68: Chapter 68 This is fucking 10/10!

"Sss—!!!"

Inside the Echo Gobi dungeon.

The Sword of Apocalypse, radiating both extreme cold and holiness, drove straight into the thunder dragon's gaping, hideous maw.

With unstoppable momentum, it sliced it clean in half from head to tail.

"Aooo—!!!"

A mournful, unwilling cry from the thunder dragon seemed to linger in the air as it died.

The originally wild lightning elemental structure instantly collapsed, turning into a sky full of fragmented purple electric sparks that exploded like brilliant fireworks.

Then, a scene even more terrifying occurred.

These scattered bolts of lightning did not return to the world or dissipate into the air as they usually would.

It was as if they had suddenly sensed the call of some supreme monarch; defying the laws of physics, they paused eerily in mid-air for a split second.

Immediately after.

"Zzzzz..."

All the electric sparks flew frantically toward the blue-clad figure standing on the cliff!

Su Xiaoxiao stood quietly in the wind, her long hair dancing wildly.

She did not dodge at all; instead, she opened her arms, wantonly embracing the sky full of thunder.

The sparks, which were enough to electrocute an ordinary Professional into charcoal, merged into her body without any resistance the moment they touched her skin.

Abs... absorbed?!

How is this possible?!

Before the people below could recover from this irrational scene.

After bathing in the thunder.

The Sword of Apocalypse summoned by Su Xiaoxiao.

The light on the sword blade did not dim; instead, it became even more dazzling and violent!

The originally pure white holy flame outer layer was now wrapped in a layer of purple electric arcs, its power even greater than before!

Carrying a world-destroying aftermath, it crashed down toward Ji Qing and Zhou Tianren, who were completely dumbfounded below!

"Dodge!!!"

Although Ji Qing was in a state of extreme shock, her combat instincts as a top-tier second-year student remained.

She let out a shrill scream, trying her best to dodge to the side.

But, it was too fast!

"Boom—!!!"

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar exploded above the Echo Canyon!

The entire canyon trembled violently at this moment.

Countless rocks tumbled down, and dust rose into the sky.

A terrifying shockwave centered on the point of impact spread wildly in a ring, shattering the originally hard wind-eroded rock pillars nearby!

"Pfft—!"

Relying on her movement technique, Ji Qing barely managed to dodge the center of the explosion, but she was still caught in the blast.

She was instantly sent flying backward, slamming heavily into the rock wall behind her, creating a human-shaped crater.

She slid helplessly to the ground, a large mouthful of blood spraying out, staining the front of her clothes red.

Her originally cold and arrogant face was now devoid of any color, leaving only deep fear and confusion.

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

Ji Qing raised her hand tremblingly, looking at her charred palms; those were the traces of lightning backlash.

Her voice was hoarse and desperate, completely unable to accept the fact before her:

"My lightning power... was amplified by the hundredfold magnetic field of the Echo Gobi!!"

"How is it possible... how could it be completely absorbed by you!?"

"Are you a monster?!?"

The lightning techniques she prided herself on, the dignity she held as the "Thunder Queen."

At this moment, were trampled into dust by that First-Year University Student!

On the other side.

Zhou Tianren's situation was even worse than Ji Qing's; it couldn't get any worse.

As the primary target of the attack, the moment the Sword of Apocalypse fell, he was sent flying by that terrifying torrent of energy.

He flew backward for dozens of meters in the air, crashing through three stone pillars, and finally fell to the ground like a dead dog, rolling several times before stopping.

"Cough, cough... cough, cough, cough!"

Zhou Tianren coughed violently, each cough accompanied by excruciating pain in his internal organs.

"Crack—!"

A crisp cracking sound came from his body.

I saw a layer of transparent light shield, originally invisible to the naked eye, slowly emerge around his body, then fill with cracks in the air, and finally, with a "clatter," it completely shattered into specks of starlight and dissipated.

Immediately after.

"Clatter."

The crystal cross necklace hanging around his neck, which had always emitted a warm luster, also snapped in the middle without warning. The once crystal-clear crystal instantly became dull and lifeless, turning into a pile of waste and falling to the ground.

【Resurrection Cross】 — A prop that can block one lethal attack.

It broke.

Zhou Tianren stared blankly at the fragments on the ground, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

In his eyes, which were always filled with arrogance and malice, only endless lingering fear and terror remained.

"My... SS-grade defensive gear... was actually destroyed by you?"

"And my Resurrection Cross... is also gone?"

Zhou Tianren swallowed, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.

He knew better than anyone just how terrifying the power of that attack was.

If it weren't for these two priceless life-saving trump cards automatically protecting their master at the critical moment, blocking the vast majority of the damage for him.

He would have definitely died from that sword strike just now!

"No... impossible! This is absolutely impossible!!"

Not far away, Ji Qing, enduring the excruciating pain of her bones feeling like they were falling apart, struggled to stand up but fell back down helplessly.

She stared fixedly at the blue-haired girl on the cliff who was bathing in the thunder, unscathed, her eyes almost splitting from the strain:

"How exactly did you do it!!"

"You're only a First-Year University Student!!"

"How is it possible... how could you crush me, a lightning mage who has already completed a Professional breakthrough!?"

Ji Qing's voice became sharp and ear-piercing due to extreme emotional fluctuation, carrying a heavy crying tone.

Anyone with common sense could see it.

This round of skill exchange just now was not some evenly matched five-to-five split, nor was it a six-to-four split with a slight advantage.

It was a fucking, thorough ten-to-zero split!

It was a one-sided crushing! It was a dimensional reduction strike!

Although Su Xiaoxiao was the output ace of the former Night Curtain, she was only dominant among First-Year University Students.

Compared to someone like herself who had already undergone a Professional breakthrough and mastered advanced skills, there should have been an insurmountable gap!

But now...

The gap indeed existed.

But the one being trampled underfoot was herself!