Chapter 1872: Slap in the Face! Teacher, You Come On!

I ended up dragging him down after all.

Frost Crown watched Xu Jingming's back as he continued forward, letting out a soft sigh in her heart.

Clearly the Supreme Sovereign, yet in this pristine ice plain, even a disciple surpasses her......

This sense of helplessness made her feel especially stifled.

However, the next second, her ice-blue eyes suddenly widened!

Only to see Xu Jingming, after Frost Crown stepped back, his entire body surrounded by a faint golden Lei Gang flaring brightly!

"Boom!"

His stepping speed suddenly surged!

Earlier, to take care of his teacher, he had deliberately held back his pace.

Now with no reservations, his whole being like a primeval ferocious beast breaking free of shackles, he madly charged toward the ice cave!

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

With each step he took, the crater from the shattered ice layer expanded by another ring compared to before!

Golden Lei Gang encircled his body, forcibly pushing aside that terrifying pressure.

His figure was like lightning, in the blink of an eye he had passed over twenty meters, leaving only three steps between him and the Dust Rock Sovereign!

"What?!"

"Heavenly Punishment actually caught up to Dust Rock?! What's going on?!"

"No way, is the Heavenly Punishment physique this strong? Not even weaker than the Supreme Sovereign?!"

"An illusion! Am I hallucinating?!"

"..."

The surrounding sovereigns watching the battle instantly erupted in an uproar.

One by one they stared wide-eyed, faces full of disbelief.

The Dust Rock Sovereign is a cultivator who has reached the ultimate extreme of earth, renowned for body refinement among the Supreme Sovereigns!

Xu Jingming, an Initial Tribulation Sovereign, actually managed to keep pace with him in pure physical combat?!

"Xu Jingming! You actually caught up?!"

The Dust Rock Sovereign's face also changed slightly.

He turned and stared fixedly at Xu Jingming, a hint of surprise and doubt flashing in his pale golden eyes.

He originally thought Xu Jingming making it this far was already the limit.

But he never expected the other party not only to catch up, but also to have steady breath, as if he hadn't even exerted his full strength!

"Dust Rock, I ask you."

Xu Jingming's steps did not stop, his voice calm:

"Were those ice beasts earlier your doing?"

"Ice beasts?"

After the shock, the Dust Rock Sovereign narrowed his eyes, coldly saying:

"What, you want to take revenge on me?"

Though he didn't directly admit it, this tone was tantamount to tacit acknowledgment.

"That's not it."

Xu Jingming glanced at him, lightly saying:

"Just want to ask where those ice beasts came from.

They were quite easy to kill, I'll go look for them later too."

"You——!" The Dust Rock Sovereign instantly flared with anger, his handsome face turning grim and dark.

Mockery!

This is naked mockery!

He drove the ice beasts to create a crisis, yet in the other's mouth it became easy prey for harvesting?!

"Want ice beast intel? Fine!"

The Dust Rock Sovereign suppressed his anger, speaking coldly:

"If you can reach the ice cave before me, then I'll tell you!"

He hadn't actually expected Xu Jingming to agree, after all the cave mouth was only thirty-plus meters away.

And Xu Jingming was still four or five meters behind him.

"Sure, no problem." Xu Jingming readily nodded.

"You agreed?"

The Dust Rock Sovereign froze for a moment, then joy surged in his heart!

He quickly said: "What if you lose?"

"What do you want?"

"If you lose, then hand over that peak-grade treasure spear in your hand!"

The Dust Rock Sovereign sneered.

That spear greatly boosts Xu Jingming's combat power.

If he could take it, it would be like cutting off one of his arms!

"Playing for such high stakes?"

Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes, likewise proposing a condition:

"Just ice beast intel isn't enough, you need to add more to the wager."

After a moment's thought, he continued:

"How about this: if I win, you give me the Frost Crystal Linglong Flower."

Star Core Lei Gang Body, Eighth Layer!

Plus the True Demon state gained from cultivating the True Demon Treasure Canon.

He is confident his physique is not inferior to any Supreme Sovereign.

In that case, I might as well take this high-grade heavy treasure that would be of great use to Teacher Frost Crown.

"Good! It's settled!"

The Dust Rock Sovereign agreed without hesitation, after all, he would never lose!

"Hiss! What's going on? Dust Rock seems to be targeting Heaven Punishment?"

"I don't know, but this wager is truly fierce! A peak heavy treasure for the Ice Soul Linglong Flower—both are priceless rarities!"

"Heaven Punishment has bitten off more than he can chew! Dust Rock is no ordinary Supreme Sovereign!"

"What a pity, a peak heavy treasure spear is about to change hands."

"..."

The surrounding Sovereigns discussed heatedly, most not optimistic about Jingming.

After all, Dust Rock has been famous for hundreds of thousands of years, and his physical strength has long been acknowledged.

While Xu Jingming may be a monstrous genius, he is only an Initial Tribulation Sovereign, and no matter how strong his flesh, there are limits.

