Is a high-level Transcendent Stage 1 about to awaken?
And with rare-tier talent?
Zhang Chen wasn't entirely sure about the talent level classifications, but if he were to follow the equipment tier system:
From lowest to highest, it should be:
Common, Energy, Rare, Rare-tier, Epic.
Zhang Chen's talent was the highest, Divine Tier, so Divine Tier would be at the very end.
As for whether there were any tiers between Divine Tier and Epic, he wasn't sure yet.
He hadn't encountered anything higher than Epic.
Zhang Chen looked at this strong individual, a high-level Transcendent Stage 1, and then at Higman, feeling a sense of emotion.
Along the way, Zhang Chen had grown accustomed to being seen as a strong person by others.
In all the battles so far, except for the fight against the Spider Queen where he relied entirely on the meteor's energy, Zhang Chen had basically swept through everything else.
It was inevitable that he felt a bit proud, thinking he was already very strong.
In fact, being ranked first in the world was indeed very strong.
But when other batches of Reincarnators appeared, Zhang Chen realized that his strength among all Reincarnators.
Currently, he was only considered to be in the lower-middle tier.
And with so many powerful individuals unable to turn the tide of the apocalypse, if he wanted to achieve what predecessors could not, he would have to put in exponentially more effort!
I need to become stronger, much stronger!
Zhang Chen vowed silently in his heart.
"Dad, why are these people sleeping on the ground? Aren't they cold?"
Xiao Bai stood to the side, asking curiously.
"They won't be. They'll be getting up in a moment..."
"Wait, what did you say? These people?"
Zhang Chen was taken aback.
His attention had been entirely focused on Higman earlier, fearing that the guy might play a trick.
It was only now that he noticed.
Deeper in the alley, there were still seven or eight people lying there, dressed the same as the Higman on the ground.
Zhang Chen gazed at their bodies one by one.
Soon, sets of information appeared beside them:
[Awakening Progress 93%, estimated to awaken in 1 hour and 13 minutes and 22 seconds...]
[Awakening Progress 66%, estimated to awaken in 3 days, 7 hours, and 5 seconds...]
[Awakening Progress 99%, estimated to awaken in 5 seconds...]
Seeing the last prompt, Zhang Chen didn't have time to think further and immediately focused his attention on the survivor in front of him.
3 seconds...
2 seconds...
1 second...
Hoo!
The person suddenly sat up as if coming to life, looking around in panic, and shouting, "Soul Devourers? Where are the Soul Devourers?"
Hoo!
Another man nearby also sat up, raising his hand and firing an energy wave, smashing it fiercely into the building next to him.
It directly blasted a hole in the building.
Brick and wall debris rained down all over the ground.
"There are no Soul Devourers. We have already traveled back to the second stage of the apocalypse!"
Higman smiled, helped the overseer up, and then went to help another person.
His attitude was extremely solicitous.
"You?"
The overseer snapped back to reality, and upon seeing Higman, his expression changed. He said with a sinister gaze,
"You kid shouldn't be in the sewer, should you? Lord Soul Envoy hasn't had his fill yet, you should still go back and be rats!"
"Eh? When did you take a bath and get a haircut?"
He turned and saw Zhang Chen and Xiao Bai.
The overseer frowned, finding them unfamiliar, but didn't pay much attention.
In his opinion, anyone appearing in this vicinity should be a slave.
"Overseer, I am willing to be the Soul Envoy's toy, but they are not!"
"They even tried to pull me into their escape, but I am loyal and unwilling to leave, so I came to seek your help!"
Higman's expression changed extremely rapidly.
He quickly used these two individuals as shields.
"Heh, thank you, Hig what's-his-name, really!"
Zhang Chen let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile.
"Thank me? Thank you for what?"
"Don't think you can play any tricks. The guards will all wake up soon!"
"Let's see how many you can handle!"
"Although my status is low, we are all people wearing dark red rings!"
"You are an anomaly, your ring is green, and that little girl next to you is even more of an anomaly. She doesn't even have a ring!"
Higman shouted at the top of his lungs while slowly retreating towards the depths of the alley.
"Despicable slaves, overestimating themselves, daring to attempt to defect?!"
"Kill without mercy!"
The two overseers said, and instantly, their bodies were enveloped in a ball of flame.
"Soul Burn?"
"It's an energy evolution path!"
Zhang Chen was slightly surprised.
These two overseers probably didn't know his true strength.
Facing strangers, they were going all out from the start!?
"Flash!"
The two overseers instantly appeared on either side of Zhang Chen, sandwiching him between them!
"Die!"
These two guys had excellent coordination and very insidious tactics.
Most people would shout before attacking, or shout as they attacked.
This was a natural reaction.
But these two overseers deliberately suppressed their instincts, only shouting after their blades had already been swung.
This kind of unconventional combat method could often achieve a surprise effect.
Whoosh!
The two blades swung through empty air simultaneously.
Zhang Chen had already appeared fifty meters away.
A faint mist shrouded his right hand, where the Thousand Bone Blade was.
Higman was dead!
The reason Zhang Chen had thanked Higman earlier was because he knew he had a soft spot.
If the other party was sufficiently obedient and respectful, he often wouldn't kill them.
Higman had already had one foot in the grave, but because of a small trick at the last moment, Zhang Chen had forcefully pulled him back from the brink.
Ding! Auto-collection successful, congratulations on obtaining [Energy Gathering Crystal Core] * 52000 (Light Blessing not triggered), [Dark Red Ring] * 1, [Combat Puppet Command Controller] * 1...
"Hmm, with this controller, those puppet soldiers won't cause trouble!"
"[Soul Burn] Level 7!"
Zhang Chen suddenly activated his skill as well.
Since the other party was so serious and went all out once the fight began, he couldn't be too complacent either.
He had to show some spirit!
"[Death Storm]!"
Zhang Chen suddenly began to spin rapidly.
A powerful airflow quickly condensed in the alley, eventually forming a small tornado.
Boom!
Zhang Chen rushed to Xiao Bai's side, his Soul Burn disappearing.
Then, two dark figures fell powerlessly from mid-air.
Plop, plop...
They landed on the ground, seemingly certain to die.
However, these two corpses did not turn into mist, but simply lay on the ground.
There's something wrong!
Zhang Chen frowned slightly and then suddenly flew into the air.
Just a few tenths of a second after he took off, an explosion sounded from beneath his feet!
Boom!
A large pit appeared where he had just been standing.
Xiao Bai and Er Pang retreated rapidly to the alley entrance.
Xiao Bai watched the battle with dizzying amazement and really wanted to join in.
But she was very sensible.
Her dad didn't interfere when she was playing, so now that it was her dad's turn to play, she couldn't interfere either!
The two overseers stood on the ground, looking up at Zhang Chen.
However, behind them lay two corpses identical to themselves.
What was the rare-tier talent of these two fellows?