Chapter 1466: Instant Defeat, Blood Axe! That

"Xu Jingming, you can't escape this time!"

With a sinister laugh, Blood Axe moved!

Boom!

The air beneath his feet exploded violently!

Blood Axe's burly body became a stream of bluish-black light.

In an instant, he crossed nearly a kilometer and shot toward Xu Jingming!

Fully activating the Wind Principle to its peak, he pushed his speed to its absolute limit!

Even the air behind him stretched into a series of sharp sonic booms!

"Fall!"

Blood Axe roared, raising his massive blood-colored axe high.

Twisting around the blade were dual principles of bluish-black energy, radiating a terrifying might capable of splitting mountains and shattering earth!

This strike, fueled by his rage, held nothing back!

He intended to eliminate Xu Jingming with a single axe blow!

Far away, spectators already wore satisfied smiles.

They seemed to already see Xu Jingming blasted away, his shield flaring in humiliation.

Yet—

Facing Blood Axe's thunderous strike, Xu Jingming merely lifted his gaze slightly and glanced at him.

That gaze was as calm as if watching a moth diving into fire.

Then, Xu Jingming raised his right hand.

His index finger tapped lightly.

Hum—

The light in heaven and earth suddenly darkened!

As if all light had been sucked toward Xu Jingming's fingertip!

The next instant, a brilliance so supreme—

A solid, liquid-gold lightning, utterly without warning, split down from the heavens!

The lightning was not thick—only as wide as an arm.

Yet the destruction within it made every heart within several kilometers tremble violently!

Blood Axe's pupils shrank sharply!

He tried to dodge, but the lightning was too fast!

So fast he couldn't even turn a thought before it struck him!

"No—!!"

Blood Axe barely managed a terrified scream.

Boom—!

The golden lightning struck Blood Axe precisely!

No earth-shattering explosion, no dazzling radiance.

The instant the lightning touched him, his protective spiritual energy shattered like paper.

Blood Axe's burly body was slammed downward as if struck by an invisible colossal hammer.

He fell toward the ground faster than he had charged.

Mid-air, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

His chest was charred black, faintly revealing gleaming white bones!

Hum—

A milky-white emergency shield activated automatically, enveloping him.

Inside the shield, Blood Axe's eyes bulged, his face filled with disbelief and horror:

"Impossible—this aura?! You... you're already Star Level Nine?!"

These words exploded like thunder in everyone's ears!

Star Level Nine?

Xu Jingming is Star Level Nine?

The man who, half a year ago, was only Star Level Six—

The "Loot King" who relied on speed to snatch scraps—now he's Star Level Nine?

And... he eliminated Blood Axe—also Star Level Nine, with both Wind and Destruction Principles perfected—in a single strike?!

How is this possible?!

The entire arena fell silent.

Everyone froze in place, as if petrified.

They looked at Blood Axe, battered and broken inside his shield.

Then they looked at Xu Jingming, standing calmly in midair.

A chill surged from their soles straight to the crown of their heads.

How strong is this guy?!

Xu Jingming slowly retracted his finger, his gaze sweeping over the stunned competitors afar, and said calmly:

"You insisted on attacking. If so, then all of you stay."

As Xu Jingming finished speaking, thunder erupted around him.

Crack—!!

Countless brilliant golden lightning arcs erupted from his body.

They wove into a lightning domain with a diameter reaching hundreds of meters, engulfing the entire valley.

Within the domain, every strand of lightning serpent contained primordial thunder force.

The air was ionized, emitting a charred scent; the ground's rocks cracked silently.

And this lightning domain continued to expand rapidly outward!

"Attack together! Even if he's strong, he's only one man!"

After a brief silence, someone screamed hoarsely.

The remaining dozen or so competitors snapped out of their shock and unleashed their Yuan energy.

Laws' radiant light surged skyward, converging to surround and assault Xu Jingming.

Yet—

Xu Jingming did not even move.

He merely stirred his will.

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Above the heavens, thunderclouds churned.

More than a dozen dark golden lightning bolts, as thick as water barrels, fell like spears of heavenly punishment in an instant!

Each bolt locked precisely onto one target, ignoring defense, ignoring evasion.

In but a moment—

"Ahh—!"

"No!!"

Screams of agony followed one after another.

Milky-white shields flared one after another, like pale flowers blooming in the night sky.

In an instant, the first dozen or so competitors were all eliminated.

In heaven and earth, only the lingering resonance of thunder and the scent of charred earth remained.

"Too weak." Xu Jingming shook his head.

At present, his Destruction Law had not yet entered the Primordial Realm.

But with the aid of the Source Core Secret Scripture, his power was terrifyingly immense.

These people couldn't even force him to use his close-combat techniques.

Only masters like Luo Li or Chi Huang, who possessed dual primordial laws, might make him draw his spear art.

Swish! Swish! Swish!...

In the distance, more streaks of light were hurtling through the air.

"If it's endless, then I'll send you all off together."

He murmured softly, his eyes slowly swirling with dark golden thunderclouds.

The next hour and more became a nightmare for every competitor near the valley.

One group after another arrived—some alone, some in teams.

Yet, no matter who came, no matter how many there were.

Five, ten... even a large combined team of over thirty—all met the same fate.

Xu Jingming never left the perimeter of the Moonlight Beam by more than a hundred meters.

He merely stood in place, and with a thought—

Terrifying lightning swept past, and someone's shield flared as they were blasted backward.

Among them were not a few like Blood Axe.

Star Rank Nine masters with perfected dual laws, even Star Peak powerhouses.

These scenes were witnessed by Blood Axe and the other competitors eliminated first.

Their expressions shifted from initial shock and confusion to awe, then numbness.

Xu Jingming was simply too strong!

Unbelievably formidable!

Every single one was obliterated in an instant; no one could withstand his lightning for more than a second!

If not for elimination, they would have been automatically kicked out of the Beast Hunt communication channel.

The feed would surely be flooded with their stunned reactions by now.

Among them, many looked at Xu Jingming with a hint of resentment.

Come on, that's just cruel!

You've got the power to sweep the entire field—why bother picking off stragglers?

If it were us, we'd be utterly arrogant by now!

"Another team's coming."

"It's the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance!"

"Hah! This time they're in for a beating."

"..."

After elimination, specialists would come to escort them away.

The waiting period was usually neither too long nor too short.

Since they were already eliminated, these people had fully relaxed.

Watching Xu Jingming eliminate contestant after contestant as if he were a god.

Holding onto the thought that if I was eliminated, why wasn't he? Hoping more people would come.

Time passed, and the moonlight pillar gradually faded from its peak, beginning to slowly retract.

Finally, the moonlight pillar vanished entirely into Yue Ying's body.

The silver glow around her condensed, and her eyes slowly opened.

What met her gaze was a dense barrier of emergency badges outside the valley.

A rough count revealed at least five hundred of them.

The moment she opened her eyes, she was met by a host of complex gazes, including those of Blood Axe and the others.

It's this woman!

The source of all evil!

If not for her, none of us would have been drawn here.

We wouldn't have been eliminated by Xu Jingming...