Chapter 674: Want to Leave? Leave the Divine Blood Behind!

Xu Jingming turned around at those words and saw two men and one woman in battle armor appear before him.

All three wore battle armor and carried weapons on their persons.

The two men among them emanated the aura of seventh-tier upper rank, while the remaining woman was seventh-tier middle rank.

These three had already been detected by Xu Jingming's Heart Net when they appeared a thousand meters away.

He just hadn't expected them to walk straight toward him.

"Just the three of you, and you want my divine blood?" Xu Jingming's gaze turned cold.

Brilliant golden flames surged out in an instant, swirling around his body.

That terrifying heat raised layer upon layer of waves of heat, causing the surrounding air temperature to skyrocket!

"The two of us are seventh-tier upper rank, one is seventh-tier middle rank, and we still can't take down a single seventh-tier upper rank like you?"

The leading seventh-tier upper rank burly man laughed heartily as his surging aura likewise erupted:

"We don't want to kill anyone. Just hand over the divine blood and I'll let you go."

Xu Jingming was, after all, a seventh-tier upper rank Grandmaster.

If he fought to the death, he could still inflict considerable damage on them.

That would be unfavorable for the subsequent collection of divine blood.

If they could avoid fighting, it was best to avoid it.

However, just at this moment,

the only woman among the three, with a slender figure, after carefully observing Xu Jingming, suddenly paled slightly and said:

"Flame Emperor Zhou Xuan! Is that you?!"

"What? Sela, you know him?" the other two cast puzzled glances her way.

"Dejiaka Warzone eight-star Grandmaster Zhou Xuan, nicknamed 'Flame Emperor'.

Recently, in Moben's two frontline battles, I kept hearing rumors about him."

Sela gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, looked at Xu Jingming, and said softly:

"And, two and a half months ago.

I underwent the Grandmaster certification together with him. Isn't that right, Big Brother Zhou Xuan?"

Xu Jingming said nothing.

At first glance just now, he had already recognized this woman named Sela.

She was only seventh-tier middle rank, yet at the time she had passed the Wuxing Sect Grandmaster certification that only seventh-tier upper rank Grandmasters could pass.

Her strength was fairly decent.

"Eight-star Grandmaster?"

The leading man likewise sucked in a cold breath, clearly knowing the weight of that certification.

Only the other man still wore a look of confusion and puzzlement on his face.

"Big Brother Zhou Xuan, we were presumptuous.

You go ahead and collect the divine blood; we'll leave immediately.

Once we return to Moben, I will personally treat you to drinks and apologize." Sela said with an apologetic expression.

Sela was quite good-looking, with fair, delicate skin and a slender figure.

Apologizing like this now, she didn't look the least bit like a seventh-tier Grandmaster.

Instead, she seemed just like a frail woman, pitifully charming.

Combined with the infinitely suggestive 'treat you to drinks and apologize' in her words, she exuded an endless allure.

Sela was also quite confident in her figure and looks.

There hadn't been any real conflict between the two sides, so she believed the matter should be resolved just like that.

But Xu Jingming's expression remained unchanged as he said lightly:

"You can leave, just leave the divine blood on you behind."

For some reason, they hadn't stored the divine blood in their spatial rings but were carrying it on their persons.

Xu Jingming could easily sense that faint attraction coming from the divine blood.

Clearly, the divine blood on Sela and the others came from that Lei Ting Tyrannosaurus King.

"Leave the divine blood?"

Sela and the others' expressions shifted slightly.

Especially Sela—she hadn't expected Xu Jingming to give her no face at all.

After all, they had been acquainted before.

"Mondo, give him the divine blood."

Without much hesitation, Sela said directly to the leading man.

She was well aware of the consequences of angering an eight-star Grandmaster.

Especially one who had already carved out his own nickname on the frontline battlefield!

Though it pained him, Mondo knew this was the optimal solution at hand.

