Chapter 161: The Terrifying Thunder God Finger! Is My Mission Over?

"Teacher Chen, maybe I should go back and practice on my own first, otherwise I'll waste too much of your time."

In the open garden behind the villa, Xu Jingming hesitated.

"No problem, it won't take long."

Chen Lin didn't care.

He had nothing else to do anyway; better to guide an S-rank than sit idle.

This counts as contributing to Da Xia's high-end combat power.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming could only nod slightly and began channeling his spiritual energy according to the instructions in the Lei Shen Zhi manual.

Brilliant golden Dou Tian Divine Thunder coalesced around his body, like a golden veil draped over him.

At the same time, a sacred, majestic aura, like that of a god, radiated from him.

"Good, your starting posture is flawless."

Chen Lin nodded in approval.

Lei Shen Zhi had been studied by some outstanding lightning-affinity students at Jingda.

But even those students struggled with basic form for the first two months.

Boom boom~~~

At that moment, thunder rumbled across the clear sky.

A heavy pressure, like an approaching storm, spread slowly.

"Huh? You've already succeeded in the second step—communicating with the heavenly thunder?"

Chen Lin's face showed surprise.

Even Jingda's top lightning-affinity students took over four months to master the second step of Lei Shen Zhi.

Yet Xu Jingming succeeded on his first try.

"Xu Jingming already studied Tian Lei Shu; understanding this part isn't surprising."

Chen Lin nodded slightly, then smiled:

"But the hardest part comes after this—shaping the thunder into the form of a finger."

Lei Shen Zhi, this S-rank top-tier combat technique, requires condensing thunder into the shape of a finger before launching it.

The finger shape isn't for show—it's to maximize the thunder's power!

Like ten bombs: randomly thrown, their power pales next to precisely arranged chain explosions.

Naturally, this final step is extremely difficult to learn; it's normal for Xu Jingming to still be unable to do it now.

Just as Chen Lin thought this, golden thunder erupted violently from Xu Jingming's body nearby!

Terrifying thunder surged upward like a pillar, piercing straight into the clouds!

The next instant,

Amid booming thunder, a colossal golden finger slowly emerged from the clouds above the clear sky!

This finger, forged from thunder, glowed golden, its surface covered in sacred, mysterious runes.

The moment it emerged, the surrounding white clouds shattered instantly!

The aura radiating from this golden thunder-finger felt like the true finger of the Thunder God—making one want to kneel and worship!

"Lei Shen Zhi was successfully released?!!"

Staring at the thunder-finger in the sky, as large as an airplane, Chen Lin stood dumbfounded, utterly incredulous.

How is this possible?

Xu Jingming only received the manual yesterday, and just moments ago he was asking questions about it.

By normal standards, he should need three or four months of practice to master it!

How could he have succeeded so quickly?!

"Teacher Chen, I can't retract Lei Shen Zhi!"

Xu Jingming, having completed the casting, shouted urgently.

For a normal A-rank technique, he could interrupt it after release.

But this S-rank top-tier technique—Lei Shen Zhi—he couldn't stop it at all!

Even though this is the faculty villa district, and even if Lei Shen Zhi struck down,

it wouldn't harm these instructors, all at least sixth-rank.

But the villas? They'd be destroyed.

Xu Jingming estimated that if this Lei Shen Zhi landed squarely,

it would flatten every building within a thousand meters.

He didn't want to turn this entire area into ruins because of his experiment.

"Leave it to me."

Chen Lin snapped back to awareness, his gaze sharpening.

Deep blue terrifying thunder erupted from him, surging skyward!

The brilliant golden finger collided with the deep blue thunder, turning the entire villa's sky into a sea of blue and gold.

Boom boom~~~

Crackling~~~

With ear-splitting roars, terrifying energy waves mixed with thunder crashed downward.

Xu Jingming and Teacher Chen were unharmed—only their sleeves fluttered softly.

But the flowers in the villa's backyard suffered.

The vibrant, blooming flowerbeds, after the energy wave swept through,

withered instantly, as if struck by extreme weather.

"This energy surge—Lei Shen Zhi was fully released."

Chen Lin, now with all thunder retracted, had no words left.

Others spend one or two years learning an S-rank top-tier technique—you mastered it in one night and half a morning.

How are others supposed to compete?

"Teacher Chen, I think I've already learned Lei Shen Zhi… maybe I should return the manual to you..."

Under Chen Lin's gaze, as if looking at a monster,

Xu Jingming pulled the Lei Shen Zhi manual from his space ring, handed it back, then fled at once.

"Why run so fast? Afraid I'll drag you off?"

Chen Lin shook his head, amused.

In truth,

if Xu Jingming weren't S-rank, he'd have tried to transfer him to Jingda no matter what.

But reality had no "what ifs"—if he even entertained the thought,

he wouldn't need Vice Principal Ling Shuang to act; his old friend Yang Zhentian would be the first to object.

"Come to think of it… since Xu Jingming learned Lei Shen Zhi, is my mission over?"

Holding the original Lei Shen Zhi manual, Chen Lin stared blankly.

He'd planned to stay at Moda for half a month, so Xu Jingming would have a teacher to consult.

But now, it seemed unnecessary…

"No wonder it's called an S-rank top-tier technique—its power is terrifying."

On the way,

Xu Jingming remained lost in the sheer power of that single finger.

With Lei Shen Zhi, he now had a fighting chance against weaker fifth-rank abilities!

But Lei Shen Zhi still suffered the common flaw of high-rank techniques—high mana cost.

That single blast consumed nearly half his Dou Tian Divine Thunder.

Of course,

this didn't mean Xu Jingming had low stamina.

On the contrary, among third-rank lower-tier ability users, his stamina was among the longest.

After all, stamina depends on physical strength and spiritual power.

Over two thousand blood qi, and over fifteen hundred spiritual power—enough to dwarf most third-rank ability users.

"I'll need to stock up on more ability-restoring pills."

Xu Jingming thought silently.

It wasn't that he lacked endurance—it was that he knew too many high-level techniques, and his energy just couldn't keep up.