Chapter 1

When the female student named Wang Li reached out to touch the Awakening Stele, it was just like Zhang Wei before her.

The stele lit up, but then dimmed again.

The teacher’s expression remained calm as he said, "Wang Li, awakening failed."

Two consecutive failures.

The students, who had been full of excitement, all began to grow nervous.

Even Chen Ang felt a chill in his heart.

"Liu Tao, awakening failed."

"Li Fei, awakening failed."

"Feng Boyu, awakening failed."

"Lv Ruizhi, awakening failed."

"Li Li Li Leyao, awakening successful, Healing Light talent."

When the first person to successfully awaken appeared.

Everyone in the Awakening Hall subconsciously looked over, their eyes filled with envy.

Even the teachers’ eyes revealed surprise.

"Healing Light? Damn, that’s a great talent."

"Exactly. Although it currently only has a second-stage evolution route, she can fully evolve to the second stage, obtain a new talent, and then make that new talent her primary one."

"Li Li Li Leyao? I remember she’s our school’s campus belle, right?"

"She’s so damn cute, I want to..."

"Wuwuwu, it’s bad enough that the campus belle has a baby face and a great figure, but she’s also a talent-holder. So envious."

2: Awakening, Six Evolution Routes!

"Yay, I awakened successfully!!"

Hearing the teacher’s words, Li Li Li Leyao opened her eyes. After sensing the power within her, she couldn't help but jump for joy.

Her face was flushed with excitement, making her look very cute.

"Not bad. Healing Light is a very good talent. Develop it well. You may go down."

Compared to the previous students, the male teacher’s expression toward Li Li Li Leyao was much kinder.

There was no helping it; this was the treatment talent-holders received.

"Mm."

Hearing the teacher, Li Li Li Leyao obediently turned and left.

Upon returning to her seat, she was immediately met with a wave of flattery.

But the expression on Li Li Li Leyao’s face returned to calm, without any fluctuation.

Chen Ang withdrew his gaze and took a deep breath.

Because he knew it would be his turn soon.

The teacher picked up the roll, checked off Li Li Li Leyao’s name, and continued calling out names.

"Hua Haokong, awakening failed."

"Zhan Tianyu, awakening failed."

"Zhao Zhao Sibo, awakening successful, Speed talent."

"Tong Weicheng, awakening failed."

"Xiao Xiao Yiqing, awakening successful, Whirlwind talent."

"Xie Xie Kangning, awakening successful, Stone Arm talent."

"..."

Name after name was called.

Some awakened successfully, but more failed.

Those who succeeded were naturally full of joy and excitement.

Those who failed were pale and despairing.

This was reality.

It could be said that from today on, those who failed to awaken and those who succeeded would no longer exist on the same level.

But compared to the others who were growing increasingly nervous.

Chen Ang’s gaze fell on those students who had successfully awakened, yet his heart grew more and more shocked.

"What is going on?"

Chen Ang was excited.

In his field of vision, he could clearly see prompts appearing one after another.

【Healing Light.】

【Evolution routes: Two.】

【One: Nature’s Light, required materials: one gram of five-colored soil, one drop of treant essence blood, one petal of a seven-colored flower, and one milliliter of pure mountain spring water.】

【Two: Holy Light, required materials: one drop of griffin essence blood, soul dust of an undead creature x1...】

【Speed talent.】

【Evolution routes: Two.】

【One: Acceleration, required materials: ...】

【Two: Godspeed, required materials: ...】

【Whirlwind talent.】

【Evolution routes: Three.】

【...】

【Stone Arm talent.】

【Evolution routes: Four.】

【...】

Absurd.

Utterly absurd.

He could actually see the evolution routes of talents and even all the materials required?

Could this be his golden finger as a transmigrator?

Chen Ang’s heart trembled.

Following that was incomparable ecstasy.

Fortunately, Chen Ang remained calm on the surface, so no one noticed anything unusual.

But his breathing still became uncontrollably rapid.

Although he had felt confused before.

Once Chen Ang calmed down, he was certain that this was undoubtedly his golden finger.

With this golden finger, as long as he could awaken a talent, no matter what it was, he would definitely be able to become powerful.

He had been very nervous before.

Worried about whether he could awaken successfully.

Worried about what he would do if his awakened talent had no evolution route.

But now, he feared nothing.

After a while, Chen Ang finally calmed down completely.

Just then, the teacher’s voice rang out.

"Next, Chen Ang."

Suddenly, Chen Ang felt many gazes fall upon him.

He took a deep breath, walked toward the Awakening Stele with a calm expression, reached out to touch it, and closed his eyes.

At this moment, a profound and mysterious feeling swept through his entire body.

It had been pitch black after closing his eyes, but Chen Ang felt as if he had seen a universe explode within his vision.

Immediately following this, a power within his body slowly awakened and emerged.

In his mind, two characters appeared with absolute clarity.

【Dragon Claw.】

This was his talent.

As expected.

The teacher’s voice sounded by his ear, carrying a trace of regret.

"Chen Ang has awakened successfully; the talent is Dragon Claw."

Chen Ang opened his eyes.

The teacher’s gaze shifted over, and he said with pity, "Not bad, your talent is very powerful, but the more powerful a talent is at the start, the more difficult it is to evolve."

"I hope you can explore the characteristics of your talent and find the suitable materials to evolve successfully."

These words were not false.

The Dragon Claw talent is very strong.

