Chapter 306: Score Surge! Number One!

"Roar—"

"Howl—"

"......"

Sector 5, Demon Cave, Survival Competition Zone.

In the dense forest, Xu Jingming stood on an open patch of ground.

The beast roars echoing in his ears subtly excited every cell in his body.

But the competition hadn't started yet—he couldn't move.

Looking up, he could see a Level 8 Wind Grand Master flying several kilometers away in midair.

He was the final safeguard for this survival competition.

His powerful spiritual force enveloped the entire arena; should any emergency arise, he would rush to rescue immediately.

"Ding-ding-ding!!!"

As Xu Jingming watched, the smart bracelet on his right wrist suddenly emitted a sharp sound:

"Survival Competition begins! All contestants, release movement restrictions!"

"Survival Competition begins! All contestants, release......"

This was the official smart bracelet issued to check scores and rankings, and to notify the start and end of the competition.

The urgent notification sounded three times in succession before stopping.

"Finally started!"

Xu Jingming, who had been waiting eagerly, wore an excited expression; golden sacred thunder swirled around his entire body as he immediately sprinted southeast!

The smart bracelet had no built-in map; what beasts one encountered, whether one met other contestants—all depended on luck!

But during the brief moment when the staff had just brought him in,

he had already identified the direction where beast roars were most concentrated by their sounds!

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

Sharp wind howled past his ears as Xu Jingming darted through the forest like a cheetah.

In the real Sector 4 Demon Cave, he certainly couldn't move so freely.

But the beasts deployed in this survival competition were at most Level 5 Lower Rank—no serious life threat to worry about.

In fact, Xu Jingming even hoped to encounter Level 5 beasts—only then could he gain more ability points...

After merely sprinting for over ten minutes, Xu Jingming encountered his first wave of beasts in the forest.

This wave consisted of seven beasts, resembling wild wolves.

But each bore a crescent-shaped blue horn on its head, and their bodies were much larger!

Forest Wind Wolves!

A very common beast in forest environments, controlling the power of swift wind, with extreme sprinting speed.

Their formidable pursuit and escape abilities made them a nightmare for ability users.

"Roar—"

The pack of Forest Wind Wolves had also noticed Xu Jingming.

The leader, the Beast King, crouched low and emitted a threatening roar.

Simultaneously, the surrounding air twisted violently, forming countless sharp wind arrows!!

Gale Arrow Rain!

Forest Wind Wolf innate skill!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!......

The wind arrows rained down like a storm; most ability users would choose to dodge this barrage.

But Xu Jingming didn't slow at all—even accelerated slightly!

His sprinting speed had reached a terrifying 80 meters per second!

Like a high-speed train locomotive!!

Screech!!

At the instant he touched the arrow rain, golden Doushen Divine Thunder erupted violently!

Fierce thunder raged, swallowing the entire sky of arrows and all the Forest Wind Wolves!

Instantly, a series of system notifications rang in Xu Jingming's mind:

'Ding, defeated one Level 3 Peak Forest Wind Wolf, Ability Points +45.'

'Ding, defeated one Level 4 Lower Rank Forest Wind Wolf, Ability Points +211.'

'Ding, defeated one Level 3 Upper Rank Forest Wind Wolf, Ability Points +39.'

'......'

This pack of Forest Wind Wolves, led by a Level 4 Lower Rank Beast King, would force even a Level 3 Elite ability squad to detour.

Yet Xu Jingming, a Level 3 Upper Rank, destroyed them all in a single sprint and a simple ability burst!

"Comfortable!"

Xu Jingming, having reaped nearly 500 ability points in one go, wore a carefree smile.

He sprinted toward the deeper forest, where beast roars grew even denser...

The Survival Competition lasted ten days; each contestant had to kill as many beasts as possible.

Most contestants were only Level 4 Lower Rank, capable of handling beasts up to Level 4 Middle Rank at best.

Yet throughout the arena, there were Level 4 Upper Rank beasts—and terrifying Level 5 beasts.

Thus, most contestants chose to hunt during the day and rest at night.

Only ability users like Xu Jingming and Wang Qi, possessing Level 5 combat power, could hunt continuously day and night.

But for Wang Qi, hunting beasts was secondary; his priority was to rendezvous with Han Shan, captain of the Jindai Representative Team.

So Wang Qi only hunted beasts casually while searching for others, without actively seeking them out.

But for Xu Jingming, the Survival Competition was the perfect opportunity to harvest ability points!

Thus, he traversed the arena day and night, continuously slaying beasts.

As his system ability points surged rapidly, his Survival Competition score skyrocketed too!

Soon,

Three days passed, and Wang Qi, who had been searching for teammates, finally met Han Shan, captain of the Jindai Representative Team.

Han Shan looked somewhat disheveled.

His battle suit was torn in multiple places, stained with dark red blood.

"What happened to you...?" Even Wang Qi was surprised.

"Survival Competition is your combat ability users' domain—I'm a support type.

Just surviving three days is already impressive."

Han Shan shrugged helplessly.

Though his rank was as high as Level 4 Middle, as a support ability user,

his actual combat power was only around Level 3 Upper.

And his SS-rank technique, "Life Sharing," was useless without teammates present.

Thus, in a battlefield where beasts were at least Level 3 Upper, his situation was especially dire.

Worse still, during these three days, he hadn't encountered a single Jindai teammate.

Instead, he'd been ambushed several times by contestants from other schools; had it not been for his survival skills,

he'd already been eliminated.

In fact, in Survival Competition, support ability users were usually the first to be eliminated.

Only with good luck—finding teammates—could they hope for a decent ranking.

"True, support ability users aren't strong in combat."

Wang Qi nodded slightly, then extended his hand:

"Captain Han, join us from now on.

We'll search together for Jindai and Jingda teammates, and cooperate to eliminate Madai first."

"Pleasure doing business."

Seeing Wang Qi honor the agreement, Han Shan exhaled in relief, shook his hand, then exclaimed in amazement:

"Xu Jingming is truly terrifying—only Day Three, and his score's already over six thousand."

"Six thousand? Already? Last night I checked, he only had five thousand!"

Zou Taizhi, beside Wang Qi, said in surprise.

He'd had good luck—he met Wang Qi on the first day of the Survival Competition.

"It surpassed it this morning."

Han Shan opened his smart bracelet.

Instantly, a holographic ranking interface appeared before them:

'Rank 1, Xu Jingming, 6310 points (Mocu Ability University)

Rank 2, Kong Shi, 2501 points (Mocu Ability University)

Rank 3, Wang Qi, 2121 points (Qingjing Ability University)'

......】

'Damn! He really got 6, 00 points!'

Zou Taizhi glared, his face filled with disbelief.

According to the survival competition rules,

killing a third-rank peak beast grants 10 points, a fourth-rank lower-tier beast 80 points, a fourth-rank mid-tier beast 120 points, and a fourth-rank upper-tier beast 200 points.

Within the same rank, there may be slight point differences between different types of beasts, but not by much.

Last night at 11 p. ., he saw Xu Jingming's score at just over 5, 00 points.

Now it's only seven a. ., and his score has surged by over a thousand points.

This efficiency is terrifyingly high!

PS: Stuck on writing—see if I can churn out the next chapter soon; if not, I'll owe it (tears welling up)