Growing stronger

At that moment.

In the Blue Mountain Villa District, Yun Yongfeng had already led the regulators from the Transcendent Administration Bureau in capturing all the Heavenly God Cult members.

Zhang San, who had originally wanted to flee, had ultimately been killed by Zhao Tian after resisting.

The viewers in the livestream had seen all of it.

"That's incredible. So these are espers? They're freaking amazing!"

"I'm so jealous. I want to become an esper too... I just don't know why I still can't awaken an Esper Ability."

"The government needs to give us an explanation, now."

"This has caused such a huge stir that the authorities will definitely give us an explanation. Looks like we'll finally get to know what's happened to this world."

"The Transcendent Administration Bureau is badass."

"..."

Just then, Yun Yongfeng's satellite phone rang.

He picked it up and saw that Lin Qiye was calling.

"Qiye, what's wrong? Did you catch the Heavenly God Cult's leader?"

Lin Qiye answered, "No, but he's dead. You'd better come take a look."

With that, Lin Qiye shared his location with Yun Yongfeng.

Dead? Good. With him dead, there would be no more Heavenly God Cult in Great Xia.

Their Transcendent Administration Bureau would have a much easier time too.

This was wonderful news!

But if the Heavenly God Cult's leader was dead, why did Lin Qiye still want him to come over?

Yun Yongfeng didn't know what Lin Qiye wanted, but Lin Qiye was reliable, so something must have happened. He decided to take a look.

"All right, I'll be right there."

He said to Zhao Tian beside him, "Zhao Tian, I'll leave things here to you. I need to go somewhere first."

Things were almost fully resolved now, and most of the Heavenly God Cult members had been arrested. They were no longer a concern, so he could safely leave things here to Zhao Tian.

Riding in his dedicated car, Yun Yongfeng followed the location Lin Qiye had sent and soon arrived.

The moment he stepped out of the car.

Yun Yongfeng saw an unbelievable, utterly stunning sight.

How could there be such a huge crater here? It was a full fifty meters across!

And judging by its shape, it looked like a footprint?

Was that possible?

Was there a Fierce Beast on Blue Star with footprints this big?

Saying it had been caused by a large conventional weapon would have been somewhat believable.

Just then, Lin Qiye climbed out of the crater.

"Qiye, what exactly happened here?" Yun Yongfeng asked hurriedly.

Lin Qiye shook his head. He didn't know exactly what had happened either, but he had a vague feeling that it probably had something to do with Shen Fei.

After all, Shen Fei had been the one pursuing the Heavenly God Cult leader's real body.

And now the Heavenly God Cult's leader had died in this crater. Didn't that obviously have something to do with Shen Fei?

Lin Qiye said uncertainly, "I don't know exactly what happened either, but I have a vague feeling it very likely has something to do with Shen Fei."

"The Heavenly God Cult's leader conjured a clone, and Shen Fei and I split up to chase them. I went after the clone, while Shen Fei went after the real body."

"In other words, everything that happened here has something to do with Shen Fei!"

Even Lin Qiye found it unbelievable as he said it.

This was absurd.

How had Shen Fei managed an attack that covered such a huge area?

Yun Yongfeng had mixed feelings. "Shen Fei... Could Shen Fei really have caused this...?"

Even Lin Qiye couldn't launch an attack over such a large area... Only a handful of transcendents in Great Xia could achieve something on this scale... Had Shen Fei already caught up to them...? But he was clearly only at Mortal Entry tier six... Yun Yongfeng didn't know what to say.

Lin Qiye said, "There's no point standing around speculating now. I'm planning to visit Shen Fei tonight."

"What are you going to do?"

"I want to... challenge him! I want to see his true strength!"

Inside the Spirit Stone Mine.

Shen Fei had returned once again.

Li Yanran was still absorbing Spirit Stones.

Looking at the baskets of Spirit Stones, Shen Fei hesitated no longer and immediately began absorbing them.

A few hours passed.

Shen Fei grew a little stronger again.

After stopping, Shen Fei suddenly thought of something very important.

Didn't he know the Shadow Clone Technique?

Why not create more clones to absorb Spirit Stones? The clones created by the Shadow Clone Technique had physical bodies, so of course they could absorb spiritual energy too.

Shen Fei clapped his hands together. "Shadow Clone Technique!"

After several popping sounds.

Over a hundred Shen Feis appeared inside the Spirit Stone Mine.

Every Shen Fei began picking up Spirit Stones and absorbing their spiritual energy.

After Li Yanran finished absorbing one Spirit Stone, she prepared to pick up another.

Suddenly, she saw over a hundred Shen Feis holding Spirit Stones and absorbing spiritual energy.

"Holy fuck."

Shocked, Li Yanran blurted out a classic curse.

What was going on? Why were there so many Shen Feis...? Could it be... Was this the Clone Technique...? That was incredible... Li Yanran's face was full of astonishment.

"Don't tell me all of these have physical bodies... Hiss..."

Suddenly, something occurred to Li Yanran, and her face flushed red.

God, how did your thoughts go there...? No, no, no naughty thoughts... Pah, what are you thinking...? Li Yanran was speechless at herself.

It seemed girls were just as lustful as boys... At that moment, Li Yanran wholeheartedly agreed with that statement.

Seeing Shen Fei working so hard to absorb the spiritual energy in the Spirit Stones, she stopped letting her thoughts wander and picked up another Spirit Stone to begin absorbing it.

At that moment.

Sakura Country.

The emperor's palace.

Watching Great Xia's special news bulletin that night, the emperor felt considerable disdain.

These people thought they could catch his second son? What a joke.

His second son was the current leader of the Heavenly God Cult, though he had, of course, already been stomped to death by the wooden figure Shen Fei controlled.

"Although his plan failed, at least he found ten thousand Spirit Stones. That many Spirit Stones will be enough to build an army of transcendents."

"An army of transcendents... Tsk, tsk. Everything in the future will belong to Sakura Country! My son, you truly are a son of mine! It's all up to you!!!"

The emperor was delighted, already imagining using those ten thousand Spirit Stones to build a transcendent army that could sweep across the world.

Suddenly, the translated news broadcast began speaking about the events of that morning, catching the emperor's ear.

"This station reports: this morning, all members of the Heavenly God Cult were arrested by the Transcendent Administration Bureau. The Heavenly God Cult's leader resisted arrest while fleeing and was killed on the spot. The following photograph shows the remains of the Heavenly God Cult's leader. A reminder from this station: never attempt to challenge Great Xia's bottom line. Great Xia firmly opposes all cult organizations and all actions that endanger the people, and will resolutely stamp out such conduct..."

What? The Heavenly God Cult leader's remains!

The emperor immediately stood and walked over to the LCD screen, studying the photograph.

There, he spotted a broken piece of white jade.

It belonged to his second son!

Then that meant his son was dead?!!

Clang-

The emperor instantly felt as though his head had taken a heavy blow. Everything seemed to go dark, all strength left his body, and grief surged into his heart.

He screamed hysterically.

"Ah-"

"My son!"

"Great Xia! I won't rest until one of us is dead!!!"

Shen Fei: Not until one of us is dead? Watch my Susanoo-Clad Kurama wipe out a country single-handedly!!!