Chapter 979

Black Obsidian-class fighters all look nearly identical, impossible to tell apart.

But Leng Yuexi and her sister, along with Xu Jingming, had seen this fighter more than once, so they naturally recognized it.

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

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

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

She was just pondering how to approach him later.

Suddenly, a whoosh— the fighter, traveling at ten times the speed of sound, did not pause for an instant.

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

"That's it?!" Leng Yuechan's eyes widened.

Leng Yuexi's beautiful eyes also 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, grumbling discontentedly:

"We both activated our abilities, releasing our qi signatures.

With his strength, he couldn't possibly have missed sensing us."

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

But her sister Leng Yuexi had already broken through to the peak of seventh-rank, her qi strong and radiant— she couldn't possibly have gone unnoticed.

"I think he's deliberately ignoring us."

Leng Yuechan bit her red lips lightly, visibly sulking.

She'd thought they'd meet again— yet in the end, all she got was being ignored...

At this moment, Leng Yuexi had fully recovered and smiled softly:

"We've interacted with Xu Jingming enough times—I don't think he's the type to do that. He's probably occupied with something urgent right now."

Hearing this, Leng Yuechan's dark eyes flickered.

Thinking of Xu Jingming's personality, he really wouldn't act like that.

Her pale, lovely face quickly brightened with a smile:

"That's true, but we're still his senior students— at the very least, he should say hello.

No, once 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:

"You forgot 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 us, Father would have been dead 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, but never did?"

Before Leng Yuechan finished speaking, she was met with her sister Leng Yuexi's half-smiling, knowing look.

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 get another knuckle-rap as a reward...

"Chairwoman 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, aged thirty.

"Nothing." Leng Yuexi's smile faded, her tone cool.

The Spirit Fox Guild was short-staffed and couldn't spare many people— only the two sisters had entered the Po Xu Tower.

The group ahead were from the Starfire Guild; their leader was Zou Jie, the Guild's chairman.

The Starfire 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 Masters, Leng Yuexi agreed to join, thinking more hands meant more strength.

But she hadn't expected that after entering the Po Xu Tower, the group had been incessantly noisy.

It annoyed her, but since she'd agreed, she couldn't just leave.

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

"Really?"

Seeing Leng Yuexi instantly grow cold, Zou Jie's eyes flickered with irritation.

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

"Who is this person in Chamber 344? How could he have amassed over fifteen million Void Stones?

Regardless, the passage to the next level is probably about to open— let's head toward the endpoint.

This time, we should be able to seize the initiative."

"Mm."

Leng Yuexi nodded and took out a fighter from her space ring.

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

Though the Spirit Fox Guild's wealth couldn't afford her a Black Obsidian-class fighter,

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

And here, the finish line was less than a hundred kilometers away, reachable in just over a minute.

"At the finish line, maybe I'll get to see Jingming."

Thinking of this, Leng Yuexi, striding with long steps onto the fighter, couldn't help but smile with bright anticipation.

As Leng Yuexi had guessed, Xu Jingming had indeed sensed their two qi signatures.

But there was simply no time to stop and catch up, so he chose to ignore them.

"S-class, finish line approaching!"

Another half-minute passed, and Eva's cute little face appeared on the cockpit's holographic screen, reminding him.

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

A massive exchange list was projected onto the ground at the finish line.

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

Entering that zone would allow exchange of the resources on the list.

Directly above the zone floated a virtual progress bar reaching ten million Void Stones.

Around this zone stood roughly a thousand other psychics.

They had never left this area at all, determined to enter the next level the moment the passage opened.

"One ninth-rank lower, one ninth-rank middle, seven eighth-ranks—no threats!"

Xu Jingming, whose vast spiritual force had scanned the surroundings and identified all the strong ones, said swiftly: "Fly straight into that zone—see if we can exchange!"

"Eva received!"

The fighter slowed gradually, finally coming to a stop within the circular zone glowing with blue-green light.

"Black Obsidian-class fighter! A big shot's here to exchange resources!"

"I've never seen this fighter before—doesn't look like Lei Ding's, nor like the Ers'."

"True—could this really be the mysterious No. 344?"

"Hey, that's possible!"

"......"

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

Since the Breakthrough Tower opened, over a month had passed.

Though most psychics acted independently, they still recognized those with some reputation.

Yet none recognized this fighter.

Thus, many suspected the occupant might be none other than No. 344, who possessed over thirteen million Void Stones!

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

At that moment, accompanied by a strange yell,

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

"It's Gai En! The ninth-rank lower Saint from Heizhou!"

"It's him! Now there'll be a show!"

Among the crowd were many Blue Star people.

The moment the phantom dashed out, someone immediately recognized him and cried out in shock.

Yet just as everyone was buzzing with chatter,

the fighter's hatch opened a crack, and a verdant plant emerged from within.

The plant's body swelled violently with the wind, expanding in an instant to over thirty meters tall—larger than the fighter beside it.

Simultaneously, an astonishingly powerful aura erupted from its core!

Ironvine!

It had now shed its plant-armor form and revealed its true body!

"A ninth-rank plant life?!" Gai En's face turned pale.

"Approachers—die!"

A spiritual force wave, like a piercing shriek, erupted violently.

Gai En didn't even have time to flee before the emerald vines lashed out like lightning!

Puch—!!

The thick vines pierced through his protective blood qi and shattered his head entirely.

Sososo—

Blood qi surged; Gai En's head, made of indestructible matter, rapidly regenerated—only to be shattered again by the next vine.

Thus, Gai En's head regenerated four times—each time smashed instantly.

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

Meanwhile, the entire crowd, having witnessed the entire scene, fell utterly silent...