Ch. 401The Fourth Comparison

Zhou Fan found Deidara in Maple City and recruited him into [Dawn], then returned to Xinghai University and thanked Lin Qianqian for the Peace Charm Pendant. The system announced the fourth Comparison Time as the chapter ended.

  • Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu traveled to Maple City and found Deidara at his grandmother's home.
  • Zhou Fan reminded Deidara of his promise to join [Dawn], and Deidara agreed after arranging to visit his grandmother at least twice a month.
  • Zhou Fan used Flying Thunder God to take Deidara back to the Starsea Base and introduced him to Jiaoxin and Duan Fei.
  • Zhou Fan gave Deidara the Red Cloud Black Robe and his Azure codename ring, then assigned him to go on missions with Jiaoxin and the others.
  • Zhou Fan thanked Lin Qianqian for the Peace Charm Pendant, and she returned to her room without telling him she had prayed for it after hearing he was in danger.
  • The system announced the fourth Comparison Time and asked the host whether they were ready.

Ch. 402Space Shikigami Paper

Lin Qianqian entered the fourth comparison confident that her new spatial power would let her defeat Zhou Fan. She cut through his attacks with Space Shikigami Paper, but Zhou Fan’s Susanoo-clad thousand-armed Buddha began tearing through her strongest technique.

  • Lin Qianqian refused to delay the comparison and chose to control her simulated battle herself.
  • Lin Qianqian attacked first with Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique, but Zhou Fan summoned five tailed beasts and countered with their Tailed Beast Bombs.
  • Lin Qianqian used Space Shikigami Paper to slice apart the remaining Tailed Beast Bombs and break through Zhou Fan’s Wood Release.
  • Lin Qianqian’s paper barrage passed through Zhou Fan, and he activated Sage Mode and Complete Body Susanoo over True Several Thousand Hands.
  • Lin Qianqian unleashed Space: Mutually Multiplying Shikigami Paper Technique, but Zhou Fan’s thousand-armed Buddha tore through her paper and struck at her.

Ch. 403Night Guy!

Lin Qianqian tried several tactics against Zhou Fan but kept losing to his Night Guy. After activating the system's Weak's Privilege to reduce Zhou Fan's strength by 20%, she appeared to defeat him, but he survived by using Izanagi and launched another Night Guy.

  • Lin Qianqian lost her first simulation to Zhou Fan's Susanoo-Clad Kurama and planned to attack it from behind in the next round.
  • Zhou Fan opened the Eighth Gate and killed Lin Qianqian with Night Guy before she could use her planned strategy.
  • Lin Qianqian lost three more simulations to Night Guy, then accepted the system's offer to reduce Zhou Fan's strength by 20%.
  • Lin Qianqian's spatial attack and Angel Shield exhausted Zhou Fan's weakened Night Guy, and her Explosive Tags appeared to finish him off.
  • Zhou Fan reappeared unharmed after using Izanagi and prepared to strike Lin Qianqian with Night Guy again.

Ch. 404The Latest Punishment Task

After Lin Qianqian lost another comparison to Zhou Fan, the system assigned her a punishment requiring a conscious, five-second lip-to-lip kiss with him. She balked at the task and its optional extra challenges, then went to bed without deciding how to complete it.

  • Lin Qianqian accused the system of having a bug after Zhou Fan revived and defeated her again, but the system reported no malfunction.
  • The system drew a punishment task requiring Lin Qianqian to kiss Zhou Fan or let him kiss her for at least five seconds, and threatened to reclaim her previous rewards if she failed.
  • Lin Qianqian recalled that her last kiss with Zhou Fan had led to them sharing a bed, and she angrily suspected the system was working for him.
  • The system offered extra rewards for letting Zhou Fan stroke her legs, rear, and breasts, but Lin Qianqian rejected the challenges and insisted she would never do the last two.
  • Lin Qianqian worried about how to approach Zhou Fan for the required kiss, then gave up thinking about it and went to sleep.

Ch. 405It wasn't necessarily Zhou Fan's fault, either

Lin Qianqian reconsidered her resentment toward Zhou Fan, while Zhou Fan brought breakfast to Dawn’s base and briefed its members on their work. Principal Xi Yan then called Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu in for a mission.

  • Zhou Fan cooked breakfast for Lin Qianqian, who blamed him for the simulated version of him defeating her but softened after remembering how he had saved her.
  • Zhou Fan brought breakfast to Dawn’s base and welcomed its members to eat.
  • Zhou Fan explained Dawn’s focus on bounty jobs and asked Jiaoxin to take Deidara on some missions so they could get to know each other.
  • Xi Yan called Zhou Fan and told him to bring Zhao Qiu to the principal’s office for a mission.
  • Zhou Fan told Zhao Qiu about the mission, and they set off together.

