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Chapter 652: Chapter 359: Sublimation of Sleep – Divine Skills [Nirvana], Congratulations on Defeating the Great Demon King Xue Jing (4K)

“The Institution Management Committee…”

Xue Jing’s eyes showed thoughtfulness.

He had heard the name mentioned by his own Youqing A Dream.

This was the Emergency Management Special Agency for Abnormal Disasters, also known as The Sixth Agency’s top leadership layer, which included thirteen members, such as the committee chairman, almost all of whom were big shots living in ‘Cangting’.

And every chairman of the committee, without exception, had been concurrently served by that person above who was no longer around.

Compared to that, Cease-Blades, which belonged to the Special Duty Department, was just a subordinate organization of The Sixth Agency’s subordinate organizations.

“So, it’s like a supervisory group?”

Ning Yuantai nodded and said, “This is a common practice among all combat organizations within the Special Duty Department; White Crow also has it. Besides the commander-in-chief, each combat organization has two key officials dispatched by the Institution Management Committee to ‘assist’ the commander… That’s the official statement, but in reality, it’s to prevent the organization from becoming the sole voice of the commander and going beyond the control of the agency.”

“Because of this purpose, the two key officials have frighteningly high authority… they can command all members within Cease-Blades, except the commander, of course. However, this is just the authority that is written on paper; in reality, not all Cease-Blades members would actually obey.”

“The most critical thing is that they have the power to report and impeach the commander to the committee… That is the reason they can restrain the commander.”

Xue Jing drummed his fingers on the armrest of the lounge chair and said,

“If the key officials have the same command authority and can also impeach… Wouldn’t that mean the commander would be overwhelmed and be completely unable to manage Cease-Blades?”

Ning Yuantai shook his head and said,

“That’s not necessarily the case; there are many restrictions in place to consider such a scenario.”

“Firstly, the order of priority for the key officials’ commands is below the commander, and in case of conflicting orders, the commander’s orders take precedence.”

“As for impeachment, it requires the consensus of both key officials, and they must both initiate it to the committee, which only then will consider it.”

“Under normal circumstances, unless the commander of a particular combat organization is particularly strong, the two key officials will usually be represented by subordinates from two different factions within the committee.”

“Moreover, their term is very short, only two years… In such a scenario, the two key officials from different factions have diverging interests, making it difficult for them to collaborate, and with such short terms, they pose less of a threat to the commander.”

“But the right to impeach is always like a Sword of Damocles hanging overhead, and so the commander’s management of the organization will naturally be subject to many restrictions…”

Xue Jing felt a bit overwhelmed as he listened and shook his head,

“These major organizations of yours really are troublesome.”

The circles of Martial Artists were simpler; whoever had the bigger fist was the boss.

“So, it’s one of these two key officials who wants to kill me… Which one do you think it is?”

Xue Jing asked.

Ning Yuantai pondered for a moment and said,

“The current two key officials of Cease-Blades are Yu Linghan and Wu Yanqi… I don’t know much about these two and haven’t interacted with them much.”

“However, Wu Yanqi is a member of the Wu Family, considering your relationship with Miss Wu Da, I don’t think it would be him. By process of elimination, Yu Linghan is more likely.”

Ning Yuantai analyzed seriously.

Xue Jing nodded.

He trusted Wu Youqing very much; if it was someone from Youqing A Dream’s family, it’s unlikely they would harm him, so it must be this Yu Linghan…

Thinking of this, Xue Jing’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

‘Enemies are often not only in front of you, sometimes they also hide behind you, you must occasionally turn around and look carefully…’

‘…Listening to the people above discussing how to deal with you, they mentioned a fallback card from an unexpected place, a surefire net encircling heaven and earth…’

The sudden conversation between Li Suisui, the little brother in the Steel Tree Sea, flashed through Xue Jing’s mind.

This was an intuitive thought that came all of a sudden.

Xue Jing’s gaze shifted as he fell into deep thought.

With his current strength, intuition had already been enhanced to a non-human level; any sudden idea or stroke of insight should not be ignored.

‘From an unexpected place…’

The people from the Secret Martial Society could say the words ‘unexpected’; surely the person who lent a hand wouldn’t someone Xue Jing had openly provoked before.

If one thought about it a little more, those who could be ‘unexpected’ also wouldn’t be ‘though never provoked, indeed might take action against him’.

“It must be ‘someone I completely didn’t expect to offer help’…”

He leaned back in the lounge chair, hands crossed on his abdomen, his expression showing little change.

“Youqing A Dream wouldn’t harm me, and there’s no reason to… but the Wu Family’s attitude towards me might be different from her own.”

Xue Jing thought for a while and did not choose to call Wu Youqing directly but turned his head to look at Ning Yuantai.

“Yuantai, can you please convey a message for me? I need a favor from the commander…”

He instructed Ning Yuantai with a few words; the latter nodded to indicate he understood.

“By the way, Xue, the head of the Zhige Base wants to meet you, he asked me to inquire about your intentions.”

Ning Yuantai seemed to hesitate for a moment but still spoke up.

Xue Jing smiled without saying a word.

Ning Yuantai nodded, “I understand.”

From the fact that Xue didn’t return to Zhige Base afterward, but chose another place to stay, he had understood the message; it was just that he asked hesitantly due to being entrusted by Zhang Jinghe.

