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

"How could you possibly break through? I was maintaining the spatial lockdown the entire time!"

Gazing at the suddenly appearing Ling Shuang, the archbishop's slender face bore disbelief.

Logically speaking,

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

"Daring to divert your attention while relying on external objects for spatial energy— who else but you would die?"

Ling Shuang let out a cold snort, her delicate hand lifting slightly: "Spatial Slice!"

Plos!

The void space suddenly turned razor-sharp; the archbishop's right hand, gripping the blood-red beast bone, was cleanly severed at the wrist.

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

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

Hum—

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

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

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

Even that black beast claw could not draw near.

As a seventh-rank Grand Master, the Archdeacon of the Heavenly Fate Sect was undoubtedly formidable.

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

"Jingming, are you alright?"

After dealing with the archbishop, Ling Shuang turned her concern toward Xu Jingming.

"I'm fine."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

The golden lightning scattered across the sky retracted into his body; he exited Thunder Extreme Form and returned to his normal stature.

"Good."

At this moment,

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

She hadn't expected the Heavenly Fate Sect, vanished from Great Xia for sixty years, to reappear.

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

Had the enemy succeeded, not only would Great Xia's young elite face a year-long generational gap,

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

At that point, as vice-principal of Devil University, she would be unable to justify herself.

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

A massive golden monkey charged toward them from afar.

Each colossal footfall caused the ground to tremble slightly.

"Vice-Principal Ling, how should we handle the remaining Heavenly Fate 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 Heavenly Fate Sect!

He had nearly killed two S-ranks!

"Dare to strike at Great Xia's prodigies? Capture sixth-rank energy users alive! Kill all others without mercy!"

Ling Shuang's face radiated terrifying killing intent.

The vice-principal who had long guarded the Battle Records Library of Devil University was clearly enraged beyond measure.

"Understood."

Xu Ping and Jiang Mo nodded in unison.

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

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

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

As she retrieved the bone, Ling Shuang also noticed Ji Lan standing nearby.

"Vice-Principal Ling..."

Ji Lan offered a slightly awkward greeting.

Ling Shuang had witnessed Ji Lan's betrayal in full.

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

But he was India's S-rank—killing him rashly could easily trigger national-level confrontation.

So Ling Shuang had no intention of taking his life.

More importantly, Xu Jingming was unharmed.

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

Moreover, sparing his life did not mean no punishment.

Ji Lan and his seventh-rank Grand Master could not simply return to India without paying a price.

But that was a matter for later.

Right now, she was more concerned about the four deep craters on the ground beside Ji Lan, still glowing with residual golden lightning.

Aside from the first crater, where a space ring lay inside,

the other three craters contained nothing but gray-white ash.

"Did your Thunder Art kill Dong Sheng and the others?"

Ling Shuang's face showed surprise.

Just now, she had been fully focused on using her spatial energy to break the archbishop's spatial lockdown.

So she had only glimpsed Xu Jingming's thunder strike, leaving deep craters.

She had assumed Dong Sheng was merely gravely wounded, causing the archbishop to lose focus.

But she hadn't expected he'd been instantly reduced to ash!

"Yes."

Xu Jingming gave a slight nod.

After his Purple Thunder evolved from S-rank to SS-rank's Capital Thunder, he had instinctively used the Thunder Art.

The Thunder Art, which normally required one or two seconds of casting prep, had just achieved near-instantaneous effect!

Its power was terrifying—Dong Sheng and the others had been instantly obliterated.

"This..."

Confirmed, Vice-Principal Ling Shuang was at a loss for words.

These were fourth-rank peak energy users!

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

Yet they had been instantly killed by Xu Jingming, still only a third-rank lower-tier!

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

But remembering Xu Jingming was from Great Xia—and specifically from Devil University—Ling Shuang's face softened into a smile:

"Well done. Thanks to you, the third-school freshmen would have suffered catastrophic losses."

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

She paused, then asked with curiosity.

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

S-rank combat techniques never reached such overwhelming power.

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

Then my energy seemed to break through some boundary, undergoing strange changes..."

As he spoke, Xu Jingming deliberately wore a look of confusion.

"Not a combat technique?"

Ling Shuang blinked in surprise, then immediately exclaimed anxiously:

"Show me your Purple Thunder again."

Xu Jingming had no reason to refuse and complied willingly, activating his energy.

Crackling—

Golden lightning suddenly swirled around Xu Jingming as Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes meticulously scanned him.

Though she had already noticed the anomaly in his lightning during the external battle,

she had been too preoccupied with his safety to examine it closely then.

But now, the brilliant golden lightning swirling around him was several times stronger than the previous blue-purple lightning!

More importantly, Xu Jingming's original Purple Thunder

had radiated an ancient, primal, and formidable aura.

Yet now, the lightning emitted a noble, sacred, and righteous energy!

The energy's essence had completely transformed.

The usually aloof Deputy Head of the Demon Academy, Ling Shuang, could not help but display a faintly clueless look on her delicate face.

"What's going on? Is this still Zi Xiao Divine Thunder?"