Chapter 553: The End! 410,000 Ability Points!

"Seventh-tier beast materials secured!"

A smile tugged at Xu Jingming's lips, and immediately the Extreme Glory Thunder Ring on his back blazed with light once more:

"Thunderball Art!"

Crackle-crackle—

Thunder gathered above his head, and in the span of a single breath coalesced into a golden thunderball more than six meters in diameter!

Like a small sun, it radiated terrifying energy, lighting up the night sky as bright as day.

"Die!"

At a thought, the entire thunderball smashed into the densest cluster of beasts on the nearby battlefield.

Boom-boom-boom~~~

With the obstruction of the Blue Void Lei Niao gone, the thunderball's power erupted unchecked.

A sea of thunder exploded across the battlefield below!

Every beast, including the sixth-tier ones, was annihilated by the terrifying lightning.

Only a few human ability-users, whom Xu Jingming had deliberately avoided, remained.

"A sixth-tier SS-class ability, Doushen Shenlei, is this terrifying?"

"Such overwhelming power—I feel that even a single wisp of lightning could obliterate me."

"So this is the prodigy of our Great Xia? What a monster!"

"..."

Xu Jingming's tall figure stood tall in the sky, golden lightning coiling around him.

A golden halo of light slowly rotated behind his head, and the energy-formed thunder-dragon wings fanned gently.

He radiated a sacred, majestic aura like a god, stunning every human ability-user on the battlefield!

"With Xu Jingming's current strength, making the top four of the Genius Tournament is certain—the only question is how far he can go."

Tian Hui in the sky murmured in awe as well, and instinctively glanced at Su Qingli beside her.

She noticed that the other's delicate, pretty face showed not a trace of surprise—instead, it was as if this were only natural.

"City Lord, regarding Xu Jingming's battles here on the front-line battlefield, please keep them concealed for the time being.

I want to give the whole world a surprise once the Genius Tournament's top 32 matches begin."

Su Qingli's beautiful eyes shimmered with a strange light as she spoke softly.

Although Xu Jingming had already advanced to lower sixth-tier,

compared to Catherine and Su Yu, who were also SS-class and had reached mid sixth-tier, he was still at a disadvantage in level.

Yet for some reason, she simply felt that in this Genius Tournament, Xu Jingming would surely claim the final victory.

"No problem."

Tian Hui agreed without the slightest hesitation, very forthrightly, while muttering to herself inwardly.

These master and disciple—one more monstrous than the other.

Last time it was Su Qingli reaching ninth-tier at twenty-nine; this time it's Xu Jingming breaking through to sixth-tier at twenty!

At this pace, it would only be a matter of time before Xu Jingming broke Su Qingli's advancement record......

With the mid seventh-tier Blue Void Lei Niao dead, Xu Jingming immediately seized the chance to slaughter ordinary beasts in great numbers.

The system's notification chime rang out in rapid succession in his mind, almost merging into a single continuous line.

But the good times did not last long—

Barely ten-odd minutes later, the beasts' side sent over a single upper seventh-tier wind-type beast.

The higher the tier, the greater the gap in strength between each minor rank.

Therefore, although Xu Jingming had reached sixth-tier and could kill mid seventh-tier beasts,

against an upper seventh-tier beast that was only one minor rank higher, he was utterly helpless.

However, although that upper seventh-tier beast held the upper hand in raw strength, it still could not inflict any real harm on Xu Jingming.

It could only do its utmost to limit the damage the lightning dealt to the beast army.

And so, Xu Jingming dodged the upper seventh-tier beast's attacks on one side while seizing every opening to use his ability to kill beasts.

Days passed one after another,

The beasts launched attack after attack, and Xu Jingming, together with the vanguard, sallied forth from the city to meet them time and again.

The front-line battlefield was like a giant meat-grinder; every day, large numbers of beasts and human ability-users perished.

Even Xu Jingming himself was later targeted for assassination by eighth-tier beasts three more times.

Fortunately, he had the peak eighth-grade protective talisman Su Qingli had given him, so his life was never in danger.

Three days later, November 24, 2:34 p. m.

On the battlefield outside Zhen'an City,

Of the 160,000-strong beast army, fewer than 40,000 remained by now.

At a low roar from the Yanlong Emperor, all the beasts finally began to retreat.

This retreat was different from before—they did not linger at the edge of the canyon.

Instead, they plunged deep into the canyon, their massive forms swiftly vanishing into the dense jungle.

"The beast army is retreating! We've won!"

"Damned beasts! Come on then! Your daddy here isn't afraid of you!"

"We won! We won!"

"..."

Due to the massive casualties among beasts and human ability-users, the entire ground of the battlefield had been stained a dark red!

A thick scent of blood drifted through the air, and a sense of grim tragedy welled up of its own accord.

Freed from the pressure the fierce beasts had exerted, the human ability-users who had survived to the end gave free rein to their emotions.

Some threw down their weapons and collapsed wearily onto the ground; others embraced their comrades and wept bitterly, mourning their fallen teammates.

"It's over…"

Xu Jingming stood tall in the sky, his resolute, rugged face also showing utter exhaustion.

For three full days and nights, the fierce beasts had launched attack after attack.

Sometimes the interval was four or five hours, sometimes only one or two.

Worse still, after one wave of attacks ended, another charge would come in less than ten minutes.

Repeating this cycle endlessly, even though Xu Jingming's physique was extraordinarily powerful, he felt a deep weariness.

Especially when he had to constantly face pursuit by a single seventh-tier upper-rank fierce beast.

"This is the frontline battlefield. The intensity of combat is far higher than what I faced in the wilderness zone."

Xu Jingming slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

In the wilderness zone, at least you could rest whenever you wanted, but here on the frontline battlefield—

Once the fierce beasts came, whether or not you had recovered to peak condition, you had to throw yourself into battle immediately.

And the key point was, the death rate was extremely high!

Of the 40,000 ability-users in Zhen'an City, fewer than 20,000 remained after fighting until now.

Even the vanguard squad had lost eight or nine seventh-tier Master-class ability-users.

"A death rate over 50%—no wonder ability-users don't come to this frontline battlefield lightly."

"But fortunately, my gains are still pretty decent…"

He shook his head, and a pale-blue system panel instantly appeared in Xu Jingming's mind.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Sixth-tier lower-rank

【Ability】: Doushen Shenlei (SS)

【Physique】: Qi and Blood (+)

【Spirit】: He (+)

【Skills】: Spear Art (Master), Fist Art (Grandmaster+), Lei Shen Jiang Shi (SSS-rank, Beginner+), Thunder Dragon Art (SS+ rank, Beginner+), Heart Net (SS-rank, Beginner+), Thunder-Piercing Demon-Slaying Spear (S+ rank, Beginner+), Lei Shen Zhi (S+ rank, Beginner+)......

【Body Tempering】: Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body (SS-rank, Seventh Layer+)

【Spirit Refining】: Lei Hai Visualization Method (SSS-rank, Second Layer+)

【Ability Points】: 413,000

410,000!

These were the ability points Xu Jingming had gained from killing fierce beasts afterward!

But the bulk of them had been obtained in the first two days.

By this final day, the number of fierce beasts had dropped drastically, and he had no way to kill more of them.

"Once I get back, I'll plan out carefully how to spend these ability points."

"Also, I've accumulated quite a bit of military merit."

"Before leaving Zhen'an City and returning to the Lei Ting Martial Hall headquarters, I need to exchange and settle all of it."

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Xu Jingming's mouth.

After three or four grueling days, the moment to finally reap the harvest had arrived.