Chapter 251

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.

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

"First, the S-class body-training combat technique my teacher taught me—Lei Ting Bu Mie Shen..."

Crackling—

Before the stunned gaze of Kong Shi and the others, Xu Jingming suddenly entered Lei Jitai.

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

Golden lightning, seemingly endless, spread outward from him.

A savage, tyrannical aura, like that of a top-tier dragon beast, instantly engulfed the entire area.

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

"Next, the S-class defensive combat technique—Ming Yu Lei Kui!"

Before the others could recover from the might of Lei Jitai,

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

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

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

His own enhanced-type A-class ability, "Bronze Body," was inherently a defensive ability.

Most of the combat 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-class defensive combat technique.

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

"But shouldn't lightning-attribute ability users prioritize offensive combat 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 function of a combat 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 still achieve some success, they can never match an enhanced-type ability user.

An auxiliary-type user achieves exponentially better results by learning auxiliary-type combat techniques.

Lightning-attribute is no different—it's one of the strongest offensive abilities.

Why not learn the most brutal offensive techniques, but instead learn a defensive one?

And worse, an S-class one that demands immense effort—isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

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

"Also, this is the S-class ranged spell combat technique—Tian Lei Shu!"

A flash of golden light appeared before their eyes—a furious, massive bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the distant sky!

Boom—!

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

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

"Another S-class combat technique?! And it's a spell-type?!"

Tao Guan's pupils shrank; Kong Shi and the others froze in surprise.

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

And this is already the third S-class combat technique Xu Jingming has demonstrated, isn't it?

Are S-class combat techniques really this easy to learn?

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

"Incredible Tian Lei Shu!"

Blood Hand Shen Dongling involuntarily exclaimed.

She could feel that even if she activated her own "Yue Yue Xue Hu" ability, she'd be instantly obliterated under this lightning.

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

"Sister Ling, you've known Xu Jingming for a while, right? How come you seem unaware of these techniques he possesses?"

Gu Wan asked, puzzled.

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

We're not close at all—I had no idea he mastered these techniques."

Shen Dongling shook her head and explained.

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

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

As everyone was stunned by the overwhelming power of this S-class Tian Lei Shu, Xu Jingming spoke again:

"Tian Lei Shu has high single-target damage, but it's not my strongest technique."

This still isn't his strongest technique?

Tao Guan's mind went numb—ordinary ability users were lucky to have even one S-class technique as a trump card!

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

"My strongest technique is this S-class top-tier combat technique—Lei Shen Zhi."

As Xu Jingming's deep, powerful voice echoed, a muffled thunderclap suddenly rolled across the sky.

Immediately after, under the gaze of the stunned crowd.

A thick finger of thunder, brimming with sacred might, thrust out from the clouds and slammed brutally into the silver ground.

Boom boom boom~~~~

The ground quaked, and wild golden thunder surged outward like a tsunami!

Only after a full ten-plus seconds did the wild golden thunder gradually fade.

In its place was a deep crater over a hundred meters in diameter!

Within the deep crater, residual golden thunder still flickered and leapt about.

"This... is an attack a third-rank upper-stage ability user can unleash?"

Blood-Hand Shen Dongling's rosy little mouth parted slightly, feeling as if even breathing had become difficult.

She even felt that perhaps even a fifth-rank ability user wouldn't be able to possess such devastating attack power!

"Dean, what intensity was the floor of this virtual space constructed to?" Bingshan Yao Fang couldn't help but ask aloud.

Yang Zhentian also seemed somewhat astonished by the power of this battle technique, but he quickly recovered and replied:

"This silver ground was constructed to the intensity of C-grade alloy."

"C-grade alloy has been blasted into this state.

If this had struck an ability user, what would the result be? The whole person would probably turn to flying ash, wouldn't they?"

Bingshan Yao Fang couldn't help but shiver.

Although his ice-type A-grade ability could also instantly kill some low-rank ability users, at the very least it would leave an intact corpse.

But with Xu Jingming's battle technique, the whole person would probably just be gone entirely!

One could say it was truly a case of grinding the bones and scattering the ash!

"Speaking of which, the captain's Lei Shen Zhi is an AOE divine skill!

When the time comes for the team match, just smash one down and we won't even need to lift a finger — we can defeat the opponents!"

Tao Guan looked excited.

"Heh, if the captain solves the battle all by himself, then what do they need us for?"

Bingshan Yao Fang added quietly.

"Holy crap! That's right!"

Only now did Tao Guan react, and he immediately panicked, instinctively requesting Yang Zhentian:

"Dean, when it's time for the team match, can you have the captain rein it in a bit?"