"Did she sign up for my class?" Saerjia immediately asked again.
The teaching assistant glanced at the student list and nodded again.
"Ha!" Saerjia's smile turned cold. "She signed up for my class? Bai Xiao's student dares to sign up for my class?"
In class, as with most courses, the teaching assistant lectured while the professor sat to the side.
The Prism Shield used in this lesson is a level four shield.
Level 4 shield is an advanced defensive technique, and it's basically the highest level of shield that most Awakened learn.
As for the pinnacle of Energy Shield —level five shields—it requires a certain level of compatible talent to learn.
Many high-level Awakened only reach level four. This is partly because their Wilderness Body are not compatible, and partly because high-level Awakened have comprehensive abilities, often including defensive ones.
"... In this way, energy consumption can be reduced through this energy circuit, thereby deflecting some of the energy attack."
The teaching assistant spent most of the class time explaining a set of basic principles.
As the end of get out of class approached, she addressed the more than one hundred students present. "Now you can try your first attempt at condensation. Don't strive for perfection; do what you can."
In the very first lesson, this process is not meant to require students to learn everything, but rather to analyze the key points of construction and point out common mistakes.
"Yes."
Shields of various shapes began to materialize in front of everyone, differing from the standard shields being demonstrated.
Normally at times like this, everyone's attention is focused on the level of their own shields.
However, many people still couldn't help but glance in Wen Jing's direction, curious about what kind of level four shield she could condense in the first lesson.
It had only been four days since Wen Jing started attending classes at Azure Jade, yet her terrifying comprehension ability had already spread Azure Jade.
Moreover, this Prism Shield is an improvement on another type of Energy Shield by the Azure Jade Academy. It has exclusive copyright and is not even sold in the Integral mall, so it's impossible for Wen Jing to learn it in advance.
Just then, Saerjia, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them, a glint of shrewdness flashing within them.
"Wait, let me test their shields this time!"
Upon hearing this, not only did the students present tense up, but the teaching assistant's expression also changed visibly.
However, Saerjia had already stood up and walked towards the group of students who had just erected their shields.
The teaching assistant gritted his teeth, still keeping an eye on Saerjia's pressure, and stepped forward, forcing a smile, "Professor, this is the first time we've condensed this, everyone's still getting used to it, shall I do it?"
Saerjia glared unhappily at the teaching assistant, then his gaze shifted and locked onto Wen Jing, who stood in the center of the Ocher Soil students, with an Energy Shield erected in front of him.
"Don't we have a famous genius here?"
Saerjia ignored the teaching assistant, walked past her, and headed straight towards where the Ocher Soil exchange students were.
As a fully Awakened, his imposing aura filled the entire classroom during those few steps, like a ferocious beast suddenly baring its fangs.
This is deliberately making things difficult! This is absolutely intentional!
Not to mention Wen Jing and the other Azure Jade exchange students, every student present could see it.
On the fourth day of attending classes at Azure Jade, Wen Jing noticed that in many of the advanced courses taught by professors at Azure Jade, there were quite a few instances of professors leaving their computers unattended while teaching assistants taught the classes.
Saerjia's initial performance clearly indicated he was also an AFK (away from keyboard) player.
Now, however, they have suddenly launched an attack, and their purpose is quite clear—it is aimed at Wen Jing.
The pressure released by Saerjia was real and tangible, directly causing the energy circuits of the students on site to become sluggish, making it difficult to maintain their shields.
Moreover, the greater the difference in the level of the Wilderness Body, the greater the pressure felt.
Wherever his two-meter-tall figure passed, the shields of the nearby Azure Jade students began to become unstable.
When Saerjia was less than ten meters away from Wen Jing, the shield that one of the Ocher Soil students standing next to her had just conjured was the first to break, shattering like a punctured balloon.
Only the Prism Shield in front of Wen Jing, which was much smaller than the standard model, remained firmly in place.
The other person took two more steps closer, bringing the distance to five meters.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The shields of the remaining five Ocher Soil students shattered one after another, and unfortunately, several Azure Jade students in this direction also failed to hold on.
However, as the core bearing the most pressure, Wen Jing's shield still held up.
This scene also caused Saerjia's initially aggressive expression to freeze.
"Snort!"
Suddenly, he let out a cold snort, and all the pressure he was under exploded!
The classroom was instantly filled with the sounds of shields shattering and students groaning; even the teaching assistant instinctively raised a shield.
Finally, at this moment, Wen Jing's shield structure began to change.
The hexagonal facets on the Prism Shield, which had been undulating and rotating, transformed into octagons... Her shield wasn't shattering; it was expanding!
