Chapter 800: Body Forging Art Skill Points! SSS Grade!

Lu Wenliang was an eighth-rank Zhongweida Master Zongshi and also owned his own psychic family in the metropolis.

But his rise had been far too brief—merely over a decade.

Within the family, he was the only eighth-rank; the highest-ranked psychics among the rest were merely seventh-rank Sect Masters.

Consider that even the elite Song family, with three eighth-ranks, saw its industrial scale plummet after Elder Song Daoyuan's death.

Not to mention the Lu family, with such shallow foundations.

It was foreseeable that once Lu Wenliang's death became public, the Lu family would collapse drastically—even falling below ordinary seventh-rank families.

After all, Lu Wenliang was from the Tianming Sect; afterward, the Lu family would surely face intense scrutiny.

But this had nothing to do with Xu Jingming—he had merely carried out his mission.

After Zhou Yu left, Xu Jingming, Catherine, and Yang Yao also returned to the city by off-road vehicle.

After dropping off Xu Jingming and Catherine at the villa, Yang Yao respectfully took his leave.

The villa at Waterfront Community had become unusable in the living room due to Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan's psychic transformations.

This villa was purchased by Xu Jingming during the day while taking Catherine out, costing 4 billion Daxia credits.

The villa had four floors, with a total area exceeding two thousand square meters.

Besides the accompanying swimming pool and small garden, it also had a helipad capable of parking fighter jets.

Seeing Xu Jingming and Catherine return safely, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, who had been waiting inside the villa, finally exhaled in relief.

"Xu Jingming, if there's nothing else, I'll leave now and come back tomorrow."

After sitting on the sofa and taking a light sip of the tea Song Qiuyun handed him, Catherine proposed to take her leave.

Back in Mobern, she had already heard Xu Jingming had reached eighth-rank Daosheng combat power.

But hearing and witnessing were entirely different—what she had just seen, Xu Jingming killing Lu Wenliang, had shaken her profoundly and filled her with urgency.

She no longer wanted to stay in Daxia to verify its true state; she wanted to return to Mobern immediately for training.

"Traveling back and forth is too troublesome—if you don't mind, you can stay here; I have plenty of rooms."

Xu Jingming replied.

The villa had four floors; aside from the first floor, which contained only a training room, the other three floors each had bedrooms.

Even with Catherine staying alone, it posed no issue—after all, he, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan only needed one room.

"Yes, this would be more convenient," Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan chimed in.

After a day's interaction, their relationship with Catherine had drawn much closer.

No longer as stiff as when they first met yesterday.

"Then I'll be troubling you."

After a moment's thought, Catherine smiled and agreed.

She wanted to see how Xu Jingming trained—how his power had risen so swiftly...

Training was an eternal topic among psychics.

Especially after witnessing Xu Jingming's strength, Catherine now felt considerable urgency.

So shortly afterward, she proposed going to the training room.

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, who had just transformed into S+ level psychics, also needed to practice using their new abilities.

"Then let's go together," Xu Jingming nodded.

The villa's training room was entirely constructed from C-grade alloy, extremely sturdy.

Its area exceeded five hundred square meters, more than sufficient for four people's daily training.

Upon entering the training room, each person found their own spot to train.

Xu Jingming also sat cross-legged, pulled out the space ring taken from Lu Wenliang, and prepared to inventory his spoils.

Whoosh—

His spiritual energy surged forth, instantly erasing Lu Wenliang's spiritual imprint on the ring.

A space roughly the size of a basketball court, ten meters high, appeared within his perception.

"The space ring's capacity is only about five thousand cubic meters—far smaller than my hundred-million-cubic-meter space ring."

Xu Jingming shook his head slightly.

This was about standard for an eighth-rank Daosheng's space ring.

Space rings with capacities as high as a hundred million cubic meters, like Ling Shuang's and his own, were exceptional.

"But there's quite a bit of stuff here."

The five-thousand-cubic-meter space had been meticulously organized by Lu Wenliang.

Pills, rare flowers and herbs, weapons and gear...

Each category had its own dedicated storage area.

"Useless pills and rare herbs can go to Song Qiuyun and the others; the gear can later be reclaimed by Lei Ting Martial Gym..."

Xu Jingming roughly inventoried the contents—their total value was around 15 billion Blue Star credits.

The pills and rare herbs were at most S+ grade; none were SS or SSS grade.

This was normal—if such resources truly existed, Lu Wenliang would have used them himself long ago, rather than keeping them stored in the space ring.

The most valuable thing a high-rank psychic possesses is himself—this saying was no lie.

Besides the resources most psychics kept on hand, Xu Jingming also discovered several items tied to the Tianming Sect.

A dedicated communication watch, a large quantity of Xue Sha Dan, the original manuscript of the Divine Blood Secret Technique, and a personal journal of cultivation insights on the Divine Blood Secret Technique.

