Chapter 177: Full Power! Are You Guys Giving Me a Massage?

Boom—boom—boom!!!

The Lei Mao shot into the cave and exploded with a thunderous crash!

The wild, golden lightning illuminated everything around it!

Aside from the massive blood pool, not a single figure could be seen nearby.

"Did the Divine Blood Emissary really run away?"

Xu Jingming frowned, but his hands didn't stop moving.

Boom! Boom! Boom!......

Five consecutive sonic booms rang out as five Lei Mao spears slammed one after another into the blood pool!

Plosch!!

The blood in the pool was blasted high into the air as the wild golden Dou Tian Shen Lei raged unchecked.

Almost turning the entire red blood pool into a golden lightning pool!

"So cautious..."

Seeing that Xu Jingming showed no sign of stopping, Cai Ju couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Generally, newly graduated psychics are still somewhat immature in all aspects.

But this first-year student from the Metropolis Psychic University is steadier than many seasoned Security Bureau veterans.

In fact, just a moment ago, if Xu Jingming hadn't held him back, he would've rushed in out of impatience.

"Can combat techniques really be released like this?"

Beside Cai Ju, Zhang Tong, a fire-element psychic, stared with wide eyes, dumbfounded by the scene.

Melee combat techniques require blood qi and psychic energy to be coordinated, while spell-type combat techniques require mental strength and psychic energy to be coordinated.

But in either case, releasing a combat technique requires time.

Yet,

within less than ten seconds, Xu Jingming had already launched six or seven Lei Mao spears.

It was an operation she couldn't even imagine.

Xu Jingming, of course, had no idea of Cai Ju's and Zhang Tong's astonishment—he simply kept repeatedly hurling Lei Mao spears into the blood pool.

According to Leng Chang's intelligence, the Tianming Sect base should have contained only three fourth-rank lower-tier and one fourth-rank middle-tier Divine Blood Emissaries.

But no one knew whether a fifth-rank Divine Blood Emissary, unknown to Leng Chang, might have arrived.

He didn't want to summon Deputy Principal Ling Shuang just because of a single fifth-rank psychic.

Of course,

it might also be that he was overthinking—that the Divine Blood Emissaries had already fled.

But being cautious was always better.

At the third-rank upper-tier stage, Xu Jingming could use the A-rank combat technique 'Lei Mao' at most seven times in a short span.

After entering the fourth rank, his psychic power and total reserves had both increased.

He could now release it fifteen times in a row before exhausting his psychic energy.

Still, for safety's sake, during the intervals between launching Lei Mao spears,

Xu Jingming swallowed another Soul-Replenishing Pill to ensure he still had enough psychic energy.

Of course, reality wasn't an online game—you couldn't endlessly swallow pills.

In truth, two Soul-Replenishing Pills were already about the maximum Xu Jingming could consume in a short time.

More than that would negatively affect his body.

A typical fourth-rank psychic could swallow at most one pill of the same type at a time.

Xu Jingming could do this only because his physique was exceptionally robust.

Boom—boom—boom~~~~

Under Xu Jingming's continuous bombardment of Lei Mao spears, the ground trembled slightly as wild lightning raged throughout the cave.

More than half the blood in the pool had already been blasted out!

At that very moment, a furious voice suddenly erupted from inside the cave:

"Enough!"

Immediately after, four figures radiating terrifying energy emerged from the dwindling blood of the pool!

Identical to the Divine Blood Emissaries Xu Jingming had encountered in the No. 7 Psychic Garden.

All four appeared to have entered a beast-mutation state.

Their bodies bore monstrous features—some had hands turned into claws, others grew coarse fur.

Their auras were muddled, as if hybridized from beasts and human psychics.

"Three fourth-rank lower-tier, one fourth-rank middle-tier—all Divine Blood Emissaries."

Seeing their radically different forms, Xu Jingming couldn't help but flash a brilliant smile.

After all this effort, the moment of harvest had finally come.

"Captain Cai, wait here for me."

Xu Jingming stepped forward with steady strides into the cave.

"Understood."

Cai Ju nodded solemnly.

