Chapter 1036: Find the Target! Return to Magic City!

Because of the existence of ferocious beasts, Blue Planet has always maintained an emergency alert system, which is divided into three levels.

Level One Alert: Supreme powerhouses join the battlefield, all stockpiled resources are distributed according to battlefield merit, and low-rank psychics are heavily cultivated.

Level Two Alert: All ninth-rank psychics join the battlefield, one-third of stockpiled resources are withdrawn.

Level Three Alert: Half of the ninth-rank psychics remain on standby for immediate deployment, stockpiled resources are not touched.

Compared to the first two alert levels, Level Three Alert is neither terribly serious nor entirely insignificant.

After all, once ninth-rank psychics enter the battlefield, the situation is likely to escalate rapidly into Level Two or even Level One Alert.

Of course, besides these three alert levels, there is also an emergency state.

This state is activated in the face of extinction-level threats, when humanity transfers into the Secret Realm space and is exiled into the Spatial Chaos Layer.

It is somewhat similar to the Torch Project of the Second Civilization Era.

For Xu Jingming, Level Three Alert is sufficient to allow him to join the battlefield.

"After the meeting ends, I'll find a chance to ask how to become one of the half of the ninth-rank psychics on standby," Xu Jingming thought silently.

The United Nations meeting had many agenda items; the initial topics mostly concerned humanity and individual nations, and were largely decided by the few Supreme powerhouses.

Once later topics became less critical, Xu Jingming and other ninth-rank delegates could participate in the decisions.

At five a. m. ten hours later, the night sky outside was pitch black, yet the conference hall remained brightly lit—the United Nations meeting continued.

As Xu Jingming listened intently to the agenda, Eva's excited voice suddenly echoed in his mind:

"S-Class! I found where the Great Xia Tianming Sect headquarters is!"

"Oh? Where?" Xu Jingming's eyes lit up as he asked urgently.

"The psychic energy-sharing visuals you sent me from S-Class were extremely brief, but after careful comparison, I finally pinpointed the location—it's in Magic City!"

Eva's proud voice rang out.

If not for her database containing detailed records of every corner of Great Xia,

equivalent to a walking map of Great Xia, she might never have found this place.

"Magic City?" Xu Jingming's eyebrows lifted.

Damn, this was classic blind spot under the lamp!

Back when Magic University launched a major crackdown on the Tianming Sect, they swept through Magic City and purged countless Tianming Sect members.

Yet no one expected the Tianming Sect's headquarters was right there in Magic City!

"What's wrong?" Su Qingli sent a psychic whisper, noticing Xu Jingming's expression change.

"It's Eva—she's discovered..."

Xu Jingming briefly explained the whole situation, "Once this meeting ends, we'll head back to Magic City first."

"That works."

Su Qingli nodded slightly. "Besides, Qiuyun and Chuxuan have already returned to Magic City."

The national university league is in just over ten days; Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan must return to school for team training.

Though she thought it unnecessary—either one of them alone could sweep all teams from the other two top universities.

At seven a. m. two hours later, the United Nations meeting ended.

One by one, the Supreme powerhouses departed; Emers and the Moon Shadow Cleric prepared to return to the Torch Divine Temple, and Xu Jingming waved goodbye to them.

Notably, Alan, who had also broken through to ninth rank, was among the invited delegates to this meeting.

But whether due to his Dao-heart shattering after being defeated by Xu Jingming inside the Void-Breaking Tower, he dared not even glance at Xu Jingming this time, following the Flame Divine Sovereign away in silence.

After the Torch Worlders departed, Xu Jingming and Su Qingli boarded their Black Obsidian-class fighter, joining the Great Xia fighter squadron as they returned to Great Xia.

"The Holy Radiance Church, located in Jinshan District, Magic City—the psychic energy visuals S-Class shared with me originated from there; it is the Tianming Sect's headquarters."

Inside the fighter's cabin, Eva's adorable face appeared on the main screen, continuing her briefing:

"The Holy Radiance Church has an excellent reputation in Jinshan District—no fees are required to join.

The church regularly distributes resources, and even has healing psychics who treat ordinary people's injuries.

The church has over a million members, yet it has not expanded beyond Jinshan District, maintaining only a single headquarters there."

"So it's in Jinshan District—no wonder we never heard of it before."

Xu Jingming stared at the map of Magic City displayed by Eva.

Jinshan District is not part of Magic City's main urban area; it's remote.

During his year-plus stay in Magic City, he had never once gone there.

"Who is the leader of the Holy Radiance Church?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Xie Shi—a sixth-rank psychic with a B-Class enhancement-type ability."

"A sixth-rank psychic who founded a church of over a million members yet refuses to expand—there must be something suspicious going on there."

Xu Jingming's gaze flickered.

Normally, religious organizations follow the path of growth—expand, strengthen, then achieve glory.

But the Holy Radiance Church remains confined to Jinshan District, never even touching Magic City's main urban area—it makes no sense.

"Jingming, shouldn't we bring a few more ninth-ranks with us? They're all nearby right now."

Su Qingli mused aloud.

"No."

Xu Jingming shook his head. "If we can't handle it, no one else can.

Besides, this is merely the branch leader of Great Xia's Tianming Sect—his strength won't be overwhelming."

"That's true."

Su Qingli nodded slightly, then furrowed her delicate brows.

"But according to the map, the Holy Radiance Church is in the heart of Jinshan District's urban area—population density is too high. If we do find the Tianming Sect's leader, fighting there might be troublesome."

A battle between ninth-tier powerhouses could easily destroy the entire Jinshan District.

"We can evacuate the crowds ahead of time. Eva, help me get in touch with Zhou Yu," Xu Jingming instructed.

Zhou Yu was the Director of the Modu Public Security Bureau and had extremely rich experience with this kind of situation.

Once the call connected, Xu Jingming briefly explained the situation to Zhou Yu.

Upon learning there was a chance to capture the leader of the Xiatianming Sect, Zhou Yu's pretty face flushed with excitement, and she hurriedly pledged to absolutely complete the evacuation mission.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Jingming opened his own system panel.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Ninth-Tier Lower

【Abilities】: Doushen Shenlei (SSS-rank), Wild Ancient Azure Dragon (SSS-rank)

【Physique】: Qi and Blood (+)

【Spirit】: He (+)

【Skills】: Spear Art (Perfection), Fist Art (Master+), Star Radiance Lei Gang (SSR-rank, Beginner+), Celestial Mechanism Pupil (SSS-rank, Perfection)......

【Body Tempering】: Doushen Shenlei Blood Fiend Body (SSS-rank, Tenth Layer)

【Spirit Refining】: Lei Hai Visualization Method (SSS-rank, Seventh Layer)

【Domain】: Thunder Domain (Third Layer)

【Ability Points】: 3,024,000

The system panel showed a full three million ability points, but apart from proficiency and basic attributes, there was simply no way to add points to any other options.

Proficiency wasn't useful for the moment, and adding points to basic attributes at this stage was even more outrageous—10 ability points were needed to increase a single attribute value by 1.

Regarding this, Xu Jingming naturally would not waste ability points on adding points to basic attributes. Once he saved up enough ability points to add points to his body tempering art or spirit refining art, the attribute gains would be far greater than this.

"There's also the Ziwei Pupil that needs points added. Let me first see the effects of this combat technique."

Xu Jingming silently pondered to himself, then took out a pale purple Wu Yin from his spatial ring and pressed it against his forehead.