Pupil Eagle: ???
Audience: ???
At this moment, not only was Pupil Eagle in a daze, but even the audience members were filled with utter disbelief!
Because of the powerful destructive force Chen Lang possessed, he was practically a subject of heavy attention.
And after he had jumped off the cliff and vanished just moments ago, the audience had been searching for his figure.
Immediately following that, they saw the black lightning radiance at the rift valley from Pupil Eagle's feed. With great difficulty, Pupil Eagle traced the lightning radiance over, only to find... the person was gone again!!!
The person was gone and Pupil Eagle could search again, but... what on earth was the corpse of a giant python over there?!
What had happened? In just this brief moment, had the battle here already ended...
On the Great Xia seating area, Pang Lai saw Shao Zheng in the center seat looking completely bewildered and explained, "That is a Ghost Pattern Blood Python. Judging by those snake markings, it's an orthodox Commander-level one."
Shao Zheng looked toward Pang Lai with a sense of disbelief, his face filled with shock as he said, "You mean to say that in just these few short minutes, Chen Lang actually slew an orthodox Commander?"
Commander-level creatures were, of course, nothing to mages of their caliber.
Yet among High-level mages, those capable of single-handedly slaying a Commander were not very numerous across the entire international stage.
Not to mention, such a rapid slaughter...
Pang Lai nodded. "Although it seems unbelievable, judging from the scene, that should be the case."
There were no living creatures in the vicinity, only the unscattered Lightning Element and the corpse of the black python. It was obvious that Chen Lang had resolved this.
Shao Zheng turned his head to look at Chen Jin on the other side, offering a word of praise, "Your Chen Clan truly has successors..."
These past few days, Chen Jin had heard similar remarks many times.
Yet the praise from the person before him right now made him genuinely happy from the bottom of his heart!
Shao Zheng continued, "Come to think of it, if we hadn't agreed to let you all give it a try earlier, perhaps our country would have already been knocked out by now."
"To bring glory to our country, my Chen Clan considers it our unshirkable duty."
Shao Zheng didn't dwell on this diplomatic pleasantry. After all, while this was bringing glory to the nation, the Chen Clan could also secure considerable benefits.
Chen Lang and Mo Fan were different.
Mo Fan was a grassroots commoner who fought tooth and nail to contest for a spot, only to end up with some empty fame in the end.
Yet the Chen Clan was different; they could genuinely obtain tangible profits!
The competition of the National Academy Team was a resource distribution between countries, and equally a competition among domestic families...
Even if the Chen Clan could carve off a substantial amount of benefits, with every single rank they advanced, the resource territories acquired by the country would increase by a massive margin.
This was undoubtedly far more important!
One had to know that the country's terrain was complex, and the number of Demon Beasts and the strength of the Evil Spirits ranked in the top five globally. Great Xia resisted Demon Beasts—whose quantity and strength ranked in the top five worldwide—with meager resources that didn't even rank in the top twenty. This was not because Great Xia's mages were exceptionally strong, but because Great Xia had a massive population, sustaining itself by paying a much heavier price in lives...
As long as they could advance by even one more rank, the country could obtain more resource allocations. After possessing these resources, the overall strength of Great Xia's border regions could undoubtedly achieve a major boost as well.
Once their strength was sufficient, casualties would naturally decrease correspondingly!
Shao Zheng continued, "Good. With Chen Lang this year, perhaps our country can also secure a fine result. If I weren't worried about placing pressure on him, I'd really like to chat with him a bit..."
To be honest, Shao Zheng very much wanted to ask Chen Lang to give it his absolute all and fight fiercely!
The further ahead their ranking, the greater the step forward it represented for the entire country.
Chen Jin immediately spoke up, "Grand Speaker, rest assured. My family's junior has a very strong psychological resilience. If you'd like, I'll bring him over after this match ends."
He didn't think Chen Lang would feel any pressure.
Moreover, coming into direct contact with someone at Shao Zheng's level this time would undoubtedly be beneficial for Chen Lang's future.
"We'll see when the time comes."
Shao Zheng's gaze once again turned toward the big screen, not continuing this topic.
Chen Jin understood as well that advancing in the Treasure Hunt Competition was still the primary goal at hand. As long as they could advance, a top-eight finish was guaranteed...
Within the bizarre rift canyon.
Chen Lang was still galloping and searching amidst it all. Apart from the seven small targets he had reaped right upon arriving here, he had not yet run into any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Similarly, he hadn't encountered a single member of any other National Academy Team.
At the end of this fissure lay a very large lake. The water here was not clear, appearing extremely turbid instead.
Yet right in the center of the lake, Chen Lang saw a small 'island' suspended over the water—to be precise, it was a gemstone flashing with electrical currents from time to time upon that island.
As a scion of a noble clan, his awareness of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures naturally existed.
What he saw before his eyes was precisely a pure Elemental Gemstone.
Furthermore, it possessed the Lightning Attribute!
When many Intermediate Mages advanced to the High-level, they required Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with dense energy. The Star River Vein served as the best aid to cross the threshold of the High-level.
In fact, aside from the Star River Vein, what could assist an Intermediate Mage in stepping past that threshold was none other than the Elemental Gemstone!
The energy of an Elemental Gemstone was even more potent, and the success rate of the breakthrough was practically close to ninety-nine percent!
Only, such naturally formed Elemental Gemstones were extremely rare.
Being able to encounter one of this lightning attribute was absolute profound fortune for Chen Lang!
Even though he was already a High-level mage of the Lightning Element, he could still absorb the dense energy within it all the same!
Chen Lang felt tempted, but this time he didn't fly toward it right away. This was because the lake was far too bizarre; at the same time, such a natural treasure would certainly have no weak guardian.
Chen Lang used his spiritual sense to perceive the surroundings, yet his current spiritual perception was still somewhat lacking—while it could leave lesser demons like warrior-class and servant-class creatures with nowhere to hide,
dealing with Commander-level creatures that understood how to conceal their own aura was genuinely quite difficult...
After a round of perception yielded nothing, Chen Lang formed a guess in his mind: the guardian demon of this place was definitely not weak.
While staying vigilant in his heart, the Lightning Emperor Battle Armor, Cloud-Treading Boots, and Shadow Wings on his body enveloped him almost instantly.
"Swish!"
Fully equipped, Chen Lang headed straight toward that small island almost instantly.
At the very same time he flew toward the island, this bizarre lake also began to boil violently!!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"
When he completely entered the central zone of the lake, withered vines covered in sharp thorns grew out from within the water!
These withered vines were numerous, filling the entire surface of the lake in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, as if they possessed independent attack consciousness, they crazily pierced and lashed toward Chen Lang...
While dodging, Chen Lang was also carrying out continuous destruction against them.
What left Chen Lang somewhat tongue-tied was that these withered vines could not be destroyed even by the power of his Intermediate Magic, requiring High-level magic to blast them apart.
With so many withered vines here, if an ordinary High-level mage were to charge in, it would undoubtedly be a situation of certain death with zero survival...
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