Chapter 1445: Terror Efficiency! I Want It All!

Almost all the beasts on Blood Refining Star are at the Stellar Rank.

Although there are Cosmic Rank beasts, they are extremely rare, and their spiritual perception range is deliberately restricted.

Otherwise, contestants would be detected the moment they entered Blood Refining Star and killed by these Cosmic Rank beasts.

Of course, these Cosmic Rank beasts also offer the highest score rewards in this Beast Hunting Competition.

But they are extremely difficult to kill, according to the data Xu Jingming had previously found.

In the past twenty-plus editions of the competition, no contestant has ever succeeded in killing one.

"With the perfected T2 flight secret art, Lei Ting Wing, my flight speed is incredibly fast!"

"Normal Stellar Peak beasts can't catch up to me—so then..."

Whoosh—

Vast spiritual power spread out, and everything within a hundred-kilometer radius was perceived by Xu Jingming.

If it were a normal contestant, they truly wouldn't dare do what he just did.

After all, high-rank beasts are extremely sensitive to spiritual perception—once detected, it's equivalent to exposing one's position.

But Xu Jingming is different; with the extreme speed of Lei Ting Wing, he can act more boldly.

"Within a hundred kilometers, there are plenty of beasts, but not a single contestant."

He quickly received feedback from his spiritual perception.

This was normal.

Three hundred thousand contestants from the three factions may seem like a lot.

But spread across Blood Refining Star, which is over a thousand times the volume of Blue Star,

they're like droplets lost in the ocean—impossible to find, let alone encounter.

Roar—!!

Howl—!!

"..."

As if sensing Xu Jingming's spiritual fluctuations, all the beasts in the surrounding forest grew agitated.

"The southeast has more beasts—I'll strike there first."

Xu Jingming remained unmoved.

Chi—

With a flick of his will, dark-gold lightning surged violently.

Behind him, a pair of wings forged from pure lightning erupted into view.

Each wing spanned nearly five to six meters wide, every feather entwined with annihilating Void Shenlei.

As the lightning flowed, it emitted a deep, oppressive hum.

It was the perfected T2 flight secret art—Lei Ting Wing!

The wings fluttered lightly.

Boom—!!!

Xu Jingming transformed into a streak of dark-gold lightning, tearing through the sky.

With terrifying speed far exceeding that of ordinary Stellar Peak beasts, he shot toward the southeast!

Wild winds howled past his ears; the dense forests below blurred into streaks of color.

In just a few breaths, he had crossed dozens of kilometers and hovered above a valley where beast energy was exceptionally dense.

"This is it."

Xu Jingming looked down.

Within the valley, nearly a hundred beasts of all sizes were coiled!

The vast majority were Stellar Rank Three to Six.

And three especially massive, ferociously radiating Stellar Rank Seven beasts lurked deep within the valley!

They varied in form: some bore bony spines and glowed crimson all over.

Others resembled giant serpents, yet bore three grotesque heads.

Still others crouched on the ground, their bodies sheathed in rock-like carapaces.

At this moment, these beasts seemed to vaguely sense the unhidden, piercing aura above.

They all lifted their heads, growling with hostility, as colored law light exploded violently!

"Perfect—I'll net them all at once."

Xu Jingming's gaze turned icy; he raised his right hand, five fingers pressing downward toward the valley.

Om—!!!

The heavens and earth suddenly darkened!

Around him, a radius of dozens of kilometers seemed pulled and twisted by invisible force!

The next instant—

Boom—rumble—rumble—rumble!!

Countless dark-gold lightning bolts, thicker than water barrels, slammed down from the void!

These lightning bolts were not chaotic—they interwove and connected, instantly forming a vast thunder array that engulfed the entire valley!

Within the array, every bolt was entwined with a terrifying, annihilating law aura.

Wherever they passed, space trembled faintly, emitting cries of unbearable strain!

Heavenly Punishment Thunder Array!

T5-level area combat technique!

This combat technique had long been leveled to perfect proficiency, its power astonishingly immense!

"Roar!!!"

"Wuuu—!"

The beast horde below instantly plunged into unprecedented panic and frenzy!

Star-tier low-grade beasts turned to charred ash the instant Lei Guang struck them, unable to even scream!

