Chapter 202: Begin the Killing! Ling Shuang Takes Direct Action!

Boom—

Crack—

Thunder roared in his ears as Xu Jingming sprinted through the storm zone, his body wreathed in faint golden lightning arcs.

Under normal circumstances.

After decades of unceasing thunder strikes, the entire storm zone should have become a wasteland.

But the reality was not like that.

The tenacity and adaptability of plants exceeded imagination—the trees and thickets growing throughout the storm zone.

Were even taller and more lush than those in ordinary wilderness areas.

In fact,

Since the emergence of Yuan Energy two hundred years ago, all life on Blue Star had shown extreme adaptability.

Wild beasts evolved into ferocious beasts, and even humanity's ultimate weapon, the nuclear bomb, failed to eradicate them completely.

Instead, it made the ferocious beasts adapted to nuclear radiation even more fierce and terrifying!

The plants in the storm zone were no different—they had adapted to thunder strikes and grown even more resilient.

Of course,

Human adaptability was also strong; within just two hundred years, they had adapted to the presence of Yuan Energy.

From ordinary people, they evolved into psychics wielding extraordinary powers.

Xu Jingming moved nimbly through the jungle.

"Moo—"

Suddenly, with a roar, a ferocious beast emerged from behind a tree half-sundered by lightning, baring its fangs.

The beast resembled a water buffalo, but its size was as large as a compact car.

Its skin was not smooth—it was covered in countless black-blue scales!!

The scales clustered tightly together, forming a suit of armor around it.

On its head, a pair of horns were wreathed in blue-white lightning.

"Blackscale Thunder Ox. Judging by its size, it should be High Rank First Tier."

Xu Jingming, who had scored full marks in the Monster Knowledge Exam at Magic University, recognized the beast at a glance.

"Senior brother said the ferocious beasts in the storm zone are stronger than those in ordinary wilderness areas—I'll see just how strong they really are."

Xu Jingming didn't activate his psychic ability—he walked toward the Blackscale Thunder Ox as if strolling through a garden.

"Moo—"

The Blackscale Thunder Ox seemed to sense Xu Jingming's strength.

It lowered its body, horns forward, letting out a threatening low growl.

Then, lightning flared violently on its horns!

Crack—

A bolt of blue lightning shot out and struck Xu Jingming.

Crackling—

Blue-white arcs danced across his body.

This lightning, capable of easily splitting a giant tree, couldn't even pierce his formidable physique.

"The lightning's power is decent—just this one bolt could wipe out most First Tier ferocious beasts in ordinary wilderness areas."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Even the relatively tough one-horned rhinoceros among ordinary ferocious beasts would be crushed by this Blackscale Thunder Ox.

"Next, let's test my physical defense strength."

He pushed off hard, covering over eight meters in an instant and appearing before the Blackscale Thunder Ox.

He didn't use the "Thunder Flash" technique—this was purely raw physical power.

Seeing the human who had withstood lightning suddenly appear before him,

the Blackscale Thunder Ox realized something was wrong and instinctively tried to flee forward.

But it was too late!

"Die."

Xu Jingming didn't even feel the urge to draw his spear—he swung his muscular right fist and smashed it into the ox's head!

Plosch!!

Its skull, as hard as F-class alloy, didn't even hold for half a second—it shattered and exploded!

Amid a thick stench of blood, blood gushed violently from its neck.

The massive body, still propelled by momentum, lurched forward five or six meters before crashing to the ground, crushing nearby bushes and undergrowth.

"Its defense is far stronger than that of ordinary High Rank First Tier ferocious beasts.

Of course—being struck by lightning daily, its physique would have to be tough, or else it'd be impossible."

Xu Jingming shook his head, now having a clear sense of the combat strength of ferocious beasts in the storm zone.

Just as Senior Brother Jiang Luo had said, in every aspect, Thunder Beasts were far stronger than ordinary ferocious beasts.

Of course,

To him, these low-tier ferocious beasts were all instant kills.

In fact, had he not been testing their strength, even a single stray arc of his SS-rank psychic ability, Doushen Shenlei, could have erased them.

'Ding~, slain one High Rank First Tier ferocious beast: Blackscale Thunder Ox. Psychic Points +15.'

Simultaneously, a pleasant system chime echoed in his mind.

