40: His anger is the anger of my Divine Xia!

Not long after Su Chen left,

at the top of the tallest signal tower in the Third Safe Harbor, the air suddenly twisted and tore!

Rip—!

A narrow spatial rift silently opened, and a grotesque, razor-sharp bladed leg, covered in dark purple chitin, was the first to step out of the rift, heavily stomping on the alloy tower top, emitting an ear-piercing scraping sound.

Immediately after,

a second, a third... eight inhuman, segmented long legs supported a slender body, descending elegantly and lethally from the Void Realm.

Aria's violet eyes swept over the chaotic port below,

a hint of cold killing intent condensed in her eyes.

"Heh..."

A light, lazy laugh escaped her lips, sounding exceptionally clear on the silent tower top.

"He fled quite fast."

She tilted her head slightly, her gaze seemingly penetrating the vast distance, precisely locking onto the direction of the Fusang Archipelago.

"But, for killing my little Vulcanus..."

Her voice suddenly sharpened, carrying an bone-chilling coldness,

"You will slowly pay with your life!"

Before her words even finished, space fluctuated violently again,

Aria's figure, along with her eight sharp long legs, instantly dissolved into the ripples in the air, like ink blending into water.

On the tower top, only alloy dust, crushed by the power of space, remained, rustling down.

...

At this moment,

the news of the Third Safe Harbor being attacked and Su Chen's uncontrolled departure, swept through the high-levels of Divine Summer like a super hurricane!

Divine Summer, Dragon Abyss Pavilion,

in the conference room, the atmosphere was as heavy as iron.

"Fusang! These ungrateful jackals!"

Lei Zhen slammed his fist on the alloy table, veins throbbing on his forehead, every word seeming to be squeezed through his teeth,

"We let them off for their previous provocations, considering the bigger picture! And what did they do?! They took advantage! They actually dared to assassinate our National Guardian Beast! They're courting death! Purely courting death!"

Naval Commander Qin Zhenshan was as steady as a mountain, but his tightly furrowed brows and the cold glint in his eyes also indicated immense fury.

He slowly nodded: "Teacher, Commander Lei is right. The Japanese inherently have a wolfish nature, bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If we don't completely break their fangs and cripple their spines, when the alien races truly descend, they will undoubtedly be the biggest disaster! They are fully capable of stabbing us in the back!"

Academician Chen, on the other hand, had an unusually solemn expression, pushing up his glasses with worry:

"Leaders, according to our latest bio-energy fluctuation tracking, Lord Kraken's mental fluctuations are extremely chaotic and violent, filled with destructive, unstable energy. He is now... moving directly towards the Fusang main island at an extremely high speed!"

He paused, his tone filled with unprecedented concern,

"I'm worried... this despicable sneak attack by the Japanese has completely ignited Lord Kraken's fury. He... he might launch an attack on Fusang itself!"

Qin Zheng sat in the main seat, his face as still as water, an invisible aura of authority covering the entire conference room like solid ice.

His profound gaze swept over every important minister present,

finally settling on the narrow island chain on the strategic map.

Without the slightest hesitation, a resolute command cut through the heavy air:

"Kraken is the National Guardian Beast of my Divine Summer!"

"His will is the will of my Divine Summer!"

"His fury is the fury of my Divine Summer!"

Qin Zheng's voice was not loud, but it contained an unquestionable iron-blooded will,

"Immediately submit an application to the council and issue the highest-level diplomatic communiqué to Fusang! The wording must be the most severe! They are to hand over all perpetrators who planned and participated in this attack, hand over the mastermind, unconditionally accept all our demands, and fully appease Kraken's fury within three hours!"

Qin Zheng's gaze was as sharp as a blade, piercing the map towards Fusang,

"If they fail to comply by the deadline, or dare to show the slightest perfunctory evasion—"

"It will be considered a declaration of war against Divine Summer!"

The order was quickly conveyed, with extremely severe wording, carrying the wrath of thunder.

Soon, the Divine Summer Council passed Qin Zheng's draft.

In an instant,

piercing war sirens blared across all major military bases along Divine Summer's coast!

In the ports, countless warships' engines roared, boilers pressurized, chimneys spewed thick smoke, and thick anchor chains were clattered and reeled in!

On land, a torrent of steel began to gather, heavy tanks rumbled over roads, their treads emitting a heavy roar, and missile launchers raised their cold launch frames, pointing eastward!

In the sky, fighter jets roared upwards, leaving long white contrails towards Fusang, like sharp swords slicing through the firmament!

...

At the Fusang Prime Minister's residence,

when Prime Minister Nakamura Kenichi received Divine Summer's stern protest and war threat,

his face turned pale with fright, and cold sweat drenched the back of his shirt.

"Baka! the Dominion... Shadow Emperor... Amaterasu Miko... Are they crazy?! Who told them to provoke that monster?!"

"Quick! Quickly contact the Dominion! Tell them to immediately apologize to the Divine Summer people and blame all responsibility on those lunatics!"

He roared hysterically,

feeling that his political career and even all of Fusang were about to be ruined.

Regarding the Dominion,

Nakamura Kenichi knew that it

was Fusang's most powerful ability user organization.

Subconsciously, he still clung to the mindset of the old era,

no matter how powerful Evolvers were, what could they do? Could they really contend with the state machinery?

Little did he know,

with the Endless Sea merging into Blue Star and the Spiritual Energy Revival,

the original ability users of Blue Star were the fastest group to complete their transformation.

Most importantly,

he had never truly understood

what the heart-pounding Spiritual Qi concentration, far exceeding that of the outside world, beneath Mount Fuji at the Dominion'sstation meant.

However,

his roar still echoed in the residence, and the communication order had not even been fully issued—

"Zzzzzzt—!!!"

Ear-piercing electrical interference tore through all television, radio, and online live broadcast signals playing across Fusang!

All screens abruptly darkened, then lit up, forcefully inserting an image!

In the Prime Minister's residence, on giant street screens, and on televisions in thousands of households,

a figure suspended in mid-air was simultaneously displayed.

The person wore an ancient, luxurious dark purple Kariginu, its wide sleeves flapping in the wind.

Three pairs of huge, black wings unfurled behind him like the night sky.

His suspended posture carried an arrogance that looked down upon all living beings.

It was none other than the Dominion's Master—Great Tengu Minamoto no Yoshinobu!

"Divine Summer's war threat? Heh..."

Minamoto no Yoshinobu's thin lips slightly parted, his voice amplified through countless loudspeakers, clearly spreading to every corner of the Fusang Archipelago, filled with strong mockery and disdain,

"It's just a weak, powerless wail. Only an incompetent coward like you, Nakamura Kenichi, would be so scared... that you'd wet yourself."