Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

Xiji Country, Tianjian Bureau, Satellite Monitoring Center.

"Director, we have detected an ultra-high energy reaction in the Xiangjiang region of Dongji Country. Someone has used high-powered ion weapons, with the highest temperature reaching 7,000 degrees Celsius!"

"Are there any image data?"

"Transmitting."

Soon, One-Eyed Nick, who was sitting in the office, stood up suddenly, staring at the fiery red figure captured by the spy satellite on the screen.

"Suzaku!"

Each of the four great generals of Dongji Kingdom is a powerful man at the level of defending the country, so whenever they take action, they will definitely attract attention from all parties.

"Investigate what happened immediately. I want to know all the information related to it. I mean everything. Got it!?"

"Yes, Director!"

All the federal employees under his command were trembling with fear and began to frantically collect and organize the information, while also performing frame-by-frame data analysis on the images taken by the satellite.

In less than half an hour, a report as detailed as possible was placed in front of One-Eyed Nick.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, the speed of doing things is really fast.

"Director, this is the conclusion reached by the intelligence department after analysis."

"Ah."

One-Eyed Nick picked up the report and read it very carefully.

The intelligence director explained: "According to our previous speculation, Ye Qingzhou is the disciple of Master Xinsha Liuyu, a silver-level expert codenamed 'Juejian'. He killed Cardinal Morris in the Fashion Capital and took away the Philosopher's Stone, which should be the main reason for this attack."

"It seems that the intelligence we received earlier was not false news."

Nick put down the report in his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

The intelligence chief stood beside him, also showing a relieved expression: "Yes, it seems that Kabbalah intends to create a disaster in Xiangjiang to summon the arrival of Plague Knight."

"As long as they don't cause trouble on our Xiji land, it's fine. Let these lunatics torment the Dongji people."

Nick was unable to change the upper echelons of the Western Kingdom to completely give up resistance and choose to surrender to the Taixu Divine Dynasty, but he still wanted to protect his country.

That is why they have diverted troubles to other countries several times, whether it was their ally Europa or their rival Dongji Country, as long as it was for the benefit of Xiji Country, these were all objects that could be sacrificed.

"Pay close attention to Kabala's actions in Hong Kong, and report any unexpected situations to me immediately."

"Yes, Director!"

However, what Nick didn't know was that the real crisis was brewing right under his nose.

The Westernmost Country, Xinxiang.

This is the most prosperous international metropolis in the entire Blue Star. Although it is not large in area, its population has reached 8.6 million. At the same time, its business is extremely prosperous. It is the financial and economic center of the Western Kingdom and even the entire Western world.

Countless amounts of money, like blood, are continuously drawn from other countries and regions across the blue planet and transported here, which has led to the current abnormal prosperity.

Behind the life of dissipation and decadence lies the deepest sin and darkness, and a disaster that is about to sweep the entire world is quietly brewing underground in Xinxiang.

A group of rats carrying a deadly plague began to pour out of the sewers frantically, spreading the terrible disease to other creatures.

All this happened silently, and the Tianjian Bureau, whose attention was completely attracted by Xiangjiang, did not notice this unusual situation at all.

Xinxiang, Ice Harbor Laboratory.

Several scholars from the plague school just watched quietly as the "experimental subject" in the observation cabin struggled and wailed, and finally died in pain.

"The mortality rate of observation sample No. 13 is still too high. We should continue to strengthen its transmission and infection characteristics. This is related to the revival of our Lord. We cannot be careless."

"How did observation sample number fifteen perform?"

"Or can it only be spread through bodily fluids? Maybe we can enhance the host's attack instinct? This might be able to achieve the same effect as in zombie movies."

"What's the use of this? In front of hot weapons, zombies are just a pile of useless rotten meat. Change it to be airborne."

The thin Anthony stood among a group of white coats. He had mediocre features and was inconspicuous on the street, but in the Ice Harbor Laboratory, he was the absolute core.

"Doctor, there's a call for you."

"Didn't I tell you not to answer anyone's phone calls while you're at work?"

"But this is from Mr. Arthur."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Anthony hurried to the office and picked up the phone, his tone even more flattering: "Mr. Arthur, this is Anthony."

"How's the plan going?"

"The No. 6 sample with the best infection effect has been released. At the same time, I have also asked the rat herders to take action to speed up the spread. I believe that soon all 8 million people in Xinxiang will be infected with the new plague. In this way, we will be able to accumulate a huge amount of plague power and summon our Lord to come to the world."

