Chapter 400: The Anthem Arrives (3k)
“Sirs, wasn’t that Lord with you?” This time, it was the officer’s turn to be dumbfounded. He glanced at the mountain of white bones, then at the Divine Elephant Kingdom representative closest to him, as if the plot wasn’t developing as he expected.
The Divine Elephant Kingdom representative was stunned. While fiddling with his prayer beads, he glanced at the representatives of various countries, only to find that almost everyone was shaking their heads slightly.
“This is… Frost Blade from the Loafing Squad?”
In the corner, Yun Mo squinted, looking at the distant figure with long, flowing hair. As if recalling something, his heart skipped a beat. He could feel the energy fluctuations permeating the air, which were clearly the same as the aura from the competition arena today.
Thinking this, Yun Mo leaned forward slightly, resting his hands on the wall. His expression became extremely complex.
Damn it, it’s really her!
Isn’t this girl going to cause trouble again?
Unlike others, Green gazed into the distance with curiosity, muttering to himself, “If she really took care of that Nightmare Monster, I’m afraid the later matches will have two options – either cancel it directly, or give Miss Su full marks.”
The Divine Elephant judge asked Green, “Old Green, you say Miss Su— do you know her?”
He chuckled and waved his hand mysteriously, saying, “Of course I know her. You know her too, and everyone knows her.”
Someone else asked with great curiosity, “But why don’t I have any impression of her? Could she be a master sent by your Eagle Country to handle the situation?”
Green smiled and said nothing, looking back at Su Jiu with his hands behind his back. Although Su Jiu wasn’t his student, they had shared a meal, which, when rounded up, made them friends.
This feeling of being a riddle-maker was really good.
Those representatives were just a nominal duty. They were quite amused to watch Su Jiu deal with the special Nightmare Monster, striking up conversations one after another.
In previous years, there were no additional team competitions against monsters. Generally, the performance in team matches and individual matches wasn’t much different, as there were no teams that trained for long. Moreover, strong teams were inherently strong; this was an eternal truth.
Just then, an old man in a black suit from the competition organizers walked straight over. He had a pompadour, a round, bulging belly, and leaned on a cane. He hurried onto the city wall and roared, “Why haven’t you stopped her yet?! My tickets for the aerial spectator stands for the second team match are already sold out. Do you want this city’s economy to go bankrupt?”
The old man’s name was Ryan, the mayor of Seattle, a cultivator at the Initial Stage Battle King level, appointed by the Eagle Federation to organize the World Competition.
However, the old man’s scolding was met only with the judges glancing at each other before resuming their conversation. They completely ignored the old man, as their own statuses domestically were higher than his. They were here more to fulfill their duties.
“You guys!! I will definitely report your lack of cooperation to the Federation!”
Seeing that the representatives were ignoring him, the stout old man Ryan’s face turned red with anger. But now, there was something more important…
“Your Excellency, please stop!”
He looked in Su Jiu’s direction and shouted, rushing forward. After his voice sounded, Su Jiu did indeed stop her actions. The stout old man breathed a sigh of relief. Fearing that the other party might not know, he shouted, “This Nightmare Monster is reserved for the students participating in this competition to kill.”
However, as soon as this was said, a “ding!” sound echoed through the heavens and the earth, and snow began to drift in the sky. The fat old man was dumbfounded.
Wait, did I say something wrong?
It was as if a sword light chilled the city for a hundred miles. The temperature suddenly dropped, and the air condensed slightly. The wind and sand aura surrounding the special Nightmare Monster, which couldn’t be broken by military magic crystal cannons, was directly shattered.
Its “seed pod” behind it was cut off by a single sword. White light flickered continuously, and three monsters at the Initial Stage Battle King level appeared on the plains. They were all special monsters that were nearly ten meters tall, resembling bone transformations. They had forms like wolves and tigers. At this moment, they turned their heads around in confusion, seeming at a loss.
“Swish swish swish—”
However, what greeted them were four casual sword strikes. The sword energy easily defeated them. Undead monsters were naturally countered by Su Jiu. Coupled with their own Level 2 Extraordinary Attributes, they were instantly killed.
“These are all good things.”
With a light laugh, Su Jiu performed her extremely skilled “black hand scoop”—extracting magic crystals, pulling out fangs and claws, and finally putting the entire special Nightmare Monster into her ring.
“Huo’er, Huo’er, why do you only eat and eat!”
After doing this, Su Jiu looked at the sword in her hand and squinted, considering whether it was time to cultivate Huo’er’s self-conscious looting spirit. Otherwise, when Bairnis was resting, she would have to painstakingly extract brains herself.
She then flicked the sword body again and said softly, “Learn more from your sister Bairnis! Huo’er wouldn’t want to have no magic crystals to eat and go hungry, right?”
“Mom, you didn’t tell Huo’er to loot, did you?”
