Chapter 1093

"Ah, this..." Yun Congling of the Xinhuo Divine Temple was completely stunned.

She knew Xu Jingming had used her to conceal his aura for the sake of revenge.

But she never expected his target to be three Ninth-Rank peak experts, even two of them Ninth-Rank Invincible!

Just as she struggled to suppress her fear of retreating, preparing to bestow an enhancement state upon Xu Jingming,

Xu Jingming revealed his aura and slaughtered all three with the force of Lei Ting.

He didn't need her to lift a finger...

"Eva, sort through the resources in these space rings."

Xu Jingming had no idea what Yun Congling was thinking—he already held the space rings of Li Changfeng and the other two.

As for the remaining corpses, he had utterly erased them with Chaotic Divine Thunder.

"Mmm, there's quite a bit of good stuff here!"

Just SSR-grade resources alone total three pieces, two of which can aid in breaking through to the Supreme Rank.

There are also six SSS-grade resources, and no shortage of SS-grade ones."

Eva exclaimed with delight after tallying them up.

"It seems those two resources meant to aid breakthrough to the Supreme Rank were meant for Li Changfeng himself—but in the end, they've become my wedding gift."

Xu Jingming smiled.

Without a vast clan to back them, the Ninth-Rank peak experts of the Tianming Sect were all penniless.

All three SSR-grade resources came from Li Changfeng; the highest-tier resource any Ninth-Rank in the Tianming Sect possessed was SSS+.

Of course,

these SSR-grade resources stemmed from over a century of Li Clan accumulation.

"Take this resource—you worked hard just now."

Xu Jingming pulled out one SSS+ resource and handed it to Yun Congling.

Still in shock, she finally came to her senses and exclaimed joyfully: "Thank you, my lord Xu!"

She hadn't expected that merely casting one stealth field during the entire operation would earn her such a lavish reward.

"Alright, pick a direction and explore."

Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"Got it! I'll notify you immediately if I find anything."

Yun Congling bowed repeatedly in gratitude before flying off in one direction.

"One Ninth-Rank peak, two Ninth-Rank Invincibles—turns out they're not that formidable after all."

After Yun Congling left, Xu Jingming exited Lei Shen Mode, speaking with a hint of boredom.

He hadn't even activated his Thunder Domain, let alone unleashed his Enhancement-type ability, Ancient Azure Dragon.

Now that his strength had reached this level, he felt a lonely sense of invincibility against all others.

"What? Even Ninth-Rank experts can't satisfy you? Are you thinking of challenging a Supreme Rank?"

Su Qingli gently brushed back her hair, half-joking.

"I actually am."

Xu Jingming grinned, "Once we leave the secret realm, I'll have Brother Zhou spar with me."

The virtual world arena's maximum simulation capability only reaches Ninth-Rank peak ability users—it cannot simulate Supreme Ranks.

He could no longer verify his strength through the virtual world.

The only way left was to find a real Supreme Rank and fight one.

Killing Li Changfeng was merely a minor diversion.

Xu Jingming's true goal remained finding the so-called opportunity.

Just half an hour later, the Moon Shadow Divine Officer sent word through Eva that he had made a discovery.

Before entering the secret realm, Xu Jingming had left Ling Shuang's space talisman on each member of the Xinhuo Divine Temple.

Upon receiving the Moon Shadow Divine Officer's message, the three immediately teleported there via Ling Shuang's Space Gate.

"Space-type abilities are indeed convenient—otherwise, flying here would've taken at least another half-hour."

As Xu Jingming and the others arrived, the Moon Shadow Divine Officer smiled and pointed to a massive tree ahead: "There—my new discovery."

Xu Jingming's eyes shimmered with a faint purple hue as he gazed in that direction.

It was a tree nearly eighty to ninety meters tall, lush and leafy, appearing ancient and primordial.

"It's just a giant tree—what's so special about it?"

After observing it with Ziwei Eyes for a while and detecting nothing unusual, Xu Jingming frowned in confusion.

Su Qingli and Ling Shuang, equally unable to detect anything peculiar, were also curious.

"Keep watching—you'll see."

The Moon Shadow Divine Officer smiled faintly and stepped toward the giant tree.

When he approached within ten meters, a deep, muffled boom erupted.

Thick roots burst violently from the ground, lashing out like colossal serpents toward the Moon Shadow Divine Officer!

Whoosh—

His blood qi surged, coalescing into a thick, solid blood qi barrier around his body.

The massive roots whipped against it but couldn't even shake it.

Instead, the tree's own roots shattered into powder from the tremendous recoil.

Whoosh-la-la~~~

The giant tree uprooted itself entirely, its branches and trunk thrashing wildly,

The massive branches swung like giant hands toward the Moon Shadow Divine Official.

Yet as a ninth-rank peak Martial Saint, these attacks were no more than a tickle to him.

"What's going on?" Xu Jingming exclaimed in surprise from behind.

After all, any living organism possesses its own mental energy fluctuation.

Even weak insects are no exception, though their mental energy fluctuations are extremely faint.

Yet just now, his Purple Microcosm Eye combined with his vast mental energy scan detected no mental energy fluctuation from this giant tree at all.

Then the question arises.

If it has no mental energy fluctuation, how is this giant tree moving now?

And it's displaying strong aggressive intent!

Meanwhile, Eva, who had been responsible for collecting data, stared at the giant tree.

A look of confusion appeared on her small face as she murmured, "Is this... a War Ancient Tree?"

"War Ancient Tree? Eva, do you know this thing?" Xu Jingming asked quickly.

"Huh?"

Eva finally snapped back to awareness. "Did I just say something?"

"You said this is a War Ancient Tree," Su Qingli softly reminded her.

"Eva, did you glitch? You don't even remember what you said?"

"Back at Magic University, you never had this kind of problem."

Ling Shuang teased with a smile.

"I'm a rare intelligent lifeform—how could I possibly glitch?"

The green-haired, twin-tailed little girl Eva pouted her lips, instinctively retorting.

But the next moment, her clear big eyes filled with confusion: "I can indeed recognize this giant tree as a War Ancient Tree.

And its trunk should contain a substance called 'Green Wood Marrow'—but I don't know where this information came from..."

Hearing this, Xu Jingming's heart stirred, and he spoke: "Brother, cut down this giant tree."

"Alright." The Moon Shadow Divine Official's elegant voice rang out.

In terms of strength, this giant tree was merely equivalent to a seventh-rank Master.

He slashed once, severing the tree's trunk—its diameter dozens of meters wide—in half!

Boom—

The once wildly thrashing giant tree crashed down, crushing several smaller surrounding trees.

A faint, refreshing fragrance spread outward from the center of the severed stump.

There, embedded like a core, was a small cluster of strange greenish substance.

"Is this the Green Wood Marrow?" Xu Jingming stirred his mental energy and instantly summoned it into his hand.

The Green Wood Marrow was about the size of a basketball, flowing like a viscous liquid.