Chapter 86: The Spear of Heaven! The Unexpected Song Qiuyun!

Sichuan Province, with a permanent population exceeding 80 million, is also a major education province, like Jiangnan Province.

Every year, as many as 400,000 students take the Wu Ke Gaokao!

Song Qiuyun's ability to claim the provincial top score in Sichuan among these 400,000 students proves her immense strength.

If it had been a month ago.

For such an opponent, Xu Jingming might have felt some interest.

But now that he himself has reached Second Stage Upper Tier, sparring with Song Qiuyun, who is merely First Stage Upper Tier, would be outright bullying...

Yet since he had already promised her before, Xu Jingming naturally would not break his word.

"Alright, I understand. Let's find a time later to spar."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"Find a time later? We can do it now."

Having finally run into Xu Jingming again, Song Qiuyun naturally wouldn't let him slip away so easily.

"Of course, if you have something urgent, we can do it next time."

Song Qiuyun added with a sweet smile.

'What a decisive and forceful personality—no wonder she's from Sichuan.'

Xu Jingming thought to himself.

But since it was just a minor matter and wouldn't take much time,

he didn't refuse again and nodded:

"We can do it now. Where should we go? The combat arena?"

"No need to go through all that trouble—just use the training room on the second floor of your dorm."

Seeing Xu Jingming agree, Song Qiuyun's eyes instantly lit up.

"Good. Then your clothes..."

Xu Jingming hesitated.

Song Qiuyun was currently wearing a floral dress; during the sparring, she'd surely expose herself.

"You go back to your dorm and wait for me. I'll change into my battle gear and come find you."

Song Qiuyun, clearly eager for the fight, trotted off toward her dorm with long, swift strides.

"Is sparring with me really that exciting?"

Xu Jingming couldn't understand.

When Xu Jingming returned to Villa 32,

Liu Wentao, who had just finished his bread on the sofa, asked curiously:

"Brother Ming, why are you back?"

"Song Qiuyun's coming to spar with me later—I'm returning to wait for her," Xu Jingming explained.

"Song Qiuyun?"

Liu Wentao paused slightly, then grinned:

"During the time you were away, she came to the villa several times—seems she wanted to spar with you then too."

Hearing this, Xu Jingming burst into laughter.

So it wasn't her first time coming over.

"Could this Song Qiuyun be a battle addict...?"

Xu Jingming rubbed his chin.

Given the current situation, it was very likely.

"But didn't Song Qiuyun notice you've broken through to Second Stage?" Liu Wentao asked curiously.

"She probably didn't notice—otherwise she wouldn't be so eager to spar with you right now."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

Cultivators can roughly sense each other's aura changes, but cannot precisely sense exact stages.

For example, last night, Liu Wentao sensed Xu Jingming had broken into Second Stage, but couldn't tell he was Second Stage Upper Tier.

Also, if one doesn't use spiritual force to sense, they won't notice any aura changes.

Just now, Song Qiuyun probably didn't use spiritual force to probe.

"I see."

Liu Wentao nodded, then asked eagerly:

"Brother Ming, can I come watch later?"

"Of course," Xu Jingming didn't refuse.

"Great!" Liu Wentao's eyes gleamed slightly.

In Sichuan, Song Qiuyun was a famous prodigy.

Since her psychic awakening at age sixteen, she had consistently towered above all other Sichuan prodigies.

Her high school, Rongcheng No. 6 High, had long lived under her shadow.

If he could see that prodigy girl humiliated,

when he returned to Sichuan for vacation, he could brag to his high school classmates!

The man who defeated the prodigy Song Qiuyun? My roommate!

"Qiuyun, weren't you going to the center of Shanghai? Why are you back?"

Meanwhile,

Song Qiuyun had just returned to her dorm and was met with the same question from her roommate, Qi Dongxia.

"Xu Jingming is back. I've already arranged to spar with him later." Song Qiuyun replied.

"Xu Jingming is back?"

Qi Dongxia's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "Then did he notice you've advanced to second-tier?"

"Nope~~"

Song Qiuyun said with a beaming smile.

She had broken through to lower second-tier a few days earlier, and aside from her roommate and teacher, no one else knew yet.

