Chapter 388: Split It? I Want It All!

"Lin Heng, don't be so crude when you speak."

After his own team member finished speaking, the bald captain of the Dragon Spear Guild casually waved his hand to stop them.

A pair of tiger-like eyes looked toward Xu Jingming:

"To tell you the truth, we only just arrived in this area ourselves.

If you were a sixth-tier ability user, we could still discuss the distribution of these Yuan Ling Fruits.

But unfortunately, you're only fifth-tier, so I'm advising you to leave right away.

Otherwise, my brothers and I won't hold back."

Having said that, the bald captain directly activated his ability, his build swelling up by a full size.

Faintly, dark red qi and blood coiled around his body, and the aura of a sixth-tier ability user erupted without restraint!

Clearly, this was an ability user with an enhancement-type ability!

And the meaning behind this action was also obvious — if you don't leave, we fight!

"I do understand the law of the jungle, but unfortunately, you've misjudged my strength."

Shaking his head, Yao Lei Zhang was already gripped in Xu Jingming's hand as the SS-grade Doushen Shenlei surged into the crystal core at its tip:

"Thunderball Art!"

Crackle-crackle—

Accompanied by a piercing thunder, lightning and electric light spread everywhere.

A massive golden thunderball over three meters in diameter condensed above Xu Jingming's head.

Like a small sun, it radiated terrifying energy fluctuations.

Only what leapt across the surface of this thunderball was not scorching magma, but violent golden lightning!

"Wha... what is this?"

The bald captain at the head showed a faint look of shock; he sensed from this thunderball a terrifying aura capable of annihilating every one of them!

And right at this moment, the thunderball moved, crashing toward them like a meteor!

"Elementalist, raise shields, everyone into defensive stance!"

Judging solely from the energy fluctuations radiating off the thunderball, the opponent's combat power simply could not be only fifth-tier!

It was even far more terrifying than they had imagined!

But by this point, it was already too late for regrets.

The bald captain roared with all his might, and the fifth-tier peak water-elementalist in the team also reacted swiftly.

In just an instant, he condensed several water-element shields, protecting everyone within.

The bald captain at the head even took out an alloy shield as large as a door panel from his spatial ring and held it in front of himself.

The other team members, besides him, also stood behind the captain one after another, their expressions changing drastically.

Boom-boom-boom~~~

This massive thunderball simply smashed down like that, extremely easily breaking through the elemental shields and blasting into the bald captain and the others!

Although the alloy shield served as defense, the powerful impact acting on the bald captain

still struck him as if hit heavily, making him spit out a mouthful of fresh blood!

Then, the terrifying golden lightning surged outward!

Crackle-crackle—

Within a range of several dozen meters centered on the bald captain, violent golden lightning filled everything.

Grass, trees, even the soil — everything was devoured.

And at the very center of the thunderball, the bald captain and his group, who bore the brunt of the damage,

had already been electrocuted until their entire bodies were scorched black, with large wounds torn across them by the violent lightning!

Their auras were even more listless and dejected.

"This......"

The one who had spoken provocatively earlier lay heavily wounded on the ground.

Feeling the intense pain coming from all over his body, his face was full of shock and incomprehension.

He simply could not figure it out — an elementalist who was only fifth-tier,

how had just one battle technique alone beaten their entire team into total collapse?

"Thi... this brother, this time we misjudged the situation.

We beg you to let us off, we'll leave right now."

Compared to the other heavily wounded team members collapsed on the ground, although the bald captain was similarly heavily wounded, he could still stand.

And that Thunderball Art from earlier had already made him understand that Xu Jingming's true combat power was terrifyingly high!

Absolutely not something their small squad could contend against!

So he dared not delay for even a moment, and hurriedly admitted defeat.

On his bloodstained face, none of that earlier casualness could be seen — there was only fear and tension.

"Scram." Xu Jingming waved his hand as if swatting a fly.

This was a squad led by a sixth-tier ability user with fifth-tier peak members; each of them should have some life-preserving trump cards on them.

Killing them all would take at least several minutes.

Now was the critical period when the Yuan Ling Fruits were ripening, and he had no time to waste on these people.

Of course,

the most important thing was that this group had not shown any killing intent.

Otherwise, with his temperament, he would absolutely not have let these people go.

"Thank you, brother, for your mercy!"

The bald team leader's face lit up with relief, and he quickly led the remaining four members away.

He didn't even care about the injuries on his own men's bodies—he just grabbed them and ran.

As if afraid that if he moved too slowly, Xu Jingming would change his mind.

Just as they were fleeing in disarray, the 12th Squad of the Black Dragon Legion also emerged from the jungle and arrived on the scene.

When they noticed the injuries on the bald team leader and his men, they immediately understood what had just happened.

They couldn't help but be secretly startled.

One man defeated an entire fifth-rank peak bio-ability squad—and he himself was completely unharmed!

This Xu Jingming is truly terrifyingly strong!

Thinking of this, Squad Leader Wu Shuo smiled and said:

"No wonder you're a prodigy of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Training Camp—even a sixth-rank bio-ability squad isn't your match, Brother Xu."

The five members behind Wu Shuo also wore expressions of astonishment.

Although they had already known from their intelligence reports that Xu Jingming could kill sixth-rank ferocious beasts,

they never expected he could defeat an elite fifth-rank peak squad led by a sixth-rank bio-ability user—with total dominance!

The difficulty was several times higher than killing a single sixth-rank ferocious beast alone!

"Brother Xu, your strength is formidable. There are six Yuan Spirit Fruits on this tree—let's split them evenly: three for you, three for us."

After glancing at the fruit frantically absorbing Yuan energy, Wu Shuo, recognizing its value, proposed this friendly arrangement.

His words surprised the remaining squad members.

Though Wu Shuo always appeared to be a kind, easygoing man, he was no fool who'd let himself be taken advantage of.

On the frontlines, if any mission reward wasn't settled properly, he'd storm right up to the Legion's Deputy Commander and slam his fist on the table!

Xu Jingming might be strong, but to a battle-hardened sixth-rank bio-ability squad like theirs, he was still too green.

After all, this was an SS-class heavenly treasure—extremely rare!

They had assumed their squad leader would give Xu Jingming just one fruit—or none at all—but they never expected an even split.

This decision was, in fact, the result of Wu Shuo's careful deliberation.

On one hand, he didn't want to provoke a direct conflict with Xu Jingming.

On the other, extending goodwill to Xu Jingming might prove useful someday in the future.

Yet, facing Wu Shuo's overture, Xu Jingming merely shook his head and said calmly:

"Squad Leader Wu, no need to split them. I'll take all six Yuan Spirit Fruits."