Chapter 1097: CRUSHED! THE SECRET REALM COLLAPSES!

"Ninth-rank upper tier? Xu Jingming has already broken through to ninth-rank upper tier?"

"Such terrifying attack—this giant tree has already touched the realm of the supreme powerhouses?"

"Is this Xu Jingming's SSS-grade Chaos Divine Thunder? Even a single wisp of this lightning would obliterate me!"

"......"

A wave of astonished exclamations rose from the group of ninth-rank observers afar.

They marveled at the giant tree's horror, and were stunned by Xu Jingming's power.

Philip's face had lost all trace of amusement.

For he realized Xu Jingming's strength was far stronger than he had estimated!

"This is troublesome—the crystal coffin probably can't be reclaimed now."

Philip was already mentally planning how to explain to Pope Evelyn.

"With this power, Xu Jingming might well be the strongest beneath the supreme powerhouses?"

Several ninth-rankers from Great Xia had also arrived nearby; Xue Jian, who had intended to assist, now wore an expression of awe.

"But this giant tree can consume its own kind to heal wounds—just this one trait makes it impossible for Xu Jingming to handle."

Philip narrowed his eyes.

He didn't understand why Xu Jingming, having seized the crystal coffin, still insisted on destroying this tree.

But making sure the opponent failed brought him a sense of satisfaction...

How many War Trees are there in this entire secret realm?

Xu Jingming didn't know—he only knew this secret realm was absurdly vast!

The number of War Trees in this forest likely exceeded one million!

"My peak state can last at most one hour—endurance will be my downfall; I must resolve this quickly!"

Xu Jingming's mind raced at full speed.

The strongest technique he currently possessed was undoubtedly the SSR-grade Thunder Roar Thousand Blades.

But this technique was only at beginner proficiency—it couldn't unleash its full power.

"Good thing I still have plenty of spare Ability Points on my panel." Xu Jingming's gaze flickered, and he activated point allocation immediately!

Ability Points -100,000!

Thunder Roar Thousand Blades (Beginner) → Thunder Roar Thousand Blades (Intermediate)

Ability Points -300,000!

Thunder Roar...

Countless memories flooded in; Xu Jingming felt the proficiency of this SSR-grade technique rising continuously!

Finally, after consuming nearly two million Ability Points,

this SSR-grade technique was elevated to Perfect proficiency!

"So this is what it feels like to master a Perfect SSR technique."

Xu Jingming felt he had fully internalized this technique—he could wield it with absolute ease!

"If so, it's time to cut you down."

Lightning flashed in his eyes; his voice echoed across heaven and earth like thunder from the highest heavens.

He slowly raised his right arm; behind him, the Brilliant Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan erupted with a deafening roar, as if millions of supercars' engines roared simultaneously!

Zzzzz—!!!

Pitch-black Chaos Divine Thunder burst forth from the Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan; each bolt carried the terrifying power to annihilate all things.

These thunderbolts wildly intertwined in midair, emitting strange thunderous howls, then coalesced into countless two-meter-long razor-sharp lightning blades.

Ten blades, a hundred blades, a thousand blades... the number of blades surged exponentially!

In an instant, the entire sky was filled with densely packed pitch-black lightning blades.

The total number reached a staggering one million!

These blades stood in perfect formation, their electrified tips pointing downward at the towering giant tree, reflecting a chilling, heart-stopping gleam in the sunlight.

"This... is the Thunderstorm Blade Technique, an SSR-grade lightning technique!"

Among the distant ninth-rank observers, a lightning-element ninth-rank Law Saint recognized this technique.

"A thousand blades is beginner proficiency, five thousand is intermediate... a million blades...?"

His companion from the Ember Divine Temple trembled as he spoke, "Could this be... the legendary Perfect proficiency?!"

At these words, every ninth-rank present—including Philip—faced a look of utter shock.

SSR-grade techniques can only be created by supreme powerhouses.

The highest Perfect proficiency can only be achieved by the technique's original creator.

But Xu Jingming was clearly not the creator of this SSR-grade technique.

Yet he had still achieved it.

This undeniably proved Xu Jingming's unparalleled, terrifying talent!

"This... I'll leave it to Pope Evelyn to handle." Philip's pupils shrank.

This was no longer a question of how Xu Jingming would deal with the giant tree.

Now it was whether the giant tree could survive this Perfect SSR-grade technique.

As for himself, he had lost even the faintest urge to attack Xu Jingming.

This man was simply too monstrous, too terrifying.

He even felt that everyone here combined wouldn't be his match.

And ahead,

Amid the crowd's cries of shock, Xu Jingming slammed his right hand downward.

"Extinct."

A single, simple word, yet it descended like a divine decree.

A million thunder blades erupted in chaos!

Each thunder blade became a falling meteor of destruction, cascading down with piercing shrieks!

The air was torn apart, space trembled, and all of heaven and earth seemed reduced to this sky-full of Lei Guang!

Boom! Boom boom boom!!!

The towering tree, over two thousand meters tall, shuddered violently in the storm of thunder blades.

The first wave of thunder blades struck, instantly shearing off one-third of the canopy.

The second wave descended, carving countless cracks, several meters deep, into the trunk.

After the third wave passed, the entire giant tree teetered precariously!

When the final wave of thunder blades fell, the ancient tree, which had lived for over ten thousand years, let out a final, agonized cry—and collapsed with a thunderous crash!

Its thick trunk shattered into countless fragments midair, burned to ash by lingering Lei Guang before it even hit the ground!

In mere seconds, the colossal tree that had blotted out the sky vanished utterly from this world!

Only a blackened crater, over a kilometer in diameter, remained, along with burning splinters scattered around, proof it had once existed.

In heaven and earth, only the hum of the rotating Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan and the rapid breathing of distant onlookers lingered...

"A perfect-grade SSR combat technique—its power is indeed formidable," Xu Jingming exhaled lightly.

Lei Xiao Qian Ren Sha can be used either as a single-target or area-of-effect combat technique.

Regardless of how it is used, its effect is top-tier.

"But… was the Qing Mu Sui inside the tree trunk not destroyed?"

Just as Xu Jingming prepared to fly down and check, the sky suddenly cracked open with a dense network of fine fissures.

A chaotic and dangerous aura seeped through these cracks—and the fissures kept widening!

"The energy from that attack was too immense! This realm's space cannot withstand it!"

"Escape quickly! The realm's space is collapsing!"

The ninth-stage cultivators, who had just been stunned by Xu Jingming's astonishing power, snapped back to awareness.

One by one, they immediately activated their movement techniques and flew toward the realm's teleportation portal.

A realm's collapse carries a terrifying power even the strongest cannot endure.

Once dragged into the spatial chaos by the collapsing space, one would be lost forever, unable to return!