Chapter 81: How did he suddenly end up commanding? |
All the beasts that had escaped from Xinyun Breeding Farm were B-rank and below.
Never mind that they were somewhat weakened—even at full condition, they wouldn’t have been a match for top-tier A-rank Transcendents.
So long as Zhong Honglian took action, a casual area skill would burn them all to ash—if it were the spatial-type You Chunsheng instead, he could even capture them all alive and drag them back to the farm to keep churning out resources.
When it came down to it, if not for the existence of Ultimate Beasts, the so-called 「Exotic Beast Rampage」 would have been little different from a joke.
If humanity could suppress beasts once, they could of course suppress them a second time.
Therefore, the rampage that terrified Zhang Zhiyong and the others was, to the Council, an excellent live-fire drill.
Just as Jiang He sent the location to Zhong Honglian, the scene before his eyes shifted, and in an instant it became a vast, open field.
He stood on the outskirts of Central State City, surrounded by the boot-camp students—and by a haggard-looking You Chunsheng.
You Chunsheng looked at the many students before him, yawned, and said: “The breeding farm blew up. Beasts are attacking the city. You’re responsible for stopping them.”
“Go into near-death once, and half your training-camp resources will be deducted.”
“Begin.”
With that, he vanished into thin air without a trace.
Only the students were left standing where they were.
Wait, that was it?
No intel, no instructions, not even any mention of rewards—just a near-death penalty and the mission objective, and the rest left entirely to their own performance?
This “real combat” was a little too real.
The students didn’t even know how to start; they looked at one another in dismay.
Jiang He looked at the bewildered crowd, ready to share intel.
Before he could speak, a voice rang out.
“Xinyun Breeding Farm has a total of five B-rank beasts!”
Following the voice, Jiang He looked over and found that the speaker was Shaojun.
He had a B-rank talent and had tested fairly well, though nothing outstanding.
Many didn’t have a strong impression of him and asked in puzzlement: “And you are?”
“My dad is the chairman of Xinyun Breeding Farm. The farm is run by my family,” Shaojun said with a constipated look.
Jiang He, Chi Zhilei, Zhong Honglian, and the other former standouts from Central State First High also nodded one after another.
“That’s right, the farm really is his family’s.”
The many students suddenly understood; seeing Shaojun’s constipated expression, they couldn’t help feeling a bit of sympathy.
So it was his family’s place that blew up.
No wonder he was so clear on it.
At this point, seeing that everyone acknowledged his identity,
Shaojun continued: “The strongest beasts in the farm are two 【Dark Sky Hounds】 and three 【Goldhunter Mice】.”
“The farm routinely invested a lot of resources to restore and maintain their activity. Only at fixed times would we collect their output, which would send them into a decline period……”
“Judging by the timing, it’s been about twenty days since the last collection; most of their decline period should be over.”
“I don’t know the farm’s specific situation, and I don’t know how they escaped.”
“In the worst case, we may have to face five B-rank beasts in good condition……”
Hearing this, everyone felt a bit suffocated for a moment.
Even if they were beasts, they were truly B-rank lives!
One would have been bad enough, and they were starting with five?
And that wasn’t all—Shaojun went on to list other types and tiers of beasts; with each sentence, everyone’s heart rate ticked up another notch.
Five B-rank beasts, one hundred fifty C-rank beasts, eight hundred D-rank beasts, and several thousand E-rank beasts……
Among their three hundred students, there were fewer than forty C-rank Transcendents; the rest were D-rank, E-rank…… and even some F-ranks—nowhere near enough to fill the beasts’ teeth!
The instructor wanted them to deal with these beasts, and they had to do it alive—getting rescued for near-death wouldn’t count……
Wasn’t this way too hard?
Yet You Chunsheng had already teleported away, and Zhong Honglian and the others hadn’t even appeared.
They didn’t even have a chance to bargain; they could only be forced to face this live exercise.
“Jiang He, let’s act together.”
While everyone remained silent, Chi Zhilei was the first to move.
She came to Jiang He’s side and initiated a team-up invitation——
Although she was a D-rank Transcendent and Jiang He an E-rank, with a big gap in energy level and base attributes, Jiang He’s battle-efficiency ratio was high; his actual combat power was no weaker than hers—perhaps even stronger.
