Chapter 82: A Future Unaffected |
For an E-rank Transcendent to point fingers at a group of C-rank Transcendents was indeed somewhat awkward.
However, when the other students reacted, they tacitly accepted it.
After all, Jiang He was not only an S-rank Talent Holder and the top scorer in the first test, even the two strongest students, Yunyang and Du Lingwei, had acknowledged his arrangements.
If it had been anyone else giving orders, people might not have accepted it so readily.
Most importantly…
The tremors caused by the destruction of the breeding farm had already passed for quite some time.
In such a long period, let alone B-rank exotic beasts, even D-rank exotic beasts would have been enough to charge into the city!
Even if the students were unclear about the specifics, they knew very well that they had no time to waste on arguing.
At this moment, they moved quickly, gathering into groups and huddling together, all turning their gazes toward Jiang He.
During the first test, all students had taken turns fighting, each displaying their talents.
Transcendents had excellent memories, and Jiang He had remembered the abilities and names of every classmate.
Within the crowd, Yang Jin nodded.
Jiang He said: “Please use your talent to scout along this road toward the southeast. The Xinyun Breeding Farm is in that direction.”
“Since the instructors placed us here, it means we won’t be too far from the exotic beasts…”
Yang Jin nodded again, raising both hands.
One hand covered his own eyes, while the other pointed toward Jiang He.
In the next instant, a blood-red eye split open on the back of his hand and on Jiang He’s forehead simultaneously.
When the blood-eye appeared, Jiang He’s vision was tinted with crimson. His mind split into two images—one from his own eyes, and another from a vantage point high in the sky, spanning across a great distance, revealing a faraway scene.
The Xinyun Breeding Farm he had visited just days ago had completely fallen into ruins, reduced to nothing but shattered walls and broken rubble.
The surrounding fields were utterly trampled. Tens of thousands of exotic beasts, each grotesque in form, flew or ran, stampeding toward the city, kicking up rolling clouds of dust.
Strangely, despite their apparent speed, their actual progress was extremely slow.
Even the flying beasts in the sky looked as though they had flown hundreds of meters, but when judged from the aerial perspective, they had only advanced a dozen meters.
This was…
Spatial ability?
Realization struck Jiang He.
No wonder, despite the exotic beast riot, Zhong Honglian and the others were in no rush to deal with it, instead dragging the students into live combat.
So, no matter how the beasts struggled, they could not escape You Chunsheng’s 「Five-Fingered Mountain」.
“As expected of a spatial talent, as rare as those of the time series…”
Jiang He marveled in his heart, yet also grew more wary.
According to Old Bai’s intelligence, You Chunsheng was practically a ticking time bomb—the stronger he appeared now, the more terrifying the disaster he would unleash in the future.
Suppressing his wariness toward You Chunsheng, Jiang He blinked, and the vision disappeared.
Yang Jin had already lowered his hand, canceling the shared sight.
Jiang He said: “The exotic beast horde is being restrained by the instructor’s spatial ability, so they are still far from the city… But precisely because of this, they haven’t been split apart by their varying speeds, and remain tightly clustered together…”
“Shaojun, with your Gas Manipulation, take me and Chi Zhilei flying. Du Lingwei, Yunyang, you two…”
“…Once we arrive, act according to the plan…”
At first, Jiang He was simply being pushed onto the stage.
He had seldom interacted with people before, let alone commanded others. How would he know what to do?
But once he truly began speaking, his words flowed more smoothly, his thoughts growing clearer—
Team battles? Commanding?
No, not so complicated at all.
Jiang He already knew everyone’s abilities. All he needed to do was treat these students as a whole and, at the right time, call upon the corresponding ability.
As for how to execute it, the students themselves knew better than he did.
Following this logic, wasn’t team battle command just a large-scale version of the 【Word-Spirit】?
Before leaving, White Crane had stocked Jiang He with hundreds of spell words.
Was this not the same as these nearly three hundred students, each with their own ability?
In truth, when Jiang He fought, he was already conducting “team battles”—commanding his own powers and body, making them act at the right moments for maximum effect.
Old Jiang had also passed down plenty of experience to him.
Now, drawing upon that experience, his arrangements appeared methodical and orderly.
Of course, Jiang He did not go so far as to assign tasks to everyone…
Theoretical command was one thing. In actual combat, others were not his limbs or skills—they could not perform micro-operations like shifting a defensive line five centimeters to the left.
He simply outlined the entry order, ensuring Yunyang and Du Lingwei could maximize their effectiveness.
He added: “In actual battle, everyone act according to the situation.”
Then, lifted by the raging winds released by Shaojun, he rose into the air, flying with Chi Zhilei and the others toward the beast horde.
The rest mostly followed his direction, taking off in sequence one after another.
…
Jiang He and the others had not been far from the horde to begin with.
Unaffected by the spatial ability, in an instant they reached the front lines, where the stampeding horde came into full view.
The exotic beasts also spotted them. Their eyes grew increasingly feral, as if they wished to rush forth immediately, devouring these humans just like the breeding farm workers.
That savage intent even condensed into Transcendent power, forming a spiritual pressure.
Even the C-rank students turned pale under the weight of that aura. Those with weaker energy levels were seized by fear, their limbs trembling uncontrollably.
So this was an exotic beast rampage?
Even the low-rank beasts raised in captivity, when gathered together, could erupt with such terrifying power.
At that moment—
A voice rang out.
「Calm」
Jiang He had not poured much power into this Word-Spirit, only enough to briefly dispel the crowd’s panic.
But that was enough.
Everyone quickly came to their senses, activating their student profession specialty 【Focus】 to resist the spiritual pressure, their condition improving greatly.
Jiang He, meanwhile, withstood the pressure and locked his spirit upon himself.
He saw his own 「Tarot」.
The card was 「The World」.
Its position—Upright.
“Huh? Did I forget to turn it off after last time?”
Even Jiang He himself was stunned.
Since learning 【Tarot Divination】, he had used the skill twice, both times on himself, and both times the result had been Upright World…
What was wrong with this skill? Did his deck only contain one card?
But then, Jiang He thought of the skill name and profession, and realization dawned.
The effect of 【Tarot Divination】 seemed random, but in essence, it was not randomness—it was “divination.”
By divining the future, it bestowed enhancement.
This was not a Fate skill, but a Time skill.
It was just that the future was ever-changing, so to others, it manifested as random draws.
However…
Jiang He possessed all futures. Therefore, when he used Tarot Divination on himself, unaffected by external interference, there could only ever be one result.
He gently brushed his fingers, drawing a card from the river of time, revealing its face.
【Upright World】
This card symbolized possessing everything and dreams fulfilled—the strongest Tarot, massively strengthening talent, attributes, and all skills!
The card shattered. Combined with High Priestess lv.2, an immense power surged into his body.
Jiang He looked toward the raging horde of beasts in the distance, eyes brimming with confidence.
He had already read the script.
His future had only one outcome.
Victory—and overwhelming victory!
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