"Only 15 ability points added, far too few."

Compared to the over a thousand ability points gained from killing a Divine Blood Emissary, the ability points from killing a fierce beast were utterly negligible.

The good thing, however, was that fierce beasts were not as rare as Divine Blood Emissaries, and there was no need to go through the trouble of searching for leads.

"Speaking of which, it's been nearly a month since I last fought a fierce beast.

Then next, let the slaughter begin. Hopefully I'll gather enough ability points soon to advance to Third Tier Upper Rank......"

A look of eager battle intent gradually surfaced on Xu Jingming's resolute face.

Golden Lei Guang suffused his entire body as he pressed deeper into the thunderstorm zone.

He did not bother collecting materials from this Black Armor Lei Niu.

Because the most valuable part of the Black Armor Lei Niu was precisely this set of scale armor.

But cutting off this set of scale armor would be impossible in under an hour.

Xu Jingming's S-rank pass was only valid for 30 days, so naturally he would not waste time on such a low-tier fierce beast.

As Xu Jingming began his long-awaited slaughter of fierce beasts within the Lei Ting Secret Realm.

Mo University, Martial Arts Library, top-floor office.

Vice Principal Ling Shuang, sitting barefoot behind her desk, hesitated slightly.

According to Xu Jingming's intel, the remnants of the Tianming Sect's Modu branch would be holding a gathering today in the Modu suburbs.

But she had yet to decide whom to send.

"Forget it, I'll go in person. Otherwise it'd be troublesome if some of them escaped again."

After a moment's thought, Ling Shuang decided to take action herself.

Her graceful figure rose from the chair, then stepped through a spatial gate and vanished......

"Receive the Mandate of Heaven, and the Heavenly God shall endure forever."

Modu suburbs, an abandoned factory draped with a massive blood-moon banner.

Led by the Bishop, the Tianming Sect members closed their eyes slightly and offered prayers.

Apart from the person standing in the middle of the factory, more than ten others stood beside the Bishop.

These people's auras were powerful, all at least Third Tier! A few were even Fourth Tier!

After quite a while, the prayer ended and the Bishop spoke:

"I've been very happy these past few days.

Because ever since our branch was destroyed, people have been continuously joining our ranks!

This proves that our ideals and our direction are correct!

Of course,

joining my Tianming Sect also requires passing a strict screening assessment.

And the people standing beside me are the companions who have passed the assessment!

They will officially become members of our ranks today! Let us welcome them!"

The Bishop's voice echoed through the factory, and the believers gradually revealed fervent expressions:

"Receive the Mandate of Heaven, and the Heavenly God shall endure forever! Our path will surely greet the dawn!"

Seeing this, a satisfied smile also appeared on the Bishop's face, hidden beneath his hood.

Although the Daxia high command had specifically issued a kill order against them, causing the whole nation to learn of the Tianming Sect's existence and triggering all kinds of crackdowns,

wasn't this also a nationwide advertisement?

For ordinary people, the Tianming Sect was naturally detested.

But for some fugitives, or ordinary people or ability users who already had such inclinations, the Tianming Sect could be said to be their ideal haven!

Precisely because of this, they had so many new members joining recently.

In the past, this would have been unthinkable!

Under these circumstances, as long as they weathered the nation's strongest initial strike, the Tianming Sect would absolutely have a promising future!

But before that, the Modu branch still had to be rebuilt.

Otherwise, always hiding in abandoned factories — how could they leave a good impression on new members?

Thinking of this, the Bishop asked a person beside him:

"Instructor Liu, have you chosen the new address for our branch?"

The Tianming Sect's ranks, from lowest to highest, were divided into Believer, Instructor, Bishop, Yidazhu Sect, Cardinal, and Supreme Pontiff.

This Instructor Liu was his assistant.

"Reporting to the Bishop, it has already been chosen. In a while we can move over." Instructor Liu replied respectfully.

"Very good."

The Bishop smiled and nodded, then gave a cold snort:

"The Security Bureau and Mo University dare to oppose our Tianming Sect.

Once the branch is rebuilt, we'll absolutely show them what we're capable of!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

An icy voice suddenly rang out inside the factory, and immediately a spatial gate opened in midair.

Ling Shuang's slender figure stepped out from the gate, her pretty face brimming with killing intent.