Chapter 386: Strange Movement! A Treasure of Heaven and Earth Emerges!

"Captain, did we get the wrong person?"

After sensing Xu Jingming's rank aura, a member of the squad couldn't help but ask the captain in confusion.

"Golden lightning ability, plus the signature Yao Lei Zhang—we shouldn't have the wrong person."

The captain shook his head, stepped forward to Xu Jingming, and amiably extended his right hand:

"Hello there, friend. I'm Wu Shuo, captain of the 12th Squad of the Black Dragon Legion."

The Black Dragon Legion is an official force with state backing.

Unlike the bodyguard squad Jiang Chuxuan had hired—the one Xu Jingming had run into earlier—they don't rob and kill.

As long as you haven't broken any laws, there's no need to worry even if you meet them in the wilderness zone.

So Xu Jingming drew in the Lei Ting around his body and reached out to give a light handshake:

"Xu Jingming of the Lei Ting Wu Guan's Prodigy Training Camp. What do you want with me?"

"So you're a prodigy from the Prodigy Training Camp—no wonder your strength is so formidable."

Captain Wu Shuo suddenly understood, then laughed and explained:

"It's nothing major. It's because you wiped out all the beasts in three city ruins in a row.

Other ability-users mistakenly thought a sixth-rank ability-user was violating regulations by wantonly slaughtering low-rank beasts, and reported it up the chain.

So they sent us to come check the situation."

According to the laws of the Great Xia Kingdom, ability-user crimes within city limits are handled by the Security Bureau.

Ability-user crimes in the wilderness zones are handled by the legion with jurisdiction.

And Magic Dens 2, 3, and 4 all fall under the Black Dragon Legion's jurisdiction.

In fact,

the order Wu Shuo received was to arrest this regulation-violating ability-user and bring him back.

But since it turned out to be a misunderstanding, there was no need to use the word "arrest."

After all, the other party was from the Prodigy Training Camp, and even had the ability to fight across an entire major rank.

"I see." Xu Jingming caught on as well.

He naturally also knew the prohibition against sixth-rank ability-users wantonly slaughtering low-rank beasts.

He just hadn't reached sixth rank himself, so he hadn't paid it much mind—he never expected to still get reported by other ability-users.

"Although this is a misunderstanding, I still need to give Brother Xu a reminder."

Retracting his weapon into his spatial ring, Captain Wu Shuo said thoughtfully:

"Your rank may only be lower fifth-rank, but your combat power should be at least sixth-rank.

You're still within the prohibition's scope of restraint. Unless necessary, it's best not to slaughter low-rank beasts on a large scale.

At least that's how it is in the domestic wilderness zones and Magic Dens.

If you really want to kill beasts, you can go to the Pale Forest Canyon near the Great Xia Kingdom's border.

Most of our sixth-rank ability-users in Great Xia gather there, and your Lei Ting Wu Guan also has an outpost over there.

The beasts there are of higher quality. With Brother Xu's strength, you should be able to get a decent haul after heading over."

The Pale Forest Canyon is not part of the wilderness zone, but rather part of the Great Xia Kingdom's frontline battlefield against beast invasions.

Behind the Pale Forest Canyon lies an area of up to 250,000 square kilometers, overrun by countless beasts.

That place, over two hundred years ago, belonged to a country called Zhua.

But after Origin Energy appeared, the entire country was overrun and ultimately became a paradise for beasts.

Within that region live more than ten ninth-rank Beast Sovereigns.

Under these Beast Sovereigns' command, beast tides constantly crash against the Great Xia Kingdom's borders.

And all these beasts are third-rank or above; fourth- and fifth-rank beasts are extremely numerous, and sixth-rank beasts are quite common.

Most of the Black Dragon Legion's ability-user soldiers are stationed over there.

"Understood." Xu Jingming gave a slight nod.

He had also heard of the Pale Forest Canyon.

In fact, over the past month or so, he'd noticed that although Magic Den 4 had plenty of beasts,

there weren't all that many high-rank ones; beasts reaching fifth rank were quite rare.

If he could go to the frontline battlefield to kill high-rank beasts, the efficiency of harvesting ability points would be much higher.

"Good that you understand."

Captain Wu Shuo nodded with a smile. "Speaking of which, the annual assessment tournament of your Lei Ting Wu Guan's Prodigy Training Camp is about to start, right?

Our Black Dragon Legion is also one of the invited guests. When the time comes, you might even spot us in the audience."

This time it was their 12th Squad's turn to rest, so they would very likely go join the fun.

"Invited guests? Isn't this assessment tournament an internal Lei Ting Wu Guan event?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

"You didn't know?"

Captain Wu Shuo was a bit surprised, but still said with a smile:

"Your Lei Ting Wu Guan's tournament invites other legions and guilds to observe every year.

Our Black Dragon Legion is one of the long-term invited guests."

In fact,

not just Lei Ting Wu Guan, but also Violent Bear Wu Guan and the other major legions all invite other forces to observe when they hold similar events.

This is also a way to expand one's own influence.

After a pause, Wu Shuo added: "Brother Xu must have just entered the training camp, so it's perfectly normal not to know this.

But with your strength, you don't need to worry too much—you should be able to sweep through your entire first-year cohort."

According to the data received, the ruins of the three cities Xu Jingming destroyed contained no shortage of sixth-rank ferocious beasts.

And such a powerful adept was merely fifth-rank!

He had only just joined the Heavenly Prodigy Training Camp!

This was undoubtedly a dimensional strike against others of his age group.

"So that's how it is—I'll take your good wishes, Captain Wu," Xu Jingming said with a smile and a nod.

"Not good wishes—prophecy."

Wu Shuo said half-jokingly, then took his leave: "Since it's just a misunderstanding, we won't overstay—we're off."

Brother Xu, we'll meet again at the assessment trials."

"Goodbye."

After Xu Jingming nodded, Wu Shuo and his squad members departed in a flurry.

"Senbai Gorge... after this mission, I really need to learn more about it."

The efficiency of harvesting adept points in this demon nest is still too low."

In just over a month, rising from upper fourth-rank to fifth-rank—any other adept would be laughing in their sleep at the thought.

But Xu Jingming was not entirely satisfied.

After all, aside from his rank, most of his combat techniques remained at the beginner level.

Even his SS-grade adept ability required sufficient adept points to evolve into SSS-grade.

"I have a feeling the adept points needed to evolve from SS-grade to SSS-grade will be an absolutely terrifying number."

With a quiet sigh, Xu Jingming pulled out his alloy dagger.

In just over ten minutes, he swiftly harvested the key ferocious beast materials from the nine corpses on the ground.

"Pop—"

Just as he was about to leave, a sound like a cork being pulled echoed suddenly.

Immediately, countless silver-white elemental energies materialized from the air far above.

Like a storm converging, they surged toward a point on the ground.

"This commotion—could a heavenly treasure be emerging?" Xu Jingming looked up, eyes brightening.