Chapter 330: All Factions Gather! Where Is Xu Jingming?

As one of the most economically developed cities in Hokkaido, Asahikawa City was extremely prosperous.

Xu Jingming strolled along at his leisure, taking in quite a few of the Sakura Country's distinctive sights.

There were hot-spring shops where men and women came and went in kimonos, and hostess clubs where rich women flung money around freely.

There were even red-light districts with plenty of youthful, cute girls standing outside the shops.

This secretly moved Xu Jingming to marvel at how developed the Sakura Country's entertainment industry was.

However, having already seen the beauty of Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan, he naturally had no reaction to it at all.

After casually wandering around for a bit, he bought some Sakura Country specialties at a nearby mall, then returned to the hotel to rest.

Early the next morning, Xu Jingming left the hotel and set off for the entrance where the civilization relic would open.

The relic's opening entrance was located near the outskirts of Asahikawa City.

When Xu Jingming sped all the way here, quite a few people had already arrived.

At a glance, Xu Jingming spotted people from Lei Ting Wu Guan, Violent Bear Wu Guan, and Mo Da.

He had seen the people from both martial halls back on the Wave Whale.

As for Mo Da's team, aside from four instructors he hadn't really seen before, he roughly knew the identities of the remaining students.

There was Kong Shi, Liu Ming, Shen Dongling, and even the president of the Meteorite Club, Wu Yuan, was there.

As for the remaining two, he didn't recognize them, but judging by their aura they were only around the lower Fourth Order.

It was worth mentioning that Xu Jingming was still the vice president of the Meteorite Club.

After the National College League ended, President Wu Yuan had found him and wanted him to succeed as the next term's president.

But he had already planned to graduate early, so naturally he couldn't possibly take on any president role, and chose to refuse.

"Another Great Xia person has shown up, seems like a lone wolf."

"A lone wolf at upper Fourth Order — he dares to come here?"

"Heh, getting lucky and snagging a pass, coming to try his luck isn't strange."

"......"

Apart from people from Great Xia, there were quite a few ability-users from other countries present.

But most of them appeared in the form of faction organizations.

Seeing that Xu Jingming was merely alone, these people glanced at him and didn't pay much attention.

"Huh? It's actually him? He's also here for Civilization Relic No. 9?"

The people from Lei Ting Wu Guan and Violent Bear Wu Guan also recognized Xu Jingming, who had taken the same warship as them.

Many of them still remembered this youth who had a special reach in his ability distance.

Of course, some people from the Prodigy Training Camp were quite disdainful of this:

"With such a low rank he dares to come here — isn't this just seeking death?"

An ancient civilization relic was no paradise; the risks it held were even higher than those of ordinary wilderness zones!

One even had to fight and kill other ability-users.

The fact that these people dared to enter was because they had instructors leading the team.

An ordinary lone wolf whose rank hadn't reached lower Sixth Order wouldn't dare go in at all.

Xu Jingming, who was only at upper Fourth Order, was in their eyes undoubtedly the existence of a greenhorn.

"This is the downside of being a lone wolf — perhaps he's never even heard any intel about Civilization Relic No. 9.

He just thinks it's some stroke of luck, never imagining it might be a death trip."

By contrast, these prodigies from the training camp immediately felt the benefit of having a major faction behind them.

Xu Jingming naturally heard these people's discussion as well, but paid it no mind.

He casually found an empty patch of ground, stood there, and quietly waited.

Before the civilization relic secret realm opened, the pass would react.

Right now the pass on him hadn't shown any response, indicating that there was still some time before the relic opened.

Not long after Xu Jingming arrived, over a dozen small off-road vehicles, plus a few troop carriers, drove over from afar.

On the side of each vehicle was a black sun emblem, very conspicuous.

"The people from Tianyu Dojo are here!"

"So many vehicles — looks like they've prepared extremely thoroughly this time too."

Regarding Tianyu Dojo, the largest faction in the Sakura Country, the many factions present naturally knew a thing or two.

So they turned their gazes over one after another, and Xu Jingming was no exception.

