Chapter 994: All Floors Announcement! Allen Breaks Through!

"Besides the attribute surge, your ability should have changed significantly too."

Xu Jingming raised his right hand after checking his attributes.

With a thought, a pitch-black SSS-grade Chaotic Divine Thunder instantly coalesced into a basketball-sized thunderball in his palm.

Crackling—

The entire thunderball shimmered with electric arcs, like a black hole, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations.

"The power of Chaotic Divine Thunder has increased more than tenfold compared to before!" Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction.

Just this tiny thunderball, if thrown, could obliterate an entire small city!

This is an SSS-grade ability!

As his rank rises, its power will become even more terrifying.

"Congratulations! S-rank has successfully broken through to the Ninth Stage, drawing closer to the peak!"

At that moment, the holographic little girl Eva emerged from his smart bracer with a grin to offer her congratulations.

Su Qingli also descended from the sky, her fair, delicate face lit with a bright smile:

"Congratulations. Dual Saint of Martial and Magical Arts—henceforth, even I must call you Senior."

Women in love are all the same—even the cold and aloof Su Qingli has such a playful side.

"Jingming, congratulations."

Leng Yuexi and Leng Yuechan, walking over from the side, also offered their congratulations.

A Ninth-Stage Martial Saint under twenty—this is an unprecedented, likely unrepeatable, terrifying record.

"No time now. Let’s have dinner after we return."

Xu Jingming laughed heartily, his mood excellent.

"Fine, then I’ll make sure to treat you to a feast with Shuang-jie and the others."

Su Qingli blinked her clear, large eyes, then asked: "Where to next? Still searching for ferocious beasts?"

"No, we’re heading to the endpoint," Xu Jingming shook his head.

With his current strength, even if he couldn’t defeat those Ninth-Stage Peak experts, he wouldn’t be in mortal danger.

"The Trial Tower will close in one day. The endpoint will activate a no-combat zone. All trial participants must proceed to the endpoint to claim rewards."

"The Trial Tower will close in one day. The endpoint will activate..."

Suddenly, a majestic voice rang out from the sky.

It was not language from Blue Star or the Ember World, yet the psychic energy waves it emitted made everyone understand.

"Finally ending—perfect! I still have plenty of Void Stones to exchange!"

Xu Jingming laughed aloud and took to the air without using Lei Long Wings!

This is the ability of a Ninth-Stage ability user—walking on empty air!

Whoosh—

A faint glow from his space ring materialized a massive Obsidian-class fighter jet beside him.

"Get on. We no longer need to worry about Leo and the others blocking us."

After Su Qingli and the other two boarded the jet, Xu Jingming instructed Eva to pilot it toward the endpoint.

Meanwhile, somewhere on the 13th Floor of the Breakthrough Tower.

The entire sky was filled with scorching golden flames.

Beneath that sea of fire hung a golden sun!

Within the sun, a faint human silhouette radiated an astonishingly terrifying aura!

The silhouette devoured the ambient Yuan energy, its aura surging higher and higher!

Nearby, Leo, a Ninth-Stage Peak expert,

along with several other Ninth-Stage members of the Lei Ding family, hovered in place, eyes locked on the figure.

On the ground were Qiao Lin, Xina, and others.

All their faces wore expressions of eager anticipation!

For the golden sun’s figure was none other than Allen, who possessed the SSS-grade Elemental Fire ability!

He was about to break through to the Ninth Stage!

"Ninth-Stage Magical Saint! Allen is definitely the strongest among lower Ninth-Stage!"

"Of course! SSS-grade abilities aren’t something to joke about!"

"Allen is far stronger than that damn Xu Jingming—now that he’s reached Ninth Stage, Xu Jingming can’t even compare!"

"Obviously! Xu Jingming just broke through to Eighth-Stage Mid, how could he match our boss?"

"..."

Allen’s followers were excitedly discussing.

Especially Qiao Lin and the others who had been humiliated by Xu Jingming—their faces flushed with excitement.

They eagerly awaited Allen’s breakthrough, hoping he’d repay their grievances with a brutal vengeance!

"Look! Our boss has broken through!"

Suddenly, one follower’s eyes lit up as he pointed to the sky, shouting excitedly.

Qiao Lin and the others looked up—sure enough, above the golden fire sea, Allen emerged like a god of flame, stepping forth from the flames.

The utterly terrifying aura erupted violently!

"Breaking through to Ninth Stage at twenty-eight! Allen! You truly are the greatest prodigy of the Ember World!"

Leo, the Ninth-Stage Peak expert, laughed loudly as he flew forward to greet him.

A day ago, Allen sensed his breakthrough was imminent.

That’s why he abandoned heading to the endpoint early and stayed behind to guard.

The result proved him right—Allen had truly broken through to Ninth Stage!

"Too bad the Saint Essence Pill was taken by that Xu Jingming—if you’d had it, your breakthrough would’ve been faster."

Leo grunted in dissatisfaction, then smiled again:

"Proof that, even with the same SSS-grade ability, you broke through faster than Xu Jingming! That woman Aimerse made the wrong choice!"

"Xu Jingming?"

Allen’s face showed a bored expression. "When he was Eighth Stage, I had some interest in him.

But now that I’ve reached Ninth Stage, fighting him would be bullying a child."

He possessed the Elemental Fire SSS-grade ability: Solar True Flame!

Now that he’d broken through to Ninth Stage, his psychic power had soared to a terrifying 600,000 Hz!

If he unleashed his ability fully, Solar True Flame could reach a staggering four million degrees Celsius!

For Xu Jingming, an Eighth-Stage Mid Grandmaster, it was truly overkill.

"True."

Leo laughed heartily. "Your goal is to conquer every Ninth-Stage Martial and Magical Saint! Xu Jingming will forever live in your shadow!"

He knew perfectly well Xu Jingming possessed a Saint Essence Pill that could instantly break through to Ninth Stage.

But the man had already advanced from Eighth-Stage Low to Eighth-Stage Mid inside the Breakthrough Tower.

His next breakthrough wouldn’t come for at least one or two years.

By then, it’d be too late.

"Lord Leo, shall we go? I just heard the announcement that the Breakthrough Tower is about to close."

The golden flames across the sky surged and retracted entirely into Allen’s body.

"Correct."

Leo nodded, a gleam of anticipation in his eyes: "The Breakthrough Tower is closing. At the endpoint, we may finally uncover secrets tied to the Noah Civilization."

An unknown civilization never before discovered held immense value.

He had sensed this already in the earlier floors of the Breakthrough Tower.