Chương 75: War God’s : — Chapter 75 - King-Tier Talent, Alluring Demonic Mara Body

"Chen Yuting, what are you muttering about?" The homeroom teacher nearby noticed something.

"Nothing..." Chen Yuting pressed her lips into a faint smile.

"I was just thinking about tomorrow's talent awakening. What kind of talents will our classmates awaken... Wang Xian, what talent will you awaken?" With today's assessment wrapped up, Chen Yuting's words stirred the class's interest. A heated discussion began. Martial talent is an eternal topic in this era. It's the traffic driver countless media outlets scramble for. It's also the best opportunity countless students yearn for to change their fates. Not highly skilled in techniques?

No problem, just awaken a good talent. No natural aptitude for martial arts? No problem. With a good martial talent, you can still train, and you'll be stronger than others. Low life force? Even less of a problem. Use your talent, and the power brought by transcendence will instantly boost a martial artist's life force. In an instant, you can surpass others. Even in the upcoming real combat assessment, with martial talent backing you, who knows how much your strength will improve?

Real combat inevitably means facing exotic beasts. Exotic beasts are so powerful that without martial talent, a martial artist can hardly match their edge! A single F-rank exotic beast can beat down a whole group of First Realm Martial Artists. But with talent, that's impossible. If this isn't defying fate and changing your destiny, then what is?

"I hope I awaken a weapon-soul type talent, turning my hand into a sword, nurturing a weapon with my body! Give me a finger blade!"

"Body-type talents are good, easy to train, with countless predecessors' experience to draw from. I hope for an eye-related body talent...

'Illusion Pupil' would be nice."

"If you train the Illusion Pupil talent far enough, it can do mild see-through vision, right? What are you trying to pull, kid?"

"Damn, your mind's filthy, don't drag me into it. I want to study medicine. With this talent, I'll definitely become a great divine doctor someday!"

"Elemental talents are better. Give me 'Swift Lightning.' Once I train the advanced Rushing Thunder Sword Technique later, with talent boosting it, one move of Thunderous Force sweeps everything away!"

"Hey, you noobs, you don't even dare to dream big. Come on, that weapon-soul guy, just give you a King-tier 'Graveyard of Ten Thousand Weapons' directly, turning your body into ten thousand weapons. What the hell is a mere finger blade worth?"

"That body-type guy, give you a King-tier 'Thousand-Calamity Bone.' Broken bones regenerate, undying and indestructible."

"That elemental talent guy, give you 'Nine Heavens Thunder Wrath.' What damn Rushing Thunder Sword Technique? At the Seventh Realm, you could directly train the Nation-Guarding Sword Technique, the supreme sword path school 'Divine Sword Thunder-Guiding Style,' pulling way ahead of everyone else."

"If it were me, my demands aren't high. Give me a mysterious-type taboo talent 'White Pony Passing a Crevice.' A thousand moments of time pass in a finger snap. I train martial arts for 10 days, matching your 10 years of bitter study." Students from all sides debated until their faces were flushed.

"Wang Xian!" Chen Yuting suddenly called out to Wang Xian, who had been silent all along.

"What talent do you want to awaken?"

"Me?" Wang Xian pointed at himself. I'll awaken jack shit.

"I want to rely on myself," Wang Xian answered off-topic.

"Relying on yourself won't let you carve out a new path." Chen Yuting shook her head.

"The current Nine-Realm system of the Martial Alliance is entirely built on the condition of possessing talent." Indeed. Without talent, carving out a new path is extremely difficult. Because the current Nine-Realm system, and even the countless martial arts schools, are all constructed around individual talents. Without talent, many things are nearly impossible to achieve. Not to mention other things. Like martial arts schools. As long as your talent fits, you can learn them freely.

For example, the Heavenly Frost Divine Sword Style, for example, the Divine Sword Thunder-Guiding Style. With the corresponding talent, you can learn them. Without talent, you can't even master the superior martial techniques within these schools. It has nothing to do with martial aptitude. Wang Xian smiled and said nothing.

"Don't you want to awaken some kind of talent?" Chen Yuting pressed.

"Whatever type: body-type, weapon-soul, natural element, or the rarer beast-type, or mysterious talents involving space, time, or causality?"

"You can't be too scared to even imagine it, right?"

