Chapter 241: Instant Kill! Again, Instant Kill! Top 20 Combat Power Rank!

Student Zone 1 dormitory, this is the senior student dorm area.

At this moment, inside Kong Shi's villa, besides Kong Shi himself, there were two others.

"In my opinion, Principal Ling didn't handle this well.

You're already mid-level fourth rank—your strength has surged since last semester's Tianming Sect mission!

Even if you're going to appoint Xu Jingming as captain, you should make the two of you compete again—how can you just pick him outright?"

One of the two, a tall and slender youth, spoke up in Kong Shi's defense.

Don't be fooled by the fact that captain and vice-captain differ by only one character—they're worlds apart!

In team competitions, the captain holds the greatest authority in strategy formulation.

Even when the team wins, the captain is always the first to be praised.

"Yeah, why don't we go talk to Principal Ling Shuang about our thoughts?

At least give you a chance to fight Xu Jingming."

The other youth also spoke with obvious resentment.

Compared to the two, Kong Shi, seated in the center and built like a giant, appeared remarkably calm:

"We're all seniors—you know Magus University never changes appointments once made.

Once the captain is designated, it's final.

Besides, Xu Jingming's strength is more than enough to be captain."

He spoke the truth,

In the entire Magus University, the only one who made him feel danger was Xu Jingming.

If someone like Bingshan were captain, he'd absolutely refuse—but Xu Jingming, he had no objection.

Moreover, Xu Jingming possesses an S-class ability; it's only natural the vice-principal wants him to boost Magus University's reputation.

"You're too easygoing—I'm just not convinced. Once team training starts, I'm going to challenge him myself.

If he can't even beat me, I'd like to see how he still dares to be the team captain."

The tall, slender youth sneered.

"Tao Guan, no need to go that far."

Though he knew his friend was defending him, Kong Shi still couldn't help frowning.

Due to his reclusive nature, he had few close friends—only Tao Guan and Zheng Heng.

Both had solid strength, fourth-rank lower tier, ranked within the top ten on the campus combat power list.

Tao Guan had even been selected as the reserve team member.

"Hey, someone on the forum says Xu Jingming entered the virtual trial!"

At that moment, Zheng Heng, holding his phone, exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh? I want to see how high he'll climb!"

Tao Guan also pulled out his phone and opened the university's official website.

Even Kong Shi, who had remained emotionally detached, unconsciously pulled out his phone to check.

Soon, the three found Xu Jingming's latest ranking and combat power.

Xu Jingming: Combat Power Rank #42, Combat Power:!

"Huh? I thought his combat power used to always be zero?

How did it jump straight to 210,000? He's already in the top 50!"

Tao Guan stared at the ranking on his phone, surprised.

"Zheng Heng, can you find out when Xu Jingming started the trial?" Kong Shi asked, voice low.

"Alright, I'll check right away."

Zheng Heng quickly scrolled through forum posts, and before long, whispered in shock:

"According to the forum posts, Xu Jingming only started the trial three minutes ago!"

"Three minutes ago?!"

Kong Shi's pupils contracted; his rock-hard face showed profound shock.

To reach 200,000 combat power, you must clear Virtual Trial Level 20!

That means Xu Jingming cleared twenty levels in just three minutes!

Less than nine seconds per level on average!

Nine seconds? What does that mean? It means he cleared each level almost by instant-killing!

"Could the start time be wrong?"

Tao Guan, fully aware of what this time implied, asked Zheng Heng again, hesitant.

"No mistake—several posts confirm it." Zheng Heng shook his head.

"The start time's correct—before Level 21, the virtual trial only spawns third-rank apex beasts, just hundreds of them.

For us enhancement-type adepts, killing them is a hassle—but for Xu Jingming, an S-class lightning user,

instant-killing isn't impossible."

Kong Shi also realized it.

Against low-rank beasts, lightning-type efficiency far surpasses enhancement-type.

All it takes is a thought—lightning strikes remotely; enhancement-types must wield weapons and close in.

"True—lightning-type area-clearing is way faster than our enhancement-type.

But Level 21 should stall him for a while."

Tao Guan nodded slightly.

The 20th-floor trial was still only a hundred peak third-tier fierce beasts.

But by the 21st-floor trial, it was a single lower fourth-tier fierce beast!

And this was also a watershed—only those who passed the 21st-floor trial,

students with combat power reaching 240,000, were the Demon University's first echelon.

Of course,

with Xu Jingming's strength, he would definitely be able to clear it, only it probably wouldn't be an instant kill like before.

However, the moment Tao Guan's words fell, the rankings on his phone suddenly changed.

Xu Jingming: Combat Power Ranking 35th, Combat Power:!

"Holy shit? He cleared it that fast?!"

Tao Guan's eyes went wide, then he waved his hand: "An S-class ability really is something—no wonder it was an instant kill.

But the 22nd-floor trial has twenty lower fourth-tier fierce beasts in total, so there's no way it's still an instant kill, right?"

Another few seconds passed.

Xu Jingming: Combat Power Ranking 29th, Combat Power:!

"Another instant kill?!" Tao Guan was dumbfounded.

Those twenty lower fourth-tier fierce beasts—he had to wrestle with them for over ten minutes to take them down one by one!

"The 23rd floor has a mid fourth-tier armored earth dragon; this guy is a dragon-type fierce beast.

Although it's a rather shoddy type among dragon-type fierce beasts, its defense is formidable.

Its lightning resistance is extremely high, so surely this one isn't an instant kill, right?"

Tao Guan stared fixedly at his phone screen.

However, a few seconds later, without the slightest surprise, Xu Jingming's ranking jumped once again.

Xu Jingming: Combat Power Ranking 19th, Combat Power:!

"What the hell?! What kind of monster is this? He even instant-killed an armored earth dragon?!"

Tao Guan no longer knew what to say.

You have to know,

this armored earth dragon, although he could kill it too, it required him to wrestle with it for a full half hour or more.

How could it be like this—as if dealing with some fragile first-tier fierce beast, killing it in just a few seconds.

"This..." Beside him, Zheng Heng was equally full of shock.

And Kong Shi in the very center wore a Solemn expression.

This Xu Jingming was probably quite a bit stronger than he had imagined.