Chapter 479: You Don

Xu Jingming's words fell, and Mara Nian's previously smiling face instantly froze.

Immediately, an extraordinarily potent pressure seemed to mysteriously fill the air, causing Xia Lan and the others to recoil.

Fortunately, this oppressive aura came quickly and vanished just as fast.

Mara Nian's stiff expression quickly returned to normal, though no longer smiling, he said coolly:

"What Miapu and his group did—acting on their own and hoarding the supplies—has nothing to do with our Black Lion Guild."

Xu student, you're still too young; don't come blaming us based solely on a few words from Miapu."

Mara Nian's tone was utterly relaxed, as if he had Xu Jingming completely cornered.

"Is that so?"

Xu Jingming sneered and said directly: "Eva, list those resources for Director Mara."

Hum—

A pale blue virtual light projected from the smart bracelet, coalescing into the same inventory seen earlier at the Spirit Fox Guild's entrance.

One glance, and Mara Nian's casual expression instantly changed; he snapped:

"Where did you get this inventory?"

Boom!

The aura of an eighth-rank peak Master Zongshi erupted violently, crushing down on Xu Jingming!

Crackling—

Golden lightning swirled around Xu Jingming's body.

He instantly entered Thunder Extreme State, his brilliant golden eyes locking unyieldingly onto Mara Nian:

"Where the inventory came from doesn't matter; what matters is that these supplies are indeed in your Black Lion Guild's hands."

Under Mara Nian's oppressive aura, Lin Hui, Xia Lan, and the others felt utterly paralyzed.

Their hearts felt gripped by a giant hand, swelling with unbearable pressure; even their abilities were locked down.

Seeing Xu Jingming still able to speak normally, they were all stunned.

Even the scattered pressure was this fierce—how immense must the burden be on Xu Jingming, the primary target?

And under this crushing weight, Xu Jingming not only spoke normally but could still use his ability—this was extremely impressive.

Yet,

what they didn't know was that Xu Jingming had cultivated the Doushen Shenlei Immortal Body to the seventh level.

He had also activated Thunder Extreme State; his physique was now no weaker than that of some seventh-rank Enhancement-type Grand Masters.

Added to that, he had spent considerable time with Su Qingli and Hearing Ling Shuang; before such pressure, he naturally remained calm and composed.

"The inventory may indeed be in your possession, but if I kill you, no one will ever know about this list."

Mara Nian's eyes turned icy as he activated his Enhancement-type ability.

His body swelled violently, thick black fur bursting forth from every part of his frame.

His already thick beard grew wildly; at a glance, he resembled a massive black lion!

Enhancement-type Beast-class A-rank Ability—Golden-Eyed Black Lion!

With his ability activated, Mara Nian's already formidable aura surged dramatically higher.

He glared fixedly at Xu Jingming, his voice cold.

At this moment, the air seemed to freeze; Lin Hui and the others could no longer even breathe.

Yet Xu Jingming remained expressionless, his mental energy secretly locking onto the space beast bone within his space ring, saying calmly:

"You won't dare kill me—otherwise, you and your entire Black Lion Guild will die with me."

At these words, Xia Lan and the others secretly held their breath for Xu Jingming.

Too bold!

If it were them, they wouldn't dare utter a single word to Mara Nian under these conditions!

Let alone make such a threat.

As his words ended, Mara Nian fell silent.

The entire room grew deathly quiet, as if even a falling pin could be heard.

After a long while, his deep voice finally spoke again:

"You're bold, Xu Jingming, a Great Xia SS-rank."

"But you're right—I truly won't dare kill you..."

His massive form gradually shrank back to normal; the overwhelming pressure in the air vanished completely.

"Huff, huff..."

Xia Lan and the others gasped like drowning men pulled from the water.

"The supplies Miapu and the others delivered—I'll return them intact to your Lei Ting Martial Arts Branch's original address in two days."

With that, Mara Nian rose without expression, cast not another glance at Xu Jingming, and left the room.

Xu Jingming was a Great Xia SS-rank—he truly couldn't touch him.

Besides, Lei Ting Martial Arts had already uncovered the truth; even without Xu Jingming's SS-rank status, he still wouldn't dare act.

What he'd just done was merely bluster—ordinary ability users would have been terrified already.

Yet he hadn't expected Xu Jingming's pressure resistance to be this strong.

"Success." At this moment, Xu Jingming finally exhaled.

A faint smile appeared on his resolute face.

The original S-rank mission had never required recovering the supplies.

But the Jiyao Thunder Ring, the top-tier lightning-element weapon he obtained from Civilization No. 3 Ruins, was damaged.

The follow-up repairs by an arms master — who knows how much that'll cost.

The three-plus billion Great Xia dollars on his bank card might not actually be enough.

This time helping Lei Ting Wu Guan recover hundreds of billions in supplies, a little reward of over ten billion — that's not too much, right?

"Once I'm back I can mention it to Instructor Su and see if I can get a share.

Also, once this S-rank mission wraps up, I should be able to make another bundle from the bets on the forum."

Xu Jingming's heart was blooming with joy.

Speaking of which, although Maranion didn't appear at the scene of the raid on the martial hall branch,

he was actually the one who arranged the mission — the true culprit.

But this S-rank mission only dealt with those who took part in that day's operation; there was no need to make a move on Maranion.

Besides, given his current strength, he didn't have the ability to capture Maranion either.

He could only report this matter back and see how headquarters handled it......

"President, how did it go? Did you send them away?"

On the other side, the moment Maranion left the VIP room, a vice president sidled up and asked.

"Send them away, my ass!"

Maranion's eyes flashed with a murderous glint. "Those Great Xia people somehow got their hands on the inventory list of our vault.

They even know when things went in and when they came out!"

The list in Xu Jingming's hands was the one thing he simply couldn't figure out.

The vault inventory of the Black Lion Guild was something only the innermost core few ever knew.

There was no way it could have been leaked to these Great Xia people who'd only just arrived in Myanmar less than two months ago.

"Hundreds of billions in supplies, gone just like that! Looks like there's a traitor among us!

I want you to investigate right now — find out exactly who leaked this information!"

Maranion ordered, his expression icy.

Lei Ting Wu Guan was a colossal beast; before it was exposed, they could still run small schemes from the shadows.

But now that everything's been laid bare — even the inventory list has been produced —

he had no desire to provoke the ninth-tier powerhouses of Lei Ting Wu Guan to come after them, so he could only compromise.

Of course, the one who leaked the information had to be rooted out and eliminated.

But he could never have imagined that all of this was done by Eva, the intelligent lifeform by Xu Jingming's side......