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Chapter 86

“These four guys are too weak, even weaker than Ai Shangcheng and Chu Ding . I wonder how they made it here . ”

“The Super Training Camp might aim to select the elites from around the world, but it also tries to be fair by giving out quotas . So it got a mixed bag of good and not-so-good trainees .

“Indeed . The competition in the developed world is intense, and so those who are selected are strong . But in those poorer areas, arcanists are fewer, and so the level of strength of the trainees from these places are lower . ”

“Indeed . ”

The four of them chatted away over dinner . After that, they returned to their respective rooms and practiced self-cultivation .

The next morning, the hunt continued . The day passed uneventfully . At 18:00 hours, the six of them returned to the training camp on time and handed over their harvest .

The only thing left to do was to wait for the rankings to be announced tomorrow .

…

On Sunday afternoon, while Ling Jiu was still practicing self-cultivation, Shi Gang went to jolt him up . “The results are about to come out, Ling Jiu . Let’s check them out together!”

“What time is it now?” Ling Jiu asked .

“Five fifty . It is nearly six!”

Shi Gang looked anxious . “As per the rule, the leaderboard will be updated at six in the evening . Everybody has gone down there . We had better hurry!”

“All right!”

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When the two came to the center of the square, they found that almost everyone had been here . Ai Yuhe was pushing Yang Ling-er in a wheelchair, coming in their direction .

Ling Jiu said his hello’s to the two and shifted his attention to the giant screen that was still blank until the clock hit 18:00 hours .

“What do you think, Ling Jiu? What results will we get?” Shi Gang was becoming even more anxious .

“Who knows?” Ling Jiu shrugged . “But it shouldn’t be too bad . ”

“It’s up!”

“The leaderboard is up!”

Someone shouted, instantly attracting everyone’s attention . Ling Jiu looked up . Indeed, names had appeared on the screen .

‘My ranking shouldn’t be too bad!’

While thinking so, Ling Jiu scanned the leaderboard for his name .

No . 1: Zhou Ji, 1,500,000

‘It is not me at the top spot!’

Ling Jiu’s heart sank .

No . 2: Christopher Adam, 1,390,000

‘I am not in the second place too!’

No . 3: Hirano Hatake, 1,330,000

‘Third place, not me!’

Ling Jiu clenched his fists . Just then, he heard Shi Gang called out . “You are on the ninth, Ling Jiu . Ninth place!”

“Ninth?”

Ling Jiu’s eyes skipped the rest and shifted to the ninth place down the list . He saw his name .

No . 9: Ling Jiu, 615,000

“Only ninth?”

Ling Jiu’s heart sank to the bottom . This ranking was by no means low, but it did not meet his expectation .

In his mind, he wanted all the advanced vitality-enhancement fluid, advanced Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid, and the Level One cultivation room at Twelve Underground Chambers .

It was because only by enjoying the best benefits could he advance rapidly .

‘Ninth place?

‘Screw it!

‘Intermediate vitality-enhancement fluid .

‘Intermediate Gene Arcana-enhancement fluid .

‘Level Three of the Twelve Underground Chambers . ’

Ling Jiu felt a little depressed . It was his first time tasting failure .

He thought with his Arcana Replication and five types of replicated arcana, he would be one of the strongest trainees in the Super Training Camp . Hence, making it up to Top Three shouldn’t have been a problem .

But the result was a slap in his face . He did not even make it to Top Five, let alone Top Three . He barely squeezed through the Top Ten threshold .

‘Not only that, the gap between my result and the top three trainees’ is pretty huge . One-and-a-half-million, one-hundred-and-thirty-nine thousand, one hundred and thirty-three thousand, while mine is only sixty-one thousand five hundred—not even close!’

‘The gap is just…’

Ling Jiu suddenly realized that he had been underestimating others, and finally, the words of Jing Biao came to mind: the Super Training Camp is filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons .

At first, Ling Jiu did not take that seriously . But now he was witnessing it . Every peak sat under the shadow of another, so every man might meet one stronger than himself . He now realized he had to work harder .

In contrast, Shi Gang was euphoric . “I have got the twelfth place! Ling Jiu, I have got the twelfth place! Did you see that? I am twelfth!”

“Good for you!”

Ling Jiu forced a smile, then checked out the names down the leaderboard .

No . 10: Ai Yuhe, 608,000

No . 11: Yang Ling-er, 605,000

No . 12: Shi Gang, 601,000

Because the four of them were in a team, their scores were more or less the same .

Other than Shi Gang, who was very happy with his result, Ai Yuhe and Yang Ling-er were not so happy .

Ling Jiu did not get the result he wanted . But he was still at ninth place, which meant he could enter Level Three of the Twelve Underground Chambers and practiced self-cultivation there .

What about them?

Tenth and eleventh places .

Those were awkward results, meaning they could get one hour of self-cultivation practice on Level Four of the Twelve Underground Chambers .

Ling Jiu had three days for himself while they had only one hour .

The difference in benefits was a little huge . It was hard for top geniuses like them to accept .

“You three look not so happy . ”

Sensing their disappointment, Shi Gang stopped smiling . “Aren’t you all happy with the results?”

“That’s all right, just a little worse than expected . I am all right, since it is only the first round . We will work harder the next round . ”

At 23:50 hours, following the rule, Ling Jiu came to the Twelve Underground Chambers .

At this time, the door leading to the Twelve Underground Chambers had closed, and the remaining eight qualified trainees were all here .

There were three females and five males .

That would be three females and six males, including Ling Jiu . What surprised him was, other than himself, there were only two East Asians here .

In other words, there were only three East Asians among the qualified trainees .

‘In front of me are the two East Asians, Zhou Ji who is in the top place, and Hirano Hatake in the third place . ’

Ling Jiu could not help but look at the two East Asians . One was standing at 1 . 7 meters, unassuming and looking sturdy .

The other was tall, with piercing phoenix eyes and hooked nose, whom Ling Jiu felt was not as good as him .

‘I wonder which one is Zhou Ji . ’

While Ling Jiu mumbled to himself, that tall man walked over to him . “Hello, my name is Zhou Ji . Nice to meet you!”

He spoke Mandarin, typical Beijing accent as he self-introduced .

“Hi, my name is Ling Jiu!” Ling Jiu held out his hand .

“I am from Beijing Base City . What about you?” Zhou Ji appeared friendly .

“I am from Lantian Base City . ” Ling Jiu let out a smile . “Congratulations for getting the first place!”

“I got lucky this time . Probably it won’t be this easy next time!” Zhou Ji waved, as if the first ranking did not concern him . “There are many talented monsters in the Super Training Camp this time . Because of the limited self-cultivation resources last time, they did not reach their real potential . Once they spent some time practicing self-cultivation here, defeating them is going to be hard . ”

“Monsters?” Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow .

“The actual monsters!”

Zhou Ji looked at a handsome Caucasian guy . “Take that guy, Christopher Adam, for example . He’s the Top 2 this week . Do you know what his arcana are?”

Ling Jiu shook his head . Other than Ai Yuhe and a few others he knew; he knew none of the rest .

“That guy is from Italy, recruited by Pangu’s branch in Washington Base City . He is capable of Supersonic Shift Arcana and Angelization Arcana . ”