as I eat the Casmodor Fruit?" Ling Jiu swallowed, his throat feeling a little dry.

"That's right," 9527 replied.

"Holy moly!" Ling Jiu was astonished by what he heard. "Is this an Ultimate Treasure of Heaven and Earth?"

Are you kidding me?

"A plant that can grow to reach the pinnacle of a stellar life form and produce the Casmodor Fruit when it matures is an Ultimate Treasure of Heaven and Earth?"

Ling Jiu knew that those people in the training camp had mistaken a super treasure as only an Ultimate Treasure of Heaven and Earth.

"But I thank them for their ignorance."

Ling Jiu stared at the sapling, his eyes lighting up. "Hey, little sapling, you will follow me from now on. I will take care of you."

"You will not kill me?" The sapling was emotional.

"Instead of killing you, I am going to protect you," Ling Jiu said. "From today onwards, you will be my little brother. I will show no mercy to those who dare to hurt you. Well, you will be called Sapling Ling."

"T-Thank you!"

Sapling Ling was so excited that he thanked Ling Jiu repeatedly.

"Very well."

Ling Jiu was pleased with the sapling's attitude. "By the way, 9527, how long does a Casmodor Divine Tree take to mature and how long does it take to bear fruit usually?"

"It depends on the growth environment," 9527 said. "If the planet is rich in resources and energy, it will mature in a few years, and the flowering, as well as fruiting period, will be short. If it is a planet with scarce resources, the growth rate will be slow—it will probably be thousands of years before it matures."

"What about on Pandora?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Pandora's resources are average. It will take at least a hundred years for a Casmodor Divine Tree to mature here," 9527 said without thinking.

"A hundred years?"

Ling Jiu had lost hope. A hundred years might have seemed short, but it was too long for him.

He could reach stellar life form within ten years with his speed of self-cultivation. What was the use of keeping this sapling then?

"Forget it! I'll cut it down!" Ling Jiu's mouth twitched. "I'll gouge its heart out, then at least it can speed up my cultivation base by thirty years. It just makes no sense to keep it alive."

"You can actually keep it," 9527 said. "The Casmodor Divine Tree also has a parasitic ability. You can let it feed off of you and absorb your pure Dark Bio-energy. It will grow rapidly and only take a few years to reach adulthood that way."

"Feed off of me?" Ling Jiu was dumbfounded. "Look at its size; don't you think it will suck me dry?"

The sapling might have looked small now, but it used to be a thousand feet tall before. It was a bad idea to let such a huge creature feed off of him.

"Don't you worry about it," 9527 said. "Firstly, the Dark bio-energy's effectiveness is beyond your imagination. Don't be fooled by its size. It will grow with very little Dark Bio-energy. Second, once it starts to feed off of you, both of you will be in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship. It can transform part of the Dark Bio-energy into pure vitality and give it back to you. You can strengthen your cells, enhance their vitality, and at the same time improve your self-healing ability. The benefits are abundant. In short, there are only benefits for letting the Casmodor Divine Tree feed off of you at this stage."

Ling Jiu nodded. "What if it attacks me after it feeds off of me? Won't I be like a lamb to the slaughter?"

"That is even simpler to settle," 9527 said. "You should have a Shadowform Arcana, right? You can expel it from your body by using this ability."

"How the hell did you know that?" Ling Jiu was stunned.

"As I've said before, the exploring spaceship has a human body scanning function. You have no secrets in the spaceship."

"The feeling of being seen through is so uncomfortable."

Ling Jiu snorted and ended his conversation with 9527. He then looked at the sapling with a gentle smile.

"Hey, little brother, Pandora is too barren. Do you want to feed off of me?"

"Feed off of you?"

Sapling Ling was stunned and overjoyed. "I can feel the pure energy in you. Are you really willing to let me parasitize you?"

"You're not willing?" Ling Jiu smiled.

"Oh, yes, I am!"

Sapling Ling was excited. It then quickly shrank into a tiny tree the size of a needle, pierced through Ling Jiu's skin, and entered his body.

Magically, Ling Jiu did not feel a thing during the entire process. He could not help but be amazed.

"Wow! The energy here is so pure and rich. I love this place!"

Sapling Ling's cheerful voice echoed in his mind. It was roaming through Ling Jiu's meridians, constantly absorbing the Dark Bio-energy in his body.

"This guy is stealing my Dark Bio-energy!"

A thought came to mind, and Ling Jiu activated his Shadowform. He could see the sapling being expelled from his body and falling to the ground.

"9527 was not lying."

Ling Jiu deactivated his Shadowform and allowed Sapling Ling to feed off of him again. He once again felt his Dark Bio-energy leaving his body, but fortunately, the rate of loss was slow and completely acceptable.

At the same time, he could feel a massive amount of vitality flowing through every limb and part of his body.

He felt a warmth inside him that was so comfortable, it felt like he was soaking in a hot spring.

"Make yourself at home in my body."

Ling Jiu was very pleased with what Sapling Ling could do. He then moved into the distance. It was time to hunt for Direbeats after he received such a treasure.

Time flew, and another week had passed in the blink of an eye.

"Boss, there are two Direbeasts in that direction!"

Ling Jiu went where Sapling Ling pointed, and there really was a big centipede that was 100 meters long.

Without a word, he raised his war blade and chopped off the centipede's head before he moved on to the next Direbeast.

Searching for Direbeasts was Sapling Ling's other ability.

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Chapter 162: Replicate Again, Torrent of Time

Searching for Direbeasts…

That was Sapling Ling's other ability, which Ling Jiu had discovered by accident. It turned out that Sapling Ling could communicate with all the plants on Pandora.

It could find any creature on Pandora with the help of these plants.

There seemed to be nothing special about this ability, but it actually helped Ling Jiu a lot. He had been running around like a headless chicken looking for Direbeasts without the Direbeast Radar.

It had been half a month since they arrived on Pandora. The number of Direbeasts was decreasing day by day following the trainees' killing frenzy. In the beginning, they could hunt several Direbeasts a day, but now, they could only find one. Their hunting speed and efficiency had dropped tremendously.

Now, things were looking up for Ling Jiu.

He could always find and hunt down Direbeasts accurately, hence his hunting efficiency and harvest far surpassed that of other trainees.

Today, Ling Jiu was not in a hurry to hunt Direbeasts. Instead, he gave Sapling Ling a new instruction: look for Hao Shuai.

The cooling-off period of his Replication Arcana had ended, and he could replicate again after half a month. The first thing he did was make Hao Shuai his target.

"Boss, I've found that guy."

"Where is he?" Ling Jiu was raring to go.

"On the other side of the planet."

"Take me there."

Deploying the maglev airship without hesitation, Ling Jiu flew toward Hao Shuai's location at full speed.

He arrived at a floating mountain half an hour later.

The mountain was floating in the air, with dense trees growing on it and a waterfall flowing down the mountain onto a vast piece of land below.

A lake was at the center of the floating mountain, while a maglev airship was parked on the edge of the lake. Hao Shuai was resting inside the airship.

It was midnight. Ling Jiu saw Hao Shuai sitting cross-legged and absorbing the Gene Arcana from a 10,000-meter radius to enhance his cultivation base.

Ling Jiu hid in a dimension as he slowly approached. As was within 100 meters of Hao Shuai, a notification popped up in his mind.

Name: Hao Shuai

Race: Homo sapien

Abilities: Time Halt (awakened, replicable), Blink Arcana (awakened, replicable), Super Physique (awakened, replicable)

"It's replicable at a 100-meter range?"

Ling Jiu was stunned. "Is it possible that after the Gene Arcana was replaced with the Dark Bio-energy, the power of my Replication Arcana increased by 10 times? That must be it."

Ling Jiu was so delighted. It was no doubt much more convenient to be able to replicate an Arcana from 100 meters away. It was cool because he could do it stealthily too.

"Replicate Time Halt."

Ling Jiu activated his replication with no hesitation. He had been coveting this cool Time Halt ability for a long time.

Replication is successful. Install?

"No."

Ling Jiu instructed it to not install the Arcana for now. Instead, he quietly left the floating mountain while Hao Shuai was unaware of what had happened the entire time.

Hao Shuai did not even realize that the Time Halt Arcana he had always been proud of was no longer exclusive to him.

"Install Time Halt."

Ling Jiu finally installed Time Halt after a painful process. Just like the time he installed the Dimensional Arcana, Ling Jiu saw something different: a big golden river.

The incredibly vast river was filled with a kind of magical golden water that flowed forward at a slow and steady speed.

Ling Jiu saw airships, the floating mountain where airships docked, and everything in the distance immersed in the golden river.

"Is this great river a Torrent of Time? Or is it a River of Time?" Ling Jiu muttered to himself.

He did not know how wide, deep, and long the golden river was. All he knew was that everything within his field of vision was immersed in the golden river and deeply affected by it.

"Let's call it the Torrent of Time," Ling Jiu whispered. "It seems that I can stop a small part of the river from flowing. Is this a result of the Time Halt Arcana?"

He found a moth and froze the golden river water around the moth to verify his suspicion.

A part of the river flow halted, and the moth instantly froze in place. It stopped flapping its wings, its eyes stopping turning, and its body was completely still.

"This is Time Halt indeed."

He was quietly overjoyed and happily studying it like a child who had found a new toy. After half an hour, Ling Jiu came to a conclusion.

As much as he could halt the time around an object, the length of the Time Halt was completely linked to the object's strength.

For example, when he halted the time around the moth, he could keep it frozen for as long as he wanted until he exhausted his Dark Bio-energy.

When he tried to freeze Sapling Ling, he could only maintain the Time Halt for 15 seconds, not any longer.

It was apparent that he could only halt the time of a powerful creature for a short period and that of the weak creatures for much, much longer.

The case was similar for the Dimensional Shackle; he could immobilize a mouse for as long as he wanted, but he could only shackle a Class 9 Direbeast for a short while.

"It deserves to be called a BUG-level Arcana!" Ling Jiu exclaimed. "The power of time is indeed the most mysterious. The key to the vast majority of lives cannot touch the edge of time, and they can't guard against time even if they want to."

He had defeated Hao Shuai before, but he admitted to pulling a trick on him.

It was really hard to tell what the battle outcome would have been had Ling Jiu not set up a gravity field in advance to trick Hao Shuai into a trap.

"But now…"

Ling Jiu firmly believed that his Time Halt would be more powerful than Hao Shuai's. He had no doubt about it.

He spent his remaining time studying Time Halt for a while. Once he was sure that he had mastered the Arcana, he started to practice self-cultivation.

He sensed the dark universe and extracted pure Dark Bio-energy from it.

Dark Bio-energy gushed out of the dark universe and into his body, pouring into him like a divine river. The cells of his body, Gene Arcana Core, and Sapling Ling went into overdrive.

His body cells absorbed the Dark Bio-energy frantically…

His Gene Arcana Core compressed…

And Sapling Ling sucked up the energy in a frenzy.

Time passed by quickly. After a long night, all the creatures on Pandora ushered in a brand-new day.

Getting to his feet and looking at the rising sun, Ling Jiu exhaled.

The cells in his body were overflowing with Dark Bio-energy, and his Gene Arcana Core had regrown to the size of a pomelo after a night of practice.

Sapling Ling had gotten its fill too. It had constantly fed Ling Jiu an enormous amount of vitality to strengthen his physique.

"It's a new day!"

Just as Ling Jiu was about to resume hunting after breakfast, a loud broadcast sounded through the air.

"Attention all trainees!

"Attention all trainees!

"Attention all trainees!

"The hunting contest is over. Please return to Earth!"

"It's over?"

Ling Jiu was startled.

Chapter 163: Her Beauty Is Off the Charts, Result Known

The repeated broadcasts told Ling Jiu that the hunting contest was indeed over. The announcement seemed a little abrupt, but come to think of it, it was still normal.

After days of hunting, there were few monsters left on Pandora. One or two monsters left would do no harm. So it was time to end the hunting contest.

Ling Jiu drove the airship and came to the dimensional passage, where he found many trainees had arrived, and they were lining up in an orderly manner.

Those trainees saw Ling Jiu, and many of them could not hide their admiration and awe.

"Look, Ling Jiu!"

"He is Ling Jiu?"

Ling Jiu tucked away his airship and followed the group from behind. A familiar voice suddenly called out to him at this moment. He turned his head and saw Wangwang waving at him.

"Hey, pervert, this way!"

Wangwang's elder sister Bai Ya was with her. The two sisters' perfect body shape was attracting eyeballs.

"Mind your words, you brat!"

Ling Jiu walked over and gave Wangwang an intimidating glare.

"A pervert is a pervert. Stop denying. I despise you!" Wangwang was on pins and needles when Ling Jiu glared at her. But she still put on a brave face.

"I will smack your butt, you brat!"

As Ling Jiu glanced at her butt and mimed a smacking gesture, Wangwang quickly hid behind Bai Ya. "He is bullying me, Sister!"

"Knock it off!" Bai Ya said. "He is just joking with you!"

"Is he?"

Wangwang breathed a sigh of relief. "Per— Ling Jiu, how many monsters did you hunt this time?"

"What ask?" Ling Jiu humped. "More than you did!"

"Boast!"

Wangwang pulled a face. "My sister, Moomoo, and I joined hands this time, and we will kill more monsters than you will!"

"Wait and see then."

The group entered the dimensional passage bit by bit, and soon it was their turn. The three followed the group through the dimensional passage and returned to Earth in no time.

"Phew! I am finally back!"

Ling Jiu took off the air filter mask at once to take a deep breath of Earth's air with an intoxicated look on his face. "Earth's air is still the sweetest!"

"I didn't expect you to be so handsome, pervert!"

Wangwang looked at Ling Jiu with surprise, her face blushing.

"I told you not to call me a pervert!"

Ling Jiu shot a glare at Wangwang. He noticed that Bai Ya had also taken off her air filter mask.

A waterfall of black hair moved in the wind, revealing a stunningly beautiful face. Ling Jiu was instantly captivated.

"Is my sister pretty?" Wangwang grinned.

"Absolutely Beautiful! She looks like a fairy!"

Ling Jiu swallowed hard, his expression glassy. If Han Chujun was a 9, and Ling-er and Ai Yuhe were 10s, then Bai Ya would be off the charts.

Her face and body were all perfect, just like an elf coming straight out of fairy tales.

"Yeah. My sister is Tianwei's most beautiful woman, a recognized prom queen in high school. Her suitors are lining up all the way from Jinling to France."

Wangwang was heady at seeing Ling Jiu's expression.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Bai Ya shot a glare at Ling Jiu.

"Ahem!"

Ling Jiu blushed. "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."

Bai Ya gave Ling Jiu a sideways look with no expression on her face.

This woman was cold.

Ling Jiu shook his head and then looked around. Tremendous changes had taken place after he went away for half a month.

Thick concrete was covering the ground, and a concrete wall was erected in the distance, obviously to wall up the entire place.

It seemed like this place would eventually be turned into something similar to a training camp base with tight security in place.

On the other end, a tall platform has been erected, on which camp commanders, leaders, and staff of major training camps were sitting.

It looked like the appraisal would be held there.

"All trainees, please come and gather here!"

As the loud broadcast blared in the air, trainees started to gather. Ling Jiu, Bai Ya, and her younger sister got over as a training camp mentor holding a microphone in hand to act as a host.

"First of all, welcome back. On behalf of all training camps, organizations, and countries, I sincerely thank you for your hard work!

"Second, according to the rule, we will count and assess the monster corpses that everyone has hunted, and then determine the top 30 trainees with the largest number of monsters.

"Finally, we will not count the harvest of every trainee considering the number of people here. Instead, any trainees who think they can make it to Top 30 can come onto the stage."

All the trainees nodded in acknowledgment.

There were over 10,000 trainees here. If everyone's harvest were to be counted and assessed, it would take forever to complete the assessment.

So whoever thought he or she was up to snuff would come forward. This method was going to save a hell of lot of time.

"So, who will come forward first?" The host smiled.

"Here I come."

A trainee raised his hand and then jumped onto the tall platform with just a leap. He then took out his harvest.

Corpses of monsters were released and soon filled up the platform.

Hundreds of what might look like cameras appeared above, shooting out read beams onto the monster bodies.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The massive screen behind the platform showed the specific information of this batch of Direbeast carcasses.

67 Class 4 Direbeasts.

21 Class 5 Direbeasts.

12 Class 6 Direbeasts.

Total score: 14,470

"Anyone else?" the host asked.

"Me!" A trainee nodded.

"Clear up the corpses!"

The host said, and someone immediately took the corpses down from the platform. The second trainee took out his harvest of monsters.

The counting showed this trainee had killed 45 Class 6, 109 Class 5, and 317 Class 4 Direbeasts. The total score was 59,070.

"What is your name?" the host asked the trainee.

"Llewellyn Lovell."

"Llewellyn Lovell has got 59,070 points!" The host looked at the other students. "Those of you who think you have hunted more monsters than Llewellyn Lovell did can come onto the stage."

"Here I come!"

One after another trainee came onto the stage with confidence, each of their scores higher than the one before.

From the initial 60,000, to 100,000, 200,000, 300,000, and finally breaking the 500,000 mark.

By then, there had been over a hundred trainees completing their assessment. But there were always 30 names on the big screen.

No. 1: Francis, 510,000, Vulcan Training Camp

No. 2: Zhou Ji, 480,000, Pangu Training Camp.

No. 3: Bai Ya, 470,000 Tianwei Training Camp.

No. 4: Desath Horlet, 450,000, Dillon Training Camp.

No. 30: Wang Dong, 230,000.

Fewer people came onto the stage this time as the 30th place had scored as high as 230,000. Many trainees knew it was out of their reach.

So they had better not embarrass themselves.

"Hey, Pervert, why don't you go up?"

Wangwang wondered why Ling Jiu was standing on the spot while others had completed the assessment.

"Isn't the grand finale reserved for the Number One?"

Ling Jiu shrugged. "Besides, Hao Shuai hasn't gotten up there yet. What's the hurry?"

"Pretentious!" Wangwang rolled her eyes. "

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Chapter 164: Terrific Results, a World of Difference

Ling Jiu was not in a rush to go onstage because once he did it, the others would have lost their chance.

"Is there anyone else who wants to get assessed?"

The host looked at everyone. "The 30th place scores 230,000. Anyone who is confident that they can surpass 230,000 can come on stage for assessment."

Those trainees looked at each other, many shaking their heads, conceding. 230,000 points might not seem a lot, but it was still a terrifyingly high number. Most of them did not even exceed the 10,000-mark.

Save themselves from the embarrassment.

"That's strange. Why didn't I see Ling Jiu and Hao Shuai? Aren't their harvests more than Francis's?"

"Hard to say. They are indeed better than Francis in terms of strength, but as far as the harvest is concerned, that may not be the case."

"Indeed, Francis's ability could subdue monsters so well. His ability to sense monsters alone is much more efficient than us running around like a headless chicken."

"Yeah, with the help of Direbeast Radars Earth, this ability of his is redundant. But it could not have been more useful here on Pandora."

"Absolutely."

Francis hummed his pleasure as he listened to the discussion going on around him. "So what if they are better than me in terms of strength? I am going to be No. 1 this time."

"Is there anyone else who wants to come up for an assessment?"

The host called out. "If there is no one else, the assessment is officially over—"

"I will do it!"

A voice came as a figure appeared in a flash on the stage.

"He is…"

"Hao Shuai!"

"He is Hao Shuai? He is damn handsome!"

"He wasn't known as the most handsome guy in Chang'an First High School for nothing."

"Hao Shuai has gone onstage, Yuhe."

Everyone's eyes were on Hao Shuai, Bai Ya, Francis, and others.

"I wonder how many monsters you have killed."

Francis clenched his fists quietly. He looked confident, but there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

Hao Shuai and Ling Jiu ruled the roost. No one could be absolutely confident of themselves in front of these two top dogs.

"Show me your harvest, Hao Shuai!"

As Hao Shuai released the monster bodies onto the stage with the wave of his hand, scanning equipment started to do its work.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The results were out in no time.

"Are there any more, Hao Shuai?"

"There are more."

He brought out the second batch, the third batch, the fourth batch, and on and on.

This assessment took an hour before it was finally completed. Everyone was silent at seeing the result displayed on the big screen.

No 1: Hao Shuai, 1.02 million, Freedom Alliance.

"1.02 million?"

"Are you kidding me? How could he get so much harvest? Has this guy cheated?"

"The second-placed Francis has only 510,000. Yet Hao Shuai has twice as much at 1.02 million! How did he do that?"

Shock.

Surprise.

Disbelief.

Hao Shuai's achievement stunned everyone.

1.02 million.

It was a result that humbled everyone.

The vast majority of trainees got a score no more than 10,000, a few over 10,000, a handful over 100,000, and only 30 trainees over 230,000.

So a score of 1.02 million was at a hyperbolic scale.

"1.02 million! He is indeed a matriculation camp-level genius. Hao Shuai's ability surpasses others by far."

"I thought Francis was not as strong as them, but his monster-subduing ability would close the gap with Hao Shuai. This is something I have never expected."

"The difference of brute strength between them is just too huge!"

"Since things have come to such a pass, we will see what Ling Jiu can do."

"Maybe 1.02 million is too high for Ling Jiu to challenge."

The camp commandants sitting on the platform were also discussing in low voices. At this time, Hao Shuai had stepped off the stage, and the host called out again.

"Anyone else?"

Just then, a figure got onto the stage in a flash.

"Yuhe, it's my brother!"

Yang Ling-er exclaimed when she saw who was on the stage. "I wonder how much harvest Ling Jiu has got. He should do better than Hao Shuai, I guess?"

"Who knows?" Ai Yuhe sighed.

"Look, Sister, that pervert is finally up there."

Wangwang pouted. "Do you think his harvest can beat Hao Shuai?"

"I don't know." Bai Ya shook her head.

"That jerk!"

"Finally. He has appeared."

"This kid is finally up here. By the looks of him, I guess his harvest must be more than Hao Shuai."

"You never know."

everyone's eyes, including Francis, Hao Shuai, Zhou Ji, all the camp commandants, were on Ling Jiu again as he came onto the stage.

Everyone had a different expression. They were expectant, excited, nervous, or perturbed.

They felt differently.

Facing the gazes of everyone in the audience. With the wave of a hand, Ling Jiu brought out a part of the monster corpses he had harvested under the watchful eye of everyone.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The scanning instrument quickly got to work

A second batch, a third batch, a fourth batch…

Half an hour later, the massive screen was showing Ling Jiu's result. Everyone went silent instantly with eyes glued to the massive screen.

Voices of exclamation rose after a while.

"Is he a human?"

"Terrific!"

"I don't understand how he did it."

"It is terrific! I have only gotten a score of less than 10,000, but Ling Jiu is in a different league. What makes us so different?"

"Sick! Ling Jiu is sick!"

"Mind-blowing!"

A wave of exclamation rose from the crowd.

It shocked Bai Ya and Wangwang, too.

No 1: Ling Jiu, 6.4 million, Super Training Camp

"I can't believe that this pervert…"

Wangwang was wide-mouthed. "6.4 million! How many monsters he has to kill?"

"Ling Jiu." Bai Ya mumbled to herself.

"6.4 million…"

Hao Shuai clenched his fists with a sullen look in his eyes. With three BUG abilities, he had always been the center of attention, the Number One person in everyone's eyes.

There was a halo on him and he was in the limelight wherever he went.

But since he met Ling Jiu, everything changed. Ling Jiu had taken everything away. He lost the competition and the hunting contest, and he lost it so badly.

1.02 million vs 6.4 million.

It was as different as night and day.

"Am I really not as good as Ling Jiu?" Hao Shuai muttered to himself, somewhat skeptical of his life.

"6.4 million! This jerk…"

Francis's face flushed. He wished the ground would swallow him up. At first, he was so confident that he could compete with Ling Jiu in the contest. But…

510,000 vs 6,400,000.

He had scored no less than ten times less. How could he even compete?

"Is he really Ling Jiu?" Han Chujun had a hard time describing her feelings. "Is he Ling Jiu, the one from the same base city as me?"

She did not regard Ling Jiu and Li Kai as her worthy challengers at first.

Her parents worked at the headquarters of the Vulcan Training Camp. With such a family background and support, and her awakened arcana so powerful, she thought she was one of the best.

Meanwhile, Ling Jiu and Li Kai were only arcanists with ordinary Earth Manipulation Arcana.

Arcanists like them could only join an arcana combine and be ordinary members at most.

If they were lucky, they might become a wilderness hunter, earning tens of millions a year, and becoming a successful person in the eyes of ordinary people.

But in Han Chujun's eyes, they were nobody. Never did she expect that Ling Jiu, who she always looked down upon, had achieved such a terrific result.

He was now the Number One in the training camp with a terrific score of 6.4 million.

She could not hold a candle to both of them.

"What have I missed?"

Chapter 165: Handsome Rewards, Early Graduation

The assessment ended not long after Ling Jiu stepped down the stage.

"According to the regulations, the top 30 contestants in this hunting competition will receive generous rewards, which are as follows."

The host's voice reverberated in the air.

"One Top Vitality Enhancement Fluid worth 1,000 contribution points.

"One Top Gene Arcana Enhancement Fluid worth 1,000 contribution points.

"One Deep Awakening Treasure of Heaven and Earth worth 1,000 contribution points.

"One Top Gene Arcana secret manual worth 1,000 contribution points.

"One Ultimate Dimensional Pocket worth 1,000 contribution points.

"One Ultimate cold weapon worth 1,000 contribution points."

As the host stopped speaking, a storm was set off in the hearts of all the trainees.

A Top Vitality Enhancement fluid, a Top Gene Arcana Enhancement Fluid, a Deep Awakening Treasure of Heaven and Earth, a Top Gene Arcana Secret Manual, an Ultimate Dimensional Pocket, and an Ultimate cold weapon; all of which worth 1,000 contribution points each.

Generous. That was generous.

Bear in mind that when Ling Jiu won three consecutive first place back then, he had only received an Ultimate Gene Arcana secret manual worth 1,000 contribution points, an Ultimate Treasure of Heaven and Earth worth 1,000 contribution points, and an Ultimate Gene potion worth 1,000 contribution points. There were only three prizes.

And now there were six.

Physique enhancement.

Gene Arcana enhancement.

Deep awakening of Arcana

Gene Arcana secret techniques.

Equipment.

Weapons.

The six major rewards cover almost all aspects of an Arcanist. With these rewards, an Arcanist would change its strength tremendously.

"Damn! This reward is too handsome!"

"Blunder! It was a huge blunder. I should have squeezed myself into Top 30 by hook or by crook had I known there were such handsome rewards."

"I am jealous. I could increase my strength by a significant amount if I could get those rewards."

The top 30 trainees were overjoyed while the rest could only look on with envy. They knew that there were going to be handsome rewards, but they did not expect it to be so generous.

Six major rewards.

All of which were best of the best.

Envy was written all over everyone's face.

"The reward is quite generous, but it means nothing much to me." Ling Jiu quietly sighed. "Maybe I can give them to Ling'er."

"Next, all top thirty trainees, please come onto the stage to receive your rewards."

The hunting competition officially ended after the top 30 trainees received their rewards and the camp commandants gave their closing speeches.

After that, trainees from other training camps boarded their airships and left the Australian mainland, while Ling Jiu and others from the Super Training Camp returned to the training camp base.

As soon as Ling Jiu arrived at the camp, he was summoned into the camp commandant's office.

"Are you looking for me, Commandant?"

"You are here!"

The camp commandant looked at Ling Jiu with admiration. "Well done, Ling Jiu. You have made the training camp and me proud. Good job!"

"It's my job." Ling Jiu was very humble.

"Staying in the training camp is a waste of talent for you, considering your level of abilities." The camp commandant let out a smile. "That is why I am seeing you. I want to know your opinion. Do you want to stay in the training camp, or go to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp directly?"

"I can go directly to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp?" Ling Jiu was stunned. "If I remember correctly, I am supposed to complete the training camp first before going to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp."

He had been given a place in the matriculation camp, which was a sure thing. But that was only after successfully graduating from the training camp.

Going to the matriculation camp in advance?

Was this even possible?

"We can make an exception and let you in."

The camp commandant smiled. "As long as you meet the requirements of the Ultimate Matriculation Camp and apply, you will usually get it. The question now is, are you willing to leave the training camp in advance and enter the Ultimate Matriculation Camp?"

"Of course, I will." Ling Jiu nodded.

Staying back in the training camp was just following a routine path. It was a waste of time.

He was as well enter the Ultimate Matriculation Camp early and enjoyed better training and resources.

"Great! Then I will apply for you!"

The camp commandant let out a smile. "Before applying, I need to know your personal details such as your strength and the Arcanas you have mastered. You should know that although the boss has already given you early access, you still have to go through the procedure."

"I know."

Ling Jiu nodded. "I am currently a Level 6 Arcanist. I am capable of nine Arcanas: Earth Manipulation, Shadowform, Blink Arcana, Gravity Arcana, Tungstenform, Ten Thousoundfold Gene Arcana, Five-Element Manipulation, Dimensional Arcana, and Time Halt."

"Nine Arcanas? Time Halt?"

The camp commandant gasped in awe upon hearing what Ling Jiu said. As much as he knew Ling Jiu well, what Ling Jiu had mastered still stunned him.

Besides the previously known Five-Element Manipulation, Blink Arcana, Tungstenform, Gravity, and Dimensional Arcanas, Ling Jiu had so many other Arcanas.

Shadowform. Ten Thousandfold Gene Arcana. Time Halt.

"Ten Thousandfold Gene Arcana? Did you replicate that from Janet?" The camp commandant looked at Ling Jiu in amazement. "And you replicated Time Halt from Hao Shuai?"

"Nothing can evade your eyes, Commandant." Ling Jiu smiled and nodded.

"You are getting more and more perfect, kid!" The camp commandant patted Ling Jiu on the shoulder with a gratified expression. "What you have done is absolutely unprecedented. There are no two ways about it, you are going to enter the Ultimate Matriculation Camp early."

"Thank you, Commandant." Ling Jiu was still as humble as ever.

"The application will take a few days, during which you can stay back in the training camp or go home and wait for the news." The camp commandant smiled. "I will inform you as soon as I get the news!"

"I am thinking of going home after coming out for so long," Ling Jiu said after thinking for a while.

"Sure. Just give me a heads-up when you go. I will ask Jing Biao to give you a ride."

"It is okay, Commandant. I can go back by myself!" Ling Jiu said. "I know the many dangers on the road, but I possess a Dimensional Arcana. I can avoid all dangers."

"You are right," the commandant said. "Just let me know when you go."

"Sure thing, Commandant."

"Go now."

"Goodbye, Commandant."

Leaving the camp commandant's office, Ling Jiu returned to the dormitory. He heard Shi Gang's jealous voice as soon as he stepped into the room. "Take out the rewards quickly, Ling Jiu. I am jealous of you."

"Go to hell!"

"Hey, I am just joking, okay? Do you really think I am envious of you?"

"Humph, I have got 17 energy crystals with equally handsome rewards on the Pandora trip. When I finally digest these energy crystals, it is time to break into the Level 6 realm."

"Then I wish all of you the best in attaining Level 6 the earliest!"

"I will!"

After talking with Shi Gang for a while, Ling Jiu dialed called Ling'er on the phone.

"Would you please come to my dorm, Ling'er?"

After a while, Ling'er arrived in Room 308. "Is there anything, Ling Jiu?"

"Let us talk out there. I have something to tell you."

Ling Jiu took out today's reward once they were outside the training camp.

"Take these, Ling'er."

Chapter 166: Killing the Scaled Dragon, Mysterious Giant Egg

Ling Jiu left the training camp base and went straight to Mount Kosciuszko after handing over today's rewards and low-level Venom Suit to Ling'er.

He was about to leave the Australian mainland, but he still had one unfinished business: finishing off his little nemesis. He could not leave in peace unless he had this fixed.

Half an hour later, he arrived at Mount Kosciuszko in that valley where he found his nemesis: the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon

"Hmph, it is still sleeping!"

In Ling Jiu's field of vision, the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon was lying on the side of the cave, snoring away like rolling thunder, blowing two gusts of violent hurricanes from the cave at the flowers and grasses in the valley.

"Since you sleep so soundly, I might as well let you sleep for good."

Arcana Field enveloped the entire cave as a massive gravity force came.

