Chapter 78: Total Annihilation! Jiang Chu

Of the remaining three team members, only the vice-leader, who possessed a fire-based ability, was third-tier upper level.

The other tall, thin man had a healing ability and virtually no combat power.

The remaining woman shared the same beast-type ability as their leader.

Together, the three formed a formidable combat force.

Yet under Xu Jingming, who had activated “Thunder Extreme State,” even if all three swallowed Blood-Raging Pills, they were still utterly crushed.

Pfft—

More than ten minutes later, the Dark Cloud Swift Spear was withdrawn from the body of the last woman.

Boom!!

The woman, her face still frozen in terror, collapsed heavily, lifeless.

“The last one...”

Xu Jingming’s cold, emotionless blue-purple vertical pupils scanned the surroundings.

Compared to ten minutes ago, the cave now held five more corpses.

Each died differently—some with crushed skulls, others pierced through the heart by the spear.

Some were charred black by lightning...

More than a month ago, Xu Jingming had merely severely injured Zhao Chunlin, who was later dealt with by the chief supervisor Zhao Yi.

Thus, this was truly his first act of killing.

And he had killed five in one go!

Before this, Xu Jingming had assumed killing would unsettle him.

Yet in reality, after slaying five in succession, he felt not the slightest emotional ripple.

“All of them deserved to die. Killing them was no loss.”

Xu Jingming’s resolute face showed no change in expression.

He swung his spear, shaking off the blood,

then his towering form slowly reverted to his original height of one meter eighty-nine, his electrified dragon-like vertical pupils returning to normal.

The thunder that had surrounded his body vanished simultaneously into the air.

“Thunder Extreme State is effective, but it drains too much.”

A hint of exhaustion appeared on Xu Jingming’s face.

Just using Thunder Extreme State for over ten minutes left him more drained than a two- or three-hour battle with a ferocious beast!

Of course,

the combat boost from activating Thunder Extreme State was worth it.

“Senior, are you alright?”

At that moment, Jiang Chu stepped forward, her long legs carrying her closer.

During the battle, she had used her ice ability to assist Xu Jingming, even after swallowing Blood-Raging Pills.

She had even seized the moment when the vice-leader and another were distracted by Xu Jingming,

and personally slain the weak support-type ability user with a blade of condensed ice.

In fact, as a million-follower content creator of ferocious beast-killing videos, this was also her first time killing.

And her first kill came amid such bloody chaos!

On the ground, corpses lay scattered, blood flowed freely—this could serve as a filming location for any R-rated horror film!

Most ordinary girls, faced with such a scene, would have vomited three or four times already.

Yet Jiang Chu, though her face had turned slightly pale, did not vomit.

Instead, she asked with genuine concern.

“I’m fine. Just tired.”

Xu Jingming waved his hand. “Let’s collect the Earth Spirit Spring and the rare herbs first, then rest.”

Jiang Chu nodded, retrieving another jade vial from her space ring, and joined Xu Jingming by the spring.

“Good—the Earth Spirit Spring hasn’t been contaminated by blood.”

Seeing the spring, still clear and pure, surrounded by rare herbs and flowers, Xu Jingming exhaled in relief.

As an S-grade heavenly treasure, the Earth Spirit Spring was extremely precious.

Once polluted by impurities like blood, it could not even be purified, and its medicinal efficacy would plummet.

That was precisely why, during the battle, Xu Jingming had deliberately avoided this pool.

The Earth Spirit Spring was unharmed, but many of the surrounding rare herbs had been damaged.

Still, compared to the Earth Spirit Spring, the herbs were less valuable.

Even if trampled or broken, they remained usable.

There was plenty of Earth Spirit Spring—Xu Jingming and Jiang Chu filled five and a half small jade vials before draining it dry.

A small depression remained on the ground.

“In a few decades, this spot might regenerate some Earth Spirit Spring again.”

“Then we can come back.”

A faint smile appeared on Xu Jingming’s lips.

He handed Jiang Chu one fully filled vial and the half-filled one:

“This is for you.”

Jiang Chu hadn’t expected the half-filled vial to be given to her, and exclaimed in delight:

“Thank you, Senior~~”

But just as she reached out to take it,

the Blood-Raging Pill’s effect suddenly faded, leaving her limbs weak.

She gasped and collapsed to the ground.

Earlier in the battle, the vice-leader with the fire ability had thrown an “Inferno Hand” at Jiang Chu.

Though most of the flames were blocked by Xu Jingming’s Purple Thunder Net,

some still burned her skin.

Even though she quickly extinguished them with her ice ability, her battle suit was damaged, revealing glimpses of her chest and thighs.

Now seated on the ground, the torn suit could no longer contain her fullness, exposing most of her pale, rounded curves.

Jiang Chu immediately noticed—and her face flushed crimson to her ears.

Due to the Blood-Raging Pill’s side effects, she was utterly powerless, her mental energy unusable.

She couldn’t retrieve spare clothes from her space ring, and as embarrassment and shame overwhelmed her,

Xu Jingming’s low voice sounded beside her: “The Blood-Raging Pill’s side effects are severe. Let me take you to rest.”

A black men’s T-shirt landed over her exposed skin.

Then, in a bridal carry, he lifted her and carried her toward a clean spot nearby.

Xu Jingming’s upper-body battle suit had already been shredded during his use of “Thunder Extreme State.”

Thus, as Jiang Chu lay in his arms, she could clearly see the defined contours of his muscles, so close.

Combined with Xu Jingming’s strong masculine scent,

this first-time intimate contact with a male left the young woman’s face, already flushed, glowing like a ripe apple.

At the same time, she felt her heartbeat accelerate sharply—a sensation she had never experienced before spreading through her chest.

Thus, amid a tangle of complex emotions, Jiang Chu was gently placed against the cave wall, atop the soft beast-skin nest once belonging to the Digging Earth Dragon.

“Rest here for now. I’ll collect the remaining rare herbs.”

Only after Xu Jingming turned away did Jiang Chu return from her emotional haze.

She looked at the black T-shirt draped over her, her beautiful eyes shimmering faintly:

“Senior... is so gentle...”

“Come to think of it, Senior is actually my fan.”

Thinking of this, a quiet, unacknowledged joy welled up in Jiang Chu’s heart...

Thinking of this, Jiang Chu’s heart stirred with a joy she hadn’t even noticed...