Chapter 1028: SSR-Grade Star-Glow Lei Gang! Capture Him Alive!

"It's a cultist!"

"This aura is even stronger than Lei Di my lord!"

"Run, run for your lives!"

"......"

The entire Tianyu Arena fell into chaos, countless people fleeing in panic.

After the initial shock, Sakuragi Rin had already calmed down.

She shared a reverse contract with Xu Jingming; since she was fine, Xu Jingming was fine too.

"Evacuate the crowd, activate emergency protocols!" Sakuragi Rin ordered crisply.

Two ninth-rank powerhouses—if they fought, the entire city would likely be destroyed.

"Hah, a last-ditch struggle!"

Whoosh—

Tianhen laughed as he flew into the sky, endless purple flames surging into the grotesque Ghostflame Mask to amplify the technique's might.

He would use this technique to refine Xu Jingming alive!

But just then, within the purple flames, a shadow suddenly appeared.

Before Tianhen could react, that shadow violently expanded!

The entire grotesque Ghostflame Mask swelled with it, as if some terrifying creature was about to burst out from within!

"Damn it! Even the Ghostflame Mask can't suppress it?"

Tianhen's expression shifted slightly; the flames coiling around his body grew even more violent, pouring into the mask.

But the next instant, with a loud bang, the entire Ghostflame Mask exploded violently.

Crackle-crackle—

Thunder roared, endless pitch-black lightning surging.

Xu Jingming's terrifying figure, over three meters tall, walked out from the sea of fire.

A pitch-black thunder ring rotated behind him, around his body.

And a layer of pitch-black Lei Gang, like an updraft, shielded him within, cutting off the flames' damage.

Lei Guang flickered; the wild Lei Ting around the Lei Gang twinkled like stars in the night sky.

Star-Glow Lei Gang!

An SSR-grade lightning-element technique.

Sensing the danger, he had almost instantly entered Lei Lei Bao Tai and unleashed this technique.

By rights, this SSR-grade technique required about 5 seconds to unleash.

But with the perfect-grade elemental weapon Extreme-Glow Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan and the boost of Lei Lei Bao Tai, that time was drastically shortened to under 1 second!

"What technique is this? It actually blocked my Ghostflame Mask?" Tianhen's face was filled with horror.

In his perception, the Lei Gang around Xu Jingming formed an airtight defense; his S-rank elemental fire ability couldn't inflict even a single point of damage.

But how was that possible?!

He was ninth-rank upper position—two whole minor ranks above Xu Jingming!

Among ninth-rank ability users, the gap in strength between even one minor rank was like heaven and earth!

"Tianming Sect? You really are like lingering ghosts."

Xu Jingming's gaze was icy; he did not answer his question.

Black Lei Guang flashed, and the tall figure gripping the spear vanished on the spot.

Hundreds of meters away, alarm bells rang in Tianhen's heart; he had no time to wonder why his SSS+ grade technique hadn't taken down Xu Jingming.

He slammed his palms together and growled:

"Want close combat? Xu Jingming, you're too naive! Lava Rampart!"

BOOM!!

Purple flames boiled violently—he had mobilized the power of his Domain!

Immediately, endless purple flames condensed, forming a massive lava wall dozens of meters wide before Tianhen, shielding him within.

And at that moment, Xu Jingming's figure had already charged in.

Whoosh—

The spear wreathed in pitch-black lightning, under Tianhen's horrified gaze, easily sliced through the lava wall and thrust toward his head.

"Not good!"

Tianhen's face changed drastically; his entire body exploded with a bang, transforming into a sea of purple fire.

"Elemental Form? Useless."

The Extreme-Glow Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan behind Xu Jingming spun wildly as he swept his hand.

Roar—

Accompanied by a high-pitched dragon's cry.

A ferocious thunder dragon over a hundred meters long suddenly coalesced in the sky.

Then it opened its massive pitch-black maw, Lei Guang flickering, and swallowed the entire sea of fire in one gulp!

"Want to kill me? I'm ninth-rank up—"

Tianhen's arrogant voice rang out from within the thunder dragon, but halfway through his words it turned into a terrified shriek:

"Impossible?! My flames can't block your lightning?! Quick, let me out!"

Crackle-crackle—

Thunder roared; the purple flames swallowed into the thunder dragon's belly rapidly withered and shrank.

"A ninth-rank upper Law Saint is nothing more than this." Xu Jingming's gaze was icy cold.

His Lightning Domain had now broken through to the third level, and his spiritual force was approaching a million hertz.

Under the doubled combat-power amplification of the Thunderstorm State, taking him down was absurdly easy.

If the opponent hadn't wielded an S-rank elemental fire ability, he would already have been slain the instant the thunder dragon swallowed him.

Tianhen's aura rapidly declined. Under the observation of the Heavenly Mechanism Pupils, only when Tianhen's flame ability still had 8% remaining did Xu Jingming withdraw his Lei Ting.

Whoosh—

The skyful of Lei Ting receded, revealing Tianhen at the center, who had already exited his elemental state, his aura withered.

He stared at Xu Jingming in terror, his flame ability surging out wildly once more as he tried to flee.

But before he could run, thunder roared overhead, and endless pitch-black lightning descended, forming a prison that locked him dead in place.

"Why didn't you just kill him outright, S-rank?"

Eva poked out from the smart armguard, somewhat puzzled.

From what she knew of Xu Jingming, whenever he ran into people from the Tianming Sect, he always executed them on sight.

"This time I'm capturing one alive, to see if I can squeeze some intel out of him."

Xu Jingming's icy eyes were filled with killing intent.

Every time it was the Tianming Sect ambushing him — it was time to take the initiative and strike back.

Perfect chance to settle the score for their last attack on Moon Lake Residential District!

Crackle—

Lei Guang flashed, and Xu Jingming appeared before Tianhen. Without a word of nonsense, he directly activated the Slave Heart Seal.

However, the moment the Slave Heart Seal entered Tianhen's consciousness sea, it encountered a terrifying pressure and collapsed outright!

"Hm?" Xu Jingming's brow furrowed.

Even when the Slave Heart Seal had failed before, it had never given him this feeling of being forcibly crushed and collapsing.

"Want to enslave me?"

Tianhen saw through Xu Jingming's intent and laughed wildly: "My spirit sea has the protection of the Heavenly God himself — and you think you can enslave me? Dream on!"

Xu Jingming said nothing and continued trying other psychic combat techniques with hypnosis or control effects.

But without exception, the moment they entered Tianhen's consciousness sea, they all collapsed immediately.

"Useless, utterly useless! Xu Jingming, give up! The Sect Leader will avenge me!"

As if seeing his final fate, Tianhen gave up his last struggle.

Xu Jingming's brow furrowed, and the Doushen Shenlei surged violently, electrocuting Tianhen until he was charred black, leaving only his last breath.

He carried him down to the ground like a dead dog, then dialed High Priestess Aimosi's phone.

Since psychic techniques were useless against Tianhen, he could only turn to Aimosi's Eye of Destiny for help.

After the call connected, Xu Jingming briefly described the situation on his end.

"You want to find information on the Tianming Sect through their ninth-rank upper? I can try, but I can't guarantee success."

Aimosi's gentle, melodious voice sounded from the other end of the line.

"Good, then I'll come find you, Teacher, in a bit." Xu Jingming's heart leaped with joy.

But before going to find Aimosi, he still had to make a few more arrangements for things here in Sakura Country.