What Do You Mean This Is an E-rank Metahuman Ability?

Time rewound to four minutes earlier.

When Xu Jingming appeared alone before the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear beast pack, waves of startled cries immediately rang out across the Military Region's open grounds outside the examination site.

"What is Xu Jingming doing? Why did he walk straight into the beasts' field of vision?"

"Zhou Mingyang and the others knew to hide somewhere high and observe first. Why is Xu Jingming being so reckless?"

"Run! Run!"

"..."

The Education Bureau Director and the principals were all Second-Order Metahumans with sharp eyes.

They had naturally long since seen through Xu Jingming's strength. He could handle two or three First-Order High-Level Ferocious Beasts at once.

But facing dozens of First-Order High-Level Ferocious Beasts simultaneously was nothing more than a fool's dream.

Not to mention the even more terrifying Second-Order Ferocious Beast, the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear, which was far beyond what he could handle.

So, when they saw Xu Jingming appear in the Innermost Core Area without the slightest attempt at concealment, the director and principals immediately panicked.

Many teachers from Second High School were shouting for him to run, but unfortunately, Xu Jingming in the footage could not hear them at all.

Instead, after alarming the beast pack, he was swallowed by the horde.

"Xu Jingming is far too confident. He actually dared to stroll into the Innermost Core Area like that."

The director shook his head, his expression grave.

Even if Xu Jingming managed to survive by luck in the end,

once the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination was over, such reckless behavior would likely greatly lower the evaluation he received from the admissions offices of the major metahuman universities.

"Is this it? Is the prodigy our school finally produced going to fall like this?" Zhao Yao, the principal of Second High School, looked ashen.

"Doesn't Xu Jingming still have his safety sphere?" Chen Fan, the homeroom teacher beside him, hurriedly said.

"Leaving aside whether he can even activate the safety sphere in this situation, even if he does, the High-Voltage Grid it releases won't withstand the ravaging of this pack of First-Order High-Level Ferocious Beasts."

Principal Zhao Yao shook his head and turned toward the chief commander of this Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.

"Commander Wang, please arrange for the nearest metahuman squad to prepare for a rescue."

To preserve the candidates' lives as much as possible, aside from the safety spheres, another safeguard was the metahuman rescue squads stationed throughout the examination grounds.

Unlike the inexperienced candidates, these metahuman rescue squads were elites tempered by war.

Their team compositions were also highly balanced. Though they were only First-Order, when working together, they were no weaker than a Second-Order Ferocious Beast!

Of course,

there were only a handful of such elite rescue squads in the entire Military Region, and they were generally used to rescue candidates with extraordinary potential during the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.

Xu Jingming, currently ranked first, clearly qualified for the deployment of an elite rescue squad.

"Alright." Commander Wang nodded and activated his communicator, preparing to contact the rescue squad.

"Let's hope Xu Jingming can hold on until the rescue squad arrives."

Principal Zhao Yao sighed.

It was at that moment that the projection showing Xu Jingming suddenly blazed with light!

Centered on Xu Jingming, countless bolts of purple lightning surged forth!

All the surrounding beasts were charred black by the violent lightning and sent flying!

Then, as if transformed into the Thunder God himself, Xu Jingming's eyes crackled with electricity while purple lightning danced across his body.

Holding a spear, he began slaughtering his way through the beast pack.

The Second-Order Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear chased after him, yet it could never land a hit!

It could only watch as Xu Jingming harvested the beasts one after another.

In merely an instant, the entire battle had undergone an earth-shattering reversal!

The director, principals, and the others were left dumbfounded by the sudden turn of events.

"Th-this is Xu Jingming's Lightning Type ability?"

Principal Zhao Yao sucked in a sharp breath, while Zhang Wenshan, the Education Bureau Director beside him, was equally stunned.

"Principal Zhao, you call this an E-rank metahuman ability? You must be joking with me, right?"

Ruined Town, within the Innermost Core Area.

Empowered by the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, Xu Jingming led the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear around as though walking a dog.

The Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear seemed to realize that it was too slow to catch Xu Jingming, and that continuing the chase would only mean being led around. It simply stopped pursuing him.

Its enormous body sat in the middle of the residential complex's open space, its scarlet eyes fixed intently on Xu Jingming's figure.

Each time Xu Jingming killed a beast, the bloodthirsty aura around its body grew heavier.

There were thirty-four First-Order High-Level Ferocious Beasts in total.

Of them, thirteen had already been charred black and left severely injured, on the verge of death, by the explosive discharge of the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning when they first surrounded Xu Jingming.

As for the remaining twenty-one beasts, Xu Jingming, with Cell Activation active, killed them one after another within a single minute.

Crackle—

In a flash of lightning, Xu Jingming's tall figure, spear in hand and wreathed in lightning, appeared roughly eight meters before the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear.

"You're pretty smart. You knew I'd come for you, so you waited here."

Xu Jingming's eyes, filled with purple lightning, stared at the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear in the distance. His electric gaze was truly intimidating!

By now, the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear was clearly furious beyond measure, thick breaths blasting from its nostrils.

Its muscular chest rose and fell heavily with every breath.

Its scarlet eyes were incomparably cold.

A Metahuman with weaker nerves would likely have collapsed in terror on the spot at such a sight!

Yet Xu Jingming's expression did not change. He made a grasping motion with his left hand.

Like a Thunder God ruling over all things, the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning swirling around him rapidly converged, forming a bolt of purple lightning!

Sizzle!

Xu Jingming violently hurled the purple lightning, and with a boom, it struck the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear dead-on.

This terrifying lightning, enough to instantly kill a First-Order High-Level Ferocious Beast, now merely crackled across the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear's fur.

Other than making its expression even more ferocious, it seemed to have little effect.

"As expected of a rare species among Second-Order Ferocious Beasts. Its defense is powerful."

Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened.

Unlike ordinary house pets, Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bears never groomed their fur.

As a result, their fur easily clumped together, forming armor-like protection.

This fur armor was even as tough as E-grade alloy!

More importantly, it did not conduct electricity!

Although the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning was powerful, Xu Jingming was still only an awakened Metahuman.

Trying to injure a Second-Order Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear across two major ranks was indeed a bit of a stretch.

Looks like I'll have to find a way to break through its defenses first.

While Xu Jingming was silently considering this, the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear opposite him was not idle either.

"ROAR!!!"

With a low roar, its violent Qi-Blood actually materialized around its body.

Like a Super Saiyan, its red Qi-Blood formed rising currents of air.

Then its entire body suddenly swelled by a full size, veins bulging wildly across its savage bear face!

Even the shattered stones on the ground trembled faintly beneath the influence of this powerful energy!

Then,

it explosively pushed off with both legs, leaving a deep crater in the ground.

Its massive, tower-like body actually leaped through the air toward Xu Jingming!

"Fuck?!"

Do you know what it feels like to have a Tiger Tank smashing down on you?

Xu Jingming was experiencing exactly that.

His expression changed as he hastily dodged to the side.

Boom!!!

The Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear crashed down like a comet where Xu Jingming had been standing. The weather-beaten concrete ground could no longer hold up.

It cracked apart around the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear, sending dust flying everywhere!

Once the dust settled, the Bloodthirsty Tyrant Bear's Super Saiyan-like form once more appeared in Xu Jingming's field of vision.