Chapter 665: SSR-Class Combat Technique! Ling Shuang

"The Divine Blood Technique is completed like this..."

Thunder Martial Arts Dojo, second-floor living room.

After spending two hours reading the entire manual, Xu Jingming's expression turned grim.

To perform the Divine Blood Technique, two conditions are required.

First, one must undergo the Divine Blood Ritual.

After the ritual, the adept's body will develop special blood acupoints.

Second, one must fill these blood acupoints with qi and blood.

This qi and blood cannot come from one's own body—it must be replenished using Blood Demon Pills.

Like ordinary pills, Blood Demon Pills are divided into nine grades, from first to ninth.

The higher the grade of the Blood Demon Pill used, the greater the enhancement gained when performing the Divine Blood Technique.

Each time the Divine Blood Technique is used, the qi and blood within the blood acupoints are completely depleted and must be refilled.

And the most crucial Blood Demon Pills are made from the blood of adepts!

The higher the adept's rank, the higher the grade of the Blood Demon Pill produced!

Ordinary humans can also be used to make Blood Demon Pills, though more are required.

"No wonder the Sect of Fate periodically conducts blood sacrifices—it's to produce Blood Demon Pills."

Xu Jingming exhaled slowly, searched his space ring, and indeed found a vial of crimson pills.

"Seven-grade Blood Demon Pills—three in total."

That means at least three hundred adepts have been brutally murdered!"

"Such inhuman methods—the Sect of Fate truly deserves to die!"

Xu Jingming's gaze turned icy.

He did not destroy these pills; instead, he stored them in his space ring.

Once back in Great Xia, he could hand them over to a specialized agency for analysis.

"Similar techniques briefly appeared during our Second Civilization era."

"But they were utterly eradicated by the Jin State—never expecting them to reemerge in today's Third Civilization."

The holographic projection of Eva also frowned slightly.

During the Second Civilization era, the entire Blue Planet was ruled by the Jin State.

Organizations like the Sect of Fate had no soil in which to grow.

"It's only because of the external threat posed by monsters."

"Otherwise, the hundred nations of the Blue Planet would have already destroyed each other."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming also stored the Divine Blood Technique in his space ring.

Although the use of the Divine Blood Technique is inhumane, it contains many ingenious elements.

If adapted for his own use, it could become an extremely formidable combat technique.

After all, his Body Strengthening Art is still only SS rank—he can still improve it to SSS rank.

Perhaps he could draw inspiration from the Divine Blood Technique.

Of course, he couldn't do it alone—he'd need the system's help.

But before evolving his Body Strengthening Art, he needed sufficient knowledge reserves.

He planned to visit Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chu when he returned to Great Xia next time.

He'd also ask Professor Yang to help examine and study this technique together.

"By the way, Eva—is SSS rank the strongest combat technique? Are there stronger ones?"

Xu Jingming asked curiously.

So far, the strongest technique he'd seen was only SSS rank.

"Of course there are."

Eva played with her green twin-tails, grinning mischievously:

"But only ninth-rank peak experts or supreme experts can create them."

These techniques are called SSR rank—release requires at least ninth rank."

Once released, their power is apocalyptic—capable of turning a vast plain into a depression!"

And more importantly, SSR rank techniques are custom-made by their creators for themselves."

If any other adept learns them, their power will be no greater than SSS rank."

"So powerful?!"

Xu Jingming was internally startled and pressed further:

"What is Lei Shen's SSR rank technique? Do you have it recorded?"

He possessed the same SS rank ability as Lei Shen—Heavenly Thunder.

If he could obtain this SSR rank technique, perhaps he could release it perfectly.

"No."

Eva shook her head. "The technology of the First Civilization was extremely primitive; artificial intelligence remained at a rudimentary stage."

"Thus, preserved records are exceedingly scarce."

"The 'Descent of Lei Shen' you've learned is already the strongest technique of Lei Shen we could find."

"I see." Xu Jingming felt a pang of regret.

Currently, there is only one ninth-rank peak lightning adept on the Blue Planet.

That is Carlisle from the EU.

Even if he had created an SSR rank technique, he'd almost certainly never let Xu Jingming learn it.

"During the Second Civilization, there was a supreme expert who possessed an S rank lightning ability and created an SSR rank technique."

"But all his manuals remain locked in his secret realm—he never gave them to us."

Eva helplessly spread her hands.

"Another secret realm?"

Xu Jingming raised an eyebrow. "How many secret realms did your Second Civilization create?"

"We never counted exactly."

"We couldn't monitor the movements of the supreme expert who controlled the SS rank space ability at all times."

Eva shook her head, her green twin-tails swaying behind her:

"But if you add up all the secret realms I know of, they total roughly one-tenth of the Blue Planet's land area."

"That big?" Xu Jingming was stunned.

The Blue Planet's land area is about 150 million square kilometers.

One-tenth means over 15 million square kilometers.

That's an enormous figure.

"It's not that much," Eva chuckled. "SS rank space ability is far more monstrous than you imagine."

"If it weren't for the need to condense sufficient earth elements into land after opening a realm, creating another landmass the size of the Blue Planet wouldn't be too difficult."

Creating an area the size of a Blue Star continent would not be too difficult.

But Xu Jingming suddenly thought of something: "If there are so many secret realms..."

"Could some Second Civilization adepts have hidden inside one and survived until now?"

Could the psychics of your Second Civilization have hidden in some secret realm and survived all the way to now?

Eva shrugged helplessly, whispering:

"After the Hope crashed, Mother Mainframe was damaged and couldn't activate. All our sub-units fell into dormancy."

"At that time, humanity had already collapsed—but four supreme experts remained."

"What arrangements they made, we never knew."

She paused, then added:

"If any Second Civilization people still survive in some secret realm, they should've already opened it long ago."

"That's true." Xu Jingming nodded, not dwelling on it further.

Yet just then, a soft hum sounded.

In midair, a space gate slowly materialized.

Out stepped Ling Shuang, clad in a red long dress, barefoot.

She turned her beautiful large eyes toward him, parted her lips softly, and asked:

"Jingming, do you have time tomorrow noon? Come with me to meet a friend."

Jingming, do you have time tomorrow noon? Come with me to meet a friend.