Chapter 677: Instant Kill! How Strong Is He?!

Although he recognized the Leng Yuexi sisters, Xu Jingming had no intention of greeting them, since his current identity was Zhou Xuan.

Leng Yuexi and the others hesitated to move forward.

On one hand, the aura radiating from Xu Jingming was too powerful, filling them with wariness.

On the other hand, among their group, all three except Leng Yuechan were Seventh-Stage Masters.

And Leng Yuexi herself possessed combat power approaching that of an Eighth-Stage Grand Master; to retreat now felt truly unbearable.

Just as Leng Yuexi was wavering over whether to strike, a powerful aura rapidly approached from this direction.

It seemed to be heading toward the same ball of flame.

Only seconds later, the group burst from the forest and appeared less than twenty meters before the golden flame.

"It's the Dragon Scale Squad—didn't expect them to come searching for Divine Blood too." Uncle Chen was surprised.

"Uncle Chen, do you know them?" Leng Yuexi asked, puzzled.

"Yes, the Dragon Scale Squad is one of the more famous Master-level teams in our Sydney region."

Uncle Chen nodded and introduced: "All three are Upper Seventh-Stage Masters, formidable in strength."

He paused, then added: "Of course, they can't compare to you, Young Mistress."

At present, Leng Yuexi could suppress any A-Rank or lower Awakening User below Eighth Stage without effort.

"Perfect—let them test the waters and probe his strength."

Whoosh!

Leng Yuexi pushed off with her long legs and leapt onto a thick branch of a nearby tall tree.

The view here was open, ideal for watching the battle.

The rest of Leng Yuechan's group followed suit and leapt up as well.

The Dragon Scale Squad had three members; after spotting Xu Jingming's flame barrier,

they took positions around it from three directions, blocking every escape route.

The squad leader, a Seventh-Stage Peak Awakening User, spoke:

"Come out, friend. We've spotted you."

Boom~~

Brilliant golden flames surged outward, revealing Xu Jingming's towering figure seated on the ground.

"Huh… is that… a Plant Life?!"

"Yes, it's that thing!"

Seeing the thorned sword-grass swirling beside Xu Jingming, the Dragon Scale Squad members were startled, then immediately wore greedy expressions.

Nearby, perched on the thick branch, Leng Yuexi was also taken aback.

She hadn't expected the one who stole their Divine Blood to be a Plant Life.

"Plant Lives are extremely rare—even Eighth-Stage Grand Masters rarely possess one."

Yet here, a Seventh-Stage Upper Master had one."

Leng Yuexi felt a pang of desire.

The Plant Life's aura had already reached Seventh-Stage level.

If she could seize it, her combat power would increase significantly.

The only thing puzzling her was that she had never seen this man in the flames before.

Yet she felt an odd sense of familiarity.

"Is it an illusion?"

She shook her head, dismissed the thought, and refocused on the scene below.

"How dare you steal our Divine Blood!"

"Hand over your Plant Life and Spatial Ring, and you may leave alive!

Otherwise, we'll take your life too!"

The tall, thin member of the Dragon Scale Squad licked his lips and threatened.

"You look unfamiliar—aren't you from Mocheng's Awakening Users?"

Xu Jingming rose from the ground.

"What? You trying to make connections? You're mistaken—we're from Nixi."

The Dragon Scale Squad leader said casually.

All three of them were Upper Seventh-Stage Masters; Xu Jingming was alone.

There was no need to feel tense over one man.

"No need for connections—just lamenting that my Face Fruit has failed."

"Besides, you're not strong enough to make me run."

Xu Jingming smiled coldly.

"What did you say?"

The Dragon Scale Squad leader frowned, but before he could press further,

he saw Xu Jingming's figure blur—and suddenly strike the man who had just threatened him!

"No! Watch out!"

The leader had barely shouted when he heard a wet *plop*—his Upper Seventh-Stage teammate's head exploded violently.

Bright red blood sprayed in a radial pattern onto the grass behind him.

Before their own teammate's eyes, the man they'd just seen as prey

now held a grotesque long spear wrapped in searing golden flames.

It was this spear that had pierced clean through his teammate's skull!

"Looks like your strength isn't so impressive."

Plop~~

Xu Jingming gripped the spear tightly and yanked it free; the corpse collapsed heavily.

Blood gushed like a stream from the neck, staining the surrounding ground crimson.

Then, a pair of golden flame eyes stared at them, expressionless.

Beneath the flames, they couldn't see the lightning surging within his eyes since entering Lei Jitai.

And that man, though an Upper Seventh-Stage Master, had actual combat power equivalent only to a Six-Star Master.

To Xu Jingming, he was effortlessly obliterated.

But what Xu Jingming saw as ordinary was enough to make the Dragon Scale Squad leader swallow hard.

His teammate had been instantly killed?!

How strong was this man?

They were both Upper Seventh-Stage Masters—how could the gap be this vast?

In the next instant,

he realized: this man was likely a veteran from the front-line battlefield!

Such warriors, though also Upper Seventh-Stage, crushed them as easily as crushing ants.

"Leon, run! He's a warrior from the front-line battlefield—his true strength dwarfs ours!" the leader cried out.

After speaking, he swallowed a Blood Surge Pill; his aura surged violently, and he fled in one direction!

The other man did the same, fleeing in the opposite direction.

"You won't escape! Die!"

A deep, commanding voice rang out—golden flames erupted midair, instantly engulfing the two men who had fled over a hundred meters away.

"Aaaah!!"

Piercing screams rose—before this terrifying flame, their S-Class battle suits offered zero defense.

Of course, they didn't notice the even more potent Doushen Thunder hidden within.

Only seconds later, the screams faded; the two men were reduced to two charred corpses.

"Oh my…"

On the branch, the weakest of them, Leng Yuechan, was utterly stunned: "How… how is he so strong?!"

In her eyes, all these men were Upper Seventh-Stage Masters.

Even in the fiercest battle, how could one crush another so utterly?

The entire fight could be described as instant annihilation!

Before this man, the entire Dragon Scale Squad had no chance to fight back…

Leng Yuexi was also astonished.

In that instant when he unleashed his power, she had felt a sharp sense of threat.

What surprised her further was that this man also wielded a spear.

It reminded her of the peerless prodigy who had left a deep impression on her half a year ago in Myanmar…