I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Chapter 145 Immediately after packing, they ran to the border region, where the super creature Dragon Mother and a million-strong horde of dragons awaited! (4K)

"The outcome...the battle is over!"

"Xue Jing has once again demonstrated his unfathomable and terrifying strength. Facing Gu Hongding, who was wearing a full suit of iron armor, he did not even use a weapon, but chose to fight bare-handed and killed him with a single punch!"

The commentator's excited voice echoed throughout the venue.

As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

"Holy crap, what's that? A dragon? I saw a dragon?"

"That's internal energy! Only martial artists with extremely high cultivation can use it. For professional martial artists to advance to the sixth rank, this kind of visible, materialized internal energy is one of the requirements!"

"How old is he? A professional sixth-dan martial artist has appeared in an U19 competition? I don't think there's any record of that in the outer ring!"

"Concretizing Qi is only one of the conditions for advancing to the sixth level. It doesn't mean that just knowing how to use it makes you a sixth-level expert. But I estimate that even if his strength isn't quite at the sixth level, he's not far from it!"

"What is a genius? This is a genius! The protagonist of a novel is right in front of me..."

"After watching the last match, I thought he specialized in swordsmanship. How come his fist and foot techniques are so outrageous? What exactly is the Hidden Dragon Style?!"

"Husband, ahhhhh!!"

A lively discussion erupted in the stands; almost everyone was excited about the match.

In the spectator area, Yin Muhu glanced down at the short-statured Du Mingluan:

"How to say?"

Du Mingluan said expressionlessly, "It's just soft strength, I can do that too."

Yin Muhu glanced at the shattered arena and stroked his chin with his muscular arm: "Hehe."

Du Mingluan: "What are you laughing at?"

Yin Muhu: "It's nothing, I just remembered something happy."

Du Mingluan: "..."

On the shattered arena, Xue Jing pulled the Futu Blade from the ground and looked up at the sky.

On the horizon, under a clear blue sky with only a few white clouds, a small black dot appeared, growing larger and larger as if ink had been smeared on a painting.

That's an airplane.

A beautiful, high-tech aircraft with a streamlined fuselage painted pure black.

Under Xue Jing's astonished gaze, the black plane rapidly approached, flying straight towards the stadium.

"That was... sent by Bai Ya to pick me up?"

Xue Jing was somewhat puzzled.

They wouldn't be planning to come directly to the stadium to pick him up, would they?

How would it land? The stadium's roof is a hollow structure, not completely empty, so there's no space for a plane to land. If a plane tries to fly in, the end result will only be that it crashes into the stands.

Although he was puzzled, Xue Jing was not worried. Since Bai Ya dared to do this, he obviously had something to rely on.

He didn't have to wait long, only a dozen seconds later.

"call out--"

A sharp, whistling sound, as if the air were being forcibly torn apart, began to enter the venue, and the sound grew louder and louder.

Everyone inside the stadium noticed and wondered what had happened.

"call out--"

At this moment, the black plane had already approached within 200 meters of the stadium, but still showed no sign of slowing down.

To Xue Jing's astonishment, the rapidly approaching plane, directly above the stadium's roof, abruptly came to a complete stop, its motion instantly transforming into stillness.

And just like that... it remained frozen in mid-air!

A large, high-speed moving object suddenly stopped, its powerful inertia abruptly halted, and a violent gust of air immediately erupted from its entire body.

"call--"

The audience inside the venue was so choked by the wind that they couldn't open their eyes, and snacks, hats, and all sorts of random things were flying everywhere.

"What is that? An airplane? Where did this airplane come from?"

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, the plane slowly descended from the sky.

The aircraft, which appeared to have no levitation device, defied gravity and landed on the ground like an alien flying saucer.

The embedded hatch on the fuselage was pushed open, and Xu Ren, dressed in a black, tight-fitting tactical suit that outlined her agile, leopard-like figure, stepped out.

She smoothed her short hair, which was a little messy from the wind, looked at Xue Jing standing not far away, and greeted him:

"Long time no see, Xue Jing. I'm not late, am I?"

Xue Jing glanced at the time on his phone.

Just then, [17:00] jumped to [17:01].

