「On the Huaxia web.」

"Damn! The Jingguo Society of those little devils has been massacred!"

"Fucking awesome news! Someone finally took care of those bastards, haha!"

"I heard several thousand soldiers, police officers, and tourists died. I’m begging for video footage of the incident!"

"Seconded! Post the video! Didn’t they say tens of thousands died?"

"Only tens of thousands? Motherfucker, who said hundreds of thousands? Show yourself!"

"They say it was an alien attack. The enemy was immune to blades and gunfire and could even deflect bullets! Hearing these rumors, I’m starting to doubt if the Jingguo Society massacre is even real!"

"I hope it’s true! That place should’ve been wiped out long ago. If I were in charge, I’d send troops to bomb the Jingguo Society without a second thought!"

This was different from the reactions of ordinary netizens.

「Deep within the Forbidden City, in the Supreme Decision-Making Council’s chamber.」

A group of powerful figures was gathered, every one of them wearing an incredibly strange expression.

"Boss, is the news reliable?" a man in his fifties asked.

As soon as he spoke, all eyes in the room turned to the affable middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table.

"Mm," the man nodded, then added with a grave expression, "The news is accurate. According to the intelligence from the front lines, the entire perimeter of the Jingguo Society has been sealed off. Unless something unexpected happened, it should be Japan’s own Abnormal individuals who have taken control of the situation inside. The Japanese military and police can only maintain the perimeter. On top of that, there’s another interesting development. The extreme right-winger, Yamamoto Ichiro, is dead. Not just him, but the entire Yamamoto Group has been slaughtered to the last person. Even all of Yamamoto Ichiro’s direct heirs and closest relatives have been completely eradicated!"

"Boss, who on earth did this?" a voice cried out urgently as soon as the affable man finished speaking.

This question voiced the very doubt every powerful figure in the room was desperate to have answered.

Subconsciously, they all felt this incident was related to Huaxia. To destroy the Yamamoto Group and massacre the Jingguo Society... this was an act of profound vengeance. Looking across the entire world, there weren’t many people who would do such a thing. There were even fewer who had the strength to pull it off.

"Look at this video," the affable man said with a playful smirk, picking up the remote control from the conference table and pressing a button.

The next moment, an image appeared on the screen mounted on the side wall. It was the scene of the Hua Sheng Group’s Rolls-Royce being ambushed by gunfire on the streets of Tokyo. As the video reached its climax, the footage of Qin Fan and Hua Xiaotian fighting their enemies appeared.

"Master Hua?"

"Qin Fan?"

When the two faces appeared on the screen, the assembled leaders all gasped in unison.

"That’s right. It’s Hua Xiaotian and Qin Fan."

Watching the masked attackers being dismembered by Qin Fan, the affable man’s face still paled slightly, even though he had already seen the video several times. As he finished speaking, a series of retching sounds immediately rang out.

UGH!

UGH!

Everyone was horrified by the unbearably gruesome images on the screen. Glancing at the suddenly pale faces around him, the man turned off the screen.

"Let’s all take a moment," he said, looking at his colleagues with an amused smile.

One of the men waved his hand, shaking his head to clear the bloody images from his mind. He then asked with great solemnity, "Boss, are you saying that the bloodbaths at the Yamamoto Group and the Jingguo Society were caused by Qin Fan and Master Hua?"

"That’s right. We can be almost certain that it was the work of Qin Fan and Hua Xiaotian," the leader confirmed.

"Boss, if I remember correctly, Master Hua has yet to enter the Gang Realm, right? How could he... how could he possess such ability?" another man exclaimed with a frown.

"Because he has Qin Fan by his side," the affable man said slowly with a smile, his face filled with relief.

"Qin Fan?!"

Everyone was shocked, their brows furrowing in thought.

Indeed, the might of Qin Fan, the young Grandmaster, had been clearly demonstrated during the battle at the Golden Summit of Emei Mountain. However, it was said that killing Lan Xiaosheng had not been an easy feat. This led them to believe that while the young Grandmaster was a heaven-defying martial arts prodigy, his Martial Arts Cultivation was still a considerable distance from Hua Xiaotian’s.

But how much time had passed since then?

Now he had led Hua Xiaotian into Japan and orchestrated wave after wave of such bloody massacres? Was that possible?

"Yes. It’s the young Grandmaster, Qin Fan. We all underestimated him—incredibly and naively so. We were fortunate. Fortunate that we made the right bet back then! Overthrowing the Qin family, exterminating the Du Family, eliminating the Qiao Family... our indulgence towards him has paid off at this very moment. We bet right! We really bet right!" the affable man said, smiling with deep satisfaction.

As his words fell, the entire conference room descended into an eerie silence. Their hearts were simply overwhelmed with shock at what their leader had said.

After a brief, stunned pause, one of the magnates looked at him and asked, "Boss, what do you think their ultimate goal is? And can they make it back to Huaxia alive?"

Faced with this question, the affable man was slightly taken aback. His smile faded into a somber expression as he shook his head. "I don’t know their ultimate goal. I just hope they can make it back to Huaxia alive. May Heaven protect them and grant them a safe return."

As he finished speaking, he gazed out the nearby window. Outside, under the night sky, the bright, five-starred red flag was fluttering in the wind.

Things have come to this point. No matter what, Huaxia absolutely cannot get involved. The impact of such an incident is simply too extraordinary. If Huaxia were to get entangled, it would surely provoke strong condemnation from more than half the world. It might even lead to the formation of an alliance to attack us. It’s important to remember that it wasn’t just Japanese who died at the Jingguo Society, but also a large number of tourists from many other countries.

「On the mountain behind Japan’s Jingguo Society.」

While silent prayers were being offered in the strategy room deep within Huaxia’s Forbidden City, more than ten hours had passed.

Hua Xiaotian’s breakthrough was reaching its final, critical moments.

Layers of sweat beaded and rolled down his skin, quickly soaking his tattered, blood-stained clothes, which had previously dried in the wind. Hua Xiaotian’s face was flushed, and the muscles twitched intensely, contorting his features into an unusually ferocious grimace. His tightly shut eyes fluttered constantly.

"Fine, I’ll give you a hand," Qin Fan muttered to himself. He walked over to Hua Xiaotian’s side, gathered True Qi into his palm, and slowly lowered it onto the crown of Hua Xiaotian’s head.

The moment his hand made contact, the trembling on Hua Xiaotian’s face ceased. An invisible tension seemed to melt away, and he relaxed completely.

Thirty seconds.

Ninety seconds.

Two minutes.

Just as two minutes had passed, Qin Fan lifted his hand.

The next moment, Hua Xiaotian’s eyes snapped open. An aura burst forth from his body uncontrollably, more than twice as strong as before.

"So this is the Gang Realm?" Hua Xiaotian exclaimed the moment he opened his eyes, his face alight with ecstatic joy.