Chapter 2375 - 2378: The Beautiful Yu Wenzi from Ninja Country (Fifth Update)

On his knees before Shen Qiang, completely powerless to fight back, the Abyss noble young master, in a one‑on‑one situation, slaughtered thirteen Dao Fruit Stage super experts who thought that, having lost to Shen Qiang with no chance to rise again, they could take the opportunity to kick him while he was down!

His vicious methods and terrifyingly powerful Cultivation made the entire Cultivation World tremble.

Not only that, the whole process was basically streamed live from start to finish.

That terrifying Funeral Dao Fruit of Gong Ziyi, plus the three different forms he'd already developed for using his Dao Fruit, made him strong like some horrifying dark monarch, instantly shutting up those Ordinary cultivators online who had been crazily mocking him as trash.

Not only that.

Realizing just how terrifying Gong Ziyi's methods were, countless Ordinary cultivators started frantically editing and revising their previous posts, and then, all of a sudden, the whole Cultivation World fell silent.

No one talked about Gong Ziyi anymore.

Not a single one.

It was like Gong Ziyi had vanished from the Cultivation World overnight, as if he'd melted into the night.

But almost at the very moment he sank into the deep sea like an anchor—

Shen Qiang suddenly became the focus of the Immortal Realm Forum.

"I'm kneeling to Brother Qiang, never thought Brother Qiang was this badass, I seriously slapped myself across the face like a dozen times."

"I, Wang Weiwu! My dominance is leaking all over the place!"

"I'll just ask you this: in front of my King, who else is there!"

Comments like this, seemingly inexplicable, quietly spread all over the Immortal Realm Forum.

But the cultivators who knew that Gong Ziyi had lost to Shen Qiang more than once, who knew he not only failed to protect Song Weiyin, but even lost over a hundred powerful Abyss cultivators, and then didn't even dare toss out a single vicious threat before leaving Heshenghe, showing absolutely no sign of wanting to retaliate against Heshenghe—those people understood very clearly.

Gong Ziyi is that strong, and yet he lost so miserably in front of Shen Qiang and didn't dare make a sound. So just how strong must Shen Qiang be?

And the various Sect Leaders who truly understood the inside story could only sigh.

Because their position was high enough, they were even clearer on how powerful and terrifying Gong Ziyi was, which made them all the more respectful and wary of Shen Qiang.

This was the fundamental reason for their silence.

"Gong Ziyi inspires fear, while Shen Qiang inspires trembling. As Sect Leaders, in this matter we must be extremely cautious in what we say and do, we absolutely cannot open our mouths; we have to pretend we don't know, because once we speak, it's easy to cause misunderstandings. No matter which one we offend, we'll be in way over our heads."

"Sigh, in this situation, even an idiot can see it: the strongest young cultivator in the current Cultivation World is undoubtedly Shen Qiang. But right now we can't publicly talk about this, because it might offend Gong Ziyi."

"Since there is Yu, why was Liang born? In the next hundred years, as long as these two still exist, no cultivator has any right to act arrogant in front of them. Gong Ziyi commands irresistible death, and Shen Qiang not only has that as well, but even more terrifying, he possesses absolute healing. So… stay silent!"

Under these circumstances, the state of the Cultivation World became strangely twisted. Ordinary cultivators, including people from various Sects, were bizarrely praising Shen Qiang.

Their Sect Leaders not only didn't intervene, they even pretended not to know about the matter between Shen Qiang and Gong Ziyi.

And even funnier, on the forum, whenever someone bragged or did something particularly amazing—

Those cultivators would post an exaggerated "scared, shaking all over" reaction, then ask: "Shen Qiang, is that you?"

This weird situation left Shen Qiang helplessly smiling.

But there was nothing he could do. After all, Gong Ziyi and Shen Qiang were different: Gong Ziyi was the Abyss noble young master, always aloof and above.

Shen Qiang, on the other hand, had grown step by step from a small nobody.

You could say that nearly every cultivator on the forum had flamed Shen Qiang, and Shen Qiang had never retaliated against anyone for it, so these cultivators didn't mind using Shen Qiang's name for jokes at all.

So for a time, the Immortal Realm Forum was flooded everywhere with the two characters of Shen Qiang's name.

For a time, Shen Qiang's name became known to everyone in the Hua Xia Cultivation World.

Time quickly moved to the fourth day after Gong Ziyi's battle with Shen Qiang. The stunning Best Actress Song Weiyin left Heshenghe due to schedule conflicts.

Meanwhile, a joint invitation letter from many Great Sea Demons within the Sea Clan had already appeared on Shen Qiang's desk for the third time.

As usual, Shen Qiang read it, then tossed the invitation into the trash.

Because Shen Qiang understood that, under the current circumstances, any remedial measures or explanations were not as safe as simply not meeting those Sea Demons.

Even if those Great Sea Demons held solid evidence and wanted to drag Shen Qiang down from the Dragon Emperor's throne, they'd still have to confront him face‑to‑face. So as long as Shen Qiang didn't appear in front of them, they'd have no way to act in the short term.

And this happened to buy Shen Qiang some time.

Not only that, Shen Qiang had already started preparing for his trip to the Moon Palace. Not only had he sent people everywhere to negotiate matters regarding the moon‑landing spaceship, but more crucially, Shen Qiang had confirmed that another key was in the Ninja Country and believed detailed intel would arrive soon.

Moreover, due to his own fruitless search, Shen Qiang had already sketched out the key based on what Youying had manifested, drawing it by hand, and had started posting bounties for related clues on the Bounty Hunters platform. At present, lots of information had come in, but it was hard to tell truth from falsehood, so many Great Sea Demons of Heshenghe were rushing all over the place to verify them one by one.

Thus Shen Qiang had already made up his mind: unless truly forced with no other choice, he absolutely would not go near the Sea Border and would not make contact with those Great Sea Demons.

Because that was how he could maximize the time he had.

Once he got the Dragon Bone, everything would stop being a problem.

But just as Shen Qiang was doing everything he could to stall for time, a Major General from the Dragon Group Sea Border Department suddenly came with people to find Shen Qiang.

"One of our cargo ships sank in the Pacific Ocean. Inside the sunken ship is a box containing prototype samples of top‑level cutting‑edge weapon tech. Its destructive power already rivals a nuclear bomb, so it must be retrieved. But that box is in the hands of a deep‑sea Great Demon, so we'd like to invite you to go once and help us get the box back. As compensation, we can open the Dragon Group database to you in a targeted way. There might really be something you want in there."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang's eyes lit up instantly: "You're hinting that the Dragon Group has something I want, it's just not in the mall?"

The Major General from the Sea Border Department smiled and said, "I said 'maybe', because I don't actually know if it's there or not; my clearance isn't high enough."

Shen Qiang fell silent, his thoughts racing. The Major General's words might just be trying to get his help, but they might also be true. After all, Shen Qiang's rank was still only Captain. If there really was a clearance level higher than a Major General, it was possible he could discover something in the Dragon Group database.

But compared to chasing shadows, Shen Qiang cared more about what was right in front of him.

"In the Ninja Country, there's an item called the Balance Ruler. I need it. If you agree to help me get it, I can make the trip and help you retrieve the box you want."

The Major General smiled at this, then, after a long silence, said, "That's something I can't promise you. But I can tell you about someone who can help you get it."

"Who?" Shen Qiang raised his brows in surprise.

The Major General smiled slightly: "Yu Wenzi. Her background is far more complicated than you imagine. If you can persuade her, then getting the Balance Ruler will be easy, because she herself is from the Ninja Country."