184: Chapter 184 You fucking ate my ultimate move?!

The battle ended, and the dust gradually settled.

Su Ming stood at the edge of the deep pit, holding a giant lightning horn that was thicker than he was in one hand, while dusting off his pants with the other.

It felt cold to the touch, and the residual violent lightning energy flowed through his palm, leaving a tingling, comfortable sensation.

He looked down at the dead Thunder Horn Rhino at his feet; its mountain-like body exuded the aura of pure energy from every inch of its flesh.

Su Ming swallowed hard.

Should he... absorb it right here?

He glanced at the System panel.

[mass points: 121932]

Eating that Sky-Breaking Thunder Pillar had earned him 100,000. Combined with the 20,000+ earned from the System's automatic waste decomposition this morning, that was over 120,000 in total.

But it was still far from the 300,000 needed to redeem Origin Mimicry.

That was a loan that concerned his future happiness.

A thousand-ton Star Core Embryo—whoever touched it was done for.

This Peak Tier 6 thunder beast, if swallowed whole, should be worth at least 100,000 to 200,000 mass points, right? Maybe he could pay off the 300,000 loan in one go and even have some left over.

As for Ye Xiao...

Su Ming rubbed his chin. Federal-funded room and board sounded pretty nice. Letting that kid stay in the station for another half a month shouldn't be a problem.

Young people, if you don't suffer the hardships of youth now, you'll have to suffer the hardships of life later...

"Wait a minute!"

A slightly hoarse voice, mixed with complex emotions, interrupted his calculations.

Su Ming turned around.

Young Master Gu Lingfeng stood up from behind a pile of rubble, his Xuanjin Guiyuan Armor half-retracted, with scorch marks from lightning arcs still on his left arm. Behind him, his two Tier 5 guards, Zhao Lei and Zhao Yue, looked like they had just survived a catastrophe.

But Young Master Gu Lingfeng's eyes were locked onto the lightning horn on Su Ming's shoulder.

That was the core material for the "Purple Lightning Phoenix Feather Shield" he was making for Jingjing.

Without it, there would be no kneeling on one knee, no perfect confession.

If Qixi wasn't perfect, all his subsequent romantic fantasies and marriage proposals would vanish into thin air.

He had to get this horn!

He suppressed the jealousy and unwillingness surging within him and walked over step by step.

"This lightning horn... are you selling it?"

Su Ming sized him up and hoisted the lightning horn onto his shoulder.

"Not for sale."

He turned and left.

Just kidding, this was the "physical evidence" to clear his little brother's name; how could he sell it?

"Name your price." Young Master Gu Lingfeng followed.

"I said not for sale."

"One hundred million!" Young Master Gu Lingfeng was anxious and blurted out the sky-high price. "I'll pay one hundred million Federal Credits for your lightning horn!"

He deliberately straightened his back, his tone carrying the arrogance and certainty of a young master from a noble family. He didn't believe someone from a D-class satellite city could refuse the temptation of one hundred million Federal Credits.

Su Ming stopped.

Zhao Lei, behind him, saw this and a flash of understanding crossed his eyes. Just like him, money-grubbing.

He stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Young Lord, the market price for this lightning horn is at most thirty million. One hundred million... isn't that too high?"

Zhao Yue was more direct and shouted at Su Ming: "Kid, our Young Lord is offering you one hundred million, that's him showing you respect! You've picked up a huge bargain this time, don't be ungrateful!"

Su Ming turned around, his expression a bit strange.

"One hundred million?"

He looked as if he had heard a joke. "Is that a lot?"

Before the other party could react, he slowly took out a card from his pocket.

A pitch-black card with a gilded star trail imprinted on it.

It was the interstellar black card Teacher Lin Qinyin gave him.

"Here, do you recognize this?" He shook the card.

Zhao Lei and Zhao Yue looked at each other, not recognizing it, but Young Master Gu Lingfeng did.

His father had spent a fortune to get one when he was promoted to Tier 8, and this kid just pulled it out casually?

