Chapter 559: Dumbfounded Wang Dong! The EU's S-Rank!

When Xu Jingming revealed his sixth-rank aura.

Everyone knew this battle was already without suspense—Xu Jingming would surely claim victory!

But Ross was, after all, an S-rank ability user, mid sixth-rank—arguably the strongest person in Heizhou!

They had expected the fight to drag on for a while before finally ending.

Who could have expected that a single Sky Thunder Art from Xu Jingming would complete an instant kill!

"Ah, this..."

The entire stadium, over a hundred million viewers, stared blankly at the charred black corpse on the ground.

"Contestant Ross has lost all signs of life—this match goes to Xu Jingming!"

As the host announced the result, the viewers finally snapped back to reality, and the once-silent stadium instantly erupted!

"Holy shit holy shit! That was an instant kill?!"

"Ross's Black Gold Enhancement is an SS-rank combat technique, and it couldn't even block Xu Jingming's S-rank Sky Thunder Art?"

"This is the sixth-rank SS-rank Doushen Shenlei? The suppression is way too strong—Ross couldn't resist at all!"

"..."

Tall and broad-shouldered, Xu Jingming stood ramrod straight at the center of the arena, golden Lei Ting swirling around him.

Gaze after gaze from the audience fixed upon him, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Lightning!

Offense-focused!

It is the highest-damage type among elemental abilities.

But they still hadn't expected that, upon reaching sixth-rank, Xu Jingming's strength would be this monstrous.

"Wait, when Ming-ge went to Myanmar with us, he was only lower fifth-rank.

It's been less than four months since, and he's already lower sixth-rank?"

In the Lei Ting Martial Hall seating section, Lin Hui swallowed hard.

He knew Xu Jingming was a genius, but wasn't this advancement speed just too freakish?

After marveling for a moment, Lin Hui then said with barely concealed glee:

"Those guys at the training camp are always saying Wang Dong is stronger than Xu Jingming.

After this match, I doubt we'll hear that kind of talk anymore."

"Indeed." Not far away, Xia Lan, who was sitting with Du Wan—who was wearing a cartoon hairpin—smiled and nodded.

Wang Dong, who had monopolized the title of strongest in the Prodigy Training Camp for a solid year or two.

Had quite a few supporters throughout the entire training camp.

Therefore, even though Xu Jingming had easily defeated a seventh-rank Grandmaster in Myanmar before, he was still considered weaker than Wang Dong.

But even his die-hard supporters would be left speechless after this match.

"Speaking of which, Wang Dong seems to still be holding some trump card.

But with Xu Jingming's record now out there, whatever trump card he has is useless."

Xia Lan's sapphire-blue eyes held a hint of mischief.

Too bad the audience seats couldn't see the preparation area—otherwise, she would have loved to see what expression Wang Dong was wearing right now.

He must be feeling pretty frustrated, right?

Just as Xia Lan had predicted, when Wang Dong in the preparation area saw Ross get one-shotted by Xu Jingming's Sky Thunder Art.

He was completely dumbfounded!

I held my breath for this, just wanting to prove in the next matches that I'm stronger than you.

And now you one-shot someone who's also S-rank and even higher-level than me at mid sixth-rank with a single technique.

Then what's the damn point of me playing?!

Are you fucking kidding me—can talent really be this monstrous?!

Wang Dong, who had always been even-tempered, as if everything were under his control, finally couldn't hold back and let slip a curse.

The breath he'd been holding in grew even more stifled.

No—'stifled' isn't the right word—it just deflated entirely!

Most likely, from now on, Xu Jingming would almost certainly remain stronger than him.

"Interesting—Xu Jingming has actually advanced to sixth-rank." Su Yu beside him was similarly surprised.

He had assumed that after this Prodigy Tournament, his reputation would completely surpass Xu Jingming's!

But judging by the current situation, it seemed that wasn't going to be so easy after all...

Today's Prodigy Tournament would only end after the final four-strong roster was decided.

Therefore, victorious Xu Jingming wasn't teleported back to the audience seats, but returned directly to the preparation area.

As expected, the moment he returned, he was subjected to the gaze of numerous contestants.

Their expressions were full of wariness.

Because they knew that Xu Jingming, now in sixth-rank, absolutely had what it took to make the top four!

Time flew by, and the round-of-32 to round-of-16 matches quickly concluded.

On Daxia's side, Lü Liang ran into America's Catherine and was unfortunately eliminated.

The remaining four, including Wang Dong, successfully advanced to the round of 16.

As for Sakura Nation's Sakuragi Rin, since she was only upper fifth-rank.

She was also eliminated in this round, stopping at the round of 32.

The matches grew ever more intense—the second round, round-of-16 to round-of-8.

Xu Jingming's opponent was the number one person in India, a sixth-tier mid-rank ability user with an S-rank Enhancement-type ability.

But he was likewise blasted to death by Xu Jingming's Sky Thunder technique after activating Thunder Extreme State.

Another few hours later, all the quarter-final promotion matches were finished.

On the Great Xia side, Liu Ran failed to advance, while Xu Jingming, Su Yu, and Wang Dong successfully advanced to the top eight.

Among the top eight of the Genius Tournament, there were fully three contestants from the Great Xia nation — the might of Great Xia could be seen at a glance.

And the American side was no slouch either; besides Catherine, another S-rank also advanced to the top eight.

The top-eight to top-four matches quickly began, and Xu Jingming's opponent was the number one person of the European Union — Eileen!

Eileen was a white woman, tall and slender, with fair skin and a head of brown-black beautiful hair.

Her ability was the Special-type S-rank ability 'Plant Revive'.

It could make plants grow rapidly and obey her commands to launch attacks.

This could also be considered a rather unusual human-sea-tactics-type ability.

In the previous matches, every time Eileen's battle ended, the entire arena was like a primeval forest, covered in all kinds of plants.

"The next match features Great Xia's Xu Jingming and the European Union's Eileen!"

Amid the host's high-pitched voice, Xu Jingming and Eileen simultaneously rose from the preparation area and walked toward the arena.

"Lei Di! Lei Di!"

"Eileen! Eileen!"

"..."

The cheers from the surrounding spectator stands were almost enough to flip the entire stadium upside down.

But Xu Jingming and Eileen on the arena both had very calm expressions.

The former was because he possessed full confidence in his own strength, while the latter had a cold and quiet personality, just like a plant.

No matter how powerful the opponent, it would not cause the slightest change in her emotions.

"Both contestants, get ready! The match begins immediately!"

"3... 2... 1... Begin!"

The moment the host's words fell, a burst of green light erupted from Eileen's body!

At the same time, a large handful of seeds was tossed from her hand, scattering like flowers from a heavenly maiden.

"Plant Revive! Limit-Break Growth!!"

With a sharp cry, the emerald light on her body surged violently, radiating across the entire arena.

And those seeds illuminated by the green light suddenly began to grow!

At first they were just saplings, but in the blink of an eye they had already grown into towering trees!

Those thick roots even plunged directly into the ground, tearing apart the hard alloy and drawing nourishment from it.

Within a few breaths, the entire alloy arena was already filled with all manner of green plants!