Chapter 306: Score Surge! Number One!

«Roar—»

«Howl—»

«...... »

Sector 5 Demon Cave, Survival Competition Zone.

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

The savage beasts' roars echoing in his ears made every cell in his body subtly thrill.

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

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

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.

«Beep-beep-beep!!! »

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 long awaited this moment, wore an excited expression; golden divine thunder encircled his entire body as he immediately surged toward the southeast!

The smart bracelet had no built-in map; what beasts he encountered, whether he 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 the beast roars were most concentrated by their sounds alone!

Whoo—

Whoo—

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

In the real Number 4 Demon Cave, he could never move so freely.

But the beasts deployed in this Survival Competition were at most Level 5 Lower Rank—there was no real threat to his life.

In fact, Xu Jingming even hoped to encounter Level 5 beasts, for they granted 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 far larger!

Forest Wind Wolves!

A very common beast in forest environments, they command the power of swift wind and move at extreme speed.

Their formidable pursuit and escape abilities make them a nightmare for Ability Users.

«Roar—»

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

The pack's leader, the Wind Wolf King, crouched low and let out a threatening roar.

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

Gale Arrow Rain!

Forest Wind Wolf's 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—he accelerated further!

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

Like a high-speed train engine barreling forward!!

Screech!!

At the very moment he touched the arrow rain, golden Dou Tian Shen Lei erupted violently!

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

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

«Ding, slain one Level 3 Peak Forest Wind Wolf, Ability Points +45. »

«Ding, slain one Level 4 Lower Rank Forest Wind Wolf, Ability Points +211. »

«Ding, slain one Level 3 Upper Rank Forest Wind Wolf, Ability Points +39. »

«...... »

This pack of Forest Wind Wolves, led by a Level 4 Lower Rank Alpha, would force even a squad of Level 3 Elite Ability Users to detour.

Yet Xu Jingming, at Level 3 Upper Rank, slaughtered them all with just one charge and a simple burst of ability!

«Perfect! »

Xu Jingming, having reaped nearly 500 Ability Points in one go, wore a wild grin.

He surged deeper into the forest, toward the region where beast roars grew even denser...

The Survival Competition lasts ten days; each contestant must kill as many beasts as possible.

Yet most contestants are only Level 4 Lower Rank, capable of handling beasts up to Level 4 Middle Rank at most.

Throughout the entire arena, there are not only Level 4 Upper Rank beasts, but also terrifying Level 5 beasts.

Therefore, most contestants chose to hunt fierce beasts during the day and rest at night.

Only ability-users with fifth-tier combat power like Xu Jingming and Wang Qi could hunt fierce beasts continuously through both day and night.

But for Wang Qi, hunting fierce beasts was secondary — quickly meeting up with Han Shan, the captain of the Jin University representative team, was the top priority.

So Wang Qi only casually hunted fierce beasts along the way while searching for people, without actively seeking them out.

But for Xu Jingming it was different — the survival competition was a perfect chance to harvest ability points!

So he traversed the competition zone day and night, constantly killing fierce beasts.

As his system's ability points skyrocketed, his survival competition score soared along with them!

Very quickly,

Three days passed, and Wang Qi, who had been searching for teammates along the way, finally met up with Han Shan, the captain of the Jin University representative team.

Han Shan at this moment looked rather bedraggled.

His combat suit had multiple tears, and was stained with quite a bit of dark-red blood.

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

"The survival competition is the home turf for combat-type ability-users. I'm a support type.

Being able to survive three whole days is already pretty good."

Han Shan spread his hands helplessly.

Although his level was as high as mid fourth-tier, as a support-type ability-user,

his true combat power was only around upper third-tier.

And his SS-rank combat skill 'Life Share' was completely useless without teammates present.

So in this competition field where fierce beasts were at minimum upper third-tier, his situation was especially dire.

What was even more unlucky was that in these three days, he hadn't run into a single member of Jin University.

Instead, he'd been caught a few times by contestants from other schools — if not for some life-preserving skills,

he would have been eliminated by others long ago.

In fact, in the survival competition, support-type ability-users were generally the first to be eliminated.

With good luck, they could meet teammates and only then scrape together some ranking.

"True, support-type ability-users' combat power really isn't that great."

Wang Qi also caught on and nodded slightly, extending his hand as he said:

"Captain Han, just move together with us from here on out.

We'll search for Jingda University and Jin University team members together, cooperate to eliminate Mo University first."

"Pleasure working together."

Seeing Wang Qi act according to their agreement, Han Shan also breathed a sigh of relief, shook hands with Wang Qi, then clicked his tongue in wonder:

"That guy Xu Jingming really is terrifying. It's only the third day, and his score has already passed 6,000."

"Over six thousand? That fast? When I checked last night, hadn't he only just passed five thousand-something?"

Zou Taizhi, who was following beside Wang Qi, said in some surprise.

He was lucky — on the first day after the survival competition began, he had already met up with Wang Qi.

"He passed it early this morning."

Han Shan tapped open his smart bracelet.

Immediately, a holographic projection of the ranking interface appeared before everyone's eyes:

'First place, Xu Jingming, 6310 points (Modu Ability University)

Second place, Kong Shi, 2501 points (Modu Ability University)

Third place, Wang Qi, 2121 points (Qingjing Ability University)

......'

"Damn! He really hit six thousand!"

Zou Taizhi's eyes went wide, his face full of disbelief.

According to the survival competition's rules,

killing a peak third-tier fierce beast is worth 10 points, lower fourth-tier 80 points, mid fourth-tier 120 points, upper fourth-tier 200 points.

Among fierce beasts of the same tier but different types, there might be some score differences, but they weren't significant.

And when he checked at 11 last night, Xu Jingming's score was still just over 5,100.

Now it was only 7 a. m., and the score had skyrocketed by a full thousand-plus points.

That efficiency was simply terrifyingly high!

PS: Stuck on the writing — let me see if I can churn out the next update later; if I can't, I'll owe you one (about to cry)