His talent is alright, but his looks are a bit lacking.

“Everyone’s strength will be limited to One-Star Martial King…”

Jiang Xuan’s heart stirred, and he subconsciously glanced at Pang Jinghai.

It must be said, this intelligence was very important; Principal Shen hadn’t mentioned it before.

Fortunately, he now had an entire jar of the essence blood of the primordial savage dragon. If he could gain at least 50,000 qi and blood value every day, and with twenty-odd days remaining, he should have more than enough to become a Martial King.

An eighteen-year-old Martial King, if this were in Lei City in the past, he would definitely be considered the number one Genius in Lei City for a hundred years. But now, in front of so many martial Dao outstanding students from the City of Flame, it was a bit underwhelming.

After all, there was Pang Jinghai, a twenty-year-old Martial Emperor.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan looked up at Pang Jinghai.

“This intelligence is very important to me. What do you want in exchange? How about I craft a custom artisan item for you?”

Pang Jinghai grinned with his sausage-like lips. He was already ugly, and his smile made him even uglier. He said:

“We’re all in the same circle now, isn’t exchanging information normal? You don’t need to offer any reward.”

After a slight pause, he added:

“By the way, in over twenty days, the martial dao sacred remains will appear. We’ll each rely on our own abilities to contend for it. If someone truly obtains it, everyone will celebrate for him. If you don’t get it, don’t be jealous. I’ve told everyone else the same thing, and it applies to you too.”

Jiang Xuan’s heart stirred, and he nodded, smiling:

“Alright, I actually thought the same.”

Lü Yunxiao, who had already started actively making tea for Pang Jinghai and the others, suddenly asked:

“What if two of us, at the last moment, simultaneously get the chance to contend for the martial dao sacred remains, and a victor must be decided to determine the final ownership? What then?”

Pang Jinghai said without hesitation:

“First, Little Lü, you won’t have a chance. As for if that situation truly arises, it will depend on each person’s choice. If feelings are hurt because of it, there’s nothing that can be done, but—”

He slowly swept his gaze across everyone, saying very solemnly:

“If that situation occurs, and your opponent is me, I will voluntarily give up.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuan’s eyes flickered slightly, realizing he had initially misunderstood.

This Pang Jinghai wasn’t unintelligent; he was genuinely a good person. Aside from being somewhat unclear about his own perception of beauty, he really had no other flaws.

Sure enough, Pang Jinghai grinned again:

“After all, I’ve already surpassed you all so much in terms of looks. If I were to also compete with you for the martial dao sacred remains, wouldn’t that be bullying? Hahaha!”

Jiang Xuan: ... Everyone: ... Honestly, if there weren’t any artisan items that could change one’s appearance, Jiang Xuan would really want to craft one and give it to Pang Jinghai to fulfill his dream of being a handsome man... “Alright, the information exchange ends here. Jiang Xuan, what Martial Skill did you just create that allowed you to surpass me so quickly?”

Pang Jinghai suddenly changed the subject, looking at Jiang Xuan with curiosity and a desire for knowledge in his squinted eyes.

At this moment, inside the cage, the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster’s injuries had already recovered by ninety percent, no longer appearing on the verge of death as before.

Of course, this was because after Jiang Xuan finished testing the power of his self-created Martial Skill, someone had voluntarily lifted the suppression of the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster’s strength. In such a situation, it was naturally incredibly simple for a Ten-Star Martial King Rank Soft-bodied Devouring Monster to recover from the damage caused by a mere Martial Artist.

Jiang Xuan smiled slightly, stepped forward again, and extended an index finger towards the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster.

He named this move Jibao Finger, because Jiang Xuan himself found this temporarily self-created Martial Skill quite useful and could be used in situations where it was inconvenient to display Divine Abilities, so he simply gave it a name.

“This move is called Jibao Finger. As for how to use it, it’s like this.”

Whoosh!

As Jiang Xuan’s words fell, an invisible columnar Qi energy shot out from his fingertip, instantly entering the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster, whose strength had once again been suppressed to that of a Seven-Star Martial Artist.

