Chapter 1286: Departure! Two T6-Level Combat Techniques!

Half an hour later, Xu Jingming left Ye Lan's villa after handling the demonic energy.

But he did not return to his own villa; he went to Lu Yunji's place.

When Xu Jingming landed in the villa courtyard, he saw her practicing combat techniques in a red training suit.

The tight training suit outlined her perfect figure, and her long legs revealed astonishing explosive power as she moved.

"Jingming?"

Lu Yunji sensed his presence, stopped her movements, and her crimson eyes flickered with delight, "You're back?"

"Mm."

Xu Jingming nodded, then swept her up in his arms as she let out a soft cry.

"Jingming, it's not even nighttime yet..."

Breathing in his scent, Lu Yunji's body went limp, her fair face faintly flushed.

"It's all the same."

Xu Jingming smirked, then carried her into the villa.

He was burning with desire and needed relief.

As for Yuli, he had already sent her a message; she'd be coming soon...

When everything ended, over four hours had passed.

Xu Jingming then took Lu Yunji and Yuli to the Imperial Academy to meet up with Emisi and the others.

After briefly explaining the mission they would undertake the next day.

Though Lu Yunji and the others felt reluctant, they understood.

Notably,

Song Qiuyun and the others had advanced at an astonishing pace.

Within this year, Song Qiuyun, Jiang Chuxuan, Catherine, Sakuragi Rin, and Leng Yuechan had all reached the Ninth Stage peak.

The remaining women, such as Leng Yuexi, had all broken through to Starlight Stage.

As for Zhou Yuanwu, his progress was equally impressive—he had already broken through to Starlight Stage Three.

"Indeed, the Qi concentration here in the Noah Empire far surpasses that of Blue Star."

Xu Jingming was very satisfied.

It wasn't just Emisi and the others.

Even Xu Xinghe and Xu Xinglan, the two infants under two years old,

had already demonstrated power equivalent to a Second-Stage Ability User.

On Blue Star, such a thing was unthinkable.

Xu Jingming estimated they might awaken their abilities long before age eighteen.

The next morning, as the first ray of sunlight slipped through the curtain gap into the room,

Xu Jingming was already fully dressed.

Looking at the sleeping women on the bed, he gently kissed each one on the forehead, then slipped away quietly.

Screech!

Golden lightning swirled around him.

He shot upward, flying into outer space.

There, a futuristic spacecraft, fifty meters long and twenty meters tall, awaited.

The Noah Empire's B5-class spacecraft, the "Raptor," equipped with a warp engine!

Renting it for one day cost one million credit points, with a deposit of one billion credit points.

Beside the ship, Ye Lan had been waiting a long time.

Today she wore a silver combat suit that perfectly accentuated her slender figure.

Her long purple hair was tied into a neat ponytail, giving her a striking, martial air.

"You're here so soon? Don't you want to spend more time with Lu Yunji and the others?"

Seeing Xu Jingming flying toward her, Ye Lan was surprised.

"This mission won't take long; there's no rush right now," Xu Jingming smiled.

"Alright, then let's go."

Ye Lan led Xu Jingming into the cockpit.

Hum—!!

The ship activated; the moment the warp engine engaged,

the entire vessel was enveloped in a blue energy membrane and vanished instantly from its location.

Only a faint, slowly fading blue trail remained in the boundless starry void.

The universe was vast; most regions held neither planets nor debris.

Only endless emptiness and desolation.

Correspondingly, space travel was extremely dull.

Fortunately, the ship was equipped with devices capable of connecting to the Cosmic Spirit Network.

So as the journey began, Ye Lan and Xu Jingming both logged into the Virtual Universe.

Ye Lan went for combat training, while Xu Jingming headed to the Noah Holy Land's library.

"Eva, filter out all T6-level combat techniques I can currently learn."

Xu Jingming stood in midair, before him stretched an endless expanse of bookshelves and volumes.

This was the library of the Noah Holy Land.

With his Level 1 genius privileges, he could access all combat technique scrolls.

"Got it."

The petite figure of Eva, a green-haired girl with twin pigtails, appeared beside him.

With a light wave of her small hand, a holographic list instantly materialized before her.

The list was densely packed with combat techniques:

"Lei Shen's Wrath (T6): Summon nine Lei Zhu infused with Lightning Law to strike the target area. Cultivation requirement: Lightning Law First Layer, Destruction Domain Tenth Layer."

"Heaven's Punishment Spear (T6): Compress lightning and destruction energy into a three-meter-long solid lightning spear and launch it. Cultivation requirement: Lightning Law First Layer, Destruction Domain Ninth Layer."

"Lei Prison (T6): Condense lightning into a tangible prison to trap enemies in place. Cultivation requirement: Lightning Law First Layer."

"Lei Net..."

The holographic projection displayed many combat techniques.

All had been filtered by Eva; mastering the Lightning Law and Destruction Domain was required to practice them.

As for higher-level T5 and T4 combat techniques,

they required not only comprehension of the Laws, but also attainment of the Star Rank to practice.

T6 combat techniques were already the limit of what he could currently achieve.

"For long-range annihilation, I have the T4 Lei Guang Annihilation Cannon—its power is formidable."

"But my close-combat methods are few, and my dash techniques are weak."

Xu Jingming silently pondered.

Balancing close and long-range combat was the cultivation path he had set for himself.

Now that he had long-range capabilities, he naturally needed to supplement with close-combat methods.

After careful selection, he ultimately chose two combat techniques.

"Shun Lei Shan (T6): Transform into lightning to dash forward, reaching up to 100 kilometers in an instant. Cultivation requirement: Lightning Law First Layer."

"Heaven's Punishment Shatter Thrust (T6): Focus lightning and destruction energy through special secret runes onto a spear and thrust forward—immense power. Cultivation requirement: Lightning Law First Layer, Destruction Domain Thirteenth Layer."

"With these two techniques, my close-combat ability will be stronger."

Xu Jingming's eyes flashed, and he said, "Eva, pull up these two techniques."

"Got it."

The little girl Eva giggled and waved her small hand.

Two streaks of light shot out from the densely packed shelves before them.

They soon solidified into two thick combat technique scrolls, hovering before Xu Jingming.

"T6 combat techniques usually cost millions of credit points to access."

"But with my Level 1 genius privileges, I can review them without any cost."

Xu Jingming smiled, opened the scroll for "Shun Lei Shan," and began studying.

The effect of the S9 resource "Wu Xing Dan" was still active, granting him extremely high efficiency in learning combat technique scrolls.

In just over five hours, he fully understood both scrolls to the point where he could directly allocate system points.

"I still have 170,000 Source Points left on the panel—enough to level up these two techniques."

Xu Jingming's eyes flashed, and he abruptly clicked the system panel's point-allocation option!