Chapter 205: Can Lightning Ability Be Used Like This? Lei Yaoyang Was Stunned!

"Roar—"

In just a blink, the herd of ferocious beasts had lost one-fifth of its numbers!

The blood and corpses of their own kind did not instill fear in these ferocious beasts.

Instead, their eyes blazed with ferocity, and their charging speed increased further!

They quickly surged within thirty-five meters of Xu Jingming!

"Perfect! Doushen Shenlei!"

Xu Jingming laughed loudly, and the violent Doushen Shenlei exploded outward from him!

The ferocious beasts in the Thunderstorm Zone had spent their days enduring lightning and thunder, granting them extremely high resistance to electricity!

Yet, as an SS-class ability, Doushen Shenlei was equally formidable!

Sssssssssss—

Lightning swept across, reducing first-tier beasts to ash, while second-tier beasts retained intact corpses.

Only third-tier ferocious beasts could withstand this ordinary burst of ability!

Even so, their bodies were riddled with wounds, as the lightning continuously damaged them!

And this wasn't over!

A spear shadow struck, ending its life instantly!

Thus, amid brilliant golden lightning,

Xu Jingming gripped his spear and charged into the herd of ferocious beasts like a stormwind, relentlessly advancing and slaying!

Weak beasts were instantly obliterated by thunder; even the formidable third-tier beasts became victims of his spear.

Under his efficient slaughter, only five to six minutes passed.

Over a hundred ferocious beasts were all slain!

Boom!

Xu Jingming slammed the Qingxiao Hejiao Spear into the ground, gasping heavily, his feet buried beneath a pile of ferocious beast corpses.

Two hours of constant sprinting and the recent explosion had nearly drained all his stamina and ability!

But it was entirely worth it!

1,813 ability points!

Just from this single wave, Xu Jingming's system panel gained nearly 2,000 ability points!

"Harvesting 1,813 ability points in two hours—that's more than ten times faster than before!"

At this rate, by the time I leave the Thunderstorm Zone, I'll have accumulated a massive pile of ability points!"

"Maybe even enough to break through to third-tier upper rank!"

Xu Jingming's heart surged with excitement.

Although he couldn't sleep or rest in the Thunderstorm Zone,

as a third-tier mid-rank ability user with the fourth layer of Lei Ting Bu Mie Shen, he could go without rest for up to six days and six nights!

More than one day had already passed—he could still remain in the Thunderstorm Zone for nearly five more days.

Attracting ferocious beasts took over two hours; after draining stamina and ability, it took roughly eight hours to recover to peak strength.

That meant each harvest cycle lasted about ten hours total.

With twenty-four hours in a day, he could harvest twice—roughly 3,600 ability points!

Excluding the final day spent observing lightning, over four days he'd earn at least 14,000 ability points!

"Bright future! Bright future indeed!"

Xu Jingming's eyes gleamed, "First, collect the loot, find a place to rest quickly, then resume hunting!"

He quickly pulled his A-grade alloy dagger from his space ring and began harvesting materials from the third-tier ferocious beast corpses.

As for the first- and second-tier beast corpses, he ignored them entirely.

Of course, while gathering materials, he also reached inside to check for Lei He inside their bodies.

Of these nearly a hundred beasts, most were first- and second-tier; only seven were third-tier.

Xu Jingming spent half an hour collecting all the beast materials.

He also obtained three third-tier Lei He and six second-tier Lei He.

"Good luck."

Xu Jingming grinned, stowing the shimmering Lei He crystals into his space ring.

Then, gripping his spear, he swiftly departed from the scene...

Five days later, 3:00 a. m., central region of the Thunderstorm Zone.

Lei Yaoyang's group from the Thunder Temple walked across a grassy plain.

Unlike the eleven who had entered the Thunderstorm Zone together, they had split into two teams.

Lei Yaoyang's team consisted of six members, including the white casual-clad youth who had spoken to Xu Jingming earlier.

He had since changed into a white battle suit, wielding a large blade and carrying a shield on his back.

"Brother Lei, it's only 3 a. m. —do we really need to get up so early?"

The white-clad youth yawned, slinging his blade over his shoulder.

Ordinary ability users had to tread carefully in the Thunderstorm Zone, but for them, elite trainees,

even in the central region, caution wasn't necessary.

