199: Chapter 199 Sinking Star Tests His Skills! This repair method is unscientific, but very Su Ming-like!

Underground secret room, training ground.

Su Ming sent a text message to Teacher Lin Qinyin immediately.

"Clothes received, five-star review! When I get to the magic city, let's explore the ruins together."

After sending it, he put away his terminal with satisfaction and turned his gaze to Ye Xiao, who was eager to try.

"Come on, Little Ye."

Su Ming beckoned to him.

"Let me see if you've made any progress these past two days."

Ye Xiao had long been impatient. Purple arcs of electricity crackled at his fingertips.

"Don't use your Thunder Affinity talent first, just use pure Physical Body attacks."

Su Ming instructed.

He wanted to test the quality of this clothing. Items produced by the System must be high quality, right?

"Brother Ming, then you'd better be careful!"

Ye Xiao loosened his wrists, his knuckles cracking loudly. The tyrannical aura of Tier 4 Gold was released without reservation.

Before his voice faded, he retreated with his right leg, exerted force from his waist, and instantly flooded his fist with Source Energy.

Pure Physical Body strength, wrapped in sharp energy, slammed straight toward Su Ming's chest!

Su Ming stood still, his eyes full of anticipation.

"Bang...!"

A dull impact exploded within the enclosed training ground. Ye Xiao's fist landed solidly on the T-shirt on Su Ming's chest.

The moment they made contact, the black fabric on Su Ming's chest suddenly lit up. A circle of silver-blue mysterious patterns rippled like water. The surface crystal lattice instantly locked to a terrifying density.

The confidence on Ye Xiao's face froze. He felt as if this punch hadn't hit a person, but had smashed head-on into a tectonic plate!

An irresistible counter-shock force rushed back frantically along his fist bones!

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bone fracturing. Ye Xiao groaned in pain, flying backward, stumbling seven or eight steps before steadying himself.

He looked down. His right fist was a bloody mess, with the white bones of his knuckles exposed. His entire forearm was trembling violently, having completely lost sensation.

This... how is this possible?! He was an SS-rank Nine Heavens Thunder Body, and his Physical Body strength far exceeded those of the same tier! After promoting to Tier 4, this punch could pierce through a three-meter-thick alloy steel plate! As a result... he had fractured his own bones instead?!

Su Ming remained standing in the same spot, not even changing his posture. At the moment the counter-shock force erupted, he felt that a small portion of the physical impact from Ye Xiao's fist was dismantled and diverted along the surface substrate the moment it was blocked by the [sinking star] lattice, finally merging into the star core in his Dantian.

He immediately opened the System panel and his eyes fell on the description of [sinking star].

[Equipment: sinking star]

[Grade: Planet Level (Damaged Basic State)]

[Current Repair Progress: 3.71% (+)]

Repair progress... it actually increased by 0.01%! Su Ming's eyes lit up. So that was it!

This "exo-colonial star core armor" could repair and evolve itself by absorbing external physical attacks!

Ye Xiao's pure physical attack just now couldn't be countered by his [Kinetic Siphon]. In other words, this clothing perfectly made up for his weakness of being unable to "charge" when facing pure physical attacks!

"Not bad, not bad." Su Ming nodded with satisfaction. He looked at Ye Xiao, who was clutching his arm with a look of disbelief, and revealed a kind smile.

"Little Ye, don't stop."

"Brother Ming... your clothes are too strange." Ye Xiao was traumatized.

"Strange? This is called awesome." Su Ming patted his chest. "This time, try using your Thunder Affinity talent!"

Ye Xiao: "..." Not human! This wasn't sparring; it was clearly treating him as a consumable for testing weapon performance!

Despite his complaints, he still took out an expensive life recovery potion from his storage bracelet and drank it in one gulp. The fractured finger bones healed rapidly, but that piercing pain still reminded him of how ridiculous the experience had just been.

"Brother Ming, here I come!" Ye Xiao moved his recovered shoulder, his eyes becoming sharp again. This time, he held nothing back. Violent Tier 4 Thunder Affinity Source Energy surged into the sky, purple arcs of electricity dancing wildly around his body, making a harsh sizzling sound.

[Nine Heavens Thunder Fist!]

He rushed toward Su Ming again, a basketball-sized, highly compressed energy thunderball condensing on his fist.

Su Ming still stood in place, unmoving. This time, he activated [Kinetic Siphon].

"Boom!"

Thunder light exploded, and the violent energy instantly swallowed him. Su Ming only felt a numbness all over, like having a high-end electric therapy SPA, feeling comfortable all over.

In his mind, a familiar notification sound rang out. [Devoured Tier 4 Gold Thunder Affinity Source Energy impact... mass points + 2300]

Comfortable! Su Ming glanced at the System panel and found that this time, the repair progress of [sinking star] was still 3.71%, without any change. He looked at the (+) next to 3.71% and tried adding points.

[Ding! Consumed 1000 mass points, equipment "sinking star" repair progress + 0.01%!]

