Chapter 1205: Violent Counterkill! Overwhelming Power!

During the forty-plus minutes the Qinghui was traveling through the stars.

Xu Jingming had already tested his strength in the virtual universe.

Using the Noah Sanctuary's Level 1 genius as a standard, he could crush opponents at the same level.

He could defeat Starlight Seventh Stage, with strength roughly equivalent to Starlight Eighth Stage.

But that was measured against the level of a Noah Sanctuary Level 1 genius.

He didn't believe four randomly appearing cosmic pirates could match the strength of a Noah Sanctuary Level 1 genius.

Crackling—

Xu Jingming stood midair, black Lei Guang flickering, Doushen Shenlei surging violently from his body!

The starry space within a hundred kilometers around him turned into a sea of Lei Guang!

At the same time, extremely complex purple patterns surfaced on his skin.

The Lei Wen had been activated!

Boom—!!

An overwhelmingly powerful aura erupted violently from his body!

"Intelligence is wrong! He's not Starlight Fourth Stage!" The blue woman's pupils shrank sharply.

She could clearly sense the terrifying aura emanating from Xu Jingming—it was unmistakably the energy fluctuation of a Starlight Sixth Stage!

"He's Starlight Sixth Stage! Captain, what do we do? Should we retreat?"

The man wearing a metal mask asked in a low voice.

For assassins like them, intelligence was life.

One piece of intelligence being off meant other intelligence was likely flawed too.

The Skull Team had survived until this day because of their caution.

Xuejiao's three-meter-tall body tensed, veins bulging beneath his dark red skin.

According to his usual style, if intelligence was wrong, he should retreat immediately.

But this time, the employer's payment was simply too high!

Do it!

Let's strike first and test!

If something goes wrong, we can still escape.

So he no longer hesitated, growling:

"The mission's been accepted—we won't abandon it!

He's only Starlight Sixth Stage—we still kill him!"

As his words ended, Xuejiao surged forward!

He clapped his hands together; the space behind him twisted, and a blood-colored giant rhinoceros manifestation, a thousand meters tall, instantly coalesced!

The giant rhinoceros was entirely crimson, its eyes like blood, two curved horns wrapped in strange black patterns.

T9-level manifestation, Blood Hell Demon Rhino!

He had cultivated this manifestation to advanced proficiency, allowing him to manifest its true form.

"Attack!"

Xuejiao roared, and the giant rhinoceros manifestation let out a deafening bellow.

Its four hooves shattered the void as it charged toward Xu Jingming!

Wherever it passed, space trembled!

Seeing their captain strike first, the remaining team members no longer hesitated—they all unleashed their manifestations!

Across the starry expanse, colorful domains unfolded, terrifying auras swirling.

"A Starlight Eighth Stage manifestation should have only this much power? Probably just the lowest T9-level."

Xu Jingming's eyes flickered with disdain.

To him, this T9-level manifestation was child's play—its power pitifully weak.

Though these individuals' domain layers were decent, they were merely single-element domains.

They might still pose some threat to his Starlight Fourth Stage self.

But now, they didn't even merit his full strength.

Boom—

Lei Guang flashed, and the massive T7-level Lei Abyss Devouring Sun Manifestation unfolded behind him.

Though not yet at advanced proficiency, its terrifying might effortlessly crushed their manifestations.

"Die!"

Xuejiao's face twisted in fury; the giant rhinoceros manifestation had closed to less than a kilometer from Xu Jingming, its two horns rising like celestial pillars to impale him!

At this critical moment, Xu Jingming moved.

Sssshhh—!

A black Lei Zhu, wreathed in destruction, suddenly pierced through the starry heavens.

Lei Long Xiao!

It was a T8-level offensive technique he had found and learned himself in the Sanctuary's library.

Boom—!!

The Lei Zhu collided with the rhino horns, unleashing a deafening explosion!

Violent energy shockwaves radiated outward from the two combatants, warping space across hundreds of kilometers!

The massive rhinoceros manifestation was effortlessly pierced through by the Lei Zhu, lightning flashing—it collapsed instantly!!

Pfft—

Bloodhorn spat out a mouthful of blood.

He was blasted backward by the shockwave's residual force, his eyes still filled with horror.

How is this possible?!

He's a Starlight Stage Eight powerhouse—how could his Dharma Body be shattered so easily?

"Watch out! This guy is strange!"

The remaining two team members turned pale and tried to retreat.

"Trying to flee? It's too late!"

Xu Jingming let out a cruel laugh, raising his right hand to point at them, his voice deep as a god's:

"Thunder Punishment Art!"

From the vast starry sky, two thick, pitch-black lightning bolts crashed down.

Sizzzz! Sizzzzz!!

These two Starlight Stage Seven powerhouses had no resistance whatsoever.

Their Dharma Bodies shattered the instant they touched the lightning, and both were swallowed by endless thunder.

At that moment, a blue shadow appeared silently behind Xu Jingming.

The blue-haired woman's form merged completely with the void; in her hand, a dagger glowed with an eerie blue frost-light, aimed straight at Xu Jingming's throat!

"Got him!"

Joy flashed in the blue-haired woman's eyes.

Her dagger was coated in deadly poison—just a single scratch on the skin, and even a Starlight Peak powerhouse would die!

As an assassin, she had long refined her assassination techniques to perfection!

Her strike was so swift that even the Sun-Eating Divine Thunder surrounding Xu Jingming could not stop it.

Yet in the next instant, a spear wrapped in pitch-black thunder serpents struck from behind, its Abyssal tip piercing her right chest with pinpoint accuracy!

"Huh... hah... how... how did you find me?"

She stared at Xu Jingming in disbelief.

With her stealth techniques, she should never have been detected.

"I've been waiting for you."

Xu Jingming stared at her with emotionless purple eyes.

He had been on guard since the moment her figure vanished into the void.

Because of his Purple Microcosm Eyes, he had reacted the instant she emerged from the void.

"Die."

Crackling—

The Sun-Eating Divine Thunder erupted, swallowing and erasing her.

Thus, of the four who had ambushed Xu Jingming, only the gravely wounded Starlight Stage Eight remained.

"Damn it! Xu Jingming is too strong!"

Bloodhorn's heart swelled with endless regret, but he knew now—he must flee!

Shhh—

A faint glow flashed from his space ring; the Venom Serpent ship materialized beside him.

He was just about to leap aboard when, several kilometers away—

A flash of black lightning, and Xu Jingming appeared before him as if teleporting.

Thunder Extreme Instant Shadow!

T7-class movement combat technique!

"If you want to run, go ahead and try."

Xu Jingming's purple eyes fixed on him with icy coldness.

Gazing at Xu Jingming, who stood before him like a god,

Bloodhorn, his body charred black and his aura withered to the brink, swallowed hard.

Done.

Everything is done.

"Spare me! If you spare me, all my Skull Team's assets are yours!"

Bloodhorn dropped to his knees in midair, his eyes filled with terror of death.

He had killed many, but never before had he been driven to this desperate state.

"I ask. You answer."

Xu Jingming looked at him. "Are you space pirates?"

"No. We're an assassination team."

"An assassination team? So your original target was me?"

"Yes."

"..."

As Xu Jingming questioned him for information,

Tens of millions of kilometers away, Lu Yunji, utterly unaware, raced frantically toward this location.