"Very good, I look forward to your performance."

After Arthur hung up the phone, one of his men knocked on the door and came in to tell him the bad news: "We just confirmed that the Deathbird was killed in battle."

"Ok?"

Arthur was very dissatisfied with this: "It was just a feint attack, why did he die in battle? Did the intelligence department misjudge Ye Qingzhou's strength, or did this idiot act on his own and create trouble again?"

For Arthur, the Deathbird is a valuable tool. Kabbalah has spent a lot of resources on it. How could it allow it to die so worthlessly?

So at this moment, Arthur did not feel any sadness, only anger after suffering a loss.

The subordinate lowered his head in fear and explained, "It was the Vermillion Bird God who took action. Under the Heavenly Fire Sword, everything was burned, and the Death Bird was also destroyed."

Under the purification of high temperature that is comparable to that of the sun, the flesh and blood body is naturally unable to resist.

Knowing that it was a Martial Saint who personally took action, Arthur could only consider himself unlucky no matter how dissatisfied he was. But then he laughed again: "It's good this way. Anyway, the reason I sent people to attack Ye Qingzhou was just to attract the attention of the intelligence departments of Dongji and Xiji. Now that the death of the Death Bird has made the whole thing more credible."

Kabbalah's goal has always been to perform special occult rituals by spreading the plague, thereby using the concept and ideology of the plague to summon the Plague Knight from the spirit world to the Blue Star.

In fact, this is just the first step!
The Golden Council, which dominates the financial market of Blue Star, has already secretly controlled the food and arms trade except for the Dongji Kingdom.

They create hunger and promote wars, and while squeezing out excess profits, they also perform special rituals to summon the Hunger Knight and the War Knight of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Finally, when nearly 10 billion people on the entire Blue Planet die in large numbers from plague, hunger and war, the tide of death will impact the barrier of the spiritual world and summon the last of the Four Horsemen - the Death Knight - to the human world.

Once the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have all arrived, they will blow the trumpet of doom and open the gate to the Divine Dynasty, and the humans of Blue Star will also face the arrival of the final catastrophe. Nick thought he was diverting the trouble to others, but in fact, the first place where the trouble came out was the Western Kingdom.

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"strangeness……"

Ye Qingzhou sat in the passenger seat of a fiery red electric supercar. He opened the third eye on his forehead and looked at the building in front of him several times, but still found nothing.

The driver of the supercar is a stunning woman with fair skin and lips like flames. Her eyebrows and eyes are like swords, and she is sharp and imposing, giving people a sense of majesty without even being angry.

"Do you see anything?"

Zhuque was wearing large black frog-eye glasses, her white lotus-like arms casually resting on the car window, sitting there expressionlessly. She was accompanying Ye Qingzhou to inspect the enemy situation.

The target of the inspection was the six problematic buildings that Ye Qingzhou had seen in the vision before.

Ye Qingzhou shook his head: "There is indeed a magic array in the building, but the effect is just an ordinary magic array that gathers vitality. At most, the six magic arrays can sense each other and mobilize vitality. This is not illegal."

"Oh, it's really troublesome."

Zhuque seemed a little impatient: "The people above are still worrying too much. In my opinion, they should just arrest the person directly, and then let Qinglong perform the Great Divination Method to calculate the secrets of the heavens. What can't be found out? By then, those who should be imprisoned will be imprisoned, and those who should be killed will be killed. Instead of doing it like now, when the bayonets are about to draw blood, they are still trying to find a pretext for their actions. Isn't this just tying your own hands?"

"..."

Even a radical like Ye Qingzhou felt that Zhuque's approach was a bit too radical.

After all, politics is an art of compromise, and capital compradors and running dogs like bankers have never been the focus. If you want to hit someone, hit the dog's owner.

"correct."

Zhuque turned around and looked at Ye Qingzhou seriously: "Kabbala will probably send someone to snatch the Philosopher's Stone from you again. Don't run around during this period of time, otherwise I can't guarantee your safety."

"it is good."

Ye Qingzhou nodded in agreement. In fact, he had already called Yingyue to Hong Kong to be his personal bodyguard.

But with a martial saint-level master by your side, your own safety will naturally be more guaranteed. Only a fool would refuse such a thing.

Although Ye Qingzhou was arrogant, he also knew the seriousness of the matter. Kabala had the power of a Golden Martial Saint. If the other party didn't care about his dignity and directly sent out a Martial Saint to bully the weak, he might suffer a great loss.

