Chapter 948: Lei Ting Domain Second Stage! Discovery of Traces!

The eighth layer of the Breakthrough Tower, a subterranean space one hundred and fifty meters below ground.

Crackling—

Blue Lei Guang flickered as Su Qingli sat cross-legged on the ground.

Her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, her pale, refined face showing traces of pain.

Yet her aura continued to rise, breaking through to a higher realm.

"No wonder it's an SSS-grade healing pill—this effect is truly powerful."

Xu Jingming's face lit up with delight.

Su Qingli had swallowed the Holy Spring Pill just minutes ago.

Now, her aura, which had plummeted to second rank, was steadily recovering.

It had already returned to sixth-rank peak—and was still climbing!!

"The Tianming Sect does have its unique strengths; the Blood Healing Holy Pill, though classified as an SSS-grade pill,

is far more potent than ordinary SSS-grade healing pills like the Holy Spring Pill.

If its efficacy were even stronger, it would be an SSR-grade pill."

Eva, the green-haired twin-tailed little girl, murmured in awe.

SSR-grade pills are extremely rare.

Only three or four SSR-grade healing pills are currently known to exist.

The Blood Healing Holy Pill is the most effective healing pill below SSR-grade.

Time passed slowly; Su Qingli's rising aura finally stabilized at eighth-rank lower, unable to advance further.

"It's the limit—the Holy Spring Pill's potency still can't restore me to ninth rank."

Su Qingli slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of eyes as clear as deep pools.

Deep within her gaze lingered a faint trace of joy.

Though her strength had not yet returned to its peak, at least she now had some means of self-defense.

"Good enough."

Xu Jingming smiled, "There are still Tianming Sect members inside this Breakthrough Tower, and among them is their Divine Son.

If we're lucky, we might find a Blood Healing Holy Pill on him—enough to completely remove the Grudge Blood Thorns from your body."

"That's true."

Su Qingli nodded and asked softly, "What's our next move?"

She now regarded Xu Jingming entirely as her anchor.

"First, let's explore this eighth layer. If there are many beasts, I'd like to stay here longer."

Xu Jingming mused.

This entry into the Breakthrough Tower, unknown civilization's opportunities were secondary; the most important thing was still Ability Points.

"Alright."

Su Qingli nodded, then hesitated slightly,

"My strength has returned to eighth rank, but my flight speed might be a bit slower..."

As the head of Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall, Su Qingli naturally possessed flight combat techniques.

Even without regaining her peak strength, she could still fly—just not as fast.

With six times Earth's gravity, she likely couldn't break the sound barrier.

"If you don't mind, I can keep carrying you."

Xu Jingming smiled.

Su Qingli was very light; at 1.72 meters tall, she weighed less than sixty kilograms.

Even with six times gravity, it had no impact on his flight.

"There's no other choice—if we don't, our movement speed will be too slow."

A faint, unnatural flush appeared on Su Qingli's pale, delicate face, but vanished quickly; she spoke seriously.

As Xu Jingming had predicted, the number of beasts in the eighth layer of the Breakthrough Tower was indeed high.

But their ranks were low; most were fourth- and fifth-rank beasts.

With double the Ability Points from beasts, killing them still granted him massive Ability Points.

After killing the three Bloodline Envoys, he gained 800,000 Ability Points.

On the first day of reaching the eighth layer of the Breakthrough Tower, Xu Jingming's kills accumulated 1,094,000 Ability Points!

On the second day, 1,342,000!

On the third day, 1,618,000!

By the fifth day, Xu Jingming's system panel showed a terrifying 2,047,000 Ability Points!

At the same time, a plus sign appeared after "Lei Ting Domain" on the Deep Blue system panel.

Without hesitation, he immediately chose to allocate points!

Ability Points -2,010,000!

Lei Ting Domain First Stage → Lei Ting Domain Second Stage!

Crackling—

In a hundred-square-meter subterranean space,

Black Doushen Shenlei raged throughout the entire area; Xu Jingming's rank remained eighth-rank mid-tier.

But from his body now emanated a peculiar, distinctive aura.

As if ancient, profound, and mysterious.

"This is... the Second Layer of the Thunder Domain!"

Su Qingli stared blankly at the scene, her expression dumbfounded.

Just moments ago, Xu Jingming said he was about to break through, and she thought he was joking.

After all, he had only just broken through to Eighth Rank Mid-tier a few days ago—impossible to break through again so quickly.

But unexpectedly, this wasn't a rank breakthrough at all—it was a Domain breakthrough!

"Second Layer Domain under age twenty-one! New record! S-Class breaks another record!"

Eva's eyes sparkled as she immediately recorded this moment.

She felt like a walking recording device—whenever she was with Xu Jingming, she always witnessed history.

And these recordings would be preserved forever in her database.

As long as Xu Jingming agreed, she could replay them again.

Compared to rank breakthroughs, Domain breakthroughs were far faster.

Just over ten seconds later, Xu Jingming ended his breakthrough and slowly opened his eyes.

"So this is the Second Layer of the Thunder Domain?"

Xu Jingming carefully observed the raging Lei Ting surrounding him.

A Domain is a deep understanding of a certain element.

When he was in the First Layer of the Thunder Domain, the Chaos Shenlei appeared one way.

Now that he had entered the Second Layer, the Chaos Shenlei appeared completely different!

As if using a microscope, Xu Jingming saw finer details.

Each tiny particle of Chaos Shenlei resembled a starry sea—vast and mysterious.

"The SSS-Class Chaos Shenlei... truly extraordinary..."

At this moment, Su Qingli's Bai Xi Shenlei had not yet been retracted; Xu Jingming immediately saw the difference between the two.

The energy form of Chaos Shenlei was far more advanced; Bai Xi Shenlei was vastly inferior.

Using the simplest analogy: one particle of Chaos Shenlei could annihilate ten particles of Bai Xi Shenlei.

This was the gap between ability ranks.

Previously, Xu Jingming hadn't been able to perceive this—only after entering the Second Layer of the Domain could he see it clearly.

Just as he was sensing this, Su Qingli's fair, delicate face appeared before him.

She looked left, then right, as if observing some rare treasure.

"Teacher, what are you looking at?" Xu Jingming asked instinctively.

"I'm trying to figure out whether you're even human."

Su Qingli crossed her arms and whispered in awe: "At Eighth Rank Mid-tier, you've already grasped the Second Layer of the Thunder Domain—I have no idea how you cultivate."

"Geniuses can't be judged by ordinary standards," Xu Jingming grinned.

"You're not humble at all."

Su Qingli sniffed, "With your current strength, you could easily defeat Hu Jinyu."

"About that."

Xu Jingming smiled as he sensed his own condition.

The Thunder Domain greatly amplified his Chaos Shenlei.

Previously, with the First Layer Domain, his power in Lei Lei Bao Tai doubled.

Now, with the Second Layer Domain, his power in Lei Lei Bao Tai quadruples!

Defeating Hu Jinyu, an A-Class Ninth Rank Mid-tier, would be ridiculously easy.

"S-Class! I've detected the communication signal of the Tianming Sect's Divine Son!"

Just as Xu Jingming was sensing, Eva beside him suddenly exclaimed excitedly.