Chapter 89: Nether Hell Thunder Armor! Attacking Me Is Attacking Yourself!

“Jingming, I’m right next to Mom—just heard you finished your training?”

His cousin Tang Qi’s crisp, melodious voice rang out from the phone.

“Yeah, finished yesterday.”

“High school exam prep already wore me out—your Magu City Institute of Psychic Abilities’ training must’ve been brutal.”

“No need to pick me up tomorrow—just rest in the dorm. I’ll come with my teammates.”

“It’s fine, I’ve got nothing else planned tomorrow...”

“...”

Before his transmigration, due to the original body’s reclusive nature.

His relationship with cousin Tang Qi was neither good nor bad.

After transmigrating, Xu Jingming moved into his aunt’s Jinghu Community.

As their interactions increased, his bond with cousin Tang Qi gradually grew closer.

So after chatting with her on the phone for a few minutes, Xu Jingming ended the call.

“Now I can finally test the S-rank combat technique I just learned.”

Xu Jingming’s gaze sharpened, his mind activating:

“Nether Hell Thunder Armor!”

Crackling—

Amid thunderous roars, Purple Heaven Divine Thunder surged instantly over Xu Jingming’s body.

But unlike before, these lightning bolts didn’t merely scatter and flicker across his skin.

Instead, they coalesced at astonishing speed into a blue-purple thunder armor!

On the armor, liquid-like lightning continuously leapt and slithered, crackling loudly.

Wrapped in the thunder armor, Xu Jingming felt an overwhelming sense of security.

“Concentrating Nether Hell Thunder Armor consumed about one-fifth of my psychic energy.”

“Duration is roughly half an hour—endurance is decent.”

“Even if part of the armor breaks during combat, I can replenish it with Purple Heaven Divine Thunder—no need to rebuild it.”

“More importantly, the armor’s defense is far more versatile than a combat suit!”

Xu Jingming’s eyes glowed faintly.

Ordinary combat suits are made from ferocious beast hides—extremely tough, capable of blocking claws from piercing flesh.

But the tens of thousands of kilograms of impact force from a beast’s claws cannot be significantly reduced by the suit.

Compared to ferocious beasts, human physiques are as frail as infants.

Even if the suit blocks the laceration, the impact alone can be lethal!

That’s why psychic warriors dare not directly withstand a beast’s claw strike—even while wearing combat suits.

But ‘Nether Hell Thunder Armor’ is entirely different—it drastically reduces this impact force!

For example, a beast’s claw strike delivering ten thousand kilograms of force—

After being weakened by the armor, only about one thousand kilograms might strike Xu Jingming’s body!

Impact reduction exceeds 90%!

This is the sheer dominance of the S-rank technique ‘Nether Hell Thunder Armor’!

And this is merely basic proficiency.

As proficiency increases, the reduction rate will rise further!

Of course,

The armor has a maximum tolerance—if impact exceeds this limit,

The armor shatters instantly, and all impact force strikes the body without mitigation.

The current maximum impact the armor can withstand? Xu Jingming must test it to know.

“Also, the lightning coursing over Nether Hell Thunder Armor—

Automatically retaliates against attackers, like wearing a reflective armor!”

Xu Jingming was extremely satisfied.

With Nether Hell Thunder Armor on, attacking me is like attacking myself!

No matter how you look at it, I never lose.

Besides, he already wore a combat suit.

An enemy’s attack, after being doubly weakened by Nether Hell Thunder Armor and the combat suit—

Might not even damage his Thunder Indestructible Body, already trained to the third level.

“If I activate Thunder Extreme State and then summon Nether Hell Thunder Armor, how immense will my defense become?”

Xu Jingming felt a faint anticipation.

He pulled out his phone to check the time.

Unexpectedly, the lock screen showed a new message from his teacher Yang Zhentian:

‘Come to the villa when you’re free.’

“Teacher’s back?”

Xu Jingming’s eyes lit up; he rose instantly and left the reading room.

Teacher’s Villa, Building 23.

As Xu Jingming stepped inside, he saw his teacher Yang Zhentian’s towering figure seated on the sofa.

On the coffee table, a cup of tea steamed gently.

“Teacher.” Xu Jingming stepped forward respectfully.

“Second-rank upper tier! Confirmed.”

As a seventh-rank upper-tier psychic, Yang Zhentian’s immense spiritual energy detected Xu Jingming’s level shift at a glance.

He nodded approvingly:

“Sit. When did you return?”

“Yesterday.”

Xu Jingming sat across the sofa and replied with a smile.

“Besides your rank, your other gains seem substantial—have you killed anyone?”

Yang Zhentian asked with interest.

If the Xu Jingming before entering the Wild Zone still seemed immature,

The current Xu Jingming radiated a sharp, dangerous aura uncommon among peers.

Such an aura cannot be forged by slaying even countless beasts.

“A squad tried to rob and kill me—I killed them instead.”

Xu Jingming gave a brief explanation.

Then, his mind stirred; he pulled a vial of Earth Spirit Spring from his space ring:

“By the way, Teacher.

I gathered some S-rank Earth Spirit Spring in the Wild Zone—four vials total. Here, take this one.”

“S-rank Earth Spirit Spring?”

Yang Zhentian raised an eyebrow, smiling faintly:

“The Source Water Wild Zone has been scoured countless times by high-rank psychic warriors.”

“You found Earth Spirit Spring? Lucky.”

“But for a psychic of my level, its healing effect is worse than an A-rank seventh-grade pill.”

“Keep the Earth Spirit Spring for yourself.”

For psychic warriors below fourth rank, Earth Spirit Spring is an excellent healing remedy.

But for those above fourth rank, its healing effect weakens considerably.

Of course,

The fact that Xu Jingming even thought of this pleased him greatly.

After a pause, Yang Zhentian added: “But you could give one vial to your senior, Liu Ming.”

“Senior? What happened to him?” Xu Jingming blinked in surprise.

“The southwestern front has problems—he was badly wounded.”

Yang Zhentian said gravely, “These past few days away from school, I went to the southwest to bring him back.”

“Badly wounded?”

Xu Jingming frowned, about to ask further—

Through the passage from the living room to the villa’s open-air backyard, Senior Liu Ming was wheeled in by Fu Bo.

His face was pale, both legs gone, his right arm missing.

His only remaining left arm was wrapped entirely in bandages, looking utterly tragic.

“Junior.”

Seeing Xu Jingming, Senior Liu Ming forced a weak smile.

“Senior?”

Xu Jingming’s face paled; he shot up and rushed to Senior Liu Ming’s side.

Only then did he realize that Liu Ming’s injuries were far more complex than mere physical damage.

His original peak third-rank aura had plummeted to a level lower than his own!

“What’s going on? Didn’t yesterday’s news report say the battle in the southwest won a great victory under the leadership of the eighth-rank Grand Master Wang Linyang?”

Xu Jingming frowned deeply.

Any battle involving ferocious beasts is strictly monitored by the Inspection Team; there can be no falsification of battle results.

If it was a great victory, then Liu Ming, a peak third-rank adept with the Third Layer of Thunder Indestructible Body,

even if injured, could not possibly be this badly wounded.