Chapter 974: Shocked Su Tianrui! Is He Really Lightning-System?

"It's really it?! Xiao Li, take your disciple and run first! I'll cover the rear!"

Su Tianrui's face changed drastically, and the Chixiao Doushen Shenlei suddenly turned violent.

"Senior Su, no need to rush, just leave it to me."

Xu Jingming reached out and stopped Su Tianrui, who was about to take further action.

"You?"

Su Tianrui, thinking Xu Jingming did not know how powerful this giant void creature was, hurriedly said:

"This King's spiritual strength has already reached the ninth-tier Zhongweida Sect, very hard to deal with."

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

It was indeed very strong, that was true, but facing this King, it was still a bit lacking.

"Let me try first, if it doesn't work then I'll let you, Senior Su, step in."

Xu Jingming's voice was calm and forceful.

Su Tianrui's brow furrowed, about to continue saying something, but Su Qingli beside him spoke first:

"Dad, let Jingming go first."

Su Tianrui's brow lifted; he hadn't expected his daughter to have so much confidence in Xu Jingming, so he could only mutter and nod:

"Alright, then you go try first."

Shwa—

As the words fell, a flash of black Lei Guang.

Xu Jingming had already transformed into a black streak and shot toward that void creature.

Su Tianrui, meanwhile, stared fixedly at Xu Jingming's figure.

His spiritual power had already been permanently damaged, and it would be very hard to return to peak afterward.

But Xu Jingming was different.

A 20-year-old eighth-tier Zhongweida Sect Grandmaster.

A lightning-system SSS-grade ability!

No matter which point, it was enough to prove the other party possessed world-shocking talent!

He would not allow any accident to befall Xu Jingming.

Once Xu Jingming showed a downturn, he would immediately intervene, paying with his life to let Xu Jingming and his daughter escape......

Thunder Dragon Wings flapped, Lei Ting arcs splashed, and the distance between Xu Jingming and the giant void creature kept shrinking.

He had already noticed the difference between this King and ordinary void creatures.

It did not rush to attack, but like a human, watched his movements.

"It seems this void creature has already gained its own consciousness, rather than acting purely on instinct."

Black Lei Ting flowed around Xu Jingming's body.

Immediately after,

With a rumble, a massive thunder-and-lightning phantom appeared above his head.

Lei Shen Jiang Shi!

This lightning-system SSS-grade combat technique could not only shorten the casting time of lightning-system combat techniques, but the same was true for spiritual-type combat techniques.

And at this moment, the void creature opposite also moved!

With a wave of its giant hand, its massive spiritual power actually directly ignored the Doushen Shenlei protecting Xu Jingming's surroundings and stabbed into his mind.

Shwa—!!

The massive spiritual power condensed into a giant sword, slashing viciously down toward Xu Jingming's spiritual sea!

"Soul-Suppressing Tower!"

Xu Jingming's gaze was icy cold.

Boom—

The Soul-Suppressing Tower guarding above the sea of consciousness slammed viciously into the giant sword, directly blasting the entire giant sword to pieces!

"Worthy of being a spiritual-type SSS-grade combat technique, it really can protect the sea of consciousness from invasion."

Xu Jingming was very satisfied with this.

Since obtaining Zakri's inheritance, this was the first time the Soul-Suppressing Tower had displayed its might.

One must know,

That Liu Yushan was only at ninth-tier Zhongweida Sect.

If it could defend against the void creature's spiritual power invasion this time, it could likewise defend against Liu Yushan.

"Roar—"

A piercing shriek rang out, and one illusion after another appeared around Xu Jingming, trying to drag him into a hallucination.

"Useless, useless!"

The guardian spirit above the sea of consciousness radiated light, and all the illusions vanished into nothing.

"My heart is as one, unshakable."

Xu Jingming's eyes blazed with brilliant light, and surging spiritual power howled out, condensing into a massive spiritual storm!

Before this,

The spiritual storm that had easily torn void creatures apart like a meat grinder seemed to have no great effect on this giant creature.

The storm slammed into its body, yet did not even shake its form in the slightest.

After all, the spiritual storm was only an S-grade combat technique, and its power could not be considered especially formidable.

