112: Chapter 112 A Heavy Responsibility? A Bonus!

Fang Zhuo suppressed his excitement and continued to absorb the remaining seven stone milk crystals. His physical strengthening seemed to have no bottlenecks, and his Life Level suddenly loosened up again!

The pleasure brought by this physical evolution was indescribable.

"This feeling, it feels so good." Fang Zhuo felt refreshed in both body and mind.

"However, compared to before the breakthrough, the effect of physical strengthening is still a bit worse. I need to keep getting more civilization points!"

How should he go about it?

Going to the Wilderness Area to hunt Transcendent Exotic Beasts—a level 40 one only gives 10 civilization points. With his strength, he might be able to kill level 45, 46, or even 47 ones, but the civilization points wouldn't be that much higher.

If he could get a few hundred points from hunting in the Wilderness Area for a day, he'd be incredibly lucky.

He still had to target people.

Find a way to fleece some from Brother Wang?

But... he couldn't beat him right now. There was no way to challenge Wang Jinhua to a duel at the Civilization Arena to sneakily get one over on him... He couldn't fleece him for now.

Those Transcendent Martial Artists active in the Civilization Arena were all broke; they had all been harvested by Wang Jinhua once already.

The joy of Fang Zhuo's breakthrough was suddenly diluted by the thought of how to get more civilization points next.

"Buzz—!"

Just then, his tactical bracelet vibrated.

"Sister Lan? What do you need me for?"

Fang Zhuo answered Sister Lan's video call.

"Are you free to talk in person right now?"

On the video, Sister Lan was sitting at her workstation, her face showing faint signs of gravity, as well as a hint of anticipation.

"Talk in person? I'll head over now."

...

Supervision Department.

After meeting Fang Zhuo, Sister Lan took him into the manager's office.

"Sit."

Manager Jiang Zhou said with a full smile.

"Manager Jiang."

Fang Zhuo nodded in greeting before sitting down.

"I've asked you here this time for two important matters."

Manager Jiang Zhou first smiled and said, "The first one: there is a heavy responsibility I want to entrust to you, regarding the 9th Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournament."

"Oh?"

Fang Zhuo was a bit surprised: "How did the Xia Kingdom reach out to the Group?"

As a native-born... reincarnated person of the Xia Kingdom on Blue Star, having lived in Jinhe City for twenty-one years, he naturally knew about the Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournament.

It was the biggest martial arts grand event on Blue Star.

Held every ten years, it would gather the great martial arts powers on Blue Star, including the Xia Kingdom, America, and many member states of the European Alliance.

Young Transcendent Martial Artists from each martial arts power would represent their respective countries to compete for the honor of being the strongest young Transcendent talent of the generation.

It was both a personal honor and a representation of a nation's comprehensive martial arts strength.

Participants had to be citizens of the Blue Star nations and under the age of 40. For Transcendent Martial Artists who could live for two hundred years, 40 was indeed still very young.

What surprised Fang Zhuo was that in all previous Blue Star Transcendent Tournaments, the Xia Kingdom had always provided its own people.

The martial arts strength of the Xia Kingdom was unquestionable among the nations of Blue Star. The Yanjing martial arts circle was full of geniuses, and those who represented the Xia Kingdom in previous years were all authentic second-generation martial artists from Yanjing.

"We'll talk about the details in a moment."

"You won't be making this trip for nothing. As long as you are willing to fight, the department will give you an appearance fee of 30,000 civilization points, and I imagine the Xia Kingdom won't be stingy either."

"With your Life Level at 43 and a combat power amplification of 84 times, you have the strength to compete for first place in the Legendary Group, which caps at level 45!"

Manager Jiang Zhou smiled and said, "And that's not even counting your Martial Aspect."

"I am naturally willing."

Fang Zhuo smiled. Even if the Group and the Xia Kingdom didn't offer an appearance fee, he would still be happy to fight and represent the Xia Kingdom in this year's Ocean Gathering!

The venue for the Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournament had never changed; it was always held on an island in the western part of the ocean. Every ten years, the winds and clouds gathered, and all the nations of Blue Star assembled. Many martial artists from the Federation's other six life planets also traveled to observe. Since all parties met in the western ocean, it was also called the Ocean Gathering.

Martial artists worked hard to train, mostly for the day they could stand at the peak, admired by all, with their own martial strength.

No martial artist in the Federation didn't yearn for such a grand event.

Besides, they could win glory for their country.

Not to mention the appearance fee... and the generous rewards for reaching the top!

"What was the reward for first place again?"

Fang Zhuo asked.

He couldn't quite remember; in his impression, it seemed to be civilization points as well.

"300,000 civilization points for the Legendary Group, and 1,000,000 for the Peak Group."

"1,000,000 for the Peak Group?"