The terrifying gravity force fell upon the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon, crushing its cells, organs, and bodies.

The sudden increase in gravity force woke up the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon. It roared furiously, trying to get up with its four legs on the ground. But it staggered and fell back down.

Adjusting its posture, it got back to its feet and lunged out of the cave. Ling Jiu did not stop it.

"Although many of Pandora's monsters have defenses comparable to Class 8 Direbeasts, they are far worse in other areas."

"Monsters like the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon are the real Class 8 Direbeasts."

The Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon locked its eyes on Ling Jiu as soon as it came out of the cave. A violent fury filled its eyes.

Ling Jiu!

It is Ling Jiu again!

He has trespassed this place time after time!

He has repeatedly provoked me!

Damn it!

Damn it!

The Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon roared, opening its mouth and ejecting three air streams of different colors toward Ling Jiu.

Ling Jiu performed a Blink Arcana, easily dodging the attack. As the air current hit the mountain wall, it froze, burned, and corroded the mountain surface.

"Frost, flame, and acid mist; are these your three abilities? Interesting, but what a shame!"

Ling Jiu moved in a flash and appeared above the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon's head with a 200-fold gravity force unleashed. The Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon stiffened and plunged toward the valley, as if it had been frozen.

The earth cracked with a loud boom as the impact left a massive crater in the ground.

The Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon wanted to look up and roar. But it quickly found that it could not even move its head. With the support of its claws, it struggled to stand up, but it was helpless against the powerful gravity.

"This is truly a Class 8 Direbeast. Its organs and tissues are still intact despite being immobilized by the two hundredfold gravity."

Ling Jiu could not help but feel shocked. Subduing the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon with a 200-fold gravity was a terrifying feat.

A Level 7 Arcanist like Hao Shuai would bleed through his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears in a 100-fold gravity force field.

In contrast, the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon had just been immobilized, but its organs were perfectly intact.

This showed how terrifying and powerful the body of the Class 8 Direbeast was.

"Under normal circumstances, Direbeasts are physically stronger than Arcanists. Now that I can subdue a Class 8 Direbeast, I can also subdue Level 8 Arcanists."

Ling Jiu whispered to himself as he lifted the 200-fold gravity force. The Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon roared as it regained its mobility.

Before waiting for the Direbeast to attack, Ling Jiu unleased a Dimensional Shackle, keeping the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon in its place.

The Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon struggled, but it was useless. The power of Dimensional Shackle was ten times higher than previously. It could immobilize the Direbeast for two to three seconds last time, more so this time.

"With the current level of my Dimensional Shackle, immobilizing the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon for a minute or two is not a problem at all. It is long enough for me to kill it!"

Ling Jiu murmured. He lifted the Dimensional Shackle and performed a Time Halt instead.

He could do a lot of things in 30 seconds.

"Testing is over. It is time to end this."

Ling Jiu took out the war blade. Light flashed and blood spattered as the heads of the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon were all severed and free-falling.

"What a great blade!"

Ling Jiu ran his fingers over the glossy, mirror-like blade surface that had not been tainted by a single drop of blood. It showed how sharp this blade was.

"Retrieve!"

After keeping the corpses, he came to the Divine Spring of Life in the middle of the valley. Some time ago, he had emptied the Divine Spring of Life.

Miraculously, water had filled the Divine Spring of Life again. It was crystal-clear and rich in Gene Arcana, while its surface sparkled under the sunlight.

Flowers and plants in the surroundings are still thriving, the valley the same as before.

Ling Jiu stared at the Divine Spring of Life that had been refilled, his eyes brightening up gradually. If it were a normal spring, it would not matter much whether it was refilled.

But what was this?

Spring water had condensed entirely from liquefied Gene Arcana.

It had been refilled again?

Where did the spring water come from?

Ling Jiu immediately used power from the dimension to scan the surrounding area of the Divine Spring of Life.

All hidden things came into view with the power of dimension.

This was because everything exists in the vast ocean of dimensional points.

As Ling Jiu entered the dimension, he was like jumping out of the game map and looking at things from the perspective of God. So he could see everything clearly.

In fact, Ling Jiu could also enter the Torrent of Time to observe the surrounding objects since everything is immersed in the Torrent of Time.

"This is…"

Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat when he saw something incredible buried deep in the earth below the Divine Spring of Life.

There was a small underground dimension. It was blood-red, and a ten-meter-high boulder stood quietly in the center of the dimension.

The boulder was oval, its surface red like blood with bright golden lines interspersed on it.

The strange thing was that this enormous boulder looks like a living thing. There was light on its surface, pulsing rhythmically as if it was breathing.

But that was not the weirdest thing. Something else frightened Ling Jiu.

He saw surging dark bio-energy descending from the void and pouring into the giant egg. It seemed like the boulder had absorbed it.

A captivating yet terrifying pressure was felt from the boulder, and it made Ling Jiu quake in his boots. It was as if he was not looking at a stone but a wild beast.

"What the hell is this?"

Ling Jiu was trembling. "This boulder seems like an egg, no matter how I look at it. It is an egg of an unknown creature."

With fear and doubt, Ling Jiu quietly approached the giant egg and came within a hundred meters of it. He tried to perceive the information of this 'big boulder' with his Arcana Replication.

"If it is really a giant egg or some other life form, my Arcana Replication should be able to detect its Arcana information."

As expected, he got something.

Name: Unknown

Species: Unknown

Arcana: Unknown

Chapter 167: Astral Behemoth, Flame Astral Behemoth

Ling gasped in amazement at seeing the Arcana information of this giant egg.

Name: Unknown

Species: Unknown

Arcana: Super Physique (awakened), Flying Arcana (awakened), Fire Arcana (awakened), Split Arcana (awakened), Soul Peeping (awakened), The Devourer (awakened), Inner World (awakened).

"Oh, boy!"

Ling Jiu was in awe. "What kind of life form has been conceived in this giant egg? I can't believe that it has so many Arcanas!"

Aside from Super Physique and Fire Arcana that Ling Jiu often saw, it was the other Arcanas that surprised Ling Jiu.

Flying Arcana?

An Arcana that enabled flying?

Split Arcana?

An Arcana that enabled a person to have a double?

Soul Peeping?

What Arcana was this?

The Devourer?

The ability to devour everything?

And the Inner World?

What type of Arcana was this?

"An egg possesses seven Arcanas, and many of them are very buggy. What kind of life form this giant egg conceives?"

With this in mind, Ling Jiu tried to take the egg away. But the giant egg seemed to have grown in the ground, to his astonishment. He could not move it even a bit.

Ling Jiu tried various methods, but the giant egg just would not budge. He had no choice but to take a ton of photos and then left.

He came all the way to the dimensional passage and traveled over to Pandora where he found the exploration spaceship.

"Could you help take a look at this, 9527?"

Ling Jiu took out his cell phone.

9527 looked puzzled. As it picked up Ling Jiu's cell phone and looked at the photos, its face gradually turned serious. "Where did you get these photos, Ling Jiu?" it asked after a long while.

"I discovered this giant egg on Earth. These photos are fresh from the oven."

Ling Jiu was truthful. "You recognize this giant egg? What the hell is this thing?"

"This is the egg of the Astral Behemoth," 9527 said in a low voice. "To be precise, it is the egg of the Flame Astral Behemoth, a type of Astral Behemoths. There is a Flame Astral Behemoth baby inside."

"Astral Behemoth? Flame Astral Behemoth?"

Ling Jiu was none the wiser. Kind of creature was this? It sounded as if it was something big.

"The Astral Behemoth is a terrifying life form bred in space." 9527 said. "You should know that there are countless habitable planets in space, and these habitable planets have nurtured countless lives, for example, humans on Earth, life on Pandora, the divine tree on Casmodor. We call these lives nurtured on planets collectively as planetary life forms."

Ling Jiu nodded.

"However, do you know that there is another type of life form in the universe that is not nurtured on planets but born in the vast outer space?" 9527 said.

"Born in outer space?" Ling Jiu was stunned. "Can outer space also breed life?"

What was in outer space?

There was no air, water, life. It was dead silent.

Outer space was a life-forbidden zone. How could life be bred here?

"Nothing is absolute." 9527 shook its head. "For planetary life form, outer space is a life-forbidden zone. But for the Astral Behemoths, outer space is a cradle of life. The harsh environment of the outer sky is the cradle of the Astral Behemoths, which were born in such an environment. Because of the harsh environment, the Astral Behemoths are extremely rare. But the Astral Behemoths are tough life forms with unparalleled combat strength and a lifetime limit that is far beyond the reach of planetary life!"

"How terrible is the Astral Behemoth?" Ling Jiu asked.

"The Astral behemoth is the collective name for all life born in space, so it is a big family divided into three, six, or nine classes," 9527 slowly said. "Among them, the most terrifying bloodline of Astral Behemoths is born as a stellar life form, and it is comparable to life at the peak of the universe during its adulthood. Just like the Flame Astral Behemoth you found, they are born to feed on stars and can grow quickly by swallowing the energy of stars. Once a Flame Astral Behemoth reaches adulthood, it will become the most terrifying and powerful life form in the universe."

Ling Jiu's heart missed a beat. "In other words, we are nurturing a terrifying creature on Earth?"

"Yes." 9527 nodded. "When it hatches, it will be the pinnacle stellar life form. It will go deep into the earth and swallow the hot core of the earth. I guess you know what is going to happen next, right?"

Ling Jiu swallowed hard. What would happen if the inner core of the earth was eaten?

Will the earth lose its magnetic field, and then its atmosphere, and eventually become a dead planet like Mars?

"It will be a disaster!" Ling Jiu clenched his fists. "I will never allow this to happen! 9527, do you have a way to kill or stop this giant egg from growing?"

"Unfortunately, I don't!" 9527 shook its head slowly. "I'm just an exploration spaceship. I don't carry a weapon system. I can't kill this Flame Astral Behemoth."

"Will a nuclear bomb kill it?" Ling Jiu asked again.

"Impossible," 9527 said in a low voice. "The eggshell of the Flame Astral Behemoth is tough. Even the powerful life beyond the stars cannot break its eggshell. You people on Earth will have no way to kill it!"

"Are we going to let it continue to grow?" Ling Jiu asked.

"There is not without a solution, though," 9527 said. "You can find the mother ship. It is a battleship built with all the resources of the Emissian Civilization. It carries the most complete technology and the most powerful weapons of the Emissian Civilization. You may kill the Flame Astral Behemoth as long as you can find the mothership."

"How can I find the mothership?" Ling Jiu asked.

"That is simple: become a stellar life form." 9527 smiled. "The mother ship will summon you as and when you become a stellar life form."

"Becoming a stellar life form?" Ling Jiu forced a smile. "Do I still have time? That Flame Astral Behemoth would have hatched before I could become a stellar life form."

"Fret not," 9527 said. "The growth of the Flame Astral Behemoth takes hundreds of years. According to my findings, there are still at least 10 years to go before the egg of the Flame Astral Behemoth hatches."

"In other words, I can find a way to deal with this giant egg as long as I become a Level 10 Arcanist within 10 years?" Ling Jiu suddenly saw light at the end of the tunnel.

"That is right." 9527's answer was affirmative.

"Are you sure it is 10 years?"

"At least," 9527 said. "If you are still doubtful, take this. It can detect the gestation condition of the Flame Astral Behemoth."

With that said, 9527 handed him something black that looked like a watch.

"The stake is too high. I better make sure."

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Chapter 168: Ling'Er's Past, She Is Only Thirteen

Ling Jiu took things seriously, as the stake was too high. He returned to Earth with the detector 9527 given to him and used it to scan the egg of the Flame Astral Behemoth.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

A few lines of text popped up, but they looked like caricatures. Ling Jiu had no idea what they were. He had no choice but to return to Pandora with the detector.

"You people on Earth are in luck." 9527 looked at the detector. "This Flame Astral Behemoth egg is 1,840 years old, but because Earth's resources are scarce and energy is low, which delays its incubation period. Otherwise, it would have hatched long ago."

Ling Jiu was in a cold sweat. "How many years before it hatches?"

"Exactly 10.5 Earth's years, which means it has 10 and a half years before it hatches," 9527 said. "Like almost all life forms, the Astral Behemoth is the weakest when it just hatches. The best time to kill it is when it just hatches, so you have to seize the opportunity."

"Becoming a Level 10 Arcanist within 10 years and then finding the mothership?"

Ling Jiu murmured, then clenched his fists. "I definitely will!"

"All the best," 9527 said. "A primary civilization like yours is like a newborn, whose ability to avoid danger and disaster is weak and going through a lot of sufferings. Whether you can survive these disasters depends on your fate."

"However, if you can become a stellar life form earlier and get the recognition of the mothership, then the mothership will train you. When you become stronger, you will be a valuable asset to Earth's civilization. So, let's do your best. I am looking forward to the day when you become a stellar life form."

Ling Jiu left Pandora with a heavy heart, then returned to the training camp, said his goodbye to the camp commandant before leaving the Australian mainland.

While flying over the vast ocean in his maglev airship, he encountered a lot of aquatic Direbeasts. He killed many of them easily and escaped into another dimension when encountering those that he found it too hard to kill.

There were near misses, but at least he arrived back in Chang'an Base City. Instead of going home, he followed Ling'er's address and came to her home.

Ling'er came from a single-parent family, and she had been raised by her foster mother.

He came to visit her mother, whom he thought he should thank for raising his sister. Besides, he also hoped to find some useful information through his woman.

"Room 302, Unit 1, Block 12, Lutuozhai Neighborhood."

Lutuozhai Neighborhood was a high-density public housing community. The space of each unit was small. Ordinary folks were living here.

Ling Jiu had bought some gifts, came in front of Room 302 and pressed the doorbell.

"Who is it?"

The soundproofing of the house was rather poor as he could hear a voice coming from inside as a chubby middle-aged woman opened the door.

Ling Jiu knew that this woman was definitely not Ling'er's biological mother at first glance; the difference between the two was so obvious.

"Hello Madam, is this Yang Ling'er's house?" Ling Jiu asked with a bright smile on his face.

"Yes, may I ask if you are…" Yang Cuilian looked at Ling Jiu in puzzlement.

"I am Ling'er's friend in the training camp. I am passing by Chang'an Base City, and so pay you a visit on her behalf."

He smiled, taking out his cell phone and video-calling Yang Ling'er. As the call went through, Ling Jiu handed the cell phone to Yang Cuilian.

"Mom!"

"Ling'er!"

After the mother and daughter had a quick chat, Yang Cuilian returned the cell phone to Ling Jiu and hospitably welcomed him into the house.

"Have some water, young man."

"Thank you. I just dropped by and will leave very quickly."

"How is Ling'er doing in the training camp?"

"She is doing great. She will come home in a few months."

"That's good! That's good!"

"Madam, since Ling'er has joined Pangu Arcana Combine, the company should have provided her with a villa. Why don't you live in the villa instead?"

"You don't know, young man. I am used to the life of scavenging. It is dirty. I won't get used to living in a nice, big villa. Besides, I know all the people in the neighborhood with whom I can chat with. Moving to…"

The two chatted for a while, and Ling Jiu went straight to the point. "Madam, besides coming to see you today, I need to know something from you."

"What's it about?" Yang Cuilian looked puzzled.

"Let me be honest with you, Madam. I am Ling'er's biological brother."

Ling Jiu hesitated for a moment before he continued. "I'm here to ask you about Ling'er's past."

"Biological brother?"

Yang Cuilian's expression changed, her voice trembling. "W-What did you say? You are Ling'er's actual brother?"

"Yeah."

"I knew it! I knew this day would come. It definitely would…"

Yang Cuilian murmured, then looked at Ling Jiu nervously. "Are you really her brother?"

Ling Jiu did not answer, but dialed Ling'er's number again and then handed the phone to Yang Cuilian.

"Is what he said true, Ling'er?" Yang Cuilian asked nervously.

"Mom, we have done a DNA test!" Yang Ling'er said.

"I get it now."

The woman suddenly sobbed upon hanging up. "Young man, did you come to take Ling'er away? Are you trying to take her away from me?"

"What are you talking about, Madam?"

Ling Jiu quickly explained, "You raised Ling'er, and you are her benefactor. You will always be her mother. That is something that no one can change. I'm here to find out about her past when you adopted her. You were and will always be her mother. I promise you that."

"Really?"

"For sure."

Yang Cuilian stopped crying. "Ask me anything you want to know."

"Madam, how did you adopt Ling'er back then?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Let me be honest with you," Yang Cuilian said. "I found Ling'er in a dumpster. That night was 13 years ago, when I walked past a dumpster like any other day, I heard a child crying, and then I discovered Ling'er. You don't know this, but I lost my husband and son during the Direbeast disaster. I was the only one left to live in pain. When I saw Ling'er for the first time, I felt like it was a gift from heaven. So, I took her with me and raised her."

"Thirteen years ago?" Ling Jiu was puzzled. "Isn't Ling'er 16 years old?"

"There was no birth certificate, and because of that, I would run into troubles when I got her a household registration. So I lied about her age," the woman said in a low voice. "In fact, Ling'er should only be 13 years old. When I rescued her from the street, she should have just been born."

"Thirteen…" Ling Jiu murmured.

"She's one year younger than Xiaotong, which means Ling'er was born after Mom left. For some reason, she threw her away, and Yang Cuilian picked her up. Why did Mom do this? Why did she leave? Why did she abandon her own child?

"Even the most vicious tiger will not eat its cubs. Is there really such a cruel mother in this world?"

Ling Jiu clenched his fists.

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Chapter 169: She Really Is Mom, Regaining Memories

Ling Jiu came to the headquarters of the Yang Group after leaving Ling'er's home.

The current evidence showed that Yang Su was unlikely to be the mother. But Ling Jiu felt it was necessary to make the trip, just in case.

When he arrived at the Yang's Building, Ling Jiu saw the president of Yang Group.

Graceful and elegant, that was Ling Jiu's first impression of Yang Su.

In fact, this woman named Yang Su, Ling'er, and Xiaotong looked similar in appearance. Their eyebrows, noses, and faces were cast from the same mold.

The only difference was, Yang Su was more mature while Ling'er and Xiaotong looked a lot greener.

"No wonder Dad thinks she is Mom. She looks almost like Mom."

Ling Jiu shook his head. At this moment, Yang Su in the office suddenly looked up and glanced in Ling Jiu's direction. She frowned in puzzlement.

"What's wrong, Madam Yang?" the secretary reporting to her asked in surprise.

"No… nothing. Please continue."

Yang Su shook his head, suppressing the doubts in her mind as she murmured. She thought someone was there, but it seemed that it was just an illusion.

"She saw me?"

Seeing this scene, Ling Jiu could not help frowning at seeing her reaction.

From what he perceived about Yang Su, she was only a low-level Arcanist who had only one Arcana: Fire Manipulation. She had no perceptive Arcana.

It was supposedly impossible for her to sense his presence in the dimension.

Yet, just now, Ling Jiu was convinced that she had indeed sensed him.

"Could she really be Mom?"

Ling Jiu took a deep breath and performed a Time Half with the wave of his hand. He froze the time in the office and then pulled out a few hairs from Yang Su's head.

"A paternity test will reveal the truth."

Ling Jiu left the Yang Group building and went straight to the nearest hospital.

The report was out after an hour. He looked at the report and fell into silence. Ling Jiu was silent.

"She really is Mom!"

Ling Jiu could not help looking in the direction of Yang's Building with a baffled look in his eyes. "Even the most vicious beast will not harm its cubs. Why is this woman so cruel?"

As a time-traveler, Ling Jiu could not care less if Yang Su was his mother. He only cared about his father and two younger sisters the most.

Forget the others.

Ling Jiu was shocked by Yang Su's behavior, even from a bystander's perspective. She left her husband and two young children, and when she found she was pregnant with another child, she threw it into a dumpster after giving birth.

What kind of woman could do such a thing?

Was she still a human?

Heartless?

Cruel?

Unfeeling?

Ruthless?

All these did not seem to be enough to describe her.

Ling Jiu came out of the hospital and came to the Yang Group building. At this time, Yang Su was the only one in the president's office, where she was reading documents with a serious face.

It was hard to imagine this graceful and elegant person as a heartless woman who had abandoned her husband and children.

Ling Jiu stood in the office, quietly looking at his mother. He couldn't care less if she was his mother. But it was the wish of his father.

Ling Jiu revealed himself and hemmed upon thinking of this.

"Who are you?"

Seeing Ling Jiu suddenly appeared, Yang Su's expression changed upon seeing Ling Jiu's sudden appearance, her right hand on the alarm button on the table.

"You don't need to know who I am."

Ling Jiu said, "All you have to do is to answer one question. Do you remember Ling Tianci from Lantian Base City?"

"I don't know who Ling Tianci is."

Yang Su frowned. "Also, who are you? Why did you trespass into my office? Do you know it is against the law?"

"Don't you know Ling Tianci?"

Ling Jiu frowned and suddenly appeared in front of Yang Su, staring her in the eyes. "Look at my eyes and tell me wholeheartedly."

Yang Su was taken aback, instantly pressing the button on the table.

The office door was pushed open with a bang as a fiery woman wearing a black leather outfit stormed in.

Her eagle eyes locked on Ling Jiu, her right foot planted on the floor as she lunged up like a female leopard at him.

Ling Jiu did not even bother to look. He performed a Dimensional Shackle to subdue the woman in a black leather outfit while she was still midway in the air.

She was less than two meters away from him, her body still maintaining a forward posture.

Yang Su looked on in disbelief. Ling Hua was a Level 6 Arcanist; no one was better than her in the entire Chang'an Base City.

However, the young man could subdue her in midair. How skilled was this boy? Who was he?

"Let me ask you one last time: Do you remember Ling Tianci from Lantian Base City?" Ling Jiu looked her in the eyes.

"I told you, I don't know this person!"

Yang Su said, "What do you want, really? If I remember correctly, I don't seem to know you either!"

"You don't know Ling Tianci?"

It confused Ling Jiu.

The paternity test report clearly showed that this woman in front of him was his mom. How could she not know his dad?

If they did not know each other, how did his sisters come about? Did they pop out of some rocks?

Despite that, her eyes did not seem to say that she was lying.

Could she really not know Dad? Ling Jiu's brows were knitted together tightly. Could it be…

Thinking of this, Ling Jiu suddenly grabbed Yang Su and vanished from the office. Ling Hua, the bodyguard, fell to the floor and looked in a panic as both of them vanished.

"Not good! Someone has abducted the president!"

"Where are you taking me?"

Inside the maglev airship, Yang Su stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows. Looking at the scenery flying past outside, she could not help but ask in a low voice.

"I suspect that someone has erased part of your memories," Ling Jiu said. "So, I want to take you to a place and get you checked."

"Someone erased part of my memories?"

Yang Su frowned. "Impossible! I'm the president of Yang Group. Who would dare to erase my memories?"

"Every peak sits under the shadow of another, so every man may meet one stronger than himself."

Ling Jiu shook his head and chuckled. "The Yang Group and even the entire Yang family are nothing in front of a truly powerful one like me. I can take you away without anyone knowing it. Can the Yang family stop me?"

Yang Su was silent. She wanted to refute, but could not find a word. She could not deny that she was already in Ling Jiu's hands.

"What the hell do you want?"

"I told you, I am bringing you to a place."

The airship flew at high speed and arrived at the Australian mainland in no time. They went into a dimension and reached Pandora.

"I'm sorry."

Ling Jiu gently poked Yang Su's neck, and she instantly passed out. He put on an air filter mask for her and brought her to the exploration spaceship.

It did not take long before Ling Jiu arrived in the exploration spaceship with Yang Su.

"I need you to do me a favor, 9527."

Ling Jiu went straight to the point. "I suspect that someone has erased her memories. Can you confirm that?"

"No big deal."

"Great."

"No problem."

Chapter 170: Crazy Physique, Incredible Split

Despite not carrying any weapon system, the instrument on 9527's spaceship, which was a top-of-the-line spacecraft from the Emissian Civilization, was extremely advanced.

As 9527 said, Earthlings as a species were still in the infancy of their civilization, and they had no secrets before the instrument of this spaceship.

It only took 9527 two minutes for Yang Su's scanning result to be out. "Part of her memory has indeed been erased, Ling Jiu."

"Besides, this method of memory erasure is quite simple and brute. It has caused significant damage to her brain with lots of sequelae!"

"I knew it."

Ling Jiu clenched his fists, his eyes flashing with a cold light. "Is there a way to restore that part of her memory?"

"Piece of cake." 9527 smiled. "Erased memory is just like a deleted file; it is easy to restore. Just that it takes some time."

"I will count on you then."

"No worries."

9527 started the procedure, using the spaceship to restore Yang Su's memory.

Then there was a long wait.

Ling Jiu was bored. Suddenly the giant egg of the Flame Astral Behemoth came to mind. "Tell me more about the Flame Astral behemoth, 9527."

"The Flame Astral behemoth, eh?" 9527 smiled. "It is the most powerful and important Astral Behemoth, born as a pinnacle stellar life form, stronger than Emperor Might on Earth, and the pinnacle of the universe when it grows up."

"You have said that before."

Ling Jiu held up his hand. "I want to know about the Arcanas of the Flame Astral Behemoth, such as Ultimate Physique, Flying Arcana, Fire Arcana, and Split Arcana."

"Sure." 9527 nodded. "The Flame Astral Behemoth has six Srcanas, namely Ultimate Physique, Stellar Fire, Spawn Split, Soulpeering, The Devourer, and the Inner World."

They were not exactly the same as what he had detected earlier. Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow. "Tell me more."

"Firstly, the Ultimate Physique."

9527 slowly said, "The Flame Astral Behemoth, like most Astral Behemoths, has a powerful physique. Its muscles are tough, bones very hard, skin defenses amazing, and body cells super active.

"In other words, there are few life forms in the universe that can match the Flame Astral Behemoth at the same level. Therefore, the Flame Astral Behemoths are the top stellar life form after a short period of weakness, because their bodies are powerful.

"If you use the Level 10 Arcanist on your planet as a unit of measurement, the strength, speed, defense, and other attributes of a newly born Flame Astral Behemoth (the top stellar life form) are about a million times higher than a Level 10 Arcanist."

"A million times?" Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat. "A million times higher in power, speed, physical strength, endurance, and all attributes?"

"Yup." 9527 nodded. "The gap between ordinary stellar life form and Flame Astral Behemoth is like a gap between heaven and earth; there is no comparison! This is the Ultimate Physique!"

"The Ultimate Physique is that strong?"

It was a shocker to Ling Jiu. As much as Level 10 Arcanists were terrestrial people who had just become stellar life forms, the Flame Astral Behemoths were just newborns.

Newborn Flame Astral Behemoths had a million times the physical strength of the earthlings who just become stellar life forms. This difference was just incredible.

"But that is great! That is fantastic! That is absolutely awesome!

Ling Jiu was so excited that his eyes were glowing. The stronger the Ultimate Physique of the Flame Astral Behemoth, the better, as he could replicate it.

"Half a month. I just need half a month and then the Arcana Replication's cooling period will be over, and I can replicate the Ultimate Physique of the Flame Astral Behemoth. After that, I will have a terrifying physique comparable to the Flame Astral Behemoth. All that in just half a month."

Ling Jiu took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Go on, 9527."

"Secondly, the Stellar Fire," 9527 continued. "As I said before, the Flame Astral Behemoth grows by consuming stellar energy, after which it can store the energy of the star in its body, which nourishes itself and provides energy to launch attacks. You can imagine what it is like to launch an attack with stellar energy. A strike of stellar energy equates to countless nuclear explosions. Who can withstand that?"

"So, the so-called Stellar Fire is actually stellar energy that a Flame Astral Behemoth stores and uses to attack?" Ling Jiu swallowed.

"That's right." 9527 continued, "Stars are the most violent celestial bodies in the universe. Even if the Flame Astral Behemoths feed on the stars, a newly born Flame Astral Behemoth will not rush into it. They tend to absorb the planetary energy first, and only after reaching higher levels as life forms will they go to the nearest star and then extract stellar energy. In fact, this is not an Arcana but the instinct of the Flame Astral Behemoths, just like the foraging instinct of a cow to eat grass and a cat to eat a mouse."

"Indeed." Ling Jiu nodded.

"Thirdly, Spawn Split." 9527 explained, "The Flame Astral Behemoths can use some tissues such as the hair, scales, flesh and blood, fingertips left behind by living things to nurture this life form, then implant its own soul to spawn itself a split."

"Spawn this life form?"

"This ability…" Ling Jiu frowned, "is absolutely buggy."

"There are many extremely tough life forms and species in the universe, many of which are not weaker than the Flame Astral Behemoth," 9527 said. "Imagine if a Flame Astral Behemoth gets the broken limbs of these tough life forms, will it be able to spawn these tough life forms?"

"Indeed."

Ling Jiu took a deep breath. "A Flame Astral Behemoth is powerful enough. If it breeds a few more similarly tough splits, it would be…"

"This is how terrific Spawn Split is," 9527 said. "In the database of the Emissian Civilization, there is a record of such a Flame Astral Behemoth that spawned three splits. And these three splits are all Astral Behemoths—the Golden Horn Behemoth that masters defense, the Obliterator Behemoth that masters control, and the Slaughterer Behemoth that masters assassination. The three Astral Behemoth splits together with the Flame Astral Behemoth that masters attack are the top four Astral Behemoth bloodlines. So this Flame Astral Behemoth is terrifying. It once ruled a vast territory, its strength not lower than that of the Emissian Civilization at its peak."

"Three splits. Top four Astral behemoth bloodlines."

Ling Jiu couldn't help but swallow. This ability was crazy. Imagine if he could replicate it.

He could not imagine this absolutely crazy idea.

"The ability to spawn splits is unique to the Flame Astral Behemoth and the few top Astral Behemoth bloodlines. It is crazy."

9527 said, "Many species and civilizations in the universe are greedy. But apart from taking control of the Flame Astral Behemoth's bodies, they have no way of getting this ability."

Ling Jiu kept nodding his head.

"Fourthly, Soulpeeping."

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Chapter 171: Inner World, Memory Recovery

"Fourthly, Soulprobing!"

9527 continued, "Soulprobing is also a rather wonderful ability. Using Soulprobing, you could peek into the secrets deep within inside a soul, much like what you call mind-reading, but its power is much more terrifying than mind-reading."

"This is ability is not bad!"

Ling Jiu was amazed.

"As for the fifth and sixth, the Devourer and Inner World are actually a package ability."

9527 further said, "The Flame Astral Behemoth is a rare devourer-type Behemoth. They could devour everything, and then convert those materials into the energy they need!"

"The place for the conversion is in the Inner World of the Flame Astral Behemoth."

"The Inner World?"

Ling Jiu was puzzled.

"A special dimension will grow inside the body of a Flame Astral Behemoth, and this dimension is the Inner World."

"The Inner World is like an Astral Flame Behemoth's stomach, but much more vast and spacious, with its conversion ability even more terrifying, and could seemingly convert any materials at will!"

"And that includes the Star Energy!"

"That is to say, the Devourer ability allows a Flame Astral Behemoth to devour everything, and the Inner World to convert all of the energy it needed."

"With the Devourer and the Inner World working with each other, it made the Flame Astral Behemoth one of the most terrible devourer lifeforms, and an adult Flame Astral Behemoth could devour a star in one bite!"

"Devour a star… Hiss…."

Ling Jiu could not help but take a deep breath. "That's straight-up broken!"

"Of course it's broken! Otherwise, how can the Flame Astral Behemoth be called one of the apex living beings in the universe?" 9527 laughed.

"Ultimate Physique!

"Stellar Fire!

"Spawn Split!

"Soulprobing!

"The Devourer!

"Inner World!

"With these six abilities in one body, is this the apex bloodline of the universe?"

Ling Jiu took a deep breath, as a sharp glint appeared in his eyes. "If I could replicate all of these Arcanas, wouldn't my ability match that of the Flame Astral Behemoth?"

"That's just fancy thinking."

9527 shook his head and refuted Ling Jiu's guess. "Let's put the five other Arcanas aside and talk about Ultimate Physique."

"Even if your body structure is the same as a Flame Astral Behemoth, you will never be like a newborn Flame Astral Behemoth with attributes points a million times stronger than a Level 10 Arcanist. You know the reason why?"

Ling Jiu frowned instantly. "Is it because of my body size?"

"Yes, it's because of your body size."

