Chapter 143

"You two S-rankers, hello, I'm Dong Sheng from Jin University."

Under the guidance of Supervisor Ma, Xu Jingming and the other three, including Teacher Hu Ping, walked together toward the center of the plantation.

On the way, Dong Sheng from Jin University spoke up voluntarily.

He was a slender young man who immediately smiled warmly as he spoke.

"Hello."

Xu Jingming smiled back, and nearby Kiran nodded with a slightly pale face.

"Your battle yesterday as S-rankers was truly spectacular—I was utterly awestruck."

"Unfortunately, compared to you two, my strength is far inferior."

"Otherwise, I might have had the chance to personally experience your astonishing power."

Dong Sheng sighed with deep emotion.

As for yesterday's battle, Xu Jingming himself felt little of significance.

He had merely sensed the combat intensity of other S-rankers at the same level.

With the help of the Deep Blue System, not just his ability but his entire spectrum of attributes far surpassed those of other S-rankers.

The final outcome was not unexpected for Xu Jingming—just slightly more troublesome.

Essentially, it was still a complete domination.

He hadn't even had time to use his other S-rank combat technique, "Nether Hell Lightning Armor."

Xu Jingming didn't care, but Kiran was different.

Yesterday's battle was his first time being utterly crushed by an S-ranker at the same level.

Hearing Dong Sheng bring it up, his already pale face darkened instantly.

You bastard, why bring up the one thing that hurts the most?

"By the way, I heard some religions have secret methods to enhance strength."

"They can elevate a second-rank ability user to fourth-rank—wonder if it's true."

Dong Sheng mused: "If it's real, maybe I could even spar with you two."

"Religions?"

Xu Jingming frowned slightly. "Better avoid contact with them."

In his past life, he had never held strong views on religion, but based on his two recent encounters with them...

The religions of Blue Planet always gave him a sense of uncontrollable danger.

Indeed, that's how it was:

In his past life, extreme religious fanatics posed very limited personal threats.

Only when they formed a certain scale could they become seriously dangerous.

But on Blue Planet, it's different.

A single fourth- or fifth-rank ability user who is a fanatic believer can cause massive social disruption.

"What's wrong with religion?"

Kiran snorted coldly and immediately retorted:

"Whether it's India's Hinduism in my country or Christianity I encountered during my studies abroad, both have profoundly positive effects on believers."

"It's precisely because of the support of the Brahman God that I've never lost a battle."

Kiran clasped his hands together in prayer.

Almost all citizens of India are Hindu believers—he was clearly no exception.

"Oh? Never lost a battle? Then why didn't your Brahman God help you defeat me?"

Xu Jingming lifted his eyelids slightly.

Whether in his past life or this one, he never believed in gods—only in himself.

"You!"

Kiran glared at Xu Jingming furiously but could not utter a single word of rebuttal.

"I think Kiran is right—some religions truly offer immense benefits."

"Jingming, once you personally feel the power emanating from religion, you might change your mind."

On Dong Sheng's friendly face, a faint, mysterious, and fanatical smile emerged.

"Huh?"

Xu Jingming frowned, about to press further, when Supervisor Ma, walking at the front, suddenly halted:

"Teacher Hu, the three students—we've arrived."

"We've arrived?"

Hu Ping frowned, looking around: "Where are the S-rank rare flowers and herbs?"

They were now standing at the exact center of a C-rank sunflower field.

Under the midday sun, everything around them glowed golden.

Sunflowers—nothing but sunflowers. Where was the slightest trace of an S-rank rare flower or herb?

"Teacher Hu, look—here are the S-rank rare flowers and herbs."

Supervisor Ma pointed to a spot beside them with a beaming smile, as Hu Ping instinctively stepped closer—

His expression turned icy in an instant, his right hand shooting out like lightning!!

Before Teacher Hu Ping could react—

A sickening *puch! *—a grotesque, jet-black beast claw pierced through her left chest and emerged from her back.

On the blood-slicked claw, clutched tightly, was a still-quivering heart.

The next moment,

Under the horrified gazes of Xu Jingming and Jilan, the heart was violently crushed by the beast claw!

For an ordinary human, having their heart crushed would mean they were dead beyond any doubt.

But as a peak sixth-tier ability user with an A-rank Enhancement-type ability, Hu Ping's vitality was extraordinarily tenacious.

"You?!"

Pain mingled with shock and fury—after realizing what had happened, Hu Ping instantly unleashed her A-rank ability, the Shadow Cat!

Roar!!!

The formidable aura belonging to a sixth-tier ability user erupted forth!

Hu Ping's skin turned pitch-black, faint cat ears emerged atop her head, and both eyes transformed into feline vertical pupils.

Simultaneously entering a beastification state, she used a movement-type combat technique to instantly retreat dozens of meters!

"Grandmaster... Grandmaster?!!"

Hu Ping, who had forcibly held onto her last breath in the distance, questioned coldly:

"You're not Supervisor Ma! Who exactly are you? Do you know what consequences this will bring?"

"Worthy of being Mo Da's peak sixth-tier, truly different from ordinary sixth-tier ability users—your vitality is impressively tenacious."

Supervisor Ma's pitch-black beast claw gave a slight flick, casually flinging off the fresh blood and heart remnants clinging to it.

Then the beast claw reverted to its original form and violently tore at his face.

It actually ripped off a human-skin mask, revealing a somewhat effeminate middle-aged man's face!

He wore a teasing expression:

"Since you're about to die anyway, there's no harm in telling you—we are the Tianming Sect.

As for what consequences it will bring? Did you think we didn't know?

Or rather, the more severe the consequences, the more we like it."

A sickly excitement surfaced on the effeminate man's face.

At the same time, around the plantation, cries of shock and fury suddenly rang out, followed by the sounds of fierce fighting.

"Tianming Sect?! Are you trying to sever the inheritance of this generation of our Great Xia?!"

Hearing the sounds of fighting coming from around her, the shock and fury on Hu Ping's face intensified another degree:

"I hope you won't regret what you've done!"

Having said that, she directly crushed the talisman token Vice Principal Ling Shuang had left her beforehand!

"Trying to call for your spatial-type Grandmaster? Sorry, it's already too late!"

The Tianming Sect Archbishop snorted coldly, then took out a pristine white beast bone.

The violent qi and blood belonging to a seventh-tier Grandmaster poured entirely into the beast bone:

"Spatial Lockdown!"

Hum~~~~~

The pristine white beast bone was stained crimson by qi and blood, then suddenly burst forth with radiance.

Immediately after, peculiar spatial fluctuations swept out from the beast bone, faintly enveloping the entire plantation!

The next moment,

The plantation seemed to exist independently within another space—visible yet unreachable......