Testing Arcana, Pangu Ant Form

Testing Arcana, Pangu Ant Form

"Oi' Ling, why did you stop me? Aren't you tempted?"

Ling Jim and Li Kai left the stage. Their life trajectory had completely changed, and they no longer needed to prepare for the college entrance examination. Now, they could go wherever they want, and the school would not interfere.

"Of course, I'm tempted! But I still know the truth about shopping around for anything!"

Ling Jim smiled and explained, "We have already awakened our Arcana. I believe that other organizations will catch wind of the news soon and contact us. We can have a look at the offers given by the other organizations before we make our final decision!"

"Oi' Ling, although, we both are same age with some months difference which makes the older one, you're still the smarter one!"

Li Kai was not a fool. Naturally, he could understand Ling Jim's reasoning and could not help but feel ashamed.

"I'm just slightly calmer than you!"

Ling Jim touched his nose and said with a smile, "Where are you heading now? Want to go home to tell our parents or find a place to have fun?"

"Let's go home first. I need to tell my parents this good news!" Li Kai touched his head and smiled. "They'll be very happy once they know that I've awakened my Arcana!"

"Then let's part ways here!"

"Keep in touch!"

"Okay!"

Both went their separate ways after they left school. Ling Jim did not rush home, instead, he looked for a secluded area and started to test out the Arcana he had obtained.

He had already tried replicating an Arcana earlier.

The pain almost brought him to tears.

He couldn't think how he would have to bear a pain like that each time he replicates an arcana.

He despaired.

[Faint sadness detected. Fusion System is activating.]

[Activation successful. The host has obtained the ability to fuse all things and improve their quality! Dire beasts, ores, weapons, arcana...the system capabilities are limited only by the host's imagination.]

Could it be the legendary Midas Touch?

It was rumored that every transmigrator would receive a blessing from the heavens, and it turned out to be true. Jim was stunned but decided to keep this for later.

Now, he wanted to test out the replicated Earth-element Arcana.

Ling Jim found a rock, and for some reason, rocks had always felt like inert objects in the past, but now... they felt different?

He could seemingly control the rock with just a thought. It was a very strange feeling that he never had before.

Rise! Ling Jim said in his heart, and a rock the size of a watermelon floated up.

While it trembled and looked like it would fall to the ground at any moment, it soon flew.

Ling Jim was thrilled. "F*ck! I'm controlling the rock! I can actually control the rock..."

Since he got too excited, his concentration was not enough, and the rock fell to the ground with a crash. Ling Jim did not mind it and continued to try.

"Rise!"

"Fall!"

"Turn!"

"Accelerate!"

"Stop!"

"Split!"

The rock split in half.

"Crumble!"

The rock turned into dust.

"Ha-ha, cool!"

Looking at the rock, which had been reduced to dust, fall all over the ground, Ling Jim felt great.

He had absolute control of the rock, and it would strike wherever he pointed it to and do whatever he wanted it to do. It was a feeling that could not be described with words.

Well, there was one word: cool!

"So, my Arcana Replication is real! The replicated Earth-element Arcana is also real!"

"It looks like I can finally relax!"

Ling Jim left the corner feeling satisfied. He then looked for an Internet cafe by the road. He now had a lot of questions in urgent need of answers.

Ling Jim found a deserted corner in the cafe and began to look up Replication Arcana.

Since Replication Arcana had never appeared in this world before, there was not much information on it. However, an article called The Hypothesis of Possible Future Arcana caught Ling Jim's attention.

The article opened with this:

There are no two identical eggs in this world or no two identical Arcana!

The awakened Arcanists are the best evidence of this, and even Arcana of the same type have many subtle differences.

Different people have different kinds of Arcana, and the number of people on Earth equates to the number of Arcana that may appear.

What kind of Arcana may appear in the future?

Immediately after, the author listed out many Arcana that had yet to appear, and he made detailed guesses of all these brand-new arcana... Replication was one of them.

