Just Hearts. As Many as You Want

As the sun slowly sank below the horizon, its remaining light illuminated Academy Island and the peninsula area jutting out from the coastline of Mao City.

Under their cover, the estuary of the Wunu River and the Turbid Water River was plunged into darkness ahead of time.

On January 3, around 6 p. m., normal order had just been restored inside Shengtian Public School.

A large number of people mysteriously disappeared in front of the Administration Building, resulting in a severe shortage of staff on campus.

The school's leadership is planning to tally the casualties before addressing the economic losses caused by the unrest.

All the school's senior officials looked gloomy and dejected.

Even though the statistics are not yet complete, they can foresee that in the future, Shengtian will experience a generational gap.

In the years that followed, they couldn't compete with other factions, let alone the other schools that were also academic cliques.

Just when everyone in Shengtian had resigned themselves to their fate and thought the matter was over.

The group from the Bo Xi Family who came to "demand justice" finally arrived at the Academy Island under the last rays of the setting sun.

"Shameless Shengtian, give me back the lives of my people!"

Shouts and jeers were heard as the first to rush into the school gate, followed by the thugs from the Bo Xi Family who were the first to make their move.

When Shisui rushed back to the vicinity of Academy Island, the familiar thick black smoke had already risen again.

"Bang!"

The sound of explosions returned once more against the backdrop of an increasingly dark sky.

Shisui hid in the shadows, moving among the buildings and trees, the sound of the Radiant Feathers on Bo Xiwan's body echoing in his ears.

"Shengtian openly instigated the scions of aristocratic families to fight for power, orchestrating this whole affair in an attempt to undermine the unity of the Human Race. His intentions are despicable!"

Regardless of whether the pretext was valid, from the moment the Aristocratic Faction launched its attack, this new round of power division along the Tianpiao Ocean had already begun.

Both sides were curious as to why the other side appeared defeated and disheveled before the battle, and why their forces were roughly equal in strength to their own.

However, no one would delve into these trivial matters at this moment.

In short, from the moment the "first shot" was fired, everyone was caught up in a chaotic melee.

As time passed and night fell over Mao City, more and more people joined the battle.

Bounty hunters taking advantage of the chaos, Mao City defense team attempting to intervene and stop the fighting.

And, some Human Races of unknown origin.

They expanded the battlefield once again, gradually spreading it across the entire Academy Island.

The fighting has even reached the Two Rivers Estuary and shows signs of spreading to the entire Mao City.

At this moment, Citroën Machinery Company was also within the reach of the war.

Having never accomplished much in the open and only possessing a reputation for being "not to be trifled with," they surprisingly didn't attract much criticism.

However, this "not many people" is relative.

Therefore, the company has internal security personnel, in addition to its own military equipment.

Only with this kind of protection can we completely resist external interference.

However, while the outer perimeter is impregnable, the interior is now like a ghost town.

To influence a war, how could one possibly lack manpower?

Therefore, when Shisui sneaked into the Citroën Company, he found that the lower floors were unguarded.

He traveled unimpeded all the way to the production workshop.

Furthermore, they clearly identified the production lines for the two Psychic Energy Barriers and Psychic Energy Cannons that they most desired.

Shisui did not attempt to embezzle the confidential documents from higher-ups.

He had no intention of conquering any territory, so most of the information was useless to him.

As for the manufacturing principles, he can figure them out himself once he has the finished product and the production line.

Even without fully understanding all the principles, Shisui is confident in replicating the finished product.

He believed in his learning and research abilities.

And if it doesn't work out, we can just come back and try to steal it again.

Given his rate of growth, he might be able to walk in through the main entrance next time he comes.

The shrunken Ukaku propelled its body forward, and with swift, Shisui movements, it excitedly sliced open the space in front of the workshop door.

Wormhole suddenly appeared, and he crossed the alarm-equipped door, scattering Koukaku all over the workshop floor.

Then, they immediately took over the production line for the Psychic Energy Barrier.

"Drop--!"

The moment the machinery disappeared from the workshop, an alarm blared throughout the Citroën Company.

Without further delay, Shisui shattered the wall behind him and charged directly into another production line located just behind this workshop, separated by only one wall.

On the temporarily halted production line, rows of metal shells were conspicuously displayed.

Shisui quickly circled the field, leaving a Koukaku.

Then, while the Koukaku was engulfing the production line, it directly cleaved through the iron wall of the adjacent workshop.

The production of the Psychic Energy Cannon's barrel is adjacent to that of the shells, a fact Shisui learned from a kind-hearted cargo ship driver.

The Shisui intruder, having barged into the workshop, followed suit, circling around once.

From the moment he entered the first workshop to the moment he completed the collection task, it took him no more than half a minute.

Having done all that, he no longer needed to linger.

Radiant Feathers, located inside Shengtian, was instantly dispelled by Shisui and disappeared into the empty workshop.

The Citroën Machinery Company employees arrived only seconds after he left.

"Report to our superiors, we've been robbed! Three production lines have been stolen."

The speaker's face was deathly pale.

He knew his future was over.

Located on the outskirts of Academy Island, a seaside villa was surprisingly unaffected by the fighting.

No, it should be said that the fighting was diverted, bypassing this sparsely populated area.

Arakawa Jiushu, codenamed White Owl, walked out of the villa and calmly headed back into the chaos.

He had just finished enjoying a meal after attacking the gates of Shengtian School when he was urgently summoned back.

Recalling the Third Prince she had just met, sitting upright in the damp darkness, a glint of greed flashed in Arakawa Jiushu's eyes.

I wonder what the heart of a purebred Dragon Spirit Species tastes like?

"It might be dangerous for you to be exposed directly to the White Owl like this."

"It's alright, I've heard the rumors about his fondness for eating hearts."

"That..."

"Once I obtain the position of Crown Prince, if I want to secure it, I'll have to kill quite a few of my own clansmen; as for their hearts, I can kill as many as I want."

"Furthermore, it's just Earth Realm. No matter how strong one's talent or how high one's aptitude, it's still just Earth Realm."

From the shadows, a young man with menacing dragon horns spoke casually.

His gaze was focused on the southern coastline of the Moonfall Continent on the map, his fingers gently tracing the location where the Two Rivers Estuary.

His eyes shone with an unwavering ambition.

How will your Human Race high command break this scheme to seize control of the confluence of two rivers and one ocean?