Chapter 122: Pointing Straight at the Weak Point! Terrifying Combat Instinct!

Ten minutes later, Song Qiuyun, having reached some agreement with her aunt Zhou Ying.

Striding with long legs, she walked out of the main building of the supply base, satisfied.

Back at the training hall, Xu Jingming continued his training in the private training room.

Since the next day's entry into the Wild Zone, Xu Jingming didn't train too late.

At just past ten at night, he walked out of the private training room with Song Qiuyun.

At this time, the public training area in the lobby still had many people.

Compared to the afternoon, the spacious lobby had even more people.

Various training sounds and the hum of abilities mingled together, creating a loud din.

Under these circumstances, two people leaving a private training room shouldn't attract much attention.

But Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun—one nearly one meter ninety tall, with a powerful, sharp aura.

The other equally beautiful-faced and gracefully slender.

In any crowd, both were extremely eye-catching.

So the moment they stepped out of the private training room, they drew much attention.

"That's the S-rank from Magic University, Xu Jingming?"

"That's him! His aura is too strong!"

"Tsk tsk, if Jing University hadn't brought in outside help, this year's champion would definitely be him!"

"Yeah, but then again, Jincheng University is the worst—we don't even have one S-rank."

"......"

Inside the hall, Magic University's freshmen naturally knew their own new king.

Hearing the murmurs from Jing University and Jincheng University freshmen, they subtly wore expressions of pride.

Jing University had brought in outside help, but only to secure first place—nothing to complain about.

So Jing University's freshmen also smiled.

Only Jincheng University's freshmen wore bitter expressions.

Their school had no S-rank at all, destined to lose any chance at the championship.

Damn it! We want an S-rank too...

"Xu Jingming, when the competition starts tomorrow, I look forward to your performance—hope you don't fall too far behind."

Kiran, Jing University's S-rank, stood among Jing University's freshmen, looking utterly confident.

"Oh? I'd rather hope you don't fall too far behind me."

Xu Jingming's eyebrows lifted slightly.

He replied indifferently, didn't wait for Kiran's response, and walked off with Song Qiuyun.

"Still bold? Wait until the competition ends in a month—I'll see how you talk then!"

Watching Xu Jingming's retreating figure, Kiran sneered.

As if he could already see Xu Jingming's total score far behind his own in a month.

In his heart, he muttered to himself in his native tongue:

"Also, I'll crush you all and show Daxia what an S-rank from India can do!"

Since the competition officially began at nine,

the next day, after waking up and washing up, Xu Jingming did light training in his room.

Only at eight-thirty in the morning did he put on his battle suit and boots and step out the door.

All other gear and supplies were stored in his space ring.

Notably,

at school, since he went to the Wild Zone every week, he couldn't be bothered to prepare supplies each time.

Thus, his space ring held enough freshwater and energy bars to last three months.

Of course, he also brought a full set of cookware and seasonings.

Ten cubic meters was a large space—these items together took up only two-thirds of it.

The remaining one-third, he planned to fill with materials collected from ferocious beasts.

"Ding dong~~~"

Xu Jingming arrived at the opposite door and pressed the doorbell beside it.

"Coming."

Song Qiuyun's clear voice came from inside the room.

Not long after, the door opened, and Song Qiuyun's slender figure stepped out.

Unlike yesterday, her black hair was not tied into a high ponytail.

Instead, it was coiled and lightly pinned with a pale blue hairpin.

This was for easier movement in the Wild Zone.

Her training suit had also been changed to a pale ink-colored fitted battle suit.

Like a second skin, it clung tightly to her body.

Revealing her impressive bust, perfect waist-to-hip ratio, and long legs with a hint of soft flesh.

Paired with Song Qiuyun's naturally alluring face, it emitted a deadly allure.

"Let's go," Song Qiuyun smiled, her lovely face brightening.

By the time Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun reached the square in front of the supply base main building, many freshmen were already there.

Most were in teams of four or five, each carrying weapons and gear, with backpacks slung on their backs.

There were also two-person elite squads like them, and lone wolves like Ji Lan, though their numbers were extremely rare.

"Huh? You're bringing a woman along too?"

Ji Lan spotted Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun from afar.

A hint of disdain crept onto his face, dark and yellow with Indian features.

Though he coveted Song Qiuyun's family background, even if he wanted to flatter her, it would only be after the competition ended.

If it were him, he would never bring a liability into the Devil's Cave.

"Qiuyun entered the Devil's Cave with Xu Jingming? No wonder she didn't let the squad follow."

In front of the main building, Aunt Zhou Ying suddenly understood, then her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly:

"But this girl, alone with Xu Jingming inside the Devil's Cave… won't she do something reckless…?"

The Wild Zone was rife with danger.

A lone man and woman, after enduring life-or-death crises, easily developed intense emotions.

