Chapter 100: Crushing It! Advancement Complete!

"Holy crap! What terrifying lightning! The others' elemental attacks are completely useless!"

"Is this the might of an S-rank ability? That's just ridiculous!"

"Heh, over a hundred people ganging up on one person, and they still can't put any pressure on him!"

"Speaking of which, isn't the power of this A-rank combat skill Lei Mao a bit too great?"

"......"

After Shi Liao organized the new students together, the senior students in the audience had thought things would take a different turn.

But Xu Jingming's series of moves had ruthlessly slapped them in the face!

Some lightning-system ability users who had likewise learned the A-rank combat skill 'Lei Mao' were even more shocked to discover—

The power of Xu Jingming's 'Lei Mao' was outrageously overwhelming!

It was as if the 'Lei Mao' they had learned was a fake.

"I knew it—Senior wouldn't have any problems."

Gazing at that upright figure on the arena, the white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan's beautiful eyes shimmered with an unusual brilliance, not even noticing she had gotten the form of address wrong.

Having witnessed Xu Jingming's full strength, she naturally didn't think this group of new students would pose any threat to him.

It wasn't only Jiang Chuxuan who thought this way—Song Qiuyun on the field thought the same.

She was seen with her right arm folded across her chest, watching Xu Jingming stride out from the flames and lightning.

On her delicate, charming oval face, there was a faint smile.

Thinking they could defeat Xu Jingming with just this—how naive!

In contrast, the teachers on the rostrum were in an uproar!

"A powerful Lei Mao! Its proficiency has at least reached Advanced!!"

"A sonic boom was produced when the Lei Mao was thrown—the instantaneous speed absolutely exceeded twice the speed of sound; his physique is far too powerful!"

"His mastery over the lightning-system ability is extremely skilled; the simple lightning net had no gaps whatsoever—he must practice diligently on a regular basis."

"......"

They were all seasoned, high-rank ability users.

From just one Lei Mao and one lightning net, they discovered Xu Jingming was far more powerful than they had imagined!

Take 'Lei Mao' for example—this A-rank combat skill.

For an ordinary ability user to practice it to Advanced proficiency, it would take at least three or four years!

Yet Xu Jingming, who had only been enrolled for a little over two months, had already mastered it to Advanced proficiency—this was something they could never have imagined.

In addition, the strength of Xu Jingming's physique exceeded their expectations as well—he could actually throw something at twice the speed of sound with his bare hands!!

"A genius! An absolute genius!"

"This round of the match won't trouble him!"

"Just how many trump cards does Xu Jingming still have that we don't know about?"

"......"

Because Dean Yang Zhentian had always given Xu Jingming individual lessons.

Therefore, the teachers' impression of Xu Jingming was limited to those seven words—'S-rank ability awakener'—they knew nothing about the rest.

Even his Second-Order Upper strength had only just been revealed.

And the strength Xu Jingming had now slightly displayed was already enough to delight them.

But Dean Yang Zhentian wasn't around, so there was no way to ask for more key information about Xu Jingming's strength.

Therefore, regarding Xu Jingming's full strength—

They were like cats that had caught a whiff of fish, yet had no other channel to learn more.

They could only turn their gaze back to the arena and continue watching the battle.

Although Shi Liao had called for another attack.

Intimidated by Xu Jingming's terrifying might, and with Shi Liao eliminated, his mind-system ability that possessed beguiling power had lost its effect.

Thus, a bizarre scene unfolded on the arena.

Over eighty people besieging one person, yet none dared to advance.

"Don't dare to come at me? Then let me make the first move!"

Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened, a flash of lightning—and the figure gripping his spear vanished on the spot!

Boom!

When he reappeared, one person was already screaming, spurting fresh blood, and sent flying!

"What terrifying speed!"

"I couldn't even see how he struck!"

"No good—spreading out makes us easier to break; we must unite!"

"......"

The remaining new students quickly reacted and decided to join forces after all.

Thus, the elemental-system ability users in the rear began casting spell-type combat skills.

The close-combat ability users also hardened their expressions and swarmed toward Xu Jingming.

"Now this is more interesting!"

A wild grin on his face, Xu Jingming advanced instead of retreating.

That tall, slender body charged straight into the crowd!

The long-range elemental attacks were completely blocked by the lightning net swirling around his body—no need to worry at all.

The melee weapon attacks from the surrounding ability users were likewise all deflected by his spear.

Ding! Ding! Ding!......

A series of weapon clashes rang out as the Dark Cloud Gale Spear became a black phantom under Xu Jingming's whirl.

Every adept who tried to engage Xu Jingming, whether using combat techniques or ordinary strikes,

was instantly flung backward with no resistance at all, crushed by the immense force transmitted through their own weapons!!

"Your strike angle is wrong! Your speed is too slow! Your strength is too weak!

No good, no good, too weak, too weak!"

Xu Jingming did not use a single combat technique, and even the Purple Thunder Divine Lightning was used only to defend against ranged attacks.

Yet even so, the formidable physique granted by his Body Third Layer of the Thunder Unextinguished Body

combined with his peerless, master-level spear art

meant not a single one of these new students could land a second strike against him!

Even with auxiliary adepts constantly boosting them and enduring negative status effects, it made no difference!

Thus, Xu Jingming swept forward unimpeded—less than a minute passed.

On the entire wide arena, only he remained standing.

Bang!

The 260-kilogram Dark Cloud Gale Spear slammed into the ground, emitting a low hum as the earth trembled slightly.

Xu Jingming scanned the surroundings; among the over a hundred other new students,

none were standing—either gravely wounded on the ground or shielded by Eva's defensive barrier.

"Too weak."

On Xu Jingming's resolute, steady face lay deep disappointment.

Though he had known his current strength would crush these new students,

he had not expected that even all one hundred and two of them combined

failed to reach even the intensity of his warm-up.

Nearby new students nearby felt like crying.

Damn it, you beat us all to hell and still think we're weak?!

"Phase One, Round Two concluded! The qualifier is Xu Jingming, with 102 defeated!"

The artificial intelligence Eva's holographic projection appeared mid-air above the arena.

Simultaneously, her cute spherical body displayed a hesitant, clueless expression:

"The other four qualifiers are......"

Aside from Xu Jingming, the other 102 had zero defeated opponents—none qualified.

Thus, the artificial intelligence Eva could not select four more.

"Excluding the qualifier Xu Jingming, the remaining 102 will recompete in Round 11 to select four new qualifiers."

On the grandstand, Sun Qingxue, Dean of the Element Academy, stepped forward and announced.

She cast upon Xu Jingming a look of satisfied admiration.

She could not deny that this battle, even to her as dean, had been thrilling.

As Sun Qingxue announced the final result, the senior students in the stands erupted in discussion.

"Crushing! Absolute crushing!"

"A new student competition with only one qualifier—I've never seen it. Xu Jingming's strength is truly formidable."

"Wait till the clans try to snatch him up—they'll fight like dogs for him!"

"......"

Anyone with eyes could see that in that battle, Xu Jingming hadn't even used half his strength!

Yet even so, he crushed over a hundred people in less than a minute.

Such a record had never existed in the entire history of the Metropolis Magical Abilities University.