novelraw Chapter 470 - 373: Sudden Chaos
Chapter 470 - 373: Sudden Chaos
Seeing that there was no more commotion, the surrounding martial artists dispersed.
After Lu Lin returned to the city, he first informed everyone about Zhao Xing’s situation.
This person had joined the Black Shark Society a long time ago. If used as a clue, he might lead to uncovering a larger network.
Moreover, earlier, Lu Lin had Zhao Xing confess his crimes in public, making it inevitable that news would leak out.
Once everything was settled, Lu Lin devoured Zhao Xing’s spiritual body within the Star Power Domain, thus knowing all of Zhao Xing’s memories.
However.
Zhao Xing was an extremely secretive hidden agent within the Black Shark Society. Having joined for so many years, he had been activated fewer than three times.
He didn’t even have a specific contact person. When he needed to submit crucial intelligence, he would simply place a red candle on his balcony window and write the intelligence in code, placing the letter under the doormat at his main door. Within three hours, someone from the Black Shark Society would come to retrieve the intelligence.
Zhao Xing had also attempted to track the person retrieving the intelligence, but each time, he would lose them.
This made him give up on tracking them to satisfy his curiosity.
However, despite this, Lu Lin noticed something unusual.
This detail was something that Zhao Xing himself might not have noticed: every time he submitted intelligence to the Black Shark Society, his wife would go to the balcony to hang out clothes.
This person was highly likely to have connections with the Black Shark Society.
After receiving this intelligence, Cha Yuan immediately assigned tasks to investigators on the alien planet to closely monitor Zhao Xing’s wife’s movements and investigate all her entry and exit records.
Zhao Xing’s wife was also a formidable Star Core Warrior, but after reaching the sixth level, she chose to work as a back-office supervisor. Over the years, she had been diligent without any issues in her work, personality, or attitude towards life.
But since Lu Lin mentioned that there was something odd about her, Cha Yuan naturally planned to send someone over.
With someone taking on the task, Lu Lin and the many Titled Kings proceeded to the City Lord’s Mansion in Food God City. The training grounds here were not small, enough to accommodate everyone for a meeting.
"Everyone, please find your seats. I will now describe my experiences in the Exotic Battlefield over the past three months, as well as discuss the future development of our Human Federation."
"First of all, Senior Lv mentioned on the way here that the Demon Race has sent Gui Xiang Demon God to ally with us. I think there’s no major problem with this."
"For a long time, our Human Race and the Demon Race have stayed out of each other’s way. Even when exotic beasts occasionally attack Humans and Humans retaliate by killing exotic beasts, it’s all quite normal."
"This alliance, in the short term, can reduce our defenses against exotic beasts, allowing us to focus our attention solely on dealing with the Alien Race."
"Moreover, our HM-370 Starship is still in the Mo Bai Mountain Area of the Demon Race. I’ve asked the Demon God Wind Dragon to look after it. We will need to build a city there to expand our influence into the Demon Race’s territory."
"Secondly, the Alien Race. Although I managed to kill a Divine Lord of the Alien Race this time, their power is...extremely terrifying."
"Even an average Titled King Peak would be suppressed in a one-on-one battle with a Divine Lord. Their defenses are incredibly strong, and their internal Star Power reserves seem limitless."
"Though the Black Shark has somewhat retracted the Alien Race’s influence, the retracted fist packs a bigger punch. Besides the Black Shark, all Divine Lords have Star King-level flesh and Star King-level Spirit and Soul. This means that we can’t cause significant harm to the Alien Race in the short term."
"Even if we kill several ordinary Star Soldiers or even Star Generals, it doesn’t matter much in the war between the two races. According to their cultivation system, they can quickly develop powerful Star Generals to confront us if they are willing to use elixirs."
"However, we are not without countermeasures."
Lu Lin spoke as he took out a bottle of Star General Pills from his Storage Ring and showed it to everyone.
"These are the Star General Pills needed during an Alien breakthrough. I would like Elder Chen to research and develop a method to block the Star General Pills. Once the elixir is created, we can penetrate the Alien Race and spread it among them."
"All right, no problem."
Chen Danqing stood up and replied.
Lu Lin handed the Star General Pills to him and continued.
"The threat of the Alien Race, in my view, is a long-term threat to our Human Federation."
"But due to the existence of drumming and Ming Jin, the conflict between the two races won’t threaten a race’s survival."
"Next, the third point I want to discuss is our actual focus."
"Battlefield Secret Realm."
Seeing that many were unfamiliar with the Battlefield Secret Realm, Lu Lin briefly explained it.
The Battlefield Secret Realm is a Secret Realm used by the Wild Blade Clan, a sect in Longyuan World, for their disciples’ trials.
The disciples enter in their true bodies. Due to the rules of the secret realm, even if they die inside, they can be revived, though it requires about one month.
Currently, in the Battlefield Secret Realm, there are two factions led by Sun Xiaorui and Xue Rongdao. However, according to Lu Lin’s estimation, the final conflict between these two will soon conclude.
After all, Sun Xiaorui has reached the Star Battle Peak, while Xue Rongdao is still unable to break through.
But this is also an opportunity for the Titled Kings of the Human Federation.