9527 showed a look of appreciation. "Like how machines are made, the larger ones will have greater power and more carrying capacity. The strength of a smaller sized one will naturally have less power and weaker carrying capacity."

Ling Jiu nodded silently.

"A newly born Astral Flame Behemoth is hundreds of meters long, and so its attributes can be a million times stronger than an ordinary Level 10 Arcanist! And you?"

9527 shook his head. "Your body is the same as an ordinary Earthling, and your attributes will naturally not be a million times stronger than a normal Level 10 Arcanist!"

"All right, then!"

Ling Jiu was rather disappointed, but he understood the truth in 9527's words. A meter-tall boy and a two-meter-tall adult were both beings of flesh, but the strength, speed, defense, endurance were clearly in two different levels.

"But…"

9527 then made an about-turn. "But if you were to replicate the Flame Astral Behemoth's Ultimate Physique, your body will definitely undergo massive changes, and even it's not a million times stronger, it is still possible to be at least ten thousand or hundred thousand times stronger."

"That's more than enough!"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up. "Emperor Might's Pangu God Ant Form is the most terrifying strengthening-type Arcana, but he could only unleash ten thousand times the strength. This is far different when compared to tens of thousands or even a hundred thousand times!"

"In fact, the Arcana that you should really be replicating is the Flame Astral Behemoth's Spawn Split Arcana."

9527 smiled. "With this ability, you can fully breed a brand new Flame Astral Behemoth or an even more terrifying lifeform!"

"Spawn Split?"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up.

"That's right!"

9527 smiled and nodded. "There is a Flame Astral Behemoth being bred on Earth, so there's no worry about getting part of its cells."

"And as far as I know, the Mothership carries many of the bodies of the most powerful creatures in the universe, and these are materials for Spawn Splitting."

"This means that as soon as you find the Mothership, you can easily get your hands on the best materials for Spawn Splitting, without the need to leave Earth and search across the universe."

"I understand!"

Ling Jiu clenched his fist, his heart was on fire.

"Remember, the Flame Astral Behemoth's Spawn Split Arcana can only give birth to three spawns at most, so when you get this Arcana, don't casually spawn something to avoid wasting the valuable limit," 9527 reminded him.

"Understood!"

Ling Jiu nodded heavily.

After that, the two chatted for a while more, and Yang Su's memories were fully recovered, but when she woke up again, her entire person fell apart.

"Tianci!

"My children!

"Sob… Sob… Sob…"

Yang Su broke down and cried as a look of sorrow appeared on her face. All of her erased memories had been fully restored as she remembered her husband Ling Tianci, her two young children, and everything that had been previously erased.

Ling Jiu looked on quietly and felt rather bad in his heart. He had wrongly blamed her before. She did not abandon her husband and children deliberately, but her memories were wiped out. She was also a victim!

"Her memories had been erased twice, and her soul was badly damaged as well. When I restored her memories, I've also healed her soul for a bit."

9527 said, "Now, her soul is as strong as a planetary lifeform, and it should be harder for someone to erase her memories in the future."

"Thanks, 9527!"

Ling Jiu clenched his fists tightly, and his expression icy. "No one… no one can wipe her memory away in the future."

"You're welcome!"

After crying for a good while, Yang Su seemed to have thought of something as she looked up at Ling Jiu. "What is this place? Release me, I want to see my children, I want to see my husband…"

Ling Jiu sighed, the look in his eyes was quite conflicted. "My dad is called Ling Tianci, and I have a sister named Ling Xiaotong, and I… I'm Ling Jiu."

"You're Xiaojiu?"

Yang Su's petite body trembled.

"Yeah."

Ling Jiu nodded.

"My son!"

Yang Su instantly ran toward Ling Jiu and hugged him tightly as her tears came rushing out like a breached dam.

Although Ling Jiu felt a little awkward, he did not stop her from hugging him. He knew that this was the most painful moment for this lady.

After crying for a while, Yang Su had finally calmed down as she looked at Ling Jiu with reddened eyes. "Xiaojiu, how's your father, and your sister, two sisters?"

"They are doing great!"

Ling Jiu smiled as he took out his phone, and showed her pictures of dad, Xiaotong and Ling'er as he slowly told her how they were doing.

Yang Su stared at the picture of the three, smiling and crying from time to time, her emotions were in flux.

"Don't be too sad, we're all doing fine now!"

Ling Jiu smiled as he comforted her. "Dad had opened another transport company, and business is now booming. Xiaotong is in high school and is rather happy."

"Also, Ling'er has joined Pangu's super training camp and obtained a spot in the Matriculation Camp, so she will at least be an Ultimate Arcanist."

"How about you?"

Yang Su looked at Ling Jiu with her eyes full of guilt and tenderness.

"Me? Hehe, I'm going good too!"

Ling Jiu rubbed his nose. "I've successfully graduated from the super training camp, and if nothing happens, I will also go to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp."

"Good boy!"

Chapter 172: Mother-Daughter Reunion, Lantin Beast Tide

Boom! Boom!

Yang Ling'er was hunting a monster.

It was a hundred-meter-long Komodo Dragon with thick scales on its body. Its head itself was over ten meters long as viscous drool kept falling out from its mouth.

Clearly, this was a Class 7 Komodo Dragon, and by looking at the entire training camp, there were not many trainees who have the ability to a Class 7 Direbeast.

Yang Ling'er could not do it in the past, but today, she had the Class 7 Komodo Dragon completely on the back foot as a silver blade under her control transformed into streams of light as she kept up a constant assault on it.

The blade was as fast as lightning, and the Komodo dragon could only be beaten helplessly.

"Annihilation!"

Seeing the Komodo Dragon was exhausted, Yang Ling'er suddenly stepped in closer to the Komodo dragon as a terrifying annihilation power erupted, and the Komodo Dragon's head bizarrely disappeared.

Bam!

Without its head, the Komodo Dragon's body fell onto the ground and stayed motionless.

"Huhh…"

Yang Ling'er wiped the sweat from her forehead as she heaved a sigh of relief. The battle just now was not easy, but she finally won.

"I can finally kill a Class 7 Direbeast alone now!"

Yang Ling'er clenched her fists, as her face flushed red. "Brother, I won't waste your treasures, and I will live up to your expectations! Just wait for me, I'll head to the Matriculation Camp as soon as possible…"

"Ling'er, good job!"

At this moment, a burst of hearty laughter sounded. Yang Ling'er's eyes lit up as she turned around. "Brother, why are you here?"

"I'm of course here to see you."

Ling Jiu touched the hair by Yang Ling'er's ears. "You're so powerful, you can kill a Class 7 Komodo Dragon alone now!"

"Thanks to the treasure!"

Yang Ling'er was very happy. "I've consumed those treasures, and not only I've broken through Level 6 in a single go, I've also gained new derivative abilities!"

"New ability?"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up. "What derivative ability?"

"I seem to be able to control any material, and can also annihilate any material." Yang Ling'er was extremely excited.

"Omni-control and Omni-annihilation?"

Ling Jiu was shocked.

"Seems like it!"

Yang Ling'er nodded.

"That sounds quite broken! But…"

Ling Jiu was amazed. "Your previous Arcana was control and annihilation of the five elements, and after you took the Deep Awakening Elixer, you've broken through Level 6 at the same time!"

"Be it the Deep Awakeningm, or the deriative Arcana from breaking through Level 6, there was a possibility of the control and annihilation of the five elements to transform into control and annihilation of all matters."

"Yeah!"

Yang Ling'er nodded.

"Ling'er, your Arcana is one of the best. When you have time, I'll teach you a Sage-Mode trick, and your strength will definitely increase sharply!"

Ling Jiu smiled. "In this way, even if I were to leave the training camp, you can still dominate the training camp with your own strength!"

"Sage Mode?"

Yang Ling'er blinked.

"It's a very broken mode!"

Ling Jiu smiled mysteriously and then said, "Come, I'll take you to meet someone."

"Ugh…"

Yang Ling'er was stunned for a moment, and before she could ask, Ling Jiu brought her instantly to the inside of the maglev airship floating in midair.

"Brother, who are you taking me to meet?" Yang Ling'er asked in confusion.

"Daughter!"

Yang Su yelled out, and Yang Ling'er's petite body trembled as she struggled to turn behind as she saw a woman who looked like her was staring back at her.

"Brother, she is…"

Yang Ling'er suddenly realized something, as her body could not help but to tremble slightly.

"Daughter, my daughter!"

Before Ling Jiu could say anything, Yang Su ran over and hugged Yang Ling'er as she broke down and cries. Yang Ling'er was similarly affected and started crying as well.

For a time, the airship was full of the sounds of a crying mother and daughter.

"Sigh…"

Ling Jiu sighed and then piloted the airship towards the direction of Lantian Base City. Since he had found mum, his family should be reunited then.

Every other thing can be resolved later.

Five hours later, Lantian Base City was in sight. After some time, Yang Su and Yang Ling'er both had calmed down and they kept on chatting with one another.

Of course, it was mainly Yang Su who was talking, while Yang Ling'er listened on. Although the woman before her was her real mother, she still could not fully accept it at this moment.

This was human nature, and it was understandable.

At this moment, the airship suddenly stopped and both mother and daughter looked at Ling Jiu in unison. "Brother, have we reached Lantian Base City?"

"We'll be there soon, but the situation in Lantian Base City doesn't seem to be very good."

"What happened?"

"Beast Tide!"

"Beast tide?"

The mother and daughter hurriedly walked to Ling Jiu and through the transparent floor-to-ceiling mirror, they saw a dense black tide surrounding Lantian Base City.

There were roars and growls.

And the sound of slaughter and the roar of artillery fire.

Massive sound waves crashed out like billowing waves, seeminglt wanting to engulf the entire Lantian Base City.

"This Beast Tide…"

Yang Su's expression changed drastically. "Can Lantian Base City stop such a massive Beast Tide? Nothing will happen to your father and Xiaotong, right?"

"The scale of the Beast Tide isn't that big, but it is still disastrous for Lantian Base City!"

Ling Jiu faintly said, "See that Direbeast floating in the air? If I'm not mistaken, that's a Class 7 Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent!"

"It is indeed an Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent!"

Yang Linger nodded slightly.

"A Class 7 Direbeast? What should we do? What if Lantian Base City cannot stop it?"

Yang Su panicked. As the president of the Yang Corporation, she knew what a Class 7 Direbeast meant for a small-medium-sized base city like Lantian.

It was an absolute disaster!

"No fear, we're here after all!"

The Direbeast floating in midair was indeed an Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent.

It was more than hundred meters long with pitch-black scales covering its entire body as if it was black iron. Its menacing head was like the head of a bull, with four claws under its abdomen and as its long sharp seemingly want to rip the sky apart.

It was too big, and when it floated it the air, it was like a behemoth that wantonly venting its evil intentions and terrifying aura.

At the same time, inside the raging Beast Tide on the ground, there were as many as 21 Class 6 Direbeast, hundreds of Class 5 Direbeasts, and countless other Direbeasts.

One Class 7 Direbeast!

Twenty-one Class 6 Direbeasts!

Hundreds of Class 5 Direbeasts!

It was obvious that the Beast Tide this time was far greater than the one before. After all, the last Beast Tide was only triggered by a Class 6 Bloodgroger Bat, but this time, it was a Class 7 Direbeast, and the scale was on a totally different level.

No, looking at the scale of this Beast Tide, be it the Arcanists on the city's bulwar, the soldiers or Commander Wang Chao, all of them despaired.

A single Class 6 Direbeast was already very difficult to deal with, and now they were facing 21 of them, let alone an even more powerful Beast Lord?

"Will we not hold this time?"

Wang Chao murmured to himself as he saw no hope. The request for help had already been sent, and only God knows when would the reinforcements from Chang'an Base City arrive.

By the time they got here, the defenses would have long been breached by the Beast Tide, no?

"Chief, the PICs from the Arcana organizations like Pangu, Vulcan, the Freedom Alliance had arrived!" At this moment, a soldier rushed in to report.

"Those big shots are finally here, but for what use?"

Wang Chao said with a sarcastic look on his face.

At this moment, at the city's bulwark.

Pangu's General Manager Luo Jia, Vulcan's new General Manager, Jiang Chong, the Freedom Alliance's General Manager, Wang Dang… all of the other leaders of the major Arcana organizations have all arrived.

Unfortunately, as they looked at the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent floating before them, all of them turned pale and were equally speechless.

A Class 7 Direbeast!

How do they even fight against it?

"How… How about we retreat?"

An Arcana combine manager said jitteringly.

Every company had a large maglev airship, and if they wanted to, they could evacuate the company's most important employees out of Lantian Base City.

"Retreat is only a last-resort option. If we retreat earlier, forget about the law forbidding it, the company will not let us off either!"

Luo Jia solemnly said, "Everyone, be prepared for a battle for life and death! I believe the reinforcements from Chang'an Base City are already on their way, and we only need to hold on until they arrive!"

All other managers nodded one after another.

"Raaaaawr!"

At this moment, the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent suddenly roared, and a rolling sound wave blasted out, causing the soldiers and the Arcanists on to the city's bulwark into a dizzy fit as their ears went numb.

The next moment, the black Beast Tide launched an overwhelming attack.

Titan Tempest Apes dozens of stories tall, Titan Pythons with a body length of a 100 meters, an a Steel Eagle that looked like a sculpture made out of metal…

The 21 Class 6 Direbeasts roared in response to the order issued by the Beast Lord, the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent. Then, they took the lead as they charged at the city's bulwark.

"Class 6 Direbeast!"

"The Class 6 Direbeast is charging over!"

Seeing this, all of the soldiers and Arcanist yelled. Aganist common Direbeasts, they could still fight against them. but against a Class 6 Direbeast, how are they even supposed to fight?

"Attack! All-out attack!"

Wang Chao's voice thundered at the bulwark. "The reinforcements from Chang'an Base City is on their way. Once they arrive, victory will be ours!"

Hearing this, the morale of the soldiers and Arcanists was restored. Yes, although the Beast Tide was ferocious, but reinforcements were coming, so, we must hold the fort!

"Kill them all!"

"Fight those b*stards!"

"You want to take down Lantian Base City? Over my dead body!"

"You spawn of b*tches, die…"

Boom! Boom!

Baaam baaam!

Bullets, shells, flames, projectiles, thunderbolts all struck at the 21 Class 6 Direbeasts like a torrent.

Yet, the most despairing thing happened.

All of the attacks that hit the Class 6 Direbeasts failed to cause any effect on them as they broke through the smoke and charged once again.

"How… How is that possible?"

"Our attacks are useless!"

"Those things are on a totally different level, how do we even fight?"

Everyone despaired.

Kweeeeh!

At this instant, a loud eagle's shriek thundered as a Steel Eagle with a wingspan over 100 meters, and a body made out of steel flew over.

It was the fastest, and appeared above the city's bulwark at the very first instant. All of its feathers stood up straight as they rained down upon the soldiers and Arcanists on the city's bulwark.

"Oh no!"

"We're done for!"

Seeing this, everyone let out a look of despair. The Steel Eagle was a Class 6 Direbeast, and its feathers were tougher than steel. If they were struck by it, they would be dead for sure.

Buzzt!

Seeing the dense barrage of feathers was about to strike them, a straight energy came crashing down, causing all of the feathers to float in mid-air.

(o)…

"What's going on?"

Everyone was dumbstruck.

The next moment, they shockingly saw a sharp sword shooting out of nowhere suddenly penetrating the Steel Eagle's head, and nailing it to death in midair.

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Chapter 173: Beast Tide Annihilated, Family Is Reunited

Everyone was stunned, as they saw the Steel Eagle that was nailed to death in midair, and took a deep breath.

"What's happened?"

"Who killed the Steel Eagle?"

Wang Chao's voice rang across the city bulwark.

Yeah!

Who killed the Steel Eagle?

This was also the question in everyone's minds.

Bam!

The Steel Eagle's massive corpse fell from the sky and crashed onto the ground, killing a large number of low-level Direbeasts, and smashing a massive crater in the ground.

At the same time, all of the black feathers that were being shot at everyone fell onto the ground like dumplings, and the crisis above everyone's head was instantly resolved.

Seeing this scene, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as a big question was raised:

Who saved them?

"Has our reinforcements arrived?"

"May… be?"

While everyone was puzzled, a figure appeared in the air. Upon seeing this person, many people were slightly stunned.

He's… Ling Jiu?" Luo Jia exclaimed.

"Isn't that Captain Ling?"

The members of the Windchaser Squad and the T-Rex Squad stared on with wide eyes. "Could it be that Cap'n Ling has saved us? But how is that possible?"

"Nothing impossible about that!"

Chen Feng, the captain of the Windchaser Squad was invigorated. "Long before he went to the super training camp, Captain Ling can already kill Class 5 Direbeasts."

"Now that he has undergone training in the training camp, his strength will definitely be even more terrifying. It's not impossible for him to kill a Class 6 Direbeast!"

"You're right, Captain!"

The Windchaser squad members all nodded.

"Ling Jiu killed the Steel Eagle just now?"

Wang Chao in the command room also saw Ling Jiu, and could not help but exclaim. He had never doubted Ling Jiu's talents, and his future was limitless.

Nevertheless, it had only been a short time since, and Ling Jiu could now hunt down Class 6 Direbeasts?

For a moment, everyone present focused their eyes on Ling Jiu at the same time. The remaining 20 Class 6 Direbeasts and the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent were no exception.

"Roar!!!"

The 20 Class 6 Direbeasts stopped attacking the city bulwark, as hot breath emanating from their nostrils and their icy eyes stared coldly at Ling Jiu as they let out low growls.

"Enough! Time to die!"

Ling Jiu made an outward grabbing motion with his right hand, and the sharp blade that had killed the Steel Eagle turned into a stream of light and flew back to his hand. Then, it split from one to two, and from two to four…

Almost instantly, 20 sharp swords appeared in front of him.

"Go!"

Ling Jiu waved his hand, and the 20 sharp blades transformed into 20 streams of light as they blasted at the 20 Class 6 Direbeasts.

"Roar!!!"

Seeing this, all 20 of the Class 6 Direbeasts growled as they quickly retreated.

If the Steel Eagle with its steel-like feathers could be nailed by the blades, they certainly did not think their hides were much tougher than the Steel Eagle.

So, they quickly retreated!

"You think you can run?"

The corner of Ling Jiu's mouth rose slightly as his eyes gleamed, and the 20 sharp blades suddenly disappeared before the full view of everyone.

Seeing the sharp blades disappear, all 20 Class 6 Direbeasts like the Titan Tempest Ape all stopped one after another, with confusion in their eyes. Where did the blades go?

Unexpectedly, at that very moment, the vanished blades reappeared and were just inches away from the heads of the Class 6 Direbeasts.

Dodge?

There was no dodging!

"Roar!!!"

The 20 Class 6 Direbeasts had no time to dodge, and the sharp blades pierced through their heads instantly as their bodies froze and their eyes widened.

And then, they all fell into the ground unmoving. They were all dead!

"They're… dead?"

"Twenty Class 6 Direbeasts died just like that?"

"Am I dreaming…"

Looking at the 20 Class 6 Direbeasts that had been menacing and on the brink of destroying everything just moments earlier now lying dead on the ground, everyone was stunned.

Killing… Killing 20 Class 6 Direbeasts in seconds!

It was just like a dream.

"No! This can't be real! How could Ling Jiu kill 20 Class 6 Direbeasts?"

"Killing 20 Class 6 Direbeasts in one move… Is he still human?"

"A… mazing!"

After a short moment of silence, a loud cheer erupted from the city's bulwark.

Be it the managers like Luo Jia, or Arcanists like Chen Feng, or military personnel like Wang Chao, all of them rejoiced and their morale reinvigorated.

"I knew it, I knew it!"

Luo Jia was very excited. "The news from the training camp was true! Ling Jiu really has the power to kill a Class 7 Direbeast!"

"Miss Luo, is he the ace genius of Pangu's super training camp?" The Vulcan General Manager, Jiang Chong looked at Ling Jiu who was standing proudly in the air and could not help but ask.

"Yes, he is Ling Jiu!"

Luo Jia wore a proud look.

"For Jin Chao to be defeated in the hands of such a genius, understandable!" Jiang Chong said slowly.

"What's Jin Chao again?"

Luo Jia proudly said, "Ling Jiu is destined to enter the Ultimate Matriculation Camp, and when he comes out of it, he'll be an Ultimate Arcanist, Jin Chao won't even be worthy enough to be his shoe bearer!"

Jiang Chong was speechless. Jin Chao was indeed just a Level 5 Arcanist and truly unworthy of even being the shoe bearer of an Ultimate Arcanist.

"Has Cap'n Ling gotten so strong?"

Huang Hailong, the captain of the T-Rex Squad sighed. "He has only gone to the super training camp for barely three months, and he's slaughtering Class 6 Direbeasts like they're pigs and dogs. By the time he graduates from the camp, how strong will he be?"

"Too strong! Captain Ling is only 17 years old this year, right?"

"A 17-year-old Level 6 Arcanist… no, Level 7 Arcanist. That's straight-up freakish!"

"I've never thought that we've worked with Captain Ling before, we sure got tales to tell from now on…"

The members of T-Rex Squad all sighed in amazement.

On the other hand.

Killing 20 Class 6 Direbeasts was like a trivial thing for Ling Jiu. He ignored the Class 6 Direbeast corpses but instead looked at the instigator of this Beast Tide, the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent.

The Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent stared at Ling Jiu, feeling a slight threat from the latter.

"You wicked beast, how dare you run rampant here. If you don't surrender now, when then?" Ling Jiu shouted coldly.

"Raaaaawrrrr…"

The Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent growled as it flicked its long tail and attacked.

"It's attacking!"

"The Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent is attacking!"

Everyone was paying full attention to the movements of the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent, and seeing it attack, everyone immediately exclaimed.

"Ling Jiu, watch out!"

Wang Chao shouted a loud reminder.

"You're just courting death."

The calmest person in the entire place was Ling Jiu. He did not dodge or evade, and let the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent charge at him, which had everyone panicking.

Yet, just as the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent's claws were raised into the air and about to slash at Ling Jiu, the claws suddenly stopped in midair.

"It stopped?"

Everyone was slightly stunned.

"Die!"

Ling Jiu's figure flickered and reappeared before the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent, and then he grabbed the air as the 20 sharp blades all returned and reformed.

In the blink of an eye, a 40-meter-long broadsword was formed.

"Die!"

Ling Jiu held the 40-meter broadsword, and with a single slash, blood sprayed all over as a massive head flew into the air.

Schkkk!

It then crashed heavily into the ground alongside its headless corpse, crushing countless Direbeasts in its wake.

There was nothing but silence.

"He killed even the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent in seconds? Is he still human?"

Thes sound of saliva-swallowing and gasps rang out from the city bulwark as everyone was shocked.

When Ling Jiu had killed the 21 Class 6 Direbeasts earlier, although everyone was shocked, they could still accept it, but to kill the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent in seconds was just too incredible.

That was a Class 7 Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent, and it got beheaded by Ling Jiu just like that. How strong was Ling Jiu?

"Cap'n Ling is… awesome!"

"He's amazing!"

The shock of the people aside, after killing the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent, Ling Jiu did not stay idle as he looked at the Beast Tide that had already begun to rout and flee.

With the 21 Class 6 Direbeasts slain, and the Beast Lord also dead, without their leaders, the Beast Tide would naturally scatter.

Normally, Ling Jiu could not be bothered with these gnats, but today, he did not plan to let these low-level Direbeasts escape.

"If I want to kill… I'll kill all of them!"

Ling Jiu then faintly said, "Two hundred times the gravity!"

Baaaam!!

An unparalleled, terrifying gravitational force rushed out of Ling Jiu and instantly shrouding a 500-square-meter radius.

In just an instant, all of the Direbeasts in this radius had their brains and organs crushed as all of them dropped dead.

Immediately after, Ling Jiu reappeared at another place, and countles more Direbeasts perished.

Twisting and turning, and with successive Blinks…

In just a minute, the massive Beast Tide was greatly diminished, with almost half of the Direbeasts already crushed to death.

The remaining Direbeasts were scared witless as they fled helter-skelter, wishing they had an extra pair of limbs. But alas, it was useless, no matter how fast they ran, it was no faster than Blink.

In the end, the entire Beast Tide was wiped out, as only piles and piles of corpses lay on the ground with nary a Direbeast left alive, nor did any managed to flee alive.

The scene was just very mind-numbing.

"What was that?"

"Is what killing machine is like?"

"I've lived for so long and I've never seen anything like this before. A massive Beast Tide being wiped out!"

"Is this how Ling Jiu is now?"

"Scary!"

Everyone could not help but gasp, as they were astonished.

"Xiaojiu is that strong?"

Inside the airship, Yang Su witnessed the entire scene of Ling Jiu annihilating the Beast Tide, and she was both shocked and proud at the same time.

She could have never imagined that her son that she had not seen for more than a decade would be so powerful that he could suppress an entire Beast Tide on his own, it was like…

Yang Su could not find the right words to describe it!

"Brother has always been strong!"

Yang Ling'er said proudly. "During the training camp, he dominated the top ranking for six weeks in a row, and then beat nearly ten thousand trainees by an overwhelming margin in the Hunt on Pandora competition."

"He has now successfully graduated from the camp in advance and will be entering the Ultimate Matriculation Camp soon!"

"That is my Xiaojiu!"

Yang Su had tears in her eyes.

At this moment, Ling Jiu suddenly returned to the airship and said to the two with a smile, "The Beast Tide has been dealt with, so we can go home now!"

"Yes, go home!"

Yang Ling'er and Yang Su perked up, with excitement and anticipation in their eyes.

After that, Ling Jiu brought the two into the base city, and returned to the Great Tang Residence as the ship hovered above their villa.

At this moment, Ling Tianci and Ling Xiaotong who had long received the news were waiting nervously.

The father and daughter were both excited, yet their eyes could not hide the anxiety within.

A wife that one had not seen for 16 years!

A mother that one had not seen for 16 years!

Today, the wife (mother) was finally back, and they were anxious.

At this moment, the airship landed, and a magnificent-looking woman came out first.

The moment he saw the lady, Ling Tianci's tears flowed wildly. It was not like men do not cry, it was just that their hurt points had not been pricked yet.

Ling Tianci!

A stubborn, strong man who was like a steel tower that had supported his family alone, cried at the first sight of his wife.

"Tianci!"

Yang Su cried as well as she threw herself into her husband's embrace.

"Susu!"

For a good while, only the cries of the husband and wife could be heard from the villa…

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Chapter 174: Show of Force, Fusion Arcana

After hugging and crying for a good while, the husband and wife finally calmed down somewhat. Ling Tianci wiped his wife's tears away as he said.

"All right, stop crying. Our children are all here, don't let this become a joke for them.

Yang Su wiped her tears away, and then looked at Ling Xiaotong. "Daughter!"

"Mo… Mommyyy!"

Xiaotong's lips trembled as her tears came flowing down.

"My daughter!"

The mother and daughter hugged each other.

Ling Tianci looked at Ling'er at this moment, his eyes red. "You're Ling'er?"

"Daddy!"

Yang Ling'er cried out loud.

The family finally reuniting had caused quite a scene and attracted the attention of many neighbors and people who were walking past as everyone started to talk about them.

"What's going on?"

"Seems like Ling Tianci's wife came back?"

While it had not been long since the Ling family had moved into the Great Tang Residence, with Ling Jiu as a famous person in Lantian Base City, everyone naturally knew him. Subsequently, Ling Tianci was well-known too.

In everyone's mind, Ling Tianci was a single old fart, how did he have a wife?

"Mom, Dad, let's head in first."

Ling Jiu saw a lot of people were gathering around and could not help but to remind them.

"Right, right, let's head in first."

The family gathered around and entered the villa as they chatted slowly.

Ling Tianci told her about what happened in these peast years, and whenever he mentioned about the trials he went through, Yang Su could not help but cry.

The morning had passed in a blink of an eye. By noon, the family of five was finally done talking, and just as they were getting ready to prepare lunch, a group of guests appeared.

They were all acquaintances, Luo Jia, Wang Chao, the mayor of Lantian Base City and other prominent figures of Lantian Base City had come.

"Brother Ling, if it weren't for you this time, Lantian Base City would've been done for!"

Wang Chao thanked him sincerely. "I'm here on behalf of the 5 million souls in Lantian Base City to thank you!"

"Chief, you're welcome!"

Ling Jiu smiled. "I'm also a citizen of Lantian Base City, protecting the base city is par of the course. You have save all of the thanks and gratitudes, there's no need for that!"

"Regardless, we still need to thank you!"

Wang Chao continued. "Inside from coming here to express our gratitude, there's one more thing. These are the corposes of the Direbeasts you had slain in this Beast Tide."

"After some simple calculation, you've killed a total of 1 Class 7 Direbeast, 21 Class 6 Direbeasts, 692 Class 5 Direbeasts, 4376 Class 4 Direbeasts, and about 700,000 Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 Direbeasts. We've brought all of them here today."

Ling Jiu said, "Chief, you can keep the corpses for the soldiers…"

"That won't do!"

Wang Chao refused. "Brother Ling, the Direbeasts you've hunted down are probably worth billions of dollars. This is just too big a sum for us to accept!"

Ling Jiu was helpless. "How about this, give me the Class 6 and Class 7 Direbeasts corpse to me, you can keep the rest!"

"This…"

"Chief, don't refuse, please. We are old acquaintances already, you should understand my character!"

"Well, then."

After speaking to Wang Chao, Luo Jia came forward, her beautiful eyes were filled with admiration and awe:

"Ling Jiu, I've always known that you would one day reach the heights that surpassed me, but I did not expect that day to come so soon!"

"Miss Luo, you flatter me!" Ling Jiu said humbly.

"Ling Jiu, I won't say much else. If you have the time, come over to the office to give your colleagues some lessons!" Luo Jia invited him.

"Teach everyone some of your training experiences, or tell them about your deeds. You're now a big celebrity in Lantian Base City, and I believe all of our staff are eager to meet you in person!"

"Is… Is this all right?"

Ling Jiu was stunned.

"What's not all right?"

What Ling Jiu did not expect was Luo Jia's invitation was just the start of things.

Over the next few days, Vulcan, Freedom Alliance, and several others Arcana organizations sent out invitations.

Even that afternoon itself, Lantian First Highschool's principal came alongside the school's top cadres as they sincerely invited Ling Jiu, the most famous alumni, to give a lecture or two.

This put Ling Jiu in a difficult spot. He did not expect to run into so much trouble after coming home to relax, and it was an even bigger headache than trying to hunt down Direbeasts.

Ling Jiu had no choice, so he symbolically went over to Pangu and Lantian First Highschool.

A week passed in a blink of an eye, and Ling Jiu came to the company's appraisal department and found Li Kai.

"Ol' Ling, you're here!"

Li Kai smiled and greeted him. The two had dinner together last night, and he knew why Ling Jiu was here today.

Ling Jiu nodded and released all of the Direbeast carcasses out.

Aside from the carcasses of the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent and the 21 Class 6 Direbeasts, there were also other Class 7 Direbeast carcasses that he had collected in Australia.

He planned to sell all of them today.

"Okay!"

Li Kai perked up and immediately started appraising. After following his master for a good six months, he had now graduated and could handle the appraising alone.

"Ol' Ling, these are all big hauls!"

"One Class 7 Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent!"

"One Class 7 Komodo Dragon!"

"One Class 7 Titan Python!"

"One Class 7 Goldwing Holy Light Tiger!"

Li Kai excitedly went about the appraisal while Ling Jiu came to Luo Jia's office.

"Ling Jiu, you're here!"

Luo Jia got up and greeted him. In the past, when Ling Jiu came to her office, she could still sit like a boss, but now she cannot…

"Miss Luo, I want to sell something!"

Ling Jiu went straight to the point.

"Sell things? Sure!"

Luo Jia showed an excited look. For Ling Jiu to be able to kill the Beast Lord in seconds, and with his current strength, he should be able to pull out some rather rare items.

"These two items first!"

Ling Jiu took out two Crystal Demonic Orchids. He intended to go on a selling spree this time, and sell off all of the useless stuff on him.

"This is the Crystal Demonic Orchid?"

Luo Jia's body shook as she carefully looked at the Crystal Demonic Orchid for a moment before saying. "The Crystal Demonic Orchid is a top-level treasure of heaven and earth, so two of them is worth 200 billion and 2000 contribution points."