"The communication watch can be handed over to the Metropolis Security Bureau later for investigation."

"As for this cultivation journal, it might offer some insight into my SSS-grade Body Forging Art."

Xu Jingming's eyes glinted faintly.

Opening the secret manual in his hands, written as if in scarlet fresh blood, he read carefully......

The cultivation of the Divine Blood Secret Art was extremely evil, requiring Blood Sha Pills made from the blood of ability-users to cultivate and use.

Therefore, the Tianming Sect had to perform blood sacrifices regularly.

But undeniably, the Divine Blood Secret Art could indeed greatly enhance an ability-user's strength.

Back during the study trip, that peak second-tier Tianming Sect Holy Son had been able to reach fourth-tier after activating the Divine Blood Secret Art!

Even Lu Wenliang just now had skyrocketed from mid eighth-tier to upper eighth-tier combat power.

One must know, a single minor stage of an eighth-tier Master Zongshi was already a terrifying improvement.

Therefore, Xu Jingming wanted to integrate it into his own Body Tempering Art.

The cultivation insights of the Divine Blood Secret Art contained a great deal of content, a full hundred-plus pages, which even involved complex analyses of the human body's meridians.

For an ordinary person, without a week's time, they simply couldn't finish reading it, let alone deeply understand the contents.

But as a mid seventh-tier Zhongwei Master Zongshi, Xu Jingming's spiritual power was formidable, and his thought-processing speed was absurdly fast.

In just over two hours, he had deeply understood the entire cultivation insights.

"The Divine Blood Secret Art is far more profound than I imagined."

Xu Jingming, who had closed the book, secretly marveled in his heart.

Only after finishing the cultivation insights did he realize how shallow his previous research on the Divine Blood Secret Art had been.

"Previously the Body Tempering Art couldn't be evolved through point allocation, but now I have more ability points, and my understanding of the secret manual is also deeper.

Perhaps I can allocate points now."

His heart stirred, and Xu Jingming opened the system panel in his mind, looking directly at the Body Tempering Art column.

【Body Tempering】: Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body (SS-grade+, Ninth Layer)

"I can allocate points now!"

Xu Jingming rejoiced in his heart, without the slightest hesitation, directly pressing the plus sign after the Body Tempering Art with his will.

Ability points -390,000!

【Body Tempering】: Doushen Shenlei Indestructible Body (SS-grade) → Unnamed Body Tempering Art (SSS-grade)!

Boom!!

The sound of his heartbeat thundered within Xu Jingming's chest, each beat as if about to burst through his chest.

Endless power was born within him, transported to every part of his body, remaking his physique.

His muscles became more powerful, his bones became harder!

His internal organs rapidly became robust and forceful, as if even if destroyed they could regenerate!

As the remaking of his physique intensified, the heartbeat grew ever stronger, as if war drums were beating!

"This is......"

Not far away, Catherine, who had been secretly watching Xu Jingming in an attempt to discover the special aspects of his cultivation, froze.

Was Xu Jingming's usual cultivation always this much of a commotion?

Crackle——

At this moment, resplendent golden Dou Tian Shen Lei suddenly leapt across the surface of Xu Jingming's body.

Ferocious qi and blood swirled, distorting the surrounding air, forming ripples visible to the naked eye!

At the same time, a terrifying aura erupted suddenly with Xu Jingming at its center!

That aura was as bloodthirsty and violent as that peak ninth-tier Lei Ting Tyrannosaurus King from the wilderness zone.

The instant she sensed this aura, Catherine's goosebumps instantly rose all over her body, and she smelled a strong scent of death!

Hum——

Six pure white wings unfurled behind her, resplendent golden radiance swirling around her delicate frame.

Only after activating her SS-grade Sacred Angel ability did Catherine feel the threat slightly lessen.

"Just the unconscious commotion produced during cultivation can force me to use my ability to resist—what kind of monster is this Xu Jingming?"

Catherine's emerald beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief.

She was an SS-grade ability awakener!

And she had even cultivated an SSS-grade Body Tempering Art, yet now she actually needed to mobilize her ability to resist the pressure.

If it were anyone else, wouldn't they be completely unable to move at all?

Reality was exactly as she had thought—just peak third-tier Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan.

Although they had already mobilized their abilities at full power, under the suppression of this pressure, they still showed pained expressions and were completely unable to move.

Whoosh——

Catherine's holy light wrapped over, finally allowing the two women to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"Th... thank you."

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan hurriedly expressed their thanks.

"Has Xu Jingming's usual cultivation always been like this?"

Catherine couldn't help but ask aloud.

"No, although there's usually pressure during cultivation, it's never this strong."

Song Qiuyun shook her head, speaking with lingering fear.

Even with Catherine's holy light protection, her curvaceous delicate frame was still trembling slightly unconsciously.

That was the life instinct of a weak creature facing a top-tier creature.

