Chapter 467

Seeing Aaron killed by a headshot, Rick froze for a moment, then his face twisted into furious rage:

"How dare you kill Aaron? You're asking for death! Flame Claw!"

Boom!!

Scorching flames erupted, forming a massive claw that slammed toward Xu Jingming!

This was clearly a seventh-rank Master with an elemental fire ability.

"Lei Jitai! Thunder Barrier!"

Xu Jingming didn't hesitate a moment—he immediately entered his enhanced form.

Crackling—

The searing flame claw struck the thick golden thunder barrier, the two elemental energies eroding each other.

In the past, this flame claw could instantly kill a sixth-rank peak beast—but now it failed to break through the thunder defense!

"F**k! How is this possible?!"

Rick's pupils shrank to needle points; he shouted urgently:

"Albert! This guy's suspicious! Help me!"

"Coming!"

The other Master also sensed something wrong and immediately activated his ability, his blood qi swirling around him.

In a flash, he vanished from his spot and reappeared before Xu Jingming, his battle blade slashing down like lightning.

"Thunder Flash!"

In Xu Jingming's brilliant golden eyes, there was not a trace of panic.

Lightning flickered—he dodged to the side, over ten meters away.

"My slash can't be dodged by anyone without seventh-rank ability.

Who are you? Why hide your true strength?"

Albert stepped beside Rick, his expression solemn.

In his view, Xu Jingming was undoubtedly a seventh-rank Master hiding his true rank!

"Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is that you've provoked someone you shouldn't have."

Xu Jingming's deep, powerful voice rang out.

Just as he was about to move, a gasp came from Eva's side:

"S-Class? You're this insane?! You already have Master-level combat power?!"

After her astonishment came an excited, eager voice:

"S-Class, quickly bring out those two Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardians—I want to play with them too!"

"I've realized all the Evas can't sit still—but energy modules are limited. I can only give you one."

With a thought, a Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardian over three meters tall materialized from Xu Jingming's space ring.

Its massive form slammed onto the ground.

"One's enough!"

With an excited cry, Eva fully took control of the Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardian.

The massive figure surged forward, shrouded in a storm of blood and wind, charging at the two seventh-rank masters.

"You can control the Chi Mang Liu Jin Guardian?!"

Rick and Albert's eyes both flashed with greed; they shouted together:

"You Xia person! Hand over all your secrets, and we'll spare your life!"

"Greed blinds the snake that tries to swallow the elephant—you're already at death's door, yet still so greedy."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming's form blurred as he charged toward them:

"Eva, take the fire user. I'll handle the enhancement user."

"Eva understands!"

With an excited cry, Eva immediately engaged Rick...

In Lei Jitai, Xu Jingming possessed power sufficient to crush lower-tier seventh-rank Masters.

But his power in Thunder Polar Form was significantly weaker—he wanted to test its limits under this condition.

So, he and Eva each took one, locking into combat with the two seventh-rank Masters.

The remaining young white ability users had been completely stunned.

They hadn't expected Xu Jingming, merely a mid-tier fifth-rank, to stand toe-to-toe with seventh-rank Masters!

Crackling—

Boom—

For a time, thunder and flame raged through the entire hall, their violent clashes making the very structure tremble.

Compared to others, the boost from Thunder Polar Form was indeed weaker.

Yet even so, Xu Jingming still dominated Albert.

Pfft!!

Just four minutes later, Xu Jingming seized an opening and drove the sharp Yunjin Blade Spear into Albert's left chest!

Immediately, Dou Tian Shen Lei exploded from the spear tip, obliterating his internal organs—and his heart along with them!

Puff!

Albert spat a mouthful of blood, his aura instantly withering.

Before he could react, the spear was yanked out—and stabbed forward again like lightning!

Boom!

This time, the Flowing Cloud Gold-Piercer wrapped in Doushen Shenlei blasted his entire head apart in one strike!

"In the Thunder Extreme state, my close-quarters combat ability is still a bit lacking.

Killing a seventh-rank lower-position Grandmaster with a B-class ability actually took this long.

Looks like my strength still isn't enough — I'll need to keep improving later."

The headless corpse collapsed before him. Xu Jingming silently spoke as he recalled his spear.

His ideal time was three minutes, but in reality it took an extra minute.

Of course,

his current strength was already a state that many ordinary ability-users could only dream of yet could never reach.

"Ah!"

At that moment, a scream rang out.

On the other side, the Chi Mang Liu Jin guard under Eva's control punched half of Rick's body to pieces.

As an elemental ability-user, Rick's physique wasn't particularly tough; after half his body was blasted apart,

he let out a scream and then lost his breath of life.

"Tch, can't even take a hit — how boring."

With a single leap, the Chi Mang Liu Jin guard covered more than ten meters and returned to Xu Jingming's side.

"Rick and Teacher Albert... are both dead?"

"Monster! He's nothing but a monster!"

"What do we do? Run?"

"Didn't you see his speed? We can't escape — we can only beg for mercy!"

"..."

Seeing two seventh-rank Grandmasters slain, the situation instantly reversed, and the remaining young white ability-users immediately panicked.

Yet still one relatively composed sixth-rank youth stepped forward from the trembling crowd.

In very fluent Great Xia language, he said:

"My lord, I am Mike of the William family of Mi Country. Those two were the bodyguards for our training operation this time.

It was they who acted on their own and offended you, my lord. It was only right that you slay them.

On behalf of the William family, I offer you our sincerest apology."

As he spoke, he bent down and bowed very sincerely.

Only after a full ten-plus seconds did he straighten up and say:

"However, we bear you no grudge whatsoever. Please, for the sake of the William family's name, let us go."

The content of his words was a plea, yet his tone already carried a certain certainty.

After all, bearing the William family's reputation,

these ability-users of theirs — who posed no threat at all and had never even struck — ought not to be made trouble for.

Just as he was thinking this, a sudden gust of fierce wind swept in, and the spear wreathed in golden thunder thrust out like a flash of lightning!

He couldn't even react in time before his head was directly blown apart!

"I never intended to let you go in the first place, but since you said you're from the William family, that makes you even more deserving of death."

Another headless corpse fell before him. Xu Jingming expressionlessly recalled the Flowing Cloud Gold-Piercer.