Chapter 938: Strike! Cang Lei Shield!

A distance of over a hundred kilometers.

Even with the hindrance of three times Blue Star's gravity, before Nawa and these three ninth-rank powerhouses, it seemed so brief.

After flying for two minutes, the distance between Nawa's three and Xu Jingming was reduced to the last five kilometers.

At this moment, the sky full of dark clouds had already dispersed, replaced by a violent origin energy storm.

"Kent, what's the situation over there now?"

Nawa slowed his flight speed and asked in a deep voice.

"I've already sensed it—they're the Divine Son's target!"

Kent said excitedly, simultaneously sharing the scene he had sensed with the other two through spiritual force.

In the spiritual image, a woman stood in midair out of thin air, with cyan lightning flickering all around her.

The woman had a tall figure, exquisite features, and a bearing as ethereal as a fairy.

On the ground below, a burly young man wearing black battle clothes sat cross-legged on the ground.

The massive origin energy storm was being absorbed by him continuously, his aura climbing steadily.

"Lightning-element S-rank ability 'Jade Pure Doushen Shenlei'—she's Su Qingli, the Hall Master of Great Xia's Lei Ting Martial Hall."

Nawa nodded, focusing his attention on the black-clad youth on the ground:

"Then he must be Xu Jingming. I just didn't expect that this origin energy storm was actually caused by his breakthrough..."

"Xu Jingming seems to be not even 21 yet, right? He's already broken through to mid eighth-rank?"

Nila couldn't help clicking her tongue.

They had also spent several days in the Spark World and looked through quite a bit of information.

But in the historical records of the Spark World, there had never been anyone who possessed such an absurdly monstrous breakthrough speed as Xu Jingming.

"Sh*t! A mid eighth-rank at twenty—just thinking about it is terrifying.

Back when I was twenty, I was still at Houston Ability University, having just broken through to third-rank."

The black Kent subconsciously cursed, then grinned:

"But what a pity—such a genius is about to fall at our hands soon."

"According to the Divine Son's instructions, it's best if we can capture him alive." Nawa reminded.

"Capture alive, that's right too.

Killing a woman like that would be too much of a waste."

The black Kent's gaze burned as it swept over Su Qingli's curvaceous, slender, and alluring body:

"After the Divine Son has his fun, let him give me a chance too."

As a mid ninth-rank Law Saint, what kind of woman had he never had?

But a top-quality piece like Su Qingli—who possessed an S-rank ability, was ninth-rank, and had both figure and looks—he truly had never experienced.

"As long as the Divine Son agrees, that's all that matters."

Nawa had no great interest in such matters; he merely confirmed:

"They haven't detected us yet, have they?"

"No."

The black Kent said confidently: "I'm a mid ninth-rank Law Saint, and I've deployed an SS-rank concealment art.

At this distance, they can't possibly detect me. They'll only have a chance of sensing us once we enter the three-kilometer range."

Spiritual-type battle techniques were originally the privilege of spiritual-system ability users.

But ninth-rank Law Saints also had powerful spiritual force, and many Law Saints would practice some spiritual-type battle techniques on the side.

Kent was no exception.

Once the SS-rank concealment art was deployed, not only could spiritual force not sense their existence,

even the naked eye couldn't see them—only ability users whose spiritual force exceeded theirs could discover them.

"Good, then let's fly a bit closer.

When we reach three kilometers, Kent, you hit them with something big first, then Nila and I will go in."

Nawa instructed.

"Understood." The black Kent revealed a cruel smile.

In a clash between Law Saints, the contest was all about speed!

Whoever struck first could unleash the stronger battle technique.

While Su Qingli couldn't sense them, he could unleash an SSS-rank battle technique that required ten seconds to cast!

Once the technique was unleashed, Su Qingli, caught off guard, wouldn't have time to release a technique of the same rank.

She could only settle for the next best thing and release an S-rank technique.

By then, Su Qingli would surely be injured, making it easier for them to act...

Crackle-crackle—

Beneath the origin energy storm, a patch of cyan lightning flickered.

Under the augmentation of the SS-rank battle technique Heart Net, Su Qingli continuously sensed the surrounding situation.

Her spiritual force's maximum sensing range was four kilometers.

