187: Chapter 187 The Perfection of Control, Bai Shiwei's Discovery

“A Martial Aspect close to the Supreme rank?”

Marquis Wuxiang's brows furrowed slightly, his tone carrying a hint of inexplicable chill.

Director Lan Feng suddenly realized why the powerhouse before him was called Marquis Wuxiang!

It was because Ling Nuo had no Martial Aspect. He relied purely on consuming natural treasures to forcefully cultivate into a Universe-renowned powerhouse. Perhaps because his journey had been too arduous, his hostility toward geniuses with excellent Martial Aspects was exceptionally strong, and he was very touchy about anyone mentioning Martial Aspect geniuses in front of him.

“I meant no offense, please punish me, Marquis Wuxiang!”

Director Lan Feng bowed in apology, trembling with fear.

“It's fine,”

Marquis Wuxiang, Ling Nuo, said indifferently, “So, what is his Martial Aspect?”

Among the thousands of Superior Martial Aspects in the Universe, only the top eighteen possessed such power close to the Supreme rank.

“To answer Marquis Wuxiang, my Martial Aspect is the ‘Torch Dragon’.”

The youth with double pupils took the initiative to reply.

“‘Torch Dragon’?”

Marquis Wuxiang narrowed his eyes.

The ‘Torch Dragon’ ranked sixth among the thousands of Superior Martial Aspects in the Universe. Its Divine Ability, known as ‘Dragon Breath’, was indeed incomparably powerful.

In his view, although this double-pupiled youth's combat power amplification was nearly forty times lower than that of the youth named A-Shui, if it came to a real life-and-death battle...

the one most likely to win would be this double-pupiled youth!

“Very well. With the two of you in charge of the Flying Sky stage assessments, I can rest easy.”

Marquis Wuxiang nodded, then suddenly asked, “By the way, that Genius of the Blue Moon Federation recently... what was his name again? Ah, Fang Zhuo. Is there any latest intelligence on him?”

“This... not at the moment.”

Director Lan Feng said, bracing himself. He somewhat regretted not planting spies in the Blue Moon Federation to establish an intelligence network.

Since meeting Marquis Wuxiang last time and receiving a vial of attribute extraction fluid, Director Lan Feng had tasted the sweetness of success. He planned to cater to his preferences, increase investment, purchase intelligence on the Blue Moon Federation, and strive to help Marquis Wuxiang take over the Blue Moon Federation's seven life planets.

However, over the past month, no new intelligence on the four great geniuses of Blue Moon had been sold to them.

Was it because his cultivation had made no progress? Or had the higher-ups of the Blue Moon Federation already noticed something amiss and intentionally blocked the information?

“What's going on?”

Marquis Wuxiang frowned slightly.

He could see Director Lan Feng's abnormality.

“The martial arts of the Blue Moon Federation have only recently emerged, and we are still organizing the work of establishing intelligence points... For now, intelligence regarding Fang Zhuo and the others is still purchased from Martial Artists of other civilizations who went to the Blue Moon Federation for adventures.”

Director Lan Feng explained truthfully.

“Forget it then.” Marquis Wuxiang's eyes shifted, looking at the black-clothed man behind Director Lan Feng. “How many stars can you shatter with a single strike in the Myriad Phenomena Realm?”

“To answer Marquis Wuxiang, 60 stars.”

The black-clothed man straightened his back and said.

“What about the strongest Cosmic Martial Artist in the Blue Moon Federation?” Marquis Wuxiang asked noncommittally, looking back at Director Lan Feng.

“Blue Moon's strongest Cosmic Martial Artist is named Chairman Song Shou. He is a stingy fellow who hasn't even been to the Myriad Phenomena Realm yet, so there is no exact data. But I have seen him, and based on my spiritual intuition... he is at most 50 stars!”

Director Lan Feng said with a look of certainty.

“Not enough,”

Marquis Wuxiang said, “I want you to make sure to kill this person during the assessment. Demoting the Blue Moon Federation is not enough; they must also be leaderless. Giving them a harsh warning will allow me to take these seven life planets into my possession as quickly as possible, so they can work and produce value for me.”

“Take this.”

“attribute extraction fluid?”