"Replication Arcana is an incredible gift that will grant an Arcanist a computer's copy-paste ability to replicate other Arcanists' Arcana. Its possessor could eventually become an omnipotent god!

"Of course, Replication Arcana can also have many limitations, like time of effect, cooldown, replication restrictions... and the like!

Ling Jim read each word, and suddenly, he had lots of questions in his mind. "Are the Arcana I replicate temporary or permanent?

"How long would it take for me to replicate again after I have replicated an Arcana?

"Can I replicate all Arcana?

"Are there any flaws in my replications?"

The series of questions gave Ling Jim a headache. He knew that he had no one to help him answer these questions and could only slowly stumble and learn by himself.

Ling Jim then looked up the information of Arcana organizations, which were the world's largest power. Some powerful Arcana organizations had the right to equal dialogue with governments of countries too.

"It's always better to be under a shade. As a newbie, it's best if I join one of these organizations! The question is, which one?"

Ling Jim opened the Top 500 Arcana Organization ranking and started to browse it from top to bottom.

The number one organization was obviously Pangu Arcana Combine, an Arcana organization founded by the number one powerhouse, Emperor Might.

Emperor Might!

He was Earth's undisputed number one powerhouse!

From his name, Emperor Might had Arcana associated with his body.

Indeed, Emperor Might's Arcana belonged to a body transformation-type, and he could transform into a very terrifying creature, the Pangu God Ant!

Ants were known as the "Hercules" of the natural world, and they were known for their strength.

Pangu God Ants were the emperors among ants, and they were extremely strong as well as violent.

It was said that a Pangu God Ant could lift something 10,000 times its own weight, and it was a powerful force of nature. Emperor Might had the ability to transform into a Pangu God Ant, so one could imagine how strong he was.

"Pangu Arcana Combine is the world's number one Arcana organization, with branches all over the world. Its founder is also the world's number one powerhouse. I'm of course happy to join such an organization, but... I'm afraid that the treatment I might get would not be comparable to that from weaker Arcana organizations!"

The more powerful an organization, the greater its ability to attract, and naturally, the recruitment threshold would be higher as well. Ling Jim was not afraid of them looking down on him, but he was afraid of poor treatment.

It was something that could not be helped. Everyone wanted to enter the larger organizations, and with the extremely fierce competition, the treatment received would typically be poorer.

"Vulcan Arcana Combine was founded by the world's second-strongest, Vulcan. Vulcan can control fire... and rumor has it that his flames are unusual. It's a type of meteoric fire from space. Its temperature is terrifyingly high. There's nothing it cannot burn, and it's extremely lethal!

"This company is also good!

"Third..."

Unknowingly, an afternoon had passed. After he was done researching, Ling Jim left the Internet cafe and was about to go home.

As soon as he entered through the door, he caught a whiff of a very tempting fragrance. "What is Dad cooking that smells so good?"

Ling Jim came from a single-parent family. His parents had gotten a divorce when he was very young, so his father had raised both him and his sister single-handedly. With his father taking the role of two parents, the hardships he endured was not something outsiders would understand, especially some time ago, when his company declared bankruptcy.

The blow to his father was extremely big.

Had it not been for them, his two children, his father would have already thrown himself off the balcony and returned his soul to King Yama.

As a result, his father's mental state had not been very good recently. He had been drowning his sorrows with alcohol and was extremely dispirited. He had not cooked in a long time now.

Did the sun rise from the west today?

Just as Ling Jim was feeling puzzled, his father poked his head out from the kitchen and was all smiles. "Son, you're back?"

"Dad, you're..."

After spending half a month's time together, Ling Jim had slowly accepted this cheap dad of his. Besides, the latter was still very concerned about his son.

"I heard what happened in school from your sister!" Ling Tianqi broke into a smile. "Son, congratulations on becoming an Arcanist! Dad is proud of you!

"I'll tell you what..."

Ling Jim suddenly wrapped his head around it. No wonder his father had come out. He had found out that Ling Jim had awakened his Arcana, and this was indeed a boost to him.

