Chapter 1484

Not far away.

Luo Li stared blankly at Xu Jingming's figure, which resembled Lei Shen, her ice-blue eyes filled with shock and confusion.

She had originally thought Xu Jingming had come to die.

She had even prepared to fight to the death, taking a few with her.

But now...

Had Xu Jingming merely released his aura, and already caused Louis and the other three to turn pale, as if facing a dire threat?

"This can't be right. Is this Xu Jingming?"

Luo Li, known for her rationality and calmness, was stunned.

Back on the Star Mother Ship, wasn't Xu Jingming only raised to Star Level Six through celestial treasures?

Then what is this aura, as if he has touched the Cosmic Level?

"My god..."

Mia's large eyes widened to full circles, her small mouth involuntarily forming an 'O'.

She looked at Xu Jingming, then at Louis and the other three, their solemn expressions.

She felt her worldview violently shaken:

"When did Xu Jingming become this strong?"

The other two team members were equally speechless, frozen in disbelief.

Did Xu Jingming alone hold off all four of them?

What kind of fantasy is this?

At that moment.

Xu Jingming moved.

He slowly raised the Black Gold Lei Yu Spear in his hand, its tip angled toward the ground.

His passive purple vertical pupils regarded Louis and his group without a trace of emotion:

"Just now, you said you wanted to test me?"

He paused, then the cold curve of his lips rose again:

"Then come. Let me test your mettle!"

Before his words had fully faded, the pair of jet-black wings behind him, their edges flickering with fine lightning serpents, suddenly flared!

Ssssshhhh—!!!

Without warning, without preparation, not even leaving a lingering afterimage.

Xu Jingming's figure became a true lightning bolt tearing through space.

Only a brief sonic boom ring, left by his excessive speed, and a wild surge of lightning elemental energy remained in the air.

"Let me test my current strength!"

Xu Jingming's target was clear: Farah, the weakest among them, from the God-Slaying Martial Temple, to test the waters.

Originally, his Heavenly Thunder Wings were already extremely fast.

Now, after entering the Purple Nightmare Demon Body form, his speed had risen another tier!

A moment ago, Farah stood beside Kate.

Her crimson lips wore her usual seductive smile, her fingertips spinning a gentle wind blade, as if all were under her control.

The next instant, a terrifying killing intent, capable of freezing her soul, had completely locked onto her!

That killing intent carried pure destruction and wild demonic energy.

"What?!"

On Farah's sultry face, her smile froze instantly, transforming into utter horror.

She was an elementalist, not a close-combat martial artist.

She feared most this kind of instant, distance-ignoring, face-to-face ambush!

At the brink of life and death, every ounce of her potential was violently squeezed out.

Wuuuum—

First, emerald light erupted from her body, surging forth with dense life-source energy.

It formed a translucent, jade-like green energy membrane over her skin.

This membrane not only contained immense life force.

It could rapidly heal wounds, and its resilience far surpassed ordinary elemental shields.

Immediately after, cyan winds spontaneously formed, emitting piercing howls!

The wind-source energy was pushed to its extreme, countless visible cyan wind blades spinning and stacking wildly.

Around her body, they formed a three-meter-diameter, rapidly rotating tornado wall!

Within the wind wall, every current was as sharp as a blade, as if capable of shredding Star-Level alloys!

Two layers of defense, inner and outer, one primarily for defense and healing, the other for shredding and weakening, complementing each other.

This was Farah's T4-tier defensive technique—Life Protection—fusing life-source and wind-source energy.

She had once tested it; even Louis, the strongest of her God-Slaying Martial Temple, needed dozens of seconds to break through this dual defense.

Yet, facing the incoming black lightning.

Her confidence shattered in a thousandth of a second.

Xu Jingming's advance was utterly plain, not even employing any spear technique.

He simply thrust the Black Gold Lei Yu Spear forward, with purest speed and angle.

He merely thrust forward the Black Gold Lei Yu Spear with the purest speed and angle, straight as an arrow!

On the spear shaft, the supremely condensed black annihilating Doushen Shenlei merged perfectly with the purple demonic energy.

A single point of cold brilliance at the spear tip seemed to concentrate all the slaughter and destruction of the entire world, slamming violently against Falah's Life Protection.

Immediately, under the stunned gaze of Louis and the others, the green light membrane was directly pierced through by the spear!

The membrane instantly dimmed and shattered, dissolving into a myriad of drifting green light particles.

And the cold spear tip, wreathed in annihilating Doushen Shenlei, had already reached just before Falah's towering chest!

Time seemed to stretch infinitely at this moment.

Falah's beautiful eyes, always brimming with charm and cunning,

now widened to their limit, pupils reflecting the spear tip drawing ever closer.

Shock, fear, disbelief—emotions surged through her eyes like a storm.

She could clearly see every tiny flicker of electricity dancing on the spear tip.

She felt the devastating aura rushing toward her, making her soul tremble.

She wanted to dodge, but her body simply couldn't react in time!

"No!"

A silent scream echoed in her heart.

The next instant, the stretched time returned to normal.

Puch—!!!

The muffled sound of flesh being pierced echoed clearly through the silent forest.

The Black Gold Lei Yu Spear pierced without obstruction through Falah's expensive S1-class battle suit, running clean through her left chest.

Then, the furious annihilating Doushen Shenlei surged into her body like the most ravenous beast!

"Ughh—!!!"

A short, excruciatingly piercing scream finally burst from Falah's throat.

Her once enchanting and alluring face twisted utterly from extreme pain.

Her previously Bai Xi skin instantly lost all color, turning as pale as paper.

Weng—!!!

A milky-white light erupted without delay in response!

The Rescue Badge shield activated instantly, forming a solid light sphere.

Completely enveloping Falah, grievously wounded, near death, and unconscious.

Xu Jingming lightly shook his wrist, withdrawing the spear from the shield.

The spear tip bore not a single drop of blood, only the black lightning still dancing ceaselessly.

"Stronger than I imagined."

Xu Jingming stood with spear in hand, equally surprised in his heart.

It could only be said that the dual T0-level secret arts, the Purple Nightmare Demon Body and the Star Core Lei Gang Body, were still terrifyingly potent.

Coupled with the overall enhancement from the Source Core Secret Scripture, he had already reached the effect of crushing peers of the same level.

Meanwhile,

Louis, Kate, and Eric and Ella from the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance—all four froze in expression.

Who was Falah?

The third-ranked top prodigy of the God-Slaying Martial Temple! The fifth-ranked powerhouse on the points leaderboard!

She wielded both Life and Wind primal sources, especially the Life source, granting her far superior endurance and survival ability compared to peers!

Yet now she had been instantly reduced to near death by Xu Jingming's simple, casual thrust, triggering the emergency shield!

"Damn! When did the Eternal Star Alliance produce such a monster?!"

Eric the Blood Blade of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance did not hesitate—he turned and ran.

Joking.

With the dominance Xu Jingming had just displayed,

all four of them combined probably couldn't withstand a single hand from him!

Better to flee now—at least they might still preserve their rankings.