144: At the peak of the seventh rank, I'm willing to monitor Shen Pan!

"Damn it, which fellow practitioner is so unscrupulous!"

"We worked ourselves to death, yet someone else picked up the spoils!"

The leading Archduke of Demons cursed as he looked toward the direction of Sakura.

Especially after being struck with a staff by that exceptionally bad-tempered, bloodthirsty, and bellicose fellow on the opposite side.

The resentment in his heart had reached its Peak.

He had two suspects.

It was either the Necromancer Overlord of the Desolate God Realm, or those corpse-stealing bastards from the Corpse Soul Realm!

If the Desolate God Realm has any more operations on Blue Star in the future...

...and needs someone to cooperate in pinning down the Great Xia Sword Immortal, their Abyss Realm won't take the job!

No matter how many Souls are offered, it's useless!

Especially the lineage of the Necromancer Overlord—straight onto the blacklist!

"A robbery by a fellow practitioner?"

The three Xia Zhaoyues looked at each other, and a figure appeared in their minds in unison.

Junior Classmate Shen Pan said before that he picked up a big fellow.

And it was the core of the God-Making Project.

According to their limited memories and the actions of that Kujo Senko...

...could these millions of Souls in Sakura have been intercepted by their junior classmate?

Well done!

"Hmph! We'll let you have this one. Withdraw!"

Seeing that this operation was a total loss, the Archdukes of Demons withdrew their projections with faces full of annoyance and frustration.

They conveniently closed the spatial rift opened from Squid Country.

This caused the disaster in Sakura, which could have lasted for some time, to end prematurely.

However, a small number of mid-Rank demons still roamed every corner of Sakura.

The transcendent beings of Sakura would need to spend more time investigating and clearing them out.

Meanwhile, by relying on blink and stealth abilities, he constantly moved between various locations.

Racing against time, Shen Pan, who had successfully completed the first charging of the deification platform, was now back at the hotel.

He had already returned to the hotel.

[Name: Shen Pan]

[Rank: 72→76→79 (Rank 7)][Experience: 13%]

"It just so happens that the three experience crystals for Rank 7 have been used up."

Shen Pan looked at his Rank with great satisfaction.

It had only been three days since he arrived in Sakura.

Not only did he obtain a Heaven-Defying Mythical Grade ability...

...but he had also reached the Peak of Rank 7, possessing weak Epic-tier combat strength.

And of course, there was a free deification platform. What a massive profit!!!

Due to his arrival and the strange connection of fate...

...the Archdukes of Demons chose Sakura as the location for this retaliation.

And it truly caused massive casualties; the power of slaughter between heaven and earth was incredibly abundant.

Combined with the fact that he killed Kujo Senko while being at a lower Rank...

...the feedback from [White Tiger Guardian Soldier] was enormous.

It directly increased his Rank by four!

If it weren't for the fact that Shen Pan hadn't actively triggered all this and had merely stumbled into it...

...he would have suspected this wave could have let him Breakthrough to Rank 8!

In the high Ranks, every level up is extremely difficult.

If one were to just grind ordinary dungeons...

...it might not even be possible to go up one level in a month!

In the past, those Professionals in Great Xia who promoted to Epic all benefited from the dividends of the era.

They followed the Great Xia Sword Immortal to conquer those high-difficulty dungeons that had never been cleared.

That was how they could reach their current levels of Epic Late Stage or Epic Peak.

*Beep!*

When Shen Pan pushed open his room door, as expected, he saw his two teammates quietly waiting for his return.

A hint of a smile flashed in his eyes:

"Although it's a bit later than I expected, it's just as I said before I left."

"There was no danger. On the contrary, the Kujo Family was very hospitable; they even gave me their most important thing!"

"None of that matters. Welcome back."

Ruan Qingshu was the first to stand up and pounce toward Shen Pan.

When Jiang Ruolai saw this, the step she had just taken faltered.

Her face, full of anticipation and joy, turned into a look of anger. Her cherry-colored little mouth pouted, showing her displeasure.

She had actually been beaten to it by her best friend!

If Qingshu dared to lay hands on Shen Pan right in front of her today...

...she'd probably dare to crawl into Shen Pan's bed right in front of her tomorrow.

And the day after, she'd dare to use seduction, attempting to cross that dangerous red line!

Today, she must impose sanctions on this 'plastic' best friend who had betrayed their Alliance multiple times!

Thinking of this...

Jiang Ruolai didn't even bother with the System notification about the task completion.

