Chapter 715: Return to Daxia! Has the Former Lei Di Fallen from Grace?

After activating the Divine Blood Secret Art, Feng Kuan's strength reached Eighth Tier Mid-Level.

But Xu Jingming was still stronger—he unleashed his Domain and killed him on the spot.

After Ling Shuang finished speaking, she noticed Su Qingli had not responded.

She lifted her head in slight confusion and saw Su Qingli's lips slightly parted, her expression utterly stunned.

As if Xu Jingming had just told her a myth.

"Ling Teacher, let me explain."

Xu Jingming smiled and said to Su Qingli: "Su Teacher, I've broken through to Seventh Tier."

"Seventh Tier?!" Su Qingli gasped, her beautiful eyes filled with shock:

"A month ago, when I last contacted you, you were still Sixth Tier Upper-Level, weren't you?"

"I've had a few opportunities lately—my breakthrough came a bit faster than usual."

It was the same old excuse, one Xu Jingming had long since perfected.

After all, his breakthrough speed couldn't be explained by normal logic—calling it "many opportunities" was an understatement.

"Not only did he break through to Seventh Tier, but Jingming has also mastered the power of a Domain."

Ling Shuang's lips curled slightly, her eyes holding a faint heat as she replied.

"Domain?!" Even Su Qingli, usually so cold and composed, couldn't help widening her eyes in disbelief.

She hadn't expected the news she'd return with from the Wild Zone to be more explosive with each revelation.

"Jingming, you really know how to surprise me."

After taking a deep breath and feeling her full chest rise slightly, Su Qingli finally processed the news and understood Ling Shuang's meaning:

"You want to use this to overthrow Liu Shan and take direct control of the Mocheng Branch?"

"Exactly."

Ling Shuang nodded, her beautiful eyes glinting with cold light: "We walk different paths—I can't work with Liu Shan. He's a staunch supporter of Hu Jinyu.

Unless we remove him, neither I nor Jingming can take control of the branch's martial arts hall."

Character reveals itself in times of crisis.

Just the fact that Liu Shan deliberately delayed finding healing specialists after learning of her serious injury—

was enough to strip him of all dignity.

She paused, then added:

"But he has Hu Jinyu as his backer. Whether we should immediately strip him of his director position still depends on your decision."

"If we don't have absolute certainty, we'd better not reveal our intentions yet.

Ling Teacher and I can stay there a little longer without issue."

Xu Jingming suggested thoughtfully.

Dayangzhou is an ideal place to harvest Ability Points.

He won't be leaving anytime soon.

"Correct," Ling Shuang agreed with a nod.

But this gesture made Su Qingli instinctively frown in confusion.

Why did it feel like Xu Jingming, not Ling Shuang, was the dominant one here?

Even with his massive power increase, that shouldn't be possible.

Though puzzled, Su Qingli didn't dwell on it—she simply smiled and said:

"Then just remove Liu Shan from his director position outright—Jingming's strength has risen enough now.

You take over as director, and Jingming becomes deputy director.

With the two of you in charge, the Mocheng Branch will be firmly under your control."

"What about Hu Jinyu?" Xu Jingming asked hesitantly; Ling Shuang also looked slightly concerned.

After all, he was a Ninth Tier Mid-Level Law Saint with considerable prestige within the Thunder Martial Arts Hall.

If he opposed them, this matter could become messy.

"Don't worry about Hu Jinyu."

Su Qingli spoke calmly: "The fact that his own trusted subordinate is a Heavenly Fate Cult spy is enough to remove him from office.

If Hu Jinyu objects, it doesn't matter—Master Gu Ming has now decided to support me."

"Master Gu Ming? Then there's no problem," Ling Shuang's face lit up with relief.

Xu Jingming beside her also smiled.

The Thunder Martial Arts Hall currently has three Ninth Tier Ability Users: Su Qingli, Hu Jinyu, and Gu Ming.

