Chapter 86: The Heaven-Defying Halberd! The Unexpected Song Qiuyun!

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

Every year, as many as 400,000 students take the Wu Ke college entrance exam!

Song Qiuyun securing the provincial top score in Sichuan among these 400,000 students proves her immense strength.

If it had been a month ago.

Back then, Xu Jingming might have felt some interest in such an opponent.

But now that he himself has reached Second Stage Upper, sparring with Song Qiuyun, who is merely First Stage Upper, feels like bullying...

Yet since he had already promised her before, Xu Jingming 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 had no intention of letting him slip away easily.

“Of course, if you’re busy, we can do it next time.”

Song Qiuyun added with a sweet smile.

‘What a decisive, no-nonsense personality—no wonder she’s from Sichuan.’

Xu Jingming thought to himself.

But since it was just a small favor and wouldn’t take much time,

he didn’t refuse and nodded:

“Fine, let’s go now. Where? The combat arena?”

“No need for that. Just use the training room on the second floor of your dorm.”

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

“Good. Then your clothes...”

Xu Jingming hesitated.

Song Qiuyun was wearing a floral dress now; during sparring, she’d surely expose too much.

“You go back to your dorm and wait. I’ll change into my battle gear and come find you.”

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

“Is sparring with me really that exciting?”

Xu Jingming couldn’t understand.

When Xu Jingming returned to Villa 32,

Liu Wentao had just finished his bread and asked curiously:

“Ming-ge, why are you back?”

“Song Qiuyun’s coming to spar with me. I’m waiting for her.” Xu Jingming explained.

“Song Qiuyun?”

Liu Wentao paused, then grinned:

“During your absence, she came to the villa a few times—also wanting to spar with you.”

Hearing this, Xu Jingming chuckled.

So it wasn’t her first time coming over.

“Could Song Qiuyun be some kind of combat 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. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so eager to spar with you right now.”

Xu Jingming shook his head.

Energy users can roughly sense each other’s aura shifts, but can’t precisely detect exact stages.

For example, last night, Liu Wentao sensed Xu Jingming had reached Second Stage, but couldn’t tell he was Second Stage Upper.

Also, without using spiritual force to sense, one wouldn’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:

“Ming-ge, can I come watch later?”

“Of course.” Xu Jingming didn’t refuse.

“Great!” Liu Wentao’s eyes sparkled.

In Sichuan, Song Qiuyun was a famous prodigy.

Since awakening her ability at 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 Song Qiuyun humiliated,

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

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

“Qiuyun, weren’t you going to Shanghai’s downtown? Why are you back?”

On the other side,

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

“Xu Jingming’s back. I made plans to spar with him.” Song Qiuyun replied.

“Xu Jingming’s back?”

Qi Dongxia’s eyes lit up. “Did he notice you’ve advanced to Second Stage?”

“Nope~~”

Song Qiuyun smiled sweetly.

She had broken through to Second Stage Lower a few days ago—only her roommate and teachers knew.

So she deliberately suppressed her aura to prevent Xu Jingming from sensing anything unusual.

Although this sparring was mainly to find out why Xu Jingming carried beast-like aura,

she was also deeply curious about his actual strength.

“The S-class ability that appears only once every few years in Great Xia—can I defeat him even though I’m one full stage higher?”

Song Qiuyun’s beautiful eyes gleamed with anticipation.

More than two months had passed since enrollment; the freshmen now knew a fair bit about each other.

Xu Jingming’s S-class lightning ability had been posted on the student forum a month ago.

While all new students were shocked, none regretted it more than Lei Zhou.

Had he known Xu Jingming had an S-class ability, he never would’ve provoked him.

Also, as Sichuan’s provincial top scorer, Song Qiuyun had her pride.

She wanted to test the true caliber of this S-class ability awakener herself.

Of course,

she knew well that she couldn’t defeat him at the same stage.

But if she was one stage higher, the outcome was uncertain.

“Qiuyun, good luck! I’ll come with you.”

Though Qi Dongxia found Xu Jingming’s looks extremely attractive,

now that her best friend and roommate was fighting, she naturally supported her roommate.

Besides, she wanted to see how the usually calm and composed Xu Jingming

would react when he discovered Song Qiuyun was Second Stage Lower.

That would be hilarious.

Thinking of it, Qi Dongxia’s face broke into a mischievous grin...

“Ding dong~~”

The doorbell of Villa 32 rang.

“That must be Song Qiuyun and the others.”

Xu Jingming rose from the sofa to open the door.

Since his million-plus B-class battle suit was destroyed, he was now wearing his old D-class suit.

The villa door opened, and there stood Song Qiuyun and Qi Dongxia.

On the left, Qi Dongxia wore casual clothes.

On the right, Song Qiuyun wore a silver-white battle suit.

Song Qiuyun’s figure was already excellent, and the form-fitting silver-white suit

accentuated her full, prominent chest and long, straight legs.

Paired with her delicate face, she radiated a deadly allure.

This confirmed it for Xu Jingming:

Song Qiuyun’s figure was indeed even better than Jiang Chu’s—like a ripe, juicy peach.

We're here.

Song Qiuyun’s beautiful eyes glowed with a faint, burning battle intent.

“Xu classmate, long time no see—I hope you don’t get crushed too badly later.”

Beside her, Qi Dongxia also greeted with a smiling face.

“So certain I’ll lose?”

Xu Jingming raised his sword-like brows. “Let’s go. Upstairs.”

Second-floor training room.

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

Xu Jingming held the Dark Cloud Gale Spear in hand, while Song Qiuyun had not yet drawn her weapon.

“Without a weapon, you won’t be able to defeat me,” Xu Jingming said with a faint smile.

“Weapon? I certainly have one.”

Song Qiuyun smiled sweetly; a faint glow flashed from the space ring on her finger.

Instantly, a Heaven-Defying Halberd materialized in midair and landed heavily in her grasp.

The spearpoint and blade gleamed with a chilling sheen under the sunlight streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

The Heaven-Defying Halberd was about two meters long, with a thick shaft.

It created a stark contrast against her slender, graceful figure.

“Heaven-Defying Halberd?” Xu Jingming across from her was slightly surprised.

His long spear was already a relatively uncommon weapon.

The Heaven-Defying Halberd was even rarer.

Especially when wielded by a slender young girl.

Hehehe—

Hehehe—

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

Brother Ming (Qiuyun) is definitely going to win!