Chapter 333: Hand Over the Crystal! The Gaoli Nation Ability User Squad!

"I need to find a place to advance first."

Suppressing the fire in his heart, Xu Jingming took out an alloy dagger from his spatial ring and began harvesting materials from the jungle wind wolf.

The most valuable part of the jungle wind wolf was its pelt—a fifth-tier wind wolf pelt, which would fetch at least forty million on the outside market!

And although he had specifically purchased a dagger forged from S-grade alloy, skinning alone still took at least two or three hours.

With that much time, he could have killed several more fifth-tier fierce beasts and harvested another wave of ability points.

Xu Jingming was very clear on which mattered more—ability points or Daxia coins.

So he only spent a few minutes harvesting the slightly less valuable wolf claws and wolf fangs before swiftly leaving.

In fact, he had used the same strategy with every fierce beast he had killed during this period.

If harvesting materials from a fierce beast took more than thirty minutes, he would simply abandon it.

"He's just leaving? That's a fifth-tier wind wolf pelt worth tens of millions!"

In the distance, Qian Jin stared at the scene in shock.

He did want the pelt, but the smell of blood was now spreading, and it could attract other fierce beasts to feed at any moment.

He was afraid he'd have the luck to skin it, but not the luck to walk away with it.

"Being able to keep my life is already good enough—what's there to want a beast pelt for?"

Shaking his head, Qian Jin sighed and headed toward the forest entrance.

He had finally figured it out—this relic space was simply not a place an ability user of his strength could enter.

Better to retreat to the entrance like this, wait for the assessment to end, and leave directly once the spatial gate opened.

Although this way he wouldn't get any opportunities, it was still far better than losing his life......

"Eva, scan the surroundings for me. See if there are any powerful creatures around."

Inside a hidden cave, Xu Jingming spoke into his earpiece.

"Wuu~~, finally I can come out."

Seeing no one else around, virtual light projected from the smart arm guard, converging into Eva's petite loli figure.

She stretched lazily, slightly lifting her flat-as-a-board chest.

Then she closed her eyes gently, opened them after two or three seconds, and said with a sweet smile:

"S-rank, don't worry. Within a thousand meters, there are only a few fourth-tier and fifth-tier fierce beasts. No sixth-tier fierce beasts have appeared."

"But S-rank, are you planning to rest now? It's not even that time yet......"

Eva played with her green hair, still mid-sentence.

Then came a 'click', and the entire holographic projection vanished without a trace.

Losing its light source, the cave returned to its dim state.

"Sure enough, this way is more reassuring."

Xu Jingming silently moved his finger away from the forced-shutdown button on the smart arm guard.

Eva was a top-tier artificial intelligence belonging to Mo Da, and was trustworthy.

But the first-level authority holder was not him—it was Mo Da's principal.

Although Mo Da's principal probably wouldn't have Eva spy on him.

When it came to the Deep Blue system, it was still better to be cautious.

At the very least, he couldn't let Eva see the process of him allocating points.

"Deep Blue! Allocate points!"

With everything prepared, Xu Jingming no longer hesitated and directly chose to allocate points!

Ability points -75,000!

【Level】: Fourth-tier lower → Fourth-tier middle!

【Physique】: 4817 → 5617 Qi and Blood!

【Spirit】: 3325 → 4125 Hz!

Boom!!

Boundless power erupted from within Xu Jingming's body!

The Doushen Shenlei, originally a faint reddish-gold under the Breath-Concealment Art's control, suddenly reverted to a bright, resplendent golden-yellow!

Crackle-crackle—

Golden lightning raged, and the dim cave blazed with light!

As the lightning surged, the Doushen Shenlei's sacred, violent aura grew more pronounced, its color deeper.

"I've reached fourth-tier middle!" A flash of golden Lei Guang streaked through Xu Jingming's eyes.

His right hand lifted slightly, and a resplendent golden lightning orb condensed about ten-plus centimeters above his palm.

