"That's one hell of a fight..."
Jiang Mian poked half her body above the water. The images transmitted by the monitor were bright as day.
In the distance, a colossal flaming spear stretched from heaven to earth, plunging straight into the Mist.
[Heavenly Fire], Seventh-tier skill: Sun-Piercing Spear.
[Heavenly Fire] combined two formidable traits: explosive power and sustained output. It was exceptionally effective in combat, with no weaknesses against either single targets or groups.
Though the skill pursued a simple, no-frills burst of power and its attack traveled in a straight line that was easy to dodge,
it was surprisingly effective against an opponent of this immense size.
This was her first time seeing a high-tier Awakened in action. It was a real eye-opener.
She'd heard that the strongest publicly known Awakened had reached the Eighth tier. As for the Ninth tier...
Perhaps only a Pinnacle could reach it.
But none of the previous generation's Pinnacles had survived. There probably weren't any Ninth-tier Awakened.
The history of the early days of the Mist had been made public and was even taught in class, but the details were vague.
Everyone knew that a generation of Pinnacles had emerged, all at once, but no one had said how it ended.
So although the Seventh tier seemed to be only one tier above the Sixth, it represented an enormous gulf in both strength and status.
"The gap's still too big..."
Jiang Mian turned her gaze away.
As long as she kept developing steadily, she'd reach that level sooner or later—and she'd get there fast.
Rather than envy them and waste time on what-ifs, she should focus on growing stronger.
For some reason, that Sea of Misfortune had left its home ground to take on the high-tier Awakened head-on.
From the looks of it,