Chapter 907

The evaluation process for core members of the Firewood Divine Temple is confidential.

Whether to disclose the trial content is entirely up to the trialist's own discretion.

Before the trial began, Moonshadow Cleric had asked Xu Jingming this question.

Xu Jingming did not refuse.

With me, invincible—he had no need to hide his strength.

Thus, when Xu Jingming began the trial.

A holographic projection appeared simultaneously in the outer hall, displaying his trial progress.

Not only Moonshadow Cleric, Lady Xina, Hak, and others in the hall were watching the holographic images.

First trial level: instant clearance—no surprise.

Second trial level: still instant clearance—as expected.

Third trial level: again instant clearance—somewhat unexpected, but still acceptable.

When Xu Jingming still cleared the fourth trial level with instant kill, the crowd in the hall began to stir.

When Xu Jingming still used only his Lightning ability to instantly clear the fifth trial level.

Everyone in the entire hall completely lost composure, erupting into a storm of shocked murmurs.

"Another instant kill! How strong is Xu Jingming really?"

"This is insane—I can't even beat the second level, yet he's instantly clearing up to the fifth!"

"Radiant Grade! He's definitely Radiant Grade!"

"......"

The opponent in the fifth trial level was an S+ level adept.

Rank: Eighth Tier Lower, mastering up to Master-level SS-tier combat arts and Intermediate SSS-tier combat arts.

Yet before Xu Jingming, he had no chance to even react—he was instantly obliterated!

"This..."

Hak, who had lost his right hand, was utterly stunned.

He himself was an Eighth Tier Lower Master Zongshi with an S-level ability.

His combat art proficiency didn't even meet the standard of the fifth trial level.

That meant, had Xu Jingming wished it just now, a single bolt of Lightning could have erased him outright.

"This guy is this strong?"

Lady Xina frowned.

She could clear the fifth trial level, but never as effortlessly as Xu Jingming.

Of course,

she knew that the one who defeated Green could not be ordinary.

The words she had spoken to Meng Yu earlier were merely deliberate provocation.

Compared to Lady Xina and Hak's shock,

Moonshadow Cleric, who already knew Xu Jingming possessed an SSS-level ability, was not particularly surprised.

As for Su Qingli and Hearing Ling Shuang, they naturally remained calm.

Because they knew Xu Jingming's strength was certainly not limited to this.

"The sixth trial level will be an SSS-tier Eighth Tier Master Zongshi; passing it leads to Radiant Grade."

"At this level, Xu Jingming absolutely cannot clear it so easily."

Someone in the crowd spoke up, instantly gaining universal agreement—even Lady Xina nodded slightly.

She herself had struggled greatly to pass the sixth trial level.

On the holographic projection, Xu Jingming had already begun the trial.

Compared to the previous fifth trial level, the sixth trial level's SSS-tier adept was indeed more troublesome.

But that was all—it was instantly obliterated by Thunder Extreme State combined with Perfect-level Heavenly Lightning Art.

"Passed!"

"Radiant Grade prodigy!"

"Finally used a combat art—but still instant kill!"

"......"

Shocked exclamations rose one after another; no one had expected it.

Even the sixth trial level, Xu Jingming remained this terrifyingly strong!

The seventh trial level began immediately after, featuring an even more formidable SSS-tier Eighth Tier Master Zongshi.

The overwhelming aura radiating from the opponent poured through the holographic projection, silencing the entire hall.

Yet a colossal black thunder dragon surged forth and instantly obliterated him!

"Another instant clearance?!"

Lady Xina's pupils shrank to needle points.

Her slightly full chest rose and fell violently, revealing the storm of emotion within her.

Her goal in coming for this rating certification was to pass the seventh trial level.

She didn't even have a hundred percent confidence she could clear it.

Yet her own goal, before Xu Jingming, was achieved so effortlessly.

This was simply unbelievable!

"Oh?"

Moon Shadow Divine Official was equally surprised.

Instant-kill clear of the seventh-floor trial.

Within the entire Sacred Flame Hall, aside from that one Aurora-rank, not a single person could achieve this level.

After the seventh trial, the immediately following eighth trial was an SS+ rank ability awakener.

This person was formidable in strength; only after Xu Jingming activated his Thunderstorm Form did he slay them and enter the ninth-floor trial.

And at this moment, the entire Rating Hall had already fallen into a state of shock.

"Eighth-floor trial cleared! The ninth-floor trial is next!"

"If he clears the ninth-floor trial, then he will be the second Aurora-rank of our Sacred Flame Hall!"

"Do you even know what the ninth-floor trial opponent is? Yelling about it here — Aurora-rank isn't that easy to come by!"

"Heh, regardless, this Xu Jingming is absolutely one of the only two prodigies our Sacred Flame Hall has!"

"......"

The opponents on each floor of the Rating Trial were no secret to the core members.

The ninth floor, after the eighth, would be an opponent possessing SSS-rank abilities!

Only by defeating them could one obtain the Aurora rating.

Of course, this was very difficult.

Otherwise, the Sacred Flame Hall today wouldn't have just a single Aurora-rank.

But given Xu Jingming's previous formidable performance, among this chorus of pessimistic voices, there were still quite a few supporters.

And at this moment, Lady Xina had already fallen completely into silence.

With Xu Jingming's current performance, even if she were a minor rank higher, in a real fight she would absolutely be the one to lose.

"Ninth-floor trial......"

Lady Xina watched the tall figure on the holographic projection with a complicated expression.

She would never have imagined that this Blue Star native's talent could be this high......

And Moon Shadow Divine Official likewise fixed his attention on the holographic projection.

The ninth-floor trial wasn't that simple; even an SSS-rank ability didn't guarantee passing it.

The current Aurora-rank also only cleared it after several attempts.

Now it all depended on whether Xu Jingming could clear it in one go......

PS: Let me explain the update situation here.

It might be because it's the end of the year, and many company projects need wrapping up — otherwise there'd be no results to show at the annual meeting, and the whole department would face the risk of being cut, so basically every day has been very busy.

Programmers on 996, and even getting off past ten is normal. (Once during the busiest stretch, I slept only five hours over three days, dozing off slumped over my desk.)

After all, with the high salary, when it's time to step up, you have to step up (although we don't have overtime pay......)

Taking the subway from the company to home takes about an hour — early days I'm home by nine, late days by ten.

Writing one chapter takes me about an hour and a half, and once it's done there's basically no personal time left.

Sometimes work is just too exhausting; at night I write a thousand-plus characters and really can't write anymore.

No choice but to type on the subway the next day, and finish typing during the lunch break before posting.

So occasionally I can't even guarantee a single update — there'll be missed updates.

Going forward, updates during this period will all be pretty rough; once the new year passes it should be better. Readers who can't wait can let it sit and come back later.

Finally, thank you again to all you reader bigshots for your support — thank you!

If you want to scold, go ahead and scold — failing to maintain stable updates really is my fault......