"Sell it!"

"Okay!"

"Then there's these!"

Ling Jiu took out five energy crystals.

"Are these… energy crystals?"

Luo Jia was shocked.

"Yep!"

Ling Jiu nodded.

With Ling Jiu's confirmation, Luo Jia could not help but gasp.

"Ling Jiu, the energy crystals are true top-level treasures of heaven and earth and are very useful for Ultimate Arcanists. Are you sure you want to sell them?"

"Yes!"

Ling Jiu nodded.

"I really don't know what you had gotten in Australia that you could take the energy crystals so lightly."

Luo Jia smiled bitterly but continued, "The energy crystals are ultimate treasures of heaven and earth. Each is worth 2 trillion and 20,000 contribution points!"

"Five is worth 10 trillion and 100,000 contribution points! Are you sure you want to sell it?"

"Yes!"

After selling the 5 energy crystals, Ling Jiu finally had enough contribution points, and he started to buy things. "Miss Luo, give me three Bottled Tree Hearts!"

The Bottled Tree Heart is a natural treasure of heaven and earth that could provide deep awakening, but it did not mean it could not perform the first awakening of one's Arcana.

In fact, its effect on the first awakening was very good.

Moreover, unlike the Crystal Demonic Orchid with its hallucinating side effects, one only needed to nap after consuming the Bottled Tree Heart for them to awaken their Arcana.

Ling Jiu bought three Bottle Tree Hearts for his father, mother, and sister.

Using a top-level treasure of heaven and earth for deep awakening to perform a first awakening was indeed a little extravagant, but money made things move as one would say.

"Three top-level Ultimate Gene Arcana secret techniques!" Ling Jiu continued.

"Ling Jiu, you're buying this for someone else?" Luo Jia asked in surprise.

"Yeah."

Ling Jiu nodded. Although he already had his own Ultimate Gene Arcana secret technique, the company had rules that the secret techniques he purchased could only be used by himself and could not be given to others or taught to others.

However, that did not mean that he could not buy it for someone else. As long as one had enough money, they could buy it for someone else, and the number that you need to buy corresponded to the number of people that you are buying for.

"Buying three Ultimate Gene Arcana secret technique in a single go, that's just a pure show of force."

Luo Jia was in awe.

"Three Gene Arcana strengthening elixirs!"

"Three Life-enhancing fluid!"

"Three top-level Dimensional Pockets!"

"Three Water of Life units!"

After returning home in the afternoon, Ling Jiu handed the goods to his father, mother, and sister. At Ling Jiu's urging, they consumed them one by one.

First was the Water of Life that could increase one's lifespan by 30 years, and next was the life-enhancing fluid that could strengthen one's body, and finally was the Bottled Tree Heart that could awaken one's Arcana.

His mother was already a Level 3 Arcanist, so the Bottled Tree Heart gave her Fire Manipulation Arcana a deep awakening, causing her Arcana to be even more powerful.

After his father and sister consumed the Bottled Tree Heart, both of them had successfully awakened their Arcana.

His father's Arcana was Lightning Manipulation, and Xiaotong's awakening was much more bizarre as she awakened two different Arcanas.

One was Ice Manipulation.

The second was a very bizarre Arcana that took him a good part of the day to understand what it was. It turned out that it was a rather strange one:

Fusion.

Yes, Fusion!

Xiaotong could temporarily fuse with inanimate objects, and obtain their characteristics. Like when she fuses with metal, her body would be as strong as metal, and if she fused with water, she could take on liquid form!

This was a very bizarre Arcana, and if it was developed well, it would be extremely powerful. Just think about it, how would it be if she fused with top-level cold weapons?

Like the Zanderman Alloy?

Like the Sands of Annihilation?

Like the Venom Suit?

In all, as long as it was well-developed, it would be very extraordinary!

Immediately after, Ling Jiu got them to consume the top-level Gene Arcana Strengthening Elixir and then taught the trio the Ultimate Gene Arcana Secret Technique.

Of course, as his mother had learned an intermediate Gene Arcana Secret Technique before, learning the Ultimate Gene Arcana Secret Technique was not too difficult so she could study it herself.

Ling Jiu mainly taught his father and Xiaotong.

After teaching them the Gene Arcana Secret Technique, he also guided them on their Arcana control.

Time passed unknowingly, and a month then passed in a blink of an eye.

With Ling Jiu's teaching and the effects of the various treasures, his father and sister made great progress, and had broken through to Level 2, and becoming a Level 2 Arcanist.

Of course, the two's combat ability was still too poor and belonged to the weakest of Level 2 Arcanists. Even so, protecting themselves should be no problem.

That morning, the family was having breakfast when a group of uninvited guests showed up.

The leading figure was a heroic-looking female bodyguard in leather clothes and pants.

"Ling Hua, you're here?"

Yang Su was not at all surprised to see her bodyguard.

"Chairwoman, are you all right?"

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There were many people following behind Ling Hua, and in addition to the dozen of Arcanists, there was also someone from the Yang family, the General Manager of The Yang Group in Lantian Base City, Yang Yuting.

"Chairwoman, are you all right?"

Ling Hua hurried forward and asked anxiously.

"I'm fine!" Yang Su shook her head. "How did you find this place?"

"Auntie, someone saw you in the Great Tang Residence…"

Yang Yuting hurriedly stepped forward to explain as he spoke cautiously and even glanced at Ling Jiu with an inconceivable terror and fear in his eyes.

Ling Jiu's annihilation of the Beast Tide had been spread all across Lantian Base City, and in order to inspire the people, the government was still publicizing it.

It was no exaggeration to say that from people as old as 80 and children as young as 3 knew there was a new famous person in Lantian Base City.

Killing a Class 7 Direbeast with a single slash, killing 20 Class 6 Direbeasts in one move, and even wiping out hundreds of thousands of Direbeasts.

He was literally… a one-man army!

The citizens of Lantian Base City naturally cheered and felt proud when they heard that, but when Yang Yuting heard it, he fell into deep fear and despair.

Ling Jiu!

He had turned out to be so powerful!

If he could slay a Beast Lord like the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent with a single slash; if he wanted to seek revenge on the Yang family, who could stop him?

What frightened Yang Yuting was that he had acted against Ling Tianci and even hired a killer to assassinate Ling Jiu.

The grudges kept piling up!

If Ling Jiu really wanted to retaliate… the consequences would be beyond his imagination.

Frightened and desperate, Yang Yuting regarded Yang Su as his life-saver, and when Yang Su was taken away back then, he guessed it was Ling Jiu who did it.

And after sending someone to investigate, that was indeed the case.

So, he did not notify the family immediately but deliberately let Yang Su stay at the Ling villa for half a month.

Yang Yuting hoped that the Ling family could take this opportunity to cultivate some affection with Yang Su, and in this case, with Yang Su around, Ling Jiu may hold back…

So, it took him half a month before Yang Yuting informed the family, and slowly brought the Arcanists from the family over and that was what happened today.

"Oh, I see!"

Yang Su nodded slightly and looked at Ling Jiu. "Xiaojiu, can you let the Yang family off the hook?"

Ling Tianci, Xiaotong, and Yang Ling'er all looked at Ling Jiu, understanding what Yang Su meant.

Yang Yuting also carefully looked at Ling Jiu. He knew that what Ling Jiu said next would completely determine the Yang family's fate and also his own!

"The Yang family has erased your memories and hurt our family so badly, it's impossible for me to let them go just like that!"

Ling Jiu took a deep breath. "If one does something wrong, then someone has to stand up and take responsibility. You can't just write it off because of mom's relationship!"

"I understand!"

Yang Su nodded slightly. "You deal with the rest as you see fit. I don't want to get involved in this!"

Having said that, she looked at Ling Hua and said. "Go back and tell my father that I was his daughter for the first half of my life, and I've done everything a daughter should!"

"But I've owed my husband and children too much, so the second half of my life, I just want to be a wife, a mother to make up to them!"

"Tell my father that I'm no longer his daughter, and is no longer the chairwoman of Yang Group, let alone a member of the Yang family. All of you can go now!"

"Chairman!"

"Auntie!"

Ling Hua and Yang Yuting's expressions changed drastically.

"Ling Jiu, see them off!"

Yang Su turned around and left.

"You may leave now."

Ling Jiu issued the eviction order.

"Auntie, are you going to leave the family just like that? How do we explain this to grandpa? He's already old, and cannot withstand such torment!"

Seeing this, Yang Yuting quickly brought the old man out, hoping to regain Yang Su's heart.

He knew very well that Yang Su was grandpa's most beloved daughter, and him handing the massive Yang Group to her was the best proof of that.

At the same time, he also knew that Yang Su also loved and respected grandpa, and only he could bring her back.

Hearing this, Yang Su trembled as she stood in place as she then turned around to looked at Yang Yuting with reddened eyes.

"Tell the old man I've regained my memories, and have recalled everything. I know who erased my memories!"

"Tell him that I love him, but I hate him even more. He had taken everything from me, and separated me from my husband and children for 16 whole years!"

"I never want to see him again!"

"Also!"

"You tell him, I can forget everything that he had did to me, but I cannot speak for my husband or my children!"

"What they want to do to the Yang family, I will not interfere, nor do I have the authority or the right to interfere!"

As she said that Yang Su did not even look back as she went straight into the house and locked herself up. Ling Tianci saw that and said to Ling Jiu. "Xiaojiu, see them off!"

"Understood!"

Ling Jiu nodded. "Leave."

Upon seeing, Yang Yuting sighed dejectedly and then led the group out of the villa. Ling Hua and the other Arcanists looked at each other and left one after another.

"Ling'er, Xiaotong, stay home with mom and dad."

Ling Jiu told them that and was about to leave when Ling'er and Xiaotong spoke. "Brother, you're going to the Yang household?"

Ling Jiu did not even look back. "After so many grudges and grievances for so long, it's high time we settle the score! Besides, I really do want to see that… grandpa!"

"We want to go too!"

Yang Ling'er and Xiaotong said in unison.

"Let's go then!"

After leaving the villa, Ling Jiu released the maglev airship and then said to Yang Yuting, Ling Hua and the other Yang family cadres. "Let's go, take me to the Yang's manor."

"Ling… Ling Jiu, what do you want to do?"

Yang Yuting trembled.

"Tie up some knots, settle some scores, and kill a couple of people!"

Ling Jiu said indifferently, and then with a wave of his hand, shackling Yang Yuting and every member of the Yang family as he took them into the maglev airship.

Mount Panlong, Yang family villa.

Old Grandpa Yang sat on the Grandmaster's chair.

Although he was already over ninety years old, he was strong and healthy, with a ruddy face as if he was only in his fifties or sixties. He was holding onto a cane, exuding a natural aura.

Inside the hall stood a dozen of people, they were the sons, daughters-in-law, and the grandchildren of Grandpa Yang.

Grandpa Yang had six sons and three daughters, and each son was considered as a household in the Yang family while the three daughters were excluded.

So, there were six households in the Yang family, and Yang Yuting and Yang Yushan, who was killed by Ling Jiu, were the children of the fourth son, and so belonged to the fourth household of the Yang family.

"Have you heard news about the youngest one?"

Grandpa Yang looked around and his children and grandchildren, and asked in a deep voice. "Where is she now?"

The six sons all looked at each other and found it difficult to speak.

Seeing this, Granpa Yang slammed his stick onto the ground, and as a loud thud rang out, all of his sons trembled.

In the end, it was the eldest son who bit the bullet and said. "I've heard Yuting said that she is in Lantian."

"Lantian?"

Grandpa Yang's brows instantly frowned. "Why is she in Lantian?"

"I heard-I heard…"

The eldest son stuttered again.

"Speak!"

Grandpa Yang growled in a deep voice.

"I've heard that little sis was taken by Ling Jiu back to Lantian!" The eldest son said carefully.

"Ling Jiu? Which Ling Jiu?"

Grandpa Yang's brow furrowed even deeper now.

"It's that son that little sis had left behind in Lantian back then!" The eldest son said with a trembling voice.

"That b*stard?"

Grandpa Yang was furious. "I see! That b*stard actually dared to come back? If I've known I should have ordered him killed back then!"

The six Yang brothers all smiled bitterly. 'It would have been better if you had really had him killed back then, or else today's embarrassing situation would not have happened.'

"Immediately send someone to Lantian, and bring the youngest one and that b*stard back. I want to see what sort of person he had grown into for him to dare mess with the Yang family!"

Grandpa Yang slammed his walking stick onto the ground and growled.

"No need for that, I'm already over!"

A loud voice boomed and every member of the Yang family looked over as they saw a handsome youngster walking in.

Behind the youngster were two young and beautiful girls, followed by Yang Yuting, Ling Hua, and a group of Yang family Arcanists.

Swish!

Everyone's gaze fell on Ling Jiu at the same time as the six Yang brothers and their children all guessed Ling Jiu's identity.

Especially Yang Tian in the crowd immediately called out Ling Jiu's name. "Ling Jiu, how dare you come here?"

"The Yang family isn't some monster's den, why would I dare not come?"

Ling Jiu glanced at Yang Tian, and then looked at Grandpa Yang who was seating on the Grandmaster's chair.

"You're Yang Guangzhao? You may look like a normal person, but your head may have been kicked in by a donkey before, a little retarded I'd say!"

"You're that b*stard?"

Grandpa Yang stared at Ling Jiu coldly. "Uncouth, how did the youngest one give birth to an ill-bred thing like you!"

"Whether I'm ill-bred or not is not up to you to decide!"

Ling Jiu said indifferently. "I'm here today just to settle a score!"

"Yang Guangzhao, was it you who erased my mother's memories back then?"

"If yes, so what?"

Grandpa Yang snorted coldly. "Back then, I arranged a marriage for the youngest one, and she dared to secretly wed herself to a mutt, ruining the Yang family's name and going against my wishes. This is unforgivable!"

"Also, if it weren't for me being soft-hearted back then, and decided not to kill you and your father, how will the likes of you even get the opportunity to be uncouth before me?"

"So, am I supposed to thank you for sparing me?" Ling Jiu sniggered.

"B*stard! If you know what's good for you, leave now, or else I wouldn't mind correcting that mistake I made years back!" Yang Guangzhao said coldly.

"After I'm done settling my score with the Yang family, I'll naturally leave, you don't have to worry about that!"

Ling Jiu faintly, "The first grudge, Yang Yuting hired someone to beat up my dad before and hired a killer to assassinate me."

As he said that, Ling Jiu looked at Yang Yuting and indifferently said, "Am I right, Yang Yuting, or should I say, Cousin Yang?"

"Ling…. Cousin… Cousin, It was a misunderstanding! All of this a misunderstanding!"

Yang Yuting's face was pale with terror. "I did not know your identity that time, that's why I made such a blunder. Please forget about it, by Auntie's grace, I will definitely turn a new leaf in the future! Please give me a chance!"

"You're already an adult, you should be responsible for the mistakes you have done. If you think crying and begging for mercy can resolve everything, how can there be so much hatred in this world?"

Ling Jiu glanced at Yang Yuting, and with a grasp of his hand, grabbed onto Yang Yuting.

Yang Yuting was terrified, as his legs kicked about frantically, yet to his shock he found that his body could not move, and he had no power to resist at all.

"Let Yuting go!"

The fourth son of the Yang family jumped out and yelled angrily.

"Insolence!"

Grandpa Yang stood up abruptly like an angry lion as he glared at Ling Jiu. "Come, take this b*stard down for me!"

"Yes, Sir!"

An old man dressed in an immaculate butler uniform with shiny and brushed hair walked out from the hall. "Young man, let Young Master Yuting go, and then kowtow before the master, admitting your wrong."

"Asking me to kowtow? Who do you think you are?" Ling Jiu sneered.

"Insolent tongue!"

The butler Uncle Fu spat out the word as an inexplicable aura suddenly radiated from him as it instantly enveloped Ling Jiu.

"Arcana Field?"

Ling Jiu was surprised. "You're a Level 6, or a Level 7 Arcanist?"

"This old one is incompetent and has only just broken through Level 8!"

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Chapter 176: Returning to the Family, Not Even Worth a Fart

"Level… Level 8 Arcanist?"

"Uncle Fu is a Level 8 Arcanist?"

Everyone was shocked.

To be precise, everyone except Grandpa Yang was shocked.

This included all eight sons and daughters of Grandpa Yang and their children as all of them looked at Uncle Fu the Butler with a look of disbelief.

As a member of the Yang family, all of them knew that Uncle Fu was their father's personal butler, but they never knew that Uncle Fu was an Arcanist, much less a terrifying Level 8 Arcanist.

"Un-Uncle Fu, you're… a Level 8 Arcanist?"

The eldest son of the Yang family was elated and excitedly asked, "Why didn't we know of this before? You have been too low-key!"

"Young Master, you may not know, I've followed master for all these years and received his special care. Fortunately, I have a small talent as an Arcanist, and did not waste master's resources."

Uncle Fu the Butler looked grateful. "Everything I have is bestowed by the master. Without him, there will be no me! I only want to stand by master silently, and everything else is not important."

"Oh, I see!"

The eldest son nodded and said, "With Uncle Fu around, I'm relieved now!"

Speaking of which, he turned his head and looked at Ling Jiu mockingly. "Ling Jiu, for my little sister's sake, we won't kill you. Get out of the Yang household immediately!"

"Get out of the Yang household!"

"Get out of the Yang household!"

"Get out of the Yang household!"

The second, third, and other sons, the daughters, as well as Yang Tian, and other grandchildren were roused as they burst into a tirade.

Earlier on, they were really frightened.

Ling Jiu!

A person who had killed a Beast Lord with a single slash, and had destroyed an entire Beast Tide with his own strength. What terrifying strength was that?

Against Ling Jiu, there was nothing else left but fear as they had no way to fight against him. Hire a Level 8 Arcanist? You gotta be joking!

Even if the Yang family used up all of their wealth, that bit of savings was not enough to hire a Level 8 Arcanist.

So, they were very scared, and worried that Ling Jiu would seek revenge! But now…

They were not afraid anymore. With such a powerhouse in the family, what was there to be afraid of? Now was Ling Jiu's turn to be afraid, not them!

"Cousin Ling Jiu!" Yang Yuting said loudly.

"Regardless, you are still Auntie's son. Whether you like it or not, you still have the blood of the Yang family flowing in you. As long as you are willing to let go of your grudges, I believe the family will be very willing to accept you!"

As he said that, he looked at Grandpa Yang. "Grandfather, Cousin is a member of Pangu's super training camp and also the camp's ace!"

"Just half a month ago, he even wiped out a Beast Tide led by the Beast Lord, the Ironclad Ox-dragon Serpent!"

"With such talent, even with Cousin's birth, I think we should give him a chance to rejoin the family!"

"That is the best option for Cousin, Auntie, and our family. Everyone will be happy!"

Hearing this, the six Yang brothers looked at each other and nodded slightly.

While the Yang family was one of the great families of Chang'an Base City, it was far behind the top great families like the Ai family and the Chang family.

What was the difference between them?

The others were top-level elites!

The gap was something that could not be bridged no matter how much money was spent, but if they had an elite like Ling Jiu, everything would be solved.

Moreover, Ling Jiu was only 17 years old yet he possessed such terrifying strength. If he were to join the Yang family, not only the family could narrow the gap between the Ais and the Changs, but perhaps even surpass them in one fell swoop.

"What Yuting said makes sense!"

The eldest son of the Yang family nodded slightly and looked at Grandpa Yang. "Father, give him a chance, if he is willing to return to the family, little sis will also come back. This is indeed a happy ending for all!"

"Yes, Father. He is still a child after all, and being brash due to his youth is inevitable. As long as he is given proper guidance later, I believe he could become a leader of the Yang family!"

"Father…"

The six brothers of the Yang family spoke one after another as if they had already taken Ling Jiu as a property of the Yang family. It seemed like as long as they were willing to accept him, Ling Jiu would submit obediently.

"Silence!"

Grandpa Yang waved his hand and motioned for everyone to stop talking as he stared at Ling Jiu coldly. "If I remember correctly, you are only 17 years old this year?"

"If I am, so what?" Ling Jiu said lightly.

"To be able to kill a Class 7 Direbeast at the age of 17, you have the right to return to the family, whether it's thanks to your strength or talent," Grandpa Yang said faintly. "Kneel and kowtow to me. Then I will allow you to return to the family!"

Although he looked calm, Grandpa Yang was actually very shocked.

He had long kept his hands off the matter of the family affairs, and had ignored all external affairs as well.

So, he really did not know about Ling Jiu's deeds, and now after hearing of Ling Jiu's feats, he was really shocked.

A 17-year-old-boy…

Killing a Beast Lord alone…

Destroying a Beast Tide alone…

What terrifying strength was this?

What kind of genius was this?

Grandpa Yang was even regretful. IF he had accepted Ling Tianci and Ling Jiu back then, wouldn't Ling Tianci be a member of the Yang family now?

He felt a little regretful.

However, Yuting's words reminded him that it was not too late. Yes, it was not too late, as long as he was willing to accept Ling Jiu, the latter could still be part of the family.

After all, Ling Jiu was still his grandson, and his blood flowed within his body. Blood was thicker than water, and the two families could get back together.

Looking at the high and mighty Grandpa Yang who had said those words like he was giving out alms, Ling Jiu laughed as he looked at Grandpa Yang like he was looking at a mentally retarded person. "Kneel and kowtow? Allow me to return to the family?"

"That's right!"

Grandpa Yang indifferently said, "Although you are of poor stock, you still have good talents. I will allow you to return to the family, and I am also willing to accept your father. From now on, we will be family!"

"Family?"

Ling Jiu sneered and suddenly squeezed his fist hard.

Bam!

Yang Yuting was instantly squashed, and he blew up in a cloud of blood before he even had the time to scream.

Seeing this sudden scene, everyone was caught off guard. After a moment of being dumbstruck, Yang Yuting's father, the fourth son screamed, "You… You killed Yuting!"

The fourth son had a menacing expression on his face. "You killed Yuting! You crazy b*stard! Yuting is your cousin!"

"Ling Jiu, why are you doing this?"

Yang Tian, who was in the crowd, leaped out. "Grandfather has already allowed you to return to the family, why did you kill Yuting? Are you still human?"

Grandpa Yang did not say anything as he stared at Ling Jiu. His hand that was over his walking stick had veins popping all over, and one could see he was suppressing his rage.

Against the angry gazes of the Yang family, Ling Jiu flicked his fingers as he said with can't be bothered expression, as if he had done something really trivial.

He glanced at Yang Tian and the fourth son before looking at Grandpa Yang. "To be honest, I really can't understand how the Yang family's mind works."

"A small family with assets less than 500 billion and without any decent powerhouses holding the fort, where did you get the confidence and courage to get me to return to the fold?"

Ling Jiu glanced at every member of the Yang family. "Is the Yang family that powerful, that great? Is it comparable to Pangu, or Vulcan, or a royal family so much so that you have such a strong sense of pride, such a sense of superiority?

"I'll be frank, the Yang family is not even… worth a fart in my eyes. The assets of the Yang family aren't even anywhere close to my mine!"

"B*stard! You dare look down on the Yang family?"

Grandpa Yang's face turned blue with anger.

"Look down? No, no, no! Not looking down, but… the Yang family itself isn't worth a fart at all, and I'm not afraid to tell you that the balance in my bank card alone is more than 10 trillion, while all of your assets are not even a fraction of mine!"

Ling Jiu shook his head as he looked at Uncle Fu, the Butler. "As for the powerhouse that the Yang family relies on, he's nothing but a gnat in my eyes!"

"Kill him! Kill that b*stard!"

Grandpa Yang was furious, and he pointed at Ling Jiu as he roared hysterically, "Ah Fu! Kill this b*stard! I want him dead!"

"Yes, Sir!"

Uncle Fu the Butler stared at Ling Jiu coldly. "Boy, still not surrendering?"

"Me? Surrender? To you?"

Ling Jiu pointed at his head and looked Ah Fu as if he was looking at a fool. "I have to say, after being with the Yang family for so long, your brain has also been infected by their stupidity."

"Die!"

Ah Fu snorted coldly as he raised his skinny right hand and made a violent grabbing motion. He could control everything within his Arcana Field.

A Level 6 Arcanist's Arcana Field was relatively weak, but he was a Level 8 Arcanist. His Arcana Field was very powerful, and his control was even more terrifying.

In other words, the Arcana Field of a Level 8 Arcanist was definitely not just for show!

Baaaam!!

A terrifying Arcana Field power acted upon Ling Jiu and grabbed onto him, yet Ling Jiu still smiled and even teased.

"So this is your Arcana Field. It's shackling power is really strong, but sadly… not enough!"

"B*stard!"

Ah Fu was furious as thunder and lightning suddenly appeared inside his Arcana Field.

The thunder and lightning looked like a raging thunder snake that wandered freely within the Arcana Field. It then struck Ling Jiu violently as it hit his body in a frenzy.

Crackle!

"Now that's more like it!"

Ling Jiu did not dodge and allowed the lightning strike him as he kept his smile.

"However, to kill me with this bit of lightning… not enough. It's more like a tickle at best!"

Uncle Fu was shocked, and got even more irate as a terrifying gravitational force acted on Ling Jiu as it squeezed against Ling Jiu's body in a frenzy.

"Two hundred times the gravity?"

The corner of Ling Jiu's mouth curled up. "Now that's something, but sadly still not enough!"

"Three hundred times the gravity!"

Uncle Fu roared as an even more powerful surge of gravity crashed against Ling Jiu's body.

"Old man, that's the best you can do?"

Ling Jiu frowned slightly as he got impatient. "Let me tell you, gravity is not used like that. Five hundred times the gravity!"

Baaam!!

An unparalleled and terrifying gravity suddenly crashed against Uncle Fu.

Uncle Fu's expression changed drastically as his back was instantly bent. His face was instantly flushed as veins popped out from his forehead as blood oozed uncontrollably out of his nostrils, the corner of his mouth, and ears.

Yet, he still stubbornly stood up.

"As expected of a Level 8 Arcanist."

Ling Jiu was slightly amazed. Then raised his hand and pressed it down. "Six hundred times the gravity!"

Baaaam!!

Chapter 177: Killing a Level 8, Settling the Score

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Five hundred times the gravity was already Ah Fu's limit, and when it suddenly increased to six hundred times, how could Ah Fu hold on?

He fell splat onto the ground as blood flowed out of his seven orifices, clearly seriously injured!

"How… How is that possible?"

Everyone from Grandpa Yang to every single Arcanist bodyguard was stunned as all of them wore a look of disbelief.

"Ah Fu… lost?"

"Isn't Uncle Fu a Level 8 Arcanist? Why isn't he Ling Jiu's match? Ling Jiu is only a 17-year-old boy!"

It was shocking!

It was frightening!

Plus, it was unacceptable!

At that moment, the Yang family fell all the way from heaven to hell. They were full of confidence earlier as they had a Level 8 Arcanist in Uncle Fu, and taking down Ling Jiu was just a matter of time.

But right then…

The cruel truth told them it was nothing more than their imagination.

"This b*stard is actually stronger than Ah Fu! Damn it, damn it all!"

Grandpa Yang trembled slightly, and no one knew whether it was angry or shock, but regardless, a wave of shock had indeed been set off in his heart.

A Level 8 Arcanist was the strongest existence that he could come into contact at his level, yet the former was no match for Ling Jiu. How strong was Ling Jiu?

"So that's all to it for… a Level 8 Arcanist."

Ling Jiu stood high and mighty as he calmly looked at Ah Fu who was crushed onto the ground.

"Perhaps, you are no true Level 8 Arcanists. For Arcanists like us, which of us had not fought against the Direbeasts in the wilderness?"

"And you… you shirk inside the Yang household, bending your backs all day long like a slave. So you only have the level, but not the strength. So even if you are a Level 8 Arcanist, you are also the weakest sort!"

Ah Fu wanted to refute, but the moment his mouth moved a little, blood sprayed out of his mouth. Where would he find the strength to refute?

"You b*stard! Let Ah Fu go!"

After a brief moment of shock, Grandpa Yang slammed his cane on the ground as he roared. "This is the Yang house, not a place for you to go wild!"

Ling Jiu glanced at Grandpa Yang and ignored him as he continued to look at Ah Fu. "You have four different Arcanas: Fire Manipulation, Thunder Manipulation, Gravity, and also Memory Wipe. The person who erased my mother's memories back then was you, right?"

"Glughhhack…"

Ah Fu opened his mouth and spat two more mouthfuls of blood.

"If that's the case, die!"

As Ling Jiu said that, he waved his hand, and a dimensional blade suddenly shot out, slashing across Ah Fu's neck in an instant, decapitating him.

Ah Fu died with his furious eyes wide open. As a Level 8 Arcanist, he actually had one more ability inside his Arcana Field: Elemental Form!

Yes, Elemental Form.

Any Level 8 Arcanist could perform Elemental Form inside their Arcana Field. When converged, one was in solid form, and when split, one was in elemental form.

Once someone took an Elemental Form without any fixed body, one could ignore all physical attacks.

Sadly, under 600 times the gravity, all of his cells throughout his body had been subjected to a harrowing gravitational force, and he could not even turn elemental.

"Uncle Fu… died?"

There was nothing but deathly silence in the Yang family hall.

Everyone looked at Ah Fu who had just had his head lobbed off as an endless fear and despair appeared in their hearts. Ling Jiu had killed Ah Fu, what about them then?

Would Ling Jiu let them go?

"All right, the executioner is dead, and now's the main culprit's turn!" Ling Jiu looked at Grandpa Yang. "Yang Guangzhao, tell me, what should I do with you?"

"B*stard! Kill me if you dare!"

With a menacing look, Grandpa Yang said, "I only rue the fact that I was soft-hearted back then and did not order your death, that I brought such a calamity upon the Yang family today!"

"Still unrepentant even at death's door." Ling Jiu shook his head. "What's the point of people like you living anyway, aside from wasting resources?

"However, for my mother's sake, I won't kill you. Nevertheless, I will deprive you of the very thing you hold dear!"

As he said that, Ling Jiu looked at the six brothers of the Yang family. "The Yang Group shares should be equally distributed among you six brothers, right?"

"Ling Jiu, what do you want?!" the eldest son yelled in a low growl.

"I'll let you keep your worthless lives in exchange for the Yang Group's shares, how about that?" Ling Jiu said.

He did not care about few assets held by the Yang Group, but he knew that the Yang Group was founded by Grandpa Yang. It was his lifeblood and the lifeblood of the entire Yang family.

Taking away the Yang Group was tantamount to taking everything away from Grandpa Yang, and to take everything away from the Yang family!

Grandpa Yang would definitely go crazy!

"You want to take the Yang Group?"

The expression of the eldest son of the Yang family changed dramatically. "That's impossible!"

"Don't want to? Then die!"

Ling Jiu grabbed the air and instantly lifted the eldest son up into the air. "I may have chosen not to kill Grandpa Yang, but his sons may not have the same privilege."

The eldest son of the Yang family was grabbed into the air, and he found it difficult to breathe as he felt the fear of death. He had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth and had never experienced this before.

So, he was so scared that he wet and soiled his pants as he fearfully said, "Spare… Spare me! I'll hand over my shares, so please spare me!"

"Wouldn't it have been easier if you had agreed in the beginning?" Ling Jiu casually tossed him aside, and then looked at the other five. "How about you lot?"

The five other Yang brothers looked at each other, and finally nodding together.

"What a bunch of spineless wimps!"

Ling Jiu sneered. "No wonder your old man would rather put the company in my mother's hand instead of handing it over to you lot. A total waste of space, you lot are!"

As he said that, Ling Jiu looked at Grandpa Yang again. "I'll send a lawyer over to sign the transfer contract in two days. I hope you will know what to do, and don't let me make a second trip here! Should that happen, even I won't know what will happen."

As he said that, Ling Jiu left with Xiaotong and Ling'er. Looking at their leaving figures, Grandpa Yang's fury struck his heart, as he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight onto the ground.

"Father!"

"What's wrong, Father!"

"No good! He's not breathing!"

"Ambulance! Call an ambulance!"

"Brother, didn't you go a little too far just now?" Xiaotong could not bare it and said while seated in the maglev airship.

"Too far?"

Ling Jiu shook his head. "They have wronged us for far too long. If not for mom, I would have just wiped them out."