Ning Yuantai sighed in his heart.

He and the head of the base were originally on good terms, and when he had visited Silver City, he had been quite taken care of by the other party… It was a pity that this person didn’t have a strong desire for progress.

Xue was a person of generous spirit and wouldn’t hold a grudge over this matter… but the olive branch that could have connected them was now broken.

Shaking his head, no longer dwelling on these matters, Ning Yuantai continued,

“Xue, Black Nest has completed their investigation; they tried to approach and photograph the Dragon Mother by using a Dragon Core Satellite as a sacrifice, and although they were destroyed by the surrounding dragon flock, they still captured some footage before disintegration, confirming signs that the Dragon Mother has entered the ‘frenzied production phase’.”

“Recently, dragon breeds have been violently attacking people around the world… In probably a month or two, the Dragon Tide will be upon us.”

…

Two days later, Xue Jing awoke from his slumber.

His dark azure eyes shone in the somewhat dim room where the doors and windows were tightly closed. A faint scent of lotus emitted continuously from his body and dispersed throughout the room.

He opened the panel and took a glance.

[…Sleep Experience Points +2369]

[Sleep advanced to Lv10 (328/?)]

[Sleep Lv10 (Sublimable)]

[Sublimation Conditions:@@novelbin@@

One, ??? (fulfilled)

Two, level reached Lv10 (fulfilled)

Three, required Divinity: 1000]

[Conditions fulfilled, would you like to spend 1000 Divinity to sublimate?]

Without hesitation, Xue Jing clicked to confirm the sublimation.

The next moment, the [Sleep] on the panel gradually dissolved like ink.

A brand new skill slowly emerged in the Extraordinary Skill slot.

[Nirvana Lv1 (Extraordinary)]

[Required for upgrade: Experience Points 0/10000, Divinity 6012/1000]

“Hmm?”

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow.

He had already practiced the Nirvana Technique, and the name of the Extraordinary Skill that had sublimated from [Sleep] was also Nirvana… Was this a coincidence?

“This skill must have appeared because I practiced the Nirvana Technique… Activating the sublimation conditions also seemed to have something to do with the Nirvana Technique.”

“It’s probably not a coincidence…”

Xue Jing pondered slightly.

He seemed to catch a glimpse of the mechanism behind the panel skills… but there was still much to verify.

Putting those thoughts aside for the moment, Xue Jing focused deeply and felt the effects of the new Extraordinary Skill.

After a short while.

“This…”

Xue Jing looked puzzled.

He figured out what the skill did.

“Could it be that this world is actually a game world?”

“Am I some kind of final boss that players have to go through several stages to defeat…”

Xue Jing scratched his head.

The effect of [Nirvana] was very simple, comprising two parts, an active effect and a passive effect.

The passive effect was an enhanced version of [Sleep], allowing for illogically rapid recovery of injuries, Life Force, energy… essentially the health bar, mana bar, stamina bar, and the like; all abnormalities in the body would heal quickly while sleeping.

Combined with the Nirvana Technique, it seemed likely that even if he were gravely injured, with limbs severed, just a sleep would see him completely healed; one could say it was pretty twisted.

And the active effect was even more twisted…

Once he actively used [Nirvana], he would immediately recover from all injuries and be relieved of all abnormal statuses, and for a short time, his physical combat strength would be significantly boosted…

It was essentially like having an extra life… and an enhanced version at that.

Like the bosses in games that transition into a second phase…

Xue Jing could already imagine how his future opponents would feel facing him.

Strong physical combat power to begin with, plus a bunch of flashy, outrageous skills to the face, alongside various [Summoned Beasts (Divine Incarnation)] providing support…

After surviving all this: “Not bad, you’ve earned the right for me to get a bit serious.”

Then, bursting with energy and transitioning into the True Red form, once the opponent depleted his health bar: “Very good, now let me show you my true power.”

Boosted combat strength significantly after transitioning phases with Nirvana, the opponent finally manages to kill off the Nirvana state.

Twin Lifes, activate!

Congratulations, you’ve finally defeated the Great Demon King Xue Jing, but it seems there’s a bug; you’ll need to fight all over again…

Xue Jing clicked his tongue.

“That’s just despairing…”

Even he didn’t want to face an opponent like himself.

How afraid of him wasting his life must Ban be to desperately give him such a life-preserving skill; it was truly outrageous.

“But I like it.”

Xue Jing closed the panel contentedly and sat up.

With the advent of Nirvana, his overall combat power ceiling had risen significantly… he was nearly invincible in a battle of attrition.

His Life Force and energy were already strong as a horse, outlasting warriors of the same realm and power by several grades. Now, with the complete recovery mechanism of Nirvana, he was utterly dominant.

And there was the effect of significantly boosting combat strength temporarily.

The cost of using the active effect of Nirvana was simply having to sleep a little longer the next time.

When he woke up, it would be ready for use again.

It was virtually without side effects.

“After Health Cultivation sublimates… I can’t even imagine.”

Shaking his head, Xue Jing stretched lazily and moved his body around.

“Next up, it’s time for some fun…”

He went to the hotel room window, pulled open the curtains, and looked in the direction of the Extreme Martial Ascension Palace, located at the very center of the Inner Ring of the Seventh Metropolitan Circle.

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