Chapter 6

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

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The martial arts academy split its students according to how outstanding they were.

There were Elite Class A, Elite Class B, Normal Class C, and Normal Class D.

The difference between the normal classes was that the students in Class C were relatively more talented than those in Class D.

Hence, the students in Class C were offended and embarrassed that others thought of them to be on par with the students in Class D.

In everyone’s eyes, the students in Normal Class D were the lousiest of them all.

At this moment, in the waiting area for Class C.

The students in Class C were staring fixedly at the person who was currently undergoing the awakening ritual.

Cao Guangning, the class president of Class C, was the most talented person in his class.

Everyone was waiting to see what kind of talent and element he would be able to awaken.

On the altar, a light gleamed.

Very soon, the results were out.

“Cao Guangning, Vitality 30, awakened Warrior talent. Special Lightning Elemental power!”

After that announcement, there were shocked cries from the audience below the altar.

“Our class president is so impressive!”

“Warrior talent and special Lightning Elemental power!”

“His Vitality has reached 30. That means he’s akin to an intermediate-level martial artist. He’s awesome!”

“Now that we have President Cao, Class D won’t have the audacity to think of us as their equals anymore!”

“You should broaden your horizons! With how powerful President Cao is now, Class D is nothing to him!”

“My sentiments exactly! The class presidents from the elite classes will be humbled in front of President Cao now. After all, he is so powerful.”

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“I can’t believe that I’m so powerful!”

Cao Guangning gradually lost himself amidst all this flattery and obsequious attention. There was a gleeful look in his eyes.

The probability for someone to awaken a special elemental power was one in ten thousand.

And the elemental power that he had awakened was the Lightning Elemental power, which was a dominant and aggressive element. When paired with Warrior talent, he would be invincible!

“In the whole of the martial arts academy, who will dare compete with me?” he thought.

“My name will definitely resound throughout Quilton!”

Arcs of blue lightning were crackling from his fists.

His classmates were awestruck by the sight of that.

“Our class president is so impressive!”

“Even after we join the City Defense Team, we should still stick close to our class president!”

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In the altar.

Ji Donglin gradually appeared behind Class C’s teacher, Xu Weicheng.

Ji Donglin had a disbelieving look in his eyes as he stared at Cao Guangning.

Hearing the students’ cheers, Xu Weicheng offered a perfunctory excuse and said, “Children will be children. They not only form cliques among themselves but also show their dislike for other cliques without any reservation. They can’t keep anything to themselves.”

Ji Donglin had a composed look. He did not have much to say about that.

He commented, “I never expected that a genius-level martial artist will emerge from Class C.”

“After Cao Guangning had awakened his talent, his Vitality immediately reached 30. In addition, his talent is Warrior, which is the talent that’s in trend now. On top of all these, he has the special Lightning Elemental power.”

“This fellow’s talent is about the same as those two from the elite class. It’s beyond my expectations that there are three genius-level martial artists arising from the ceremony. I believe that the chief minister will be glad to hear of it.”

There was a total of 136 human survival bases in Zosteylor. More than one million people took part in the Talent Awakening Ceremony every year.

However, the chance of those people successfully awakening their talent and becoming martial artists was less than 50 percent. That meant that only 50,000 students out of 1,000,000 students could become martial artists.

And among these, there were less than 100 people who were genius martial artists.

There was not even one genius-level martial artist out of 10,000 people. From that, one could really understand how rare such genius-level martial artists were.

Xu Weicheng was beside himself with happiness to hear Ji Donglin’s comment. He could not hold himself back from revealing his thoughts anymore.

“Mr. Ji, since Cao Guangning is from Class C, is it possible for you to elevate our class to become an elite class?” he asked.

“Otherwise, everyone else is always comparing Class C with Class D. I don’t have an opinion on it, but the students are displeased with it.”

The difference between an elite class and a normal class was not only their reputation.

