It Was as Expected-Humans Found It Hard to Unite

Dusk faded, and night fell.

On the way back to Yun City.

Mu Yuxin looked like a goddess of the stars as she beat the Star Wings behind her, struggling to keep up with Gu Qijue.

As it happened,

every step Gu Qijue took carried him a great distance ahead of Mu Yuxin.

He strolled through the air, yet she couldn't hope to catch up.

She couldn't endure flying at such a high intensity any longer. Gritting her teeth, she said, "Could you... slow down a little?"

Gu Qijue seemed not to hear her and continued striding through the air at the same speed.

He was wondering whether to kill Mu Yuxin right away.

Xiao Yao had surely separated from him.

So Xiao Yao's words couldn't be entirely trusted either.

After all, Gu Qijue had devoured it, and that was what had brought him to where he was today.

Now that Xiao Yao had separated from him, would it seek revenge?

There was simply too much for Gu Qijue to think about.

It felt as though one wrong step would doom him beyond redemption.

He had no idea what the old turtle had divined, either.

His instincts told him that a great crisis was drawing near.

But he couldn't guess who it would come from...

By the time they returned to the Yun City Shelter, Mu Yuxin was utterly exhausted.

During the journey, Mu Yuxin hadn't told Gu Qijue what the old turtle had divined.

If she told him, she had no doubt that this man would kill her immediately.

And indeed, if Gu Qijue knew, she wouldn't survive.

After they returned, Gu Qijue slapped her unconscious and cruelly cut off her right hand.

Her Super Mark was on her right palm. Without her hand, she could no longer summon her Super Martial Armor.

If he hadn't done this, even if she was bound, she could still summon it at any time.

In the Combat Command Hall, Gu Qijue sat in the seat of honor, toying with Mu Yuxin's right hand, which he had sealed with lightning. He gazed at the Star Super Mark on it, deep in thought. No one knew what he was thinking.

Bai Jingyi came in, ready to report on the Super Martial Artists' progress that day. Seeing him deep in thought, she didn't interrupt him right away. Instead, she stood to one side and waited.

After some time, Gu Qijue put away the severed hand and said calmly, "Go ahead."

Bai Jingyi stepped forward and reported, "Our shelter has 3,052 Super Martial Artists. They're all between four and six stars now: 2,300 four-star Super Martial Artists, 530 five-star Super Martial Artists, and 220 six-star Super Martial Artists. All our Saint Tier Super Martial Artists and Calamity-tier evolvers are either at the peak of six stars or the peak of the sixth tier!"

The higher a Super Martial Artist's rank, the faster they cultivated. That was only natural.

Gu Qijue leaned back in his chair and lit a cigarette. "I have a very bad feeling. Go to the warehouse and take another 50,000 Star Fruits to distribute among the Emperor Tier Super Martial Artists and above."

"Ah! Don't you need them?" Bai Jingyi asked hesitantly when she heard that he wanted to give another 50,000 to the others.

In her eyes, only if Gu Qijue was strong enough could he make them feel more secure.

"I can devour Star Monsters, but you can't. My instincts tell me that we may face a bloody battle before long. Go." Gu Qijue waved a hand.

"Yes!"

Bai Jingyi answered and left without another word.

She could see how lonely Gu Qijue was, though perhaps he was already used to it.

After she left, Gu Qijue departed the shelter.

He headed straight for the Main Star-Sucking Tree.

That night, he sat cross-legged high above the Main Star-Sucking Tree, using the Dragon Soul to devour one Star-Sucking Monster after another.

At the top of the tree, he tried to use the Dragon Soul to devour the enormous black cocoon.

With a boom, a terrifying force nearly shattered his Black Dragon Soul.

Seeing that he couldn't devour it, he obediently went back to devouring the Star-Sucking Monsters.

Any scheme or danger was as insubstantial as a cloud in the face of absolute power.

"Meng Bao, Scarlet Emperor, can't you devour Star-Sucking Monsters?"

That night, Bai Jingyi went to find them.

Ji Shang, Zhu Hongyu, Xu Qing, Zhang Rui, and Situ Bao, five Saint Tier Super Martial Artists, were there as well.

"We can't." They shook their heads bitterly.

"That's a shame. I'll make an exception and let you take whatever you need from the warehouse—there are 100,000 Star Fruits in there. You should be able to see how lonely Director Gu is. He senses that we may face a bloody battle before long. I don't want to see him fight alone, so I hope you'll be strong enough to face our powerful enemies alongside him when the time comes!"

Bai Jingyi thought that instead of distributing the Star Fruits among most of the people, it would be better to first cultivate their true top-tier fighters.

"Even if we have to die, we won't let the boss fight alone again." Ji Shang clenched his fists, his face resolute.

"Although I haven't known Director Gu for long, I won't be a coward and leave him to fight alone, no matter who the enemy is." Zhu Hongyu also stepped forward and made her stance clear.

Meng Bao smiled. "I don't want to make some passionate speech, but if Big Brother Black Dragon is ever in mortal danger, I won't run!"

"Me neither!" Scarlet Emperor thumped his chest.

"I'd rather die!"

Xu Qing, Zhang Rui, and Situ Bao all looked resolute as well.

"I hope you'll keep your word. Go take the Star Fruits and evolve!"

To be honest, Bai Jingyi had read Gu Qijue's file and learned that he was an orphan who had been abused by his adoptive parents since childhood. She couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

But Gu Qijue didn't need her pity.

Having lived two lives, he was stronger inside than anyone else.

This bit of so-called loneliness meant nothing to him.

Others saw him as lonely, but he enjoyed it.

Meanwhile, in Shangdu, at the Emperor Abyss Group's Combat Command Hall, Chu Yuan sat at the head of a long conference table, speaking via video projection with the presidents of the War God Group, White Blood Group, Sky Wolf Group, and Sky Sun Group.

After listening to Chu Yuan, Oroska, president of the War God Group, smiled faintly and said, "Things are too chaotic on my end right now. There's simply no way I can send strong fighters to help surround and attack Gu Qijue. I'm truly sorry!"

As he spoke, he cut off the projection.

"I'm sorry, but things are much the same here!" The president of the White Blood Group left him with that before cutting off the video projection too.

"I don't believe a word of this. Sorry!" The president of the Sky Wolf Group from the Eagle Nation said flatly, then ended the video call.

"Utter nonsense!" The president of the Sky Sun Group from the Sunset Nation was even colder.

"You..."

The four men's attitude made Chu Yuan's face darken with anger. He cursed, "As expected, humans find it hard to unite..."

Jun Yue said with a bitter smile, "What do we do?"

"What can we do? We can only see whether that old turtle can summon powerful creatures from the deep sea."

Chu Yuan's face was cold. "If I could, I'd wipe out those four myself!"

They had no idea that after Oroska of the War God Group ended the video projection,

the first thing he did was contact Gu Qijue.