Chapter 446: Body Strengthening Art Evolved! What? It

Boom!!

After selecting the point-add option, Xu Jingming suddenly felt boundless power being born within his body!

Brilliant and furious Dou Tian Shenlei erupted violently, spreading outward from him!

Crackling—

Thunder filled the air, the entire cave glowing with golden light.

At the same time, a savage aura belonging to a top-tier dragon-class ferocious beast also erupted from Xu Jingming.

The terrifying aura filled the entire cave.

"What… is this?"

Leng Yuexi, having exited her cultivation state, stared in astonishment at this scene.

Before this terrifying thunder, she could only unleash her fire ability, wrapping herself in its flame.

Yet even so, her long legs, tightly clad in her form-fitting battle suit,

still trembled unconsciously under the pressure of this aura...

"This...?!"

Noticing this, Leng Yuexi's lips parted slightly, her heart surging with shock.

Similar to Xu Jingming's Lei Bu Mie Shen, she too had absorbed ferocious beast blood to cultivate her Body Strengthening Art.

But now, she could feel it.

Her own body, under the aura Xu Jingming unleashed, had unconsciously shown fear!

As if every single cell in her body was resisting him!

"I'm a Seventh-Rank Master! What Body Strengthening Art is Xu Jingming cultivating? What kind of blood did he absorb? How could it affect me so profoundly?"

Leng Yuexi silently screamed inside her mind.

But all she could do was widen her eyes and watch Xu Jingming's transformation.

But the only thing she could do was open her eyes wide and watch Xu Jingming's transformation.

Thunder roared, the entire cave filled with Dou Tian Shenlei, and Xu Jingming's body was abuzz with activity.

His already extremely dense bones grew denser still, his muscles hardened further!

Heart, kidneys, liver...

Gallbladder, small intestine, stomach...

His five viscera and six bowels became even more resilient!

Even the dense network of blood vessels and meridians widened to varying degrees, continuously pumping blood toward his heart!

Thus, the transformation lasted over three minutes before gradually ceasing...

"This is… the evolved physique?"

Xu Jingming slowly opened his eyes, casually twisting his body, producing a series of popping sounds like frying beans.

He could feel that his physique had grown stronger by more than several times compared to before!

He could feel that his physique was now several times stronger than before!

the subsequent cultivation path of this evolved SS-grade Body Strengthening Art was deeply imprinted in his mind!

As if this martial art had truly been created by him from scratch!

It was as if this combat technique had truly been created by him from scratch!

With a thought, Xu Jingming reopened his system panel.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Fifth-Rank Lower Tier

【Ability】: Dou Tian Shenlei (SS)

【Physique】: Qi-Xue (+)

【Spirit】: 9837 He (+)

【Skills】: Gunplay (Master+), Fist Technique (Master+), Lei Shen Jiangshi (SSS, Beginner+), Xin Wang (SS, Beginner+), Lei Guan Mo Sha Qiang (S+, Beginner+), Lei Shen Zhi (S+, Beginner+)...

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

【Spirit Refinement】: Shenhe Contemplation Art (SS, Second Layer+)

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

"Qi-Xue increased by over three thousand points at once! No wonder I feel my physique has grown stronger by more than several times!"

Just from this alone, Xu Jingming's eighty thousand ability points were well spent!

Also, perhaps it was because of what he silently thought while adding points.

This unnamed SS-grade Body Strengthening Art

perfectly retained and optimized the original Lei Bu Mie Shen's "Lei Jitai" and "Lei Long Yi."

Additionally, it added a brand-new enhancement state!

"Jingming, what just happened? Did you break through to Fifth-Rank Middle Tier?"

At that moment, Leng Yuexi retracted her fire ability and walked up curiously, asking.

Under her spiritual sense, Xu Jingming's level remained firmly at Fifth-Rank Lower Tier—there was no sign of breakthrough whatsoever.

But how to explain the earlier commotion? Surely he wasn't just fooling around?

"My level didn't break through."

Xu Jingming shook his head, smiling faintly: "I merely made slight progress in my Body Strengthening Art research.

I upgraded its rank by one tier on top of the original."

On the basis of the original, it has been elevated by one grade."

"So that's how it is." Only then did Leng Yuexi let out a breath of relief upon hearing this.

Xu Jingming is only 20 years old, yet he's already a fifth-rank lower-tier ability user.

If he advances further to fifth-rank mid-tier, will that leave any room for the other ability users to survive?

It's just that his body-tempering art research has made progress, it's no big deal... yeah, right!

Leng Yuexi's eyes went wide, her face full of disbelief:

"I remember your body-tempering art comes from Instructor Yang's S-rank Lei Ting Immortal Body, right?

The progress you mentioned—could it be that this body-tempering art has achieved a breakthrough?"

Back then, when she was still at Magic Capital Ability University, she was a member of the Weaponry Academy.

She naturally had an extremely deep impression of this S-rank body-tempering art possessed by Yang Zhentian, the head of the Weaponry Academy.

"Mm."

Xu Jingming did not hide it: "When I left Magic University back then, my instructor gave me the relevant research materials for this body-tempering art.

Just now, I managed to perfect it on the basis of the original."

"The Lei Ting Immortal Body was already an S-rank battle technique—once you perfect it, wouldn't that make it... SS-rank?"

Leng Yuexi's expression went blank; she instinctively pinched herself. "Heavens, am I dreaming?"

Yet the pain transmitted from her arm still couldn't make her accept this reality.

After all, this research result was simply too astonishing.

One must understand that SS-rank battle techniques have always been the research domain of ninth-rank Martial Saints.

Occasionally, an eighth-rank Grandmaster dabbles in them, and without exception they are all very old, veteran eighth-rank Grandmasters with rich martial arts accumulation.

But how old is Xu Jingming?

Twenty years old!

He's only a fifth-rank lower-tier ability user, yet he can already research out an SS-rank battle technique—what kind of terrifying talent is that?

"I can't say for certain whether it's SS-rank either; we'll have to wait for the martial hall's rating to confirm."

Naturally, Xu Jingming couldn't reveal that he already knew this battle technique's rank:

"But even if it's SS-rank, I only managed to research it out by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Without my instructor's foundational battle technique and research materials, I couldn't have reached this step."

What he said was the truth—

given the Deep Blue System's temperament, creating an SS-rank battle technique out of thin air would certainly require an astonishing amount of ability points.

"Stop being modest."

Leng Yuexi waved her hand weakly. "If I were you, even with those materials,

I probably couldn't research it out even after several decades..."

At this moment, she couldn't help but find her earlier thoughts a little laughable.

Self-created B-rank battle technique at best?

This Xu Jingming comes out of the gate with an SS-rank battle technique—his talent is simply terrifyingly scary!

PS: Three chapters done, still owe 11 chapters, begging for your love-powered support~~