Chapter 110: Supersonic

Chapter 110 -103: Supersonic

“You’re incredible, Boss! To think you tamed the ferocious Red Falcon King!”

“That’s something only a handful of Pirate Kings have ever managed to do.”

On Chen Qi’s shoulder, the Red Falcon King went, “CHIRP, CHIRP, CHIRP, CHIRP.”

Snapping out of his daze, Taruno enthusiastically unleashed his Flattering Divine Skill, showering his boss with praise.

Given another three minutes, he would have likely elevated Chen Qi to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the greatest Pirate Kings in history.

While Taruno’s praise was certainly over the top, there was a kernel of truth buried beneath the layers of hyperbole.

For example, among pirates, the only ones who could subdue a Red Falcon King were Pirate Kings.

To Chen Qi, this made perfect sense. ‘If a Transcendent can’t even make a name for himself among pirates, that would be truly pathetic.’

Besides, Pirate Kings had been a dime a dozen throughout history. Apart from the few whose names went down in the annals of humanity, the rest were just big shots in their own little territories—many of them self-proclaimed.

The only Pirate King Chen Qi was somewhat familiar with was the one pursued by the first-generation ancestor of Jomoya Chris.

Wallowing in his ancestors’ glory, Jomoya Chris often lamented in his diary about being born in the wrong era.

Ever since the V5, and especially after the establishment of the World Government, the profession of piracy had taken a serious hit, and life was getting tougher and tougher for them.

By now, only a small handful of diehards were still active in the Outer Ring, upholding what little honor was left for pirates.

As for Jomoya Chris’s seventh-generation ancestor, the one who completed the conquest of the 073 Continent?

Ahem, that ancestor had served in the Imperial Navy. He was a great hero who had expanded the Trandis Empire’s territory, a man whose fame was meant to last for generations.

At the peak of its glory, the Chris family held the title of Hereditary Count, with a domain as large as ten Lanyu Kingdoms.

It’s worth noting that the Trandis Empire ranked quite high among the great powers, and the title of Count they bestowed was more coveted than the thrones of many small kingdoms.

No wonder Jomoya Chris was so obsessed with his family’s past glory. If the thirteenth-generation ancestor hadn’t lost their Magic inheritance, the Chris family would never have found themselves unable to survive in the Outer Ring, eventually retreating to the Inner Ring in disgrace.

It was a pity that with the death of Jomoya Chris, the family’s last heir, the line of this once-legendary family was completely severed.

No wonder Jomoya Chris was filled with such bitterness and resentment in the end.

…

“CHIRP, CHIRP!”

The Red Falcon King’s cries pulled Chen Qi from his reverie. Ever since man and bird had engaged in that clash of Spirituality—one from which Chen Qi had emerged completely victorious—he found he could inexplicably understand the bird’s calls.

‘The little thing is hungry and wants me to feed it!’

Chen Qi had no idea what the creature ate, but he figured it was probably fish from the ocean.

Unfortunately, the few feng shui fish in his office had all died during the earlier sonic boom; otherwise, he could have used them as bird feed.

When it came to matters of feng shui, he, the Heir of an Earth Master, was the true expert.

“Go on, find your own food!”

After a moment of consideration, Chen Qi decided against letting the Red Falcon King stay for a free meal.

These days, he only ate Soldier’s Rations Pills for every meal. It pained him to watch others eat fish.

After becoming a Transcendent, Chen Qi had discovered his body no longer had any interest in ordinary food.

It wasn’t that he was a picky eater; this was a choice made by every cell in his body.

Chen Qi certainly wasn’t going to fight this bodily instinct. Thankfully, he still had Soldier’s Rations Pills, which were quick and convenient.

‘Perhaps once Westin Kuta returns, I should look into upgrading the quality of these Soldier’s Rations Pills.’

Chen Qi refused to believe that the major powers didn’t have combat rations suitable for Transcendents.

BOOM!

Having received permission, the Red Falcon King gave a slight flap of its wings, broke the sound barrier, and vanished over the horizon.

Chen Qi wasn’t particularly concerned whether the little creature would return. His Heaven-Reaching Palace was already complete, so the Red Falcon King was no longer of much value to him.

The realm after Martial Arts Grandmaster is Grandmaster, which is also the true beginning of the Martial Dao.

After witnessing both the wonders and the dangers of Spirituality, Chen Qi was now completely against the idea of “Spirituality simulation.”

The Red Falcon King that had just flown off, as well as Taruno and his five men with their off-the-charts loyalty, were a cautionary tale.

If one’s Spirituality leaned toward a certain entity, it would inevitably be influenced by it.

Chen Qi had no desire to inexplicably become a puppet in someone else’s hands—especially not a puppet he had crafted himself and personally delivered to their doorstep.

He always felt there was something strange about the Celestial Martial Country’s Martial Dao. ‘Is it really the Martial Dao?’

And that Daoist who died on the deserted island… who knows what his origins were.

The cultivation of the Original Martial Canon actually required “aptitude.” According to the records of the Giant Armor Sect, the upper half of the stone book detailed eighteen incredibly bizarre, savage, and powerful life forms.

‘If the targets of this “Spirituality simulation” are those creatures, it can’t possibly be safe, can it?’

This path seemed heretical from the very beginning, and Chen Qi decided he wanted nothing to do with it.

He could grow stronger just by studying, so he had no intention of taking any shortcuts.

…

After seeing off the Red Falcon King, Chen Qi held another meeting with his men.

The topic of the meeting was, naturally, Blood Salt.

According to Taruno’s investigation, users of Blood Salt had already appeared among the gangs in Talin City, with the substance spreading from several surrounding cities.

Intelligence from the Kingdom Central Intelligence Agency indicated that the rate at which Blood Salt was spreading was clearly accelerating.

Taruno suggested raiding and shutting down Comir Biopharmaceuticals directly. Since repeated investigations had failed to uncover the root of the problem, he argued it was better to first stop the spread of Blood Salt.

Taking down Comir Biopharmaceuticals, the “main culprit,” would be a great accomplishment, giving the boss something to report to his superiors in the Kingdom.