"If S-grade won't do, then SSS-grade! Deep Blue, give me a boost!"

With a low shout in his heart, Xu Jingming quickly chose another spiritual combat technique to add points to.

Ability Points -25,000!

Void God Sword → Void God Sword (Beginner)!

The Void God Sword was a spiritual SSS-class combat technique that Zakri took immense pride in, its power extremely formidable.

It's just that Xu Jingming had never had a use for it before, so he hadn't learned it.

Having completed the point allocation, Xu Jingming's spiritual power surged into frantic operation, and in the blink of an eye, ten short swords formed from spiritual power condensed behind him!

These spiritual short swords were invisible to the naked eye, but if one used spiritual perception, one could sense that every single short sword radiated an extremely dangerous aura.

Even mere perception was enough to leave one's spiritual power stabbed and wounded!

"No! Still not enough! Keep adding points!"

Xu Jingming roared in his heart.

A mid-tier ninth-rank spiritual aggregate — ten Void God Swords alone were not enough to slay it.

Ability Points -50,000!

Void God Sword (Beginner) → Void God Sword (Intermediate)!

Shwa shwa shwa—

The ten Void God Swords multiplied into a hundred!

Yet Xu Jingming was still not satisfied with this.

Ability Points -70,000!

Void God Sword (Intermediate) → Void God Sword (Advanced)!

Ability Points -100,000!

Void God Sword (Advanced) → Void God Sword (Master)!

When the Void God Sword reached Master-level proficiency, the short swords surrounding Xu Jingming numbered over ten thousand!

"Wha... what is going on?!"

Su Tianrui in the distance had long since been stunned stupid.

Just like with abilities, to perform fine manipulation over spiritual power, one must possess sufficient proficiency.

An ordinary ninth-rank elemental mage would already be straining just to split their spiritual power into ten thousand parts.

How could anyone be like Xu Jingming, who not only split it into ten thousand parts but also formed them into terrifyingly powerful short swords!

"Xiao Li, is your student really a lightning-element ability user?"

Su Tianrui couldn't help but speak up to confirm.

"Of course."

Su Qingli smiled and nodded, her beautiful eyes gazing at Xu Jingming's figure faintly flickering with an unusual brilliance.

"Hiss! Has the outside world really developed to this extent?

An elemental ability user can actually wield spiritual power more skillfully than a ninth-rank spiritual-type?!"

Su Tianrui sucked in a sharp breath.

At his peak, in terms of spiritual power manipulation, he had only been slightly stronger than the current Xu Jingming.

And back then he was at ninth-rank peak, while Xu Jingming right now was only at mid eighth-rank!

"Dad, you're mistaken. Other elemental ability users aren't this powerful — this is a talent unique to Jingming alone."

Su Qingli's red lips parted slightly, her clear and pleasant voice carrying a faint note of pride.

"So that's how it is."

Su Tianrui let out a long breath and sincerely praised, "Your student truly has astonishing natural talent."

Roar—

As if sensing the danger, the giant void creature let out another spiritual shriek!

This shriek was several times stronger than before!

Wherever the spiritual shockwave passed, space warped, and it seemed as if layer upon layer of illusions were conjuring out of thin air.

But for Xu Jingming, who had both the Soul-Stabilizing Pagoda and a guardian spirit as double insurance, this had absolutely no effect whatsoever.

Yet Su Qingli behind him had her eyes go vacant, once again dragged into an illusion!

"Seeking death!"

Xu Jingming's gaze turned cold and stern, like a bottomless abyss.

The over ten thousand Void God Swords behind him transformed into layer upon layer of phantom images, surging toward the void creature with an endless, overwhelming momentum.

Wherever the sword shadows passed, space seemed to be sliced into fragments, emitting a series of blood-curdling whistling sounds.

Before that void creature could even let out a second spiritual shriek, it was utterly drowned beneath the dense, rain-like sword shadows.

In virtually the blink of an eye, the void creature was completely annihilated by the sword shadows, leaving behind only a blob of transparent liquid on the spot.

Confirming the giant void creature's death, Xu Jingming stored the Spirit-Nurturing Liquid into his spatial ring, turned around, and swiftly flew toward Su Qingli.