Every year, the elite classes had 10 times more funds and resources allocated to them than the normal classes. If he was the teacher of an elite class, Xu Weicheng could also reap quite a lot of benefits from his position.

However, Ji Donglin merely clasped his hands behind his back.

He said softly, “No matter whether it’s an elite class or normal class, in the school’s eyes, they’re all the same.”

He added, “Focus on your normal class. You’ll get the resources you deserve.”

Upon hearing that, the light in Xu Weicheng’s eyes dimmed. A vicious look flashed across his eyes.

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Over at Class D.

Su Hei walked to the altar. He looked at Lin Nianlei and smiled politely at her.

“Thank you for your help, Ms. Lin.”

Following that, he extended his right hand and placed it on the altar.

Whoosh!

The blindingly bright lights hurt Lin Nianlei’s eyes. Even after she turned around, her eyes still could not adjust to the brightness.

“This is…”

At that moment, Lin Nianlei sensed that something was amiss.

This ray of light was different from the other students when they were awakening their talents. It was much more brilliant and dazzling, so much so that it hurt their eyes.

“How could this be? Is there something wrong with the altar?” asked Lin Nianlei.

The blindingly bright lights hurt Lin Nianlei’s eyes. Even after she turned around, her eyes still could not adjust to the brightness.

“Everyone, close your eyes!” Ji Donglin roared.

He quickly arrived at the altar and a burst of vitality burst out from his body, creating a shield of light that allowed himself and Lin Nianlei to hide behind.

The students below the altar started to panic.

“Darn it, will Su be okay?”

The bright light stabbed pain through Wang Dong’s eyes, but he ignored it. He got up and immediately wanted to dash up to the altar.

Li Hua reacted quickly and pressed Wang Dong’s head onto the ground. “Are you a fool? The dean and teachers are all there. What could possibly happen to Su Hei? Close your eyes and protect yourself!”

A rumbling sound was heard.

Suddenly, the altar started to shake and vibrate violently. It felt like an earthquake.

Very soon, the entire assembly hall started to shake.

“Someone has triggered an abnormal phenomenon!”

A cold perspiration broke out on Ji Donglin’s forehead, and there was a mixture of fear and excitement in his eyes.

“Abnormal phenomenon?”

Lin Nianlei, who was hiding behind the dean, said in a puzzled tone of voice.

At this moment, Qin Feng arrived beside them. He gathered his internal energy into his hands and assisted Ji Donglin in ensuring that the light shield would hold.

However, he stared intently at Su Hei, who was standing in front of the altar. There was excitement in Qin Feng’s eyes.

“Legend has it that only one who has a strong talent and elemental power can bring about an abnormal phenomenon. In the thousands of years since humankind came to know of martial arts, there were only a few who could do this,” remarked Qin Feng.

“I can’t believe that I am seeing this with my own eyes! Mr. Ji, this time, your martial arts academy will be sensational!”

On the other side of the assembly hall.

The sudden turn of events left the students in Class C and Xu Weicheng dumbfounded.

Luckily, the teachers of the academy all went to provide support. They created a light veil to prevent anyone from getting hurt.

“How talented must one be, to be able to create such powerful motions!”

“Anyways, our class president’s special Lightning Elemental power is not able to do something like this. Class D is really impressive.”

Xu Weicheng, who had finally snapped out of his daze, was astonished.

“It’s an abnormal phenomenon?” he thought.

Never in his dreams did he expect that those losers from Class D would be able to trigger an abnormal phenomenon.

As he listened to everyone’s chatter, Cao Guangning was not as smug as he was earlier anymore.

The fact that this person could trigger an abnormal phenomenon meant that there was a terrifying disparity in power between both them.

“It’s impossible!” he said.

“This is absolutely impossible!”

“It’s impossible for me, Cao Guangning, to be beaten by the losers in Class D!”

“This must be fake! There’s something wrong with the altar!”

Cao Guangning stared in wide-eyed astonishment.