Chapter 1374: Extreme Duel! Clearing the Trial!

"Xu Jingming, to have come this far, you are excellent."

In the sky opposite, Xuan Ting's lips curled slightly.

He clenched his right hand in a loose grip, and an ancient-looking lightning halberd materialized in midair, "But the ninth level will be your end!"

Before his words had faded, Xuan Ting's figure vanished abruptly!

"So fast!"

Xu Jingming's heart screamed a warning; he sidestepped instinctively.

A golden lightning halberd grazed his shoulder, and the space it passed through shattered inch by inch!

Even the residual shockwave left half his body numb.

"Just the first layer of Lightning Dao, yet its power rivals my second layer?"

Xu Jingming was stunned.

He had already invested points into the second layer of Lightning Dao!

Logically, his Lightning power should surpass Xuan Ting's.

Yet now, he was the one being suppressed.

"This is the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Body? It amplifies Lightning?" Xu Jingming realized instantly.

"Quick reaction." Xuan Ting chuckled, and his form vanished again.

This time, Xu Jingming couldn't dodge in time.

"Dang—!"

At the last instant, he crossed his spear across his chest, slamming it into the golden lightning halberd!

A terrifying shockwave erupted from between them, hurling Xu Jingming hundreds of meters away.

"Hiss, his physical strength is comparable to my Zi Yan Devil Body."

Xu Jingming's expression grew grim.

Before this Xuan Ting with the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Body, his Zi Yan Devil Body had lost all advantage.

"You must give your all, or you will die."

Xuan Ting hovered midair, his blue battle armor gleaming under the lightning, like a celestial god descending.

"As you wish!"

Xu Jingming's eyes burned with battle fury.

Lei Yuan Shi Ri Xiang!

The heavens and earth darkened abruptly!

A dark golden lightning vortex over ten meters in diameter roared into existence behind him.

Countless dark golden lightning serpents danced along its edges, twisting and shattering the space within a kilometer.

Crackling, annihilating Divine Thunder coiled around him like living things, each bolt radiating a savage aura of annihilation.

"Good, but not enough."

A flicker of admiration passed through Xuan Ting's eyes.

He raised his right hand, and nine blue lightning pillars suddenly materialized in the sky!

These pillars intertwined and entwined, forming a complex pattern behind him: Jiu Xiao Lei Fa Xiang!

"Hong long long—!!"

The two Phases faced off across the void, and the entire trial space trembled!

The black earth cracked open; the sky churned with dark clouds.

Dark golden and blue lightning clashed continuously, unleashing deafening roars.

Neither had summoned their Phase's true form—only the Phases themselves.

After all, at their level, the true forms would not decide victory, only waste Yuan energy.

"Kill!"

Xu Jingming struck first, his Zi Yan Devil Wings flaring as he shot toward Xuan Ting like a purple-gold streak!

His spear, wrapped in dark golden lightning, thrust straight for the opponent's throat with "Heavenly Punishment Annihilation Thrust!"

Xuan Ting did not dodge or evade; he swept his golden lightning halberd sideways, slamming into the spear!

"Dang—!"

The clang of metal on metal echoed across heaven and earth; the shockwave upturned the ground for a kilometer around.

But this time, it was Xuan Ting who was blasted backward—not Xu Jingming!

"How is this possible! Your combat technique's power is this strong?"

Xuan Ting's voice, filled with disbelief, came from afar.

"In bloodline, you are indeed stronger—but in combat techniques, you cannot surpass me!"

Xu Jingming's lips curled into a wild smile.

All his combat techniques were now perfected—how could a mere bloodline possibly stop him?

"My Yuan energy is down to half, but Xuan Ting is at full strength.

This battle must end swiftly!

Otherwise, I will lose for sure!"

Shua—

Vast demonic energy surged, and a figure identical to Xu Jingming suddenly split from his main body!

The clone technique inherent to the third layer of the Zi Yan Devil Body!

"A clone? You have this kind of technique too?"

Xuan Ting finally changed expression, but it was already too late!

"Kill!"

Xu Jingming and his clone struck simultaneously, becoming two streaks of dark-gold light that surged toward Xuan Ting, beginning the righteous two-on-one battle.