Fang Zhuo gasped.

He currently had 200,000 civilization points to his name and felt that his cultivation was incredibly smooth. If he had 1,000,000 points, wouldn't it be like having divine assistance?

Unfortunately... this 1,000,000 reward was for the Peak Group.

The Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournament was divided into two groups: the Legendary Group for Life Levels 40-45, and the Peak Group for Life Levels 46-49.

"Hmm."

Manager Jiang Zhou looked at the somewhat stirred Fang Zhuo and said irritably, "Alright, don't tell me you're thinking of participating in the Peak Group too?"

He felt that Fang Zhuo was being a bit unrealistic.

A Life Level of 43 was already very excellent, okay?!

There were about two months left until the 9th Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournament, which would start after the Xia Kingdom's New Year. There was no way Fang Zhuo could reach level 46 by then.

Even taking a step back, even if he really reached level 46, except for some small nations with poor martial arts strength that might send a level 46 Transcendent to make up the numbers just for the ceremony...

For martial arts powers like the Xia Kingdom, one didn't even have the qualification to register without being level 49.

Fang Zhuo didn't reply upon hearing this. Instead, he was thinking that the Peak Group might not be impossible. Counting the schedule of the Legendary Group, there were still three months until the Peak Group started.

Might he not be able to reach level 49?

Currently, he wasn't really lacking resources. Once he got his hands on a top-tier rare treasure, he could have Shi Wei turn it into eight portions!

Right! If he gave civilization points to Shi Wei, could they be returned directly?

Fang Zhuo's eyes suddenly lit up.

As long as he had enough civilization points, he could leap his Life Level to 49 in a short time!

As for combat power amplification, his Body Control was already at Inner Scene Perfection, and the next level up was the Heaven-Reaching level. If he could master the sixth stage of the Thunder Fire Blade, then, he might just have the power to fight Brother Wang?

Fang Zhuo took a deep breath and asked:

"Manager Jiang Zhou, if I participate in the Legendary Group first, can I still represent the country in the Peak Group?"

"The rules don't say, but it should be possible... What are you thinking about?"

Manager Jiang Zhou looked at Fang Zhuo with a playful expression: "You want to represent the country in two groups in a row?"

He felt that Fang Zhuo was really getting a bit carried away.

Or did Chairman Xiao leave Fang Zhuo some treasure that could allow him to instantly leap his Life Level to 49?

But even so, if his mental power couldn't keep up, his Body Control and secret technique cultivation wouldn't be able to break through in a short time.

"I didn't say that."

Fang Zhuo laughed. Nothing was certain yet. If he really wanted to do this, he would at least need to have the resources ready and his combat power in place first.

Otherwise, if he said it and didn't pull it off, he would become a laughingstock.

Regardless, he had to take first place in the Legendary Group!

The 300,000 civilization point reward was a huge sum of money. He was currently worrying about not having a place to quickly earn civilization points.

"Manager Jiang Zhou, can you tell me now, why did the Xia Kingdom reach out to the Group for such a good opportunity?" Fang Zhuo asked curiously.

The chance to compete for a 300,000 civilization point reward was indeed a great opportunity!

In previous Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournaments, as the strongest martial arts nation on Blue Star, Transcendent Martial Artists from Yanjing were already very competitive.

"Naturally, it's because America and the Small Island Nation have been pulling some tricks and doing some dishonorable things."

Manager Jiang Zhou said with disdain: "This time, they hired mercenaries from the New Moon Group and the Future Group. They didn't properly find martial artists of their own nationality, but instead had them temporarily acquire citizenship."

"They're that shameless?"

Fang Zhuo was stunned.

"Isn't that right!"

Sister Lan also said indignantly from the side: "Such blatant, petty behavior. Fang Zhuo, you must work hard and definitely take first place in the Legendary Group. Keep the championship in the Xia Kingdom; don't let America and the Small Island Nation succeed."

"With Wang Jinhua in the Peak Group, America and the Small Island Nation are actually quite smart. They know that even finding people from the Future Group and the New Moon Group to temporarily change their nationality won't work, so they've set their sights on the Legendary Group this time!"

"I will do my best."

Fang Zhuo felt a bit of pressure after hearing this.

But it wasn't much; he still had a lot of room for improvement.

As long as he reached level 45 in Life Level by the time the tournament started, and mastered the sixth stage of the Thunder Fire Blade, his combat power amplification would reach 100 times!

Within level 45, he would have absolutely no rivals.

You have to know, even with comprehension as strong as Wang Jinhua's, his combat power amplification didn't reach 100 times when he was at Life Level 45.

And within the Group, on the Transcendent Combat Power Ranking, Yan Long, who was ranked second, had a Life Level of 49, and his combat power amplification was only barely 100 times.