Chapter 449: Fifth Rank Middle Tier! Allocate Points to Thunder Dragon Art!

Ability Points -!

【LEVEL】: Fifth Rank Lower Tier → Fifth Rank Middle Tier!

【PHYSIQUE】: Qi Blood → Qi Blood!

【SPIRIT】: 9839 Hz → Hz!

In the instant he chose to allocate points, all the yuan energy within the cave churned violently, rushing into Xu Jingming's body at a terrifying speed!

Causing his physique and spiritual power to surge upward at a terrifying rate!

"Jingming, the meat's ready, you should eat first..."

Leng Yuexi took a skewer off the fire, turned around, and prepared to hand it to Xu Jingming.

She immediately noticed the turbulent yuan energy in the surrounding air, and Xu Jingming's unusual state.

She froze in surprise, remaining stunned for a long while before finally reacting, a strange expression appearing on her delicate, fair face:

"Wait, weren't you just talking to me a moment ago? How did you suddenly start breaking through without warning?"

"By the way, isn't your breakthrough speed a bit too fast?"

"You're already Fifth Rank Middle Tier at just twenty years old—do you even leave any room for other ability users to live?"

Xu Jingming, in the midst of his breakthrough, couldn't speak, so Leng Yuexi vented to herself.

She occasionally took a vicious bite out of the skewer, as if expressing her envy through this method.

"Phew, breakthrough accomplished."

Xu Jingming, seated cross-legged on the ground, exhaled deeply, opened his eyes, and immediately met Leng Yuexi's beautiful gaze.

She leaned forward slightly, her face close enough to be level with his.

He could even feel her warm breath.

"Sis Xue, aren't you a bit too close?" Xu Jingming said without changing expression.

"What? Are you shy?"

Leng Yuexi, already thirty-two years old, naturally felt no embarrassment.

Instead, she slightly raised her eyebrows, teasingly speaking in the manner of an older sister.

"Why would I be shy? If you want, I can stay like this forever."

"But it's not good for your lower back—I advise you not to do this."

Xu Jingming, battle-hardened as he was, had no qualms and shot back immediately.

"You really have no sense of romance at all."

Leng Yuexi's expression stiffened, then slowly straightened up, crossing her arms and murmuring:

"I'm just curious—how did you manage such a rapid advancement?"

Know that

In these past twenty days, apart from the last ten days spent practicing the ability training method,

the first ten days were entirely devoted to studying the physique cultivation secret manual, and he never took any pills to accelerate cultivation.

Yet even so, he still reached Fifth Rank Middle Tier.

This advancement speed was simply absurd to Leng Yuexi!

For this question, Xu Jingming had long prepared his answer—just two words:

"Talent!"

The system was his own—calling it his personal talent wasn't wrong.

"Talent? Tsk, you're really not humble at all." Leng Yuexi's expression grew complex upon hearing the answer.

In front of Xu Jingming, she once again felt the same crushing sensation she'd experienced back then when overwhelmed by Su Qingli.

In fact, the crushing pressure Xu Jingming exerted on her was even stronger.

"Everyone calls me a prodigy, but compared to someone like you, I feel worse than an ordinary ability user."

She muttered silently, then took another skewer off the fire and handed it over:

"Here, if you don't eat it now, it'll burn."

"Good, looks like after all these days of my training, you've finally graduated, Sis Xue."

Taking a bite of the meat, its rich aroma flooding his mouth, Xu Jingming gave an immediate nod of approval.

"Of course—I'm a Seventh Rank Master, after all. A few tries and I learned it."

Leng Yuexi placed her right hand on her hip and proudly puffed out her chest.

After the meal, Leng Yuexi began her own cultivation.

Xu Jingming also began experiencing the changes in his strength after the breakthrough.

"Promoted to Fifth Rank Middle Tier—physique and spiritual power both increased by over 1500 points. Good."

Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction.

With his Thunderstorm State activated, he should now be able to crush Leng Yuexi single-handedly.

Still, there remains a considerable gap between him and a Seventh Rank Middle Tier Master.

After all, the higher the ability user's rank, the more pronounced the gap in strength.

After Seventh Rank, even a minor tier difference is like heaven and earth apart.

And ordinary ability users cannot bridge this gap even after more than a decade of effort.

"Also, advancing from Fifth Rank Lower Tier to Fifth Rank Middle Tier cost 200,000 Ability Points, leaving me with 50,000 Ability Points—enough to allocate points to Thunder Dragon Art."

The combat technique manual for Thunder Dragon Art had been studied and understood shortly after the physique cultivation evolved, reaching the level where point allocation was possible.

He just never allocated points to it until now.

It's just that I never spent any points on it.

With ability points still in surplus, Xu Jingming naturally wouldn't be stingy.

"Deep Blue, add points!"

Ability points -1!

Thunder Dragon Art → Thunder Dragon Art (Beginner)!

In just an instant, this incomparably profound SS+ grade combat technique was thoroughly mastered and completely grasped by Xu Jingming.

"Worthy of being the combat technique self-created by the founder of Lei Ting Martial Hall — truly domineering!"

Xu Jingming's eyes flickered, a hint of excitement barely visible on his resolute face.

Only after fully mastering it did he realize this technique's power far exceeded his expectations!

It could be called the strongest offensive combat technique he currently had!

"I wonder which poor soul will be the first to take my Thunder Dragon Art."

A faint smile curling at his lips, Xu Jingming then closed his eyes and slowly entered the cultivation state of the ability training method.

The SS grade combat technique Heart Net — after he reached mid-tier of the fifth rank — had its passive sensing range improved once more, reaching an astonishing 1,300 meters or so!

Any movement within this range would be detected by him immediately, so he didn't need to be overly vigilant......

At night, the two took turns keeping watch and resting, doing their best to keep their condition at its peak.

The next morning at first light, they set out once more toward their destination.

Led by Leng Yuexi, Xu Jingming followed behind, cutting through the jungle the whole way.

Occasionally they would casually slay the fierce beasts along the path, or stop to take down beast packs detected by Heart Net.

Like this, after roughly two-plus hours, Leng Yuexi finally stopped walking.

And what appeared before the two of them was a small mountain peak several hundred meters tall.

At this moment, the two were at the very base of the mountain peak.

"This is the place."

Leng Yuexi's beautiful eyes flashed with sharp light, a faint trace of excitement hidden in her crisp voice.

If Xu Jingming truly could open this ancient civilization relic, then what awaited them would be an enormous treasure vault!

PS: Three chapters done, still owe 10 chapters~~