NOVEL WEB Ch. 34
Chapter 34: Breakthrough, E-rank Transcendent!
Among the supplies Jiang He listed, there were exclusive resources meant for F-rank Transcendents.
These things weren’t considered rare, yet the Fire Department didn’t keep them in stock, so they had to go out and buy them——
The lowest rank among firefighters was E-rank Transcendent, most were D-rank, so they had no use for such low-grade materials.
In the end, once everything was purchased, Jiang He spent a total of 114,514 yuan.
Normally, Jiang He lived frugally, his only recent splurge being on meals for White Crane, so this was the first time he had spent so much in one go.
He looked at his balance, which hadn’t even had time to warm up before plummeting sharply, and his heart ached.
“After buying all this stuff, what if the breakthrough fails?”
“Too miserly, brother.” White Crane shook his head.
His younger self really had a lot of problems.
“What do you mean miserly? You ate three thousand four hundred yuan’s worth of food in just five days. If it weren’t for this scholarship, you’d have eaten through all of our parents’ savings!”
Jiang He couldn’t help retorting.
He hadn’t expected that sixty years later, he himself would turn into such a glutton.
Every day, besides the essential cold noodles, he had to order all kinds of takeout and snacks.
Even pigs didn’t eat this much!
“Less than seven hundred a day in wages, and you go and hire an ultra S-rank teacher-slash-bodyguard-slash-nanny-slash-errand runner… and you’re still picky about it.” White Crane said helplessly: “Alright, enough complaining, hurry up and break through.”
Jiang He forced himself to set down the phone, shifting his focus back to reality.
At this moment, including Du Lingwei, all members of the Seventh Squad were present.
They piled the purchased items onto the table in the breakthrough chamber, still finding it somewhat unbelievable.
“Didn’t Jiang He only awaken not long ago? He’s already about to break through to E-rank?”
“That’s because he worked hard enough.” Zhang Zhiyong looked at the team members before him, scolding harshly: “In just these two days, Jiang He alone has used up fifty-eight grams of spiritual blood, and on top of that he trained his mind and profession together with Xiao Du…”
“And you lot? The moment you have free time, it’s just group dinners, drinking, and clubbing. Each month you’re allocated one hundred and fifty grams of spiritual blood, and you still can’t use it up.”
“If you had Jiang He’s level of effort, you’d have long since broken through to C-rank!”
“……”
He Xue and Long Tao looked embarrassed.
No, Captain, wasn’t this unrelated to effort?
Even if they did put in the effort, it was impossible to digest that much spiritual blood in just two days!
This was C-rank spiritual blood, and Jiang He was only F-rank!
In the end, Zhang Zhiyong concluded: “Once this period passes and the bureau isn’t so busy, your training load will double, until you break through to C-rank.”
“Ah?!”
“No way!!”
“Captain, spare us!!”
The room filled with wails, only Du Lingwei remained calm as usual.
She was already C-rank.
Taking the opportunity of Jiang He’s breakthrough, Zhang Zhiyong knocked some sense into the team, then shooed them all outside to wait.
Afterwards, he had Jiang He take off his shirt and lie down on the recliner in the breakthrough chamber.
Once Jiang He was in position, he released his intent.
The “Bone-Piercing Needles” laid out on the table floated up under the control of his materialized spiritual power, transforming into streaks of silver light that pierced into his acupoints, each leaving half a needle tail exposed.
Materials such as “Ringing God Liquid” automatically floated up, blended together, and dissolved into tiny motes of starlight, which then flowed into his spirit through the extraordinary properties of the Bone-Piercing Needles.
His spiritual power, already at its bottleneck, received the stimulation of the medicine. Its intensity amplified, surging upward at a speed beyond imagination.
Until it reached the F-rank limit, surpassed the limit, and ascended to its peak.
In an instant, a wave of spiritual fluctuation spread out. The dust on the chamber floor, as if affected and controlled by an invisible force, floated into the air.
Although Jiang He’s eyes remained tightly shut, the scene around him unfolded clearly in his mind.
He “saw” more.
