Chapter 498: Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan! Powerful Effect!

After Xu Jingming arrived in Gui Province aboard his fighter craft, he immediately deployed his Thunder Dragon Wings and flew back to the villa at the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters.

He didn't even have time to take a shower; he simply stripped off his bloodstained battle suit, collapsed onto the bed, and fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.

He didn't know how long had passed,

but when Xu Jingming awoke again, the world outside the window was already brightly lit, the sky cloudless for ten thousand miles, a picture of perfect clarity.

"Phew, that's better."

Feeling completely comfortable all over, with not a trace of fatigue, Xu Jingming leaped up from the bed and asked:

"Eva, what time is it now?"

To avoid oversleeping, before drifting off he had told Eva to wake him before November 1st.

At this point, it shouldn't have reached November 1st yet.

Sure enough, virtual light rays condensed in midair, coalescing into the figure of Eva with her green twin-tails, who replied softly:

"It's noon on October 31st. At S-Rank, you slept for almost two days and two nights."

"Two days and two nights — that's not too long." Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

If he were in a city without fighting, he could stay awake for extended periods.

But in the wilderness zones, he used his abilities and spiritual power every single day.

That kind of physical and mental exhaustion wasn't so easy to recover from.

"Still, compared to before, my endurance has improved a lot.

Once my rank climbs a bit higher, even prolonged slaughter in the wilderness zones won't show any sign of fatigue on me."

Xu Jingming murmured to himself.

At that moment, Eva in midair swung her little feet and said softly:

"During the time we were in the Kanda Wilderness Zone, two things happened.

One piece of good news, one piece of bad news — which do you want to hear first?"

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming's sword-like brows lifted slightly, and he said directly: "The bad news."

"I just knew you'd say that."

Eva said unhurriedly, "Your little girlfriend's great-grandfather passed away at 9:23 PM on October 1st.

Three days later, the Song family held a grand funeral for him.

Quite a few eighth-rank Grandmasters, and even ninth-rank Martial Saint-level powerhouses, went to pay their respects."

"Senior Song Daoyuan has passed away?" Xu Jingming's expression froze.

The last time he had gone with Song Qiuyun to attend this old man's birthday banquet, he had already noticed the other's aura was in decline.

He hadn't expected that just a few months later, the old man could no longer hold on.

"The Song family of Chuan Province is also considered an old-line eighth-rank Grandmaster family.

But all this time, it has been propped up by Song Daoyuan alone.

Now that he's gone, the Song family's assets will probably shrink dramatically along with it."

Eva shook her little head and said softly.

Song Daoyuan, an eighth-rank peak Grandmaster with an S-Rank ability, actually wielded influence comparable to a ninth-rank family.

Now that their pillar has fallen, the Song family — which has enjoyed nearly a century of super-standard treatment — will be cast back to its original shape,

returning to the level of an ordinary eighth-rank Grandmaster family.

"That much is true." Xu Jingming nodded along.

The world bustles about, all for profit.

Now that Senior Song Daoyuan has passed away, driven by enormous interests, many powers will want to swallow up these assets.

Although he was close to Song Qiuyun, they weren't married yet, so the other powers wouldn't show him any consideration.

Besides, his current influence wasn't yet great enough to let the Song family continue enjoying super-standard treatment.

"Qiuyun must be in a pretty bad mood these past few days, and yet I'm still stuck in the wilderness zone.

I'll have to call her right away later to check in…"

After a moment's thought, Xu Jingming continued: "Then what's the good news?"

"The good news is that your teacher Yang Zhentian successfully broke through to seventh-rank peak half a month ago, becoming an eighth-rank Grandmaster!"

Eva said with a giggle, "This should be related to the Primordial Spirit Pill you sent over.

Now Mo Da is preparing to appoint him as the third vice-principal, taking over Hearing Ling Shuang's original position."

"Teacher Yang broke through?" A look of pleasant surprise rose in Xu Jingming's eyes.

Teacher Yang Zhentian had been stuck at seventh-rank peak Grandmaster for over a dozen years; breaking through in one stroke now was indeed no easy feat.

"Both Song Qiuyun and Yang Zhentian called you in the past two days.

It's just that you were sleeping so soundly that I set it to silent mode."

Eva swung her sparkling little feet and said softly:

"Also, that weapons master contacted you too — he should have finished repairing the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan."

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up, and he immediately took out his virtual helmet and entered the virtual world.

He contacted Song Qiuyun first, spending a good hour comforting her.

Then he contacted Teacher Yang, offering his congratulations.

After that, he exited the virtual world and hurried without pause to the Equipment Department at the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters.

Just as Eva had predicted, the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan had indeed been fully repaired.

After paying the remaining points, Xu Jingming brought the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan back to the villa.

"This is the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan after repair is complete!"

In the villa's training room, Xu Jingming gazed with burning eyes at the weapon in his hand.

On the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan, over a meter in diameter, the original cracks had mostly vanished.

Its pitch-black surface was covered with pale-gold, archaic-looking runes.

However, judging by its thickness, this Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan was still in an incomplete state.

To complete it, he'd have to find the remaining four Extreme Glory Thunder Rings.

Crackle-crackle—

Brilliant golden Lei Ting was channeled into it, and the originally pitch-black ring suddenly blazed with golden light, dense arcs of lightning flickering across it.

The entire Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan automatically floated behind Xu Jingming and began to slowly rotate.

At a glance, Xu Jingming looked like a deity, with an extra halo behind his head.

"Putting everything else aside, just based on these effects alone, it's worthy of the name of a top-tier elemental weapon."

Yi Wa, floating in mid-air, said with a giggle:

"I heard that in the First Civilization era, Lei Shen was called Lei Shen precisely because of the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan."

"Effects can't count as combat power; the key is still the amplification," Xu Jingming said, not paying it much mind.

With a thought, brilliant Dou Tian Shen Lei surged into the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan, then poured out again from behind the ring, its color noticeably far deeper.

"The power actually amplified by nearly 60%!" After carefully sensing it, Xu Jingming's face showed a delighted expression.

One had to know, the Yao Lei Zhang could only amplify lightning power by 30%.

The amplification effect of this Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan had fully doubled!

"Truly worthy of a top-tier elemental weapon — those 200,000 points were well worth spending!"

Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction.

"As a top-tier elemental weapon, the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan can do far more than just amplify abilities."

Yi Wa in mid-air added, "It can also store lightning-type abilities, essentially acting like a rechargeable battery.

Once your ability is exhausted, it can supply more.

Based on your current total ability at S-rank, it should be able to store about 3 or 4 times that amount."

"Right! The Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan also has the effect of storing abilities." Xu Jingming remembered as well, and hurriedly began to try.

Crackle-crackle—

Lei Guang flickered as he continuously channeled his Doushen Shenlei into the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan.

Once his ability was depleted, he'd rest for a while to recover it, then continue channeling.

Like this, after going back and forth four times, he finally fully charged the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan!

And at this point, the Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan had completely shed its originally pitch-black exterior.

Instead, it was a sheet of gold, like a small sun, with terrifying arcs of lightning flickering and leaping across its surface.

"It stored 4 times my total ability, plus my own total ability.

In other words, my ability endurance is fully 5 times what it was before!"

Xu Jingming was completely stunned.

The effect of this Extreme Glory Jiyao Jiyao Lei Huan was simply not ordinarily powerful!