Chapter 1340: I'll Rank Up Your Account?
Just as dawn broke, Hua Xia's Thunderous Vanguard punitive operation against the Celestial Group came to an end!
It concluded with the astonishing achievement of destroying the Celestial Group in less than 24 hours!
Everyone witnessed just how terrifying Hua Xia's rage was, enough to burn through the heavens!
Thunder and lightning cleared the path, Azure Dragons swept through the void, and the flying sword army descended like divine soldiers, delivering revenge's iron fist upon the Celestial Group!
They bared their claws to the world, letting everyone know just how formidable Hua Xia, standing tall among the nations with five thousand years of history, truly was!
At just after eight in the morning, Yang Jian had already led the team back to Jing Du!
Though they returned victorious, no one in the team could muster any joy!
Because even though the Celestial Group was destroyed, Jiangnan still couldn't come back!
Only Yang Jian was secretly overjoyed—the effect was just too good!
Threat from the Celestial Group? They were gone, weren't they?
And Holy Star had also quieted down because of Jiangnan's death!
This was simply an excellent situation!
Although Hua Xia had withdrawn its troops, online discussions continued unabated!
"Hua Xia is really ruthless—Shadow Knight and Bandit Perrin are both dead, over ten Starlight-level deaths, and all the Celestial Group's assassins have vanished?"
"Vanished? Hah—probably never to be seen again; they should all be dead by now!"
"The world trembles because of the death of one Southern God. Surely Southern God's spirit in heaven would be comforted to see this?"
"I just wonder how God Baldr will respond. He's a ceiling-tier Space-type; he won't just take this insult lying down!"
People started frantically discussing Baldr's response, since Hua Xia erased the Celestial Group from Lan Xing—Baldr absolutely couldn't swallow his pride!
He might even launch an attack on Hua Xia next!
"Hah—what can Baldr do? I heard that most of the Miwang Forest in Heguo has disappeared!"
"You think Hua Xia only went after the Celestial Group? They definitely went to mess with Baldr too! Just don't know the outcome!"
"Yesterday, Sahara experienced the biggest sandstorm in history. It suddenly appeared for over three hours, then vanished. The desert turned into a lunar surface, full of spatial rifts everywhere..."
"Tsk—a battle between Space-types? I don't know the details, but I know that the Spirit Calamity in the uncontrolled No Man's Land of the Sahara region, which was nearly out of control, got completely killed off after this wave!"
"Beast carcasses everywhere. Mercenary squads going in to collect the corpses are making a killing!"
Needless to say, an unknown great battle must have erupted in the Sahara Desert, and one side was definitely Baldr!
As for the other side, it was unknown. Everyone was guessing who was such a beast that they could fight Baldr to such a standstill!
To the point where he hadn't even counterattacked yet, remaining quiet until now!
Even after the storm passed, the online buzz never died down!
...
Hai Tang Base, Golden Island!
Omega clicked his tongue as he watched the news.
(-﹏-`٥) "Oh my god! Two Dao Heaven-level died this wave? A bunch of Starlight-level too? The Celestial Group is gone?"
"Is Hua Xia that fierce? This is no small matter!"
Every Dao Heaven-level's fall was enough to shake the world!
Alpha shook his head: (⇀～↼‶) "It's not just Hua Xia's strength—this is Jiangnan's connections and energy!"
"To stir up such a big incident because of one person's death—Jiangnan is the first!"
Omega looked comfortable.
(︶.̫︶๑) "But it's really good that Jiangnan is dead! Though there's no benefit, why does it feel so satisfying?"
Beside him, Pang Badi glanced at the news with disdain, then tilted his head and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm onto the floor.
(ꐦ乛3乛)˚*̥∗*¯ิ
"Hah—pfft!"
That kid dead? Bullshit!
Having eaten the Sheep Cookie, Pang Badi knew exactly what was going on!
He was completely clear about it!
He figured that Jiangnan was probably annoyed by constant harassment, ate the Sheep Cookie to fake his death and escape!
Taking this opportunity to directly destroy the Celestial Group and also break free from Holy Star's entanglement!
One move, countless gains!
Tsk—you can act even better than me? How are you so good at this?
You fooled the whole world? This move is really slick!
Pang Badi certainly had no intention of exposing Jiangnan, since both sides were united on the issue of guarding the Origin Stone!
If he ruined Jiangnan's good plan, and Jiangnan schemed to throw Hai Tang to Holy Star, that would be disastrous!
That bastard was absolutely capable of doing something like that!
٩(º﹃º٩) "Hehe～Hehehe..."
Lance was squatting on the ground laughing, eyes shining as he looked at the mouthful of phlegm Pang Badi had spat on the floor!
He quickly ran over, picked it up, and held it in his hands, stretching it back and forth, playing with the strings!
(•‾﹃‾•) "Goo...good treasure! Like playdough—hehe～"
At that moment, the office was eerily quiet. Pang Badi's eye twitched.
(ﾉ)-ʖ̯-) "Brother Lance... you... hey—Alpha! Take him to wash his hands!"
Alpha: (≖_≖)...
...
Deep in the Polar Icefield!
Everywhere was huge pits, the ice cap cracked, massive glaciers blasted into rubble, and the sky was still scattered with lingering auroras!
Odin looked somewhat disheveled, panting heavily, face full of annoyance.
(#･ˇ益ˇ･) "Damn it! That deer got away again! Such a pain!"
