Chapter 83: Summary! Bountiful Rewards!

After entering the school, Jiang Chuxuan returned the Dark Cloud Wind Spear on the way.

Thus, Xu Jingming carried the Dark Cloud Wind Spear all the way back to his Villa 32 in Zone 3.

"Crack—"

The key slid into the lock, turned slightly, and the villa door opened.

A quick glance revealed the first-floor living room empty, but sounds echoed from the training room.

Knowing Liu Wentao was training, Xu Jingming did not disturb him, carrying his backpack and the long spear upstairs.

He placed the Dark Cloud Wind Spear on the weapon rack in the training room, then began organizing the Items inside his tactical backpack.

Although he sold many beast materials at the Yuan Shui Supply Base, the backpack still contained materials required to complete his school missions.

"This Flame Blossom is needed to complete the A-rank mission."

"These twenty hides of Third-Rank Wind Terror Wolves are for the B-rank mission..."

School missions could be accepted online, but the required mission materials had to be verified in person at the School Mission Building.

The Mission Building closed at nine p. m.; it was now six-thirty p. m. —plenty of time.

So Xu Jingming planned to head over soon and submit all his mission materials.

The materials he had organized from the tactical backpack were not numerous.

Xu Jingming casually placed them all into his space ring.

Additionally, he found the B-rank battle suit he had worn when activating Thunder Extreme State in the cave, its upper half completely shattered.

"That battle suit cost me over ten million."

Xu Jingming silently lamented inside.

To maximize freedom of movement for energy users, battle suits were custom-tailored to each user's physical constitution.

Though they had some elasticity, his body's transformation after activating 'Thunder Extreme State' was far too extreme.

That slight elasticity simply could not hold.

"Next time, I'll have to buy a special battle suit designed for giant-form energy users."

"Otherwise, destroying one suit per battle—who could afford it?"

Notably,

When escaping the rat swarm, Xu Jingming had also activated Thunder Extreme State, but this time it was his ordinary shirt that tore apart.

By the time he woke up on the supply base's bed, he was already wearing the guestroom's robe.

He didn't know if it was base staff or Jiang Chuxuan who changed him...

Soon, Xu Jingming finished organizing everything and opened his system panel:

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Second-Rank Upper Tier

【Ability】: Purple Thunder Divine Lightning (S)

【Physique】: 1321 Qi (+)

【Spirit】: 987 He (+)

【Skills】: Spear Technique (Master), Fist Technique (Intermediate+), Lei Mao (Advanced+), Chain Lightning Spear (Intermediate+), Lightning Flash (Advanced+), Thunder Prison (Intermediate+), Lightning Wind Break (Advanced+)

【Body Strengthening】: Thunder Indestructible Body (Third Stage)

【Ability Points】: 3712

"Pity, I encountered the rat swarm afterward; otherwise, I could have harvested more ability points."

Xu Jingming shook his head slightly, "But over three thousand seven hundred ability points should be enough to learn two S-rank combat techniques, right?"

"After submitting the mission materials, I'll go check the Combat Technique Library."

For Xu Jingming, this journey through the Wild Zone had yielded an exceptionally rich harvest.

Not only had his level and combat techniques improved dramatically, but he now also possessed two 1-cubic-meter space rings.

Additionally, his bank account still held nearly twenty-five million.

"Once I consume these resources, my strength can rise further."

Xu Jingming thought silently.

He then took a quick shower in the bathroom and descended the second floor, refreshed and invigorated.

"Big Brother Ming, you're back?!"

As he stepped into the living room, he met Liu Wentao, who had just exited the training room wearing loose training gear.

"Just arrived," Xu Jingming smiled.

Compared to when he left, Liu Wentao's changes were minor.

He just seemed a bit darker...

"You didn't even tell me ahead of time—if you had, I could've prepared a welcome feast tonight."

Liu Wentao grinned, then checked the time:

"But it's still early; I can still prepare it in time."

"What welcome feast? I came back from the Wild Zone, not from prison."

Xu Jingming laughed and scolded, "Let's just go to the cafeteria—I'm hungry anyway."

"I just wanted to welcome you back and wash away the dust, but you're back safe—that's what matters.

A few days ago, I heard a rat swarm erupted in the Yuan Shui Wild Zone.

I called you several times, but your line said you were out of service area—I thought something had happened to you."

Liu Wentao exhaled in relief.

This rat swarm was serious enough that the school issued an official notice: several senior students training there had gone missing.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have known about this news either.

"The Source Water wilderness zone did indeed erupt with a rat tide.

