Chapter 92 92: The Suddenly Encountered Giant Beast
Boom!
A loud explosion echoed from the depths of the jungle not far away, intermingled with the screams of apprentices and the roars of magical beasts.
Due to the blockade of the plane barriers, the apprentices’ landing was nothing short of a disaster.
They were scattered like seeds randomly cast into the primitive forest before them, with landing points both random and dispersed.
With the delay in time, the entire primitive forest instantly transformed into a chaotic battlefield.
Some apprentices were ambushed by nearby low-tier magical beasts the moment they landed and had to hastily counterattack.
Some were surrounded by magical beasts while searching for companions, with cries for help echoing incessantly.
Some were unfortunate enough to fall directly into an indigenous trap, immediately sparking a conflict.
This vast and perilous forest had become their most brutal “first experience” since entering the academy.
Jeming, on his side, also encountered an enemy.
Strictly speaking, another unlucky fellow encountered a magical beast, and Jeming was merely collateral damage.
“Roar!!!”
An angry roar caused the entire ground to tremble.
In the distant jungle, towering trees fell one after another, allowing one to clearly sense the impending approach of a giant beast.
Jeming had no intention of fleeing; the energy information from the Deciphering Skill indicated that the giant beast had reached the level of a First Level Creature, within the range Jeming could handle.
“Perfect, let me test the level of creatures in this world.”
Raising his palm towards the distant, agitated jungle, a metal bracer appeared on his wrist at some unknown time.
Ten “gems” were embedded in the bracer, emitting a gentle glow as Jeming’s Spiritual Power became active.
Each gem on the bracer was a Talisman Witchcraft Artifact crafted by Jeming after multiple improvements.
Since the last academy trial, he had abandoned the variety of elemental attacks popular in the Wizard Realm, opting instead for the purest Energy Bullet.
In terms of sheer destructive power, the Energy Bullet might be somewhat weaker than other elemental witchcraft, but its greatest advantage was that it couldn’t be “immune” to by other spells or creatures.
Although the Energy Bullet was composed of energy, its unique structure allowed it to function as a solid projectile unaffected by gravity, causing purely physical damage.
Because of its special construction, whether compressing the Energy Bullet for penetrative damage or detonating it for an explosion, the resulting impact was purely physical.
Moments later, accompanied by the appearance of a disheveled Wizard Apprentice from the dense forest, the giant beast causing the great commotion emerged behind him.
“You?!”
The fleeing Wizard Apprentice was slightly startled upon seeing Jeming facing him, but quickly understood his intent from Jeming’s gaze and rolled to the other side without hesitation.
“Roar!”
With the crisp sound of trees snapping, a giant beast over ten meters tall burst into view—its rough, heavy gray skin covered in rock-like hard armor, with two rows of sharp bone spurs extending from its spine to its massive tail, each unconscious sweep of which toppled bushes and sent dirt flying.
Its head resembled that of a massive crocodile, with its murky yellow vertical pupils gleaming with cruelty and hunger. Its open mouth revealed jagged, dagger-like teeth, and a foul odor wafted over from a distance.
Its limbs were as sturdy as columns, causing the solid ground to tremble slightly with each step.
“Roar!!”
The deafening roar nearly tore the air apart, charged with primal power and rage as it lunged towards Jeming.
Clearly, it had discovered this new target standing in front of its “fleeing prey.”
Jeming’s expression remained unchanged as he steadily raised his arm. The ten “gems” on the metal bracer simultaneously lit up and hovered around his wrist, forming a halo of bright light.
Buzz…
A low humming sound emanated from his wrist as a stream of power accelerated through the intricate structure of the bracer.
“Not weak, let’s use the energy level of a Third Level Apprentice for now…”
In the next second, the space before Jeming was filled with a storm.
Swish, swish, swish, swish…
Pure streams of bright white light composed entirely of highly concentrated energy shot forth from his wrist at eye-blurring speeds!
Each Energy Bullet resembled a cannonball compressed to its limit, the front end reddening from the high-speed friction with the air, trailing a brief light trail from the tail.
The ten gems on Jeming’s wrist lit up rhythmically, with each glow representing the launch of multiple Energy Bullets.
This was the cooling method Jeming devised for his Talisman Witchcraft Artifact.
He borrowed the design philosophy of a certain Dr. Gatling from his past life and applied it to the creation of his Talisman Witchcraft Artifact.
Upon firing an Energy Bullet, the Talisman would immediately enter a cooling state, with the next Talisman ready to fire, taking turns without pause.
