Chapter 329: The Plan of Tianyu Daochang! Assassinate Xu Jingming!

"A Class-S special summoning ability?"

Xu Jingming was momentarily stunned.

Compared to enhancement, elemental, and mental abilities, special abilities were bizarre and varied beyond measure.

Summoning abilities were even rarer than Vice Principal Lingshuang's spatial ability.

Who would have thought Sakura Nation could produce a Class-S...

"The headquarters of Tianyu Daochang is in the Honshu region of Sakura Nation.

Sakura Rin's presence here is almost certainly due to the No. 9 Civilization Ruin."

Eva's voice grew grave: "There are roughly three hundred access passes to enter the No. 9 Civilization Ruin.

About a hundred of them are in Sakura Nation's hands—they are the strongest faction entering the ruin.

If you're inside the ruin, you must be especially cautious of them."

After entering the base of the civilization ruin, all access passes will be confiscated.

They will only be redistributed to all parties once this mystery realm's opening concludes.

As the local power, Sakura Nation naturally seized the most passes.

The remaining passes have mostly fallen into the hands of East Asian nations.

Among them, Da Xia Nation holds sixty passes.

"Understood." Xu Jingming gave a slight nod.

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

Decades ago, the peace agreement with the beasts was signed by the peak ninth-rank ability users of both sides.

If anyone least wants to see Da Xia grow stronger, it's undoubtedly Mi Guo.

As Mi Guo's subordinate power, it would be unthinkable for Sakura Nation not to keep watch on this SS-level ability awakener.

As Xu Jingming and Eva stood at a distance, whispering.

Under the protection of bodyguards, Sakura Rin entered the Tianyu Daochang building.

At this moment, in the grand conference hall at the building's peak.

The deputy director of Tianyu Daochang and numerous instructors had already been waiting there.

Unlike Da Xia, all of them knelt on tatami mats.

Silent, the atmosphere solemn and grave.

"The Holy Maiden has arrived. Please sit."

Seeing Sakura Rin enter, the deputy director, dressed in traditional Sakura Nation attire, spoke in a low tone.

"Yes!"

Sakura Rin removed her round-toed leather shoes, revealing small feet wrapped in white stockings.

She knelt directly onto the reserved central spot, her long, rounded legs pressed tightly together, leaving no gap.

Her slender waist remained perfectly straight, revealing a striking figure,

while her princess-cut black hair fell down to the curve of her rounded buttocks.

Sakura Rin

"I believe everyone has already heard about the new SS-level ability awakener from Da Xia, named Xu Jingming.

And he wields the lightning ability—the most skilled in the path of offense.

After Sakura Rin sat down, the deputy director continued: "Everyone has witnessed his performance in the National University League.

His strength is formidable, and his advancement speed is astonishingly fast!

If he continues to grow, he will pose a serious threat not only to Mi Guo but also to our Sakura Nation!

With the opening of the No. 9 Civilization Ruin imminent, Xu Jingming is very likely to come here for training.

Tomorrow, I will accompany you all to the entrance of the civilization ruin.

If we detect Xu Jingming's whereabouts, we must eliminate him at all costs!"

No sooner had the deputy director finished than the entire conference hall erupted in uproar.

"What? Are we provoking Da Xia?"

"The consequences of angering Da Xia are beyond what we can bear!"

"Da Xia has too many strong warriors—this is not a wise choice!"

"..."

Due to its tiny population of less than eighty million,

Sakura Rin is the only Class-S ability awakener to emerge in recent decades.

For this reason, they treasure her immensely.

By extension, Da Xia Nation must value Xu Jingming, their SS-level awakener, just as deeply.

If we kill Xu Jingming, we even suspect Da Xia might send a peak ninth-rank ability user to flatten the rest of Sakura Nation's territory!

"Quiet!"

Sakura Rin furrowed her delicate brows.

As a Class-S ability user, her words carried the weight of imperial edicts within Tianyu Daochang.

Though she was only fifth-rank lower-tier, her clear voice had barely sounded when the entire hall fell utterly silent.

"Deputy Director, is this the Grand Director's order?" Sakura Rin's clear, large eyes fixed on the deputy director.

"No wonder you're the Holy Maiden—so sharp!" The deputy director clapped his hands in praise.

"The Grand Director..."

Hearing this, the others in the hall immediately fell quiet.

The Grand Director controlled the entire Tianyu Daochang; his decisions were nearly impossible to overturn.

"Don't worry too much," the deputy director smiled. "The Grand Director said:

If Da Xia dares to act, Mi Guo certainly won't stand idly by.

Moreover, Mi Guo has promised—if we successfully complete this mission,

they will help us push our border twenty kilometers further into beast territory."

The deputy director said with a grin.

National territory had always been an eternal wound in every Sakura Nation citizen's heart.

Any chance to expand their land, they would never refuse.

True enough, upon hearing these terms, the instructors immediately grew excited:

"That sounds great! With Mi Guo backing us, we have no pressure."

"Pushing the border twenty kilometers forward means we gain even more land!"

"..."

Listening to the surrounding chatter, Sakura Rin's beautiful eyes flickered with a faint sorrow.

For a small nation like Sakura Nation, whether Da Xia had an SS-level or not made no real difference.

After all, they could never win anyway, and Da Xia rarely initiated invasions.

Although Tianyu Daochang was nominally controlled by two native Sakura Nation citizens,

in truth, both the Grand Director and the Deputy Director were puppets propped up by Mi Guo.

The deputy director's eagerness to kill Xu Jingming wasn't for Sakura Nation—it was acting under Mi Guo's orders...

'What good is more territory if it's still under someone else's control?'

Though her heart burned with fury, her pale, oval face showed no trace of emotion.

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

"Good."

The deputy director smiled. "Of course, Xu Jingming might evade my perception and slip into the ruin.

The chance is low, but we must guard against it.

If you spot Xu Jingming inside the ruin, eliminate him at all costs.

Even if Xu Jingming doesn't show up, killing some Da Xia prodigies will do."

The deputy director's face twisted into a cruel smile as he turned to Sakura Rin:

"Also, this is William Mark from Mi Guo's William Family. He will enter the ruin with you.

Mr. Mark is only four years older than you, yet he's already a sixth-rank lower-tier ability user.

Once inside the ruin, you two should communicate more."

As he spoke, a tall white youth stepped out from behind the hall.

He walked straight to Sakura Rin's side, smiling brightly, and introduced himself in imperfect Sakura Nation speech:

"Miss Sakura, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm William Mark—just call me Mark."

A man from Mi Guo's William Family...

Sakura Rin's heart sank.

Possessing a Class-S ability was both her fortune and her misfortune.

Her fortune: if she grew strong enough, she might yet change Sakura Nation's current plight.

Her misfortune: Sakura Nation was now under Mi Guo's control, making any true resurgence nearly impossible.

Worse still, she was a woman.

For women like her, Mi Guo had countless ways to deal with them.

The simplest solution is a marriage alliance.

More than a year ago, the upper echelons of Tianyu Daochang had already entertained this idea.

But she had evaded them all—yet this time, they directly placed someone right beside her...