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Chapter 501: The Traitor of the Pacific Nation
Chapter 501: The Traitor of the Pacific Nation
Three seconds after Morningstar's spell eliminated two of the monsters, Su Yu's "Thunder Dragon" finally struck the last one.
Seeing Su Yu lag behind, the fox-form Morningstar wagged her fluffy tail happily. "Rival, I was faster! Don't you dare back out of the fish dinner!"
"Don't worry, I won't back out," Su Yu smiled.
With the six monsters defeated, the vast amount of spiritual energy within their bodies erupted like a geyser, scattering wildly in all directions.
This was a common trait of the monsters created by the Skrulls.
When Su Yu had killed the Skrull-made "Phantoms" in the past, he had gained a significant amount of spiritual energy from their destruction. The same principle applied to these flying monsters.
Su Yu was not about to let this spiritual energy go to waste.
He sat cross-legged in mid-air, his body transforming into a black hole, drawing in all the scattered spiritual energy with a powerful suction.
The small fox-form Morningstar gathered her magical energy and released a massive, hundred-meter-wide [Magic Bubble], collecting the scattered spiritual energy and delivering it to Su Yu.
Su Yu closed his eyes and quickly refined the spiritual energy, converting it into his own power.
As Su Yu refined the spiritual energy, far away on Skrul Planet, Rance reported to Emperor Manina XIII of the Solar Empire about the "Reconnaissance Squad's encounter with Su Yu, resulting in total annihilation."
Manina XIII had been closely monitoring the front lines.
Upon receiving Rance's report, he immediately contacted Rance via their internal messaging app.
Manina: "Su Yu is on Tsushima Island?"
Rance: "Yes, he is."
Manina: "What is he doing there? Is he planning to ambush the monster army?"
Rance: "We're not sure yet."
Manina: "If you're not sure, then find out! Offer the Pacific Nation some incentives to get them to send us the information quickly."
Rance: "Understood!"
The Blue Planet's former United States had splintered into four factions: the "Pacific Nation" on the East Coast, the "Indian Nation" in the central region, the "Confederate States" in the southeastern region, and the "United Workers' Federation" in the northeastern region.
Currently, these four factions were in a ceasefire.
However, two months ago, the leader of the Pacific Nation had secretly entered a spiritual energy spring, intending to surrender to the Skrulls.
Initially, the Skrulls had ignored him, considering Blue Planet inhabitants as mere insects, unworthy of their attention.
But a month ago, Su Yu had caused chaos on Skrul Planet, taking advantage of a momentary lapse in their defenses to kill the leader of the Lankt Alliance.
After that incident, the Skrulls decided it was necessary to support a puppet to irritate Su Yu, so they accepted the Pacific Nation's leader's surrender, promising not to kill them after conquering the Blue Planet.
The Pacific Nation's leader was overjoyed.
He immediately handed over the core military secrets of the United States, including decades of intelligence gathered by the U.S. government on all nations of the Blue Planet, to the Skrulls. He continued to diligently gather current intelligence for them.
Rance was right to seek his assistance.
Back to Su Yu.
After about three minutes of absorption, he had completely drained all the spiritual energy, letting out a contented sigh.
When he left the game this morning, he was at Level 78, 90%.
Absorbing the spiritual energy from these monsters did not push him to Level 79.
However, if he absorbed the spiritual energy from all 3,000 monsters, he might be able to break through to the bottleneck of Level 80, Seventh Rank!
But the Great Cultivators of Yunlu Mountain were also struggling to recover their strength. Should he share this spiritual energy with them? Su Yu pondered the question.
Seeing Su Yu standing motionless in mid-air, Chenxing, still in her fox form, hopped in front of him and swept his cheek with her fluffy tail. "What are you spacing out about?"
But as soon as she finished, Su Yu suddenly moved with lightning speed, grabbing her tail.
"What are you doing?!" Chenxing exclaimed in alarm.
"Of course, I'm petting a fox. I've never touched a fox before in my life!" Su Yu held Chenxing and gave her a vigorous petting.
Chenxing struggled to escape from Su Yu's grasp.
However, she was also a mage, with a physique that matched Su Yu's. Despite her efforts, she couldn't break free.
In desperation, she resorted to her ultimate move.
With a swift transformation, she became a 14-year-old human girl, looking at Su Yu with a pitiful expression.
Su Yu: "... I guess I'll let you go."
He had no qualms about petting a cat or a fox, but he couldn't bring himself to do the same to a human girl, even if it was Chenxing.
With a sigh, he said, "Alright, you win. Let's head back."
He flew east, heading back to Tsushima Island.
Chenxing beamed with satisfaction and, as per her usual habit, leaped onto Su Yu's shoulder.
But now, in her human girl form, this leap caused her to straddle his shoulder.
Looking at the two tender, pink legs dangling in front of his face, Su Yu: "..."
However, he said nothing and continued flying toward Tsushima Island.
During the flight, Su Yu asked Chenxing, "Chenxing, what should we do with the 3,000-plus monsters' psychic energy we eliminated in this battle?"
"What do you mean, what to do with it?"
Su Yu explained, "I was thinking—If I absorb it myself, I might be able to advance to the Seventh Tier! Or I could give the psychic energy to the Great Cultivators of Yunlu Mountain, as they find it very difficult to obtain."
Chenxing didn’t hesitate, wrapping her arms around Su Yu's head and saying, "Of course, you should absorb it yourself. What else would you do?"
She then provided her reasoning, "Don’t forget, advancing to the Seventh Tier is a rare opportunity. If you miss this chance and fail the next time, what will you do? Besides, the Great Cultivators in your world just need enough psychic energy to restore their strength. Your advancement is far more important!"
"Um... you have a point," Su Yu thought about it and agreed.
Advancement was indeed more important than restoration.
So this time, he would absorb all the psychic energy released by the monsters after their deaths and attempt to break through to the Seventh Tier Legendary.
...
While Su Yu was returning to Tsushima Island, Lanchi easily obtained the intelligence sent from the Pacific Federation.
As he read the report, he informed Emperor Manina XIII:
"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence from the Pacific Federation, almost all of China's military helicopters are heading toward Busan. It seems they intend to stop the monster horde from landing there."
"Busan?" Manina XIII was a bit curious. "So, they really plan to engage us on land?"
Manina had considered the possibility that the monster army might be hit by Earth's nuclear bombs once they entered the Tsushima Strait.
However, Manina wasn't afraid of this possibility.
After all, the Tsushima Strait was only about 700 kilometers from China, and the terrifying nuclear fallout from thousands of nuclear explosions would cause catastrophic damage to China's ecosystem.
But now, the Earthlings weren't using nuclear bombs. Instead, they planned to fight the monster horde in Busan, indicating that the battle was unfolding according to their preconceived plans.
(End of Chapter)
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