Ch. 406A new mission arrived

Zhou Fan, Zhao Qiu, Lin Qianqian, and Yuan An were assigned to investigate the Blood Society in Haicheng after two Execution Department squads vanished. Heavenfire College would join the operation to hunt a former teacher hiding among the Blood Society, and Luo Luodong would lead the team as they prepared to leave the next morning.

  • Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu arrived at Xi Yan's office and found Lin Qianqian, Luo Luodong, and Yuan An already there.
  • Luo Luodong explained that the Blood Society was conducting human experiments and that two Execution Department squads sent to investigate had gone missing.
  • Luo Luodong said Zhou Fan's group would travel to Haicheng with Yuan An, whose hometown was under threat from the Blood Society.
  • Luo Luodong revealed that Heavenfire College would join the mission because a wanted former teacher of theirs had joined the Blood Society.
  • Luo Luodong warned that the Blood Society had multiple fifth-tier Espers and said he would lead the team to Haicheng the next morning.

Ch. 407Kekkei Tōta: Dust Release!

Zhou Fan used twenty system draws, winning Storm Release, the Reaper Death Seal, and the special grand prize, Dust Release. The next morning, Luo Luodong led the group on an S-Rank mission to eliminate the Blood Society, and they arrived near Haicheng.

  • Zhou Fan checked his system and found he had 780,000 emotion points and twenty draws saved.
  • Zhou Fan used his first ten draws and won Storm Release and the Reaper Death Seal.
  • Zhou Fan used his remaining draws and won Dust Release as the special grand prize.
  • Zhou Fan saw that the Prize Wheel's new grand prize was the Perfect Version of Impure World Reincarnation, but chose to save his emotion points for the Rinnegan.
  • Luo Luodong led Zhou Fan and the others from Xinghai University toward Haicheng for an S-Rank mission to eliminate the Blood Society.
  • After a three-hour flight on the Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow, the group saw Haicheng ahead.

Ch. 408Heavenfire University's Team

Zhou Fan’s Xinghai University team arrived at the Haicheng Esper Bureau and joined Heavenfire University’s team for a mission against the Blood Society. Director Lin briefed them on the organization and its suspected locations, and Luo Luodong asked where two missing squads had last been active.

  • Zhou Fan’s group arrived in Haicheng and met Director Lin, who invited Yuan An to join the local Esper Bureau after graduation.
  • Heavenfire University’s team arrived on the Crimson Sky Tiger, led by Li Qing and including Gu Ning and Gu Yu.
  • Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu argued about their National Competition match, while Gu Ning greeted Zhou Fan and remarked on his escape from Dark Space.
  • Lin Hai told the teams that the Blood Society had over a hundred members, including three fifth tier one star leaders, and showed them several suspected locations.
  • Luo Luodong asked where two missing squads had last been active after Li Qing questioned why Haicheng had not properly investigated the suspected sites.

Ch. 409Investigating the Blood Society

Lin Hai, Luo Luodong, and Li Qing divided the search for the Blood Society into three districts, and Xinghai University’s team entered the Eastern District. Zhou Fan detected twenty Blood Society members lying in wait inside an abandoned factory, and the teams began fighting.

  • Lin Hai, Luo Luodong, and Li Qing split their teams between the Eastern, Southern, and North Districts, while Li Qing warned them that Su Mei was a dangerous psychic Esper who had to be captured alive.
  • Luo Luodong led Xinghai University’s team toward the abandoned factory where two Execution Department teams had disappeared.
  • Zhou Fan sensed twenty enemies hiding inside the factory and revealed their positions to his teammates.
  • Yuan An attacked the hidden Blood Society members with Golden Arrow Rain, forcing them out of hiding.
  • The Blood Society squad leader ordered his members to charge, and Zhou Fan’s team launched their attacks.

Ch. 410Don't assume the enemy is stupid-assume you're just that badass

Luo Luodong and Zhou Fan’s team found a Blood Society branch base in the Abandoned Factory and split up to investigate it. Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu encountered two masked Xinghai University Execution Department members who attacked them despite their attempts to identify themselves.

  • Luo Luodong defeated the Blood Society squad and learned its branch base was inside the Abandoned Factory, while Zhou Fan used his Truth-Telling Technique to discover that missing investigators were being held there.
  • Zhou Fan controlled the squad leader with his Sharingan genjutsu, and the squad leader led the team to a warehouse entrance before collapsing.
  • Luo Luodong split the five investigators into three teams and sent Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu down the right-hand passage.
  • Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu entered a warehouse, dodged a surprise attack, and countered with Zhou Fan’s Great Fireball Technique.
  • Two masked attackers in Xinghai University Execution Department uniforms ignored Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu’s attempts to identify themselves and attacked again.

