Chapter 445: Studying the Manual! The Add-Points Option Finally Appears!

Facts proved that barbecuing meat was no simple matter.

Leng Yuexi grilled for quite a while, but either the outer skin was already charred black while the inside was still raw,

or the meat was so tough there was no way to bite into it.

Watching over ten kilograms of flesh and blood being tormented down to only half, and still not getting a single hot bite to eat—

Xu Jingming's eyelid twitched, and he hurriedly stopped Leng Yuexi, who still wanted to keep trying:

"Sister Xi, how about you let me do it."

"At this pace, I'm afraid even another half hour wouldn't be enough to eat..."

"Then... I'll just let you do it after all." Leng Yuexi stood up a little sheepishly.

The proud, full curves tightly wrapped by her battle suit at her chest immediately trembled slightly along with her, very conspicuous.

Xu Jingming also withdrew the combat technique manual back into his spatial ring and stepped forward to take over the roasting work.

"The most important things in roasting meat are patience and observation. Sister Xi, next time you can try using your spiritual power to observe..."

As he spoke, Xu Jingming imparted the key points of roasting meat.

Only, under the influence of the airflow, the flames kept flickering, forcing him to constantly adjust his angle as well.

"This is a bit too troublesome. If only there were some way to fix the flame's temperature."

Just as he was thinking this, Xu Jingming suddenly noticed Leng Yuexi beside him, and his eyes immediately lit up:

"Sister Xi, lend me your fire-type ability for a bit."

"Borrowing a seventh-rank Grandmaster's ability to roast meat—I'm afraid only you would dare do something like this?"

Leng Yuexi naturally saw through Xu Jingming's intention, but she didn't refuse.

After a coquettish reproach, a crimson, scorching flame rose up, and in an instant wrapped around the entire strip of meat.

"The temperature's too high, lower it a bit."

"The wrap isn't tight enough, use more force."

"That's not bad, keep it up."

"..."

Under Xu Jingming's direction, Leng Yuexi adjusted her fire-type ability nonstop like a tool.

Of course, this temperature was the result after she lowered it.

Otherwise, with the terrifying high temperature of a seventh-rank ability user's fire-type ability, once the flames devoured it, the entire strip of meat would turn to ash!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~

And so, under Leng Yuexi's high-temperature roasting and Xu Jingming's direction,

in less than ten minutes, the entire strip of meat had already turned golden and crispy.

Bright oil slid down from the surface and dripped onto the ground; the entire cave was filled with the aroma of roasted meat.

Such a scene made Leng Yuexi, who had already tasted Xu Jingming's handiwork several times, lick her lips in anticipation.

Xu Jingming also nodded slightly: "Worthy of a sixth-rank fierce beast—naturally rich in oil."

If it were an ordinary low-rank fierce beast, this tenderloin section simply couldn't be roasted to produce oil.

After the final step of sprinkling seasoning, Xu Jingming took out his dagger.

He split the entire strip of meat in two, about four jin per person.

"Here, this is yours." Xu Jingming handed one portion to Leng Yuexi.

"Thanks, little brother Jingming." Leng Yuexi giggled, took the roasted meat, and—

without a care for a lady's manners, began to eat heartily...

After the meal, Leng Yuexi sat cross-legged on the ground, primal energy swirling around her, practicing her ability cultivation method.

Xu Jingming, meanwhile, continued to study the "Thunder Lightning Jin Gang Body," while his Heart Web passively sensed everything within a thousand meters around him.

If anything was amiss, he could react immediately.

And so, the entire cave fell into silence, with only the occasional sound of Xu Jingming turning a page.

"Huu—"

Two hours later, Xu Jingming closed the combat technique manual in front of him.

He slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and in his black-and-white eyes, a faint excitement flickered.

This SS-rank body-tempering art, the "Thunder Lightning Jin Gang Body," he had already grasped at an initial level!

In other words, as long as he wanted, he could directly use his ability points to add points to this SS-rank body-tempering art!

"Speaking of which, this Lei Ting Immortal Body and the Thunder Lightning Jin Gang Body take completely different paths.

The former requires absorbing the essence blood of thunder-type fierce beasts, letting a human ability user's physique evolve toward that of a fierce beast.

The latter, however, requires no fierce beast essence blood at all.

It only needs some special metal ores combined with one's own thunder-type ability.

It's as if one treats one's own flesh as a kind of alloy, tempering the body.

The Thunder Lightning Jin Gang Body, cultivated to its peak, has a physical strength even more terrifying than the defense of an SSS-rank alloy!!"

In terms of pure power, naturally the SS-rank "Thunder Lightning Jin Gang Body" was stronger.

But Xu Jingming actually preferred the S-rank "Lei Ting Immortal Body."

After all, this combat technique granted an entirely new ability every three layers.

While the former, apart from its formidable defense and terrifying physique,

simply couldn't provide functional enhancements like 'Thunder Extreme State' or 'Thunder Dragon Wings.'

"If Deep Blue can evolve the Thunder Lightning Immortal Body, that would be best. If not, then I can only switch to cultivating another SS-rank body-tempering art."

With a faint anticipation in his eyes, Xu Jingming opened his system panel once more.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Fifth-Order Lower (+)

【Ability】: Doushen Shenlei (SS)

【Physique】: 9354 Qi-Blood (+)

【Spirit】: 9837 Hz (+)

【Skills】: Spear Art (Master+), Fist Art (Master+), Lei Shen Jiang Shi (SSS-rank, Beginner+), Heart Net (SS-rank, Beginner+), Thunder Piercing Demon-Slaying Spear (S+ rank, Beginner+), Lei Shen Zhi (S+ rank, Beginner+)......

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

【Spirit Refining】: Shenhe Visualization Method (SS-rank, Second Layer+)

【Ability Points】:

The system panel hadn't changed much compared to before, but Xu Jingming still noticed a change in the Body Tempering column.

After the S-rank of Lei Ting Immortal Body, a tiny plus sign had appeared!

"As expected, the system can allocate points to combat techniques!!" Xu Jingming's eyes blazed with sharp light.

Though his heart was stirred, he didn't allocate points immediately; instead, he fell into deep thought.

Allocating points was just an option — a single click and it was done.

But he also didn't know what Lei Ting Immortal Body would become after evolving.

If it evolved down the path of the Thunder Jin Gang Body and lost characteristics like Thunder Extreme State and Thunder Dragon Wings, that would be troublesome.

"The evolution I want is to keep all the characteristics of Lei Ting Immortal Body, and be able to optimize and amplify them."

Though he didn't know whether this would work, Xu Jingming still silently muttered it in his heart.

Then, he suddenly clicked the plus sign after Lei Ting Immortal Body's level!

Ability Points -1!

【Body Tempering】: Lei Ting Immortal Body (S-rank) → Unnamed Body Tempering Art (SS-rank)!

PS: Two chapters in a row, there's still one more chapter later~~