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Chapter 88 A Minor Shock of the Ninth Rank (410 views, requesting first subscription)
above the sky.

Ember was surrounded by a sky full of lightning.

He looked at the scene below, his face darkening.

"Oh shit!"

"You're trying to steal my crystals while I'm away, aren't you?"

now.

In the embers' gaze—

Within a five-mile radius of Dawn City, there were hordes of mutated beasts and infected creatures of all shapes and sizes!
At first glance.

The number is a full 300,000!

It utilizes 'phototaxis' and 'spatial perception' capabilities.

Embers discovered—

Within a radius of fifty miles of Dawn City, all the mutated beast/infected creature nests were now empty.

This is a true 'all-out effort'!
"very good!"

Yu Jin laughed in anger.

He was just worried about having no one to practice on after logging in, when this horde of reckless beasts delivered themselves to him.

"If I don't give you a little numerical shock today, then my breakthrough to the ninth rank will have been for nothing!"

Think about this.

The embers didn't even land on the walls of Dawn City.

in contrast.

Something moved in his heart.

Om-!
Behind Yu Jin, wings of light a full hundred meters long materialized out of thin air!
[Tier 3 Light Attribute Ability: Light Wings lv9]

[Active Effect: Condenses illusory light wings, levitates off the ground, and can fly short distances by consuming energy]

[Max Level Effect: Ignore gravity, infinitely increase flight altitude (can absorb starlight in space, speed increases exponentially)]

Om-!
The wings of light fluttered gently.

Ember's figure had already appeared three thousand meters above Dawn City.

The dazzling halo made him look like the blazing sun.

below.

On the city walls of Dawn City.

Angelina Neal remained bent over, but her silver mechanical face was now filled with excitement and devotion!

on the contrary.

Chen Gang looked up, almost 180 degrees, at the sky.

"hiss--"

He stared at the figure whose light had already surpassed that of the sun and gasped for breath.

"What the hell..."

"This is the new city lord?"

"He hasn't even made a move yet, but I already sense his terrifying strength!"

Just for a moment.

Chan Kong then made a decision—

Abandon the cooperation with Yin Yao that they had previously agreed to 'betray the new city lord'.

joke!

What are you going to use to backstab me?
the other side.

Yin Yao also looked up at the sky.

But unlike Chan Kong...

At this moment, a name kept echoing in her heart.

"ember!"

This aura, so familiar yet so strange, this terrifying aura of a ninth-tier evolved being…

Yin Yao experienced it only once!

In her past life, when she saw Ember from afar!
"The new city lord..."

"Is it embers?"

Yin Yao's eyes were glazed over, her mind a complete mess.

She had considered this possibility before.

after all--

The new city lord's attributes of light, lightning, and space were exactly the same as those of the embers.

but!
How could the new city lord be Yu Jin?!

It doesn't make sense; there are just too many parts that don't make any sense at all...

this moment.

Yin Yao's mind was in complete turmoil.

She even lost the ability to think.

All she could do was quietly gaze up at the figure in the sky.

……

……

Above the sky.

Ember looked down at the turbulent beast tide below.

Eye of Insight activated.

Information about various mutated beasts and infected entities is displayed.

[Sand Scorpion Leader]

[Race: Mutant Beast]

[Rank: Fifth Rank]

[Abilities: Poison Sting Lv5, Sand Trap Lv5, Pincer Strike Lv5...]

……

【Lava Giant Lizard King】

[Race: Mutant Beast]

[Level: Level 6]

[Abilities: Lava Lv6, Fireball Lv6, Whip Lv6...]

……

【Thorn Dragon King】

[Race: Mutant Beast]

Rank: Seven

[Abilities: Bone Spurs Lv6, Poison Lv6, Earthquake Lv6...]

……

Mika Hawke

[Race: Infected]

[Level: Level 6]

[Attribute: Blood]

[Abilities: Bloodlust Lv6, Blood Explosion Lv6, Blood Elementalization Lv6...]

