Chapter 147: Dare to Touch My Daya Prodigy? Execute Without Mercy!

"How could you possibly break in? I've been maintaining the spatial lockdown the whole time!"

Gazing at the suddenly appearing Ling Shuang, the Grand Archbishop's sinuous face bore disbelief.

Logically speaking,

the spatial ability released by the ninth-rank Beast Emperor bone in his hand should have been utterly impenetrable to an eighth-rank Master Zongshi!

"Daring to split your attention while wielding an external object's spatial ability—who else but you deserves to die?"

Ling Shuang let out a cold snort and lightly raised her slender hand: "Spatial Cut!"

Plosch!

The void space suddenly turned razor-sharp, cleanly severing the Grand Archbishop's right hand at the wrist as he gripped the blood-red beast bone.

The beast bone fell to the ground, blood gushing violently from the severed stump, the excruciating pain forcing a howl from him.

"Spatial Prison!" Ling Shuang's icy voice rang out again.

Hum—

A strange spatial ripple swept over, and the Grand Archbishop's screams cut off as if a mute button had been pressed.

He extended his lone black beast claw, face twisted in fury, attempting to launch an attack.

But to Xu Jingming and the others, he merely paced in place.

Even that black beast claw could not draw any closer.

As a seventh-rank Master Zongshi, the Tianming Sect's Grand Archbishop was undoubtedly formidable.

Yet before the Master Zongshi Ling Shuang, he was toyed with as if in the palm of her hand.

"Jingming, are you alright?"

After dealing with the Grand Archbishop, Ling Shuang turned her concerned gaze toward Xu Jingming.

"I'm fine."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

The golden thunder that filled the sky retracted into his body; he exited Thunder Extreme Form and returned to his normal stature.

"Good that you're unharmed."

At this moment,

the usually cold and aloof vice-principal finally exhaled in relief.

She hadn't even anticipated that the Tianming Sect, vanished from Daya Nation for sixty years, would reappear.

And upon its first return, it dared to target third-school freshmen!

If the enemy had succeeded, not only would Daya Nation lose a year's generation of young elites,

but Xu Jingming, this brilliant S-rank, would also perish!

At that point, as vice-principal of Mo University, she could never absolve herself.

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

A massive golden monkey charged toward them from afar, striding forward.

Each enormous footfall caused the ground to tremble slightly.

"Vice-Principal Ling, how should we handle the remaining Tianming Sect members?"

The giant golden monkey transformed into Xu Ping, vice-principal of Jing University, beside Ling Shuang.

Simultaneously, a flood of seawater surged in, coalescing into the figure of Jiang Mo, vice-principal of Jin University, beside Xu Ping.

His face was grim—no one had expected that Jin University's top student was also a member of the Tianming Sect!

He nearly killed two S-ranks!

"Dare to lay hands on Daya's prodigies? Capture sixth-rank energy users alive! Kill all others without mercy!"

Ling Shuang's face radiated terrifying killing intent.

This vice-principal, long stationed at Mo University's Battle Records Library, was clearly enraged beyond measure.

"Understood."

Xu Ping and Jiang Mo nodded in unison.

Immediately, they turned and flew off, brimming with murderous intent, toward the direction where the remaining Tianming Sect disciples were rampaging.

After her fury subsided, Ling Shuang waved her hand slightly, retrieving the fallen beast bone.

Deprived of the Grand Archbishop's blood energy, the bone reverted to its original white hue.

As she retrieved the beast bone, Ling Shuang also noticed Kieran standing not far away.

"Vice-Principal Ling..."

Kieran awkwardly offered a greeting.

Ling Shuang had witnessed every moment of Kieran's betrayal.

Had he been a student from any of the three universities, immediate execution would have been too lenient!

But he was India's S-rank; killing him rashly would easily provoke a national-level confrontation.

So Ling Shuang had no intention of taking his life.

Of course, the most important reason was that Xu Jingming was unharmed.

Otherwise, India's S-rank would have perished alongside him.

Moreover, sparing his life doesn't mean he escapes punishment.

For Kieran and his seventh-rank Master Zongshi to leave Daya and return to India, they must pay a price.

But that's a matter for later.

Right now, she was more concerned about the four deep craters on the ground beside Kieran, still lingering with golden thunder.

Except that in the first crater lay a space ring.

The other three deep pits contained nothing but a layer of gray-white ash.

"Did Dong Sheng and the others all get killed by your Heavenly Thunder Art?"

Ling Shuang's lovely face bore surprise.

Just now, she had been concentrating, using her spatial ability to break through the Archbishop's spatial seal.

So she had only vaguely seen Xu Jingming's heavenly thunder strike down, carving out deep pits.

She had assumed Dong Sheng had merely been severely injured, causing the Archbishop to lose focus.

But she never expected it to be an instant obliteration into ash!

"Mm."

Xu Jingming gave a slight nod.

After his S-rank Purple Thunder transformed into SS-rank Dou Tian Shen Lei, he had instinctively used the Heavenly Thunder Art.

The Heavenly Thunder Art, which normally required a one- or two-second casting animation, had just achieved an effect nearly identical to instant cast!

And its power was terrifyingly strong—directly erasing Dong Sheng and the others on the spot.

"This..."

Upon confirmation, Vice Principal Ling Shuang had no words left.

These were peak fourth-rank ability users!

At the same rank, they possessed thirty times the power of a peak third-rank ability user.

Yet they had been instantly killed by Xu Jingming, who was still only low-tier third rank!

Even she, who had seen countless prodigies, had never encountered anyone as monstrous as Xu Jingming.

But remembering that Xu Jingming was from Great Xia and also from Magic University, Ling Shuang's lovely face could not help but smile:

"Well done. This time, we owe it all to you—without you, the freshmen from the three schools would have suffered heavy losses."

"Also, what exactly happened with your ability just now? A special S-rank combat technique?"

Ling Shuang paused, then asked with confusion.

Generally, only SS-rank or SSS-rank combat techniques could trigger the terrifying celestial phenomena just now.

An S-rank combat technique would never be this overwhelmingly powerful.

"I don't know—I only felt a threat to my life and tried my best to survive.

Then my ability seemed to break through some kind of boundary, undergoing some strange transformation..."

As Xu Jingming spoke, he wore a look of bewilderment.

"Not a combat technique?"

Ling Shuang blinked in surprise, then immediately realized and hurriedly said anxiously:

"Show me your Purple Thunder again."

Xu Jingming naturally did not refuse, complying readily as he activated his ability.

Crackling—

Golden lightning suddenly swirled around Xu Jingming, and Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes carefully scanned him repeatedly.

Even outside, she had already noticed the anomaly in Xu Jingming's lightning.

But just now, she had been too focused on his life safety to pay much attention.

Yet now she saw it—this brilliant golden lightning swirling around Xu Jingming was several times stronger than the previous blue-purple lightning!

More importantly, Xu Jingming's original Purple Thunder.

It had emitted an ancient, primal, and formidable aura.

But now, the lightning emitted an aura of nobility, holiness, and grandeur!

The ability's aura had completely changed!

The usually cold and composed Vice Principal of Magic University, Ling Shuang, now had a faintly dazed, almost cute expression on her refined face.

"What's going on? Is this still Purple Thunder?"