Chapter 979: Those Who Approach, Die!

Black Obsidian-class fighters all look nearly identical, making it hard to tell them apart.

But Leng Yuexi and her sister had seen this fighter more than once, so they recognized it immediately.

Before entering the Xinhuo World, Leng Yuexi had already contacted Xu Jingming.

But sadly, after entering the Po Xu Tower, they had never once met.

Upon spotting this fighter, her beautiful eyes lit up involuntarily.

She was just pondering how to approach him later.

Then came a swift whoosh—the fighter, traveling at ten times the speed of sound, didn’t pause for an instant.

It flashed past overhead like lightning, then vanished rapidly into the horizon.

“That’s it?!” Leng Yuechan’s eyes widened.

Leng Yuexi’s eyes too flickered with a faint hint of disappointment.

But she quickly recovered and muttered instinctively: “Maybe he didn’t notice us.”

“Impossible!”

Leng Yuechan crossed her arms, muttering discontentedly:

“We both activated our abilities and released our auras.

With his strength, he couldn’t possibly have missed sensing us.”

She was only at the upper sixth-rank, her aura faint—it was normal if he didn’t notice her.

But her sister Leng Yuexi had already broken through to the peak of seventh-rank; her aura was strong—he couldn’t possibly have missed it.

“I think he’s deliberately ignoring us.”

Leng Yuechan bit her red lips lightly, looking sulky.

She’d thought they might meet again—but in the end, all she got was being ignored...

At this moment, Leng Yuexi had fully regained her composure and smiled softly:

“We’ve interacted with Xu Jingming enough—I don’t think he’s the type to do this. He’s probably occupied with something urgent right now.”

Hearing this, Leng Yuechan’s dark eyes flickered.

Thinking of Xu Jingming’s character, he really didn’t seem like the kind to act this way.

Her worried expression instantly turned to delight, and a smile quickly brightened her fair face:

“That’s true, but we’re his senior classmates—no matter what, he should at least say hello.

No, when we get back, we’re definitely making him treat us to a meal.”

“Him treat us?”

Leng Yuexi raised a delicate eyebrow and tapped Leng Yuechan on the head:

“Did you forget about Father’s situation? We haven’t even properly thanked him yet—if anyone’s treating, it should be us.”

Without the SS+ grade rare herb Xu Jingming gave them, Father would have died long ago.

“Just Father’s situation? I feel like you have other motives.

Last time, who was it that said she’d go find him—and then didn’t go...?”

Before Leng Yuechan finished speaking, she was met with her sister’s faintly amused smile.

She immediately clapped a hand over her mouth and fell silent.

Compared to Xu Jingming, her sister was far more terrifying.

If she’d finished that sentence, she’d probably have gotten another knock on the head...

“Chairman Leng, what’s wrong?”

At that moment, a concerned voice came from nearby.

Three people approached from afar; the speaker was the man at the front, a thirty-year-old male.

“Nothing.” Leng Yuexi’s smile faded, her tone cool.

The Spirit Fox Guild was short on personnel and couldn’t spare many—only the two sisters had entered the Po Xu Tower.

The group ahead were from the Spark Guild; their leader was Zou Jie, the guild’s chairman.

The Spark Guild had multiple cooperative projects with the Spirit Fox Guild.

After accidentally meeting outside the Po Xu Tower, Zou Jie invited them to join forces.

With his team consisting of three eighth-rank Grand Masters, Leng Yuexi agreed, thinking more people meant more strength.

But after entering the Po Xu Tower, the group had been incessantly noisy.

It annoyed her, but since she’d agreed to join, she couldn’t just leave.

As for Xu Jingming just now, she instinctively didn’t want anyone else to know...

“Really?”

Seeing Leng Yuexi grow cold so quickly, Zou Jie’s eyes flickered with irritation.

But the irritation vanished instantly; he resumed his courteous demeanor and sighed:

“Who is this mysterious figure in chamber 344? How did he get over fifteen million Void Stones?

