Chapter 547: The Shocked Crowd! A Crisis of Death!

Rumble rumble~~~

Rolling thunder sounded, and in the sky outside Zhen'an City, a golden thunder dragon over a hundred meters long suddenly took shape!

From the violent aura it radiated, and the terrifying pressure.

The movements of the nearby fierce beasts, and even human ability-users, all faltered for a beat!

On the city wall over thirty meters high, several reserve vanguard teams were stationed.

The moment any sector of the battle showed a gap, or began to turn against them, they would immediately step in to hold the line.

At this moment, many members of the vanguard teams were also watching the scene with stunned expressions.

"What a terrifying lightning-system battle technique! Our vanguard team has a lightning-system Grandmaster this strong?"

They could feel that, once this thunder dragon detonated, it would bring incomparably terrifying damage!

Even some seventh-rank Zhongwei Sect Grandmasters couldn't be sure they could survive this strike.

"That sector is under the Fourth Vanguard Team, right? When did they ever have a lightning-system Grandmaster?"

Some seventh-rank Grandmasters wore puzzled looks, but quickly realized:

"I remember now! Isn't Xu Jingming on their team?! This must be him!"

I watched the Genius Tournament. Xu Jingming's single-target strength is indeed impressive, but I didn't expect his spell-based combat techniques to be this proficient!

"Way too strong — that has to be at least an SS-rank battle technique, right?"

"......"

A wave of shocked voices rose, and the captains of several vanguard teams all wore expressions of astonishment.

The front-line battlefield was nothing like an ordinary wilderness zone — the sight of hundreds of thousands of fierce beasts charging straight at them, the killing intent piercing the skies.

Even veteran ability-users who'd spent long stretches in the wilderness would feel their hearts tremble, their combat power dropping by ten or twenty percent.

Only after going through several battles would they adapt.

They had assumed that Xu Jingming, only twenty years old this year, was too green, too young.

And having never been through a large-scale war, his performance should have been even more pathetic — that was what they'd thought.

But unexpectedly, not only did the battlefield not faze him in the slightest, he actually seemed even more fired up!

So much so that he could casually unleash an ultra-high-difficulty SS-rank battle technique like this.

Thunder Dragon Art? I didn't expect Xu Jingming to have already mastered the signature technique of your former hall master.

High in the sky, City Lord Tian Hui, surveying the whole battlefield, was also somewhat surprised.

Thunder Dragon Art, even among all the lightning-system battle techniques of Lei Ting Martial Hall, was absolutely one of the most devastatingly powerful!

Correspondingly, the difficulty of cultivating it was also extremely high.

Even an eighth-rank Grand Grandmaster ability-user might need over a year of study to learn it.

But unexpectedly, Xu Jingming, only twenty years old, had already mastered it proficiently.

"Jingming's comprehension in battle techniques has always satisfied me."

Su Qingli, with faint azure lightning flickering around her, said softly.

Come to think of it, she'd never even seen a single battle technique stump Xu Jingming for more than a month......

"That much I've indeed heard." City Lord Tian Hui nodded.

Battle techniques were one thing; what surprised him on another front was Xu Jingming's performance on the battlefield.

You have to understand,

Among the beast horde, besides the Silver Moon Nine-Tailed Fox, there were also several eighth-rank fierce beasts skilled in psychic manipulation.

These beasts wouldn't join the main battlefield, but the psychic intimidation they unleashed.

Combined with the beasts' own savage, vicious aura, even with the war-song buffs on their side, combat power would still be affected.

Especially for rookies stepping onto the battlefield for the first time, the impact was even greater.

But Xu Jingming showed absolutely no sign of being affected at all.

"Still, with things like this, those vanguard team captains are probably going to regret it, aren't they?"

Tian Hui had already heard from Regiment Commander Zhou about how Xu Jingming had refused to be taken in by a vanguard team yesterday.

But now, judging from Xu Jingming's performance on the battlefield.

He absolutely wouldn't drag down the Fourth Vanguard Team — he might even pull their military merits up a notch!

What the others were thinking, Xu Jingming had no idea.

He only knew that this one Thunder Dragon Art had drained fully two-thirds of his ability energy!

"SS-rank battle techniques really burn too much. Good thing I have the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan.

Otherwise, after one Thunder Dragon Art I'd already need to pop pills to recover ability energy."

Xu Jingming slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan behind him spinning furiously.

Endless resplendent thunder surged out from the ring, pouring into his body, continuously restoring his ability energy.

And at this moment, the thunder dragon summoned by Thunder Dragon Art also began to move!

It raised its head high, then suddenly lowered it and spat at the ground!

Rumble rumble!!

Brilliant golden thunder, like a pillar of destruction, erupted from the massive dragon's maw.

Every fierce beast caught within the thunder pillar was simply erased from existence!

The thunder dragon overhead, after sweeping the surrounding area with its thunder assault, finally detonated with a roar!

Crackle-crackle——

Within a radius of over a thousand meters centered on Xu Jingming, golden thunder ran rampant!

Unlike the earlier pure ability eruption that still left survivors.

This time, all the fierce beasts in the surrounding area were slain.

Including sixth-tier fierce beasts, and even an unlucky seventh-tier lower-rank fierce beast!

Looking down from the sky, one could clearly see how empty this patch was!

As if it were a forbidden zone of life!

In this area, only the human ability-users that Xu Jingming had locked onto in advance with his spiritual power and steered the lightning to avoid were left.

Among them was Sha Ke of the Fourth Vanguard Squad.

At this moment, her healthy wheat-colored face was already filled with shock.

"Ah, this..."

Sha Ke swallowed hard.

Because of the captain's order, she kept part of her attention on Xu Jingming's movements at all times.

If Xu Jingming were in danger, she could rush to support him at any moment.

But she hadn't expected Xu Jingming to be so ferocious!

"Good lord, where does he need my support?! It's more like I need his support!"

Sha Ke couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

At the same time, on the other side, Xu Jingming was checking his system panel.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Fifth-tier upper-rank

【Ability】: Doushen Shenlei (SS)

【Physique】: Qi and Blood (+)

【Spirit】: He (+)

【Skills】: Spear Art (Grandmaster), Fist Art (Master+), Lei Shen Jiang Shi (SSS-rank, Beginner+), Thunder Dragon Art (SS+ rank, Beginner+), Heart Web (SS-rank, Beginner+), Thunder Piercing Demon-Slaying Spear (S+ rank, Beginner+), Lei Shen Zhi (S+ rank, Beginner+)......

【Body Tempering】: Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body (SS-rank, Seventh Layer)

【Spirit Refining】: Lei Hai Visualization Method (SSS-rank, Second Layer+)

【Ability Points】: 354,000

"That wave just now harvested a full 50,000 ability points.

The ability points on the panel have already accumulated to 350,000, yet they still haven't met the promotion requirement..."

Xu Jingming's brow furrowed slightly.

The ability points needed to advance from fifth-tier upper-rank to sixth-tier were even more than he had imagined.

"But luckily there are still plenty of fierce beasts on the battlefield, so let's keep killing."

Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened, and the wings on his back flapped.

Just as he was about to fly off in another direction, an explosion suddenly rang out beside his ear.

"You slaughtered my kin! Human! You truly deserve to die!!"

After the roar came an intense sense of crisis!

As if a life-or-death peril were about to arrive, Xu Jingming even felt every cell in his body sounding the alarm.