Chapter 149: Ling Shuang

SS-class psychic ability, though only one level above S-class, the gap between them is enormous!

A single SS-class psychic awakening, if properly nurtured, can play a decisive role on the monster battlefield!

The last time the Great Xia Nation saw an SS-class psychic awakening was over a decade ago!

Yet now, another SS-class psychic awakening has appeared!

And it's from Magic City Psychic University!

Thinking of this, Vice Principal Ling Shuang couldn't help but breathe heavily, her chest rising and falling sharply.

"Good, good, good! SS-class psychic ability! Xu Jingming, you're excellent!"

Three "good"s in a row revealed Ling Shuang's inner excitement, her delicate face slightly flushed.

As for why Xu Jingming's psychic ability had mutated again, she didn't delve too deeply.

After all,

Humanity's understanding of psychic abilities has not yet reached complete clarity.

She didn't understand the principle behind Xu Jingming's second transformation.

The idea of dissecting Xu Jingming as a special case was pure nonsense.

How precious is an SS-class psychic awakening?

If any research institution dared try to take him for study,

They wouldn't have to wait long—

The next second, Great Xia's ninth-rank Wu Saint could burst straight through your front door!

"Doushen Thunder? SS-class psychic ability? So my ability has mutated again..."

Xu Jingming feigned a look of sudden realization and delight, then asked with some confusion:

"But how did the device determine my ability? Has an awakening with this ability ever appeared on Blue Planet before?"

The first question—surprise at the mutation—was fake; the second, Xu Jingming genuinely couldn't understand.

Such a tiny device—

Not only detected S-class Purple Thunder, but even identified SS-class Doushen Thunder!

It was simply unscientific! Could this device fabricate psychic names out of thin air? And coincidentally, they matched the system's naming.

If not fabricated, then if a predecessor had awakened the same ability, it should have been recorded in textbooks long ago.

"Any psychic ability detectable by the device must have appeared before."

After her excitement slightly calmed, Ling Shuang smiled and explained:

"But not in our current civilization era—in the ancient civilization era.

At its peak, the ancient civilization saw numerous S-class psychic awakenings each year.

SS-class and even SSS-class psychic awakenings appeared every few years.

Our psychic detection device evolved from inspection instruments unearthed from ancient ruins.

Its database still uses the ancient civilization's records, so recognizing your ability is perfectly normal."

"I see."

Xu Jingming suddenly understood, then felt a pang of emotion.

From the information he'd gathered, both psychic abilities and technology in the ancient civilization utterly dwarfed today's.

Yet it suddenly collapsed at its peak—no one knew why.

"By the way, Jingming, although you don't need to hide your psychic evolution, don't flaunt it either."

After a moment's thought, Ling Shuang warned.

Brilliant youths exist in every nation.

But someone like Xu Jingming, leaping directly from E-class to SS-class, is unprecedented.

Great Xia naturally welcomes such a prodigy's growth.

But other nations might not think the same.

For safety's sake, Xu Jingming's SS-class ability should not be overly publicized.

"Understood."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Psychic evolution was inherently rare—he wouldn't be foolish enough to boast about it.

"Also, here is a space rune tablet I made."

"If you crush it within two hundred kilometers of me, I'll sense it and teleport to you."

Ling Shuang handed him a black wooden rune tablet emitting faint spatial fluctuations.

A space rune tablet that can summon Vice Principal Ling Shuang!

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up instantly.

Damn, this was a lifesaving artifact!

"Thank you, Principal."

Xu Jingming bowed respectfully, then stored the tablet in his space ring.

"Mm."

Ling Shuang nodded slightly and warned:

"But remember—only use it if your life is in danger. Don't use it lightly."

The birth of a true powerhouse requires forging through blood and fire, through sufficient life-or-death crises!

Otherwise, based on the numerous SSS-class treasures and cultivation resources the state controls,

It wouldn't be hard to push Xu Jingming's rank to eighth-rank Grand Master within four or five years.

But rank alone, without corresponding combat experience and technique mastery,

Is like a child wielding a sharp knife—he cannot unleash his full power.

He might even be crushed and mocked by a lower-ranked seventh-rank Master.

Thus, the greatest powerhouse

All emerged from the brutal wilderness, their actual combat power terrifyingly strong!

Such individuals are precisely what Great Xia needs most now.

So Ling Shuang didn't want Xu Jingming to overly rely on her protection.

Otherwise, if she raised an SS-class psychic awakening into a waste, she'd have no place to cry!

"Student understands." Xu Jingming nodded seriously.

Joking—he wasn't her son, to be summoned at will.

Getting a lifesaving rune tablet was already more than enough.

He certainly wouldn't call her out for chores.

"By the way, Jingda has already delivered your S-class resource allocation to me—I'm transferring it to you now."

Ling Shuang pulled out a small porcelain bottle from her space ring and handed it over:

"Inside is a seventh-grade Breakthrough Pill. Take it when breaking through a major rank—it increases breakthrough probability for all below Master rank.

I suggest you take it when attempting to break from fifth-rank peak to sixth-rank, or you'll waste its potency."

"Seventh-grade Breakthrough Pill?"

Xu Jingming hesitated, then asked:

"Principal, can I exchange it for another S-class cultivation resource?"

With the Deep Blue System, the breakthrough bottlenecks that plague other psychics

Were no problem for him—he didn't need the Breakthrough Pill.

Besides, breaking from fifth to sixth rank

Was at least half a year away—this pill was useless right now.

"Jingda won't allow exchanges, but I personally permit you to exchange it for another S-class resource at Magic City University's Resource Department after returning."

Normally,

Magic City University students must pay credit points to exchange one S-class resource for another.

But Xu Jingming, as an S-class student who has now evolved to SS-class,

Ling Shuang wouldn't care about such a small matter.

"Also, you won first place in this study trip.

You're eligible to access the combat technique libraries of the three top universities and learn one technique.

This morning, Jingda and Jindai's combat technique libraries have already granted me access.

Take a look—what technique do you want to learn..."

Ling Shuang waved her jade hand.

A small metal sphere on her desk opened, projecting a cute pale-blue hologram.

"Eva Eva~~~~"

It was none other than Magic City University's top AI—Eva.

"Huh? Eva can appear independently?" Xu Jingming was surprised.

"Of course! Eva is a top-tier AI—her sub-bodies can attach to any smart device!"

Eva proudly puffed out her holographic spherical body, bouncing as she asked:

"Access to Jingda and Jindai's combat technique libraries is open. Which techniques would you like to review, S-class?"

Xu Jingming had already prepared for this and did not hesitate:

"Natural lightning-type abilities, all A-rank and higher combat techniques!"

"Received!"

Countless pale blue streams of data flowed through Eva's eyes.

Immediately afterward, a dense list of various lightning-type combat techniques was projected before Xu Jingming.