263: Chapter 263 Restless Moment

"Hmph, you just wait!"

After breaking free, Misty Rain was both angry and embarrassed, no longer wanting to stay.

She threw a harsh word at Xiao Xing, then swept up Ye Fan and the others, vanishing from the spot.

"This is your share."

Seeing Misty Rain and her group leave, Xiao Xing tossed ten essence spirits to the Death God as payment for slightly holding back the crowd earlier.

"Jie jie~, the cosmic cube is truly a fine supreme treasure."

Having received the ten essence spirits, the Death God wasn't overly surprised. Given its Heart-Nature and experience, this small amount was nothing; what it truly cared about were supreme rank treasures.

"You'd better not get any ideas. Furthermore, she is my friend."

Xiao Xing gave a subtle warning, then flew out with Yan Yan and Skeleton Ji.

Coming outside, although Underworld City no longer existed, hundreds of millions of ghosts were entrenched in the surroundings, with the Skeleton Legion among them.

These were the surviving ghosts from distant factions that hadn't been caught in the explosion's blast radius.

They had absorbed the power radiating from the Divine Pool, and their strength had increased significantly, though none had reached the supergod rank.

Seeing this, Xiao Xing knew a supergod rank pet was out of the question for now. Skeleton Ji had to stay behind to protect Yan Yan and couldn't be taken away.

But it didn't matter. When the time came to travel outside, catching a Super Divine Beast shouldn't be hard, and encountering a Supreme Divine Beast wasn't impossible either.

"Yan Yan, take these things."

Xiao Xing handed over the Karma Nether Scythe, netherworld essence spirits, and other treasures to Yan Yan.

With these items, her safety would be somewhat guaranteed as long as the Death God didn't interfere, so Xiao Xing wouldn't have to worry too much.

"Brother Jian Chen, are you leaving?"

Yan Yan didn't care about the items in the spatial ring; instead, she looked at Xiao Xing, her eyes shimmering with tears.

Now that matters were concluded, she knew Xiao Xing was leaving. Although they hadn't been together long, she felt very reluctant to part.

With her current strength, she could easily resist the rejection of the world's power. She really wanted to follow Brother Jian Chen back to the human world, but being in a Soul state, she was default classified as part of the Ghost Race.

If her strength were low, it might be fine, but as a god emperor realm expert, the Human Race high-levels would not allow her existence. If she went out, she would likely be wiped out quickly.

Yan Yan also had her own plans: once she reached the god emperor realm, she would leave this place to find someone to help her forge a Physical Body, so she could be resurrected as a member of the Human Race.

"Yan Yan, I'll come see you when I have time. Cultivate well and become stronger."

Seeing the little girl's aggrieved expression, Xiao Xing picked her up and gave her small face a flurry of kisses.

Before long, Yan Yan buried her head deep in his chest, her heart filled with bashfulness.

System notification: Netherworld Ghost Child—Yan Yan's favorability toward you has increased by 5 points, totaling 80 points!

"A pleasant surprise. Now I can leave with peace of mind."

Time passed unknowingly. Once Xiao Xing saw that Yan Yan's emotions had stabilized, he said his goodbyes and left the Netherworld.

But just as he returned to the Lucky Chamber of Commerce, Elder Hong's call rang out.

After finishing the call, Xiao Xing understood the general situation.

He hadn't expected the various countries to not only unite but also move so quickly. The situation was somewhat serious, but still within controllable limits.

Ding! You have consumed a netherworld essence spirit, Soul Power +500,000 points.

Ding! You have consumed a netherworld essence spirit, Soul Power +500,000 points.

Ding! You have consumed a netherworld essence spirit, Soul Power +500,000 points... Xiao Xing used ten netherworld essence spirits in succession, increasing his Soul Power by a total of 5,000,000 points.

This was a hidden attribute; there was no change on the attribute panel, but he found his various senses to be sharper than ever before.

Additionally, after the Soul Power increased, the true damage he dealt also rose accordingly.

Although Withered Soul could damage the Divine Soul, with his previous Soul Power, the second instance of true damage had been negligible.

Now that his hidden Soul Power had increased by 5 million, combined with his terrifying strength, he could easily wipe out God King experts outside the wormhole world.

Exiting the game, Xiao Xing slightly sensed his physical condition.

The Divine Soul Power transmitted over was more powerful than ever before.

Even though it was only one-tenth of what he had in the game, it had reached the level of Divine Soul Power of the Divine Venerable Realm.

With this level of Soul Power, he could easily perceive everything within the entire Dragon Country.

Acting on the thought, Xiao Xing sat with his eyes closed, his Divine Soul Power spreading out. In an instant, everything on the land of the entire Dragon Country was within his sight.

He also discovered many secrets, including the cannons hidden beneath the Demon Capital.

It seemed the Dragon Country had some tricks up its sleeve to maintain its current status. If the high-levels were ruthless enough, it would be difficult for the Japan to even attempt a mutual destruction.

According to Elder Hong, the other countries likely wouldn't take action. After all, mutual destruction benefited no one, and that wasn't the outcome those in power wanted.

But the mad dog that was the Japan was already nearing its end; there was no telling what it might do.

According to news from Starlink and various intelligence reports, they were attempting a final struggle, and the danger level had reached the highest tier.

Most of the Dragon Country's military forces were already prepared to deal with the Japan, while the remaining portion guarded against other nations.

Although the Dragon Country didn't fear the Japan, the Japan had been biding its time for many years, and its military power was top-tier, so it surely had some hidden methods that couldn't help but cause concern.

After the various countries bared their fangs earlier, the Dragon Country's high-levels had agreed to negotiate, but the conference negotiations were not ideal at all.

Because the high-levels of those countries had only one goal: to make the Dragon Country cede territory. Otherwise, no amount of talk would be of any use.

Faced with such unreasonable demands, the Dragon Country high-levels naturally could not agree, even if it meant facing military sanctions from all the nations.

What the various countries didn't know was that after the video conference ended, the Prime Minister of the Sun Country silently turned off the feed and ordered the execution of the final plan.

He watched the images of the various national leaders vanish without a word, but the ruthless glint in his eyes flickered continuously.

Although they were pressuring the Dragon Country together, he knew the other countries would almost never actually use force. Now that the Dragon Country was completely unfazed by the pressure, getting them to cede territory was already impossible.

And since their own territory was about to fall, they had no other choice.

In that case, not just the Dragon Country, but the other countries wouldn't have it easy either. Thus, he decided to implement the final destruction plan... Sensing the various hidden measures of the Dragon Country, Xiao Xing wasn't too worried. For now, he just wanted to focus on becoming stronger in the game.

Although the world had entered a state of chaos, it was still a modern society, and order had not yet collapsed.

As long as the Japan hadn't made a move, it wasn't appropriate for him to go and massacre them; otherwise, it would draw attacks from countless internet trolls.

This wasn't the game; he couldn't just go on a slaughter just because the other side barked a few times. He couldn't bring himself to do something so morally bankrupt.

For the next few days, Xiao Xing didn't enter the game but waited for the military sanctions from the various countries, taking the opportunity to have a good rest.

However, seven days passed, and the countries did not use force. They merely continued to brainwash their citizens through the media, blackening the Dragon Country's actions over the past thousand years.