[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak":3,"chapter-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-171":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Global Psychic Powers: Starting Off with the Awakening of Purple Heaven Divine Thunder",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2358672,4613,"Chapter 171: Wanna Escape? Too Late!","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-171",171,"\u003Cp>Blood gushed from the neck of the headless corpse like a spring, staining the pale green stone floor around it a vivid red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the corpse stood Xu Jingming’s towering figure, divine and majestic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sacred golden lightning swirling around his body contrasted sharply with his blood-smeared crimson right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire hall fell silent; no one had expected the battle to end so instantly in this manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Wu was just instantly killed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The business executives who had just been preparing to flee stood frozen in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As corporate CEOs, they had seen plenty and associated with some adepts capable of fighting above their rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had never heard of a third-rank lower-tier adept slaughtering a fourth-rank mid-tier one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, this very scene unfolded before their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Yuan, is Xu Jingming really your high school classmate?” Lin Haima couldn’t help asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingyuan’s clear, large eyes were filled with awe, and she nodded unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly, heroes emerge in youth—today’s young adepts are already this powerful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the same age as Lin Qingyuan, meaning Xu Jingming was barely nineteen at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At nineteen, he possessed the combat power of a fourth-rank mid-tier adept—this alone proved his terrifyingly formidable potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What shocked Lin Haima most was that fourth-rank mid-tier might not even be his limit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regardless, with Wu Hang dead, we’re safe now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Haima exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he realize his back was soaked in sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Wu Hang’s death, most people present relaxed as Lin Haima had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, not including the protected target, Leng Chang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared intently at the corpse on the ground, his face filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been rooted in Jin Ning City for nearly a decade, he wasn’t unfamiliar with the Public Security Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew their capabilities were limited, unlikely to handle a fourth-rank mid-tier like Wu Hang, which was why he hadn’t fled immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Jingming’s appearance was a thunderclap to his senses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When did the Public Security Bureau get a freak like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang cursed inwardly, quietly turned, and prepared to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph! Trying to escape? Too late!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming, in his Raijikai-enhanced state, naturally noticed Leng Chang’s subtle movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his right hand and clenched it slightly toward Leng Chang: “Thunder Prison!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackling—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a piercing thunderclap, a golden thunder prison brimming with violent energy sealed Leng Chang in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xu Jingming stomped the ground, his massive frame leaping upward like a steel tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thud, he landed before Leng Chang, having crossed over ten meters, shattering the stone floor beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of brilliant golden dragon-like vertical pupils looked down upon him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wu Hang is dead. Don’t make any sudden moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, I can’t guarantee you’ll be delivered to them intact.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang, a key lead in locating the Tianming Sect’s branch, couldn’t be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But severing an arm or a leg posed no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even cutting off all four limbs was acceptable—after all, there were mental-type adepts present; just keeping his head was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never thought the Public Security Bureau had someone as bloodthirsty as you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Chang’s face darkened; he knew he was completely trapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing threatening, merely retracted his dagger and ceased resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wise choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming split off a faint thread of Doutian Divine Lightning and infused it into Leng Chang’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the piercing force of the powerful lightning, Leng Chang let out a pained groan, collapsed with a thud, and fainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, we just need to wait for Cai Ju and the others to arrive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept the room and noticed some entrepreneurs were preparing to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned, and his potent Doutian Divine Lightning erupted suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crackling—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden lightning flashed and danced in midair, intertwining and merging together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forming a dense lightning net that spread overhead like a dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reaching third rank, without using a combat technique, Xu Jingming’s ability could extend no more than thirty meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Raijikai-enhanced form, this limit extended to fifty meters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the already small exhibition hall was swiftly enclosed by the expanding lightning net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also trapped everyone attempting to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on? The Tianming Sect members have been captured—why can’t people leave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some business owners who had been preparing to flee immediately paled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No one leaves until the investigation is complete.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming’s deep voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Public Security Bureau had only identified Leng Chang as a Tianming Sect member,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no one knew if others present were also affiliated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they let people go and the Tianming Sect branch learned Leng Chang had been captured,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the operation to eliminate the branch might face unforeseen complications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, they owed Leng Chang thanks for activating the signal jammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, news of Wu Hang’s death would have leaked the moment Xu Jingming killed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyone who attempts to leave will be treated as a Tianming Sect disciple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, Xu Jingming added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This silenced several businessmen near the lightning net who had been about to protest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sullenly closed their mouths and walked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joking aside,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the last person labeled a Tianming Sect disciple—Master Wu—was now a headless corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no desire to become the second Master Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle Ma, Class Monitor, I’m sorry to ask you to wait a little longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing no one question him, Xu Jingming nodded slightly and walked toward Lin Qingyuan and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem, no problem, it’s only right,” Lin Haima hurriedly waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If earlier he could treat Xu Jingming as his niece’s classmate,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now, faced with Xu Jingming’s formidable power, he couldn’t muster even a hint of complacency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Uncle Lin Haima, Lin Qingyuan, who had been Xu Jingming’s classmate for three years, felt no great restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet facing Xu Jingming’s Raijikai-enhanced form—towering two meters and twenty centimeters tall—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingyuan still felt overwhelming pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among women, her height of one meter sixty-seven was already tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before the current Xu Jingming, she reached only his abdomen, tiny as a dwarf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jingming, can you... revert to your normal form?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingyuan looked up, her neck aching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the powerful aura emanating from Xu Jingming, akin to that of a top-tier predator,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>made her skin prickle and speech difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I forgot about that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming chuckled softly, glanced around, and saw everyone had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then controlled the Doutian Divine Lightning, shrinking the golden net to within thirty meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, he exited Raijikai and returned to his normal stature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this fine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming casually pulled a T-shirt from his space ring and slipped it over his bare upper body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he hadn’t worn combat armor, his clothes had been torn apart upon entering Raijikai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingyuan exhaled deeply, her well-endowed chest rising and falling with the breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, you’ve hidden yourself well—you’re already a third-rank adept?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingyuan scrutinized Xu Jingming from head to toe, her beautiful eyes gleaming with unusual interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder she’d sensed a lethal aura when she first entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But aren't you from Magda? How did you get involved with the Jingning City Public Security Bureau?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingyuan followed up curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was assigned by my school to locate a branch of the Tianming Cult here, and I need to cooperate with the Public Security Bureau.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Leng Chang captured, Xu Jingming had no reason to continue hiding his identity and gave a brief explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingyuan suddenly understood, marveling: \"No wonder you're from a top-tier university—your assignments are this dangerous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her own school also had an assignment system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those were only for killing low-grade ferocious beasts, never involving high-risk missions like the Tianming Cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But such a dangerous mission—why didn't the Public Security Bureau assign anyone to assist you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingyuan, who had watched Xu Jingming fight alone the entire time, frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Assistance personnel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming paused in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he remember there was still a special operations team waiting outside, still awaiting his orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait a moment—I'll make a call first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jingming pulled out a specialized communication device unaffected by signal jamming and contacted the team waiting outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, the device connected, and Xu Jingming said simply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's all taken care of here. Come in directly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clearly startled voice came from the other end of the line.\u003C\u002Fp>",1399,"2026-06-21T05:33:57.936Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","63facbca733c79cad1218ea86c9440a5d7829d8078c4f4a97a2a2fb4b0cc460a","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-172","global-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-chapter-170",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-psychic-powers-starting-off-with-the-awak-cover.jpg"]