Chapter 360: The News Spreads! The Enriched Xu Jingming!

The Great Xia ninth-rank Martial Saint crossed thousands of kilometers, destroyed the Tianyu Daochang branch, and killed an eighth-rank Grand Master.

Such an explosive event could never be kept secret.

Thus, only a few hours later, numerous articles related to this appeared on the Sakura Nation's internet:

'Breaking News! Great Xia's Ninth-Rank Stronger, Blood Sword, Launched a Nighttime Raid on Sakura Nation!'

'Ninth-Rank Martial Saint Mobilized—Is This a Premonition of War?'

'Tianyu Daochang Suffered Heavy Casualties; Thousands of Meters Around the Branch Left Dead, No Survivors. We Strongly Demand Great Xia Punish Blood Sword!'

Blood Sword left Sakura Nation around 10 p. .

By the time these articles appeared online, it was already 1 or 2 a. .

Yet in this world, night owls are never in short supply, especially when the news is this explosive.

Thus, beneath nearly every article, Sakura Nation citizens flooded the comments with furious denunciations.

'Blood Sword committed such heinous crimes on our soil, yet he escaped—what are our Martial Saints even doing?!'

'Blood must be repaid with blood; we must make Great Xia pay!'

'Aren't we allies with America? Let's join forces and pressure Great Xia into handing over Blood Sword!'

'......'

The comments beneath these articles increased at a terrifying pace.

And these suddenly viral articles quickly reached Great Xia's side.

In any country, psychic warriors slaughtering civilians is an extremely grave offense.

Thus, many began to join the chorus of accusations.

But soon, Great Xia's official agencies published the full context of the incident online.

When it became known that Sakura Nation had attacked Great Xia's SS-rank prodigy, and Blood Sword had merely retaliated in kind,

The entire public opinion in Great Xia underwent a complete 180-degree reversal.

'Good riddance! Who told you to dare attack our prodigy?'

'Hah, I was siding with you earlier—turns out you're this disgusting!'

'Our Great Xia prodigy—how dare a tiny nation like yours lay a hand on him?'

'The beast threat hasn't even been eliminated, and you're already thinking of internal strife? Pfft!'

'......'

Great Xia has a strong martial culture, and its people hold prodigies and strong warriors in near-worshipful reverence.

Especially since Xu Jingming had shone brilliantly in the recent national university competition.

The vast majority of Great Xia's citizens looked forward to seeing how far this genius would rise.

Now, someone had dared to target him—this was an outright strike at Great Xia's sacred pride.

At the same time, Great Xia's official account released a formal statement on the matter:

'Each of our prodigies is invaluable.

We can tolerate their deaths on the frontlines against beasts.

But we will not tolerate foreign psychic warriors attacking them.

This was merely a minor warning—if it happens again, Great Xia will strike with thunderous retribution!

This promise applies not only to Sakura Nation, but to all other nations.'

After this statement was released, all of Great Xia erupted in excitement!

People excitedly discussed it among themselves.

Other nations following the incident marveled at Great Xia's ruthlessness.

'This is Great Xia—one of the six giants of Blue Star! So unbending!'

'Indeed, Sakura Nation has no idea what it's doing, provoking a great power's dignity.'

'It's just because America egged them on.'

'True. Do you think Sakura Nation and Great Xia will go to war?'

'War? You're dreaming! How many people does Sakura Nation have? How many does Great Xia have? How many ninth-rank Martial Saints on each side? Do they dare?'

'Don't they have America?'

'Hah, you think America will risk a war with Great Xia over a tiny Tianyu Daochang? What are you thinking?'

'......'

While most Blue Star nations concluded war was unlikely, many lamented Sakura Nation's plight.

This is the tragedy of a small nation—too weak to offend either side, forced to survive in the cracks between great powers...

The next day, after 10 a. .

When Xu Jingming woke from sleep

And learned a major event had occurred while he slept, he couldn't help but feel a quiet sense of awe.

This is the advantage of being backed by a great power—someone else avenges you when trouble strikes!

'Now, even if other nations want to target me, they'll have to think twice about whether they can afford to provoke Great Xia.'

Xu Jingming thought silently.

Though called one of Blue Star's six giants, in truth only two powers truly dominate:

America and Great Xia.

Only America has any motive to want him targeted, to prevent Great Xia from growing stronger.

The high command acted so swiftly primarily to deter America.

Before the beast crisis is resolved, America likely won't risk another attack on him.

Of course, for Xu Jingming himself, proper protective measures must still be prepared.

'I have sixth- and eighth-grade protective talismans—unless a ninth-rank Martial Saint strikes, I should be fine.

And in Great Xia, no foreign ninth-rank Martial Saint can even enter.'

Unlike weakly defended Sakura Nation, Great Xia's entire border is under constant surveillance by ninth-rank peak mental-type Martial Saints.

The moment you dare intrude, several Martial Saints immediately rush out to intercept you.

This intelligence has been publicly known for a long time.

'Too bad I'm heading to Lei Tang Martial Hall's prodigy training camp.

Otherwise, with Vice Principal Ling Shuang's S-rank spatial ability, my safety would be absolute.'

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming rose and walked into the bathroom.

After spending over half an hour washing away the grime, he stepped out, refreshed and wearing loose training clothes.

He then entered his bedroom, turned on his computer, logged into Madai's official school website, and submitted his early graduation application.

'Dear S-rank student Xu Jingming, your early graduation application has been submitted. Results will be available in at least three working days.'

'Three days... Perfect—I'll use this time to clear all my academic credits.'

Xu Jingming leaned back in his chair, appearing to relax, but inside his mind appeared a pale blue virtual panel.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Fourth-Rank Upper

【Ability】: Dou Tian Divine Thunder (SS)

【Physique】: 8035 Qi (+)

【Mental】: 6250 Hz (+)

【Skills】: Gunplay (Master), Fist Technique (Master), Lei Guan Demon Killing Gun (S-rank, Beginner +), Lei Shen Finger (S-rank, Beginner +)......

【Body Cultivation】: Thunder Indestructible Body (S-rank, Sixth Stage)

【Ability Points】:

'This journey through the civilization relic yielded excellent results.

Not only did I advance two ranks, but my Thunder Indestructible Body also reached the Sixth Stage.

Plus, all these spoils...'

Xu Jingming looked at his desk, where dozens of space rings lay beside the computer tower.

These were all spoils gained by killing Tianyu Daochang psychic warriors within the relic space.

Even the spoils collected by Xiao Nan, Qin Zheng, and others were handed over to him.

During the warship journey, they were all delivered to him.

Of course, Xu Jingming didn't keep everything—he gave a portion to Xiao Nan and the others.

Even so, he still had a full 48 space rings.

'Just these space rings are worth at least two billion—let alone what's inside them.

Now, I'm truly rich beyond measure!'

Thinking of this, even the usually calm Xu Jingming couldn't help smiling.