Chapter 956: Void-Piercing Tower Ninth Layer! Ambush!

Su Qingli also knew that after Xu Jingming took over as director, he might make new arrangements.

But she didn’t care, as long as he didn’t hand over the entire Thunder Martial Hall to other families like Hu Jinyu had.

“Still, this time I’ve turned misfortune into fortune—my physique has strengthened significantly, and my blood qi has likely increased by two hundred thousand points.”

Su Qingli’s crimson lips curved slightly upward, forming a beautiful arc.

“Two hundred thousand points of blood qi? That much?”

Xu Jingming was stunned.

Su Qingli was a Ninth-Stage Law Saint, and her physique was never strong; her original blood qi value had been only one hundred thousand points.

Now her total blood qi had tripled outright!

“That Ninth-Stage Mid-Stage Martial Saint’s blood qi was at least over a million points.

The Vengeful Blood Spike had nearly condensed all his blood qi and indestructible matter.

Yet I only converted two hundred thousand points for myself—this efficiency is extremely low.”

Su Qingli sounded somewhat resigned.

Her own physique was too weak; otherwise, she would have gained even more benefits.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jingming fell into thought, and after a long while, he spoke softly:

“What if I find another Ninth-Stage Martial Saint and have him release a Vengeful Blood Spike on me?

After healing with the Blood Recovery Holy Pill, wouldn’t I directly gain hundreds of thousands of blood qi?”

Su Qingli paused, stunned, then after thinking it over, nodded slightly:

“Theoretically, yes.

But the Vengeful Blood Spike isn’t used until the final moment.

The Blood Recovery Holy Pill isn’t easy to obtain either—this time we were just lucky.

Next time, there won’t be a second Divine Son for us to kill.”

“I understand.” Xu Jingming’s eyes flickered.

Damn!

This rate of blood qi increase is even more brutal than cheating.

If I get the chance to encounter another Ninth-Stage Martial Saint from the Sect of Heavenly Fate, and I have Blood Recovery Holy Pills, I’ll definitely try this.

“Since the teacher has recovered, let’s prepare to continue hunting ferocious beasts.”

Xu Jingming smiled, storing the data in his space ring.

Although the ferocious beasts in the eighth layer of the Void-Piercing Tower are numerous, their levels are very low.

I estimate we’ll have killed them all in another seven or eight days, then we’ll move on to the next layer.

“Alright.”

Su Qingli nodded, stepping forward with her straight, slender legs, instinctively moving toward Xu Jingming.

But after taking two steps, she realized—her strength had returned; she no longer needed him to carry her.

Upon realizing this, the joy she’d felt from regaining her power strangely faded...

Just as Xu Jingming had predicted.

Seven days later, nearly all the ferocious beasts in the eighth layer of the Void-Piercing Tower were slain, with no reason to stay longer.

Without hesitation, he led Su Qingli into the teleportation channel whose location he had already scouted.

The seventh layer of the Void-Piercing Tower was an ice world, the eighth layer a forest world; Xu Jingming guessed the ninth layer would be vastly different from the first two.

But when he finally stepped through the teleportation channel into the ninth layer, he was still stunned.

The ninth layer was a realm of lightning!

Everywhere he looked, it was daylight.

From the sky, all kinds of thunder and lightning continuously crashed down.

These lightning bolts came in various shapes—spherical, branching, and even vast sheets cascading like waterfalls!

The air was filled with a continuous, unceasing roar of dense thunder.

This scene reminded Xu Jingming of the Thunder Secret Realm he had once visited.

But unlike the Thunder Secret Realm, the lightning here wasn’t just blue-white.

It also included azure, purple, and crimson-gold.

Some of these lightning bolts, even hundreds of kilometers away, made Xu Jingming sense a dangerous aura.

Yet instead of fear, he wore a smile:

“A lightning realm! This world amplifies our strength!”

BOOM!!

Black Chaotic Divine Thunder surged forth.

Clearly, the lightning’s activity level had risen significantly compared to before.

“My Jade Clear Divine Thunder’s power has also increased.” Su Qingli, releasing the lightning, smiled as well.

“S-Class: Your Chaotic Divine Thunder’s power increased by 10.6%. Teacher Su’s Jade Clear Divine Thunder’s power increased by 15.4%.”

Eva, who had completed her data analysis, spoke up.

“The increase in ability power is secondary—the key question is whether this lightning realm will produce elemental lifeforms like the ice world did.”

Xu Jingming spoke, and beside him, Su Qingli suddenly realized, her beautiful eyes flashing with insight:

“Jingming, you mean the Lightning Essence?”

“Exactly.”

Xu Jingming nodded. “If we’re lucky and collect enough Lightning Essence,

your lightning ability might evolve into S-S-Class.”

“S-S-Class...” Su Qingli’s eyes lit up.

Her rank was capped at Ninth-Stage Lower, unable to break through further.

But if her ability level could rise, her overall strength would receive a massive indirect boost!

“Let’s go—explore this world first.”

With a slight flutter of his Lei Long Wings, Xu Jingming shot away like a streak of black light.

Behind him, Su Qingli’s slender figure, wreathed in jade-green thunder, followed closely.

About five kilometers from the ninth layer’s teleportation channel, four people—two men and two women—lay in ambush.

All four appeared young, around twenty-something.

The two men radiated an aura approaching Ninth-Stage.

The two women were one Eighth-Stage Peak and one Eighth-Stage Mid-Stage, slightly lower in rank.

Yet all three seemed to follow the woman at the front.

She was petite, under one meter sixty in height.

But her proportions were excellent—her body, wrapped in a silver battle suit, was curvaceous and perfectly shaped.

The other woman beside her was tall and equally exquisite in features, yet her aura paled in comparison.

Qiao Lin, Xina, followers of the Ultra-Level Airen.

Though followers, their strength was no joke—possessing S-S-Class abilities, they were unquestionably prodigies!

Thus, after entering the Void-Piercing Tower, they had separated from Airen.

After all, they needed to collect Void Stones.

Staying with Airen was merely a waste of time with no benefit.

“Qiao Lin, should we keep waiting here?”

At that moment, Xina spoke hesitantly.

“Wait one more day—see if we can lure in bigger prey,” Qiao Lin replied firmly, without hesitation.

Each layer of the Void-Piercing Tower contained vast amounts of Void Stones.

These Void Stones were either hidden underground or guarded by powerful ferocious beasts.

Finding them required considerable effort.

So she chose a more convenient method: stealing Void Stones from other ability users!

That’s why they were lying in wait near the teleportation channel.

Any ability user entering from the eighth layer—except those with exceptional strength—would be stripped of their Void Stones.

And this had been their ninth day of waiting here.

“Understood.” Xina nodded.

The longer they waited, the lower the rank of ability users entering the ninth layer.

The ability users who entered these past two days were mostly around Sixth-Stage.

If they waited longer, the incoming ability users would be even weaker, offering little value to plunder.

It would be better to seek other opportunities.

But Qiao Lin was stronger—she had no choice but to agree.

“Qiao Lin! An ability user is coming!

This one’s a big fish—one Ninth-Stage Lower, one Eighth-Stage Mid-Stage!”

Suddenly—

The young man beside them, who had been projecting his spiritual sense, spoke up.

Immediately, his eyes widened sharply, a voice brimming with unparalleled excitement ringing out:

“Young Lady Qiao Lin! It’s Xu Jingming from Blue Star! He’s here!”

PS: Happy New Year’s Eve to all! May the coming year bring you good fortune and great wealth!!