Chapter 111: Mingyu Thunder Armor + Lei Jitai! Insane Defense!

The villa’s open-air training ground roared with crimson lightning!

Finally, after Teacher Yang Zhentian amplified his own ability’s power to ten times third-rank peak,

the Mingyuleikai could no longer withstand the force and shattered with a thunderous boom!

“Excellent! Very excellent!”

Yang Zhentian, his body now stripped of all lightning, laughed heartily:

“The offensive strength of a fourth-rank lower-tier adept is roughly ten times that of a third-rank peak.

That means, Jingming, your Mingyuleikai can only be breached by a fourth-rank adept!”

Keep in mind,

the fourth-rank adept he referred to was not an ordinary one.

At minimum, they must possess an A-class ability!

Against lower-tier B-class or C-class abilities, even a fourth-rank lower-tier might fail to break through!

Of course, conversely, if the attack came from another S-class adept,

then even a third-rank peak—or third-rank mid-tier—might suffice to pierce the defense.

“An S-class combat technique combined with an S-class ability can reach such a terrifying level?”

Xu Wei, watching from the side, sucked in a sharp breath.

Xu Jingming was only second-rank upper-tier—and yet he could already withstand attacks from fourth-rank adepts, crossing two major ranks!

What kind of monstrous combat power was this?

“Combat technique test complete. Time’s about up. Let’s go eat.”

In high spirits, Yang Zhentian checked the time: it was already 11:32 a.m.

His banquet was set for noon; with travel time, arriving on foot would be perfect.

“Teacher, wait a moment—what I just did wasn’t my limit,” Xu Jingming called out quickly.

“Not your limit?”

Yang Zhentian paused, startled, before he could ask further,

when a thunderous boom erupted—power radiating from Xu Jingming’s body, several times stronger than before!

Immediately, Xu Jingming’s stature surged to two meters, his eyes transforming into blue-purple dragon-like vertical pupils.

Powerful, ancient blue-purple lightning exploded outward from his core!!

Is this… the Thunder Ultimate State?!

Teacher Yang Zhentian was stunned; Liu Ming and the others nearby wore expressions of disbelief.

Thunder Ultimate State?! Has Jingming’s Thunder Imperishable Body advanced to the third level?!

“Holy shit? Is my little brother this brutal?!”

Even the mild-mannered and composed Xu Wei couldn’t hold back, letting out a rare curse.

Training the Thunder Imperishable Body required daily forging of the body with one’s own lightning ability,

and could be accelerated further with specially crafted body-refining potions.

Over the past two-plus months of summer, he’d spent nearly all his time on missions outside.

All resources gained from completing those missions were poured into his cultivation.

More than half of them went directly into training the Thunder Imperishable Body.

Even so, he’d only just entered the third level of the Thunder Imperishable Body a few days ago—and barely mastered the Thunder Ultimate State.

Tong Yue, the senior beside Xu Wei, also wore a look of shock.

Her own Thunder Imperishable Body was still only at the second level…

“So that’s why your body could effortlessly absorb the weakened impact—because your Thunder Imperishable Body reached the third level!”

Yang Zhentian laughed, crimson lightning swirling anew around him:

“Then let’s continue! Twelve times third-rank peak power!”

The thunderous roar erupted again!

“Fourteen times!”

“Sixteen times!”

“...”

After Xu Jingming activated the Thunder Ultimate State, his physical strength and ability power received a full-spectrum boost,

Teacher Yang Zhentian finally broke through the Mingyuleikai ’s defense—after unleashing twenty times third-rank peak power!

“Twenty times! That’s equivalent to the offensive strength of a fourth-rank mid-tier adept to pierce the defense!!”

Yang Zhentian exclaimed in delight.

No wonder—it was forged from SS-class Thunder Tyrant blood.

Upon activating the Thunder Ultimate State, it granted nearly a tenfold increase in power!

“Thanks, Teacher.”

Xu Jingming exhaled as he exited the Thunder Ultimate State.

Now he finally knew the true extent of his defense.

From now on, when he activated Mingyuleikai , he could ignore any attack below fourth-rank adept strength!

If he combined it with the Thunder Ultimate State, even fourth-rank lower-tier attacks wouldn’t threaten him!

“Jingming, achieving this far exceeds even my expectations.”

Yang Zhentian walked over with a smile.

Normally, students would come to him seeking guidance on combat techniques.

