Chapter 370: The Strongest in the Training Camp! Wang Dong

"A lightning-element exclusive weapon?"

In the villa's living room, facing the extraordinary-looking Yao Lei Zhang, Xu Jingming could not help but have his eyes light up slightly.

Ever since learning of the existence of Elementalists, he had looked into information from many sources and was no longer the clueless novice he had once been.

Element weapons were the weapons of Elementalists, broadly divided into two types.

One was the ordinary type, the other the exclusive type.

The former could be used by ability-users of any element category.

The latter, however, could only be used by ability-users of a specific element system.

Compared to ordinary element weapons, exclusive element weapons provided a stronger amplification to abilities and combat techniques.

Back in Ruin Space No. 9, the Lin Hui he had met had been after an exclusive fire-element weapon.

Regardless of type, element weapons were classified according to the degree of amplification they provided to abilities.

They were divided into five grades in total: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Top-tier, and Perfect.

Just as alloy weapons ranged from Grade F to Grade SSS, only the classification of element weapons was more concise.

After all, only those whose grade had reached Fifth-Tier and whose spiritual power had broken through the six-thousand threshold could use these element weapons.

"Judging from the faint energy fluctuations it carries, it should be at least an Intermediate-grade element weapon!"

Xu Jingming had just begun to speculate inwardly when, sure enough, he heard Su Qingli's voice ring out again:

"This Yao Lei Zhang is an Advanced-grade element weapon. It should be enough for you to use until Seventh-Tier.

Although I do have even better top-tier element weapons here, element weapons are different from alloy weapons.

The greater the amplification to abilities, the greater the burden on spiritual power.

An Advanced-grade element weapon is roughly the limit of what you can currently use. Any higher top-tier element weapon, you simply wouldn't be able to wield."

"Thank you, Teacher. This Yao Lei Zhang is already more than enough for me."

Taking the element weapon from Su Qingli's hands, Xu Jingming showed not the slightest dissatisfaction.

Please—

Element weapons were already far rarer than alloy weapons to begin with!

The value of an Advanced-grade element weapon was even higher than that of some Grade SS heavenly materials and earthly treasures!

Being able to obtain one for free, he was already very satisfied.

Su Qingli, who had taken in this demeanor of Xu Jingming's, could not help but nod inwardly.

Talent and character had never been things that came bound together.

Some people had outstanding talent, yet were arrogant and conceited, looking down on everything, and might even repay kindness with ingratitude in the future.

The harm of cultivating such a prodigy was greater than not cultivating them at all!

Had Xu Jingming shown any dissatisfaction upon receiving this Yao Lei Zhang, Su Qingli would have reconsidered whether to continue teaching him.

However, judging from the respect Xu Jingming had shown from the moment he walked in until now, he did not seem to be the kind of genius with a vile character.

"The manual and the weapon have both been given to you. From here on, you only need to focus on your cultivation.

Also, Ling Shuang should have told you about the current situation of our Lei Ting Wu Guan. Let me give you a more detailed account."

Su Qingli said softly, "You don't need to worry about Vice Hall Master Hu Jinyu himself. He won't suppress you.

What you need to watch out for are the students of his faction in the Prodigy Training Camp. Among them, the one you need to pay the most attention to is student Wang Dong.

Wang Dong is a fire-element Grade S ability awakener who appeared in our Great Xia nine years ago. He has been in the training camp for over four years now.

His grade is as high as Lower Sixth-Tier, and his true combat power is extremely formidable."

The moment Wang Dong was mentioned, even Su Qingli could not help but frown slightly.

The Prodigy Training Camp was an extremely important component of Lei Ting Wu Guan. It could be said that the future high-level strength of the entire Lei Ting Wu Guan would all come from here!

Student Wang Dong, personally taught by Vice Hall Master Hu Jinyu, had strength that almost swept through every member of the entire training camp.

This undoubtedly indirectly bolstered Vice Hall Master Hu Jinyu's influence.

Her urgency in taking Xu Jingming as a disciple was, on the one hand, because Xu Jingming's talent was indeed excellent.

On the other hand, she needed to cultivate a spokesperson of her own within the Prodigy Training Camp to bolster her own influence.

Of course, this spokesperson would inevitably face pressure from Wang Dong and the others.

Fortunately, Xu Jingming was not the kind of soft persimmon that could be squashed at will.

Su Qingli had already known this from reading the relevant information on Xu Jingming earlier.

"A Grade S ability awakener? Understood."

Xu Jingming nodded on the surface, but in his heart he was already looking forward to it.

Grade S ability!

Lower Sixth-Tier grade!

With such a prodigy as a rival, the Prodigy Training Camp would be all the more interesting......

After listening to Su Qingli's briefing on the situation of Vice Hall Master Hu Jinyu's faction, Xu Jingming did not linger and took his leave.

Once back at his own Villa No. 234, he could not wait to take out the Grade SS Spirit Refining Art, "Shenhe Visualization Method," and study it carefully.

At the same time,

in the student villa district, Villa No. 13,

several young men and women had also gathered together because of the news of Xu Jingming's arrival.

Sitting right in the middle of the group, surrounded by them, was a youth wearing a loose training uniform.

The youth's build could not be called tall and big; he even looked somewhat thin, yet the people around him all implicitly took him as their leader.

He was none other than the possessor of a fire-element Grade S ability, at the lofty grade of Lower Sixth-Tier, and currently the strongest in the Prodigy Training Camp—Wang Dong!

"Brother Wang, Xu Jingming really has come to our Lei Ting Wu Guan's Prodigy Training Camp! Any instructions from the Hall Master?"

Among them, a white-robed youth named Chen Hai, sitting beside Wang Dong, asked with a grin.

"First try to win him over. If that fails, then suppress him," Wang Dong said, brief and to the point.

He was thin and wiry, yet his voice rang out firm and strong.

"Understood, but who should we send? For something like this, we should still find someone who's fairly close to Xu Jingming, right?

How about letting Lin Hui give it a try? I heard that back in Ruin Space No. 9, he already struck up an acquaintance with Xu Jingming."

Chen Hai proposed.

"Lin Hui isn't one of our people. He's not necessarily going to handle this seriously for us."

Wang Dong shook his head. "Let Fan Ren go. He also graduated from Magic City Ability University, and he's Xu Jingming's senior brother too."

"Oh? Fan Ren is actually his senior brother?"

Chen Hai's eyes lit up at once. "That's perfect. I'll go notify him right now."

With that, he hurriedly rose and left.

"With Brother Chen on the case, success is guaranteed!"

"Looks like we're about to gain an SS-class companion. Really looking forward to it."

"That's not necessarily certain. The guy is the personal disciple of Director Su after all."

"True. It all depends on what Xu Jingming chooses."

"..."

Listening to the discussion of the people beside him, Wang Dong's gaze flickered as well.

He actually had no real conflict with Xu Jingming. If things developed normally, it wasn't even certain they couldn't become friends.

But Deputy Director Hu Jinyu was both his teacher and the one who had guided him onto this path.

His teacher's orders, he had to obey.

"Hope you choose to be with us. Otherwise, as long as I'm around for a single day, you'll never have your day in the sun..."

Possessing an SS-class ability, at Level 4 Upper Rank, Xu Jingming was unquestionably a top-tier prodigy.

But a gap in strength was a gap in strength. No matter how good the talent, it couldn't make up for the difference in actual power.

On this point, Wang Dong had ample confidence.

After all, he was a full five-plus years older than Xu Jingming!

A gap of more than five years wasn't something so easily smoothed over.

At the very least, during his final year in the training camp, Xu Jingming wouldn't be able to close that gap.