Chapter 740: Sakura Rin

"S-class, I remember you asked Aileen for shares in the Silver Moon Corporation—has she replied yet?"

At that moment, the holographic projection of Eva suddenly chimed in from midair.

Xu Jingming finally snapped back to awareness.

Indeed, nearly twenty days had passed, and Aileen still hadn't responded—this was unusual.

But it was Aileen who was eager for the plant life cultivation plan, not him; he could wait for her to reach out.

Ordinarily, all items from Thunder Martial Arts Gym had to be purchased with points.

But as vice-director, Xu Jingming had special privileges to buy them with Blue Star Credits.

Thus, he ultimately spent 13. billion Blue Star Credits to acquire this SSS-grade Black Soul battle suit, along with eleven damaged energy modules, ten of which could be repaired.

This instantly reduced the balance in Xu Jingming's bank account to 8. billion.

Far from enough to commission a weapons master to customize an SSS-grade long spear.

Replacing his weapon would have to be postponed.

After all, the SS-grade premium Molten Ash Black Obsidian Spear was still sufficient for his current needs.

After acquiring the gear, Ling Shuang teleported Xu Jingming to the gym's villa.

Compared to the villa in Donghu Community, this one was slightly smaller and lacked an outdoor swimming pool.

But it was more than adequate for Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang, and its location was very close to the gym building.

"Eva, when will these ten energy modules be fully repaired?"

Entering the villa, Ling Shuang went to handle her duties as new director, while Xu Jingming headed to the lab and asked Eva.

"The lab equipment is fully equipped—it should take only about five hours to complete the repairs."

Eva replied, scanning the surroundings.

"Five hours—that means 8 a. ."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "Good. Once the modules are repaired, we'll depart immediately for Sakura Country."

With that, he put on the neural helmet and entered the virtual world.

Before heading to Sakura Country, he needed to contact Sakura Rin first.

Sakura Country, Hokkaido, Asahikawa City, Tenmi Dojo.

Though it was past 4 a. ., the training room of Tenmi Dojo remained brightly lit.

In the vast training room, only Sakura Rin sat cross-legged on the floor.

Her breathing was steady; faint yuan energy was drawn into her body with each inhale.

To avenge herself as soon as possible by killing the head supervisor of Tenmi Dojo, she trained with extreme diligence.

Precisely because of this, she had successfully broken through to the sixth tier within nearly five months since the Talent Competition ended.

"Dingdong~~, received 0-level special alert message."

At that moment, the communication watch on Sakura Rin's left wrist suddenly sounded, causing her entire slender frame to stiffen.

To avoid missing any critical messages from the virtual world, she had set special alerts for key individuals.

Special alerts #2 and #3 indicated messages from the Tenmi Dojo supervisors.

Special alert #1 was from the head supervisor of Tenmi Dojo—her enemy, Kitahara Sohkei.

And special alert #0 came from the man she could never forget...

"After the Talent Competition, Master has contacted me again."

Her full chest rose and fell slightly, revealing her inner turmoil.

After a deep breath, she still chose to open the message.

"Meet me in the virtual world."

The message projected from the watch was simple, yet carried an unmistakable tone of command.

This sent an unnatural flush across Sakura Rin's pale face, and her crossed legs instinctively pressed tightly together.

She took out a neural helmet from her space ring and put it on...

On the other side, in the virtual world.

In the Thunder Martial Arts Gym villa, Xu Jingming had just sent the message when Sakura Rin's slender figure teleported in moments later.

She wore a simple white shirt, with a crimson tie draped across her prominent chest.

Below, a dark plaid mini-skirt revealed long, slightly curvy legs wrapped in white knee-high socks.

Paired with her pure, lovely face, she radiated youthful charm.

Even in the virtual world, seeing the tall, cold-eyed man seated on the sofa,

Sakura Rin couldn't help but tremble slightly, lowering her head and respectfully addressing him:

"Master..."

"Hmm. How have you progressed with the task I assigned you during the Talent Competition?"

Xu Jingming looked up at her, his voice indifferent.

"Report, Master—I've nearly completed preparations."

Sakura Rin bowed slightly, her heavy, full chest swaying as she did:

"I've designated a specific area on the outskirts of Asahikawa to stockpile ferocious beasts."

So far, I've gathered over ten thousand, though most are third-tier beasts."

There are only about three thousand fourth-tier beasts, and fewer than a thousand fifth-tier beasts."

"Oh?" Xu Jingming's eyes instantly brightened.

A regular third-tier ferocious beast yields over thirty ability points upon defeat.

A fourth-tier beast yields at least two hundred ability points.

A fifth-tier beast starts at four hundred ability points!

That means, if all the ferocious beasts under Sakura Rin's control were killed, he could gain at least a million ability points!

"Excellent! You've done very well!" Xu Jingming laughed, genuinely delighted.

He had expected at most a few hundred thousand ability points from Sakura Country.

But Sakura Rin had delivered him a tremendous surprise!

With this million ability points, his rank should break from seventh-tier lower to seventh-tier middle.

Additionally, he could further enhance his combat techniques.

"I merely followed Master's instructions."

Though she didn't know why Xu Jingming was stockpiling so many ferocious beasts, Sakura Rin replied respectfully.

"Good. Prepare yourself—I'll arrive in Asahikawa in thirteen hours."

Xu Jingming replied eagerly.

Flying from Dayangzhou to Sakura Country—even a Chixiao-class fighter jet takes eight hours.

Add the five hours for Eva to repair the energy modules, and it totals thirteen hours.

"Yes!" Sakura Rin stood rigidly, then hesitated slightly:

"Our Sakura Country has a warning system for unfamiliar aircraft—if you arrive in a fighter jet, it might cause complications."

"Don't worry—just send me the landing coordinates," Xu Jingming waved dismissively.

As if. With the intelligent life Eva on his side, Sakura Country's warning system was useless.

"Understood."

Sakura Rin, seeing this, ceased questioning and sent the precise coordinates.