Chapter 1075: I

"Five royal-level beasts, three ninth-rank upper-tier, two ninth-rank mid-tier—have the ferocious beasts truly decided to intervene in the battlefield?"

Jiang Liwei's expression turned grim.

Xu Jingming handles one ninth-rank upper-tier, I handle one ninth-rank upper-tier, Ji Shulan handles one ninth-rank mid-tier.

Even so, one ninth-rank upper-tier and one ninth-rank mid-tier royal beast remain unopposed.

If these two royal beasts join the battlefield, it will bring catastrophic disaster!

"These two royal beasts may have only come to oversee— they won't join the battle."

Ji Shulan's expression was equally solemn, yet she still maintained her composure.

"Regardless, if the ferocious beasts add ninth-rank royal beasts, we must also dispatch ninth-rank reinforcements!"

"Smartbrain, immediately contact Cao Jun and have him arrange for a corresponding ninth-rank warrior to come at once."

Jiang Liwei gave the order immediately.

"Warning! Warning! Signal lost—unable to establish communication."

The Smartbrain's voice rang out.

"Signal lost? This is trouble." Jiang Liwei's expression grew anxious.

High-rank ferocious beasts possess intelligence equal to that of humans.

Humans communicate via electromagnetic signals; the ferocious beasts can interfere using special methods.

And once the ferocious beasts deploy such methods, it means they will strike!

As if to confirm his suspicion.

More than ten kilometers away, the five royal beasts that had merely stood there suddenly flew toward them all at once.

Accompanying them came a series of terrifying roars:

"Humans, your communications have been severed. Do not attempt to resist. Death is coming."

The ground battle group naturally noticed the newly arrived royal beasts.

When this roar sounded, even battle-hardened squads were thrown into significant unrest.

They knew well: if high-rank power becomes unbalanced, they themselves would be mere cannon fodder, easily slaughtered by ninth-rank royal beasts.

"The royal beasts truly mean to intervene in the front line!" Jiang Liwei's face turned terrifyingly dark.

The last time he faced a ninth-rank royal beast on the frontline was decades ago.

Back then, he was only ninth-rank mid-tier—he barely survived, grievously wounded, to block one same-rank royal beast and hold a city.

And now, this crisis is dozens of times more dangerous than it was decades ago!

Five ninth-rank royal beasts have invaded!

"The communication system has a monitoring mechanism—if the link is severed for five minutes, they'll dispatch a ninth-rank warrior."

But a regular ninth-rank warrior cannot handle the current situation—we need another ninth-rank upper-tier!"

"But with communications cut, the message can't get out—they don't know how dire our situation is."

Jiang Liwei's heart burned with urgency.

This was a dead end!

More critically, given the terrifying destructive power of a ninth-rank upper-tier royal beast:

In just a few minutes, it could destroy the entire Crimson Fortress—there's no way to buy time until reinforcements arrive.

In the end, they'd suffered from poor intelligence—they hadn't probed the anomalies in the Wailing Desert earlier.

Just as he felt the Crimson Fortress was about to fall and that he would become a traitor to history, Xu Jingming's voice sounded beside him:

"I'll take the three ninth-rank upper-tier royal beasts. You two handle the two ninth-rank mid-tier ones."

"You'll take the ninth-rank upper-tier?"

Jiang Liwei spun around, staring at Xu Jingming in disbelief: "Do you know what you're saying?"

One ninth-rank mid-tier taking on three ninth-rank upper-tier? What nonsense!

Even an SSS-grade ability couldn't be this strong!

"No time to explain—I'm a special envoy. Do as I say."

Shhh—

A faint glow from his space ring—the Spear of Divine Punishment was already in Xu Jingming's grip.

His piercing eyes blazed with unprecedented battle intent!

Three ninth-rank upper-tier royal beasts should keep him busy for a good while.

More importantly, killing them would earn him at least a million ability points!

Ssssh—

A flash of black Lei Guang—Xu Jingming's tall figure vanished from his spot, flying straight toward the five royal beasts.

"Special Envoy Xu?!"

Jiang Liwei's face turned pale with shock.

He'd originally planned to have Xu Jingming leave the Crimson Fortress to deliver the intelligence.

But he never expected Xu Jingming to be this bold!

"Commander, what do we do now?" Ji Shulan asked urgently.

"Follow Special Envoy Xu's orders." Jiang Liwei's face hardened with resolve.

At this point, he could only trust Xu Jingming.

As long as they could hold out until he dealt with that ninth-rank mid-tier royal beast, the Crimson Fortress could still be defended!

"Understood!"

The two immediately flew after Xu Jingming toward the royal beasts.

With the Black Armor, even a ninth-rank Beast Emperor's attacks cannot inflict fatal damage on me.

But dealing with three ninth-rank upper-tier Beast Emperors is still troublesome—I must eliminate one first.

Yet Beast Emperors possess Undying Matter; if I can't kill them in one blow, they'll still swarm me.

That means I must land a one-hit kill...

Instantly slaying a ninth-rank upper-tier Beast Emperor is still a significant challenge for Xu Jingming.

But it's not impossible to try.

Thinking of this, Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened—he immediately entered Lei Shen State!

Boom—!!

Violent Chaotic Divine Thunder swirled around him, an unmatched, staggering aura erupting violently from his center.

The Ultimate Lightning Ring slowly rotated behind him as he stood midair, like a god overlooking the mortal world!

"The human prodigy!"

"Roar! Even better than expected!"

"You killed our kin—you will die!"

"..."

A chorus of ferocious beast roars exploded, their psychic fluctuations easily conveying their meaning.

"Die? I'll see what kind of power you have! Wan Leitian Yin!"

Xu Jingming sneered, his surging psychic force gushing forth!

Almost instantly, a vast expanse of dark clouds engulfed a twenty-kilometer radius.

The next moment,

Chaotic Divine Thunder surged, endless black lightning crashed down in torrents!

Boom—rumble—!!!

Thunder roared; multicolored lights flared across the ground.

Those were protective barriers erected by beasts with elemental control.

Yet even so, countless beasts were obliterated by the lightning.

'Ding~, slain one third-rank lower-tier Digging Earth Dragon, Ability Points +33.'

'Ding, slain one fourth-rank lower-tier Forest Wind Wolf, Ability Points +206.'

'Ding, slain one third-rank upper-tier Arm-Knife Tiger, Ability Points +46.'

'...'

System alerts flooded through Xu Jingming's mind like a waterfall.

Just one Wan Leitian Yin increased his system panel's Ability Points by a full three million!

"Incredible lightning!"

"Nearly one-fifth of the beasts have been wiped out!"

"No wonder he's Lei Di! So powerful!"

"..."

On the fortress, the eighth-rank Master Zongshi and seventh-rank Masters who had yet to act were already stunned.

Even Jiang Liwei and Ji Shulan wore expressions of shock.

As a lightning-based Ability, Xu Jingming possessed an SSS-rank lightning ability, and his rank had reached ninth-rank middle-tier!

They weren't surprised that his combat technique had this power.

But this was the frontline battlefield!

The protective barriers erected by countless elemental-controlling beasts would drastically weaken such area-of-effect techniques.

Under normal circumstances, causing casualties among one-twentieth of the beasts would be remarkable.

Yet Xu Jingming struck once—and wiped out one-fifth of the beast horde.

This power was simply unimaginable!