The black-clothed man's breathing instantly quickened, and he looked at Marquis Wuxiang in utter shock.

“Use it this year to cultivate and improve well.” The corner of Marquis Wuxiang's mouth curled up as he sneered, “This isn't given to you for free. If you fail to kill Chairman Song Shou during the Civilization Assessment, you know the consequences.”

“Yes.”

Feeling no pressure at all, the black-clothed man instead gripped the test tube containing the attribute extraction fluid in ecstatic joy, then bowed and said:

“Thank you, Marquis Wuxiang! For the Blue Moon Federation's Civilization Assessment... I will definitely fulfill my mission!”

Director Lan Feng watched from the side, his eyes shining with envy and longing.

...

Xinyue City.

In the villa next to the Bamboo Forest Martial Arts Dojo.

Fang Zhuo was still dodging and shifting within the wooden dummy area of the cultivation room. Specially made wooden dummies punched at him with agility. Upon careful count, the number of wooden dummies had reached thirty-two!

“Xiao Di, add one more wooden dummy!”

Having gradually adapted, Fang Zhuo had a relaxed and comfortable look on his face.

“Heaven-Reaching Major Achievement... almost there! As expected, raising my Life Level first makes practicing Body Control much easier, not to mention the Body Tempering effects of the thunder-fire source crystal!”

Fang Zhuo felt delighted. This was only his first day of formally practicing Body Control after breaking through to become a level 59 Peak Flying Martial Artist.

Yet, he had already gone from dodging the combined attacks of twenty-eight wooden dummies to perfectly dodging thirty-two in an instant.

Once he could adapt to the siege of thirty-six specially made wooden dummies and achieve perfect evasion, his Body Control would be considered to have reached the Heaven-Reaching Major Achievement.

...

Three days later.

Inside the martial arts cultivation room.

Surrounded by thirty-six wooden dummies, Fang Zhuo's figure flickered unpredictably, sometimes drifting left and sometimes backward. The wooden dummies, coordinating tacitly under the AI program, could not even touch the hem of his clothes.

“Hahaha!”

“Heaven-Reaching Major Achievement in control, achieved...!”

Fang Zhuo easily leaped out of the wooden dummy area.

At this moment, a beautiful figure ran up. Holding a water bottle, Bai Shiwei handed it to Fang Zhuo, “Hubby, you're awesome~”

“But seriously, Fang Zhuo, tell me the truth. Have you already broken through to become a Flying Martial Artist?”

Bai Shiwei hummed and asked, her expression shifting instantly.

A Heaven-Reaching Major Achievement in Body Control—if he were truly just a Transcendent Martial Artist, how could that be possible?

Even if his Comprehension Ability was incredibly Heaven-Defying, it was absolutely impossible to achieve it so quickly.

There was only one answer: her husband had already broken through to become a Flying Martial Artist!

If that was the case, everything made sense. No wonder Fang Zhuo's Physical Body had suddenly become a whole lot stronger!

“That's right. Shi Wei, you really are smart to have figured it out...” Fang Zhuo laughed it off, then added, “Don't let anyone else know about this for now, including our parents.”

“Why?”

Bai Shiwei asked subconsciously, then immediately nodded, “Alright.”

There was indeed something going on! At the Ocean Gathering a year ago, Fang Zhuo had suddenly changed his attitude, saying there was no rush to have children.

Wang Jinhua had also accidentally mentioned 'two years later' back then.

This should be an important point in time.

Two years later—which, from now, meant one year later—would something big happen? Were the other two major groups planning to deal with the Starry Sky Group? Obviously not. She and her husband were still living in the New Moon Group's villa, and her husband spent all day cultivating inside the New Moon Group.

So where did the enemy come from? From the Universe?

Could the Federation withstand them?

Through Fang Zhuo's attitude, Bai Shiwei instantly connected all her past doubts. Her mind was in a state of chaos, and an intense feeling of unease inexplicably grew in her heart.

“Don't worry, honey.”

Fang Zhuo saw Bai Shiwei's abnormality and smiled, “With me here, nothing will happen to you and the child. Everything will be fine.”

“Mhm, I believe you.”

Bai Shiwei had also just finished her cultivation, drenched in fragrant sweat, but she took a towel and wiped Fang Zhuo down first.