Hearing the murmurs around him, Dust Rock Sovereign couldn't help but reveal a hint of pride on his face.

He glanced at Xu Jingming with some contempt:

"Xu Jingming, you don't really think I'm only this weak, do you?

Next, let you see my true power! Nine Heavens Xuan Huang Body—open!"

As his words fell, only a boom was heard.

Vast blood energy surged into the sky!

Dust Rock Sovereign's original 1.8-meter frame swelled again, reaching two meters!

Mysterious earth-yellow runes appeared on the surface of his skin.

His muscles all over his body were piled like rocks, full of explosive power.

Every muscle fiber flashed with a metallic luster.

As if forged by the qi of Nine Heavens Xuan Huang, heavy, solid, eternal!

"Before, I was merely disguising myself, all to lure you into taking the bait!"

Dust Rock Sovereign laughed wildly, striding forward!

"I didn't expect you to really dare to accept!

In that case, this peak heavy treasure spear, I'll take it!"

"Boom!!!"

With this step, Dust Rock's speed surged, instantly opening a gap of over six meters from Xu Jingming!

"Xu Jingming! You will never be able to keep up with my pace!!"

He turned back with a ferocious smile, determined to win.

"Is that so?" Xu Jingming smiled instead.

The next instant—

"True Demon State—open!!!"

"Boom——!!!"

Purple-black demon light shot up into the sky!

Xu Jingming's figure rapidly expanded to 4.6 meters.

His skin revealed ferocious demonic patterns, muscles bulging like dragons.

In the depths of his pupils, a phoenix-shaped mark faintly appeared!

Overwhelming demonic might swept across the ice plain, actually diluting the pressure somewhat!

But this was not yet complete!

"Great Sun Thunder Patterns—activate!!!"

"Hum——!!!"

On Xu Jingming's back, the ice-blue thunder patterns suddenly burst forth with brilliant light!

Even under the law suppression of the Pristine Ice Plains.

The Great Sun Thunder Patterns imprinted deep in his flesh, blood, and bones still forcibly drew upon the stored thunder origin!

"Crackle——!!!"

Brilliant golden thunder arcs leapt and erupted from his body surface!

Golden Lei Gang intertwined with purple-black demonic qi, forming a heaven-destroying, earth-annihilating might!

The strength of this aura actually faintly shook the suppression of the Pristine Ice Plains!

"What?! This is impossible! How can the Pristine Ice Plains use thunder origin?!" Dust Rock Sovereign turned pale with fright!

"Who told you this is drawing on external origin?"

Xu Jingming grinned, golden thunder exploding in his demon pupils, "These thunder patterns are originally part of my body!"

After mastering the Lei Gang domain, he had fully charged the Great Sun Thunder Patterns.

Now, upon activation, it was naturally not ordinary!

Before his words finished, he took a step forward!

"Boom—!!!"

The ice layer shattered, yet it was not a crater.

Instead, the entire ice surface, centered on him, radiated spiderweb-like cracks spreading for kilometers! His figure was like lightning, each step covering ten meters.

The speed was so great that afterimages trailed in his wake!

Three steps!

Only three steps!

Xu Jingming had surpassed the Dust Rock Sovereign, reaching the ice cave entrance first!

The entire venue fell silent.

All the sovereigns stared wide-eyed, mouths agape, yet unable to utter a sound.

What did they see?

A Tribulation-Emergent Sovereign, in a pure physical comparison.

Crushed the Dust Rock Sovereign who had activated the Nine Heavens Xuanhuang Body?!

How is this possible?!

"You!"

The Dust Rock Sovereign likewise stared wide-eyed, utterly unable to believe this scene.

"Looks like you're not that great either."

Xu Jingming couldn't help but shake his head.

To be safe, he simultaneously activated the True Demon State and the Great Sun Thunder Pattern.

But judging from the earlier situation, activating just the True Demon State should have been enough to accomplish the crushing.

"Jingming... really did it?!"

Behind him, the Frost Crown Sovereign likewise gazed at this scene with some shock.

This also means.

Merely a Tribulation-Emergent Sovereign, Xu Jingming's physique surpasses that of the Dust Rock Sovereign at the Paramount Sovereign level!

"Roar—!!!"

The arctic ice dragon circling in the sky suddenly plunged downward.

A kilometer-long dragon body coiled above the ice cave, its icy-flame dragon eyes fixed on Xu Jingming, emitting a heaven-shaking dragon cry:

"Assessment passed!

The Realm Lord has been determined! The final Water Realm Mastery Ceremony will begin shortly!"

The majestic sound echoed across the ice plains.

Xu Jingming, however, spoke up: "Can I switch to someone else?"

"Of course.

You are the prospective Realm Lord, qualified to bestow the realm upon others."

The arctic ice dragon replied respectfully.

"Then good."

Xu Jingming turned, his gaze sweeping past the dazed Dust Rock.

Toward the tall, slender ice-blue figure in the distance, he grinned:

"Teacher, you come."

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