Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 254 The plot ends
Under Xu Feng's "exile" style of fighting, the battle lasted only three hours before Esdeath was unable to launch ice spikes to actively intercept missiles.

It simply generates ice layers to defend against nuclear explosions.

This defensive strategy actually allowed her to hold out longer... The thrust generated by the nuclear explosion was too strong, and each nuclear explosion would cause Esdeath's trajectory to change drastically. Xu Feng had to wait until the effects of the nuclear explosion completely ended before he could recalculate Esdeath's trajectory and then launch missiles based on that trajectory.

And so, the bombing continued for another day.

Esdeath's defensive ice layer is getting thinner and thinner.

Driven by the continuous nuclear explosions, she flew at an extremely high speed in space, reaching the top speed of Xu Feng's spaceship.

One person and one spaceship are rapidly flying towards the vicinity of the sun.

Of course, even at that speed, they would still be a very long distance from the sun after a day's flight.

"Shall we talk to Esdeath?"

Xiangzi gazed at the ice giant tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Esdeath was able to survive in space thanks to that nearly 100-meter-tall ice 'Gundam'.

The original Ice 'Gundam' was very imposing, like a larger version of Esdeath.

Now, it has been ravaged by repeated bombings and can only be barely discerned as a human shape.

"What's there to talk about with her?"

Xu Feng smirked and said coldly, "If we keep her alive, we won't get any benefits from her; if we kill her, we can get a lot of side quests; when we can kill her, why spare her life?"

“Esdeath is very strong, and her abilities have not yet been fully developed. If she can get your help, she should be able to become even stronger.” Shoko said with some appreciation for her talent, “If she joins the East Blue team, our team’s strength should be able to reach another level.”

Xu Feng chuckled: "What we should be considering now is how to lower the team's rating. As for making the team stronger? I prefer to become stronger myself rather than relying on the strength of others."

"In this team battle, I have accumulated more than two A-level side quests from the main god. This does not include the reward for killing Esdeath and some side quests obtained by Park Chang-ho. If nothing unexpected happens, I can exchange for an S-level enhancement after returning to the main god space."

“Esdeath is indeed very strong... but she is not even as good as me now.”

Xu Feng admitted that he had the advantage of playing on the ground to defeat Esdeath so badly.

In space combat, he has a significant advantage.

But even if Esdeath didn't go to heaven, would the outcome of the battle be any different?
If she stayed on the ground, she could only passively take the hits and would inevitably be worn down and killed by the continuous attacks from space-based weapons.

In fact.

Esdeath's decision to go into the sky wasn't wrong; the mistake was that she wasn't strong enough.

A generation's technological gap can lead to vastly different outcomes.

In the God of War, the J-8 and F-22 are technology-based exchange items of the same level. The side quests required to exchange for these two fighter jets are the same, and even the difference in reward points required to exchange for the two fighter jets is very small. However, the J-8 versus the F-22... even the most optimistic person would only dare to say that it would take eight J-8s to exchange for one F-22. Of course, in the eyes of those in the know, this result is pure delusion. To defeat the F-22, one must grit one's teeth and bring out a fighter jet of the same level as the F-22.

The gap between Xu Feng and Esdeath is much larger than the gap between the J-8 and the F-22.

Given the generational gap in abilities, Esdeath's defeat was already inevitable.

and.

Through repeated bombings, Xu Feng also figured out Esdeath's upper limit.

This woman's greatest strength lies in her ability to control ice, making her adept at close to mid-range combat.

Apart from that, his close-quarters combat and ranged attacks are only average abilities—at least in the eyes of Xu Feng, who has cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to the Foundation Establishment level.

Xu Feng said expressionlessly, "If we compare Esdeath's current strength to mine, she might be somewhat worthy of being recruited. But after I've used an S-rank side quest and a large number of reward points to strengthen myself and developed this world for over a decade, can Esdeath still compare to me?"

Are the current members of the Donghai team weak?

If we compare it to the Arctic Continent team, even if Captain Xu Feng doesn't participate at all, the rest of the East China Sea team, which he built, can still fight the Arctic Continent team to a standstill.

Shoko's mental skills, telekinesis, and sniping abilities can easily overwhelm most of the Arctic team; Mei's archery attacks are enough to kill all the Arctic team veterans except for the Arctic team captain who has an exceptionally strong vitality; Park Chang-ho's close combat ability is comparable to a werewolf; the remaining three veterans of the Donghae team are a bit weaker, but they wear power armor and their minimum skill level is also very, very high.

