Lu Ming's voice was cold and deep, but the anger and killing intent within it could be clearly felt by anyone.
This was the first time Gao Yu and Yuan Da had ever seen Lu Ming show such an expression. It was completely different from his usual self.
Clearly, the joint hunting of the Thunderfire Hall by the Golden Gang Sword Hall and the Red Sand Hall at today's Hall Meet had thoroughly enraged Lu Ming.
Lü Xiao, Gong Peng, and Gong Hu also felt a momentary shiver in their hearts from Lu Ming's rare, fierce gaze, but they quickly recovered, feeling somewhat embarrassed and angry.
“You don't have much ability, but you sure talk big.”
Lü Xiao sneered, saying, “What use is incompetent rage? Even if you have a High-grade Divine Ability Bone, what can you do in just one short month? Do you really think you're Zhang Yue?”
Gong Peng and Gong Hu also burst into mocking laughter. They had almost been bluffed by this kid just now.
“It seems that defeating Luo An at the Qingchuan Chamber of Commerce some time ago gave you quite a bit of confidence.” Gong Hu's eyes were gloomy. He was highly displeased with Lu Ming's current gaze, so he stepped directly forward.
The Divine Ability Bone inside his body rumbled and vibrated, and blazing primordial energy swept out without reservation.
Gong Hu's palms suddenly erupted in blood-red flames. The fire was blazing and violent, causing the air to warp and distort.
Great Success, Flame-Kindling Palm.
Unlike the Flame-Kindling Palm that Luo An had displayed at the Qingchuan Chamber of Commerce, Gong Hu's mastery was a solid Great Success. Furthermore, because he had completed his third bone refining, the intensity of his primordial energy was more than a level stronger than Luo An's.
As the fiery energy rose, the sense of pressure was immense.
With a ferocious look in his eyes, Gong Hu's primordial energy erupted. His figure turned into a streak of fire as he lunged toward Lu Ming. Even from over a dozen zhang away, the blazing and violent fiery palm wind already stung the skin.
At the same time Gong Hu moved, Lü Xiao and Gong Peng also instantly erupted with primordial energy, charging toward Gao Yu and Yuan Da respectively.
On the lower flag platform, the clash between the two halls had broken out first.
Lu Ming expressionlessly watched Gong Hu charging at him with blood-red fiery palm winds. His gaze grew colder and colder. Originally, he had only wanted to help the Thunderfire Hall stabilize the situation at this Hall Meet. If possible, he had not planned on standing out too much, lest he draw excessive attention.
But looking at it now, blindly hiding his abilities was completely pointless. What was bound to come would come anyway. That malice would not disappear because he hid his strength; it would only intensify.
In that case, there was no need to hide!
A cold light flowed in Lu Ming's eyes. He slowly extended his right palm, and the pure, glazed Divine Ability Bone inside his body burst with brilliant light as surging primordial energy roared out like a tidal wave.
The six bands of Glazed Heavenly Light surrounding his Divine Ability Bone cast a mysterious glow, merging into Lu Ming's primordial energy.
With the addition of the Glazed Heavenly Light, Lu Ming's primordial energy instantly became far more pure.
This was the blessing and amplification effect of a Heaven-grade Divine Ability Bone on one's own primordial energy.
Then, with a thought from Lu Ming, he poured all of this amplified primordial energy without reservation into the Fire Lotus imprint on his Divine Ability Bone.
In the next instant, all of Lu Ming's primordial energy was completely transformed into the mysterious Fire Lotus primordial energy.
The intensity of this Fire Lotus primordial energy was far more powerful and robust than ever before.
A fiery light emerged from Lu Ming's right palm, and the edge of the Flame Blade flowed with sharpness.
The fire first appeared azure, the azure flames restrained.
“As expected, it's a Great Success Flame Blade? But so what? My Great Success Flame-Kindling Palm does not fear you!”
Seeing the azure flame, the oncoming Gong Hu narrowed his eyes slightly, but then he sneered. “If this is your trump card, then today, our Red Sand Hall is definitely taking your position as the second-ranked hall!”
Lu Ming did not reply. He merely took a step forward expressionlessly. The roughly two-foot azure flame blade on his palm suddenly changed. In the next instant, dark gold sparks swept out from the deepest depths of the blade.
The two-foot azure flame blade suddenly surged!
It grew to one zhang!
And the azure fire blade transformed into dark gold!
