Chapter 868: Level Nine Thorn Sword Grass! Terrifying Power!

«Aoo—»

«Hou—»

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In the Source Water Wasteland Zone, as the Thorn Sword Grass began its breakthrough.

Waves of Yuan energy surged into the Thorn Sword Grass like a hurricane.

The powerful aura radiating from it caused all the ferocious beasts in the forest to let out suppressed roars.

The psychics nearby searching for ferocious beasts instantly paled and fled hastily.

Under Xu Jingming's spiritual force observation, he could detect a peculiar substance beginning to coalesce within the Thorn Sword Grass.

Its vines and leaves underwent profound transformation under the influence of this peculiar substance.

«Is that the Imperishable Substance? Xu Jingming sensed the vigorous life force emanating from it.

He had never felt such a thing on the Fate Divine Messenger before.

Boom boom boom~~~~

The Yuan energy hurricane swept across a radius of over ten kilometers.

Countless forest trees were uprooted, leaving behind craters across the ground.

The Source Water Supply Base had already detected the anomaly and stood ready, prepared to repel any possible invasion.

The transformation lasted nearly two and a half hours before ending.

When the Yuan energy hurricane gradually faded, what appeared before Xu Jingming's eyes was a colossal entity!

The Thorn Sword Grass had grown to over forty meters tall; each vine and branch stretched seven or eight kilometers long.

The sword-shaped leaves growing on its branches were wider than ordinary alloy swords!

The chilling gleam reflecting under sunlight left no doubt of its terrifying sharpness.

«Is this the Level Nine Thorn Sword Grass?

Beneath its shadow, Xu Jingming looked up at the colossal entity.

Just its size, combined with the formidable aura unique to Level Nine, radiated overwhelming pressure.

«Master...

A slightly awkward voice echoed in Xu Jingming's mind.

«Huh? Are you... Xiao Jian?

Xu Jingming stared in surprise at the Thorn Sword Grass before him.

Previously, the Thorn Sword Grass could only transmit simple spiritual force fluctuations to express itself.

But it had never been able to articulate words so precisely—especially in Daya language.

«Y-yes, it's me.

The Thorn Sword Grass joyfully swayed its branches, causing the ground to tremble violently.

«I've never seen a Level Nine plant life before.

Su Qingli and Ling Shuang were both curiously observing; Xu Jingming smiled and asked:

«Xiao Jian, what changes have you felt after reaching Level Nine?

«I feel my life force has become far more vigorous—I seem capable of infinite vine growth, and even if severed, they regenerate rapidly.

«Also, my core sword leaves have grown to 1, 64.

The spiritual force transmission echoed in the minds of Xu Jingming, Su Qingli, and Ling Shuang.

After the initial awkwardness, the Thorn Sword Grass's voice had become much smoother.

«Rapid regeneration is naturally a trait of plant life.

«But now that you've reached Level Nine and possess the Imperishable Substance, this trait will likely become even more terrifying.

Su Qingli murmured in amazement.

Every Level Nine being possesses the Imperishable Substance—only in varying quantities.

Enhancement-type psychics, with their powerful physiques, gain far more Imperishable Substance upon breakthrough.

Elementalists like her gain far less upon reaching Level Nine.

Still, elementalists have Elementalization, which compensates for their lesser Imperishable Substance.

Plant life, however, is inherently extremely vigorous in life force—its Imperishable Substance must be even greater than that of ordinary enhancement psychics.

«Also, plant life can transform into battle armor, with defense comparable to invincibility.

Su Tianrui, Su Qingli's father, had left her many valuable items before his disappearance.

He had left her plant life too—but unfortunately, they were only Level Seven, utterly useless.

«That's true.

Xu Jingming smiled and asked again: «How strong is your sword leaf attack?

«Normal sword leaves aren't particularly powerful—but those 1, 64 core sword leaves—»

«For enemies like you, Master, just a few would easily obliterate them.

The Thorn Sword Grass whipped one of its vines.

With a sharp sonic boom, over a dozen core sword leaves shot out like lightning, blasting a massive crater into the ground.

«Easily obliterate a Fate Divine Messenger? Xu Jingming's eyes widened.

He felt the Thorn Sword Grass was now stronger than he was!

«Once we enter the Wasteland Zone, we'll test your strength.

Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction, then looked at its massive form and asked:

«Can you still shrink down to become plant armor?

«Of course.

Shhh—

The Thorn Sword Grass, as large as a building, rapidly shrank.

It then wrapped around Xu Jingming, transforming into a thin, dark green battle armor.

«Instantly expanding and shrinking thousands or even tens of thousands of times—how did the Flower Goddess cultivate such a peculiar life form?

Xu Jingming mused inwardly.

The law of energy conservation from his past life seemed to have collapsed here.

Then again, psychics' abilities had always defied the rules of his former world.

«Since the Thorn Sword Grass has successfully transformed, let's head back, Ling Teacher.

Xu Jingming smiled.

«Alright.

Ling Shuang nodded slightly.

Spatial energy spread, and the three vanished instantly, leaving only devastation behind.

Back at the villa, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chu had finished their cultivation.

Seeing Su Qingli, they immediately bowed and greeted:

«Good day, Sister Su.

Even though they were now extremely familiar with Level Eight Upper Ling Shuang,

seeing this authority figure of Thunder Martial Hall still made the two women tense up.

«Don't be so formal—you're Ling Shuang's sisters. From now on, call me Sister Su...

Su Qingli had barely finished when she realized her mistake and quickly corrected:

«Call me Teacher Su, like Jingming does.

It was all Xu Jingming's fault.

Almost messed up the honorifics...

«Good day, Teacher Su.

Seeing Su Qingli's gentle demeanor, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chu exhaled in relief.

Su Qingli glanced between the two women, then at Ling Shuang, and couldn't help but sigh in genuine admiration:

«Jingming, you really are lucky in love.

These three women—all possessed top-tier figures and faces.

And now they all belonged to Xu Jingming alone.

As for talent and power, all three were S-rank psychics.

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chu were currently only Level Four, but they'd catch up soon enough.

Thus, Xu Jingming had one SSS-rank and three S-ranks.

If this group fully matured, their family would surpass the Li Clan by several times over.

«By the way, tonight is Jingming's welcome banquet—what are your plans after it ends?

Su Qingli's clear, bright eyes turned to Xu Jingming, asking softly.

PS: Written on the subway this morning—short by a few hundred characters, just finished adding them. Project is urgent, working overtime Saturday, but should return to regular hours soon—will make up the missed chapters then.