"Is that so!" A hint of joy flickered across Firefly's face when she heard Gu Yue refuse, but she quickly put on a regretful expression. "That's such a shame. This cake is really delicious."
She then turned to a sharp-eared girl with silver-purple hair sitting beside her and casually asked, "Castorice, do you want some?"
Castorice sat quietly, looking a bit dazed, yet it didn't detract from the unique aura she exuded. She wore white and purple clothes adorned with butterfly decorations, delicate black gloves on her hands, and snow-white stockings on her legs. She looked like a princess straight out of a fairy tale, so beautiful it was impossible to look away.
Hearing Firefly's words, she nodded gently, then, to Firefly's stunned gaze, reached out and took the small cake from Firefly's hand.
"Thank you!"
Her voice was soft and gentle, just like her quiet demeanor.
"Pfft!"
Seeing this, March 7th couldn't help but chuckle.
"That's Castorice. She's a very gentle and quiet girl, but if possible, try not to touch her."
Robin continued to introduce.
A hint of confusion appeared in Gu Yue's eyes, but Robin didn't elaborate.
Then, Robin's gaze shifted to the last person in the classroom: a white-haired boy with a black eye patch, sprawled across his desk. Seeing that the boy was still connected to the simulated universe and hadn't logged out, Robin smiled helplessly. "He's Lu Jingming. Well, you could say he's our class monitor."
Gu Yue's eyes narrowed, recalling the scene of being pierced by a single shot yesterday. A phantom pain still lingered in her chest. The virtual avatars projected in the simulated universe generally only possessed 80% of the main body's strength. If there was little data, they could only simulate less than 50% of the strength. This meant that Lu Jingming, who had instantly killed her in the holographic strategy yesterday, was even stronger in reality.
Thinking of this, a fighting spirit flared in Gu Yue's eyes as she looked at Lu Jingming.
Noticing Gu Yue's expression, Robin wore a thoughtful look. New students entering the academy all participated in the holographic strategy assessment, and Gu Yue was clearly no exception. The fact that she became an S-rank student meant she had obviously passed the five-star assessment and even challenged the six-star assessment, encountering Lu Jingming's projection.
It was just unknown whether Lu Jingming himself had logged in to play on her behalf. If he had, Robin's gaze towards Gu Yue was tinged with sympathy. In the holographic strategy, Lu Jingming had no concept of holding back; even little March 7th had been made to cry by him.
Within the simulated universe, air currents surged, and Lu Jingming's black robes fluttered. He held the Abyss Spear, its shaft as black as ink, with a cold, eerie gleam flowing at its tip, as if it could devour all light.
Countless blue silver vines surged from all directions, like a dense, impenetrable net, aiming to trap and kill Lu Jingming. These vines were thick and tough, their surfaces covered with strange patterns, imbued with powerful soul force fluctuations.
However, Lu Jingming remained calm, his figure as fast as lightning, weaving through the entangling vines with ease. The Abyss Spear in his hand transformed into streaks of afterimages as he swung it, countless spear shadows flickering, dazzling the eye. Wherever the spear shadows passed, the thick blue-purple vines instantly withered, their vitality drained, and then turned to dust, dissipating into the battlefield of the simulated universe.
"Bang—" A loud crash echoed, as if the air had been struck by a heavy hammer, instantly exploding. Lu Jingming's figure flashed like lightning, appearing before a blue-haired young man.
The young man was handsome, exuding a unique aura. Lu Jingming subtly twisted his body, his right leg shooting out like a black bolt of lightning, transforming into an afterimage, and making intimate contact with the young man's face. The immense force caused the blue-haired young man's face to visibly contort and deform, and he flew backward like a cannonball.
His body smashed several large craters into the ground consecutively, and the surrounding earth cracked under the powerful impact. Where he passed, he left a gash tens of meters long, with the land on either side rising high, testifying to the power of Lu Jingming's kick.
The blue-haired young man, his face swollen like a pig's head, expressionlessly climbed out of the ruins. Five soul rings—two yellow, one purple, and two black—hovered around him, radiating powerful soul force fluctuations. As his fifth soul ring lit up with black light, the blue silver grass in the young man's right hand frantically intertwined and condensed. They interwove and merged, instantly forming a blue-black long spear.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Overlord Spear." The blue-haired young man's voice was slightly wooden.
