Chapter 308: 5.1 Ten Thousand Ability Points! Allocate Points!

Hm? They actually agreed?

Xu Ping was utterly surprised upon hearing Ling Shuang's response.

Could Xu Jingming still have some hidden card capable of suppressing our two universities' alliance?

This was the first thought that surfaced in Xu Ping's mind.

There was no choice—he simply couldn't ignore how terrifying Xu Jingming's performance had been in both team and solo events.

It had left even him, as vice president, with psychological scars.

But then he reconsidered: Wang Qi and Han Shan had joined forces, plus the other members from Jingda and Jinda.

Even if Xu Jingming had some hidden card, he couldn't possibly turn the tide.

Was Ling Shuang just bluffing?

Realizing this, Xu Ping exhaled in relief and nodded with a smile:

"Since President Ling is so generous, I'll take you up on it.

One SS-class resource and one S-class resource—I bet Jingda will win the survival contest."

"Agreed." Ling Shuang gave a slight nod in assent.

In truth, based on what she knew of Xu Jingming's strength, victory was impossible.

Yet for some reason, she just felt he had the ability to create miracles...

As the audience had expected, the Jingda-Jinda alliance proved overwhelmingly dominant.

Within just two or three days, they eliminated every contestant they encountered—except those from Jingda and Jinda.

As for Mada's contestants, when alone, they could still flee from either Jingda or Jinda opponents—even if they couldn't win.

But now, with both universities united, Mada's contestants had no chance to escape the encirclement.

They were swiftly whittled down to only Xu Jingming, Kong Shi, and Gu Wan.

Thus, the survival contest quickly reached its seventh day.

At nine a. . that day, the arena map and all contestants' locations would be revealed.

The survival contest would enter its most brutal phase of slaughter.

Yet before eight a. ., Kong Shi of Mada was already found by Wang Qi and others.

"Wang Qi, Han Shan, Zou Taizhi..."

"No wonder your scores have been steadily climbing—so you've allied together."

Deep within the dense forest,

Kong Shi had activated his ability, his bear-form towering over three meters tall.

In his right hand he held a battle axe; in his left, a shield as large as a gate.

Before him, not far off, stood the combined team from Jingda and Jinda.

After days of searching, the team now numbered eleven!

Six were from Jingda; five from Jinda.

All had activated their abilities, their auras powerful and ferocious.

"Kong Shi, surrender. You can't beat us," Wang Qi said gravely.

"Surrender? Do you think I'm that kind of man?"

On Kong Shi's massive bear face, a sneer appeared: "Want my points? Come and take them! Berserk!"

His enormous body swelled another full circle, his eyes blazing crimson, bloodlust surging violently within him!!

Berserk!

A class-S enhancement technique derived from ferocious beasts.

Upon activation, the body becomes immensely powerful, but sanity is lost to madness, making it easy to injure allies.

But there were no allies here—Kong Shi had no need to care.

"Why won't any Mada contestant surrender?"

Shaking his head, Wang Qi activated his own ability and charged forward first:

"Move in—finish him quickly."

Even one-on-one, Kong Shi couldn't beat Wang Qi, let alone with so many opponents.

Thus, only three minutes later, Kong Shi was defeated.

"Safety shield activated. You have been eliminated.

Remain within the shield. Official rescue teams will return you to the gym shortly."

The smart band's alert sounded; the crimson glow in Kong Shi's eyes faded as he was enclosed in energy shielding.

With waves of weakness surging through his body, Kong Shi sighed.

The two-university alliance... Captain, this time it's all up to you...

On the other side, Han Shan, who delivered the final blow eliminating Kong Shi, gained half of Kong Shi's points.

Third place: Han Shan, 11234 points (Jincheng Institute of Esoteric Abilities)

Han Shan's score surged instantly by five thousand; Kong Shi's ranking plummeted to sixth.

"Over ten thousand points—good, good," Han Shan nodded in satisfaction.

