Chapter 195: Scum of the Heaven Mandate Sect! Die!

"Three, two, one, say cheese."

"Jingming, thank you so much, I'll treat you to a meal next time."

A few girls reluctantly left after taking a group photo with their phones.

And with the departure of those last few girls, the area around Xu Jingming was finally quiet again.

"I can tell now — our class girls dressed up so nicely, they're basically all here for you, A-Ming."

Zhang Hao pursed his lips, grabbed an apple from the table, and took a bite.

The apple was sweet, yet he felt a twinge of sourness.

"Obviously, A-Ming has an S-rank ability, and he's also the pride of Magic University.

If they're not here for him, are they here for you?"

Liu Jie rolled his eyes. "Believe it or not, if A-Ming so much as shows a little interest,

some girls in our class could crawl into his bed tonight!"

"That exaggerated?!"

Zhang Hao's eyes went wide — this really did shatter his worldview a bit.

"Heh, that's still the mild version!"

Liu Jie wore a look that said you hadn't seen the world. "There's an A-rank ability awakener at our school who does nothing every day, doesn't even cultivate.

Even so, a whole bunch of girls throw themselves at him, all for the sake of bearing his offspring."

A guy like that could be called a stud without exaggeration, yet people still never tire of it.

After all, if they're lucky enough to produce a B-rank ability offspring, the fate of an entire family could change because of it.

"This..."

Zhang Hao, who had been attending Culture University, couldn't help but gape.

"It's not that exaggerated — most girls are still quite reserved." Xu Jingming shook his head.

He did know about the situation Liu Jie described.

But those kinds of girls were basically childbearing tools for major families — they could no longer be counted as normal girls.

"True enough."

Liu Jie nodded, then his expression turned lewd again:

"A-Ming, you didn't get a girlfriend at Magic U — you don't happen to like guys, do you?"

"So how about me? Do I fit your taste? Brother Jingming~~~"

Liu Jie minced over with an affected air.

"Get lost!"

Xu Jingming's face darkened with exasperation and shoved him away.

That guy Liu Jie just loved pulling stunts.

After putting a stop to Liu Jie's antics, Xu Jingming's gaze swept the hall, but he didn't spot Lin Qingyuan anywhere, and asked in confusion:

"Huh? Where's our homeroom teacher?"

"I heard from a few of her close friends that she went out a few minutes ago, said she'd be right back."

Zhang Hao explained, having finished gnawing through an apple.

"Is that so?" Xu Jingming's brow furrowed slightly.

About one kilometer from Fuding Restaurant, there was a park that had been built over several decades.

But due to years of neglect, its various facilities had fallen into disrepair and it had long been abandoned.

"Why would my mom choose to meet me here? Is she going to give me something?"

Upon arriving at the park, Lin Qingyuan's delicate brows knit slightly as she scanned her surroundings, yet she didn't see a single soul.

"Beep—"

"Beep—"

"Beep—"

"The number you have dialed is temporarily not answering. Please try again later."

Lin Qingyuan dialed her mother's number, but it remained unanswered.

In January in Jiangnan, it already got dark early, and now with the time approaching six in the afternoon, the sky was pitch black.

Only a few old park streetlamps surrounded her, casting a feeble glow.

The winter wind brushed Lin Qingyuan's face, making her instinctively pull her coat tighter.

"I'll leave here first."

She keenly sensed something was off and wanted to turn and leave.

But it was already too late.

Two ability users in black combat suits stepped out from the darkness.

One of them even toyed with a dagger in his hand and said mockingly:

"You're already here, don't be in such a rush to leave."

"High-rank ability users!"

Lin Qingyuan's pupils contracted. She took a deep breath, doing her best to stay calm:

"Brothers, I don't think I've offended you, have I? I just happened to be passing through here."

"You indeed haven't offended us, but your dear classmate Xu Jingming destroyed our branch and caused us quite a bit of trouble.

We can't deal with Xu Jingming, so we had no choice but to come find you."

The black-clad ability user's eyes narrowed slightly.

"You're people from the Tianming Sect!" Lin Qingyuan also caught on, her face suddenly changing.

As someone who had come into close contact with the Tianming Sect through Xu Jingming, she naturally knew how terrifying these people were.

"Bingo! Congratulations on guessing right, but unfortunately, there's no reward."

The one holding the dagger seemed to want to play a little longer, but the other frowned and urged:

"Hurry up, kill her and get back fast. The longer we wait, the more things can go wrong."

At the same time, he took out a small camera, aimed it at Lin Qingyuan, and began recording.