This ensured a high-frequency attack capability while providing each Talisman Witchcraft Artifact ample time to cool, avoiding overheating and achieving near-infinite continuous firepower.
In standard combat stance, Jeming regularly used ten Talisman Witchcraft Artifacts intricately embedded on special wristbands on both wrists.
These artifacts were crafted with precision, occupying minimal space, concealing their presence when not in use, but instantaneously deploying into two light rings during combat.
In this stance, he could fire fifty Energy Bullets per second, forming a dense barrage.
The attack frequency was enough to make one’s scalp tingle, like a white hot whip made purely of physical impact, continuously lashing at the giant beast’s vast form!
Bam, bam, bam, bam!!!
The intense sound of rain on an iron sheet exploded!
The initial strike precisely landed on the giant beast’s broad chest and the shoulder area of its arms.
The beast’s hardened gray armor was fiercely eroded by the energy barrage, with each light missile exploding with visible shockwave ripples.
The tough keratin layer shattered and peeled under the relentless physical blows!
“Aow-roar!”
The initial roar abruptly shifted to a cry of pained outrage!
The giant beast had never experienced such dense, unreasonable pure force.
Its massive body staggered backward from the relentless kinetic pounding, leaving deep pits with each step.
The bone spurs capable of effortlessly crushing rocks emitted fine cracking sounds in the face of the surging shockwaves!
The giant beast, accustomed to roaming this jungle with impunity, was clearly bewildered.
It instinctively tried to lift its massive forelimbs to crush this annoying speck, but the fierce barrage of light bullets battered its upper limbs, preventing it from drawing strength, and instead flipping it over.
It attempted to twist its body to evade, but the light whip followed its every move.
Its yellow vertical pupils distinctly reflected the human figure standing firmly with an outstretched wrist, and the strange metal ring spitting streams of destructive light—which was steadily wearing down its defenses.
(To be continued in the next chapter)
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- Chapter 269 - 240: Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol
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- Chapter 267 - 238: Codename: Black Giant
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- Chapter 265 - 236: The Final Push
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- Chapter 210 - 192: Yeti and Mutation
- Chapter 209 - 191: One Year
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- Chapter 207 - 189: Destroying the Corpses and Returning to Camp
- Chapter 206 - 188: Rational Betrayal
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- Chapter 203 - 187: Incubation Pool
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- Chapter 200 - 184: Underground Battle (Part 3)
- Chapter 199 - 183: Underground Battle (Part 2)
- Chapter 198 - 182: Underground Battle (Part 1)
- Chapter 197 - 181: Scattering and Exposure_2
- Chapter 196 - 181: Scattered and Exposed
- Chapter 195 - 180: Teaming Up
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- Chapter 191 - 177: One Year
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- Chapter 189 - 175: Tortoise Shell and Spoils of War
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- Chapter 186 - 172: War Rekindled
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- Chapter 183 - 170: Logistics Element Work (2)
- Chapter 182 169: The Work of the Logistics Element (Part 1)
- Chapter 181 168: War and Landing_3
- Chapter 180 168: War and Landing (Part 2)
- Chapter 179 168: War and Landing
- Chapter 178 167: Arrival and the Ice and Flame Plane
- Chapter 177 166: Departure and Intelligence
- Chapter 176 165: Assembly
- Chapter 175 164: Death Replacement Doll
- Chapter 174 163: Knowledge and Enrollment
- Chapter 173 - 162: Boundary Point
- Chapter 172 - 161: Crisis and a New Journey
- Chapter 171 - 160: All-Purpose Eye
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- Chapter 154 - 148: Predicament
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- Chapter 152 - 146: Death and the Plane
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- Chapter 149 - 144: Red Dust Heart Refining (Double-Length)
- Chapter 148 - 143: The New Academy
- Chapter 147 - 142: New Concept Materials
- Chapter 146 - 141: This—Is Numerical Value!
- Chapter 145 - 140: The Garden
- Chapter 144 - 139: Research
- Chapter 143 - 138: Preparations
- Chapter 142 - 137: David’s Ranking
- Chapter 141 - 136: The Fall of the Divine Spirits
- Chapter 140 - 135: The Subtle Uses of Red Dust Qi
- Chapter 139 - 134: Identity and Purpose (Part 2)
- Chapter 138 - 134: Identity and Purpose
- Chapter 137 - 133: Adjustments and Encounters
- Chapter 136 - 132: Mary and Four People
- Chapter 135 - 131: Runes and the Sage’s Disciple
- Chapter 134 130: Spatial Teleportation and Negotiation
- Chapter 133 129: Surveillance, Divination, and Unusual Presences
- Chapter 132 128: The Clever Ones (Part 2)
- Chapter 131 128: Clever People
- Chapter 130 127: Traitor? (Part 2)
- Chapter 129 - 127: Traitor?
