Chapter 1476: Shocking Power! Come at Me All at Once!

Xu Jingming wrapped his arm around Yue Ying's slender waist.

The jet-black thunder wings slowly retracted, and the two landed on the ground as lightly as feathers.

The crimson soil of Blood Refining Star was firm and steady beneath their feet.

The air carried a faint mixture of sulfur and blood.

Yue Ying stood beside him.

Her silver hair stirred slightly, her gray-stone eyes coldly sweeping over Taro, pale-faced within his shield.

Xu Jingming did not release his arm around Yue Ying's waist.

Instead, he pulled her closer, his posture casual and intimate.

"Is this your strength? You dare call me an ant?"

His gaze settled on Taro, still stunned and writhing in pain within the emergency shield.

His low voice carried unmasked mockery.

"You!"

Taro's chest heaved violently; the spot grazed by the Doushen Shenlei still sent piercing pain through him.

He glared at Xu Jingming, teeth clenched, yet unable to utter a single word.

Refute?

What could he refute with?

The opponent had casually unleashed a bolt of lightning that crushed his prized T4 combat technique—and his confidence—into dust!

He hadn't even seen how the attack had descended.

He remembered only that blackness, capable of erasing all things, and the lethal chill that screamed warnings through his very life instinct!

Seeing Taro turn blue with suppressed rage, speechless,

Xu Jingming sneered and ignored the defeated dog.

He slowly lifted his gaze, sharp as a drawn blade.

Straight toward Chi Huang, still leaning against the rock, his brows now slightly furrowed.

"Chi Huang, your man isn't up to par."

Xu Jingming's voice was calm, yet brimming with unrestrained arrogance and boldness:

"Why don't you come up and try yourself? Or are you... afraid?"

As his words fell, his previously restrained aura exploded without restraint.

A massive pressure, unique to a Star Peak cultivator, surged like a tangible tidal wave across the entire space!

Crackling—

T2-level Lei Kuangyong surged forth, swirling around him like loyal subjects paying homage to their emperor.

Each strand of lightning was as dense as liquid abyss.

It flickered silently, yet radiated violent energy fluctuations that made souls tremble.

"This aura—it's Star Peak!"

"How is this possible?! A year ago on the Star Mother Ship, he was only Star Stage Six!"

Even with pills, he couldn't have broken through three stages in such a short time!"

Chi Huang's teammates cried out in disbelief, their faces filled with shock.

They were all Star Peak themselves—they knew full well how immense the accumulation and refinement needed to advance from Star Stage Six to Star Stage Nine.

And then to Star Peak!

Yet Xu Jingming had done it in less than a year!

But soon, they noticed something else.

"No, his lightning… it's strange!!"

"That's the aura of Lightning's Origin!"

"Origin? He's already entered the Origin Realm?"

"..."

The teammates were utterly stunned!

If the speed of his Star Peak breakthrough had been unbelievable,

then his mastery of Lightning's Origin had shattered their very understanding!

The Origin Realm—especially a higher-order Origin—

was a threshold even most Star Peak cultivators could never reach in a lifetime!

Even Chi Huang, a peerless prodigy,

had spent centuries of grueling cultivation, with his clan's full resources poured into him, just barely pushing his Fire Law into Origin!

And Xu Jingming… one year?

No, since entering Blood Refining Star until now, he might not have even spent a full year!

What kind of terrifying comprehension was this?!

What kind of godlike talent?!

The air fell deathly silent.

Only the ceaseless wind of Blood Refining Star howled through the rock crevices.

And the heavy, erratic breathing of a few teammates.

Their gaze at Xu Jingming had shifted from initial contempt to deep wariness, horror, and even a faint trace of fear!

No wonder Xu Jingming had eliminated Taro instantly.

Taro, though at the peak of Starlight, had not yet entered the Origin Realm, so naturally he could not match up.

Xu Jingming took in all their reactions, the curve of his lips growing more distinct.

He did not explain that he had secretly concealed the Destruction Origin.

With the empowerment of the Source Core Secret Scripture and the Body Forging Art, his physical strength had reached an unimaginable level!

Simply the Lightning Origin, combined with T2-level Doushen Shenlei, was already enough to sweep away the vast majority of Starlight Peaks!

Dealing with Chi Huang and these others... didn't require revealing his trump card.

And these undisguised expressions of shock and discussion.

Through the live broadcast perspective of Chi Huang's squad, they were transmitted with crystal clarity to the central arena of the Virtual Universe.

Billions of viewers erupted!

"Peak Starlight?! Lightning Origin?! That 'Loot King'?!"

"Wait, bro? I remember Xu Jingming was only at Starlight Peak when he entered the Talent War three years ago—how did he leap a whole major realm so fast?!"

"What a joke! This is definitely the biggest dark horse of this year's Beast Hunt!"

"No wonder he dared to confront Chi Huang directly... he'd been hiding a card like this!"

"..."

Inside the luxurious VIP suite, Ross and Aiden showed no reaction.

They had not specifically researched Xu Jingming.

To them, he was merely a Starlight Peak who had grasped an Origin—nothing worth paying attention to.

But Colt was different; knowing Xu Jingming's original rank, his pupils shrank sharply.

For the first time, his usually solemn face revealed unmistakable shock.

One year!

Breaking through to Starlight Peak and mastering the Lightning Origin?

Isn't that a bit too exaggerated?

Thinking of this, he spun sharply to look at Ye Li beside him.

Yet Ye Li remained expressionless, her exquisite profile bathed in the dim light of the box, appearing cold and profound, as if she had long seen through everything.

'So she knew all along.'

Colt's expression darkened, but soon relaxed again.

True, Xu Jingming's breakthrough speed was monstrous.

But fortunately, he had not yet grasped a higher Law Origin—Chi Huang could easily overpower him...

"In one year, reached Starlight Peak and mastered the Lightning Origin.

Xu Jingming, I must admit—you truly are a monstrous talent."

On Xuelian Star, Chi Huang slowly straightened his previously lounging frame.

The playful and contemptuous glint in his golden-red heterochromatic eyes vanished entirely, replaced by an unprecedented Solemn.

His arrogance was real enough.

But facing an opponent like Xu Jingming—a monstrous talent—even he could no longer afford to be arrogant.

Take Ye Li as a comparison.

For the past several centuries, he had been competing with her openly and covertly.

This time, he intended to prove he was stronger than Ye Li!

But Xu Jingming was different.

At this breakthrough pace...

Not even centuries of competition mattered.

He felt that in another year, the other might already grasp a higher Origin.

"It seems you all understand."

Xu Jingming's gaze swept over Chi Huang and his three teammates, all on high alert.

His voice was calm and unrestrained, yet carried an undeniable, domineering authority:

"Then come at me together.

Saves me the trouble of dealing with you one by one."

At these words, the three members of Chi Huang's squad instantly flushed red!

Arrogant!

Too arrogant!

Who were they? One of the top squads of this year's Eternal Star Alliance Beast Hunt!

Each one a Starlight Peak, each possessing at least one Law Origin.

Rich in combat experience, perfectly coordinated!

Even if Xu Jingming had mastered the Lightning Origin,

he was merely at the standard level of their tier.

One against four? Who did he think he was?!