Chapter 531

"Ah, this..."

"Thousands of shikigami, just like that, gone?"

"With so many shikigami, I thought the Thunder Emperor would need a good while to clear them out; I didn't expect him to finish them off so quickly."

"..."

On the martial arts arena, hundreds of millions of spectators watched this scene in shock.

It was too exaggerated!

No one expected that Xu Jingming would annihilate Sakuragi Rin's thousands of shikigami with just a single combat technique.

"Damn it! Even if you put a thousand pigs in front of me, I couldn't kill them that fast."

Some spectators were on the verge of tears.

In the Sakura Country's spectator area, it was even more deathly silent.

The saintess they were so proud of, with the most formidable S-rank ability!

The strongest of the Sakura Country's younger generation!

The saintess in whom they had placed high hopes, capable of entering the Top 16.

Yet, in just a single encounter, her strongest combat technique was broken.

"Those shikigami were just cannon fodder; the strongest three Upper Rank 6 shikigami are still beside the saintess.

The saintess still has a chance! Our Sakura Country will definitely win!"

Some Sakura Country spectators let out roars of unwillingness.

"My shikigami, all killed in an instant?"

On the arena, Sakuragi Rin also looked at this scene, slightly dazed.

Her shikigami were spiritual entities; even after death, they could be summoned again.

But if the shikigami summoned for the second time had not undergone a period of recovery,

the power of each shikigami would drop by at least 30%.

Such shikigami, in front of Xu Jingming, probably wouldn't even be able to use their combat techniques.

Just the explosion of his ability alone could annihilate and kill them; they were of no use at all.

"Too strong..."

Sakuragi Rin once again experienced that suffocating sense of despair she felt last time in the No. 9 civilization ruins.

This was a power that offered no hope and was completely impossible to resist!

But at this moment, Sakuragi Rin naturally would not give up easily.

"Snow Maiden, Kamaitachi, Hyakume! All of you, attack!"

After taking a deep breath, her crisp voice rang out again.

This time, the three strongest Upper Rank 6 shikigami left her side and launched an attack on Xu Jingming simultaneously!

Xu Jingming also showed no fear; gripping his long spear, he charged forward to meet them!

In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was already very close.

"Three heads!"

Accompanied by a shrill whistle, the sharp long spear in Xu Jingming's hand, wreathed in golden lightning, turned into a phantom and thrust out in succession!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The sharp long spear thrust out three times in an instant, like lightning, in less than 0.1 seconds!

Sakuragi Rin's shikigami were spiritual entities and actually possessed extremely strong immunity to such physical attacks.

But the golden lightning wreathed around Xu Jingming's long spear was the most terrifying nemesis of these spiritual entities!

After three thrusts, these three Upper Rank 6 spiritual entities were directly destroyed and annihilated.

"It's over." Sakuragi Rin's pretty face changed slightly.

Just as she was about to summon shikigami again, Xu Jingming's tall, slender figure, wreathed in lightning, had already appeared before her.

Under the lock of Xu Jingming's terrifying aura, goosebumps rose all over her body, and she stiffened.

She couldn't even make a single move to resist.

She could only watch helplessly as the scorching red, sharp lightning spear tip rapidly enlarged in her pupils!

"Remember what I just told you."

After hearing only this last sentence, Sakuragi Rin's entire little head was pierced through by Xu Jingming's long spear!

Fresh blood splattered, staining the surrounding ground a bright red.

"This match is won by Xu Jingming from the Great Xia Kingdom!"

The commentator's high-pitched voice rang out, seemingly unsurprised by this result.

Throughout the entire martial arts arena, the cheers and shouts of hundreds of millions of spectators also rang out.

"Too strong! The Thunder Emperor has come all this way, and every match has taken less than 30 seconds!"

"I thought the Sakura Country's S-rank would at least be able to put some pressure on the Thunder Emperor, but I didn't expect it to be a one-sided crushing."

"It wasn't useless; at least we finally saw the Thunder Emperor's first trump card, didn't we?"

"That's true. As the opponents get stronger, the Thunder Emperor should reveal more methods."

"..."

Countless spectators were discussing this.

At the same rank, the ability level almost determines an Awakened's combat power.

The champion of the entire Genius Tournament will also be born from that group of S-rank and SS-rank Awakened.

For them, the early matches are basically a one-sided crushing, and they won't bring out any trump cards at all.

For Xu Jingming, it is the same.

It wasn't until the eighth round of the tournament that they finally saw the combat technique he had used back in Myanmar.

No one knows how many more trump cards Xu Jingming has.

And this is also one of the most anticipated highlights of the Global Genius Exchange Tournament.

"The saintess... lost..."

In the Sakura Country spectator area, a large number of Sakura Country people looked ashen.

Sakuragi Rin is the strongest of their country's younger generation, but now she hasn't even made it into the Top 32.

I have to say, this is very disappointing.

"Great Xia's SS-rank is too strong; it's normal for the saintess to lose."

Some Sakura Country people said in a deep voice, "But there's no need to be discouraged; there's still the resurrection tournament later. I believe our saintess will fight her way back!"

"Right! The resurrection tournament!"

"With the saintess's strength, she will be slaughtering everyone in the resurrection tournament!"

The remaining Sakura Country people, upon hearing this, also cheered up one after another.

Among the hundreds of countries on Blue Star, they can be considered a top-tier national economy.

If the genius cultivated by the country didn't even make it into the Top 32, that would be too embarrassing...

Xu Jingming's match ended, and just as he was teleported back to the spectator area, he received a friend request from Sakuragi Rin.

After clicking accept, he didn't continue with any further operations.

There were three rounds of matches today; he had only won the first two, and there was still one final match to play.

It wouldn't be too late to go find Sakuragi Rin after the matches were over.

"The next round is the ninth round.

After winning, I will obtain one of the 16 direct advancement spots in the Top 32.

As for this ninth-round opponent, they should also be an S-rank ability Awakened."

Xu Jingming thought silently to himself.

By this point in the tournament, the contestants who haven't been eliminated yet

either possess A+ rank abilities that are pseudo-S rank,

or they possess S-rank or SS-rank abilities.

Common A-rank ability Awakened are already very rare.

"Low-rank abilities defeating high-rank abilities is not uncommon, even at Magic University.

But the contestants who have made it to this step are all top-tier existences, whether in terms of ability, talent, or their own efforts.

Under these circumstances, it is extremely difficult for a low-rank Awakened to defeat a high-rank Awakened..."

Xu Jingming pondered to himself.

Just as he had expected, after watching the matches for half an hour, he received the list of opponents for his ninth-round match.

His name is Tom Durand, from the United States, Rank 6 Lower, and he possesses an S-rank enhancement ability.