Chapter 459: Hold On — How Did You Get Strong Again?

Splash~~~~

Inside the bathroom, steam rose as warm clear water streamed down from the showerhead.

It cascaded over Leng Yuexi's snow-white, perfectly proportioned body.

Boom!

A ghostly purple flame ignited on her fingertips.

Even though more than ten days had already passed since her ability evolution, she still felt as if she were dreaming.

"Nine Nether Purple Flame, S-class ability.

Since my ability advanced, the might of every combat technique I unleash is more than two or three times stronger than before!

Even my physique has improved considerably..."

Leng Yuexi's snow-white legs snapped upward in a single motion — a simple standing split — and a terrifying sonic boom rang out!

Yet this was something she simply could not have done before.

The reason was simple: her body-tempering art was tied to her flame ability.

With her ability's rank rising, the physique strengthening brought by her body-tempering art had risen along with it.

"Still, I really have to thank Xu Jingming this time — otherwise, there'd be no way I could've obtained the elemental essence on this attempt."

Leng Yuexi murmured softly, moved.

Xu Jingming's strength was simply too terrifying, far beyond her expectations.

"Come to think of it, if my ability hadn't evolved, in our subsequent sparring he really might've been able to crush me one-handed.

But as things stand now, it's more like I can crush him one-handed.

No matter how strong your SSS-class ability is, with such a gap in rank between us, you'll still get trampled."

The thought of the ever-composed Xu Jingming being crushed by her in their upcoming sparring—

A faint smile surfaced on Leng Yuexi's lovely face.

But just then, a wave of overwhelming blood-qi pressure swept through without warning.

It made her heart jolt instantly; goosebumps even rose on her exposed skin!

"What ferocious blood-qi!"

Leng Yuexi was startled. "It's coming from the living room on the right — could it be Xu Jingming?"

The moment that thought arose, she immediately denied it herself:

"Just half a month ago, his self-developed SSS-class body-tempering art had only just been created — there's no way he could've improved again this quickly."

Unlike ordinary combat techniques, body-tempering arts generally had multiple layers; one couldn't simply master them straight through to the deepest layer.

Even a self-created body-tempering art still required time to test and refine.

Let alone the fact that Xu Jingming was developing an SSS-class body-tempering art — cultivating it would be even harder.

"It must be some seventh-tier Grandmaster from the enhancement system in the expedition team who's broken through..."

Shaking her head, Leng Yuexi paid it no more attention and carefully cleaned her body.

"What a ferocious blood-qi fluctuation!"

"That direction — it's the building at the very back!"

"I wonder which ability-user clan scion has arrived — even the bodyguard following him is this strong."

"..."

The ferocious blood-qi fluctuation Xu Jingming unleashed was even sensed by the other ability-users in the construction camp.

The lower-tier ability-users all wore strained expressions, feeling tremendous pressure, while even the seventh-tier Grandmasters looked surprised.

To erupt with such a blood-qi fluctuation, this had to be an ability-user of the enhancement system with truly formidable strength.

"This blood-qi... looks like President Leng's strength has improved during this period.

Once we get back, I should tell the commander to keep an eye out and make sure not to offend her."

Outside on patrol, Ang, vice commander of the Wanei Corps, rubbed his chin and muttered.

What he didn't know, however, was that the one causing this commotion wasn't Leng Yuexi at all — it was Xu Jingming, whom they all regarded as a pretty boy...

The physique strengthening lasted a full four or five minutes, and the fierce blood-qi fluctuations gradually subsided.

"Huu—"

Xu Jingming let out a long breath, opened his eyes, and instinctively checked his attributes.

【Physique】: Blood-qi

"17,000 blood-qi! Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body advancing from the sixth layer to the seventh actually gave me a full 3,000 points of blood-qi!"

A look of pleasant surprise crossed Xu Jingming's face.

One had to know—

Going from the fifth layer to the sixth before had only added 1,500 points of blood-qi.

"17,000 blood-qi, 11,000 spiritual power — now my physique leads my spiritual power by a wide margin!

In normal form, just relying on close-quarters combat with my body, I could probably fight a weaker seventh-tier Grandmaster of the enhancement system, right?"

With this improvement, Xu Jingming's close-quarters combat power could be said to have directly overtaken his Elementalist form!

"Let me first test how much weight I can lift at most."

Rising from the sofa, Xu Jingming took his Flowing Cloud Liuyun Jin Feng Qiang straight out of his spatial ring.

Crackle-crackle—

Brilliant golden Lei Ting poured into it, and the Flowing Cloud Liuyun Jin Feng Qiang's weight instantly hit its limit of 100 tons!

Xu Jingming gripped the spear with one hand; the muscles of his right upper arm bulged slightly, and the veins on his forearm pulsed wildly.

His body sank, but the spear did not drop!

"Single-arm strength of 100 tons?" Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

Before this, the maximum weight he could lift with a single arm was only just under 70 tons.

Moreover, he had a feeling that 100 tons still hadn't reached his limit!

"But 100 tons is only the maximum load. To wield it freely, the weight has to come down."

As the golden Lei Guang faintly dimmed, the weight of the long spear in his hand kept decreasing.

Xu Jingming gripped the spear and began to wield it.

After spending over ten minutes, he finally settled the weight of the Flowing Liu Yun Liuyun Jin Feng Qiang at three tons.

At this weight, wielding it didn't feel too light, nor would it affect the spear's thrusting speed.

"A weapon weight of three tons, paired with an extremely fast thrusting speed—

The power is probably even stronger than the nose of a high-speed train running at full speed!"

Hiss—

The long spear in Xu Jingming's hand thrust out like a bolt of lightning, letting out an explosive crack in the air!

"My spear mastery is at the Grandmaster level. If I go one step further and reach the Master Zongshi level—

With the thrusting angle and force posture further optimized, my thrusting speed could still be even faster!"

The spear's speed gradually increased, soon linking into a continuous blur, like an illusion!

But Xu Jingming still felt it wasn't enough.

His spear mastery had been stuck at the Grandmaster level for a long time; he hadn't noticed it before.

As his opponents grew stronger, he felt his spear mastery was gradually starting to fall behind.

"If I practice on my own, it should take three or four years to reach the Master Zongshi level.

But I'm still more used to allocating points through the system.

After all, going from Grandmaster level to Master Zongshi level only takes 100,000 ability points.

The ability points on the system panel are still enough, but later I still need to allocate points to the SSS-grade Spirit Refining Art.

Once I get that Spirit Refining Art, I'll make the next arrangement."

Hiss—

The long spear was suddenly withdrawn, and under the effect of the Doushen Shenlei and air friction—

The entire spear tip had already become as scorching and bright as if burned red.

"Practicing spear arts again?"

At that moment, the bathroom door opened, and Leng Yuexi, who walked out from within, glanced over with a slight smile.

Immediately afterward, she noticed the terrifying qi and blood that Xu Jingming had stirred up from practicing the spear, and couldn't help but be momentarily stunned:

"What? How did you get stronger again?"