Chapter 926: Transformation! Noah Civilization

Xu Jingming closed his eyes and reopened his system panel, focusing his attention on the mental attribute.

【Mental】: He (+)

【Mind Refinement】: Lei Hai Visualization Method (SSS-rank, Sixth Layer)

"120, 00 He of mental power?"

Seeing this number, Xu Jingming first froze, then burst into ecstatic joy.

He had originally possessed only 94, 00 He of mental power.

This point allocation breakthrough had increased his mental power by a full 30, 00 He!

"Indeed, the Lei Hai Visualization Method undergoes a qualitative transformation after reaching the sixth layer."

This was recorded in the original scripture.

Upon entering the sixth layer of Mind Refinement, one not only spawns a guardian spirit within the consciousness sea, but also experiences a surge in mental power.

Xu Jingming hadn't expected such a massive increase.

After all, the previous leap from fourth to fifth layer had only granted 5, 00 He.

Now it had sextupled!

After closing the system panel, Xu Jingming turned his perception inward to his consciousness sea.

Whooshing~~

The entire consciousness sea stretched vast and boundless, like a true ocean.

Lightning-charged mental water churned and raged across it.

"The area of my consciousness sea has expanded over threefold."

Xu Jingming silently marveled.

He felt this Mind Refinement breakthrough had granted him greater enhancement than even a minor realm advancement.

"And then there's this moon."

Above the thunderous sea, a spherical object floated silently.

Composed of compressed mental power, it emitted a faint glow.

Like a true moon.

Xu Jingming willed it—and the moon began to move.

Up and down, left and right, it darted freely across the thunderous sea.

Each movement triggered tidal surges within the mental ocean.

"Good."

After some manipulation, Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction.

If the mental power in the ocean was like hundreds of millions of soldiers,

then this moon was like a general emerging among them.

Through this moon, he could now command his mental power far more effortlessly.

It was like an ancient emperor.

He could command armies, but only by expending immense effort to deploy them.

Now, he needed only to give the general an order—and all mental power obeyed.

"With this moon, my ability to unleash combat techniques will be much faster than before."

Xu Jingming opened his eyes and extended his right hand.

With a thought, vast quantities of black chaotic divine thunder materialized out of thin air.

In an instant, they coalesced into a pitch-black, liquid thunderball resembling a black hole.

Even at its core, the thunderball began to solidify!

"Your ability proficiency has increased?"

Su Qingli exclaimed beside him.

She had been with Xu Jingming throughout this period and knew his previous release speed.

He could never have achieved this before.

"Something like that."

Xu Jingming smiled, dispersed the thunderball, and rose.

"My Mind Refinement breakthrough has made controlling my ability far easier than before.

My current ability proficiency is roughly at the threshold of 'Crystallization.'"

"Good. With more practice, your proficiency will reach the Domain level."

Su Qingli nodded slightly.

She knew Xu Jingming's current Domain capability came from his Body Strengthening Art's bonus.

His innate ability proficiency had not yet reached Domain level.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming's face lit with anticipation.

Once his ability proficiency reached Domain level, his lightning domain should undergo new changes...

After resting for over two hours in the underground space and bringing his state to peak, Xu Jingming and Su Qingli departed.

Flying swiftly, they soon reached the end of the fifth layer and entered the sixth.

The sixth layer of the Breakthrough Tower was vastly larger than the fifth.

Yet even so, Xu Jingming and Su Qingli reached its end in under half an hour.

Unlike the fifth layer's end, this place had no black passage—only a white passage signifying exit.

Around the passage, numerous eighth- and even ninth-rank adepts waited.

"Not enough people. The passage to the seventh layer hasn't opened yet."

Xu Jingming mentally whispered to Su Qingli.

To avoid potential trouble, both had reshaped their facial muscles.

As long as they didn't unleash their abilities, others would struggle to recognize them.

"There's no notice near the Breakthrough Tower passage. How do they know they need thirty thousand sixth-rank adepts to open it?"

Su Qingli scanned the surroundings, her face filled with curiosity.

"They have Ermose." Xu Jingming smiled.

The Eye of Fate was an SSS-rank ability.

Though Ermose couldn't enter the Breakthrough Tower, it was normal for her to perceive things through those eyes.

"That makes sense."

Su Qingli understood, then asked:

"Thirty thousand sixth-rank adepts will take a while to gather. Where do we go next?"

By seniority, Su Qingli was Xu Jingming's teacher.

By rank, she, as the Guanzhu, outranked him, the Magu City Patrol Commander.

Yet she sought his opinion—as if he were the center of everything.

She hadn't even realized it herself.

"Go hunt monsters."

Xu Jingming grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

In strength, he was now nearly equal to Su Qingli.

But so many powerful adepts had entered the Breakthrough Tower.

While waiting for sixth-rank adepts to arrive, he had the perfect chance to overtake them and drastically boost his power.

"I knew it. Let's go."

A look of "I expected nothing less" appeared on Su Qingli's fair face.

Xu Jingming led the way; the two swiftly flew away.

Days passed.

The Breakthrough Tower had no day or night; Xu Jingming and Su Qingli tracked time through Eva.

Every twenty-four hours, they visited the end to check the number of sixth-rank adepts arriving.

At first, only seventh-rank Masters and eighth-rank Grand Masters arrived.

By the third day, isolated sixth-rank adepts began appearing.

As time passed, their numbers grew rapidly, soon surpassing twenty thousand and continuing to climb.

The sixth layer's monster population was abundant; Xu Jingming accumulated at least 200, 00 ability points daily.

On the sixth day since entering the sixth layer,

the number of sixth-rank and above adepts at the end had reached 29, 00—any moment now, it would exceed thirty thousand!

So Xu Jingming stopped hunting monsters and waited patiently at the end for the seventh-layer passage to open.

"Just over two hundred more sixth-rank adepts, and the seventh layer will open."

At the sixth-layer end, a woman with an ordinary face but a slender, alluring figure spoke.

"Yeah, probably another one or two hours."

A tall youth beside her, with resolute, piercing eyes, replied.

These two were Su Qingli and Xu Jingming, disguised.

Within a ten-kilometer radius around them, countless other adepts lingered.

Aside from psychics belonging to the same faction, everyone kept their distance, none willing to draw too near.

Xu Jingming's group was about three kilometers from the finish line—not close enough to be conspicuous, not far enough to be isolated, positioned just out of the way.

Just as the two communicated via mental resonance, a deep, resonant hum suddenly echoed from the sky!

Xu Jingming instinctively looked up—and heard a majestic voice boom from high above!

"Number requirement met! Noah Civilization, 1031st Trial begins!"

The voice did not use the language of the Second Civilization, nor any language Xu Jingming knew.

Yet as the voice sounded, he somehow understood its meaning clearly, without reason.