Chapter 1019: Emers

"Four years?!" Xu Jingming's pupils shrank sharply.

He never imagined the Meltfire Beast, which was supposed to descend in two hundred years, would arrive within four years.

Emers is an Ultimate, and possesses the SSS-rank ability 'Eye of Fate'; she has no reason to lie to him about this.

That means this is very likely the future Emers saw.

"What my Eye of Fate sees is merely one possible direction of the future, not something guaranteed to happen.

But if the Meltfire Beast truly descends within four years, our current roster of Ultimates stands little chance of victory."

Emers's golden eyes carried an unprecedented solemnity.

"Do the other Ultimates on Blue Star know?" Xu Jingming asked involuntarily.

"No."

Emers shook her head slightly. "Telling them would be useless—it might only cause panic.

Right now, only you and I know this news."

"Then why tell me alone?" Xu Jingming asked curiously.

"Intuition."

Emers looked at Xu Jingming, her red lips parting: "For everyone else, I can glimpse fragments of their past or future—whether accurate or not, I can see something.

But only you—I see not a single thread of information. So I wanted to tell you, to see if it might alter the future.

Of course, don't feel too much pressure.

Even if we can't change the apocalypse, we still have the Ember World as an escape route.

We'd just have to wander once more through the spatial chaos layer."

"I understand." Xu Jingming exhaled softly.

Wander through the spatial chaos layer for a hundred years? That was not what he wanted.

Watching Xu Jingming's expression change, Emers nodded slightly, a hint of appreciation flickering in her eyes.

At only twenty, to possess such calm composure—this already surpasses many veteran powerhouses.

If some ninth-rank Martial Saints—or even some Ultimates—heard the news that the Meltfire Beast would descend in four years, they might turn to the Beasts.

This has happened before in the Second Civilization Era.

That's precisely why she refused to share this news with other Ultimates.

"For the next period, I'll remain on Island No. 1. If you have any questions about your cultivation of the Eye of Heaven's Mechanism, come directly to me."

Emers gave a few more instructions; Xu Jingming nodded in agreement, exchanged a few more words, then respectfully withdrew and returned to his own Island No. 3.

"S-rank! You've hit the jackpot—Emers is the most promising Ultimate since the dawn of these civilizations!"

As soon as he returned to the floating island villa, the holographic Eva burst out excitedly.

Xu Jingming deeply agreed with this.

According to records, Emers was born in the Ember World, broke through to ninth-rank peak at just thirty-two, and achieved Ultimate status another ten years later.

Now, with the Ember World opened, she is barely under forty-five.

Compared to today's Blue Star Ultimates, who are often over a hundred—or even two hundred—years old, she is absurdly young.

"My teacher is excellent. My performance as a student mustn't fall behind."

Xu Jingming took out the Wu Yin of the Eye of Heaven's Mechanism from his space ring and pressed it against his forehead.

Instantly, vast amounts of cultivation knowledge related to the Eye of Heaven's Mechanism flooded into his mind.

As an SSS-rank combat technique, the Eye of Heaven's Mechanism is undoubtedly extremely powerful.

Upon successful cultivation, it allows one to easily perceive an opponent's weaknesses and strike them precisely.

This ability is undeniably monstrous.

If used properly, it can secure victory in battle with minimal cost.

"Deep Blue."

He mentally whispered the phrase; a pale blue virtual interface appeared in his mind.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Ninth-Rank Lower Tier

【Ability】: Chaos Divine Thunder (SSS), Grand Void Azure Dragon (S-rank)

【Physique】: Blood Qi (+)

【Spirit】: He (+)

【Skills】: Spear Technique (Perfected), Fist Technique (Master Level), Azure Thunder Shield (SSS-rank, Beginner), Thunder God Punishment Sword (SSS-rank, Master Level)...

【Body Cultivation】: Divine Thunder Blood Demon Body (SSS-rank, Tenth Layer)

【Spirit Refinement】: Lei Hai Visualization Method (SSS-rank, Sixth Layer)

【Domain】: Thunder Domain (Second Layer)

【Ability Points】: Points

Looking at the Ability Points on the system interface, Xu Jingming frowned slightly.

The combat technique was excellent, but without Ability Points, he couldn't invest any.

Moreover, Body Cultivation, Spirit Refinement, and even Domain upgrades all required massive amounts of Ability Points.

"I still need to find a way to acquire more Ability Points."

Xu Jingming silently mused, then spoke: "Eva, open the world map—I want to see the global distribution of Beasts."

Shhh—

A massive holographic world map appeared before him.

Blue Star is vast, and the number of Beasts is enormous—but the vast majority are concentrated in the oceans.

After all, oceans cover 71% of Blue Star's surface, while land only makes up 29%.

"With my current strength, there's no difference between the ocean and the land.

But mass-hunting fierce beasts in the ocean raises the danger coefficient far too much compared to the land."

After a moment's thought, Xu Jingming ruled out the option of entering the ocean.

Almost all Beast Gods of the fierce beasts live in the ocean. If he caused too big a stir and ran into a Beast God, that would be trouble.

As for the land......

Xu Jingming continued to study the map.

The largest gathering point of fierce beasts on land was undoubtedly Dayangzhou; the beasts occupied more than half of the entire continent.

Next was Heizhou, where quite a few areas had also been occupied.

Beyond that, there were only some small countries occupied by fierce beasts, and their areas weren't large.

"Dayangzhou is indeed a good destination, but last time I killed several Rank-9 Beast Sovereigns over there.

Besides, there's a Pale White Wolf there that wields spatial abilities. Unless necessary, that place isn't the best option either......"

Xu Jingming's gaze swept across the map and quickly locked onto a long, strip-shaped section.

Sakura Country!

Half of Sakura Country's national territory has been occupied by fierce beasts.

No need to worry about fierce beasts — the numbers are definitely plentiful.

Moreover, from what he knew, the Rank-9 Beast Sovereigns in Sakura Country's region weren't strong — there seemed to be only one or two.

He could take care of them all.

If he hunted every fierce beast on Sakura Country's territory clean, he'd gain at least tens of millions of ability points!

"Hunting them all clean might draw the attention of the ocean Beast Gods, but killing half should be no problem.

And...... with my current strength, I can take Sakura Country directly.

Cultivate it into my territory, and hunting fierce beasts will be far more convenient from then on.

It's decided — I'll head to Sakura Country first and take a look."

Xu Jingming's eyes flashed as he ordered: "Eva, give Sakuragi Rin a call."

Come to think of it, it's been more than half a year since he last met Sakuragi Rin; there should be quite a few changes on her end too.