S-rank Metahuman Ability, Purple Heaven Divine Lightning!

"Twelve years of hard study, all for this day!"

"With the college entrance examination just around the corner, you still need to keep your minds steady!"

"Those taking the academic exam, check tonight that all your stationery is ready and suitable."

"Those taking the martial arts exam should also prepare your combat suits and weapons..."

Homeroom teacher Chen Fan's voice echoed through the classroom, while Xu Jingming recalled the information related to the college entrance examination in his mind.

In the Great Xia Country where he lived, universities were divided into two categories.

One was academic universities that taught cultural knowledge, while the other was Metahuman University, which cultivated extraordinary combat strength for humanity.

Accordingly, the college entrance examination was naturally divided into the academic exam and the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.

There was no need to elaborate on the academic exam. Students only needed to sit in a classroom and answer questions.

But for the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination, candidates had to wear combat suits, wield weapons, and enter designated locations to fight vicious beasts to the death!

Their final scores were also assessed according to the number and types of vicious beasts they killed.

Students could choose between these two college entrance examinations freely. If they lacked confidence in their strength or had awakened a trash metahuman ability,

they could simply choose the academic exam and become an ordinary person.

Although Xu Jingming's predecessor had awakened only an E-rank metahuman ability, he had still chosen the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.

Xu Jingming wholeheartedly agreed with his predecessor's decision.

After all, participating in the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination still gave him a chance to fight for his future.

If he did not even dare participate in the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination, then he truly could only become an ordinary person...

"I'll emphasize this one last time. The Martial Arts College Entrance Examination carries a risk of death. For those whose awakened abilities are below D-rank, I do not recommend choosing the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination."

"You still have until nine tonight to change your preference. If anyone wants to change their mind, you're welcome to come see me."

"All right, that's it for today. Class dismissed."

Before leaving, homeroom teacher Chen Fan emphasized it once more, his gaze deliberately sweeping over Xu Jingming.

That made Xu Jingming rub his nose.

Of course, Xu Jingming understood what his homeroom teacher meant. After all, among all the awakened students in Senior Year Class Five taking the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination,

he was the only one who had awakened merely an E-rank metahuman ability...

Based on the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination results from previous years, most of those who died in the examination grounds were students whose abilities were below D-rank.

I know Old Chen is worried about me, but in a world like this, I really can't survive without strength...

To prevent vicious beast invasions, every city in the Great Xia Country had strict defensive measures in place.

For example, High-Voltage Grids, firearm-equipped armies, metahuman squads, and so on.

But such measures were not foolproof. Every so often, cities would be breached by Beast Tides, resulting in countless citizens dying.

Xu Jingming did not want to one day face something like that without any ability to fight back.

Even if I only had an E-rank metahuman ability, I would still take the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination. What's more, I'm about to obtain an even rarer S-rank metahuman ability.

Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened as he began packing his schoolbag.

"Jingming, you're really not planning to change your preference?"

A boy with a bowl cut sitting in front of him turned around and asked.

"No." Xu Jingming shook his head.

The bowl-cut boy was his best friend, Zhang Hao, who had also awakened an E-rank metahuman ability.

The two shared the same misfortune, but after awakening his E-rank metahuman ability two years ago, Zhang Hao had simply devoted all his energy to academic courses.

He was also taking the academic exam.

"You're amazing!" Zhang Hao gave him a thumbs-up. "Among the six or seven E-rank metahuman ability users in Class Five, you're the only one who dared choose the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination."

"What, do you want to come keep me company too?" Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow.

"Hehe, I'm going to Culture University and spending four leisurely years with the girls."

"Heroic things like protecting the country and its people can only be left to mighty metahumans like you."

Zhang Hao said with a cheeky grin.

"Get lost."

Xu Jingming rolled his eyes. Then, ignoring him, he slung his schoolbag over his shoulder and left the classroom.

Xu Jingming's parents had both died in a Beast Tide when he was still in his early teens.

Other than leaving behind a house and over a million in compensation, they had left him nothing else.

Thus, when Xu Jingming returned home, he was all alone.

Fortunately, he had also been an orphan before transmigrating, so he had long grown used to this sort of atmosphere.

Besides, the current Xu Jingming had something more important to do.

"Starter pack, here I come!"

Looking at the blue virtual interface in his mind, Xu Jingming no longer had any reservations and decisively pressed the claim button!

"Starter pack issued. 200 Ability Points have been credited."

"S-rank metahuman ability Purple Heaven Divine Lightning is now being issued. Progress: 10%... 20%... 30%..."

BOOM!!

Accompanied by a low rumble, it felt as though boundless power had exploded within Xu Jingming's body.

Then, countless blue-violet lightning arcs flickered and leaped across the surface of his body, flashing in and out of existence.

His entire body seemed to transform into a sphere of blue-violet lightning.

Crackle~~~

Amid the piercing shriek of electric arcs, endless lightning spread outward with Xu Jingming at its center, swallowing the entire living room!

The sofa, television, coffee table...

Everything touched by the lightning arcs instantly exploded!

Lightning mixed with blazing flames, smashing the windows into fragments and surging outside!

"Mom, the big brother's house across from us is on fire."

"Quick, call the fire department!"

"Isn't that the Xu Family kid's home?"

"..."

Such an obvious explosion naturally caught the attention of the neighborhood residents, and many of them called the fire department.

However, Xu Jingming inside the room knew nothing of it all.

He only felt warmth spreading through his body, as though he were filled with power.

"50%... 60%... 70%..."

The transformation continued.

Perhaps because of the metahuman ability transformation,

the clear sky outside, which had originally been bright at three or four in the afternoon, suddenly became covered in dark clouds, as though night had fallen!

No rain fell, but waves of muffled thunder rolled through the air.

Purple lightning could even be seen flashing through the dark clouds like dragons weaving through the sky!

"Why did the sky suddenly get dark?"

"What terrifying lightning! I seem to feel some sort of heavy pressure."

"Jiangcheng Third Legion, enter alert status and stand ready!"

"..."

This bizarre weather change threw all of Jiangcheng's citizens into panic. They worried that some vicious beast capable of controlling lightning was about to invade.

The legion stationed in Jiangcheng also sprang into action and entered combat readiness.

"80%... 90%... 95%... 98%... 99%..."

Inside the room, Xu Jingming's metahuman ability transformation had also reached its final stage!

Sizzle!!

At that moment, the sky flashed, and a bolt of purple lightning descended from outside the window, pouring into Xu Jingming's body like a dragon!!

As though it had completed its mission, once the lightning struck, the dark clouds outside dispersed and the sky became clear once more.

Inside the room, Xu Jingming's metahuman ability transformation also reached 100%!

The blue-violet lightning surrounding his body receded into him like a tide.

Only after a long while did Xu Jingming, standing in the middle of the living room, suddenly open his eyes. A flash of purple lightning flickered through them.

"The metahuman ability transformation succeeded!"

At that moment, Xu Jingming felt his entire body brimming with power. He subconsciously raised his right hand.

With a slight movement of his mind, countless purple lightning arcs coiled around it.

Unlike the blue-white lightning from before, this purple lightning contained ancient yet tyrannical energy that made one's heart tremble.

"So this is the S-rank metahuman ability, Purple Heaven Divine Lightning!"

Xu Jingming's eyes glimmered slightly. He had a premonition that if this bolt of lightning struck a person, it would be far more than a mere electric shock.

It could directly blast the entire person to pieces!