Chapter 004: A Mutated Beast Taming Talent, An Unimaginable Opportunity
Boom.
As Zane began to absorb the awakening energy, preparing to construct his Beast Taming Space, the energy that surged into his body started to riot.
Astonishing amounts of awakening energy crazily charged through his limbs and bones like a wild horse that had broken its reins.
The awakening energy was out of control.
Zane was baffled, having no idea why such a change would occur.
The most terrifying part was that after running a lap through his body, this rampaging energy began rushing toward his mind.
At this, Zane's expression changed drastically.
The brain was one of the most important human organs. If his brain were to be damaged by the awakening energy, he could very well become an idiot.
That was truly dangerous.
Zane made a decisive choice, preparing to exit his awakening state.
Even if it meant interrupting the Awakening Ceremony, he couldn't let the awakening energy continue to rage out of control.
After all, while using the awakening energy to build his Beast Taming Space was important, it was far less important than his own safety.
However, at this very moment, an intuition suddenly surfaced in Zane's mind.
[Perhaps, this is not a bad thing, but a huge opportunity.]
This intuition came out of nowhere, without any reason.
But, upon receiving it, Zane calmed down.
It was his [Intuition] talent, providing him with a special premonition.
His intuition told him that this was a massive opportunity, not a crisis.
With this thought, Zane steadied himself. He no longer obstructed the awakening energy from rushing into his mind, allowing it to transform him.
In an instant, an unimaginable amount of awakening energy madly poured into Zane's mind.
At the same time, under the effect of the awakening energy, Zane's awakened talent seemed to begin to change.
"My talent is undergoing a special change? A mutation... My Beast Taming Talent is mutating?"
A flash of insight struck Zane as he seemed to understand the situation.
In the Beast Taming World, mutated spirit beasts would sometimes appear, possessing special abilities or constitutions.
As a living being of this world, humans naturally also had the possibility of mutation.
Because a human's ability was their Beast Taming Talent, if a human were to mutate, it would almost always be a mutation of their Beast Taming Talent.
Zane's current situation was exactly that: a Beast Taming Talent mutation.
Stimulated by the awakening energy, Zane, who had already independently awakened his talent, was now experiencing a special change in that talent.
Zane was utterly shocked by this.
But, it seemed this wasn't a bad thing.
With this thought, Zane completely relaxed his body and mind, madly absorbing the awakening energy.
Meanwhile, the outside world had descended into chaos.
Because Zane was absorbing the awakening energy so frantically, he directly drained the surrounding energy, forming an energy vortex with himself at the center.
Even more astonishingly, above Zane's position, the phantom of a special purple eye slowly formed.
A Talent Phenomenon.
This was an extremely special phantom, a unique phenomenon that could only be born when a talent reached S-rank or even higher.
This clearly indicated that Zane's mutated Beast Taming Talent had surpassed A-rank and reached at least the S-rank level.
However, ordinary people had never seen a Talent Phenomenon for an S-rank talent or above.
Therefore, this astonishing phenomenon immediately alerted the proctors in the examination hall.
But, because of Zane's special background, the proctors didn't dare to act on their own and disturb him.
After all, Zane was the grandson of the Bailin City Lord.
If anything happened to Zane, they could not bear the consequences.
So, the proctors immediately reported the matter to their superiors.
In a short while, two old men with formidable auras quickly arrived at the examination hall.
The old man on the left was Zane's grandfather, Elder Bai. The white-haired old man on the right was the person in charge of the examination hall, Xinghan Wu.
"What happened? Why is there a problem with Zane?"
Elder Bai asked the proctor anxiously, rushing over.
He couldn't possibly sit still after learning that something had happened to Zane, immediately coming to the hall where his grandson was.
The proctor didn't dare to hide anything and quickly explained the unusual situation surrounding Zane.
"A Talent Phenomenon? Impossible. Zane has clearly already awakened his Beast Taming Talent."
"Could it be... that Zane's [Intuition] talent has mutated and advanced to S-rank? This is a great thing!"
Elder Bai fell into thought, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
Elder Bai's background was special, his strength was immense, and his knowledge far surpassed that of an ordinary Beast Tamer.
So, upon seeing Zane's condition, a guess formed in his mind.
Zane's Beast Taming Talent had mutated.
At this, Elder Bai was overjoyed.
This was a rare opportunity.
In his memory, throughout the entire history of human beast taming, the number of Beast Tamers whose talents had mutated could be counted on two hands.
Every single one of those Beast Tamers with mutated talents went on to become legendary figures whose names were passed down through the ages.
How could Elder Bai not be happy?
For some reason, when Elder Bai looked at the purple eye phenomenon that Zane had condensed, a sense of awe involuntarily rose in his heart.
It was as if this purple eye belonged to a supreme existence, looking down on everything in the world with indifference. It felt like facing the majestic might of the heavens, creating a sense of danger.
This made Elder Bai a little worried. He wanted to enter the examination hall and go to Zane's side to understand the situation, only then could he be at ease.
"Old Wu, let me enter the Awakening Hall."
Elder Bai looked at the old man beside him.
"Old Bai, don't make things difficult for me. You should know that as the City Lord of Bailin City, you cannot enter the Awakening Hall."
The white-haired old man said helplessly.
The Awakening Hall was directly under the jurisdiction of the Kyushu Federation, not the responsibility of the City Lord.
Therefore, the Kyushu Federation would directly dispatch a person in charge to each Awakening Hall to oversee the talent awakening and registration.
Even the City Lord had no authority to interfere in these matters.
This was a rule of the Kyushu Federation to prevent cheating incidents in the examination hall.
For this reason, upon hearing that Elder Bai wanted to enter the Awakening Hall, Xinghan Wu, an old friend of Elder Bai and the person in charge of the hall, immediately felt a headache coming on.
For a moment, the two were at a stalemate.
"Don't worry, Old Bai. Nothing will happen to your grandson."
"Didn't you already have a guess about what's happening to him?"
"This is definitely a good thing. Rushing in rashly might disturb him."
"Rest assured, I won't let anything happen to your grandson."
Xinghan Wu did his best to persuade Elder Bai.
However, Elder Bai did not leave. He remained outside the examination hall, watching Zane from afar.