China, Super God Academy training field.
Looking at the bottomless cracks across the ground, Liu Chuang, who had originally intended to voice his dissatisfaction, held himself back. It was not that he did not want to fight, but judging by the situation, if he stepped forward, he would definitely get beaten up. He was not stupid.
"Hero, hero, can I learn that?..." Seeing that no one else spoke, Zhao Xin decisively ran over to Jiang Ming and said he wanted to learn the move from earlier. Since the newcomer had identified himself and was not an enemy but their new instructor, there was nothing wrong with humbling himself a little to learn some skills. After all, Xin-ye had always wanted to be a hero who punished the wicked and helped the weak.
"Oh, not bad!... Your name is Jiang Ming, right? You were the one who said you'd failed to teach them properly, weren't you? I don't care whether you're a teacher or not. This goddess is very angry right now, and the consequences will be severe."
Leina directly summoned the Zenith Blade and Liesun Shield, fully armed and facing Jiang Ming with grave readiness.
Seeing the fully armed Leina, Jiang Ming also grew serious. After all, Leina was a humanoid mobile Stellar Energy body, and she possessed a Third Generation God Body. At the slightest provocation, she could unleash Solar Flare Bombardment, drive a star, and carry out supernova bombardment. If things went wrong, she might even make the sun explode.
"Take out your weapon. Let's have a match. If you defeat me, this goddess will overlook your disrespect toward the Light of the Sun, Main God of Liesun Star."
Jiang Ming did not say much. He directly took the Soaring Frost Sword from his Storage Ring and said to Leina, "Begin!"
"You all back off. Get farther away so you don't get caught up in this."
Sword Drawing Technique
A blinding flash shot out like lightning, dazzling as the blazing sun yet cold and clear as the frigid moon, stabbing toward Leina in an instant.
As Leina saw that flash, a sense of danger surged into her heart. She had intended to block it with the Liesun Shield, but the speed was too fast, nearly beyond the limits of neural reflexes. By the time you realized it, the attack had already struck you.
Enhanced by the Soaring Frost Sword, that sword force pierced straight through Leina's Black Armor and hit her in the abdomen.
"Na-jie..." Everyone turned pale in shock. They had not expected Na-jie, who was usually so formidable, to be struck in a vital spot after only one exchange.
Leina ignored everyone's cries. Since she had already been hit, she flung out the Zenith Blade in her right hand, trying to strike Jiang Ming while she had the chance.
Jiang Ming paid it no mind. He extended two fingers, power flowing around their tips, and casually fired the Three Points Divine Finger at the Zenith Blade.
With a bang, the finger force struck the tip of the Zenith Blade directly. Yet unexpectedly, Leina blocked the attack, showing just how extraordinary the strength of her Third Generation God Body was. If an expert had been present, they would have known that both Leina and Jiang Ming were holding back. Otherwise, if Jiang Ming attacked at full power, Super God Academy would at the very least have been reduced to ruins. And if Leina went all out, Earth itself might have been destroyed.
Seeing that his attack had failed, Jiang Ming immediately drew the Soaring Frost Sword. Using his lightness skill, he instantly moved to a point five meters in front of Leina and said, "I know you have a Third Generation God Body, and you were not seriously injured just now. To avoid wasting time, let's settle this in one move. What do you say?"
"Fine! This goddess has been waiting to avenge that sword strike! Die, Jiang Ming!"
At that moment, Leina put away the Zenith Blade in her right hand and casually unleashed a small Solar Flare Bombardment. A sunlike beam of light shot toward Jiang Ming, blazing, brilliant, and immense.
Watching Leina's Solar Flare Bombardment bear down on him, Jiang Ming immediately used Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin. Jiang Ming flew into the air and transformed into a sword. Countless streams of sword qi shot from the acupoints throughout his body, carrying Destruction Sword Intent as they turned into sharp swords and continuously assaulted Leina's position. Locked onto by the sword intent and unable to evade, Leina felt an extreme force of destruction. She hurriedly raised the Liesun Shield in her right hand to protect herself from the countless flying swords while using her left hand to release Solar Flare Bombardment and weaken the sword shadows.
Amid the unceasing explosions, this round of battle came to an end in a draw. Jiang Ming feared angering Leina, so he had kept Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin under control and did not dare increase his power. As for Leina, once she lost control or was injured, enemies could easily exploit the opening.
Leina's Solar Flare Bombardment could not hit Jiang Ming either. After all, Jiang Ming was extremely fast and physically strong. But if Leina were driven into a corner and stopped caring about the consequences, unleashing area attacks and indiscriminate bombardment, quite a few of those present would probably die. The Super Soldier Company's Super Genes had only just awakened and were still far too distant from god bodies.
In the distance, Qi Lin, Liu Chuang, and the others had not yet recovered from seeing Leina injured when they saw Jiang Ming vanish from where he stood. An immense pressure bore down on everyone, making it hard for them to breathe. Then they saw sword shadows filling the sky and rushing at Leina. Witnessing the might of Jiang Ming's move, they all broke out in a cold sweat for Leina. Their hearts rose and fell like they were on a roller coaster, pounding wildly as they feared she would be hurt.
When everyone saw Leina calmly raise her shield to defend herself, their hearts leaped into their throats. Then came the clash of swords and shield, followed by a burst of explosions and the rapid pinging of sword against shield. After quite a while, as the dust dispersed, everyone looked toward the source of the sound. Leina's miniature Solar Flare Bombardment had blasted a deep pit more than ten meters across in the ground before her. Although the overwhelming majority of Jiang Ming's countless swords had been blocked by the Liesun Shield, the shield was now covered in innumerable sword marks and badly battered. A small number of them had still struck the ground, leaving countless pits of varying sizes in front of Leina's shield, some bottomless. Anyone knowledgeable would know that this was at least a battle at the level of high-ranking angels, just below Third Generation God Body Guardian Angels.
Qi Lin and the others were all astonished by Jiang Ming and Leina's destructive power, inwardly lamenting how terrifying inhuman battles were.
"Leina, do you still want to fight?"
"Forget it, I'm done. This goddess acknowledges your strength. You're more than qualified to be a teacher. I never expected Earth to have an expert like you. But I don't see any Super Gene in you?" Leina waved a hand at Jiang Ming.
Seeing that the two had stopped fighting, Qi Lin and the others hurried over to check Leina's injuries.
"Na-jie, are you hurt?"
"Na-jie, how are your injuries?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine. It only pierced my armor. I wasn't hurt anywhere." Leina waved off their concern.
"Jiang Ming, what kind of gene do you have?" Qi Lin asked Jiang Ming again.
Jiang Ming walked over to Qi Lin and made up an explanation. He said that he did not have a Super Gene, that he had started practicing martial arts and cultivating the Dao long ago, something akin to cultivating the body and refining the spirit, which had given him these derived abilities.
"Ming-ge... Like in martial arts novels?" Zhao Xin stepped forward and asked curiously.
Everyone immediately stared at Jiang Ming with curious looks, making him feel extremely uncomfortable and even giving him goosebumps. He had no choice but to explain again.
"More or less."
"So he really is a hero!"
Everyone finally reacted, finding it unbelievable. But then they thought about it—aliens had already appeared, so this was nothing much.
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