Chapter 1282: Demon Race News! The Long-Awaited Arena!

"Ye Lan's video call?"

Xu Jingming raised his sword-like eyebrows, then lightly tapped his smart armband to accept the call.

Hum—

A holographic projection unfolded in the cave, revealing Ye Lan's breathtakingly beautiful face before him.

"Sister Lan, you need something?" Xu Jingming smiled and spoke.

"I've got news on the demon race mission you asked me to look into."

Ye Lan's melodious voice rang out, yet her violet eyes held a faint trace of resentment.

A year!

Xu Jingming hadn't returned to the Noah Sacred Land for a full year!

Although because of the massive credit points awarded from the Sacred Land exchange competition,

she had remained stationed there and stopped using her demon bloodline in battle.

Even so, she still felt deeply stifled.

But she couldn't bring herself to ask Xu Jingming to come back just for this.

Fortunately, a month ago he asked her to do something—once she found leads, she could contact him openly.

"Oh? Where's the mission location?"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up, asking eagerly.

The entire Black Stone Star's surface was by no means small.

But the number of beasts it could hold was limited.

For nearly a year, he had swept through nearly every Starlight-tier beast on the planet.

What remained were only the hard-to-crack Star-tier beasts and scattered Starlight-tier ones.

As a result, his efficiency in gathering Source Points plummeted.

So over ten days ago, he began considering switching to another planet to hunt beasts.

As for why he chose the demon race,

it was because after returning to the Noah Sacred Land, he had tested it—killing demons also granted Source Points.

Moreover, due to his Purple Nightmare Demon Body, he could absorb demonic energy.

But within the entire Noah Empire, demons were extremely rare, which was why he asked Ye Lan to inquire.

He originally planned that if no such information turned up, he'd seek out another beast planet.

Yet he never expected Ye Lan to deliver news so quickly.

"On the Silver Radiance Star in the Anjiya Star System, 540,000 light-years from the Noah Sacred Land.

If you rent a Sacred Land vessel equipped with a warp engine, you can reach it in about two days.

It's a Star-tier mission with high danger—if you truly want to go, I can accompany you."

Ye Lan explained softly.

"I'm definitely interested."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly, "Once I return to the Noah Sacred Land, Sister Lan, please give me the full details."

"You're coming back?"

Ye Lan froze, then a visible flush of delight bloomed on her delicate oval face.

"The Universe Genius War is about to begin—it's time to return," Xu Jingming didn't hide it.

"Then good, just come straight to me when you get back."

Ye Lan smiled brightly, then ended the call without further disturbance.

"Demon race..."

Xu Jingming's gaze flickered.

He had tested it in the Noah Sacred Land's Demon Trial Zone.

The Source Points gained from killing demons were half again as much as those from same-tier beasts!

If he could truly find large numbers of demons, his strength could surge dramatically before the Genius War.

But that's for later—first, he'd use up his remaining Source Points!

With this thought, Xu Jingming resumed allocating points.

Source Points -300,000

Destruction Domain Thirteenth Layer → Destruction Domain Fourteenth Layer!

Source Points -500,000

Destruction Domain Fourteenth Layer → Destruction Domain Fifteenth Layer!

Continuously allocating points, he ultimately spent 3.1 million Source Points to raise the Destruction Domain to the Seventeenth Layer!

Crackling—

Brilliant golden lightning swirled around Xu Jingming.

Infused with the Lightning Law and the Destruction Domain, it brimmed with ferocity and destruction.

"Just one more layer to reach the perfected Destruction Domain!"

Xu Jingming's heart surged.

Upper-Domain!

Even a Level 1 Sacred Land prodigy needed over a century to perfect it.

Yet he, in just one year, had reached the Seventeenth Layer!

"300,000 Source Points remain—I should upgrade my Manifestation."

Xu Jingming looked at the Phantom column on the system panel.

【Phantom】: Lei Ting Devouring the Sun Phase (Peak+)

Since last upgrading to Peak proficiency, though he had trained continuously, the proficiency had never risen.

Fortunately, the remaining Source Points were still sufficient for an upgrade.

Source Points -170,000!

Lei Ting Devouring the Sun Phase (Peak) → Lei Ting Devouring the Sun Phase (Perfection)!

In an instant, a massive lightning-radiant wheel appeared behind Xu Jingming, over ten meters in diameter!

At the center of the wheel was a vortex resembling a black hole, as if capable of swallowing all things.

Countless golden lightning serpents slithered around the vortex, radiating a terrifying pressure!

"This is the Perfection-level Phantom..."

Xu Jingming smiled in satisfaction.

With the Lei Ting Devouring the Sun Phase's enhancement, the power of his Doushen Shenlei surged dramatically!

He could feel that even without activating the Zi Yan Devil Body, he could effortlessly crush ordinary Star-level low-rank experts.

If he activated the Zi Yan Devil Body, his power would skyrocket to an absurd level!

'This year's hard training wasn't wasted, but unfortunately, Heishi Star won't grant any further boosts.'

Quietly shaking his head, Xu Jingming retracted his Doushen Shenlei and said:

"Eva, let's go. Prepare to return to Noah Sanctuary."

"Got it!"

Eva responded cheerfully, transforming into a green stream of light that flowed into her smart bracer.

Zhi-la—!

A piercing thunderous roar erupted as Xu Jingming shot skyward like a bolt of lightning!

The ground shrank rapidly beneath him; even the explosion's sound was left far behind!

"Eva, what's my speed now?"

Xu Jingming asked excitedly.

"194.5 times the speed of sound!"

Eva's voice echoed in his mind, tinged with awe, "S-class—your speed is already approaching Star-level expert levels!"

"Hahaha, good!"

Xu Jingming laughed heartily.

Golden lightning trailed behind him in a brilliant fiery wake, like a meteor slicing across the sky!

Once he entered outer space, he retrieved his spaceship and stepped into the cabin.

The ship swiftly headed toward Noah Sanctuary, yet inside the cabin, Xu Jingming pulled out a virtual helmet.

He directly entered the Virtual Universe, arriving before a majestic black tower!

Abyss Arena!

The arena gathers all of humanity's cosmic prodigies!

Since being crushed last time, he hadn't returned here for over a year.

His rank had remained stuck at Master Class.

"Fighting against the strong will help me quickly adapt to my boosted power and prepare for the Talent War."

"Given my current strength, I wonder how high I can climb in rank."

With a flick of his body, Xu Jingming swiftly entered the tower.