"I estimate Jingming must have had some kind of breakthrough," the white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan added.

"Breakthrough?" Catherine was stunned.

She clearly remembered that a month ago, when Xu Jingming was revealed to have an eighth-rank combat power, he was only low-tier seventh-rank.

This time, seeing him at mid-tier seventh-rank had already shocked her.

Now he was about to break through again—how was that possible?!

At that moment, the thunderous heartbeat sound vanished; Xu Jingming suddenly opened his eyes.

This instantly startled Kaishelin, Song Qiuyun, and Jiang Chuxuan.

What kind of eyes were these?

His once clearly black-and-white pupils were now filled with crimson blood, radiating endless coldness and bloodlust.

The overwhelming pressure made Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan's legs go weak; they collapsed straight onto the ground.

Kaishelin was slightly better off, but her long legs, tightly wrapped in a fitted battle suit, still trembled faintly.

What startled her even more was that she detected on Xu Jingming a vibe similar to the one she had slain on Bo Lan Street—the one belonging to Lu Wenliang.

"Has Xu Jingming cultivated the Divine Blood Secret Art?"

Kaishelin's heart surged with shock, but she quickly realized—it wasn't the Divine Blood Secret Art.

Xu Jingming hadn't grown any monstrous beast limbs; his aura leaned more toward coldness and bloodlust.

Not Lu Wenliang's chaotic, frenzied energy.

"Sorry, I was practicing Body Strengthening Art—the disturbance was a bit loud."

Xu Jingming came back to his senses.

The crimson in his eyes vanished swiftly, restoring clarity.

Simultaneously, the golden Wan Leitian scattered across the sky retracted entirely into his body.

Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan finally rose, drenched in sweat.

"Can Body Strengthening Art really cause such a commotion? Don't lie to me."

Kaishelin blinked, sounding skeptical.

Even though Xu Jingming had suppressed his aura, she still felt a heart-pounding pressure emanating from him.

As if, should he wish, he could crush her with a mere gesture.

And this was a sensation she had never felt from Xu Jingming before he began cultivation.

In short, Kaishelin felt Xu Jingming had grown stronger!

"Saying 'cultivation' might not be accurate—it's more like transformation."

Xu Jingming smiled.

He felt his body was like a furnace smelting steel, brimming with boundless power.

This meant that after boosting his Body Strengthening Art to SSS rank, his physique had undergone another explosive surge!

He silently called out "Deep Blue," and soon opened his system panel to check his physique and Body Strengthening Art entries.

【Physique】: Blood Qi (+)

【Body Strengthening】: Unnamed Body Strengthening Art (SSS Rank, Ninth Stage)

"65,000 blood qi?!" Xu Jingming was stunned.

Before adding points to Body Strengthening Art, his blood qi had only been 55,000.

That meant, when upgrading from SS to SSS rank, his blood qi had surged by 10,000!

"No wonder I feel endless strength coursing through me—my blood qi has increased this much!"

Xu Jingming's heart surged with excitement.

Generally, an ability user switching to Body Strengthening Art must restart from Stage One.

Even with prior foundation, it still took considerable time to reach their previous level.

But his system point-boosting was different.

It effectively skipped the entire process of rebuilding from scratch, instantly bringing him to his former level.

And these 10,000 blood qi were the accumulated gains from retraining, all stacked at once.

As Xu Jingming examined his physique, Kaishelin asked, puzzled:

"Transformation of Body Strengthening Art? I thought your Body Strengthening Art was self-created, already at SS rank—how could you transform it further?"

Xu Jingming's creation of an SS-rank Body Strengthening Art was no secret internationally; Kaishelin knew this well.

But the moment the words left her mouth, she realized in disbelief: "Could it be... you transformed your own Body Strengthening Art into SSS rank?!"

"It hasn't been officially rated yet—I don't know the true strength of this new Body Strengthening Art."

Xu Jingming shook his head. "But I definitely feel it's far stronger than my previous one."

Upon hearing this, Kaishelin's pupils shrank sharply.

Xu Jingming's original Body Strengthening Art was already SS rank—even a premium SS+ rank!

Now it had improved further; aside from SSS rank, she couldn't conceive of any other possibility.

"You..."

Kaishelin opened her moist red lips, wanting to say something, but fell silent.

As America's SS-rank prodigy, she had once created her own combat technique.

But the strongest she'd ever created was only A rank—she hadn't even reached S rank.

Body Strengthening Art involved the mysteries of the human body, far more complex than ordinary combat techniques—over ten times more.

She didn't even have the confidence to create a B-rank Body Strengthening Art.

Yet Xu Jingming had already created an SSS-rank technique.

What kind of monstrous talent was this?

At this moment, the proud Kaishelin felt nothing but endless confusion.

She thought of the God of Light in whom she believed.

Only the reincarnation of a deity could possibly possess such terrifying talent...