Moreover, she had learned plenty of buff skills; combined with the Transcendent items on her, even serving purely as support, she could be quite effective.
Jiang He had already talked with Old Jiang and had no more misgivings; he was about to nod.
At that moment, Du Lingwei walked over.
Under everyone’s gaze, she took the initiative: “Jiang He is going with me.”
She thought for a moment, then added: “Zhilei, you too.”
“Eh?!”
Everyone froze for a moment.
Du Lingwei was close to the C-rank peak; her energy level had already reached forty-eight thousand, and her battle-efficiency ratio had reached 100.
Even if Jiang He was an S-rank prodigy, there was no way he could party up to fight alongside her…… wait?
Everyone suddenly came to their senses.
The Word-Spirit talent Jiang He had displayed so far, the Flame Path, the Prophet Path……
Among them, Word-Spirit and prophecy both counted as support, and flame fully matched Du Lingwei’s flame.
In other words, Jiang He could absolutely play support.
Yes.
This terrifying S-rank prodigy with a battle-efficiency ratio over 200, who had soloed and blown up the Metal Knight, turned out to be a tmd support!
Realizing this, all the students were stunned.
“Wait?”
Yunyang came to his senses, striding over.
“Who said Jiang He was going with you? We’re both S-rank talent users—only I deserve his blessing!”
“You, an A-rank talent user, don’t deserve his support at all!”
“……”
Du Lingwei lowered her head and, noticing this fierce little shorty, felt a bit puzzled for a moment.
Was his relationship with Jiang He that good?
Chi Zhilei had been hesitating, but when she saw Yunyang come over, she immediately grabbed Du Lingwei and Jiang He by the arms, squeezed herself between them, and pushed back: “We’re all students from Central State City, taught by the same teacher—who are you again?”
“Central State City? Heh. You going to tell the beasts about city affiliation too?”
“We’re fighting beasts right now, and in the future we’ll face doomsday itself—what regions are there to divide!”
Yunyang let out a cold laugh: “And what’s your talent? B-rank?”
Chi Zhilei stiffened her neck: “Mind your own business……”
Yunyang turned and stared at Jiang He: “Come on, Jiang He—there’s no need for this trash. Just the two of us can take care of this rioting beast tide!”
“Let them see how powerful S-rank talents are!”
At those words, everyone’s faces changed.
Even Du Lingwei furrowed her brows.
Yunyang was strong, no doubt about that, but calling everyone else trash—that was going too far.
It looked ready to devolve into an argument at any moment.
Jiang He finally couldn’t help but speak: “Everyone, stop for a moment.”
Everyone turned their heads toward Jiang He.
They only heard him say: “The beasts are about to attack the city—what are you arguing about here?”
“Du Lingwei, your combat power is the fiercest, and you even have a top-tier defensive talent like Flame Spirit Guardian. I’ll hold off the five B-rank beasts with you……”
Du Lingwei’s brows relaxed, and she nodded.
Chi Zhilei, as if winning the first skirmish, arched her brows at Yunyang in triumph.
See? Jiang He was on their side after all!
Yunyang’s face darkened and he was about to speak, but Jiang He cut him off.
“Yunyang, your suppression is the strongest, and you’re unrivaled at clearing mobs—the rest of the beasts are all yours.”
“I’ll give you a Word-Spirit buff. Everyone else, use this chance to quickly wipe out all the low-tier beasts, then circle back to support Du Lingwei.”
“Any problems?”
Everyone was startled.
Yunyang alone, suppressing one hundred fifty C-rank beasts and over a thousand low-tier beasts?!
Even if he was an S-rank talent user, that should have been impossible, right?!
After all, he was only a C-rank Transcendent!
While the others wore shocked, doubtful expressions, Yunyang instead raised his chin: “Even with those B-ranks added in, I can do it!”
“Very good.” Jiang He nodded and looked at the others.
“Any other questions?”
“We’ve already wasted too much time. If there are no issues, find your partners and move out immediately!”
“Okay.”
Everyone nodded and crowded toward their friends.
After taking two steps, they suddenly realized something.
Wait, something seemed off.
You, an E-rank Transcendent—how had you suddenly ended up as the commander?