She directly reached out and grabbed Ruan Qingshu's waist, pulling back with force.

She didn't care at all whether her best friend's incredibly slender, snow-white waist could withstand her great strength.

Anyway, Qingshu is a healer; if she loses health, she'll heal herself!

"Stop pulling, it hurts, it's going to break! Ruolai, are you trying to kill me?"

"Hmph~ You know it hurts yet you're still holding on?"

"Qingshu, you're causing trouble for Classmate Shen Pan again. Get down this instant!"

"No way! Ruolai, stay away from me. I have a phobia of hemispherical giants."

Seeing Shen Pan's curious and scrutinizing gaze drift over...

...Jiang Ruolai immediately let go and covered her chest, her face flushing as she roared:

"Qingshu!!!"

She shouldn't have changed clothes in front of Qingshu last time!

...Vice Dean Yu, who had just killed a Rank 9 demon, hurried toward Neon City.

At this moment, Vice Dean Yu no longer had the high spirits and relaxed expression he had when he first came to Sakura.

Because he discovered that he seemed to be cursed.

No matter where he went, he would encounter problems!

"Damn it, how did a perfectly good vacation turn into this!"

"It's only been three days and I've already encountered an alien invasion. It would have been safer to stay at the Imperial Capital Academy!"

He decided that he would lead the team back to the Imperial Capital Academy the day after tomorrow.

The senior year internship had to be moved elsewhere; Sakura was simply too unlucky!

Once the Vice Dean got closer to Neon City...

...his phone finally regained signal, and he immediately called Shen Pan.

After all, the other senior students had been with him earlier...

...and had even helped Sakura fight the demons.

Only the status of the three in Shen Pan's team was currently unknown.

"Hello? Vice Dean, is something wrong?"

Shen Pan's unique voice came through.

"Shen Pan, are you guys okay?"

"I remember you said you were going to the Kujo Family. Did you encounter any demons?"

"Also, Sakura is just too dangerous. After you finish the God Conferment Battle, let's head back to Great Xia, okay?"

"Demons... I didn't see any."

"However, Sakura's God Conferment Battle probably won't be held this time."

"I went to the Kujo Family earlier and killed the Sun Goddess who had just broken through to Epic."

"I also destroyed most of the Kujo Family and snatched away the core component of Sakura's deification plan."

???

The Vice Dean was stunned, not quite understanding what Shen Pan meant.

What do you mean you killed the Sun Goddess who broke through to Epic and destroyed the Kujo Family?

Could he have encountered a demon proficient in illusion?

Everything now was actually a false performance?

"But Vice Dean, you're right. Sakura is indeed not suitable to stay in anymore."

"I plan to move the God Conferment Battle back to our Imperial Capital Academy. This way, it can also promote tourism and drive the economic growth of the Imperial Capital."

"Huh?!"

...As the current incident came to an end.

Archdukes of Demons from the Abyss Realm descended with projections, attempting to wipe out Sakura.

Three previously unrecorded experts appeared and stopped this disaster.

The Sun Goddess died, and over a dozen deification system Awakeners from various countries died.

The number of people killed by demons in Sakura reached several million.

Blue Star's first God Conferment Battle was canceled.

At the same time, there was an unconfirmed bit of gossip:

Great Xia's Shen Pan has combat power comparable to a weak Epic. It is suspected he was forcibly elevated by Great Xia, absorbing too much Power Of Faith, and his future is worrisome.

These pieces of explosive news...

...shocked the high-level officials of all countries on Blue Star so much that they suspected they had drunk fake liquor.

They knew Sakura was being attacked.

But before they could even discuss a countermeasure, the crisis in Sakura was resolved?

And it was by three wild experts of unknown origin!

And that Shen Pan—wasn't he just high-Rank?

How could he fight an Epic after only a few days!

They would rather believe Shen Pan was a smurf account of the Great Xia Sword Immortal...

...than believe a lucky person with no background could rival an Epic less than a month after Awakening!

...The three Xia Zhaoyues who had just saved the world were currently facing a serious problem:

The move that Junior Classmate Shen Pan had learned was becoming increasingly proficient, and could already weaken Epic Experts.

He used it even more smoothly than the spatial ability he had learned earlier, as if he were born with it.

Therefore, they suspected...

...that 'sorrow of no light' might have had contact with Shen Pan more than once!

So... 'Lust' spoke up impatiently:

"I am willing to be this undercover agent and go monitor Junior Classmate Shen Pan's daily life up close!"