Chapter 73: The Sixteenth Trait — Ultimate Summoning!
“What? A freshman!”
Inside the Monitoring Division, after seeing Ye Ze’s high school records, the people who had come to demand an explanation all cried out in shock.
“This high school student is really that instructor?”
“He only awakened his class five days ago...”
“That instructor isn’t third rank, not even second rank—he’s actually first rank!”
“He crushed dozens of same-rank geniuses in the special training camp all by himself...”
“In the future, China is certain to gain another ‘King-ranked’ sixth-rank powerhouse!”
Now that they knew all this, everyone was completely convinced.
How were they supposed to demand an explanation now?
He had fought multiple opponents of the same rank all by himself—one against five, one against ten, one against thirty-five!
If they could not beat him, what else could the problem be?
It could only be their own problem! What else was there to say?
The elders of the students who had their equipment stolen were even more speechless at this point...
Their juniors had simply been outmatched by another freshman. How could they still have the face to say anything?
But Wei Zheng said with a smile, “If any of you are short on equipment, headquarters can compensate you at the original price.”
That was already giving everyone plenty of face.
At the same time, it raised Ye Ze’s standing by yet another level... Even headquarters was willing to speak on his behalf, and the implication could not have been clearer.
But Wu Ming knew that this old fox Wei Zheng had no intention of spending any money.
Because the people who had been robbed had already suffered a crushing defeat. No one would still have the face to ask for compensation.
Besides, none of the forces present were truly short of money.
Sure enough, the leading fifth-rank old martial artist, Zhu Xiao’s father, let out a sigh and said,
“Forget it.”
“Let’s just treat it as a goal for my son to chase on his martial path!”
Wan Feipeng laughed and patted him on the shoulder. “That’s more like it! If you’re weak, train mo—”
“Ah, no, I mean—keep working hard! Hahaha!”
After that, the others all sighed silently as well, decisively gave up on asking for compensation, and had nothing more to say.
Wei Zheng promptly had everyone sign confidentiality agreements.
Everything about the special training camp was meant to remain undisclosed to the outside world to begin with, and now there was Ye Ze on top of that.
He ended up having everyone sign until he was thoroughly satisfied...
At the same time, Wei Zheng sized up the beaming Wan Feipeng and said in a measured tone,
“You really know how to hide things!”
Wu Ming stepped forward as well and teased, “Exactly. Who knows what kind of luck Linyuan City has stumbled into this year?”
“One Ye Ze, one Liu Anran the Space Warlock—both from Linyuan City!”
“Hahahahaha!” Wan Feipeng laughed so hard it was almost exaggerated.
“That just proves that I, the City Lord, am incredible!”
Once all the parents who had come finished signing the confidentiality agreements,
the students were called in to sign as well.
When Leng Feng came in, his whole state was practically dazed.
Even now, he still had not recovered from the news that Ye Ze was a freshman.
The gap between peers of the same age dealt an even deeper kind of despair...
“How am I supposed to surpass him now?”
Because Leng Feng had always treated Ye Ze as Liu Anran’s ‘ex-boyfriend.’ If he could not even surpass the ex-boyfriend, how was he supposed to pursue her?
Many others were equally shocked.
Fu Wanjun, for instance, had previously taken Ye Ze for a senior officer from the reconnaissance battalion...
In contrast, Liu Anran and Bai Wei were much calmer than the others. Aside from Liu Anran, the latter had already met Ye Ze in a Group Dungeon before, so now he was only shocked by the sheer extent of Ye Ze’s strength.
The one exception was Chu He...
After learning that Ye Ze was his peer, he suddenly began to entertain some rather unusual thoughts.
...
Inside the Ancient Battlefield, the dungeon did not seem to have closed yet.
Ye Ze sat reclining against a stretch of broken walls and ruins while casually tallying up his Military Merit...
“Killing one student gives 400. The ones from East China and Central China give 300 more.”
From the kill records, he had killed 63 in total, and 20 of them were from East China and Central China.
That meant...
“I’ve got 31,200 Military Merit!”
In the best Fourth Treasury of the Demon Suppression Army, 16,000 Military Merit was enough to choose one treasure.
Adding his own remaining Military Merit balance of 2,150,
he could pick two items now!
The Fourth Treasury of the Demon Suppression Army only contained treasures of Epic six-star quality or higher.
It was the richest treasury in all of China, filled with items, materials, and other things of extremely high rarity...
The thought alone put Ye Ze in an excellent mood.
At the same time, he had not forgotten his level 16 Trait.
“Now that I’ve finished counting the Military Merit, I may as well draw the Trait too.”
A golden sea of Traits appeared, with tens of thousands of Trait frames swirling like streams of light.
The sixteenth Trait...
【You have drawn a Golden Legend-grade Trait: Ultimate Summoning!】
【Ultimate Summoning: Only effective for Summoners. On your next summon, you will summon the strongest member of that race at the same level!】
(Expires after one use. The effect refreshes after fusion.)
(“Strongest” refers to the one with the greatest combined current combat power and potential.)
The strongest of a race at the same level?
“Now this is interesting!”
Within any race, there were naturally stronger and weaker individuals, and the stronger ones were harder to summon.
Once this was used, not only would the summon be fixed to the strongest possible one, even a low-quality Summoning Skill Book could call forth a high-quality elite!
Ye Ze looked at the Three-Tailed Demon Fox lying by his feet...
In other words, if he had used Ultimate Summoning before summoning the Three-Tailed Demon Fox, then if the Three-Tailed Demon Fox race had a Six Tails or even a Nine Tails at the same level, he would have been able to summon one of those latter two instead!
At that moment, as if sensing Ye Ze’s gaze, the little fox leapt onto Ye Ze’s lap and let out soft whimpering sounds as it nuzzled his right hand.
Holding the fox and stroking it, Ye Ze thought about the empty space in his Summoned Beast Space.
If he used up the Trait now, then his next summon could be the strongest member below level 16 within a given race.
Or he could wait until his level was higher and use it then, for greater returns.
Ye Ze weighed the pros and cons of the two options...
In the end, he decided there was no need to wait.
After all, Traits could be fused!
By the time his level was higher, he might even be able to fuse this into a Trait with an even better effect!
In that case, there was no need to consider the quality of the next Summoning Skill Book either, since it would summon the strongest one anyway.
The only thing he needed to consider was the race!
It had to be a rare, powerful race with a high ceiling, or else this Trait’s effect would be wasted.
Ye Ze quickly ran through the race compendium from his textbooks in his mind...
“Which race would be the better choice?”