Ch. 411Su Mei

Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu fought Execution Department operatives who appeared to be controlled, then Zhou Fan trapped them and discovered that Su Mei was speaking through a White Bear-masked host. Su Mei invaded Zhou Fan’s consciousness to make him her puppet, but he turned the mental attack against her with Mangekyo genjutsu.

  • Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu restrained two masked operatives, whose lifeless eyes suggested they were not acting normally.
  • Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu entered another warehouse and fought six more Execution Department members, including a White Bear-masked figure with a woman's voice.
  • Zhou Fan used Wood Release to bind all the operatives and questioned the White Bear-masked figure.
  • The figure revealed that Su Mei was speaking through the host, and she invaded Zhou Fan’s consciousness with Mind Invasion.
  • Su Mei tried to bind Zhou Fan’s consciousness, but his mental space turned blood-red and trapped her in Mangekyo genjutsu.

Ch. 412Life without a worthy opponent must be lonely

Zhou Fan trapped Su Mei in Tsukuyomi Space and tortured her for information, but she escaped at the cost of severe mental backlash. He and Zhao Qiu continued deeper into the Abandoned Factory while Su Mei recovered in the Secret Laboratory and learned the Heavenfire University team had arrived.

  • Zhou Fan used Tsukuyomi Space to torture Su Mei and demand the Blood Society's headquarters, but she resisted until she screamed.
  • Su Mei used Mind Veil to escape Tsukuyomi Space, surprising Zhou Fan and leaving him excited to face her again.
  • Zhou Fan told Zhao Qiu that Su Mei had controlled the masked operatives, and they continued deeper into the Abandoned Factory.
  • Su Mei woke in the Secret Laboratory with severe mental backlash and vowed to go all out against Zhou Fan next time.
  • Su Mei learned the Heavenfire University team had arrived and agreed to leave the rest of the plan to the man on the phone.

Ch. 413Self-destructing Humans

Li Qing’s team was ambushed by human bombs at an abandoned factory in the Southern District, while Zhou Fan and his companions found a sewer in the Eastern District and were attacked by more self-destructing people. The chapter ended with an enormous crocodile charging out of the sewer.

  • Gu Yu explained that abandoned factories made convenient hideouts, and Li Qing urged the team to search faster.
  • Several strange people approached Li Qing’s team, then exploded and revealed the factory was trapped with human bombs.
  • Gu Ning used Fire Cloud: Heavenly Fire Storm to block the attackers, but their explosions shattered the flames as more bombs surrounded the team.
  • Zhou Fan, Zhao Qiu, Lin Qianqian, and Luo Luodong found a foul-smelling sewer and sensed no one inside before turning to leave.
  • More than a dozen people appeared behind Zhou Fan’s team and began exploding, crushing Zhou Fan’s fireball and forcing the group back.
  • A huge crocodile charged out of the sewer as Zhou Fan’s team faced the human bombs.

Ch. 414The Blood Society's true target

Zhou Fan and his team discovered that the Blood Society’s attacks at the Abandoned Factory were only meant to stall them while the real targets were elsewhere. After splitting up to reinforce the Southern and North Districts, Zhou Fan, Xixi, and Zhao Qiu arrived in the Southern District just as Gu Ning and Gu Yu faced an imminent attack.

  • Yuan An, Zhao Qiu, and Luo Luodong fought off Human Bombs and mutant crocodiles at the Abandoned Factory while Zhou Fan burned the crocodiles with Amaterasu.
  • Lin Qianqian realized the Blood Society’s weak resistance was a diversion, and Yuan An concluded that its real targets were likely Heavenfire University or the Haicheng Esper Bureau.
  • Luo Luodong split the group, sending Zhou Fan, Xixi, and Zhao Qiu to the Southern District while he and Yuan An headed to the North District.
  • Zhou Fan, Xixi, and Zhao Qiu reached the Southern District and found Li Qing badly injured, Gu Ning and Gu Yu wounded, and two students unconscious amid a crowd of Human Bombs.
  • Gu Yu tried to protect the group with a wall of fire, but a Human Bomb charged at her, and an unknown figure dropped in and kicked it away.

Ch. 415The Blood Society's leader!

Zhou Fan and the others rescued Gu Ning's group from the Blood Society's human bombs, only for the society's leader, Auge, to appear. Zhou Fan prepared to face Auge and test his Sharingan against the man's blood eye.