The repair progress changed from 3.71% to 3.72%.

Su Ming was stunned. One thousand mass points only increased it by 0.01%? Then repairing 1% would require... one hundred thousand mass points?! The remaining 96.28%... that would require a total of... nine million six hundred and twenty-eight thousand mass points?!

"Damn!" Su Ming couldn't help but curse. This is too scary! Another money-devouring beast waiting to be fed! His own savings weren't even enough to fill the gaps in the teeth of this clothing!

Besides the bottomless pit of [sinking star], his own life form evolution from 11% to 100% also required massive mass points. And there were even more expensive sequence skills after [Origin Mimicry] waiting to be redeemed, costing hundreds of thousands or millions. Even in the System mall, there was a "card draw" function he hadn't dared to look at...

In an instant, Su Ming felt like he had returned to being the poor guy worrying about an eight-hundred-yuan subsidy. The pressure was huge!

No, he had to find a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure! Relying on Ye Xiao as a power bank, three times a day, at most ten thousand points, was just a drop in the bucket.

Su Ming rubbed his chin and thought. Physical attack... repair... Suddenly, an extremely bold, even crazy idea flashed in his mind. Since being beaten could increase repair progress... then... if he found a nest of Advanced Source Beasts, lay down in the middle of the monster pile, and slept for three days and three nights... wouldn't the repair progress shoot up?

The Source Beasts would work themselves to death giving him a massage, and he could upgrade just by lying there sleeping. Isn't this a natural training room?! I am truly a Genius!

The sorrow on Su Ming's face vanished, replaced by a signature lewd smile. He was now full of anticipation for the "Spider Cave" appointment in five days!

Ye Xiao was used to his own futile efforts. He had known how strong Su Ming was two days ago. Seeing him giggling to himself again, Ye Xiao prepared to find a place to sit for a while. He wasn't tired, just frustrated.

However, Ye Xiao also knew in his heart that Su Ming was helping him Cultivate in his own way. Every time he exhausted his Source Energy and recovered, he could clearly feel that his Thunder Affinity Source Energy became purer, and his control over the Nine Heavens Thunder Body reached a higher level. He kept this kindness in his heart.

Ye Xiao struggled to get up, looking for a place to meditate and recover. Su Ming saw this and thought, this kid still wants to slack off? That won't do!

"Get up!" Su Ming kicked him in the butt. "It's not time to rest yet!" "Show me your trump card! Do you have any ultimate moves? Let me see!"

Provoked like this, Ye Xiao also got angry. He jumped up from the ground, his face sinking, his eyes showing unprecedented seriousness.

"Brother Ming, you said it yourself!" "Come and try my new sequence!"

As his voice fell, the Tier 4 Thunder Affinity Source Energy that had just recovered a little bit in his body surged into the sky without reservation! He didn't use his fists again, but pointed his fingers like a sword, suddenly pointing toward the Void Realm above his head!

Above the training ground, the air twisted violently. Pale blue thunder light gathered frantically, rapidly condensing into a heart-stopping energy pillar. This was the low-end version of the ultimate move he had barely mastered after three days of sleepless study from the crystal core of that Peak Tier 6 Thunder Horn Rhino!

"Nine Heavens · Thunder Pillar!"

Before the low shout faded, a thunder pillar as thick as an adult's figure had already crashed down! There was no deafening thunder, only a sharp whistle piercing the air!

In the blink of an eye, the thunder pillar had crossed space and smashed heavily onto the top of Su Ming's head!

Su Ming still stood in place, not dodging or avoiding, just raising the corners of his mouth slightly. Well done!

[Devoured Tier 4 high-concentration Thunder Affinity Source Energy impact... mass points + 5000]

One thunder pillar was worth the total of the previous two ordinary attacks! As expected of the innate skill of a Peak Tier 6 Source Beast, even if it was just a knock-off low-end version, the power was still this strong!

Su Ming was also shocked by Ye Xiao's talent. Being the same Thunder Affinity, he had to work hard to earn money to redeem sequences, while this kid, relying on his talent and a crystal core, could comprehend it directly. People's Physiques really cannot be compared.

"Come again!" Su Ming tasted the sweetness and shouted excitedly.

Ye Xiao gritted his teeth and fired another shot! [mass points + 5000]

"Want to take one?"

"Damn it, if an uncle can bear it, an aunt cannot!"

[mass points + 5000]

...

Two minutes later. Ye Xiao drained himself completely, rolled his eyes, lay flat on the ground, and foamed at the mouth.

Su Ming looked at the 15,000 mass points that had skyrocketed on the panel, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. He walked to Ye Xiao and kicked him.

"Tsk, you are still too weak."

"If you had the skills of Er Zhuzi, you might have been able to make me move today."

Ye Xiao recovered from the extreme exhaustion. He looked up blankly. "Er Zhuzi... who is that?"

(Everyone guess who Er Zhuzi is!)