Chapter 17 Jing Xia (Request for Monthly Ticket)

"Liu Wei... is definitely hiding something from me!"

After school, Fang Xing didn't go home with Liu Wei; instead, he walked alone toward the Happy Home District.

On the white dam, the river babbled past, the sound of water constant.

Yet Fang Xing knew that their relationship could never return to how it once was.

'If it were the original owner of this body, he would probably be heartbroken, right? After all, they were best friends, but for me, he's just an ordinary friend...'

He sighed, returned to his dormitory, prepared himself, and began to traverse.

Otherworld, temporary camp.

Fang Xing started practicing Pile Skill, then dug the earth daily, renovating and expanding the temporary camp, followed by learning the language of the Otherworld.

Under the influence of multiple effects, his progress was rapid.

Chirp chirp!

While he was practicing, numerous simulation birds returned, their claws clutching stone and beetle-shaped monitors.

'Collecting items is also very important...'

'Although this world is completely different from the Blue Star Federation and lacks any unified order, its poor imagination might not even conceive of traversing, it's likely anyone discovering a monitor will mistake it for some delicate puppet...'

'But if perfection can be achieved, strive for perfection, and don't leave any flaws... Even a broken monitor must be collected.'

'Now that I have enough Qi Blood Pills, there's no need to hurry in making contact, focus on mastering the foreign language first...'

Fang Xing had already planned his next moves.

The semester was almost over, and after the final exams, there would be a two-month vacation.

Then, it wouldn't be too late to explore the Otherworld thoroughly.

After all, with classes tying him down daily, only able to explore on nights and weekends, it was indeed hard to enjoy it fully.

Dawn.

Fang Xing jogged all the way to Yucal High School.

'These "Qi Blood Pills" are truly potent. If combined with Great Dragon Stance, I should be able to achieve Perfect Muscle Refinement by the end of the semester... Finishing the first year with Perfect Muscle Refinement? This result is barely passable, but at least there's finally a glimmer of hope for college.'

While running, Fang Xing's mind was filled with many thoughts.

'By then, my Great Dragon Stance, with the aid of an Elixir, should reach the Third Stage, and even revealing "Jade Skin" won't matter but could actually attract more investments...'

The streets in the early morning were very quiet, with few pedestrians on the road beside the river embankment.

Only a sporty-dressed lady wearing a cap and walking a dog was seen.

"A bully dog?"

Fang Xing glanced curiously.

After all, it was quite rare for a girl to own such a large bully dog.

Seemingly drawn by his gaze, the bully dog instantly leapt on all fours, jumping fiercely in front of him, its dog face looking ferocious.

For some reason, Fang Xing felt a terrible danger!

'I, a fully accomplished Jade Skin muscle refiner, feel threatened by a dog?'

Fang Xing thought, feeling slightly amused.

"Ginger! Sit down!"

Just then, the cap-wearing lady shouted.

The bully dog immediately sat down obediently, but its appearance still looked fierce and ferocious.

"Sorry, Ginger is in a bad mood today."

The lady in the cap smiled apologetically: "My name is Jing Xia, what's yours, little brother?"

"Out and about, I usually do not disclose my name."

Fang Xing shook his head and continued running.

"Hehe, interesting little brother."

Jing Xia watched Fang Xing's retreating figure, touching her waist.

Ding-ding-ding!

A phone rang, and Jing Xia took out a mobile phone from her waist, listened for a few seconds, and her face showed impatience: "A whole team of you, and you can't handle a single cult follower, weaklings! Rookies! Just wait for me!"

She put away her phone and pressed her wristwatch.

Swoosh!

A skateboard materialized in mid-air and hovered in front of her.

Jing Xia stepped onto the skateboard and, in a flying motion, quickly 'glided' toward the nearby city center.

"Woof woof!"

The bully dog named 'Ginger' roared, its back's flesh wriggling and suddenly growing a pair of demonic-like meaty wings, flying following Jing Xia.

Not far away, Fang Xing looked on at the scene, his expression solemn, "Daring to fly so openly without fear of traffic control... She must be either a powerful cult member or an official enforcer! Even cult followers wouldn't dare to fly publicly like this, so she must be an official enforcer, right? But I wonder if she's a Martial Artist, Mecha Master, Superpower User, or Beast Tamer?"

Recalling the unusual behavior of the bully dog earlier, Fang Xing's expression grew somewhat solemn as he touched his pocket.