"Physique and Spirit both rose by about 800 points, and the might of Doushen Shenlei has also increased by roughly three or four times compared to before.

Before the advancement, my combat power was roughly around the peak of fifth-tier.

After the advancement, I should be able to match—"

Xu Jingming murmured inwardly.

He had always calculated his combat power by the standard of an A-rank ability user.

Take, for instance, a sixth-tier lower ability user who only possessed C-rank or B-rank abilities.

By his estimate, in the Lei Ji state, a one-on-one fight would be an unquestionable crushing victory.

"Too bad I still have too few ability points—otherwise I would have allocated points to the Indestructible Lei Ting Body as well."

The sixth layer of the Indestructible Lei Ting Body could grant a special ability of the Thunderstorm Dragon.

Xu Jingming was quite looking forward to it.

And to raise the Lei Ting Immortal Body from the fifth layer to the sixth layer required roughly 50,000 ability points.

In the survival trial, he could actually have added points already.

But he wanted to raise his own level more, so he didn't add points.

Same this time — even though he'd accumulated over 70,000 ability points, he still chose not to add points.

Compared to level, the Lei Ting Immortal Body's priority was slightly lower.

"But there's still plenty of time in this relic space. The Lei Ting Immortal Body will reach the sixth layer sooner or later."

Under the operation of the Breath-Concealing Art, the resplendently bright Doushen Shenlei transformed once more into a dim reddish-gold.

Xu Jingming immediately restarted his smart armguard.

Hmmm~~~

The machine whirred, and Eva's holographic projection appeared once again.

"S-Class! Why did you force-shut me down?"

The petite loli Eva with green twin-tails stood with hands on hips, asking huffily.

Not the least bit angry — instead, she looked utterly adorable.

"I trust little Eva a lot, but there are some secrets.

I don't want the school to know, so I could only wrong you a little."

Xu Jingming's clear black-and-white eyes looked at Eva before him, his expression sincere.

In the past, he'd only thought of Eva as a program, or something simulated by a stretch of code.

But as his contact with Eva deepened, he increasingly felt she was no different from a real person.

During this time in the relic space, they'd even become friends.

For a friend like that, Xu Jingming didn't want to brush her off with excuses.

Besides, he didn't think any excuse could escape being seen through by a top-tier AI like Eva.

"I-is that so?"

This straightforward confession instantly made Eva's Bai Xi little face flush slightly red.

Head lowered, her fair fingers unconsciously fiddled with the hem of her clothes:

"Since there's a good reason, then Eva will forgive you, S-Class. But next time before you shut me down, remember to tell me first, okay?"

"Alright." Xu Jingming's lips curved up slightly. "Let's go, we'll head out first."

After leaving the cave, Xu Jingming had originally planned to follow the fierce-beast distribution map Eva had scanned and take them out one by one.

But before he'd even gotten close to the first fierce beast, while passing under a large tree—

He discovered a pile of crystal balls, each the size of a ping-pong ball, transparent all over.

A rough count put them at no fewer than a hundred.

"Oh? Trial crystals? Looks like my luck isn't bad."

The trial crystals the base AI had mentioned — Xu Jingming had found some during this period too, but altogether only a few dozen.

He hadn't expected his luck to be this good — casually picking up a whole pile by the roadside.

Just as he bent down, preparing to stow these trial crystals into his spatial ring—

A stiff Daxia national language tinged with the flavor of pickles abruptly rang out from the side:

"You Daxia person over there, hand over the trial crystals in your hands!"

Turning his head, Xu Jingming saw a group of four people walking out from the dense jungle.

These four weren't very tall, and their eyes were all very small.

Their looks couldn't be called ordinary — each was distinctively ugly in their own way.

"Hm? An ability-user squad from Goryeo?" Xu Jingming's sword brows lifted slightly, and his bent waist slowly straightened.

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