[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak":3,"chapter-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Global Psychic Powers: Starting Off with the Awakening of Purple Heaven Divine Thunder",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2358523,4613,"Chapter 22: Xu Jingming, He","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>This is trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Mingyang couldn’t help but smile bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were any other ordinary second-rank beast,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the four of us together might have held out for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the Bloodthirsty Rampager’s strength, that massive paw—like a giant iron wok—would crush us all to death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We couldn’t even hold it for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s another possibility: right when we entered the compound,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>we’d have been wiped out by these first-rank high-tier beasts before the Bloodthirsty Rampager even had to move.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bald youth snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four of us together could barely handle three or four first-rank high-tier beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But down in the compound’s open area, there are over thirty first-rank high-tier beasts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means, whether it’s that second-rank Bloodthirsty Rampager,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>or the remaining first-rank high-tier beasts, we dare not provoke any of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The beast distribution between the innermost zone and the core zone is too extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the core zone, the strongest beasts are barely first-rank mid-tier; but in the innermost zone, the strongest become second-rank,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and even the ordinary beasts are first-rank high-tier—how are we supposed to play this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The petite girl Meng Di pouted unhappily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before the exam, I heard our Wu Ke Gaokao examiner was Old Liu, and I didn’t believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now I see—this monstrous beast arrangement? Definitely him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long-haired boy gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each year in Jiangnan Province, the Wu Ke Gaokao examiner rotates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Liu is one of the most ruthless among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Wu Ke Gaokao has a death rate more than double that of other years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First-rank high-tier beasts and second-rank beasts in the innermost zone are a fixed pairing nationwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Liu just swapped them for the Bloodthirsty Rampager—harder to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can’t blame anyone else; we just lack the strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Mingyang sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wu Ke Gaokao is designed to select the best of the best; the innermost zone is like the final major question on a math exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those who solve that final question can truly be called chosen ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the genius of Jiangcheng, watched by all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But across Jiangnan Province, he didn’t even have the qualification to touch that final question...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speaking of it, Xu Jingming worked his ass off all day, scraped together over three thousand points,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet it’s still slower than killing this one second-rank beast and thirty-plus first-rank high-tier beasts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long-haired youth smirked slightly, mocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The point value of innermost zone beasts is far higher than core zone beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing one first-rank high-tier beast grants 100 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kill the final second-rank beast, and you gain a massive 4,000 points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Humanity needs powerful warriors with combat prowess—killing countless low-rank beasts is useless!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long-haired boy spat contemptuously on the ground, clearly harboring resentment toward Xu Jingming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Mingyang frowned at this, but ultimately said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wu Ke Gaokao demands ferociously strong warriors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not mere killing machines who only slaughter low-rank beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like today’s Blue Star: though beasts rampage,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if we kill all nine-rank Beast Emperors, the rest will collapse on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if we don’t kill the Beast Emperors, no matter how many ordinary beasts we slaughter, it’s meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s precisely why the Wu Ke Gaokao assigns such high points to innermost zone beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kill the second-rank beast, and you instantly gain enough points to dominate the entire exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the second-rank beast is the mandatory target for any candidate aiming for provincial champion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, though he said all that, Zhou Mingyang silently added in his heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What good is Xu Jingming? Then what about us, whose scores are lower than his? Are we useless too?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought this, but since they’d soon fight side by side, he held his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough talking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go down and try to lure out a few first-rank high-tier beasts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The open area under the second-rank Bloodthirsty Rampager’s watch? Impossible to enter directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Zhou Mingyang’s strategy was to lure them out one by one—kill as many as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>we might not lure out a single one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that happens, we’ll have to retreat to the central zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, let’s get to work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tch, luring beasts into a zone guarded by a second-rank beast? Isn’t that suicide?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, even if it is suicide, don’t we still have to try?