Chapter 273: Terrifying Lightning Spear! One Strike Pierces! Victory!

"What the fuck? Zhou Chao from Jin Cheng can fly?"

"That's already seventy meters up—he's practically invincible now!"

"No wonder Jin Cheng's Elite University's prodigy can pull off something like this."

"Flight ability is indeed cheap, but not truly invincible—after twenty minutes, the energy shield will start contracting."

"Lei Di will still win, it'll just take a little longer."

"......"

When the match began and Zhou Chao soared into the air, many spectators following Xu Jingming's battle erupted in shock.

Flight!

This was the ability countless people dreamed of!

Only elemental wind-affinity cultivators could achieve it at low ranks.

And such an ability was undoubtedly decisive in university league battles.

Even for Xu Jingming, who possessed an SS-rank ability, he could only wait for the energy shield to shrink before he could defeat him.

"Even though that's true, it still feels unsatisfying."

"Yeah, I still prefer yesterday's Lei Di single-handedly obliterating Bai Xi with his brutal style."

Yesterday's brutal performance by Xu Jingming in the team match was deeply etched in their minds.

Now seeing Xu Jingming seemingly powerless against Zhou Chao, some of his supporters couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Crackling—

Yet at that moment, a dense, piercing thunderclap echoed like a thousand birds shrieking.

On Platform 3, centered on Xu Jingming, a vast golden sea of lightning erupted outward!

"What the fuck?! Is Lei Di unleashing his full ability? The range is this huge?!"

"Yeah, that's at least half the platform!"

Among the spectators were several fourth-rank lightning-affinity cultivators; seeing Xu Jingming's ability extend forty meters, they froze in shock.

Their own lightning abilities' maximum range was only thirty-five meters.

"The range is huge, but it still can't touch Zhou Chao—what's the point..."

Many spectators were equally confused.

Just as they wondered, the dense lightning on the platform surged together.

Then, it coalesced into a lightning storm over thirty meters tall!

Whoosh—

Whoosh—

The roaring thunder generated a powerful suction force.

It sucked up drinks and hats placed on the seats.

All of them were pulled in and slammed against the energy barrier before stopping.

Some female spectators in front-row seats, wearing dresses or skirts, had their hemlines lifted by the wind.

Suddenly, shrieks erupted as beautiful young girls, blushing furiously, hurriedly pressed down their skirts.

"Damn, that lightning storm is terrifying!"

"We're over two hundred meters from the platform—and the suction's still this strong?"

"Haha, no wonder Lei Di! He found the counter so fast—now see how Zhou Chao escapes!"

"......"

The crowd buzzed in awe at the overwhelming suction.

Some were so excited their faces flushed red—under this suction, even powerful wind-affinity cultivators would struggle to escape!

As expected, facing Xu Jingming's colossal lightning storm,

Zhou Chao felt an immense force dragging him straight toward the storm!

"No! I have to get out now!"

Zhou Chao's casual confidence vanished instantly; he desperately pushed his wind ability to fly in another direction.

Yet the air resistance he'd ignored moments ago now clamped down on him, slowing his flight by more than double!

How is this possible? The suction is this strong?

Zhou Chao screamed silently in his mind.

"Too slow a flight speed won't work."

On the ground, Xu Jingming shook his head. "Because you're too slow... you can't dodge my technique!"

Zzzzz—

He clenched his left hand, and the sound of crackling lightning arcs echoed.

Endless lightning surged toward him, rapidly coalescing into a golden lightning spear two meters long!

"Your flight ability is impressive—but unfortunately, you've met me!"

With a powerful heave of his left arm, accompanied by a deafening sonic boom, the lightning spear shot forward!

In Zhou Chao's eyes, Xu Jingming merely flicked his wrist—the spear blurred and vanished from his sight!

At three to four times the speed of sound, it was utterly invisible to his eyes!

"No good!" Zhou Chao's mind screamed a warning.

Though he knew the platform had protective mechanisms, he still smelled death.

"Wind God Barrier!"

With a roar, his wind ability surged together, forming a thick wind shield before him.

As a ranged-output wind-affinity cultivator, his body wasn't as durable as that of a strength-focused cultivator.

That's why he specifically learned this S-rank defensive technique—to save his life.

Whoosh!

The instant the shield formed, the golden lightning spear struck!

Boom!

The phantom-like spear slammed into the thick wind shield.

Golden lightning exploded—yet the shield didn't even last half a second; it shattered before Zhou Chao's despairing eyes.

Pfft—

The spear pierced straight through his right chest, leaving a bloody, charred hole.

Intense pain made Zhou Chao spit blood and instantly pass out, plummeting from the sky.

"Platform 3: Zhou Chao unconscious. Xu Jingming wins!"

Falling from over seventy meters onto an alloy floor wasn't something to joke about.

The referee, who had been standing by the platform, immediately intervened.

As he declared Xu Jingming the winner, he leapt into the air and caught Zhou Chao mid-fall.

From the moment Xu Jingming used the lightning storm to restrict Zhou Chao's flight speed,

to the lightning spear piercing his body—all happened in the blink of an eye.

One second Zhou Chao was smugly floating above, the next he was knocked out cold.

The battle turned so fast that only after the referee announced Xu Jingming's victory did the crowd finally react.

Then, an overwhelming roar of cheers erupted.

"What the fuck! So cool! That's a one-hit KO!"

"He created a sonic boom with just his bare hand—what the hell?!"

"Of course—this is the true brutal Lei Di!"

"......"

Most spectators here were young, blood-boiling youths.

Xu Jingming always won with near-total domination—exactly their taste.

Especially that final lightning spear, roaring with a sonic boom, felt like it had struck their very souls.

Their pores opened wide, their bodies tingled with delight, and their cheers grew even louder.