CHAPTER 1014: CHAPTER 812: THE TRANSCENDENT CLASS BEYOND EARTH (LONG CHAPTER)_2

Buzz——

A faint golden radiance blossomed.

The spear was held horizontally, slightly thrusting forward.

From afar, it seemed as though Joe advanced with overwhelming momentum, while Vito stood his ground, hastily countering.

But this strike,

enveloped in the dense Blood Evil Qi, brought the great sword down, the blade clashing with the spear tip.

With a "clang," Joe’s arm shook violently.

The solid beast head, like a balloon burst, saw its Blood Evil Qi thin considerably in an instant.

Vito took a step forward, advancing with his spear.

With another "clang," Joe felt an unbeatable force surge from his hand.

Accompanied by a sharp aura, his Source Power crumbled momentarily like a river,

With an unrivaled momentum, he suddenly felt dwarfed, and his will to resist grew weaker.

His body gradually stiffened,

his mind blank,

as if he was locked in place.

Unstoppable, unavoidable.

Boom!!!!

Joe was sent flying backward fiercely.

Faster than when he came.

A mouthful of blood spewed in mid-air, tracing a long blood line, splattering onto the desolate training ground.

Joe crashed through the thick walls of the training ground, creating a large hole, before relentlessly flying several hundred meters further, rolling twice on the ground before lying in disarray, his eyes vacant.

His injuries weren’t severe.

Apart from some recoil, Vito hadn’t truly harmed him.

But his spirit was wounded.

Shattered to pieces.

Joe, who held himself in high regard, believing he was no worse than anyone, found himself completely lost that day...

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his eyes hollow, his body unwilling to move like a dried fish.

He just wanted to sleep away.

...

Vito left the training ground.

He didn’t offer comfort.

In his view, Joe wasn’t that fragile.

Joe was still a talent worth attention, just that he had taken the wrong path.

No matter how broad that path was, it would never lead to the celestial palace.

Vito stayed at the Hero Academy for a week, spent another week with his family, and then returned to Green Shadow City.

To cultivate at the World Tree Academy.

In the blink of an eye, it was the start of the school year again.

Today, the Hero Club sent over more exchange students.

But this batch of exchange students clearly lacked the quality of the first batch, with many so-called geniuses relegated to the elite class.

Some exchange students, with weak resolves, succumbed to discouragement and became dispirited, ultimately being persuaded to leave like Galro.

But many geniuses weren’t so fragile.

They had also lived through the darkness of the apocalypse’s early days, better understanding the importance of strength, and treasuring the opportunity to further their studies at World Tree Academy.

On this day,

Vito finally awaited news of the Transcendent Class.

"Brother Ji, you say... the Transcendent Class isn’t within the academy?"

Vito, in fluent Daxia language, couldn’t hide his surprise, "No wonder I’ve never seen Transcendent Class students within the academy... but isn’t the Transcendent Class a part of the academy?"

"Who told you the Transcendent Class belongs to the World Tree Academy?" Ji Kaipeng laughed, "We have indeed graduated from the academy."

"Then the Transcendent Class, is it a more advanced school?"

Vito understood it as the difference between high school and university.

But the Transcendent Class is just a single class, even with the addition of the rune class, potion class, array class, and so on, how many people are there, is it necessary to choose a new location?

"Yes, and no." Ji Kaipeng said, "You’re an exchange student, it’s normal not to know."

"Is it confidential?" Vito was astonished.

"Indeed, it is confidential, but since you’ve been admitted to the Transcendent Class, you’ll learn this information sooner or later... However, I still suggest you keep it to yourself."

Gulp~

Vito intuitively felt he was about to hear something extraordinary.

Even his state of mind rippled with waves.

Ji Kaipeng didn’t say it directly, but instead left a suspense:

"What do you think, how many students are in the Transcendent Class?"

"Oh, by the way," he added, "The Transcendent Class is not based on semesters, nor does it have a fixed duration, but rather it has a set graduation standard."

