Chapter 329: The Tianyu Dojo's Plan! Kill Xu Jingming!

"A Special-class Summoning-type S-rank ability?"

Xu Jingming was momentarily stunned.

Compared to Enhancement-type, Elemental-type, and Psychic-type abilities, Special-class abilities could truly be called all manner of strange and wondrous—anything goes.

And Summoning-type abilities were even rarer than Hearing Ling Shuang the Vice Principal's Space-type ability.

Who would have thought Sakura Country could still produce an S-rank...

"The headquarters of Tianyu Dojo is over in Sakura Country's Honshu region.

The fact that Sakuragi Rin has appeared here is most likely because of the No. 9 Civilization Ruins."

Yiwa's voice was somewhat Solemn: "There are roughly around 300 passes to enter the No. 9 Civilization Ruins.

Of those, nearly 100 are in Sakura Country's hands—they are the strongest faction entering the ruins.

As an S-rank, you need to pay special attention to them inside the ruins."

After entering the base for the civilization ruins, all passes will be collected.

Only when this secret realm's opening comes to an end will the passes be sprayed out in all directions.

As a local power, Sakura Country naturally seized the most passes.

And the remaining passes almost all fell into the hands of various East Asian nations.

Among them, Great Xia Nation alone has a full 60.

"Understood." Xu Jingming gave a slight nod.

Although Blue Star has six major powers, the two strongest are undoubtedly Great Xia and Mi Country.

Decades ago, the peace treaty with the fierce beasts was signed by ninth-rank pinnacle ability users from both sides.

If one were to say who least wishes to see Great Xia grow even stronger, it would undoubtedly be Mi Country.

As a vassal power of Mi Country, it would only make sense for Sakura Country to keep an eye on him, an SS-rank ability awakener.

While Xu Jingming and Yiwa stood in the distance discussing in low voices—

Under the protection of her bodyguards, Sakuragi Rin also entered the interior of the Tianyu Dojo building.

At this moment, in the large conference hall at the very top of the building—

The vice director of Tianyu Dojo, along with numerous instructors, had long been waiting here.

Unlike Great Xia, all of them were kneeling and sitting on tatami.

Not a word spoken, the atmosphere solemn and austere.

"The Holy Maiden has arrived, please sit."

Seeing Sakuragi Rin's arrival, the vice director, dressed in traditional Sakura Country attire, said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Sakuragi Rin took off her round-toed little leather shoes, revealing her small feet wrapped in white long socks.

She knelt and sat on the reserved central position like that, her pair of plump long legs pressed together top and bottom, leaving not the slightest gap.

Her slender waist was held perfectly straight, displaying no ordinary bosom at the same time.

A head of black hair in a Princess-cut style also fell down to the position of her perky buttocks.

Sakuragi Rin

"I believe everyone has heard recently that a new SS-rank ability awakener named Xu Jingming has appeared over in Great Xia.

Moreover, he possesses the Lightning-type ability, which is most adept at the way of offensive combat."

Seeing Sakuragi Rin take her seat, the vice director continued: "His performance at the National Collegiate League is plain for all to see.

His strength is formidable, and his rate of advancement is astonishingly fast!

If he is allowed to continue growing, it will pose a strong threat not only to Mi Country, but also to our Sakura Country!

Given that the No. 9 Civilization Ruins is about to open, Xu Jingming is very likely to come here to train.

Tomorrow I will head to the secret realm entrance of the civilization ruins together with you all.

If Xu Jingming's whereabouts are discovered, we must spare no cost to kill him!

The moment the vice director finished speaking, the numerous instructors in the entire conference hall immediately burst into an uproar.

"Dosh? Wouldn't this provoke Great Xia?"

"The consequences of angering Great Xia—we simply cannot bear them!"

"Great Xia Nation has too many powerhouses; this is not a wise choice!"

"..."

Because Sakura Country has a sparse population, with fewer than eighty million.

Sakuragi Rin is the only S-rank ability awakener to have appeared in recent decades.

Precisely because of this, they can be said to dote on Sakuragi Rin to no end.

By the same logic, Great Xia Nation must certainly attach extreme importance to Xu Jingming, this SS-rank ability awakener.

