Chapter 440: Borrow Points! Place Your Bets!

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Unlike Leng Yuexi, Ling Shuang made a video call.

As soon as Xu Jingming tapped accept, Ling Shuang's slender figure appeared in the holographic projection before him.

"Teacher Ling, what do you need?" Xu Jingming asked with a smile.

"Of course I need to find you—you're seriously injured and on the brink of death, how could I not..."

Originally, Ling Shuang had been furious, her full chest rising and falling slightly with each breath.

But upon seeing Xu Jingming's holographic image—unharmed, his complexion normal—

She finally realized, her eyebrows lifting:

"Huh? You're fine?"

"So the rumor about you being seriously injured and near death... was a false report you deliberately spread?"

"When was I ever seriously injured and near death?" Xu Jingming looked puzzled.

"Still pretending? Almost half the posts on the martial arts academy training camp forum are saying the same thing."

Confirming Xu Jingming was unharmed, Ling Shuang returned to her usual calm expression.

Forum posts?

Hearing this, Xu Jingming suddenly realized—Lin Hui and the others had started acting!

But their efficiency was too fast, wasn't it?

From the time he returned to his room to when he finished taking Leng Yuexi's call—

Less than ten minutes had passed total.

He hadn't expected the false rumor to even draw Teacher Ling's attention.

"No choice—unless we do this, the betting odds are too low; even if I bet on myself, I'd barely make anything."

Xu Jingming didn't hide his intent, shrugging helplessly in reply.

"You're pretty confident, judging by your demeanor—have you already found the key clue to the mission?"

Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes held a hint of surprise.

According to Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy's internal statistics, the average completion time for an S-class mission is over a month.

Many even spend two or three months on it.

Very few achieve major progress on the very first day of a mission.

"Something like that—overall, my chance of completing the mission is around seventy to eighty percent," Xu Jingming chuckled.

"I don't care about your mission progress—just make sure you know what you're doing."

Ling Shuang waved her hand casually, then added:

"Also, next time something like this happens, let me know in advance."

"Understood! I'll tell Su Laoshi right away," Xu Jingming hurriedly said.

He hadn't considered this point—but mostly because Lin Hui's rumor-spreading speed was simply too fast.

"Your Su Laoshi is handling other matters and isn't at headquarters—she probably can't answer the phone either."

"I'll inform her later. Since you're fine, that's all for now—get some rest early."

Seeing Teacher Ling about to end the call, Xu Jingming quickly called out:

"Teacher Ling, wait a moment."

"What? Is there something else?" Ling Shuang looked at him, puzzled.

"Nothing much—I just want to borrow some points."

Xu Jingming rubbed his hands, embarrassed.

"Borrow points? How much do you need?"

"How much do you have, Teacher?"

"I just got back to the academy—I only have a bit over 40,000 points on me."

"40,000?"

Xu Jingming blinked, sincerely: "Could you lend me all 40,000 points?"

With his eloquence, Xu Jingming successfully borrowed 40,000 points from Teacher Ling.

Adding them to his own points, he wagered all 50,000 on himself completing the S-class mission.

"Mmm, that feels better."

After finishing this, Xu Jingming put down his phone and pulled out the combat manual for Lei Long Shu.

According to his current progress,

He'd need another day or so to fully grasp the technique, then use the system to allocate points.

"After mastering Lei Long Shu, I still need to study the Body Strengthening Art—there's just not enough time."

"Luckily, this time I'm entering the Wildlands with Leng Yuexi—we'll take turns keeping watch at night, so I won't be as exhausted as before."

Sighing, Xu Jingming opened the manual and began studying intently.

"Borrowing 40,000 points to bet—he must be very confident in himself, that little Xu Jingming."

On the other side,

In the villa at Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy headquarters, Ling Shuang's face carried a faint smile after ending the call.

She remembered the betting odds on the forum had already reached 1 to 4—and were still rising.

If Xu Jingming completed the mission, he'd earn at least 160,000 points!

For a first-year student in the prodigy training camp, that was an astronomical sum...

Since he was entering the Wildlands the next day, Xu Jingming did not stay up all night studying the manual.

He went to sleep on time, and early the next morning, after putting on all his gear, he left the hotel.

The Kanda Wasteland covered a full 300,000 square kilometers, with many entrances and many supply bases.

When Xu Jingming arrived outside Supply Base No. 4, quite a few ability users had already gathered near the base.

These ability users were of varying ranks — the highest were sixth-tier and seventh-tier, while the lowest were even second-tier.

This was also determined by the nature of the Kanda Wasteland, where fierce beasts were numerous and came in every rank.

Therefore, it was basically suitable for most ability users to enter.

Of course, this also meant there was a chance that while you were walking along, an eighth-tier terrifying fierce beast would suddenly pop out.

All in all, the Kanda Wasteland was a wasteland full of opportunities — and full of danger.

"Junior, you got here this early?"

Xu Jingming had not waited long outside Supply Base No. 4 before Leng Yuexi also arrived.

Unlike last night's red evening gown, she had now changed into an all-black ladies' combat suit.

Her figure was already quite good to begin with, and now wrapped in the tight combat suit, her curves looked all the more shapely, full and lovely.

Paired with her lovely mixed-race features, quite a few ability users around her cast subtle glances her way.

But upon sensing the faint aura of a seventh-tier master-tier ability user emanating from Leng Yuexi, they hurriedly turned their heads away.

In a place like the Chaos Triangle Domain, the last people you could afford to offend were these high-tier ability users.

If you got killed just because you had glanced a few times too many, not only would no one stand up for you,

they would even be eager to keep as far away from you as possible......

"I just got here too."

His gaze swept over Leng Yuexi, and a hint of admiration flickered in Xu Jingming's eyes.

He had seen no shortage of beauties, but in both figure and looks, this Leng Yuexi ranked among the very top.

"By the way, Senior Sister Yuechan didn't come along?" Xu Jingming asked in puzzlement, not seeing Leng Yuechan beside Leng Yuexi.

"Her strength is too weak, so I didn't let her come." Leng Yuexi shook her head. "This time it's just the two of us going."

"That's fine too." Hearing this, Xu Jingming also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Leng Yuechan's strength was indeed a bit low — bringing her along would definitely slow down their progress.

Last night he had figured that since it was Leng Yuexi who had extended the invitation, and she had also done him a big favor, he hadn't brought the matter up.

He hadn't expected Leng Yuexi had already made proper arrangements......