Rumble—!!!
Above the neon city, rain poured down in sheets.
The entire sky was split in two by azure and black lightning.
Within that sea of lightning, one black and one azure figure, like incarnations of thunder itself, battled fiercely.
Any stray bolt of lightning that fell was enough to blast the entire city into a ruined stretch several or even more than ten kilometers long.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time—
The torrential rain ceased, and the lightning dissipated.
Xu Jingming's tall figure, wreathed in black lightning, hovered in midair with the enhancement of the Thunder Dragon Wings.
"Still failed."
Xu Jingming frowned as he looked toward the distant sky.
There stood a towering lightning phantom over ten meters tall, radiating an oppressive aura.
This was the opponent Xu Jingming had created based on Su Qingli's S-rank metahuman ability, Jade Purity Divine Lightning.
It was at the Ninth-Order Lower Position, likewise a Mage Saint proficient in long-range spells.
The battle had gone well at first. Xu Jingming had been able to trade blows with it evenly.
But once it entered its Elementalization state, its strength immediately skyrocketed.
Even when he entered Thunderstorm State and used every method at his disposal, he could only manage a draw and was unable to kill it.
S-rank metahuman abilities really are formidable. It seems I'll need to improve my strength further before I can defeat a Ninth-Order S-rank like Director Su.
Xu Jingming thought silently.
Once he broke through to the Eighth-Order Middle Position, or his Body Tempering Art and Refining Spirit Art advanced to the next level, it should be about enough.
Boom!
At that moment, the enormous lightning phantom in the sky abruptly vanished, transforming into Twin-tailed Loli Eva.
She then flashed away and appeared before Xu Jingming. With her