Earth Federation

Atkin's actions were swifter and more thorough than Su Zhe had anticipated.

With the absolute military support of eighteen Planetary Level 9 martial artists and Psychics, combined with his own Planetary Level 4 strength after fusing with the Blacklight Virus and his status as an HR Alliance chairman, the unification process of Earth's major powers could be described as nothing short of a landslide.

Washington Base City, America.

This was the nation where Atkin resided, yet it was not his first target.

Currently, the powers on Earth could be divided into the Five Great Nations, the HR Alliance, the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, and the Thunder Martial Arts Hall.

Among them, the Five Great Nations included Huaxia, India, America, the European Union, and Soviet Russia; when added to the HR Alliance and the two martial arts halls, there were effectively eight major powers.

As for the HR Alliance, Atkin had already taken care of it.

Because Hong had fallen into a coma, the War God Palace was currently inaccessible, making it quite difficult to contact the various War Gods scattered across the globe.

But that did not matter.

With the eighteen Planetary Level 9 slaves provided by Su Zhe, Atkin had quickly cleared his first target.

"Master, the European Union has signed the agreement to merge into the 'Earth Federation.' Two of the original council members belonging to the European Union have met with 'accidental deaths,' and the rest have pledged their loyalty."

Atkin reported the situation to Su Zhe via his communicator.

"Mm, handle it as you see fit. Tell me once everything is settled."

Su Zhe replied, currently situated on a small artificial island deep in the Pacific Ocean.

He had gone to some effort to move rocks and metal to construct this small island.

There was no helping it; if one wanted to cultivate properly on Earth, the best place was still with Babata.

Su Zhe had been cultivating here during this period, preparing to comprehend the Domain of Fire and learning a few martial arts manuals before heading out to train in the universe.

Just as Su Zhe was about to hang up the communicator, he heard Atkin speak.

"Wait, Master. Although the European Union has submitted and America is nearly finished, there is still the matter of Huaxia—"

Atkin hesitated; after all, Su Zhe's origins were in Huaxia.

He truly dared not act rashly regarding Huaxia, fearing he might provoke Su Zhe.

"Huaxia..."

Su Zhe pondered; this was indeed a problem.

"Luo Feng!"

Su Zhe turned his head and shouted toward the nearby sea surface. Soon, the massive head of the Golden Horned Beast emerged from the water.

"What is it?"

Luo Feng asked via telepathic transmission.

"Can you handle Huaxia?" Su Zhe asked. "My father probably doesn't want to deal with administrative matters; it's better to let him enjoy his life."

"Me?"

Luo Feng pointed at himself with a claw, looking completely bewildered.

"I have no experience in managing factions."

Luo Feng shook his head repeatedly.

"As for Huaxia, if you want to unify the Earth, then do it. I have no objections," Luo Feng said.

To the current Luo Feng, whether Earth was unified or not was unimportant; what mattered was that he quickly gestured to gestate his clone so he could return to see Xu Xin.

Su Zhe had told him that once Luo Feng's clone was gestated, he could consume his own original corpse and then use Camouflage to mimic his original appearance. Even his genes and all other aspects would be identical, so there was no need to worry about any peculiar issues.

Therefore, Luo Feng was very anxious.

"That works."

Su Zhe nodded. Since Luo Feng had said as much, there were no longer any obstacles to the unification of Earth.

As for those who wouldn't listen, they could simply be eliminated.

On the other end of the line, after receiving Su Zhe's instructions, Atkin began to take action.

"Take down America, then resolve India and Soviet Russia!"

"Additionally, the Extreme Martial Arts Hall and the Thunder Martial Arts Hall must be incorporated as soon as possible."

Atkin ordered the slaves.

On the Pacific island.

At this moment, there were quite a few manuals laid out before Su Zhe for him to study. With Babata's assistance and the insights he had gained from those manuals, Su Zhe had finally selected the three most suitable for himself.

They were:

Blade Technique: Flowing Fire Blade.

Movement Technique: Thousand Shadows.

Soul Defense: Void Tower.

The Void Tower could be learned by anyone possessing the Psychic Power of the Black Ink Star lineage. Since Su Zhe was considered a direct disciple of Hu Yanbo and had not yet learned secret techniques like Soul Seal or Possession, Babata had no choice but to hand over this manual to him.

As for the remaining blade technique and movement technique.

Flowing Fire Blade was created by a World Lord of the Black Ink Star lineage. When cultivated to its peak, it could reach an 81-fold force amplification. It consisted of nine forms; while it could not be considered a powerful manual, it was sufficient for the time being.

Thousand Shadows was a movement technique manual for martial artists. It had four levels in total, and cultivating it to the fourth level allowed one to manifest thousands of afterimages.

In terms of value, it was inferior to Ten Thousand Line Flow, but it was already the best martial artist movement technique within the Black Ink Star lineage.

When Babata gave Thousand Shadows to Su Zhe, he also took the opportunity to hand over Space Control. Space Control was a flight technique even more precious than Ten Thousand Line Flow—essentially a movement technique used by Psychics—which Hu Yanbo had studied in the past, though it was not suitable for Luo Feng.

Manuals and secret techniques were not necessarily better the stronger they were; whether they suited oneself was also very important.

After obtaining these three manuals, Su Zhe began his closed-door cultivation.

Most of the time, Su Zhe practiced the techniques within the Virtual Universe, occasionally visiting the Killing Field to test his strength or heading to the Decisive Battle Space to spar with other geniuses from across the universe.

Without the advantage of the Blacklight Virus from reality.

Fighting in the Virtual Universe, Su Zhe quickly discovered that although his strength was not bad—having grasped a concept at the Star Level—compared to those geniuses in the vast universe, he could only be considered average.

Decisive Battle Space.

On a vast grassland, standing before Su Zhe was a green-haired youth dressed in white, holding a long sword. At this moment, Su Zhe's condition was not good; he had been run through the abdomen by the youth's sword.

"Your strength is passable. You have a chance to grasp a Domain at the Star Level. Do you want to join my Hundred Tiger Tower?"

The green-haired youth looked down at Su Zhe, who was slumped on the ground, and asked.

"Hundred Tiger Tower?"

Su Zhe shook his head slightly. Wasn't the Hundred Tiger Tower the faction where Nuo Lanshan belonged?

"No..."

"What a pity."

Before Su Zhe could finish his sentence, the green-haired youth slashed his sword across Su Zhe's throat, finishing him off.

The scene before him flickered, and Su Zhe was sent back to the lobby of the Decisive Battle Space.

Looking at his battle record, Su Zhe shook his head helplessly.

46 battles, 17 losses.

Rating... five stars.

In the Decisive Battle Space, only six stars could barely be considered a true expert among the same rank.

Even among martial artists of the same rank... gaps in force amplification, consciousness, experience, and weapon mastery would lead to massive differences in combat power.

The areas where Su Zhe was lacking were clearly right here.