Chapter 806: 50 Days! Seventh Rank Upper!

"Heaven's Mandate Divine Envoy?!"

The crimson blood aura swirling faintly around Tian Ling surged violently, revealing his intense inner turmoil.

Tian Xuan, Tian Yao, and others flanking the throne also wore expressions of fierce excitement.

Members of the Heaven's Mandate Cult capable of wielding the Divine Blood Secret Art are called Divine Blood Messengers.

Although the Divine Blood Secret Art is powerful, it becomes slightly inferior at higher tiers.

Most crucially, the Divine Blood Secret Art cannot break through the ninth-rank bottleneck!

That is, even a peak eighth-rank Divine Blood Messenger cannot enter the ninth rank by using the Secret Art.

This is precisely due to the immense gap between eighth and ninth ranks.

To solve this problem, the Heaven's Mandate Cult began experiments on the Heaven's Mandate Divine Envoys long ago.

They sought to shatter the bottleneck preventing the Divine Blood Secret Art from reaching ninth-rank combat power.

A considerable portion of the Cult's branches and research bases worldwide are dedicated to this research.

Yet no related news had ever surfaced—until now, when success has finally been achieved!

"The key to a Divine Blood Messenger lies not in the Divine Blood Secret Art, but in the person wielding it.

We previously pursued the wrong direction—we have now successfully tested it on one individual!

Though his rank is only peak eighth, once he activates the Divine Blood Secret Art, he shatters the constraints and gains ninth-rank combat power!"

Tian Jian replied with fervent zeal, "And the Ye Er Realm is the perfect stage for the Heaven's Mandate Divine Envoy!

Xu Jingming will also enter the Ye Er Realm this time.

Then, the Heaven's Mandate Divine Envoy will wipe out Xu Jingming and all other eighth-rank Grand Masters!

Severely deplete the human side's vital energy!"

The difference between ninth and eighth ranks is qualitative, like a dragon versus an ant.

No matter how many eighth-rank Grand Masters there are in the Ye Er Realm, they cannot shake the dragon.

Instead, the dragon's casual breath alone can obliterate all these ants.

The only regret is that among Blue Star's four current SS-ranked prodigies, only Xu Jingming will enter the Ye Er Realm.

Otherwise, this time we could have wiped out every single prodigy at once!

"Xu Jingming, your astonishing breakthrough speed is both your advantage and your disadvantage.

Otherwise, you would never have qualified to enter the Ye Er Realm.

This time you're unlucky—don't be so monstrous in your next life."

A faintly sinister expression flickered across Tian Jian's lean face.

Blue Star can have only one prodigy—he will not allow any existence more monstrous than himself.

"If the Heaven's Mandate Divine Envoy is acting, then I am at ease."

Tian Hong exhaled in relief, then turned to Tian Ling: "Lord Tian Ling, I'll take my leave."

"Mm, go," Tian Ling nodded slightly.

Meanwhile, in a luxurious villa in Qingjing City, Great Xia, a middle-aged man removed his helmet.

"Since Xu Jingming has someone to deal with, I can now focus on cultivating Li Hao."

Thinking of Li Hao, Tian Hong couldn't help but smile.

Originally, he only intended to use Li Hao to get close to the Li family—but unexpectedly, Li Hao gave him a delightful surprise!

"A playboy has a 95% affinity with the Divine Blood left by the Holy Master.

If the upcoming Divine Blood Ritual succeeds, Li Hao's potential may even surpass Tian Jian's..."

As he murmured softly, Tian Hong's figure dissolved into a cloud of gray mist and vanished from the villa.

Back in Mocheng, Xu Jingming followed his prearranged plan and spent a day with Ling Shuang.

The next day, he plunged into the Outlands of Dayangzhou and began endless slaughter...

July 5, Outlands of Dayangzhou.

The day was clear and cloudless, perfect for hunting ferocious beasts.

As usual, roars of ferocious beasts rose and fell across the Outlands.

Yet in one area of the Outlands, the once vigorous beast roars rapidly diminished.

Xu Jingming gripped his long spear, moving like a golden phantom through the forest.

Every ferocious beast detected by his Heart Net was systematically eliminated.

'Ding~~~, slain one sixth-rank upper-tier Wind Terror Wolf, Energy Points +810.'

The system alert chimed in his mind, followed by a wet *puch!

His towering figure, wreathed in golden lightning, yanked the Molten Ash Black Radiance Spear from the Wind Terror Wolf's skull.

*Boom!!

The massive five-headed corpse crashed to the ground, denting the earth into a deep pit.

"The ferocious beasts in this area are nearly all wiped out—it's time to move on."

Xu Jingming mused inwardly.

Within the range of his Heart Net, no ferocious beasts above third rank remained.

First- and second-rank beasts still existed, but he had no interest in wasting time on such low-tier creatures.

"I've spent nearly fifteen days in the Outlands so far.

After clearing the next zone, I should return to Mocheng."

Fifty days had passed since he returned from Great Xia to Dayangzhou.

During this time, he followed a roughly ten-day cycle—returning to Mocheng after each cycle.

One reason was to rest, preventing his mental energy from remaining perpetually strained.

Another reason was to check whether the Ye Er Realm had opened.

After all, even Eva could not receive external communication signals within the Outlands of Dayangzhou.

Of course, these fifty days had brought Xu Jingming immense gains!

"Shenlan."

Xu Jingming silently thought the word, and a pale blue system interface appeared in his mind.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Rank】: Seventh Rank Upper

【Ability】: Dou Tian Divine Thunder (SS)

【Physique】: 73, 42 Qi (++)

【Mental】: 59, 58 He (++)

【Skills】: Spear Technique (Master), Fist Technique (Grandmaster), Heaven's Thunder Punishment Sword (SSS, Advanced+), Thunder-Star Spear (SSS+, Beginner+)...

【Body Cultivation】: Divine Thunder Blood Ash Body (SSS, Ninth Layer)

【Spirit Cultivation】: Sea of Thunder Visualization (SSS, Fifth Layer)

【Domain】: Thunder Domain (First Layer +)

【Energy Points】: 595, 00

Fourteen days ago, when Xu Jingming entered the Outlands of Dayangzhou for the fourth time,

his system's Energy Points had already reached 1. 3 million—sufficient for breakthrough.

He immediately allocated points, ascending to Seventh Rank Upper, with both Physique and Mental attributes surging by seven thousand points each!

In truth, Xu Jingming should have broken through to Seventh Rank Upper even earlier.

But he had earlier invested some Energy Points into upgrading the SSS-ranked combat technique 'Heaven's Thunder Punishment Sword' and researching the Thunder-element SSS+ spear technique.

In total, he spent 360, 00 Energy Points to raise Heaven's Thunder Punishment Sword to Advanced proficiency.

The previously strength-based SSS+ technique 'Star Spear' was also transformed into the thunder-element 'Thunder-Star Spear,' its power now incomparably greater!

"I hope to hear news of the Ye Er Realm opening when I return.

I can't wait to clash with foreign eighth-rank experts."

A faint smile curled at Xu Jingming's lips.

Golden lightning flashed—he instantly surged over two hundred meters away, leaving only a lingering afterimage behind...