Chapter 327: Another Invitation! The Ruined Sakura Country!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!......

Lines of flying sea-swordfish leapt from the water, spearing toward the Wave Whale warship like javelins.

But these were no ordinary javelins—they were cruiser 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.

Beside him, Lu Heng activated his enhancement-type psychic ability, his robust blood qi swirling.

Compared to fire and lightning psychics, enhancement-type psychics inherently suffered from shorter attack range.

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

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

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

Without using a combat technique, his A-rank 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 thunder suddenly spread across the sky.

Then, just as before, it formed a colossal thunderous hand that obliterated every 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,

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-rank psychic ability, Doushen Thunder, already had a maximum range of an astonishing eighty meters!

Naturally longer than Lin Hui's seventy meters!

"Hey, Brother Lin got robbed again!"

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

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

"......"

Although Lin Hui wasn't among the strongest psychics in the Thunder Martial Arts Academy's training camp,

his strength was still mid-to-upper tier, crushing most camp prodigies.

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

The Thunder 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.

"Hmm, didn't expect to find a promising talent just by traveling through Sakura Country."

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

"Young brother, hello. I'm Qin Zheng, instructor of the Thunder 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 revealing his psychic ability would draw the Thunder 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. A pity."

Slightly disappointed, Qin Zheng turned and walked away.

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

As soon as he returned, a trainer from the Furious Bear Martial Arts Academy chuckled and asked.

"No need."

Qin Zheng shook his head. "His attack range being longer isn't 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 young man showed zero interest, there was no point pressing further.

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

Qin Zheng looked at the Furious Bear trainer.

"Forget it. Your Thunder Martial Arts Academy excels at cultivating elemental psychics.

If even you aren't eager, we certainly have no reason to extend an invitation."

The trainer shook his head.

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

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

But they were only one or two at a time—not many in number.

Their ranks hovered around third and fourth.

Yet adhering to the principle that even a mosquito's leg is meat, Xu Jingming mercilessly slaughtered them all.

The Wave Whale moved swiftly; after only eight hours, it had covered nearly half the distance.

At this point, standing on the deck, one could faintly see a chain of coastal land to the ship's left.

Unlike ordinary land, this territory showed no trace of humans.

Instead, signs of rampaging beasts were everywhere—even their roars and shrieks could be heard from afar.

"That's... the original territory of Sakura Country," Xu Jingming gazed at the land with a touch of melancholy.

Over two hundred years ago, when Yuan Energy appeared on Blue Star and beasts descended, many nations fell.

Among them was Sakura Country, surrounded by water on all sides.

In the following century, Sakura Country's territory was steadily devoured—nearly half became a beast paradise!

Over ten million people were wiped out!

Today, Sakura Country's territory is less than half its original size, its power a shadow of its former self.

"If not for this reason, Sakura Country might not have sunk to its current state," Xu Jingming thought silently.

Because of the beasts, Blue Star now has over a hundred nations, but they're broadly divided into six major powers.

These six powers are Great Xia, America, Bear Nation, India, the EU, and Heizhou.

Each major power possesses a large number of peak psychics; weaker nations survive only by clinging to them.

Sakura Country, for instance, must rely on America—one of the six major powers.

Even forced to let America station a ninth-rank Wu Saint here.

Only then can they prevent further territorial loss and ensure the remaining citizens live in relative peace.

"Thankfully, Great Xia's territory is vast enough to have produced sufficient strong ones.

Otherwise, we'd have vanished in the earliest days of Yuan Energy's emergence."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming turned away his gaze.

Such is the brutality of the beasts—ordinary nations cannot resist them!

Fortunately, his ancestors were resilient and strong enough...