Chapter 12: Crazy Killing, Harvesting Ability Points!

The city center was the most densely populated area, and also the region most severely ravaged by ferocious beasts back then.

Of course, precisely because of this, the buildings in the city center were far more dilapidated than those in the suburbs.

Everywhere Xu Jingming looked, not a single building remained intact.

“The Great Xia Nation uses live combat as the evaluation method for the Wu Ke college entrance exam; besides testing strength, it likely also intends to make awakened individuals witness firsthand the devastating power of ferocious beasts.”

Great Xia's protection of its citizens could be described as ultimate.

Except for a few unfortunate citizens whose cities had been overrun by ferocious beasts.

Other citizens might never see a ferocious beast in their entire lives.

For ordinary people, this arrangement posed no problem.

But to cultivate awakened individuals, it was best to recognize the brutality of ferocious beasts as early as possible.

“Roar—”

As Xu Jingming was pondering, a low growl erupted, and a ferocious beast burst forth from the ruins.

Its appearance resembled a tiger, but its body was more than twice as large, its fur a mix of yellow and green.

Most striking were the bone blades growing along its forearms, sharp as knives.

Though made of bone, they gleamed with a metallic luster.

Behind it hung a whip-like tail, dragging along the ground.

“First-rank ferocious beast: Armblade Tiger.”

Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes.

Like the Shadow Cat, the Armblade Tiger was a relatively common ferocious beast.

Determining its rank and strength was simple: just measure the length of the bone blades on its forearms.

Blades shorter than twenty centimeters meant it was unranked; those longer than twenty centimeters were ranked.

The Armblade Tiger before him had bone blades measuring twenty-two to twenty-three centimeters—first-rank lower-tier.

Compared to the unranked Armblade Tiger Xu Jingming had encountered earlier, this beast’s aura was vastly more formidable.

Its amber eyes burned with fierce bloodlust.

“Looks like I’m lucky—I encountered a first-rank ferocious beast right after entering the central zone.”

He downed the remaining liquid in the energy bar, feeling his abdomen fill with satiety again, and a faint smile curled his lips:

“Perfect—I’ll test my spear technique on you!”

He tossed the empty energy bar aside, then advanced—not retreated—charging toward the Armblade Tiger with the Black Radiance Spear in hand.

Ding ling ling~~

The Black Radiance Spear dragged across the ruined concrete road, screeching with harsh friction, sparks flying everywhere.

As a first-rank ferocious beast, this Armblade Tiger had developed rudimentary intelligence.

Seeing this human, whose aura was so weak, dare launch the first attack, the inherently brutal beast let out an enraged roar.

The inherently brutal Arm-Knife Tiger let out a furious roar.

Then its massive body charged forward like a tank, even ignoring its gaping jaws and razor-sharp bone blades.

Merely its sheer bulk was enough to paralyze most examinees.

Yet Xu Jingming showed no fear; his eyes held not a trace of panic.

With a powerful swing, he whipped the Black Radiance Spear, which had been dragging on the ground, into a spinning whirlwind.

Then he thrust it forward with all his might!!

Xu Jingming’s original blood value was already 140 points—his physique stronger than most examinees.

Now that his spear technique had reached advanced level, his thrusting speed had increased several-fold.

Thus, faced with this lightning-fast strike,

There was a wet *puch!*—the first-rank lower-tier Armblade Tiger had no time to react; its abdomen was pierced by a bowl-sized hole.

The wound was deep, tearing through thick fur and skin, and through the spurting blood, one could see the writhing internal organs within!

The hole was extremely deep, piercing through thick fur and skin, and through the spurting blood, one could see the writhing internal organs inside!

A normal creature, struck with such force, would have lost all mobility.

But the Armblade Tiger merely howled in pain, then, as if its ferocity had been ignited, launched itself wildly forward.

“No wonder it’s a first-rank ferocious beast—its vitality is incredible.”

Without using his ability, Xu Jingming never expected this single strike to kill it outright.

So he gripped the Black Radiance Spear and engaged the Armblade Tiger in close combat.

With the aid of his advanced spear technique, the Black Radiance Spear danced like a coiling dragon in his hands.

Every thrust left another hole in the Armblade Tiger’s body.

But due to its short reach, the Armblade Tiger could not land any effective attacks on Xu Jingming...

But due to its length, the Arm-Knife Tiger could not land any effective attacking damage on Xu Jingming...

This first-rank Armblade Tiger—capable of killing 99% of examinees—was slain by Xu Jingming.

Its mangled, massive body collapsed with a thunderous crash, kicking up clouds of dust.

Xu Jingming himself remained unharmed—not a single drop of blood stained his battle suit.

This was the advantage of the spear.

If your strength is insufficient, you’re stabbed to death without ever touching your opponent’s sleeve.

[System: Killed one first-rank Armblade Tiger. Ability Points +10.]

As the Armblade Tiger died, the system notification chimed.

“Killing a first-rank ferocious beast grants nearly double the Ability Points compared to killing an unranked one!”

Xu Jingming’s eyes lit up. “Then I must hurry—kill more ferocious beasts and harvest Ability Points.”

He sheathed the Black Radiance Spear behind him and, without pause, sprinted toward the direction where ferocious beast roars were most concentrated.

Based on ferocious beast strength, the ruined town was divided into four zones: outer, central, core, and innermost.

Most examinees’ strength barely allowed them to operate in the outer zone.

Only a few dared enter the central zone.

The core zone made even the top students from Jiangcheng’s elite high school rocket classes hesitate.

As for the innermost zone, where second-rank ferocious beasts dwelled, almost no one in Jiangcheng dared go there.

That was territory reserved for geniuses from the provincial capital!

Xu Jingming, who possessed the S-class Purple Thunder God Lightning, naturally had the qualification.

But due to the limited duration of his ability, he planned to remain in the central zone for now.

He would enter the core zone only in the final two hours.

Of course, the true wilderness had no such clear strength divisions like outer or central zones.

You might be walking through the wilderness and suddenly encounter a high-rank ferocious beast that devours you.

Xu Jingming knew well this was his only current opportunity to gain large amounts of Ability Points.

So after killing the Armblade Tiger, he began searching for more ferocious beasts.

When he found one, he didn’t even need to use his ability—he killed them outright with his formidable physique and advanced spear technique.

Find ferocious beast! Kill it! Gain Ability Points!

Find ferocious beast! Kill it! Gain Ability Points...

Xu Jingming never paused—he was either fighting ferocious beasts or on his way to find them.

Gradually, the number of ferocious beasts Xu Jingming killed grew ever larger.

His Ability Points surged on the system panel; his Wu Ke exam score skyrocketed!

What Xu Jingming didn’t know was how much of a sensation this scene had caused outside.

But Xu Jingming did not know what kind of uproar this scene had stirred up in the outside world.