Therefore, she deliberately restrained her aura to prevent Xu Jingming from sensing anything unusual.

And although the main purpose of this spar was to figure out why Xu Jingming carried the aura of a fierce beast,

she was also very curious about Xu Jingming's actual strength.

"An S-rank ability that only appears in the Great Xia nation once every several years — I wonder if being a whole major tier above him will be enough for me to defeat him."

A strange brilliance flickered in Song Qiuyun's beautiful eyes.

More than two months had passed since registration and enrollment, and the new students were no longer completely ignorant of one another.

Among other things, the news that Xu Jingming possessed an S-rank lightning-type ability had been posted on the student forum a full month ago.

The new students were shocked, but the one who regretted it most was none other than Lei Zhou.

Had he known earlier that Xu Jingming possessed an S-rank ability, he would never have gone to provoke him back then.

Additionally, as the top scorer of Sichuan Province, Song Qiuyun had her own pride.

She wanted to personally test the mettle of this S-rank ability awakener, Xu Jingming.

Of course,

she also had self-awareness — at the same tier, she definitely couldn't defeat him.

But being a tier higher, it was no longer certain.

"Qiuyun, good luck! I'll come along with you in a bit."

Although Qi Dongxia was very taken with Xu Jingming's looks,

now that her close roommate was the one going into battle, she naturally chose to support her roommate.

Besides, she also wanted to see what expression the ever-composed and calm Xu Jingming

would make upon discovering that Song Qiuyun was lower second-tier.

That was sure to be very interesting.

Thinking of this, a mischievous smile inevitably surfaced on Qi Dongxia's face......

"Ding-dong~~"

The doorbell of Villa No. 32 rang.

"That should be Song Qiuyun and the others arriving."

Xu Jingming rose from the sofa to open the door.

Because that set of B-rank battle armor worth over ten million had been scrapped, he was currently wearing his previous set of D-rank battle armor.

The villa door opened, and standing at the entrance were indeed Song Qiuyun and Qi Dongxia.

Qi Dongxia on the left was wearing a set of casual clothes.

While Song Qiuyun on the right was wearing a set of silver-white battle armor.

Song Qiuyun's figure was already good to begin with, and wrapped in the tight silver-white battle armor,

her chest appeared all the more impressively full, and her legs straight and slender.

Paired with her delicate, pretty features, she radiated a fatally alluring aura.

And this confirmed it for Xu Jingming.

Sure enough, Song Qiuyun's figure was even better than Jiang Chuxuan's — like a perfectly ripe peach.

"We're here."

A scorching fighting spirit faintly radiated from Song Qiuyun's beautiful eyes.

"Classmate Xu, long time no see. I hope you don't lose too badly later."

Qi Dongxia beside her also greeted him with a smiling face.

"So certain I'll lose?"

Xu Jingming arched his sword-like brows. "Let's go, up to the second floor."

The second-floor training room.

Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun stood six meters apart, facing each other.

The Dark Cloud Swift Wind Spear was already gripped in Xu Jingming's hand, but Song Qiuyun opposite had not yet drawn her weapon.

"Not using a weapon, you won't be able to defeat me." Xu Jingming said with a faint smile.

"A weapon? Of course I have one."

Song Qiuyun smiled charmingly, and the spatial ring on her finger glimmered faintly.

Then, a Fang Tian halberd materialized out of thin air, dropping into her hand with a somewhat heavy thud.

The halberd's tip and blade gleamed with a sinister cold light under the sunlight streaming in through the floor-to-ceiling window.

This Fang Tian halberd was about two meters long, with a thick, heavy shaft.

Forming a stark contrast with Song Qiuyun's slender, graceful figure.

"A Fang Tian halberd?" Xu Jingming opposite was also slightly surprised.

His spear was already considered a rather niche weapon.

And the Fang Tian halberd was an even more niche weapon than that.

Let alone wielded by a slender young girl.

Heh-heh-heh—

Heh-heh-heh—

In the corner of the training room, Liu Wentao and Qi Dongxia, serving as the audience, each wore a faint mischievous grin.

Brother Ming (Qiuyun) is sure to win!