"Boom—!"

Amidst the earth-shaking explosion, the three clashed, and the entire trial space was drowned in blinding Lei Guang!

Energy storms raged; under the assault of the Destruction Principle, the black earth turned to dust, and the clouds in the sky were utterly shredded!

Several minutes later, when the light faded, Xu Jingming and his clone remained unharmed.

But far away, Xuan Ting's blue battle armor was half-shattered, blood trickling from his lips, looking utterly battered.

"The clone created by the Clone Secret Art possesses the full strength of the original, though it cannot endure long."

"But in a one-on-one duel, having a clone as an ally grants undeniable tremendous advantage."

"To defeat me, you must possess overwhelming strength."

"And you, Xuan Ting, clearly lack such power."

Xu Jingming looked down upon Xuan Ting, then thrust his spear forward with full force, ending his life outright.

"Whoosh—"

Xuan Ting's corpse dissolved into specks of Jin Guang.

As Xuan Ting's figure vanished completely, a majestic voice once again echoed across heaven and earth:

"Ninth Layer trial passed!"

"Student Xu Jingming, congratulations—you have become one of the rare cultivators in Star Dome Academy's history to complete the Starlight Tier's Star Abyss Death Realm."

"500,000 credits have been deposited into your account."

"Welcome to return and challenge again after you break through to the Star Tier!"

"Finally passed."

Xu Jingming exhaled softly, a faint smile appearing on his handsome face.

The 500,000 credits were secondary; the key was that he now had the qualification to become a disciple of Frost Crown Dominator!

"Frost Crown Dominator—the foremost among the Supreme Dominators."

"I wonder what kind of treatment I'll receive after becoming his disciple—surely it won't be too bad."

With a hint of anticipation, Xu Jingming left the Star Abyss Death Realm.

"He cleared the Eighth Layer? How strong is Xu Jingming really?"

"Destruction Principle! He must have already comprehended the Destruction Principle!"

"Too fast! He's practically a prodigy!"

"......"

Outside the Star Abyss Death Realm, the new students who learned from Mo Sang that Xu Jingming had cleared the Eighth Layer were utterly stunned.

Yue Ying, Luo Yi, and others immediately deduced that Xu Jingming had mastered the Destruction Principle.

Otherwise, he could not have passed.

"My lord Mo Sang, if the Eighth Layer has been cleared, what does the Ninth Layer trial entail?"

Yue Ying asked Mo Sang.

The remaining others also turned curiously toward him.

"The Ninth Layer trial, the Star Abyss Death Realm will set an opponent based on the trialist's own parameters."

"But the unified template always combines Basic Principles, Positional Principles, and one supreme bloodline."

Mo Sang smiled and said.

"Supreme bloodline? Like our elf clan's 'Silver Moon' bloodline?"

Yue Ying asked curiously.

"No, even rarer than that."

"For example, the 'Moon God' bloodline your teacher, Lin Ge Dominator, possesses."

Mo Sang shook his head.

"That's the same level as my teacher's bloodline?" Yue Ying's beautiful eyes widened.

The supreme bloodline of her elf clan was the 'Silver Moon' bloodline.

Yet within the Silver Moon bloodline, there existed an extremely rare mutated bloodline—the 'Moon God'!

When such a bloodline emerged, it was peerless within its tier!

Countless ages ago, the elf clan was merely an insignificant minor tribe among the Cosmic Human Race.

It was only because Lin Ge Dominator, who possessed the Moon God bloodline, appeared.

That he led the entire elf clan to rise, securing a place among the Cosmic Human Race!

Currently, the entire elf clan possesses only one individual with the 'Moon God' bloodline—Lin Ge Dominator.

And Xu Jingming, he was facing an opponent of precisely this kind!

"A Supreme Dominator-tier bloodline—can anyone truly clear the Star Abyss Death Realm?"

Yue Ying murmured softly.

"Since the founding of our Star Dome Academy, those who have cleared the Star Abyss Death Realm are exceedingly few."

"This Xu Jingming probably..."

Mo Sang's voice cut off abruptly, then he said with surprise:

"New update: Xu Jingming has passed the Ninth Layer trial—he has completed the entire Star Abyss Death Realm."