The blinding blue light faded away, and the twisted sense of space receded like a tide.

Jeming stood firmly on the ground. After a moment of dizziness, he opened his eyes.

According to the previously planned action strategy, Jeming activated the Talisman Witchcraft the instant the teleportation ended.

In the blink of an eye, three layers of shields, each with different colors, appeared around him.

Not until then did Jeming have the time to carefully observe his surroundings. The originally crowded square full of people had vanished, and in front of him was only a desolate wasteland.

Jeming was standing on a vast plain, with a gray, rugged rocky ground below and a mysterious forest shrouded in dense fog in the distance.

Further away, jagged mountain peaks stood like skeletal remains.

The air was filled with a scorching, sulfuric smell mixed with the scent of decaying unfamiliar vegetation, giving one a primitive and wild impact.

“Huh?”

Jeming exclaimed in surprise, immediately noticing something was off—the elemental power pervading this world was completely different from what he felt at Nolun Academy.

It was like a runaway horse, extremely lively, and even carried a kind of violent instability.

He could feel the fire element around him burning with a searing intensity, the wind element restlessly sweeping past his ears, and the earth element so heavy that it seemed almost solidified.

This was definitely not a gentle plane.

“With elemental power so violent… energy-type magic will have significantly increased destructive power here. But correspondingly, the control ability of the wizard’s spiritual power will need to rise sharply. A slight mistake could lead to magic losing control or even backfiring on oneself.”

Jeming extended his fingers, trying to use his spiritual power to harness the surrounding elemental power.

Watching the energy cluster coalesce and then rapidly expand, he immediately drew a conclusion in his heart.

For him… is this considered good news?

After all, his Talisman Witchcraft relies on the interaction between the structure of the talisman and the environmental elements. This kind of violent environment could let the Talisman Witchcraft unleash more powerful effects.

Of course, excessively violent elemental power could possibly make the Talisman Witchcraft more prone to damage.

However, from a testing perspective, this could also indirectly verify the stability of the Talisman Witchcraft.

Looking around, his view was obstructed by the undulating terrain and the tall vegetation in the distance.

The roars of beasts and the sound of wings flapping came from afar, but no specific threats were visible.

“In such an unfamiliar environment, it’s uncertain where danger might emerge from. It seems that simple attack, defense, and mobility aren’t nearly enough for wilderness survival; reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance are equally important, if not more so. Sensing potential threats and hiding one’s tracks… these are the keys to survival in unfamiliar environments.”

Jeming immediately realized his shortcomings: “Not bad, learned a bit more.”

With the thought of “prioritizing the creation of reconnaissance-type Talisman Witchcraft next time” firmly lodged in his mind, Jeming did not rush to take action but decided to first test how his existing Talisman Witchcraft prototypes performed in this plane.

Having already deployed his Defensive Talisman Witchcraft, the current performance seemed decent.

Especially the Earth Attribute Shield, which had increased defensive power due to the issue with elemental forces here, but the other two types of shields seemed to become quite unstable.

“The shields can all be constructed successfully, it’s just that at the moment of construction, the violent elemental power causes minor fluctuations in the Talisman Witchcraft, which requires quick stabilization with spiritual power… I’ll mainly use the Earth Attribute Shield from now on.”

“Next…”

With a thought, the Moving Talisman Witchcraft disguised as a pendant at his waist began to glow faintly.

A buoyant force emerged, lifting his body.

With a gentle leap forward, he seemed to be held aloft by an invisible wind, gliding forward at a speed much faster than normal running.

Under the influence of the violent wind element in the Barbaric Plane, his speed seemed to be a few notches faster than during practice at the academy, but it required slightly more concentrated spiritual control.

Lastly, the Attack-type Talisman Witchcraft.

Pointing casually at a large rock in the distance, Jeming focused his mind.

A fireball the size of an adult’s head appeared out of thin air, hurtling towards the rock with a piercing whistle.

Boom!

A much louder explosion than he had anticipated erupted, shattering the rock into fragments that scattered through the air!

The violent fire element, instantly activated under the guidance of the talisman, made the power of the fireball seem more than doubled compared to during practice at the academy.

“Wow… marvelous.” Jeming was quite satisfied with this performance.

The violently charged elemental power of this plane indeed greatly enhanced the attack effect of the Talisman Witchcraft.

Though it might increase the difficulty of control, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.

After completing the test, Jeming stowed away the Talisman Witchcraft.

He had only two objectives for this trial:

First, to thoroughly test the actual combat effect of the Talisman Witchcraft in a true Barbaric Plane, understanding its limits, strengths, and weaknesses.

Second, a goal he had just established, Jeming planned to collect unique material samples from this plane.

With elemental power so violent in this place, the materials nurtured here must possess unique properties.

As for points?

Jeming was not overly concerned.

With the support of the Second Level Cultivation Agreement, he didn’t need to strive for first place to prove himself; it sufficed to ensure his final points ranked him in the top 10%, securing the qualification to participate in the large-scale test held by Nolun Workshop five years later.

Focusing his mind, Jeming activated the Moving Talisman Witchcraft, casually selecting a direction with higher elemental power concentration to accelerate forward.

After all, based on common sense, the higher the concentration of elemental power, the richer the resources would be over there, but the potential danger would also be higher.

And this precisely aligned with Jeming’s two purposes.

During his flight, he occasionally encountered other wizard apprentices using Flying Skills or Acceleration Techniques both in the air and on the ground.

When those apprentices saw him, most had wary looks in their eyes.

Evidently, many hadn’t expected to encounter others here so quickly, nor did they expect that someone else’s speed would seem faster than their own.

Because it was still early in their exploration of this plane, while apprentices had a competitive mindset, tensions hadn’t escalated yet; after all, no one had accumulated many points yet and a fight now might leave them vulnerable to others.

Thus, those apprentices just cast a glance at Jeming from afar and immediately altered their direction, cautiously moving away from him.

Occasionally, some who felt they potentially couldn’t escape Jeming’s “pursuit” would stop and assume a ready posture.

At those times, Jeming would merely give them a quick glance, then manipulate his Moving Talisman Witchcraft, also heading away from them at an even faster speed, to leave their perception range.

Indeed, he intended to test the combat capabilities of the Talisman Witchcraft, but he wasn’t in a hurry to fight other humans; testing on a few live targets first seemed more prudent.

(Additional update today, another chapter coming.)

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