Chapter 890: Scarce Ability Points! Six Hundred Million Viewers!

Source Water Wilderness Zone.

On the top floor of an abandoned building, the cold wind was biting and the bright moon hung high.

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged on the rooftop, and above his head was a cold yet violent sea of pitch-black lightning!

Crackle-crackle—

Under his control, the Doushen Shenlei sometimes howled like a gale, and sometimes condensed into liquid lightning orbs.

The terrifying might splashed outward, causing the fierce beasts within dozens of li to tremble and hurriedly flee.

Ability users approaching this area likewise feared some terrifying fierce beast might be present and chose to detour.

Only after more than ten minutes did the sky-filling pitch-black Lei Ting finally converge entirely into Xu Jingming's body.

"My ability has metamorphosed from SS-rank to SSS-rank, and it's become harder to control.

Fortunately, it's still at the Liquid Condensation rank, so the proficiency hasn't dropped by much."

Xu Jingming murmured inwardly.

After learning from Teacher Su Qingli about the importance of domains, he had come to this wilderness zone to confirm his ability proficiency.

"Deep Blue."

He silently recited in his heart, and the familiar pale-blue system panel appeared in his mind.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Eighth Rank, Lower Tier

【Ability】: Doushen Shenlei (SSS)

【Physique】: Qi and Blood (+)

【Spirit】: He (+)

【Skills】: Spear Art (Perfect), Fist Art (Master+), Heavenly Lei Shen Punishment Sword (SSS-rank, Master+), Lei Dian Star Spear (SSS-rank, Master+)......

【Body Tempering】: Shenlei Blood Evil Body (SSS-rank, Ninth Layer)

【Spirit Refining】: Lei Hai Visualization Method (SSS-rank, Fifth Layer)

【Domain】: Lightning Domain (First Layer)

【Ability Points】: 714,000

Although the system panel still showed over seven hundred thousand ability points, aside from combat techniques and basic attributes, nothing else could be allocated.

As for basic attributes, he didn't know if it was because he had already broken through the 100,000 threshold.

Now every 100 ability points could only add one attribute point.

700,000 ability points could add at most 7,000 attribute points.

In the past, 7,000 attribute points wouldn't have been considered few.

But for Xu Jingming, who could gain 30,000 attribute points from breaking through a single rank.

These ability points were better saved for leveling up than used on attributes.

"Improving the Lightning Domain also seems very difficult."

Xu Jingming pondered inwardly.

Thinking carefully, the plus signs that appeared after domains all seemed to come after the one-million ability point mark.

"Ability points are still not enough. Once I've sorted out the matters of the Second Civilization Era, I'll have to head back to the wilderness zone quickly."

Xu Jingming let out a light breath.

The Dayangzhou Wilderness Zone couldn't be revisited in the short term.

As for other wilderness zones, the efficiency of harvesting ability points would inevitably drop a bit, but it was still acceptable.

"Right, Eva, how are the Clematis and Purple Blood Vine growing?"

Xu Jingming asked aloud.

These two top-tier plant lives had been left in Modu before his last trip to the Dayangzhou Wilderness Zone, absorbing the Plant Holy Water, and it had now been over a month.

"They've already reached the peak of the Eighth Rank. In another twenty-plus days, they'll be able to break through to the Ninth Rank."

Eva's clear, pleasant voice sounded in his heart.

"Twenty-plus days? Then it's soon."

Xu Jingming felt a hint of anticipation.

One must know that top-tier plant lives were comparable to S-rank ability awakeners.

When the time came, with two Ninth Rank S-rank combatants at hand, he could do much more.

As long as Hu Jinyu's side could be tried, he could be kicked out.

"That old thief has been disgusting me ever since I first joined Lei Ting Wu Guan.

I'll give you a little more time, then settle the full account with you."

Xu Jingming's gaze was icy.

To be honest, he didn't actually have much interest in controlling Lei Ting Wu Guan.

But Su Qingli was his teacher, and he absolutely wouldn't allow someone like Hu Jinyu to cause trouble for her.

Once Hu Jinyu was kicked out, the entire Lei Ting Wu Guan would truly be at peace.

As for the Li family with three councilors in one household, it would be best if they could just cease their activities and abandon years of scheming.

If not, Xu Jingming wouldn't mind listing them as enemies as well.

"S-rank, the match starts in half an hour. Should we head back now?"

Eva's inquiry sounded in his heart.

"Already?"

Xu Jingming raised his sword-like brows. "Then let's head back. Let's see what tricks this prodigy of the Second Civilization Era actually has."

Swoosh—

Space flickered, and Xu Jingming's towering figure vanished from the rooftop in an instant.

Ever since obtaining the spatial beast bone, going anywhere had become far more convenient for him...

Green, ranked on the eighth-tier leaderboard, had two matches scheduled for the day.

One was against Xu Jingming at nine in the evening, and the other was against Star Wu Sheng at noon.

Star Wu Sheng hailed from the European Union and enjoyed a certain degree of fame internationally.

Before the match, plenty of people assumed Star Wu Sheng had it in the bag, yet no one expected that in the end, it was still Green who emerged victorious.

As a result, Green's fame instantly climbed another notch.

Coupled with that, far more people were now paying attention to tonight's battle as well.

Thus, at half past eight—half an hour before the match was set to officially begin—

the number of online viewers in the Virtual World Stadium had already surpassed six hundred million, and was still climbing rapidly!

"Welcome, everyone, to tonight's match!

The two sides competing today are, on one side, Xu Jingming, hailed as Blue Star's Number One Prodigy, from the Great Xia.

And on the other, Green, from the Spark Divine Palace, who has consecutively defeated five ninth-tier powerhouses!

To give you all a better viewing experience, we have specially invited ninth-tier peak Councilor Jones from the United States to provide commentary..."

Unlike the last match, this one was also equipped with dedicated hosts and commentators.

Upon hearing that a ninth-tier peak Councilor would be appearing, the entire stadium's audience erupted.

A figure of that caliber would normally only show up in news reports—no one had expected to actually hear their commentary live!

"The martial arts and technological development of the Third Civilization Era are both inferior to ours.

I can't figure out how they managed to build a globally online virtual world that even our Jin Nation couldn't pull off."

In the Spark Divine Palace's VIP lounge,

Green, Meng Ke, Meng Yu, and others had all arrived; in addition, the ninth-tier peak Master Boke was also present.

And it was Meng Ke—who had previously been defeated by Xu Jingming—who raised the question.

"Any civilization that manages to rise must have its own unique strengths.

The virtual world is merely one of them; don't look down on them with an attitude of arrogance."

Boke said in a deep voice, "Judging purely by the five senses, the virtual world has already achieved 100% simulation.

But the simulation of abilities still falls a bit short—it can't achieve the same aura simulation as the real world, though it's not far off."

After a pause, he added in admonishment: "Once the match begins later, pay close attention to sensing Xu Jingming's ability and determine his ability tier.

Especially you, Green—as his opponent, your perception matters most."

"Understood."

Including Green, several people nodded in unison.