Chapter 61

Not just the apprentices, even the several high-tier wizards standing on the edge of the plaza, responsible for receiving apprentices and recording data, also cast gazes carrying scrutiny and curiosity.

Amy and Victor were startled in their hearts, and only after feeling carefully did they discover that these apprentices' gazes were not looking at the two of them, but at... Jie Ming, who was standing between them.

Jie Ming also discovered this point; at first he was somewhat blank, then quickly understood.

It turned out that it was currently the stage of receiving rewards after the results were announced.

According to past habits, for the sake of maintaining order and convenience, it should be from the first place, gradually moving forward to receive rewards.

But at this moment, the vast majority of apprentices didn't move, nor did they step forward.

They just silently, with complex gazes, looked at Jie Ming.

These apprentices were all those who had witnessed Jie Ming's destructive power after he went all out on the valley battlefield.

Although Jie Ming's ranking on the points leaderboard was not high, only ranking thirty-sixth.

But in the hearts of those who had experienced the blood-colored valley and the high-altitude massacre, that figure who had routed the entire native coalition with his own strength, relying on the continuous torrent of wizardry, was the true, undisputed first place in this trial!

Rankings and such, in front of his overwhelming power, appeared so pale and powerless.

That kind of awe for power from the bottom of their hearts made these geniuses, who were usually arrogant, choose silence and waiting at this moment.

They all subconsciously thought that this powerful existence who broke the rules should be the first to step forward to receive the reward.

Even Miss Bert Villa Augusta, who ranked first in points and looked extremely arrogant, was just standing on the spot with an unconvinced face at this time.

In her eyes, Jie Ming saw considerable unconvincedness and stubbornness, and the look in his eyes was also full of provocation.

But even so, this young lady didn't take a step forward, but like the surrounding apprentices, defaulted that Jie Ming was the true first place in this trial.

"What did you do?" Amy couldn't help but poke Jie Ming lightly.

Victor also looked at this classmate of his somewhat blankly, feeling that it seemed that unknowingly, he had ignored something very important.

Amy and Victor were among the few apprentices on the plaza who didn't participate in that final valley battle, and naturally didn't know what earth-shattering things Jie Ming had done.

In fact, the vast majority of logistics-type apprentices made the same choice as them.

After all, at the current stage, logistics-type apprentices basically only autonomously constructed one or two wizardry spells, and the ones they constructed were all auxiliary-type wizardry, indeed not very good at fighting.

"Nothing, just a small accident happened."

Jie Ming was somewhat helpless, and also somewhat amused.

He didn't care that much about this ranking, but since everyone was stuck like this, he could only be the one to break this silence.

He no longer paid attention to those gazes, walking straight toward the high-tier wizard responsible for distributing rewards.

Taking the initiative to walk in front of the high-tier wizard, Jie Ming handed over his apprentice badge.

That high-tier wizard took the badge expressionlessly, his finger wiped, and the information inside the badge was read.

Subsequently, a weak energy was injected into the badge, and the reward was distributed.

The reward for thirty-sixth place was only 1000 academy points, which couldn't be counted as something very precious.

For those apprentices who fought to the death for a few points, it might be good, but for Jie Ming, it wasn't as good as the several rare materials he collected this time.

Seeing Jie Ming receive the reward, other apprentices then breathed a sigh of relief, as if an invisible shackle had been lifted.

The stalemate atmosphere instantly melted, and everyone acted one after another, according to their own rankings, or excitedly, or calmly, or dejectedly walking toward the high-tier wizard to receive rewards.

The atmosphere on the plaza became noisy again, but for Jie Ming, it was already different.

He stood in the crowd, no longer that unknown, even somewhat weird lone ranger.

The gazes cast toward him carried awe, curiosity, respect... and even undisguised fear.

The apprentices whispered to each other, pointing at him, whispering about the terrifying power he displayed in the Greyrock Realm.

That name, that ranking, was no longer important.

In the hearts of all the apprentices who had experienced the final battle of the blood-colored valley, Jie Ming, this guy who only obtained thirty-sixth place, was the most dazzling and most chilling genius in this trial.

And Jie Ming himself just calmly took back the badge, picked up his animal-hide bag, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

What he was thinking about in his brain now was only how to improve his seal wizarding tools, and the inspiration for making new seal wizarding tools.

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Returning to the academy's laboratory, Jie Ming actually had a sense of peace of mind returning home.

Not in a hurry to rest, he first poured all the materials from the large bag out.

These materials from the Greyrock Realm were diverse in variety and shape, many containing peculiar energy fluctuations that his Analysis couldn't fully analyze at the current stage.

He put these "spoils" away by category with satisfaction, then turned his attention to the dim seal wizarding tools on his belt.

A total of ten fireball seal wizarding tools, besides the one he used for testing at the beginning which just had damaged runes, the rest were in a miserable state.

Shells cracked, runes twisted, core energy chaotic...

The flight seal wizarding tools were not much better, most of them in an overload state.

On the contrary, the state of the defensive seal wizarding tools was much better, with almost no damage.

"A pity." Jie Ming touched the charred shell of a fireball seal wizarding tool with his finger, sighing in a low voice.

Although he had Alchemy, to completely repair these wizarding tools with severe consumption and involving high-precision runes and energy conduction, he was currently powerless.

This trial showed the powerful frontal output capability and mobility of the seal wizarding tools to the fullest, but also exposed some problems.

For example, when encountering a large-scale ambush, he couldn't predict danger in advance.

In the complex environment of the Greyrock Realm, he lacked effective scouting means, all relying on the passive perception of Analysis and Alchemy.

And these two types of wizardry would also have their scouting effects significantly reduced once they reached places rich in resources.

"Perception, tracking, concealment..." Jie Ming sat at the table, his fingers tapping the table unconsciously. "The direction of making seal wizarding tools next needs to be concentrated on these aspects."

The wizard system naturally had scouting wizardry, such as the common "Magic Vision," "Life Perception," "Energy Detection."

But most of these wizardry spells required the caster to actively cast them; although they could get results in real-time, they didn't have the ability for continuous scouting, and their own energy fluctuations were easily detected or interfered with by enemies.