Chapter 383

Dungeon No. 4 is enormous, covering nearly half the entire region of Guizhou.

It has six entrances and exits alone!

Three of these entrances are controlled by official forces, and the surrounding areas are all military training grounds.

The other three entrances are freely open to psychics.

Xu Jingming went to Entrance No. 5, the one closest to the Thunder Martial Hall's Elite Training Camp.

"Flame Psychic Team: Seeking a fifth-rank lower-tier offensive psychic.

Passing the team entrance exam grants 4 million in dividend funds!"

"A+ class rare herb, 'Light Grass,' usable for pill refinement or direct consumption—only one available, highest bidder wins!"

"Bloodmark Psychic Team: All members are fourth-rank upper-tier; those needing escort services may contact us."

"......"

Like ordinary wastelands, a supply base stood outside Entrance No. 5 of Dungeon No. 4.

On the square outside the supply base, a large crowd of psychics had gathered.

Some sought teammates, some sold rare herbs and treasures, and even psychic teams offering guard services were present.

The only difference from ordinary wastelands was that nearly all these psychics were fourth-rank or higher.

Psychics below fourth-rank were extremely rare.

These fourth-rank and above psychics were fully armed, carrying weapons, their qi faintly leaking out.

This was the psychic's way of survival: only by showing your danger could others hesitate to provoke conflict.

Hss—

At that moment, a train over twenty meters long, entirely white,

filled with technological aesthetics, glided along the tracks from afar and slowed to a stop at the dedicated platform outside the supply base.

As the largest dungeon in all of Daya, Dungeon No. 4 had exceptionally complete supporting facilities.

This train directly reached the dungeon entrances, reaching a staggering top speed of 400 km/h.

"Shhh—"

Six doors, three on each side of the train, slowly opened, and armed psychics streamed out in orderly waves.

Most left in small groups, chatting and laughing, but one tall young man, clad in black battle armor and black battle boots,

walked alone, his aura dangerous yet steady.

Behind his back, he carried a staff nearly two meters long.

At the staff's tip, a crystal core the size of an adult's fist emitted a faint Lei Guang.

Inside the core, dense blue Lei Ting surged violently.

When the surrounding psychics noticed the weapon, their gazes toward the young man subtly held traces of reverence.

Elemental weapon!

And it appeared to be a lightning-element exclusive elemental weapon!

This clearly indicated he was a fifth-rank elemental master.

Compared to psychic warriors, elemental masters were far rarer and had far higher cultivation thresholds.

Added to that, he looked young—only in his early twenties.

All these factors together proved he was an exceptionally powerful young elemental master.

This man was none other than Xu Jingming, who had left the Thunder Martial Hall's Elite Training Camp and arrived here.

"That's Dungeon No. 4 ahead," Xu Jingming gazed into the distance from the square before the supply base.

His height of one meter eighty-nine made it easy for him to see the distant scene clearly.

Nearly half of Dungeon No. 4's area consisted of former urban and village regions.

The rest was wasteland, hills, and such.

Thus, the distant scene was mostly urban ruins, weathered by time and wind.

"The beasts in Dungeon No. 4 have extremely high mobility, and their infighting is fierce.

A place that was once a fourth-rank beast's den might be seized by a fifth-rank beast the next moment.

I need a region with many beasts, mostly fifth- to sixth-rank."

He pressed the smart bracelet on his left wrist, and a holographic map of Dungeon No. 4 appeared before him.

He had purchased it for 343 credits on the Thunder Martial Hall's internal network.

Its detail surpassed any map available on the open market.

Based on the descriptions of each area on the map, he quickly selected a location—Nankang Ruins.

Nankang Ruins were formerly the town of Nankang, with a population of 500,000.

Since being seized by beasts over a century ago, it has remained a primary hunting ground for fourth- to sixth-rank beasts.

"Nankang Ruins are not far—just over twenty kilometers away.

Even if I need to detour around a few danger zones, I can reach it within a few hours.

Once the beasts in Nankang Ruins are mostly cleared, it'll be easier to move to the next location."

Although the Thunder Dragon Wings were useful, their endurance lasted only slightly over half an hour.

And in Dungeon No. 4, there were countless avian beasts, even terrifying eighth-rank beasts lurking!

If Xu Jingming drew too much attention and an eighth-rank beast wielding elemental power struck from over ten kilometers away,

consuming the eighth-grade protective talisman bracelet Ling Shuang had given him would be a terrible waste.

So rushing forward on foot was the safest approach; he could always use the Thunder Dragon Wings to escape if real danger arose.

"Elemental Master brother, would you like to form a team?

We are the Flame Team; all members are above Rank Five, with formidable strength.

We're still missing a heavy attacker—brother, interested?

Just as Xu Jingming decided where to go, a tall middle-aged man smiled and invited him.

No thanks.

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming closed the map and entered the Demon Cavern alone through Entrance No. 5.

"Tsk, the captain got turned down."

"Expected. Strong young elites like him, especially elementalists, are almost always lone wolves."

"True—he doesn't look very high level on the surface, but he might be able to wipe out our whole team by himself!"

"......"

The failed-invitation captain returned to his team and immediately received comfort from the other members.

For an ability-user team like theirs, such powerful elementalists simply hold little appeal.

After entering Demon Cavern No. 4, Xu Jingming raced forward, eliminating several ferocious beasts along the way.

At 10 a. m., two hours later, he entered the Nan Kang Ruins.

And luck favored him—he encountered a pack of ferocious beasts shortly after entering.

This pack consisted of twelve beasts.

They resembled hybrid creatures of tigers and gray wolves, each about four meters in length, with gray-white fur.

Several white bony spines protruded from their backs, some still stained with dark red blood.

"They're a White Bone Wind Wolf pack—only one is Mid-Rank Five, the rest are Low-Rank Five."

"If I kill them, I should gain a large batch of Ability Points."

Several hundred meters away, Xu Jingming withdrew his gaze and raised his Yao Lei Zhang:

"Lightning Chain!"