"Inter... interstellar black card?"

"Yeah." Su Ming put the card away. "There's still over nine hundred million in pocket money left in it."

"You tell me, is one hundred million a lot or a little?"

Dead silence.

Zhao Lei and Zhao Yue's expressions froze, their mouths agape, unable to make a sound.

Young Master Gu Lingfeng's face changed several times.

One hundred million was the maximum private limit he could mobilize, prepared for half a year for the Qixi gift.

But this teenager in front of him, nine hundred million?

And that's pocket money?

Who the hell is he?

The illegitimate son of the Federal Minister of Finance?!

Young Master Gu Lingfeng felt his view on money had been shattered.

Immediately after, a thought that made his blood pressure soar even higher emerged.

Could it be that Jingjing looked at him twice at the school gate... because of money?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Jingjing is not that kind of materialistic woman!

She has always valued inner beauty!

But this guy, his strength is tougher than his, and he has more money than him...

The lovestruck Young Master Gu Lingfeng crashed for half a second, then forced his brain to run on twisted logic.

"So what if you have money?" He gritted his teeth. "That's not money you earned yourself. Jingjing values character and responsibility! Although our Gu Family isn't as rich as you, we are simple and harmonious!"

As soon as these words came out,

Not to mention his two guards behind him, even the two instructors from Shadow Academy, who had been watching the show from afar, couldn't help but twitch their mouths wildly.

Simple?

Your family is simple?

The Gu Family, which controls the largest private armed and resource organization in the entire Federation, claims to be simple?

Probably even the Iron-Armored Pigs in the Source Abyss would laugh out loud if they heard that.

Su Ming was originally too lazy to bother, but he caught the keyword and his eyes lit up.

"Jingjing?"

He drew out his tone, revealing a playful sense of realization. "Oh, you mean Commander Huangfu Jing. What, you know her too?"

This airy "you know her too" had little lethality but was extremely insulting.

Young Master Gu Lingfeng tightened his face, bracing himself. "Commander Huangfu Jing is the person I, Young Master Gu Lingfeng, have chosen! I advise you not to harbor any ideas! The foundation of the Gu Family is not something you can imagine!"

"Oh—" Su Ming looked like he understood. "Then... what treasure have you prepared as a betrothal gift?"

Young Master Gu Lingfeng was stunned and subconsciously looked at the Thunder Horn Rhino carcass. The Purple Lightning Phoenix Feather Shield was his "betrothal gift." But how could he say this private and romantic plan out loud?

Su Ming caught his gaze instantly.

"No way?" He pointed at the giant beast on the ground, his expression dramatic. "You traveled thousands of miles to the Western Frontier to slaughter a cow... just for a betrothal gift for someone?"

"You... how did you know?" Young Master Gu Lingfeng blurted out.

Su Ming spread his hands: "I guessed."

Young Master Gu Lingfeng froze, realizing too late and wanting to slap himself twice.

"Uncle," Su Ming patted his shoulder earnestly. "You wouldn't be like those rich second generations on the internet, only giving emotions but no value, right?"

"Strong women don't fall for that. What kind of scenes hasn't Commander Huangfu Jing seen? You can't just rely on your mouth, can you?"

"Also, stop calling her 'Jingjing' so affectionately." Su Ming curled his lip. "Is she even close to you? I saw clearly at the school gate last time, you went up to talk to her, and she didn't even turn her head..."

Every sentence was like a knife, stabbing into Young Master Gu Lingfeng's heart.

He felt his world had collapsed.

The romantic fantasy he had carefully guarded for months was shattered into pieces by this kid.

What was even more frustrating was that every word the other party said was the damn truth!

Shame, jealousy, unwillingness, frustration—all emotions overwhelmed his reason.

"Ahhh—!! You're courting death!!"

Young Master Gu Lingfeng roared, his eyes bloodshot, his body surging with mysterious gold iron sand, and the [Xuanjin · Guiyuan Armor] covered his body again.

"Fine! Today I'll let you see my treasure!"