"Sit down and get some rest. Food will be ready soon. Later, we'll have a couple of drinks and celebrate!" His father was very excited.

"Do you need any help?" Ling Jim asked.

"No need!"

Not long after Ling Jim sat down, his sister, Ling Xiang came home. The moment she entered the door, she lunged at Ling Jim. "Brother, you're so awesome!"

"I just awakened my Arcana," Ling Jim said with some disapproval.

"Ooh, so pretentious! Go on!"

His little sister glared at him and added, "You know, after the trials were completed, the school hung a banner that said, 'Congratulations to Li Kai, Ling Jiu, and Han Cheju of our school on awakening their Arcana and bringing glory to the school...'"

"Han Cheju? She also awakened her Arcana?"

Ling Jiu was a little surprised. Of course, he knew Han Cheju. She was a member of the Olympian class, and the first in class as well, so obviously, she was the first in the entire year!

What left an impression on Ling Jim was that the girl was not only gifted academically, but she was also very beautiful. On top of that, she possessed a good family background.

She could have relied on her looks and her father, yet she wanted to rely on her talents. That was Han Cheju.

"Even Han Cheju has awakened her Arcana. That's unexpected! Xiang, do you know what kind of Arcana Han Cheju awakened?" Ling Jiu asked.

"I heard that it's special-type Arcana. As for the details, I don't know!" His sister shook her head slightly.

"A special-type Arcana?"

"Food is ready!"

The meal was scrumptious. Ling Jim's awakening of his Arcana was an earth-shattering event, and the family was filled with joy.

Dinner ended late, and after he dismissed his overly excited and energetic sister, his dad changed his name to Ling Aldrich Jim [Nickname: AI]. Ai then returned to his room and tried to absorb the Gene Arcana.

"Theoretically, if you've awakened your Arcana, you can sense the existence of the Gene Arcana around you and absorb it into your body. I should be able to do it as well!"

Ai took a deep breath and completely calmed himself down. "I heard that the first absorption is the most difficult, and it will become easier later on!"

"Relax!

"Fully relax!

"Hush...

"Hush..."

A few minutes later, Ai gradually relaxed. His breathing became imperceptible, and even his heartbeat became much slower...

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

Suddenly, Ai saw a light spot dancing around in the room like a firefly. It was drifting irregularly. Then, he saw a second, a third, a fourth...

More and more light spots danced around Ai like prancing fairies.

"Is this the Gene Arcana?"

Looking at the light spots, Ai's desire to consume them was instinctively aroused.

As the thought appeared in his mind, Ai noticed the nearest light spot flying toward him and disappearing into the top of his head.

Then, the second, the third, the fourth...more and more light spots entered his brain, and Aldrich felt a chill in his head.

"Is this what it feels like to absorb the Gene Arcana? It's amazing!"

While "consuming" the light spots one by one took forever, Aldrich did not feel any impatience. On the contrary, he found it to be a very novel feeling with a wonderful sensation of cultivating his inner powers.

Without realizing it, the night passed, and Ling Ai was awakened by the alarm clock. "It's already six? Time sure flies!"

Ai clearly felt as if not much time had passed, but a whole night had gone by. More importantly, even though he had been absorbing the Gene Arcana for a whole night, he did not feel tired or sleepy at all. Instead, he was full of energy, and he never felt better.

"Brother, are you up yet?"

His sister's voice rang outside the door, and she still sounded very excited.

"I'm up!"

Ai opened the door, and a young girl in cute bunny pajamas was standing outside the door with dark circles under her eyes. "Didn't sleep well last night?" Ai asked.

"I was too excited last night!" His sister yawned. "Didn't sleep much at all!"

"Oh, you..."

Ai shook his head. "Hurry up and get ready. We still need to go to school!"

"Yeah!"

She nodded her head and curiously asked, "Brother, you don't need to go to school anymore, right? You also don't need to take the college entrance examination?"

"Of course!"

Ai smiled. "But I have to go to school today. The principal called last night and said he had something important to discuss with me!"

"I'm so jealous!"