Chapter 638: Whose Subordinate Is This? Such Valor!

While talking to the intelligent flying vehicle, Xu Jingming had already detected through the passive perception of the Heart Network that a Grandmaster-level powerhouse was walking toward him from behind.

Only, there were roughly twenty-something seventh-tier Grandmaster-level powerhouses nearby.

Most of them seemed to know each other, chatting casually.

So he hadn't paid much attention, but he hadn't expected them to actually be coming for him.

He turned around — it was four people: one man and three women.

Two of them had Western faces; the other man and woman had East Asian faces.

The East Asian man at the head revealed a friendly smile and introduced himself:

"I'm the captain of 'Thunder Roar' squad, Wang Sheng. Our squad lost a teammate during the beast tide half a month ago.

If you don't mind, you can join our squad — that way we can look out for each other."

He spoke in Daxia language, his voice and tone very friendly.

The moment his words fell, his teammates beside him laughed and chimed in:

"Our captain has a Lightning-element A-rank ability; he's an eight-star Grandmaster.

He can even hold his own against an eighth-tier fierce beast for a while. Joining us, you won't be the loser."

Xu Jingming swept his gaze over and, sure enough, spotted an eight-star badge on the left chest of Wang Sheng.

The remaining three also wore seven-star badges on their chests.

After completing the strength certification at the Dejiaka Corps that morning and heading back,

Xu Jingming had specifically looked into which elite Grandmaster-level squads the corps had.

And this Thunder Roar squad was an elite-level squad on the same tier as the Blood Blade squad.

If it were any other Grandmaster, they would surely have agreed on the spot, but Xu Jingming simply shook his head:

"I prefer to act alone."

"Oh?"

Wang Sheng was a little surprised — he hadn't expected to be refused — but he didn't keep trying to persuade him, merely nodding:

"In that case, sorry to have bothered you."

With that, he turned and left with his teammates.

Xu Jingming, meanwhile, was alone, casually finding a spot in front of the great gate to wait quietly.

"Haha, didn't expect you, Old Wang, to have a day when you'd get turned down too!"

"Who is that guy? He looks a bit unfamiliar."

"Who else could it be — some newcomer who just arrived recently. Only these newcomers are this arrogant."

"True. Once he truly sees the cruelty of the frontline battlefield, he'll realize how important having a squad is."

"Tsk tsk, even refusing the Thunder Roar squad — what a pity."

"......"

Seeing Wang Sheng and the others walk back, quite a few Grandmaster-level powerhouses immediately piped up to tease.

As an elite-level Grandmaster squad, Thunder Roar had always performed with extreme dominance; this was the first time anyone had seen them get rebuffed.

As for Xu Jingming, in their eyes he was nothing more than a newly arrived newcomer who hadn't figured out the situation yet.

Such newcomers weren't exactly rare.

They tried to go solo on the frontline battlefield using their past experience in the wilderness zones.

Little did they know, the combat intensity of the frontline battlefield and the wilderness zones could almost be called worlds apart!

Newcomers like Xu Jingming would, with high probability, be killed on the battlefield within a month or two.

Wang Sheng, as captain, naturally heard these people's teasing as well.

Only, he didn't pay it any mind.

Just as those people had said, on the frontline battlefield, going without squad coordination was undoubtedly a foolish, suicidal act.

He didn't like having stupid teammates; even if Xu Jingming later came back wanting to join the squad, he would still refuse him.

"The city gate is about to open. All legion and guild members, please confirm your defense sectors and make final preparations."

"The city gate is about to open. All legions and..."

The mechanical electronic prompt sounded again and again, under the gaze of Xu Jingming and the others.

The alloy great gate, embedded in the city wall, over a hundred meters wide and more than fifty meters tall, slowly opened to both sides.

"Roar—"

"Awooo—"

"......"

The roars of the fierce beasts that had originally been shut out suddenly became clear, and a brutal, ferocious aura rushed at them.

Xu Jingming looked ahead from within the crowd and could see, a thousand meters away, fierce beasts crouching one after another!

