Chapter 161: The birth of the wielder of Thor

"Rest assured, it's nothing confidential; it's fine if you hear it."

Su Mengyao glanced at Zhang Tian, who was clearly eavesdropping. Seeing him look restless and nervous after being discovered, she said with a smile.

"Is it really okay?"

"Extracting Devil Fruits should be a very important matter, right?"

Zhang Tian was somewhat puzzled.

"It is indeed important, but so what if others know?"

"Could they possibly force Ye Xuan to extract fruits for them?"

Su Mengyao shrugged. If anyone actually dared to do that, Ye Xuan not killing them would be considered him being in a good mood that day.

The Tianshuju Society is powerless to stop this.

After all, Ye Xuan's current strength is such that even Master Zhong is no match for him.

He says he won't eat beef, so he won't eat beef.

Let alone others, even if their Tianshuju Society collects the corpses of mutated creatures that have eaten Devil Fruits, they can only find ways to trade with Ye Xuan.

So, what if they know?

"Alright, you should go back early and familiarize yourself with your fruit's abilities."

"I still have to find a way to keep the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in Hangcheng. If I succeed, you might not necessarily be the first to break through to Stage Three."

"Before the Nika Fruit awakens, it's not necessarily that strong."

The Nika Fruit restrains the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, even to an absurd degree, but the Nika Fruit isn't strong before awakening. Although Luffy developed it very well, not strong is not strong. Initially, when no one knew the Rubber Fruit was the Nika Fruit, no one thought Luffy could defeat his opponents because the Rubber Fruit's ability was powerful.

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit is different.

Enel just suffered from appearing too early; otherwise, he would have been at least an Admiral-level existence in the later stages.

"Is that so."

Zhang Tian nodded thoughtfully, while simultaneously gaining more understanding of this era where "great power belongs to oneself."

Before the spiritual energy recovery, who could rely on their own strength to influence an entire country to consider their thoughts?

"If for no other reason, just for this, I must work hard to cultivate."

"Shouldn't this also count as pursuing freedom?"

"Nika Fruit, give me some power; don't make it so I can't awaken and have to go take Teacher Gu Che's spiked club."

Xiong Country.

Dark clouds like ink rolled and roared, wild winds whipped up snow dust, and the world was in chaos.

A burly figure stood proudly. He had long golden hair, and his developed muscles were still clearly visible under his heavy clothing. Every inch of his physique contained explosive power, and his rugged face was filled with determination.

He slowly bent down, his five fingers gripping an ancient silver war hammer on the ground.

"Boom—!!!"

The moment he grasped the hammer handle, thunder exploded in the nine heavens, and countless blinding bolts of lightning dove down like wild dragons, pouring entirely into the hammer body!

"Roar—!!!"

The man looked up to the sky and let out a long howl, raising Thor's Hammer high toward the heavens! Even more violent thunder responded to the summons, transforming into a thunderous vortex that connected heaven and earth!

Around him, countless Xiong Country warriors witnessed this scene and erupted into cheers like a mountain-toppling sea!

"Thor! Thor! Thor!"

The sound waves shattered the wind and snow, shooting straight into the clouds!

—This is a historic moment!

Pooling the nation's resources, screening countless warriors, and experiencing countless failures, someone finally gained the recognition of Thor's Hammer and pulled it from the permafrost layer!

"Ura!!!"

It is unknown who took the lead in shouting this most passionate slogan of Xiong Country, but it immediately triggered a response like a mountain-toppling sea, the sound waves shaking the accumulated snow off the pine trees in the distance.

In the wind and snow, that Thor slowly turned around, his figure wreathed in lightning like a myth reborn; he held the war hammer high, and thousands of thunderbolts gathered at the tip of the hammer, illuminating his face like a god descended to the world.

Viktor Kuznetsov stood on the observation deck at this moment, his eyes full of gratification and pride.

"From this day forward!"

"Ivan Reznov, this warrior who has lifted Thor's Hammer, will become our Xiong Country's Thor!"

"He will fight for Xiong Country! Fight for this land! Fight for all the people of Xiong Country!"

As his voice fell, everyone was completely ignited!

"Ura! Ura! Ura!"

The warriors pounded their chests with their fists, letting out uniform battle cries. Countless people waved national flags, shouting Ivan's name with tears in their eyes; even people far away across the country watching this scene via live stream spontaneously sang the national anthem.

At this moment, Xiong Country finally welcomed its first wielder of a Myriad Realms treasure, and at the same time, a god nearly at Stage Five!

Yinghua Country.

Tianyu Kongling stared at the video playing on the screen, her fingertips tapping the desk unconsciously. On the screen was the battlefield of Qingshan County, Great Xia.

These videos were collected and integrated from the Great Xia internet and sent over, with every frame analyzed repeatedly.

Before the spiritual energy recovery, Great Xia was one of the three countries with the strongest overall strength in the world, perhaps even one of the only two powerful countries. After the spiritual energy recovery, at least in the field of the "extraordinary," Great Xia is the undisputed strongest.

Compared to the Lighthouse, which hasn't even heard of the birth of any Myriad Realms treasure wielders or even powerful ability users, Great Xia, possessing two Stage Five powerhouses, is far ahead of any country on Blue Star. Even the total number of Stage Three powerhouses appearing worldwide currently doesn't add up to as many as Great Xia has.

Therefore, they focus heavily on everything that happens in Great Xia; the sensation caused by the beast tide in Qingshan County far exceeded the past, so they naturally couldn't remain indifferent.

Therefore, they focus heavily on everything that happens in Great Xia; the sensation caused by the beast tide in Qingshan County far exceeded the past, so they naturally couldn't remain indifferent.

And Great Xia has also displayed its composure as the strongest country in the era of spiritual energy recovery.

Regarding the battle videos of Qingshan County that are going viral on the internet, the Great Xia official not only did not block or suppress them, but instead actively participated, displaying the strength of those ability users and Myriad Realms treasure wielders in the beast tide to the world without reservation.

Gu Che, Lin Ruoxi, Shen Mo... Every frame is clear and shocking, with no fear of this information being obtained and analyzed by other countries.

This kind of almost "ostentatious" attitude is backed by absolute confidence—even if you know my power, you cannot catch up, let alone contend with it.

Of course, she naturally isn't focusing on these three, and Great Xia's source of confidence isn't them either.

Or rather, they are just one of the sources of this confidence, with more coming from those two Stage Five powerhouses.

However, compared to Master Zhong, the possessor of the Emperor Yanwang template who rarely appears in public and has almost hidden himself since the arrival of the spiritual energy tide, Ye Xuan appears more frequently, causes a greater sensation, and is even stronger in terms of power.

"Reign over the frozen heavens, all things become ash, Flowing Blade Like Fire."

"The oldest and most powerful fire-type Zanpakuto in the Soul Society, yet it is only one of the powers you possess, and to you, it is merely an ordinary weapon."

"The Wangquan Baye template, the Flame Dragon among the Light Shadow Armors, and Flowing Blade Like Fire."

"These are just the Myriad Realms treasures displayed in public."

"In reality, do you possess even more?"

(End of chapter)