Chapter 125

The ranks of psychics, from first to third tier, are called low-tier psychics.

Fourth to sixth tier are called mid-tier psychics!

The reason for this classification is that when a psychic advances from third to fourth tier, their power undergoes a qualitative breakthrough.

Under equal psychic levels,

a low-tier fourth-tier psychic is more than ten times stronger than a peak third-tier psychic!

The same holds true for ferocious beasts.

The Blue System's evaluation for acquiring psychic points also roughly follows this power progression.

Killing a peak third-tier ferocious beast yields 40 to 50 psychic points; killing a low-tier fourth-tier ferocious beast yields around 200 to 220 points.

The 213 psychic points gained from this Source Water Giant Crocodile are relatively abundant.

Of course,

the cost was high—it consumed nearly one-third of Xu Jingming's psychic energy.

"The Source Water Giant Crocodile is dead. Let's go take a look."

This wasn't the first time he'd killed a fourth-tier ferocious beast.

So Xu Jingming's expression showed no change as he stepped forward toward the pool.

But Song Qiuyun was different.

Having witnessed such a scene for the first time, her worldview had been shattered!

Born into a Grand Master family, she had seen plenty of geniuses—even she herself was a genius who crushed all her peers in the province.

Yet she had never seen a genius as monstrous as Xu Jingming.

He had crossed two major tiers, killing a low-tier fourth-tier ferocious beast with only peak second-tier power!

And he did it instantly!

No one would believe it if he told them...

"So this is your true strength..."

Song Qiuyun took a deep breath; her chest, tightly wrapped in her combat suit, rose slightly.

Only after calming her emotions did she step toward the pool's edge.

As she approached, she saw Xu Jingming staring at the charred corpse with regret:

"The most valuable part of the Source Water Giant Crocodile is its scales and skin—but they're all destroyed."

If the skin of a fourth-tier Source Water Giant Crocodile were peeled off intact, it could sell for at least twenty to thirty million.

"Not just the skin—every part of a fourth-tier ferocious beast is valuable," Song Qiuyun said with a smile.

"True enough, but my space ring isn't big enough—if I stuffed the whole crocodile inside, I'd have almost no room left."

When his space ring held only one cubic meter, Xu Jingming thought ten cubic meters was huge.

But as he entered the Wild Zone more often, he now found even ten cubic meters insufficient...

"Keep it with me—I've got a big enough space ring. When we return to the supply base, I'll give it back."

"Fine, leave it with you then," Xu Jingming nodded.

With his consent, Song Qiuyun extended her slender hand and pressed it against the crocodile's corpse.

The space ring glowed faintly, and the entire beast vanished inside.

"How big is your space ring?" Xu Jingming asked curiously.

Since entering the Wild Zone yesterday, Song Qiuyun had collected plenty of ferocious beast materials.

Yet she'd never mentioned her ring was too small.

"Not big—just thirty cubic meters," Song Qiuyun giggled.

"Thirty cubic meters is already huge!"

Xu Jingming marveled.

No wonder she was a rich girl from a Grand Master family—even thirty cubic meters counted as "not big."

"Ferocious beasts around here probably all know how dangerous this water source is.

Few come to drink—it's pointless to stay here any longer.

Let's go find a cave to rest."

Xu Jingming opened the map on his smart bracelet, preparing to locate nearby caves.

But to his surprise, his upper-right score had jumped by a full ten thousand points!

"A low-tier fourth-tier ferocious beast is worth this much?"

Xu Jingming was startled.

He'd expected maybe five thousand points at most.

"Not everyone can kill a fourth-tier ferocious beast—higher scores are normal," Song Qiuyun chuckled lightly.

In truth, given the vast power gap between fourth-tier and peak third-tier,

In fact, due to the enormous power gap between fourth-rank and third-rank peak.

whether the other S-rank third-tier psychic, Kieran, could kill a fourth-tier ferocious beast at all...

Moreover, that S-rank third-rank psychic, Kiran, might not even be able to kill a fourth-rank ferocious beast...

Xu Jingming nodded slightly, then quickly spotted a location marked as "Ring Earth Gray Bear Den" on the map:

"Let's go there—Ring Earth Gray Bears usually use caves as dens."

"Um, could we wait a bit before heading there?"

Looking at the clear pool nearby, Song Qiuyun hesitated.

"What's wrong?" Xu Jingming asked.

"No, nothing's wrong."

Song Qiuyun waved her hand quickly, her cheeks flushing slightly as she whispered:

"There's a pool here—I just want to wash up quickly..."

Normally, she'd never be so eager.

But the combat intensity over the past two days had left her body sticky and grimy.

Xu Jingming instantly understood.

In the Wild Zone, bathing was a luxury.

Most water sources were inhabited by ferocious beasts, making them impossible to approach.

Otherwise, one had to use their limited drinking water to wash.

For Song Qiuyun, with her large-capacity space ring, that might be feasible.

But with a ready-made pool right here, no one would waste drinking water for bathing.

"Wait—I'll check if there are any other ferocious beasts in the pool."

Xu Jingming nodded and stepped to the pool's edge, observing closely.

The pool was small, roughly the size of a circle ten meters in diameter.

It was deep—about three to four meters—and the spring water was crystal clear, revealing the bottom.

Still, for caution, Xu Jingming crouched down, plunged his right hand into the water, and unleashed Purple Thunder Divine Lightning!

Still, to be on the safe side, Xu Jingming knelt down and plunged his right hand into the pool, where Purple Thunder Divine Lightning erupted violently!

Blue-purple lightning instantly filled the entire pool!

The water churned, stirring up some aquatic weeds from the bottom

and slightly clouding the water—but no other changes occurred.

"There are probably no other ferocious beasts."

Xu Jingming retracted all lightning from his body.

Yet just then, bubbles suddenly rose from the center of the now-calming pool!

Immediately, a crimson hue seeped upward from the depths.

In mere moments, the entire pool turned blood-red!

The air filled with a bloody scent—

yet unlike ordinary blood, this scent carried a faint, alluring fragrance.

At the same time, Xu Jingming felt a deadly attraction emanating from the crimson water!

At the same time, Xu Jingming felt a lethal pull emanating from the blood-red pool!

Xu Jingming's face darkened with shock—this attraction felt like an instinctive, primal craving!

A desperate urge to absorb every drop of this blood into his body!

Want to absorb all this blood into his body!