"Not even talking about King-tier or Taboo-tier, surely you have some preference among Low-tier, Mid-tier, or High-tier?" Wang Xian glanced at Chen Yuting, a bit surprised. Why ask so many questions? As if whatever you want to awaken, you'll just awaken it.

"Doesn't matter." Wang Xian shrugged.

"I don't have any requirements for talent." He walked the path of Old Martial Arts and didn't understand the New Martial Arts system. Even if he awakened a talent, if he wanted to walk New Martial Arts, he'd inevitably need to fuse the two systems. But in his past life, he only reached the Eighth Realm in Old Martial Arts. How could he dare talk about fusing two systems? Plus, if he had talent, he'd be able to perceive it himself. No talent means no talent. So, to Chen Yuting's pressing questions, he didn't answer.

"Aren't you afraid that Ye Miyue awakens a powerful talent?" Chen Yuting asked.

"Why would I be afraid of that?" Wang Xian looked at her with a strange expression. Chen Yuting didn't speak, just smiled and said nothing more. In those eyes, something seemed to flash and vanish. — [Ye Miyue: I scored 474 points [shy]] [Wang Xian: Little noob, I got 723 [proud]] [Ye Miyue:......] [Wang Xian: Tomorrow we awaken our talents, remember our bet] [Ye Miyue: [eye roll]] [Ye Miyue: The higher the score, does that mean the talent awakened will be more powerful?] [Wang Xian: Who said that?] [Ye Miyue: I saw the class group chat all discussing what powerful talent you'll awaken tomorrow...] [Wang Xian: No, talent has zero relation to score. It's purely random. Might have some relation to genes... but that's not absolute either. In short, I might not necessarily awaken any powerful talent. I might not even have talent at all.] Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. [Ye Miyue: Nonsense! [head smack] How could you possibly have no talent!] Lying in bed sending messages, Ye Miyue saw this message. Her whole body tensed up. As if afraid. After a while. [Ye Miyue: Mm... I have something I want to say to you] [Wang Xian: Say it] Ye Miyue thought for a moment, and in the chat box, typed a line of text:'Then if you awaken a powerful talent, can I... can I still give you massages in the future?' But she didn't dare send it. So, she deleted it. She edited another line:'If... if... the talent I awaken is ordinary... that bet...

can also count as your win...' After editing it, Ye Miyue's cheeks flushed crimson. But she still didn't dare send it. She pondered for a long time again, then edited another line:'After talent awakening, we have to submit our university preferences early. Which university are you planning to go to?' But looking at this message, she felt it was a bit too early to ask. So. In the end, after thinking for a long time... [Ye Miyue: Goodnight!]"......" Wang Xian. No way. I waited over 10 minutes.

And that's all you wanted to say? Wang Xian rubbed his head, put down his phone, and stared at the ceiling, silent for a long time. Compared to talent awakening, Wang Xian was slightly more interested in the real combat assessment. Because the real combat assessment is equivalent to the martial science students' 'official exam paper.' Every unified exam region gives an extra-credit question on this exam paper. Completing this 'extra-credit question' earns a huge amount of points.

That way, even without talent, one could easily gain massive points from the real combat assessment. Added to his current score, getting into Heavenly Capital Martial University would be practically guaranteed. It's just that the extra-credit question is usually extremely difficult. In previous years' martial exams, almost no one in any region could perfectly deliver the 'extra-credit question' answer for the real combat assessment.

"If there's a chance, I could give it a challenge..." — The next day. June 3, 2025. The second session of the annual martial exam, the time for talent awakening, had arrived. The awakening order was still according to First High, Fourth High, Seventh High, and the remaining schools. The location: the large plaza of the research institute. At the center of the plaza stood a tower. Its formal name: the Awakening Tower.

It stood 20 meters tall, triangular in shape, its interior connected to the fourth floor of the Martial Arts Building: the Talent Research Department. Below the tower, over 100 different cylindrical structures surrounded it. Each cylinder was linked to the Awakening Tower. The formal name of these cylinders: Talent Awakening Platforms. They could not only activate a martial artist's latent talent, but also perform talent correction, recovery, and more. Fully functional.

Many martial artists with damaged talents came to the Martial Arts Research Institute for recuperation and recovery. And at this moment. On the top floor of the Martial Arts Building. Bai Hongtian stood shoulder to shoulder with a man in military uniform, overlooking the students below who had gathered like ants.

"Old Bai, you coming to serve as real combat proctor this year, honestly, it's a bit beyond my expectations." The military-uniformed man wore an odd expression.