"No, you've come at just the right time, Captain Phantom Blade."

Xue Jing smiled and spoke.

Xu Ren looked around, then at the broken arena and the human-shaped crater embedded in the ground.

"Looks like you're all done here too... Let's talk on the plane. Is there anything else you need to take?"

Xue Jing, holding the Futu Knife, shook his head: "That's all. Let's go."

Under the bewildered gazes of everyone else in the venue, Xue Jing followed Xu Ren into the cabin.

As the black plane seemed to float into the air and rise like a flying saucer from the stadium, Kou Chengjian, standing in the players' viewing area, scratched his head:

"Show off and then run away?"

……

Inside the cabin, Xue Jing gazed at the scenery outside the window, feeling a sense of novelty.

In fact, for some reason, airplanes are very rare in this world, and there are no civilian airplanes. Most people travel long distances by land and water, and there are no air routes.

Excluding his previous life, this was the first time Xue Jing had ever seen an airplane... not counting helicopters.

Wearing a vest and military pants, and sporting a buzz cut, the mountain demon sat next to Xue Jing, winking and making faces at him.

"Alright, Xue Jing."

"I watched that match. You really are a monster. It hasn't been that long, and you've gotten even stronger."

"There are so many female fans of yours online now. If you opened an account on any social media platform... I don't even want to think about how many lewd photos you would receive in your private messages."

Xue Jing smiled and casually said, "You probably don't know, but I have a lot of male fans too. According to your logic, I don't want to receive a bunch of cringeworthy pictures."

The mandrill paused for a moment, then said, "Eh...that's true."

With his back to Xue Jing, Xu Ren crouched down slightly, opened the built-in refrigerator in the cabin, took out a can of beverage, and tossed it to Xue Jing.

Xue Jing reached out and grabbed the drink, glancing at the packaging, which read 'Xinsha Soda'.

He had never seen this kind of drink before.

"This is produced by a beverage company in Edge City 069. It's very popular with the hunters in the border area. Try it," said the Void Blade.

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow.

Since the Eternal Night War, the administrative divisions of the various Xia states have been divided into nine major metropolitan areas, and each metropolitan area is further divided into three layers.

From the inside out, they are the inner ring, the outer ring, and the edge.

Edge cities are located on the outermost edge of the metropolitan area. Although they are called cities, they are actually more like fortresses and defensive lines, keeping dangerous creatures from the border areas out of reach.

This is why, despite the many anomalies occurring in this world, the inner and outer rings appear remarkably peaceful.

Because of the danger... they were basically blocked outside the outer city defense line.

None of the outlying cities have specific names, only numbers—because they could be destroyed at any time, and there's no need to name a place that could be destroyed at any moment.

How could anyone open a beverage company in a place like this?

Xue Jing twisted the tab on the aluminum can, making a 'hiss' sound, and then took a sip of soda.

The moment it entered his mouth, the spicy flavor exploded, spreading from his throat throughout his body along with the unique stimulating sensation of carbonated soda.

"A very novel flavor."

Xue Jing commented.

This is something that ordinary people would find absolutely difficult to adapt to.

It's too spicy.

But for him, the level of stimulation was just right.

Xu Ren smiled and said, "Edge City No. 069 is a legendary edge city in the Fifth Metropolitan Area, and it has existed for more than a hundred years."

"Whenever a periphery city is destroyed, the number of the newly built periphery city will be moved forward. Now the newest periphery city in the Fifth Metropolitan Area has reached number four hundred or so."

"Of the outlying cities below number two hundred, only number 069 remains standing."

Xue Jing nodded, then said in realization, "I see."

No wonder a beverage company exists here... If it has existed for over a hundred years, the facilities in this outlying city should be not much different from those in a normal city.

"By the way, Captain Xu Ren," Xue Jing said, looking at the unremarkable-looking Xu Ren.

"What's going on with this plane? It looks more like an alien flying saucer than a plane?"

Before Xu Ren could reply, the mountain demon beside him crossed its arms and said smugly:

"Never seen this before? This is the 'Dragon Core Machine'."

Xue Jing: "Oh?"

"The power source of this aircraft is a core organ of a dragon."