At this moment, all eyes in the stadium were fixed on the teacher in charge of Fang Xiu's awakening.
Originally, this teacher had been quite smug.
However, when she saw the data on the machine's panel, she froze.
"S... S... S..."
The teacher stammered slightly.
"What's going on?"
"We know it's an S-rank talent, but there's no need to stutter like that, right?"
"What kind of talent is it anyway?"
"An S-rank what? What's after that?"
The students below began to whisper among themselves.
Some of the teachers even wanted to walk over and see for themselves.
"Teacher Wei, what kind of talent is it?"
A teacher not far away hurriedly asked.
But Teacher Wei shook her head. "No, it's not S-rank!"
"Ah? It's not? Didn't you just say it was S-rank?"
The other teacher was also taken aback.
"I wasn't trembling just now because of that... It's an SSS-rank talent!"
Teacher Wei finally spoke normally at this moment.
"What? An SSS-rank talent?"
"How is that possible?"
"Did she read it wrong?"
"Are there even SSS-rank talents in this world?"
"Yes, above S-rank are SS-rank and SSS-rank talents. Those are the strongest talents."
The strongest?
Good heavens!
What kind of monster had the school awakened?
Hearing this, everyone lost their composure.
They knew that strange phenomena meant an S-rank talent.
Yet they had never dared to imagine that someone could awaken an SSS-rank talent.
"You... you stole my SSS-rank talent!"
At this very moment, Lu Yu'er finally lost control and let out a furious roar at Fang Xiu beside her.
This cry not only startled Fang Xiu, but also left the other students frozen for a moment.
"Isn't that the school belle, Lu Yu'er?"
"What does she mean by him stealing her SSS-rank talent?"
"It seemed like it was Fang Xiu's turn originally, and then she went in first."
"How can that even be called stealing? Awakened talents aren't about luck."
"There's no help for it. Who told Lu Yu'er to awaken a D-rank talent? She must have been driven crazy by jealousy."
After recovering from their shock, the people around began to whisper quietly.
No one expected that after awakening a D-rank talent, Lu Yu'er would actually pick a fight with Fang Xiu, who had kindly let her test first.
Hearing the surrounding discussions, Lu Yu'er felt a pang of awkwardness.
However, anger quickly made her forget that awkwardness.
"If you hadn't been hypocritical and let me test first, you would have been the one with the D-rank talent, and I would be the one with the true SSS-rank talent!"
Lu Yu'er truly loved to make shocking statements.
The process of awakening did not rely on the order of testing.
Although there was a bit of luck involved, it depended much more on one's own potential.
Lu Yu'er's potential simply wasn't enough; no matter when she awakened, it would only ever be a D-rank talent.
Even if she swapped places back with Fang Xiu, it would still only be D-rank, not SSS-rank.
This was something Fang Xiu knew, the teachers knew, and the students present all knew.
Even Lu Yu'er knew it herself.
Yet she refused to admit it.
Clearly their grades were similar, and their looks were on par, so why was Chu Qingxue able to awaken an S-rank talent while she only got a D-rank?
Although these two letters sat next to each other on a keyboard, in terms of rank, the difference between them was as vast as heaven and earth.
Fang Xiu didn't speak; he merely furrowed his brows slightly.
"Fang Xiu, SSS-rank talent, Dark Element, Sacrificer."
Right at that moment, Teacher Wei, who was in charge of the testing, suddenly spoke up.
When her voice trailed off, the entire sports field fell completely silent.
SSS-rank?
That alone was enough to cause surprise, even shock.
Yet what truly made them fall silent was... Dark Element, Sacrificer.
"Dark Element? A Sacrificer? SSS-rank? Hahahaha..."
Lu Yu'er, who had still been planning to make Fang Xiu take responsibility, froze for a moment upon hearing this profession, and then burst into merciless laughter.
For no other reason than that the Sacrificer was the absolute trashiest awakened profession, bar none.
Even awakening a lifestyle profession like a blacksmith or a tailor would be better than this Sacrificer.
The reason was simple: the Sacrificer's innate ability was sacrifice.
One offered all sorts of useful things as sacrifices to the gods in exchange for strength or other treasures.
Yet what humans considered precious, the gods might not necessarily like.
Once the sacrificed items failed to gain the gods' approval, not only would no treasures be obtained, but punishment would follow.
There had once been someone who awakened the Sacrificer profession, and after making a sacrifice whose items were not approved, the so-called god had taken away one of his legs.
Others had even lost their lives over it.
Sacrificing was just like playing a game of probability.
How could mere mortals ever guess the minds of the gods?
The strongest SSS-rank talent, and it awakened the most garbage Sacrificer?
"Damn, what a waste!"
"Yeah, an SSS-rank talent, and it's just a Sacrificer?"
"If you make the wrong sacrifice, you lose your life, right?"
"But if you don't make sacrifices, the Sacrificer has zero ability—the awakening talent literally *is* sacrifice!"
"That's why this profession is the most useless one!"
"..."
After their initial shock, many students began to whisper among themselves.
Not far away, Chu Qingxue glanced at Fang Xiu, though it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.
"Heh!"
While everyone else was shocked and whispering, Fang Xiu let out a cold chuckle.
If he really had only awakened the Sacrificer profession, he might indeed have felt depressed.
A Sacrificer, even with an SSS-rank talent, remained utterly useless.
However, Fang Xiu felt not the slightest bit of surprise.
Just moments ago, Fang Xiu had already figured out his own profession.
Right as... the system awakened.
At this moment, Fang Xiu looked at the awakening formation before him, upon which rested a gemstone.
Fang Xiu recognized this object; it was a beast core.
It was a crystal formed after the energy contained within a beast's corpse had been purified following its death.
And right now, a piece of data floated above this beast core:
[A low-tier water-element beast core. In the hands of the right person, it holds a certain value. The Goddess of Life happens to be missing a bead on her bracelet; sacrifice it to her, and she will be somewhat pleased, granting you a reward.]
In addition to this, different hints appeared in other places as well.
There was a beast core of a different attribute on the ring of the teacher standing beside him!
There was a string of seemingly ordinary beads around the principal's neck!
And furthermore, staring at him from not far away... was Lu Yu'er!
This came as quite a surprise to Fang Xiu.
A hint had actually appeared on Lu Yu'er as well!
[A D-rank fire-element mage whose combat power is pathetic, yet her appearance is quite exquisite. Moreover, she is still a maiden. If you sacrifice her to the greedy Evil Dragon Fafnir, it will surely love her and grant you a reward.]
"Fafnir?"
Fang Xiu knew that Fafnir was a dwarf from Norse mythology who later transformed into a greedy evil dragon.
He never expected that this Lu Yu'er could actually be sacrificed to it!