mijobooks Chapter 115: The Battle Ends
Chapter 115: The Battle Ends
Chapter 115: The Battle Ends
【Mountain and Sea Realm (Group Chat)】
Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "Everyone knows now! The True Martial Demon-Subduing Great Heavenly Venerable directly suppressed Xia Jie, the ruler of the Xia Kingdom, at the Luo Tian Grand Ritual that I presided over."
Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "It's just that Xia Jie was lucky. Otherwise, even if Zhenwu didn't take action, I would have had to suppress him! He was simply arrogant and lawless. He was suppressed by Shang Tang, and after finally being resurrected, he still wouldn't give up and started causing trouble again."
Bai Ze (Su Fan): "That's ambitious! I suggest you hurry up and go to the Xia Kingdom to cause trouble for Xia Jie. Let's see if your eighth-level martial arts will be torn into Gundam fragments by him."
Su Fan couldn't help but tease, saying that Chen Yang truly lived up to his reputation as the epitome of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome).
Bixi (Wang Jianguo): "Judging from the current situation, the Xia Kingdom is capable of swallowing up Kyushu Island in Japan. It seems that Xia Jie should not be in much trouble, otherwise he would have retreated to Shikoku Island long ago."
Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Uncle Wang, Brother Su, don't you believe me? Don't underestimate me just because I'm only an eighth-level martial artist and not as strong as Xia Jie. I've also researched some secret techniques, so there might still be some hope."
Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "Brother Chen, I believe in you. Even without Zhenwu, you can still protect China."
Su Fan was speechless for a moment after looking at the chat history. He could only say that Chen Yang was indeed worthy of being called a god, and that Kong Shizhang, who regarded Chen Yang as a god, was indeed worthy of being called a god.
Bookworm (Jiang He): "I just finished compiling the latest analysis reports from the Bureau of Heterodox Intelligence and some international cooperation channels. The assessment of Xia Jie and his ghost cultivator army has been updated. At present, it is not optimistic. Xia Jie and his ghost soldiers may be more powerful than we thought."
Silverfish (Jiang He): "First, there are the ghost soldiers. Their previous physical attack immunity and high energy resistance characteristics have been confirmed, requiring continuous high-intensity firepower coverage or special energies such as internal energy and the divine talismans created by the Japanese to be effective. The defeat of the Japanese front-line troops, in addition to tactics and morale, was mainly due to the failure of firepower."
Du Yu (Jiang He): "The contest between Zhenwu and Xia Jie cannot be quantified with current technology. But what is certain is that Xia Jie's ghost cultivation path is different from our internal energy martial arts system. It does not rely on individual hard work, but is more like a civilization-level weaponization path based on large-scale plunder of life and souls. The millions of people in the Nine Provinces are his fuel and materials."
Du Yu (Jiang He): "To put it pessimistically, if the Xia Kingdom hadn't been forcibly restrained by the Onmyoji Abe no Genji, he probably could have single-handedly integrated human civilization and forcibly turned everyone into slaves of the Xia Kingdom."
Bai Ze (Su Fan): "So, Hero Chen Yang, are you still planning to go to Kyushu alone to suppress Xia Jie?"
Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "————"
Chen Yang fell silent, a rare occurrence; silence was the Cambridge of tonight.
Bai Ze (Su Fan): "Did it freeze? Did Xia Jie cut the internet cable by following the signal?"
Bixie (Wang Jianguo): "Little Chen?"
Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "Brother Chen?"
Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Sister Jiang, send me a copy of the report. The more detailed, the better."
Bookworm (Jiang He): "The encrypted file has been sent. Remember, it's for internal reference only and must not be leaked. Also, the director asked me to remind you that your importance lies not in confronting things head-on now, but in the future. Internal energy martial arts are the foundation of our independence in the extraordinary realm; you cannot afford to lose it."
Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "Brother Chen, Sister Jiang is right. A wise man keeps his talents hidden until the right time to act. Xia Jie achieved his power quickly through evil methods, and although he seemed to possess overwhelming ferocity, his path was bound to fail and his foundation was bound to be weak. The fact that the True Martial Emperor suppressed him with a single palm strike has already revealed his flaws. We, on the righteous path, should proceed slowly and steadily. Only by establishing a solid foundation can we achieve long-term success."
Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Okay, I admit Xia Jie is indeed powerful. But that doesn't mean I'm admitting defeat! Xia Jie can become strong by killing and plundering, so why can't I, Chen Yang, carve out my own path with my own fists?"
Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Emperor Zhenwu could shatter his projection with a single slap. I, Chen Yang, will one day stand before him personally and kick him off that throne! Not to show off, but to tell everyone like him that trying to become stronger by eating people is a dead end! The human world is not a pasture! He wants to be the Yama of the human world, and I will slay him. Even if the Japanese are guilty of heinous crimes, they should be righteously killed by me, the protagonist, instead of turning the world into a living hell."
Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Moreover, I am confident that I can reach the ninth level of martial arts within a month. I think that by then, the subsequent inheritance of internal energy martial arts can be developed."
Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "The cries of a hundred ghosts are all absurd, not because of chivalrous courage to eliminate evil. How could a mayfly know the spirit of metal and stone? Only then do we realize that the true form is Ya Zi."
Su Fan really wanted to type "666" (a Chinese internet slang for "awesome"). He wondered if Chen Yang and he would have some disagreements. Su Fan was playing the role of the righteous Abe Gen, but this kid was treating him like a gigolo.
Xia Jie, who represents evil in the script, seems to have caught this kid's eye again, even though he seemed perfectly normal when he was with me!
No wonder the internal energy martial arts deduction is so slow. It's all because of your rebellious nature. So don't complain that you'll have to develop the path after the ninth level of martial arts on your own.
Shikoku Island has a summer palace.
He stopped ten steps from the throne, and without the slightest hesitation, he knelt down with a thud, his forehead striking the cold ground with a dull thud.
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"Your subject, Tokugawa Koji, was ordered by the King to conquer Kyushu. Now that the campaign has been successfully completed, I have come to report back!"
His voice echoed in the hall, filled with suppressed excitement and absolute respect.
After a few breaths, Xia Jie's voice slowly rang out, like the scraping of rusted metal, devoid of any emotion: "Kyushu Island, how is it?"
Tokugawa Koji remained kneeling, reporting clearly and steadily: "Thanks to His Majesty's great fortune and the divine might of the heavenly army, all four prefectures and thirty-eight cities of Kyushu have been incorporated into our Xia territory. Those who resisted have been executed, and those who submitted have been branded as slaves and are being subjected to new laws. Preliminary statistics show that we have gathered over eight million people, among whom the able-bodied have undergone preliminary screening according to the 'Nine Netherworld Soul-Forging Manual' bestowed by His Majesty, and over three hundred thousand suitable men have been selected to serve in the army, where they are undergoing intensive training. Kyushu's mineral resources, cultural relics, and provisions have been registered and are being continuously transported back to Shikoku Island."
The hall fell silent once more. Only from the surrounding shadows did countless eyes seem to be watching Tokugawa Koji—conscious ghosts, or perhaps the eerie beings born from the palace itself.
After a long silence, Xia Jie finally spoke, his voice still calm, yet it sent a chill down Tokugawa Koji's spine.
"I have remembered your contributions to the Nine Provinces."
These few words relieved Tokugawa Koji of a great weight, filling him with overwhelming joy. However, he dared not show it, simply lowering his head even further: "This is all due to the divine will of Your Majesty; I have merely done my duty! I dare not claim credit!"