5: Awakening to the Extraordinary

Failed... Failed...

The youth in the center drank bottle after bottle of awakening potion with an expressionless face.

It wasn't until the seventh bottle that a tiny, flowing flame from the sky suddenly split off and drifted down toward the youth.

"Oh!"

"It's a fire-type ability. I wonder which one it is!"

Two managers from the Transcendent Association took a look and stood up with a smile, saying:

"Brother An Lin, congratulations. An elemental-type Transcendent is highly likely to have a Mid-level ability or above, perhaps even a High-level ability."

"I appreciate your kind words."

"Lord An" looked at his son, who was in the midst of fusing with the ability, a rare smile appearing on his stern face.

There are too many powerful Transcendent abilities in the elemental type, especially fire.

If he is lucky enough to awaken a Transcendence Level ability, then in the entire Blackstone Star System, apart from official forces, nothing else will be worth fearing.

"Father, it's a Flame Spirit!"

A moment later, the youth in the center finally finished fusing his ability. As soon as he opened his eyes, he shouted excitedly.

He waved both hands and silently chanted: "Reinforcements from nothingness!"

Instantly, two elemental lifeforms, about a meter tall and burning with red flames, appeared out of thin air.

Even from hundreds of meters away, Zhang Huaiyuan could feel that scorching temperature.

"It really is a Flame Spirit! This is one of the strongest High-level fire abilities. If it can be promoted to S-rank, it is said that one can summon the King of Flame Spirits!"

The fat manager, Doke, who had a belly twice the normal size, exclaimed in surprise.

He and the other manager exchanged a subtle look, their brows furrowing involuntarily.

If a powerful High-level Transcendent were to grow up, the landscape of the Blackstone Star System might undergo massive changes, which is not something they want to see.

"Hahaha, good! Worthy of being my son."

Conversely, "Lord An" was in a great mood, his smile growing even brighter. He swept his gaze over the others still waiting to awaken and said heroically:

"My son's ability to awaken a High-level ability is partly thanks to the Spirit Wing Bird you gifted. So, for all awakeners today, the cost of the first three attempts will be covered by my Dark Annihilation Legion."

As soon as these words were spoken, the waiting crowd's eyes lit up, and they bowed repeatedly in thanks:

"Many thanks for Lord An's generous help."

"Many thanks for Lord An's generous help..."

Zhang Huaiyuan in the crowd was no exception. Originally, he only had enough money for one awakening attempt. Now that he had two free extra chances, he felt much more at ease.

"However, Dark Annihilation is truly one of the five strongest mercenary legions in the Blackstone Star System; they are wealthy indeed. The cost for three awakenings is as high as 350,000, and there are at least over a hundred people here. That's an expenditure of over 30 million, and he didn't even blink."

Just as everyone was whispering, Manager Hake above had already regained his smile. He summoned ten more inscription arrays in the center and pointed, saying:

"Since Brother An Lin has said so, everyone come up in order. You few, go first."

"Yes, my lord."

The ten people pointed at walked forward, feeling both nervous and excited.

Zhang Huaiyuan was one of them.

"I wonder if this thing is of any use to someone like me who transmigrated from another world."

He reached out to take the light gray awakening potion, examined it curiously for a moment, and then poured it directly into his mouth.

Instantly, he felt a somewhat cool sensation spread from his throat throughout his entire body, and then it vanished.

"Did I fail..."

Just as he felt a bit regretful and prepared to open his eyes, an irresistible force suddenly descended from the void, rushing straight into his mind, and he immediately lost consciousness.

Meanwhile.

"Failed..."

"Sigh, I felt like I was just a little bit off."

The other nine opened their eyes almost simultaneously, sighing with either unwillingness or regret. Not a single one succeeded.

The two managers from the Transcendent Association above showed no surprise at all, as if they had long expected this result. They were just about to wave their hands to send over the second bottle of potion when they suddenly seemed to notice something, turned their heads sharply, and looked at Zhang Huaiyuan's position.

They saw a series of indistinct numbers suddenly split from a formless air current in the sky, slowly drifting down toward the man on the array.

"Huh... this person..."

"This seems to be... a Mystery-type power?"

"That's right, it is indeed a Mystery-type power."

"Lord An," who was whispering words of encouragement to his child, also seemed to sense it. He cast his gaze over and confirmed it.

"He actually succeeded on his first try?"

"Among the people I know, only one person succeeded in awakening on the third try; others took at least five or more. His luck is just too good!"

For a moment, all eyes were focused on one spot.

The nine who had failed their first awakening attempt wanted to quickly proceed to the second, but seeing that the two lords on the platform hadn't spoken, they dared not urge them. They could only stand awkwardly to the side, looking over with some envy.

"Go check his background."

"Lord An" flashed his eyes and gave a soft order.

"Is Brother An Lin also interested in him? Your son has just awakened a High-level talent, so let us have this one for the Transcendent Association."

The two on the platform clearly saw the other's actions and said jokingly.

"Naturally, the Empire takes priority. However, doesn't the Empire usually only accept Transcendent with Mid-level abilities or above? The Mystery type has a high ceiling, but its floor is also very low. Perhaps this child only awakened a Low-level ability; our Dark Annihilation is still interested."

"Lord An" responded indifferently.

"Hehe..."

The two gave a dry laugh and didn't say anything more, just looking at the message transmitted to their wrist-mounted smart brains.

The other party needed to find someone to investigate the information, but as official personnel, they only needed to retrieve it from the database.

Name: Zhang Huaiyuan.

Age: 26.

Identity Information: None.

Supplement: Discovered in the 3992nd year of the Star Dome Calendar on the main star of the Edor Galaxy. Due to an unknown origin, he was sentenced to be directly deported to the Blackstone Star System as a mining slave.

No identity information?

The interest in their eyes grew stronger.

Ever since the explosion of Imperial technology and the use of smart brains to assist in managing territories, such unregistered persons have become increasingly rare. Even those born on remote planets can generally be monitored.

In a sense, being untraceable itself represents a kind of mystery.

As for why the mining slave mentioned in the supplementary information could appear here, the two were not surprised.

After all, a large portion of the money earned by the people below ends up in their hands. Since they have come to such a remote area, it is only natural to scrape together as much as possible.

Time gradually passed, and it was much longer than the awakening process of the "Dark Annihilation" young master earlier.

It wasn't until a full six hours later.

Zhang Huaiyuan, who had originally lost consciousness, gradually regained his senses.

"Am I... did I succeed, or did I fail?"

He perceived the power in his body; there didn't seem to be any change, but the feeling just now didn't seem like the failure he knew of.

He opened his eyes, feeling a bit hesitant, and immediately saw the empty awakening potion bottle clutched in his hand.

"Hmm... this is...!"