But there are already troops and ability-user squads stationed there. I believe it'll be resolved before long." Xu Jingming nodded.

During that period he was still in slumber, his phone stored in his spatial ring, so naturally no one could reach him.

"That's good then. These rat tides — the sooner they're dealt with, the sooner we can rest easy..."

Saying so, Liu Wentao was about to head to the cafeteria with Xu Jingming.

Suddenly, his steps faltered.

He noticed Xu Jingming's aura was unusually powerful, even comparable to those seniors and senior sisters at the academy.

After sensing carefully, his eyes couldn't help but widen:

"Holy crap? Bro Ming, you broke through to second-tier?!"

"To be precise, upper second-tier."

Xu Jingming nodded and briefly explained:

"Ran into a few life-and-death crises, luck was good — not only did I escape alive, I even gained a breakthrough."

Life-and-death crises were real, but the reason his rank could rise so quickly was mainly the Deep Blue System at work.

Of course, if he hadn't been killing fierce beasts with all his might, he wouldn't have earned so many ability points either.

"Upper second-tier?"

Liu Wentao was stunned. It took him quite a while to recover, then he gave a thumbs-up:

"As expected of Bro Ming! Can't be measured by common sense."

If it were anyone else, going from upper first-tier to upper second-tier in just over a month — he absolutely wouldn't believe it.

But placed on the monstrous Xu Jingming, it somehow became believable.

"But can crises between life and death really boost strength this fast? You're making me want to go try the wilderness zone too."

Liu Wentao had been stuck at upper first-tier for a good half year.

Watching Xu Jingming go to the wilderness zone once and come back having broken through an entire major tier, he too felt a little tempted.

"Don't — I'm a special case.

The wilderness zone is very dangerous. If you want to go, it's best to wait until second-tier."

Xu Jingming hurriedly stopped him.

In fact, if the Deep Blue System hadn't needed ability points, he wouldn't have rushed into the wilderness zone so quickly either.

"I was just saying it. I won't go to the wilderness zone at this stage."

Liu Wentao grinned.

Xu Jingming possessed an S-rank ability, and additionally had the Dean of the Weapon Academy personally tutoring him.

The fact that the other party could stay in the wilderness zone for over a month and come back alive didn't mean he could do the same.

Especially with this rat tide — so many senior and senior sisters from higher years had perished in it.

Yet Xu Jingming had returned safe and sound, which spoke volumes.

Besides,

He felt that even if he went to the wilderness zone, he probably wouldn't be able to achieve such a terrifying improvement like Xu Jingming's.

"By the way, Bro Ming, when you left, did you tell Song Qiuyun you were going to the wilderness zone?"

Liu Wentao suddenly asked.

"Song Qiuyun?"

Xu Jingming paused slightly, then nodded:

"About my going to the wilderness zone, I only mentioned it to you and the teacher."

"No wonder."

Liu Wentao suddenly understood, then scratched his head and said:

"During this period she came to our villa looking for you a few times, but I just told her you weren't around.

Later when I told her you'd gone to the wilderness zone, she was quite surprised."

A great beauty like Song Qiuyun — he actually wished she had come looking for him.

Unfortunately, she hadn't......

"Song Qiuyun was looking for me?"

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "Then I'll ask her later if she needs anything."

After that, Xu Jingming and Liu Wentao went to the cafeteria together for a meal.

Then he parted ways with him and went to the Mission Building to submit all the mission materials he had on hand.

Among them, the three B-rank missions only required killing second-tier and third-tier fierce beasts and collecting beast materials.

But that A-rank mission required an A-rank Blazing Flame Flower.

A-rank exotic flowers and herbs were rare to begin with, and Xu Jingming had already been prepared to give up on this mission.

But then among the exotic flowers and herbs discovered in the cave, there happened to be this very Blazing Flame Flower.

Thus, three B-rank missions and one A-rank mission — all submitted successfully.

Xu Jingming ultimately earned 871 credits.

Among them, that A-rank mission provided the most reward credits — a full 540 points.

Of course, an A-rank Blazing Flame Flower like that would fetch a high price of 6 million on the outside market.

It's just that credits have stronger purchasing power than Great Xia coins; converted over, it's about the same.

After submitting the missions, Xu Jingming had originally planned to visit his teacher Yang Zhentian as well.

As a result, the teacher's phone couldn't be reached. After calling the villa side, he only found out from the butler Uncle Fu.

The teacher had left the school a few days ago and hadn't returned yet.

So, after hanging up the phone, Xu Jingming turned around and went straight to the Combat Techniques Library.

The long-awaited S-rank combat technique — he could finally begin learning it now!