Huo’er could already communicate with Su Jiu. She could sense some of Su Jiu’s actions and responded aggrievedly, “Looting delicious things is instinct—of course, I will!”
Mom is so strange today?
Is it because that aunt left?
“Hey! Didn’t I tell you to stop?”
Hearing Huo’er’s voice, Su Jiu was about to respond when suddenly an angry shout came from her ear. She turned her head and saw the fat old man who had told her to stop standing behind her, with a very displeased expression.
“Huh? Didn’t you say these monsters were reserved for students to kill?”
Blinking her eyes, Su Jiu popped another magic crystal into her mouth, putting on an act of feigning ignorance. Then, from who-knew-where, she pulled out her marinated student ID, pinched her nose, and flipped open the page with “Su Jiu’s Dead Fish Eye Stare” to the fat old man.
“Magic Capital University?”
The fat old man adjusted his single-lens glasses on his left eye. On the student ID, besides Su Jiu’s “beautiful photo,” all he could smell was the stench of dead fish mixed with dead rats.
“Blech! You say you’re… a student? A student who can casually kill Battle Kings?”
He felt that he had underestimated the shamelessness of the person in front of him. He quickly erected an energy shield to catch his breath and was about to say, “I’m telling you, unless you are really… *cough*… a student, then all the losses of hundreds of millions of US dollars will be borne by you!”
“Alright, alright, that’s settled! We’ll meet again later! Remember to give me full marks in the second team match!”
Su Jiu waved at the fat old man and said indifferently. Then, under his dumbfounded expression, she snatched back her student ID and quickly slipped away in the opposite direction of Seattle city.
She didn’t want to get involved with the Eagle Country officials. Anyway, the Dragon Country representatives would probably help her clean up the mess later.
Although Su Jiu seemed to have truly let loose after Vivian left, only she herself knew.
Her goal was to reach the High-Rank Battle King level within about a year. To do this, she had to take some extreme actions – earn a lot of money. With Wange’s cultivation method, anything was possible as long as she had money.
Secondly, her domain aspect was still just in its infancy. Although soaking in that spring water could allow her to reach the Half-King level, the crucial step to becoming a true Battle King – the domain – would likely be a bottleneck.
If the phantom of a High-Rank Battle General was a projection of bloodline, then the domain was an extension of bloodline. The solid manifestation upon reaching the Battle King level was precisely a manifestation of the domain, appearing around the Battle King expert in the form of mountains and rivers, or mountains of knives and seas of fire.
A weak domain could shape the surrounding environment into the most suitable one for its own combat, and the energy field within it could weaken the opponent. A strong domain, like Suzuki Ayako’s, could summon the true form of its bloodline to fight directly, or even allow it to cooperate with its beast pet in combat.
Soon, Su Jiu had circled around and returned to the inn. She placed Huo’er on the bed and had her practice walking barefoot.
Seeing Huo’er wobbling as she walked, using her external qi to support her side, Su Jiu smiled and began to count her haul. The room was covered in dense bones, as well as the fur and other parts of some monsters.
“About a hundred items can be used as alchemy equipment, and I got a few high-quality Intermediate Magic Crystals, as well as a pile of Beginner Magic Crystals. Later, I’ll use them as alchemy materials—I remember the Ravens seemed to have taught how to refine equipment dropped by these undead monsters.”
Su Jiu took out the booklet dropped by Raven A-3 and scanned it, easily finding items like the Domica Bone Sword and the Holy Protection Dragon Tooth…
Although most of them were Battle General level equipment, Boss Su could only refine items at this stage. Anything higher would be a pure waste of materials.
“Later, I’ll take them back to Magic Capital and sell some at a low price to those piglets… oh no, classmates. That should also…”
Being a decisive person, Su Jiu immediately set up the inn as an alchemy site, arranging all the alchemy equipment she had bought on the way. From the outside, the small room was constantly lit up, like a mad scientist conducting experiments.
Time was like magic crystal liquid on a workbench, evaporating with a careless oversight. Without anyone disturbing her, a day passed.
“The five-million small accessory is finally successfully enchanted for me… There are four more left. If they all succeed… hehe.”
As dawn approached, Boss Su smiled with her small mouth, revealing her cute little fangs, and chuckled twice. She was about to put a frost-covered tooth into her storage bag when a phone call suddenly shattered her dream of getting rich.
Looking at the sender’s address, which was Dragon Country’s capital, Su Jiu answered the call with some confusion. The mechanical voice on the phone sounded like heavenly music, finally allowing Su Jiu to consider feeding her extraordinary attributes.
“Night Watcher, Jiu, completed mission [Vigil], obtained fifty thousand merit points, and received honorary recommendation from the International Red Cross – after verification, the General Headquarters has awarded a first-class anthem for this rescue operation.”
“Anthem stacked, congratulations, you have unlocked the Level 2 Anthem Treasury. Courage is worthy of praise, and you are equally worthy of remembrance!”