"But the Yang family is mom's family, and that old man is still our grandfather after all. Mom will definitely be sad if she learns that we've done this." Xiaotong sighed.

"Grandfather? You take him for a grandfather, but he takes you for a b*stard. We could do without such a grandfather!"

Ling Jiu shook his head. "As for mom, I'll explain things to her."

"All right then!"

Xiaotong nodded.

Speeding along the way, the three soon returned home. The moment she saw the three came back, the mother opened her mouth and wanted to ask something, but ultimately, she did not say anything.

She had always felt very guilty. In her words, she had no power or right to interfere with any decisions made by Ling Jiu and the girls.

"Xiaojiu, what did you do at the Yang household?" Ling Tianci saw through his wife's struggles and asked with a growl.

"Nothing…"

Ling Jiu simply went through what happened.

While Yang Su said nothing upon hearing this, she was finally relieved. She was really worried that Ling Jiu would slaughter the entire Yang household out of anger, and that was something she did not wish to see.

Now this was the best possible outcome, as for the killed Yang Yuting and Uncle Fu, they were insignificant.

"Xiaojiu, you went a little too far!" Ling Tianci said.

"Dad, don't you hate them?" Ling Jiu curled his lips and asked in confusion.

"Of course, I hated them in the past. I hated your grandfather and everyone in the Yang family. But when your mother came back, I put away all of the hatred in my heart!"

Ling Tianci looked at his wife, with his eyes full of tenderness. "Compared to your mother, all those grudges and grievances were nothing!"

"Hubby!"

There were tears in Yang Su's eyes.

"Stop crying!"

Ling Tianci wiped away his wife's tears. "From now one, we will live a good life as a family of five, and let the past grudges and grievances just disappear into the wind."

"Yeah!"

Yang Su nodded hard.

"What about the shares of the Yang Group?"

Ling Jiu asked again.

"There's no need for the Yang family's stuff!"

Ling Tianci snorted. "Besides, do you even care of that bit of stuff from the Yangs?"

"Yes brother, didn't you say that your bank balance is more than 10 trillion? Is it that necessary to care about the Yang family's assets?" Ling'er said.

"Ten tri-trillion?"

Ling Tianci and Yang Su were shocked as Ling Tianci asked again, "Son, your total net worth has exceeded 10 trillion?"

"Why shouldn't it be?"

Ling Jiu smiled faintly. "In order to buy you some of the treasures of heaven and earth, I sold off a few things. My total assets just increased to beyond 10 trillion along the way."

"Of course, I don't really like money all that much. It's just numbers after a certain point, and it's rather meaningless."

Ling Tianci's mouth twitched, and he was speechless for a while. He had worked hard every day, barely sleeping at all, and after half a year of hard work, his company had just begun to make a profit.

Ling Jiu, on the other hand, got his total assets to exceed 10 trillion just by selling a few stuff. Was he really not as good as his son?

"Look at you, still competing with your son!"

Seeing her husband's abnormal expression, Yang Su could not help but laugh and scold him. "Shouldn't you be happy that your son is doing better than you? Why the drooping face?"

"I am happy!"

Ling Tianci forced a smile. "However, Arcanists are just really a money-earning machine, almost like just picking up money from the ground.

"If one could run a company until the scale of the Yang Group it is already a great achievement, but Arcanists are different, once an Arcanist had reached a certain level, their money earning speed is faster than printing cash!" Yang Su sighed.

"Honey, how about we try to hunt Direbeasts in the Wilderness?"

Ling Tianci said excitedly. "I used to dream of becoming an Arcanist in the past, but unfortunately, there was no helping it back then. Now that I've suddenly become one, I want to experience the thrill of hunting Direbeasts!"

"I'm also very interested!"

Yang Su nodded again and again. In fact, she had also yearned for the life of an Arcanist. She used to slog hard for the Yang Group in the past, but now she was finally free.

Ling Jiu and his two younger sisters looked at each other and laughed.

In this era, becoming an Arcanist was everyone's first choice. As for those who ran their own business, it was a useless move for those who could not become one.

Ling Jiu was supportive of his parents becoming Arcanists. It was at least better than being stuck running a company, and once they were stronger, they would have the power to protect themselves.

"Since you want to be Arcanists, give it a try then!"

Ling Jiu took out an electronic card. "This is my ID card. With this, you can log into my Pangu account and purchase the Arcana manuals, treasures of heaven and earth, weapons, transportation, protective gear, elixirs, and more!"

"How could we do that?"

Ling Tianci shook his head like a rattle. "Keep it for yourself, your training now would require lots of resources. We cannot take them!"

"Dad, you're overthinking things!"

Ling Jiu laughed. "My training method is rather special, and ordinary treasures of heaven and earth are basically useless for me. I was a bit worried that I couldn't spend all of those contribution points in my account, now it's all right as you two can use them!"

This was the truth.

He was now absorbing Dark Bio-energy, and the treasures in the company mall really did not help him much. So, rather than letting the contribution points sit in his account and rot, might as well let his parents put them to good use.

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Chapter 178: Replicating Once Again, Ultimate Physique

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Early next morning, Ling Jiu left Lantian Base City and piloted the maglev airship to the Australian continent.

It had been a month since he left the Australian continent, and his Replication Arcana could be used to copy again.

Ling Jiu's goal was very clear. It was the Arcana of the Flame Astral Behemoth.

"Ultimate Physique!"

"Spawn Split!"

"The Devourer!"

"Inner World!"

"Which should I replicate first?"

The maglev airship sped through the air as Ling Jiu sat down quietly and planned things out. After copying the Ultimate Physique, his body would undergo changes that would shake the earth.

The sharp increase in his melee combat ability was a given!

However, Spawn Split, Devourer, and Inner World were all not bad…

As he sped all the way, the airship quickly arrived at the valley inside Kosukos Mountain.

After putting the airship away, Ling Jiu entered the dimension and once again arrived at the mysterious underground space again. There, he saw the flaming red Flame Astral Behemoth egg.

It was nothing but a sea of fire inside Ling Jiu's eyes.

Name: Unknown

Species: Unknown

Arcana: Ultimate Physical (Awakened, Replicable), Flight (Awakened, Replicable), Flame Manipulation (Awakened, Replicable), Spawn Split (Awakened, Replicable), Soulprobing (Awakened, Replicable), The Devourer (Awakened, Replicable), Inner World (Awakened, Replicable)

"Replicate, Ultimate Physique!"

Ling Jiu hesitated for a moment before making a choice, the other Arcanas were of limited help to the growth of his strength at the moment as they were not as straightforward as Ultimate Physique.

So, let's replicate the Ultimate Physique first.

Replication successful. Assimilate?

"Assimilate!"

As Ling Jiu ordered, an extremely scorching, turbulent, and tyrannical force erupted from inside Ling Jiu's body, and then divided into millions, becoming countless heat streams as they instantly rushed into every corner of Ling Jiu's body and merged into one.

Baaaam!!

As though a petrol barrel had been lit up inside his body, Ling Jiu felt a sharp pain exploding from all corners of his body. It was like a surging tsunami impacting every inch of his nervous system. Ling Jiu wailed and cried miserably!

"It hurts!!

"Damn, it hurts!"

The next moment.

A scorching red flame suddenly emerged from his body, immolating his cells, immolating his organs, immolating every inch of his skin, his clothes, and for a time, Ling Jiu's entire person was a walking torch!

As the flames burned, his casual clothes worth tens of thousands were incinerated after a few seconds, and Ling Jiu was immediately exposed to the air.

Through the crimson flames, one could clearly see the surface of Ling Jiu's skin, as his veins burst out, his muscles trembled, his bones shuddered, his skin wriggled…

It was if countless ants were crawling in a frenzy under his skin. It looked particularly harrowing.

Vooosh!!

Ling Jiu had a menacing expression on his face as his eyes were red. He felt as if his whole body was about to be torn apart and he convulsed violently.

Ling Jiu had never thought that extreme pain would feel like this, it was so bad that he wanted to die!

If possible, Ling Jiu really wanted to pass out, so things would be easier, but when he fainted, he would be woken up by the pain once again, even fainting was difficult!

"Bloody hell! I've replicated so many Arcanas before, and I've never suffered as much as today. It's almost…"

Ling Jiu screamed again and again, but he did not know, under this unprecedented pain, his body was undergoing earth-shaking changes.

Be it his cells, organs, tissues, muscles, skin and blood were all changing to beyond a normal person's comprehension!

Every cell!

Every inch of flesh and blood!

Every bone!

All of them were being reborn in flames!

Amidst a trance, there was an earth-shattering roar as fiery red scales appeared at the top of Ling Jiu's head, and the phantom of a beast made out of hard alloy where flapping its wings as it roared again and again!

Looking at Ling Jiu at this moment, his exposed skin turned bright red, much like a lobster that had been cooked through in a pot.

He did not know how long had passed since, and by the transformation was complete, Ling Jiu was lying on the ground covered with sweat and blackened blood.

Ling Jiu looked like he was lying in a pool of blood, and at this moment, he did not want to move even a finger.

It hurts!

It really hurts!

As if he had walked out from hell!

That kind of feeling gave him a lingering fear whenever he thought about it. Ling Jiu swore that he would never want to experience such a hellish pain ever again.

After resting for who knows how long, Ling Jiu finally got up from the ground, and then used some water to clean the blood off his body.

At this moment, Ling Jiu noticed the difference. His skin was crystal clear. Every inch of his skin was shining with a faint light like top-grade white jade. It was extremely smooth without any blemishes, and it exuded a strange charm of both strength as well as beauty.

Looking at his whole body, his form was well-proportioned, and his muscles were well-defined. The thinner parts were thin, the fattier parts were fat. His entire person seemed like a treasured perfect creation and like it had been completely built using the golden ratio.

"Seems like I'm much more handsome than before!"

Ling Jiu murmured to himself and clenched his fist as a majestic power surged within his body. It seemed like every bone, every muscle, every inch of the skin on his body contained a terrifying power beyond imagination.

"How strong… did my body get?" Ling Jiu mumbled before he adjusted the surrounding gravity to act on his body.

One hundred times the gravity…

Too light.

Two hundred times the gravity…

Now that felt like something.

Three hundred times the gravity…

It felt a little heavy now.

Four hundred times the gravity…

Now it was getting a little laborious.

Five hunded times the gravity…

His chest was currently feeling heavier.

Six hundred times the gravity.

"That's pretty heavy!"

Ling Jiu twisted his neck and moved his shoulders before he punched forward a few times. He was full of vigor and strength.

It was still quite easy under 600 times the gravity!

Ling Jiu was shocked!

Three hundred times the gravity was enough to immobilize a Class 7 Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon.

Six hundred times the gravity was enough to get a Level 8 Arcanist such as Ah Fu to bleed from all orifices.

As for himself, he only felt a heavy pressure under 600 times the gravity.

How… How strong was his body?

To get an answer, Ling Jiu walked out of the valley, and then turned on the Direbeast Radar and found the nearest Class 8 Direbeast.

This was a Titan Direbear, evolved from a koala.

It was over a hundred meters long, and its body was covered with steel spike-like bristles. Plus, its entire body was bloated like a meatball. The length of its single claw was more than ten meters long.

"The Titan Direbear is a strength-type Direbeast, and its strength could be ranked in the forefront of Class 8 Direbeasts. Let's test my body against it!"

Ling Jiu jumped toward the head of the Titan Direbear, and the moment he jumped up, Ling Jiu knew that he had underestimated his body.

Whooosh!!

Ling Jiu leaped up hundreds of meters like the Hulk and descended in a perfect parabolic arc as he stepped over the Titan Direbear.

"Bloody hell! Since when did my body become so light?"

As he landed on the ground again, Ling Jiu looked at the Titan Direbear that he had left far behind. He could not help but make snide remarks.

The moment he jumped up, he felt that his body was so light and fluttering as if he had lost his weight, and gravity seemed to have no effect on him!

"Again!"

Ling Jiu turned around, and as his left light tapped the ground lightly, his entire body darted out like a shell.

This time around, he had good control of his power, and if nothing happened, he could accidents jump onto the head of the Titan Direbear.

However, just as Ling Jiu was about to land on the Titan Direbear's head, it suddenly lifted its paw and smacked Ling Jiu like a fly.

Bam!

Ling Jiu was instantly sent flying like a tennis ball as he crashed heavily into the ground, smashing a crater in his wake.

"Pfah… Pfah!"

Ling Jiu crawled out of the crater and spat out mud that got into his mouth. He then patted the mud off his body again and moved his body.

He was totally unscathed!

There were no signs of injury!

"To think that I'm fine after the Titan Direbear slapped me!"

Ling Jiu was amazed. "How strong is my body actually?"

"Roar!!!"

The Titan Direbear stood up as its paws pounded against its chest as it let out an earth-shaking roar. It was angry. Ling Jiu had disturbed its sweet dreams, and it now wanted to rip Ling Jiu into pieces.

Baaam!!

The Titan Direbear raised its right palm and slammed down hard. Ling Jiu instinctively wanted to counterattack, but he held back and let the bear paw hit him

Baaam!!

The Titan Direbear smashed its paw into the ground, and the ground within a radius of several hundred meters shook violently as a large amount of dirt and dust was kicked up.

The Titan Direbear was very satisfied with its blow. Then it raised its paw and left. It had absolute confidence in its own strength, and Ling Jiu would definitely die!

"Hey, big guy, where are you going?"

At this very moment, a mocking voice suddenly rang out behind it. The Titan Direbear immediately turned around and saw Ling Jiu's body being smashed into the ground, with only his head exposed above ground. Yet, Ling Jiu was not dead, and instead was smiling at it.

"Roar!!!"

The Titan Direbear was shocked. After taking its paw strike, and smashed into the ground, he was still not dead. Was this a cockroach-like reincarnation?

As a Class 8 Direbeast, the Titan Direbear's intelligence was not inferior to humans. To be honest, the Titan Direbear was a little frustrated at this moment.

While the Titan Direbear was still shocked, Ling Jiu emerged from the ground like Orochimaru1 did as he patted the dust off his body. "Warm-up is done. Now, the real battle begins!"

"I'm going to attack now, are you ready?"

As soon as his voice trailed off, Ling Jiu disappeared, and within a tenth of a second's time, he suddenly appeared between the brows of the Titan Direbear.

He then kicked.

Baaaam!!

Ling Jiu needed to admit that he had just kicked rather lightly, but the hundred-meter-tall Titan Direbear flew out like it had been hit by a high-speed train at full speed. It flew a good ten meters before crashing heavily into the ground.

Wooosh!!

Ling Jiu moved like a shadow, and the moment the Titan Direbear landed on the ground, he appeared beneath it, and with two hands, he carried it up with his hands in a single move.

"Rise!"

Ling Jiu exerted strength in both of his arms as he pushed hard as the Titan Direbear shot out into the sky at a terrifying speed like a cannonball.

"Again!"

Ling Jiu stomped on the ground, and in the same way Might Guy had used the Eight Inner Gates Formation, Ling Jiu stepped on the air and ran on its surface.

Boom! Boom!

The Titan Direbear flew to the highest point, and Ling Jiu also ran to that point, following a somersault, his right leg lashed at the Titan Direbear like a steel whip.

Crack!!

The Titan Direbear's head instantly cracked open.

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Chapter 179: Celeste Wounded, the Green Pool

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In a verdant grassland that was dotted with sporadic towering trees stood a giant muscular kangaroo.

It was more than 100 meters tall, and it exuded a golden metallic luster as it sat on the ground, slowly munching on grass.

It was a Kingboxer Kangaroo…

A rare herbivorous Class 8 Direbeast!

One should not underestimate a Kingboxer Kangaroo just because it was a herbivorous Direbeast. The Kingboxer Kangaroo was even more terrifying than many Beast Kings on the Direbeast lists.

Why?

It was because of its terrifying combat power.

The Kingboxer Kangaroo had unparalleled power and lightning-fast punching speed, as well as a terrifying leap, that allowed it to severely wound a Class 8 Direbeast with a single punch!

According to the information on the forum, there was an incident of an adult Kingboxer Kangaroo smashing a Komodo dragon and a Titan Direbear's head in with its fist.

Therefore, the Kingboxer Kangaroo was ranked 54th on the Direbeast list, ranking higher than Celeste and the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon. A very terrifying Direbeast indeed that most ordinary people and Direbeasts would not dare to provoke at all.

At that moment, a person was walking slowly toward it as he measured the Kingboxer Kangaroo. He felt quite satisfied, especially when he saw the Kingboxer Kangaroo's bulging muscles.

"If the Titan Direbear is no match, the Kingboxer Kangaroo should be a little stronger, right?"

The person was Ling Jiu. With a slight tap of his feet, afterimages appeared in the air as he slapped the Kingboxer Kangaroo on its head.

"Roar!!!"

The Kingboxer Kangaroo hated it the most when someone hits its head and it was furious as it shot out its pair of fists at Ling Jiu. And like a laser rifle on full auto and a mortar barrage, its attacks was as fast as lightning and relentless.

Ling Jiu also struck with both fists as he met its attack head-on. Throughout the series of hits, the two exchanged over a hundred blows within a short moment.

One was a giant monster that was hundreds of meters tall…

One was a human who was less than two meters tall.

From their size alone, both of their combat powers were on two totally different levels.

The weird thing was, the Kingboxer Kangaroo was constantly being pushed back during the exchange. On the other hand, Ling Jiu was pressed on with every step, as he completely had the Kingboxer Kangaroo on the back foot.

Crack!!

The Kingboxer Kangaroo retreated to a big tree and its massive body knocked it down as it continued to fall back. Right then, the anger in its eyes had disappeared, and in its place were pain and anxiety.

Pain?

It was indeed in pain!

Ling Jiu's fist was just too hard, and when it hit its fist, it smashed holes on it like a target being riddled by bullets.

Blood gradually stained the surface of its fist, and the pain made the Kingboxer Kangaroo extremely miserable. It finally could no longer bear the pain and stomped its feet into the ground and leap several hundred meters away, escaping Ling Jiu's attacks.

Then, it fled.

Boom! Boom!

The Kingboxer Kangaroo leaped around like the Hulk, jumping up and down in succession. In the blink of an eye, it was already a few kilometers away.

"Quite the runner there!"

Ling Jiu did not pursue it as the purpose of testing his strength had already been achieved. Plus, he was too lazy to bother killing it.

"It's like my entire body has changed. Not only is it powerful, but its defensive power is also amazing. Even a Class 8 Direbeast's full bow can't hurt me!"

"Also the speed… My current speed completely crushes any Class 8 Direbeasts!"

"So, how strong am I actually?"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up. "It's time to look for a Class 9 Direbeast to test myself!"

With that thought in mind, Ling Jiu turned on the Direbeast Radar, but to his disappointment, not a single Class 9 Direbeast was on it.

Ling Jiu then remembered that Class 9 Direbeasts were Beast Emperors, and normal Direbeast Radars would not be able to detect them. Only special equipment could do so.

There was also another point, a Beast Emperor has extremely destructive powers, enough to set off a catastrophe.

So, every Beast Emperor was the object of close human surveillance. The top echelon of humanity knew where all these Beast Emperors were, and there was no need for Direbeast Radars.

"This is a little troublesome!"

Ling Jiu called the camp commandant's phone.

"Ling Jiu, need something?"

"Hello camp commandant, I want to ask you about the whereabouts of a Beast Emperor!"

Ling Jiu went straight to the point. "Just let me know. Anyone will do!"

"What are you asking about this for?"

The camp commandant was stunned.

"I've made a big breakthrough in my strength and I want to look for a Beast Emperor to test things out."

Ling Jiu spoke truthfully. "The Class 8 Direbeasts no longer meet my requirements. I found a few earlier, and they were just simply no match for me!"

A wave of shock hit the camp commandant. Another big breakthrough in strength and even a Class 8 Beast Lord was no match for him. How strong was Ling Jiu now?

"Ling Jiu, a Beast Lord and a Beast Emperor are two different beings!"

The camp commandant took a deep breath and said, "They are two totally different forms of life, and there's a gap in their very essence! I'm very glad that you can defeat a Class 8 Beast Lord, but I advise you against provoking a Beast Emperor because a single mistake may cost you your life!"

"Camp commandant, is it that different?"

Ling Jiu was surprised.

"Of course!"

The camp commandant continued, "I'm a Level 9 Arcanist, and I can kill Class 8 Direbeasts like they are nothing, but in the face of any Beast Emperor, I have no chance of winning at all."

"Also!

"The threat of a Beast Emperor is very huge. It's best not to provoke one, because if you do anger one and set off a Beast Tide, the consequences are unimaginable!"

"All right then!"

Ling Jiu gave up his plans of looking for the Beast Emperors.

"Train hard!"

The camp commandant continued, "Your matriculation camp application has already been sent, and the reply should come back in two days' time. Don't go running around, and wait for the news!"

"Okay!"

That night, Ling Jiu did not rush back but stayed in the Australian wilderness instead. He had not seen Celeste for a while now and missed it somewhat.

As he absorbed a steady stream of Dark Bio-energy and strengthened the Gene Core within his body, Ling Jiu had a feeling that he was approaching his limit. The distance between him and Level 7 was getting so close that he might break through at any day now.

"Meooowww…"

Suddenly, a cat meowed. Ling Jiu opened his eyes and saw Celeste standing not too far away, blinking its ruby-like eyes at him.

However, it was not in a good condition, being all bruised and blood-soaked, especially with a scar running down its left shoulder all the way to its abdomen as blood continued to seep out.

"Celeste, what happened to you?"

Ling Jiu immediately carried Celeste up. "Sapling Ling! Heal Celeste!"

Sapling Ling was a little reluctant but it dared not disobey Ling Jiu's orders as a steady stream of life force was infused into Celeste's body. With the help of the powerful life force, the wounds on Celeste's body were visibly healing.

Half an hour later, Celeste's wounds were completely healed, and if it weren't for the traces of blood left on its body, who would have known that it was injured earlier?

"Bro, I'm feeling so empty!" Sapling Ling's weak voice came into Ling Jiu's ears.

"All right you, enough with the tricks. I'll allow you to consume more Dark Bio-energy this time," Ling Jiu said helplessly.

"Yay! Thanks, bro!"

Sapling Ling cheered and began to frantically draw on Ling Jiu's Dark Bio-energy. Ignoring it, Ling Jiu looked at Celeste and asked, "Celeste, what's with the wounds?"

"Meoooww…"

Celeste stuck its tongue out and licked Ling Jiu's hand. Then, it glanced at Ling Jiu before it walked away, seemingly motioning at him. 'Follow me!'

As it did that, Celeste jumped onto the ground and went through the airship wall onto the wilderness outside. Ling Jiu exited the airship and put it away as he followed Celeste into the dark night.

Celeste was extremely fast, and as if the earth itself had shrunk for it, each step it took crossed a distance of hundreds of meters.

In the past, Ling Jiu might not have been able to catch up to it, but now… Ling Jiu was pacing steadily behind it. He was in no way slow.

At that moment, Ling Jiu noticed something that made him very excited: he could see clearly in the dark as if it was day!

What did that mean?

That meant he had night vision!

However, it was normal when he thought about it again.

The Astral Flame Behemoth's Ultimate Physique was all-encompassing, be it strength, speed, defense, stamina, endurance, agility, night vision… and the likes.

After replicating the Ultimate Physique, all aspects of Ling Jiu's body had undergone dramatic changes, so having night vision was entirely reasonable.

Following Celeste's lead, they finally arrived at the cliff by the sea.

The before the cliff was the surging sea as raging waves crashed against it. Yet the cliff had stood for thousands of years, and one could see how strong it was.

Celeste stepped on the air and moved above the cliff as Ling Jiu followed. He then saw a cave in the middle of the cliff face.

The cave entrance was not big, the size of a grinding plate, yet with his Dimensional Arcana, Ling Jiu could sense that the hole was extremely deep, and the deeper it got, the more spacious it was.

As for what was in its depths, Ling Jiu could not find out. His detection range was only 500 meters, and he could not sense anything beyond that range.

"Meow!"

Celeste called out to Ling Jiu and went into the cave. Ling Jiu then followed without any hesitation.

Both of them went all the way inside.

After advancing for almost two kilometers, they have finally reached the deepest part of the cave.

What came into view was an incredibly spacious underground cavern. It was as spacious as an underground mausoleum, standing more than ten meters high. Conversely, it was hundreds of meters in length and width.

On the surface was a pool with a strange green light emanating from it. It lit the entire cavern with an eerie green hue.

"Celeste, what's inside the pool?"

Ling Jiu asked as he stared at the pool.

A normal pool would not be green in color, especially in a dark cavern like that. The pool should only be black in color. Since a green light was coming out of it, there had to be something inside the pool.

"Meooowww…"

Celeste waved its little paw and tossed a large rock the size of a watermelon. The next moment, a stout tentacle blasted out of the water and smashed the rock straight into pieces.

"That tentacle…"

Ling Jiu frowned slightly. "Celeste, you were wounded by that tentacle?"

"Meooowww…"

Celeste nodded its little head.

"Very well!"

Ling Jiu nodded, and went straight to the pool. Apparently sensing his approach, another tentacle shot out from the pool and slammed at him.

"Good timing!"

Ling Jiu eyes were like lightning, and the moment the tentacle struck, he stuck his right hand out, With a sudden grasping motion, he grabbed the tentacle with his hand.

The next moment, however, Ling Jiu's expression changed.

"What strength!"

Chapter 180: Celeste Evolves, Class 9 Beast Emperor

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"What strength!"

Ling Jiu's expression changed as he sensed an unparalleled strength from the tentacle. It was much more terrifying than all of the Class 8 Direbeasts he had met earlier!

It far, far surpassed them.

"Rise!"

Ling Jiu roared as the veins in his arms popped up and he put all of his strength into his arm and then tugging it hard.

Splashhh!

A huge splash of water thundered and the pool water roiled as a huge octopus-like creature was being pulled out.

This monster did look like an octopus, but its every tentacle was more than a hundred meters long and more than a meter thick. Meanwhile, its body was full of small black scales not unlike snake scales.

"The Class 8 Direbeast, the Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus!"

Ling Jiu recognized the octopus at first glance but his brows were also deeply furrowed. The Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus was just too strong, far beyond any ordinary Class 8 Beast Lord.

Moreover, there was an extremely terrifying aura emanating from it, causing Ling Jiu to feel a tremendous pressure.

Clearly, this was no ordinary Class 8 Beast Lord. It was in a far greater realm than that of the usual Class 8 Beast Lord!

"Roar!!!"

The Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus let out a bizzare growl as thick tentacles slammed at Ling Jiu like a stream of pythons. The air seemed to be ripped apart, as a shrill rip of the air rang out, and instantly the tentacles were upon Ling Jiu.

"Good timing!"

Ling Jiu roared as he raised his right fist to meet the tentacle volley, and amidst loud bangs, Ling Jiu was smashed into the ground.

However, the Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus did not feel good. The tentacle that it had used to hit Ling Jiu was riddled with holes. Plus, when it looked at Ling Jiu again, aside from his body sinking into the ground, the latter was not wounded at all.

"What strength!"

Ling Jiu Blinked to its side, as he looked at the Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus with scorching eyes. "Since you want to play, let's play then!"

Whooosh!!

Ling Jiu appeared above the octopus' head as he raised both fists and smashed at it with brutal abandon.

Boom! Boom!

A terrifying force erupted, causing the Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus to furiously roar.

Although Ling Jiu's fist could not smash its body apart, the terrifying force contained within it shook it to the point of being dizzy, and it was about to suffer a concussion.

"Roar!!!"

The Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus let out an angry howl as another volley of tentacles came crashing toward Ling Jiu. Ling Jiu dodged all of the attacks in a flash, then reappeared on the other side as he started his wild barrage of punches again.

Boom! Boom!

Under the barrage of blows, the Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus spat out blood from its mouth. It clearly could not withstand Ling Jiu's punches and had suffered internal injuries.

The octopus roared again and swam back quickly into the pool. It wanted to flee.

"Running away?'

Ling Jiu snorted, as the war blade suddenly appeared in his hand. "Elongate!"

The war bade instantly elongated itself out of thin air, reaching 40 meters length in a blink of an eye. Ling Jiu then held the blade as he slashed it down into the octopus' head with deadly precision.

Dush!

The defensive power of the Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus' scales was amazing. Ling Jiu had hit it with so many punches and still could not break its scaly armor. He had only managed to injure it through shock.

However, before the 40-meter war blade, the octopus' indestructible scales were like tofu. A dull thud later, its head was split in half.

The 40-meter war blade went all the way down, and the Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus' body was cut into two.

"Boom…"

The octopus body that was cut in two fell apart on both sides and let out a loud thud upon impact with the ground, and then it moved no longer.

"Done!"

Ling Jiu put away the war blade and walked to the octopus corpse as he picked a tentacle up to inspect it.

"Its muscle tissues are tougher, more compact, and heavier than that of ordinary Class 8 Beast Lords. Is this octopus really a Class 8 Direbeast?"

"Meooowww…"

Just as Ling Jiu was puzzled, Celeste rushed to the pool as its pair of round eyes stared intently at the bottom of it and whimpered.

Seeing so, Ling Jiu tossed the tentacle away and came before the pool.

"Celeste, you know what's under the pool?"

Ling Jiu asked, totally befuddled. He could see the water was greenish, but he could not see what it exactly was, and the pool seemed to be very deep too.

"Meowmeow…"

Celeste meowed twice and then pointed its tiny paw at the bottom of the pool. There was a scorching gaze in its eyes as there was something it wanted at the bottom of the pool.

"I'll go down and have a look."

Ling Jiu nodded and jumped into the pool.

According to Ling Jiu's guess, this underground pool should be very cold, but the moment he entered the water, Ling Jiu immediately knew that this pool was completely different from what he had imagined.

The pool water was not so cold but rather warm. Just like soaking in a hot spring, a surge of warmth rushed at him, making him all warm and fuzzy.

"This pool is a little magical…"

Ling Jiu muttered to himself as he continued to manipulate the water to dive deeper, but to his surprise, the greenish bottom of the pool was clearly before him, but he could not reach the bottom of it.

He then dove deeper and deeper.

After diving for almost a kilometer, Ling Jiu had finally reached the bottom of the pool, and then saw the culprit of the green pool water: a stone!

Let's call it a stone for now then. It was wholy green, about the size of a watermelon and its surface was composed of flat surfaces, much like a green crystal.

"What is this?"

Ling Jiu was puzzled as he stretched his hand out and carefully touched the crystal. He felt a warmth on his hand, and at the same time a mysterious power was transmitted from the crystal.

Ling Jiu felt like his arm had been electrocuted as a tingling sensation rang through it, and it was very comfortable.

"What is that thing?"

Ling Jiu had doubt in his mind as he tried to pick the crystal up, and he easily lifted it. He then looked around and after determining that there was nothing else, he left the bottom of the pool.

Splashhh!

Ling Jiu came out of the pool, and Celeste was already impatient as it sniffed vigorously at the green crystal, looking all intoxicated, much like an opium addict catching the sight of opium.

"That big a reaction?"

Ling Jiu was dumbfounded, and then he saw something that totally astonished him.

Celeste suddenly opened its mouth as it bit into the green crystal, and directly chomping off a part of it, and then swallowing the crystal into its stomach.

"This thing is that brittle?"

Ling Jiu was stunned as he stretched his hand out and grabbed a chunk off the crystal. Upon seeing this, Celeste ate the spar in Ling Jiu's hand.

"Celeste, what the hell is this? You sure nothing will happen if you eat it like this?" Ling Jiu asked.

Just as Celeste was about to answer, its body trembled suddenly, and immediately after, its fur all bristled, not unlike a hedgehog on the defense.

Celeste let out a shrill cry, as its eyes were bloodshot.

Its body then bizarrely squirmed as if there were countless ants crawling under its skin, and the bones all over its body made a crackling sound.

The next moment, something that shocked Ling Jiu happened.

Celeste's body inflated like a balloon, and was growing at a visible speed. One meter, two meters, three meters…

In just a few breaths, Celeste, which was originally only a meter long, now grew to six meters, and it still continued to grow.

"The hell is going on?"

Ling Jiu was stunned

"Maowwwwww…"

Celeste let out a cry as blood lines appeared all over its body, and yet its body was still growing, and soon it broke through the ten meter mark.

