Chapter 1463: The Terrifying Origin of Thunder! Rare Herbs and Flowers!

Xu Jingming raced across Lin Hai's sky, holding Yue Ying in his arms.

With the golden Lei Guang enhancing him, he resembled a golden lightning bolt, moving at incredible speed.

Yue Ying nestled against Xu Jingming, her silver hair streaming backward in the wind, strands brushing his cheeks with a faint herbal fragrance.

Her gray eyes were half-closed as she focused intently on the peculiar fluctuation emanating from deep within the forest.

It was the unique aura of a celestial treasure, an innate perception ability of her Silver Moon bloodline.

"Right over there!"

Yue Ying suddenly opened her eyes, her slender finger pointing toward a valley twenty kilometers southeast, her voice excited.

Xu Jingming gazed in the direction she indicated, spreading his spiritual force like a tidal wave.

Although he had not cultivated the Star Level spirit refinement arts, the spiritual force granted by his Star Ninth Stage was already immensely strong.

With his spiritual force extended, every whisper and rustle within a hundred li radius escaped his perception.

At this moment, as his spiritual force swept over the valley, his eyebrows lifted slightly.

"How is it? Are there any beast guardians there?"

Yue Ying noticed the subtle change in his expression and asked quickly.

Beasts sensed celestial treasures more acutely than humans.

Any precious celestial treasure was often guarded by powerful beasts.

They waited for it to mature, then consumed it to accelerate their own evolution.

"Yes, a Star Peak beast."

"Its aura is strong—it's likely a dominant presence in this region."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"Star Peak?!"

Yue Ying's heart tightened.

Although she had just witnessed Xu Jingming instantly slay the Void Raiders,

and knew his power was absurdly immense, hearing the words "Star Peak" still triggered an instinctive sense of pressure.

Star Peak and Star Ninth Stage were entirely different concepts.

The former stood one step away from entering the Cosmic Stage; the latter still required long-term accumulation.

A beast of this caliber could dominate any life planet.

Even in this Beast Hunt Competition, only the top hundred contestants on the leaderboard could single-handedly slay a Star Peak beast.

"Then we..."

Yue Ying was about to suggest observing first,

formulating a plan, or seeing if they could bypass it.

But before she finished speaking, Xu Jingming's calm voice cut in:

"But..."

Before he even paused his flight, he merely shifted his intent.

Boom—!!!

Like the first judgmental thunder at the dawn of creation!

A colossal golden Lei Ting, unimaginably thick, struck down from the heavens without warning!

The thunder's diameter exceeded ten meters!

Its entire body flowed with dark golden runes, radiating a terrifying pressure that could obliterate all.

It did not simply fall vertically; as it descended, it twisted and split repeatedly.

Eventually, it transformed into a living Lei Ting dragon, precisely locking onto a target in the valley twenty kilometers away!

"Roar—!!!"

Even from such a distance, Yue Ying faintly heard a shrill, desperate beast roar.

The roar brimmed with terror and defiance, as if questioning why thunder had suddenly descended.

But the thunder was merciless.

The golden Lei Long pierced heaven and earth, staining the sky above the valley with brilliant gold.

The dazzling light forced even Xu Jingming and Yue Ying far away to squint slightly.

The Lei Guang lasted roughly three seconds, then slowly faded.

"Ding, slain one Star Peak beast, Source Points +."

A melodious system prompt echoed in his mind.

"It's gone now."

Xu Jingming finally finished speaking, his tone casual, as if he'd merely swatted a mosquito.

In truth, it was exactly that.

That Star Peak beast, though it had mastered the Destruction Dao and even brought it to perfection,

was still utterly powerless before his Lei Ting origin.

He didn't even need to use a combat technique—just a simple application of Lei Ting was enough to kill it.

Yue Ying stared at him, stunned, and after a long while, she sighed:

"I clearly underestimated the power of the Lei Ting origin."

Then, with quiet anticipation, she spoke:

"Let's go see what celestial treasure it is.

Something that could make a Star Peak beast guard it—must be extraordinary!"

"Alright."

Xu Jingming replied, his golden thunder-wings giving a light flap.

The two figures turned into streaks of light, shooting toward that valley.

The distance of just over twenty kilometers, at twenty times the speed of sound, was covered in mere seconds.

When the two landed at the valley's entrance, the first thing to meet their eyes was a massive scorched crater.

The soil and rock at the bottom had been melted by the high temperature into glassy crystals, reflecting a riot of colors in the sunlight.

And at the edge of the crater lay scattered the remains of a yaobeast that had not yet been fully obliterated by Lei Ting.

A few palm-sized scales with a metallic sheen, half a broken bone spur, and some charred fragments of carapace.

From these remains, one could still sense a faint pressure — proof that this yaobeast had been extraordinary in life.

Moon Shadow walked to the crater's edge, crouched down, and picked up a scale.

The scale was dark gold, its edges sharp as a blade, its surface covered in naturally formed intricate patterns.

Even though it had been battered and broken by Lei Ting's strikes, it still felt heavy in the hand, its texture incomparably hard.

"This should be a scale from a 'Golden Armor Dragon Lizard.'"

Moon Shadow said after examining it closely. "A Star-rank peak yaobeast of very high bloodline grade, known for its defense and speed.

Its scales are excellent material for crafting Star-grade battle armor — a single scale can fetch several million cosmic coins."

As she spoke, she handed the scale to Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming took it and gave it a light pinch between his fingertips.

Crack.

The hard scale shattered at the sound, crumbling into powder that sifted down between his fingers.

"The defense really isn't bad. Too bad it ran into my lightning." Xu Jingming shook his head.

The Star-rank peak Molten-Core Blood Dragon had been lurking outside Blue Star for a hundred thousand years.

A single avatar alone could have wiped out Blue Star's civilization three or four times over.

In terms of strength, this Golden Armor Dragon Lizard was countless times stronger than the Molten-Core Blood Dragon.

Yet in his hands, he could kill it with a casual strike.

One could only say that after entering the starry sky, his strength had grown far too quickly.

Moon Shadow watched, equally tongue-tied.

The scales of a Golden Armor Dragon Lizard — even a full-power strike from a Star-rank peak expert might not break them open.

Yet in Xu Jingming's hands they were as fragile as biscuits.

That gap was simply despair-inducing.

But she quickly shifted her attention away from the yaobeast remains, casting her gaze toward the depths of the valley.

That was the target she truly cared about.

"Let's go — we'll head in and take a look."

Moon Shadow took Xu Jingming's hand, and the two walked side by side into the valley.

The valley wasn't deep — only about two or three kilometers long.

On either side rose steep rock walls, covered in vines and moss.

The deeper they went, the fresher the air became — so fresh that even breathing felt especially pleasant.

Soon, the two reached the deepest part of the valley.

There was a natural rock cave here, its entrance hidden by dense vegetation — hard to spot if not for Moon Shadow's bloodline sense.

And on the open ground in front of the cave grew a patch of rare flowers and strange herbs.

Yes, a patch.

Not one or two plants, but an entire patch — fully twenty-plus plants!

These plants came in varied forms — some bore crystalline, translucent blue blossoms.

Some bore fruit red as fire; some had leaves that flickered with star-like specks of light.

The life energy they collectively emanated gathered together, forming a faint green halo that enveloped the entire area.