Chapter 224: Li Wanying Dies! Li Shanglin

Li Wanying knew that top-tier university prodigies possessed the power to fight across ranks, which was why she had summoned all members of her guard unit to act together.

But she never imagined that two mid-tier fourth-rank and two low-tier fourth-rank guards were instantly slain by Xu Jingming, a third-rank upper-tier adept!

And it was a flawless, effortless instant kill—clearly, their strengths were not even on the same level, the gap terrifyingly vast!

Obviously, someone with such power could not possibly be an ordinary Muda student.

"Who are you? How could your strength be so terrifying?!"

Gazing into those golden dragon pupils, feeling the unmasked killing intent radiating from him.

Li Wanying, collapsed on the ground, couldn't help but turn pale with fear.

In that moment,

endless regret surged in her heart—she should have investigated deeper.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been trapped in such a helpless situation.

"You said I'm Xu Jingming, a Muda student—didn't you already investigate thoroughly and confidently prepared to kill and seize my treasures?"

"Now you regret it?"

Xu Jingming walked slowly toward Li Wanying, a sneer on his lips.

"No, don't kill me..."

Li Wanying, merely a second-rank adept, was paralyzed under the overwhelming pressure of Xu Jingming's Thunder Extreme State.

She couldn't even rise from the ground, only scrambling backward on her long legs, desperately trying to retreat.

As she struggled, she begged in a trembling, tearful voice, utterly stripped of her earlier arrogance.

To an outsider, Xu Jingming—like a beast—would seem the villain.

And the frail woman sobbing on the ground, crawling away, would appear the victim.

"I... I know I was wrong. If you spare me,

I swear on my honor that the Li family will never pursue anything that happened today.

We'll give you a hundred billion in cash and guarantee your safe exit from the Thunder Secret Realm.

Even if you want to join the Thunder Martial Hall, I'll beg my father to make you a supervisor!"

Driven by the primal instinct for survival, Li Wanying had no intention of holding Xu Jingming accountable for killing Uncle Li and the others.

She only threw out one tempting offer after another.

Survival, wealth, status—everything she could offer, hoping to dissolve his killing intent.

Yet Xu Jingming merely stared coldly at her, not pausing his steps.

"By the way, weren't there two beautiful girls beside you yesterday?"

"Girls like them—I can find you as many as you want, just spare my life..."

Li Wanying continued pleading, and Xu Jingming finally stopped.

Believing she'd found the key, Li Wanying's eyes lit up, as if grasping her last lifeline, and she hurriedly said:

"Beautiful girls—yes, I'll find you even more. Even... I'll serve you myself if needed."

With a rip, Li Wanying no longer cared about modesty.

Ignoring all modesty, Li Wanying tore open her crimson battle suit, exposing a vast expanse of pale skin.

Her magnificent, firm curves were perfectly revealed to the air.

Undeniably, she was a stunning beauty—voluptuous and graceful.

Paired with her tear-streaked, alluring face, she looked heartbreakingly vulnerable, maximizing the urge to protect her.

This sight would soften ninety percent of men—but unfortunately, Xu Jingming was the other ten percent.

He shook his head, his voice low and cold:

"I stopped only to tell you: those two girls are exceptional—you can't just find anyone like them.

And don't expose that body, corroded by lust and drugs, to tempt me.

It holds zero appeal for me. Besides, I have a cleanliness obsession—you're filthy."

To an ordinary person, Li Wanying's body was undeniably alluring.

But for the past two days, Xu Jingming had been almost constantly with Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chu, aside from sleeping.

He understood their physical states intimately—even had a slight touch of them.

That unique, astonishing elasticity of virgin flesh, that perfect fullness—nothing Li Wanying, a withered flower, could match.

In short, Xu Jingming now had an automatic immunity to women.

"Bastard! Bastard! How dare you insult me like this? Don't let me live to go back!

If you do, I'll kill your entire family, flay you alive!

Even if you kill me, my brother and father will never let you live!"

Seeing her most prized beauty and figure dismissed so utterly by Xu Jingming,

Li Wanying finally broke, screaming curses.

"Don't let me live? Fine. As you wish."

Xu Jingming's eyebrows lifted.

Swish—

His spear swept horizontally, the tip slicing effortlessly through Li Wanying's neck.

Her beautiful head flew off.

Puff—

Blood gushed like a fountain from her neck, then her body collapsed lifelessly.

Li Wanying—the notorious, feared thorned rose of the Thunder Secret Realm—was slain in a single spear thrust by Xu Jingming.

"He who kills shall be killed. If you wish to kill, prepare to die."

He shook his spear, and all blood slid off the tip of the Flowing Cloud Golden Blade.

Had any ordinary third-rank upper-tier adept faced this group's ambush, they'd have had zero chance to resist.

Thus, Xu Jingming felt no guilt over killing Li Wanying and her team.

Adept families often carry space rings and gear embedded with tracking crystals.

Once they leave the Thunderstorm Zone, they'll be locked onto.

So there's no point risking it to strip their space rings."

Given that, there's no point risking it to steal the space ring.

Brilliant golden lightning surged forth, consuming the corpses on the ground.

In mere moments, five bodies and their space rings were reduced to ash.

Only after this did Xu Jingming turn and leave swiftly.

The Li family had a sixth-rank peak patriarch; unless necessary,

he had no desire to summon Vice Principal Lingshuang over a petty Li family matter.

Now that all evidence was destroyed, and Li Wanying had many enemies in the Thunder Secret Realm, surely the Li family wouldn't trace this back to him?

Now that all evidence is destroyed, and Li Wanying has made many enemies within the Thunder Secret Realm, surely the Li family won't still trace it back to her?

"Ding-ding—"

At the very moment Li Wanying was slain, in a luxurious villa within the Thunder Secret Realm city,

Li Shanglin sat with closed eyes in his training room.

His smart wristband suddenly blared a piercing alarm.

"Hm?" Li Shanglin frowned and opened his eyes.

He tapped the wristband, and a glaring red holographic window appeared before him.

Simultaneously, urgent alarms blared:

"Detection: Heartbeat of user 003 wristband has ceased. Vital signs vanished."

"Detection: Heartbeat of user 003 wristband has ceased..."

The entire training room flooded with red light, alarms echoing.

"Wristband 003? That's Xiao Ying's!"

Li Shanglin's eyes turned blood-red, his rage exploding skyward: "Who dares kill my little sister?!"

Li Shanglin's eyes suddenly turned blood-red, his fury surging to the heavens: "Who dares kill my little sister?!"