Chapter 923

Xu Jingming's vision blurred, and when he regained his senses, he was already on a barren plain.

In the distance lay dense, endless forests.

The sky was a blank, whitish expanse—no sun, no moon, no stars visible.

"This is the first level of the Void-Piercing Tower."

Xu Jingming glanced around; to his right stood Su Qingli, poised gracefully.

Besides her, everyone nearby were newly arrived psychics.

Looking back, he could see a massive teleportation gate.

Even now, many others were streaming in like fish through a net.

This teleportation gate was a one-way passage—once inside, you could not leave through it.

The only way to exit the Void-Piercing Tower was to reach the endpoint of this level.

Each level of the Void-Piercing Tower had one endpoint, with two passages leading from it.

One led out of the tower; the other led to the next level.

"Good thing you're with me, Teacher—otherwise we'd have to meet only at the endpoint of the first level."

Xu Jingming smiled at Su Qingli.

Although there was only one teleportation channel into the Void-Piercing Tower,

once inside, you were randomly teleported to one of four locations on the first level.

"Yes, looks like we got lucky—and Alan and his group aren't here either."

Su Qingli nodded with a smile.

At this moment, her eyes glowed with emerald lightning—clearly, she had activated her SSS-tier perception technique, "Mind Net."

She carefully counted every psychic nearby.

Given Alan's arrogance earlier, if they crossed paths, he might just attack.

"If we can't win, we run— with the Space Beast Bone, we won't have much trouble."

Xu Jingming smiled, then asked, "Eva, where are we now?"

"Channel 3, about three hundred kilometers straight-line distance from the first level's endpoint."

The little girl Eva's holographic projection emerged from his smart bracer, swaying her head.

Before entering the Void-Piercing Tower, she had used Xu Jingming's Aurora-level access to scan all internal data of the Ember Divine Temple related to the tower.

It was easy to determine their current location.

"Over three hundred kilometers—not too far, Teacher, let's go."

Violent SSS-tier Chaotic Divine Thunder surged out, enveloping Xu Jingming in protection.

Black Thunder Dragon Wings unfurled behind him as he shot forward like a streak of black light.

Beside him, Su Qingli's slender form was wreathed in emerald lightning as she followed him through the air.

Among the crowd, many ninth-rank experts also took to the skies.

Some high-rank wind psychics and those with special flight abilities rose into the air as well.

"Flight… so envious."

"No choice—we lack the ability. Let's just march on."

"Heh, good thing I prepared a flying vehicle beforehand."

"..."

Around them, murmurs of envy rose continuously.

Flight was an ability that psychics below ninth rank could only envy.

Some seventh-rank Masters and eighth-rank Grand Masters had already prepared flying vehicles and were riding them toward the endpoint.

Lower-ranked fifth- and sixth-rank psychics had brought multi-functional off-road vehicles.

Of course, those with such means were few—most psychics could only run forward on foot.

After all, their space rings lacked sufficient capacity; filling them with pills and supplies left no room for even a single off-road vehicle.

Channel 1.

Alan and his group had also arrived here.

He scanned the surroundings but saw no sign of Xu Jingming.

"Not here? Whatever—there are so many levels in the Void-Piercing Tower; we'll meet eventually."

Boom—

Terrifying crimson-gold flames erupted from Alan, forming golden wings behind him resembling a golden crow.

With a single beat of his wings, he shot skyward.

His followers each activated their own techniques and followed behind.

Besides Alan, Li Hao and Tian Yao, teleported to Channel 2, were also watching Xu Jingming.

"Not here—they must be in another channel."

Li Hao mused.

"Even if we were in the same channel, we can't act yet—first, regroup with others."

The seductively beautiful Tian Yao warned.

"I understand."

Li Hao's eyes flickered. "That bitch Ling Shuang didn't come in with us."

But now, Xu Jingming's combat strength is weakened—he won't escape so easily.

Since Ling Shuang isn't here, Su Qingli is just as vulnerable."

Thinking of Su Qingli's beauty, Li Hao's heart burned with desire.

Like Ling Shuang, Su Qingli was also a stunning beauty.

One was sultry; the other, ethereal like a celestial maiden.

He had first noticed Su Qingli—but she was a ninth-rank Law Saint, so he quelled his thoughts.

Now, with his power greatly enhanced, his ambitions had swollen too.

"First, regroup—then find Xu Jingming!

I want Xu Jingming to watch with his own eyes as his teacher is humiliated!"

A cruel smile twisted Li Hao's relatively handsome face as he and Tian Yao departed.

Since entering the eighth rank, Xu Jingming's normal flight speed had approached twice the speed of sound.

Three hundred kilometers would take less than eight minutes to cover.

According to Eva's pre-collected data, the first level of the Void-Piercing Tower held no danger—safe to fly.

"Ji—"

Suddenly, a piercing, shrill cry rang out.

A bird-like monstrous beast, about the size of a helicopter, flew ahead not far off.

Crack—

A streak of black lightning flashed; the monstrous beast was instantly reduced to ash by Xu Jingming from hundreds of meters away.

"By its aura, this beast isn't even sixth rank."

"It can't even withstand your Chaotic Divine Thunder—no materials to harvest at all. Why waste energy killing it?"

Su Qingli gave him a strange look.

Besides, given Xu Jingming's current status, he no longer needed to earn money by selling monster materials as he once did.

"Habit," Xu Jingming smiled, offering no further explanation.

Even a mosquito's leg is meat—though only one beast, killing it still granted plenty of psychic points.

Sure enough, a system alert chimed in his mind moments later.

'Ding. Slain one fifth-rank mid-tier beast, Black-Feathered Iron Eagle. Psychic points +1012.'

Xu Jingming was used to system alerts after slaying monsters.

But when this alert sounded, he froze.

Yet, when this voice sounded, he paused in surprise.

Compared to before, the system alert now included these two words.

Compared to before, the system prompt now had these two extra words.

Previously, when he slew a fifth-rank mid-tier monster, he received only around five hundred points.

This time, he got over a thousand—doubled!

But this time, he directly received over a thousand points—doubling it!