Chapter 1080: Vice Leader of Xia Meng! The Nation Is Shocked!

Slap slap slap slap——

Under Cao Jun's guidance, the entire commendation ceremony reached its climax.

The banquet hall erupted in a wave of applause, countless gazes turning toward Xu Jingming as he walked toward the stage.

Among those gazes were shock, envy—but mostly excitement!

In the international community, the strongest rarely descend into the fray themselves.

Therefore, the emergence of a ninth-rank invincible would undoubtedly greatly strengthen Daya's voice on the global stage!

"Ninth-rank invincible?! It's really a ninth-rank invincible?!"

In the corner of the hall, Li Changfeng's eyes bulged, fixed fiercely on Xu Jingming.

That means, in terms of strength, his own ninth-rank peak S-class power is now inferior to Xu Jingming's!

"Ninth-rank invincible... Changfeng, let it go."

Li Chen suddenly looked as if he had aged dozens of years.

A ninth-rank invincible can only be eliminated by the strongest themselves.

Otherwise, it's utterly impossible to remove him.

That means, he will never be able to avenge his second son, Li Yang...

"Give up? Impossible! There must be a way! There absolutely must be!"

Li Changfeng growled low.

In just one month, Xu Jingming leaped from ninth-rank low to ninth-rank invincible.

No matter what, he could not accept this outcome.

Since their communication was via mental transmission, the ninth-rank councilors present noticed their expressions change but paid it little mind.

After all, the Li family and Xu Jingming already had a grudge—if they hadn't reacted emotionally to this news, that would've been suspicious.

"Xu the younger brother turned the tide, preserved the Crimson Fortress, and earned glorious battlefield merits.

For this commendation ceremony, he is the foremost contributor. I hereby appoint him as Vice Leader of Xia Meng."

Zhou Yuanwu rose from his seat.

Previously, Cao Jun had always been the one announcing rewards to the honored ninth-ranks.

Now, his personal announcement carried far greater significance.

True enough, as soon as his words fell, the ninth-ranks present all flinched in surprise.

The entire Blue Planet reveres strength above all else—Daya included.

As Daya's strongest, Xia Meng's Leader, Zhou Yuanwu holds authority over the entirety of Daya.

What does Vice Leader mean?

It means that whenever the Leader Zhou Yuanwu is absent, the Vice Leader may act in his stead and command all of Daya!

Even during special periods, he may mobilize Daya's major military legions and factions.

Previously, Xia Meng had only one Vice Leader—Cao Jun. No one expected another to be added now.

This is a truly powerful position—one below only the Leader, above billions!

From this day forward, which councilor in Daya would dare defy Xu Jingming's will?

More councilors noticed Zhou Yuanwu's address to Xu Jingming.

He called him brother!

That means, in Zhou Yuanwu's eyes, Xu Jingming will inevitably ascend to the rank of the strongest, standing on the same level as him.

After all, Xu Jingming is only twenty-one and already ninth-rank middle.

The strongest? For him, it's truly no challenge!

"Congratulations, Vice Leader Xu."

Cao Jun was the first to speak, his gaze filled with boundless emotion.

He never imagined that Xu Jingming, who was his great-grandson's age, would now hold the same position as him.

"Congratulations, Lei Di!"

"Congratulations, Vice Leader!"

"Haha, with Lei Di among us, Daya will grow even stronger!"

"..."

After Cao Jun, the other ninth-rank councilors also voiced their congratulations.

Generally, ninth-rank experts have titles—titles given by others, never self-chosen.

Such titles are a form of recognition for one's strength.

But Xu Jingming's leap from ninth-rank to ninth-rank invincible was far too swift.

So many simply began calling him by the nickname already circulating online: "Lei Di."

With his current strength, the title truly fits.

"Jingming..."

Watching Xu Jingming at the front, revered and congratulated by all.

Su Qingli and Ling Shuang's eyes shimmered with desire, their legs pressed tightly together, their beauty brimming with passion.

Women are drawn to strength—this held true for them too.

Seeing Xu Jingming earn absolute recognition through his own power, they naturally felt pride.

