The martial arts arena, before the grand curtain, Jiang Wuming's body trembled, and his expression changed.
However—
This moment was unseen by the crowd behind him, nor by Li Rui and others watching the battle through surveillance video.
Although surveillance cameras had been installed around the martial arts arena since the extraterrestrial enemies first descended upon Donghai Martial Academy, offering a 360-degree, no-blind-spot view, Jiang Wuming was wearing a loose robe. The robe, stirred by the wind, concealed the tremor of his body.
And his face was adorned with a ghost mask, so no one could see his expression change.
“Teacher Wuming, victory!”
“General Wuming, victory!”
Despite Jiang Wuming not turning around or offering any response, the students of Donghai Martial Academy, looking at his back, continued to roar their encouragement.
Even the teachers of Donghai Martial Academy and members of the Donghai branch joined in the shouting.
At this moment, they were all reminded of the first time extraterrestrial enemies descended upon Donghai Martial Academy.
On that day, the young man, like a towering mountain, stood alone before the grand curtain, shielding everyone behind him from wind and rain.
On that day, the young man, at all costs, used a secret technique, pushing himself to internal bleeding, and at a critical moment, broke through to the eleventh stage of a two-star War God, crossing two realms to slay the extraterrestrial enemy injured by Xia Xueqin, creating a new myth in the global martial arts world!
In response to the shouts, ripples appeared in the young man's heart, yet he still did not turn around. He merely stared ahead at the grand curtain, awaiting the enemy's arrival.
Boom—
A moment later, a deafening roar exploded in the sky above the martial arts arena. The energy fluctuations of the grand curtain instantly became more intense, and the entire arena seemed to tremble.
The extraterrestrial enemy was about to descend!
The sudden roar drowned out the cheers in the arena. Everyone realized this, forgetting to shout, merely gazing at the solitary, upright figure before them.
Then, within the grand curtain, the extraterrestrial enemy, a ten-star War God, shed the black true qi that enveloped him. He looked down at Jiang Wuming before the curtain with disdain, like a lion or tiger viewing cattle and sheep.
As an extraterrestrial powerhouse, he knew many insider details. This mission, descending upon Donghai Martial Academy, was intended to catch the Dragon Kingdom's martial arts world off guard, to wash Donghai Martial Academy in blood, and to erase the humiliation of the extraterrestrial world's two previous defeats at Donghai Martial Academy!
Under such circumstances, how could he possibly take a mere four-star War God seriously?
Facing the enemy's disdain, Jiang Wuming remained motionless, secretly activating a forbidden technique of the Daoist mysterious inner strength cultivation method, burning his true qi, preparing to launch a fatal blow.
At this moment, he no longer concealed his true strength, emanating the aura of a ten-star War God!
However, even so, in the eyes of the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy, Jiang Wuming was like fish on a chopping block, ready to be slaughtered!
“You, a mere four-star War God ant, dare to block me?!”
With a low roar, the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy swept out from the grand curtain. Simultaneously, his right hand transformed into a palm, true qi surging in its center.
He intended to manifest a true qi palm, as if swatting a fly, to kill Jiang Wuming with a single blow!
However—
Jiang Wuming was faster than him!
Swish!
Before the grand curtain, Jiang Wuming responded to the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy with his actions!
Jiang Wuming clasped his hands together, as if holding a battle saber, and with a single saber strike, he moved towards the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy.
The fifth stance of the God-Slaying Saber Technique, a forbidden technique—
God-Slay!
As soon as Jiang Wuming moved, he unleashed the forbidden killing move created by his father, Jiang Zhan, and activated the forbidden technique of the Daoist inner strength cultivation method, burning his true qi.
Dual forbidden techniques, ten-star War God…
This was Jiang Wuming's strongest attack since his cultivation began!
Boom!
As the hand saber was unleashed, the God-Slaying Saber materialized from true qi. The true qi was condensed to the point of being almost tangible, emitting terrifying energy fluctuations, carrying an invincible saber intent that could sever gods and demons, cleaving towards the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy!
Swish!
The ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy immediately sensed the terror of this saber strike!
This strike posed a fatal threat to him!
This completely exceeded his expectations, causing his expression to change drastically!
This was because after seeing Jiang Wuming and sensing his aura, he had believed he could kill Jiang Wuming with a casual palm strike!
At this moment, due to his prior contempt, he had no time to change his move or evade. He could only hastily strike out with a palm.
