Chapter 952: After All, Just Ants! Instant Kill!

BOOM!!

A searing column of fire erupted from Li Hao’s body, surging into the sky and staining the entire heavens a brilliant crimson.

“Roar—”

“Howl—”

“......”

A chorus of ferocious beast roars erupted from the jungle.

The once savage and ferocious roars now carried an unmistakable tone of submission.

“Holy Master! It’s the Holy Master’s aura!”

Jialka and Tianyao, locked in combat with the Iron Lotus, wore expressions of fanatic devotion; their bodies swirled with crimson blood qi, their auras surging dramatically.

“Molten Colossus?” Xu Jingming frowned.

Having seen the video of the Molten Colossus destroying the world two thousand years ago from Da Yiva, he naturally recognized the resemblance between Li Hao’s current form and the ancient beast.

But what troubled him wasn’t just Li Hao’s unusual form—it was the aura.

“This aura... doesn’t feel like a ferocious beast. It’s more like the demonic beasts inside the Breakthrough Tower...” Xu Jingming’s eyes flickered.

When he first entered the Breakthrough Tower, he hadn’t noticed any difference between ferocious beasts and demonic beasts.

He only knew that killing them yielded twice the ability points.

But as he killed more and more demonic beasts, he gradually discerned the distinction.

Bestiality!

Yes—that raw, animalistic bestiality!

Ferocious beasts relied primarily on instinct; low-tier ones were especially brutal, bloodthirsty, and mindless.

Only third- and fourth-tier ferocious beasts could transcend instinct and possess a degree of intelligence.

Demonic beasts were different.

The demonic beasts Xu Jingming encountered in the Breakthrough Tower—even first-tier ones—

didn’t merely act on instinct. They displayed clear intelligence.

No, not just intelligence—it could be called cunning!

When equally matched in rank and power, demonic beasts could use various tactics to decisively defeat ferocious beasts.

Moreover, the aura emitted by demonic beasts lacked the ferocious brutality of ferocious beasts; instead, it felt ancient and profound.

At this moment, the aura radiating from Li Hao bore a striking resemblance to that of a demonic beast.

“Could the world-destroying Molten Colossus and this unknown civilization have originated from the same era?” Xu Jingming mused silently.

Meanwhile, across from him, Li Hao—swathed in crimson flames—had completed his final transformation!!

His towering form, over five meters tall, hovered midair, a pair of fleshy wings fluttering faintly behind him.

His once human face had completely lost its shape, now resembling a lizard’s head, its mouth filled with sharp fangs that gleamed with chilling light under the sun.

His eyes were now veiled with a crimson iris.

“Xu Jingming! Tremble! This is the power of a god!”

“Your SSS-class ability will bow before this power!”

A roar from the depths of hell issued from Li Hao’s throat.

The sheer intensity of this power, the feeling that he could command flames to incinerate all things, intoxicated him.

The ninth-tier masters he once saw as unattainable could be erased with a single thought...

“Molten Colossus... I never expected this spoiled brat Li Hao would gain such an opportunity from the Celestial Mandate Sect.”

Several kilometers away, Su Qingli, viewing the shared feed through Yiva’s subunit, wore a grave expression.

As the head of Thunder Martial Hall, she naturally knew some ancient secrets.

Molten Colossus!

The sovereign-level ferocious beast that destroyed the First and Second Civilizations!

No one knew its origin, or why it always appeared when primal energy reached its peak.

But its power was universally acknowledged.

Even if Li Hao possessed only one ten-thousandth of the Molten Colossus’s power, it was still terrifyingly potent.

“Jingming has the Space Beast Bone—he should be fine.”

Even though she knew this, watching the projection from Yiva, Su Qingli couldn’t help but feel anxious.

Azure lightning swirled around her; if things turned dire, she would act immediately.

“Come on, come on! I can’t wait to tear you apart!”

With a wild laugh, Li Hao, suspended midair, suddenly opened his mouth—surrounding flames instantly converged.

In an instant, a massive fireball, dozens of meters in diameter and resembling the sun, formed.

Then, with a gentle exhale, the fireball shot toward Xu Jingming at supersonic speed!

Along its path, the intense heat warped the surrounding air.

“Azure Thunder Shield!”

Behind him, the Brilliant Thunder Ring spun wildly, forming an arcane black lightning barrier that shielded Xu Jingming.

BOOM!

Flames like molten lava roared forward and slammed into the Azure Thunder Shield.

It didn’t shatter the shield—the searing fire splashed outward, drenching the ground.

The once grass-covered soil, under this heat, instantly melted into silica sand, flowing like lava!

“This power is nearly equal to my Chaos Thunder.”

Xu Jingming’s gaze sharpened—he could feel his Azure Thunder Shield weakening steadily.

“No wonder—the sovereign-level world-destroying beast. Li Hao only gained a fraction of its power, yet it’s this formidable.”

“But fortunately, I’m not without other cards... Domain—activate!”

BOOM!!

Blinding black lightning erupted from Xu Jingming’s center like a detonation!

The Chaos Thunder swirling around his body grew even more violent, emitting piercing shrieks.

Simultaneously, a massive thunderous phantom appeared above his head.

Thunder God Descends! Domain Level Two!

Dual enhancements enveloped him!

Xu Jingming’s towering, demon-like form, over three meters tall, stood firm—his aura surged like a volcanic eruption!

The Thunder God phantom above him radiated immense pressure, causing even Li Hao, who had activated his Divine Blood Technique, to feel a jolt of dread.

“Thunder Domain? And you’ve reached Level Two? How is this possible?”

Li Hao’s furious voice carried disbelief.

Keep in mind,

Domain is the exclusive privilege of ninth-tier masters.

Once activated, a Domain makes one invincible among peers.

Level Two Domain requires a mid-tier ninth-tier master to comprehend.

Yet Xu Jingming is only a mid-tier eighth-tier.

What kind of terrifying talent is this?

“Nothing’s impossible—just that you lack the talent.”

Xu Jingming’s face was icy as he extended his right hand.

Then—he clenched it.

BOOM!!

Endless black lightning bloomed like a flower, instantly severing Li Hao’s flame breath.

“Level Two Thunder Domain has amplified my Chaos Thunder’s power nearly tenfold.”

Xu Jingming gazed at Li Hao, his black dragon pupils filled with infinite coldness and bloodlust:

“Now, you may die.”

SWOOSH—

A flash of black lightning—Xu Jingming’s towering form vanished from his spot, lunging at Li Hao!

His spear pierced the air as if splitting it, leaving a bright black trail in its wake!

Thunder roared; Li Hao couldn’t even perceive Xu Jingming’s movements.

The next instant,

Xu Jingming’s spear, like a rainbow piercing the sun, pierced straight through Li Hao’s skull!

“How... how is this possible? This... this is the power of a god...”

A surge of intense, defiant psychic energy erupted from Li Hao—his spear-pierced skull began to regenerate!

He hadn’t yet reached ninth tier, but he already possessed the traits of a Martial Saint’s immortality!

Yet the next instant, black lightning crashed down, incinerating his entire body into charred ash, halting regeneration.

SWOOSH—

The spear retracted, leaving not a single drop of blood from Li Hao’s charred corpse.

“Ants are still ants. Possessing power without the means to wield it amounts to nothing.”

Xu Jingming stared coldly at Li Hao’s corpse, a pleasant system notification echoing in his mind.

‘Ding! Killed a Dominator-level Eighth-Rank Peak Divine Blood Envoy. Ability Points +1,000,000!’