Xu Jingming wrapped an arm around Moon Shadow's slender waist.
The Black Lightning Wings slowly folded away, and the two landed lightly on the ground like feathers.
The dark red soil of Blood Refinement Star was firm beneath their feet.
The air was thick with a faint mingled scent of sulfur and blood.
Moon Shadow stood beside him.
Her silver hair fluttered gently as her gem-gray eyes swept coldly over Taro, whose face was deathly pale inside the shield ahead.
Xu Jingming did not release the arm around Moon Shadow's waist.
Instead, he pulled her closer into his embrace, his posture casual and intimate.
"Is this all you've got, and you dared call me an ant?"
His gaze settled on Taro, who was still reeling from shock and pain within the emergency shield.
His deep voice carried undisguised mockery.
"You!"
Taro's chest heaved violently, while the area grazed by the Nihility Divine Lightning continued to send waves of piercing pain through him.
He glared fixedly at Xu Jingming, clenching his teeth, yet he could not force out a single word.
Refute him?
With what?
A casual bolt of Lightning from his opponent had crushed both his prized T4 Level combat skill and his confidence into dust!
He had not even seen how that attack descended.
He only remembered that darkness which seemed capable of annihilating everything, and the lethal chill that had set every instinct in his body screaming in warning!
Seeing Taro's face turn livid with humiliation while he remained speechless,
Xu Jingming sneered and no longer paid any attention to the defeated dog.
He slowly raised his eyes, his gaze like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath.
It shot straight toward Chi Huang, who was still leaning against Rock in the distance, though his brow had already