In his pocket, he still carried a 'Qi Blood Pill'.

"Some carelessness there... That dog's nose is really sharp," he thought.

"Life is always full of surprises... Tomorrow or an accident, which will come first?"

"But fortunately... the other party didn't seem to have any suspicions."

After pondering for a while, Fang Xing decided to stick to his daily schedule and go to school.

Moreover, he resolved to work hard and achieve good results on the final exam!

A young Martial Arts prodigy was bound to attract more attention and investment, and having a few good items on him was still within the normal range!

...

Downtown, somewhere.

Boom!

A huge blaze erupted, with several figures intertwined within it.

Some were clad in dark Nano Protective Suits, others equipped with External Skeletons and wielding bulky firearms, their style aggressive.

But at this moment, they seemed somewhat in disarray.

"It's people from the 'Blood Descent Sect'!"

A team member yelled, blasting extreme cold air from his External Skeleton.

In an instant, the flames were extinguished without even a wisp of smoke left.

"Darn, a secret capture turned into a public battle... I'll have to write several more pages in the report afterward, and get scolded by boss as a bunch of incompetents!"

The member in the dark Nano Suit felt somewhat despairing.

For them, it seemed that the boss was more terrifying than writing an entanglement of reports.

Roar!

"Here it comes!"

Accompanied by a few bizarre roars, a monster burst out from the icy landscape.

It resembled a human but was over three meters tall, its body covered in various folds and fluids, with various heads 'grafted' on its chest and shoulders.

There were human heads as well as heads from tigers, leopards, and other wild beasts.

It looked as though it had been haphazardly assembled.

Just witnessing this scene could bring a strong Spiritual Shock and awe to those whose spirits were not firm enough.

"Seems to possess traits of a lower minion of corruption... an aberration, perhaps? The Blood Descent Sect really loves messing with these things."

The first team member spoke with a tone filled with disgust.

Evil God Sect!

It was a cancer within the Blue Star Federation!

Those Outer Realm Evil Gods held authority over "Imaginary Space," capable of projecting their power into human territories!

Although the Blue Star Federation had established a defensive perimeter, in general, the larger the individual, the harder it was to break through!

Just like a fishing net, smaller fish and shrimp could easily swim through the gaps, but bigger fish would only end up trapped!

Deploying minions was the simplest but essentially useless against humans.

Only at the Clan Level did they pose some threat, albeit a small one.

The Outer Realm Evil Gods aspired to descend into human territories themselves, initiating a wild harvest!

Of course, such a descent was difficult!

Thus, they settled for less by first descending their power through a clan, 'corrupting' humans into cultists, and then having these cultists attempt to 'summon' their descent.

So far, none of such attempts had succeeded; the best they had achieved through various brutal and bloody means was to create tragedies and in turn, foster the 'Evil God's Children.'

Many researchers of Blue Star believed those Outer Realm Evil Gods possessed a degree of rationality, but that often contradicted the occasional disorder and madness of their followers.

It could only be said that even for Evil Gods, association with madness was inevitable, rationality forever temporary.

'Blood Descent Sect' was one among many cults.

The Outer Realm Evil God these cultists worshipped, code-named 'Endless Blood Sea', had a name that was a tightly kept secret.

After all, such beings' true names and even their pronunciation could bring corruption and decay!

Even the dead 'Swallowing Star·Kegturim' was treated likewise; textbooks recorded not its real name but an alias.

For such entities, their concept of existence itself bore dichotomy, allowing contradictory states to coexist, with the borders between life and death quite blurred.

In the words of the cultists, in front of their lord, even death would dissipate...

"What kind of mess are you making?"

Just as the 'Blood Descent Sect's' monster let out a roar, a flying skateboard plummeted from the sky.

Zzzt!

A brilliant arc of blade light fell, splitting the monster into two.

Snap!

Then, a boot stomped on one of the monster's heads, causing it to burst open like a watermelon, spilling brains and blood everywhere.

Jing Xia looked up at her subordinates, "Trash! All of you, nothing but trash! Not even as good as my dog!"

"Woof!"

Beside her, the fierce dog opened its mouth wider and wider, exceeding the size of its head and body, its gaping maw like expanding rubber, filled with countless serrated teeth swirling like a vortex, devouring the remnants of the monster's flesh...

Seeing this, the other team members could only silently lament: "..."