Chapter 1018

"You are my fourth disciple; my first disciple is the Moon Shadow Divine Officer you just saw."

"Besides that, you have two other senior brothers and sister; I will introduce you to them later."

Emmis looked at Xu Jingming, "As my student, you possess extremely high clearance within the Hearthfire Temple."

You may freely browse all combat techniques in the temple's library, including SSR-level combat techniques."

"Additionally, the SSR-level combat technique you previously borrowed from the library no longer requires you to return any Void Stone."

Hearing this, Xu Jingming's eyes lit up and he thanked her: "Thank you, Master."

With the Deep Blue System, his need for resources was actually minimal.

What mattered most were combat techniques!

Now that the Hearthfire World library was open to him for free, this was undoubtedly the best news!

"Aside from studying the Lightning-element combat techniques in the library, you must also receive the inheritance and learn my uniquely created SSS-level combat technique, 'Heavenly Mechanism Eye.'"

Emmis lightly waved her jade hand, and a smooth golden Wu Yin appeared out of thin air, drifting toward Xu Jingming.

"Eye technique? Can I learn it?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

SSS-level combat techniques had extremely strict learning requirements—for instance, many of his Lightning-element techniques required an S-rank ability.

Yet he possessed no special eye-type ability.

"You can. The Purple Micro Eye imposes no ability requirements—only sufficient spiritual power is needed."

"With your current spiritual power, you've already met the threshold."

Emmis whispered, "Only after you've perfected the Heavenly Mechanism Eye to full proficiency can you begin learning my other SSR-level combat technique, 'Purple Micro Eye.'"

Purple Micro Eye!

As Xu Jingming took the Wu Yin, his heart jolted.

He had once researched Emmis's records.

According to those records, Emmis possessed an extremely powerful SSR-level eye technique, which, when combined with her own SSS-level ability, 'Eye of Fate,' was terrifyingly potent.

When the Void-Piercing Tower first appeared, a terrifying beast of Supreme-level strength had lurked nearby—but it was slain outright by Emmis's Eye of Fate and Purple Micro Eye.

He never expected that a Lightning-element ability user like himself could even learn this eye technique.

"The SSS-level combat technique 'Heavenly Mechanism Eye' is extremely difficult to master; reaching full proficiency is no easy feat. Don't be overambitious—Purple Micro Eye is for later."

As if sensing Xu Jingming's inner excitement, Emmis reminded him.

"Among my three senior brothers and sister, has anyone mastered Purple Micro Eye?" Xu Jingming asked curiously.

"Of your four disciples, only your senior brother, the Moon Shadow Divine Officer, has perfected Heavenly Mechanism Eye and progressed to Purple Micro Eye."

Emmis replied, then added, "Your senior brother began training Heavenly Mechanism Eye twenty years ago."

"Twenty years ago? That's indeed difficult."

Xu Jingming's expression showed shock on the surface, but inwardly he paid it little mind.

Twenty years was long only relative to the Moon Shadow Divine Officer.

For him, as long as he had enough ability points, raising proficiency would be effortless.

"Besides combat techniques, I also have an SSR-level spirit-nourishing technique here."

"However, its training threshold is 1.3 million Hz of spiritual power."

"Once your spiritual power meets the requirement, I will teach it to you as well."

Emmis added immediately.

"SSR-level? There's an SSR-level spirit-nourishing technique?" Xu Jingming was genuinely stunned.

Unlike body-strengthening techniques, the mystery of the spiritual sea made creating spirit-nourishing techniques extraordinarily difficult.

The highest-level spirit-nourishing technique he knew of was only SSS-level.

After all, the spirit-nourishing technique he obtained from the First Civilization's Supreme, Lei Shen—the 'Lei Hai Contemplation Method'—was only SSS-level.

"This spirit-nourishing technique was not created by me; I happened to obtain it over a decade ago from the spatial chaos."

"This technique is incomplete, hence its extremely high training threshold—I will explain it in detail once you reach 1.2 million Hz of spiritual power."

According to Emmis's estimate, Xu Jingming would likely need to break through to Rank 9 Upper before achieving such spiritual power.

"I see," Xu Jingming understood.

The spatial chaos layer did indeed yield strange and rare items easily.

"Also, you obtained the Noah Civilization's inheritance in the Void-Piercing Tower—can you tell me what it contained? Though if it involves classified secrets, you need not tell me."

Emmis looked at Xu Jingming, her brilliant eyes holding a faint hint of curiosity.

Look, what is attitude?

This is attitude!

Just the tone alone gave one a comfortable feeling.

It was utterly incomparable to Flame Divine Sovereign.

Xu Jingming naturally did not refuse, and recounted to Emmis the same details he had previously described to Zhou Yuanwu.

"The Noah Empire was truly such a vast civilization."

After hearing everything, Emmis's delicate face showed a trace of awe, followed by a hint of regret:

"It's a pity this was only a trial tower—if only we could have obtained a weapon, we could have eliminated that Magma Colossus."

"Just what level is this Magma Colossus? How could it reach a world-ending threat level?" Xu Jingming asked curiously.

"Starlight Rank One," Emmis replied.

"Only Starlight Rank One?"

Xu Jingming paused, "Then why couldn't over a dozen Starlight-level warriors from Jin Kingdom defeat just one?"

He had assumed the Magma Colossus was at Star-level—but it was only Starlight Rank One.

"Because its physique is too monstrous."

Emers said, "According to historical records, during the great war of my Second Civilization, nine Starlight-class beings jointly fought the Magma Colossus."

Nine Starlight-class beings, the lowest being Starlight Rank One, the highest Starlight Rank Three."

But no matter what kind of attack struck the Starlight Rank One Magma Colossus, it could never inflict a fatal wound."

In the end, the Magma Colossus turned the tide and killed them, leading to the downfall of my Second Civilization."

She was born in the Ember World and ascended to the Supreme Power as an Adept, having never experienced the apocalypse of the Second Civilization."

Yet from the surviving video records, she could still feel that despair."

Its aura was merely Starlight Rank One, yet it could not be killed no matter what."

"It seems the Magma Colossus's strength isn't determined solely by rank," Xu Jingming mused.

Just like myself—I'm only Rank Nine Lower, yet I can still kill Rank Nine Upper S-Class Adepts."

"Exactly, so they classified the Magma Colossus separately as a 'Dominion Class.'"

In our Adept system, that would correspond to an SSR-Class Adept ability."

But from the First Civilization until now, not a single SSR-Class Adept ability has ever appeared."

Emers looked at Xu Jingming, then suddenly changed the subject: "Xu Jingming, when do you think the Magma Colossus will appear?"

"In both the First and Second Civilizations, the Magma Colossus appeared roughly two hundred years after the peak of Yuan Energy resurgence."

We've only just entered the peak of Yuan Energy resurgence—so the Magma Colossus should appear in another two hundred years, right?"

Xu Jingming pondered aloud.

"Logically, that should be correct—but my Eye of Fate shows a different future."

Emers's gaze sharpened, her voice turning solemn and icy: "According to the Eye of Fate's prediction, the Magma Colossus will descend within the next four years."