Either way, the passage to the next level should open soon—let’s head toward the endpoint.

This time, we should be able to seize the advantage.”

“Mm.”

Leng Yuexi nodded and stepped onto the fighter she’d taken from her space ring.

The fighter was entirely crimson, radiating a sci-fi aura.

Though the Spirit Fox Guild couldn’t afford to give her a Black Obsidian-class fighter,

they could still buy her a Chi Xiao-class fighter with a top speed of four times the speed of sound.

The endpoint was less than a hundred kilometers away—just over a minute’s flight.

“At the endpoint, maybe I’ll finally see Jingming again.”

Thinking this, Leng Yuexi, striding gracefully toward the fighter, couldn’t help but smile with bright anticipation.

As Leng Yuexi suspected, Xu Jingming had indeed sensed their auras.

But he simply had no time to stop and catch up—he chose to ignore them.

“S-rank—endpoint approaching!”

Half a minute later, Iva’s cute face appeared on the cockpit’s holographic screen, warning him.

Simultaneously, the external environment simulation activated, revealing the endpoint in full detail.

A massive exchange list was projected onto the ground at the endpoint.

Beside it was a circular zone roughly one hundred meters in diameter, emitting a faint blue-green glow.

Entering that zone allowed one to exchange for resources from the list.

Directly above the zone floated a virtual progress bar indicating one million Void Stones.

Around this area stood roughly a thousand psychics.

They hadn’t left the zone at all—they were waiting to enter the next level the moment the passage opened.

“One ninth-rank low-tier, one ninth-rank mid-tier, seven eighth-ranks—no threats!”

Xu Jingming’s vast spiritual force scanned the surroundings, identifying all the strong cultivators, and declared swiftly: “Fly straight into that zone—see if we can trade!”

“Iva received!”

The fighter slowed gradually, finally halting inside the glowing blue-green circular zone.

“Black Obsidian-class fighter! A big shot’s here to exchange resources!”

“I’ve never seen this fighter before—doesn’t look like the Leiding family’s, nor the Ers family’s.”

“True—could this be that mysterious 344?”

“Hey, that’s possible!”

“...”

The moment the Black Obsidian-class fighter appeared, it sparked immediate chatter among everyone present.

The Po Xu Tower had been open for over a month now.

Though most psychics operated independently, they still recognized the stronger, well-known figures.

But none recognized this fighter.

So many speculated the pilot might be the mysterious 344, who held over thirteen million Void Stones!

“Since everyone wants to know the answer, let me test it out!”

At that moment, a strange cry rang out.

A vigorous phantom surged from the crowd, charging toward the Black Obsidian-class fighter.

“It’s Gai En! The ninth-rank low-tier Saint from Heizhou!”

“Of course it is! Now we’ve got a show!”

Several people in the crowd were from Blue Star.

The moment the phantom charged out, someone immediately recognized him and cried out.

Yet, as everyone was buzzing with excitement—

The fighter’s hatch opened slightly, and a green plant shot out from inside.

The plant surged violently with the wind, swelling to over thirty meters tall—towering even above the fighter beside it.

Simultaneously, an astonishingly powerful aura erupted from its body!

Ironvine!

He had already shed the plant battle armor form and returned to his true body!

“A ninth-rank plant life?!” Gao Da’s face darkened in alarm.

“Approach, and die!”

A psychic surge erupted like a piercing shriek.

Gao Da didn’t even have time to flee before emerald vines lashed out like lightning!

Splurt—!!

The thick vines pierced through his protective qi-blood and shattered his skull entirely!

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Gao Da’s qi-blood surged, and his head, made of immortal matter, rapidly regenerated—only to be shattered again by the next vine that struck.

Thus, Gao Da’s head regenerated four times—each time smashed outright!

When his head was shattered for the fifth time, his qi-blood ceased flowing, and his head could no longer regenerate.

Meanwhile, all those present who had witnessed the entire scene fell into absolute silence...