Chapter 40

The dazzling blue light faded, and the distorted spatial sense receded like a tide.

Jie Ming stood on solid ground, and after a burst of dizziness, he opened his eyes.

According to the previously envisioned action plan, Jie Ming activated the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool at the moment the teleportation ended.

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

It was not until this time that Jie Ming had time to carefully look at the surrounding environment; the dense sea of people on the square disappeared, and only a piece of desolation remained in front of him.

Jie Ming was standing on a vast wilderness, with grey, rugged rocky ground under his feet, and a strange forest shrouded in thick fog in the distance.

Further away, one could vaguely see mountain ranges as rugged as bones.

The air was filled with a dry heat with a sulfur smell, mixed with the rotten breath of strange vegetation, making people feel a primitive and wild impact.

"Eh?"

Jie Ming exclaimed in surprise and immediately found something wrong—the elemental power permeating this world was completely different from what he felt in Nuolun Academy.

They were like wild horses that had broken their reins, unusually active, and even carried a kind of violent instability.

He could feel the fire elements around him being so hot that they seemed to be burning, the wind elements blowing past his ears restlessly, and the earth elements being so heavy that they almost solidified.

This is definitely not a gentle plane.

"The elemental power is so violent... the destructive power of energy-type spells will increase significantly here, but accordingly, the requirements for the wizard's own spiritual power control ability will also rise sharply. A slight mistake could lead to spell loss of control, or even backlash."

Jie Ming stretched out his finger and tried to use spiritual power to trigger the surrounding elemental power.

Looking at the energy group that quickly burst after condensing, he immediately made a judgment in his heart.

This for him... counts as good news?

After all, his Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool relies on the linkage between the talisman seal structure and environmental elements; this violent environment can allow the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool to erupt with stronger power.

Of course, overly violent elemental power is very likely to make the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool easier to damage.

But from the perspective of testing, this can also verify the stability of the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool from the side.

Looking around, the field of vision was blocked by undulating terrain and tall vegetation in the distance.

The roar of beasts and the sound of wings flapping came from the distance, but no specific threat could be seen.

"In this strange environment, I don't know where danger will pop out from. It seems that simple attack, defense, and mobility capabilities are far from enough for survival in the wild; reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance are equally important, or even more prioritized. Sensing potential threats, hiding one's tracks... these are the keys to surviving in a strange environment."

Jie Ming immediately realized his shortcomings: "Not bad, learned a little more."

Keeping the idea of "prioritizing the manufacture of reconnaissance-type Talisman Seal Wizarding Tools next time" firmly in his mind, Jie Ming did not rush to act, but decided to test the performance of his existing Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool prototypes in this plane first.

The defense-type Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool had already been released, and from the existing performance, it was not bad.

Especially the earth-attribute shield, because of the elemental power problem here, it became more defensive, but the remaining two types of shields seemed to become quite unstable.

"The shields can be successfully constructed, but at the moment of construction, the violent elemental power will cause weak fluctuations in the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool, requiring rapid stable calibration with spiritual power... I will mainly use the earth-attribute shield later."

"Next..."

With a thought, the mobility Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool disguised as a pendant on his waist glowed slightly.

A light power emerged, lifting his body.

He jumped forward lightly, and his whole person glided forward like being supported by an invisible wind at a speed far exceeding ordinary running.

Under the influence of the violent wind elements in the wild plane, his speed seemed to be even faster than when he simply constructed flight spell runes in the academy training ground, but it also required slightly more concentrated spiritual power to control.

Finally, the attack-type Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool.

He pointed casually at a tall rock in the distance, his mind moved slightly.

A fireball the size of an adult's head appeared out of thin air, and with a harsh whistling sound, it smashed toward the rock like lightning.

Boom!

A louder explosion than he expected sounded, and the rock was blown to pieces in the explosion, turning into splashing debris!

The violent fire elements were instantly excited under the traction of the talisman seal, and the power of the fireball seemed to have increased by more than double compared to when it was in the academy training ground.

"Wow... wonderful." Jie Ming was quite satisfied with this performance.

The violent elemental power of this plane indeed greatly enhanced the attack effect of the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool.

Although it might increase some control difficulty, the flaws do not obscure the virtues.

After the test, Jie Ming put away the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool.

He had only two goals for participating in this trial:

First, thoroughly test the actual combat effect of the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool in the real wild plane, and figure out its limits, advantages, and disadvantages.

Second, this goal was just established; Jie Ming planned to collect material samples unique to this plane.

The elemental power of this plane is so violent, the materials it breeds must possess unique properties.

As for points?

Jie Ming didn't care too much.

Anyway, with the assistance of the Tier 2 training agreement, he doesn't need to win first place to prove himself; as long as he ensures that the final points allow him to rank in the top 10% and get to participate in the large-scale check held by the Nuolun workshop 5 years later, that's enough.

Collecting his mind, Jie Ming activated the mobility Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool and accelerated forward in a direction with a higher concentration of elemental power in the air.

After all, according to common sense, the higher the concentration of elemental power, the richer the resources there, and the higher the danger.

And this just happens to meet Jie Ming's two purposes.

During the flight, he would also meet wizard apprentices who had also activated flight spells or acceleration spells in the air or on the ground.

Those apprentices looked at him with vigilance in their eyes.

Obviously, many people didn't expect to meet others here so soon, and the other party's speed seemed to be faster than their own.

Because they had just entered this plane, although there was a sense of competition among the apprentices, the smell of gunpowder was not that heavy; after all, everyone didn't have many points on them now, and if a battle broke out now, it was very likely to let others take advantage.

So those apprentices just glanced at Jie Ming from afar and immediately changed direction, cautiously leaving in a position away from him.

Occasionally, some people would feel that they couldn't escape Jie Ming's "pursuit," so they would stop and make a posture of being ready for battle.

Facing these people, Jie Ming just glanced at them hurriedly, then manipulated the mobility Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool, also moving in a direction away from the other party, and left the other party's perception range at a faster speed.

He did need to test the combat effectiveness of the Talisman Seal Wizarding Tool, but he was not in a hurry to fight humans now; he should find a few living targets to try his hand first.

(Extra update today, there is one more chapter.)