Chapter 1455: Abnormal Death Rate! Start Allocating Points!

In a luxurious palace made entirely of silver-gray alloy on Blood Refining Star.

This palace serves as the temporary residence of the Eternal Star Alliance's mentors.

At this moment, in a room with minimalist decor and an exceptional view, Ye Li stood by the window.

Outside the window lay Blood Refining Star's eternal, unchanging crimson sky.

She wore a simple black casual robe.

Tall and elegant, her breathtaking face carried its usual icy detachment.

Her eyes, like deep pools, fixed on the massive holographic screen before her.

The screen did not display external scenery.

Instead, it showed a real-time flood of information from the Hunter Demon Competition's internal communication channel.

These messages had been preliminarily filtered and categorized.

They allowed team mentors to roughly grasp the competition's dynamics, contestants' statuses, and noteworthy developments.

"The Loot King?"

Ye Li's crimson lips moved slightly as she softly uttered the nickname that repeatedly appeared in the data stream, laden with obvious mockery and even resignation.

A faint, unusual expression flickered across her icy features—rare indeed.

The person this nickname referred to, she knew all too well.

It was her junior disciple, Xu Jingming, who had only recently joined.

"Only half a year has passed, and he's already earned such a 'notorious' reputation among over three hundred thousand geniuses..."

Ye Li murmured to herself, her tone unreadable—neither praise nor surprise.

She extended her slender, pale fingers and lightly tapped the screen.

"Display the exclusive live feed for contestant Xu Jingming."

"Command received." A soft AI female voice responded.

The information stream on the screen swiftly shifted, and a dedicated interface popped up.

Yet the live-record section for Xu Jingming remained blank.

"Contestant Xu Jingming has not activated his personal live feed since the start of the Hunter Demon Competition."

The AI added.

"Not activated?"

Ye Li's delicate eyebrows lifted slightly.

Although the Hunter Demon Competition rules did not mandate continuous live broadcasting,

most contestants in the early stages chose to activate it to showcase their strength and attract attention.

Someone like Xu Jingming, who completely shut it off from start to finish, was not unheard of—but certainly uncommon.

"Is it due to his personality—disliking attention—or... something else?"

Ye Li's thoughts shifted.

She knew her junior disciple was calm and reserved, uninterested in showing off.

But in an event drawing the gaze of all humanity across the universe, completely disabling the live feed seemed excessively modest.

"If there's no direct view, then let's see him through others' eyes."

Ye Li gave another command.

She wanted to see exactly how Xu Jingming earned the title "Loot King."

The AI was highly efficient; within seconds, a new interface was constructed.

On the left was a clear timeline; on the right, video clips capturing Xu Jingming's appearances began playing automatically.

Ye Li's gaze settled on the playback.

The clips were mostly blurry and brief.

Often, only a startlingly fast streak of dark-golden lightning flashed past the edge of the battlefield.

Accompanied by the shocked or angry shouts of other contestants and the sight of demonic beasts collapsing.

Though these fragments were extremely fragmented, with the dynamic vision of a Supreme Eternal Spirit, Ye Li could clearly discern Xu Jingming's movements.

"Is this... Heavenly Thunder Wings? Has my junior disciple already mastered it?"

Ye Li's breath caught slightly.

As the one who gifted this technique, she knew better than anyone the difficulty of cultivating the Heavenly Thunder Wings.

This T2-level flight technique demanded profound comprehension of the Lightning Dao—just entering it was difficult.

To master it to the point of such fluid, swift deployment,

and to condense the thunder wings to that degree, radiating such pure lightning energy...

"This proficiency... is it perfected?!"

Ye Li's heart surged.

Perfected!

It meant Xu Jingming hadn't just successfully entered the technique—he had refined it to the absolute limit of his current realm!

How much time had passed?

Altogether, from the moment she gifted him the jade slip until the start of the Hunter Demon Competition, Xu Jingming had also trained in the Heaven's Punishment Thunder Realm.

The actual time he had to contemplate and cultivate the Heavenly Thunder Wings was minuscule!

Yet even so, he had still brought it to perfection.

"This is... just too extreme..."

Ye Li's breath rose and fell slightly.

Considering the time the other had spent cultivating the Source Core Secret Scripture, she felt at ease again.

Hmm, such talent can indeed produce such an exaggerated effect.

As she pondered, the artificial intelligence's voice sounded again:

"Emergency notice: All team instructors, please note—the current death toll in the Beast Hunt Competition has reached 1,328."

"1,328 people?"

Ye Li's brows snapped together; the slight disturbance caused by Xu Jingming vanished instantly under this number.

The total number of participants in the Beast Hunt Competition is 320,000; 1,328 have died, a mortality rate of approximately 0.41%.

This figure has not yet exceeded the historical average mortality rate of 0.5% she had mentioned earlier.

But the key issue is that only half a year of the competition has passed!

If this continues, by the end of the Beast Hunt Competition, the mortality rate will far exceed 0.5%!

According to past Beast Hunt Competitions, this is already an abnormal situation.

"What are the other instructors' opinions?" Ye Li asked.

"The other three instructors believe it is normal.

The mortality rate of the Beast Hunt Competition has never had a fixed standard; this still falls within the normal range."

The artificial intelligence's voice sounded.

"Normal situation? I understand."

Ye Li instinctively felt something was off.

But this was her first time serving as a team instructor for the Beast Hunt Competition; her experience was less than that of the others.

Since they all said there was no problem, she had no reason to speak up further.

Two more months passed.

On Xuelian Star, at the bottom of a deep gorge shrouded in thick crimson mist.

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged atop a black rock, polished smooth as a mirror by repeated strikes of Lei Ting.

His aura was suppressed to the extreme, as if fused with the surrounding rocks.

Only occasionally, when his eyes opened and closed, did a flicker of dark golden lightning arc vanish—revealing the immense power contained within him.

Eight months of relentless hunting, seizing, and accumulation.

The system's notification tones had become the background hum in his mind.

Now, all his attention was fixed deep within his mind, on the system interface visible only to him:

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Star Level 9

【Ability】: Jiemie Shenlei (T5)

【Physique】: 882.34 billion Qi (+)

【Spirit】: 639.51 billion He (+)

【Skills】: Spear Intent (Intermediate), Tianlei Yi (T2, Perfect), Lei Guang Mieshi Pao (T4, Perfect)...

【Body Cultivation】: Xinghe Lei Gang Ti (T0, First Layer +)

【Spirit Cultivation】: Xinghe Meditation Method (T7, Ninth Layer)

【Domain】: Lightning Law (Ninth Layer +), Destruction Law (Ninth Layer)

【Gene】: Source Core Secret Scripture (First Layer)

【Bloodline】: Lei Yu E Mo (Zi Yan Mo Dian T0, Fourth Layer)

【Source Points】: 280 million

"280 million Source Points! Finally, I can allocate points to the Laws!"

Looking at the plus sign beside Lightning Law, Xu Jingming felt overwhelming excitement.

Eight months!

Eight consecutive months of killing—he had continuously strengthened, nearly reaching the limit of Star Level!

Now, he could push Lightning Law further, stepping into the Primordial Realm!

"Let me see what it feels like to enter the Primordial Realm!"

Xu Jingming activated his will and slammed his focus onto the plus sign beside Lightning Law!