Chapter 399: Ninth-Rank Peak Family! Li Hao!

Boom!

On Platform 3, Wei Chang, having lost his left upper torso, suddenly fainted from excruciating pain and collapsed with a crash.

The medical team, already waiting beside the platform, immediately sprang into action.

"Hurry! Get him down quickly!"

"Healing Light!"

For an ordinary person, losing a quarter of their body would mean certain, irreversible death.

But Wei Chang, as a fifth-rank peak Enhancement-type adept, possessed a formidable physique—this was merely severe injury.

With the medical team's intervention, his life was not in serious danger.

As Wei Chang was carried away for treatment, the entire audience erupted in stunned exclamations.

"One strike, knockout! Could Xu Jingming really be this strong?"

"Good heavens! That was an S-grade alloy shield—pierced through like that?"

"Terrifying! The strength and psychic power are simply terrifying."

"......"

The spectators wore expressions of shock; members of the Elite Training Camp like Lin Hui and Xia Lan were left utterly dumbfounded.

They had assumed the match would end in a draw, but they never expected that Xu Jingming wouldn't just win—he won with utter decisiveness!

On Platform 3, the twisted, deformed alloy shield seemed to speak of the horror of that single strike.

"Xiao Lan, it seems you were right—Xu Jingming will sweep through the entire first-year class."

Zhou Xiaoman swallowed hard and murmured.

Xu Jingming himself was not at all surprised by this outcome.

The weight of the Flowing Cloud Golden Edge Spear varied with the intensity of the psychic energy infused into it.

Previously, the spear's maximum weight had been only six or seven tons.

But after reaching the fifth rank, with Dou Tian Shen Lei infused within, its weight could reach a terrifying twenty tons!

Twenty tons of maximum weight, combined with the S+ rank combat technique Thunder-Piercing Demon-Slaying Spear.

All energy concentrated at the spear tip—only then could it pierce the S-grade alloy.

Compared to ordinary students and spectators, Su Qingli and Hearing Ling Shuang felt no surprise at this result.

"Xu Jingming has probably been studying elemental master techniques over the past period, while his close-combat skills remain at the level of the National University League."

He has only advanced in rank.

Yet even so, to first-year trainees, he is like a being from a higher dimension..."

Hearing Ling Shuang silently admired within.

Every trainee in the Lei Ting Martial Arts Gymnasium Elite Training Camp could be called an ultimate prodigy outside.

Crossing ranks to kill was as easy as drinking water or eating rice.

Yet before Xu Jingming, they were crushed in reverse—offering not the slightest resistance.

As she thought this, a voice barely containing delight rose from beside her:

"Teacher Ling, long time no see."

The fly has arrived.

Hearing the voice, Hearing Ling Shuang subtly furrowed her brows.

Sure enough, a man stepped forward from behind, appearing in her line of sight.

The man was handsome, wearing an extremely bright smile, though his aura carried a faintly effeminate quality.

Seeing this man appear, a nearby instructor on Ling Shuang's bench immediately and tactfully moved to a seat farther back.

The man then casually sat down near Ling Shuang, preparing to speak—when she said coolly:

"Commandant Li, I'm feeling unwell. No small talk—just watch the match in silence."

The effeminate man's face froze. He opened his mouth as if to speak, but seeing Ling Shuang's cold, indifferent expression, he remained silent.

Yet deep within his eyes, a flicker of dark, smoldering rage passed briefly...

Xu Jingming's crushing defeat of Wei Chang was indeed shocking—even Chen Hai on Platform 5 couldn't help but blink.

But as a result, no one dared challenge him in the time that followed.

And Xu Jingming's sole target had always been Chen Hai—he was perfectly content with this.

He simply remained on Platform 3, practicing his psychic cultivation method on his own.

Time flew swiftly, and soon it was noon—twelve o'clock—the midday break.

Many spectators rose to go eat lunch, discussing the highlights of the previous match.

On the other side, Xu Jingming had just stepped down from Platform 3 and returned toward the inner spectator seats.

Lin Hui, Xia Lan, and others immediately turned to look at him; Lin Hui even raised his thumb and shouted praise:

"Incredible! I bet Chen Hai won't be your match! This guy's gonna get wrecked!"

Chen Hai was Wang Dong's top lackey, and he acted with extreme arrogance.

Even the kind-hearted Lin Hui disliked him; now that Xu Jingming had the power to deal with him, Lin Hui was delighted.

"Don't worry—he won't escape."

Xu Jingming smiled faintly and replied, "Let's go eat first."

Practicing the psychic cultivation method also consumed physical stamina and mental energy—he needed to replenish his strength quickly for the upcoming battle.

Saying this, he walked with Lin Hui and the others toward the gymnasium cafeteria.

Along the way, Xu Jingming saw Su Qingli and other senior figures of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Gymnasium heading toward the banquet hall of the cafeteria.

"Do you know who that man beside Teacher Ling is?"

At this moment, Lin Hui asked with an expression full of nosiness.

"Huh, if you hadn't mentioned it I wouldn't have noticed—when did a man appear next to Teacher Ling?"

Xia Lan was rather surprised.

Over this past month or so, she had interacted with Hearing Ling Shuang quite a few times, yet she had never once seen this person.

"How about it? You don't know, do you?"

Lin Hui gave a mysterious smile, then turned to look at Xu Jingming: "Jingming, Teacher Ling has been at your Mo Da for three years—surely you know who he is?"

"I don't know. This is the first time I've seen him." Xu Jingming shook his head.

Earlier, at Arena No. 3, he had already noticed this man and had simply assumed he was some higher-up from the Lei Ting Martial Hall.

But judging from Lin Hui's nosy look, there seemed to be more to the story.

"You actually don't know either?"

Lin Hui clicked his tongue in wonder, then flipped his hair and said in an extremely flashy manner:

"Then I can only be the one to reveal the answer. This person is the Li family's young master, Li Hao! At the same time, he's also our Teacher Ling's number one suitor."

"The Li family? Which Li family?" Xu Jingming's sword-brows lifted slightly.

"Which Li family would have the nerve to pursue Teacher Ling? It can only be that Li family—the one with three councilors in a single house."

Lin Hui spread his hands.

"Three councilors in a single house?" Xu Jingming was slightly taken aback.

In the Great Xia nation, councilors could only be served by ninth-rank powerhouses.

An ability-user family that could simultaneously possess three ninth-rank powerhouses—there was only one such family in the entire Great Xia nation!

That was the super family founded by the ninth-rank peak powerhouse Li Guang, garrisoned in the northern desert!

PS: Recently work projects have been tight, I have to work overtime on Saturday too, so I'm short one more chapter (crying).