Chapter 389: King-Rank Beast! Blue-Tusked Frenzied Lion!

"You want all of them?"

Squad Leader Wu Shuo froze for a moment, frowning as he said, "Brother Xu, you're not joking, are you?"

"I'm not joking. I confirm—I want all of them."

Golden Doushen Shenlei swirled around Xu Jingming's body as he said in a low, forceful voice:

"In this demon lair, the strong prey on the weak. My strength is greater than yours, so these natural treasures should naturally be distributed by me."

Crackle-crackle—

The crystal core at the tip of the Yao Lei Zhang gripped in his hand flickered with golden lightning, faintly radiating an extremely terrifying energy fluctuation.

"Your strength is greater than ours?"

Wu Shuo's eyes went wide, suspecting he had misheard.

But seeing how serious Xu Jingming looked, he really did seem to think that way!

"Looks like we're being looked down on."

"Hmph! When did anyone from Lei Ting Martial Hall's Chosen Training Camp ever get this arrogant?"

"Captain, let's do it—teach him a lesson!"

"..."

The Black Dragon Legion, as the most formidable legion under the Great Xia government's command.

Its members were already graduates of the top 100 ability universities in Great Xia—almost all elites!

And Squad 12, which had been fighting on the front-line battlefield for a long time and had replenished its members more than once, was the elite of elites!

Seeing Xu Jingming, a mere fifth-rank ability user, treating them with such contempt, they all couldn't help but change expression slightly and cry out in anger.

"Xu Jingming, being able to gain sixth-rank combat power at the lower position of fifth rank—I admit your talent is astonishing.

Even surpassing us someday in the future would be reasonable, but that day is not now.

You're far too arrogant. Since that's the case, then on behalf of your Hall Master Su, I'll teach you a lesson."

At this point, Wu Shuo was also somewhat angered. He drew a sharp battle blade from his spatial ring.

The other five members also took up their weapons and activated their abilities.

A lion catching a rabbit still uses its full strength—even an enemy who looks weak on the surface must be faced with all one's might.

This was a lesson bought with blood and lives by countless ability users on the front-line battlefield.

The same applies when dealing with beasts as when dealing with human ability users.

The moment they strike, they must deliver a devastating blow to Xu Jingming!

Although they wouldn't go so far as to kill him, beating him severely and letting Xu Jingming pay a price for his arrogance was still possible.

"That's fine."

The corners of his mouth curving up slightly, Xu Jingming's eyes blazed with burning fighting spirit.

Since reaching fifth rank, he had never once fought at full strength—perfect to test his hand against this group from the Black Dragon Legion.

At the same time, he could also test the might of the SSS-rank combat technique 'Lei Shen Jiang Shi'.

"Roar—"

Just as both sides were at a standoff, ready to strike at any moment, a low beastly roar suddenly rang out.

This roar was low and seemed to possess terrifying penetrating power, making even Xu Jingming frown slightly, his eardrums stinging.

If even he felt this way, those lower-rank ability users would probably be severely injured and vomit blood from the roar!

Wu Shuo and the others opposite also changed expression slightly.

At that moment, a gust of foul wind swept in, and a beast over three meters tall and more than eight meters long, lion-like in appearance with flowing fur all over its body, appeared.

But its tusks were sharper and more protruding, a strange blue-gray color—this beast appeared within Xu Jingming and the others' line of sight.

The moment it appeared, dense earth elements immediately swirled around its massive body.

At the same time, its huge eyes stared fixedly at Xu Jingming and the others, but it did not make a move.

"A king-rank beast, the Blue-Tusked Frenzied Lion? And judging by the color of its tusks, it seems to have reached the lower position of sixth rank! This is trouble."

Wu Shuo no longer cared about Xu Jingming opposite him; instead, he looked at this beast with a solemn expression.

"A sixth-rank lower-position beast—wouldn't killing it be a piece of cake?"

Xu Jingming, who hadn't recognized the species of this beast, said in some confusion.

"You've never been to the front-line battlefield, so it's normal not to know."

Wu Shuo shook his head and didn't continue to hold Xu Jingming's earlier arrogant words against him, only explaining with a bitter smile:

"Blue Planet has a vast variety of beasts, even within the same rank.

The combat power displayed by beasts of different species can be said to be worlds apart!

So, on the front lines, beasts are generally classified by aptitude into Soldier-rank, General-rank, Lord-rank, King-rank, and Emperor-rank.

Soldier-rank beasts have combat power at the bottom among same-rank beasts, comparable to our human ability users with F-rank to D-rank abilities.

General-rank beasts are slightly stronger, comparable to C-rank to B-rank abilities.

Lord-rank beasts are equivalent to our ability users with A-rank abilities.

King-rank beasts are equivalent to our ability users with S-rank abilities!

And this Blue-Tusked Frenzied Lion's combat power is also among the higher-ranked existences among king-rank beasts.

Not only is it thick-skinned and tough, with formidable vitality, it can also manipulate the power of earth elements.

Although it's only sixth rank, it could easily wipe out our entire group."

Including Wu Shuo, all members of Squad 12 wore solemn expressions.

King-rank beasts are extremely rare even on the front-line battlefield.

Whenever they appear, they are dealt with by higher-rank ability users. A same-rank ability user squad rushing in recklessly would only be sending themselves to their deaths.

"Logically speaking,

the No. 4 Demon Lair shouldn't have any ferocious beasts above Lord-class potential. I don't know which link went wrong in the middle."

Unable to figure it out no matter how hard he thought, Wu Shuo also looked at Xu Jingming opposite him:

"This Green-Fang Qingya Kuangshi is most likely here for the Yuan Spirit Fruit. As long as we don't strike first, it shouldn't attack us.

Let's go. While the Yuan Spirit Fruit hasn't ripened yet, we should withdraw quickly.

We can also report this information to the higher-ups and let them arrange for specialists to handle it."

The wilderness zones within Daxia Nation have all been specially dealt with by high-level ability users.

There's no way Lord-class or above ferocious beasts could exist. This situation is really rather strange.

But when Wu Shuo prepared to withdraw with his squad members, he found Xu Jingming still standing in place, completely unmoved!

"Hm?"

Wu Shuo's brow furrowed at once, and he said in a low voice:

"Xu Jingming, between the Yuan Spirit Fruit and your life, which is heavier and which is lighter, you should be able to tell.

If you stay any longer, your situation will become extremely dangerous!"

If it were anyone else, he couldn't be bothered to warn them.

But Xu Jingming's displayed talent is simply too monstrous, and they're both citizens of Daxia Nation.

He truly couldn't bear to watch the other party perish here over a moment of greed.

"Thank you for your concern, Captain Wu, but I still want to give it a try — to see if I can beat this King-class ferocious beast."

Xu Jingming said, eager to give it a go.

Compared to a squad from the Black Dragon Legion, this King-class ferocious beast seemed more suitable as an opponent.

Besides, he also wanted to see how many ability points he could obtain after killing this King-class ferocious beast.

Of course, he couldn't be certain whether he would ultimately emerge victorious.

But with the Thunder Dragon Wings, even if he couldn't win, he could still escape — there wouldn't be too much danger to his life.

PS: Heading home tomorrow, another full day on the highway. Updates resume on the 20th, and I'll start making up the owed chapters along the way.