……
Name: Jiang He
Attributes: Body 80.0, Spirit 120.0, Energy 50.0
Talents: Ferryman of Time, Word-Spirit (temporary)
Professions: Student lv11, Rumor Bearer lv11 (13/120), Fire Controller lv7 (45/80)
Specialties: Focus, Universal Lingual Intuition, Fire Command
Fire Control Skills: Arson lv6, Raging Fire lv1.
Word-Spirit Skills: Babble lv6, Voice of Thunder lv1, Weight of Words lv1, Final Word lv2, Hidden Curse lv1.
Student Skills: Omitted.
Comprehensive Energy Level: 119.0 (E-rank)
……
After breaking through to E-rank Transcendent, Jiang He’s energy level more than doubled, skyrocketing to 119.0.
His basic attribute strengths also underwent a tremendous leap.
Among them, his spirit attribute rose the most—by a full sixty points.
This wasn’t just a numerical increase.
With the qualitative change in spirit, Jiang He also comprehended the ability 【Mind Sight】.
It wasn’t a skill, but rather like the 【Divine Sense】 of cultivators, allowing one to perceive and scan external objects with spiritual awareness.
However, this spiritual perception could be blocked by 【Transcendent Power】.
When Jiang He turned his perception toward Zhang Zhiyong, he felt as if a chunk of space was missing. His eyes could clearly see him, but his spirit couldn’t sense his existence at all.
“No wonder Principal Zhong could see right through my thoughts…”
“In front of her, all my subtle reactions were completely exposed. It was no different from a ‘lie detector.’”
Perhaps this was why White Crane had chosen to keep certain things hidden.
No matter how hard Jiang He tried to control himself, in front of high-level Transcendents, it was hard not to give something away.
“You’re now an E-rank Transcendent. Congratulations.”
Zhang Zhiyong sensed Jiang He’s spiritual probing but didn’t mind.
It was normal for a newly advanced Transcendent to be curious about their new abilities.
Still, he offered a reminder.
“Other Transcendents can also sense your spirit. For many, that’s considered very offensive.”
“You need to be more careful in the future. Don’t go probing others with your spirit at will.”
Jiang He had still been straining to probe Zhang Zhiyong, trying to catch even a faint trace. But upon hearing this, he hurriedly stopped.
Embarrassed, he said: “Sorry…”
If all high-level Transcendents possessed spiritual probing abilities and were accustomed to them…
Didn’t that mean his earlier actions were basically like sticking his face right in front of the captain’s and staring at him wide-eyed back and forth?
He was doomed. How awkward!
“Haha, just be mindful in the future.” Zhang Zhiyong chuckled.
Compared to such a small matter, he was more focused on Jiang He’s strength——
When Jiang He was still F-rank, he had already been able to defeat E-rank and even D-rank human traffickers. Now that he had broken through to E-rank, he absolutely possessed combat power on par with D-rank.
Keep in mind, even the likes of He Xue and Chen Zhengyi in the squad were only at peak D-rank.
Jiang He could now be regarded as a proper member of the team!
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiyong nodded in satisfaction.
With a thought, he swept the leftover scraps into the bin, then handed Jiang He his clothes: “Come on.”
Jiang He got dressed and followed Zhang Zhiyong out the door.
At that moment, the other squad members were still waiting outside. When they heard the door open, they turned their heads in shock.
Zhang Zhiyong smiled and patted Jiang He’s shoulder: “Xiao Jiang’s breakthrough was a success. From now on, he’s an E-rank Transcendent! You all should also…”
But as he spoke, his voice gradually trailed off, his words stopping.
He had noticed the shocked, even fearful, expressions on He Xue and the others’ faces. Something was wrong.
“What is it?”
“Captain, something’s happened again…” Chen Zhengyi swallowed hard and forced out: “The Security Bureau was just attacked. A lot of people were killed.”
“The attackers wore Arc Light Organization cloaks and masks!!”
“What?!!” Zhang Zhiyong froze on the spot.
Behind him, Jiang He clenched his fists tightly.
So it had happened after all…
On May 24th, Arc Light resurfaced, plunging Central State City into chaos.