Medical and Martial God

At that thought, a surge of panic washed over Qiao Beiming, and he wished he could crush Ye Xiu to death on the spot.

Spiritual Energy isn’t poisonous. This means Martial Artists from all over the world, as well as the Restorer Alliance and the Loose Cultivators secretly opposing the three great Judicator Families, will be able to continuously enhance their strength with its aid. As time goes on, the advantages held by the three great Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom will gradually diminish. I’ve really helped our enemies! No, I must report this immediately. I need to urge the three great Judicator Families and the Eternal Kingdom to deploy their troops at once and impose martial rule over the globe. Otherwise, once the world’s Martial Artists grow stronger with the help of Spiritual Energy, the ambition of the three great Judicator Families to unify the globe will never be realized.

Qiao Beiming frantically dialed the King of the Eternal Kingdom’s phone number, but it didn’t connect.

”Still can’t get through?”

He made several more calls, but without exception, none of them went through.

No wonder the little Princess hasn’t sent any messages since returning to the country. It seems there really is trouble back home.

Qiao Beiming stormed into the airport, hijacked a plane, and headed straight for Tamwood City. He had to return personally to tell the King about the Spiritual Energy and persuade the three great Judicator Families and the King to dispatch troops to conquer all the nations of the world.

「An hour and a half later.」

Qiao Beiming suddenly felt his plane was descending. He promptly called over a flight attendant and asked, ”We’ve only been flying for an hour and thirty-five minutes. We’re still far from Tamwood City Airport, so why are we descending?”

The flight attendant answered with palpable fear, ”The plane is out of fuel. We must refuel, or we’ll crash into the sea before we reach Tamwood City.”

Qiao Beiming became extremely irritable. ”Hurry up! If you dare to play any tricks, I’ll send you to meet the King of Hell in a heartbeat.”

”Yes, yes, yes!” the flight attendant stammered, trembling with fear.

The plane landed at an airport.

Qiao Beiming disembarked. To prevent any tricks from the pilot and crew, he decided to supervise the entire ”refueling” process. It was then he realized the airport looked familiar. He asked the flight attendant, ”Which City Mansion’s airport is this?”

Before the flight attendant could respond, a voice that sent chills down his spine reached him.

”Welcome to Jin Ye City Airport.”

WHOOSH!

Qiao Beiming whipped his head around. He saw Ye Xiu walking over with a smile.

”Ye Xiu?” Qiao Beiming exclaimed in shock. But when he saw that Ye Xiu was alone, he suddenly started laughing. ”How did you know the plane I hijacked would land at Jin Ye City Airport?”

”Because the pilot is one of my people,” Ye Xiu said with a smile. ”The moment I learned you were at the Yunluo City mental hospital and were calling your subordinates to initiate the second step of the plan and summon T4001, I immediately sent my agent there at full speed. He arrived just one step ahead of T4001 and had just enough time to slip into a white coat.

”Then, my agent took the same elevator as T4001 to the third floor. After T4001 entered your room, my agent planted a bug on the door, transmitting every single word of your conversation directly to me.

”I was in Jin Ye City, too far away to get to Yunluo City in time to stop you from hijacking a plane to Tamwood City. Besides, my people in Tamwood City are no match for you.

”So, with a little guidance, you hijacked a plane piloted by my own agent, who successfully delivered you to Jin Ye City Airport—right to me.”

After hearing this, Qiao Beiming’s head buzzed, his expression flickering between anger and shock.

What Ye Xiu described so nonchalantly required an extraordinarily vast intelligence network. Moreover, this network had to have talented individuals with various abilities in every City Mansion across the country. Otherwise, as soon as he learned I was in Yunluo City, Ye Xiu wouldn’t have had time to arrange for an agent to infiltrate the mental hospital and plant a bug, let alone swiftly arrange for a pilot and guide me into hijacking a specific plane.

”I always thought I had already overestimated you, but I see I still underestimated you,” Qiao Beiming said, glaring at Ye Xiu. ”I never expected you to command such astonishing power. But Ye Xiu, do you think you alone can stop me? You’re just a Pseudo Sixth Realm War God. You couldn’t even beat Lin Feng. If Huang Quan hadn’t happened to pass by the Wu Family manor back then, you would have already died at Lin Feng’s hands. And I am slightly stronger than Lin Feng.”

Having said that, to prevent any unforeseen complications, Qiao Beiming drew his Fine Steel Soft Sword from his waist and charged toward Ye Xiu at full speed. He intended to kill Ye Xiu as quickly as possible, then hijack the plane again and proceed to Tamwood City Airport.

”Die!”

Qiao Beiming reached Ye Xiu and thrust his sword toward his throat. The strike was like lightning, blindingly fast—the quickest thrust Qiao Beiming had delivered in his seventy-three years of life. He had surpassed his usual limits!

This thrust is a sure thing! Ye Xiu is dead!

BANG!

Just as Qiao Beiming was certain his sword would find its mark, Ye Xiu’s size 43 shoe slammed into his face.

BANG!

Like a shell, Qiao Beiming was sent flying backward by Ye Xiu’s kick. He sailed more than ten meters through the air before crashing to the ground, bouncing like a stone skipping across water, and finally rolling to a stop dozens of meters away.

”H-how is this possible?” Qiao Beiming spat out a mouthful of blood. His face a bloody mess, he trembled with inexplicable terror as he struggled to get up, staring at the approaching Ye Xiu. That single kick had flattened his nose, knocked out several of his teeth, given him a concussion, and left him severely injured.

”An inch longer is an inch stronger. Your sword is shorter than my leg,” Ye Xiu said with a smile.

Qiao Beiming didn’t respond, a look of sudden realization dawning on his face. ”I understand now. Lin Feng and the two thousand men we took to Nanjing... they weren’t killed by Huang Quan. You killed them.”

At this moment, Qiao Beiming realized that Ye Xiu had been a wolf in sheep’s clothing all along. He was terrifyingly powerful but had been masquerading as a mere Pseudo Sixth Realm War God.

”To hear the Way in the morning and die by evening... You may now rest in peace!”

Ye Xiu, who had been dozens of meters away, abruptly appeared in front of Qiao Beiming, his hand clamping around his neck.

CRACK!

With the chilling sound of bone snapping, Qiao Beiming breathed his last.

Ye Xiu began a Berserk absorption, draining Qiao Beiming of his Martial Prowess and pulling the man’s Fourth Stage Earth System Totem into his own body.

”The three Judicator Families probably still think their plan is going smoothly right now.” Chloe walked over with a smile. ”Young Master, the era of exhausted Spiritual Energy has ended, and the era of its resurgence has begun. Is this a blessing or a curse for humanity?”

Ye Xiu looked up at the sky, his expression unreadable. ”I don’t know if the resurgence of Spiritual Energy is good or bad for humanity, but I couldn’t have stopped the three great Judicator Families from breaking the seal on the Spiritual Energy Well. Even with Qiao Beiming dead, they would have just sent someone else to unseal it.

”However, according to Qin Qing and Leng Yue, the people of the Eternal Islands, nourished by Spiritual Energy, are not only physically robust but also live longer than people in the rest of the world.

”So, I believe the resurgence of Spiritual Energy should be a blessing for all of humanity.

”But it also marks the beginning of an era of rising gods. Earth is about to welcome a flourishing civilization of Cultivation.”