274: Heading to North Ridge

“Why aren’t they here yet? Didn’t the teacher say that our Seventh High School’s freshmen could also participate?”

“Could it be that they suddenly decided not to let us participate again?”

“No, that’s not right. We haven’t received any notification. If we weren’t allowed to participate, they should have informed us earlier.”

“What should we do? The sophomores and juniors left days ago. The Restricted Zone Hunt must be about to start.”

“Who knows? All I want to know now is whether we can still participate.”

“Could we have received false information? After all, we haven’t heard of freshmen from other high schools being able to participate in this Restricted Zone Hunt.”

“Hey, don’t you know? The reason our principal decided to let us participate is because of him.”

“Him?”

“You forgot, that SA Dual Talent User.”

“Is that true? Why haven’t I seen him? I thought it was just a rumor.”

“Hmph, it’s just SA Dual Talent. How strong can he be, having just awakened? He’s just taking us along to be cannon fodder.”

“At least we can see those top Talent Users, right? I heard that not only are there geniuses from the Star Council’s various high schools, but also many people from other Hegemon-level Powers are participating.”

“That’s right, freshmen from other high schools can’t participate even if they want to. And our school must have cultivated that person well over this holiday, so his strength might not be bad.”

A richly dressed young man said indifferently, “What good is ‘not bad’? At most, he’s Level Three. You should know that among those participating in this hunt, level four Talent Users are everywhere, A-rank Talent Holders are common, and only S-Rank Talent Users can make a splash.”

Another A-rank Talent Holder from Class 3, a young man surnamed Han, shook his head slightly, “It was indeed a bit impulsive.”

“Heh heh, nobody’s begging you to go. Go or don’t go, it’s up to you. If it weren’t for him in our freshman class, you wouldn’t even have the qualifications to watch. I really don’t know where all this resentment comes from. If you’re so capable, why don’t you awaken an SA Dual Talent?”

A young man surnamed Yan from Class 1 said with cold eyes, “I just don’t want you trash to suffer a blow too early and never recover. After all, you’ve probably never even seen those monstrous Talents.”

“As if you have.”

A student nudged the speaker, “Don’t you know? He has a cousin who is the current leader of the Hongyan Qiao Family, a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family. In this generation, the Hongyan Qiao Family produced an S-Rank Talent User.”

“Hiss! I remember now! You’re talking about the person from Starfire No. 1 High School, a junior, who is known as the Red Flame Demon Child!”

“Yes, that’s him, Red Flame Demon Child Qiao Junlin!”

“Hiss, that person is his cousin? No wonder he’s so arrogant.”

“Not only that, he himself is also from a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family.”

Yan Junqi folded his arms, remaining silent, but a younger follower beside him said proudly, “That’s right, that’s our boss’s biological cousin. Our boss’s mother and his father are siblings.”

“I remember now, you wouldn’t happen to be from the Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family, the Dark Nether Yan Family, would you?”

Yan Junqi clearly didn’t want to bother with the others.

“Oh my god, you’re actually from a level six family! You never mentioned it before.” Several girls gathered around.

“Tch, what’s so great about a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family? You still have to come to school with us.” A boy said sourly.

“It’s just a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family. In front of Seventh High School, it’s nothing. What’s there to be proud of? Who here isn’t a B-rank or A-Rank Talent User? Decades from now, who won’t be Level Five or level six? We can establish a powerful Extraordinary Family ourselves.” Someone spoke haughtily.

Yan Junqi finally sneered, “Naive. The foundation of a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family is beyond your imagination. Someone like you, with no resources and no background, still wants to establish a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family? First, consider how you’re going to hunt and acquire enough meditation stones. I advise you to be more down-to-earth.”

“Hahahahaha!” Yan Junqi’s followers burst into laughter.

“Exactly, our Young Master Yan doesn’t have to worry about meditation stones at all, unlike some people who, after graduation, can only become Wasteland Hunters and go to the Wasteland alone to kill Pollution Beasts.”

