Chapter 1251: Peak Proficiency! Total Shock!

"Did I see that right? The Devouring Sun Thunder Abyss Phase! And it's at peak proficiency!"

"A T7 premium-grade phase—didn't Xu Jingming only go to the Noah Sanctuary less than half a year ago?"

"What an ruthless talent!"

"......"

Inside the VIP lounge, many Eternal Spirits gasped in astonishment.

All eyes snapped toward Niki.

There, the usually languid beauty wore a faint, elusive smile on her lips.

Her slender jade fingers lightly tapped the armrest of her seat.

"Niki, you Noah Sanctuary really kept this hidden well!"

A female Eternal Spirit who was friends with Niki spoke first, her eyes brimming with envy.

Xu Jingming's talent, even in the high-civilization cosmic empire 'Star Torch Empire,' would still be considered exceptional!

"Such a genius hasn't appeared in my White Poplar Empire in tens of millions of years."

Another Eternal Spirit shook his head in awe.

"You flatter me too much—Xu Jingming's talent is just average, not worth all this attention."

Niki's crimson lips curled slightly, her voice languid yet carrying a hint of quiet pride.

This made the Eternal Spirits present silently curse inwardly.

What do you mean "just average"?

In the entire Ling Shu Empire, find me another Xu Jingming like him.

I'll take as many as you've got!

"Mick, it looks like your Ling Shu Sanctuary is going to lose this time."

An Eternal Spirit looked toward Mick at the very front.

"The Sanctuary Exchange Competition is meant for mutual competition—losses and wins are normal."

Mick's expression remained calm.

A prodigy of the Noah Sanctuary?

Sorry, he'll soon be ours—the Ling Shu Sanctuary's.

The Ling Shu Sanctuary has always liked absorbing prodigies from other empires.

He believed that with the conditions the Ling Shu Sanctuary would offer,

Xu Jingming would want to leave the Noah Sanctuary and come here directly to cultivate.

The Eternal Spirits in the VIP lounge were discussing, and the audience seats below were equally in an uproar.

"What phase is that? Why is the aura of the Phase True Body so terrifying?"

"It's the Devouring Sun Thunder Abyss Phase! T7 premium-grade!"

"Not only that—this phase, like Apollo's, has also reached peak proficiency!"

"Lei Di's phase combines the domains of lightning and destruction; Apollo only has light and fire, and hasn't even reached perfection—even if he's one rank higher, he can't compete!"

"......"

Many knowledgeable spectators recognized the origin of Xu Jingming's phase.

As a true disciple of an Eternal Spirit, Xu Jingming having a T7-grade phase wasn't surprising to them.

What shocked them was that he had already reached peak proficiency!

Some even declared that Apollo would definitely lose this match.

After all, with identical phase proficiency, the phase true body forged from a higher-tier domain is stronger.

It can even enable cross-rank combat effectiveness.

Apollo on the arena clearly understood this.

In fact, when he saw Xu Jingming's phase true body, his face had turned deathly pale.

His prized Golden Crow phase trembled like a fledgling before that black thunder phase!

The terrifying aura made the flow of his primordial energy sluggish within his body.

"How is this possible? How could your phase be at peak proficiency?"

Apollo muttered to himself, unable to accept this reality.

In truth, it was exactly that.

He had spent nearly 150 years from forming his phase to reaching peak proficiency.

But how long did Xu Jingming take? Only half a year!

And his phase was a premium-grade one, fused with the domain of destruction—far harder to cultivate!

Anyone else in his place would likely have their spiritual heart shattered.

"You can't do it doesn't mean no one can."

Xu Jingming looked at him coldly.

His original phase was at advanced proficiency—already enough to crush him.

But for safety's sake, he spent 75,000 source points last night to raise his phase to peak proficiency.

Only one final step remains before reaching phase perfection.

"You...!"

As a Ling Shu Sanctuary prodigy, when had Apollo ever received such an insult?

His eyes flared, ready to lash out—but the terrifying aura of the Devouring Sun Thunder Abyss Phase made him swallow his words.

No, he should surrender right now!

"Admit..."

Apollo was just about to speak and concede, but he suddenly realized his voice could not escape his throat!

Just as he had once done to Lu Yunji, Xu Jingming sealed the entire space with overwhelming spiritual force!

"No good!"

Apollo's face turned pale, and at that moment, Xu Jingming's icy voice rang out:

"Want to concede? Too late!"

As the words fell, the massive Shi Ri Lei Yuan Xiang abruptly raised its hand.

A jet-black giant hand tore through the sky and seized one of the Golden Crow Xiang's wings!

"No—!"

Apollo let out a desperate scream, but the sound could not penetrate the blockade.

"Ssshhhh—"

Jet-black lightning flashed; a piercing tearing sound echoed across the arena as one of the Golden Crow Xiang's wings was ripped clean off!

The Xiang wounded, Apollo was struck as if by lightning—blood spurted from all seven orifices!

But this was only the beginning.

The other thunder-claw of the Shi Ri Lei Yuan Xiang seized the Golden Crow Xiang's other wing, and the two arms tore apart!

Boom!!!

The Golden Crow Xiang was ripped cleanly in half!!

Countless golden sparks rained down like a torrential downpour.

Apollo let out a scream not of this world and collapsed from midair like a ragdoll.

A flash of Lei Guang—Xu Jingming's towering form vanished from his spot.

He appeared instantly along Apollo's falling path and lashed out with his right leg like a whip!

"Crack!"

Apollo's body flew backward at even greater speed.

He slammed hard into the arena's alloy ground, carving a deep furrow.

"Cough..."

Apollo struggled to rise, but saw Xu Jingming standing before him, those cold eyes devoid of any warmth.

"Xu Jingming! You... do you know what you're doing?"

Apollo's voice trembled, "I'm from Ling Shu Sacred Ground! If you dare treat me like this, Ling Shu Sacred Ground will not let you go!"

Xu Jingming's lips curled into a cruel smile: "Is that so? Then I'd like to see what Ling Shu Sacred Ground can do to me."

Before the words were finished, he stomped down on Apollo's chest!

"Crack!"

A clear sound of bone breaking rang out—Apollo's sternum instantly caved in!

"Aaah—!"

A heart-wrenching scream echoed around, but was sealed by overwhelming spiritual force.

Xu Jingming ignored it and stomped down again—this time on Apollo's right arm.

"This is for Sister Lu."

Xu Jingming's voice was terrifyingly calm.

"Crack!"

The bones of the right arm shattered!

"Aah! Stop! I concede—"

Apollo's plea was cut off once again by Xu Jingming.

"Concede?"

Xu Jingming sneered, "When Sister Lu wanted to concede, what did you do?"

Saying this, he grabbed Apollo's hair.

He lifted him up, then drove a brutal knee straight into his abdomen!

"Puh—"

Apollo spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs; his eyes were already growing dim.

But Xu Jingming showed no sign of stopping.

He did not use his spear—he simply slaughtered with pure physical force!

Thus, the spectators watched as the Sun Prince Apollo was beaten like a punching bag by Xu Jingming.