A dark gold fire blade—that was... a Great Perfection Flame Blade!
At this moment, the Flame Blade had completely restrained its flames, looking instead like a dark gold blade. Yet the more it was so, the more terrifying the fluctuations of power it emitted became.
The moment the Flame Blade turned dark gold, Lu Ming gave Gong Hu no time to react. The one-zhang fire blade slashed straight down at his head.
The dark gold light rapidly expanded in Gong Hu's pupils, reflecting a face of utter horror.
His terrified expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
Only at this moment did Gong Hu suddenly snap awake. A dark gold Flame Blade, that was...
Great Perfection, Flame Blade!
“Great Perfection?! How is that possible!” Gong Hu roared in disbelief, his face deathly pale. But the terrifying pressure brought by the descending dark gold fire blade was absolutely real.
He could not believe that Lu Ming, who had only undergone Bone-Opening a month ago, could actually cultivate the Flame Blade to Great Perfection.
Terrified to the extreme, Gong Hu caught the scent of death at this moment.
But the blade had already arrived, and there was no way to dodge. He could only let out a mad roar, squeezing out every last bit of primordial energy in his Divine Ability Bone to activate his Flame-Kindling Palm and clash with the dark gold blade.
Ssh!
The instant they made contact, the blood-red fiery primordial energy split open. It felt like a red-hot blade slicing through cold grease, incredibly smooth without the slightest resistance.
Lu Ming's figure crossed paths with Gong Hu's.
The dark gold fire blade slowly rose. Gong Hu's burly figure collapsed directly to the ground, and at the same time, his entire arm flew off. The severed stump was completely charred black, while dark gold sparks continued to bore deep into the wound, burning his flesh.
“Ahhh!”
A shrill, agonizing scream echoed across the Duel Platform.
Every gaze was drawn over, immediately triggering countless cries of shock.
Who all had not expected that the moment they clashed, the victor between Lu Ming and Gong Hu would be decided.
Even Gao Yu, Lü Xiao, Gong Peng, and Yuan Da, who were about to collide, halted in their tracks due to this sudden turn of events. They stared in disbelief at Gong Hu, who was rolling on the ground clutching his severed arm, and then their gazes froze on the full one-zhang-long dark gold fire blade in Lu Ming's hand.
Hiss!
Gao Yu and Yuan Da could not help but rub their eyes, suspecting they were hallucinating.
Was that... a Great Perfection Flame Blade?
Lu Ming had cultivated the Flame Blade to Great Perfection in just one month?! They really had not known the slightest bit about this beforehand.
“How is this possible...” Gao Yu's red lips trembled as she let out a low murmur.
And they were not the only ones shocked. On and off the lake, countless people widened their eyes, staring at this scene in disbelief.
A Lower Divine Ability at Great Perfection was actually not that shocking; many Grand Divine Ability Practitioners present had such achievements. However... to be able to cultivate a Lower Divine Ability to Great Perfection while still in the Bone Refining Realm was no simple feat.
Even Zhou Xuan, Li Yan, and Yan Jing froze for several breaths. Though they did not lose their composure, they still could not hide their surprise.
“Cultivating a Lower Divine Ability to Great Perfection in about a month, not bad, not bad,” Zhou Xuan praised with a light laugh. This Lu Ming seemed to possess an extraordinary talent for divine ability cultivation. Although the well-traveled Zhou Xuan had seen such things before, he was still somewhat surprised to see such a promising talent emerge in a tiny place like Qingyuan Ward.
This Hall Meet had indeed yielded some unexpected rewards.
“To think this child, Lu Ming, has such talent.” Delight also surfaced in Li Yan's eyes, and she felt gratified for him.
Behind them, the playful banter of the young disciples from the Divine Ability Clans of Qingyuan Ward also fell silent at this moment. Even the Yan family's Yan Qing could not help but narrow his eyes slightly.
Yan Zhizhi's red lips parted slightly, wanting to throw out some sarcastic remarks as usual, but in the end, she could not utter a single word. After all, even Yan Qing had not been able to cultivate a Lower Divine Ability to Great Perfection while still in the Bone Refining Realm.
“This close friend whom Jing Yi always talks about really does seem to have something unique about him,” Li Shuang murmured to herself, her beautiful eyes blinking.
Zhou Fuling gazed at the youth holding the dark gold fire blade on the Duel Platform, the look of interest in her beautiful eyes clearly beginning to grow intense.
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