They restlessly roared, their crimson eyes brimming with intense excitement.

As if they could hardly wait to gnaw on human flesh and blood.

Likewise, Xu Jingming's heart was just as thrilled!

In his eyes, these brutal fierce beasts were all familiar ability points.

More crucially, the scale of this beast tide was far, far larger than the one at Zhen'an City in Daxia!

"After this one battle, I'll reap at least a hundred thousand ability points or more!" Xu Jingming's gaze carried thick anticipation.

"Combat may break out at any moment. All legions, please move to your designated positions and deploy!"

The voice from the loudspeaker sounded again and again, and all legions began to move.

And Xu Jingming likewise rushed toward the S-12 sector marked on the map.

Without using the Thunder Dragon Wings, his physical body's charging speed had long since exceeded 100 meters per second.

The 20-kilometer distance was covered in less than three minutes.

When Xu Jingming arrived, the Thunder Roar Squad's people were already there.

With their support-type ability users present, their charging speed was naturally a bit faster than Xu Jingming's.

After another ten-plus minutes, the various legion squads also arrived.

Compared to when they were at the main gate, the total number of people in the squads was clearly much smaller, but there were still roughly around twenty thousand.

The ranks were around the third and fourth tiers; fifth- and sixth-tier ability users were almost all legion commanders.

After roughly another two hours, at 3 a. m., the fierce beasts on the other side also seemed to have finished gathering.

Dense roars rang out as all the fierce beasts launched their attack at once.

Those massive beast hooves trampled the ground, making the entire surface tremble slightly, like a small earthquake!

"Support Legion! Activate amplification!"

"Elementalist Legion! Bombard!"

"Heavy Armor Legion! Charge!"

Boom!!

Streams of colored light flowed as the amplification applied by the support legion took effect on every ability user.

Xu Jingming could feel that his strength had risen by roughly ten percent!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!......

Fireballs, lightning, meteors — the elementalists' spell-type battle techniques streaked across the sky like long-range cruise missiles, bombarding into the fierce beast horde.

The heavy armor legion, clad in battle armor, also launched their charge!

"Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan!"

Hum—

A resplendent golden thunder ring slowly materialized behind Xu Jingming.

Golden flames flowed — rather than a thunder ring, it was more like a flame ring!

The Malignity Black Obsidian Spear was suddenly gripped in hand; Xu Jingming's tall, Gao Da, slender body flickered, and he too charged along with the heavy armor legion!

"Thunder Lei Qiu Shu!"

When the distance to the beast tide was less than three hundred meters, Xu Jingming growled inwardly.

A thunder ball adorned with flames was the first to blast out!

Rumble rumble rumble!!

Lava exploded; large numbers of fierce beasts were directly annihilated into dregs, and a string of system notification sounds rang out in his mind.

"A single Thunder Lei Qiu Shu harvested nearly 3,000 ability points! How exhilarating!"

Xu Jingming's cold, distinct black-and-white eyes held an unprecedented excitement.

"Kill, kill! I want rivers of blood!"

He did not activate the Thunder Extreme State, and just like that, he plunged into the fierce beast horde in the lead.

The front-row fierce beasts were generally cannon fodder, their ranks only around the third or fourth tier — no need to worry too much.

Thus, one only saw a patch of resplendent golden flames light up across the battlefield.

A phantom gripping a long spear cut through the fierce beast horde; wherever the thick long spear swept, every fierce beast it touched was annihilated and slain!

"Holy crap! Whose subordinate is that? How can he be so fierce?"

The Grandmaster-level experts positioned slightly closer to the rear all watched with some surprise as Xu Jingming charged into the beast tide.

It was true that the front-row fierce beasts were cannon fodder.

But the seventh-tier fierce beasts and even eighth-tier fierce beasts in the rear would soon follow up.

Therefore, most Grandmaster-level experts would not push so deep, to make retreat easier.

But this fellow, on the other hand, could almost be said to be charging at the very front of the entire defensive line!

Is this absolute confidence in his own strength, or is he simply too foolish, completely unaware that high-tier fierce beasts will soon be coming from ahead?