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Chapter 84

“Phew!”

“I’m exhausted!”

Shi Gang slumped to the ground, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead . Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er also breathed a sigh of relief .

It had only been just a moment, but the battle was hair-raising . Lucky for them, they had been working well as a team . Otherwise, it would be hard to know what would have happened .

“We made it!”

Ling Jiu walked back up . “Give yourself a pat on the back; we have just killed a Class-Six Direbeast together . ”

“This is a notorious Compound-Eyed Wombat . What we achieved is truly commendable!”

Shi Gang chortled . “Luckily that Yuhe had used her Dimensional Shackle to stop it from using its Arcana Replication in time . If not, we would have been done for . ”

“Compound-Eyed Wombat? The Arcana Replication?” Ling Jiu was startled .

“You don’t know what it is, Ling Jiu?”

Shi Gang pointed at the body of the Direbeast . “This is a notorious Compound-Eyed Wombat that could replicate the abilities of other Direbeasts for its own use!

“So it was far stronger than the ordinary Class-Six Direbeasts . Had it not been for Yuhe’s Dimensional Shackle, we would have been in great danger . ”

“It was a team effort!”

Ai Yuhe reached to draw her hair to the back of her ear . “The eyes of the Compound-Eyed Wombat are the most valuable part of its body . If we could gouge them out, we could sell them for a good price . ”

“Yep . They are the key ingredient for Second Awakening potion . Once the potion is consumed by those arcanists with replication ability, their Arcana Replication will undergo Second Awakening . ” Shi Gang nodded in agreement .

“Second Awakening?” Ling Jiu was none the wiser .

“Don’t you know the Second Awakening?” Ai Yuhe looked at Ling Jiu in surprise .

“I have never heard of it before . ” Ling Jiu shook his head .

“I can’t believe it . ”

At first, Ai Yuhe had wanted to take a jab at Ling Jiu . But when she thought of Ling Jiu’s background, she realized she could not blame him .

“In fact, our arcana could undergo a Deep Awakening, which is the so-called Second Awakening, or even Third Awakening . ”

“Deep Awakening?” Ling Jiu’s heart skipped a beat .

“The awakening we underwent during first test of arcana is called the Initial Awakening . The next awakening is called the Second Awakening . ”

Ai Yuhe explained . “The Second Awakening is far harder than the Initial Awakening . But after the Second Awakening, our arcana will grow stronger, just like my Dimensional Arcana . ”

“I could only perform some simple manipulations of dimensions after my Initial Awakening so I hunted the Void Falcons and collected their bladders just to find someone to make a Second Awakening potion for my Dimensional Arcana .

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“And I succeeded .

“After my Second Awakening, my Dimensional Arcana has become more powerful . So Ling Jiu, you have done me a big favor when you helped me hunt those Void Falcons last time . ”

“It’s okay . ” Ling Jiu’s eyes flashed . “How to make the Second Awakening potion?”

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“Different types of arcana need different types of Second Awakening potion . Take me for an example; for my Dimensional Arcana, the key ingredient is the air bladder of the Void Falcon,” Ai Yuhe explained . “You are of Earth-, Gravity-, and Power-type arcana . You need to find the organs of the Direbeasts with these abilities .

“Once you have found these things, hand them to the company, and the company will do the rest .

“Of course, you can always get it from the black market . Just that it will cost an arm and a leg . Besides, there is no guarantee that the resulting potion will be reliable . ”

“I see . ”

There was a light in Ling Jiu’s eyes as he glanced at the Compound-Eyed Wombat .

Shi Gang had just said that the eyes of the Compound-Eyed Wombat were the key ingredient in making the Second Awakening potion for the replication ability . Did that mean Ling Jiu just needed to gouge out its eyes, and he would be well on the way to making the Second Awakening potion?

‘Hold on a second! The Arcana Replication?’

“Did you just mention the Arcana Replication, Shi Gang?” Ling Jiu put up a confused expression . “Is there really an Arcana Replication in this world?”

“The Arcana Replication used to be a hypothesis and assumption . But it has become real this year . ” Shi Gang nodded . “There have been a few people reportedly awakened to Arcana Replication this year . Don’t you feel strange?”

“I have heard about it, too . ”

Ai Yuhe nodded in agreement . “Just that the Arcana Replication of these people are imperfect, with a lot of limitations . ”

“The effect of some Arcana Replication would not last long . The replication ability would disappear after some time . Some Arcana Replication would stop working after one or two arcana were replicated…

“All in all, the effectiveness of the Arcana Replication leaves much to be desired . It is far from God’s perfect replication ability that people have always been thinking . ”

“Indeed . But even then, the Arcana Replication arcanists are still sought after . I heard that many arcana combines were fighting for these talents . ” Shi Gang nodded, then suddenly took a jab at Ling Jiu . “There is a ton of information in the forums and arcanist groups . Don’t you browse these forums?”

“I am afraid that he is too busy with practicing self-cultivation and has no time for this . ” Ai Yuhe smirked .

“You know me best!” Ling Jiu scratched his head, looking embarrassed with a polite smile on his face . But deep down, there was a stormy sea of emotions .

He was not the only person capable of Arcana Replication . Some other people have been awakened to this ability . Besides, it all happened this year, which was something strange .

The key thing was, these awakened Arcana Replication arcanists were sought after . Did that mean he could now reveal his replication ability?

He figured he needed to find out people’s attitude toward Arcana Replication . If Arcana Replication was no longer a secret, then there was no point for him to hide it anymore .

Of course, this was not the point . The key thing was the Second Awakening .

‘If my Arcana Replication could undergo a Second Awakening, will I become stronger just like what Ai Yuhe said? Stronger in what respect?’

“Let’s move on and hunt the Direbeasts . ”

While Ling Jiu was still deep in thought, a pat on his shoulder by Shi Gang jolted him out of his little world . He quickly nodded .

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As all the trainees swung into actions, the number of Class-4 and Class-5, even Class-6 Direbeasts around the fortress quickly dwindled

Within a day, those Direbeasts within 50 miles radius had been wiped out completely . This made hunting the Direbeasts even more difficult unless they looked deeper into the wilderness .

On Friday morning, Ling Jiu and three others continued their hunting . They now aimed at Class-6 Direbeasts because of the lack of Class-5 Direbeasts .

With Ling Jiu as the tank, Shi Gang as the mage, Ai Yuhe as support, and Yang Ling-er as the assassin, their tacit cooperation became the most lethal weapon . By the end of the day, they had hunted 80 Class-6 Direbeasts, which they were extremely happy about .

“A Class-Six Direbeast earns 10,000 scores . We have hunted one hundred and sixty of them these two days, which means we have one point six million scores in total . Each person gets four hundred thousand scores!”

Inside the maglev airship, the four of them chatted away over dinner, and Shi Gang was especially excited . “Making it to top thirty shouldn’t be a problem, I guess?”

“Who knows?” Ling Jiu said . “We will go into the deeper part of the wilderness tomorrow and hunt as many Class-Six Direbeasts as possible . The more, the merrier!”

“Wish us the best of luck!”

A smile broke out on Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er’s faces . They were happy about today’s achievement, too .

Suddenly, there were loud knocks on the door . “Open the door! Courier service! Quickly open the door!”

“Someone has come!”

“The last I checked; the airship was in stealth mode . How did people find us?”

“The stealth mode can only hide us from the Direbeasts, but not the instrument on other trainees’ hands . Yuhe, open the door and see what they want from us . ”

“Okay . ”