Though only one rank apart, the gap between third-rank and fourth-rank is terrifying!

Their entire psychic team— one third-rank peak, three third-rank upper-tier—

combined, couldn't match a single fourth-rank lower-tier opponent.

So at this moment, if they rashly joined the battle, they would only be a liability.

Of course,

This did not mean they did nothing—once they noticed the battle turning against them,

they too would join the fight, covering Xu Jingming's retreat together......

Tap, tap, tap......

The crisp sound of footsteps echoed within the cavern.

As Xu Jingming stepped inside, the golden Lei Ting swirling around his whole body lit up the dim, gloomy cavern.

It also illuminated the four Divine Blood Envoys opposite them more clearly.

All four were middle-aged men, their faces bearing undisguised expressions of fury.

Among the four, three wore black robes; only the Fourth-Rank Mid-tier one wore a blood-red robe.

But regardless of the color, every robe was torn in many places, and each of them looked visibly wretched.

Clearly, in that last wave of Lei Mao carpet-bombing, they had not escaped unscathed either.

"You lowly humans, how dare you toy with us like this!"

The red-robed Divine Blood Envoy at the head stared at Xu Jingming with an icy gaze.

Originally, they had planned to lie in ambush inside the blood pool a while longer, waiting for Xu Jingming to charge in so they could launch a surprise attack.

But they hadn't expected Xu Jingming to be so cautious.

Throwing out so many Lei Mao in one breath made it impossible for them to stay hidden.

"Hm?"

Xu Jingming's sword-brows rose, and the Green Sky Black Flood Dragon Spear was already in his grip:

"From that tone, you lot don't seem to think you're human?"

"We are the Divine Envoys chosen by the great Heavenly God—naturally not something a lowly human like you can compare to."

The red-robed Divine Blood Envoy's voice carried pride.

"Is that so? Then I'd really like to see what difference there is between you so-called Divine Envoys and ordinary humans."

Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes.

Violent golden Lei Ting gathered on the surface of his body, rapidly condensing into a thick suit of thunder armor!

Thunder Extreme State, combined with the S-rank defensive combat art 'Nether Prison Thunder Armor.'

Only in this form could he be said to be at full power, in his peak state!

"Die!"

Xu Jingming's figure flashed—that tall, slender body vanished on the spot and reappeared before the red-robed Divine Blood Envoy.

The black-green spear thrust out like a flood dragon.

This Fourth-Rank Mid-tier red-robed Divine Blood Envoy did not react too slowly like Zhao Wuhao had.

Instead, he raised his great saber in time to defend!

Clang!!

The spear slammed into the great saber, and a deep metallic crash rang out.

The red-robed Divine Blood Envoy staggered back half a step—he had clearly lost the contest of strength.

Yet a wild grin spread across his face:

"Principal Zhao Yao's S-rank—you haven't forgotten there are four of us, have you?"

Four against one—the attack frequency of the two sides was on entirely different levels!

Just as he said, the attacks of the remaining three had already arrived!

These three Divine Blood Envoys were all Enhancement-type ability users.

Relying on their formidable physiques, they forced their way through the violent golden Lei Ting electric net surrounding Xu Jingming.

Three sharp great sabers hacked down toward him.

"Xu Jingming, being too arrogant isn't good! Die in peace! The credit for killing an S-rank is mine!"

The red-robed Divine Blood Envoy's face was twisted with frenzied excitement.

He seemed to already be seeing the picture of Xu Jingming gravely wounded—or even killed outright—under this three-pronged attack!

Boom!!

The blades struck Xu Jingming's body, but there was no tearing sensation of cutting into flesh.

Instead, they produced a dull thud, as if hacking at a tough tree trunk.

And indeed it was so—the slashes of three Fourth-Rank Lower-tier Enhancement-type ability users, powerful enough to easily destroy a small Shanfeng,

landed on Xu Jingming without causing even the slightest injury!

They couldn't even make his body sway in the slightest!

"Impossible?"

The red-robed Divine Blood Envoy's smile froze on his face.

"Attacks this weak—are you giving me a massage?"

A half-smile, half-smirk appeared on Xu Jingming's resolute face.