"Thank you, Elder Brother for your cultivation."

Xu Jingming hadn't expected Zhou Yuanwu to offer him this position; his eyes lit up as he nodded in gratitude.

With the title of Vice Leader of Xia Meng, future endeavors would be far simpler.

After announcing the rewards for Xu Jingming, the commendation ceremony was also drawing to a close.

As the focal figure of this ceremony, it was only right that Xu Jingming treated everyone to a meal after it ended.

It had to be said that even in the virtual world, the flavors of the banquet were no different from reality, in fact even better.

After all, the virtual world could directly produce flavors that did not exist in reality.

It was worth mentioning that the father and son of the Li family did not attend this banquet.

Xu Jingming paid it no heed either.

His ascendancy was complete; the father and son of the Li family were now two harmless nobodies on the roadside.

If not for concerns about the fallout, he would have already made a move against the two of them.

However, Su Tianrui was about to awaken, and the father and son of the Li family would soon reap the bitter fruits of the past......

Although only Ninth Rank were present at the ceremony site, the entire commendation process was recorded on video by the intelligence brain from start to finish.

After the ceremony ended, the country's top media outlets all obtained the video footage.

They skimmed through it quickly, and were shocked.

They immediately picked out the most explosive news content and released it onto the internet.

Thus, article after article and short videos with eye-catching titles alone were posted online.

"Shocking! A 21-year-old Ninth Rank Invincible!"

"Vice Alliance Leader of Xia Meng! A soaring prodigy!"

"Instant-killing a Ninth Rank Beast Emperor — what astonishing strength!"

"......"

The martial spirit of Great Xia was strong, and after these articles and videos were released,

within mere minutes they shot to the top of the trending searches on every major online platform.

"Ninth Rank Invincible?! Damn, didn't Lei Di just break through to Eighth Rank three months ago?"

"Vice Alliance Leader of Xia Meng — what glory!"

"Lei Di is awesome! The eternal god of our Modu Ability University!"

"......"

They went crazy!

Everyone in Great Xia went crazy.

The comments under every trending topic were growing wildly.

Xu Jingming, who possessed an SSS-grade ability, had always been a public figure in Great Xia.

Everyone knew Xu Jingming would eventually reach the pinnacle of Great Xia.

Yet no one expected this day to come so quickly!

"Ninth Rank Invincible! Sister Qiuyun, Ming-ge is way too strong!"

"Who says otherwise — besides the Speaker my lord, he's the strongest!"

"So fierce, Sister Chuxuan, can you get me an autograph next time?"

"......"

In Qingxu City, the members of the Modu team, who had just finished a day of competition, were flushed with excitement one after another.

Lei Di!

He was a peak powerhouse who had come out of their Modu!

Members of other universities, who regarded Xu Jingming as their idol, were also somewhat excited.

They only regretted not being from Modu, otherwise they too could share in such an honor at this moment.

"Ninth Rank Invincible, Vice Alliance Leader of Xia Meng — Jingming has actually already reached this step."

A trace of shock also flickered in the beautiful eyes of Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan.

An hour earlier, they had already learned of the commendation ceremony from Xu Jingming himself.

Yet they had not expected the final result to be so astonishing!

"It's a pity our strength is still not enough, otherwise we could have attended the commendation ceremony together with Jingming."

Song Qiuyun sighed softly, a hint of loss faintly visible on her Bai Xi pretty face.

Although she had already broken through to Fifth Rank, a heavenly pride in the eyes of ordinary people,

compared with Xu Jingming, the gap was far too great.

"What are you thinking? As long as we keep cultivating diligently, that's enough.

As for Jingming, once he returns from the frontline battlefield, we'll have to make him compensate us properly."

Jiang Chuxuan saw that Song Qiuyun's mood was off, pulled her into a hug at once, and giggled.

"You're right, I can't compare myself to that monster of his."

Song Qiuyun quickly recovered her spirits and broke into a smile.

Although Xu Jingming's strength kept growing, his treatment of the two of them remained exactly as it had been at the start.

Whatever Hearing Ling Shuang and Su Qingli had, they had too.

That he could do this much already made them feel very content.