For this palm strike, he did not use any exquisite martial arts techniques, merely an ordinary palm strike. Simultaneously, he pushed his protective true qi to its limit and sidestepped.
It had to be said that as a ten-star War God, he possessed rich experience in life-and-death combat. He instantly retracted his contempt and made the optimal response—using his true qi palm to block the true qi God-Slaying Saber, buying himself time to evade, and additionally bolstering his protective true qi.
However—
Even so, he still paid a heavy price for his earlier underestimation!
Boom!!
The true qi God-Slaying Saber instantly struck the true qi palm, which shattered upon impact, transforming into an energy wave that swept in all directions.
The God-Slaying Saber, with its power undiminished, directly struck the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy, who was about to evade.
The ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy's protective true qi, like the shell of a struck egg, instantly shattered. His entire body exploded on the spot, blooming like a splash of blood!
Then, the energy wave swept through, striking the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy's flesh and blood, instantly turning it into nothingness!
As the energy wave dissipated and the strong wind ceased, only the young man stood alone in the vast martial arts arena.
And the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy, as if he had never appeared!
Arrived, then perished.
He was killed by Jiang Wuming's single saber strike, his soul extinguished, leaving not even a speck behind!
“What happened?”
“Where is the extraterrestrial enemy?”
“Is the battle over?”
At the entrance to the martial arts arena, everyone, including Xia Xueqin, stared with wide eyes at the young man standing alone before the grand curtain, a myriad of questions flashing through their minds.
“Slow playback!”
At the same time, in the combat command center of the Martial Department Headquarters, Li Rui, uncharacteristically excited, issued the order, his voice loud.
At the control console, the staff member, stunned by the scene in the surveillance video, only snapped back to attention when Li Rui gave the order, and then immediately began operating.
Then, in the playback footage, slowed down several times, everyone, including Li Rui, clearly saw the process of the battle, and were all dumbfounded!
Killed with a single saber strike!
This was a result no one had anticipated!
They had not even dared to imagine it!
Even Li Rui himself, who had previously stated that Jiang Wuming had never lost a battle across realms, could not have imagined that Jiang Wuming, a four-star War God, could kill a ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy with a single saber strike!
At this moment, the scene seemed to freeze.
Li Rui and the others, seated or standing, remained motionless, like statues, their faces etched with expressions of shock, vividly portrayed.
“Teacher… Teacher Wuming killed the enemy?”
A student in the Donghai Martial Academy arena blurted out amidst the shock.
“Yes!”
“Teacher Wuming killed the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy!”
“We… we won!!”
After the silence in the martial arts arena was broken, more people began to speak.
Although the weaker students could not clearly see what had happened, nor where the ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy had gone, they could sense the enemy's aura had vanished. Subjectively believing Jiang Wuming had killed the enemy, they began to roar excitedly one after another.
“To instantly kill a ten-star War God extraterrestrial enemy while being a four-star War God is simply unbelievable!”
“Yes, General Wuming has once again created an unprecedented martial arts myth!!”
Not only the students of Donghai Martial Academy, but also some members of the Donghai branch were incredibly excited.
“Jiang Zhan, do you see? The student surpasses the teacher, and Wuming is even stronger than you were back then. He is the hope of this world, and always has been!!”
Xia Xueqin suddenly looked up, her gaze directed at the statue of Jiang Zhan at the entrance of the martial arts arena. She thought to herself, her eyes reddened, tears welling up.
At the same time, in front of the martial arts arena.
Jiang Wuming still had his back to the crowd, staring at the grand curtain.
He was sensing the changes in the grand curtain to determine if any more enemies were about to descend.
Under his gaze, the grand curtain gradually dimmed, and then disappeared.
This meant that extraterrestrial enemies were highly unlikely to descend further!
Sensing this, Jiang Wuming no longer lingered. With a flash of his feet, his figure vanished like a phantom.
“Where did Teacher Wuming go?”
“Has Teacher Wuming left?”
“Teacher Wuming, we miss you, can you stay?”
Seeing Jiang Wuming’s figure disappear, the excitement on the faces of the Donghai Martial Academy students turned to sorrow.
They roared with all their might, desperately trying to keep the young man there.
The sky filled with their pleas caused the young man's steps to pause for a moment at the edge of the martial arts arena.
Just for a moment.
Then…
His figure flashed, and he vanished completely.
From beginning to end, he had not revealed himself nor responded.
Because.
Today, he was the Ghost-Faced War God!
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