Chapter 694: The Furious Heavenly Demon! Return!

"Sister Shuang, let's go!"

Xu Jingming, who had just slain a Master Zongshi of Wantianming Sect, dared not pause for a moment.

He no longer cared whether he would draw the attention of other ferocious beasts.

With his Thunder Dragon Wings flapping behind him, he dove straight down and scooped up Ling Shuang in a bridal carry.

Boom!

Accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, Xu Jingming shot outward like a brilliant comet.

After entering the ninth layer of Divine Thunder Indestructible Body, the Thunder Dragon Wings' top speed in Thunderstorm Mode exceeded 550 meters per second!

Yet Xu Jingming still found it too slow.

"Phantom Thunder Step!"

Brilliant Dou Tian Shen Lei enveloped his body like mist, further increasing his flight speed.

Reaching an astonishing 580 meters per second!

Whoosh—

Wind howled past his ears; Ling Shuang, at one meter seventy-three tall, looked like a tiny quail.

Cradled within Xu Jingming's massive frame, over three meters tall.

Her slight weight had zero effect on Xu Jingming's flight speed.

Though she had already shared deep exchanges with Xu Jingming,

feeling those warm, large hands clasped around her thighs and hips, Ling Shuang's cheeks still flushed slightly.

"Ling Shuang!! Don't run!"

A sharp cry erupted from behind.

Over ten kilometers away in the sky, the Heavenly Demon was wreathed in crimson blood qi, hurtling toward them like a cruise missile!

Having reached Rank 9 Lower Tier, she had evidently activated some secret technique.

Her speed reached an astonishing three times the speed of sound!

But her position was far too distant—before she could close within ten kilometers of Ling Shuang,

Xu Jingming had already broken through the spatial lockdown.

"Teleport!"

Without hesitation, Ling Shuang in his arms unleashed spatial power.

The next instant, the two vanished from the air.

By the time the Heavenly Demon arrived, Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming were already gone.

"Ahhh!! Damn damn damn!"

The Heavenly Demon's beautiful face twisted into a monstrous snarl.

She had meticulously planned for so long—even contacted the Mind-Control Heavenly God to help lure Ling Shuang out.

Yet the mission had ultimately failed; how could she explain this to the Grand Patriarch?

Boom!!

In a rage, she unleashed her aura, and her terrifying blood qi blasted a massive crater into the forest below.

After venting for half a minute, her emotions gradually calmed, her beautiful face now bearing an unprecedented venomous hatred:

"Xu Jingming..."

The signature golden thunder ability and Thunder Dragon Wings allowed her to identify Xu Jingming's identity from over ten kilometers away.

"Paul and the two Rank 7 Upper Tier Grand Masters are unreachable—they must have been killed by them."

Ling Shuang didn't attack; otherwise, Lord Cangkong would have sensed it instantly and teleported over."

So these three were slain by Xu Jingming..."

Upon deducing this, the Heavenly Demon frowned.

Upon receiving Paul's message, she immediately activated her secret technique and flew here.

Less than thirty seconds had passed—how could Xu Jingming have slain three in that time?

One of them was a genuine Rank 8 Lower Tier Master Zongshi.

Only if Ling Shuang had personally struck could such a feat be plausible.

"Xu Jingming is only Rank 6 Upper Tier; even with an SS-class ability, he shouldn't be this strong."

"Most likely, he used some powerful relic left by a Great Xia elder."

While relics capable of slaying Rank 8 Grand Masters are rare, they do exist.

For Xu Jingming, the number one prodigy of modern Blue Star, possessing such a relic is not surprising.

As for Xu Jingming himself possessing such power, the Heavenly Demon never even considered it.

After all, Rank 8 Grand Masters are not that weak.

"I must hurry to find Lord Cangkong and teleport back to report."

"Ling Shuang is likely still injured; if I exploit this well, I may yet have a chance to kill her."

Shhh—

The Heavenly Demon's figure blurred; her slender form turned and shot toward Lord Cangkong Bai Lang.

If Lord Cangkong Bai Lang had stayed with the Heavenly Demon the entire time, he could have teleported over the instant Ling Shuang was spotted.

But it was precisely Lord Cangkong Bai Lang's arrogance that caused them to miss this opportunity.

Yet the Heavenly Demon, as Deputy Grand Patriarch of Tianming Sect, harbored no resentment—and dared not.

She could only exert every effort to make amends.

Mo Ben, Dongcheng District.

In the central area of the East City District, there is a luxurious residential compound.

Besides rows of exquisite villas, the compound also has an artificial lake covering roughly 10,000 square meters.

East Lake Compound — a famous luxury villa district in the East City District.

In a central area where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold, being able to have an artificial lake this large is already enough to highlight just how prestigious this place is.

Ordinary people, no matter how rich or how much power they hold, simply have no way of moving in here.

The residents of this villa district are almost uniformly ability-users of the sixth rank or above.

East Lake Compound, Villa No. 103, second-floor living room.

Whoosh—

Accompanied by a soft sound, space blurred, and Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang were teleported over.

"We're back." Xu Jingming, who had surveyed the surroundings, let out a long breath.

That really had been a close call just now — if he had been even slightly slower in killing that eighth-rank Grandmaster, he would have been caught up to by that ninth-rank Martial Saint of the Tianming Sect.

Although he still had a one-use ninth-grade protective talisman on him, he really couldn't be sure whether this talisman could actually protect him.

"Huh? Sister Shuang, this doesn't look like the villa at your Lei Ting Wu Guan?"

Looking at the artificial lake outside the window, its surface sparkling under the morning sunlight, Xu Jingming couldn't help but ask in confusion.

The villa compound assigned to Lei Ting Wu Guan didn't have an artificial lake like this outside.

Moreover, he had been to Ling Shuang's villa on the second floor more than once, and the decorations inside were also different from the current ones.

"Can you put me down first before you say anything?"

Ling Shuang in his arms gently bit her red lip with her pearly teeth, a touch of embarrassed annoyance on her fair, pretty face.

At the very beginning when he was holding her it was still fine — his hand was still resting on her thigh.

But perhaps because one arm alone could already hold her, Xu Jingming had simply placed his other hand right on her chest!

"Sorry, force of habit."

Xu Jingming gave a dry laugh and set Ling Shuang down.

Honestly, after entering the Thunderstorm State, the fullness that one hand couldn't grasp before could now be held easily.

"I've finally figured it out — you really can't stay well-behaved for a single moment! No wonder absorbing the divine blood had that kind of side effect!"

Ling Shuang shot Xu Jingming an exasperated glare.

After tidying her battle suit and her slightly disheveled hair, she sat upright on the sofa and began:

"This is a private villa I purchased when I was tempering myself in Dayangzhou before. Outsiders don't know about it.

The reason I'm not going straight back to Lei Ting Wu Guan is that I need to sort out my thoughts first."

The expression on Ling Shuang's fair, pretty face gradually grew Solemn:

"I suspect there are people from the Tianming Sect inside our Lei Ting Wu Guan. Until I think of a way to root them out, it's best not to go back."