Chapter 917: The Void Temple Arrives! Accepting Disciples!

Floating Island No. 3, open-air training ground.

Xu Jingming wore a black battle suit, gripping a black shadow thunder spear two meters and one centimeter long.

Black lightning surged around him, the spear thrusting out like lightning in rapid succession.

Suddenly—

A flash of black lightning, and his tall body vanished from where he stood, reappearing at the other end of the training ground.

The spear thrust forward, his figure flashed again, appearing hundreds of meters up in the air.

Thus, Xu Jingming appeared like a streak of lightning, constantly materializing at various points across the open-air training ground.

Each flash left behind afterimages; from afar, it seemed as if dozens of Xu Jingming were appearing simultaneously on the training ground!

"Incredible range for a dash!"

Beside the training ground, Su Qingli's rosy lips parted slightly as she stared, stunned, at this sight.

Her own movement technique's effect was roughly comparable to this.

That meant Xu Jingming had truly mastered that Lightning Flash Dashing Technique!

"Monster! Absolutely a monster!"

A look of shock surged across Su Qingli's fair, delicate face.

She had thought she was already accustomed to Xu Jingming's monstrous talent.

But now it seemed she still wasn't accustomed enough...

Shhh—

A flash of black lightning, and Xu Jingming landed at the exact center of the training ground.

"Indeed, as expected of an SSS-grade movement technique—its effect is astonishing!"

Xu Jingming's face wore unmistakable delight.

The original "Thunder Flash" favored straight-line dashes.

The later "Phantom Thunder Step" leaned more toward agility, allowing him to maneuver around enemies.

But this "Lightning Flash Dashing Technique" combined the strengths of both!

Whether for straight-line dashes or maneuvering against enemies, it granted exceptional mobility.

Even a single dash reached over a thousand meters!

And this was merely the dash distance in its normal form.

If he activated Thunder Extreme State or Thunder Storm State, the dash distance would be even greater.

"If I had learned this technique before the rating certification...

I wouldn't need Lei Ting to restrict the ninth-floor opponent's positioning—I could dash straight in and deliver the kill."

Xu Jingming thought silently.

In other words, a warrior possessing this technique was an absolute lethal threat to elementalists.

"This Lightning Flash Dashing Technique truly lives up to being created by Lei Shen.

Within a two-kilometer radius, even my spatial teleportation can't match your dash speed."

Ling Shuang and Su Qingli walked over; Ling Shuang's beautiful face carried a smile as she spoke.

"The Firebrand Temple's depth truly cannot be compared to Earth's."

"Once I have enough Void Stones later, I'll learn another SSR-grade movement technique."

Xu Jingming smiled, "Also, Teacher Su, Teacher Ling, you two could join the Firebrand Temple as core members.

With your talents, you should be able to secure Mingguang-level access rights.

Then you could freely browse all techniques below S-grade, and even SSS-grade ones could be exchanged for Void Stones."

The Firebrand Temple strictly forbade high-access members from borrowing techniques for low-access members—violators faced severe punishment.

If it were anyone else, Xu Jingming might not have followed this rule, directly borrowing the relevant techniques for Su Qingli and Ling Shuang via the temple's internal network.

But the Firebrand Temple belonged to that one who possessed the SSS-grade Eye of Fate—my lord Aimo Si.

Who knows what she might notice? So he could only proceed with caution.

"I've been thinking the same thing," Su Qingli smiled.

Although she possessed many lightning-based techniques, the vast majority were only S-grade or SS-grade.

She truly had few SSS-grade ones; if she could view the Firebrand Temple's SSS-grade lightning techniques,

it would greatly aid her cultivation.

"I'm not in such a hurry—I want to visit the Void Temple first," Ling Shuang shook her head slightly, softly saying.

"That's the organization founded by the Void God's eldest disciple.

Teacher Ling, you previously obtained the Void God's Nine Kite Hairpin—you really should visit the Void Temple first.

It's still early; we could go right now."

Xu Jingming sheathed his spear into his space ring, checked the time, and nodded.

But before they could depart, a melodious voice suddenly came from the sky:

"Xu Jingming."

Looking up, Xu Jingming saw three figures in the sky.

On the far left was a woman clad in pale golden Jinsezong robes.

Her eyes were covered by black silk ribbons, her figure slender and alluring—Aimo Si.

Beside her stood two men.

One wore black armor and appeared slightly younger.

The other, though his hair was entirely white, bore no sign of age in his face.

The entire person, like a drawn sword, radiated a chilling aura.

What surprised Xu Jingming even more was that the white-haired man walked shoulder to shoulder with Ai Mose, as if their statuses were equal.

The man in black armor lagged behind them by one step.

Yet Xu Jingming did not sense from the white-haired man the overwhelming pressure of a supreme power.

The three descended from the sky onto the floating island and walked toward Xu Jingming.

He quickly gathered his thoughts and bowed respectfully: "My lord, the Priest."

"Xu Jingming, let me introduce you."

Ai Mose's crimson lips moved slightly, and her cold, clear voice rang out:

"This is 'Ximan,' the Lord of the Void Temple, the founder of the Void Temple.

He is also the senior disciple of the Void God, a hero of our entire Firebrand World.

Among all the powerful ones in the Firebrand World, he is unquestionably among the very top.

The one beside him is his student, the current Grand Hierarch of the Void Temple, 'Zhang Hengyang.'"

"I pay my respects to the Lord and the Grand Hierarch," Xu Jingming said respectfully.

No wonder he could walk shoulder to shoulder with this Priest.

He is the senior disciple of the Void God.

In terms of seniority and status, he is far higher than Ai Mose, a supreme power who rose only after the Firebrand World's sealing was lifted.

"Mm."

Zhang Hengyang gave a slight nod; Ximan smiled and said:

"I'm no hero—my teacher is the hero. I'm merely an old man clinging to life."

With that, Ximan turned to Ling Shuang.

Upon noticing the hairpin embedded in her coiled black tresses, his eyes lit up, and he spoke:

"You must be Ling Shuang. Would you be willing to become my student?"

Student?

At these words, Xu Jingming's heart jolted.

What's going on?

They had only just planned to go to the Void Temple, and now its Lord himself had come to them, offering to take Ling Shuang as his disciple?

Ling Shuang, as the subject of this offer, was equally stunned.

After all, this was the senior disciple of the Void God.

Given the Void God's past actions and this Lord's influence in the Firebrand World,

his stature was certainly no lower than that of Ai Mose and the other supreme powers—perhaps even higher!

She had only intended to visit the Void Temple to see if she could find some space-based combat techniques.

She had never imagined drawing the attention of such a towering figure.