……

Yu Jin withdrew his gaze, too lazy to look any longer.

Sixth and seventh tiers were not enough to attract his attention.

Swah——

Yu Jin had a sudden thought.

The system's 'Personal Information' panel appeared before my eyes.

He now possesses a total of seven attributes, and his total number of abilities has exceeded fifty.

This time.

Ember wasn't going to use a low-level ability like a 'laser' casually.

The laser is powerful, but it's too slow at clearing monsters.

Ember's idea was—

One-click sweep!
Fast, accurate, and ruthless!
"Back on Earth, the abilities of the seventh, eighth, and ninth tiers were all sealed, so we couldn't even see them, let alone use them."

Yu Jin murmured to himself, looking at the last few items in the 'Abilities' section of the panel.

[Seventh-tier Light Attribute Ability: Sunshine Lv1]

[Active Effect: Sunlight melts everything]

"Big snake?"

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow and continued reading.

[Seventh level thunder attribute ability: Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly Lao Guide lv1]

[Active Effect: Uses heavenly lightning as a cage to imprison and annihilate all enemies within range]

"Lightning Squirrel?"

Yu Jin simply looked towards the end.

Since we're going to test advanced abilities, why not just go all the way through!
[Ninth-Tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Dimensional Cage Lv1]

[Active Effect: Locates and banishes all enemies within the area to a lower-dimensional cage, where they are subjected to eternal spatial strangulation.]

"Good guy!"

Yu Jin's eyes lit up instantly.

This ninth-tier ability looks incredibly powerful!
"It's you!"

Like choosing a concubine, Yu Jin selected this ninth-tier spatial attribute ability from more than fifty abilities.

"Come!"

Yu Jin gave a light shout, then reached out and drew a circle on the ground below.

The circle perfectly encompassed all 300,000 mutated beasts and infected beings surrounding Dawn City.

"Yes, we mustn't accidentally harm friendly forces."

Yu Jin murmured to himself, then drew another circle.

This time.

The circle completely surrounded Dawn City.

At this point, the embers have essentially 'defined' the area.

"Let me see how powerful a ninth-tier ability is!"

With a thought, Yu Jin activated 'Dimensional Prison'.

click -

Kaka——!
It was just a fleeting moment.

A deafening cracking sound echoed across the vast天地 (heaven and earth).

On the city wall of Dawn City.

Chen Gang stared straight ahead, his eyes wide open!
now.

It was just ten meters away from him, outside the city wall.

The space there shattered inch by inch, like a mirror!
Roar--!
Roar——!
The horde of mutated beasts stirred and let out terrified screams.

But within seconds.

The screams disappeared.

They disappeared at the same time.

There are also hundreds of thousands of mutated beasts and infected.

"?"

Chen Gang looked bewildered.

"What happened?"

Equally bewildered.

There were also nearly a thousand other evolved beings on the city wall.

They looked at each other, then turned to look outside the city.

"Eh?"

"A hallucination?"

now.

In their sight.

The sky is clear and the air is fresh; life is peaceful and serene.

Outside Dawn City, where are the endless hordes of mutated beasts and infected creatures?
"Eh!"

"wrong!"

"I saw!"

"On the ground! Holy crap! On the ground!"

Behind Yin Yao, a boy from the environmental protection club opened his eyes wide and shouted shrilly.

This statement came out.

Chen Gang and the others popped their heads out from the city wall and looked down at the ground.

"!!!"

For an instant.

Everyone's scalp was numb.

Outside Dawn City, in the wasteland within a radius of five miles, murals appeared one after another!
The content of the mural...

It was those hundreds of thousands of mutated beasts and infected that had besieged the city earlier!

What's even scarier is.

This mural is even a GIF animation!

Just like now.

Chen Gang witnessed it with his own eyes—

A mutated sand scorpion, compressed into the shape of a QR code, is constantly being cut by invisible 'lines'.

