On the field at Martial Arts High School.
One after another, flashes of white light appeared as students left the Instance Dungeon.
They groaned in frustration.
"Ugh... What rotten luck. I hadn't gotten far before I ran into a level 5 cat monster. One swipe nearly emptied my health bar."
"Same here. I couldn't beat any of the ferocious beasts I ran into. Good thing I was quick to crush my Teleport Stone."
"This year's exam is way too hard."
"I should just go home and sell pancakes..."
"Holy crap! Someone's score is over a hundred!"
"What? Who?!"
Several students looked up and saw the rankings displayed on the screen.
First place: Lin Junhao, 103 points.
Second place: Jiang Yuan, 98 points.
Third place: Lin Qingyan, 70 points.
Fourth place: Xia Qinghou, 67 points.
"Damn... Over a hundred already? That's insane."
"No wonder. He's a rare Class Changer who awakened an S-rank talent."
The students marveled among themselves.
"Jiang Yuan's pretty terrifying too. He's already at 98 points, so he's just a hair away from a hundred."
"What class is he, anyway? What talent did he awaken?"
"Come to think of it, isn't Goddess Lin a healer with a healing talent? How'd she get such a high score, too?" someone asked, puzzled.
"Ah! Someone's over 150 points now!"
A female mage stared at her phone, her voice full of disbelief.
"What?!"
The eliminated students hurriedly pulled out their phones. Someone had already posted Beijiang City's entrance exam rankings on social media.
At the top was a girl named Pei Congyun.
"She's the girl from Beijiang No. 1 High School who awakened an SS-rank talent and became a Necromancer, right?"
"Of course she's a monster. She's ridiculously strong."
"The gap between us is hard to imagine."
The students lamented, bemoaning the unfairness of fate.
On the raised platform, Principal Liu He sighed, "This year's exam is tough, but the students are impressive, too."
The head of the academic affairs office, who oversaw the S Class, furrowed his brow.
The vice principal asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just find it a little strange. I know Lin Junhao's abilities. He's only around the middle of the S Class. He awakened an S-rank nature-type talent, sure, but could he really have improved this much in such a short time?" The head of academic affairs sounded doubtful.
"Honestly, I'm surprised he's already scored over a hundred points."
Zhang Yiming smiled. "What's so surprising? Maybe he was hiding his strength before. Just like Jiang Yuan in our class—who could've guessed he'd suddenly make a name for himself?"
Just then, the score beside Jiang Yuan's name jumped twice, reaching 100.
"See? He's over a hundred now."
"Lao Zhang, you'd better tone down that grin. Your mouth's practically stretching to the back of your head."
"Is it? Hahaha!"
"I'm home!"
Mo Xixi rushed inside. She didn't even stop to talk to Tao Yufeng, who was cooking in the kitchen, but headed straight for her room.
A moment later, a shriek came from inside, making Tao Yufeng jump.
"What is it? What happened?"
"Mom, come look! Hurry!"
Mo Xixi came dashing out, bursting with excitement. "Look! Yuan-ge is second in the whole city!"
"He really is!"
Tao Yufeng wiped her hands and looked at the image on her phone. She was just as thrilled.
"Good. To celebrate your cousin getting such a great score, I'll make two extra dishes tonight."
"All right!"
In the Abyss of the Sea of Trees Instance Dungeon.
After parting ways with the Assassin girl, Pei Jia, Jiang Yuan walked several thousand meters deeper into the area before checking out his newly acquired skill.
[Martial God Avatar]: Creates an avatar with 10% of the user's health. It has the same attributes and techniques as the original (talents and skills cannot be used). The original can share vision with the avatar. The avatar can fight or train, and any experience gained from killing ferocious beasts, along with the results of its training, will be returned to the original. No range limit or time limit. Maintaining the avatar consumes 10 stamina per second. If it is killed, it can be summoned again after twenty-four hours.
"..."
Another ridiculously overpowered skill!
It had the same attributes as him, no range or time limit, and even returned training results and experience from killing monsters...
Wasn't this basically like having an extra life on an unlimited-use alternate account?!
Jiang Yuan was beginning to realize just how absurd the mythic Martial God class was.
It was ridiculously overpowered!
"Martial God Avatar."
As he activated the skill—
"Whoosh!"
A whirlwind appeared out of nowhere in front of him.
When it died down, a figure shrouded in black stood before Jiang Yuan.
It looked like his reflection in a mirror, wearing the same clothes and matching his height and build. The only difference was its face, which wasn't made of flesh and blood, but of countless black threads—a featureless, chaotic mass.
"Crouch."
It immediately crouched.
"Jump."
It jumped at once.
"Practice the Immortal Body Tempering Technique."
It immediately began practicing the first form.
It had no thoughts or independent will. Jiang Yuan's thoughts were its commands.
Jiang Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
"Now go kill ferocious beasts in the opposite direction from me."
The avatar pushed off the ground and vanished into the wind.
"Handy."
Jiang Yuan was impressed.
Although it consumed 10 stamina per second, that was nothing to him.
As long as he kept the Kindling Breathing Technique running, his absurd recovery rate could restore 5 to 10 stamina per second.
The Undying Phoenix Flame and Immortal Body Tempering Technique also kept his stamina topped up.
Unless he encountered a powerful enemy that forced him to use skills repeatedly, or got trapped in a grueling battle with no way out, Jiang Yuan didn't need to worry about running out of stamina.
He freely allocated ten attribute points. After feeling the power in his body grow, he looked at the skill glowing on his attribute panel: [Infinite Amplification].
"I wonder what it'll amplify this time?"
Full of anticipation, he said the two words, "Use it."
[ Ding! You used your talent—Infinite Amplification (Primordial Grade). Random amplification in progress...]
[ Ding! Your pet egg (Gold Tier) has been amplified 100,000 times. You obtained 1 pet egg (Mythic).]
Before Jiang Yuan could react, the pet egg that had been in his system inventory suddenly appeared before him.
Its once-white shell had turned a deep black, covered in intricate patterns of gold, red, and black.
It seemed to contain truths and mysteries beyond the understanding of mortals.
Like a divine mark!
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