Chapter 834: Shocked Ling Shuang! The Heavenly Fate Cult Appears!

"Understood!"

Eva's face glowed with unhidden excitement: "SSS-class Chaos Divine Thunder emerged in the Third Civilization Era!"

This information will be permanently recorded until civilization ends and artificial intelligence vanishes!"

"An SSS-class ability?!"

Hearing this news, Hearing Ling Shuang froze completely, wondering if she were dreaming.

You know,

From the First Civilization Era to now, humanity has endured over five thousand years.

Only fewer than ten SSS-class abilities have ever been recorded in all that time!

And now, she had personally witnessed the birth of an SSS-class lightning ability.

"Isn't it said that the later the ability transformation, the weaker its power becomes? What's going on with Jingming?"

Hearing Ling Shuang felt her entire worldview had been overturned.

But upon closer thought, Xu Jingming's ability had undergone three transformations—that itself was already a miracle!

"Could it be that true Chosen Ones truly exist in this world?" she couldn't help thinking.

Otherwise, how could such an exceedingly rare ability transformation occur consecutively on the same person?

And ultimately evolve into SSS-class?

"Teacher Ling, how many days have passed since my ability began transforming?"

Whoosh—

After drawing all the black thunder into his body, Xu Jingming asked.

Hearing this, Hearing Ling Shuang snapped out of her shock and spoke softly:

"Eight days have passed."

Even with the Nine Phoenix Hairpin's enhancement, her ability had nearly reached its limit.

If Xu Jingming didn't end his transformation soon, she'd have to start swallowing pills to sustain her spatial ability.

"So much time has passed?"

Xu Jingming was surprised.

The Yer Mirage only opens for one month.

At this point, the exit portal might open at any moment.

"All ability users in the Mirage should already be heading toward the exit portal," Hearing Ling Shuang nodded.

"Then let's go too."

Xu Jingming reached out and wrapped his arm around Hearing Ling Shuang's soft waist.

His thunder dragon wings unfurled, and he shot skyward toward the portal.

He was eager to plunder rare herbs and exotic plants from the other nations' strongholds.

And under the protection of the mighty SSS-class Chaos Divine Thunder, even if Hearing Ling Shuang ceased using her spatial ability,

the deep purple flames surrounding them—now reaching millions of degrees Celsius—could not harm them in the slightest...

August 4th, the 28th day since the Yer Mirage opened.

Only two days remained before the one-month deadline.

The Mirage's exit portal would open in the northernmost Mi Gai Grassland.

By now, many ability users had already gathered there.

Great Xia, America, Bear Nation...

Ability users grouped by nation, mutually wary.

Each national group kept at least a hundred meters apart.

At this point, ability users rarely clashed—everyone's numbers were similar, and their power levels were nearly equal.

But vigilance must never be lowered; that hundred-meter distance was their safety buffer.

Any attempt to approach would trigger immediate suspicion.

"Why are there so few people in our Great Xia team?"

Luo Lan, an S-class eighth-rank Upper Master Zongshi of Great Xia, frowned after counting his team's numbers.

Including himself, there were only eighteen people.

Thirty eighth-rank Grand Masters entered the Mirage—twelve were still missing...

"I arrived here yesterday. The portal could open at any moment.

More than a day has passed—those who were coming should have arrived by now."

Luo Lan's gaze was solemn.

Those who hadn't arrived by now were likely dead.

More critically, Xu Jingming and Hearing Ling Shuang hadn't arrived either...

According to Wang Zhan's report, the first time he met Xu Jingming,

he found the man had already broken through to seventh-rank upper, his combat power stronger than a typical eighth-rank peak.

And Hearing Ling Shuang possessed an S-class spatial ability—she couldn't possibly have met with misfortune.

"Xu Jingming and Hearing Ling Shuang were probably delayed by something else.

But what happened to the others? Could they all have met with accidents?"

Luo Lan's brow furrowed tightly.

Since the first opening of the Yer Mirage, when Great Xia suffered losses,

subsequent deaths had been kept under five—but this situation was entirely different.

Moreover, the ability users from the other various countries also seemed to have suffered quite a few casualties.

Heizhou, which had the fewest people, had dwindled to only 15.

The leader of Heizhou was currently looking around with a worried expression, trying to see if any remaining members would return.

"The ability users of every country seem to have decreased accordingly..."

A faint sense of foreboding welled up in Roland's heart, and he transmitted his voice through spiritual force:

"Everyone stay on guard. I fear something unexpected has happened inside the secret realm."

"Understood!" The remaining 17 eighth-rank Grandmasters immediately sobered their expressions and hurriedly replied respectfully.

"Damn that Xu Jingming! He still hasn't come back!"

On the other side, Ryan of the United States stared fixedly at the Great Xia team.

A full three cubic meters of holy plant water had actually been snatched away by Xu Jingming!

Such a huge loss meant he still couldn't let it go even now.

"Lord Ryan, if Xu Jingming comes over, should we make a move?" a Grandmaster beside him asked.

"Wait for my orders, act as the situation allows." Ryan replied with a dark expression.

Roland, the S-rank of Great Xia, was already in position; even if they fought, they wouldn't gain any advantage.

Moreover, Xu Jingming was still wearing the Yuan Armor—fight if he wanted, flee if he wanted—they simply had no way to deal with him at all.

But to have him give up just like that was still somewhat unwilling; he could only wait and see if there was any opportunity later...

Time passed second by second; after roughly half an hour.

Roland of the Great Xia team, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground resting his eyes, suddenly snapped them open and frowned as he looked toward the south.

The remaining Zhou Yu and Wang Zhan also sensed something and looked in that direction.

Not only Great Xia, but the powerhouses of the United States, Bear Country, the European Union, and every other country also turned their gazes that way.

Whoosh—

The gale howled, and a shadow appeared in the sky.

A group of over twenty people, with swift winds swirling around them, rapidly flew over.

It was a team made up of a mishmash of various countries—people from Great Xia, the United States, and the European Union alike.

And at this moment, each and every one of this group was emanating a terrifying aura.

They all wore black robes uniformly, and on the back of those robes was also painted a blood-red crescent moon emblem.

"Having received the Mandate of Heaven, the Heavenly God endures forever! Feeble humans, bow down before the holy radiance of our Tianming Sect!!"

The fanatical and eerie voice rolled over like muffled thunder, causing the powerhouses of every country to suddenly change expression:

"It's people from the Tianming Sect?!"