Chapter 988: Broke Through Three Layers! Reached the Summit!

“Fu my lord, don’t worry—he’s already been dealt with.”

Song Qiuyun, having witnessed the cultist’s death, exhaled in relief and smiled.

Beside her, the white-haired girl Jiang Chu took a block of thick black soil from her space ring.

She tossed it to the Thorn Sword Grass like feeding it a snack.

Over the past month, they had grown thoroughly accustomed to the Thorn Sword Grass.

The Thorn Sword Grass, upon receiving the black soil, happily writhed its vines.

“I see.”

Fu Xingye let out a bitter laugh.

A plant life!

And judging by its aura, it’s a ninth-rank plant life!

With this plant life here, even a mid-rank ninth-rank powerhouse wouldn’t necessarily pose a threat to them.

“No wonder the Inspector my lord thought so thoroughly.”

Fu Xingye murmured in awe and quietly retracted the Blood-Explosion Pill into his space ring.

With this plant life present, his guards had been meaningless from the very start...

As if sensing Fu Xingye’s thoughts, Song Qiuyun quickly said:

“We’ve seen how hard you’ve worked, Fu my lord. When Jingming returns, we’ll tell him.”

“Thank you, both of you.”

Hearing this, Fu Xingye’s eyes lit up and his expression softened considerably.

His own efforts might not be as effective as a few whispered words from Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chu.

“Fu my lord, doesn’t the Yuehu Community have a warning system for such situations? What happened this time?”

The white-haired girl Jiang Chu patted the Thorn Sword Grass; once it had retracted into the ground, she turned to Fu Xingye.

“There is one.”

Fu Xingye nodded, his expression grave. “But for some reason, this time, it didn’t trigger at all.”

“Who has the authority to disable the community’s warning system?” Song Qiuyun asked next.

“Only the Director, Deputy Director, and Inspector have permission.”

Fu Xingye replied instinctively.

Then he suddenly realized something, his face paling.

Song Qiuyun waved her hand. “Alright, we understand. You may go.”

“Then I’ll take my leave,” Fu Xingye said, bowing respectfully before turning away.

“Sister Chu, it seems Hu Jinyu’s old dog did this on purpose.”

After Fu Xingye left, Song Qiuyun sneered.

Xu Jingming, Ling Shuang, and Su Qingli had all left. Who else but Hu Jinyu could disable the community’s warning system?

“Almost certainly.”

The white-haired girl Jiang Chu’s gaze was equally cold. “Thankfully, Jingming left us the Thorn Sword Grass before he left—otherwise, this time would’ve been dangerous.”

She paused, then added: “Pack up. Call your aunt and cousin—they’re coming with us. We’re relocating immediately.”

This time, the Celestial Mandate Sect sent a peak eighth-rank. Who knows who’ll come next?

The odds are low, but we can’t afford to be careless.

To prepare for such scenarios, they’d already stockpiled numerous secret safehouses.

“Understood.”

Song Qiuyun nodded, then added:

“We need someone sent to the Ember World too.”

Once Jingming and the others emerge from the Void-Breaking Tower, they’ll learn the situation immediately.”

The Thunder Martial Hall is no longer reliable—I’ll have my father arrange someone.”

The two quickly finalized their plan and moved at once.

“No wonder this is the Thunder Martial Hall’s headquarters building! Truly magnificent!”

At the top floor of the Thunder Martial Hall headquarters, in the Director’s office.

Deputy Director Hu Jinyu stood respectfully beside the desk; seated behind it was a tall man.

Li Yang!

One of the three ninth-rank councilors of the Li family!

Rank: mid-ninth-rank, and also Li Hao’s father.

At this moment, he gazed down through the floor-to-ceiling window at the other buildings of the Thunder Martial Hall.

His face glowed with intense excitement—and even greed!

After years of planning, the Thunder Martial Hall was finally about to belong to the Li family!

“Deputy Director Hu, you’ve done an extraordinary job this time!”

Li Yang turned to Hu Jinyu and laughed heartily.

“It’s all thanks to the guidance of your Excellencies,” Hu Jinyu replied humbly.

“Good.”

Li Yang nodded in satisfaction. “All our investment in you hasn’t been wasted.”

At that moment, a message appeared on Hu Jinyu’s communication watch.

He glanced at it, then frowned slightly.

“What is it?” Li Yang asked.

“Nothing.”

Hu Jinyu shook his head. “Just received word—the women with Xu Jingming have a ninth-rank plant life. The Celestial Mandate’s operation failed.”

“Those useless Celestial Mandate fools—given the chance and still they fail!”

Li Yang snorted, waving his hand.

“Forget it. Right now, the priority is finalizing the paperwork. Don’t bother with Xu Jingming’s family.”

“Understood,” Hu Jinyu nodded, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Though the Thunder Martial Hall is a martial hall, it’s legally structured like a corporation.

The ownership is registered under Su Qingli—normally, he could never touch it.

But he had once served as Director.

With the Li family’s backing and some underhanded maneuvers, he could alter the ownership and reclaim it for himself.

Once ownership changed, they’d be legally protected—even if Su Qingli returned, she’d have no recourse.

“Su Qingli, Su Qingli—blame yourself for going to the Ember World and giving me this chance.”

Hu Jinyu smiled.

He couldn’t wait to see the look on Su Qingli, Ling Shuang, and Xu Jingming’s faces when they returned from the Ember World and found the Thunder Martial Hall had changed hands.

Of course, if they never came back at all—that would be even better...

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Xu Jingming, having entered the 10th level of the Void-Breaking Tower, continued slaying beasts as before, accumulating ability points.

But unfortunately, the number of beasts on this level was scarce.

He only gathered 300,000 ability points before no more beasts appeared.

Reluctantly, he moved to the next level.

The 11th level was the same—beasts were pitifully few.

With no choice, Xu Jingming entered the next level again.

By November 9th, half a month later,

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli had reached the summit—arriving at the 13th level of the Void-Breaking Tower!

Whoosh—whoosh—

Two figures—one tall, one slender—flew at high speed through the sky.

On the 13th level of the Void-Breaking Tower, gravity was fifty times that of Blue Star!

Yet Xu Jingming and Su Qingli still maintained flight speeds of roughly twice the speed of sound.

“We’ve been in the Void-Breaking Tower for a month and a half—wonder what’s happening back on Blue Star?”

Xu Jingming spoke as he flew at full speed.

After so long apart, he truly missed Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chu.

Of course, also Master Ling Shuang.

“Don’t worry—with the guard squad and the Thorn Sword Grass, the two girls won’t be in danger.”

Su Qingli smiled brightly, her voice soft. “Besides, we’ve reached the 13th level—we’re almost out of the Void-Breaking Tower.”

After half a month of daily companionship, she had grown accustomed to her new role and was no longer so reserved.

“True,” Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Over the past month and a half in the Void-Breaking Tower, his gains had been immense.

But unfortunately, since entering the 10th level, the number of beasts had plummeted.

But unfortunately, after entering the tenth level, the number of demonic beasts sharply decreased.

In the past half month, he had only accumulated 600,000 energy points.

The energy points on the system panel had reached 3,410,000!

Even so, he still hadn’t been able to spend points to level up.

‘I wonder how many beast creatures are on the 13th level—I hope to get enough energy points to level up,’ Xu Jingming thought silently.

At that moment, a sudden disturbance arose behind him as he continued flying at high speed.

The Ultra-Bright Thunder Ring hovering behind him suddenly generated a tremendous pull toward a certain direction!

‘Could it be the other components of the Ultra-Bright Thunder Ring?!’

Xu Jingming’s eyes lit up.