Chapter 354: Sakura Rin

Hu—

Hu—

Swift wind rushed past Xu Jingming's ears as the scenery beneath him blurred by at high speed.

Below, two Gold-Flow Guards closely followed.

At the speed of a seventh-rank Master, keeping up with his flight was a simple matter.

"Master, are you going to kill all the psychics in the Tianyu Dojo?"

Sakura Rin's voice echoed in Xu Jingming's mind.

"What, you're reluctant?" Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow.

"It's not that I'm reluctant."

Sakura Rin quickly denied it, "I just need you to let me take control of the Tianyu Dojo as much as possible—naturally, the stronger my forces here, the better."

Among the remaining psychics, many are trusted subordinates I've spent years cultivating."

If possible, Master, could you spare them?"

"Of course, if you want to kill them all, that's fine too..."

Sakura Rin's tone was deeply respectful, even humble.

"Trusted subordinates you cultivated?"

After a moment's pause, Xu Jingming replied, "Building power requires manpower—no one can do it alone. But I can only give you eight slots."

"Eight?"

Sakura Rin's voice faltered—this was far fewer than she'd hoped for—but she quickly replied:

"Yes, Master..."

Time swiftly passed, and before long it went from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.

"The exit is less than fifty kilometers away—push harder, aim to arrive within the hour."

"Phew, we're almost there—come on, come on!"

"After running this long, we're finally reaching the end."

"......"

In the jungle, a group of over ten people were sprinting at full speed.

It was Kong Shi and the others who had fled from the main base.

Not only had the professors and students from Mo University joined them, but also the instructors and trainees from the two martial academies.

From ten a. m. until now, they had run nonstop without a single pause.

The fifth- and sixth-rank psychics in the group were fine—the pace wasn't too taxing.

But for Mo University's Shen Dongling, Liu Ming, and others who were only low-tier fourth-rank psychics, it was sheer torture.

To maintain full speed, they had swallowed several recovery pills along the way!

But they knew this was a life-or-death moment—no room for carelessness.

Now, seeing the finish line so near, everyone's tense expressions eased slightly.

Yet what followed was worry for their professors and Xu Jingming.

"I wonder if Professor and Xu Jingming made it out alive."

"Don't worry—they definitely escaped. Tianyu Dojo has many sixth-rank psychics, but individually, none can match the professors' strength."

"That's true—I'm overthinking it."

"......"

As they talked, everyone leaned toward optimistic guesses.

But everyone knew the Tianyu Dojo's eighty-plus psychics weren't easy to deal with.

To rescue Xu Jingming, at least three or four sixth-rank professors would perish!

Even total annihilation—no one escaping—was possible.

Liu Ming, as Xu Jingming's senior brother, wore the same worried expression...

As everyone anxiously sprinted forward,

Suddenly, a middle-aged psychic burst out from the dense jungle.

The psychic was short, clad in pure black battle gear, with a sun emblem on his left chest.

"It's a Tianyu Dojo psychic!" Everyone's expressions shifted slightly.

The middle-aged psychic's aura wasn't high—only peak fifth-rank.

Any one of the three sixth-ranks present could kill him easily.

But his appearance here meant the battle at the base was over.

The Tianyu Dojo psychics had freed up and were now searching for this group.

Even the main Tianyu Dojo force might be nearby!

"Did Professor Qin and the others lose?" Lin Hui's face darkened.

It also meant the brilliant SS-rank psychic awakening, Xu Jingming, had perished.

"Something's off—his expression is panicked. He doesn't look like he's searching for us—he looks like he's... fleeing!"

A sixth-rank professor noticed something wrong: "Grab him! Ask what happened at the main base!"

"Shit! Again, people from Great Xia!"

The Sakura Nation psychic had spotted Lin Hui and the others.

After cursing in his native tongue, he immediately turned to flee in another direction.

The sixth-rank professor from Lin Hui's side prepared to act.

But before they could even step forward, with a loud bang, a piercing sonic boom suddenly rang out!

Whoosh!

Immediately after,

a thunder lance shot down from the sky at a ferocious speed several times the speed of sound!

Puchi!!

Although this peak fifth-tier ability user had activated his enhancement-type ability and was wearing a set of A-grade battle armor,

and had even used a defensive battle technique, his entire body wreathed in thick qi and blood,

the Lei Mao still pierced straight through the left side of his chest!

The Lei Mao itself wasn't thick — its diameter was only about ten centimeters at most.

But the fierce golden thunder that spread outward from it

punched straight through this peak fifth-tier ability user from Sakura Country, blasting a charred black hole over forty centimeters in diameter!

His heart, along with the left half of his body, had already been annihilated by the thunder......

"That looks like the captain's Lei Mao battle technique!"

As Xu Jingming's teammate from the National College League, Shen Dongling recognized this battle technique at a glance.

"Captain? You mean Xu Jingming? It can't be him, can it?"

Lin Hui was somewhat hesitant.

At this point, even if Xu Jingming had escaped, he shouldn't have caught up to them yet.

Moreover, could Xu Jingming's battle technique really be this powerful? Strong enough to instantly kill a peak fifth-tier?

While they were thinking, two enormous golden figures suddenly burst out of the jungle.

Upon seeing the ability user who was now deader than dead, the two enormous figures immediately stopped in their tracks.

One of them even looked up at the sky and said helplessly in a muffled voice:

"Inheritor, I couldn't take it this time—your speed was too fast."

Lin Hui and the others instinctively looked up at the sound, but before they could look up,

a youth's figure, bearing enormous thunder wings on his back, slowly descended from the air.

"I spotted him from two kilometers away—of course you couldn't take it from me, Yi Wa."

The tall youth, folding his wings, replied with a smile.

"Huh??"

Seeing the youth's familiar face, Lin Hui and the others, who hadn't quite believed it yet, suddenly widened their eyes and said in disbelief:

"Su Chen? No — Xu Jingming, it's really you?!"