Chapter 598: Lei Huo Combat Technique! Add Points!

The wilderness region of Dayangzhou covers an area of over seven hundred square kilometers.

Most of it consists of the urban ruins of the former Dayangzhou nation, 'Ao Country.'

Beyond that lie the most primitive regions of mountain ranges, forests, and the like.

Outside the super city 'Moben,' there are five nearest gathering points of fierce beasts.

All of them fall within the urban ruins of the former 'Ao Country.'

After disguising himself, Xu Jingming's target this time was the Bangor city ruins, one of the five fierce beast gathering points.

According to the data he had gathered, the strongest fierce beast entrenched in the Bangor city ruins was merely a Lord-tier, eighth-rank lower-tier fierce beast.

Between seventh-rank and eighth-rank, there exists a qualitative change, with an enormous gap in strength.

Even going all out, Xu Jingming could slay a Lord-tier fierce beast at the peak of seventh-rank.

But against an eighth-rank fierce beast, he had absolutely no way to deal with it, and might even be slain in turn.

Although he couldn't kill it, by keeping a little distance, that eighth-rank lower-tier fierce beast probably couldn't do much to him either.

The other four fierce beast gathering points, however, were all occupied by eighth-rank middle-tier, or even eighth-rank upper-tier fierce beasts, making them far more dangerous.

That was why he had chosen the Bangor city ruins.

Flying the entire way from Moben, it would only take a few hours to arrive.

Sprinting on foot, however, one had no idea how long it would take.

In the wilderness region of Dayangzhou, known as the fierce beasts' paradise, a human using flight to travel through the skies was no different from seeking death.

So Xu Jingming could only sprint the entire way, striking down the fierce beasts he encountered along the road.

Fortunately, his sprinting speed was not slow; by nine o'clock in the evening, he had already covered one-third of the journey.

"Crackle—"

"Crackle—"

In a cave within the wilderness region of Dayangzhou.

A pile of firewood burned with a crackling sound, radiating heat and light freely into the surroundings.

But the light it released was far inferior to the radiance emitted by a fist-sized, liquid golden lightning sphere hanging above the cave.

Under the illumination of Principal Zhao Yao, the entire cave was as bright as broad daylight.

Beneath the resplendent lightning sphere, Xu Jingming sat cross-legged on the ground, with the newly opened Lei Huo combat technique manual before him.

'Manipulating fire elements is the privilege of elemental fire-type ability users.

But we lightning-type ability users, when manipulating lightning to attack enemies, can likewise generate high temperatures and set them ablaze.

We lightning-type ability users cannot directly manipulate flames, but is there an indirect way to do so?

To this end, I spent decades researching.

Finally, I created the Lei Huo combat technique.

The emergence of the Lei Huo combat technique will absolutely open up an entirely new path for us lightning-type ability users!

History will also record the name of I, the Lei Huo Venerable!

Below, I will explain in detail the cultivation method of this combat technique......'

The manual was entirely written in ancient script that Xu Jingming could not read.

But this did not hinder his reading, because the spiritual force within the manual allowed him to sense the creator's cultivation thoughts.

As if the founder himself were speaking into his ear, every line brimmed with confidence and domineering spirit.

Coupled with Xu Jingming's own intense interest in the Lei Huo combat technique, he quickly became immersed.

Over three hours passed, and just as Xu Jingming was carefully studying this combat technique, the content abruptly cut off!

The remaining 10% of the manual was missing, making it impossible to continue reading.

"Tsk, just as it was getting to the crucial part."

Although greatly disappointed, Xu Jingming could only close the manual.

"This Lei Huo Venerable truly was a heaven-sent genius, to have thought of such a method......"

According to the ideas in the manual, lightning could induce high temperatures, and thus could indirectly manipulate flames.

Additionally, lightning could likewise burst forth with dazzling radiance, so it might also be possible to indirectly manipulate light!

Unfortunately, the Lei Huo Venerable only researched out the Lei Huo combat technique, and did not research out the Lei Guang combat technique.

What was even more regrettable was that the Lei Huo combat technique, even in his hands, was still incomplete.