Star-tier mid-grade beasts frantically surged their Yuan energy, deploying law-based defenses to resist.

Yet the thunder, infused with the law of destruction, effortlessly tore through their defenses, annihilating their bodies inch by inch!

The three Star-tier seventh-grade beasts reacted fastest.

At the very moment the Lei Zhen formed, they roared and surged skyward, attempting to escape the Lei Zhen's range.

Yet—

Sssss! Sssss! Sssss!

Three dark-gold lightning bolts, denser and more solid than others by several times, resembling Lei Mao, shot forth from the center of the Lei Zhen, striking their skulls with pinpoint accuracy!

The destructive power erupted—the massive bodies of the three Star-tier seventh-grade beasts froze midair.

Then they exploded violently, turning into a rain of blood and charred fragments that rained down!

'Ding, slain one Star-tier third-grade beast, Source Points +1900.'

'Ding, slain one Star-tier fifth-grade beast, Source Points +7000.'

'Ding, slain one Star-tier seventh-grade beast, Source Points +.'

'……'

The melodious system alerts rang continuously in Xu Jingming's mind like a downpour!

In just this single strike, his Source Points surged by over six hundred thousand!

"Good! Good! Good! Efficiency is too high!"

Xu Jingming was delighted beyond measure.

In the Heaven's Punishment Thunder Realm, slaying one Lei Beast grants three times the Source Points of a regular beast.

But Star-tier Lei Beasts are actually scarce—even when clustered, there are only three or four at most.

When he was in the Heaven's Punishment Thunder Realm, he spent most of his time searching for Lei Beasts one by one.

But now it's different—he finds them in groups!

The quality dropped, but the quantity soared!

"At this rate, my daily Source Points gain should be roughly equal to what I got in the Heaven's Punishment Thunder Realm."

Xu Jingming's eyes glinted slightly, then he turned to the information panel on his smart bracer, which had just updated his ranking:

'Hunt Beast Contest Remaining Participants:'

'Rank 1, Louis (Slay God Martial Temple): 1417 points'

'Rank 2, Kate (Slay God Martial Temple): 1387 points'

'Rank 5172, Xu Jingming (Eternal Star Alliance): 341 points'

'......'

'Rank 5172?'

Xu Jingming raised his sword-like eyebrows.

In the Star Dome Academy, his strength was roughly outside the top thousand.

In this joint operation of the three factions, he anticipated his ranking would drop significantly.

But he never expected it to plummet to over five thousandth place.

"Then again, in actual combat, the Slay God Martial Temple and the Mercenary Alliance are far more skilled than we are."

"But for me, this is merely the beginning..."

Xu Jingming's lips curled slightly as his gaze turned toward the distant horizon.

In his spiritual sense, forty kilometers to the northwest,

there was another beast group—smaller in scale but denser in concentration.

If he rushed there, he could easily harvest another several hundred thousand Source Points.

Meanwhile, thirty kilometers to the southeast, another beast cluster existed.

Sensing the commotion here, those beasts were frantically fleeing.

If he went to the first location first, then the second, the beasts there would already be gone.

For ordinary people, no matter which they chose, they'd miss one group.

But Xu Jingming was different—he chose to take them all!

"The Doppelganger Secret Art—now is the perfect time to use it."

He activated his will, and violet demonic energy surged wildly around him.

Whoo—

A figure, identical to him in form and face,

yet wreathed in faint violet-black demonic energy, rapidly solidified beside him.

The Doppelganger of the Purple Nightmare Demon Body!

Shhh—

The demonic doppelganger's back unfurled a pair of slightly ethereal dark-gold thunder wings, then shot off like a streak of light toward the northwest.

Meanwhile, Xu Jingming's true body turned toward the southeast.

At the edge of his perception, thirty kilometers away—the beast cluster.

A faint yet exceptionally powerful aura lay dormant.

That aura was at least Star Rank Eight, possibly even Star Rank Nine!

"The source points and credits gained from high-rank beast beasts are several times greater than those from low-rank ones!"

Xu Jingming's eyes flashed with Lei Guang as he fully activated his Thunderwing behind him.

Boom—!

The air was ripped apart by a piercing sonic boom.

His figure vanished from where he stood, leaving only a fading trace of lightning.