Chapter 209: The Terrifying Close-Quarters Slaughter! Killed in Action!

"Blocked it!" Xu Jingming rejoiced in his heart.

Blocking this palm strike meant he truly had the capital to engage in close-quarters combat with the Storm Lei Xiong!

"This is 3,000 qi and blood! This is the Indestructible Thunder Body! This is the Thunder Extreme State!"

The smile on Xu Jingming's face was wild and unrestrained.

The SS-grade ability Doushen Shenlei erupted fully, ceaselessly corroding the Storm Lei Xiong's body.

At the same time, Xu Jingming shifted his footing, flashed sideways, and arrived at the Storm Lei Xiong's flank.

The Storm Lei Xiong's body was six meters tall; Xu Jingming, at two meters and two, could only reach the height of its legs.

And this was precisely what Xu Jingming needed!

He was seen twisting his waist, driving force into his right arm.

Then his right fist, wreathed in golden thunder, shot forth like an arrow loosed from its string, transforming into a golden phantom as it hammered out!

The fist rubbed against the air, emitting a piercing sound—this punch had actually broken through the sound barrier!

The Storm Lei Xiong's massive body became an obstacle at this moment.

From Xu Jingming's sidestep to his punch, it simply could not react in time!

Boom!

A tremendous crash was heard—the Storm Lei Xiong's kneecap was completely shattered, blood spraying everywhere!

"Roar—"

The intense pain made the Storm Lei Xiong let out an angry howl, and immediately another palm came slamming over!

The first palm was Xu Jingming testing his own physical resilience; this second palm he naturally could not take head-on again.

Moreover, he had just thrown a punch, the exact moment when old force had departed and new force had yet to be born.

So he took a retreating step and shot backward dozens of meters in an instant!

"Worthy of the Storm Lei Xiong—its defense is truly formidable."

With that punch just now, Xu Jingming felt he could have smashed C-grade alloy to pieces!

But he hadn't expected it would only shatter the Lei Xiong's kneecap, rather than breaking the leg outright.

"Sure enough, dealing with fierce beasts still requires a weapon."

Though he said so, Xu Jingming did not immediately take out his spear.

His fist technique had reached advanced proficiency; he wanted to test whether he could kill this Storm Lei Xiong with bare fists alone!

And this feeling of fist meeting flesh could also greatly soothe the violent negative emotions brought on by cultivating the Indestructible Thunder Body.

"Roar!!"

Seeing its strike miss, the Storm Lei Xiong's fury only grew.

Its bellowing roar was deafening, and those pale-blue eyes suddenly turned crimson!

At the same time, perhaps influenced by its emotions, the blue-white thunder swirling around it suddenly grew violent and dense!

Then it gathered together, forming a thunder tornado over ten meters tall!

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

Thunder howled, sand and stones flew across the ground, and some nearby trees were sucked into the thunder tornado.

Under the thunder's bombardment they instantly caught fire, flames shooting into the sky!

In just an instant, the entire clearing seemed to have descended into doomsday!

"Thunderstorm!" Wu Chuang in the distance grew solemn, ready to strike at any moment.

Thunderstorm was an innate skill mastered by the Storm Lei Xiong, its power extremely formidable.

Once swept into the storm, one would either die or be gravely injured.

Under normal circumstances, facing such a storm, the only option was to flee first and wait for the storm to dissipate before continuing the attack.

Xu Jingming naturally also knew the Storm Lei Xiong's innate skill.

However, he did not choose to flee, merely letting the golden Doushen Shenlei condense a dense thunder net around himself!

Then he pushed off hard with his feet—bang! —and his whole body shot forth like a cannonball!

Crackle-crackle—

Xu Jingming plunged into the thunderstorm; golden thunder and blue thunder intertwined, crackling loudly.

Wrapped in Doushen Shenlei, he seemed completely unharmed.

Ignoring the storm's powerful suction, he burst straight out of the thunderstorm.

"Looks like your innate thunder is nothing special after all."

Having passed through the thunderstorm, Xu Jingming fixed a pair of indifferent dragon-pupil eyes on the Storm Lei Xiong not far away.

The vast majority of the thunderstorm's lightning was blocked outside by Doushen Shenlei; even if a small amount of lightning struck through,

against his formidable physique with the Thunder Extreme State activated, it was no different from a scrape.