At this moment, Celeste's growth finally slowed down, its scream gradually stopped as it lay prone on the ground, breathing heavily.

"Celeste, how are you doing?"

Ling Jiu asked concernedly.

"Meow… I….I…I'm fine!"

Celeste glanced at Ling Jiu and suddenly spoke the human language. This sudden occurrence scared the wits out of Ling Jiu. "Ce…Celeste, you can talk?"

"I…I don't know why I can suddenly speak…"

Celeste's voice was very crisp and tender, just like a girl aged eight to nine, yet her speech was stuttering and was not smooth.

"Why can you suddenly talk?"

Ling Jiu stared at it. "I've heard that a Class 9 Beast Emperor can speak human language, have you evolved from a Class 8 Direbeast to a Class 9 Beast Emperor?"

"A Class… Class 9 Beast Emperor?"

Celeste was puzzled.

"This is how the humans classify you Direbeasts!"

Ling Jiu briefly explained, "In our records, the Class 8 Beast Lord possesses intelligence no weaker than humans, and Class 9 Beast Emperors can speak the human language! For you to be able to suddenly speak, you must have evolved into a Class 9 Beast Emperor!"

Having said that, Ling Jiu could not help but look at the remaining green crystal. "And the reason why you suddenly evolved is because you ate this thing?

"In other words, what exactly is this thing that allows a Class 8 Beast Lord to become a Class 9 Beast Emperor?"

"I found it by accident!"

Celeste spoke much more fluently now. "I instinctively felt that this thing inside the pool had a fatal attraction to me, so I was drawn to it!

"But that Blackscaled Serpentine Tentacle Octopus guarding the pool. I fought it a few times but was not its match!"

"Instinctively?"

Ling Jiu frowned. "So, you don't know what that this thing is?"

"Yeah."

Celeste nodded.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Ling Jiu gently rubbed the green crystal with questions in his eyes. "Now with things as it is, I can only look for 9527, it should know about this!"

"9527?"

Celeste showed a curious look.

"You'll find out soon enough!"

Ling Jiu put the crystal away and left the cavern with Celeste. Half an hour later, the man and the beast found 9527.

"9527, what is this?"

Ling Jiu went straight to the point.

"Hmmm?"

9527 looked at the green crystal as its eyes sharpened. "Ling Jiu, where did you find this?"

"The Australian continent, in a cave by the sea." Ling Jiu said.

"The Australian continent?"

9527 frowned deeply. "Could it be that the Mothership is hidden in Australia? Impossible, I've search it before and found no trace at all! Buit if the Mothership isn't in Australia, how did this thing appear in Australia?"

"9527, what the hell is this?"

Ling Jiu listened on with excitement in his heart.

"This is fodder for the War Beasts!"

9527 answered.

"Fodder?"

Ling Jiu was stunned.

"We Emessian Warriors are normally equipped with six pieces of equipment. The battle suit, the war blade, the gravity bracelet, the dimensional ring, a single-person aircraft, and a war beast chip!"

"The War Beast chip is used to tame war beasts, and once you have installed it into the brain of a War Beast, you can completely manipulate its life and death."

"So, a proper Emessian warrior would often have a powerful war beast, and this is the fodder that is used to feed them."

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The green crystal turned out to be a beast feed for the war beasts. This was something Ling Jiu had never expected.

"What can this beast feed do, 9527?" Ling Jiu asked.

"The beast feed has high nutritional value. It can not only enhance the strength of the beasts but also speed up their evolution," 9527 explained. "The benefits are enormous, especially for lower-class beasts."

"That makes sense now. No wonder Celeste had evolved into a Class 9 Direbeast by just taking a bite of the beast feed. This evolutionary speed is terrific," Ling Jiu said.

"Beast feed was originally developed for war beasts. It has great value for the Stellar Class and even higher war beasts. More so to the Planetary Class war beasts," 9527 said. "Only a small amount of beast feed was carried on the mothership after the destruction of the Emissian Civilization. The beast feed that you have found in Australia is probably what the mothership has left behind."

"Can't you contact the mothership, 9527?"

"There is only a one-way connection between me and the mothership. The mothership can contact me, but I cannot contact the mothership on my own!" 9527 sounded that there was nothing it could do.

"Okay." Ling Jiu nodded. "So, can Celeste eat the beast feed?"

"Sure," 9527 said. "But this amount of beast feed is only enough to make it a stellar life form. If it wants to continue to evolve, it needs more."

"Evolve beyond stellar life form?" Ling Jiu had a thought in mind. "Can I eat that, too?"

9527 had no word for it. "Let me remind you that this is just food for the war beasts."

"By the way, I have just replicated the Ultimate Physique of the Flame Astral Behemoth, and my body has undergone tremendous changes. But I am a little confused about my strength. Can you help me take a look at me, 9527?"

"Sure thing."

9527 readily agreed. "But compared to the strength, the attribute index is the most important. How about directly testing the attribute index?"

"Yeah, why not?"

Ling Jiu nodded. He knew what the attribute index was and the importance of it.

"Let's test the strength index first!" 9527 said. "I will send you into the primary training room, and you are to attack the wall of the training room 100 times! Remember, do it as hard as possible."

"Got it."

Ling Jiu was sent into the primary training room. He looked at the wall, took a deep breath, gathered his strength in his right arm, and launched a storm-like attack, hitting the wall hundreds of times in one breath.

"You can stop now."

9527's voice rang out. "Your fist power is 100,000 times that of an ordinary Class 6 planetary life form, which means your strength index is 100,000!"

"It is slightly lower than the million-power index of the Flame Astral Behemoth, but it is still much stronger than the ordinary life form!"

"One hundred thousand?"

Ling Jiu was extremely excited. 100,000 was a very terrifying number.

The power index of the Flame Astral Behemoth was a million times, so the strength of the newly born Flame Astral Behemoth was a million times that of ordinary Level 10 Arcanists.

He was at 100,000 times.

That meant his power would always be 100,000 times higher than that of the Arcanists of the same level.

This figure was incredible. For comparison, the power index of Emperor Might's Pangu Divine Ant Form was only 10,000.

"When I become a Level 9 or even Level 10 Arcanist, my power will be 100,000 times that of ordinary Level 9 and Level 10 Arcanists. I will have a crushing power over them. I will be almost invincible."

Why was Emperor Might invincible among his peers of the same level?

That was because of the terror of power.

Brute force rules them all. Even if you have thousands of means and abilities, all that meant nothing before ten thousand times of terrifying power.

Ling Jiu's power was 10 times more terrifying than Emperor Might's. As long as they were in the same realm, Emperor Might was always inferior compared to him.

"This is Ultimate Physique." Ling Jiu took a deep breath. "How do we test other attributes, 9527?"

"The primary training room has the function of testing all attributes!" said 9527.

"I got it."

Speed.

Defenses.

Endurance.

Every aspect had been tested.

When it was completed, it had been days later. Ling Jiu was dog-tired when he emerged from the primary training room.

But at least the results were gratifying.

Speed index…100,000.

Defense index…100,000.

Physical strength index…100,000.

There were also other indexes such as agility, self-healing, eyesight, hearing, smell, and night vision—all of which were at 100,000.

"That is terrific.

"Hirano Hatake's Super Physique has attribute indexes of 10!

"Hao Shuai's Super Physique has attribute indexes of 100.

"And mine is 100,000.

"This is the real Super Physique."

"You are a Sixth Order planetary life form, but your physique is comparable to a Ninth Order planetary life form, and even stronger than most non-strength-type, Ninth Order planetary-order life forms," said 9527.

"I am already so strong, comparable to a Level 9 Arcanist? Wow, we are talking about the Ultimate Arcanist here!"

Back on Earth, Ling Jiu's cell phone was ringing like mad when he switched it back on. There were hundreds of missed calls and dozens of unread text messages.

"How long have I been away?"

Ling Jiu got the shock of his life when he glanced at the date: June 5th. He had been away for a full week.

"Shit! A physical fitness test took so long?"

Ling Jiu grumbled as he looked at the missed calls, most of which were calls from his parents and sisters, and a few from Li Kai, as well as from the camp commandant.

Ling Jiu first returned a call to his parents and got a good scolding from them. After that, he dialed the camp commandant's number. "Sir, did you look for me?"

"Where the hell have you been these days, Ling Jiu?" the camp commandant asked with a frown.

"I have been practicing self-cultivation on Pandora," Ling Jiu replied. "I lost track of the time."

"Pandora? All right." The camp commandant had nothing else to say.

The dimensional passage leading to Pandora had been blocked, but Ling Jiu possessed Dimensional Arcana. Nothing could stop him from going to Pandora.

Besides, he could go as many times as he wanted since there was nothing in Pandora, anyway.

"Your application for the Ultimate Matriculation Camp has been approved," the camp commandant explained. "People over there want to know when you will go over so they will send someone to pick you up."

"It has been approved?" Ling Jiu was taken aback. "I can depart at any time. Screw it, let's make it the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow? Are you sure?"

"As sure as an egg is an egg."

"The day after tomorrow then," The camp commandant said. "Wait at home in the morning on that day as someone will take you to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp. Understand?"

"Understood."

Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "Where is the Ultimate matriculation Camp, Sir? Why does someone have to come to pick me up?"

"That's because the Ultimate Matriculation Camp is not on Earth." The camp commandant hung up.

"Not on Earth?"

Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow. Not that he was surprised. There were 11 stable dimensional passages on Earth. It was twelve if counting in that one leading to Pandora.

Twelve dimensional passages…

That meant they led to 12 planets or galaxies. As a place to train the Ultimate Arcanist, the Ultimate Matriculation Camp not on Earth was understandable.

"I have got to go home tonight before departing to the Ultimate matriculation Camp the day after tomorrow."

With this thought in mind, Ling Jiu looked at Celeste again. "I am leaving the Australian mainland, Celeste. Do you plan to stay in Australia?"

"I am thinking of following you."

Celeste said. "staying in Australia is boring. I want to go to the human world with you. Besides, I don't want to be separated from you."

"Very well then."

Ling Jiu smiled and released the airship. The problem now was, Celeste was 10 meters long, and the airship could barely accommodate it.

Celeste seemed to read Ling Jiu's mind. It quickly shrank, and in the blink of an eye, its body became on-meter just like before.

This stunned Ling Jiu. "You can manipulate your body shape freely, Celeste?"

"It is my ability," Celeste said. "I can make any object smaller, including myself!"

"You do?"

It was a surprise. Ling Jiu couldn't help thinking of a superhero movie he had seen in his previous life. In that movie, the protagonist could shrink objects.

"How small can you shrink things?"

"I don't know."

Celeste tilted its head. As it looked at a millstone-sized rock in the distance, the rock shrank to become the size of a fist in an instant.

"That ratio is at least 1 to 1000, I guess?"

It shocked Ling Jiu to see that. "That means you shrink objects to one-thousandth of their original size? Amazing!"

Upon returning home with Celeste, Ling Jiu got another round of good scolding from his dad and mom because of his week-long disappearance for no reason.

What could Ling Jiu do? He could only eat crow and promise that similar things would not happen again. Only then his parents finally let him off.

That night, his parents had prepared a scrumptious dinner for the entire family to enjoy.

"Could you please give me the address of Ling-er's mother in a moment? I plan to visit her with your dad tomorrow." Yang Su fetched Ling Jiu a dish. "She raised Ling-er and is our benefactor. We have got to thank her."

"Absolutely. I'll send you the address in a while." Ling Jiu nodded. "There is one more thing I need to tell you all. I will enter the Ultimate Matriculation Camp the day after tomorrow. I won't be able to return home anytime soon."

"So fast?"

Ling Tianci frowned. They knew that Ling Jiu was going to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp a long time ago, but he did not expect the day would come so soon.

"It's been almost two months since I last submitted the application. This is considered quite slow."

Ling Jiu took a mouthful of rice.

"How often can you come home?" Yang Su asked with concern.

"I don't know." Ling Jiu shook his head. "But I heard that the Ultimate Matriculation Camp is not on Earth. Coming back would not be so easy."

"Not on Earth?" Yang Su frowned. "Will it be dangerous?"

"There will be dangers!" Ling Jiu let out a confident smile. "But don't worry, I am confident that I can handle them all. By the way, you all have got to take good care of yourself when I am not around. You all can go hunting the Direbeasts in the wilderness, but not in the dangerous areas!"

The next day, Ling Jiu stayed with his family until the morning of June 7 when a maglev airship came over the villa.

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Chapter 182: Leaving Is Difficult, Mysterious Energy

As the airship hovered over the villa, the hatch opened, and a fat guy in black sportswear emerged.

This fat guy was less than 1.7 meters tall but had a waist circumference of over one meter. He was typically short and squat, with a plump, round face, and a pair of beards. His eyes were narrowed into a line. He looked naïve, like a Maitreya.

"Which one of you is Ling Jiu?"

The fat guy looked down at Ling Jiu's family standing on the roof of the villa.

"I am."

Ling Jiu stepped out.

The fat guy glanced at him with a smile. "I am Niu Ben. I'm here to pick you up and send you to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp. Come with me."

"All right."

Ling Jiu nodded, then turned to look at his family. "Dad, Mom, Xiaotong, I'm leaving. Take care of yourselves."

"You, too, Ling Jiu. And keep in touch."

"Don't forget to video-call me, my brother."

"Okay."

After saying his goodbye, Ling Jiu boarded Niu Ben's airship, which then flew him to the place where the Ultimate Matriculation Camp was.

The interior design of Niu Ben's airship was the same as that of Ling Jiu's. There was also a home-like, spacious living room equipped with sofas, coffee tables, and other furniture.

Niu Ben opened the refrigerator and asked with a smile, "Hey, bro, do you want coffee, beer, or ice tea?"

"You have beer?"

"Yeah."

Niu Ben took out two cans of beer, throwing one to Ling Jiu and opening one for himself before sitting down on the sofa and sipping on it.

"Hey, bro, I have read your file. You are the strongest player in the training camp?"

"Sort of." Ling Jiu let out a modest smile.

"The training camp has recruited almost all the geniuses of the younger generation. Being the strongest among them, bro, your talent is beyond doubt. But I still have to warn you." Niu Ben took another sip of beer before continuing. "The Ultimate Matriculation Camp and the training camp are two different things. Once you get there, bro, you had better keep your head low."

Ling Jiu raised an eyebrow but remained humble. "Brother Niu, can you tell me about the Ultimate matriculation Camp?"

"What do you want to know?" Niu Ben smiled.

"Where is the Ultimate Matriculation Camp? How many people are there? How do the trainees train? And what do we need to do every day?" Ling Jiu brought out a barrage of questions.

"Where is the Ultimate Matriculation Camp? You will know when you get there."

Niu Ben created suspense, then squinted with a smile.

"There were 169 Arcanists in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp before this. Now there are 172, including you and the other two rookies this year."

"Who else is there besides me?" Ling Jiu was surprised.

"One is Bai Ya, and the other is Hao Shuai!" Niu Ben smiled. "They arrived in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp three days ago. You are the last one!"

"Just as I expected." Ling Jiu nodded. "Brother Niu, is training difficult in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp? What level does one have to attain before one can graduate and leave?"

"There is a saying in our Ultimate Matriculation Camp: It is harder to get out than to get in. Do you know what it means?"

Niu Ben said, "Getting into the Ultimate Matriculation Camp is extremely hard. There are over 10,000 talented Arcanists in all training camps around the world. Only the top ten genius Arcanists can enter the Ultimate Matriculation Camp. So, it is extremely difficult to get a place in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp."

Ling Jiu nodded.

The normal recruitment exercise of the Ultimate Matriculation Camp was after the training camp trainees graduated, about December every year. Only the trainees with the best performance were eligible to apply.

Early applicants like him, Bai Ya, and Hao Shuai, as well as him, Ai Yuhe, and Ling-er, who got recommended were special cases.

Under normal circumstances, it was extremely difficult to enter the Ultimate Matriculation Camp.

"But it is even more difficult to graduate and leave compared to entering the Ultimate Matriculation Camp." Niu Ben swirled the cold beer in his hand and sighed. "The Ultimate Matriculation Camp has recruited so many top talents, but fewer than three graduate and leave every year."

"Less than three?" Ling Jiu was stunned. "That's an incredibly low number."

"It is." Niu Ben nodded. "So those geniuses who cannot graduate can only continue to stay in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp for further training until they meet the conditions for leaving."

"This is also the reason there are less than 10 people recruited every year yet the number of trainees in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp is as high as 169 people, which is a figure accumulated year after year."

"Now I know."

"Did you know, bro, someone has been in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp for over 10 years?" Niu Ben looked a little dumbfounded. "Even then, he still couldn't leave and could only train with new recruits year after year. It makes me feel depressed by just thinking of it."

"Ten years?" Ling Jiu took a deep breath. "So long?"

"Yeah." Niu Ben nodded. "Once you reach the Ultimate Matriculation Camp, you will know how difficult it is to leave."

"Brother Niu, how can I leave the Ultimate Matriculation Camp?"

"You have to meet one of the two conditions before you can leave!" Niu Ben said. "First, become an Ultimate Arcanist, which means you must be at least a Level 9 Arcanist."

"What about the other condition?"

"Second, you have accumulated over one million points in the ranking," Niu Ben said. "The Ultimate Matriculation Camp has a scoreboard that records the points of each trainee. You can only leave if you become at least a Level 9 Arcanist and have accumulated over one million points in the ranking."

"Level 9 Arcanist and one million points in the ranking?" Ling Jiu's eyes flashed. "Brother Niu, what are the criteria to become a Level 9 Arcanist?"

"Combat strength, of course," Niu Ben said. "As soon as your combat effectiveness reaches Level 9, you will become a Level 9 Arcanist."

"Now I know." Ling Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his physique was comparable to a Level 9 Arcanist, which meant his combat strength had met the first condition. His only problem was the second condition. "Brother Niu, how do I get points?"

"There are three ways to get points in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp," Niu Ben said. "One, plant trees."

"Plant trees?" Ling Jiu was dumbfounded.

"Yeah, plant trees."

Niu Ben had a meaningful look on his face. "The Ultimate Matriculation Camp is on a barren planet, but it is close to Earth. I can say that it is very close. So, our high-level humans have issued a strict order to terraform this planet into a habitable place. This is also one reason the Ultimate Matriculation Camp is based there."

Very close?

Very barren?

Terraforming?

Could it be Mars?

Ling Jiu frowned. "Brother Niu, is the Ultimate Matriculation Camp on Mars? But is it not unrealistic to plant trees on Mars? What trees could survive in the extreme environment of Mars?"

"You will know when you get there." Niu Ben smiled with a mysterious look on his face. "You can earn one point by planting a tree. That is to say, if you want to earn points just by planting trees, you will need to plant at least a million trees to earn a million points!"

"A million trees?"

Niu Ben shook his head. "That will take you almost forever."

"What about the second way?"

"Two, hunting monsters." There was a strange look in Niu Ben's eyes. "You know that we have many dimensional cracks on Earth, don't you? The stable one is the wormhole that leads to many planets while the unstable ones leak Gene Arcana that Arcanists use for self-cultivation."

Ling Jiu nodded.

"In fact, the planet, where our Ultimate Matriculation Camp is on, also has wormholes, and there are as many as dozens of them," Niu Ben said. "So monsters often emerge out of the wormholes and invade the planet. We have to fight the monsters to protect the place. You can get points by hunting monsters, and for each Class 7 monster you kill, you kill one point; Class 8 monster, ten points; and Class 9 monster, one hundred points. If you want to earn points by simply hunting monsters, kill one million Class 7 monsters, one hundred thousand Class 8, or ten thousand Class 9. Can you imagine how hard it is to earn a million points?"

"That sounds hard indeed." Ling Jiu nodded.

A million Class 7 Direbeasts…

One hundred thousand Class 8 Direbeasts…

Ten thousand Class 9 Direbeasts…

That was difficult.

"But that is not all, though," Niu Ben said. "The thing is, there are few monsters on that planet. Every time they invade, there won't be over a hundred of them. The Ultimate Matriculation Camp has over a hundred Arcanists. There simply aren't enough monsters to go around. You can't kill as many as you want!"

Ling Jiu frowned. A million Class 7, 100,000 Class 8, and 10,000 Class 9 Direbeasts seemed to be a lot. But as long as there were enough monsters, Ling Jiu was confident enough to achieve that number.

Yet, there were not enough monsters to go around.

This was the hardest part. How can you kill when there are not enough monsters? As much as you want to, you just can't do that.

"That's difficult." Ling Jiu sighed. "Brother Niu, what is the reward system in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp?"

"Reward? What reward?" Niu Ben forced a smile. "Bro, the Ultimate Matriculation Camp differs from the training camp. There are no rewards there. If there is any reward, the Ultimate Suit is one when you graduate. Other than that, you will not get any rewards during your time in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp."

"No rewards?" Ling Jiu was speechless. "Then how does everyone train?"

"Although there are dimensional cracks on that planet, the Gene Arcana content in the air is extremely low, and so the conditions for self-cultivation are challenging." Niu Ben forced another smile. "You can only plant trees if you want to practice self-cultivate."

"Plant trees?" Ling Jiu frowned again.

"The trees we are planting are a magical plant. They can not only produce oxygen but also magical energy."

Niu Ben said. "This energy is not Gene Arcana, but it has all the characteristics of Gene Arcana and with more amazing effect than that of Gene Arcana."

Speaking of this, Niu Ben's eyes lit up. "Did you know that absorbing this energy can increase our power fivefold, bro? Fivefold, man! That's the reason all the trainees in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp are scrambling to plant trees. They all have their respective forests to get this mysterious energy."

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Chapter 183: Antarctic Ice City, Scoreboard

Mysterious energy…

Boost Arcana fivefold…

Ling Jiu fell into thought.

He was currently absorbing pure Dark bio-energy, which had Arcana ten times higher than that of Gene Arcana. Meanwhile, the mysterious energy that Niu Ben had mentioned was only five times higher.

Did this mysterious energy have anything to do with the Dark Bio-energy?

Perhaps it was a Dark Bio-energy that had diminished effectiveness but not as low as that of the Gene Arcana?

"Possible," Ling Jiu mumbled to himself.

"It is precisely because of this mysterious energy's existence that the geniuses of the Ultimate Matriculation Camp are willing to stay and plant trees on the goddamn planet."

Time flew by as the two chatted away. An hour later, they came to a world of ice and snow.

There was snow everywhere, and icebergs that stood like mountains.

Bitter wind was howling in the air over the boundless ice field.

"Brother Niu, is this the Arctic or Antarctica?" Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the endless snowy field, Ling Jiu asked in surprise, "Is the dimensional passage leading to that planet right here?"

"This is Antarctica."

Niu Ben nodded. "We will be in the Antarctic Ice City in a while."

"The Antarctic Ice City?"

Sure enough, after another ten minutes, a silver city towering in the icy wind and snow appeared in the field of vision.

The city wall was 100 meters high, and the top was sealed. The massive city seemed to be made of ice, like a towering iceberg.

"Bro, this is the Antarctic Ice City," Niu Ben said. "The dimensional passage leading to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp is inside this city, and the supplies for the camp are also sent from here."

"Interesting."

The airship arrived in front of the city wall and then landed.

"Bro, it may be a bit too cold out there. Put this jacket on."

Niu Ben took out two down jackets from the closet, one for himself and the other for Ling Jiu. But Ling Jiu just smiled and declined.

"Thanks, Brother Niu, but I don't need that."

"Take it, you'll know when you get out!" Niu Ben said. "The Antarctic Ice City is at the extreme point of Antarctica, where the temperature is the lowest on Earth. It's just June when the temperature in Antarctica hasn't reached the coldest time of the year, but it is still minus sixty or seventy degrees. Most people can't withstand it!"

"All right then."

Ling Jiu could not resist his kindness and held the down jacket in his hand. Seeing that Ling Jiu was still not wearing it, Niu Ben could not be bothered to remind him again. He would put it on when he got out there.

The extreme cold hit their faces as soon as the hatch opened. Niu Ben could not stop shivering. "Damn it, it's freaking cold."

After the two got out of the airship, Niu Ben stored it away. He was shivering from the cold despite wearing a thick down jacket.

He looked over at Ling Jiu, whose eyes were darting around curiously. He was struck dumb; Ling Jiu was only wearing black casual wear.

"Aren't you cold, bro?"

"A little." Ling Jiu shrugged.

"A little? You're really tough."

Niu Ben inhaled. "I have received no less than a hundred people. This is the first time I have seen someone so immune to cold like you."

"It's not so bad." Ling Jiu smiled. "Shall we go in now?"

Niu Ben quickly arrived below the city wall, took out a card, and inserted it into a card slot. After a few beeps, a pleasant-sounding voice came. "Identity verified."

Immediately after, a gate slowly rose. Niu Ben gestured at Ling Jiu to walk through the gate. After the two entered, the gate came back down again.

A passage appeared in front of them. After walking for about a hundred meters, they passed through an alloy door and a building appeared.

Neat lawns and a beautiful rock garden with neatly trimmed trees were in front of the building. It was a world apart compared to the outside.

"Who would have thought that Antarctica had such a paradise!" Ling Jiu could not help exclaiming.

"Outside the ice city is a layer of solid ice 100 meters thick. This layer of ice completely isolates the severe cold outside, separating the inside and outside into two distinct worlds," Niu Ben smiled and said. "Let us get inside."

"Okay."

Niu Ben brought Ling Jiu into the building. The interior of this building towering over the Antarctic continent was indistinguishable from any ordinary corporate offices.

There were receptionists in the lobby on the ground floor, staff on the first floor, and fitness equipment on the second.

They ascended all the way to the top floor and came in front of an office, where Niu Ben pressed the doorbell.

"Come in."

A pleasant voice was heard coming from the inside.

The two pushed the door open and saw that it was an office designed in an antique decoration. A woman with black hair was sitting on an office chair, eyes on documents.

"Madam," Niu Ben greeted the woman.

The woman, who apparently was the camp commandant, looked up at Niu Ben: "Have you brought the guy?"

"Yes, Madam."

Niu Ben grinned, pointing at Ling Jiu.

"Good." The woman then looked at Ling Jiu. "So you are Ling Jiu?"

"Yes, Madam," Ling Jiu replied.

"Welcome to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp." The woman broke into a smile. "I presume that Niu Ben must have told you a lot of things about the Ultimate Matriculation Camp. So I will not repeat it. I have only one thing to tell you. It is more difficult to leave than enter the Ultimate Matriculation Camp. There is no other way except for working hard. All the best."

"I got it." Ling Jiu nodded in acknowledgment.

"Good." The woman took out a form and signed it. "Niu Ben, bring him to get the three-piece set and head straight over the camp."

"Yes, Madam."

Niu Ben took the form, brought Ling Jiu, and took the elevator to the underground. There, he got Ling Jiu the three-piece set of equipment from a place called the Logistics Department. It consisted of a Venom Suit, a shovel, and an electronic card.

That was all of it.

"This is a lower-level Venom Suit. I guess you should have known its uses. But its primary function is as a spacesuit on this planet. The shovel is for planting trees. The electronic card is your identity card in the camp. With this card in hand, you can freely enter and exit the camp, open the dormitory, store your points and so on. It is equivalent to a card on a university campus, which is quite convenient."

As the two took the elevator to the fifth floor underground, a huge basement appeared in front of them.

At the center of the basement, a yellow vortex was suspended in the air. It was the dimensional passage.

A table was placed in front of it with a staff member sitting there.

"Uncle Wang."

Niu Ben walked up to the staff with a smile. "This is a new trainee."

The staff glanced at Ling Jiu. "Give me your ID card!"

As Niu Ben handed over their identity cards, the staff swiped the cards in a card reader.

"Your identities match. Permission granted to enter the dimensional passage."

Ling Jiu and Niu Ben entered the dimensional passage and came to a massive square.

Surrounding the square were containers-like houses connected by pipes.

In the center of the square stood a pitch-black pillar.

The pillar was a triangular prism, and on each side was a screen on which many names were recorded.

"This is the scoreboard." Niu Ben pointed at the pillar with dragon engravings. "The contents of the three sides are the same!"

Ling Jiu looked to the side.

No.1: Toynbee Abraham; Vulcan; 967,456; 25 years old; 20431209

No.2: Qiu Haohao; Pangu; 941,276; 23 years old; 20441215

No.3: Alek Ansel; Freedom Alliance; 93,9871; 26 years old; 20411208

No.170: Hao Shuai; Freedom Alliance; 0; 17 years old; 20510604

No.171: Bai Ya; Tianwei; 0; 17 years old; 20510604

From top to bottom, there were 171 names recorded. His name turned up on the last line.

No.172: Ling Jiu; Pangu; 0; 17 years old; 20510607

"My name appeared as soon as I arrived. It's right on time!" Ling Jiu muttered.

"There are currently 172 students in the camp, so 172 names are on the scoreboard," Niu Ben said. "From left to right are rank, name, Arcana combine, points, age, and serial number. You will know by just looking at the serial number it is determined by the entry time of the trainees. You just came to the matriculation camp today, so the serial number is 20510607."

"Ahh, now I know," Ling Jiu said. "The top three trainees are of years 2043, 2044, and 2041. In other words, they have been in the camp for 8, 7, and 10 years respectively, right?"

"That is right." Niu Ben nodded.

"Ten years! Who can stay on this barren planet that long?"

Ling Jiu was speechless, suddenly regretting coming to the matriculation camp.

What were others coming here for? –The mysterious energy.

But this thing was useless to him.

So, what on earth did he expect to get from the matriculation camp?

Rewards? There were no rewards.

The mysterious energy? It was useless to him.

The Ultimate Suit after the graduation? God knows what that thing was.

Could it be better than the Emissian Suit that 9527 gave him?

"I shouldn't have come here!" He sighed.

Seeing Ling Jiu's brows knitted together, Niu Ben could not help laughing, thinking that Ling Jiu was discouraged.

"Despite the matriculation camp's poor environment, lack of rewards, heavy tasks, and difficult training conditions, it is very helpful to us. That mysterious energy is of great help to every Arcanist. Not only can it boost Arcana fivefold, but it also speeds up our self-cultivation—it's much quicker than Gene Arcana. This is something you can't exchange with anything. Many trainees have been here for eight or even ten years, but many of them stay deliberately. As once they leave the camp, they can never absorb that mysterious energy anymore. Hence, many of them want to stay in the reserve camp as long as possible to improve themselves to the maximum. That's the real purpose for their stay here."

"I didn't know that." Ling Jiu forced a smile.

"Let's go. Let me show you around. The entire camp is roughly divided into four areas: the cafeteria, dormitory, leisure and entertainment, and seed bank. You don't need me to tell you what the cafeteria and dormitory are, do you? The leisure and entertainment area has bars, internet cafes, KTV, basketball courts, casinos, and other entertainment venues. There is only one recognized currency in the matriculation camp, and that is points. You can use points to buy drinks, surf the Internet, karaoke, and so on. As long as you have enough points, you can even do many things with the opposite sex in the camp, you know what I mean? All in all, the points are currency in the matriculation camp. You can do anything with it."

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Chapter 184: Pranking Newcomers, the New Camp Beauty

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The matriculation camp was more like a self-contained city complete with living, entertainment, and work areas.

With Niu Ben leading the way, the two first came to the dormitory. The so-called dormitory was sealed containers connected together.

In other words, all the dormitories were connected to the gas supply system. There was no need for a Venom Suit inside the dormitory and other areas of the camp.

However, outside the camp, oxygen was lacking, and the environment was extremely harsh. One needed to always wear a Venom Suit. Otherwise, life would be in danger.

The entire matriculation camp was like a large alien survival base. It was safe only by staying indoors. Once getting out there, what would happen was pretty self-evident.

After leaving the dormitory area, the two went to the entertainment area, where there were men and women of different skin colors eating, drinking, and singing karaoke.

One could hardly tell that this was another planet by just looking at it. Those people were top Arcanists from around the world, the best of the best.

"They are all trainees of the Ultimate Matriculation Camp." Niu Ben pointed to those people. "Don't be fooled by their appearance. All of them are the best. They might seem to live in indulgence right now, but they are actually hardworking, often only taking one day off and spending all the time in the wilderness—planting trees during the day and practicing self-cultivation during the night. They are more hardworking than you can imagine."

Ling Jiu nodded in acknowledgment. They could sense the unique aura in each trainee.