"I entered the wilderness region of Dayangzhou at 11 a. m., and only stopped to rest after sprinting all the way until nine in the evening.

Along the way, although I did not deliberately slay fierce beasts, I still gained roughly over ten thousand ability points!

Once I reach the Bangor city ruins, the speed of gaining ability points will be even faster!

Once I've accumulated a few more ability points, I should be able to add points to the Lei Huo combat technique.

But just like before, when adding points to upgrade the S-rank Body Tempering Art to SS-rank, before that, I must thoroughly master the Lei Huo combat technique."

Xu Jingming slowly closed his eyes, and the contents of the Lei Huo combat technique repeatedly surfaced in his mind as he worked to understand them.

Once he had understood enough, he would reopen the Lei Huo manual and read through it again.

Just like that, by six o'clock the next morning, when the sky was just beginning to lighten, Xu Jingming continued heading toward the Bangor city ruins.

He finally entered the Bangor city ruins on December 3rd, before the sky had completely darkened.

After entering the city ruins, Xu Jingming hunted fierce beasts during the day, and studied the Lei Huo combat technique at night.

A full six days passed, until 10 p. m. on December 9th.

The ability points on the system panel had once again accumulated to 93,000.

Only then did he finally feel he could add points to the Lei Huo combat technique.

"It's finally here! Deep Blue! Add points for me!"

In a cave, Xu Jingming suppressed his inner excitement and immediately allocated points to his combat technique!

Ability Points -20,000!

Lei Huo → Lei Huo (Beginner)!

In an instant, the missing portion of the S+ combat technique *Lei Huo* was completely repaired by Xu Jingming.

At the same time, as if he had practiced this combat technique tens of thousands of times, he mastered it completely!

"So this is the Lei Huo combat technique!"

Xu Jingming's eyes shone brighter than ever before; he stretched out his right hand and moved his mind!

Crackle-crackle—

A brilliant and dazzling golden Doushen Shenlei gathered five or six centimeters above his palm.

However, unlike before, amidst the golden Lei Ting, there was actually a smattering of golden high-temperature flames!

The temperature of these flames was extremely high, conservatively already over three thousand degrees!

Xu Jingming casually tossed it, and this ball of Lei Ting flame slammed into the cave wall.

It blasted a large hole in the cave, and the sand and soil were melted into glazed glass!

However, Xu Jingming furrowed his brow.

The might of the Lei Huo ball seemed to be lower than that of a pure Lei ball.

"Eva, help me analyze — between these two attack methods, which one has higher might."

Xu Jingming called Eva out, condensed a Lei ball in his left hand and a Lei Huo ball in his right, then tossed them at the wall.

"S-rank, you've already repaired the *Lei Huo* combat technique, and you've already learned it?"

Eva, who had emerged from the smart bracelet, sounded full of astonishment; after a careful scan, she immediately said:

"Between the two attack methods, the might of the Lei ball is about one-fifth higher than the Lei Huo ball."

"The ability I allocated to both elemental balls is identical.

In other words, after using the Lei Huo technique, the ability's might didn't increase — it actually decreased!"

Xu Jingming's face was full of speechlessness.

It made sense — using lightning-type ability to control fire inherently involves loss in between, so a drop in might was perfectly normal.

But if I can already achieve this attack intensity with my lightning-type ability, why bother converting it to the weaker fire-type to attack?

"This *Lei Huo* combat technique is simply a chicken rib..." Xu Jingming couldn't help but complain.

Still, it wasn't completely useless.

At the very least, in the future he could use the *Lei Huo* combat technique to disguise himself as a fire-type ability user.

"The Lei Huo combat technique repair is successful. Today is December 9th, and it takes two days to return to Moben from the ruins of Bango City.

The opening notification for the Qingfeng Secret Realm is on the evening of the 11th, so it's about time to head back."

Xu Jingming let out a long breath, the corners of his mouth curving up slightly.

That guy Wang Chun would absolutely never have imagined.

That he had taken only a few days to completely repair this extremely difficult *Lei Huo* combat technique?

PS: Three chapters uploaded all at once~~