One must know,

Xu Jingming had absorbed the blood essence of an eighth-rank lesser Thunderstorm Dragon and a ninth-rank Dragon-type Beast Emperor.

This gave him a natural aura of dragon-type fierce beasts.

Now, entering the Thunder Extreme State, he displayed features akin to dragonification.

A single glance from him at this moment made the originally furious Storm Lei Xiong actually show a look of fear.

Then it quickly realized—this was a human, not a noble dragon!

And so, after the fear came an even more extreme fury!

"Roar!!"

It opened its bloodied maw and roared as it charged forward!

I have to say, the vitality of these fierce beasts is indeed incredibly tenacious.

If an ordinary human esper had one knee destroyed, their combat power would drop by at least fifty percent!

Yet this Storm Thunder Bear, aside from being slightly slower, seemed completely unaffected.

The Storm Thunder Bear charged straight ahead like a small mountain, and Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened slightly.

Then, golden thunderbolts gathered from all directions, condensing on his body into a suit of liquid thunder armor!

Nether Prison Mingyu Lei Kai!

Having decided on close-quarters combat, Xu Jingming naturally wouldn't be careless and decisively activated this S-rank defensive combat technique!

Standing before the massive Storm Thunder Bear, even though Xu Jingming had grown to two meters and twenty centimeters tall, he still appeared extremely small.

Yet the aura erupting from his body was in no way inferior to that of the peak fourth-rank Storm Thunder Bear!

He gripped his fists, golden lightning radiating around them, and charged head-on toward the Storm Thunder Bear!

The fourth level of the Indestructible Thunder Body granted Xu Jingming an extraordinarily powerful physique.

After activating Thunder Extreme State, his physique was pushed to an absolute peak!

Combined with the protection of the Nether Prison Mingyu Lei Kai, one could say that Xu Jingming's own body was now the most formidable weapon!

And indeed, that was exactly the case.

He transformed into a golden phantom, charging in to engage the Storm Thunder Bear in close combat.

Bang! Bang! Bang!......

Xu Jingming's fists became blurs, striking the Storm Thunder Bear with extreme speed, each blow delivering an immensely heavy impact!

The terrifying force of his punches was even powerful enough to scatter the surrounding thunder!

Before Xu Jingming, the Storm Thunder Bear was like a sandbag, able only to take hits passively.

Even when it tried to counterattack, its strikes were either swiftly dodged.

Or they would land on the Nether Prison Mingyu Lei Kai, failing to cause any damage and instead wounding the bear through the armor's retaliation mechanism!

Less than a minute into the battle, the Storm Thunder Bear was already beaten until it was covered in blood.

Worse still, Xu Jingming's SS-rank esper ability, Heaven-Sent Divine Thunder, was constantly corroding its body.

With both sources of damage combined, the Storm Thunder Bear was now in a clearly heavily wounded state!

The human-like expression on the Storm Thunder Bear's face had shifted from its initial towering fury to one now filled with fear and confusion.

It couldn't understand how such a tiny human, whom it had regarded as prey, could inflict so much damage upon it!

"Clumsy build, slow swings, and even its defense is this fragile. A peak fourth-rank fierce beast is nothing more than this!"

Xu Jingming's resolute face showed not the slightest trace of emotion.

Then, exerting force through both legs, he leaped over five meters into the air, his eyes level with the Storm Thunder Bear's:

"Die! Thunder Dragon Fist!"

Roar—

Accompanied by a terrifying roar resembling that of a dragon-type fierce beast.

Endless golden thunder converged on Xu Jingming's right fist, compressing the lightning to its absolute limit like a miniature sun!

Then, he threw a punch!

Boom!!

The powerful energy shockwave surged outward, and the already heavily wounded Storm Thunder Bear had no time to react before its entire head was blasted apart!

Bang!

Xu Jingming descended, his combat boots landing steadily on the ground.

And before him, the headless corpse of the Storm Thunder Bear also collapsed with a thunderous crash, slamming onto the ground!

"Ding~~, killed one peak fourth-rank Storm Thunder Bear, ability points +321."

A pleasant system notification rang in his mind.

Meanwhile, Wu Chuang, who was holding a camera and hiding in the distance ready to intervene at any moment, was completely dumbfounded.

This peak fourth-rank Storm Thunder Bear, a true overlord among its kind, was just... dead?