The Magician suddenly appeared, looking somewhat excited.
(ಡωಡ) "Still didn't catch it?"
Odin's head throbbed: "Hell if I know where it ran off to! Might not even be in the Polar Icefield anymore!"
"I didn't catch the deer—are you that happy?"
The Magician chuckled slyly, quickly shoving his phone into Odin's hand.
(´థ౪థ)つ[]
"Just went to restock supplies and saw the news. Boss, take a look?"
He was secretly overjoyed—Nightmare!
Finally dead! From now on, I, the Magician, stand tall!
Odin stared at the news on his phone, momentarily stunned, silent for a long time.
Then he looked up at the sky and exhaled a puff of white breath.
"Suddenly feels like this world isn't so exciting anymore."
The Magician was shocked. Shouldn't the boss be ecstatic at the news of Jiangnan's death, dancing on his grave for three days and nights?
Why doesn't he look very happy?
How strange...
...
At that moment, Luo Tianqing arrived in front of Maple Grove Villa. She raised her hand to knock, but her hand froze in midair. She had big dark circles under her eyes, obviously not having slept well, looking somewhat haggard.
She hesitated for a long time, never knocking.
Just then, the doorknob turned, and Xia Yao opened the door from inside.
Her eyes were red, with traces of unfallen tears on her face.
(*꒦ິ◠꒦ີ) "Sister Tianqing, come in..."
Luo Tianqing bit her lower lip tightly and entered the living room. She saw Zhong Yingxue and the others all there.
Their moods were low, and no one spoke.
Luo Tianqing took a deep breath. As a mentor, she had to fulfill her duties.
She walked over to the couch, grabbed Xia Yao's little hand, and pulled Zhong Yingxue's shoulder into her embrace, gently soothing her.
(๑ớ～ờ)ھ "You have to be strong. Life goes on. If Xiao Nan were here, he'd want you all to be okay."
Xia Yao pouted, looking like she was about to cry again.
(ᵒ̴̶̷̥́～ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀)
Luo Tianqing panicked!
(๑ŏ﹏ŏ๑) "Don't cry, don't cry. You called me here to take some time off from class, right? Take it! Take all the time you need!"
"After all, seeing familiar places stirs up emotions. It's fine to wait until you've recovered before coming back to class. I'll get you leave!"
Just then, a voice sounded from behind.
"Sister Tianqing, you'd better take a leave for yourself."
Luo Tianqing shook her head: (⇀﹏↼‶) "No way! I'm an adult. Even if I'm sad, I have to endure it. I need to set an example for everyone, to..."
Huh? That voice sounds familiar?
Luo Tianqing whirled around and saw Jiangnan walking out of the room!
His face was swollen like a bun, eyes bruised, and his head covered in large, steaming red bumps!
(#)●།3།●(#)...
Luo Tianqing's eyes went wide, her face full of terror!
୧(ʘ̆口ʘ̥̆‖)୨ "Ah! A ghost—mmph!"
Before she could scream, Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao, who'd been ready, rushed over and covered Luo Tianqing's mouth!
She was almost scared to tears—had he already decomposed into a giant form?
How terrifying!
Aren't you all afraid?
Jiangnan's eye twitched: "I did almost become a ghost."
When Jiangning got back, she gave Jiangnan a thorough beating, almost knocking the breath out of him!
After she felt bad for beating him, she finally forgave him. She was a bit embarrassed for hitting too hard!
With a head full of steaming red bumps, the getup was indeed a bit frightening!
Through Jiangning's account, Jiangnan learned that Baldr had been beaten into a bloody mess by someone unknown.
Jiangning and Mi Ye chased desperately but couldn't catch up to the severely wounded Baldr!
Hearing that Baldr was so miserable, Jiangnan was incredibly happy!
Luo Tianqing saw Jiangnan talking, standing alive right in front of her.
"You're not dead?"
Jiangnan curled his lip.
(#)´৺`(#) "Hmph—just two Dao Heaven-level, and so few people in the Celestial Group. Barely worth mentioning. How could they possibly kill me?"
Luo Tianqing instantly exploded, veins bulging on her forehead.
"You faked all of that? Why didn't you just die for real? I was so sad for nothing, crying several times at your funeral!"
"Last night, I soaked my bedsheet with tears, you scoundrel! I'll beat you to death!"
She got up to take care of Jiangnan.
Jiangnan was taken aback: (๑•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Uh—are you sure it was tears?"
"You can't beat me now—I'm the World's Strongest Diamond!"
"I'm a tiny bit stronger than you!"
Luo Tianqing got even angrier, steam almost rising from her head. There's no one else who can infuriate like this!
[From Luo Tianqing: Resentment +1000!]
[From Luo Tianqing...]
Despite her anger, she was curious how Jiangnan had died and come back to life!
He had clearly been dead that day. She had personally seen him loaded into a coffin. How did he...
Even now, Luo Tianqing felt a sense of unreality!
So she asked irritably: "Why did you call me here? It's not just to tell me the bad news that you're not dead, is it?"
Jiangnan: ???
Huh? That's bad news?
Jiangnan rubbed his fingers, looking a bit embarrassed.
(づ◔◡◔ิど) "No...nothing much. It's just that I can't use my main account right now, so I wanted to borrow your account."
"How about you lend me your account for a while? I'll rank it up for you?"
Luo Tianqing's eyes went wide!
∑(°口°๑) "Huh?"