Chapter 974: Shocked Su Tianrui! Is He Really a Lightning Element?!

“Is it really it?! Xiao Li, take your disciple and flee first—I’ll hold them off!”

Su Tianrui’s face turned drastically pale as Chixiao Divine Thunder suddenly grew wild.

“Senior Su, no need to rush—leave it to me.”

Xu Jingming extended his hand to stop Su Tianrui from taking further action.

“You?”

Su Tianrui assumed Xu Jingming didn’t understand the power of this giant Void creature and hurriedly said:

“This King’s mental strength has reached mid-ninth rank—it’s hard to deal with.”

He had already learned Xu Jingming’s strength from Su Qingli earlier.

True, he was indeed very strong, but against this King, he still fell short.

“Let me try first—if I fail, then Senior Su, you step in.”

Xu Jingming’s voice was calm and powerful.

Su Tianrui frowned, about to say more, but Su Qingli spoke first:

“Dad, let Jingming go first.”

Su Tianrui’s brow lifted—he hadn’t expected his daughter to have such confidence in Xu Jingming—and after a moment’s hesitation, he nodded:

“Fine, go ahead and try.”

Shhh—

As his words ended, black lightning flashed.

Xu Jingming had already shot forward as a streak of black light toward the Void creature.

Su Tianrui fixed his gaze on Xu Jingming’s figure.

His mental strength had suffered permanent damage; he could never return to his peak.

But Xu Jingming was different.

An eighth-rank mid-level Grand Master at twenty years old.

SSS-rank Lightning-element ability!

Any one of these points proved the man possessed astonishing heavenly talent!

He would not allow Xu Jingming to suffer any mishap.

If Xu Jingming showed any sign of weakness, he would intervene immediately—at the cost of his own life—to let Xu Jingming and his daughter escape...

Lei Long’s wings beat, sparks of lightning spraying out as Xu Jingming closed the distance to the giant Void creature.

He had sensed the difference between this King and ordinary Void creatures.

It didn’t rush to attack; instead, like a human, it observed his movements.

“So this Void creature has developed its own consciousness—not just acting on instinct.”

Black thunder swirled around Xu Jingming.

Then,

BOOM—a massive thunderous phantom appeared above his head.

Lei Shen Descends!

This SSS-rank Lightning-element combat technique not only shortened the casting time of Lightning-element techniques, but also applied to mental combat techniques.

At that moment, the opposite Void creature moved!

With a sweep of its massive hand, its colossal mental force directly ignored the Chaos Divine Thunder surrounding Xu Jingming and pierced into his mind.

Shhh—!!

The massive mental force coalesced into a giant sword, slashing down violently toward Xu Jingming’s mental sea!

“Zhen Hun Tower!”

Xu Jingming’s gaze turned icy.

BOOM—

The Zhen Hun Tower guarding his mental sea slammed into the giant sword, shattering it completely!

“No wonder it’s an SSS-rank mental combat technique—definitely capable of protecting the mental sea from intrusion.”

Xu Jingming was extremely satisfied.

Since acquiring Zakli’s legacy, this was the first time Zhen Hun Tower had unleashed its power.

Keep in mind,

That Liu Yushan was only mid-ninth rank.

If it could block this Void creature’s mental intrusion, it could block Liu Yushan’s too.

“Roar—”

A sharp shriek rang out as illusions appeared around Xu Jingming, trying to drag him into a hallucination.

“Useless! Useless!”

The guardian spirit above his mental sea glowed brightly, and all illusions vanished into nothingness.

“My heart is one—unshakable.”

Xu Jingming’s eyes blazed with intense light as his vast mental force surged forth, coalescing into a colossal mental storm!

Previously,

This mental storm, which had effortlessly shredded Void creatures like a meat grinder, seemed to have little effect on this giant being.

The storm slammed into it, yet not even its form trembled.

After all, a mental storm was only an S-rank technique—its power wasn’t particularly overwhelming.

“S-rank won’t do—then SSS-rank! Shenlan, give me a boost!”

With a silent mental cry, Xu Jingming quickly selected another mental combat technique to level up.

Ability points -25,000!

Xu Shen Sword → Xu Shen Sword Beginner!

Xu Shen Sword was Zakli’s pride—a SSS-rank mental combat technique of extreme power.

But Xu Jingming had never needed it before, so he never learned it.

After leveling up, Xu Jingming’s mental force surged wildly, instantly forming ten short swords made of pure mental energy behind him!

These mental short swords were invisible to the naked eye, but if sensed with mental force, each one radiated an intensely dangerous aura.

Merely sensing them would injure one’s mental force!

“No! Not enough! Keep leveling up!”

Xu Jingming roared inwardly.

A mid-ninth-rank mental force aggregate—ten Xu Shen Swords weren’t enough to kill it.

Ability points -50,000!

Xu Shen Sword Beginner → Xu Shen Sword Intermediate!

Shhh-shhh-shhh—

Ten Xu Shen Swords expanded to a hundred!

Yet Xu Jingming wasn’t satisfied yet.

Ability points -70,000!

Xu Shen Sword Intermediate → Xu Shen Sword Advanced!

Ability points -100,000!

Xu Shen Sword Advanced → Xu Shen Sword Master!

When Xu Shen Sword reached Master-level proficiency, the short swords surrounding Xu Jingming reached ten thousand!

“This... what is going on?!”

Far away, Su Tianrui had already been stunned into silence.

Like ability, fine manipulation of mental force required sufficient proficiency.

A typical ninth-rank Elemental Law Saint could barely split mental force into ten thousand parts.

How could anyone, like Xu Jingming, split it into ten thousand parts—and shape them into deadly short swords?

“Xiao Li, is your student really a Lightning-element ability user?”

Su Tianrui couldn’t help asking for confirmation.

“Of course.”

Su Qingli nodded with a smile, her beautiful eyes shimmering faintly as she watched Xu Jingming.

“Gah! Has the outside world advanced this far?!”

Can an Elemental ability user manipulate mental force better than a ninth-rank Mentalist?!”

Su Tianrui sucked in a sharp breath.

In his prime, his mental manipulation was only slightly stronger than Xu Jingming’s now.

And back then, he was ninth-rank peak—while Xu Jingming is only eighth-rank mid-level!

“Dad, you’re mistaken—no other Elemental ability user is this strong. This is uniquely Jingming’s ability.”

Su Qingli’s crimson lips moved, her clear, melodious voice carrying a hint of quiet pride.

“I see.”

Su Tianrui exhaled deeply and sincerely praised: “Your student truly possesses astonishing talent.”

Roar—

Sensing the danger, the giant Void creature let out another psychic shriek!

This shriek was several times stronger than before!

Where the psychic shockwave passed, space twisted, as if illusions were spontaneously forming.

But for Xu Jingming, protected by both the Soul-Pacifying Tower and his guardian spirit, it was utterly useless.

Yet Su Qingli’s eyes went vacant, dragged once more into the illusion!

“Die!”

Xu Jingming’s gaze turned icy, like a bottomless abyss.

Behind him, tens of thousands of Void Spirit Swords transformed into overlapping illusions, surging toward the Void creature with boundless might.

Where the sword shadows passed, space seemed shattered into fragments, emitting a chilling howl.

Before the Void creature could unleash a second psychic shriek, it was utterly drowned by the rain of sword shadows.

In an instant, the Void creature was completely obliterated, leaving only a pool of transparent liquid in its place.

Confirming the giant Void creature’s death, Xu Jingming retrieved the Nourish-Soul Fluid into his space ring and turned swiftly toward Su Qingli.