Chapter 476: Right! He's an Elementalist Too!

One to the left, one to the right, the two attacks blasted toward Miao Pu at sharply converging angles.

Even if he could dodge one of them, he would inevitably have to take the other head-on!

Miao Pu's choice was to dodge the Lei Mao and use his warblade to take Xu Jingming's long spear head-on!

Boom!

The warblade and long spear collided with a tremendous crash, and both men's figures swayed.

Xu Jingming stepped back one pace; Miao Pu was pushed back half a pace.

Clearly, in pure physical contest, he held the upper hand.

Yet Miao Pu showed not a hint of joy—instead, his heart was shaken.

After all,

In that strike just now, he had held nothing back and unleashed his full strength.

By all reason, in raw strength he should have been crushing Xu Jingming!

Yet he had only managed a slight upper hand.

This was nowhere near what he wanted!

"He held!" Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

Compared to the Thunder Burst Form, the Lei Jitai's amplification was far more modest.

If the Lei Jitai couldn't hold, he would have switched forms immediately.

Being slightly at a disadvantage like this was exactly what he wanted.

"Come on! Perfect chance to test my spear art on you!"

With a great laugh, Xu Jingming—his whole body wreathed in golden Lei Ting—gripped his long spear and launched another attack!

Boom! Boom! Boom!......

The two clashed at blistering speed, every collision of weapons producing a tremendous crash.

With each exchange, Miao Pu held a faint upper hand, yet he still couldn't take Xu Jingming down!

"Ah, this......"

"Isn't Xu Jingming a lightning-type ability user? How is his physique this strong too?"

The seventh-rank Grandmasters watching around them were utterly dumbfounded.

Xu Jingming's physique was far beyond anything they could have imagined!

"Also, have you noticed? Xu Jingming's spear art is strange—he almost always finds the weak force point in Miao Pu's slashes."

"Noticed. That means Xu Jingming's spear art mastery is even higher than Miao Pu's!"

"I remember Miao Pu has been stuck at Master-level blade art for many years now, seems like he's almost touching Grandmaster-level proficiency, right?

For Xu Jingming to suppress him through technique—could he be... Grandmaster-level proficiency?!"

The moment those words fell, the entire scene fell silent.

This group of people were, for the most part, all seventh-rank Grandmasters.

Yet most of them only had Master-level proficiency with their weapons!

Only one or two ability users among them possessed Grandmaster-level proficiency!

And now, they were seeing such proficiency in a twenty-year-old youth.

What terrifying talent was this?!

"Jingming... broke through again......"

Leng Yuexi's almond eyes widened slightly as well, her lovely face filled with shock.

She was certain that just days ago, when she and Xu Jingming had parted, he had only possessed Master-level spear art!

In other words, Xu Jingming's spear art breakthrough had happened in just the last two days!

"Truly terrifying talent......" Leng Yuexi couldn't help murmuring softly.

And the development of the battle confirmed her guess—facing Miao Pu's fierce assault,

Xu Jingming could only passively defend at first, but gradually grew more at ease, even launching the occasional counterattack.

And this was precisely the breaking-in phase after a spear art breakthrough!

"Daring to use a seventh-rank Grandmaster to hone your spear art—probably only you, Jingming, would be bold enough.

No wonder you didn't use a stronger amplification form. So that's the reason."

Having seen Xu Jingming's three-meter-tall giant form before, Leng Yuexi only now realized it.

And the ability users present were basically all seventh-rank; what Leng Yuexi could see,

they naturally could see too—that Xu Jingming was honing his spear art.

For a moment, shocked murmuring rose here and there.

Only at fifth-rank mid-tier, yet daring to practice spear against a seventh-rank Grandmaster.

Once Xu Jingming truly reaches seventh-rank, won't he be practicing spear against ninth-rank Martial Saints?

Xu Jingming, locked in combat, heard the surrounding ability users' discussion too, but paid it no heed.

At this moment, he was in a state of frenzied battle!

Every thunderous thrust of the spear, every leap and spray of Lei Ting, brought him visible delight.

After a long absence, he once again tasted the exhilaration that came from crushing an opponent through spear art mastery!

"Damn it!"

If Xu Jingming was tasting exhilaration, then what Miao Pu felt was sheer frustration!

He hadn't expected Xu Jingming's spear art mastery to be this high—high enough to suppress him!

And his own strength hadn't reached the level where one force could break all laws.

Thus, he could only passively become Xu Jingming's whetstone!

Just like that, the two fought for a full four or five minutes.

Under the splashing of the battle's aftershocks, the once-level plaza had already become a wasteland!

Within it, terrifying Lei Ting and rampant Qi and blood ran rampant.

Boom!

After yet another clash of weapons, Miao Pu could hold on no longer. Borrowing the rebound force, he retreated and quickly stood firm in the distance.

"Xu Jingming, everything you just said is slander against me and my Black Lion Guild!

I won't quibble with you today, but I will report this matter to the Guild Master! You'd better watch yourself!"

After dropping a harsh line, under the stunned gazes of the surrounding seventh-rank Grandmasters watching, Miao Pu actually turned around and fled!

"Miao Pu... ran?"

"Haha, a seventh-rank Grandmaster can't beat a fifth-rank. After this battle, Miao Pu's reputation will surely plummet!"

"You can't put it that way. Miao Pu is still very strong. The fact that even he had to flee only shows how strong Xu Jingming is."

"True, but once Miao Pu and their affairs are exposed, Lei Ting Wu Guan should get serious afterward."

"Indeed, but a seventh-rank Grandmaster who's deliberately hiding is really not easy to find."

"Yeah, Xu Jingming is still too young in the end.

For something like this where he holds evidence, he should have reported it to their Lei Ting Wu Guan headquarters and arranged for stronger people to come capture him..."

"..."

You have to know,

Defeating a seventh-rank Grandmaster and capturing or even killing him are completely different levels of difficulty.

Seeing Miao Pu flee, the crowd didn't think Xu Jingming could catch him either, and they all shook their heads with some regret.

Of course,

In that battle just now, Xu Jingming's performance could absolutely be called extremely stunning!

After this battle, Xu Jingming's image in the eyes of the crowd

would also change from a young prodigy to a formidable ability-user with Grandmaster-level combat power!

In fact, right there on the scene, some Grandmaster-level ability-users were recording footage of Xu Jingming's battle, preparing to upload it to the internet shortly.

"Tch, he actually stopped fighting, how boring. Still, the battle just now was fairly satisfying."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming retracted his Flowing Cloud Golden Spear and instead took out his Yao Lei Zhang.

"Lei Prison!"

Crackle-crackle—

Terrifying golden Lei Ting ran rampant. Miao Pu, who had already fled several hundred meters, was locked in place by a golden Lei Ting prison!

However, it wasn't over yet. Xu Jingming's commanding voice immediately rang out once more:

"Heavenly Lei Art!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!......

Five bolts of heavenly Lei descended in succession, at intervals of less than a second, suddenly cleaving down from the sky toward Miao Pu!

The first two bolts, he could still tough out by relying on the life-saving items on his body.

But the last three bolts struck him without any reservation!

Miao Pu only had time to let out a single scream, then under the ravages of the terrifying Lei Ting, he collapsed to the ground in agony, unable to rise.

And only at this moment did the rest react.

Oh right!

Xu Jingming is also an Elementalist! The thing he least needs to worry about is this kind of long-range bombardment kill!

There's no need to worry at all that anyone could escape right under his nose!