Chapter 548: 420,000 Ability Points! The Advancement Marker Appears!

"An eighth-rank fierce beast?!"

Xu Jingming's face changed drastically. His spiritual power surged out wildly, and he immediately activated the bracelet on his left hand.

This bracelet was a gift from Su Laoshi Qingli, its grade reaching the peak of eighth-rank!

Hum—

Almost in an instant, a pale-white transparent energy barrier suddenly unfurled around Xu Jingming!

And right at this moment, a deep crescent-shaped wind blade came attacking!

Swish—

This wind blade, imbued with terrifying energy, slammed into the energy barrier, sending sparks flying in all directions.

But in the end, it still failed to break through the energy barrier's protection.

"Good thing I still have the protective talisman Su Laoshi gave me, otherwise that strike just now would've left me either dead or heavily injured!"

Xu Jingming, still shaken, looked toward the source the wind blade had come from, and sure enough saw a flying-type fierce beast.

This fierce beast's appearance was somewhat similar to a kite bird, but its size was several hundred times larger!

Its feathers all over were a pale cyan, suddenly wreathed in sharp, swift winds.

It was unmistakably a lord-level Cyan-Feathered Kite!

"You dare get distracted while fighting me? Seeking death!"

Accompanied by a cold snort, the human side's wind-element eighth-rank Grandmaster likewise released an ability to attack.

Perhaps because that wind blade suddenly released just now had disrupted the rhythm, for the moment it was beaten into a rather sorry state.

"It's fortunate that every eighth-rank fierce beast has a corresponding eighth-rank Grandmaster Zhou Xuan to handle it.

Otherwise, being entangled by this Cyan-Feathered Kite would really be quite troublesome."

Xu Jingming let out a long breath.

Still, this served as a wake-up call for him.

On a frontline battlefield with such a complex situation, one must be constantly on guard against sudden attacks from high-rank fierce beasts.

"The protective talisman Su Laoshi gave me can only be used three times within 24 hours.

From here on, I must be even more careful — if I can avoid using the protective talisman, I won't."

Xu Jingming said silently in his heart.

The surrounding fierce beasts had all been cleared out; it was time to head to the other side next.

But just at this moment, with a sharp crackle, a dazzling blue-white bolt of lightning suddenly came slashing down!

"Lei Ting Barrier!" An instantaneously cast perfected Lei Ting Barrier immediately enveloped Xu Jingming's entire body in protection.

Boom!!

The blue-white lightning slammed into it, producing a tremendous sound.

Quite a bit of lightning even pierced through, striking Xu Jingming's body.

It made his body go numb and tingling, as if he'd been shocked by electricity.

"Hm? The Lei Ting Barrier actually didn't fully block it?" Xu Jingming was somewhat surprised.

Moreover, the power of this lightning was also rather astonishing.

The Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body he cultivated was precisely about using lightning to strike the body, tempering it.

He possessed an extremely high resistance to lightning.

And this blue-white lightning had already been doubly weakened by the Lei Ting Barrier and the S-rank battle suit.

By all rights, even if it struck him, it shouldn't have had the slightest effect.

Raising his head to look, Xu Jingming located the source of the lightning at the horizon.

It was a massive flying bird, its entire body bathed in blue-white lightning, its eyes a piercing pale blue.

Seeing Xu Jingming look over, that flying bird actually opened its beak and spoke in human tongue:

"Human, your opponent is me! Don't even think about killing more of my kind."

"Xu Jingming, that's a lord-level Azure Void Lei Niao, rank seven mid-tier.

More than one member of the vanguard squad has fallen to it — be careful!"

Shake, far in the distance, shouted a reminder.

Flying-type fierce beasts, for ability users who hadn't mastered the ability to fly, were absolutely a nightmare-like existence.

The initiative was entirely in the opponent's hands.

They could fight when they wanted, retreat when they wanted — utterly headache-inducing.

And this Azure Void Lei Niao, moreover, commanded lightning, and had once killed two seventh-rank lower-tier Grandmasters of the vanguard squad.

The vanguard squad hated it to the bone, but due to its tremendous mobility,

even seventh-rank peak Grandmasters had no way of catching up to it, which was why it had never been killed.

But unexpectedly, the fierce beasts' side seemed to have also noticed Xu Jingming's tremendous destructive power, and specially arranged for this fierce beast to come over.

"Understood."

Xu Jingming replied, then his eyes turned toward that thunderbird, and he taunted:

"If you want me to stop killing your kind, try catching up to me first before we talk!"

Swish—

The thunder dragon wings on his back unfurled, and Xu Jingming suddenly flew off into the distance.

That Azure Void Lei Niao seemed to have also set its sights on Xu Jingming, following closely behind.

It had to be said, as a seventh-rank mid-tier flying-type fierce beast, the Azure Void Lei Niao's speed was indeed very fast.

Even though Xu Jingming's flight speed in Lei Kuangyong reached 400 meters per second, he was still easily caught up to.

"Humans, comparing flying speed with me — you're still too green!"

A playful voice rang out as the Blue Void Lei Niao opened its beak and another bolt of lightning came crashing down.

Crackle-crackle—

Brilliant golden Lei Ting swirled around Xu Jingming, neutralizing this strike of thunder.

"This fellow really is a bit of a hassle..." Xu Jingming's brow furrowed.

This Blue Void Lei Niao likewise commanded lightning, giving it extremely strong resistance to his lightning-type abilities.

His current strength was roughly on par with this Blue Void Lei Niao, perhaps even slightly weaker.

After activating Lightning Storm Form, he should be able to suppress it, but still couldn't kill it.

"With this fellow's Lei Ting interference, my Doushen Shenlei damage against the fierce beasts is greatly reduced."

Fierce beasts aren't fools either — they wouldn't allow an over-spec combatant to slaughter low-tier fierce beasts unchecked.

The same held true for humans: once a seventh-tier or eighth-tier fierce beast was spotted breaking through,

ability-users of the same level would immediately be dispatched to counter it, preventing the casualty scale from expanding.

Therefore, after unleashing the Thunder Dragon Art, Xu Jingming had already prepared himself for being targeted.

But he hadn't expected the fierce beasts to send over a lightning-type mid-seventh-tier fierce beast like this.

"I can't beat it, it can't kill me — I can only drag things out for now.

Luckily, the range my lightning spreads is far enough — I can still kill plenty of fierce beasts."

After a moment's thought, Xu Jingming once again unfurled his Thunder Dragon Wings and flew at top speed.

While dodging the Blue Void Lei Niao, his Doushen Shenlei spread outward, continuously killing fierce beasts.

Although, because the Blue Void Lei Niao was tailing him, the efficiency of killing fierce beasts was slightly lower.

Yet the ability points on the system panel were still skyrocketing at a downright terrifying pace!

In just over two hours, they had shot up from the original 350,000 ability points to 420,000 ability points!

At the same time, a tiny plus sign finally appeared after the level on the system panel!

"420,000 ability points! I can finally advance to sixth tier!"

Xu Jingming, soaring in midair, revealed a look of wild joy.

Under the dual drain of Lightning Lei Jitai and Thunder Dragon Wings, even with the reserve ability replenishment from the Extreme Glory Thunder Ring,

his ability was already nearly exhausted to the point of running dry!

If a few more minutes passed, he would have to return to Zhen'an City to cultivate.

Fortunately, just before resting, he had finally met the advancement condition!