Chapter 841: Leaving the Secret Realm! Blood Sword Is Stunned!

The remaining two SSS-rank exotic flowers and herbs, Xu Jingming gave to Roland and Zhou Yu respectively.

Of course, they would also need to, after leaving the secret realm later,

hand over to Xu Jingming one SSS-rank exotic flower and herb, or cultivation resources of equivalent value.

Xu Jingming did not set a deadline for the two of them — this was also a way of building ties.

After all, both of them were quite powerful, especially Roland; building good relations might come in handy later.

After distributing the exotic flowers and herbs, Xu Jingming roughly tallied the spoils.

Exotic flowers and herbs below B-rank totaled 5,213.4 tons; those above B-rank came to 78.4 tons.

Besides these, there were also the items from the Flower God ruins obtained from Lyon, and the spatial beast bone obtained from Tianjian.

"So many exotic flowers and herbs, and so many extra gains — this trip was a huge windfall."

Xu Jingming broke into a smile.

Even if the contribution points he ultimately received were only one-tenth of the true value of these exotic flowers and herbs,

it would still be enough to exchange for many good things in the Great Xia resource vault!

"I hope the items in the Great Xia resource vault won't disappoint me."

A faint glimmer of anticipation in his eyes, Xu Jingming sat cross-legged on the ground, cultivating quietly as he waited for the secret realm's exit passage to open.

It was not until 11 a. m. on August 5, one day later, that a vortex-like spatial teleportation passage appeared above the Migar Great Plains.

"Jingming, the teleportation passage is open!"

Hearing Ling Shuang's eyes lit up, and she said happily.

"Mm, let's go."

Xu Jingming took Ling Shuang and entered the teleportation passage first; the remaining powerhouses from various nations followed one after another.

Just a few seconds later, not a single person remained on the vast Migar Great Plains.

Hum—

Accompanied by a soft sound, Xu Jingming, who had passed through the teleportation passage, brightened before his eyes — he had already returned to the Yer base.

Not far ahead, besides the ninth-rank powerhouses from various nations who had been waiting here all along, there were also a large number of reporters.

Although the Global Wu Guan Exchange Tournament could not compare in fame to the Global Genius Exchange Tournament, it still carried considerable international buzz.

Especially since this edition of the Wu Guan Exchange Tournament had been bundled together with the opening of the Yer Secret Realm.

This added even more talking points, leaving many reporters eagerly looking forward to it.

Of course, these reporters had all been invited by the various nations — otherwise they wouldn't have been able to get in.

Click—

Click—

As the many powerhouses walked out of the teleportation gate, cameras flashed nonstop.

The flashlights recorded the scene, preparing images to accompany the subsequent reports.

Of course, what they most wanted to know was still the final result of this Wu Guan Exchange Tournament.

"The last exchange tournament was a regular competition, and Great Xia only took third place.

This time it's bundled with the Yer Secret Realm, with the winner decided by the quantity of exotic flowers and herbs — Great Xia should have it in the bag."

"Not necessarily. Collecting exotic flowers and herbs also depends on luck; with bad luck, Great Xia might not necessarily come out on top."

"Fair point. Looks like we'll just have to wait for the exotic flowers and herb settlement later."

"......"

A hubbub of discussion rose, everyone debating which country, which martial hall would take first place.

"Welcome back, all powerhouses."

The Maple Leaf Nation ability-user squad, which had been guarding nearby all along, also stepped forward respectfully to greet them with bows.

And the powerhouses of each nation likewise returned to their own country's contingent.

"What's going on? Why did only twenty people from my Great Xia come back?"

Upon seeing Xu Jingming and the others, Blood Sword immediately frowned and looked toward Roland.

Roland, an upper eighth-rank with an S-rank ability, was in fact the leader of this contingent.

Now a full third of the personnel had died, so naturally he had to question Roland.

"Perhaps it's better to let Senior Xu explain it to you, my lord Blood Sword," Roland replied respectfully, keeping his posture very low.

"Senior Xu?"

Before Blood Sword could even register whom Roland was referring to, Xu Jingming stepped forward and said respectfully:

"My lord Blood Sword, this is what happened..."

Xu Jingming briefly recounted the course of events.

Upon hearing that there had actually been people from the Tianming Sect mixed in, and even a ninth-rank Wu Sheng among them, Blood Sword's expression immediately shifted.

And upon hearing that even the ninth-rank Wu Sheng had been slain by Xu Jingming, he was momentarily stunned and could not help but interrupt:

"Hold on — you're saying that ninth-rank Wu Sheng from the Tianming Sect was killed by you?"

"That's right. He had forcibly boosted himself to ninth-rank using a Divine Blood secret art, and didn't have the recovery ability of a normal ninth-rank.

I killed him once, and he had no way to recover again."

Xu Jingming nodded.

That tone made Blood Sword feel as though Xu Jingming had killed not some ninth-rank, but some low-rank ability-user.

Roland likewise spoke up in agreement: "It was precisely because Lord Xu stepped in and slew the Tianming Sect ninth-ranker that we were able to survive.

Otherwise, a large portion of all the eighth-rankers in the secret realm would have died, and the remainder would have joined the Tianming Sect."

When the words fell, even Blood Sword, usually cold and composed, was somewhat dumbfounded.

A seventh-rank upper-tier killing a ninth-rank Wu Sheng?

Even if one is an SS-grade ability and the other only an A-grade ability, it's still too much like a fairy tale.

"This Wu Guan Exchange Tournament ranks participants according to the quantity of rare flowers and exotic herbs gathered. Each Wu Guan is requested to submit its collected rare flowers and exotic herbs as soon as possible."

At that moment, a voice rang out from ahead.

It was a ninth-rank powerhouse from Maple Leaf Country — as host, he was also the witness for both this Wu Guan Exchange Tournament and the opening of the Ye'er Secret Realm.

"By the way, between your Lei Ting Wu Guan and the Berserker Bear Wu Guan, who has gathered more rare flowers and exotic herbs?"

Blood Sword asked instinctively.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be our Lei Ting Wu Guan with more."

Xu Jingming smiled and said, "I hadn't finished speaking earlier. After killing the ninth-rank of Tianming Sect, I also snatched the spatial rings from the other countries.

I just took a quick count — the quantity of rare flowers and exotic herbs should be over five thousand tons."

"What did you say? Over five thousand tons?"

Blood Sword's eyes went wide. It took him quite a while to digest this news, and his stern face was filled with excitement:

"Good, good, good! I never expected that your trip to the secret realm, Xu Jingming, would give me such a huge surprise!

Then for this Wu Guan Exchange Tournament, let your Lei Ting Wu Guan represent our Great Xia in the settlement!

All of Great Xia's rare flowers and exotic herbs will be temporarily concentrated on you."

"There's no need."

Xu Jingming said with a smile, "Even if you added up all of their rare flowers and exotic herbs, it would probably only amount to a fraction of what I have. I'll just go settle it directly."

"Fair enough."

Blood Sword nodded, the more he looked at Xu Jingming, the more satisfied he became.

With the media from every country present, when the settlement happens shortly, Great Xia is bound to cause a sensation across the entire venue.

He could already picture the subsequent news headlines — they would surely be dominated by this staggering quantity of rare flowers and exotic herbs.