Chapter 1035

"The night after next at seven? Good! I guarantee I'll arrive early!"

Xue Jian nodded hastily, and the nine-stage Martial Saints around him also brightened in expression.

"Let me be clear upfront: this auction may not sell all three portions of Supreme Divine Blood."

"If what's put up isn't enough to interest me, I won't bid."

Xu Jingming, who had observed everyone's reactions, spoke up.

"Of course—Supreme Divine Blood is incredibly rare; it's already impressive that you, Director Xu, are willing to auction it."

Immediately, a burly man declared cheerfully, and the other Martial Saints nodded in deep agreement.

With the auction as an entry point, Xu Jingming and Xue Jian and the others naturally had plenty to talk about.

An hour later, Su Qingli, who had departed from Great Xia, also arrived at the United Nations headquarters.

Xu Jingming, who had arrived earlier, rose to greet her; Su Qingli made no effort to hide it, affectionately linking her arm through his.

"What's going on? Has Su Qingli's heart been won over by Xu Jingming?"

"It looks like it—and honestly, given Xu Jingming's talent and strength, I'd fall too if I were in her shoes."

"Tsk, if Su Qingli's already taken, those few guys must be heartbroken."

"......"

A group of Great Xia's nine-stage delegates noticed this scene and were astonished.

Su Qingli, at only 33, had broken through to become a nine-stage Lower Law Saint and now controlled the massive Lei Ting Martial Hall.

Her figure and appearance were both top-tier.

Thus, despite her side effect of being unable to break through to nine-stage Mid-level,

several male nine-stage delegates in Great Xia had developed feelings for her.

But Su Qingli, ever cold and distant, had never accepted any of their advances.

Yet no one expected she would ultimately end up with Xu Jingming.

Some female nine-stage delegates, however, found this entirely acceptable—even wished they could take her place.

"You probably don't know yet—Xu Jingming exchanged a Thunder-element Essence for Su Qingli inside the Breakthrough Tower, elevating her ability to SS-rank."

"And Xu Jingming has already cured the side effect that blocked Su Qingli's breakthrough; in fact, he even offended an SS-rank prodigy from the Xinhuo World because of it."

At this moment, a nine-stage delegate who had previously entered the Breakthrough Tower and learned some inside information spoke solemnly.

"Whoa! Is that true?" asked a nine-stage delegate who hadn't entered the Breakthrough Tower.

"Of course it's true."

The same delegate continued revealing: "Not just Su Qingli—rumor has it that when Xu Jingming was at Magic University, he also boosted the abilities of those two women to SS-rank!"

"He even prepared a Spatial Element Essence for Ling Shuang—she's still training in the Xinhuo World and hasn't used it yet."

At these words, the Great Xia delegates erupted in uproar.

"Damn! No wonder Su Qingli's willing to be with Xu Jingming—after all that, anyone would be dazed!"

"SS-rank ability! That's SS-rank ability! How is it possible he's handing them out like candy?"

"I just want to ask one thing: does Xu Jingming only accept women? What about men? If men are okay, I'm going to... tonight."

"......"

They've gone mad!

All the nine-stage delegates from Great Xia have gone mad!

Even those normally high-bred among them had uncommonly burst into curses.

There was no help for it—SS-rank abilities were simply too rare.

But with Xu Jingming, he could equip every woman in his circle with one; just that fact alone was enough to drive people insane.

"I never thought Ling Shuang and Xiao Li would have such fortune..."

Cao Jun also let out a wry smile.

Who could have imagined that Xu Jingming, just a year ago their student, would now bring such profound changes to both of them!

Time passed slowly, and the number of nine-stage delegates in the United Nations hall grew steadily.

Yet, whether due to the Li family's fear of confronting Xu Jingming or not, neither Li father nor son appeared until the United Nations meeting began.

"Welcome, everyone, to the United Nations meeting."

"First, let us warmly welcome the esteemed representatives from the Xinhuo World: they are..."

The United Nations meeting was held on the second floor of the headquarters.

Ai Mose, Flame Divine Sovereign, Zhou Yuanwu, and eight other supreme powers from Blue Star and the Xinhuo World sat in the topmost seats.

Xu Jingming and the other nine-stage delegates sat in the lower seats.

This meeting was opened by the American supreme power, Evelyn.

She first introduced the Xinhuo World's representatives, then the newly promoted nine-stage delegates from Blue Star.

The United Nations meeting is held every six months, and the number of newly promoted nine-stage delegates is typically small.

This time, only two new nine-stage delegates were promoted: Xu Jingming and one from the European Union.

The EU delegate had just broken through and possessed only an A-rank ability.

Compared to Xu Jingming, he naturally paled in comparison.

After the introductions, the meeting officially began; Evelyn's expression turned solemn as she spoke:

"The first agenda item of this United Nations meeting comes from the front lines."

"According to reports from the United States and numerous other nations' front-line combat zones, it has now been confirmed."

"Over the past six months, nine-stage Beast Emperors have infiltrated the battlefield."

"We have already lost three nine-stage delegates and over a dozen small cities because of them."

As soon as these words were spoken, the room erupted in uproar.

The peace agreement between humans and ferocious beasts allowed war to continue, but ninth-rank experts were absolutely forbidden from intervening.

Because the destructive power of ninth-rank experts was simply too great—any single ninth-rank entering the battlefield would cause massive losses to either side!

Before this, although human ninth-ranks and beast ninth-rank Emperors had occasionally suffered casualties, those were conflicts in the wilderness, not on the battlefield itself.

So it did not count as breaking the peace agreement—but now, with a ninth-rank Beast Emperor entering the battlefield, this was undeniably a direct violation of the peace agreement.

"I've also heard rumors that a ninth-rank Beast Emperor has entered the front lines," Su Qingli said, her expression solemn.

Beside her, Xu Jingming fell into deep thought.

According to Ermes's Eye of Fate prediction, the Magma Colossus will descend within four years.

Could the current situation be the beginning of full-scale war?

"The peace agreement was established sixty-five years ago by our own hands with their Beast God—what do they mean now? Do they want to restart the war?"

Artur, the supreme power of Bear Nation, had a fiery temper and let out a cold snort.

"We've tried contacting their Beast God, but received no response."

Evelyn's beautiful eyes flashed with icy light. "So I propose activating the Blue Planet Emergency Protocol and entering Level 3 War Readiness."

"Increase troop deployment to the front lines. Half of the ninth-rank councilors must enter war readiness, standing by to receive orders and join the front-line battlefield."

"The Great Xia has no objections," Zhou Yuanwu nodded first.

"The EU has no objections."

"Bear Nation has no objections."

"......"

After Zhou Yuanwu, the remaining supreme powers all voiced their agreement.

The three supreme powers from the Ember World—Ermes and the others—remained silent.

It was their first time attending a United Nations meeting; naturally, they need not declare their stance.

"Level 3 War Readiness... It seems things have indeed become troublesome," Xu Jingming's gaze flickered slightly.

But for him, this was also good news.

If ninth-rank adepts are allowed into the battlefield, then he can go straight to the front lines and slaughter ferocious beasts to gain Ability Points.