So This Is the Mental Potential Prodigy You Told Me About?

Chen Ming calmed his mind.

Soon, a realm gradually took shape in his consciousness.

A vast, empty space.

It was quite limited in size, about as big as a room.

"Is this the mental space?"

Chen Ming found it fascinating.

He reached over and picked up the Power Longblade lying on the bedside table.

The next moment, the blade vanished from his hand.

It appeared inside his mental space.

"This will make leveling up in the wild and running dungeons so much more convenient."

He wouldn't need to carry his equipment, beast cores, or other resources around himself.

"I'm probably the first person to open up a mental space right after changing class."

Normally, people his age were still a long way from awakening their mental spaces.

Apart from a few geniuses, most people at this stage probably hadn't even reached 10%.

Even Qin Zhixue, as powerful as she was, currently had a mental potential of only 15%.

She still had quite a way to go before reaching 20%.

And training mental potential depended entirely on individual talent.

Some class changers had such poor mental aptitude that they couldn't reach 20% even in their entire lives.

"Let's test out the mental-sensing ability, too."

Mental sensing was an ability all class changers had.

It was just that once their mental strength reached 20%, it was said to receive a major boost.

Chen Ming gathered his mental strength and looked around his room.

In the next moment, the world before him changed completely.

Every detail around him was crystal clear.

It felt as though his vision had been magnified countless times, while his powers of observation had also leapt to a whole new level.

In Chen Ming's eyes, the entire room was like the lines on his palm.

"This is completely different."

Compared with mental sensing before reaching 20%, this was like a whole different ability.

Before, it could at most detect information about exotic beasts, equipment, and the like.

At this level, it could already be called a combat ability.

With this near god's-eye view, his reflexes and ability to adapt in battle would surely improve dramatically.

Tsk, tsk.

He could see the fine dust drifting through the air, the faint tremble of the curtains, and every shaft of sunlight. Nothing escaped his notice.

Wait...

"Why is the sunlight so bright? What time is it?"

He picked up his phone and checked.

11:05 a.m.!

"Holy crap!"

How had half the day already gone by?

The edge of the city.

Chen Ming hurried over.

He hadn't expected his training to reach 20% mental strength to be so absorbing.

He'd spent the entire morning at it.

At that moment, people were returning in groups from the outskirts of the city.

They had finished leveling up for the morning and had come back to recover, ready to fight again in the afternoon.

Chen Ming's arrival immediately drew plenty of attention.

The higher someone ranked, the more attention they naturally attracted.

And Chen Ming was no ordinary person.

He was a C-rank Shield Guard who had ranked second in Cloud Sea City on the first day—second to none but the top contender.

"Hey, hey, look, Chen Ming's here!"

"No way... Did he just get here?"

"Damn, he's only showing up now? He's slacking off during the Grand Exam. How carefree can he be?"

It was only the second day of the Grand Exam, and everyone else was desperate to level up as quickly as possible.

But this guy had waited until midday to show up.

"Does he think Qin Zhixue will lead him, so he has nothing to worry about?"

"No, I was keeping an eye out this morning. Qin Zhixue didn't go with Chen Ming today. She entered the Exotic Beast Forest with another girl."

"Haha, Qin Zhixue must have gotten sick of carrying him."

"Just wait. His ranking will probably drop right off the list today."

On top of a nearby high-rise.

Several principals and inspectors had also noticed Chen Ming's "late arrival."

"So this is the mental potential prodigy you told me about?"

Had the prodigy slept in?

The Inspector didn't even turn around. The Mechanical Crow perched on his shoulder turned to stare at Principal Zhou instead.

Principal Zhou broke into a cold sweat and swallowed.

He'd just finished telling the Inspector about Chen Ming, and then Chen Ming had shown up.

But he hadn't come back from outside the city. He'd walked over from within the city.

A few chuckles sounded behind him.

The other principals all shook their heads at the sight.

"How could someone like him have teamed up with Qin Zhixue? What a pity..."

"He's a disgrace to Cloud Sea City. Second place on the first day, and already so lazy, with no ambition at all."

"I'd thought that if Qin Zhixue insisted on bringing Chen Ming along, we could let him join the Abyss Squad and run a few dungeons. But now, that probably wouldn't be appropriate..."

Hearing this, even Principal Zhou couldn't help feeling awkward.

Just as he was about to say something, the Inspector let out a surprised "Hmm?"

"Interesting. That kid's already broken through 20% mental strength."

20%?!

Principal Zhou froze and looked out the window.

Chen Ming, who was some distance away, suddenly seemed to notice something. He actually turned around and glanced in their direction.

"Why do I feel like some powerful presence is watching me?"

Chen Ming looked toward the distant high-rise in confusion.

A moment ago, he'd felt as if a thorn were lodged in his back, but the sensation vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Never mind. Leveling up comes first."

He didn't give it another thought and walked out of the city alone.

His actions sparked a wave of discussion among the onlookers.

Yesterday, he'd left the city alone, and not many people had paid attention.

Today was different.

"What's Chen Ming doing, heading out of the city alone to level up? He's got some nerve."

"Heh, he's got no other choice, does he..."

"Qin Zhixue won't take him along, so who'd team up with him now? What else can he do but go alone?"

"Poor guy."

"Poor? This is all his own fault."

"Looks like he's heading toward Breeze Jungle."

When they saw where Chen Ming was headed, the crowd let out a wave of sighs.

Breeze Jungle was full of level 1 and 2 exotic beasts.

What level 3 class changer would choose a place like that?

As for whether Chen Ming might be heading beyond the safe zone, it didn't even cross their minds.

Forget level 3 class changers—even level 10 ones wouldn't dare set foot in the Exotic Beast Forest beyond the safe zone.

Two people in the crowd watched Chen Ming, their faces strange.

"So he really is Chen Ming!"

They were the same pair who had seen Chen Ming clear Breeze Jungle alone yesterday.

When they'd seen that a C-rank class had taken second place, they'd already suspected the ruthless fighter they'd seen yesterday was Chen Ming.

But everyone around them kept saying Chen Ming was someone who had teamed up with Qin Zhixue, which had made them doubt themselves.

After all, "that guy" had been a lone wolf who fought on his own.

"Then that means..."

The two exchanged a look, unable to hide their shock.

After leaving the outskirts beyond the city walls.

Chen Ming continued along the same route he'd taken yesterday.

"I'll have to pick up the pace today."

His original plan had been to level up at the same rate and reach level 5 today.

Then he'd be able to check out that "Comprehensive Dungeon."

But he'd already lost half a day and needed to hurry.

After all, the rankings by level for the first seven days of the Grand Exam would be finalized at 6 p.m. Chen Ming didn't want to fall out of the top three today.

He was counting on the rare resources reward.