He could only reluctantly take out from the backpack behind him a transparent glass bottle about 20 centimeters tall and roughly 6 centimeters in diameter.

Inside the glass bottle, a faint crimson blood with blue-purple lightning flickering within was gently rippling.

"This is all the divine blood on us, a total of 645 milliliters." Mondo reluctantly handed the glass bottle over.

"Not bad."

Xu Jingming smiled as he took the glass bottle, put it into his spatial ring, then said with some curiosity:

"Why don't you put the divine blood into your spatial rings?"

"You didn't know?"

Monte was slightly surprised, but still explained: "Divine Bloods attract each other, within a range of about one kilometer."

"Taking out the Divine Blood is to better detect where other Divine Bloods are."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

He also realized that the vial of blood inside the Divine Blood Indicator was most likely another form of Divine Blood.

It was merely amplified through technological instruments.

"Alright, you may go now." Xu Jingming waved his hand casually.

The group led by Sera, having lost their Divine Blood, dared not show even a trace of anger—instead, they sighed in relief.

"Sorry for the disturbance."

After respectfully uttering these words, Sera and the others quickly turned and left.

"S-rank, it seems joining the Degaka Warband was a good choice for you."

A chuckle echoed in his mind: "Just by reputation alone, you scared off three Seventh-Rank Masters."

"At this level, even your professor Yang Zhentian at Magic University couldn't manage it."

Professor Yang Zhentian, a Seventh-Rank Peak cultivator, possessed combat power comparable to an Eighth-Rank Master Zongshi.

But having spent too long in the academy, his aura of intimidation was nothing compared to Xu Jingming's reputation forged on the battlefield.

"This reputation does have its advantages," Xu Jingming smiled.

With his current strength, activating Dou Tian Shen Lei and entering Thunderstorm Mode, he could easily kill all three.

But there was no need.

After all, any cultivator who reached Seventh-Rank Master level carried at least some hidden cards.

If he wasted too much time here, someone else might snatch up the other Divine Bloods first.

Xu Jingming quickly gathered the Divine Blood from the small pit, along with the surrounding plants beginning to mutate.

He raced toward the next direction indicated by the Divine Blood Indicator.

"Monte, are we just giving our Divine Blood to him like that?"

"If the three of us Seventh-Rank Masters joined forces, we might still be able to fight him!"

On the other side, as the trio retreated, Bert, another Seventh-Rank Upper Master, asked discontentedly.

That Divine Blood had been hard-won, collected over great effort.

More critically,

Without the Divine Blood's guidance, collecting the remaining ones would become far more difficult.

"Bert, you've never been to the frontlines—you wouldn't know.

According to Degaka Warband's ranking system, an Eighth-Rank Master can easily handle all three of us!"

Besides, this one already has his own nickname.

Handing over the Divine Blood is the best way to preserve our strength."

Monte said gravely.

He had once served in the Degaka Warband and fought on the frontlines—he naturally understood the Master Star-Rating System.

Sera knew it too; among the three, only Bert had never set foot on the frontlines.

"Really? I feel like if I went for certification, I could get an Eighth-Rank rating too."

Bert still sounded dismissive.

Monte and Sera said nothing.

After entering the Wild Zone, unity was the most important thing.

They weren't going to ruin their relationship over a debate about rankings right now.

Of course,

Both of them had already decided: next time, they'd never team up with such an idiot.

As for Sera, who had once taken the certification alongside Xu Jingming, she knew far better than anyone just how terrifying he was.

She even suspected that Xu Jingming wasn't merely an Eighth-Rank Master—he was likely a Ninth-Rank Master!

Because just now, she noticed his expression: he hadn't regarded them as even worth noticing.

A faint sense of relief stirred in her heart.

If she hadn't agreed to hand over the Divine Blood, the three of them would already be three cold corpses...

PS: Overtime at the company—I got home at 10 p. m. Only one chapter today; I'll make it up tomorrow...