"Such a beautiful beauty—I was originally thinking of playing with you a little longer.

But since the boss has spoken, then off to death you go!"

The black-clothed man holding the dagger suddenly turned savage, and the aura of a peak third-rank ability user erupted fully!

In a single stride, he crossed more than ten meters and arrived before Lin Qingyuan.

Then he swung the dagger up and stabbed down violently:

"It won't be long before Xu Jingming goes down to keep you company!"

Faced with the aura suppression of a peak third-rank ability user, Lin Qingyuan, who was merely an Awakener, couldn't even move.

She could only watch helplessly as the dagger stabbed toward her.

'I'm done for! If only I'd known to bring Jingming along.'

Infinite regret welled up in Lin Qingyuan's heart.

From the moment she received that phone call, she had felt something was off.

But she hadn't expected that what awaited her was death itself.

Just as Lin Qingyuan was in despair, the surroundings, which had been pitch-black, suddenly turned a glowing golden yellow!

Crackle-crackle~~~~

A piercing rumble of thunder rang out.

The next moment,

this peak third-rank ability user holding the dagger was swallowed by the violent golden Lei Ting that came surging from behind him!

"Ahhh!!!"

Accompanied by a miserable scream, in just an instant—

this peak third-rank ability user, who had been so overwhelmingly domineering moments ago, turned into a charred black corpse!

"I knew it. You Tianming Sect scum never give up your evil intentions."

A solemn, low voice rang out.

A tall figure wreathed in golden Lei Ting, looking like Lei Shen incarnate, stepped into the park with steady strides.

"Xu Jingming?!"

The other ability user holding the camera saw his face change drastically and turned to flee.

"Hmph! Think you can run? Lei Mao!"

Xu Jingming gave a cold snort, clenched his right hand in empty air, and a golden Lei Ting long spear condensed into being, which he hurled violently!!

Psssh!!!

In just an instant, this peak third-rank ability user had already fled several dozen meters away.

Yet the Lei Mao still struck his leg with pinpoint accuracy!

Pinning him dead on the spot!

"Tell me, who sent you?"

Xu Jingming flashed in with a bolt of Lei Ting, arriving before the ability user and looking down at him as he asked.

"Xu Jingming, you've killed so many of our people, and you still expect me to give you intel? Dream on!"

The black-clothed ability user said coldly.

"Even if you won't say it, I already know—it's that guy Leng Chang, right?"

Xu Jingming's face showed contempt.

Anyone who would target Lin Qingyuan, besides Leng Chang who had once seen him together with Lin Qingyuan, there shouldn't be anyone else.

"......"

Although the black-clothed ability user said nothing, the slight change in his facial expression still betrayed him.

"Tell me, where is Leng Chang, and how many of you are there in total?"

Xu Jingming said coldly.

Seeing him still acting so stubborn, Xu Jingming couldn't help but frown slightly.

Then he opened his right hand, and wisps of fine golden Lei Ting flowed into the man's body.

"Pain! It hurts so much!"

The black-clothed ability user immediately let out a huge scream, his face flushing red, his body curling up like a shrimp.

He struggled desperately to escape, but because the Lei Mao had pinned his right leg there—

even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't, and instead he ground the wound at the Lei Mao into a bloody, mangled mess.

"Although I'm not from the Security Bureau, interrogating scum like you is still a very simple matter.

I can freely control the power of Lei Ting. If you want to experience pain dozens of times worse than just now, feel free to keep being stubborn and try it."

Countless fine golden Lei Ting leapt and coiled around Xu Jingming's right hand.

This was a method he had stumbled upon during this period of continuously carrying out Tianming Sect missions.

It was very effective for torturing people, able to inflict a pain like ten thousand ants gnawing on one's flesh.

Ordinary people could hardly endure it; those who could endure it generally wouldn't choose to join the Tianming Sect.

He had used this trick more than once before to extract information from Tianming Sect cultists.

"I'll talk! I'll talk!"

Before this extreme agony, the black-clothed esper, whose will had never been all that firm to begin with, completely broke down:

"The bishop is at Lin Qingyu's house, and there's a peak third-rank by his side."

"Are Lin Qingyu's parents still alive?" Xu Jingming eased the Lei Ting intensity slightly and continued questioning.

"When we left, they were both still alive."

The pain dropped sharply, and the black-clothed esper also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Not bad, very obedient."

A smile surfaced on Xu Jingming's face, and immediately after, the golden Lei Guang suddenly surged!

This time, the black-clothed esper didn't even have time to let out a scream before being devoured by the violent Lei Ting......