"Lady Aimer, as instructed, over the past month, we used challenges to make the Third Civilization Era aware of the Kindling Divine Hall's existence."
Boke stepped forward and respectfully reported, "Two Mingguang Level prodigies and one Radiant Light Level prodigy. Two were defeated, while only Meng Yu remained undefeated. Such results have failed the Divine Hall's cultivation. Please, High Priest, deliver our punishment."
As his words fell, Green and Meng Ke both lowered their heads slightly, prepared to accept punishment.
"They lost?"
Aimer's somewhat surprised voice rang out. "According to my calculations, you shouldn't have lost. Did higher-order Metahumans intervene?"
"No."
Boke shook his head and said solemnly, "It was a young man named Xu Jingming. He isn't even twenty-one yet, but he's already an Eighth-Order Lower Position Grandmaster. Meng Ke and Green were both defeated by him."
Buzz—
With a soft hum, a Holographic Projection was cast from the communicator watch on his wrist, displaying Xu Jingming's figure.
"Xu Jingming?"
Aimer's willow eyebrows furrowed slightly beneath the black ribbon covering her eyes.
The scenes she had foreseen contained no trace of this person.
"This Xu Jingming is extremely powerful. His spear technique has reached the Perfect Level. He has also mastered the first level of the domain. The records show that he possesses the Lightning Type SS-rank Metahuman Ability, 'Du Tian Divine Lightning.'"
After a brief pause, Boke continued somewhat hesitantly:
"However, after fighting Xu Jingming, Green discovered that his ability had already undergone a transformation. It is suspected to have evolved from SS-rank to SSS-rank, though we have no way of completely confirming whether it truly is SSS-rank."
"An SSS-rank Lightning Type ability..."
The confusion on Aimer's fair, lovely face deepened. After pondering for a moment, she parted her red lips and said:
"The outcome of the battles