A tall girl was the first to step down from the first off-road vehicle.

It was none other than the Sakura Country's S-rank Sakuragi Rin, whom Xu Jingming had glimpsed from afar outside the skyscraper.

Unlike the blouse and short skirt she wore last night, today she had already changed into a pure black combat suit with a sun emblem on the left chest.

Her figure wrapped in the combat suit was slender and enchanting, and as her slim waist swayed, there seemed to be an infinite allure.

Yet contrary to her fiery figure, her lovely face beneath her hime-cut was expressionless, like a block of solid ice.

"That's the Sakura Country's S-rank? She actually came too?"

"Sakuragi Rin! She's only 23 and has already entered Fifth Order — what terrifying talent!"

"Indeed, if she's allowed to keep growing, she might give birth to a super powerhouse!"

"......"

Just as the many factions were discussing, two more people stepped down from the off-road vehicle behind Sakuragi Rin.

One was a tall white youth who wasn't very old, and the other was a middle-aged man.

After getting out of the vehicle, the middle-aged man's gaze swept across, and the ability-users present immediately felt an immense pressure!

"It's an eighth-rank Master Zongshi from the Heavenly Imperial Dojo!"

"What is he coming over for? He's not going to make a move on us, is he?"

The ability-user squad instantly fell into an uproar; with the terrifying strength of an eighth-rank Master Zongshi, all of them combined couldn't stand against a single finger of his!

Xu Jingming's heart likewise chilled, but on the surface his movements didn't change in the slightest.

Inwardly, however, he silently pushed his Master Zongshi-level Breath-Concealment Art to full power, keeping his aura unchanged.

Fortunately, after merely sweeping his gaze back and forth a few times, the middle-aged man withdrew his gaze and made no further move.

'They actually arranged an eighth-rank Master Zongshi to come — this Sakura Country truly wants my life.'

Having smoothly slipped past, Xu Jingming snorted coldly in his heart.

Luckily, he had upgraded his Breath-Concealment Art to Master Zongshi level, enough to simulate his aura down to fourth-rank upper.

Otherwise, coming here as a fourth-rank lower, even with the cover of an appearance-altering ability, he would absolutely have been a key target of attention.

"No sign of the target found, let's go." Horii, the supervisor of the Heavenly Imperial Dojo, wasn't too surprised by this either.

SS-rank ability awakeners were simply too rare; Great Xia Country most likely wouldn't dare to let one come over.

His coming here to patrol was merely playing a precautionary role.

Led by Horii, over a hundred ability-users stepped down from the troop carrier behind them.

Among these ability-users, the lowest level was fourth-rank lower! There were even more than ten sixth-rank lowers!

Everyone was fully armed, wearing battle suits bearing the Heavenly Imperial Dojo's insignia.

Once the hundred-plus appeared, like an army, each team led by a sixth-rank lower ability-user, they lined up together with strict discipline.

Sakuragi Rin and the American Mark stood at the very front of the formation.

Seeing that Horii had found no trace of Xu Jingming, Sakuragi Rin at the very front also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was best that the SS-rank from Great Xia hadn't come — otherwise, if they really killed him,

an enraged Great Xia Country definitely wouldn't be as simple to fend off as Horii had said.

Sakura Country would suffer a grievous blow because of it, and might even be wiped out, who could say...

Time swiftly flowed by, quickly passing from seven in the morning to six in the afternoon.

Most of the ability-users holding Civilization Ruins No. 9 passes had already arrived.

But over at the Magic City Ability University team, Xiao Nan — one of the four leading teachers — was somewhat dumbfounded.

Hearing Ling Shuang had told him Xu Jingming would come, but hadn't told him under what identity.

So up until now, he hadn't caught the slightest trace of Xu Jingming at the scene.

He had even carefully observed the dozens of lone-wolf ability-users present, and not a single one of them had an aura at fourth-rank lower!

The lowest level was all fourth-rank middle...

"Good lord, Xu Jingming really came? Why do I feel like he didn't?"

Xiao Nan was completely baffled.