Chapter 1451: How Is This Possible? A Madman!

"This… how is this possible? His speed is faster than Brother Xuefu?"

"What flight technique is that? How can it be faster than perfected Wind Dao?"

"No sense, absolutely no sense!"

"……"

The eliminated contestants of the God-Slaying Martial Temple were nearly stunned dumb.

A Star Level Nine cultivator who mastered perfected Wind Dao couldn't catch up to a Star Level Six.

Who would believe this if they heard it?

Of course, under normal circumstances, this was impossible.

But Xu Jingming's Thunderwing was inherently T2-tier.

And its proficiency had been raised to perfected level.

T2-tier itself is a combat technique rank accessible only to Cosmic Stage experts.

Reaching perfected proficiency requires thousands of years of cultivation.

Naturally, they couldn't comprehend how a mere Star Level Six cultivator like Xu Jingming could move this fast.

Blood Axe, unable to land a hit, grew increasingly irritable, suddenly halting his pursuit, raising his massive axe to point at Xu Jingming, and roaring:

"You brat of the Eternal Star Alliance, is all you know how to do is run? Have the guts to fight me properly!"

Xu Jingming's demonic energy clone hovered in midair.

Hearing this, he curled his lips into a cold smile, yet his purple-gold eyes gleamed with contemplation.

Through their previous exchange, he had already gauged Blood Axe's true strength.

Immense power, violent attacks, extreme speed enhanced by perfected Wind Dao.

But compared to the absolute top speed of his perfected Thunderwing, it still fell half a notch short.

Most importantly, the opponent lacked any powerful control ability capable of instantly locking or sealing space.

Shhh—!

Thirty kilometers away, in a hidden mountain hollow.

Xu Jingming's true body, who had been sharing the clone's vision and perception, suddenly opened his eyes.

Deep within his gaze, brilliant Lei Guang shot out like solidified light!

"Blood Axe possesses perfected Wind Dao."

His speed far exceeds ordinary Star Level Nine cultivators, yet he still can't catch my clone."

"That means, to me, this group has no speed advantage and lacks effective means to trap me."

Xu Jingming rapidly analyzed the battlefield.

Besides hunting beasts to gain source points, winning the championship of this Beast Hunt was also crucial.

Securing the Blood Refinement Badge and that mysterious treasure was equally vital!

And the fastest way to gain points, besides hunting high-level beasts,

was eliminating other contestants and seizing half their points!

The nearly forty men led by Blood Axe—including seven elite squads—were undeniably a tempting feast!

They were high-ranked and surely had accumulated substantial points; if he could wipe them out at once, the reward would be enormous!

More importantly, they couldn't stop him!

"I can't defeat Blood Axe, but the others pose little threat to me."

"If so, I'll eliminate everyone I can before leaving!"

Xu Jingming rose abruptly, his aura awakening like a slumbering beast.

Dark golden Jiemie Shenlei erupted from his body, illuminating the surrounding rocks with blinding radiance!

Crrr—!!!

Without hesitation, Xu Jingming willed his intent.

Behind him, his Thunderwing—more solid, with deeper and more intricate thunder patterns than the demonic clone's—exploded open!

With a single beat of its wings, he instantly became a golden lightning bolt tearing through heaven and earth.

At a speed thirty percent faster than his demonic clone, he shot toward the battlefield thirty kilometers away!

Since he had confirmed Blood Axe posed no threat, and his plan was to strike and flee, there was no need to keep the demonic clone alive.

Thus, as he raced toward the battlefield, he also directed the demonic clone's next move.

Shhh—

The demonic clone's Thunderwing flickered slightly.

Like a streak of lightning, it darted past Blood Axe and appeared right in the midst of the seven squads behind.

"Huh? Not fighting our boss, huh? What are you doing here?"

"Heh, we'll all strike together—you won't escape so easily."

The seven squads behind, totaling thirty-five men, all glared menacingly at Xu Jingming's demonic clone.

"Is that so? Then try it!"

On the clone's cold face, a nearly taunting smirk curled upward.

Instantly, the already raging purple demonic energy, along with Jiemie Shenlei,

exploded uncontrollably like a detonated barrel of explosives!

Wuuu—!!!

A soul-shaking wave of destructive energy surged outward from the clone like a tidal wave!

His body swelled rapidly as if being inflated, his demonic horns twisting into more grotesque, curved shapes.

Dense purple-gold demonic runes surfaced on his skin, and lightning and demonic flames intertwined in his eyes.

He emitted a terrifying aura, as if about to shatter everything!

"This… is self-destruction?!"

"Madman! He's insane! It's just a match—do you really need to die together?!"

"Fall back! Raise your strongest defense!"

"……"

Terrified shouts rose one after another.

Everyone felt the lethal threat emanating from that core of destructive energy!

But this was only a match!

The emergency badge can defend against external lethal attacks, but it cannot prevent self-explosion.

Isn't this pure suicide?!

"Damn it! How dare you?!"

Behind him, Blood Axe's eyes bulged with rage,

With his Star Level Nine perception, the extent of the energy runaway inside the opponent was no fake!

He truly intended to self-destruct in the densest crowd!

If this explosion fully detonated, most of the elite team members he brought would be instantly eliminated!

"Scum! Stop!"

Blood Axe roared, and his massive axe unleashed an unprecedented crimson radiance.

A colossal axe-qi, stretching across the sky, tore through space, attempting to sever the expanding demonic core from afar.

But it was too late.

Just as the axe-qi was about to make contact—

"Boom!!!!!!!!!!"

A deafening, earth-shaking roar erupted—so muffled it seemed to shake even space itself!

No blinding flash of light, no deafening shockwave spread out.

At the core of the explosion, the first thing to appear was utter darkness, as if even light had been swallowed.

Then, that darkness was replaced by an endless, viscous torrent of purple-black demonic energy!

Within this demonic torrent, countless thin as hairs yet devastatingly destructive golden-dark lightning serpents surged wildly!

These two forces did not merely superimpose—they resonated and amplified each other, exploding outward instantly!

The first to be struck were the dozen or so Star Level Six team members closest by.

The elemental shields they hastily raised dissolved like snow under sunlight before the combined impact.

The instant their shields shattered, the destructive force struck them directly.

Their battle robes tore apart, bones cracked with a sickening crunch.

Blood had not yet sprayed out before it was corroded black by demonic energy, then instantly charred by the following lightning serpents!

Hum! Hum! Hum! Hum…

Dense milky-white lights flared one after another like a reflexive response!

The emergency badges were forcibly activated.

Gentle but resilient energy shields enveloped each gravely wounded, near-dead figure, shielding them from further harm.

Yet even so, the figures inside the shields had lost consciousness, slumped to the ground, their condition horrific.

The Star Level Seven team members fared slightly better—but only slightly.

They relied on their stronger elemental reserves and faster reactions to raise thicker defenses.

But the combined shockwave penetrated everywhere; they were still severely injured, though their emergency badges did not activate.

Among them, only four or five Star Level Eight experts remained unharmed.