Chapter 475: Are Seventh-Stage Masters Really This Weak?

"Miao Pu, you old dog, I thought you wouldn't show up, but I didn't expect you to be so obedient—told you to get down, and you just came right down."

A faint shimmer from his space ring, and in Xu Jingming's hand appeared the dark golden Flowing Cloud Golden Peak Spear, two meters two in length.

Sacred yet furious golden lightning arcs flickered faintly along the entire length of the spear.

"You!"

As a seventh-rank master, he was being called "old dog" by Xu Jingming.

Miao Pu's face instantly turned liver-colored, but he barely suppressed it and growled:

"I know you—you're Xu Jingming, the SS-rank psychic awakened from Daya."

"But I don't understand why you're targeting me?"

"Stop pretending. You led Du Ma and four others in a surprise attack on my Thunder Martial Arts Branch."

You killed over a hundred of my Thunder Martial Arts members and stole martial cultivation resources worth tens of billions of Daya currency."

I've already gathered irrefutable evidence of all this."

"Now, on behalf of the Thunder Martial Arts, I'm here to arrest you!"

A thunderous, majestic voice rang out as terrifying, powerful golden lightning surged outward from Xu Jingming.

His eyes suddenly turned brilliant gold, and his black long hair stood on end, lifted by the rising air currents around him.

He had already entered Thunder Extreme State!

The representatives of all factions who heard Xu Jingming's voice erupted in uproar.

"Attacked the Thunder Martial Arts branch? Was it really Miao Pu and his crew?!"

"Damn, I didn't realize their secrecy was this good."

"Who'd have thought? Now who dares cooperate with the Black Lion Guild? Isn't that just asking for death?"

「...... 」

They knew the Thunder Martial Arts branch had been destroyed, but never imagined it was the Black Lion Guild behind it!

Of course,

some factions, like Leng Yuexi, had already received advance word.

They showed no surprise at all.

What puzzled them was why the Thunder Martial Arts had assigned Xu Jingming to handle this matter.

Xu Jingming is a genius, certainly, but to take down Miao Pu, a seventh-rank master—isn't that utterly unrealistic?

"This is slander!"

At this point, Miao Pu abandoned all hope:

"If your Thunder Martial Arts people are all this unreasonable, then I'll teach you a lesson—on behalf of your teacher!"

BOOM!

The formidable aura of a lower-tier seventh-rank master erupted instantly; Miao Pu's ordinary frame swelled to two meters tall.

Sharp fangs sprouted from his mouth, and short bristles of yellow-and-black fur covered his exposed skin.

These hairs subtly formed a "King" character on his forehead.

Enhanced Beast-type A-rank Psychic Ability: "Fanged Tiger!"

After activating his ability, a powerful surge of bloodline energy and terrifying pressure radiated outward from him.

"Tiger Stomp!"

THUD!

Miao Pu stomped the ground, creating a deep crater; with a sonic boom, his body vanished from its original spot!

His speed had exceeded the speed of sound!

"Young man, being too showy isn't always a good thing."

"This slash is your lesson—Tiger Roar Slash!"

WHOOSH—

Miao Pu's towering figure suddenly appeared before Xu Jingming, swinging his battle blade toward him.

Tiger Roar Slash is a common B-rank offensive technique, and Miao Pu has refined it to Master-level proficiency!

As he unleashed it, a piercing tiger roar echoed through the air.

Just that sound alone could shatter the minds of fourth-rank psychics!

More crucially, the blade's slashing speed was as swift as lightning—utterly incomparable!

"Lightning Wind Break!" Xu Jingming didn't dodge—he chose to meet force with force!

THUD!

The spear's tip, wreathed in golden lightning, struck the blade's edge with pinpoint precision!

A massive collision rang out, and Miao Pu felt an enormous force surge through his blade!

Unprepared, he was blasted backward over ten meters by the impact!

"Are seventh-rank masters really this weak? How can't you even take one of my spears?"

Xu Jingming smirked, taunting: "Or is it just that you, Miao Pu, you old dog, are pathetically weak?"

In the confrontation, it was Miao Pu who got blasted away—something none of the onlookers from the various factions had anticipated!

The entire scene fell into stunned silence.

Only after Xu Jingming's mocking words echoed through the air did they react.

A wave of incredulous, astonished murmurs erupted.

"What the hell did I just see? A fifth-rank mid-tier psychic knocked a seventh-rank master flying?!"

"Oh my god, am I dreaming?!"

"Monster! What a monster! Has the Great Xia Heaven's Pride actually grown this powerful already?"

"Compared to the Great Xia Heaven's Pride, the geniuses of our Mian nation are far too weak!"

"......"

Before this, they had also heard news of Xu Jingming.

But they had only ever regarded him as a somewhat talented junior.

Who could have imagined that he had already grown to the point where he could face a seventh-rank Grandmaster head-on.

"This physique... Xu Jingming's qi and blood are truly vigorous!"

In the crowd, Leng Yuexi crossed her arms over her chest, a faint unusual glimmer flickering in her beautiful eyes.

Beyond their shock, some sharp-eyed seventh-rank Grandmasters also noticed something off.

In that strike just now, Miao Pu seemed not to have used his full strength!

And this guess was not wrong — to avoid cutting Xu Jingming, or even killing him,

Miao Pu's slash just now had not only failed to aim for a vital point, he had even held back to seventy percent of his strength.

But who could have thought that, precisely because of this, he had been sent flying outright!

"Xu Jingming, you're actually this strong..."

Miao Pu, who had steadied himself in the distance, now wore an utterly solemn expression:

"I didn't want to go all out, but now it seems I have no choice.

Same as before — if you withdraw now, I can treat what you just said as a joke.

If not, I won't hold back against you any longer!"

Boom!

Miao Pu's already formidable aura surged upward another notch, his whole body's muscles and veins bulging.

Qi and blood, dense to the extreme, coiled around his body.

"A mere seventh-rank Grandmaster, and you still want to discipline me on behalf of my teacher?

So what if you go all out? So what if you don't hold back? You're simply not worthy!"

With a cold snort, Xu Jingming's left hand clenched in the void.

As if he were Lei Shen himself, he directly manipulated the Doushen Shenlei coiling around him, shaping it into a liquid-thunder Lei Mao.

"Lei Mao!"

Accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, the Lei Mao was hurled fiercely by Xu Jingming.

At the same instant, golden Lei Guang flickered, and his Gao Da figure vanished on the spot!

They reached Miao Pu almost at the same time as the Lei Mao — one on the left, one on the right.

Attacking Miao Pu simultaneously in a pincer strike from both sides!