As the two factions engage in their final battle, Titled King powerhouses of the Human Federation have the chance to enter, experience higher level warfare, learn higher-grade combat techniques, and improve themselves by cultivating the Cultivation Method of Longyuan World.
This is why Lu Lin wanted to guide star skills for these martial artists upon his immediate return, to help them ascend to Titled King status.
The number of Titled King strong people in the Human Federation has suddenly increased, but there aren’t enough positions and rights to go around. These individuals must volunteer to manage internally within the Human Federation or enter the Battlefield Secret Realm for further enhancement.
Of course, regardless of choice, the necessary basic cultivation resources and secret books will not be withheld.
After Lu Lin finished speaking, the newly appointed Titled Kings present couldn’t help but discuss loudly.
Previously, when they were still ninth level, they weren’t qualified to learn about the Battlefield Secret Realm.
But when they heard that beyond the Exotic Battlefield, there was an even more advanced Longyuan World, each of them couldn’t help but converse with one another excitedly.
All along, Humans believed that Titled Kings and equivalent Star Generals and exotic beasts had already reached the peak of cultivation.
Unexpectedly, they had just been promoted to Titled King, and before everyone could celebrate for long, the news brought by Lu Lin shattered their long-held understanding.
Higher-level cultivators.
More magical cultivation methods.
A broader cultivation world.
Each word, each sentence, stirred the emotions of the newly promoted Titled Kings present.
Everyone here is a martial artist, with an innate spirit of courage and determination.
Who would want to stay in the federation? To put it nicely, it’s called management; to put it bluntly, it’s no different from retirement.
Human Martial Artists should bravely forge ahead and lead in such a competitive age.
When the Exotic Battlefield first appeared, countless human predecessors dared to explore here without any strength. There’s no reason for them not to advance despite having come so far.
These newly promoted Titled Kings are different from those who have never cultivated.
Whether in cultivation or on the Exotic Battlefield, it’s always the strong who remain strong, a truth vividly demonstrated in this thousand years.
Is it that the Human Federation has no geniuses? Or that those geniuses are unwilling to work hard? No, of course not.
When humanity discovered the Exotic Battlefield, the Alien Race and exotic beasts were already its two dominant existences. Compared to humans, they had cultivated for a longer time, with far more cultivation methods, secret books, and treasures than the human world.
In such a situation, how can humans compete with them?
But now, the existence of the Battlefield Secret Realm gives humans the possibility to overtake by a shortcut.
Alliance with the Demon God Kingdom?
That was a compromise forced by Lu Lin’s threats.
Once Lu Lin leaves the Human Federation, in ten or twenty years, you’ll see if the Demon Race will still treat humans with the same attitude.
An Alliance of the Gods blocking development?
This is also because Lu Lin hurt them. Otherwise, given the Black Shark God Master’s character, would they compromise?
And the drumming and Ming Jin.
As the manager of the entire Exotic Battlefield, someone who usually has absolute authority, now shows some goodwill towards humans because of Lu Lin.
These seemingly favorable external environments are actually all tied to Lu Lin alone.
As long as Lu Lin is here and can maintain his strong stance towards them, this scenario can continue.
But when the day comes that Lu Lin leaves, or Lu Lin is no longer strong, who knows how they will treat humans.
Returning to the past would be considered fortunate.
So, whether for their wishes or the federation’s future development, they should stand up now and show their stance.
"Lu Lin, we want to go to the Battlefield Secret Realm."
"Yes, let’s go together. We’ve been slacking off for too long due to the breakthrough issues. It’s time to rediscover our youth."
"How can an old man like me miss out on this? I can just use the newly realized Star Skill for an experiment."
For a moment, all over five hundred newly promoted Titled Kings were so excited that they couldn’t wait to rush into the Battlefield Secret Realm and have a good fight.
"Quiet, everyone be quiet."
Zhang Nutao soared into the sky, seeing such a chaotic scene, his expression turned grim, and he shouted loudly.
He still held significant authority among the federation’s high-level martial artists. After his shout, everyone quieted down.
"What’s all the noise about? You’re all over a hundred years old, and some of you old folks can even compare with me. Do you think this is a vegetable market?"
"All this shouting and disorder, what kind of discipline is this?"
Zhang Nutao reprimanded, and everyone exchanged glances.
Just now, they seemed to be a bit overly excited.
Lu Lin had clearly stated that this matter should be arranged based on each person’s character, innate attribute, and combat power, with a focus on personal willingness.
Hearing Zhang Nutao’s words, these newly promoted Titled Kings dared not speak up.
"Hmm, that’s more like it. You all have just been promoted to Titled King, and there’s a long way to go.
"Opportunities like these should be left for us older generation of Titled Kings, don’t you all agree?"
"What?"
All eyes focused on Zhang Nutao in the sky, never expecting these words to come from the mouth of this senior.
You really caught us off guard, breaking all our expectations.
"Old Zhang is right."
Xing Fang was the first to stand up in support: "Over the years, we older generation of Titled Kings have never dared to step outside for the federation, treading cautiously."
"Let’s not vie for this rare opportunity with us early-promoted Titled Kings who’ve hardly been outside. Let’s have the first batch of spots for the Battlefield Secret Realm."
"Let us go and gather intelligence for everyone."