- Chapter 128 - 126: Is David Dead?
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- Chapter 115 - 113: Alone
- Chapter 114 - 112: Extermination
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- Chapter 111 - 110: Trap (Part 2)
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- Chapter 109: Formidable Enemy
- Chapter 108: The Trap (Part 1)
- Chapter 107: Invented Magic Potion
- Chapter 106: The Senior’s Secondhand Bicycle
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- Chapter 99: Preparations for Advancement
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- Chapter 97 97: Intelligence (2nd Update, Please Subscribe)
- Chapter 96 96: Outpost
- Chapter 95 95: Getting in Sync
- Chapter 94 94: Reunion
- Chapter 93 93: Test
- Chapter 92 92: The Suddenly Encountered Giant Beast
- Chapter 91 91: Adjustment
- Chapter 90 90: Entry
- Chapter 89 89: Elorcia
- Chapter 88 88: Geniuses
- Chapter 87 87: Headquarters
- Chapter 86 86: 9 Years
- Chapter 85 85: Severing Mortal Ties
- Chapter 84 84: New Mission
- Chapter 83 83: A Half Step Further
- Chapter 82 82: Fundamental Settings of the World
- Chapter 81 81: Creation from Nothing
- Chapter 80: Foundation Establishment
- Chapter 79: All a Setup
- Chapter 78: Magic Potion
- Chapter 77: Planning
- Chapter 76: I Want This!
- Chapter 75: Light Transformation
- Chapter 74: Rest
- Chapter 73: Busy
- Chapter 72: The Wizard's Needs
- Chapter 71: The Assignment
- Chapter 70: A New Cycle of Reincarnation
- Chapter 69 69: Money Power
- Chapter 68 68: Treasure Refinement
- Chapter 67 67: Raw Materials
- Chapter 66 66: Journeying
- Chapter 65: Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror
- Chapter 64: Magical Treasure
- Chapter 63: Advancement
- Chapter 62: Points of Difficulty
- Chapter 61 61: King Without a Crown
- Chapter 60 60: Rankings
- Chapter 59 59: High Tier Wizards
- Chapter 58 58: The Sudden Addition
- Chapter 57 57: The End
- Chapter 56 56: Full Firepower
- Chapter 55 55: Transformation
- Chapter 54 54: Joining the Battle
- Chapter 53 53: Information
- Chapter 52: The True Test
- Chapter 51: Ambush
- Chapter 50: The Trap in Plain Sight
- Chapter 49: Vacuum Zone
- Chapter 48: Ambush and Geniuses
- Chapter 47: Strength and Weakness
- Chapter 46: The Indigenous People's Counterattack
- Chapter 45: Indigenous People
- Chapter 44: Unusual Traces
- Chapter 43: Shock
- Chapter 42: Magical Beast
- Chapter 41: Testing
- Chapter 40: Gray Rock Realm
- Chapter 39: Departure
- Chapter 38: The Opening
- Chapter 37: Testing
- Chapter 36: Talisman Witchcraft Artifact
- Chapter 35: News
- Chapter 34: Ideas
- Chapter 33: Alchemy and Talismans
- Chapter 32: The Orthodox and the Cannon Fodder
- Chapter 31: Power
- Chapter 30: New Beginnings
- Chapter 29: Cleared of Suspicion
- Chapter 28: Level 2 Training Protocol
- Chapter 27: Review (Part 2)
- Chapter 26: Review (Part 1)
- Chapter 25: The Calm Before the Storm
- Chapter 24: What the Hell!
- Chapter 23: Purple Qi and Concepts
- Chapter 22: Qi Cultivation Level 2
- Chapter 21: Thunderstruck
- Chapter 20: An Anonymous Masterpiece
- Chapter 19: Victor
- Chapter 18: Points, Oh Points
- Chapter 17: Anticipation
- Chapter 16: Refinement
- Chapter 15: Refined Gold
- Chapter 14: Task
- Chapter 13: Alchemy
- Chapter 12: The First Lesson
- Chapter 11: Initiation
- Chapter 10: Amy
- Chapter 9: Cafeteria
- Chapter 8: Meditation Method
- Chapter 7: Enrollment
- Chapter 6: Alchemy
- Chapter 5: Orthodoxy and Trials
- Chapter 4: The Cruel Truth
- Chapter 3: Promotion and Concealment
- Chapter 2: Talent Assessment
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