Yunyang's one use of the Stronger Identification Technique directly eliminated nearly ninety percent of the beast horde.
The remaining C-rank exotic beasts had their strength weakened and were swarmed in reverse by hundreds of students, thrown into a bitter struggle.
They did not notice that far above, in the boundless sky, several instructors stood atop the clouds, using spiritual perception to observe the battlefield's every move from afar.
"S-rank talents were still too powerful."
The blond man was named Gao Chen, an A-rank Transcendent from Daze City, and one of the training instructors.
Sensing the battlefield below, he sighed and said: "Just Yunyang alone directly suppressed the vast majority of exotic beasts… many students didn't even get the chance to show their strength."
"This battle was outside of expectations," Zhong Honglian said. "According to the original plan, they should have been separated by tiers of combat power and dropped into the Abyss separately… That way, lower-level students wouldn't be able to hide beside higher-level ones and would be forced to fight for themselves."
"Plans never keep up with changes," Chi Zhenshan also spoke. "These students came from different cities, and each was a favored child of heaven. They should have been unconvinced of each other, competing fiercely."
"Who would have thought someone like Jiang He would appear—a genius so extraordinary that even Yunyang, who also possessed an S-rank talent, was gradually subdued by him."
"If it weren't for him, Du Lingwei, Yunyang, and the others would have fought separately. Handling this beast tide wouldn't have been so easy—at least seventy to eighty percent of the students would have been lost…"
Hearing Chi Zhenshan's words, the other instructors nodded one after another.
Indeed, Jiang He was simply too overpowered.
Even with both being S-rank talents, the ability he displayed was a whole tier higher than Yunyang!
Someone who didn't know would have thought that he was the true S-rank while Yunyang was only A-rank!
Too exaggerated!
At this pace, within two weeks at most, all the training students would have been subdued by him, looking to him as their leader…
The instructors were not opposed to this.
The strong conquering and even ruling over the weak was the very rule of this world.
Just as the Transcendent Council had only thirteen official members, with the rest of the Transcendents being at most provisional councilors… not because the others lacked wisdom or knowledge, but simply because they weren't S-rank, nothing more.
The problem now was that the instructors worried that if things continued, it would affect the entire training camp—
They had organized this training to promote competition among geniuses. Competition brought pressure, and pressure brought effort…
Now Jiang He's performance was too overwhelming, not even on the same level as the others.
This could result in him having no competition pressure at all, possibly breeding complacency; while others, under unbearable pressure, might collapse and give up.
This clearly went against the original purpose of the training camp.
Thus, the instructors exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts.
Jiang He was too overpowered—he had to be nerfed!
But how to nerf him? That was a problem for the ages.
After all, the instructors' purpose was to maintain the students' competitive spirit. If their intervention instead hindered growth… that would be putting the cart before the horse. It would be better to let things be.
One instructor spoke: "Aren't there training camps in other cities as well? We could select the best students' results and put them into the school's database for our students to access…"
"Turning it from city-level competition into world-level competition? Not a bad idea." Gao Chen nodded in agreement.
From The Gift of the Millennium until now, twenty-nine years had passed.
In those years, the world's population had exploded, with billions of newborns born, who then became the new Transcendents.
With such a massive population base, many young S-rank talents had emerged.
So many S-rank geniuses were now training in different places.
Naturally, there were those among them who stood out, capable of putting pressure on Jiang He.
"..." Zhong Honglian fell silent.
It had only been a little over a week since Jiang He awakened, yet he had already grown to such a level.
Could there really be a child better than him?
She looked at the approving expressions of the other instructors but didn't voice her doubt, instead tacitly agreeing.
Drawing fish from other ponds to give Jiang He pressure was suppression, but it was also opportunity.
Now, with doomsday approaching, if Jiang He could surpass all his peers… such an unprecedented, strongest genius would naturally be worth the Council investing far more resources in than anyone else, cultivating him with their full strength!
That would, instead, be a good thing.
On the other side, You Chunsheng stood quietly in a corner, never speaking.
Watching the heated discussion of the instructors, his eyelids lowered, hiding the mockery and coldness in his eyes.
A peerless genius, born with immense talent and exceptional comprehension, capable of subduing his peers, yet here these people were nitpicking, discussing how to restrain him…
Disgusting.
These so-called A-rank Transcendents, whose talents were mediocre, had only broken through with time. The oldest among them was nearly eighty, yet they still clung to their high positions.
Disgusting.
The world was full of this kind of trash, waving the banner of order, standing high above, manipulating others' wills.
Disgusting.
Hypocrisy, arrogance, sloth, jealousy…
This hypocritical society built by those so-called saints was full of nauseating things, so much so that even breathing felt painful.
When would the World Destroyer descend? He was already almost unable to endure it.
...
The instructors were discussing the specific projects of the training camp.
At this moment, Chi Zhenshan received a message, his expression shifting: "Li Feilong has already recovered."
All the instructors immediately stopped talking.
They were gathered here not just to observe the training battle.
The main reason was actually this Exotic Beast Rampage.
For so many years, exotic beasts had already been tamed and raised by Transcendents, labeled as resources.
Today, they suddenly rioted in unison, breaking out of breeding farms across the land. It was like a cooked duck suddenly biting someone—utterly baffling.
Anyone could see this was no simple matter.
Thus, after rescuing the gravely wounded and dying Li Feilong and sending him for treatment, they had stayed here awaiting results.
At this moment, You Chunsheng's mind stirred, and a pale-faced young man appeared before them, still wearing his torn, bloodstained clothes, not yet changed.
Seeing him appear, Chi Zhenshan urgently asked: "Li Feilong, you said in your message that you were attacked by an unknown exotic beast… Do you still remember its appearance?"
To ordinary people, Blue Star was vast, too vast to traverse in a lifetime.
But to Transcendents, especially S-rank ones, Blue Star was small, small enough that no secrets could remain.
So the very fact of an "unknown exotic beast" was bizarre in itself.
Transcendents had even explored the ocean trenches, and yet Li Feilong, president of a beast-breeding farm, encountered a beast he didn't recognize?
After hearing Li Feilong's description, the instructors fell into confusion and silence.
Their thoughts spread wide, even reaching one possibility—
Could it be that some Transcendent had used their talent to create a new type of exotic beast?
Just like the Arc Light Organization before—acts of Transcendent rioters?
And while they were deep in thought, Li Feilong's gaze shifted, landing on the beast horde being easily surrounded by students below. His eyes trembled as he carefully looked at Yunyang, etching his face deep into his memory.
At the same time—
At the edge of the battlefield, in midair where no one could perceive, Old Jiang floated silently, watching the battle.
For a fight of this level, he had no need to intervene; he only needed to play the role of the 「Observer」.
But just then, as though sensing something, he suddenly raised his head, looking far into the sky.
That was precisely where the instructors were.
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