But Xu Jingming? He simply learned it on his own.

Among all his students, Xu Jingming was by far the least troublesome.

“I’m just a bit more talented than others.”

Xu Jingming smiled. “Teacher, let me change clothes, then we can go.”

He’d been wearing a regular shirt, which had been shredded during the Thunder Ultimate State.

His pants were also torn, but he’d used Purple Thunder Divine Lightning to shield the critical areas.

Then, concealed by the Purple Thunder Divine Lightning swirling around him, he retrieved a pre-prepared short-sleeve shirt and long pants from his space ring and changed.

The senior students and juniors watching didn’t feel awkward at all.

After he changed, the group of six—including Fu Bo—laughed and chatted as they left the villa.

They boarded Teacher Yang Zhentian’s SUV and headed toward the hotel in the center of Mo City.

“Senior Liu, both the Ash Society and the Meteor Society have invited me. Which one should I choose?”

In the car,

Xu Jingming thought for a moment, then asked Senior Liu Ming about the society choice.

“Meteor Society.”

Liu Ming didn’t hesitate a second.

“Huh? Senior Liu, I thought you’d want our little brother to join your Ash Society.”

Xu Wei was surprised.

Back then, he himself had been warmly invited by Senior Liu Ming to join the Ash Society.

But he’d felt it wasn’t suited to him, so he declined.

He never expected Liu Ming would now pass up an even more outstanding junior.

“If the Ash Guild hadn’t run into trouble, I’d definitely want our little brother to join our society.

But now the Ash Guild has been severely damaged—its very survival is uncertain, and the Ash Society will be affected too.

It simply can’t compare to the Meteor Society and its intact, powerful Meteor Guild.”

Liu Ming shook his head.

In truth, the Ash Guild was currently under heavy pressure from Wang Linyang’s family for gathering evidence to expose the Grandmaster.

Wang Linyang was a veteran eighth-rank Grandmaster with immense family influence—this pressure was no small thing.

He didn’t want Xu Jingming to join the Ash Society and get dragged into this mess.

“Given your personality, I thought you’d choose not to join any society at all.”

Yang Zhentian, in the front passenger seat, chuckled.

In his view, Xu Jingming always preferred acting alone—whether training or entering the Wildlands.

He didn’t seem the type to join a society.

“I did consider that. If a society consumes too much personal time, I’d rather join none at all,” Xu Jingming mused.

“Don’t worry—whether Ash Society or Meteor Society, internal constraints are quite relaxed.”

Liu Ming smiled.

Especially the fourth-rank adept society leaders—they’re usually busy with their own affairs.

They only appear when absolutely necessary, serving more as a symbol than an active member.

“Why join someone else’s society when you can create your own?”

Yang Zhentian, in the front seat, immediately laid out a plan:

“Jingming, stay in a society for one or two years. By your third or fourth year, you can start building your own.

After graduation, these people will become your first core followers when you establish your own power.”

"Forming a faction? Teacher, that’s too much trouble—I never even considered it."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

"Trouble? Not having your own faction is the real trouble!"

Yang Zhentian spoke with the tone of one who had been there.

"When I was young, I thought just like you—look where it got me now."

"Everything requires you to do it yourself!"

"For example,"

"Most of the blood of thunder-elemental ferocious beasts you used to forge your Thunder Indestructible Body foundation—I hunted them down myself."

"If I had my own faction, I wouldn’t have to lift a finger for these things!"

"Jingming, remember: forming a faction is to have them replace you in gathering resources."

"So you can focus more on your own cultivation, instead of being bogged down by trivial matters."

"When you reach the Master level, you’ll understand how painful it is to run all over the world just for a bit of cultivation resource."

Yang Zhentian’s gaze carried a sense of regret.

He had never broken through from Master to Grand Master.

It was likely because, during his prime cultivation years, he had wasted all his time constantly searching for resources.

If he had had his own faction back then, everything would have been far simpler.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming paused slightly—he had never considered this point.

Although he had a system that could directly raise his rank and combat techniques, freeing him from resource shortages,

he still had to personally hunt ferocious beasts to gain ability points.

If he had his own faction, and they gathered the beasts for him, then he could kill them all at once,

wouldn’t that greatly increase the efficiency of harvesting ability points?

Thinking of this, Xu Jingming nodded slightly:

"Teacher, I understand."