It can be said that it belongs to the category of talents that are powerful from the very beginning.

It allows the left or right arm to transform into a dragon claw, possessing not only powerful defensive capabilities but also terrifying destructive and penetrating power.

Even hard rock can be torn apart with a single claw.

But precisely because of this, it is extremely difficult to evolve.

Many people have awakened the Dragon Claw talent in the past; they hogged the spotlight at the beginning and were considered invincible among their peers.

But in the end, no matter what they did, they could not evolve, and having no other choice, they faded into the crowd.

Therefore, in this era, many people hope that the talent they awaken is a more ordinary one.

Because the more ordinary it is, the easier it is to explore its characteristics and find suitable materials.

Regarding this, Chen Ang smiled slightly and said, "I will work hard, Master."

After speaking, Chen Ang turned and left.

The teacher’s words went in one ear and out the other.

Just kidding, does the current Chen Ang really need to worry about this?

With his golden finger, is there any fear of failing to evolve?

As soon as he returned to his seat.

Chen Ang raised his right hand to feel his current strength.

Very strong.

After a successful awakening, he is equivalent to becoming a First-Order talent holder.

The awakened talent provides a feedback of power, which significantly enhances the talent holder's physique.

Every time a talent evolves, it provides feedback once.

While channeling the Dragon Claw, crimson dragon scales appeared visibly on Chen Ang’s right hand, completely covering it up to the elbow.

The area below the elbow was completely clad in dragon scales, and sharp dragon claws flashed with a cold light on his five fingers.

Just looking at it made people subconsciously feel a chill down their backs and a sense of terror.

"Chen Ang? I remember he’s a background character in the class, right?"

"Damn it, I didn't expect this guy to actually succeed in awakening."

"So envious. Do you think it’s too late to go up and build a relationship now?"

"Hahahaha, there’s absolutely no need for that. Even if he awakened, so what? Although his talent is arguably the strongest among those awakened so far, it is also arguably the trashiest. He probably won't be able to evolve and will be locked at the First-Order realm for the rest of his life."

"Indeed, the strongest is also the trashiest."

"Heh, just got lucky."

Some spoke with envy, others with jealous sarcasm.

It is human nature; Chen Ang was accustomed to it and didn't take it to heart.

The strongest is also the trashiest?

Heh.

Ignorant!

A look of disdain flashed in the depths of Chen Ang’s eyes as he stared at his dragon claw. Sure enough, the next moment, a prompt appeared before his eyes.

【Dragon Claw.】

【Evolution routes: Six.】

"Hiss!"

"There are actually so many evolution routes?!"

Seeing the prompt before him, Chen Ang’s heart shook once again!

3: Resource Scroll, Li Li Li Leyao’s invitation.

【Evolution route one: Fire Dragon Arm, required materials: one fire-type spirit fruit, three drops of fire-type fierce beast essence blood, one drop of fire-type sub-dragon heart blood, one fire-type sub-dragon scale...】

【Evolution route two: Thunder Dragon Arm, required materials: ...】

【Evolution route three: Wind Dragon Arm, required materials: ...】

【Evolution route four: Dark Dragon Arm, required materials: ...】

【Evolution route five: Light Dragon Arm, required materials: ...】

【Evolution route six: Death Dragon Arm, required materials: ...】

A total of six evolution routes.

After a glance, Chen Ang understood that although there were many evolution routes, they basically belonged to different attributes.

However, it is precisely because of this that the choice of evolution route must be made with caution.

After all, the power after evolution with different attributes is likely different as well.

For instance, the Light Dragon Arm should possess healing abilities while also having destructive power.

The Thunder Dragon Arm should have a paralyzing effect.

The Dark Dragon Arm might have a corrosive effect.

As for the others, Chen Ang was not clear.

Having many evolution routes actually made Chen Ang feel conflicted.

If others knew about this, they would probably be green with envy.

Who knows how many people don't even know the evolution routes of their own talents; if they knew, they would probably beg for such a conflicted problem.

"Besides that, the evolution materials are also very troublesome. The others are easy to talk about, but the sub-dragon scales and sub-dragon heart blood, tsk."

Chen Ang frowned; to obtain these two materials, he would undoubtedly have to hunt a sub-dragon.

But the strength of a sub-dragon is not weak; it is not something Chen Ang can handle right now.

Therefore, he will probably have to buy them.

But these two items are not cheap either.

"However..."

"I can see the talent evolution routes of everyone; perhaps I can use this to make money."

Thinking of this, a sharp light flickered in Chen Ang’s eyes, and he had an idea in his heart.

It’s just that he still needs to think it through carefully. This business can be done, but if done poorly, it is easy to attract covetous eyes.

While Chen Ang was stroking his chin and thinking to himself, the awakening was coming to an end.

There were about one hundred and sixty students across three classes.

In the end, only thirteen succeeded in awakening.

It must be said that the probability was very low.

After the awakening ended, the homeroom teacher led the students back to the classroom and said, "Students who have successfully awakened, take your things and leave with me. You will be changing classrooms next."

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Ang immediately felt countless envious gazes falling upon him.

After a successful awakening, it is naturally impossible to continue attending classes like ordinary students.

Chen Ang had some understanding of this aspect.

Once the awakening is successful, the students who have successfully awakened will be gathered together to form a new class, specifically to learn combat techniques, talent development, characteristic exploration, and so on.