Chapter 720

Chapter 720: Is Very Childish

Haigang City

The news from the Ying Continent eventually reached Huaxia. Huaxia Official couldn’t make a decision, so the news ended up in Lin Jiang’s hands.

"Uncle, Li Qing has a big appetite."

"This is called asking for too much. If we agree to one-tenth of Li Qing’s conditions, she will be very happy."

Lin Jiang explained that he had received a list of conditions from Li Qing. The wording was subtle, suggesting cooperation with Huaxia in certain areas, but actually meant relaxing Huaxia’s control in some aspects.

"Li Qing is really crazy. This is like pulling a tiger’s whiskers. The reason why Huaxia is the strongest is because we benefit from them. Even if we agree this time, we can still recover in other ways."

"That’s why I said before, Li Qing’s governing ability is just average, nothing special."

Lin Jiang explained that Huaxia now has more control over the Ying Continent. Li Qing is eager to rebel, but it’s just stirring up trouble. Lin Jiang has the means to control the situation.

"What are you going to do? Agree with him or send troops from Huaxia to deal with the powerful Demon Insects? According to the news from Ying Continent, these Demon Insects are strong in battle, with high defense and output, and their recovery ability is much stronger than that of normal monsters due to genetic mutation caused by nuclear radiation."

"Can we spare some manpower now?"

"In theory, yes, but those on rotation off duty are in seclusion, and there are no idle people."

Cao Ying explained that Huaxia uses a rotating battle strategy. Not only do regular cultivator armies rotate battles to Fangzhang Continent, but most awakened cultivators also do the same. Only a few people, mainly those involved in research, avoid the rotation. When they return from off-duty rotation, they mostly go into seclusion.

"Then spend some quality time with Li Qing, talk to the officials, give up these few territories to Ying Continent as a gesture of goodwill."

"What next?"

"Wait for Ying Continent to deal with ground worms. Then reclaim those territories from somewhere else, double it, playing a cruel game to show Li Qing that Ying Continent is under multiple threats, making her feel the noose tightening around her neck."

Lin Jiang smiled and explained that Huaxia has many ways to control Ying Continent, so his actions are cruel. He gave Li Qing a glimmer of hope but made it clear to her that the noose around her neck has not loosened; in fact, there are many more, increasing the risk of being strangled at any time.

This is what they call cutting to the core.

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"So unlucky!"

In a small town eighty kilometers outside Luoshui City, Lu Xuan was blocked by a ground worm. He followed the refugees to this town, had no rest for two days, then the ground worm attacked. He escaped the town with the refugees, but found ground worms waiting outside. Most of the refugees with him were almost done for, and Lu Xuan had to take action.

"Go!"

Lu Xuan summoned a flying sword and attacked the ground worm. Lu Xuan didn’t know many advanced spells, so he had to make the sword attack as fast as possible.

"Bang!"

The flying sword struck the ground worm, but other than a flash of golden light, it had no effect. Instead, the ground worm became more aggressive and launched its tail at Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan quickly dodged, flew up into the air. He could have flown away, but he was filled with fighting spirit and turned back. He took out two bottles from his storage bag and threw them accurately at the ground worm, igniting it in a fierce fire.

These incendiary bottles were specially prepared. Lu Xuan was a scientist, so adding some chemicals to them was normal.

The earthworm writhed in pain as part of its body was quickly melted by the fire, causing juices to ooze out and extinguish the flames.

"The defense is broken, that’s good."

Lu Xuan floated in the air, commanding his flying sword to attack. At his height, he felt invincible because he had never seen an earthworm fly.

Lu Xuan stared at the earthworm’s wound and repeatedly stabbed it with his flying sword. The earthworm suffered more, but its strong vitality didn’t make it die immediately.

"The flying sword is badly damaged."

A few minutes later, Lu Xuan felt his flying sword being severely corroded by the earthworm. This made Lu Xuan deeply sigh. As a scientist, he was considered upper class in Ying Continent.

However, among cultivators, he was very low level. He didn’t possess advanced techniques, secret arts, or any treasures, as those were monopolized by the Wangxian Sect of Ying Continent.

Although he compensated for his genetic deficiencies through technology, there were things that could not be fixed, such as his mediocre weapon.

After a fierce fight, the Demon Insect’s wound quickly healed, and other earthworms heard the commotion and were coming. Especially a very large earthworm, Lu Xuan knew he was no match and promptly fled with his sword.

"Next, I need to learn some powerful skills and get better weapons. It seems like I still have a lot to do, the journey ahead is long."

Lu Xuan sighed to himself. He needed to figure out how to improve his skills and get better weapons, otherwise, even if his strength increased, he wouldn’t be able to show his true power.

In Luoshui City, as a large number of aircraft landed, Li Qing stepped out of one. Seeing her, Luo Daming and other foreign executives breathed a sigh of relief. The ground worm was less than a hundred miles away from Luoshui City. If Li Qing didn’t arrive soon, they would have to organize a retreat.

"Master Li"

"Mr. Luo, we meet again."

Li Qing also greeted Luo Daming. She had met most of these foreign executives before because she often needed their help, so they were already familiar with each other.

"Master Li, the ground worm is approaching Luoshui City. Our factories outside have suffered significant losses, and the supply chain surrounding our factories has been severely affected, leading to a major impact on our performance. We hope Master Li can eliminate the ground worm as soon as possible."

"Mr. Luo seems very anxious."

"Master Li, we are also working for the good of Ying Continent. If we delay any longer, the losses to Ying Continent will be greater than ours."

Luo Daming rudely said that their losses could be made up for later, but some of Ying Continent’s losses could not be recovered.

"I understand, please wait for a moment, I will be back soon."

Li Qing was not angry. She was in a good mood now because she got what she wanted from Huaxia.

Li Qing turned into a green light and disappeared directly, with the others following suit. In the blink of an eye, they had covered a distance of over a hundred miles.

"Crack!"

Li Qing found the largest ground worm, and with a powerful sword light, the dozens of meters long ground worm turned into several pieces before it could react, pieces that could not be put back together.

The ground worm’s liquid spilled all over the ground, making a crackling sound and emitting white smoke, rapidly corroding the ground.

The people around Li Qing were also busy finding opponents to fight. They were not as efficient as Li Qing, but the ground worms had no resistance against them either, as they had chosen opponents lower in strength by at least one level.

"So domineering!"

"Individual strength in this world is getting stronger and stronger. The local forces of Ying Continent, tens of thousands of people have already been defeated. Countless ammunition was thrown down, but it couldn’t match the enemy just wielding a few swords lightly."

"Alas, we have no hope of this in our lifetime."

Luo Daming and others were observing the battlefield. They were also cultivators, just not very advanced. Seeing Li Qing and them easily deal with the ground worm, they were very impressed.

This is the individual combat power of cultivators, it’s really powerful. Those ground worms had nowhere to run, hiding underground but still being dragged out. The previous weapons were not very useful against this move.

The huge gap between people made Luo Daming and them feel very sad too.