  • Zhao Qiu, Zhou Fan, and Lin Qianqian arrived in time to save Gu Ning's group, though Li Qing had lost an arm.
  • Zhou Fan explained that the Blood Society had tried to delay his group and attack the others separately.
  • Zhou Fan used shadow clones to make the surrounding human bombs detonate harmlessly.
  • Auge appeared and revealed that he was the Blood Society's leader, then summoned another crowd of human bombs.
  • Zhou Fan told Zhao Qiu and Lin Qianqian to protect the wounded and challenged Auge to a fight between their eyes.

Ch. 416A battle between eyes

Zhou Fan and Auge fought through the factory until Auge used his blood eyes to trap Zhou Fan in an apparent explosion. Zhou Fan revealed that he had placed Auge under Genjutsu, but Auge detonated hidden human bombs beneath him, and the chapter ended with Zhou Fan still unharmed.

  • Lin Qianqian covered the retreat by lifting approaching human bombs into the air, where they exploded, while Zhao Qiu and the others carried the injured and unconscious students away.
  • Zhou Fan and Auge traded techniques, then began a sword fight as their eye powers came into play.
  • Auge wounded Zhou Fan and made his spiritual energy expand until Zhou Fan appeared to explode into bloody mist.
  • Zhou Fan revealed that Auge had been caught in his Sharingan Genjutsu, and Auge collapsed from its backlash.
  • Auge triggered human bombs hidden underground, but when the smoke cleared, Zhou Fan stood unharmed.

Ch. 417Couldn't Get in the Way of His Best Buddy's Happiness

Zhou Fan killed Auge with Dust Release and returned with the others to the Haicheng Esper Bureau after the operation against the Blood Society. As Zhao Qiu went to speak with Gu Yu, Zhou Fan stayed behind with Lin Qianqian, who seemed reluctant to let him leave.

  • Zhou Fan used Dust Release to destroy Auge and then withdrew to regroup with Lin Qianqian and the others.
  • The teams returned to the Haicheng Esper Bureau, where Li Qing received treatment for his lost arm and Lin Hai reported that Su Mei had escaped after being seriously injured.
  • Zhou Fan told Lin Hai that he had killed Auge, and Lin Hai arranged for the group to stay overnight while the Bureau handled the Blood Society's remaining members and rescued prisoners.
  • Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu left the courtyard together to talk, and Zhou Fan decided to give them space.
  • Lin Qianqian joined Zhou Fan on the bench, and he stayed after she told him he could go.

Ch. 418Secret mission (third update, bonus update for Rz11)

After completing the fight against the Blood Society, Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian joined Luo Luodong’s team for a secret mission to escort the legendary Sea God Spear. The team learned they would head out to sea the next day to retrieve it.

  • Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian discussed the Blood Society mission and wondered whether anything about it had seemed unusual.
  • Zhao Qiu summoned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to Luo Luodong’s room, where Yuan An was also waiting.
  • Luo Luodong told the team that the two missing field teams had been rescued but could not continue their mission.
  • Luo Luodong revealed that the field teams had been escorting the Sea God Spear, a legendary weapon recently secured by their people.
  • Luo Luodong assigned Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, Zhao Qiu, and Yuan An to meet the escorts at sea and bring back the Sea God Spear.

Ch. 419Out to Sea

Zhou Fan and the others left Haicheng aboard the yacht Azure Dragon to rendezvous with the operatives escorting the Sea God Spear. After sharing a meal and speculating about Luo Luodong’s masked face, they rushed onto the deck when a violent crash shook the boat.

  • Zhou Fan and the others said goodbye to Lin Hai and left the Haicheng Esper Bureau for the docks.
  • Luo Luodong brought Gu Ning and Gu Yu aboard the Azure Dragon, explaining they would join the mission because Director Li and two students needed to recover.
  • Xing Zhan piloted the yacht out of Haicheng and into the open sea.
  • Luo Luodong cooked seafood for the group, then stepped outside while the others wondered what he looked like beneath his mask.
  • A violent crash shook the yacht, and Zhou Fan and the others rushed onto the deck ready for battle.

Ch. 420The Sea God Spear

Luo Luodong led Zhou Fan and the others across dangerous waters to a remote island, where Xinghai University Operatives brought out the Sea God Spear. Just as Luo Luodong confirmed the weapon’s identity, Zhao Qiu stole it and jumped off a cliff.

  • A sea beast attacked the yacht, but the ship’s defensive barrier killed it with an electric strike.
  • Zhao Qiu tried fishing for sea beasts but caught nothing as stronger attackers began appearing farther out at sea.
  • Luo Luodong brought the group to a remote island, where Xinghai University Operatives met them and retrieved a chained iron box.
  • Luo Luodong opened the box and identified the two-meter-long weapon inside as the Sea God Spear.
  • Zhao Qiu snatched the Sea God Spear from Luo Luodong and leaped off the cliff.
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