Chapter 45

After spending more than 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 to the second-floor 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 essence blood appeared in his grasp.

But unlike the previous essence blood, the liquid inside was an unusual silvery-white!

Fine arcs of lightning and a savage aura swirled within it.

"This is the SS-grade resource—the essence blood of an eighth-rank lower-tier Lei Ting 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 Earth-Shaking Demon Serpent, but could not kill a single eighth-rank lower-tier dragon-type ferocious beast.

And such a vial of essence blood is still immensely useful even to him.

Of course,

if it weren't so precious, the school would never classify it as an SS-grade resource.

Xu Jingming watched all this, silently storing his teacher's and principal's kindness in his heart.

Even a drop of kindness deserves repayment like a gushing spring—how much more so this precious 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 removed his shirt, revealing his muscular upper body, then sat cross-legged.

The next instant,

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 wince involuntarily.

"For a high-rank adept like me, Lei Ting dragon essence blood is nothing.

But for a low-rank adept like you, it's equivalent to poison.

Even skin contact causes stinging."

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

His eyes were now filled 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.

More than ten minutes later, all the blood in the glass vial was consumed.

Xu Jingming's back was now entirely coated in silvery-white blood.

"Next, I will use my Wind-Fire True Lei Ting to forge your Indestructible Body's foundation.

Fundamentally, shaping a foundation means smelting the blood of a lightning-type ferocious beast 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 ultimately depends on you."

Yang Zhentian took a deep breath, then roared: "Wind-Fire True Lei Ting!"

Crackling—

A crimson lightning, countless times stronger than Xu Jingming's Zi Xiao Doushen Shenlei, erupted from Yang Zhentian's body.

The thunder roared, and the entire training room's temperature surged violently as if scorched by the lightning's presence!

"The entire shaping process will last about four to five days—it will be painful. Endure it.

Most crucially, do not lose consciousness; otherwise, your essence blood absorption efficiency will plummet."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the crimson lightning surged forward, engulfing Xu Jingming completely.

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

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

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

Fine threads of lightning, carrying the Lei Ting dragon's essence blood, coursed through Xu Jingming's body.

Constantly reshaping his veins, meridians, and even his bones!

To Xu Jingming himself, however, this process felt like ten thousand ants gnawing at his marrow—pain searing into his very soul!

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? Has 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 gave the same answer: Yang Zhentian was still forging Xu's Lei Ting Indestructible Body foundation.

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

It consumes far more energy and takes longer."

Replied the butler Fu Bo.

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

So, he was able to know the whole story, and that what was used for Xu Jingming was the essence blood of a rank-eight fierce beast.

"The essence blood of a rank-eight fierce beast, the Thunderstorm Tyrannosaurus..."

Liu Ming had already learned this news when he came over last time.

To say he wasn't envious at all would be impossible.

After all, they were both disciples of Yang Zhentian.

Back then, when shaping the foundation of his Imperishable Body, they had only used the essence blood of a single rank-seven lower-tier thunder-type fierce beast.

However, upon learning that Xu Jingming possessed an S-rank ability, he let it go.

An awakened S-rank ability user was indeed worthy of the teacher's painstaking cultivation.

"The essence blood of a rank-eight dragon-type fierce beast, paired with an S-rank lightning-type ability — I'm actually starting to look forward to Junior Brother Xu's Thunder Imperishable Body."

As an S-rank body-tempering combat art, the might of the Thunder Imperishable Body is not fixed.

On the contrary, it is closely tied to the essence blood used when shaping the foundation, as well as the ability user's own lightning-type ability.

And rank-eight fierce beast essence blood, paired with an S-rank ability, is clearly an absolutely explosive combination.

"Roar—"

Just then, a roar, as if from a dragon-type fierce beast, suddenly exploded within the villa!

The sound was full of majesty and savagery — merely hearing it in one's ears—

was like seeing a powerful and savage dragon-type fierce beast!

"Junior brother's foundation shaping has succeeded!"

Liu Ming's eyes lit up.

A flash of Lei Guang — he had actually directly activated a movement-type combat art, darting up to the second floor.

When he arrived at the second-floor training room, the first thing he sensed was a threatening aura as if from a top-tier fierce beast!

This threatening aura actually made him, a peak rank-three ability user, feel a twinge of heart-pounding fear!

Immediately after, he saw the source of this threatening aura.

He saw Xu Jingming standing tall and straight in the center of the training room.

But unlike the humble and courteous Xu Jingming from their last meeting, the current Xu Jingming radiated a savage aura all over.

His originally clear, spirited eyes had also turned blood-red; on his bare upper body, veins bulged atop his well-proportioned, powerful muscles.

It seemed affected by its master.

The terrifying blue-purple thunder entwining around him had also fallen into a berserk state, flickering and leaping without pause.

The entire training room flickered in and out of light along with the thunder leaping around Xu Jingming...