“Did you really scare away Atkin?”

Upon hearing this, Luo Hua couldn’t help but be surprised.

“I guess we’ll see it in the news soon.”

Xu Zong said nonchalantly.

In his eyes, Atkin was not even considered an enemy, at most just a stepping stone. His goals were much higher.

“I really have to thank you this time. If it weren’t for you, my Luo Family would have suffered from the thieves again!”

Luo Hua sighed heavily, his face filled with sadness.

The entire Earth didn’t know how many people were eyeing the Luo Family’s inheritance. Atkin was just the one on the surface, it was hard to say how many were actually plotting in secret. They only held back because of their concerns.

“With our friendship, what’s there to thank for?”

Xu Zong shook his head, dismissing it.

Although he had ulterior motives in befriending the Luo Family, the Luo Family members were all good people. They even let him use the gravity chamber for free, something that many people on Earth couldn’t even dream of. Xu Zong was willing to do his best to protect them.

“Thanks is necessary, consider it a token of gratitude.”

Luo Hua took out a box and opened it, instantly filling the air with the fragrance of rice.

“I really want this token of gratitude!”

Xu Zong hesitated for a moment, then readily accepted it.

“By the way, this is the spirit of plants and trees that Uncle Luo left at home.”

Xu Zong suddenly remembered something and took out a dark tree root, handing it to Luo Hua.

“It’s for you.”

Luo Hua waved his hand indifferently. He had hundreds of these plant and tree spirits at home.

“This is a thousand-year-old Black Crow Root. It’s good for making tea or brewing medicinal wine. Your Little Uncle is an advanced warrior, and this half of the root is enough to make him a warlord.”

“Thank you, if anything happens in the future, feel free to find me!”

“I won’t be polite.”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Late at night.

Since the gravity chamber hadn’t been delivered yet, Xu Zong temporarily stayed in a solitary attic, silently cultivating his physique and power.

“With each advancement in the Celestial Level, the required energy doubles. With the treasures I have, I can at most support cultivation up to the third level of the Celestial Level.”

Xu Zong sighed inwardly.

Because he didn’t have any bottlenecks, he didn’t need energy to break through realms. He only needed to fill up the water pool to break through. The amount of energy he needed was already less than others, but it still wasn’t enough.

There were still four or five years until the Universal Genius Battle. If he could advance two levels in a year, he should be able to break through to the Stellar Level before the battle and qualify to participate.

But judging from his current cultivation speed, he still needed some treasures to improve his realm more securely.

Currently, Earth lacked this kind of resource. If he wanted to find it, he could only go to space. However, he didn’t have a spaceship, and he was unfamiliar with other places. He had to wait for Luo Feng to come back. As for the other Xu Zongs in the chat group… well, currently no one could help. The one with the greatest potential was Xu Zong from Battle Through the Heavens, he just hoped that she would grow quickly.

It would be great if there was a high-level world where the accomplished Xu Zong could join the group.

Xu Zong sighed.

Every Xu Zong in the group thought the same way, but reality didn’t work that way.

He suppressed the distractions in his heart and focused all his energy on cultivation.

The next day.

Just as the sky was getting bright, Xu Zong arrived in front of a group of single villas. Following the house numbers, he found the one where Little Uncle lived. Shortly after ringing the doorbell, Liu Wenqing appeared at the door, looking strange as she welcomed Xu Zong in.

“You guys didn’t sleep together last night?”

As soon as Xu Zong entered the living room, he said something that made the two of them blush.

“Don’t talk nonsense, Miss Liu and I are not like that!”

Xu Qi quickly grabbed Xu Zong, signaling him not to speak recklessly.

Liu Wenqing’s expression remained unchanged, she just glanced at Xu Qi sideways.

Xu Zong shook his head, clearly seeing that Liu Wenqing was interested in Little Uncle, but Little Uncle had been a single dog for over thirty years, he really was clueless about these things.

“Here, this is for you to make tea, it’s good for your health.”

Xu Zong took out the thousand-year-old Black Crow Root, casually tossing it to Xu Qi.

“This thing isn’t cheap, right?”

Xu Qi obviously knew its value. He sniffed it lightly and smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.

“It’s a gift from Luo Hua. You two can drink it, just don’t make a fuss.”

“I understand.”

Xu Qi nodded solemnly. He also understood the value of the Luo Family.

“By the way, there’s something I want to ask you… Is this you?”

Xu Qi suddenly picked up a tablet computer and played a video with a strange expression.

It showed Atkin fleeing in a sorry state, occasionally capturing Xu Zong’s face.

“Why did they make me look so brutal?”

Xu Zong frowned, feeling that there was something wrong with the augmented reality brain. It didn’t even know how to make me look a bit more cheerful.

“So, how powerful are you now?”

“Well, on the surface, I should be considered the strongest on Earth.”

Xu Zong carefully chose his words.

“Wow!”

Xu Qi and Liu Wenqing both gasped in shock.

“Our Xu Family has made progress.”

Xu Qi muttered to himself.

Liu Wenqing couldn’t help but feel a sense of pressure, feeling a great burden on her shoulders.”Master, there’s a call from Senator Zhu Xi of the Chinese military.”

Just then, Xu Zong’s bracelet suddenly emitted a mechanical voice.

“Connect.”

Xu Zong walked to the side and spoke to the holographic brain.