Within her sensing range at this moment, everything appeared perfectly normal, with nothing amiss.

Yet she had a vague premonition that something was wrong.

Looking down, Xu Jingming was still absorbing origin energy, with no telling when his breakthrough would end.

"Eva, Xiaolian, have either of you sensed anything unusual?"

Su Qingli's delicate brows knit slightly as she asked softly.

"No." Two different spiritual-force transmissions appeared in her mind at the same time.

"That's good then."

Su Qingli's brow eased slightly, thinking she might be worrying over nothing.

The number of ability-users entering the Void-Breaking Tower this time was indeed large—fully several hundred thousand people.

But ninth-rank ability-users wouldn't exceed fifty.

Those whose strength surpassed hers and who could evade her spiritual-force perception wouldn't exceed twenty.

She shouldn't be so unlucky as to run right into them.

Just as she was pondering, suddenly, about three kilometers away, a crimson "sun" rose abruptly into the sky!

It was a massive fireball with a diameter of over a hundred meters!

As this fireball rose, the surrounding space itself warped.

Even from over three thousand meters away, Su Qingli could feel a wave of heat rushing toward her.

"Hahaha, Su Qingli, go die!"

Wild laughter rang out as a group of three abruptly appeared within her spiritual-force perception.

Two of them were even flying toward her at three times the speed of sound, accompanied by the shriek of breaking the sound barrier!

And that massive fireball, carrying a terrifying momentum, came crashing toward her a step ahead of the two!

"Two ninth-rank mid-tier, one ninth-rank lower-tier—how could that be?"

Su Qingli's expression changed drastically.

Setting aside the two ninth-rank Martial Saints charging in, the blazing fireball bearing down first was the bigger trouble.

"That is definitely an SSS-rank battle technique—it will smash down in at most three seconds.

Three seconds isn't even enough for me to unleash an SSS-rank battle technique of my own; even an SS-rank would be a stretch.

Once that fireball hits us, we'll both be injured.

And Jingming is still in the middle of his breakthrough—if he's seriously hurt, the breakthrough might fail..."

Su Qingli bit down hard on her red lips, ten thousand thoughts flashing through her mind in an instant.

Breakthroughs for low-rank ability-users are simple—almost completed in just a few seconds.

But high-rank ability-users are different; every breakthrough brings enormous changes to physique and spiritual force!

This also means ability-users need far more time to complete a breakthrough.

Once interrupted, the breakthrough being cut short is the lesser concern—the bigger trouble is getting injured as a result, making the next breakthrough even harder.

And this was absolutely a scene Su Qingli did not want to see.

"Since that's the case, then I can only do this."

A flash of resolve crossed Su Qingli's beautiful eyes as she ordered:

"Xiao Lian, protect Jingming with everything you have! Leave that fireball to me!"

Boom!!

Azure lightning spread out, and Su Qingli's slender, graceful figure vanished, replaced by a raging azure sea of lightning!

The ninth-rank Law Saint's exclusive ability—Elementalization!

It can greatly boost an ability-user's casting ability and speed, and the power of their abilities also rises accordingly.

But she wasn't using Elementalization to cast—she was using it to protect!

Crackle-crackle—

The sea of lightning shifted form, transforming into a spherical protective shield that enclosed Xu Jingming within it.

At the same time, Su Qingli unleashed a battle technique, three layers of lightning barriers appearing in front of her at once.

After all this was done, the fireball was already about to come crashing down!

She knew very well that an SSS-rank battle technique from a ninth-rank mid-tier Law Saint couldn't possibly be blocked by just these means.

But this could minimize the damage to Xu Jingming as much as possible, even if it meant she herself would be gravely injured!

"Willing to take a grievous wound just to protect Xu Jingming? Su Qingli, you really do dote on that disciple of yours.

But unfortunately, not just you—Xu Jingming has to die too!"

Kent's arrogant words rang out.

He was using the Great Xia language, deliberately to provoke Su Qingli.

As his words fell, the blazing fireball radiating temperatures of hundreds of thousands of degrees plummeted down!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The fireball, with an unstoppable momentum, utterly destroyed all three S-rank lightning barriers Su Qingli had unleashed.

Just as it was about to land on Su Qingli's body, a steady, forceful voice suddenly rang out: "Azure Lightning Shield!"