“Exactly, exactly. It’s estimated that in this lifetime, breaking through to Level Five would be a blessing from heaven.”

“By then, our Young Master Yan will inherit the Yan Family and become the renowned head of a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family, while you at most will be a Wasteland Hunters squad leader. Establish an Extraordinary Family? It’ll be hard enough to even set up a Shelter, hahaha.”

The student who had spoken earlier, also an A-rank Talent Holder, gritted his teeth, his face red, “Hmph.”

“By the way, that SA Dual Talent User also seems to have come from a pigeon-cage slum. Maybe he won’t be as good as our Young Master Yan in the future either.” A follower said with a grin.

Unexpectedly, Yan Junqi’s expression changed, and he coldly shouted, “Shut up! Is he someone you can criticize?! Ignorant fools!”

Yan Junqi’s eyes held apprehension, even fear. Once a person becomes excellent to a certain degree, their existence, which Sixth-Level Extraordinary Families like theirs consider unapproachable, becomes insignificant in the eyes of that person.

Because such monstrous existences will definitely be a priority for the Star Council!

Having no background actually became their advantage!

In the future, they will definitely become high-ranking members of the Star Council. He clearly remembered that the previous Dual Talent User is now a dual S-rank Heavenly King!

The initial level of that person’s Dual Talent back then was far inferior to the current person’s.

Precisely because he was a key cultivation target of a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family, his horizons were broader, and he understood the other party’s potential more deeply.

What Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family? In front of the Star Council… they’re nothing.

He himself was backed by merely a Sixth-Level Extraordinary Family, while the other party was backed by the Star Council!

Even without the Star Council, Seventh High School alone had Elder Wen and the Ghost Medicine Heavenly Queen Chu Xinran, two visible Heavenly King and Heavenly Queen level existences… Thinking of the latter, Yan Junqi felt a chill run down his spine.

Yan Junqi stared at the follower, a cold light in his eyes, “If I hear anyone dare to speak ill of him again, don’t blame me for being impolite, you ignorant fools.”

The follower nodded repeatedly, cowering, “Yes, yes, Young Master Yan, I won’t dare again.”

“Ho, little ones, quite lively, aren’t we? You’ve all been waiting a long time, haven’t you?”

Yan Junqi looked at the newcomer and respectfully saluted, “Hello, Elder Wen.”

His gaze fell on the young man behind Elder Wen, and he thought to himself, ‘This is the SA Dual Talent User, Tang Ping, who has been causing such a stir recently, sought after by countless Extraordinary Families and powers, isn’t he?’

Remembering his family’s instructions, Yan Junqi secretly clenched his hands, wanting to go up and greet the other party, but at this moment, Elder Wen suddenly waved his hand.

“The hunt is about to begin, little ones, let’s go.”

The more than twenty people in front of them were all the talented students from Seventh High School this year, with the lowest being B-rank and the highest being A-rank. Of course, Tang Ping was an exception.

Everyone only felt a moment of dizziness, and when their vision cleared again, a terrifying hundred-meter creature had appeared beneath their feet!

Yan Junqi’s face turned pale, “A level seven mutated beast, the Three-Headed Heavenly Demon Crane!”

His heart trembled. This was a unique creature of heaven and earth cultivated by that Spirit Granny from the Holy Heaven Mansion. It seemed this mysterious Elder Wen was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

“Kid, you have some knowledge, hahahaha.”

Elder Wen’s gaze turned to Tang Ping, his eyes filled with doting affection, “When I have time, I’ll take you to the Holy Heaven Mansion too and ask that old Spirit Granny to get you a good mutated beast as a mount.”

“Thank you, Elder Wen.” Tang Ping had already felt a familiar aura from this three-headed white crane, but his expression was a bit strange, and he muttered to himself, “Are you sure this is a crane? Not a giant white goose?”