"Is it because of that student you've taken a liking to?" Bai Hongtian said:"You could say that."

"Is it because of Xiao Xi?" the military-uniformed man said.

"I heard from your wife that Xiao Xi's talent power has been getting more unstable these past two years, but last time I visited her, I found it had stabilized a lot. Your wife said it's because of that student?"

"Not entirely." Bai Hongtian smiled.

"It's purely out of appreciation. Also, didn't you see yesterday's scores?"

"I saw them. Honestly, it's shocking. In a couple of days, the whole Western Shu will be shaken." The military-uniformed man laughed heartily.

"But, in comparison, I appreciate He Yiming more. This kid went alone to the West City Defense Bureau, boarded a train, and headed to the F-rank relic Star River Waterfall, training in secret."

"Who knows how many exotic beasts he killed. His battle merits have accumulated over 1, 000 points with me."

"A high school student can accumulate that many?" Bai Hongtian's expression grew solemn. Then the real combat assessment probably isn't difficult for him.

"Besides that..." The military-uniformed man stroked his chin, somewhat smug.

"He also trained a secret skill in advance at the Divine Sword Club: 'Meteor Sword Radiance.' Although he hasn't trained it to perfection, it should be quite effective."

"At the military department, he also exchanged for a 'Thousandfold Gravity' technique, training under constant heavy load."

"Where does he get so many battle merits..." Bai Hongtian seemed to realize something.

"You gave him special treatment? You bastard, be careful someone reports you. Your position as Deputy Chief of the Military Department won't be safe!"

"What special treatment?" The military-uniformed man spoke with conviction.

"Everything went through proper procedures. It was just lent out. He'll have to pay it back later!"

"......" Bai Hongtian fell into thought. According to the information he'd received from the Heavenly Blade Club. Wang Xian had also gone out to train half a year ago and had also trained a secret skill. But the progress was unknown. Even the club side wasn't very clear on how Wang Xian's training was going. Moreover, after winter break, he hadn't trained at the club. But judging from yesterday's assessment situation, it must have been excellent.

"I hope that kid can awaken a decent talent today." Bai Hongtian thought to himself. At that moment. As rays of light lit up from the Awakening Tower below. Talents of all kinds of strange lights and colors began to slowly manifest before the countless students. During talent awakening, because the latent power within the body is activated, there are generally different degrees of phenomena depending on the talent type. For example, at this moment. First High.

A dragon-shaped pillar of light flickered up from He Yiming's body, spiraled into the sky, and finally gathered at the palm of his right arm, forming a dragon-shaped pattern.

"Your awakened talent is: 'Roaming Dragon Carefree Hand.'"" This talent is a body-type talent, ranked High-tier. When performing any martial technique with the right arm, it will gain an extremely high movement technique bonus, reaching a state of surging force and sword-like dragon roaming. Best for training sword technique martial arts. Among schools, the 'Flying Swan Wine Sword Style' is optimal." He Yiming looked at the roaming dragon in the center of his palm and nodded slightly. High-tier talent.

Already an excellent talent. In all of First High, the best so far was High-tier talent. Talent isn't just about the higher the better. It's about the more suitable for oneself, the better. Otherwise, if he were given a talent that could only use blades. He'd be crying with no tears. Even his current Swift Wind Sword Technique was a foundational sword martial art that emphasized movement technique.

With martial art and talent perfectly aligned, the help it brought was greater than what a King-tier talent could offer. Stepping down from the awakening platform. He looked around. A sky-piercing pillar of light rose from Xu Rong's position.

"High-tier talent." He Yiming nodded slightly. Xu Rong was the strongest in the school besides himself in overall ability. Even stronger than the proud Lin Ao by quite a bit. Unexpectedly, her talent was also this strong.

"Seems to be a rare beast-type talent, 'Feather Sky Wings.'" On the awakening platform, a pair of illusory wings grew from Xu Rong's back, lifting her into the air. Hovering in the sky. Low-realm martial artists cannot possibly achieve this. But with talent, that might not be the case.

"Feather Sky Wings boosts any martial art... its applicability is far higher than my talent."

"And being able to fly at the First Realm... even if the duration isn't long, it surpasses many martial artists." He Yiming then looked toward Lin Ao's position. He was slightly stunned.

"King-tier talent?" He saw a flash of sword light emerge from the spine area of Lin Ao's back. The sword light was like a rainbow, exceptionally dazzling.