It only lasted a few seconds.

The sand scorpion's shape disappeared, leaving only tiny pixels on the ground.

"Gulu——!"

Chen Gang swallowed hard.

"Poet's Grip!"

"Is this really an evolved being like us, or a god?"

Brother Hong's probing questions came from the very soul.

But obviously.

He interrogated her too early.

Because just one minute later.

All the GIFs on the ground stopped moving.

Three hundred thousand mutated beasts and infected creatures were transformed into vibrant, colorful pixels on the earth.

but……

It's not over yet!
Even more terrifying and chilling things happened!
pat--!
A crisp sound of something landing echoed outside the city.

Chen Gang's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost.

"what is that?"

"Tell me what that is!"

"That's fucking..."

"Infection crystals? Energy crystals?"

pat-

pat--!
In no time at all.

A dazzling 'crystal rain' fell on the wide open ground outside Dawn City.

First order, second order, third order, fourth order...

There are even quite a few fifth- and sixth-order crystals!

Chen Gang is numb.

At some point, the hundreds of thousands of refugees who rushed up the city walls from the outer city streets and witnessed this scene also became numb.

Only Yin Yao.

Her eyes were glazed over, and she murmured over and over again, "Ember, Ember, this is an ability only Ember possesses!"

Wasteland in the past.

Yin Yao had heard too many rumors about Yu Jin.

One of them was exactly the same as the scene she was seeing:
"The invincible Lord of Dawn, Lord Ember, merely raised his hand and drew a circle, and all the enemies within the circle collapsed into a lower dimension, where they were strangled and annihilated!"

"What's even more amazing is..."

"The crystals carried by the strangled enemies will fall out of thin air, like rain."

……

……

above the sky.

Yu Jin looked at the 'crystal rain' falling and nodded in satisfaction.

When he first used the 'Dimensional Cage', he was a little careless and forgot that these mutated beasts could also provide crystals.

But the good news is...

[Eighth-Tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Spatial Folding Lv1]

[Active Effect: Folds two points of space, causing spatial strangulation, or folds two points of space to achieve cross-dimensional teleportation (limited to inanimate objects)]

It turns out.

As long as there are enough types and quantities of abilities.

Even if there is a momentary lapse in attention, there is still plenty of time to make amends!

Spatial folding combined with dimensional cages constitutes a set of techniques.

The combination of the two resulted in the spectacular scene that Yin Yao and the others are witnessing today.

Ember did not use any elemental abilities such as light, lightning, metal, or boulder.

But obviously.

The ability to manipulate space makes it even more mysterious and awe-inspiring.

Yu Jin's actions were both a test of his capabilities and a way to establish his authority.

The target of establishing prestige was naturally not Chen Gang, Yin Yao, and others, but the hundreds of thousands of ordinary refugees in Liming City.

in the future.

Ember is meant to develop Dawn City, and these people, as his original core group, cannot be allowed to have any issues with their loyalty and faith.

Om-!
The siege of Dawn City was lifted, and Ember retracted its enormous wings of light, which were a full hundred meters long.

This thing is a bit over the top.

boom--!
Yu Jin took a step forward.

Lightning flashed across the sky behind them.

next second.

He had already appeared on the city walls of Dawn City.

"My lord!"

Angelina Neal shouted!

"Lord City Lord!"

Tens of thousands of refugees knelt down with excitement and piety!

"Old Yu?!"

Chen Gang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he watched the embers fall from the sky!

“President?!”

More than forty junior students from the environmental protection club were all stunned and bewildered after seeing the embers!

"..."

Yin Yao stood there, staring intently at Yu Jin's face, unable to utter a single word...

original.

Ember never needed to replace the Lord of Dawn City!
original.

Ember is that mysterious and powerful new city lord!

original.

It only takes three days after the time travel.

With the embers, one can reach the ninth rank, stand at the very top of the pyramid in this wasteland world, and look down upon all living beings...

(End of this chapter)