Chapter 694

"Shuang-jie, let's go!"

Xu Jingming, having just slain the Heavenly Fate Sect's Grand Master, dared not pause for a moment.

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

Behind him, the Thunder Dragon Wings flared as he dove straight down, scooping Ling Shuang into his arms 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 thought it wasn't fast enough.

"Phantom Thunder Step!"

Brilliant Doushen Divine Thunder enveloped his body like mist, further increasing his flight speed.

It reached an astonishing 580 meters per second!

Whoosh—

Wind howled past his ears; Ling Shuang, at 1. 3 meters tall, looked like a tiny quail.

Cradled in Xu Jingming's arms, his frame over three meters tall.

Her slight weight had zero impact on his flight speed.

Though she had already shared intimate moments with Xu Jingming,

feeling those warm, large hands gripping her thighs and buttocks still made her fair cheeks flush slightly.

"Ling Shuang!! Don't run!"

A sharp cry erupted from behind.

Over ten kilometers away, the Sky Demon surged through the sky, her body wreathed in crimson blood qi, like a cruise missile hurtling toward them!

Having reached the lower rank of the ninth tier, she had clearly activated some secret technique.

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

But she was simply too far away—before she could close within ten kilometers of Ling Shuang,

Xu Jingming had already broken through the spatial lockdown.

"Teleport!"

Ling Shuang, still in his arms, didn't hesitate—spatial power surged.

The next instant, the two vanished from the air.

By the time the Sky Demon arrived, Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming were long gone.

"Ahhh!! Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

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

She had spent so long planning, even contacted the Mind-Control Heavenly God to help lure Ling Shuang out.

Yet the mission had ultimately failed—how could she possibly explain this to the Grand Master?

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 carrying an unprecedented venom:

"Xu Jingming..."

The signature golden thunder ability and Thunder Dragon Wings allowed her to identify him even from over ten kilometers away.

"Paul and the two Seventh Tier High Priests can't be reached—they must have been killed by them."

Ling Shuang didn't attack, or else Lord Cangkong would've sensed it instantly and teleported over.

That means these three were killed by Xu Jingming..."

The Sky Demon frowned as she deduced this conclusion.

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

Less than thirty seconds had passed—how could Xu Jingming possibly have the strength to slay three in that time?

One of them was a genuine Eighth Tier Grand Master.

Only if Ling Shuang herself had attacked would that make sense.

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

"He must've used some powerful relic left by a Great Xia elder."

While relics capable of killing Eighth Tier Grand Masters are rare, they aren't nonexistent.

For Xu Jingming, the current number-one prodigy of Blue Planet, possessing such a relic isn't surprising.

As for the possibility that Xu Jingming himself possessed such power, the Sky Demon never even considered it.

After all, Eighth Tier Grand Masters weren't that weak.

"I need to find Lord Cangkong quickly and teleport back to report."

"Ling Shuang is likely still injured—if I exploit this properly, I might still have a chance to kill her."

Shhh—

The Sky Demon's figure blurred, her slender form pivoting instantly toward Lord Cangkong's location.

If Lord Cangkong had stayed with the Sky Demon the entire time, he could've teleported over the instant he sensed Ling Shuang.

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

Yet the Sky Demon, as Deputy Grand Master of the Heavenly Fate Sect, voiced no complaint—nor dared to.

She could only exert every effort to make amends.

Mocheng, East District.

In the central area of East District stood a luxurious residential complex.

Within the compound, besides elegant villas, was a man-made lake covering roughly ten thousand square meters.

Donghu Residential Complex—a famed luxury villa district in East District.

In this land-value-prime central zone, such a vast artificial lake alone was enough to demonstrate its exclusivity.

Ordinary people, even if wealthy or powerful, could never gain entry.

Nearly every resident here was an ability user of Sixth Tier or higher.

Donghu Residential Complex, Villa #103, second-floor living room.

Shhh—

With a soft sound, space blurred as Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang teleported in.

"We're back." Xu Jingming exhaled, scanning the surroundings.

That had been too close—if he'd taken even a fraction longer to kill the Eighth Tier Grand Master, the Ninth Tier Martial Saint of the Heavenly Fate Sect would've caught him.

Though he still had a single-use Ninth Rank Protection Talisman, he couldn't be certain it would protect him.

"Huh, Shuang-jie, this isn't your Thunder Martial Arts Academy villa, is it?"

Looking out the window at the shimmering artificial lake bathed in morning sunlight, Xu Jingming asked curiously.

The villa district assigned to the Thunder Martial Arts Academy had no such lake.

Besides, he'd been to Ling Shuang's second-floor villa more than once—the furnishings were different.

"Could you put me down first?"

Ling Shuang bit her red lip, her fair face flushed with embarrassment.

At first, when he held her, his hands were on her thighs.

But somehow, realizing one hand could manage the hold, Xu Jingming placed his other hand right on her chest!

"Sorry, habit."

Xu Jingming chuckled awkwardly and set her down.

Honestly, after entering Thunderstorm Mode, the curves he'd once struggled to hold with one hand now fit effortlessly in his grasp.

"I've figured it out—you're never still for a second! No wonder absorbing Divine Blood had such side effects!"

Ling Shuang shot him a disgruntled glare.

After tidying her battle attire and slightly disheveled hair, she sat properly on the sofa and said:

"This is a private villa I bought during my training in Dayangzhou—no one else knows about it."

"I didn't return directly to the Thunder Martial Arts Academy because I need to organize my thoughts first."

Ling Shuang's fair face grew solemn:

"I suspect there's a spy from the Heavenly Fate Sect in our Thunder Martial Arts Academy. Until we find and root him out, we shouldn't go back."