With Jingda and Jinda cooperating, the points couldn't be monopolized by Jingda alone.

They had to split them with Jinda—hence his high score.

"But compared to that Xu Jingming guy, the gap is still huge..."

Zou Taizhi stared helplessly at the survival contest ranking projected by his smart band:

'First place: Xu Jingming, 21332 points (Mudu Institute of Esoteric Abilities)

Second place: Wang Qi, 13210 points (Qingjing Institute of Esoteric Abilities)

Third place: Han Shan, 11234 points (Jincheng Institute of Esoteric Abilities)

...'

"Twenty thousand points—truly terrifying. Since the match began, he's barely rested at all—only once, for about eight hours."

Wang Qi also felt a pang of awe.

Xu Jingming's score had maintained a rapid climb, save for a pause of roughly eight hours two days ago.

"Still the same: all these points are just working for us."

Zou Taizhi grinned mischievously and asked Wang Qi eagerly:

"Captain, shall we keep searching for Xu Jingming?"

He still remembered that punch from the solo event.

Now that he had a chance to return it, he was itching to act.

"No rush. Only fifty-four minutes until nine.

Once the map and positions are revealed, how could we miss Xu Jingming?

Rest here, recover your ability—then at nine, we go straight for him."

Wang Qi glanced at the time on his smart band and gave the order.

Even a lion hunting a rabbit uses full strength—though victory was certain, caution was still best.

Pfft~~

A sharp, dark-gold spear withdrew from the skull of a massive gray bear.

Blood gushed forth, red and white splattering everywhere.

It was a Bai Huan Gray Bear, roughly fourth-rank upper-tier by size.

Yet it had been obliterated with crushing ease—its head pierced clean through.

Xu Jingming, who delivered the blow, stared at the ranking projected by his smart band.

"Kong Senior's points halved, ranking dropped—Mada now has only me and Senior Gu..."

Xu Jingming's eyes narrowed slightly.

Unlike the spectators in the gym, he had no god's-eye view.

Yet so many Mada contestants had been eliminated, while Jingda and Jinda still had over ten survivors!

Every time a Mada contestant was eliminated, Wang Qi or Han Shan's score spiked sharply.

Even a fool could see: Jingda and Jinda had united to systematically exterminate Mada.

"Before, I truly couldn't have beaten you.

But unfortunately for you, you didn't find me in the past few days.

Now, you've lost your final chance..."

Xu Jingming's lips curled slightly. "Deep Blue!"

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Third-rank Upper (+)

【Ability】: Dou Tian Divine Thunder (SS)

【Physique】: 4115 Qi (+)

【Spirit】: 2624 He (+)

【Skills】: Spear Technique (Master), Fist Technique (Master), Lei Guan Demon-Slaying Spear (Beginner+), Heavenly Thunder Art (Beginner+), Mingyuleikai (Beginner+), Thunder God Finger (Beginner+), Thunder Dragon Fist (Beginner+), Thunder Shadow Body (Beginner+), Thunder Spear (Advanced+), Chain Lightning Spear (Intermediate+), Thunder Flash (Advanced+), Thunder Prison (Intermediate+), Lightning Gale Break (Master+), Concealment Technique (Advanced+)

【Body Cultivation】: Thunder Unextinguishable Body (Fifth Layer+)

【Ability Points】: 51283

Today is the seventh day of the Survival Trial; over the first six days,

Xu Jingming rested only once, spending all other time relentlessly hunting ferocious beasts day and night!

He had slain a total of seven to eight hundred third- and fourth-rank ferocious beasts!

Just now, he killed this high-tier fourth-rank Gray-Ring Earth Bear and gained 312 Ability Points.

His accumulated Ability Points reached over 51, 00!

And finally, a point-adding symbol appeared after his level on the system panel.

"At last—Shenlan! Allocate points!"

With a flick of his will, Xu Jingming instantly clicked the plus sign after his level.