Chapter 235: Master-Level Fist Technique! You Broke Through Again?

"The Thunder Indestructible Body has entered its fifth level; the sixth is not far off."

On Xu Jingming's resolute face, a hint of anticipation was barely visible.

The Thunder Indestructible Body grants a new ability every three levels; at the third level, it was the 'Thunder Extreme State.'

At the sixth level, it inherits an ability from the type of ferocious beast used to forge its indestructible foundation.

Xu Jingming's indestructible body foundation was forged with the blood of a Thunder Tyrant Dragon.

The Thunder Tyrant Dragon, even among dragon-type ferocious beasts, belongs to the apex species.

The Thunder Tyrant Dragon itself possesses a wide array of abilities: powerful lightning control, overwhelming dragon aura that dominates the battlefield, and more.

Inheriting any one of these abilities would greatly enhance his strength.

Of course, if asked which ability Xu Jingming most hoped to inherit, it would surely be the dragon wings that allow free flight through the skies.

After all, except for elemental wind-type, space-type, or enhanced beast-type abilities that grant flight,

all other types of ability users must reach the ninth-rank Martial Saint to walk upon the air.

"But reaching the sixth level of the indestructible body will still take some time.

Even now, the fifth level grants me a substantial boost."

Xu Jingming's gaze sharpened, and he instantly entered the Thunder Extreme State!

Crackling—crackling~~~

His eyes transformed into dragon pupils; his stature surged upward, golden lightning swirling around him as if welcoming an emperor's arrival.

Compared to the fourth level of the indestructible body, his current aura was far more oppressive.

The pale golden scales growing on key areas—knees, shoulders, chest—had also grown harder.

These scales did not make him look monstrous.

Instead, they added a wild charm, and combined with the brilliant golden lightning swirling around him, he resembled an emperor in regal splendor.

"The scales have fully grown."

Xu Jingming looked down at his knees and chest.

This form could rightly be called a humanoid Thunder Tyrant Dragon.

Every part of his body could instantly become the most violent offensive weapon!

"A powerful physique must be matched with appropriate techniques to be fully unleashed.

If so, then let's just level up the fist technique too."

He glanced at the system panel—his remaining ability points were still sufficient to upgrade the fist technique.

So Xu Jingming directly selected the point allocation!

【Ability Points】: 3218 → 645!

【Fist Technique】: Advanced → Master Level!

Instantly, a flood of techniques and methods related to fist fighting merged into Xu Jingming's mind.

As if he had mastered them since birth!

"This is Master Level fist technique!"

Xu Jingming's eyes glowed faintly as he clenched fists the size of clay pots.

He lowered his upper body slightly, and with golden lightning flaring, he began punching.

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Uppercut, hook, straight hook—his fists became blurs, the basic techniques pushed to their absolute limit.

Each punch was accompanied by a muffled sonic boom!

In just one or two seconds, he delivered thirty to forty punches!

"Thrilling!"

Only after over a minute did Xu Jingming stop his training, his eyes filled with delight.

The formidable physique of the Thunder Extreme State, combined with Master Level fist technique, could turn him into the most ferocious close-combat killing machine!

"Right now, I could one-punch obliterate that fourth-rank peak Storm Lei Xiong from last time.

I could even fight a fifth-rank ferocious beast hand-to-hand without losing ground."

A smile spread across Xu Jingming's face—now, he possessed combat power approaching the fifth rank.

After estimating his strength following the breakthrough to the fifth level of the indestructible body,

Xu Jingming exited the Thunder Extreme State, took out his phone from his space ring, and checked the time.

"I entered at 5 p. m. on the 19th; now it's noon on the 20th.

I've spent nearly seventeen hours here—not too long."

Xu Jingming stretched, opened the door, and stepped out of the room.

"You've entered the Condensed Liquid Stage?"

Outside the door, Vice Principal Ling Shuang, seeing Xu Jingming emerge before the full 24 hours, knew he had succeeded.

But she then carefully scanned him from head to toe, frowning slightly:

"Strange—your physique... seems to have strengthened dramatically again?"

As an eighth-rank Zhongweida Sect Master Zongshi, she could easily perceive the difference in Xu Jingming's blood qi before and after entering the room.

But hadn't he only just broken through to third-rank upper tier not long ago? How had his physique improved again?

"After I attained the Condensed Liquid Stage, I saw there was still time left, so I used the natural lightning inside to train the Thunder Indestructible Body.

Unexpectedly, I got lucky and broke through to the fifth level—my blood qi surged significantly."

Xu Jingming smiled faintly, delivering the excuse he had prepared.

"Fifth level of the Thunder Indestructible Body? I'd forgotten you had this body cultivation technique."

Hearing Ling Shuang suddenly understood, and a strange expression then floated across her beautiful, cool features as she said:

"Your teacher Yang Zhentian is a figure of dazzling brilliance.

The Thunder Body of Indestructibility he created is also different from ordinary body-forgement combat arts.

Depending on the different fierce-beast essence blood used to forge the foundation of the Indestructible Body, the subsequent cultivation difficulty and the improvements gained will each be different.

Your teacher at the time even contacted me, saying he wanted to exchange for an SS-rank, eighth-tier lower-grade Thunderstorm Dragon essence blood for you, and in the end I agreed.

Eighth-tier lower-grade essence blood, plus the ninth-tier Beast Emperor essence blood you absorbed during the study trip.

I can't vouch for others, but the cultivation difficulty of your Thunder Body of Indestructibility will absolutely be hell-grade.

And now you're telling me you broke through just because your luck was good? If your senior brothers were to find out, they'd probably be so frustrated they'd vomit blood, wouldn't they?"

Hearing Ling Shuang no longer knew what words to use to describe Xu Jingming's talent.

A monster? An aberration? In front of Xu Jingming, these adjectives all seemed to fall just a little short.

"Maybe I was simply born to be suited for cultivating this combat art."

Xu Jingming gave a sheepish grin, then added with a hint of curiosity:

"From the way you speak, Principal, it seems you know a great deal about my teacher's combat art?"

"A Great Grandmaster, besides reaching eighth-tier in level, must also keep up in their understanding of martial arts and abilities.

Studying other people's combat arts is a very common method of improving one's understanding of martial arts.

Not only your teacher, but the signature combat arts of other instructors at Mo Da, I have some understanding of them all.

Once you enter seventh-tier Grandmaster, you too will go through such a process."

Hearing Ling Shuang explained gently.

Only such eighth-tier ability users can truly be called Great Grandmasters.

The kind who grow wild and brute-force their way into eighth-tier by luck.

Even those who can't create a single combat art of their own all belong to the very bottom rung of Great Grandmasters.

No matter how strong their combat power, they have no way of taking up a post at any top-tier university, including Mo Da.

Because what top-tier universities value most is teaching ability; combat power is secondary.

A Great Grandmaster who can't even create their own combat art — who would still believe you could teach a student well?"

"So that's how it is." Xu Jingming finally understood.

Also,

When ability users are at a low tier, using other people's combat arts is no big deal.

But once they enter seventh-tier, they'll discover that other people's combat arts simply can't bring out the full might of their own abilities.

At that point, they need to begin creating their own combat arts.

Before creating one's own combat art, naturally one must first study other people's combat arts.

"Alright, your business here is done; we should head back to the school now."

Hearing Ling Shuang waved her jade-like hand, and a spatial gate appeared before their eyes.

"Sorry to trouble you, Principal."

Xu Jingming gave a slight nod, followed Hearing Ling Shuang in stepping through it; the spatial gate closed, and the two figures vanished along with it.