19: Chapter 19 The Ultimate and Mighty Talent! Nine Heavens Profound Thunder!

Li Mo slowly returned to his dormitory; he was about to claim the rewards from the system mission.

Upon completing the system mission, Li Mo would be granted 5,000 devour points and 1,000 system points, but the most important reward was, of course, the unlock right for a new talent.

It was a bit regrettable that this new talent was completely random and could not be chosen freely by Li Mo.

Fortunately, with the Devouring Emperor Body, any talent could be evolved and upgraded, so any talent would be useful.

"Ding! System rewards have been issued. Your 5,000 devour points and 1,000 system points have been credited. Do you wish to activate the new talent immediately?"

Li Mo did not hesitate and immediately answered: "Activate!"

Take a gamble, and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!

Li Mo nervously waited for the system's randomization process, and before long, the system prompt sounded in his ears again.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully unlocking a talent! You have obtained the new Natural Type lightning talent: [Palm Thunder]"

What?

It's actually a lightning talent?

Li Mo was instantly overjoyed; his luck was simply too good.

One must know that among all Natural Type talents, the lightning talent is almost universally recognized as having the strongest attack power, the fastest speed, and the greatest destructive power!

Even within Natural Type talents, there are distinctions in quality.

Although there is a saying that there are no trash talents, only trash martial artists.

But in the end, there are still differences in strength among talents.

Martial artists with lightning talents are much stronger than most Natural Type talent holders at the same realm.

Because the bonuses provided by a lightning talent are simply too comprehensive!

When Li Mo was at Starry Sky University, the university's policy was to prioritize the cultivation of martial artists with lightning talents.

It can be said that if Li Mo's talent at the time, Waste Flame, had been replaced with a lightning talent of the same level, he might not have been kicked out of the school in the end.

If he could choose freely, Li Mo would also prioritize a lightning talent.

After all, besides being naturally strong, the lightning talent also has good compatibility with the Fire Talent he currently possesses.

Generally speaking, those with Fire Talent abilities often operate in conjunction with those with lightning talent abilities because both possess powerful destructive characteristics, and together they can achieve results where 1+1 is greater than 2.

The lightning talent can also perfectly compensate for the shortcomings of Fire Talent users, such as low accuracy and slow casting speed.

Yet now, Li Mo had mastered both of these talents, which are considered the most destructive and highly compatible among all Natural Type talents.

It was a bit of a pity that Li Mo's Palm Thunder talent was only C-rank initially.

Theoretically, the highest rank for a randomly drawn talent is SS-rank, so from that perspective, Li Mo's luck wasn't very good.

Fortunately, Li Mo had reserved devour points for this new talent beforehand.

Coupled with the 5,000 devour points gifted by the system mission, he should be able to upgrade this lightning talent directly to S-rank.

"Ding! You have used devour points to strengthen the Palm Thunder talent. Your Palm Thunder has evolved into Violent Rigid Thunder!"

"Ding! You have used devour points to strengthen the Violent Rigid Thunder talent. Your Violent Rigid Thunder has evolved into Profound Heaven Thunder!"

"Ding! You have used devour points to strengthen the Profound Heaven Thunder talent. Your Profound Heaven Thunder has evolved into the S-rank talent: Nine Heavens Profound Thunder!"

Li Mo emptied all his devour points and finally obtained an S-rank talent: Nine Heavens Profound Thunder!

This lightning talent had no evolutionary branches because the evolutionary path of Palm Thunder was that of extreme rigidity and ferocity, which was exactly the path Li Mo needed most.

Because his Fire Talent sacrificed some destructive power in exchange for the characteristic of burning Qi and blood.

Therefore, his lightning talent had to be the one with the strongest destructive power.

And Nine Heavens Profound Thunder did not disappoint his expectations.

[Nine Heavens Profound Thunder]: The magnificent heavenly thunder, invincible in divine might. It is a mythical thunder from beyond the nine heavens, possessing unparalleled destructive power.

Li Mo spread his palm, and the next moment, a streak of purple lightning flashed between his hands.

Even with just a tiny bit of lightning, Li Mo could feel the violent power emanating from it.

This was absolutely a domineering and unparalleled attacking power!

Li Mo guessed that perhaps just a tiny bit would be enough for him to blow up this dormitory.

Li Mo hurriedly retracted the Nine Heavens Profound Thunder, fearing he might accidentally cause another disaster.

Knock, knock, knock!

Just then, the dormitory door was knocked on.

Then, he saw Zhang Ruxue walk in, actually carrying several plates of hearty dishes.

Li Mo was instantly flattered: "Company Commander, how can I let you personally bring me food?"

Zhang Ruxue smiled slightly: "Heh, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm in just a month—let alone me bringing you food, even if the commander of our military region brought you food, you would be worthy of it."

The purpose of Zhang Ruxue's visit was naturally because she had heard that Li Mo had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

She found it somewhat unbelievable; after all, she and Head Instructor Su Xiaoxiao were already hailed as rare geniuses in The Military.

She had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm in about half a year, and Head Instructor Su Xiaoxiao in eight months.

Even then, the two of them had received commendations from the entire military region.

However, Li Mo was a monster she couldn't even imagine; he had actually reached the Foundation Establishment Realm in just one month!

According to military regulations, soldiers in the recruit training period cannot receive any commendations, otherwise, the entire army would probably have to hold a special commendation ceremony for Li Mo right now.

Now, Zhang Ruxue somewhat understood why Starry Sky University had gone to such lengths to try and get Li Mo back.

Such a genius is hard to come by!

Zhang Ruxue probed Li Mo's cultivation and found it was indeed as Head Instructor Su Xiaoxiao had said; not only had he successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, but his foundation was also extremely solid!

What was even more terrifying was that, theoretically, there should be a one-to-two-day period of weakness after breaking through, but it had been less than an hour or two, and Zhang Ruxue found that Li Mo had almost fully recovered.

These hearty dishes were almost unnecessary!

But Li Mo himself was already starving; the breakthrough had consumed almost all the energy in his body, so at this moment, he didn't care about his image and began to wolf down the food.

"Good! Very good!"

Zhang Ruxue used the word "good" twice in a row to express her appreciation for Li Mo.

Then she added: "With your current strength, I'm afraid that in a few days, during the Elite Recruit Combat Assessment conducted by The Military region, you will be able to win some face for me and for our company!"

Li Mo was somewhat surprised upon hearing this: "What Elite Recruit Combat Assessment?"

Li Mo had never heard of any combat assessment; according to his understanding, after the three-month recruit training period was over, they would be assigned to their respective units.

And then they would be official soldiers!

Zhang Ruxue explained it to him; it turned out that this was also a new rule in recent years.

In recent years, The Military of the Great Xia has suffered from a shortage of talent and a lack of successors, so in order to cultivate talent, The Military has also begun to adopt a merit-based selection method.

The previous recruit assessment was one kind, and the current Elite Recruit Combat Assessment is another.

To put it bluntly, it means selecting outstanding recruits from each Recruit Camp and throwing them directly onto the battlefield for a combat test!

This method is actually based on the same principle as Martial Arts Universities holding tournaments to select good students.