Chapter 425: Two Major Assets! Departure!

Souls are ethereal and intangible, and even in Mo Da's curriculum, they are rarely addressed.

But Xu Jingming never expected there to be an ability capable of summoning the soul of a dead corpse!

"A soul is essentially a person's mental force, after death.

Although the heart has stopped breathing, the mental force lingers for a while before dissipating.

My ability is to reaggregate this residual mental force, allowing it to persist longer."

Du Wan whispered, "In Sakura Country, there is a person named Sakura Rin—have you heard of her, Captain?"

She possesses an S-rank ability called 'Spirit Summoning,' and the so-called spirits.

Are formed from concentrated mental force in places like ancestral halls and temples where many people worship.

My A-rank ability, 'Soul Summoning,' is inferior to her S-rank ability—it can only summon souls from corpses..."

Sakura Rin's Spirit Summoning?

With Du Wan's explanation, Xu Jingming immediately understood.

After a moment of thought, he finally nodded and said:

"Your abilities are excellent. Welcome to our team."

"Also, you both know how the final reward will be distributed, right?"

A police interrogation expert, and a special ability that can pull out a soul even after death.

With these two major assets, he refused to believe he couldn't complete this S-rank mission!

"We know." Li Xiang and Du Wan nodded simultaneously.

"Good, go prepare then.

Buy tickets for tomorrow morning at nine, direct from Ningnan City to the Chaos Triangle Zone in Myanmar.

Meet at the martial arts school's main gate at eight tomorrow morning."

Now that the team was complete, it was best to depart as soon as possible.

Tomorrow morning at nine was the earliest flight Xu Jingming found that could reach Myanmar.

"Just the five of us?"

Lin Hui was surprised. "Shouldn't we find a few more sixth-rank support and enhancement-type ability users?"

The Chaos Triangle Zone is a lawless foreign territory, teeming with all kinds of people.

Fifth-rank ability users are everywhere, and even sixth- and seventh-rank ability users aren't rare.

Although our team has five people, only Xu Jingming and Li Xiang possess sixth-rank combat power.

I'm barely at the upper end of fifth-rank combat strength.

With this lineup, to hunt down the killer who destroyed a branch dojo with a seventh-rank master in charge...

Seems too dangerous...

"It's enough. I'll handle the combat—your main task is to search for clues," Xu Jingming mused.

The Perfect-Level Lei Ting Barrier can be cast instantly and can be applied to others.

Moreover, my fully powered Lei Ting Barrier cannot be broken by anyone lacking upper sixth-rank strength.

With this technique, I'm essentially acting as a support-type ability user.

It greatly increases the team's safety factor.

"Understood."

Though still somewhat worried, Lin Hui nodded in agreement since Xu Jingming had said so.

Hum~~~

With a soft hum, a portal of space suddenly coalesced beside Xu Jingming, drawing startled glances from the café patrons.

"What is this...?"

Seeing this signature ability, Xu Jingming and the others immediately thought of one name.

Sure enough, a beautiful woman in a classical red dress stepped out of the space portal.

"Teacher Ling."

Everyone, including Xu Jingming, quickly bowed respectfully.

"Hmm."

Hearing Ling Shuang nodded slightly, then her beautiful eyes fixed on Xu Jingming:

"Xu Jingming, are you free? I need to speak with you."

"I'm free," Xu Jingming replied at once.

Come on—he'd used space ability to come find him; even if he wasn't free, he'd say he was.

"Good. I'll take you there directly."

Saying this, Hearing Ling Shuang placed a hand on Xu Jingming and pulled him into the space portal; their figures vanished.

"How envious—I'd give anything to be alone with Teacher Ling. If only I were Boss Xu." Lin Hui sighed dreamily.

In fact, many male trainees at the Talent Training Camp admired Teacher Ling Shuang.

After all, she was young—only about thirty-four or thirty-five.

The camp had trainees aged thirty; this age gap meant nothing.

Yet even Li Hao of the Li family had failed to win her favor, causing many trainees to give up hope.

Xu Jingming, who had such a close relationship with her, was undoubtedly the envy of nearly all male trainees.

"If I'd known, I'd have chosen Mo Da for university."

Lin Hui, a graduate of Qingjing Ability University who had only entered the Talent Training Camp two years ago, felt regretful.

Beside him, Xia Lan also looked envious.

Although she was Ling Shuang's disciple, the number of times someone had directly used an ability to come to her door could be counted on one hand...

"I didn't call you here for anything else—mainly to remind you of your approach to this mission."

In the mentor's office,

Ling Shuang sat down on the sofa, her full hips settling gently, and said:

"Our Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym's operations only recently expanded into Myanmar."

The branch in the Chaos Triangle Region was established only three years ago."

But just because it's new doesn't mean anyone can touch it."

Moreover, that region is a lawless zone with no legal constraints."

Therefore, you don't need to hold back as you would back home."

When you need to use your full strength, just use it."

Remember, when you go to Myanmar, you represent Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym!"

"Understood." Xu Jingming nodded.

In fact, even if Ling Shuang hadn't said anything, he would have done the same.

"Good. I just feared you might still treat the Chaos Triangle Region like you would in Daya."

Ling Shuang gave a slight nod.

It wasn't surprising she was worried—this mission was no ordinary one.

If handled well, it would greatly boost Xu Jingming's reputation.

"But your top priority is survival—if you encounter someone you can't handle, abandon the mission and return home immediately."

Also, use the backup cards Master Su and I gave you—don't hold back."

If you use them up, we'll replenish them for you."

Finally, Ling Shuang added one more line.

If any other student heard her say that, they'd surely cry out in envy.

After all, their own survival cards were earned through blood, sweat, and life-or-death struggle.

Who could have it so easy—use one up, and it's immediately replaced...

"Teacher Ling, rest assured—I value my life very much." Xu Jingming grinned.

After leaving Ling Shuang's office, Xu Jingming immediately began preparing for departure.

First, he gathered all the necessary pills, even preparing one six-grade Blood-Exalting Pill.

Also, essential living supplies—such as compressed biscuits and fresh water.

Though cultivators have strong physiques, they still struggle to resist certain toxins.

Once in Myanmar, where he'd be a stranger in a foreign land, who knew what might happen? Better to bring supplies along.

He'd also considered buying a stronger SS-class combat suit.

But upon discovering even the cheapest SS-class suit cost over ten billion Daya coins, he could only mutter, "My apologies."

As for weapons, the Flowing Cloud Golden Edge Spear still suited him well—no need to replace it.

Still, after preparing everything, Xu Jingming had spent over fifty million Daya coins.

Pills were the biggest expense.

Thus, by eight o'clock the next morning,

Xu Jingming and his group of five met at the gym's entrance,

then headed to the airport and boarded a flight to the Chaos Triangle Region.