Zhou Xiaoya stood frozen in place.
"What... what do you mean,'step down'?"
"I... I should have Awakened an ability, right? At least you should tell me what ability I Awakened and what my Talent Rank is, right? Hey, tell me, tell me quickly!"
Her Face was pale; she had actually realized that her Awakening had failed and she possessed no Spiritual Energy Talent.
But she refused to accept this reality.
Because the result of failure was being immediately sent to the front-line military camp, facing the fate of becoming cannon fodder.
Even if she managed to survive by chance, she would likely be disabled, then forcibly required to marry and become a breeding machine!
The Female Officer coldly cut off her last hope.
"You are just an ordinary person. Go back and prepare, and wait for the military's notice!"
Zhou Xiaoya's eyes were wide open, and she clutched her head, screaming in pain as if she had gone mad.
However, a teacher immediately came over and led her away.
All the staff members wore expressionless Faces. They saw this situation every year, and sometimes even more intense reactions.
In another area, a male student shouted excitedly.
"This is great, I've Awakened!"
A wisp of fire light "Whoosh!" appeared on his body, shining brightly as if he were wearing a fiery bathrobe.
The specialist responsible for his Spirit Awakening nodded lightly: "D-Rank Fire Element Awakener, Battle Rank 3."
The surrounding people cast envious glances at the male student.
As for the students who had not yet undergone the Spirit Awakening Ceremony, their hearts were pounding in their throats.
One step to Heaven, one step to Hell—it was this cruel.
Zhao Mu observed carefully and finally discovered the criteria for judging Spirit Awakening.
First, whether Mental Energy can connect to the Subspace is the basic standard for judging if one possesses Spirit Power.
The power of a Spirit Power User originates from the Subspace, so the stronger the ability to acquire energy from the Subspace, the higher the talent.
During the Awakening, due to personal factors, one obtains various abilities of different attributes.
This relates to one's innate nature, so the talent Awakened by each person may not be the same.
Although the Xuanfeng Empire has existed for a thousand years, it has established a unified system for Cultivating and improving common abilities, such as those with Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Thunder attributes.
But there are also Awakeners with special abilities.
Next to the specialists responsible for the Spirit Awakening were instruments displaying Spirit Power Ranks, showing values from 1 to 20.
The higher the value, the stronger the Spirit Power Rank during Awakening.
Spirit Power Rank is also called Combat Rank, abbreviated as [Combat Level], and is the standard for measuring the strength of a Spirit Power User.
And the higher the Combat Level during the Awakening, the greater the potential!
Next, Zhao Mu saw more students undergoing the Spirit Awakening Ceremony.
Just as Teacher Xu Mingjie had said, the vast majority of students were just ordinary people and did not possess Spiritual Energy Talent.
After receiving their results, they instantly turned ashen, losing all Life Qi.
Many students even fainted on the spot.
But the school was prepared; a Medical Team was behind them, using stretchers to carry people away for emergency treatment.
Others became overly excited after Awakening an ability, acting like they were going mad.
"Yay, great! I've Awakened, haha! I've Awakened!"
The student was so happy that he ran frantically across the sports field, even losing one shoe.
But an experienced teacher immediately rushed over, rolled up his sleeves, and gave him a hard slap across the Face.
"You damned beast, what did you Awaken!"
The stunned student rested for a while, calmed down, and then recovered.
Over two thousand students systematically underwent the Spirit Awakening Ceremony.
However, very few students Awakened abilities, and most were D-Rank and E-Rank. Even C-Rank Awakeners were rare.
The Principal was already wiping sweat; standing next to him was the deputy commander of the garrison of the Lujiang City Military Preparatory Force! If the school's success rate was too low this year, the military's supportive funding would be significantly cut next year.
Zhao Mu's mood also grew increasingly tense.
At this moment, Homeroom Teacher Xu Mingjie walked up to him, winked, and smiled: "Zhao Mu, I put you last in our class for the Spirit Awakening Ceremony. As our school's Number One Seed, setting the foundation can also reduce some pressure on the other students."
Zhao Mu could only smile helplessly: "Teacher, whatever arrangement you see fit."
He actually wanted to just go and Awaken as soon as possible; sticking your neck out is one slash, pulling it back is also one slash.
But who told him he was the Class Monitor? He still had to give his Homeroom Teacher this Face.
"Next up, Wang Qing from class three!"
"Here!"
Hearing that it was his turn, Wang Qing, who was in the class, immediately trembled, eliciting low laughter from the crowd.
Wang Qing was short and small, and his family background was very ordinary. He was an unremarkable nobody in class three.
Hearing the laughter of his classmates, Wang Qing lowered his head even further.
Seeing this, Zhao Mu patted his shoulder and said, "Wang Qing, good luck!"
As he spoke, he pumped his fist to encourage him.
Wang Qing felt a wave of emotion, "Th-thank you, Class Monitor!"
He jogged toward the Spirit Awakening specialist, but because he was too nervous, he tripped halfway, which was truly comical.
The crowd inevitably broke into another round of laughter. At a time like this, a little distraction was welcome to ease the tense atmosphere.
The specialist, however, maintained a normal expression, placing his right hand on Wang Qing's shoulder and beginning to inject Spirit Power to help him open the door of his body.
Wang Qing tightly shut his eyes.
But suddenly, a stream of Icy Blue Qi emerged from his body, causing a wave of coldness in the surroundings.
At the same time, the pointer on the nearby Combat Level measuring instrument began to spin.
This time, the surrounding students could no longer laugh.
They stared dumbfounded at the Spirit Power slowly rising from Wang Qing's body and the rapidly spinning instrument, all of them open-mouthed and silent.
After the Combat Level instrument's pointer wavered twice, it stopped on the number "5".
The specialist nodded with great satisfaction and gently patted Wang Qing's shoulder.
"Open your eyes! Ice Attribute ability user, Awakening Combat Level 5, Talent Rank judged to be C-Rank!"
Wang Qing suddenly opened his eyes, and when he saw the number on the Combat Level instrument, he was unable to recover his wits for a long time.
But as he raised his hands and clearly felt the continuous surge of power emerging from the depths of his body, he understood that he was no longer the Wang Qing of the past!
The ability, manifested by the military specialist's stimulation, quickly retracted.
Afterward, they still had to undergo training to learn how to use the Spirit Power within their bodies.
But when Wang Qing turned around and looked at his classmates, he suddenly straightened his back.
He knew that starting today, most of the people here would only be able to look up to him.