He shouted violently and pointed his right hand forward!

This time, it wasn't a gun, it wasn't a wall.

The most original and pure sand core power in his body was forced out without reservation!

Hum—!

Five dark golden sand nails, the length of a finger, covered in mysterious patterns, appeared out of thin air.

The space around the nails twisted slightly, exuding an aura of extreme sharpness and heaviness.

This was the ultimate form of his SS-level talent [Xuanjin Flowing Sand]!

It was also his ultimate trump card in pursuing Commander Huangfu Jing.

Each sand nail took years of hard cultivation to refine, nourished by his own blood and bone, and fused with his Lifebound Source Energy. Its hardness was enough to pierce Tier 6 defenses, and a single nail weighed as much as a small truck.

Five nails appearing together was the limit he could control at the moment.

"Extreme Emperor Sand Nails! Go!"

Young Master Gu Lingfeng's face was twisted, and he pressed his fingers down hard.

The five sand nails turned into five streams of light invisible to the naked eye, tearing through the air and piercing straight at Su Ming's shoulder.

He wouldn't really kill this love rival,

But today, he had to make this bastard who poked holes in all his dreams pay a bloody price!

In the distance, Instructor Lin Yan's expression changed drastically, and he pulled Night Crow and the seriously injured Instructor Shen Yuee to retreat rapidly.

He could feel that those five little nails contained energy capable of killing them in seconds.

Everyone thought that in the next second, the black-clad boy would be pinned through.

However, a bizarre scene occurred.

The five Extreme Emperor Sand Nails flew to a position less than twenty centimeters from Su Ming—and hovered to a stop!

As if they had hit an invisible wall.

Unable to move.

[Gravity Tides] passive triggered!

Perfectly captured long-range physical attack!

"This... how is this possible?!"

Young Master Gu Lingfeng's eyes were about to pop out.

That was his Lifebound killer move, into which he had poured all his Mental Energy and most of his Source Energy!

How could it... stop?!

And Su Ming, looking at the dark golden sand nails floating in front of him, his eyes lit up.

He could clearly feel the astonishing metal density and pure mass-energy contained within these little things.

This was simply... a perfect-grade snack attracted by the Law of celestial bodies!

"Holy crap! Uncle, you're actually a top-tier chef?!"

Su Ming exclaimed in surprise, "I'll gladly accept these few golden cookies!"

Before the words fell, his fingertips moved slightly.

[Mass Devouring], started running.

A micro-gravity vortex invisible to the naked eye rotated,

Dark gold light flashed across his fingertips and disappeared.

Young Master Gu Lingfeng only felt his vision blur,

Immediately, a sense of fear from the depths of his Soul made his hair stand on end!

He had just been desperately trying to recall the sand nails, but at this moment, he was horrified to find that the link between one of them and the Source Energy in his body had been "snapped" by invisible scissors!

System prompt popped up—

[Ding!]

[Devouring high-purity extreme-pressure silicon-gold core...]

[mass points + 15000!]

Fifteen thousand!

One piece is fifteen thousand!

I take back what I said earlier, you really are a big spender!

A look of satisfaction, as if tasting a peerless delicacy, appeared on Su Ming's face.

On the other side.

"Pfft—!"

Young Master Gu Lingfeng was struck by lightning and spat out a mouthful of blood.

His Lifebound Weapon had been stripped away, his Mental Source Intent wiped out, and the terrifying backlash made his eyes go dark, almost passing out.

Zhao Lei and Zhao Yue didn't know what happened and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

Young Master Gu Lingfeng stood foolishly in the sand...

Looking at the four lonely sand nails in front of Su Ming.

Lost one.

Was it...

Eaten?!!

He could no longer hold it together, and with a near-breakdown sob, he screamed in indignation at the satisfied-looking Su Ming:

"You... you freaking ate my ultimate move?!"

"That was the ultimate move I prepared for my proposal to Jingjing!!"

"You... you didn't even chew?!"

"...You monster, you're not human!"