As his voice fell, a violent tearing sound suddenly erupted, and a blue light flashed like a meteor, shooting towards Lu Jingming. Where the light passed, the air was torn apart, leaving a clear trail.
Lu Jingming's expression was indifferent, without the slightest panic. He gently raised the black spear in his hand. Crimson lightning leaped and crackled on the spear's tip. The black spear, crackling with crimson lightning, sliced through the air and collided with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear in mid-air.
In an instant, time seemed to stand still, and the surroundings fell into a dead silence. The two long spears met tip to tip, powerful forces colliding, twisting and deforming the air, forming visible ripples that spread outwards.
But in the next moment, the highly condensed power of disintegration, manifested as lightning, unleashed terrifying might. It was like a greedy devourer, instantly disintegrating all the soul force on the Blue Silver Overlord Spear. Without the support of soul force, the Blue Silver Overlord Spear was like a body without a soul, breaking into pieces. Fragments of the spear flew in the air, sparkling with faint light, then dissipated into the vast void.
However, the Abyss Spear continued its trajectory without slowing down. It transformed into a black-red bolt of lightning, piercing through the blue-haired young man's forehead with the force of a thunderbolt. The blue-haired young man's body turned into specks of light and disappeared into the simulated universe, as if he had never existed.
Watching the blue-haired young man dissipate into faint light, Lu Jingming's expression was calm as he stated, "Soul King Tang San, nothing more than that."
At this moment, two purple and two black soul rings shimmered brightly around Lu Jingming, radiating a powerful aura. Lu Jingming felt a slight disappointment. He had originally thought that the Tang San simulated by the universe would be a powerful opponent, but the result was far from his expectations. Tang San hadn't even forced him to use his soul skills, which left him feeling somewhat unenthusiastic.
Twenty-year-old Tang San possessed a cultivation of level 59 soul power, twin martial souls, an external soul bone, and numerous Tang Sect secret techniques. Even if the simulated universe could only simulate 80% of his strength, in Lu Jingming's opinion, he was still too weak.
Chapter 65: Cosmic Juggernaut
At this moment, Lu Jingming was only eleven years old, his soul power level was only forty-third rank, he didn't have any soul bones, and he only used Black Abyss as his martial soul.
But even so, he easily defeated Tang San, who was twenty years old, without even using a soul skill.
In Lu Jingming's eyes, Blue Silver Grass was still too weak.
Facing his martial soul talent—Decomposition Lightning—Blue Silver Grass seemed too fragile and vulnerable.
Even Tang San's other martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, would be hard-pressed to avoid shattering after a few collisions with Black Abyss.
The power to decompose all things was simply too heaven-defying.
Whether it was energy or matter, as long as it was touched by Black Abyss's decomposition force, it would change from order to disorder, automatically deconstructing from the outside in.
It could be said that in terms of attack power, his Black Abyss was truly the number one in the world.
Whether it was the Clear Sky Hammer, once known as the strongest in terms of power, or the Seven Kill Sword, which possessed terrifying offensive power, both would pale in comparison and be sidelined in front of Black Abyss.
Taking off his eye-mask-shaped simulated universe login device, Lu Jingming discovered that there was an additional person in the exclusive classroom originally belonging to him, Firefly, and the others.
However, upon seeing Gu Yue, he wasn't surprised. Although Gu Yue wasn't materialized by him, she was also an S-rank evaluated student, qualified to enter this classroom.
Gu Yue's personality was rather cold, but with March 7th, who was a master of enlivening the atmosphere, and Robin, who was understanding, gentle, and good at socializing, the scene was quite harmonious.
Although he didn't know why Gu Yue would materialize ten thousand years early, nor why she would come to St. Freya Academy, Lu Jingming didn't pay too much attention.
The Silver Dragon King was currently severely injured, and the God Realm still existed, so she didn't dare to easily expose herself. And having come to St. Freya Academy, under Lu Jingming's nose, she couldn't stir up any trouble.
Moreover, Gu Yue's arrival was timely, just enough to gather seven people, so there wouldn't be a shortage of participants for the next All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Grand Competition.
He could also conserve his Truth Power to complete his other plan.
After all, in the past two years, he had materialized the Conquest Gem, as well as Robin and March 7th, consuming a large amount of Truth Power. The feedback from the simulated universe had also been basically used up.
