Chapter 1637: Xu Jingming Acts! Thunder Blade Realm!

Xu Jingming's voice exploded across the sky of the bustling metropolis, instantly shocking the entire city.

On the rooftop of the skyscraper below.

A figure suddenly shattered the floor-to-ceiling window and shot skyward like a streak of light!

It was a middle-aged man clad in a dark gold robe.

His face was sinister, his eyes filled with shock and fury.

He was none other than Ares, the traitor of the Star Alliance and a Level Three Immortal Spirit.

"Who's looking for death?!" Ares hovered in midair.

His divine power surged violently, forming concentric rings of dark golden energy waves.

The city's alarm system triggered instantly, shrill sirens echoing between streets and buildings.

Countless civilians below looked up in terror, staring at the two opposing figures high above.

"Xu Jingming of the Eternal Star Alliance."

Xu Jingming's expression was calm, his black combat suit snapping in the wind, "I've been ordered to apprehend you."

"Xu Jingming? Never heard of you." Ares scanned Xu Jingming with his gaze.

Sensing only a Cosmic Peak aura emanating from him, he sneered with contempt:

"A mere Cosmic-tier? You dare come here to die? Has the Eternal Star Alliance run out of people?"

Before he finished speaking, his figure vanished abruptly!

The next instant.

Boom!!

Ares appeared a hundred meters before Xu Jingming and unleashed a punch!

On the fist's tip,

Dark golden divine power coalesced into a grotesque beast-head phantom, jaws wide open to devour him!

The force of this punch could shatter the body of an ordinary Level One Immortal Spirit outright!

"Watch out!"

Richie, who had just arrived from afar, cried out in alarm.

Yet,

Facing this terrifying strike, Xu Jingming didn't even lift his eyelids.

He simply raised his right hand, fingers spread, and pressed forward into the void.

Ssssshhhh—!!

Violent Annihilation Divine Thunder erupted from his palm!

The thunder, black as ink, instantly swallowed the dark golden beast-head.

In Ares's horrified gaze,

his punch, capable of shattering stars, was effortlessly dismantled by this pitch-black lightning!

"What?!"

Ares's pupils shrank violently as he recoiled in haste!

But it was too late.

Xu Jingming's outstretched right hand clenched tightly!

Hum—

Countless strands of pitch-black lightning sprouted from the void.

Instantly weaving into a massive thunder prison, locking Ares firmly within!

Each strand composing the prison could severely wound an Immortal-tier divine body!

"How is it possible for a Cosmic-tier to wield such power?!"

Ares thrashed wildly inside the thunder cage.

His dark golden divine power surged repeatedly, yet only sparked tiny flashes of electricity against the lightning threads.

He could not break open this seemingly delicate prison!

"It's over."

Xu Jingming spoke calmly, pressing his right hand downward.

The thunder prison contracted sharply, about to crush Ares completely.

But at that moment,

"You think you can capture me? Dream on!!!"

Ares's eyes flashed with madness.

The World Ring on his left hand blazed to life!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures materialized beside him out of thin air!

They were two men clad in standardized battle armor, both radiating the aura of Level One Immortals.

The moment they appeared, their divine power surged like boiling water.

Their bodies rapidly swelled, emitting waves of destructive energy!

"Self-destructing their divine bodies?! Your Highness, retreat!"

Richie's face turned pale, instinctively preparing to flee backward.

The simultaneous self-destruction of two Level One Immortal Spirits could shatter an entire planet!

It could even severely wound fellow Immortal-tier beings!

"Self-destruct?"

Lin Qianxue furrowed her delicate brows, but wasn't overly alarmed.

With Xu Jingming's strength, even the explosion of a divine body couldn't threaten him.

Boom!!

Not just those two self-destructing Immortal Stage beings.

Even Ares himself was engulfed in blazing divine flames!

The flames were dark gold.

Bursting from every inch of his divine body, his aura began to skyrocket!

Burning the divine body!

This was the final desperate move of an Immortal deity.

At the cost of consuming his divine body, he gained a temporary surge in power!

"Explode, damn it!!!" Ares roared.

The two Immortal Stage One assassins' divine bodies swelled to their absolute limits, on the verge of bursting!

And Ares, burning his divine body,

transformed into a streak of dark gold flame, fleeing wildly toward the horizon!

So fast, he instantly broke past a hundred times the speed of sound!

"It's over..."

Richie's face turned ashen.

Two Immortal Stage One self-destructions, plus Ares fleeing while burning his divine body.

This situation—no matter if you were a Cosmic Stage, even an Immortal Stage Five would find it difficult!

But in that split second,

Xu Jingming merely frowned slightly.

"Dying struggles."

He softly uttered four words, then reached out his right hand into empty air.

Hum—

A long spear, entirely entwined with pitch-black lightning arcs, appeared in his palm.

It was the Ninefold Lei Yu Spear, upgraded to SSS6 rank!

The next instant, the Ninefold Lei Yu Spear suddenly disintegrated!

Fourteen thousand four hundred thin, cicada-wing-like lightning blades.

Like a blooming black lotus, they exploded outward in all directions!

Each lightning blade was only the size of a palm.

Edges sharp enough to slice through space, their surfaces flowing with pitch-black lightning of annihilation.

Centered on Xu Jingming, they instantly engulfed a ten-thousand-meter radius!

Blade Realm—formed!

Boom—rumble!!

Within the realm, the fourteen thousand four hundred lightning blades, wrapped in violent thunder, flashed and darted wildly!

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle—!!!

Countless lightning blades surged forward like sharks scenting blood.

Instantly piercing through the two Immortal Stage beings about to self-destruct!

The self-destructive divine energy they had accumulated hadn't even had time to release.

It was brutally suppressed by the raging Annihilation Divine Thunder!

"No—!!!"

The two barely managed to scream half a cry.

Their divine bodies shattered piece by piece under the blades' relentless assault, dissolving into a shower of light.

And Ares, who had already fled several kilometers, was now utterly horrified!

The extreme speed he gained by burning his divine body now felt like sinking into mud within the Blade Realm!

The surrounding space was sealed by countless lightning blades, every inch saturated with terrifying destruction.

Every meter he advanced, he endured thousands upon thousands of lightning blade cuts!

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

On his dark golden divine body, wounds crisscrossed instantly.

Every meter forward, the divine flame dimmed a little more, the damage to his divine body intensified!

"What kind of realm is this?! How could it possibly be this strong?!" Ares thought in shock.

He was burning his divine body—his power had temporarily reached the threshold of Immortal Stage Four!

Yet here, in this Blade Realm, he was trapped like a caged beast, unable to move an inch!

"Come back."

Xu Jingming's cold voice echoed within the realm.

He gently clenched his five fingers.

Boom—rumble—!!!

The Blade Realm suddenly contracted!

The fourteen thousand four hundred lightning blades surged back like a swarm returning to its hive.

Slash wildly toward Ares!

"No—!!!"

Ares let out a furious roar, desperately pushing his Divine Flame to resist.

But it was all in vain.

Before absolute power, his struggles looked utterly ridiculous.

Three seconds later.

The Thunder Blade Realm dispersed.

Ares lay charred and limp in midair.

His Divine Flame had long been extinguished, his aura feeble as a candle flickering in the wind.

His divine body had lost over 80% of its strength and had sunk into slumber.