Chapter 385: Battle Technique Allocation! Heart Net! Lei Shen Jiang Shi!

July 26th, 12 noon.

Magic Den #4, Eternal Sun Ruins.

On a patch of open ground in a run-down residential area, nine fierce beast corpses lay sprawled.

These nine fierce beasts were massive in size, their bodies scorched black, with faint golden lightning arcs flickering and leaping across them.

Although they were already dead, judging from the faint dangerous aura emanating from the corpses—

These fierce beasts, when alive, should have been at least Upper Fourth-Tier!

Yet now, they seemed to have been instantly killed at the same moment, without any resistance!

Whoosh—

At that moment, a tall young man in black clothes, gripping a Lei Guang staff, came sprinting over rapidly.

He finally stopped his steps before this patch of open ground.

This person was none other than Xu Jingming, who had stayed inside Magic Den #4 for over a month.

Compared to over a month ago, his appearance seemed unchanged; even his suit of black battle attire hadn't gotten a single bloodstain on it.

Only the aura faintly emanating from him was more formidable and dangerous.

"Eight Upper Fourth-Tier beasts, plus one Lower Fifth-Tier fierce beast. This wave's haul wasn't bad—I got 2,800 Ability Points."

A sweep of his pitch-black eyes, and all the beasts' tiers were discerned by Xu Jingming, who then opened his system panel.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Tier】: Lower Fifth-Tier

【Ability】: Doushen Shenlei (SS)

【Physique】: 9350 Qi & Blood (+)

【Spirit】: 8621 Hz (+)

【Skills】: Spear Art (Master+), Fist Art (Master+), Lei Guan Mo Kill Spear (S+, Beginner+), Lei Shen Zhi (S+, Beginner+)......

【Body Tempering】: Lei Ting Immortal Body (S, Sixth Layer+)

【Spirit Refining】: Shenhe Visualization Method (SS, First Layer+)

【Ability Points】:

Over ten days ago, after his Ability Points reached 180,000 and met the advancement requirement,

he decisively chose to allocate points, and both his Physique and Spirit attributes skyrocketed by 1,300 points.

But what followed was the depletion of his Ability Points.

Now, another half month or so had passed, and he had finally scraped together another 160,000 Ability Points.

"Today is July 26th. The Genius Training Camp's assessment competition starts on the 28th.

I have to head back by this afternoon at the latest......"

After over a month of continuous, unbroken slaughter, Xu Jingming could no longer hold out.

He needed to go back and rest for a while, and also take part in the training camp's assessment competition.

"160,000 Ability Points—I'm still at least tens of thousands of Ability Points short of allocating up to Mid Fifth-Tier.

Since I'm heading back to the training camp now, I'll just allocate a wave of points.

It just so happens that the SS-grade battle technique 'Heart Net' and the SSS-grade battle technique 'Lei Shen Jiang Shi' haven't been learned yet."

During his time in Magic Den #4, while resting, he had long since studied these two battle techniques to the point where they could be allocated points.

It's just that he wanted to raise his tier as much as possible before returning to the training camp.

But judging from the current situation, there's no way he can allocate points up to Mid Fifth-Tier, so there's no need to hold back these Ability Points any longer.

"Deep Blue!"

Having made his choice, Xu Jingming no longer hesitated and directly chose to allocate points!

Ability Points -!

Lei Shen Jiang Shi → Lei Shen Jiang Shi (Beginner)!

Ability Points -!

Heart Net → Heart Net (Beginner)!

After the allocation succeeded, these two battle techniques were instantly mastered by Xu Jingming, fully grasped!

The effect of the SSS-grade Lei Shen Jiang Shi was within expectations—it could greatly reduce the casting interval and wind-up of all lightning-type battle techniques.

It could let him directly transform into a spell turret!

But as for exactly how effective it was, he'd still have to wait until actual combat to find out.

Still, just judging from its SSS-grade rating, the effect probably wouldn't be too poor.

What gave Xu Jingming a pleasant surprise, though, was the Heart Net battle technique developed by Teacher Su!

This battle technique was somewhat similar to a passive skill in an online game—it could perceive everything within a range of over a thousand meters around him at all times!

It was just like having a God's-eye View; any little stir could be detected by him!

Moreover, this perception range would further increase as his Spirit attribute rose.

Additionally, Heart Net could also be actively activated.

Activating Heart Net didn't consume Ability Points—only Spirit.

While Heart Net was active, not only could he gain more agile reaction speed, he could even predict his opponent's next attacking move!

"The Heart Net battle technique is actually terrifying to this extent!" Xu Jingming's face was full of shock.

A God's-eye View, plus terrifying predictive ability—wasn't this just pure cheating?

How are other people supposed to play?

"I heard Teacher Su Qingli is a few years younger than Teacher Ling Shuang.

At this age, to have such talent is terrifying.

Ling Shuang is thirty-four, and Su Qingli is at most thirty-two; for an ordinary person, this age is indeed quite advanced.

But for an Ability User, it's only just the beginning!

At this age, with such achievements, they are rarer than phoenix feathers or unicorn horns even across the entire Blue Star.

"That's true—without such talent, Su Qingli could never have taken back the Director's position from the Deputy Director."

After silently sighing, Xu Jingming, having finished allocating his points, prepared to collect the materials from the ferocious beasts.

Suddenly, six Ability Users surged into the range of his Heart Net perception.

These six Ability Users had a clear target—they were rapidly advancing toward this location.

"A sixth-rank Ability User squad?"

Xu Jingming, analyzing their speed, couldn't help but raise his sword-like brows slightly.

In any country, sixth-rank Ability Users are absolute elites!

Such squads, even within the No. 4 Demon Cave, are exceedingly rare.

Not to mention, their target seems to be me.

"Yet from the perceptions transmitted by my Heart Net, they don't seem to carry malice."

If that's the case, I'll wait and see what their purpose is."

The golden lightning flickering on the Yao Lei Zhang slowly dimmed.

Yet a shimmering layer of golden lightning still faintly encircled Xu Jingming's body.

He was not a killer, but neither was he a soft-hearted man.

If they had come with intent to kill, he would have struck first with several Heaven's Thunder Spells before they even drew near.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

Soon, the six Ability Users broke through the broken wall of the abandoned housing complex and appeared in Xu Jingming's line of sight.

The team consisted of four men and two women, each clad in black combat suits, wielding weapons.

Their aura was steady, yet they seemed subtly linked through some auxiliary Ability.

Their positioning was also highly strategic—any attack on one would draw retaliation from the other five.

Clearly, this was a seasoned elite Ability User squad.

As Xu Jingming observed the members of the Black Dragon Corps, they in turn studied him.

Upon sensing that Xu Jingming's aura was only low-tier fifth rank, they all expressed surprise.

What's going on? He's not a sixth-rank Ability User? Did we get the wrong person?