"Let's go, let me bring you to the most important area." The two came to a workshop-like warehouse. "This is the seed bank. The seeds we needed for planting trees are all here."

"Seed bank?" Ling Jiu checked around the warehouse.

"You will be like us, bro, getting the seeds and finding suitable land in the wild to plant trees starting tomorrow," Niu Ben said. "You should choose a place not too far away. Or else, traveling back and forth is going to be a problem. Besides, you couldn't reach in time in case of an accident."

Ling Jiu nodded in acknowledgment once more. "Brother Niu, what kind of plant is this tree that it can survive on such a barren planet?"

"I don't know exactly!"

Niu Ben shook his head. "But I heard that this Arcana tree came from a crashed alien spacecraft. It's used to terraform planets. Not only can it adapt to extreme alien environments but it can also produce oxygen and mysterious energy, making it most suitable for being transported to alien planets for terraforming."

The seed came from a crashed alien spacecraft?

Terraform planets?

Ling Jiu was deep in thought.

"Anyway, the Arcana tree is very adaptable to the environment of this planet. It has a high survival rate and will grow as long as it is planted in the ground," Niu Ben said. "You will see the forest of Arcana trees when you go to the wild tomorrow morning. I guarantee that you'll be shocked. Let's enter the seed bank."

The two entered the seed bank where there were two layers of doors, which worked the same as that of other places, to prevent air exchange.

"These are the Arcana trees?"

Ling Jiu looked curiously at the tiny blue trees that were randomly piled together.

These tiny blue trees were about one meter tall, and on their straight trunks were clusters of spherical crowns that looked somewhat like dandelions.

"These are the Arcana trees," Niu Ben said. "They are tough. Even if you discard them randomly, they can still survive for eight to ten years."

"That's tough indeed," Ling Jiu exclaimed.

"Ling Jiu."

A pleasant voice suddenly came.

Ling Jiu and Niu Ben turned their heads in unison and saw a tall figure walking toward them. The person had long slender legs, a graceful figure, a pretty face, and cascading long hair.

It was not Ling Jiu's first time seeing this person. However, every time he saw her, his heart would pound uncontrollably.

This woman was perfect!

A perfect body…

A perfect face…

Any man who saw her would inevitably get aroused.

"It's you, Bai Ya."

Ling Jiu broke into a broad smile.

"You finally arrived." Bai Ya came up to him, her beautiful face still emotionless. "I guess you must have understood how to survive in the camp, right?"

"Sort of." Ling Jiu nodded in response.

"Let's work together." Bai Ya's face was calm. "What do you think?"

"Work together?"

While Ling Jiu was stunned, Niu Ben was in disbelief.

"Bai Ya, if I remember correctly, there seem to be many trainees who want to team up with you. Some of them are even veteran trainees who have terrific power and are in the upper rung of the scoreboard. Why do you…"

He did not continue as his meaning was obvious. Instead of choosing the powerful and wealthy trainees, she opted for Ling Jiu, a rookie who had just entered the camp. What was that?

What made him so worthy of her decision?

"Let me be honest with you…" Bai Ya nodded and shook her head. "I don't know any of them, but Ling Jiu and I know each other. I want to team up with him."

"Now I know." Niu Ben nodded in acknowledgment. But there was still a hint of regret in his eyes as he looked at Ling Jiu with envy. "Brother Ling, we usually team up in pairs in the camp so that we can take turns taking care of our trees in case of accidents."

Having said that, he glanced at Bai Ya. "You're both new here. Actually, it's better to team up with a veteran trainee who is basically more familiar with the matriculation camp and can guide you through things. But since Bai Ya has decided, why don't you accept it? You shouldn't say no to a beautiful woman."

Ling Jiu smiled. "I can team up with you, but first thing's first, if I decide not to work with you someday, I will end our collaboration at any time."

"I'll see you here at eight tomorrow morning!" Bai Ya nodded, turned, and left.

Niu Ben looked on as she left. "Bro, do you know how many veteran trainees want to work with her?"

"I don't know, but I can imagine!" Ling Jiu smiled faintly. "I have no doubt how popular a beauty like Bai Ya is."

Regardless of what era one was in, good-looking people always had a significant advantage, and appearance was everything. This truth would never change.

"So you know."

Niu Ben then whispered, "As soon as Bai Ya arrived at the camp, she dethroned Euphemia Athena and became the new camp beauty. This caused a stir among the top protege trainees. Do you know that at least over half of the male trainees have asked me about her, and at least thirty percent of them have expressed their willingness to work with her? I can safely say that she has conquered many male trainees the day she arrived. It's a pity that Bai Ya seems to be very cold. When she refused to team up with any veteran trainees, I thought she wanted to go at it alone. I didn't expect…" Niu Ben looked at Ling Jiu with a complicated expression. "I didn't expect her to choose you. To be honest, I still can't wrap my brain around it."

"Really?" Ling Jiu shook his head and smiled.

"Hey, brother, I don't know if I should say this, but no offense…" Niu Ben said. "Although you might be handsome and talented, you are just a poor rookie in this matriculation camp. You have no points. You are nobody. As for your strength… you are probably at the bottom of the barrel in the camp. With no money and power, I really can't figure out why student Bai Ya wants to team up with you."

Ling Jiu had no words for it. Reaching out for his face, he grinned. "Who knows, maybe I'm handsome?"

This time it was Niu Ben's turn to become speechless. "Bro, I told you before that it's better for you to keep your head low when you arrive in the camp. This is because the matriculation camp has a tradition of pranking newcomers in the name of helping them to integrate better.

"But now, I want to remind you even more: stay under the radar. If you team up with Bai Ya, you will earn yourself a lot of enemies."

"Enemies?"

Ling Jiu smiled. "Then let them come. I won't be intimidated. I don't mind them coming for me."

"Bro, I've said everything that should be said, so take care." Niu Ben did not know what more to tell him.

That night, Ling Jiu stayed in his dormitory to practice.

He continuously ingested the Dark Bio-energy in the dark universe to strengthen his Gene Arcana Core.

He had lost track of the time when he suddenly felt his Gene Arcana Core expanded to its limit, preventing it from taking in more Dark Bio-energy.

Ling Jiu knew that he had reached the Level 6 limit in his self-cultivation. If he wanted to go further, he needed to break away from the constraint to become a Level 7 Arcanist.

There was no other way.

"Gene Arcana liquefies at Level 5, while the Gene Arcana Core forms at Level 6. At Level 7, the Gene Arcana Core must further compress to elevate to a higher quality so that it will accommodate more Gene Arcana."

Ling Jiu thought about the forum experts' experiences that were related to reaching Level 7.

"The Gene Arcana Core itself is a compressed form of solid Gene Arcana. Compressing it further is very difficult. So, someone borrowed from the birth process of stars and proposed the spinning method.

"The process starts with letting the Gene Arcana Core spin at a high speed. As soon as the spinning speed reaches a certain level, the Gene Arcana Core will continue to compress and absorb more Gene Arcana. So, the key is to spin!"

Ling Jiu used his mind to control the core of the Gene Arcana to make it spin slowly. There was no difficulty in making it spin. The hardest part was making it spin at a high speed.

Only when the rotation of the Gene Arcana Core reached a certain speed would it compress itself and produce a self-compression effect.

If the rotation speed was too slow?

Then it would be useless.

Spin, spin, spin…

Chapter 185: Choosing the Plain, the Former Camp Beauty

"Spin!"

"Spin up!"

The Gene Arcana Core was like a high-speed spinning ball, rotating terrifyingly fast under Ling Jiu's conscious control.

It was picking up speed.

Its rotation was getting faster.

Ling Jiu was relaxed the entire time, unlike what other Level 6 Arcanists described as very strenuous and losing steam toward the end.

He knew that this was because of the strength of his soul. The Dark Psionic Crystals that 9527 gave him constantly strengthened his soul, making his soul extremely powerful.

Ling Jiu did not know exactly how far the strength of his soul had increased. But one thing was certain, it was no weaker than that of an ordinary Level 7 or even Level 8 Arcanist…

And that was more than enough.

Buzz…

Some time had passed, and the Gene Arcana Core's rotation speed finally reached a threshold.

At this moment, Ling Jiu could sense a terrifying squeezing force acting on the Gene Arcana Core, which was shrinking at a slow speed.

As slow as it might be, at least it was shrinking continuously.

Ling Jiu was delighted. Every time the Gene Arcana Core shrank a bit, it could hold a further amount of Dark Bio-energy.

So as long as it kept shrinking, it was a good scenario.

Ling Jiu did not sit idle. He kept absorbing more Dark Bio-energy and filling it into his elixir field. As soon as the Dark Bio-energy entered, it would spin under the influence of the Gene Arcana.

A swirling nebula appeared in his elixir field.

He called it a nebula since it was reminiscent of the nebula in the universe, with a high-speed rotating star at the center and an enormous amount of dust-like Dark Bio-energy around it.

The name nebula was very apt.

"The core is spinning. A nebula appears. These are the two signs of becoming a Level 7 Arcanist. So does this mean that I've finally become a Level 7 Arcanist?"

After exhaling a turbid breath, he resumed his absorption of Dark Bio-energy.

It was not known how long it had been when the high-speed rotating Gene Arcana Core finally stabilized. The same happened to the spiral nebula. This meant that Ling Jiu was stably situated in the realm of a Level 7 Arcanist.

"It's time to go out."

Ling Jiu stretched, twisting his neck and waist before leaving the dormitory with a smiling face. As soon as he stepped out of the dorm, he bumped into a pair of angry eyes. It was none other than Bai Ya.

"Why are you here, Bai Ya? Didn't you say yesterday that you'd meet me at the seed bank?" Ling Jiu was startled.

"So, you remember what I said, eh?" Bai Ya suppressed her anger with a frosty face. "Look, what time is it now?"

"What time?"

Ling Jiu took out his cell phone. It was two in the afternoon. He had lost track of the time again.

Hemming a couple of times in embarrassment, Ling Jiu tried to shrug it off. "What's the matter? I'm just six hours late. Good things take time, you know?"

What the heck?

As nonchalant as Bai Ya was, her anger nearly caused her to suffer a heart attack at that moment.

This was her fourth day in the matriculation camp. She was familiarizing herself with everything about the matriculation camp in the first three days and then finding herself a partner. Today, she thought she could finally hit the ground and running.

She was full of enthusiasm and anticipation. She was raring to go. So she got up early and then arrived at the seed bank. But she waited and waited, and Ling Jiu never showed up.

Anger had been brewing inside her. Now that she heard Ling Jiu's response, she almost exploded. "Do you want to work with me or not, Ling Jiu?"

"Yes! Why not?" Ling Jiu sounded nonchalant. "We are in the same batch, anyway. So we should watch each other back. I don't think it is safe to let you work with those hustlers. Let's go to the cafeteria and grab something to eat. I am starving."

Bai Ya almost blew her top. "I have eaten. You go on your own. I will wait for you in the seed bank. Remember, you have only thirty minutes."

"That's more than enough."

Half an hour later, Ling Jiu arrived at the seed bank. At this time, Bai Ya had already prepared the Arcana tree saplings, so off they went.

They were on foot, of course.

Mars had a magnetic field, but it was weak. Maglev vehicles were reduced to mobile homes on Mars and could not be a means of transportation.

After leaving the camp, a vast piece of yellow land came into view. Yellow sand, dunes, and gravel were everywhere.

"It's really Mars!"

Ling Jiu looked at the scenery in front of him and could not help muttering.

However, what differed from Mars, in his opinion, was that besides the omnipresent yellow sand, there were patches of trees.

There was a patch here and there; some were dense, some were large, and some were small.

There were clear boundaries between the patches of forest, and it was obvious that they belonged to different owners.

"I wonder what species of Arcana trees they are to be able to survive in the extreme environment of Mars," Ling Jiu said.

"It's said that the Arcana trees can survive on sunlight alone," Bai Ya said. "That's why it is called a weapon of terraforming planets."

"Interesting." Ling Jiu nodded. "Have you been to the wild, Bai Ya? Have you found any place suitable for planting the Arcana tree?"

"I've checked," Bai Ya said. "With the matriculation camp as the center, the places where trees can be planted within a radius of 1,000 kilometers are basically occupied. If we want to plant trees, we can only go further out."

"Do you have any place in mind?" Ling Jiu looked at Bai Ya.

"The Ares Plain, 1,500 kilometers away, is a nice place with a low altitude. It has a flat and vast terrain," Bai Ya said. "Besides, that place is close to the equator with longer daylight hours and higher solar altitude, which is conducive for the growth of Arcana trees."

Ling Jiu nodded. "That sounds like a good place."

"It is a good place indeed. Just that it is far away," Bai Ya said. "It's about 1,500 kilometers away from the camp base. Without a maglev car, it would take us at least several hours to get there. We will have difficulty reaching there in time if anything happens."

"Then that is really far." Ling Jiu nodded.

"There is another problem," Bai Ya said again. "There seems to be a wormhole over one hundred kilometers away from the Ares Plain. Monsters are likely to come from that wormhole."

"A wormhole?" Ling Jiu's knitted brows eased up in an instant. "Then Ares Plain it is. That place is good for us."

Bai Ya was dumbfounded. "Didn't you hear me clearly? The Ares Plain is not only far away, but too close to the wormhole. There's a risk of being invaded. Are you sure about choosing that place?"

"I would not have chosen that place if there is no risk of being invaded," Ling Jiu said. "Let's go. There it is."

"All right."

"You lead the way."

With Bai Ya showing the way, they headed in a direction with the help of Ling Jiu's Dimensional Arcana. About half an hour later, a fairly flat wasteland appeared in their field of vision.

At first glance, the place looked like a flat desert with low terrain in the middle and high terrain around it. Overall, the terrain was pretty flat, making it very suitable for planting Arcana trees.

"Not a terrible place at all." Ling Jiu nodded. "I have decided. This is where our forest will be."

"Let's get to work."

Bai Ya took out a shovel, then released thousands of one-meter-tall Arcana saplings with the wave of her hand. Anticipation filled her eyes.

"Are we planting together or separately?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Separately, of course." Bai Ya took the shovel and drew a line on the ground. "This side is mine, and that side is yours. You plant it over there, and I'll plant it over here. Let's do this separately and not interfere with each other."

In fact, many trainees of the matriculation camp did this. Although everyone was working with each other and acting together to protect and care for the trees when partners returned to the camp, they planted their trees separately.

Everyone had their own plantation. After all, this had something to do with the mysterious energy.

"Are you sure?" Ling Jiu let out a faint smile.

"As sure as death." Bai Ya's voice was frosty. She picked up the shovel and immediately got to work.

Ling Jiu shook his head and walked to the other side. With the will of his mind, a pit half a meter deep instantly formed in the ground.

He willed it again to lift a sapling before planting it into the pit and putting back the soil.

It was so easy…

"So easy?"

Bai Ya was awestruck when she saw what happened.

"We're doing it separately."

Ling Jiu teased, then continued to get busy. While he had planted ten trees in the blink of an eye, Bai Ya had barely planted one.

His efficiency was pretty high, but Ling Jiu still thought that he could be faster. So he tried to plant multiple trees at once, and the result was, he completed it fairly easily.

Just like that, ten pits formed and ten saplings were planted simultaneously.

Ling Jiu planted trees with amazing efficiency and finished planting hundreds of Arcana trees in just a few minutes. He looked back and saw Bai Ya just finishing working on the second tree.

"You are too slow." Ling Jiu jabbed. "If you go on like this, are you going to plant forever?"

"It's not that I'm too slow, but you are too fast." Bai Ya did not bother to look up. "Arcanists with Earth and Wood Manipulation always have the advantage here. You possess both Arcanas, hence having high efficiency here is a matter of course."

"Do you want to work with me?" Ling Jiu asked. "As long as you call me Brother Ling, I can help you plant trees!"

"Go to hell!"

"Don't bite the hand that feeds you."

Ling Jiu snorted. Ignoring her, he continued to plant his trees. He did not need the mysterious energy of these trees, but he could leave it to Ling'er.

He had taken Ling'er to Pandora before because he wanted her to sense the Dark Bio-energy. It was a pity that she had failed.

Ling Jiu knew that, just like everyone else, Ling'er could not master the Sage Mode.

He could not help it.

She could only settle for less and absorb the mysterious energy.

Ling Jiu planned to plant a large forest for Ling'er before she came to the camp so that she would have enough mysterious energy to absorb once there.

Ling Jiu was humming a song while planting leisurely. On the other side, Bai Ya was almost sweating as she used the shovel to plant trees.

Just then, a mocking voice came around. "Well, well, well, isn't this the new camp beauty? How come you've chosen to come to such a remote place?"

Ling Jiu looked up and saw a tall figure wearing a Venom Suit appearing not far away.

The Venom Suit was a tight fit. Although it covered the face, the person's figure was perfectly visible. Judging from that alone, the person had to be a woman.

She had an hourglass figure and was tall. Although not as "perfect" as Bai Ya, her body was right in proportion.

"Who are you?" Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow.

"Euphemia Athena."

Chapter 186: Threatened, Wind-Sand Isolation Belt

"Euphemia Athena?"

Ling Jiu raised an eyebrow and could not help sizing up her. But with a Venom Suit on, he could not see her face.

"I heard that you were the camp beauty. What are you doing here? Are you thinking of getting revenge after being dethroned as the camp's beauty?"

"Camp beauty? That's just flattery, words made up by a bunch of boring dudes in the camp. I, Euphemia have never taken it to heart." Euphemia giggled. "But I came looking for her."

She suddenly appeared in front of Bai Ya like a ghost as soon as her voice trailed off. "I hope you stay away from Arthur."

"Who is Arthur?" Ling Jiu asked in puzzlement. "We just arrived, and we don't know the veteran trainees in the camp all that well."

"The one in 28th place on the scoreboard is Arthur Austin," Euphemia said.

"I thought you were talking about a super great dude. I didn't expect him to just be 28th in the ranking." Ling Jiu curled his lips in a smirk.

"You don't understand, rookie." Euphemia shook her head. "Arthur came to the matriculation camp with me in December last year. It only took him six months to reach 28th place in the standings. It's a terrific result."

"December last year?"

Ling Jiu was silenced. Twenty-eighth place was indeed not high, but if his time there was taken into consideration, then 28th place was fantastic.

Given a few more years, how far would Arthur Austin go?

Ling Jiu remembered someone in the forum said that anyone who could enter the top 100 in the standings in the first year was definitely a veritable genius. Unlike the veterans who took years to climb to the top, they were much stronger and more talented.

All in all, the standings of the matriculation camp were different from the training camp rankings. These were rankings that all previous students competed for together.

The top rankings were not necessarily more talented and more capable than the rest. Time was a factor here.

"Given time, Arthur will climb to the top of the standings, eventually," Euphemia continued. "I love Arthur very much. I won't quarrel with him, let alone fight. What I can do is keep the targets he's interested in away from him. Nothing more."

"What does it have to do with me?" Bai Ya frowned.

"Of course it has to do with you. Since you came, Arthur has become restless again. He is attracted by your beauty and has a keen interest in you."

"So?" Bai Ya was calm.

"I hope you can stay away from him," Euphemia said. "I won't let go of any woman who dares to approach Arthur easily. You should know that except for sabotaging the Arcana tree, the matriculation camp does not forbid fighting. Even if I kill you, the matriculation camp will not interfere."

"Are you threatening me?" Bai Ya frowned.

"This is not a threat but advice." Euphemia still wore a smile on her face. "For the sake of your safety, please stay away from Arthur. Even if he's interested in you, it is only temporary."

"I have only two words for you: mind yourself." Euphemia left and disappeared after she spoke.

"She's threatening you," Ling Jiu said slowly, but Bai Ya did not respond.

He could not help but look at her in puzzlement, only to find that this woman was picking up her shovel and starting to plant trees again.

"You're being threatened. Aren't you angry?" Ling Jiu asked in confusion.

"Why should I be angry?" Bai Ya did not even bother to look up.

"Just pretend that I have said nothing."

Subsequently, the two continued to plant trees.

Ling Jiu continued his work of planting Arcana trees with super-high efficiency. In just one afternoon, he had planted more than a thousand Arcana trees.

A large forest then took shape.

Looking back at Bai Ya, he found that she barely planted over 40 trees. The surface of Mars looked like yellow sand, but beneath the sand was a hard layer of rocks.

Digging was very difficult.

An Arcanist like Bai Ya could still use her Arcana to keep digging. Ordinary people would find it hard to plant even ten trees in one afternoon, though.

Although Ling Jiu crushed Bai Ya in terms of efficiency, Bai Ya did not seem to show any anxiety or discouragement. She had been steady since the beginning.

Ling Jiu started to admire her for this reason. This woman was exceptionally steady; she was different from all the women he had met before in terms of temperament. He even wondered if there was anything in this world that moved her.

"Take a break, Bai Ya."

Ling Jiu released the airship.

"All right."

Bai Ya did not refuse this time as she entered Ling Jiu's airship.

Ling Jiu followed from behind. As the hatch closed, the ventilation system began to produce oxygen. Air filled the cabin after a while.

Ling Jiu took off his Venom Suit and exhaled. "What do you want—instant noodles, rice, noodles, or something else?"

"Do you have rice rolls?" Bai Ya asked softly.

After toiling the soil for an afternoon, she started to sweat a little, and her hair stuck to her forehead. She looked like someone after a workout.

"Rice rolls?" Ling Jiu shook his head. "I'm sorry. I don't like that thing, so I didn't prepare it."

"Never mind." Bai Ya shook her head.

"Drink some of this!"

Ling Jiu took out a cup of milk tea from the refrigerator and boiled a pot of water. "I'll send you back to the camp in a while, and I'll keep watch here at night!"

"How long will it take to send me back?" Bai Ya asked unhurriedly.

"A few seconds," Ling Jiu said. "I left a dimensional marker in the matriculation camp. Through the dimensional marker, I can open a dimensional passage and send you back to the camp anytime. I have also left a dimensional marker here. Coming here next time is just a matter of a thought."

"Having Dimensional Arcana is really convenient." Bai Ya sighed.

"So, for me, the distance of the forest is not a concern. I can come here as I wish, and it's enough to handle any unforeseen circumstances."

When Ling Jiu was talking, the water boiled. He removed the lid of a bucket of instant noodles, poured in the boiling water, and made a cup of milk tea for Bai Ya.

Not long after, the instant noodles were cooked. Ling Jiu took it over and ate. Bai Ya frowned when she saw that. "Doesn't it burn?"

"I'm afraid, I have thick skin."

Ling Jiu smiled and slurped loudly.

"Let me tell you, I like instant noodles that have just been soaked in boiling water. They are crunchy. If they are soaked for too long, they become mushy and no good."

Bai Ya had no words for it.

A bucket of instant noodles was finished in just a moment.

"So satisfying!"

Ling Jiu wiped the broth off his mouth and hiccupped. Bai Ya glared at him in disgust and kept a distance from him.

"I am done. It's time to practice."

Ling Jiu threw the napkin that he had used to wipe his mouth into the trash can and looked at Bai Ya. "By the way, when are you going back?"

"After drinking the milk tea!"

Bai Ya was upset upon hearing that. Ling Jiu was showing her the door, was he not? Why could he not be more gentlemanly?

There was a moment of silence. Just then, there was the sound of wind and sand movement outside. Looking through the airship's floor-to-ceiling windows, they could clearly see that the sky was getting dark.

An enormous amount of sand and dust rose into the sky, forming a desert storm, blocking the sky and the sunlight.

"A sandstorm is coming."

Bai Ya got to her feet as she was anxious. "Will our trees be all right?"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Ling Jiu waved his hand with a calm-looking face. "Sandstorm on Mars is massive—so much so that it could sweep over the entire planet, but massive does not mean that it is also powerful. The atmospheric density on the surface of Mars is only one percent of that of Earth, so the intensity of sandstorms is much weaker. Don't be fooled by the movies and novels. This tiny sandstorm simply can't do any damage to our trees."

"Really?"

Bai Ya was doubtful. "But I heard that ten years ago, people from Earth detonated thousands of nuclear bombs at the two poles of Mars, releasing an enormous amount of water vapor and carbon dioxide frozen in the north and south poles of Mars. Now the Martian atmosphere is not so thin."

"Sh*t! Why didn't you say that earlier?"

Ling Jiu jumped to his feet and lunged out of the airship. Sure enough, the sandstorm was much stronger than he had expected.

An enormous amount of sand and rocks were blown up, hitting him. It was damn painful. He looked at the saplings planted in the ground; there was a mess.

"Holy moly!" Ling Jiu was furious and immediately released his Arcana Field to cover an area of one-kilometer radius. "Dimensional Shackle!"

The dimension within a kilometer of a radius was instantly secured, stopping the sandstorm.

"Vanish!"

Ling Jiu said another word, and the raging wind, as well as sand, suddenly disappeared; the blocked sky was clear again as sunlight shone through the atmosphere.

He repeated it several times, and the sandstorms that raged across the plain vanished. Everything was back to normal.

"Finally, done." Ling Jiu sighed. "Thanks heaven I'm a Level 7 Arcanist now. My Arcana Field has been expanded to a radius of one kilometer. Otherwise, we would have a problem."

Ling Jiu looked at the saplings that he had planted in the afternoon. With his timely intervention, most of the saplings were intact, only a few uprooted. But it was harmless.

"Thanks."

Bai Ya had also come outside and expressed her gratitude to Ling Jiu, who had protected the saplings she had worked so hard to plant this afternoon.

"You're welcome."

Ling Jiu held up his hand. He looked at the vast Ares Plain.

"The sandstorm on Mars is stronger than I thought. If it comes a few more times, it will really pose a problem to us."

"What are you going to do?" Bai Ya frowned.

"Build a wind-sand isolation belt around the forest." A sharp glow flashed in Ling Jiu's eyes. "Envelop the forest so that even if a sandstorm comes again, it will not affect the planted saplings."

"The idea of a sandstorm isolation zone is good. But have you ever thought about it it will also restrict us from planting trees?" Bai Ya had a different take on this.

"Then we will cover a large enough area."

That night, Bai Ya returned to the camp while Ling Jiu worked through the night.

When dawn came again, a towering wall about a hundred meters high and covering a radius of a hundred miles, formed on the Ares Plain.

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Chapter 187: Inner World, Stellar Sapling

When Bai Ya returned again early the next morning, she was stunned by what she saw.

There was a wall.

At about a hundred meters high, the wall stood on the Ares Palin like the Great Wall. It looked as if a giant beast was lying in the middle of the desert.

Impressive…

Spectacular…

Majestic.

The wall just seemed to stretch into infinity.

"Is this the wind-sand isolation belt that Ling Jiu has talked about?"

Bai Ya murmured as awe filled her beautiful eyes. She slowly rose into the air and ascended rapidly.

She flew across a hundred miles in the sky.

It was the signature of a Level 7 Arcanist. Apparently, Bai Ya had become a Level 7 Arcanist.

After ascending to a thousand meters high in the air, Bai Ya stopped. She hovered at a high altitude and looked down from above to get a bird's eye view of the wind-sand isolation belt.

"This wall covers at least a hundred kilometers in radius," Bai Ya said to herself. "How did he come up with a wind-sand isolation belt that's one hundred meters high and ten meters wide overnight? It covers a radius of a hundred kilometers!"

As destructive as the power of a Level 7 Arcanist was, it was impossible to build such a wall of wind and sand. It would have been too much for his Gene Arcana to bear.

Even a Level 8 Arcanist could not have done it as it would have consumed too much Gene Arcana.

Yet, Ling Jiu had done it.

How strong was he?

After observing for a long while, Bai Ya flew back down and landed within the confines of the wall. She then went up to where Ling Jiu's maglev airship was.

She glanced at it and found that Ling Jiu was still practicing self-cultivation inside the airship. Not wanting to interrupt him, she picked up her shovel and started planting again.

The morning was over in the blink of an eye.

The airship door opened with Ling Jiu emerging from within, stretching his limbs.

"You're here, Bai Ya!"

"Uh-huh?"

Bai Ya stopped what she was doing and boarded the airship. She proceeded straight to the kitchen and got busy. Not long after, a tantalizing aroma drifted in the air.

There were four simple dishes and one stew. The dishes were scrambled eggs with tomatoes, fried bacon with dried radish, stir-fried beans, and stir-fried potato shreds.

As for the stew, it had pork ribs and radish.

It was a simple meal, but Ling Jiu was drooling all over. "I didn't know that you could cook. These dishes look good."

"I brought some ingredients here after I went back yesterday."

Bai Ya was filling bowls with rice. "I will not leave for the next week!"

While speaking, she brought the bowls that were filled with rice to the table. "Let's eat!"

"Okay." Without waiting for her, Ling Jiu started to dig in "Not half bad at all. This is much better than my dad's cooking. You have skills."

"Mmm."

"You have a good look, and cook well. Anyone who marries you will be the happiest man in the world."

"Mmm."

"By the way, Bai Ya, are you from the south?"

"Mmm."

"Jinling Base City?"

"Mmm."

"Come on, don't be such a buzz killer."

"Mmm."

Fine. She was indeed a buzz killer. Ling Jiu felt as if he was facing a lifeless machine. He was not in the mood right now, but just lowered his head and ate his meal.

After the meal, he burped a couple of times and lied down listlessly.

"It feels so good to have the stomach filled."

Bai Ya ignored him. She picked up the dishes and put them away. Ten minutes later, after cleaning everything up, Bai Ya put on her Venom Suit and got out of the airship.

She was planting trees again.

"I can't believe this woman!"

For the next two weeks, the two were busy on the Ares Plain, working during the day and resting at night.

Bai Ya might be like an iceberg, but she was a very diligent woman.

She prepared three meals a day and varied the dishes every time. No two meals were the same, even after two weeks.

Ling Jiu secretly saluted her. If there were five dishes a meal, there would be fifteen dishes a day, and 210 dishes in two weeks.

Yet, not one dish was repeated.

Fantastic was an understatement for this woman's cooking skills.

Not to mention, she cleaned the inside of the airship: the floor, tables and chairs, bedrooms, and toilets.

She was beautiful, diligent, a fantastic cook, and someone who loved cleanliness.

Never mind her icy temperament, she was a perfect woman. Ling Jiu had more than once thought of courting her. But this woman was as cold as an iceberg; she never responded to his flattery at all. Over time, Ling Jiu lost his enthusiasm, so he just went with the flow.

After two weeks, Ling Jiu had planted 10,086 trees, and the scale of the forest had reached an astonishing level.

The most gratifying thing was, the 1,000 trees planted on the first day had survived and sprouted.

Next, Ling Jiu only needed to ask the inspectors of the matriculation camp to assess and count the saplings, and he could get the corresponding points.

However, he could not be bothered to do this. Instead, he wanted to wait until the forest grew to a certain level before he got an appraisal.

That night, the two had dinner together. "Will you go back? If yes, I can send you back," Ling Jiu said.

"You go back, and I'll keep watch here instead this time," Bai Ya said. "Remember to buy a week's worth of ingredients when you get back. By the way, bring me a bottle of moisturizer. It's too dry here."

"Sure."

Ling Jiu could not have been more bored after staying in a barren place like this. Besides, he still had something else important to do.

Sensing the dimensional marker, Ling Jiu opened a dimensional passage and disappeared from the airship in the blink of an eye. He was back at the dormitory in the matriculation camp.

Instead of revealing himself immediately, Ling Jiu continued to stay back inside the sea of dimension, quietly entering another dimensional passage to leave Mars.

No one could leave the camp unless permission was granted, but that was not a problem for Ling Jiu.

With the Dimensional Arcana in his possession, he could come and go as he wanted, like a ghost. No one could stop him.

Ling Jiu went straight to the Australian mainland. One hour later, he came to the underground dimension where the Flame Astral Behemoth egg was.

"Stellar Fire, Spawn Split, Soulpeeping, The Devourer, and Inner World—which one should I replicate this time?

"Forget about Stellar Fire and Soulpeeping. The choice would be Spawn Split, The Devourer, or Inner World.

"The Devourer and Inner World come in a package; there is no Inner World without The Devourer. So Inner World it is.

"Choosing between Inner World and Spawn Split.

"If I choose Spawn Split, I don't have the remains of a powerful life form. I can't perform a Spawn Split even if I replicate this ability now. So…"

Ling Jiu quickly decided.

"Replicate Inner World."

Replication is successful. Do you want to install it?

"Install."

Boom!