"Usually, the more talented a person is, the harder the graduation standards, increasing exponentially. Someone like Duan Qin, a Heavenly Pride, often stays in the Transcendent Class for several years, while ordinary people like us might graduate from the Transcendent Class in one or two, or two or three years."

Vito didn’t ask any silly questions about purposely holding back from graduating.

The Transcendent Class must have its own set of rules.

"Guess now, how many students are in the Transcendent Class."

Vito suppressed his curiosity, given that he couldn’t outdo him.

He estimated, "The World Tree Academy has already had five batches of graduates before us, averaging six people per batch, plus other geniuses directly selected by the Transcendent Class from Green Shadow City, and then minus those who graduated from the Transcendent Class...

About... 20 to 40 people."

He estimated a relatively large range.

Ji Kaipeng smiled.

After a few seconds, he extended five fingers.

"Fifty? So many."

"No, it’s five hundred, and that’s a figure I heard two years ago."

"How is that possible! Where could so many come from..."

Vito’s eyes widened, suddenly thinking of a possibility.

"You mean..."

"That’s right, it’s what you’re thinking." Ji Kaipeng nodded, a prodigy that can be taught.

"It’s the geniuses secretly cultivated by Green Shadow City... Oh."

He quickly covered his mouth and looked around.

So terrifying.

It turns out that Green Shadow City has secretly cultivated so many geniuses, and the World Tree Academy is just a very small part of it!

Ji Kaipeng spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"Eh???" Vito puzzled.

Thinking carefully, Vito’s guess wasn’t entirely wrong.

Indeed, Green Shadow City has cultivated many geniuses outside the World Tree Academy.

But, essentially, it’s completely different!

"I’ll tell you everything." He waved his hand, no longer interested, "The reason there are so many students in the Transcendent Class is because... the Transcendent Class is not on Earth."

He added, "It’s not a secret manual, not a small world, it’s completely not on Earth."

"Students in the Transcendent Class, from the World Tree Academy, occupy only a small portion."

Vito’s expression changed from bewildered, to doubtful, to shocked, and finally to astonished in one second.

His eyes were wide, and his mouth opened wide.

"Extraterrestrial alien races??"

"No, extraterrestrial is correct, but they are basically all of the Human Race, or races similar to the Human Race, such as the Wood Spirit Clan that exists on our Earth."

Ji Kaipeng said, "The Human Race is a very common race in the Endless World, and together with the Spirit Race, Demon Clan, and Beast Race, is one of the four races with the largest base population, and it used to be a top race in the Endless World."

"Used to be?"

Vito caught the key point.

"You should know about the alien races invading our world, they are part of the Devil Race, and the Devil Race..."

Ji Kaipeng talked about some of the information he knew.

Many of which are just from a few years ago, there’s little substantial information.

He had never stepped out of Earth, only knowing that the general situation is unfavorable for Earth and the Human Race.

But for Vito, who had hardly seen any alien races, this information was explosive.

It was as if his brain exploded with a bang, seeing a broader world.

"No wonder, City Lord Tang established the Cultivation Academy, spread Cultivation Skills, secret techniques, and even established a Transcendent Class spanning countless planets..."

"City Lord’s vision already sets on the Human Race; he exhausts himself for the survival of the Human Race, he... is so great!"

Vito’s admiration rose from the bottom of his heart.

The high ranks of the Hero Club felt complacent when they shared and brought back high-end knowledge without knowing that it was deliberately spread by Green Shadow City.

Both were forces established at the beginning of the apocalypse, but why is the gap so large!

Ji Kaipeng continued, "City Lord, he pays for the whole Human Race, but not everyone has such awareness, so some things cannot be made public immediately, just like the true situation of the Transcendent Class, you can understand."

"Understand, understand, totally understand! Rest assured, I will not say a single word more."

Vito’s eyes burned.

That is the brilliance of dedication to the Human Race.

As they spoke, the other ten graduates admitted to the Transcendent Class also arrived one after another.

Soon, they will be heading to the legendary Transcendent Class, not on Earth.

Vito’s eyes lit up.