Chapter 661: Raging Battle Halberd! Ruthless Annihilation!

Xu Jingming moved with incredible speed, and within just a few breaths, Cole had been lured to Rex's side.

Of course,

during which Cole had passively endured two spear strikes from Xu Jingming.

His SS-class battle suit was torn apart, his entire upper body reduced to ragged ruin.

Beneath charred flesh, writhing organs were faintly visible.

At this rate, even without targeting his skull, Cole would soon be killed by Xu Jingming.

"Rex! When the hell are you going to act?!"

Cole was already on the verge of despair.

Just as he wondered whether Rex was deliberately trying to let him die,

Rex's low, mental voice suddenly echoed in his mind:

"Don't rush—I'm about to strike."

With that, he clashed blades with the opposing guard captain, using the recoil to surge toward Xu Jingming!

"Huh?" The Holy Church guard captain hadn't even reacted yet.

He saw Rex already standing less than half a meter behind Xu Jingming's side!

Instantly, Rex's original height of less than one point seven meters swelled violently!

Pfft~~

Pfft~~

Jagged beast claws erupted from his body; he showed no discomfort—only pure ecstasy on his face.

Simultaneously, his aura, already at the peak of the seventh stage, surged again, nearly touching the threshold of the eighth-stage Grand Master!

"What is this?!"

Catherine's pupils shrank, her fair face turning pale.

She realized—this man had targeted Xu Jingming all along!

But she was on the stage, powerless to help, too late even to warn him!

She could only hope Xu Jingming's high-grade protective talisman would activate automatically.

Otherwise, he was doomed!

"Hmm?" Nearby, Parker wore an intrigued expression.

Didn't expect the Destiny Cult had this trick up their sleeve.

If so, I'll ease up on the blame later.

"Raging Blood Slash!"

Rex, of course, knew nothing of Catherine's thoughts.

With his aura at its peak, he unleashed his strongest SS-class battle technique!

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

His battle blade erupted with fierce bloodline energy, instantly vaporizing over a dozen ordinary bystanders nearby.

Their blood mist was absorbed into the blade, further amplifying the SS-class technique's power!

More crucially—no high-grade protective talisman on Xu Jingming had activated!

More importantly, there was no energy surge from a high-grade protective talisman being activated on Xu Jingming!

Because of Cole's interference, the talisman hadn't triggered automatically!

"It seems heaven itself stands with me—Xu Jingming, die!"

"It seems heaven itself stands on my side—Xu Jingming, die!"

The battle blade, surging with violent bloodline energy, slashed diagonally toward Xu Jingming's chest.

Rex's grotesque face twisted with bloodthirsty glee—he already imagined Xu Jingming split in two, dead on the spot.

And he himself ascended to eighth-stage Grand Master through high-grade purification.

Yet the man he saw as prey suddenly swelled like a balloon!

From a helpless lamb, he transformed into a monstrous figure over three meters tall!

The overwhelming aura made Rex's blade hesitate—unable to strike.

His blade could only reach Xu Jingming's thighs—nowhere near a fatal wound...

"I've been expecting you."

A cold voice rang out. Xu Jingming stared at him expressionlessly, his dragon-like vertical pupils brimming with icy killing intent.

In the next instant, his right hand flashed—the Molten Ash Black Obsidian Spear vanished, replaced by a monstrous, massive battle halberd!

Instantly, his right hand flashed, and the Melted Demon Black Obsidian Spear vanished, replaced by a massive, fearsome-looking battle halberd!

Crackling—

Amidst the shriek of thunder, violent golden lightning flooded the entire halberd.

The halberd glowed and burned as if melting.

The Heaven-Defying Halberd glowed and burned as if it were melting.

With both arms straining, Xu Jingming swung the three-hundred-ton halberd like lightning toward Rex!

Azure Thunder Overlord Halberd!

A spear technique, SS+ class—yet now wielded as a halberd, it felt utterly natural.

Feeling the halberd's violent aura, Rex's pupils shrank to pinpricks.

But now, there was no time to dodge!

Xu Jingming's speed was no longer on the same plane as before!

Xu Jingming's speed was utterly on another dimension compared to just moments ago!

Rex unleashed a torrent of fierce bloodline energy to shield himself.

But it was useless.

Golden lightning surged, instantly devouring the crimson blood aura.

Then—pfft—a crescent-shaped blade of the halberd cleaved through Rex's skull.

Before the stunned gaze of surviving bystanders,

it sliced through him as smoothly as through tofu, splitting him cleanly in two!!

It sliced through like cutting tofu—smoothly, effortlessly—splitting Lei Kesi cleanly in two!!

As a seventh-stage peak master with divine blood enhancement,

Rex's blood had surged like a racing car on a highway.

Now split in two, torrents of blood erupted, staining the ground crimson.

Now split in two, a torrent of blood gushed out, staining the surrounding ground a deep crimson.

Blood splashed onto the lightning barrier, instantly vaporizing into steam.

"With my SS-class Mind Net, every movement within two kilometers is within my perception.

You thought such a crude trick could ambush me? You're too young."

You think such clumsy technique can ambush me? You're still too green.

The three-hundred-ton halberd slammed heavily into the ground.

Towering over three meters, wreathed in golden lightning, Xu Jingming loomed like a war god over Rex's corpse.

Rex was indeed strong—under normal circumstances, he couldn't have been killed so easily.

His mistake? He assumed victory was certain during his ambush, pouring all his bloodline energy into his SS-class "Raging Blood Slash."

When Xu Jingming entered Thunderstorm State, Rex was caught mid-motion, utterly defenseless—

leaving him vulnerable to instant death from the SS-class Azure Thunder Overlord Halberd.

'Ding~~, slain one seventh-stage peak Divine Blood Envoy. Ability Points +15, 00.'

The familiar system chime echoed in his mind. Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

The familiar system prompt echoed in his mind, and Xu Jingming's eyes instantly lit up.

These ability points were far too much!

Remember, killing a seventh-stage peak beast yielded only 5, 00 points!

"Too bad there's only one seventh-stage peak Divine Blood Envoy here.

I still can't fight an eighth-stage one."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming gripped the halberd, his form flickering as he charged after Cole.

Now that he'd used Thunderstorm State, he had to eliminate every seventh-stage Divine Blood Envoy.

Since I've already activated Thunderstorm State, I must kill every one of these seventh-rank Divine Blood Envoys.

He hadn't forgotten to use his mental force to retrieve the seventh-stage peak envoy's space ring.

In fact, he'd already collected all the space rings from every slain Divine Blood Envoy.

Meanwhile, on the stage, Catherine had witnessed every moment of Xu Jingming's counter-killing—and her heart was in turmoil.

At that moment, on the hosting platform, Catherine, who had witnessed every detail of Xu Jingming's counter-killing, was shaken to her core.