He needed to do more things that would influence the world, or even this universe, to gain more Truth Power feedback.
So he had another plan, but this plan would also consume a lot of Truth Power.
Furthermore, he had already materialized enough people at this stage, Sea Abyss City was also on track, and at the same time, to guard against unforeseen circumstances, such as a certain God King and the God Realm, he had to leave sufficient Truth Power reserves as a contingency.
While he was thinking, a figure appeared in front of him. Lu Jingming looked up in surprise and saw Gu Yue staring at him with burning eyes.
"Let's fight."
Gu Yue was concise, but the battle intent in her eyes couldn't be concealed.
Lu Jingming's mouth twitched. Is she really that unwilling to admit defeat? Just because she was abused by his projection in the holographic strategy? Is it necessary to find the real person?
Someone might have forgotten who was the one who played unfairly as a proxy, pretending to be an AI projection, and bullying someone who wasn't in top form.
"Gladly!"
Although he wasn't very interested, judging by Gu Yue's demeanor, if he didn't agree, she definitely wouldn't give up.
Since Soul King Tang San hadn't fully satisfied him in the simulated universe just now, bullying the Silver Dragon King in her weaker period should be quite interesting.
"No way, Gu Yue, are you really going to fight Ah Ming?" March 7th was full of surprise, her eyes wide, when she saw Gu Yue intending to fight Lu Jingming.
Gu Yue nodded. She wasn't just unwilling to admit defeat; more importantly, she wanted to explore the essence of Lu Jingming's power.
After all, her most core purpose in coming here was to find a method where destruction and creation coexist, and directly fighting Lu Jingming was undoubtedly the fastest and most direct way to the truth.
However, Gu Yue never expected that it would indeed be fast, but the battle would end quickly!
In less than five minutes, Gu Yue and Lu Jingming withdrew from the simulated universe.
March 7th and the others, who had entered to observe the battle, also withdrew with them.
"Gu Yue, are you okay?" March 7th asked with a concerned tone, full of worry.
Immediately, she glared at Lu Jingming in annoyance, secretly complaining in her heart, this person really doesn't know how to cherish girls, doesn't he know how to go easy on a girl in a fight?
Recalling how she was almost made to cry by Lu Jingming in the holographic strategy back then, March 7th gritted her teeth in anger, her hands unconsciously clenching into fists.
Gu Yue's expression was somewhat dazed at the moment, as if she hadn't fully recovered from the battle.
This was not only because she had experienced "death" once in the simulated universe, but also because her battle with Lu Jingming had only lasted three minutes.
Recalling the scenes from the battle, Lu Jingming was enveloped in scarlet lightning, moving at extreme speeds, and that black spear. Wherever it went, all elemental attacks released by Gu Yue were treated as nothing.
Just recalling these images made Gu Yue feel a lingering fear, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
She was somewhat amazed, how could Lu Jingming's destructive power feel inherently more terrifying than the Dragon God's destructive power?
Even the current God of Destruction in the God Realm, his destructive power, was clearly inferior compared to Lu Jingming's terrifying power that could decompose all things in the world and grant all things equal death.
It was fortunate that Lu Jingming's current soul power level wasn't very high, and the power he could unleash was limited.
Otherwise, Gu Yue truly suspected that with the terrifying essence of Lu Jingming's power, one spear could punch a massive hole through the entire Douluo Star.
Above Sea Abyss City, there existed an unobservable anomalous space.
The scene here was like a dream realm, with a sapphire-blue sky overhead, white clouds floating like cotton candy, and an endless azure sea below, where gentle waves lapped, creating ripples.
Upon this sea, a uniquely shaped black and gold train engine quietly rested.
A stunning young woman wearing a witch's hat, an exquisite collar around her neck, black stockings, and mismatched boots, stood with her arms crossed, one hand supporting her chin, gazing with keen interest at the black and gold train engine before her.
"The Second Divine Key, Cosmic Juggernaut, what do you think, Herta, are you interested in it?" Lu Jingming's figure appeared beside Herta without warning, a smile on his face as he asked softly.
"It is quite interesting indeed." Herta stared intently at the Cosmic Juggernaut, her eyes gleaming with curiosity and an urge to explore.