Chapter 24: You Call This an E-Rank Energy Ability?

Time rewound to four minutes earlier.

When Xu Jingming appeared alone before the bloodthirsty bear beast herd, a chorus of gasps erupted across the military zone outside the exam hall.

"What is Xu Jingming doing? Why did he just appear directly in the beasts' line of sight?"

"Zhou Mingyang and the others all knew to hide up high and observe first—why is Xu Jingming so reckless?"

"Run! Run fast!"

"......"

The Education Bureau Director and all the principals were second-rank energy users with sharp eyes.

They had immediately recognized Xu Jingming's strength—he could handle two or three first-rank high-tier beasts at once.

But to fight dozens of first-rank high-tier beasts simultaneously was pure fantasy.

Not to mention the even more terrifying second-rank beast, the bloodthirsty bear, which he could never hope to face.

So when they saw Xu Jingming appear without any concealment in the core zone, the Director and principals all panicked.

Many teachers from No. 2 High School were shouting for him to flee, but Xu Jingming in the footage couldn't hear them.

Instead, he was swallowed by the beast herd due to the commotion.

"Xu Jingming is too confident—he dares to stroll openly into the core zone like this."

The Director shook his head, his expression solemn.

Even if Xu Jingming somehow managed to survive in the end,

after the Wu Ke Gaokao ends, this reckless display seen by the admissions offices of major energy universities would severely damage his evaluation.

"This is it—we've finally produced a prodigy from our school, and now he's going to perish like this?" Principal Zhao Yao's face turned ashen.

"Isn't Xu Jingming still carrying a safety ball?" His homeroom teacher Chen Fan hurriedly said.

"Forget whether he can even activate the safety ball under these conditions—even if he did, the high-voltage electric net it releases wouldn't withstand the trampling of this group of first-rank high-tier beasts."

Principal Zhao Yao shook his head and turned to the overall commander of this Wu Ke Gaokao:

"Commander Wang, please arrange the nearest energy user rescue team to prepare for extraction."

To maximize candidate survival, besides the safety ball, another measure was the deployment of energy user rescue teams across the exam grounds.

Unlike the inexperienced candidates, these rescue teams were elite warriors forged in battle.

Their composition was highly balanced—though all were merely first-rank, together as a team they could hold their own against second-rank beasts!

Of course,

such elite rescue teams existed in only a handful across the entire military zone, typically reserved for rescuing candidates with exceptional potential.

Xu Jingming, currently ranked first, clearly qualified for deployment of an elite rescue team.

"Alright." Commander Wang nodded, opening his comm device to contact the rescue team.

"I hope Xu Jingming can hold out until the rescue team arrives."

Principal Zhao Yao sighed.

Just then, on Xu Jingming's projection screen, a brilliant light suddenly blazed forth!

From Xu Jingming's center, countless violet thunderbolts surged forth!

All surrounding beasts were instantly charred black and blasted away by the furious lightning!

Then, Xu Jingming seemed to transform into Lei Shen—his eyes crackling with electricity, violet thunder dancing over his body.

Holding a long spear, he plunged into the beast herd and began slaughtering.

The second-rank bloodthirsty bear chased behind but could never land a hit!

It could only watch helplessly as Xu Jingming reaped the beasts.

The entire battlefield underwent a miraculous reversal in an instant!

The Director and principals were stunned into silence by this sudden turn.

"This... is Xu Jingming's lightning-based energy ability?"

Principal Zhao Yao sucked in a sharp breath; Education Bureau Director Zhang Wenshan was equally dumbfounded:

"Principal Zhao, you call this an E-rank energy ability? Are you joking with me?"

In the ruins town's core zone,

Under the enhancement of Purple Sky Divine Thunder, Xu Jingming treated the bloodthirsty bear like a dog on a leash.

The bloodthirsty bear seemed to realize its speed was insufficient—it could only be led, not chase—so it stopped pursuing altogether.

Its massive body took position at the center of the residential courtyard, its crimson eyes locked on Xu Jingming's figure.

Each time Xu Jingming killed a beast, its bloodthirsty aura intensified further.

There were thirty-four first-rank high-tier beasts in total.

Thirteen of them, during the initial assault on Xu Jingming, had already been charred black and critically wounded by the Purple Sky Divine Thunder's explosion.

The remaining twenty-one beasts were swiftly slaughtered one after another within a minute by Xu Jingming, who had activated his cellular revitalization state.

Crackling—

A flash of lightning, and Xu Jingming's towering figure, spear in hand and drenched in thunder, appeared eight meters before the bloodthirsty bear.

"You're clever—you knew I'd come for you and waited right here."

Xu Jingming's eyes, brimming with violet lightning, fixed on the bloodthirsty bear ahead—truly electrifying in their intensity!

The bloodthirsty bear, meanwhile, was enraged beyond measure, snorting thick puffs of air.

Its muscular chest heaved violently with each ragged breath.

Its crimson eyes glowed with icy coldness.

Such a sight would paralyze any energy user with weak nerves.

Yet Xu Jingming's expression remained unchanged; his left hand gripped the empty air.

Like Lei Shen who commands all, the Doushen Shenlei swirling around him rapidly converged, forming a bolt of purple lightning!

Crackle!

Xu Jingming hurled the purple lightning with all his might, and with a boom it struck the Blood Frenzy Bear ahead with pinpoint accuracy.

This terrifying Lei Ting, enough to instantly kill a high-tier first-rank fierce beast, merely danced across the surface of the Blood Frenzy Bear's body.

Apart from making its features even more ferocious, it seemed to have little effect.

"Worthy of a rare breed among second-rank fierce beasts—its defense is extremely strong."

Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened slightly.

Unlike ordinary household pets, the Blood Frenzy Bear never grooms its fur.

This causes the fur to easily clump together, forming a protective layer like armor.

This fur armor is even comparable in strength to E-grade alloy!

More importantly, it doesn't conduct electricity!

Although Doushen Shenlei is powerful, Xu Jingming is, after all, still only an Awakener.

Crossing two great ranks to deal damage to a second-rank Blood Frenzy Bear is indeed a bit of a stretch.

"Looks like I need to find a way to break its defense first."

While Xu Jingming was silently pondering, the Blood Frenzy Bear opposite him wasn't idle either.

"ROAR!!!"

It let out a low growl, and its furious qi and blood actually materialized, appearing around its body.

Like a Super Saiyan, the red qi and blood formed an updraft.

Then its entire body suddenly swelled a size larger, and on its ferocious bear face veins bulged!

Under the influence of this powerful energy, even the rubble on the ground was trembling slightly!

Then.

Its legs suddenly exerted force, and a deep pit appeared in the ground.

And that massive figure, like an iron tower, actually leaped toward Xu Jingming!

"Holy shit?!"

Do you know what it feels like to have a Tiger tank crashing down on you?

Xu Jingming had exactly that sense of déjà vu.

So his face changed and he hurriedly dodged to the side.

BOOM!!!

The Blood Frenzy Bear crashed into the spot where Xu Jingming had originally stood like a comet, and the already battered concrete ground could no longer hold up.

Cracks spread out from the Blood Frenzy Bear as the center, dust flying everywhere!

After the dust settled, the Blood Frenzy Bear's Super Saiyan-like form once again appeared in Xu Jingming's line of sight.