Chapter 1295: Sister, Aren

Screech!

In Xu Jingming's deep pupils, golden lightning flickered.

He looked up at the gymnasium's dome, a cold smile curling at his lips.

"Senior, I..."

Zena had just opened her mouth when the scene before her left her speechless.

Boom—!!!

Brilliant golden lightning erupted from within Xu Jingming!

That dazzling light was like the sun falling to earth, bathing the entire gymnasium in shimmering gold.

Violent lightning energy exploded through the air, emitting a shrill shriek as electric arcs pierced through it.

Zena and her club members stood frozen in place, their pupils reflecting this suffocating spectacle of thunder.

The golden lightning was so blinding they had to squint, their eyes aching, yet they couldn't tear their gaze away.

"Th-this is..."

Zena's lips trembled slightly; she had never seen such a shocking lightning ability.

The aura of destruction within the golden thunder made her hair stand on end.

Her legs went weak without warning, and she collapsed onto the ground.

Ye Lan beside her also showed a look of surprise.

She clearly remembered that Xu Jingming's lightning had been black—how had it turned golden now?

And this aura... it seemed far stronger than his previous lightning!

Amid the shock of the crowd, Xu Jingming clenched his right hand in midair.

A golden lightning whip materialized out of nowhere, lashing toward the gymnasium's dome like a living serpent.

"Come out!"

With Xu Jingming's cold command, the whip tightened sharply.

There came a loud bang—the metal dome was ripped open by force, tearing a massive hole.

A figure, bound by the lightning whip, was dragged down from the breach and slammed hard onto the ground.

"I-it's Senior Victor!" Zena cried out.

The young man lying on the ground was around twenty, handsome, but now his face twisted in fury.

He was none other than Silver Radiance Academy's strongest student, Victor, at the peak of ninth-rank!

"How is this possible..."

The martial arts club members exchanged glances, unable to believe what they saw.

In their minds, Senior Victor had always been the academy's legend.

How could he be yanked down like a chicken?

As the crowd remained stunned, Victor suddenly let out a bestial roar.

His body twisted and warped; strange black patterns surfaced beneath his skin.

Thick demonic energy gushed from him, instantly corroding the ground into pits.

His aura, once merely peak ninth-rank, surged to Starlight Rank strength!

"D-Demon?!"

Zena's face turned pale; her club members turned even whiter, some collapsing outright.

Though the academy had tried to suppress the news, rumors had spread of a demon appearing on campus.

They'd assumed it was false—but now a real demon had been uncovered!

"There's no one like you on Silver Star! You came from outer space, didn't you? Too bad—you're already too late!"

Victor let out a monstrous laugh.

Xu Jingming had no patience for him—he activated his mind, and immense spiritual force instantly coalesced into a heart-shaped seal!

T9-tier combat technique: Slave Heart Seal!

Swish—

The Slave Heart Seal plunged directly into the youth's forehead.

Yet in the next instant, his entire energy aura surged violently!

"Hn?"

Xu Jingming frowned, unleashing T6-level Hao Tian Divine Thunder in a torrent.

Boom!!!

Victor exploded into fragments.

The devastating energy surge was contained by Xu Jingming's Hao Tian Divine Thunder within a space smaller than one square meter.

No one nearby was harmed.

'Ding. One pseudo-Starlight Rank I demon slain. Source points +0.3.'

The system notification echoed in his mind; Xu Jingming was slightly surprised.

"Didn't work? Is it because demons can't be enslaved—or is my enslavement technique too weak?"

He pondered silently.

On Blue Star, Slave Heart Seal had been a fairly effective method.

But in the universe, it was merely a low-tier T9-tier combat technique.

"I'll need to learn higher-tier enslavement techniques after I return."

"Otherwise, I won't gather intel on missions like this—and the investigation will stall."

As he was pondering, the entire gymnasium before him suddenly shook violently!

Boom—!!!

The next instant, the entire gymnasium collapsed with a thunderous crash!

Thick purple demonic energy surged from all directions.

Pairs of crimson eyes ignited within that demonic energy.

In the blink of an eye, over a hundred demons of varied forms emerged from the demonic energy.

Some were engulfed in flames, others were Gao Da, their muscles knotted together as if clad in resilient battle armor.

"Oh my god, our school has this many demons..."

Zena and the other members of the Martial Arts Club stared in despair at this scene.

Even the weakest of these demons was dozens of times stronger than Victor had been just now!

Several of them even had aura levels comparable to Xu Jingming's!

Yet Ye Lan still stood in place, expression calm, showing no intention to act.

"Senior, aren't you going to help?" Zena asked, her voice trembling with tears.

"No need." Ye Lan smiled faintly.

At Starlight Seventh Stage, Xu Jingming's strength had already been sufficient to defeat Starlight Ninth Stage cultivators of the Spirit Pivot Holy Land.

Now that Xu Jingming had broken through to Starlight Ninth Stage, these demons here were naturally no match for him.

"Huh?" Zena was stunned.

But the next instant, a scene unforgettable to Zena and the others appeared!

Sssshhh—!!!

Brilliant golden Lei Guang erupted once more!

This time, the lightning was no longer mere energy discharge.

Instead, it coalesced into countless golden lightning threads as fine as hairs.

These threads wove together in midair into a vast net, engulfing the entire gymnasium.

"Exterminate."

Xu Jingming uttered a single word, and the lightning net instantly contracted!

Puff puff puff puff—!!!

In a series of muffled pops, the heads of over a hundred demons flew up together!

Their bodies remained in attacking postures, yet had already lost all life force.

Even the Starlight Ninth Stage demons had no time to activate their domains before being sliced into fragments by the golden lightning threads!

With the destruction attribute of Doushen Shenlei enhancing it, they had no chance to recover through their physical bodies.

'Ding~, slain one Starlight Eighth Stage Fangya Demon, Source Points +310.'

'Ding~, slain one Starlight Seventh Stage Flame Demon, Source Points +180.'

'Ding~, slain one Starlight Ninth Stage Jipi Demon, Source Points +520.'

'......'

In an instant, a string of system notifications appeared in Xu Jingming's mind.

"Not bad. After my last point allocation, my strength has far surpassed ordinary Starlight Ninth Stage."

Xu Jingming couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

Before the point allocation, though he could still kill Starlight Ninth Stage beings,

he certainly could not have achieved such effortless instant annihilation.

And this—this is the power Doushen Shenlei has granted him!