But in Xu Feng's eyes, these players, who were not weak at all...

To put it bluntly, the vast majority of them are burdens.

The only advantage of these burdens is that they provide him with more side quests and reward points.

Esdeath is indeed very strong.

However, according to Xu Feng's estimation, even if that woman were to join the East China Sea team, due to the huge gains from this team battle, she would quickly become a "burden," a slightly stronger burden.

Unless... after she joins the East Sea team, she is given some side quests and reward points to strengthen her.

Esdeath had a very high starting point.

If you give her some reward points and side quests to help her overcome her weaknesses, her strength will likely undergo a qualitative leap.

But the problem is... who will provide her with reward points and side quests?
Xu Feng already sees all the reward points and side quests for the East China Sea team members as his own, so why would he ask him to give up the meat in his bowl?
Xu Feng didn't know if there were any such naive guys in the cycle of reincarnation... but he himself would never do such a thing!

Xiangzi smiled slightly: "That's true."

Hsu Feng is very confident.

Confident that after exchanging for a top-tier bloodline or skill worth S-rank from the main god, their strength will undergo another qualitative leap.

Xiangzi felt the same way.

Her trust in Xu Feng was no less than Xu Feng's confidence in himself.

Shoko then asked, "However, how do we kill Esdeath? She has the blood of a super dangerous species flowing through her veins. If we could study her blood, perhaps we could gain the ability to control ice and snow."

If the source material for the Imperial Arm "Demon's Essence"—that super dangerous species from the far north—were still alive.

Therefore, Esdeath's blood naturally becomes unimportant.

The problem now is that the group of super dangerous species that created the Imperial Arms a thousand years ago have completely disappeared.

In this situation, Esdeath, a near-humanoid Dangerous Species, becomes very valuable for research... Although her ability to create ice is very peculiar and difficult to fully analyze, it is, after all, the power of anti-entropy. When it is fully analyzed, that power of anti-entropy may be able to develop extremely powerful abilities.

"No need."

Xu Feng shook his head: "Esdeath hasn't used that time-stop skill yet, so I'm not sure when she'll use it... Fortunately, that move has a limited range, so to be safe, we'll take her out from a distance."

"We can gain many benefits from this world, so there is no need to be confined to one or two abilities."

Xu Feng paused for a moment, then said, "In addition, we'd better deal with Esdeath as soon as possible. The blizzard on Earth is already heading south. Even without Esdeath's acceleration, those three cyclones will sweep across half the planet within two weeks, turning half the planet into a snowfield, just like the super cyclone in 'The Day After Tomorrow'."

If Esdeath were still on Earth, with the power of her Imperial Arms, the blizzards on Earth would move south very quickly, sweeping across half the planet in just three days.

By then.

Ninety-nine percent of life in this world will die in extreme cold.

In just one or two days, the creatures of this world had absolutely no time to prepare, and even extraordinary powerhouses would find it difficult to cope with such climate change. Now, because the blizzard is no longer under Esdeath's control, its southward movement is somewhat slower, but the disaster is still catastrophic.

Overall, the situation on Earth is not good.

Even Mei and the others, who were at the Southern Revolutionary Army base, could clearly feel the abnormality of the climate.

Xu Feng took a deep breath.

He took the Yata no Kagami (Eight-Span Mirror) out of his eye—it wasn't appropriate to shoot lasers through the eye now that he was on a spaceship.

Under the control of the awakened power of the Gluttony Fruit, the Yata Mirror merged with the main cannon of the spaceship; after locking onto the ice 'Gundam' tens of thousands of kilometers away, Xu Feng unhesitatingly projected all the energy in the mirror at maximum power.

distance.

Esdeath in the Ice Gundam foresaw danger.

"Another one of those strange missiles? But there's no trace of missiles around... Does that mean that person changed their attack method?"

Esdeath, somewhat unwilling, mustered her last bit of strength to reinforce the ice layer once more.

This battle left her feeling incredibly frustrated.

From the start of the battle, the enemy only used one tactic—to launch missile attacks from time to time.

What frustrated her was...

She was completely unable to counter this incredibly monotonous move.

Under this attack, she was gradually worn down.

This extremely tedious battle made Esdeath, the battle maniac, feel bored with fighting for the first time.

