Chapter 2640: Giant
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Countless rune papers kept striking the Fossil Giant, only to fail again and again.

Failure! Failure!

Another failure!

The rune papers repeatedly hit the Fossil Giant, exploding upon contact, emitting crackling sounds like firecrackers.

The examiners, watching the scene unfold before them, couldn’t help but be moved.

It seemed their assumptions were correct!

Fang Heng had indeed managed to use some special method, utilizing summoned creatures to perform sealing techniques.

Such occurrences weren’t entirely unheard of, as some special summoned creatures could use sealing techniques, but it had never been done on such a scale before, with so many creatures performing sealing techniques simultaneously like Fang Heng.

Mo Jianghe hadn’t expected Fang Heng to come up with this trick either and excitedly slapped his thigh.

“Who would’ve thought? This kid really is a genius!”

Fang Heng, however, was oblivious to the fact that he was being watched by so many examiners.

Seeing that his zombie clones were beginning to improve their chances of succeeding with the sealing rune papers, he turned and continued crafting higher-tier rune papers for the seal.

It was basically an opportunity to grind his sealing art skill experience points.

The efficiency of grinding experience here was even higher!

Over five hundred zombie clones surrounded the swamp domain Fang Heng had created with his magic, continuously throwing sealing rune papers at the Fossil Giant trapped in the swamp.

The failed game hints kept flashing across Fang Heng’s retinal display.

It had been over half an hour.

Fang Heng suddenly saw a red game hint flashing in his retinal display.

It’s here!

Fang Heng’s heart stirred.

Over 100,000 zombie clones from the death realm had finally maxed out the master-level sealing technique!

[Hint: The player’s master-level sealing technique skill level has been upgraded to Level: MAX.]

[Hint: Detected that the player currently possesses a grandmaster-level sealing technique advancement book. Would you like to advance your skill?]

“Advance!”

“Of course, advance!”

With the skill book in hand, naturally, he would continue the advancement and keep grinding for experience!

“Keep grinding!”

[Hint: The player’s master-level sealing technique (Level: MAX) has been forgotten. The player now gains grandmaster-level sealing technique (Level 1).]

“Successfully achieved!”

Skill: Grandmaster-level sealing art (Level 1).

Type: Academic skill (This skill can coexist with most academic skills, but mastering many academic or bloodline-related skills will result in a penalty to experience points gained.)

Skill description: Sealing technique has always been considered a support-type academic skill. Even without learning this skill, it can be used through other auxiliary skills. However, mastering sealing art greatly enhances the strength of the sealing technique.

Skill description: The player gains 8 points in physique, 8 points in will, and 8 points in spirit. Each time the skill level increases, the player gains an additional 2 points in physique, 2 points in will, and 2 points in spirit. Additionally, the player gains access to the grandmaster-level rune crafting ritual.

Skill description: When the player actively uses the sealing technique, they gain an additional boost to the sealing strength and sealing success rate. This bonus is influenced by the player’s attributes, skill level, and sealing art talent.

Skill description: The player gains a high-tier exemption against sealing skills.

Fang Heng carefully examined the game hints.

After advancing the sealing technique to the grandmaster level, the corresponding attributes—such as sealing success rate—had all been enhanced. The most significant change was the addition of an exemption effect against being sealed. This was quite a surprise!

Exemption from being sealed!

This meant that his zombie clones would inherit this passive effect. In the future, anyone trying to seal his zombie clones would have to exert significantly more effort!

It was an unexpected bonus.

Fang Heng’s eyes brightened as he looked up again, focusing on the Fossil Giant stuck in the swamp.

After more than half an hour of trying, he still hadn’t hit the right probability.

No problem!

He continued his efforts!

Fang Heng was in a good mood, treating the situation like leveling up.

“Keep grinding!”

A series of game hints continued to refresh across his retina.

[Hint: Your zombie clone (vine form) attempts to seal the Fossil Giant, the sealing fails…]

[Hint: The player gains +1,928 experience points for grandmaster-level sealing art…]

The Fossil Giant had extremely high magic resistance and strong resistance to sealing techniques. It could maintain peak combat performance even at low health (HP). Despite Fang Heng having upgraded the sealing technique to grandmaster level, his zombie clones still received a constant stream of failure hints.

“That’s fine.”

Fang Heng turned his back again and went back to the side to continue crafting high-tier sealing rune paper.

After leveling up, the speed at which his zombie clones gained experience had noticeably slowed down. Fang Heng estimated it would take a while to fill up the skill experience.

Thinking about it, sealing art was actually much simpler than necromancy.

Even at the grandmaster level, sealing art still allowed for experience grinding through zombie clones. Unlike necromancy, which couldn’t be solved just by grinding once it reached the grandmaster tier.

Fang Heng was perfectly content with this, leisurely setting up his AFK grind while crafting high-tier sealing rune paper.

To him, time passed quickly.

In the examination hall, the group of examiners observed Fang Heng, noticing that he hadn’t yet succeeded in sealing the Fossil Giant. They began to chat among themselves.

Fang Heng’s abilities had certainly exceeded their expectations by a large margin, but even so, passing this test remained incredibly difficult.

The Fossil Giant had extremely high resistance, and its combat abilities were unaffected by its HP or various negative status effects. Even with his zombie clones continuously using sealing rune papers, there was nothing but a string of failed attempts.

It was understandable.

After all, Fang Heng had just recently advanced to Grandmaster level in the academic field of sealing art. If he were to dedicate another six months to focused cultivation, this trial could probably be passed.

As for the future development and mentorship of Fang Heng, the examiners held differing opinions.

After all, they didn’t think much of Mo Jianghe.

Handing Fang Heng over to Mo Jianghe for guidance seemed like the worst possible decision. The sealing art was already a rare and niche discipline with few practitioners, and they had finally found a genius, so they couldn’t afford to let Mo Jianghe ruin it.

The examiners exchanged glances and, without speaking, silently reached a consensus in their minds. They would try to figure out a way to “rescue” Fang Heng from Mo Jianghe’s hands.

Throughout the morning, while casually chatting, the examiners subtly inquired about Fang Heng’s situation, planning how to take him from Mo Jianghe’s mentorship.

Raymond, who had some seniority among the examiners, cautiously began, “Mo, my friend, you’re always so busy, yet you still find time to search for talents for the Sealing Art Association, teaching the younger generation. It’s really not easy, huh…”

Mo Jianghe laughed heartily and waved dismissively, “Of course, of course, it’s all for the sake of sealing art, for the academic community! You all work hard too. We sealing art people don’t follow those rules of status. We’re all in this together.”

Raymond was taken aback for a moment, thinking to himself, Did he just call me ‘lowly’? He couldn’t bring himself to respond to that remark.

Mo Jianghe, naturally aware of the subtlety in their words, chuckled inwardly.

Trying to play games with him?

The practitioners of sealing art were too straightforward; they were no match for him.

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