Chapter 504: Frenzied Slaughter! A Chance Encounter with Wang Mang!

In the virtual world, on the plaza in front of Magic Capital University Town.

Song Qiuyun, Jiang Chuxuan, Tang Qi, Zhou Mingyang, and others had all gathered together, looking at the enormous leaderboard in the sky.

After taking the Yuan Ling Pill last time, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan had soon advanced from Third-Rank Lower to Third-Rank Middle.

But even so, the two of them only held out until the sixth day before being eliminated.

As for Tang Qi, Zhou Mingyang, and Meng Di, they had only just entered Second-Rank and were eliminated as early as the third day after the competition began.

Now, most of the contestants still remaining in the arena were above Fourth-Rank.

"A million people competing against each other in every single arena — what a massive competition."

A hint of awe glimmered in Tang Qi's eyes.

She had thought she would at least survive five days, but never expected to be eliminated on just the third day.

And the contestants in the arena were more terrifying than the last.

"Cousin Jingming is competing on the same stage as a group like this?"

Even though more than a month had already passed since Xu Jingming's video from Myanmar was released.

Tang Qi still felt as if she were dreaming.

A Seventh-Rank Grandmaster — ordinarily so rare to encounter. Even their school's principal was only at this level.

Yet a powerhouse like that had been one-sidedly crushed by Xu Jingming in the video.

This was something she could never have imagined back when she learned that Xu Jingming's awakened ability was an E-Rank weak-electricity power.

Swoosh—

At that moment, two figures suddenly appeared beside Tang Qi — it was her young aunt Xu Qingwan and her uncle-in-law Tang Daolin.

Magic Capital Ability University, along with several other schools in the nearby university town.

All belonged to the campus zone, inaccessible to ordinary people.

But the plaza inside this university town was different — young aunt Xu Qingwan and her husband could enter freely.

"Dad, Mom, you're here." Tang Qi called out.

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan beside her also hurriedly offered respectful greetings: "Hello, Uncle, Auntie."

Over the past few days, they had all gathered here to watch the changes in the Apex Leaderboard rankings.

Of course, the main focus was still Xu Jingming.

"Mm."

Young aunt Xu Qingwan smiled and nodded, glanced at the leaderboard in the sky, and said hesitantly:

"It's already the seventh day of the competition, and Xiaoming's points still haven't changed.

His ranking is still around 100,000 — could something have happened to him in the arena?"

"Mom, don't worry."

Tang Qi hooked her arm through Xu Qingwan's and said with a smile: "Jingming has Seventh-Rank Grandmaster-level combat power.

The preliminaries are very simple for him. The reason his points haven't changed now is just that he hasn't started going all out yet."

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan beside her nodded in agreement.

"Is that so? But I heard others say that in this Genius Competition, a lot of geniuses have emerged in our Great Xia.

Among them are quite a few ability users with Seventh-Rank combat power..."

Young aunt Xu Qingwan was still a little worried.

By the seventh day of the competition, quite a few ability users had already been eliminated.

And according to the accounts of these eliminated contestants, the number of geniuses in the arena was terrifyingly high!

Things like killing someone with a single glare, or erupting one's qi and blood and causing everyone nearby to explode.

All kinds of news were flying everywhere — practically every day, a flood of powerful figures would pop up.

If Xu Jingming were unlucky enough to run into a stronger opponent.

Given his current points, the moment he was eliminated, he wouldn't even qualify for the preliminaries.

"Well..." At these words, Tang Qi was also a little unsure.

Lately, all kinds of news had been flying around the Great Xia internet — every single one claiming Grandmaster-level combat power.

She had no way to tell what was real and what was fake.

"Auntie, don't worry. There aren't that many Seventh-Rank fighters out there. Besides, Jingming isn't that weak either."

Song Qiuyun, however, showed no worry at all, her pretty face bright as she spoke.

In fact,

most of the Seventh-Rank combat-power news circulating online these days was just hype.

If the younger generation of Great Xia really had that many Seventh-Rank Grandmaster-level fighters, they would probably have already unified the rest of the Blue Star nations long ago.

"Look! Jingming's ranking just changed!"

At that moment, the white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan stretched out her right hand, pointed at the leaderboard, and called out excitedly.

The others hurriedly looked and indeed saw Xu Jingming jump straight from around 100,000th place to 54th!

"He's in the top 100!"

Song Qiuyun and the others' eyes lit up, and they all excitedly began talking at once.

54th!

Even if Xu Jingming were killed now and lost half his points, he would still make the top 100 and qualify for advancement!

"This little rascal — he only started going all out on the seventh day. He really can keep his cool."

At the headquarters of the Lei Ting Martial Hall, on the rooftop of a villa.

Hearing Ling Shuang watched Xu Jingming's ranking change on the enormous leaderboard in the sky and also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she knew that with Xu Jingming's strength, no accidents would happen.

She still couldn't help but worry for him......

Xu Jingming in Arena 73 was unaware of the outside world's reaction.

But looking at his soaring ranking, he also revealed a smile.

As expected, the contestants who could hold out until the seventh day all had a lot of points.

"However, this also means the number of contestants has decreased, making them very difficult to find.

Running into four fifth-rank ability users right off the bat, I guess I'm lucky.

In that case, let's search for the remaining contestants at the fastest speed!"

Whoosh!

The resplendent Thunder Dragon Wings spread out behind him, and with both wings vibrating, Xu Jingming shot straight up into the sky!

He picked a direction and flew straight toward it.

During flight, whenever his Heart Net sensed an ability-user contestant, Xu Jingming would strike and kill them.

He didn't even need to land — just casually slashing down lightning was enough to kill them.

"An SS-rank ability has tremendous power, far surpassing ordinary A-rank and B-rank abilities.

Among those of the same rank, it's basically an instant kill; those who can withstand the bombardment are either—

Same-rank S-rank ability awakeners, or sixth-rank ability users.

But how many such contestants can there be in a single arena?

Even if there are, they'd just force me to take out my spear and fight them up close.

So, kill! Kill! I'm going to take first place in Arena 73! Then advance!"

A willful smile on his resolute face, Xu Jingming soared through the sky like a golden thunder orb.

The relentless slaughter caused his points and ranking to climb continuously!

42nd place!

35th place!

21st place!

12th place!

In just one afternoon, Xu Jingming had eliminated over a hundred contestants!

His ranking also entered the top ten of Arena 73, reaching 8th place!

Crackle-crackle—

Xu Jingming darted through the city streets like a vigorous leopard, dazzling golden lightning swirling around him.

Although the Thunder Dragon Wings were very fast in flight, they consumed a great deal of ability energy.

Therefore, every so often, he would descend to the ground and sprint forward.

Reducing ability consumption while recovering his ability energy.

"Oh, this is......"

Xu Jingming, who was sprinting down the street, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

After advancing to upper fifth-rank, the passive sensing range of his SS-rank combat skill 'Heart Net'—

Had expanded from the original thousand-plus meters to nearly two thousand meters!

One could say that within a two-thousand-meter radius centered on him, it was as if he had X-ray vision!

Everything was laid bare in a single glance!

Just now, he had detected a sixth-rank ability user.

And this person was none other than Wang Mang, whom he had beaten up at Song Daoyuan's 120th birthday banquet!

"What a small world — didn't expect you to come to the competition too. In that case, let me eliminate you first."

A cruel smile surfaced at the corner of Xu Jingming's mouth.

The next moment,

Golden electric light flickered, and his tall figure vanished on the spot.

Like a bolt of golden lightning, he darted toward the direction where Wang Mang was sensed.