If the enemy could defeat her head-on, she would have accepted her fate long ago, given her current predicament, and simply committed suicide.

but now.

She absolutely refused to admit that she had been defeated by that kind of enemy!
Unfortunately, the outcome of the battle would not change because of her wishes.

One-tenth of a second later.

The ice layer created by Esdeath instantly transformed into a plasma state.

The blazing beam of light continued to shine on Esdeath.

Just for a moment.

The imperial general then turned to ashes...

"Kill the main character Esdeath and obtain one A-rank side quest, rewarding 10000 points..."

Upon hearing the announcement from the main god, Xu Feng smiled: "An A-rank side story? Ordinary Teigu users only get one D-rank side story, and even villains with a lot of screen time only get one C-rank side story. Esdeath is worth an A-rank side story. Her strength is exceptionally high in this world!"

“Indeed… in the original storyline, Akame being able to kill her was somewhat of a plot device,” Shoko agreed.

Xu Feng chuckled: "Compared to these side quests, the bigger benefit is getting rid of Esdeath, that uncontrollable guy."

In his opinion.

The biggest benefit of defeating Esdeath is not the side story, but that you no longer have to worry about anyone ruining the Akame ga Kill! franchise.

This storyline world is very special.

In the future, he can obtain many useful items in this world... Not to mention the potential impact of Esdeath surviving, the blizzard she created not long ago has already had a huge impact.

It's unknown how many rare materials will perish in this natural disaster.

"That's a wrap, let's go back to Earth!"

Xu Feng said, "Next, we need to focus on disaster relief... I hope that the blizzard hasn't caused too much of an impact."

Shoko suddenly added, "By the way, Esdeath can provide one A-rank side quest, but how many side quests can General Bud, who shares the same name as her, provide?"

"Let's go back to Earth first."

Xu Feng said with a smile, "Not only Budo, but other Imperial Arms users, Special Danger Species... these may all provide side quests. Of course, to prevent our team's rating from rising too much, it's best not to grind too much."

It took the two of them a day to travel their spaceship to their current location.

It needs to decelerate and then accelerate to fly back to Earth. The total distance includes the distance traveled in the past day as well as the round trip distance when decelerating and adjusting direction. Finally, the spacecraft will continue to decelerate as it approaches Earth.

In total, the flight takes about forty hours.

first day.

Xu Feng remotely controls the army's disaster relief efforts using the "Restraint Clothes".

Those who were disciplined and exceptionally capable performed exceptionally well in disaster preparedness. They executed Xu Feng's orders perfectly and distributed the supplies for dealing with the extreme cold in an orderly manner. The imperial officials who had not yet been brought under control praised these people highly.

But the very next day, some unfortunate news reached Xu Feng.

Beast Tide!

Under the influence of extreme cold, a large number of dangerous species set off from the north and headed south, hoping to escape the disaster.

Among them, a considerable number of the Dangerous Species are Special Dangerous Species, and the leader is a Super Dangerous Species, Destagur... similar to the Super Dangerous Species collected by Kurohime Hachifusa, only larger in size.

Those dangerous species are marching towards the capital in order to obtain enough food—humans!
For a while.

The empire panicked... The severe cold and blizzard were already a super disaster, and with the addition of a beast tide formed by countless dangerous species, the thousand-year-old empire was on the verge of collapse and could be destroyed at any moment!

on the one hand.

The empire sent General Bude to personally stop the beast tide.

on the other hand.

The Empire realized that it needed to rely on the power of the Imperial Arms users to eliminate those dangerous species as much as possible.

Because many Imperial Arms users were killed and many Imperial Arms were stolen by Esdeath, the Imperial side had very few Imperial Arms users left. Under these circumstances, they chose to negotiate with the Revolutionary Army without hesitation.

Najenda, the negotiator representing the Revolutionary Army, proposed a condition: the execution of the minister. Only by seeing the minister's head and confirming the Empire's intention to reform would the Revolutionary Army intervene to help the Empire.

And then... Minister Ernest was publicly executed by slow slicing, witnessed by both the Imperial forces and the Revolutionary Army.

This made it impossible for the reincarnators to stop it.

Simple language simply cannot persuade both sides who are eager to provide disaster relief... As for forcibly using force? Before Xu Feng returned to Earth, the members of the East China Sea team couldn't even beat Brand of the Night Raid Team.

(End of this chapter)