“Xiao Xu, are you free now?”

In the projected image, a thin-faced old man with a hooked nose looked serious.

“What’s the matter?”

Xu Zong thought Zhu Xi was asking about him beating Atkin, but his expression didn’t seem like it.

“It’s the beast tide!”

Zhu Xi sighed subtly.

“Last night, a beast tide broke out in China and it hasn’t stopped until now. According to observations, even king-level monsters have appeared. We have limited manpower here and hope you can help!”

“Where?”

Xu Zong immediately stood up.

“Southeast base!”

“I’ll go now!”

Xu Zong hung up the phone and looked at Little Uncle.

“You go.”

Xu Qi nodded, feeling encouraged and smiled.

“If you can repel the beast tide, your contribution will be greater than what our Xu family has done for three generations!”

“I’m going!”

Xu Zong walked out of the attic and flew directly into the sky, rushing to the southeast military region at the fastest speed.

…………

Among all the monsters on Earth, the king-level flying monsters had already been cleared by Hong and Lei Shen. The king-level monsters on land were hidden in deep mountains and forests. Only the king-level monsters in the sea, not only had a variety of species, but also a staggering number. They even gave rise to two beast emperors. Even Hong and Lei Shen couldn’t deal with them.

Among all the monsters on Earth, the sea monsters were the most terrifying and powerful!

The Southeast Base was located in the southeast of Jiangnan Base City, on the western corner of the Yangtze River Delta. It was built to prevent the invasion of sea monsters.

It was a huge steel base, several kilometers long and wide, resembling an ancient giant beast lying across the Yangtze River.

Countless sea monsters surged out of the sea, launching various attacks on the steel base. Unlike the land monsters that attacked with fangs and claws, the sea monsters had various attack methods. They not only had fins as sharp as knives, but also acid stronger than sulfuric acid, and lightning-like electric shocks.

Countless tsunami-like attacks swarmed in, leaving traces on the new metal walls, but the base itself remained incredibly strong, as if it would never collapse no matter how many years passed.

On the other side, various venomous projectiles were raining down from above the base’s walls, instantly dyeing the rivers at the mouth of the Yangtze River Delta with various colors. Countless sea monsters died one after another in a continuous stream.

Not far away, a giant jellyfish with a width of hundreds of meters floated in mid-air. Its body was almost transparent, with an umbrella-shaped body diameter of over thirty meters and tentacles several hundred meters long. Its huge figure emitted an extremely strong sense of oppression, like a mountain peak.

Between its inhalation and exhalation, a dense purple mist spread out, enveloping its entire body.

In the sky above the base’s walls, a middle-aged man wearing a Black God suit also floated there, as if confronting it.

“It’s actually the Jellyfish King, this is troublesome!”

The middle-aged man’s face darkened, feeling a bit tricky.

“General Deng, the laser cannon is ready, but we can’t aim!”

“I know! Don’t panic, I’ll create an opportunity!”

An anxious shout came from the communication channel, and General Deng, the middle-aged man with the surname Deng, shouted in a deep voice.

Although he said that, he couldn’t help but feel a headache as he looked at the dense purple mist in the distance.

The Jellyfish King was one of the most troublesome sea kings because it could spew out a toxic mist that covered an area of several thousand square kilometers. Not only could the mist corrode the base, but it could also obscure the field of vision!

With the field of vision obscured, it was difficult for the laser cannon to aim. Even if it barely managed to aim and fire, the power of the laser cannon would be refracted by the mist, making it impossible to harm the Jellyfish King!

Even a Celestial Level Second Order would have a headache dealing with this kind of monster!

“If it weren’t for the loss of a large number of top-level laser cannons in the battle against the Swallowed Star, it wouldn’t be so arrogant!”

General Deng felt annoyed in his heart.

The highest-level laser cannon on Earth was the A5 level. Apart from the remaining Thunder Dragon Emperor, no one on Earth could withstand a direct hit from an A5 level laser cannon. But in the battle against the Swallowed Star, the Swallowed Star roamed all over Earth, swallowing countless war bases, resulting in a large loss of laser cannons. Moreover, A5 level laser cannons were extremely difficult to produce, and even China had only a few. Currently, they were in a state of extreme shortage.

“Even so, I must defeat it!”

General Deng made up his mind. He covered his whole body with the Black God suit, leaving only his eyes exposed, and then activated the bright red Primal Energy, rushing towards the Jellyfish King at extreme speed!

If the Jellyfish King wasn’t repelled, the beast tide wouldn’t stop!

He had to give it his all!

The bright red Primal Energy burned fiercely, allowing General Deng to quickly charge into the purple mist. The surrounding Primal Energy crackled, as if the mist could corrode even the Primal Energy.However, the range of the poisonous fog was several kilometers wide, while the Jellyfish King was only two hundred meters in width. Located within the fog, the figure of the Jellyfish King became blurred, naturally possessing a great advantage!

“Huff!”

Suddenly, a gust of violent wind rushed towards him. General Deng’s face changed, and he quickly swung his long spear towards the direction of the wind, stabbing furiously!

The fiery red Primal Energy exploded, instantly roasting a tentacle to a bright red.

But before he could rejoice, the wind in the poisonous fog intensified, and surprisingly, more than a dozen tentacles were rushing towards him, causing General Deng’s face to change drastically!

(End of the chapter)