Chapter 251: The Terrifying S-Rank Technique! Can the Captain Please Tone It Down a Bit?

In Kong Shi and the others' eyes, Xu Jingming's previous combo alone was enough to crush them.

That's why they mistakenly thought his strength was limited to this—but no one expected this was merely the beginning!

For a moment, everyone's expressions turned strange.

But ahead of them, Xu Jingming paid no heed to their gazes and spoke to himself:

"First, the S-rank body-training technique my teacher taught me: Thunder Indestructible Body..."

Crackling—

Under the stunned gazes of Kong Shi and the others, Xu Jingming suddenly entered Thunder Extreme State.

His body surged upward, his cold, sharply defined black-and-white eyes transforming into brilliant golden dragon pupils.

Golden lightning, seemingly endless, radiated outward from him.

A savage, draconic aura instantly engulfed the entire arena.

It sent a jolt of dread through everyone, including Kong Shi!

"Next, the S-rank defensive technique: Mingyuleikai!"

Before the others could recover from the might of Thunder Extreme State,

another layer of armor—thick, unmistakably resilient, forged from lightning—appeared over Xu Jingming's body!

Paired with his massive, muscular frame, he stood like a humanoid tyrannosaur.

"An S-rank defensive technique!" Tao Guan couldn't help but gasp.

His own enhanced-type A-rank ability, Bronze Body, was inherently defensive in nature.

Most of the techniques he mastered were also defensive, and even his weapon consisted of a dagger paired with a shield.

Yet even as a senior fourth-year student, Tao Guan possessed only one S-rank defensive technique.

Yet Xu Jingming, merely a first-year student, already mastered one.

"But shouldn't lightning-ability users prioritize offensive techniques? Why learn a defensive one?" Tao Guan was puzzled.

Not just Tao Guan—even Kong Shi and the others were deeply confused by Xu Jingming's use of such a technique.

After all,

the primary purpose of a technique is to amplify the advantages of one's own ability.

For example, an auxiliary-type ability user who learns sword techniques.

Though they may achieve some success, they can never match an enhanced-type ability user.

Auxiliary-type users achieve maximum efficiency only by learning auxiliary techniques.

Lightning abilities are no different—among the strongest offensive abilities,

why learn a defensive technique instead of the most brutal offensive ones?

And not just any defensive technique, but an S-rank one requiring immense effort—isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

Yet at that moment, Xu Jingming's voice rang out again:

"Also, this is the S-rank ranged spell technique: Heavenly Thunder!"

A flash of golden light—far above, a furious, massive bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky!

Boom!

Only after the lightning carved a deep crater into the ground did the muffled thunder and terrifying energy waves roll in.

The dense lightning elements in the air even caused several girls with longer hair to defy gravity, their strands floating upward.

"Another S-rank technique?! And a spell one?!"

Tao Guan's pupils contracted; Kong Shi and the others froze.

Damn, just moments ago they were saying defensive techniques were unsuitable for lightning users—and now comes an S-rank single-target lightning strike!

And this was already Xu Jingming's third S-rank technique demonstrated, wasn't it?

Are S-rank techniques really this easy to learn?

A giant question mark simultaneously rose in everyone's minds.

"Incredible Heavenly Thunder!"

Blood Hand Shen Dongling involuntarily gasped.

She could feel that even if she activated her own "Demon Moon Blood Fox" ability, she'd be instantly obliterated by this lightning.

She might not even leave behind a whole corpse...

"Sister Ling, you've known Xu Jingming before, right? How come you didn't know he had these techniques?"

Gu Wan asked, puzzled.

"I only met Xu Jingming a few times last semester, introduced by Yao Fang.

We're not close—I had no idea he possessed these techniques."

Shen Dongling shook her head, explaining.

In truth, most ability users never reveal all their hidden cards.

Only because of team competition requirements did they now realize Xu Jingming possessed so many absurdly powerful techniques!

As the others were still stunned by the overwhelming power of the S-rank Heavenly Thunder, Xu Jingming spoke again:

"Heavenly Thunder deals high single-target damage, but it's not my strongest technique."

This still wasn't his strongest technique?

Tao Guan's mind went numb. For an ordinary ability user, possessing even one S-rank technique as a trump card was already exceptional!

Yet Xu Jingming seemed like an anomaly—his trump cards kept emerging endlessly!

"My strongest technique is this S-rank pinnacle technique: Thunder God Finger."

As Xu Jingming's deep, resonant voice echoed, thunder rumbled in the sky.

Then, under the stunned gazes of everyone,

a colossal finger of sacred, oppressive lightning emerged from the clouds and slammed into the silver earth.

Boom~~~~

The ground trembled; wild golden lightning surged outward like a tidal wave!

More than ten seconds passed before the violent golden lightning gradually faded.

In its place lay a crater over a hundred meters in diameter.

Within the crater, residual golden lightning continued to flicker and leap.

"Could... a third-rank upper-tier ability user unleash an attack like this?"

Blood Hand Shen Dongling's lips parted slightly, her breathing growing labored.

She even felt that a fifth-rank ability user might not possess such devastating offensive power!

"Director, what strength level was this virtual ground built to?" Bing Shan Yao Fang couldn't help asking.

Yang Zhentian also seemed slightly surprised by the technique's power, but quickly recovered and replied:

"This silver earth was constructed to C-rank alloy strength."

"C-rank alloy was reduced to this state.

If this struck an ability user directly, what would happen? Would they not be reduced to ashes?"

Bing Shan Yao Fang shivered involuntarily.

Though her ice-type A-rank ability could instantly kill lower-tier ability users, at least it left behind a whole corpse.

But Xu Jingming's technique? The target would vanish entirely!

Truly, pulverized to dust and scattered to the wind!

"By the way, Captain's Thunder God Finger is a team-combat god technique!

In team competition, just drop one down—we wouldn't even need to move, and the enemy would be defeated!"

Tao Guan's expression brightened with excitement.

"Heh, if Captain alone handles the entire battle, what's the point of the rest of us?"

Bing Shan Yao Fang added dryly.

"Holy shit! Right!"

Tao Guan finally realized, panic rising—he instinctively begged Yang Zhentian:

"Director, during team competition, can you ask Captain to tone it down a bit?"