Especially since Xu Jingming was tall and muscular, with a rugged, resolute face.

He radiated a deadly allure to women.

"But Qiuyun has her own sense of boundaries—there should be no problem."

Thinking of Song Qiuyun's own nature, Aunt Zhou Ying felt slightly reassured.

Time flew swiftly, and soon it was exactly nine o'clock.

"Let's go! Move out!"

"Our squad aims to kill one second-rank beast!"

"Devil's Cave! Here I come!"

"……"

The new students on the square surged eagerly toward the entrance of the Wild Zone; Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun followed them in.

Devil's Cave No. 7 was essentially a region similar to the Yuan Shui Wild Zone's mountain forests.

But in area, it was a hundred times more vast!

Xu Jingming and the other new students—nearly three thousand in total—had been crowded at the entrance.

But the deeper they went, the fewer fellow travelers surrounded them.

Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun, after entering the Devil's Cave, headed toward the central region.

The outermost perimeter of the Devil's Cave was closest to the human base camp; beasts with even slight intelligence would not roam here.

Thus, only low-intelligence, instinct-driven first-rank beasts were active in the outermost zone.

Along this journey, Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun did not waste much time on these first-rank beasts, merely killing a few that blocked their path.

Although to accommodate Song Qiuyun, Xu Jingming slightly slowed his sprinting pace.

But Song Qiuyun's own speed was not slow; after traveling for half a day inside the Devil's Cave,

the surrounding thickets and bushes held almost no trace of first-rank beasts—mostly second-rank beasts now.

Yet they were mostly solitary second-rank beasts; beast packs were rare.

After sprinting for over an hour, they finally encountered their first second-rank beast pack in the forest.

It was a pack of Iron-Haired Pangolins, about ten in number.

Each pangolin's fur was pitch-black as ink, its body size comparable to an ordinary sedan.

Their spines stood upright like iron spikes.

In fact, the Iron-Haired Pangolin's spines were harder than E-grade alloy.

If a human adept took a direct hit, they would be pierced all over with holes!

Standard adept armor could not block this kind of piercing damage!

"Roar—"

Seeing human adepts, the second-rank Iron-Haired Pangolins immediately stirred with aggression.

They lowered their heads, emitting threatening growls.

"Let me handle it."

Xu Jingming would never pass up a chance to harvest adept points; his body brimmed with Lei Ting.

Gripping his dark bluish-black spear, he charged into the Iron-Haired Pangolin pack.

Song Qiuyun knew these second-rank beasts posed not the slightest threat to Xu Jingming.

So she did not intervene, standing gracefully aside to watch.

Boom—

Seeing a human dare launch the first attack, the dozen or so Iron-Haired Pangolins rolled into tire-like shapes simultaneously.

The next instant,

these dozen massive wheels, bristling with hard iron spines, slammed toward Xu Jingming!

Trees and rocks along their path were shattered by their immense kinetic force and unyielding iron spines!

Most adepts, facing such a troublesome "tire" formation, would choose to temporarily evade.

Yet Xu Jingming, spear in hand, showed no change in expression.

His charging pace even quickened slightly!

His agile figure darted like a phantom through the "tire" cluster of Iron-Haired Pangolins.

Simultaneously, his Qingshao Heijiao Spear, wreathed in lightning, stabbed repeatedly!

Puch—

Puch—

Every single shot landed precisely on the small head that the Iron-Haired Pangolins were trying so hard to hide!

In just an instant, four or five Iron-Haired Pangolins had already fallen into pools of blood!

"Every thrust of the spear goes straight for the weak point!"

Song Qiuyun, watching from the side, sucked in a breath of cold air, her beautiful eyes widening slightly.

One must understand,

the Iron-Haired Pangolin's back, covered in iron hair, was incomparably hard.

The weak points were its soft belly, and its head.

But in the Iron-Haired Pangolin's "tire" rolling form, the soft belly was completely hidden inside, with no way to attack it at all!

As for the other weak point, the head, it was indeed exposed.

However, the Iron-Haired Pangolin's skull was extremely small, and it was in a state of high-speed rotation.

Even if one knew this weak point clearly, one still could not hit it!

Yet every single one of Xu Jingming's thrusts landed precisely on this head weak point.

Not a single error! Every one was an instant kill!

This was not something that could be achieved merely by having a higher tier; it also required an extremely terrifying combat instinct!

Moreover, Xu Jingming's ability expenditure throughout the entire process was almost negligible.

It could be said that he had perfect control over every fraction of energy in his entire body, without the slightest waste!

If a group of second-tier upper-rank ability users were sent into the wilderness zone without any supplies,

relying on this delicate ability control and combat instinct, Song Qiuyun was certain that Xu Jingming would absolutely be the one who survived the longest!