Chapter 769

"Huff, huff......"

In the training ground, Leng Yuexi gasped for breath, her full chest rising and falling sharply with each inhale.

Logically, as a seventh-rank master, she shouldn't be this exhausted.

But Xu Jingming's aura was overwhelmingly intimidating, and his physique was extraordinarily formidable.

Every one of her strikes either slipped past Xu Jingming entirely, or was blocked by his spear.

The counterforce jolted her hands numb, yet Xu Jingming across from her showed not the slightest sign of strain!

She herself was numbed by the recoil, her hands tingling, but Xu Jingming on the other side showed not the slightest sign of strain!

Shhh—

The molten black obsidian spear, wreathed in golden thunder, was retracted as Xu Jingming smiled and asked.

The intensity of the previous fight was merely warm-up level.

Still, in terms of combat skill alone, among all opponents he'd faced, Leng Yuexi was quite impressive.

But in terms of combat technique alone, among all the opponents he had faced, Leng Yuexi was among the better ones.

Leng Yuexi, having caught her breath slightly, bit her red lip lightly and said with a hint of pout:

"You said you'd crush me with one hand—and you really did. You didn't even use your second hand the whole time."

"I always keep my word." Xu Jingming smiled.

In truth, if he unleashed his full power of Doushen Thunder,

he wouldn't even need one hand—just ranged spell strikes alone would be enough to defeat Leng Yuexi.

"But the stronger you are, the better it is for us."

Leng Yuexi exhaled softly, her beautiful eyes gleaming with interest:

"There are five matches total. Yours is clearly won."

"There are five matches total; yours looks like a guaranteed win."

Purple flames surged, instantly drying the sweat-slicked skin of Leng Yuexi.

Purple flames rose, causing Leng Yuexi's slightly damp skin, slick with sweat, to dry instantly.

"Fighting you feels like sweating more than a sauna session."

Leng Yuexi stretched lazily, then added: "So you're heading back to the Wild Zone next?"

"Yeah. I'll come back only when the matches start."

Xu Jingming tucked his spear into his space ring and nodded.

"It's still night. Entering the Wild Zone now is too dangerous. Wait until tomorrow morning."

Leng Yuexi couldn't help but suggest.

Xu Jingming thought for a moment.

True—he couldn't use his lightning-based ability at night.

Killing beasts would be far too inefficient. Better to go tomorrow. He nodded:

"Alright. By the way, does your Fox Spirit Guild buy beast materials?"

"Of course we do. What kind of materials do you have?"

Learning Xu Jingming wouldn't leave tonight, Leng Yuexi visibly brightened, a faint smile tugging at her lips.

Learning that Xu Jingming would not leave tonight, Leng Yuexi was noticeably happier, a faint smile curving her red lips.

Shhh—

A faint glow from his space ring, and a mountain of materials piled beside Xu Jingming.

The air reeked of blood; most prominent was the corpse of the eighth-rank Thunder-Horned Black Monkey King.

Though dead, lightning still flickered along its thunder horns.

Its flesh and blood emitted a distinctly different aura of pressure.

"So many beast materials—and one of them seems to be an eighth-rank beast?" Leng Yuexi was surprised.

"Yes. Four more seventh-rank beasts. The rest are sixth- and fifth-rank materials."

"Yes, there are four more seventh-tier beasts; the rest are sixth- and fifth-tier beast materials."

Leng Yuexi glanced at the Thunder-Horned Black Monkey King's charred, skull-pierced corpse, silently astonished.

To kill an eighth-rank beast with a single blow—Xu Jingming was far stronger than she'd imagined.

"Wait a moment. I'll call someone to count and appraise these."

Leng Yuexi pulled out her phone and dialed.

Soon, a team of staff arrived at the training ground.

When they saw the mountain of beast materials, the lead supervisor froze.

When he spotted the Thunder-Horned Black Monkey King, he was utterly stunned.

When did the young mistress become this strong? Could she casually slay an eighth-rank lightning-type beast?

"None of these are mine. Just count them and give me a price."

Seeing the supervisor's thoughts, Leng Yuexi explained.

She paused, then added: "Use the highest appraisal standard."

The Fox Spirit Guild applied different appraisal standards for different clients.

Only core members like her qualified for the highest standard.

"Yes!" The supervisor nodded quickly, not daring to show the slightest delay.

He brought six people, yet it still took over twenty minutes to finish the count.

That was fast—ordinary adepts would've spent much longer just identifying these materials.

But since they belonged to the young mistress, they didn't inspect them closely.

"This includes one complete eighth-rank lower-tier Thunder-Horned Black Monkey corpse, four seventh-rank beasts,

and over twenty fifth- and sixth-rank beast materials. Appraised at 1. billion Blue Star Credits."

The supervisor said respectfully.

"How's that price?" Leng Yuexi asked softly.

"Fine." Xu Jingming gave a slight nod.

He'd estimated around 1. billion Blue Star Credits would be reasonable.

This was clearly inflated due to Leng Yuexi's influence.

"Alright, that's the price then."

Leng Yuexi waved her hand; the staff immediately collected all the beast materials into space rings and bowed before leaving.

A single space ring couldn't hold so much material, but fortunately, they had enough people.

After they left, Xu Jingming received a notification: 1. billion Blue Star Credits credited.

"All these beasts were killed by you today?" Leng Yuexi asked curiously.

"Yes." Xu Jingming smiled, confirming the SMS receipt.

Though he could've just asked Ling Shuang for money, relying on her constantly wasn't right.

He preferred earning it himself.

"You made 1. billion Blue Star Credits in one day?!" Leng Yuechan instinctively covered her mouth in astonishment.

"Fifteen billion Starlight coins in one day?!" Beside her, Leng Yuechan instinctively covered her mouth, exclaiming in astonishment.

Her Fox Spirit Guild's Myanmar branch earned a net profit of only 1. billion per month, even after exhausting labor.

Xu Jingming earned what they made in a month—in one day!

"Only someone as powerful as Jingming could earn this fast. Ordinary eighth-rank grand masters couldn't possibly achieve this."

Leng Yuexi shook her head.

The higher an adept's rank, the more they valued their life. Most adepts avoided the Wild Zone entirely after reaching eighth rank.

They only entered if desperately short on funds.

Even then, they typically only fought seventh-rank beasts.

Not eighth-rank beasts like themselves—too dangerous.

"I see." Leng Yuechan suddenly understood.

After all, even she rarely entered the Wild Zone after reaching sixth rank.

Higher-ranked adepts—seventh or eighth—were even more cautious.

"By the way, Jingming, sleep here tonight."

"This villa has many bedrooms. Besides the two on the second floor that I and Xiao Chan use, pick any other one."

Leng Yuexi told Xu Jingming.

"No need."

Xu Jingming shook his head. "I'll stay in the training ground tonight. I want to study my body-strengthening technique."

Xu Jingming shook his head, "I'll stay here at the training ground tonight; I want to study the body-strengthening art."