A burst of sharp, lingering pain rose within him. Fortunately, compared to the pain when he installed Ultimate Physique, the pain this time seemed like a child's play.

The pain subsided after a few minutes. Ling Jiu checked inside him and found a dimension in his heart.

This dimension was like a floating continent.

The continent looked like an inverted bowl, over 20 kilometers in diameter, and the 20 kilometers at its highest point, surrounded by surging red flames, with the surface of the continent also in the sea of the same red flames.

This was a world of fire.

It was bigger than the dimensional ring that 9527 gave him in terms of volume.

Ling Jiu had a feeling that he could control everything in this world of fire like it was his right arm that he could control at will.

"This is the Flame Astral Behemoth's Inner World? Not exactly. This is actually mine," Ling Jiu said to himself. "9527 once said that the Flame Astral Behemoth's Inner World is akin to its stomach; it possesses the ability to break down everything and transform everything that enters here into the purest form of energy for self-absorption."

"How about giving it a try?"

With that thought in mind, Ling Jiu took out a Direbeast carcass from the Dimensional Ring and sent it into the Inner World.

Boom!

The Direbeast carcass ignited at once like a piece of dry wood that had been thrown into the fire.

The temperature of the fire was incredibly high. The Class 8 Direbeast's carcass, which was over a hundred meters long, was reduced to ashes in just minutes.

It was to the point that not even a bone or a single scale was left, as it had been turned into nothingness.

Terrifying energy appeared in the Inner World. Ling Jiu could feel that this energy was nothing but the purest form of vitality.

Sapling Ling was staying inside Ling Jiu, continuously providing vitality to him. So Ling Jiu could not be more familiar with this vitality.

This energy undergoing through the world of fire was the vitality.

It was the purest form of vitality.

As Ling Jiu willed with his mind, his vitality gushed out of the world of fire to appear in his heart. It then centered on the heart, spreading throughout his limbs and body.

He felt warm and comfortable all over, his body strengthened, albeit just by a bit. But it was at last strengthened.

"A Class 8 Direbeast carcass could improve my physique a little. If there are more Direbeast carcasses, won't my physique continue to improve?"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up. "The Flame Astral Behemoth's Inner World is simply incredible. No wonder the Flame Astral Behemoth likes to swallow the stars. Compared with the massive energy of the stars, the energy content of a Class 8 carcass is too insignificant.

"I am going to replicate The Devourer next."

He glanced at the Flame Astral behemoth egg with a reluctant look in his eyes. "The Devourer and Inner World are the really buggy class abilities."

He left the underground dimension but was not in a hurry to return to Mars. Instead, he went straight to the dimensional passage that led to Pandora.

Since he had come to Australia, he might as well pay 9527 a visit. He still had many questions to ask it.

"What are you doing here, Ling Jiu?" The voice of 9527 came.

"I just dropped by to see you. Let me show you something." Ling Jiu smiled as he took out an Arcana sapling. "Do you know what this is, 9527?"

"Huh?"

9527 cocked an eyebrow in surprise. "Isn't this a sapling of the Stellar tree? Where did you get this thing?"

"I knew that you'd know."

Ling Jiu explained the origin of the Arcana tree, and 9527 nodded as it listened.

"This thing came from our Emissian Civilization. Its primary function is to terraform planets and create secondary Dark Bio-energy."

"Secondary Dark Bio-energy?"

Ling Jiu raised an eyebrow. "In other words, the mysterious energy produced by the Arcana tree is a demoted form of Dark Bio-energy?"

"'Produced' is not exactly the right word," 9527 corrected him.

"Dark Bio-energy is bred by the universe itself. So far, no creature has been capable of producing Dark Bio-energy.

"Stellar trees cannot produce Dark Bio-energy either. They can only absorb Dark Bio-energy in the dark universe.

"This ability may sound incredible, but the Dark Bio-energy that they absorb will inevitably undergo a diminishing effect."

"Downgraded."

"Of course, its energy-diminishing effect is much weaker than the Gene Arcana spills from the dimensional cracks. So it is pretty well preserved. That means this secondary Dark Bio-energy absorbed by the Stellar trees has a much better effect than the more severely degraded Gene Arcana."

"Now I know."

Chapter 188: Monsters Invading, Pacific Rim

From the time he learned about the Arcana trees, Ling Jiu had suspected that the mysterious energy produced by the Arcana trees had something to do with the Dark Bio-energy.

The least he expected was the mysterious energy being a downgraded Dark Bio-energy.

"I still have a question," Ling Jiu said. "How should I plant the Arcana trees so that they will grow faster and survive better?"

"The Stellar tree has tenacious vitality. It can adapt to the cold of sub-one hundred degrees and withstand nearly a thousand degrees of heat," 9527 said. "It can almost adapt to most extreme environments. Given time, it will terraform a barren planet, so the Stellar tree generally does not die easily. But if you want to improve its growth and survival rate, you can only start with the environment. The better a planet's environment, the faster the Stellar tree grows and the higher its survival rate. If it's planted on Earth, its growth rate will reach an astonishing level, absolutely far surpassing that on Mars. I think the saplings you planted on Mars were probably cultivated on Earth."

"Hmm…" Ling Jiu nodded. "In other words, if I want to improve the growth rate of the Arcana trees on Mars, I should improve their growth environment?"

"That's the theory." 9527 nodded. "But the environment of Mars is so harsh. How can it be improved? All you can do is just water. But at Mars's temperature, water will freeze immediately and eventually sublimate. So it makes little sense."

"All right then." Ling Jiu gave up the idea of improving the growth rate of the Arcana trees. He left Pandora and returned to the matriculation camp on Mars.

His cell phone rang just as he had passed through the dimensional passage.

He took out his cell and found that it was Bai Ya calling. Besides, there were dozens of unread messages, all of which were sent by Bai Ya, and their contents were almost identical.

Monster invading. Return immediately.

"There has been no movement for two weeks. I have just been away for a while and things happen."

Ling Jiu grumbled as he disappeared from the camp with the dimensional marker.

On the Ares Plain.

Four behemoths with a height of over one hundred meters were advancing on the vast sandy ground, less than a few miles away from the sandstorm barrier built by Ling Jiu.

One looked like a lobster with two massive forceps, its body dark green and covered in blood vein-like blue gully arteries.

The second one was carrying a shell-like armor on its back, its body dark brown with yellow arteries all over. It had two pairs of hook-like forelimbs grow on the chest. The large and narrow head looked like an enormous sickle, somewhat like the head of a shark.

The third one looked like a mad bull. Its body was covered in solid dark brown metallic armor, and it had a pair of horns on its head as well as huge hook-like forelimbs.

The last one was reminiscent of a giant crocodile with metallic scales, huge toes, a streamlined head, and a massive mouth in a tri-petal shape.

The four monsters appeared bloated and clumsy, but their movements were not slow at all. The ground trembled as they stepped on the cold sand.

At this moment, a person was trying to fight back these four monsters, hoping to stop their advances. This person was none other than Bai Ya.

She did not wait for the monster coming to the barrier, but at the moment she discovered them before launching her defensive attack.

She had only one thing in mind, which was to fend off the enemy outside their territory. She hoped to kill the four monsters while they were still on the way, lest they damaged the barrier.

Bai Ya's strategy was awesome until she engaged the monsters. She was too naïve.

The four big guys' movement was not particularly fast, but they all had terrific defenses. The Annihilation Thunder that she was proud of barely scratched their skins.

Other than that, she could not inflict any substantial harm on the four monsters.

Her only consolation was the fact that she was fast as a Thunder Arcanist. Although she could not kill the four monsters, the four big guys could not attack her either, hence she was still safe for now.

"Damn it! Stop right there!"

Seeing the four monsters advancing, getting closer and closer to the barrier, Bai Ya became anxious.

If things kept going on like this, they would eventually destroy the barrier and the forest she had worked so hard to plant, and her two weeks of hard work would come to nothing.

"Just die here!"

As Bai Ya roared, dazzling lightning burst out all over her body. A bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket shot out from her, striking the head of the lobster-like Direbeast.

Bai Ya had used up all her Gene Arcana for this strike, so it was extremely lethal.

Half of the lobster monster's head vanished, including its skull and temples—let's just call them "temples" for now.

The skull and the parts above the temple vanished in silence, leaving only the lower part below the temple, face, and mouth intact.

"Has it died?"

Exhausting her Gene Arcana, Bai Ya could no longer stay in the air or fly. As she plunged straight toward the ground, her eyes were fixated on the lobster monster.

She knew she could not stop these four monsters. So she would kill at least one, lessen the destruction that they would cause. She could protect the barrier this way, maybe?

It was a pity that Bai Ya's plan did not work. The lobster monster, without its skull, had survived. It was in pain and furious.

Roar!

The lobster monster roared into the sky, waving its massive forceps to smash at Bai Ya on the ground.

With its size and strength, if the forceps hit her, she would become dead meat instantly.

"Am I going to die?"

Bai Ya was in despair.

The footage of her childhood flashed in her mind.

On that day, a tide of Direbeasts had broken through the defenses of Jinling Base City. To protect her, her father had died tragically under the iron hooves of the Direbeasts.

She had witnessed that scene when she was still little.

Since then, the cheerful Bai Ya had disappeared. She had been replaced by an icy goddess who had nothing in mind except devoting herself to self-cultivation.

"Am I going to die?

"Perhaps, I should have died long ago.

"Dad, I'm coming to meet you."

Bai Ya slowly closed her eyes. A single pearly crystal teardrop fell from the corner of her eye as she waited for death to fall upon her.

She suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness. A pair of sturdy arms had wrapped around her, and her head was touching a warm chest. This feeling was all too familiar.

Who was it?

She opened her eyes and saw a sharp chin and a familiar handsome face. It was Ling Jiu.

"He saved me again."

Looking at Ling Jiu and feeling the warmth and security of his sturdy chest, Bai Ya's heart suddenly fluttered.

"Fortunately, I came in time, or else, you would have become dead meat by now." Ling Jiu took Bai Ya to safety. With her still in his arms, he looked at her, laughing at and teasing her.

"You should have been that dead meat!"

Bai Ya glared at Ling Jiu and pushed him away.

Neither of them noticed that Bai Ya was blushing. Her smitten face made her look more radiant and stunning.

"They have finally come after two weeks of waiting."

Ling Jiu looked at the four advancing beasts with high spirit. "I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Today, I am going to sacrifice all of you."

While speaking, Ling Jiu took out his war blade and was ready to strike.

"Be careful, they're very nasty!" Bai Ya warned. "Their movements may be a little slow, but their defenses and strength are comparable to Class 8 Direbeasts. Just be careful!"

"Don't worry! Class 8 Direbeasts are my favorite."

Ling Jiu smiled and then disappeared from the spot with his war blade. When he reappeared, he was right in front of the lobster monster.

"Where is my 40-meter war blade?"

He shouted, and the blade grew up to 40 meters in the blink of an eye. Carrying the 40-meter war blade, he started to strike.

Like a machete cutting a watermelon, the 40-meter war blade appeared above the lobster monster, cutting its skull in half.

The war blade continued its momentum and cut all the way down.

After that, Ling Jiu pulled back his war blade. The lobster monster struggled for a moment before its body split into two halves in the middle.

Blue blood gushed out from its body, and the two halves fell to the ground. The lobster monster stopped moving.

It was dead.

"Amazing!"

Bai Ya was wide-mouthed. She had exhausted all her strength and only annihilated the skull of the lobster monster. But Ling Jiu…

"He is better than before," she murmured.

For some reason, there was a glimmer of joy and admiration rising within her. This was something absolutely impossible to happen last time.

It would only trigger her fighting spirit when seeing others getting stronger.

However, Bai Ya was unaware of his change. Ling Jiu certainly knew neither. He looked at the blue blood on the ground and frowned.

"This monster, the blue blood… How come it looks so much like the monster in a movie?"

"Watch out!"

While Ling Jiu was in a daze, the sickle-headed monster suddenly wielded its massive forelimbs to grab Ling Jiu. Bai Ya quickly warned him upon seeing that happened.

Yet, it was still too late. The hook-like sharp claws of the sickle-headed monster got him.

Together with his 40-meter war blade, Ling Jiu was sent flying before he crashed into the ground a hundred meters away.

Meanwhile, the bull-headed monster was wagging its massive long tail with a powerful slashing motion.

Boom!

The ground trembled with dust rising to the air.

"Ling Jiu!" Bai Ya screamed.

"Damn it! How dare you attack me quietly?"

As a cursing voice rose in the distance, Bai Ya followed the voice and saw Ling Jiu standing up against the claws of the bull-headed monster. He seemed to be unhurt. Just that he looked bedraggled with sand and soil covering his body.

"This bugger always makes me worry about him."

Bai Ya quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sneak attack? Not bad!"

As Ling Jiu stared at the bull-headed monster, he grabbed it with his right hand, and the 40-meter war blade flew back into his hand.

Slash!

Ling Jiu swung the war blade, cutting off the claws of the bull-headed monster instantly.

"One more time!"

Ling Jiu leaped into the air as he roared, striking down his war blade from above.

The bull-headed monster was split in half.

"So-So ruthless!"

Bai Ya was stunned.

Two monsters were hacked to death in an instant, and this startled Bai Ya. She had tried her best yet could not even kill one. But Ling Jiu just killed two with just a couple of slashes.

He was fast.

Chapter 189: The Old Guys Strike, Robbery, Robbery

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Roar!

Equally shocked were the crocodile and the bull-headed monsters. The two behemoths were so afraid of Ling Jiu that they hesitated.

"I haven't had enough fun yet. Why you two flinch so quickly? Come one!"

Ling Jiu utilized his Blink Arcana and appeared in front of the bull-headed monster. He swung his 40-meter war blade down, cutting the bull-headed monster in half.

Now the crocodile monster was the only one left. It looked at Ling Jiu, and it was terrified. Turning around and running, it wanted to flee the place for good.

"Running away? Too late, dude!"

Ling Jiu sneered. He suddenly opened his mouth and inhaled.

A whirlpool formed in front of him. A terrifying swallowing force swept out of the whirlpool to devour the crocodile monster.

The crocodile monster ran as fast as it could, but the swallowing force pulled it back. Instead of it moving forward, it was sliding backward towards the whirlpool slowly.

Damn it! It is difficult to swallow this thing with The Devourer without its full package.

Ling Jiu cursed in his mind. He suddenly appeared above the crocodile monster and performed a Dimensional Shackle to subdue the monster.

The crocodile monster stopped struggling, and Ling Jiu could now easily send it into his Inner World.

Boom!

Massive fire rose and instantly enveloped the crocodile monster. It struggled frantically in the fire as it tried to escape. But where could it go?

The Inner World was so vast that there was a fire on the ground and in all other directions, there was fire raging, much like the surface of a star.

It had no way to run.

At last, the crocodile monster was burned to ashes, becoming a mass of energy after experiencing the most painful moment of its life.

It was also a pure form of vitality.

"Absorb!"

Ling Jiu willed with his mind, and this vitality dispersed into his body. His physique was strengthened again.

"Not bad."

Ling Jiu became more satisfied with the ability of the Inner World. He then withdrew his consciousness from the Inner World and turned his eyes to the remaining three monsters.

Keep them?

Eat them?

"I will keep them for now! They are just monsters that are comparable to Class 8 Direbeasts and have limited usefulness. I better use them to redeem points and then leave this goddamn place—the earlier, the better."

"Are you okay, Ling Jiu?"

Bai Ya came over just as Ling Jiu was deep in thought.

"What do you think?" Ling Jiu came out of his daze and smiled. "Are you okay?"

Bai Ya shook her head and then looked at the carcasses of the three monsters. "Thanks to you. Otherwise, what we have achieved for the past two weeks would have been in vain."

"Yup!"

Ling Jiu stored the three carcasses with a wave of his hand. "These monsters' behavior was strange. They seemed to be coming for the Arcana trees."

"You're right." Bai Ya nodded. "They ran non-stop toward our forests the moment they emerged. I tried desperately to stop them, but they ignored me and kept moving closer to the forest."

"Could it be that…"

Ling Jiu suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Do you mean…" Bai Ya seemed to have thought of something.

"It seems that we have the same idea."

Ling Jiu's brows eased up. "If this is the case, they will definitely come again, and with increased intensity."

Bai Ya frowned. "In that case, do you think we can stop them?"

"Of course, we can."

Ling Jiu wore a smile of confidence. "I'm not afraid of them invading. I am just scared that they won't come. My war blade is raring to go."

Just then, a shrill broke through the air from afar. Ling Jiu and Bai Ya followed the sound and saw two figures moving at high speed coming from the horizon.

One was stepping on rocks…

The other was walking on a sword.

They were extremely fast, much like two supersonic fighter jets.

In fact, they had broken the sound barrier. Mars' atmosphere was thinner than that of Earth, and air resistance was much lower, making it easier to break the sound barrier.

"We have other trainees joining us." Ling Jiu's mouth curled up slightly. "Those monsters must have attracted them."

"Yeah."

Bai Ya nodded in agreement.

The figures arrived. Since they were wearing Venom Suits, their faces were hidden from view.

However, judging by their sizes, both of them should be male and very strong. They were over two meters tall like two gorillas.

The two figures frowned when they saw Ling Jiu and Bai Ya.

"The monsters are gone. Someone is one step ahead of us."

"Who are they? They are even faster than us? We are the closest to Wormhole 51. Once there is movement, no one is supposed to be faster than us!"

"But they arrived first before us and seemed to have killed the monsters."

The two looked at each other, apparently not too happy. One of them looked at Ling Jiu. "Bro, congratulations!"

"Thanks," Ling Jiu replied.

"This voice" The two looked at each other again. "Can you tell who he is?"

"Nope."

"I can't tell either. I have never heard this voice before."

One person looked at Ling Jiu in surprise. "Are you two new here?"

"That is right." Ling Jiu nodded.

"Rookies? Could it be these two?"

Their eyes lit up. "Three newcomers came recently. I heard the one named Hao Shuai is working with Ai Xiong, and the other two have teamed up together!"

"In other words, one of these two here is the new camp beauty who has recently caused a stir?"

"Possible."

"Everyone has been looking for them for the past two weeks. I didn't expect them to hide in such a goddamn place. They really know how to hide."

Speaking of this, the two looked at Ling Jiu and Bai Ya. "Hey, can I ask you two something?"

"Yes." Ling Jiu sounded nonchalant.

"Did you see four monsters around here?"

One person smiled. "Let me be honest with you. We have been chasing the four monsters for a long time, but when we arrived, they vanished. So, I want to find out with you, in which direction did they run?"

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya looked at each other and laughed upon hearing that. These two guys wanted to look for trouble, but their excuse was just too lame.

Ling Jiu pointed in a random direction without much thinking. "We saw the four monsters. They fled in that direction."

The two veteran trainees gave them an are-you-kidding-me look, as they could clearly see blue blood all over the ground. Apparently, the two had killed the four monsters, yet they said they had run away.

Do you two think we're dumb or something?

"Hey, bro, you're not being truthful here."

One veteran trainee did not bother to pretend to be nice anymore. "You two obviously killed the four monsters. How can you say that they ran away?"

"Why ask since you already know?" Ling Jiu shrugged.

This veteran trainee could not find the words to respond for a moment. He then blew his top. "Stop talking nonsense. Hand over the four monster carcasses immediately. Otherwise…"

"You two finally showed the cloven hoof." Ling Jiu mocked. "Otherwise, you two will go crazy, go on a rampage, ludicrous, or the tail beast mode?"

"Rookie, you are too arrogant!" the veteran trainee shouted. "Let me tell you, no matter how good you were in the training camp, you are nothing in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp!"

As soon as the voice fell, he casually pointed his hand, and the long sword under his feet pierced through the air, coming in front of Ling Jiu in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, the long sword's motion changed from thrust to slap. That guy did not want to kill Ling Jiu, as he just wanted to teach Ling Jiu a lesson.

"Silly."

Ling Jiu grabbed the long sword with the flick of his hand, then effortlessly snapped it in half.

With the flip of his wrist, he shot the broken sword out, aiming straight at the veteran trainee's face.

That veteran trainee was taken aback, hurriedly dodging by tilting his head to one side. The broken sword shot past him and hit the sand on the ground.

"I was expecting something terrific would come from a veteran of the matriculation camp. I didn't know that you were so wimpy. You are so disappointing!"

Ling Jiu casually threw the other half of the broken sword at the feet of the two.

"Get out of my sight! I am going to sleep with the new camp beauty. I have no time to for this, you two useless trash! Get out of here!"

"How dare you!"

The other veteran trainee was also furious. He willed in his mind and a horrific gravity force swept out, covering a radius of 100 meters in an instant.

"You are too arrogant, rookie!"

This veteran trainee glared at Ling Jiu. "Let me tell you, the matriculation camp is not a place where little kids like you can show off your attitude. Here, you have to be humble even if you are a dragon. Get down on your knees!"

The gravity force suddenly increased. Bai Ya hissed as she bent down, apparently the gravity force too much to bear for her.

Ling Jiu frowned, performing his Gravity Arcana to shield Bai Ya. The suppressive gravity force on Bai Ya disappeared instantly.

"You canceled my gravity?"

This veteran trainee got the shock of his life. But before he could boost the gravity strength further, a more terrifying, more brutal, and more unstoppable gravity fell on him, forcing him to drop to his knees.

"Damn it!"

This veteran trainee bellowed and frantically directed his gravity as he tried to counter Ling Jiu's. But he found that Ling Jiu's gravity was far beyond his control range. No matter how hard he counteracted it, the other party's gravity did not weaken much at all.

"I hate to tell you this, Senior, but this is not the right way to play with gravity. You're too weak."

Ling Jiu beckoned with his finger and pressed the other veteran trainee to the ground. "Tell me, what should I do with you two?"

The two veteran trainees say not a word. Not that they did not want to. Just that they could not even open their mouths to talk under the enormous gravity.

Is he really a rookie?

I am a Level 8 Arcanist, and my Arcana Field has a twentyfold increase with a maximum gravity manipulation strength of 320 times. Yet, I can't even beat a rookie!

Is he the rookie or am I?

The Earth Arcanist was in total despair.

"Say something! Are you two deaf?" Ling Jiu looked at the two. "Aren't you talking big a while ago? How come you two become mute now?"

"J-Junior!" the Earth Arcanist stuttered, talking with difficulty.

"It was our bad. Please forgive us. Let us go."

"I was thinking of letting you two go, but it was you two who came looking for trouble. Do you expect me to let you go just like that?"

Ling Jiu sounded unconcerned. "Here is the offer: hand over all your Direbeast carcasses and then transfer all your points to me. I will reluctantly let you two go. How about that?"

"That's too much!" The two were enraged.

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Chapter 190: A Duke's Son, Vampiric Form

Hand over all Direbeast carcasses…

Transfer all points…

Having their backs to the wall, the two veteran trainees were enraged. "You are too much!"

"Too much?" Ling Jiu laughed. "From what I heard, as long as the forest is not being sabotaged, it isn't too much even to kill a person."

The two veteran trainees had their hearts in their mouths. "What do you want?"

"Simple. Hand over all your monster bodies and points, and I will let you go. Or else, I don't mind burying you two in the barren land of Mars forever."

Ling Jiu said. "Don't doubt what I said. I might be new here, but I heard that killing people in the matriculation camp doesn't come with any consequences."

"This is too much!"

"This is bullying!"

The other veteran trainee trembled in fury. No way they would hand over all the monster bodies and points. That was all they had. Once they were handed over, they would have nothing left.

They would have to start all over again, which was harder to accept than death. But if you did not hand them over…

Just as the two were in a pickle, a figure suddenly came in front of them in a flash.

That figure was wearing a Venom Suit, its face covered. But the two veteran trainees recognized that person at once, their eyes gleaming. "Hiram!"

"It is you two?"

That person glanced at the two of them. "Since you two are here, that means you two have got the four monsters, right?"

"No."

The veteran Earth Arcanist trainee kept shaking his head. "They're the ones who took the monsters. By the way, they are the two rookies who have just arrived in camp. The camp beauty named Bai Ya is one of them."

"Bai Ya is here too?"

Hiram's eyes lit up as he swept his gaze back and forth between Ling Jiu and Bai Ya. In the end, his eyes stopped on Bai Ya. "So you are Bai Ya?"

"I am." Bai ya's voice was frosty.

"Great! I have been looking for you for many days!"

Hiram put his right hand to his chest in a gentlemanly gesture.

"Miss Bai Ya, I was deeply attracted by your beauty the first time I saw you. I wonder if I could have the honor of having dinner with you?"

"No." Bai Ya refused categorically.

Hiram was taken aback for a moment. "Beautiful Miss Bai Ya, my name is Hiram Howard. I come from the most ancient Howard family in Britain. My father is Duke Horatio Howard. I joined the matriculation camp two years ago, and I currently rank 29th in the standings, with 480,000 points. I have also planted 360,000 Arcana trees."

The Duke's son…

Twenty-ninth in the standings!

"He really is a noble. Don't you want to think about it?"

Ling Jiu looked at Bai Ya and teased her. This guy named Hiram was showing off his wealth and status. He did that just to impress Bai Ya.

This method might be simple, crude, direct, and low-brow, but it often worked on most women.

"Go to hell."

However, Bai Ya was not an ordinary woman. She glared at Ling Jiu, blurted the aforementioned words out, then walked away.

"Were you scolding me or him?"

Ling Jiu was slightly taken aback.

"Why is she leaving?"

Hiram was startled, too. In the past, any woman who heard him introducing himself would lose their composure instantly. All he needed to do was make the first move and they would be his.

"She asked you to go to hell," Ling Jiu said faintly.

"What did you say?" Hiram frowned.

"Are aurally challenged or something? Listen, she asks you to go to hell!" Ling Jiu lost his patience. "So, you had better hurry."

"You are looking for trouble, kid!"

Hiram's face sank. "You have ten seconds to disappear in front of my eyes. Otherwise—"

"Otherwise what?"

Ling Jiu rolled his eyes and pointed at the two veteran trainees. "They have said that just now, but not done anything to me yet."

"You have a death wish!"

Hiram hissed and vanished in a flash. In less than a tenth of a second, he reappeared in front of Ling Jiu. His right leg turned into a steel whip, and he attempted to strike Ling Jiu with great force.

"Not bad in terms of speed. Just that the intensity is a little too weak."

Ling Jiu shook his head. He raised his right foot and kicked Hiram in his stomach with great accuracy.

Hiram's face collapsed as he was sent flying out upright for ten meters before crashing to the ground.

Hiram groaned in pain with his hands on his stomach, feeling a sharp pain in his lower abdomen. He felt as if the kick had broken his intestines.

"Don't you feel embarrassed with this level of strength?" Ling Jiu looked at Hiram. "Get the hell out of my sight!"

"Damn it!"

Hiram looked at Ling Jiu, his face hideous. He could not accept that a rookie had beaten him.

He could not tolerate this.

This was unforgivable.

He could not accept it.

Black mist burst out of Hiram's body suddenly. As the black mist rose, he turned into a giant bat with a wingspan of over 50 meters, his body covered with black scales. His face was black, hideous with fangs sticking out of his mouth.

"Kid, I want you to die!" the giant bat uttered and let out a terrifying roar.

The rolling ripples of sound formed a substantial shock wave as it rushed toward Ling Jiu.

Boom!

As ripples formed in the air, the two veteran trainees covered their heads and wailed in pain on the ground.

They could not withstand the horrific energy of this sound wave even with their powerful bodies of Level 8 Arcanists.

The substantive sound waves drowned Ling Jiu in an instant. But Ling Jiu just stood there quietly, letting the sound waves hit him as if they were just a breeze blowing on his face.

A few seconds later, the sound waves faded. Ling Jiu looked at Hiram, who was now a giant bat.

"Is this the famous Vampiric Form Arcana? So much for a Vampiric Form Arcana."

"Impossible!"

Hiram was frightened and enraged. His terrific sonic attack was powerful enough to kill a Class 8 Direbeast. Even Class 9 Direbeasts would find it unbearable. Yet, it did not seem to affect Ling Jiu at all. How could this be possible?

"Blast!"

This was unacceptable. Hiram looked up to the sky and roared, then activated another ability—Blood Manipulation Arcana—to manipulate Ling Jiu's blood.

Ling Jiu sensed the blood in his body start to boil as if an unexplained force was directing his blood to flow into his brain.

"Blood Manipulation Arcana? Not bad!"

The corner of Ling Jiu's mouth curled up slightly. He performed a Blink Arcana and appeared behind Hiram and then trampled him.

The giant bat incarnation of Hiram felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He was crushed into the ground with a massive pit formed in his place.

Ling Jiu grabbed and tore off one of Hiram's wings.

Smelly dark-red blood gushed out of the wound. Hiram let out an agonistic scream, sending the two veteran trainees quaking in their boots.

"Hiram… he is completely crushed and beaten!"

"Is he really a rookie? He is so brutal!"

Meanwhile, Ling Jiu had gotten hold of Hiram's other wing and ripped it apart with great force.

Bang!

Black mist rose as Hiram transformed back into his human form. His arms had been ripped off with stinking dark-red blood gurgling out of the wounds. Cold sweat broke out on him because of the intense pain. When he looked at Ling Jiu again, there was no more fury and hideousness but fear and trembling.

"You have one way to stay alive," Ling Jiu said. "Hand over all your monster bodies and points, I may consider letting you go."

"I will do it."

That was a surprise to Ling Jiu. Hiram did not hesitate at all when he agreed. Hiram did not seem to have any backbone. Before Ling Jiu could threaten him much, he had surrendered himself.

Unknown to Ling Jiu, when Hiram manipulated his blood, he could sense something in his blood.

It was extremely heavy, full of vitality. Hiram had only sensed such blood in the Ultimate Arcanists' bodies.

Therefore, Hiram concluded Ling Jiu was definitely an Ultimate Arcanist.

At least Ling Jiu was not physically inferior to any Ultimate Arcanist.

The Ultimate Arcanist…

How many Ultimate Arcanists were there in the entire matriculation camp?

The Ultimate Arcanists were the monsters, the most terrifying beings in the Ultimate Matriculation Camp. How could he dare to mess with them?

So he gave in to Ling Jiu's request with no hesitation. As important as the Direbeast carcasses and points were, they were insignificant compared to his dear life.

Hiram handed over all the monster carcasses and points before he left the place like a bat out of hell.

"He is fast when it comes to fleeing."

Ling Jiu snorted and looked at the two veteran trainees. "What about you guys?"

The two exchanged a look with each other and nodded in unison. When even a 29th-ranked Arcanist like Hiram was abused by Ling Jiu. What could they do?

Hand everything over…

The two released all the Direbeast carcasses from their Dimensional Pockets and transferred all their points to Ling Jiu.

"You guys can get lost now!"

Ling Jiu waved them away.

The two left in a whirlwind. How they wished they had grown an extra pair of legs.

"Trash!"

Ling Jiu hissed. He glanced at the microcomputer. After robbing Hiram and others of their points, he had now accumulated 600,000 points.

From zero to 600,000…

That growth rate was unprecedented!

Bai Ya was planting trees again when Ling Jiu returned to the forest. Seeing Ling Jiu coming back safely, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief before continuing to plant trees.

Hao Shuai returned to the matriculation camp.

Unlike Ling Jiu and Bai Ya, he had been following Ai Xiong, a veteran of the matriculation camp, for the past two weeks. So his transition had been smooth.

He was busy planting trees during the day and practicing self-cultivation in Ai Xiong's forest at night.

After absorbing the mysterious energy produced by the Arcana trees, Hao Shuai felt that his strength had undergone tremendous changes in just two weeks.

His Time Halt, Blink Arcana, and Super Physique were much more powerful.

"Ling Jiu, if I run into you next time, I will definitely beat you!"

Hao Shuai quietly clenched his fist as he went up to the scoreboard, looking at the standings as usual.

The Arcana trees he first planted had survived. Today, he had asked the camp staff to assess and count his work, which meant he had also received points.

He was eager to know which place he had climbed to. He felt ashamed for his previous 0 points on the third-from-last ranking.

How could he, Hao Shuai, get such a low ranking?

"No. 164 is still too low."

He frowned upon seeing his name on the scoreboard. He was not too happy about it. He then squinted to find the two names, especially Ling Jiu's, below his.

"Where is Ling Jiu's name?"

He was startled.