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group teased each other as they prepared to head downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just then, a dark figure sprinted toward them from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure moved fast, like a cheetah, reaching the Jingshe Garden compound gate in mere seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Jingming!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Mingyang’s gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they were on the eighth-floor rooftop, their enhanced vision as adepts\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let him instantly recognize the figure below as Xu Jingming, whom he’d met once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Jingming came too? Where? Where?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Jingming? Hmph, I want to see what kind of person he really is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Zhou Mingyang, Meng Di and the others had never encountered Xu Jingming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So upon hearing his name, they turned back from the stairwell entrance and looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When adepts evolve into adepts with abilities, not only do their abilities strengthen, but their physical traits improve too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the height of the eighth floor meant nothing to them—they could clearly see the person below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, in front of the compound’s open area, a young man stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tall and sturdy, his face resolute, his eyes sharp as an eagle’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After countless battles, his black combat suit was half-dyed dark red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black long spear strapped to his back—once sharp and gleaming—now resembled a cleaver worn down from hacking bones, its blade uneven and chipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because of that spear, his steady, powerful aura gained an extra edge of ferocity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So handsome!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Women, at any time, remain emotional creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly upon seeing Xu Jingming, Meng Di’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An F-grade spear worn down to this state? Hard to imagine how many beasts he’s killed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bald boy marveled at the weapon’s destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>F-grade alloy is incredibly hard; to wear it down like this proves the brutality and frequency of his battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Showing up right in front of a beast horde? That’s suicide.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long-haired boy sneered, delighted by the prospect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Howl—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Xu Jingming’s arrival triggered immediate chaos among the beasts below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, over a dozen first-rank high-tier beasts roared and charged at him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn! He’s stirred the whole horde!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Di gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How reckless is Xu Jingming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Mingyang frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this distance, even if they wanted to help, they couldn’t reach him in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time they got down, Xu Jingming would already be dead beyond saving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else? His confidence from coming in first, not knowing the limits of heaven and earth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long-haired boy sneered, his gaze locked on the scene below. \"So he uses a gun—but that broken rifle of his won’t save him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he’d said, Xu Jingming could initially handle the few ferocious beasts charging at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the beasts that followed in quick succession overwhelmed him; his figure was soon swallowed by more than a dozen ferocious beasts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Jingming... won’t he just die like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the figure vanish into the swarm of ferocious beasts, Zhou Mingyang found it hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few hours, the man had risen like a comet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, was he about to fall like a meteor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, what was Xu Jingming thinking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the core zone was filled with High-Stage First-Rank and Second-Rank ferocious beasts—so how dare he stroll out so boldly in front of them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to think of it, he was lying to me all along—he never once used a lightning-based ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever. When a man dies, his lamp goes out. I won’t pursue it further.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Mingyang and Xu Jingming had only met once; he felt little concern for the man’s safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, he was merely puzzled by the man’s foolish behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, suddenly, Zhou Mingyang and the others felt a jolt in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low, commanding voice echoed beside them:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lightning, come!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst chaotic, piercing thunderclaps, a violet shockwave erupted violently from the center of the ferocious beast swarm directly beneath their line of sight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ferocious beasts struck by the shockwave turned completely charred, flung backward five or six meters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once densely packed beast swarm vanished as if erased by an eraser, leaving a wide, empty circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the clearing, Xu Jingming’s tall, lean figure stood like a war god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around his body, streams of violet lightning swirled, as if welcoming their sovereign’s arrival, cheering and dancing in joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Zhou Mingyang and the others finally realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they’d thought was a shockwave was actually a high-voltage net woven from violet lightning!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This?!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the figure in the clearing, resembling a thunder god, Zhou Mingyang stood dumbfounded. After a long moment, he muttered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xu Jingming... he really does have a lightning-based ability...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1493,"2026-06-21T05:33:57.936Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ac2dc38ab21ed471ccf02b41fcce4b32f9e67fc245e8bfe653e73d274d9923b8","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-23","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-21",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-cover.jpg"]