Chapter 1345

"Heavens! How can Lord Lei's lightning be so powerful?"

"The Forest of Reincarnation is a T5-level secret art! And it was just broken?"

"Not broken—the technique's effect is still active, but Lord Lei's lightning power is absurdly excessive; he didn't even use a technique!"

"......"

The entire audience stands erupted in chaos.

In the Star Torch Empire's spectator zone, countless people leapt from their seats, their cheers nearly tearing the sky apart.

Yet the Elf spectators were left stunned.

That was a T5-level secret art!

Why does it feel so fragile?

But soon, the elves recovered.

They raised their glowing vines once more, cheering for their Empress.

"The base attribute gap is quite large."

"Xu Jingming's base attributes are probably about ten billion higher than Yue Ying's."

"Indeed, with base attribute enhancement, his lightning power is unmatched even among Star Radiance tier cultivators."

"......"

The elves couldn't discern anything.

But inside the VIP lounge, the many Dominators saw through the deception at a glance.

Otherwise, mere lightning discharge could never destroy a T5-level secret art.

"But Yue Ying is the Elf Empress."

"With the Silver Moon Bloodline's enhancement, her base attributes should far exceed ordinary Star Radiance Ninth Stage."

One Dominator spoke in confusion.

"Indeed, it's strange."

Another Dominator nodded in agreement, "Unless..."

"Unless Xu Jingming also possesses a special bloodline."

Blade of Demon took up the thread, a rare smile appearing on his stern face:

"It seems this kid still hides some secrets."

"Hah! Looks like he still has a surprise for us."

Other Dominators friendly with Blade of Demon also chuckled in agreement.

Secrets?

Which cultivator who ascended to Dominator doesn't have their own secrets?

They simply hadn't expected that, even at the semifinals, Xu Jingming still had hidden cards.

On the arena, Yue Ying had recovered from her initial shock.

Her exquisitely pale face grew cold again, her gray eyes blazing with battle intent.

"Xu Jingming, I admit I underestimated you."

Her crimson lips parted, her voice as crisp and cold as an icy spring:

"But you don't think my T5-level secret art is this simple, do you?"

As her words faded.

She lightly tapped her brow, and a mysterious silver crescent mark suddenly appeared!

"Silver Moon Bloodline—Awaken!"

In an instant, a torrent of life energy erupted from her body like a tidal wave!

Her silver-white hair stirred without wind, rapidly growing to her ankles, flowing through the air like a river of stars.

Her already tall figure grew even longer, her skin shimmering with lunar radiance, making her appear as if a goddess stepped from the Moon Palace.

"Life Ancient Tree Manifestation!"

Yue Ying held nothing back—she unleashed her strongest trump card!

A brilliant emerald light exploded, coalescing behind her into the spectral image of a colossal tree!

Its trunk was covered in arcane patterns, its branches and leaves flowing with silver radiance.

Merely the appearance of the specter filled the entire space with surging life energy.

Most terrifying was that the entire arena's forest seemed to resonate with the Life Ancient Tree Manifestation!

Vast life force bolstered Yue Ying, making her aura grow even stronger!

"Bloodline, Manifestation, plus a T5-level secret art!"

"Hah! The Empress is finally serious!"

"Xu Jingming is doomed!"

"......"

The Elf spectators' cheers surged like a tidal wave.

Yet on the arena, facing Yue Ying's ultimate form, Xu Jingming merely shook his head:

"Stronger than in the qualifying rounds, but sadly, in my eyes, it's just as weak as before."

"Arrogant!"

Yue Ying clenched her silver teeth, her full chest heaving with fury.

Xu Jingming's demeanor made it clear—he didn't take her seriously at all!

Yet, in the next instant.

The entire forest suddenly shuddered violently!

"Boom—!!!"

A colossal light wheel over twenty meters in diameter erupted behind Xu Jingming with a thunderous roar.

Like a black sun devouring heaven and earth!

The pitch-black vortex at its center spun wildly, warping and distorting the surrounding space with terrifying suction.

Countless golden lightning serpents slithered along the vortex's edge, each brimming with annihilating energy that instantly erased any matter it touched.

T7-level Phantasm—Lei Guang's Devouring Sun Phantasm!

"Crack—"

Ancient trees within a ten-kilometer radius shattered under the annihilating aura, their thick trunks tearing apart like paper.

Those resilient vines turned to ash in the golden lightning, leaving not a single fragment behind.

The entire "Forest of Rebirth" domain proved as fragile as a bubble before this power.

In an instant, a vast expanse was swept clean!

More than half of the once-lively forest battlefield had become a wasteland of charred earth.

"This… how is this possible?!"

On Yue Ying's exquisitely beautiful face, shock reappeared once more.

She had already unleashed her bloodline and her Phantasm Body.

How could this T5-level secret art fail to even withstand Xu Jingming's Phantasm pressure?

"I don't believe you're truly this strong! Shatter-Sky Wind Blades!"

Without another word, she cried out sharply, and her gem-gray eyes suddenly blazed with brilliant emerald light!

With a flick of her slender fingers, the Life Ancient Tree Phantasm behind her trembled violently, and the forest's life energy surged into a frenzy!

"Hum—"

Countless emerald wind blades materialized out of thin air.

Each stretched dozens of meters long, their edges gleaming with blinding cold radiance.

As soon as they formed, these blades carved dense, overlapping spatial fissures into the void!

"Cut!"

At Yue Ying's command, millions of wind blades rained down like a storm!

The entire sky seemed torn into countless shards, the ear-splitting rending sound echoing to the heavens!

But this was only the beginning—

"Roar!!"

With a deafening dragon's roar, a massive blue dragon over a kilometer long coalesced violently!

The dragon's entire body was formed from the purest wind element.

Each scale shimmered with emerald light; its enormous wings spread wide, nearly blotting out half the sky!

T6-level Combat Art—Azure Dragon of Wind!

She had only just mastered this technique, and hadn't even used it during the Abyss King Promotion Tournament.

Where the dragon passed, space collapsed inch by inch.

Violent wind elements forged a horrific strangling domain!

It opened its monstrous maw and unleashed a cyan breath over a hundred meters wide, erasing space itself along its path!

Even more terrifying, this breath fused Yue Ying's T7-level Wind Blades into a cataclysmic composite attack!

"Good heavens! What kind of terrifying power is this?!"

"The perfect fusion of Azure Dragon of Wind and Shatter-Sky Wind Blades!"

"Princess's strength has increased immeasurably since the Promotion Tournament!"

"With this killing move, Princess will surely win!"

"......"

The audience seats erupted in waves of astonishment.

The elf spectators were especially ecstatic, as if they had already seen Yue Ying victorious.

Yet, just as the furious wind blades and breath were about to strike him, Xu Jingming's figure suddenly blurred!