Of course, far more than three Ninth Tier Ability Users have come from the Thunder Martial Arts Hall—these three simply chose to remain.

Among them, Gu Ming, though only Ninth Tier Lower-Level, is an elder of the hall.

With his support, Su Teacher has nothing to fear from Hu Jinyu.

"The director meeting will officially convene at nine a. . the day after tomorrow. When will you two return?" Su Qingli asked.

"We leave tonight—we'll arrive at headquarters around eight a. ." Ling Shuang replied.

"Good. I'll meet you at the martial arts hall entrance."

Su Qingli smiled, then turned to Xu Jingming: "As for you, Jingming, I'd like to personally assess your strength."

As a Ninth Tier Lower-Level Law Saint, she herself had only mastered her Domain to the second level.

She was curious—what kind of combat power would Xu Jingming display once he activated his Domain?

"Sure," Xu Jingming grinned.

In the past, he was too weak to even qualify to fight Su Qingli.

Now, he finally had a chance to make her draw her weapon.

Of course, Su Qingli would still need to suppress her own power.

Otherwise, even a single ranged spell could obliterate him...

All afternoon, Xu Jingming taught Ling Shuang the SSS-ranked Thunder Sea Contemplation Method.

Because the entire Mocheng Branch was protected by an electromagnetic barrier, aircraft couldn't take off freely.

So at around ten p. ., Ling Shuang teleported Xu Jingming to the Mocheng aviation port.

She retrieved her Chixiao-class fighter from her space ring and took off from the aviation port.

The distance from Mocheng Branch in Dayangzhou to the Thunder Martial Arts Hall headquarters is over ten thousand kilometers.

The Chixiao-class fighter's standard cruising speed is one times the speed of sound.

Thus, it would take roughly nine hours to reach the destination.

When the time reached 8: 0 a. . on April 14, the fighter had already entered Guizhou Province in Daxia.

"Ten more minutes, and we'll reach headquarters," Ling Shuang said with a smile.

Although she had spent years in Dayangzhou, she still preferred her homeland.

Xu Jingming felt the same—his clear, dark-and-white eyes held a faint hint of anticipation.

Xu Jingming was the same, his clear, sharply defined eyes faintly holding a hint of anticipation.

The Chixiao-class fighter swiftly flew over the square before the Thunder Martial Arts Hall headquarters and descended slowly.

"Look! It's a Chixiao-class fighter!"

"Whoa, which big shot is visiting our Thunder Martial Arts Hall now?"

As one of the two largest martial arts halls in Daxia, the headquarters saw a constant stream of high-tier Ability Users daily.

But a big shot arriving in a Chixiao-class fighter was still rare.

Passersby turned curiously to stare.

As a result, passersby all turned curious glances toward them.

The hatch opened, and as Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming stepped down one after the other, a wave of gasps and murmurs erupted.

"It's Instructor Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming—they've returned from Dayangzhou!"

"Time flies—hasn't it been four months already?"

"Isn't that the truth? Too bad—the once-famous Lei Di Xu Jingming hasn't been seen or heard from in months."

"I'd forgotten—his name hasn't appeared on the Virtual World's Sixth Tier Peak Rankings either."

"Has the once-great prodigy fallen?"

"Could it be that this generation's prodigy has perished?"

Among the surrounding crowd's murmurs, there was no shortage of regretful tones.

Two months ago, the Virtual World launched its Peak Rankings, inviting global elites to compete.

A wave of prodigies surged forth, stirring up storms in the Virtual World.

Among them, Catherine from the U. ., Su Yu from Daxia, and Andrei from Bear Nation ranked among the top few on the Sixth Tier Peak List.

Only Xu Jingming remained silent—his name never appeared on the rankings at all.

Thus, online, many claimed the once-great Lei Di had faded into obscurity, no longer the powerhouse he was during the Talent Competition.

PS: Chapter 713 was censored—Jade Foot is gone...

PS: Chapter 713 was reviewed, and the jade foot is gone...