"What's the difference between 3 a. m. and noon here? It's all daylight."

Lei Yaoyang said coolly.

"Aren't we supposed to respect our biological clocks?"

The white-clad youth chuckled, then asked eagerly:

"Brother Lei, today's the last day of the six-day assessment—when do we head back?"

"Six p. m.," Lei Yang replied after a moment's thought.

"So late?" The white-clad youth's eyes widened.

"What, Li Ming, you can't take it anymore?"

Someone in the team laughed out loud.

"Of course I can't—do you think you can?"

The white-clad youth, Li Ming, shot back.

Their team had six members total, and they could take turns resting at night.

But the thunder was simply too loud—they couldn't rest properly.

"Fine, I'm fed up too—I just want to go back and sleep for a full day and night."

The one who had spoken earlier shrugged helplessly.

"Even though we've already met our assessment goal, the longer we stay in the storm zone, the better impression we leave on Instructor Wu."

"We're all from the Elite Training Camp—don't shame the camp!"

Seeing this, Lei Yang frowned slightly and said sternly.

"Yes!"

Lei Yang was the strongest among them; seeing his temper flare,

the others perked up instantly, nodding like chickens pecking rice.

"By the way, today's the sixth day already."

"That coward from Magic University—by now he's probably already fled the storm zone, right?"

Li Ming swiftly changed the subject, smiling.

"Of course—he can't possibly hold out this long when even we, taking turns to rest, are barely holding on?"

"Exactly. Looks like top university students aren't that impressive after all."

"Good thing I was smart back then and didn't take the Wu Ke Gaokao—I joined Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall right after awakening my ability."

"True—I feel the Elite Training Camp's teaching is just as good as the top universities'."

"......"

The others chattered on, but Lei Yang remained silent.

Though he'd only met Xu Jingming once, the impression he left was not bad.

To Lei Yang, such a strong person didn't seem as simple as others imagined.

"Boom—"

As they spoke, a deep, chaotic rumble suddenly rolled in.

The ground began to tremble, as if ten thousand cavalry were charging in unison!

"What's going on? An earthquake?"

Li Ming and the others stared in alarm—before they could finish speaking, they saw a pack of ferocious beasts, eyes blazing red, charging toward them!

The noise came from them!

"Beast tide! Run!"

Li Ming's face turned pale—he spun around to flee.

"Don't panic—it's not a large-scale beast tide."

Lei Yang, stronger than the rest, instantly saw the beasts' numbers were small—fewer than a hundred.

Their levels were uneven too; their group of six could easily handle them.

But what surprised him was that ahead of the beast pack ran a familiar figure.

It was Xu Jingming—the one he'd seen at the gate six days ago!

He was drenched in golden lightning, sprinting at full speed—as if stopping for even a second would swallow him whole in the beast flood behind.

"That guy from Magic University! Did he come back in?"

Li Ming spotted Xu Jingming too, and asked in confusion.

"Looks like he accidentally stirred up a beast pack. Let's go help him."

Xu Jingming was from Magic University, and his senior was the director of Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall.

Now that they'd met, Lei Yang wouldn't ignore him.

But just as he led his team forward to assist, Xu Jingming turned sharply and sprinted off in another direction.

"This guy! He lured the beast tide toward us, then ran off himself?"

Li Ming cried out in shock.

Lei Yang's expression darkened as he watched.

They'd intended to help—but to use them as bait like this? Wasn't that going too far?

Yet to his surprise, the ferocious beasts didn't turn toward them.

Instead, they kept chasing Xu Jingming.

"Hah! Selfish bastard—got what he deserved?" Li Ming sneered.

But Lei Yang noticed something odd.

Human flesh was a delicious meal for ferocious beasts.

They had six people here; Xu Jingming was only one.

Under normal circumstances, a beast pack would never abandon six easy targets to chase just one.

Upon closer observation, Lei Ting realized that what interested the ferocious beasts was not Xu Jingming's flesh and blood.

But the brilliant golden lightning swirling around his body!

This Xu Jingming was using his lightning-based ability to attract this group of ferocious beasts!

"You can use a lightning-based ability like this?" Lei Ting was stunned.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

How could Xu Jingming, merely a mid-tier third-rank cultivator, possibly deal with this entire horde of ferocious beasts?

After all, he had already seen several peak-tier third-rank ferocious beasts among them!