As Saerjia's pressure increased, the shield completely enveloped the six pale-faced and pale -Ocher Soil looking classmates around Wen Jing.
The assistant coach, who had been thinking about how to stop Saerjia, suddenly widened his eyes.
Gazing Wen Jing the exquisitely crafted shield, its energy flowing rhythmically, she couldn't help but murmur, "This energy circuit... adding nodes instead of increasing energy intensity to expand the shield's range... it can actually do that?!"
The impact was significantly deflected and dispersed by the prisms on the shield, like water flowing on smooth pebbles, sliding outwards.
Through the shield, Wen Jing met Saerjia's gaze with an expressionless face.
"Would the professor like to personally conduct the test?"
Saerjia, sitting opposite him, suddenly began to breathe heavily, his eyes bloodshot, as if the Wen Jing before him reminded him of some unpleasant memory, and he could no longer conceal his furious emotions.
"You... are very good, very good."
Just as he was about to lose control and make a move, the assistant coach behind him suddenly shouted in a very loud voice:
"Time's up, Professor, get out of class is over!"
"..."
After what seemed like an exceptionally long few seconds, these words finally brought Saerjia back to his senses.
He glanced around; the shields of all the other students in the classroom had shattered, forced far away by the pressure he released. Only the area where Wen Jing's shield had been extended was the only safe haven.
He could use classroom tests to explain it away at first, but if a B-level fully Awakened really attacked a student, Dean Fu would be the first to not let him off the hook, even before Bai Xiao could cause him any trouble.
After his face changed color several times, alternating between white and green, Saerjia turned and left.
"Get out of class dismissed!"
The tense atmosphere in the classroom immediately relaxed, and everyone looked at Wen Jing with complicated expressions, as if they had survived a disaster.
The Prism Shield then disappeared from her hand.
Despite Saerjia's deliberate provocation, it remained intact throughout the entire process.
The teaching assistant glanced at Wen Jing with a look that seemed to be witnessing something, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. However, after thinking of something, he left without saying a word.
" Wen Jing..." The six people from Ocher Soil instinctively surrounded Wen Jing, wanting to say something.
"You should go now, I have class later."
Wen Jing waved his hand, saying it wouldn't delay him at all.
As for Saerjia's matter, the teacher has been unable to contact him recently, so she decided to take some time to ask Xie Ming about it.
Chapter 135
News from the Prism Shield classroom spread incredibly fast.
If Wen Jing's shield had collapsed like the other students', Saerjia's targeting wouldn't have been so obvious; or if she were just a Azure Jade student, the situation wouldn't have escalated.
But when Wen Jing's shield held up and also enveloped all the Ocher Soil students nearby, the situation changed.
Wen Jing is not a student of Azure Jade, but an exchange student from Ocher Soil.
The matter quickly escalated to the level of both Azure Jade and Ocher Soil academies.
Therefore, when Wen Jing finished her last class of the day, before she could even ask, she saw Xie Ming's message on her smart device.
"Tutor."
After the communication was connected, Xie Ming's familiar holographic image appeared in the villa. This time, he didn't appear to be in the usual laboratory, but in an office.
I already know about what happened to Saerjia today.
Wen Jing was also surprised. "I was thinking of asking you about it, but I didn't expect you to know first."
"To be precise, this happened a little later than I expected," Xie Ming said, stroking his chin.
Even when facing Saerjia, a fully Awakened B-rank, he wasn't worried that Wen Jing would suffer any losses—after all, Dean Bai had personally certified that he was strong enough to kill him, so what losses could Wen Jing possibly suffer?
Having come this far, Xie Ming is very familiar with just how abnormal Wen Jing's development is.
Seeing his expression, Wen Jing immediately understood without needing any further explanation.
"So he's targeting me because of the teacher?"
If it were simply a factional conflict, Saerjia wouldn't have lost control of her emotions so much; she felt it was more likely a personal grudge.
"Back in the Mystic Radiance Academy, practically every one of us in our year got beaten up by her... oh, I should say it wasn't just our year." Xie Ming nodded. "I was quite surprised that you only encountered the first professor who jumped out to make things difficult for you on your fifth day at Azure Jade."
Just as I expected...
Recalling Dean Ailin had said about Dean Bai being a champion in two Academy League during his university years, Wen Jing had guessed this.
The Mystic Radiance Academy, which only admits high-level Awakened, has graduates who, if they don't perish, now occupy top positions in various industries.
As the core hub for cultivating Awakened, the status and importance of the three academies are self-evident; it is no exaggeration to call them the heart of the Federation.