Chapter 953

"One million ability points—this Li Hao is definitely worth the ability points."

Xu Jingming raised his sword-like eyebrows, slightly surprised.

"The Divine Son is dead? Flee quickly!!"

In the distance, Jia Erka and Tian Yao, who had been diverting attention to monitor the battle, instantly changed expression upon seeing Li Hao's charred corpse fall lifelessly from the sky toward the ground.

Both immediately activated movement-based combat techniques and fled recklessly in the opposite direction.

"Want to escape? Too late—die all!"

Xu Jingming lifted his eyelids, and two thick black lightning bolts crashed down from the sky!

As ninth-rank Martial Saints, Jia Erka and Tian Yao each had their own trump cards.

After activating their trump cards, their flight speed instantly exceeded seven times the speed of sound!

Yet, before the Perfect-level proficiency of the Heavenly Lightning Art, it was utterly useless.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

The thunder roared—the ninth-rank lower-tier Tian Yao couldn't even withstand a single Heavenly Lightning Art and was instantly obliterated.

Jia Erka, ninth-rank middle-tier, managed to endure one strike, but was immediately killed by the second Heavenly Lightning Art.

'Ding! Killed one ninth-rank middle-tier Divine Blood Envoy. Ability points +400,000.'

'Ding! Killed one ninth-rank lower-tier Divine Blood Envoy. Ability points +180,000.'

Two pleasant system notification tones rang successively in his mind.

"Three Divine Blood Envoys have contributed a total of 1.58 million ability points to me."

A smile appeared on Xu Jingming's rugged, resolute face.

Just this single haul of ability points was enough to match what he had gained from hunting beasts over the past few days.

"One Divine Son, two ninth-ranks—there should be plenty of valuable items to loot from them."

Sizzle—

Xu Jingming transformed into a black streak of light and shot toward the spot where the corpses had fallen.

Now, it was time to collect the spoils.

"Won?"

Far away, Su Qingli, who had been monitoring the battle through Eva's holographic projection, was still momentarily stunned.

Too fast!

She never imagined that when Xu Jingming unleashed his full power, he would be this strong!

Even Li Hao, who had obtained the Bloodline of the Molten Colossus, was instantly obliterated.

As for Jia Erka and Tian Yao, A-rank ninth-rank warriors, they were killed with just a few strikes of the Heavenly Lightning Art...

"Even if I restored my full power, I doubt I could withstand even one SSS-grade technique from Jingming at his peak."

Su Qingli couldn't help but whisper in awe.

A year ago, when she took Xu Jingming as her disciple, she anticipated his breakthrough speed would be fast.

But she never imagined it would be this fast!

"This is good—under his leadership, the Thunder Wu Guan will reach an unprecedented height."

She exhaled softly, and blue lightning flowed over her slender frame.

She activated a flight-based combat technique and flew toward Xu Jingming.

When Su Qingli arrived, Xu Jingming had already looted all the spoils from Jia Erka and Tian Yao and now stood beside Li Hao's corpse.

"Jingming."

A melodious voice sounded as Su Qingli arrived beside Xu Jingming.

"Teacher."

Xu Jingming nodded. "Neither Jia Erka nor Tian Yao had any Blood Healing Holy Pills in their space rings. Now only Li Hao's space ring remains unopened."

"It doesn't matter. With you here, even if I can't restore my power, it's no problem."

Su Qingli smiled softly.

Tens of millions of ability users entered the Break Void Tower.

But how many ninth-ranks? Less than fifty!

Even A-rank ninth-rank middle-tier warriors likely number fewer than ten!

And Xu Jingming already possesses power capable of crushing A-rank ninth-rank middle-tier warriors.

Among these ten, fewer than five could possibly defeat Xu Jingming.

In short, Xu Jingming's power is now in the top tier—he doesn't need to worry too much.

"If you can't restore your power, then Teacher, you'll just have to let me carry you forever."

Xu Jingming teased half-jokingly.

"What? Are you complaining?" Su Qingli raised her delicate eyebrows, her voice soft yet playful.

Xu Jingming hadn't expected her, usually so cold and aloof, to show this side—he wore a peculiar expression.

Su Qingli seemed to realize this was inappropriate; a faint blush spread across her fair face as she changed the subject:

"The ground here... seems off."

In truth, this wasn't even a change of subject.

When she landed earlier, she had already sensed something strange.

The ground's temperature was far too high!

Now that she'd stood here a moment, the intense heat radiating from the ground was even making her uncomfortable.

要知道, she was wearing SSS-grade combat boots, which were designed to completely insulate against extreme heat.

And though she was only at the Eighth Stage now, with a frail physique, she could still withstand temperatures reaching thousands of degrees!

Under these circumstances, it was enough to make her feel discomfort.

This meant the temperature emanating from beneath her feet had reached at least ten thousand degrees!

"Something's off—the temperature measured by Eva has already reached degrees Celsius."

Xu Jingming nodded and looked at Li Hao's corpse: "This intense heat is coming from Li Hao's body."

"Oh?"

Su Qingli followed Xu Jingming's gaze and looked down.

Although Li Hao's corpse was completely charred, his features unrecognizable.

Yet his facial expression still faintly revealed a powerful sense of bitter resentment.

This was enough to show how unbelievable Li Hao's death at Xu Jingming's hands had been.

Looking further down, a crimson glow seemed to swirl around his chest.

Under her spiritual force sensing, she could clearly detect that the temperature at his chest was thousands of degrees higher than the surrounding area!

"What is this?" Su Qingli asked, her expression puzzled.

Abilities are powers gained by Ability Users after their Awakening.

Once an Ability User dies, even if they possessed an SSS-rank Ability in life, it vanishes completely and cannot manifest.

But Li Hao was different—he was dead, yet that high-temperature flame Ability still persisted.

"Let me take a look."

Spiritual force surged; Li Hao's corpse, like charred coal, shattered at the slightest touch.

Xu Jingming easily used his spiritual force to extract the spot where the crimson glow resided.

It was at the heart.

Crackling—

Lightning flashed, and the already charred heart was utterly destroyed.

What appeared in Xu Jingming's vision was a small cluster of crimson-gold blood!

Thump! Thump!...

The instant this blood appeared, Xu Jingming felt every hair on his body stand on end.

His heart began beating uncontrollably, wildly.

He felt a crushing pressure emanating from this blood—a pressure on the level of life itself!

Like how a low-rank cultivator feels when gazed upon by a Ninth Stage Wu Sheng.

No, this sensation was even far stronger than that!

"What is this...?" Xu Jingming stared at the blood, his expression Solemn.