Boom!!!

The force exploded in an instant, and the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster once again became on the verge of death.

Seeing this, Huangfu Yan immediately lifted the suppression on the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster’s strength, because he knew that the boss might make a move.

Pang Jinghai narrowed his eyes, seemingly beginning to savor Jiang Xuan’s previous finger strike.

Jiang Xuan smiled, remaining silent, just watching him.

This Jibao Finger, in a sense, was a super simplified version of the Azure Dragon True Flame Claw, taking only the two steps of “generating True Flame” and “projecting True Flame,” executed by rapidly circulating Qi and blood to extract force as a medium.

It was difficult in a way, and simple in a way, purely depending on the practitioner’s talent.

Pang Jinghai also walked to the cage at this moment, extending an index finger towards the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster, which was recovering from its injuries inside the cage.

Whoosh!

The next moment, a similar columnar True Gang shot out from his finger, instantly entering the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster’s body.

Immediately after, boom—!

Terrifying True Gang erupted from within the Soft-bodied Devouring Monster, instantly shredding this notorious monster into pieces, which fell to the ground like jelly with squishy sounds!

Jiang Xuan was slightly stunned, not expecting Pang Jinghai to learn his Jibao Finger just by watching once!

Although this was just a super simplified version of the Azure Dragon True Flame Claw, Pang Jinghai learning it after only one observation, his talent and Comprehension Ability were still somewhat exaggerated.

Not to mention, he also detected a trace of Primordial Blood Heavenly Gang from the erupting True Gang.

Primordial Blood Heavenly Gang… that was an ability that only a Martial Venerable could use.

This meant that Pang Jinghai had thoroughly mastered this Martial Skill he had created, and not just merely imitated it on the surface.

After all, the essence of Jibao Finger lay in unleashing an attack method one major Realm higher than one’s current Realm, which was also why others had just lamented its difficulty and even dared not try it.

“As expected of someone who became a Martial Emperor at the age of twenty, is this an outstanding student of the Yan School Alliance…”

Jiang Xuan muttered in his heart, his gaze towards Pang Jinghai carrying a hint of appreciation.

“Amazing! Jiang Xuan, you’re truly a damn Genius! How did you come up with this idea for a self-created Martial Skill?”

Suddenly, Pang Jinghai exclaimed sincerely, seemingly impressed by Jiang Xuan, and continued:

“This Martial Skill can definitely serve as one of my trump cards! It’s just a bit damaging to the body to use, cough, cough cough—”

As he spoke, he suddenly coughed twice, and a few drops of blood filled with rich vitality seeped from the corner of his mouth.

This was the blood of a Martial Emperor, each drop like a glowing red ember, with a vigorous aura rushing forth.

“Boss, are you alright!”

A bald student with a scar on his face stepped forward and supported Pang Jinghai.

Pang Jinghai, however, was quite happy. He casually wiped away the few drops of blood from his mouth, smiling and saying:

“Don’t worry, I’m fine. It’s mainly because Brother Jiang Xuan’s Martial Skill is too powerful, causing a bit of backlash. By the way, do you all want to learn it? This can definitely be used as a trump card!”

Everyone shook their heads in unison without hesitation.

Are you kidding? A Martial Skill created by a Prodigy like Jiang Xuan, even a Prodigy like Boss Pang almost suffered internal injuries learning it. How would they dare to learn it?

“Alas, indeed, people with low looks often have poor martial Dao talent. You are all like this, only Brother Jiang Xuan is an exception. Although he’s not as handsome as me, his martial Dao talent is higher than mine.”

Seeing this, Pang Jinghai sighed with self-pity.

Jiang Xuan noticed several people beside him secretly clenching their fists, seemingly wanting to beat up this Boss Pang.

Pang Jinghai didn’t notice these people at all, but instead asked Jiang Xuan excitedly.

“By the way, Jiang Xuan, do you know about the Shock Supernova Legion?”