Now, two great martial saints, one bright and one dark, are serving me together. This kind of blessing is not something that ordinary people can enjoy.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

Everything was calm and nothing happened.

The preliminaries came to an end, and Xu Yunxi became more and more courageous, successfully advancing all the way and obtaining a place in the main competition. After almost every battle, she could undergo a complete transformation and her strength improved by leaps and bounds.

Even Xu Yunxi herself was surprised at her rapid progress.

Ye Qingzhou could see it clearly: "The innate Gengjin sword energy in your body is constantly nourishing your essence, energy, and spirit, bringing you into a state of flourishing luck. So no matter what you do now, you will be sharp-eyed and sharp-eared, as if you are assisted by God. But this kind of thing is not normal, so you have to grasp it well."

"Ah."

Xu Yunxi nodded seriously, her bright eyes filled with a gentle yet determined look.

Although she is the elder in terms of seniority, who can blame Ye Qingzhou for having a higher level of cultivation and realm?
Therefore, she listened to Ye Qingzhou's advice very carefully, not daring to be careless at all, and kept his words firmly in mind.

The next day, the contestants in the main competition came forward to draw lots.

The main competition of the Tianjian Cup is divided into two parts.

The first part is the group stage. The rules are that sixty-four players are divided into four groups, with sixteen players in each group. After all of them have competed in one round, the four players with the highest points will advance to the round of sixteen, and the rest will be eliminated.

The second part is the round of 16.

From here, the competition enters the knockout stage, and the winners advance all the way to the quarterfinals, the semifinals, and the final round to compete for the championship.

Ye Qingzhou was the first contestant to go on stage to draw lots, and this move attracted the attention of the entire audience.

"Why is it that the first person to come up on stage to draw lots for this Tianjian Cup is a young man?"

"Fuck, you don't even know him?"

"Who is he?"

"He is the No. 1 on the Hidden Dragon Ranking personally selected by Tianxia Lunwu. He is the strongest genius of the younger generation in the Dongji Nation's martial arts world!"

Among the young people who came to watch the game, many recognized Ye Qingzhou, and many of them were even fans of Ye Qingzhou’s live broadcast room.

Only the older generation of martial arts practitioners understood that being the first person to go on stage to draw lots in the Tianjian Cup had a special significance - it meant that the judges of the Tianjian Cup all agreed that Ye Qingzhou was most likely to win the championship.

Many people found it hard to believe. After all, Ye Qingzhou was too young. It was shocking enough that he became a Grandmaster at the age of 18. How could such a "newcomer" win the championship in a top international martial arts competition like the Tianjian Cup?

This is a joke!

The weight of the Hidden Dragon List can be said to be insignificant in a top-level competition like the Heavenly Sword Cup where only masters can start.

Therefore, among the people in the martial arts world present, not many people were optimistic about Ye Qingzhou.

On the contrary, Huo Qingyun, An Daoyuan and Li Yunsheng, who also participated in the drawing ceremony, looked at Ye Qingzhou as if they were facing a formidable enemy and observed him intently.

Tianjian Sikong Jingming is one of the judges of this year's Tianjian Cup. He is known as "heart like a mirror" and has a sharp eye and his judgment has never been wrong.

So if even he thinks that Ye Qingzhou is the strongest in this Tianjian Cup, then there is no doubt that Ye Qingzhou is the strongest among all the contestants.

Ye Qingzhou walked onto the podium and felt the strong fighting spirit from Huo Qingyun, An Daoyuan and Li Yunsheng, and the sword intent in his heart also responded.

Then the whole arena was filled with the sound of clanging swords. Whether it was the other contestants or the martial arts experts in the audience who also specialized in swordsmanship, their weapons were all resonating in unison, as if thousands of swords were returning to their origin.

"The sword moves with the heart. This is a sign that the swordsman's mind image is about to be completed!"

"Who? Who caused this strange phenomenon in heaven and earth?"

Then, everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Qingzhou, Huo Qingyun, An Daoyuan and Li Yunsheng, looking forward to the upcoming shocking battle.

The victor may be able to forge a mental image and reach the realm of a martial saint.

Soon, Ye Qingzhou drew ball number four and was assigned to group number four.

Huo Qingyun was assigned to Group 2, An Daoyuan was assigned to Group 1, and Li Yunsheng was assigned to Group 3. The four favorites to win the championship were cleverly separated to avoid a meeting before the quarterfinals. (End of this chapter)