Bo City, Tianlan Magic High School, Senior Class 1.
[48 bugs, obtained]
Hearing Xue Musheng's shout, the pale-faced Mo Fan walked over and put his hand on the Demonic Law Awakening Orb.
But just then, a commotion broke out outside the classroom.
"Lightning element! Someone awakened the Lightning Elemental King!"
"Impossible. The odds of awakening the Lightning Element are way too low..."
The students from Senior Class 1 rushed out in a frenzy, their eyes wide with disbelief.
Even Xue Musheng couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Someone in their class had actually awakened the Lightning Element!
The noise also roused the sleepy boy who'd been sprawled at the back of the classroom.
"Hey, where'd everyone go?"
"Did I travel through time again?"
Jiang Yu looked around in confusion, but then he saw Yan Yuhuang and settled down.
He only needed to see Yan Yuhuang.
The Demonic Law Awakening Orb in Mo Fan's hand turned purple, surrounded by a faint, shimmering halo.
"Mo Fan's beginning his awakening?"
"Looks like everyone in the classroom went to see Yan Yuhuang awaken his Lightning Element."
Jiang Yu rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
He had been in this world for sixteen years. At first, he'd thought it was just an ordinary transmigration.
But after a while...
What kind of world was this? What kind of magic?
This was a world entirely ruled by magic!
The most frustrating part was that he hadn't gotten any sort of golden-finger cheat.
In a world where demons and monsters roamed beyond the city walls, and the dark side lurked within, ordinary people could only live in fear. How were they supposed to believe they could stay safe?
Jiang Yu watched Mo Fan awaken the Fire Element, lost in thought.
But he didn't know why he felt as if his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.
A moment later, a line of text appeared before his eyes.
[Would you like to spend 1,000 evolution points to evolve your innate talent, the Fire Element, to the SS rank? Evolution points remaining: 1000.]
Jiang Yu stared at the translucent words that had appeared before him, somewhat stunned.
After making sure he wasn't hallucinating, he quickly answered:
"Confirm!"
[Evolution points: 1000→0. Your innate talent, the Fire Element, has evolved.]
At that moment, Jiang Yu couldn't help feeling a surge of excitement.
His golden-finger cheat had finally arrived!
As the translucent words faded, Jiang Yu curiously sensed the changes in his body.
"How strange. It feels like some kind of evolution happened. Could I really be hallucinating?"
"Forget it. I'll know once I go up and awaken my magic."
Jiang Yu stopped overthinking and walked toward Yan Yuhuang.
By then, the magic orb in Mo Fan's hand had changed from purple to crimson.
"Hahaha, you little brat! I awakened the Fire Element! And it's also the Lightning and Fire Elements!"
Mo Fan laughed loudly.
But then he suddenly froze.
A tall, straight-backed figure stood before him, a handsome young man with a calm expression.
Mo Fan looked into Jiang Yu's deep, dark eyes and asked, "Jiang... Jiang Yu?"
"Oh, I've come to awaken my magic."
Jiang Yu ignored Mo Fan's confusion and replied calmly.
Hearing this, Mo Fan immediately stepped aside and walked down from the stage.
Jiang Yu held the cold Demonic Law Awakening Orb and let his consciousness sink into the spiritual world.
Within his spiritual world, which was as vast as a universe of stars, a crimson star shone with a dazzling brilliance.
Jiang Yu looked at the crimson star and thought to himself:
"The Fire Element? That's not right. Where's my second element? Could I really have been hallucinating?"
But at that moment, a deep-blue glow emerged from the sea of stars!
"Ice Element!"
Jiang Yu stared at the deep-blue star, his heart pounding.
This proved that it wasn't a hallucination! His golden-finger cheat was real!
"Wait, how come there's something besides stars in my spiritual world?"
A translucent screen opened in his spiritual world, with several lines of text on it.
[Host: Jiang Yu.]
[Rank: Intermediate Mage (Fire, Ice).]
[Innate Talent: Born with dual elements (SS rank).]
[Evolution Points: 0.]
[Divine Skills: Innate Talent Awakening, Innate Talent Fusion (locked), Innate Talent Upgrade (locked).]
[Note: Innate talents are divided into five ranks: SS, S, A, B, and C. At the beginner level, each time a magic element is upgraded by one small rank, it gains 100 evolution points. Breaking through one major rank grants 1,000. Further sources of evolution points... are locked.]
"So it's a system?"
"Born with dual elements at SS rank? What does that even mean?"
"Apart from awakening, there's also fusion and upgrading? What are those? And how do I unlock them..."
Jiang Yu was a little stunned by what he saw. After all, in the world of Complete Magic, magic talents were considered extremely valuable.
Even the so-called chosen ones, hailed as geniuses, were merely born with outstanding magic talents.
And his innate-talent panel had potential far beyond that. It could even upgrade or fuse innate talents!
What if he upgraded his talent again? What would happen...
Just as Jiang Yu was marveling at his golden-finger cheat, Mo Fan sat in his seat, looking dazed as he thought about what had just happened.
"I actually awakened the Lightning Element!"
"Even though Jiang Yu interrupted me, with Mo Fan's personality, he wouldn't hold it against me. He'll probably go talk to me himself later."
"Still, for a brat like Mo Fan to appear in this world, it'd be a shame not to take advantage of it."
Mo Fan and Jiang Yu were both in the same elementary school class. They'd often played together as kids.
And Jiang Yu was undoubtedly the local child king. Everyone liked playing with him.
Yet Jiang Yu had somehow become distant from him...
Just as Mo Fan was lost in thought, he glanced over at the stage.
He saw that the magic orb in Jiang Yu's hand had turned a deep, icy blue.
"How is this possible?! Could Jiang Yu also have a born dual-element talent?"
"Good thing I'm still a little stronger than Brother Jiang in Fire and Ice."
Mo Fan looked toward the crimson and purple stars in his spiritual world and thought to himself.
After Jiang Yu finished awakening, Mo Fan immediately hurried over.
"Brother Jiang, you also have a born dual-element talent? That's incredible!"
Unlike Mo Fan's excitement, Jiang Yu wore a thoughtful expression.
He was exploring the innate-talent panel in his spiritual world.
Mo Fan knew what Jiang Yu was thinking, of course.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else."
Mo Fan seemed a little puzzled. How had Jiang Yu guessed what he was thinking?
Just then, the other students and their homeroom teacher, Xue Musheng, returned from outside.
"Unbelievable! I never thought our class would produce a Lightning Mage!"
"Yeah! The Lightning Element is the king of the elements! That person must have amazing magical talent. Even if they only awaken it at the first rank of magic, it's already incredible!"
Xue Musheng's face was full of admiration as he looked at the student who had awakened the Lightning Element.
The homeroom teacher, Lin Yao, had already been grinning from ear to ear.
If only someone in his class had awakened the Lightning Element...
He looked at the two boys beside the classroom podium, his eyes filled with envy and jealousy.
After all, both Mo Fan and Jiang Yu were being heavily favored by the people above.
But Yan Yuhuang was different. He'd only been chosen because he was one of the few students whose magic assessment had been good enough.
Even if he awakened some low-grade magic element, simply awakening successfully would already be quite an accomplishment!
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