If Xu Jingming were killed, they even suspected Great Xia might directly arrange for a ninth-rank pinnacle ability user to come over and smash the remaining territory of Sakura Country to pieces!

"Quiet!"

Sakuragi Rin's willow brows slightly furrowed.

As an S-rank ability possessor, her words within Tianyu Dojo were clearly like an imperial edict.

Though she was only a fifth-rank lower-tier, the moment her crisp voice rang out, the entire conference hall instantly fell deathly silent.

"Director Well-Digging, this should be the chief director's intention, right?" Sakuragi Rin's pair of clear big eyes looked toward the vice director.

"As expected of the Holy Maiden, clever!" The vice director clapped his hands in applause.

"The chief director..."

Hearing this, the rest of the people in the conference hall also immediately somewhat lost their enthusiasm.

The Grand Supervisor controls the entire Tianyu Dojo; almost no one can overturn a decision he makes.

"Everyone, don't worry too much. The Grand Supervisor has said—

If Great Xia truly dares to act, the United States certainly won't sit idly by.

Additionally, the United States has made a promise: if we complete the mission successfully,

they will help us push the border line another 20 kilometers toward the beasts' side."

The Deputy Supervisor said with a smile.

National territory has always been an eternal scar in the heart of every citizen of Sakura Country.

As long as there is any way to expand their area, they will not refuse.

Sure enough, upon hearing these conditions, the many mentors immediately grew excited:

"Sounds pretty good! With the United States backing us, there's no pressure on us."

"Push the border line forward 20 kilometers, and we'll gain quite a bit more territory!"

"..."

Listening to the discussion around her, a faint trace of sorrow flashed through Sakuragi Rin's beautiful eyes.

For a small country like Sakura Country, whether Great Xia has an SS-rank really makes no difference at all.

No matter what, they can't win, and Great Xia basically won't take the initiative to invade.

And although the Tianyu Dojo is nominally controlled by two local Sakura Country natives,

in reality, both the Grand Supervisor and the Deputy Supervisor are puppets propped up by the United States.

The Deputy Supervisor's eagerness to kill Xu Jingming is not for Sakura Country at all, but under the direction of the United States...

'So what if the national territory is bigger? Isn't it still controlled by others?'

Although her heart was filled with a thousand grievances, not a trace of anything unusual showed on Sakuragi Rin's fair, oval face.

She merely nodded slightly in agreement: "Deputy Supervisor, we understand."

"Good that you understand."

A smile surfaced on the Deputy Supervisor's face. "Of course, Xu Jingming might also evade my perception and slip into the civilization relic.

Although this possibility is very low, we still have to guard against it.

Once you discover any trace of Xu Jingming within the civilization relic, you must also spare no cost to kill him.

Even if Xu Jingming really didn't come, killing a few of Great Xia's prodigies would be fine."

A cruel smile appeared on the Deputy Supervisor's face, and he then looked toward Sakuragi Rin:

"Additionally, this one here is William Mark from the William family of the United States. He will enter the civilization relic with you.

Mr. Mark is only four years older than you, yet he is already a Tier-6 lower-rank ability user.

After entering the civilization relic, you two can exchange more."

As his words fell, a tall, white-skinned young man walked out from the back of the conference hall.

He walked straight up to Sakuragi Rin, a brilliant smile on his face, and introduced himself in less-than-fluent Sakura Country language:

"Young Lady Sakuragi, very pleased to meet you. I'm William Mark—just call me Mark."

An American from the William family...

Sakuragi Rin's heart instantly sank.

Possessing an S-rank ability is both her fortune and her misfortune.

The fortune is that, if she grows smoothly, changing Sakura Country's current situation is not impossible.

The misfortune is that Sakura Country is currently controlled by the United States, making it very hard to turn things around.

Even more unfortunate is that she is a woman.

For a woman like her, the United States has many ways to deal with her.

The simplest of these is an arranged marriage.

As early as a year or two ago, the upper echelons of the Tianyu Dojo had already had this idea.

She had dodged them one by one, but she didn't expect this time they would directly plant someone right by her side...