"Hmm? How is this possible?!"
"He blocked it! He really blocked it!"
The audience erupted in an uproar as well.
These Sixth-Order and Seventh-Order Metahumans stared blankly at the scene.
They knew SS-rank Metahuman Abilities were powerful, but they had never expected them to be this powerful.
"How could a single SS-rank Metahuman Ability allow a Seventh-Order Middle-Level Xu Jingming to directly contend with an A-rank Eighth-Order Upper Position Grandmaster?"
A guild member who was also at the Seventh-Order Middle-Level could not help but marvel in a low voice.
To him, forget an Eighth-Order Upper Position.
Even a Seventh-Order Upper Position, just one minor level above him, possessed utterly crushing dominance over him in actual combat!
"An SS-rank Metahuman Ability is only one factor. Xu Jingming's strength is the result of multiple advantages stacking together."
A Seventh-Order Peak Grandmaster shook his head and pointed at Xu Jingming in the Holographic Projection.
"Do you see that phantom above his head? That's an SS-rank Battle Technique, and it provides an enormous boost to Xu Jingming's strength.
"Besides, Xu Jingming's teacher is Su Qingli of Thunder Martial Hall.
"Su Qingli possesses an SS-rank Spirit Refinement Art, while Master Wu only has an S-rank Spirit Refinement Art.
"Xu Jingming must have cultivated his Refining Spirit Art to an extremely high level, giving him formidable Mental Strength.
"That's why the Battle Techniques he casts are no weaker than Master Wu's."
"I see."
The man who had spoken earlier immediately understood, though he then pointed at the nearly boiling Golden Lightning around Xu Jingming with some confusion.
"What are those? Could they also be an effect of that SS-rank Battle Technique?"
Quite a few people had noticed Xu Jingming's Thunder and Lightning Domain, but their limited knowledge meant they did not know what it was.
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