Chapter 382: The News Spreads! The Strength of the First Tier!

"Sixty times gravity doesn't just affect my body—it's given weight even to my Doushen Thunder."

Inside the training room,

Xu Jingming, wreathed in golden lightning, silently thought.

The A+ class combat technique Lightning Chain was fine, seemingly unaffected.

As for the other technique, Thunder Barrier, which condenses vast amounts of Doushen Thunder into a high-density shield,

he could clearly feel the weight of the lightning.

"But if lightning has weight, it might also improve my mastery over this ability."

Xu Jingming exhaled slowly, then quickly returned to a state of undistracted training.

Sixty times gravity!

No fourth-rank upper-tier adept had ever endured gravity at this level!

So when Xu Jingming, after using up his half-hour free time, stepped out of the gravity chamber,

he was met with stares of astonishment.

Lin Hui even raised his thumb in admiration:

"Incredible! Your physique rivals that of a fifth-rank peak enhancement-type adept—how the hell did you train like this?"

Though he himself practiced body-strengthening combat techniques, as a fifth-rank mid-tier elemental master, he could barely endure twenty-five times gravity.

"Not bad."

Xu Jingming smiled and replied, then used his student ID to enter another gravity chamber.

This chamber had no transparent window, and its parameters weren't displayed.

In truth, sixty times gravity wasn't his limit—he simply didn't want to expose it to these people.

Testing in a sealed chamber was best...

"Xu Jingming went in—he didn't even glance this way."

"Looks like we were wrong. Xu Jingming has no interest in Xiao Lan."

Seeing Xu Jingming enter the chamber with calm expression, and recalling the combat techniques he'd just displayed,

Zhou Xiaoman and Yang Dan finally realized it.

And Xia Lan didn't seem surprised by this outcome.

After all, back in the ruins, Xu Jingming had shown not the slightest hint of such feelings.

Why would he change now, in training camp?

"I told you—it's you who got it wrong," Xia Lan shook her head softly.

Crackling—

Inside the sealed gravity chamber, Xu Jingming had entered Thunder Ultimate Form.

Standing like a iron tower, he stood two meters two tall, muscles coiled, radiating terrifying energy.

"Seventy times gravity!"

Xu Jingming immediately added ten times beyond his normal form's baseline!

Yet his muscular frame merely sank slightly, without significant tremor.

"Keep going! Seventy-two times!"

"Seventy-five times!"

"Seventy-seven times!"

"..."

Xu Jingming gradually increased the gravity chamber's multiplier.

Finally, at eighty times, he felt his body approaching its limit.

Thump—

Thump—

His heart beat powerfully, audible.

Even clenching his fist slightly, he felt immense pressure.

"I could probably withstand three or four more times of gravity.

But at that level, I couldn't perform any training movements at all.

So eighty times gravity is my current limit..."

Tiny beads of sweat coated Xu Jingming's forehead.

The body itself is a vast factory.

At eighty times gravity, even without performing any training movements,

merely the beating of his heart, the peristalsis of his intestines, and the operation of his five viscera and six bowels burdened him.

Yet he was already very satisfied with this result.

Only sixth-rank adepts with A-class enhancement abilities could typically endure this level of gravity.

He was merely fourth-rank upper-tier—this physique was utterly monstrous.

Of course,

this was because he had cultivated Thunder Indestructible Body to its seventh level.

The foundational cultivation of Indestructible Body had also, after absorbing divine blood, evolved to near ninth-rank levels.

"Teacher Yang's Thunder Indestructible Body is merely an S-class body-strengthening combat technique.

But its power depends entirely on the beast essence blood used to forge its foundation,

and the type of thunder ability used in subsequent refinement.

I absorbed divine blood and refined it with an SS-class ability.

Otherwise, a normal S-class body-strengthening technique could never produce such astonishing results."

Xu Jingming slowly exhaled a turbid breath and exited Thunder Ultimate Form.

The training effect of the gravity chamber was truly astonishing.

For ordinary enhancement-type adepts, the training results here could exceed those under normal gravity by more than tenfold!

But that was for ordinary adepts.

For Xu Jingming, he had no need to waste time here.

As long as he hunted enough beasts and gathered sufficient ability points,

his strength increase was merely a matter of allocating points...

After leaving the training building, Xu Jingming immediately began preparing supplies for the No. 4 Demon Cave.

He stocked enough supplies and pills for two months.

Thus,

early the next morning, fully equipped and prepared, Xu Jingming left his villa and set out for the No. 4 Demon Cave.

His performance in the gravity chamber the day before

spread through the Thunder Martial Arts Academy's prodigy training camp like a hurricane.

"Sixty times gravity! Xu Jingming's physique is insane!"

"With a physique rivaling a fifth-rank peak adept, combined with an SS-class lightning ability,

Xu Jingming, merely fourth-rank upper-tier, can definitely slay sixth-rank lower-tier adepts."

"Tsk, I thought Teacher Qin and others exaggerated his achievements—turns out we were wrong."

"..."

Though Xu Jingming was only fourth-rank upper-tier,

among the trainees, he was now seen as a sixth-rank adept.

Anyone below sixth rank must not provoke him lightly.

In the entire training camp, fewer than forty trainees had reached sixth rank.

Xu Jingming's display had instantly placed him in the camp's top-tier elite!

"Sixty times gravity is his limit? That's nothing."

On the other side,

when Chen Hai heard the news, he nearly grinned himself silly.

As someone with an A-class enhancement ability who also practiced body-strengthening techniques,

his maximum gravity tolerance was a staggering ninety-two times!

This value far surpassed Xu Jingming's sixty times.

"Now, I just wait for the assessment match in over a month.

Crushing an SS-class ability awakener is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Chen Hai wore a faint smile, as if victory were already assured.