Chapter 277

The energy barrier surrounding the entire arena could not block outside sounds.

Tens of thousands of voices piled together, pressing in from all sides.

For an ordinary person, it might be impossible to make out what anyone was saying.

But as a fourth-rank adept, Su Da's captain could hear clearly.

Naturally, he caught many spectators' dissatisfaction with his earlier dodging.

In truth, he didn't want to do it either.

But his combat instinct told him—he couldn't block this spear!

He was a man who had fought his way out of the wastelands; such combat instincts had saved him from death countless times.

Under these circumstances, he naturally trusted his instinct.

"Your perception is sharp, but running won't beat me."

Xu Jingming, wreathed in golden lightning, made no pursuit, standing firm like a Thunder God with his spear.

The fifth layer of Thunder Unyielding Body granted him a physique bordering on terrifying!

Added to that, the Flowing Cloud Golden Blade Spear's ability to instantly increase its weight to six tons.

If he had blocked that spear, he would have been critically injured!

"Besides, my teammates have arrived—you're out of chances."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

Immediately, a dense hail of sharp ice shards shot in from behind!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!...

The ice shards flew at incredible speed, radiating bone-chilling cold!

This was Yao Fang of Bingshan's S-rank technique: "Ice Cascade Diamond Rain"—vast in range and devastating in damage.

Each ice shard was as hard as a D-rank alloy!

Most crucially, Yao Fang was a mid-tier fourth-rank adept.

An S-rank technique unleashed by him would pierce clean through Su Da's team, leaving bloody holes!

Su Da's trio clearly understood this—their expressions darkened.

They hastily dodged sideways, trying to escape the area first.

"Try to run? Too late!"

With a seductive laugh, Shen Dongling appeared, dagger in hand, two fluffy fox ears atop her head.

Behind her loomed a figure like a iron tower—over three meters tall, shield in left hand, blade in right.

Kong Shi, his face as hard as rock, bearing bear-like traits!

He leapt high, crashing down behind Su Da's trio with a thud, his massive crimson eyes locked onto them.

Under Xu Jingming's control, the Heavenly Thunder Spirit skill deftly avoided the two, causing them no harm.

Meanwhile, Su Da's trio, already suffering intense pain from the lightning, wore grim, icy expressions.

"Our escape route is cut off..."

The team captain took a deep breath, his blood qi surging again:

"No retreat left! Fight!"

Knowing escape was impossible, they stopped running and charged forward.

"Fight!"

Behind them, Sun Fang of the Thunder element and another support adept continuously provided ranged support.

Yet,

before the overwhelming assault of Xu Jingming's group,

this resistance wasn't useful—it was barely better than nothing...

"Match Four, won by Mo Du Academy!"

Just minutes later, the announcer declared the match result.

On the massive scoreboard overhead, Mo Da's win count rose from one to two.

"That's it? Finished so fast."

"Yeah, didn't even get to enjoy it."

"Can't help it—Mo Da and Su Da are too far apart. Total domination."

"True, and no one expected Lei Di's combat power to be this strong!

I feel he doesn't even need teammates—he could solo-dominate Su Da by himself..."

"..."

The match, lasting barely three minutes, left many spectators unsatisfied.

Especially at the start, Xu Jingming's astonishing dominance delighted viewers who had been worried.

One against five!

And just one spear strike had terrified Su Da's team into freezing!

Such a display had never been seen even by Wang Qi of Jingjing Academy in the first match.

More importantly,

it was obvious Xu Jingming hadn't even used his full strength!

This reminded them of a saying:

"I haven't even broken a sweat, and you're already down."

Because of this, many spectators now eagerly awaited Xu Jingming's next match.

Spectators were eager—but the other universities in the inner zone were stunned.

Domination!

Again, domination!

It was like this against Bingshan Academy—why is it the same against Su Hang Academy?

After this fight, all they learned was that Xu Jingming's lightning range was absurdly vast—no other intel gained...

"Hah! What's the point of analyzing his tactics?

If Su Da got crushed, what good is knowing his fighting style? Can you fight back?"

For Kong Shi, Yao Fang, and others, the universities at least had some idea.

But for Xu Jingming, whose limits remained completely untested, they had no idea—so they simply gave up.

"If even Su Da got crushed, clearly it's not us who are weak—it's Mo Da, no, it's Xu Jingming who's too strong!"

The only ones pleased were the Bingshan representatives.

Don't talk about your brother's black face—you're both black. Since all universities got crushed, none could claim Bingshan was weak.

"Su Da, last year's fourth-place team, doesn't seem that strong after all—dispatched in seconds."

Mo Da's team, having again secured a crushing victory, were in high spirits.

Of course, they knew well:

Without Xu Jingming, their powerhouse captain, charging ahead first

and wearing down Su Da's adepts, they wouldn't have won so easily.

"Jing Da and Jin Da are still analyzing your strength, but they don't know—

This level of combat? For you, Captain, it's not even a warm-up...

Yao Fang chuckled.

He eagerly anticipated the shock on Jing Da and Jin Da's faces when they saw their captain's full power.

Especially Jing Da—they deserved a real surprise!

For Xu Jingming himself, this match meant nothing.

Ordinary universities no longer stirred his fighting spirit—he now only looked forward to clashes with top-tier academies...

Although Xu Jingming's performance caused several universities to give up,

for other top-tier academies like Jin Da and Jing Da, it wasn't entirely unacceptable.

So, over the next few days, they paid him even greater attention.

As the tournament progressed, under Xu Jingming's leadership, Mo Da swept forward like a storm.

Almost always winning by crushing domination.

When the seventh day of the National University League ended, Mo Da's team had secured seven straight victories!

In the individual competition, Xu Jingming also won all three matches, advancing to the top eight!

Time quickly arrived at March 17th.

This day marked the eighth day of the National University League.

On this day, in the team event, Mo Da would face Jin Cheng Academy for the first time...