Chapter 45: Thunder Dragon Essence Blood! Foundation Forged Successfully!

After spending over half an hour in the villa, Yang Zhentian finally returned.

A flash of lightning appeared, and Yang Zhentian’s figure materialized in the villa’s living room.

“Teacher.” Xu Jingming immediately stood up.

“I’ve exchanged for the SS-grade resource. Let’s go to the training room!”

Yang Zhentian looked excited and hurried Xu Jingming upstairs to the training room without delay.

“Exchanging for this SS-grade resource took some effort—originally, the Resource Department refused to let me trade two S-grade resources for one SS-grade.”

“Fortunately, I called the principal, and they finally approved the exchange.”

Yang Zhentian flipped his right hand, and another glass vial filled with blood appeared in his grasp.

But unlike the previous vial, the blood inside was an unusual silver-white.

Thin arcs of lightning and a savage aura swirled around it.

“This is the SS-grade resource—the essence blood of an eighth-rank lower-tier Thunder Dragon!”

Looking at the vial in his hand, Yang Zhentian felt a faint sense of awe.

Dragon-type ferocious beasts are the most dangerous among all ferocious beast clans.

He could slay an eighth-rank lower-tier Tremor Demon Serpent, but he could not kill a single eighth-rank lower-tier dragon-type ferocious beast.

Even for him, such a vial of essence blood held great value.

Of course,

if it weren’t so precious, the school would never have classified it as an SS-grade resource.

Xu Jingming watched all this silently, committing his teacher’s and principal’s kindness to memory.

A drop of water’s kindness deserves a gushing spring in return—how much more so this priceless SS-grade resource?

When he grows strong, he will repay these debts many times over.

“Take off your outer clothing and sit cross-legged.”

Following Yang Zhentian’s instructions, Xu Jingming stripped off his shirt, revealing his powerful upper-body muscles, then sat cross-legged.

The next moment,

he felt a faint chill on his back, followed by a slight stinging sensation.

Though faint, the pain sank deep into his bones, making him grimace slightly.

“For a high-rank adept like me, Thunder Dragon essence blood is nothing.

But for you, a low-rank adept, it’s akin to poison.

Even skin contact causes stinging.”

Behind him, Yang Zhentian explained as he smeared the blood from the vial onto Xu Jingming’s back.

His eyes now glowed with blue-white lightning.

He could clearly see every vein and meridian on Xu Jingming’s back, allowing him to apply the blood with pinpoint precision.

Over ten minutes later, all the blood in the vial was spent.

Xu Jingming’s back was now entirely coated in silver-white.

“Next, I’ll use my Wind-Fire True Thunder to forge your Indestructible Body’s foundation.

Fundamentally, forging a foundation means melting the ferocious beast’s blood into your own bloodline.

Only then can you gain a physique rivaling—or even surpassing—that of a ferocious beast!

But how much essence blood you absorb depends entirely on you.”

Yang Zhentian took a deep breath, then roared: “Wind-Fire True Thunder!”

Crackling—

A crimson lightning, countless times stronger than Xu Jingming’s Purple Thunder Divine Lightning, erupted from Yang Zhentian’s body.

Thunder roared through the air; the entire training room’s temperature spiked violently with its arrival!

“The forging process will last about four to five days. It will be painful—endure it.

Most crucially, don’t lose consciousness, or your essence blood absorption efficiency will plummet.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than all the crimson lightning surged forward, engulfing Xu Jingming completely.

Any single bolt of it, if accidentally striking Xu Jingming, would obliterate him instantly.

But with the control of a seventh-rank upper-tier adept over his ability, such an accident was impossible.

Yang Zhentian restrained the Wind-Fire True Thunder’s power within the range Xu Jingming could endure, channeling it into his back.

Threads of lightning, carrying the Thunder Dragon’s essence blood, wove through Xu Jingming’s body.

Constantly reshaping his veins, meridians, even his bones!

To Xu Jingming himself, this process felt like ten thousand ants gnawing at his marrow—excruciating pain!

Yet he did not faint; he gritted his teeth and endured in silence.

Five days later, in Villa 23.

“Fu Bo, hasn’t it been five days already? Hasn’t Teacher finished yet?”

Liu Ming, another disciple of Yang Zhentian, sat on the living room sofa, asking the butler.

This was his third visit in recent days.

Each time, Fu Bo’s answer remained the same: Yang Zhentian was still forging Xu’s Thunder Indestructible Body foundation.

“Not yet finished. The dean is using eighth-rank ferocious beast essence blood to forge Xu’s foundation.

It demands more energy and takes longer.”

Fu Bo replied.

Though Yang Zhentian was currently occupied, basic communication was still possible.

Thus, he knew the full details—and that eighth-rank ferocious beast essence blood was being used for Xu Jingming.

“Eighth-rank Thunder Dragon essence blood...”

Liu Ming had learned this news during his previous visit.

To say he felt no envy was impossible.

After all, they were both Yang Zhentian’s disciples.

When he himself had his Indestructible Body foundation forged, he’d received only the essence blood of a seventh-rank lower-tier Thunder ferocious beast.

But upon learning Xu Jingming possessed an S-grade ability, he had let go of his resentment.

An S-grade ability awakener truly deserved the teacher’s painstaking cultivation.

“Eighth-rank dragon-type ferocious beast essence blood, combined with an S-grade lightning ability—I’m genuinely curious about Xu’s Thunder Indestructible Body now.”

As an S-grade body-cultivation technique, the Thunder Indestructible Body’s power isn’t fixed.

On the contrary, it’s intimately tied to the essence blood used during foundation forging and the adept’s own lightning ability.

Eighth-rank ferocious beast essence blood paired with an S-grade ability was an explosive combination.

“Roar—”

At that moment, a roar like that of a dragon-type ferocious beast erupted violently within the villa!

The sound radiated majesty and savagery; merely hearing it

made one feel as if a mighty, ferocious dragon loomed before them!

“Brother Xu’s foundation is complete!”

Liu Ming’s eyes lit up.

A flash of lightning—his body movement technique activated—and he shot up to the second floor.

Upon reaching the training room, his first sensation was a threat-level aura like that of a top-tier ferocious beast!

This threat was so intense, it sent a shiver through Liu Ming, a third-rank peak adept!

Then he saw the source.

In the center of the training room, Xu Jingming stood tall.

Unlike his previous humble, courteous demeanor, he now radiated a savage aura.

His once clear, bright eyes had turned blood-red; his bare upper body, lean and powerful, bulged with throbbing veins.

As if influenced by his master,

the blue-purple, terrifying lightning swirling around him had gone berserk, flickering and leaping uncontrollably.

The entire training room dimmed and brightened with each pulse of the lightning dancing around Xu Jingming.