Chapter 327: Once Again Invited! The Ruined Sakura Nation!

Zzzt! Zzzt! Zzzt!......

Lines of flying sea-swordfish leapt from the water, shooting toward the Whale Hunter warship like spears.

But these were no ordinary spears—they were cruise missiles capable of massive damage!

To ordinary psychics, this swarm of flying sea-swordfish was undoubtedly a terrifying disaster.

But for Lin Hui, Lu Heng, and Xu Jingming, they were easily extinguished.

It was simply a race to see who could kill faster and more!

On the deck, Lin Hui had already prepared himself, terrifying high-temperature flames raging around his body.

On the other side, Lu Heng had activated his enhancement-type psychic ability, his robust blood qi swirling around him.

Compared to fire and lightning psychic abilities, enhancement-type abilities inherently suffered from short attack range.

But as a prodigy from the Grizzly Martial Arts Academy's training camp, even if he couldn't outkill them, he couldn't lose his aura.

The flying sea-swordfish moved swiftly; in the blink of an eye, they were less than eighty meters from the Whale Hunter.

"Closer, closer—I'll be able to strike soon," Lin Hui fixed his gaze intently on the incoming swarm.

Without using combat techniques, his Class-A elemental fire psychic ability had a maximum range of seventy meters.

Once these swordfish entered range, they'd all become roasted fish!

Just as he thought this, the familiar crimson-gold lightning suddenly spread across the sky.

Then, just as before, it formed a colossal lightning hand that obliterated every single flying sea-swordfish!

"Huh?"

Lin Hui froze slightly, his face filled with disbelief:

"What's going on? His lightning psychic ability really extends farther than my fire ability!"

Keep in mind that

He was a fifth-rank psychic—his attack range should far surpass that of this fourth-rank upper-tier psychic.

He never imagined he'd be out-ranged by the other.

Yet what he didn't know was:

When Xu Jingming entered the fourth rank, his SS-ranked Doushen Shenlei already had a maximum attack range of an astonishing eighty meters!

Naturally longer than Lin Hui's seventy meters!

"Hey, Lin Ge got robbed of the kill again!"

"What kind of lightning psychic ability is that? How is it so long?"

"Haha, aren't you indirectly saying Lin Ge's short?"

"......"

Lin Hui wasn't among the strongest psychics in the Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy's training camp.

But his strength was still mid-to-upper tier, crushing most of the camp's prodigies.

Yet now he'd been directly robbed of a kill by an unknown fourth-rank upper-tier psychic—even one lower in rank than him.

The Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy members were all taken aback by this outcome.

Even Xia Lan, who had been leaning against the deck railing, cast a curious glance toward Xu Jingming.

"Huh, didn't expect to find a promising talent just by traveling to Sakura Nation."

From the Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy side, a middle-aged man in a blue combat suit raised an eyebrow and appeared before Xu Jingming with a smile:

"Hello, young brother, I'm Qin Zheng, instructor of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy's prodigy training camp.

Are you interested in our camp? I can give you a contact.

After returning home, you can use this contact to apply for the entrance assessment—if you pass, you can join us."

Huh?

Xu Jingming hadn't expected that merely showing off his psychic ability would draw the Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy's attention.

Sorry, I'm already pre-selected by your director—I don't need to take any entrance assessment.

He mentally scoffed, then shook his head:

"Sorry, not interested."

"I see. That's a pity."

Qin Zheng withdrew his gaze slightly disappointed and turned away.

"Old Qin, why not try harder to persuade him? Maybe he'll change his mind?"

As soon as he returned, a tutor from the Grizzly Martial Arts Academy chuckled and asked.

"No need."

Qin Zheng shook his head. "His attack range is just long—that's not even a particularly novel trait."

Their camp needed well-rounded prodigies.

He'd merely been intrigued and offered a chance to take the assessment.

Since the boy showed zero interest, there was no point pressing further.

"If you're so interested in him, why didn't you invite him to join your assessment too?"

Qin Zheng looked at the Grizzly Martial Arts Academy tutor.

"Forget it. Your Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy is better suited for cultivating elementalists.

If even you don't really want him, we certainly have no reason to extend an invitation."

The tutor shook his head.

Compared to lightning psychics, they preferred enhancement-type psychics...

After encountering two waves of flying sea-swordfish, more oceanic beasts began leaping onto the deck.

But they were only one or two at a time — the numbers weren't really that great.

Their levels were also around the third and fourth tiers.

Still, holding to the principle that even a mosquito's leg is still meat, Xu Jingming killed every last one of them without the slightest hesitation.

The Wave Whale was very fast — after only eight hours, it had already covered roughly the greater part of the distance.

And by then, standing on the deck, one could already faintly see, off to the warship's left, a stretch of coastal land.

Unlike ordinary land, not a single human could be seen on it.

Instead, one could see the ravages left by ferocious beasts, and even their roars and howls could be heard from far away.

"That is... the original homeland of Sakura Country." Xu Jingming gazed at this stretch of land with a look of emotion.

More than two hundred years ago, when origin energy appeared on Blue Star and the ferocious beasts descended, quite a few nations were overrun.

Among them was this water-bound Sakura Country.

And over the next hundred-plus years, Sakura Country's territory was ceaselessly gnawed away, with nearly half of it falling into becoming a paradise for the ferocious beasts!

A full ten million-plus of its population were wiped out!

To this day, Sakura Country's land area is less than half of what it once was, and its national strength is a shadow of its former self.

"Were it not for this, Sakura Country might not have fallen to the state it's in today," Xu Jingming murmured to himself.

Because of the ferocious beasts, although Blue Star still has over a hundred nations today, broadly speaking it is divided into just six great powers.

These six great powers are, respectively, the Great Xia Nation, Mi Nation, Bear Nation, Yindu, the European Union, and Heizhou.

Each of these powers commands a large contingent of peak ability-users, and many weaker nations can only survive by attaching themselves to them.

Sakura Country, for instance, can only attach itself to Mi Nation, one of the six great powers.

It has even had to allow Mi Nation to station a ninth-tier Martial Saint here.

Only then can it prevent the ferocious beasts from gnawing further in and ensure its remaining citizens a life that is at least somewhat peaceful.

"It's a good thing my Great Xia's land area is large enough, and that it has produced enough powerful experts.

Otherwise, it would probably have vanished in the earliest period after origin energy appeared."

Xu Jingming shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

This is the savagery of the ferocious beasts! Ordinary nations simply have no way to withstand them!

Fortunately, his forebears were tough and strong enough...