Chapter 1087: The Strongest of All Nations! How Has the Li Family Fallen So Low?

"Li Chen is severely injured, his life and death unknown; Su Tianrui's return this time is filled with deep resentment."

Just as Xu Jingming was pondering this, Zhou Yuanwu, who had also received the news, spoke with a smile.

He had already learned of Su Tianrui's return from Xu Jingming.

And he had also learned the full story behind Su Tianrui's disappearance.

Of course,

this part of the news, just hours ago,

under Eva's instigation, had spread across the entire Daxia internet.

"This was clearly Li family's fault to begin with; this outcome is lenient toward him," Lord Xue Jian snorted.

He had once received guidance from Su Tianrui, so he naturally had no sympathy for the Li family.

"Let the grudges of the previous generation be settled by themselves; we juniors have no right to interfere."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

"He vanished for four years, nearly dying.

I won't interfere in this matter; let them handle it themselves.

My stance—you can convey it to Su Tianrui."

Zhou Yuanwu said.

As a Supreme Stronghold, he was like the patriarch of the Daxia family, responsible for managing all internal affairs.

Since the Li family was clearly at fault, he naturally had no objection to Su Tianrui seeking revenge.

"Understood, I will convey it to Senior Su."

Xu Jingming nodded, and Su Qingli's beautiful eyes also brightened slightly.

She had originally worried that her father killing Li Chen might land him in a military court.

Now it seemed there would be no such problem.

"This time, the ancient secret realm has opened, and other nations have sent their top experts."

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated; I have here a dossier on them."

"While the secret realm has not yet opened, familiarize yourselves with it."

Zhou Yuanwu returned to the main topic.

After distributing the dossier to everyone, he did not linger further.

"Come, Jingming, let me introduce you.

Chen Jun—you met him at the Breakthrough Tower; I won't elaborate.

As for this one, he is Cao Shaoheng, a junior of Senior Cao Jun.

Recently, he has successfully broken through from Eighth Stage peak to Ninth Stage."

After Zhou Yuanwu left, Lord Xue Jian smiled and introduced him.

"Senior Xu, greetings!"

Cao Shaoheng voluntarily shook hands with Xu Jingming, his demeanor extremely respectful.

Seeing this, Xu Jingming could not help but nod slightly.

The dragon supreme blood that Cao Jun had purchased from him was used on Cao Shaoheng.

A few days ago, Cao Shaoheng broke through to Ninth Stage at age thirty-five, his ability evolving to SS rank.

It was truly a double blessing, shaking all of Daxia—he had even heard of it.

Of course,

to Cao Shaoheng himself,

before the legendary Xu Jingming, it meant nothing at all.

After some polite exchanges and initial introductions, Xu Jingming did not stay long, returning to the room Zhou Yuanwu had prepared for him in the building.

He also temporarily recalled Ling Shuang, preparing to review together the dossier Zhou Yuanwu had provided.

"First, I'll introduce the experts from other nations who could threaten S-rank."

"First, the United States: William Philip, Ninth Stage invincible, possessing an Enhancement-type SS-rank ability."

"Next, the EU: Barton Henry and Barton Freya—they are siblings."

Both are Ninth Stage peak, possessing S-rank earth-element and S-rank support-element abilities respectively."

More crucially, their abilities complement each other; together, their combined strength should be comparable to Philip of the United States..."

One by one, holographic projections of figures appeared, and Eva continued introducing them without pause.

Heroes of the world were as numerous as fish crossing a river; these nations, having endured over two hundred years, naturally had no shortage of experts.

"These are all veterans who have long been famous, yet haven't fought in years—yet now they've all stepped forward."

Su Qingli murmured in awe.

The Supreme Stronghold factions all possessed their own reserves of experts.

For this ancient secret realm, they were clearly deploying these reserves.

"Experts who haven't fought in years?"

Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes and smiled lightly: "This time, I'll make these old men understand—they are already outdated."

What he most looked forward to now was someone forcing him to reveal his full strength.

After all, neither Luke nor the three Beast Kings had been able to make him use his Enhancement-type SSS-rank ability.

"Outrageous! Outrageous! This Su Tianrui is outrageous!"

Qingjing, Li family.

Li Changfeng was nearly exploding with rage.

He never expected that after just going to the Wild Zone, he would return to learn that Su Tianrui had come back—and had beaten his father into critical condition.

"How is my father now?"

A middle-aged man stepped out from the inner room; Li Changfeng hurried forward and asked.

He was a ninth-rank healing ability user, hired at great expense.

"He's no longer in immediate danger, but the lightning energy inside him continues to corrode his body."

"If we can't remove it, he'll likely have to remain in the nutrient tank indefinitely."

The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his brow and replied with a Solemn expression.

Upon hearing this, Li Changfeng's face turned grim.

The lightning energy was left behind by Su Tianrui, who is a peak ninth-rank ability user.

Only Su Tianrui himself, or another ninth-rank lightning ability user, could remove it.

Su Tianrui himself would never lift a finger to heal him.

And across the entire Blue Star, the only other ninth-rank lightning ability user is Xu Jingming.

Given the relationship between Xu Jingming and Su Tianrui, how could he possibly help?

"Damn it!" Li Changfeng's eyes turned blood-red.

His father, a top-tier ninth-rank S-Class Wu Sheng, had been crippled! How could he accept this?

Worse still, with his own strength, he had no way to seek revenge against Su Tianrui!

"Changfeng..."

A weak voice came from the inner room.

"Master Wang, thank you this time. Here's the resource package we promised."

Li Changfeng took a deep breath, handed the man a space ring, then entered the inner room.

The original bedroom had been modified into something resembling a high-end hospital ward.

In the center of the room stood a large glass cylinder.

Li Chen was submerged inside like a preserved specimen—that was the nutrient tank.

Numerous instrument cables connected to the back of the tank, displaying his vital signs in real time.

"Father."

Seeing his once-mighty ninth-rank Wu Sheng reduced to this ghastly state, Li Changfeng felt unbearable pain in his heart.

"With Su Tianrui's return, we've lost all hope."

"Besides, Xu Jingming's strength has now surpassed yours—only no suitable opportunity has arisen."

"If he gets the chance, he will strike against us."

"Changfeng, our Li family has reached its most perilous hour."

Li Chen's mental voice echoed in Li Changfeng's mind.

His physical body was too shattered to sustain continuous speech.

"The most perilous hour..." Li Changfeng's expression grew dazed.

His Li family was the top ninth-rank clan of Great Xia—three ninth-rank councilors in one family! How glorious had they been?

When had they sunk to this point?