"King-tier weapon-soul talent: Crimson Sun Sword Spine." He Yiming chuckled ruefully. The spine as a sword, nurturing the sword with the body. Not only could it provide high bonuses to most sword technique martial arts, but in later stages, the spine itself could be drawn out as a divine weapon sword. Kill enemies to nourish the sword. The so-called weapon-soul talent is the fusion of weapon and flesh. Extremely powerful. Of course, by comparison, his own talent was slightly inferior. But in terms of compatibility.

It wasn't as good as his current one.

"This should be the first King-tier talent, right?" As Lin Ao's King-tier talent emerged. Under the manifested phenomena, his back was like a great sun, truly dazzling. That First High could produce a King-tier talent was within many students' expectations. Although, only one. But it was enough. In comparison, Fourth High had no King-tier talents at all. Even High-tier talents, there were only two or three. Most were Mid and Low-tier talents.

Only Tan Tianze produced a High-tier natural talent, 'Azure Light Flowing Flame.' A talent for controlling azure flowing flames, suitable for many blade technique martial arts related to fire. Then it was Seventh High's turn. The first High-tier talent, unsurprising to Wang Xian. Appeared on Xia Sichen.

"High-tier talent, Flame Bone." Wang Xian watched the crimson form of Xia Sichen's limbs, no different from his past life. Though this was a High-tier talent. It possessed two different attributes: 'Natural Element' and 'Body-type.' It was an extremely powerful dual-attribute talent.

"With this talent, he was granted an exception and admitted by one of Dragon Nation's Five Great..." Wang Xian remembered very clearly. Besides Xia Sichen. The rest were relatively mediocre.

"Wang Xian, you go last later for talent awakening." Principal Xia stood beside Class Four, so nervous his whole body trembled. It was excitement, and also fear. Even the homeroom teacher Cui Sanyan beside him was trembling a bit. Because they didn't know what talent Wang Xian would awaken.

"Whatever works." Wang Xian didn't care.

"Don't panic when the time comes. The level of talent doesn't matter." Principal Xia instructed. Wang Xian glanced at him. I'm not panicking. The one panicking is you, Principal. Soon, student after student stepped down from the awakening platforms, some happy, some dejected, some excited, some shocked. Not long after. Chen Yuting walked up. Wang Xian watched her.

"In my past life, what Chen Yuting awakened seemed to be..."

"A Mid-tier talent, Flexible Bone, right?" Wang Xian was just recalling. When he saw a fierce light shoot up from Chen Yuting's body into the sky.

"This is..." Wang Xian was stunned. This wasn't a Mid-tier talent. This was...

"King-tier talent!"

"King-tier talent!" Principal Xia beside him was ecstatic.

"King-tier talent..." Wang Xian looked at that figure, thoughtful.

"Alluring Demonic Mara Body." It was actually this terrifying King-tier talent. Alluring Demonic Mara Body, one of the strongest body-type talents. The entire body can undergo evolution and mutation, and any part of the body is suitable for any martial art. It can even train some extremely perverse martial arts with harsh conditions, and suffer none of the negative effects brought by those martial arts. Its upper limit is so high that it can adapt to the vast majority of martial arts schools.

Add to that its King-tier rank, and its sensitivity to heaven-and-earth elemental force is extremely high. Not only does it train fast, it can also train many things. The most terrifying part. As one trains more martial arts, the body gradually evolves, and during genetic replacement, one's own charm gradually increases. Hence it's also called 'Alluring.'

Later generations said that once this talent is cultivated to great completion, if the heart harbors evil thoughts, one could become a calamity that brings disaster to nations and cities, overturning all living beings. But if the heart harbors good thoughts, then one can bring fortune to all living beings. Because once the 'Alluring'-level charm is achieved, even exotic beasts cannot resist it and can be instantly beguiled and then killed.

"From Mid-tier... to King-tier..."

"You've changed far too much..." Wang Xian narrowed his eyes, watching as a phantom of a celestial maiden seemed to envelop Chen Yuting. Making her entire person seem as if a Ninth Heaven Celestial Maiden had descended to the mortal world. Under the blessing of such profound and wondrous light, in an instant, she became the center of all students. Wang Xian's eyes flickered faintly, and no one knew what he was thinking. ➤ Next: Taboo Talent, Eternal Solitude Sword Body — In This Moment, Ye Miyue Is Match...