Chapter 563: The Strongest on Earth, Core Formation Realm!!

【“Qi Transformation, Nine Rotations still can’t ‘refuse to eat beef’ on Earth, right? Could they take on a mechanized infantry brigade?”】

【“Absolutely not... Otherwise, why do all of us follow the law so carefully? But there’s no clear evidence implicating Lord Orochi in this matter, so the government can’t step in. I was thinking...”】

【You understood at once.】

【“You want me to take care of him. Since I’m an outsider, I won’t have to bear any responsibility.”】

【“This old man is no great judge of character, but I do have some ability in that regard. I can tell that you’re far stronger than us Earth cultivators. Lord Orochi should pose no danger to you at all. If I’m wrong, you can refuse my request.”】

【“I can refuse anything, except this!”】

【Some time later.】

【It was a peaceful afternoon.】

【The blazing summer sun scorched the people of Sakura Country.】

【The sun seemed a little too hot today.】

【Looking up, people saw an enormous fireball in the distant sky.】

【“What’s that? Is there another sun?”】

【“It must be some kind of scientific experiment, but the heat it’s giving off is so intense, it’s making me miserable. I won’t forgive the government unless its officials bow and apologize.”】

【“That sun is falling!”】

【As the enormous fireball descended, it warped and stretched, like a blazing missile.】

【It fell faster and faster.】

【Even people far away could clearly feel the terrifying heat wave rushing toward them, and the scorching temperatures from which there was nowhere to hide.】

【The enormous fireball was about to hit a small island in northern Sakura Country.】

【This island was the Origin Zone within Sakura Country, known as Origin Island.】

【The Kusagi Society, the cultivator faction led by Lord Orochi, had its stronghold on the island.】

【They had clearly chosen their location well. The Immortal Qi in the Origin Zone was slightly denser than elsewhere on Earth, making it an ideal place to cultivate.】

【And the situation there was different from Huaxia.】

【The resources discovered in Huaxia’s Origin Cave had all been handed over to the nation.】

【But everything found on Sakura Country’s Origin Island had been bought up by the Kusagi Society and made Lord Orochi’s private property.】

【Naturally, you were the one who had created the fireball in the sky.】

【You’d chosen this day to attack after careful consideration, because it was the Kusagi Society’s anniversary, and most of its members would be on Origin Island for the celebration.】

【As for how you found out the date, don’t ask.】

【“Rumble!!!”】

【The elongated fireball slammed into the island, setting the land ablaze and dealing a devastating blow. The island cracked and began to sink, while clouds of dust from the impact blotted out the sky.】

【The shelters on the island were useless. Even if they didn’t collapse, the heat would turn them into giant pressure cookers, roasting everyone inside.】

【And that was only the first attack.】

【Then came a second, a third, a fourth...】

【You could just make out some cultivators on the island retaliating, trying to stop the fireballs from falling.】

【But they were like moths flying into a flame. With a soft poof, each became a wisp of smoke.】

【Amid towering tsunamis and billowing smoke, Sakura Country’s Origin Island sank beneath the sea.】

【The Kusagi Society cultivators on the island were naturally almost all doomed.】

【Standing among the clouds, you gazed down at the burning sea, the sky obscured by smoke, and the towering waves rolling beneath you. You let out a long breath.】

【“Ah, that feels better~”】

【They say you should root out evil completely.】

【After the large-scale attack, you personally went down near the sea to search the area, making sure no one had slipped through the net.】

【If anyone had, you’d wipe them all out.】

【“Aaaaaah!!!”】

【As you patrolled near the sea, a furious roar suddenly rang out.】

【Turning toward it, you saw a man racing toward you across the water, churning up countless waves behind him.】

【You pulled out your phone, brought up a photo, and compared it to him, confirming his identity.】

【“It’s you!! You destroyed my Kusagi Society?!”】

【The guy was speaking Sakura’s language, so you calmly replied,】

【“Speak Chinese or English. Chinese would be best, since I only know a little English.”】

【The other man began speaking in broken Chinese.】

【“You! Destroy my Kusagi Society!! Why!!”】

【“Actually, when I came back this time, I wasn’t planning to bully you. I hadn’t even remembered this whole thing. But you just had to keep jumping around in front of me. You’ve got no one to blame but yourself.”】

【As you spoke, you flicked a finger and sent the snake fang flying into Lord Orochi’s face.】

【Seeing the snake fang, Lord Orochi naturally understood why you had come.】

【“Even if it was my fault! You could have killed me! Why destroy our Sakura’s Origin Island?! Without Origin Island, we cannot train cultivators, and other countries will lord it over us!”】

【“That sounds great!”】

【You could have sunk all of Sakura Country while you were at it, but such a massive upheaval might cause a global climate disaster, with Huaxia, so close to Sakura, bearing the brunt of it.】

【That would hardly be worth it.】

【Besides, there might still be Huaxia citizens in Sakura Country. Getting them out beforehand would be a hassle.】

【So you destroyed only Sakura Country’s Origin Zone, ensuring they could no longer raise cultivators.】

【It was easy to imagine how the other countries would bully this country with its long record of misdeeds from then on.】

【“Aaaaaah!! I won’t spare you!!”】

【Lord Orochi charged forward heroically, wielding a pair of short blades.】

【Then you slapped him away from a distance with a single palm strike. He couldn’t even get within a hundred meters of you.】

【Lord Orochi felt the enormous gap between your strength and his, so he decided to stop hiding his power.】

【“You forced me into this!! Watch closely. This is the true power of Sakura’s ancient methods!”】

【He transformed.】

【A classic sight, indeed.】

【Lord Orochi became a bizarre creature, still human from the waist up, but with eight thick, long giant pythons for a lower body.】

【The eight pythons’ tails were joined to his body, their heads pointing downward.】

【Lord Orochi landed on the sea. The eight snake heads touched the water, like eight feet. When he started running, those python heads flailed about beneath him, making you burst out laughing.】

【“Pfft—hahaha!!”】

【You laughed so hard you slapped your thigh.】

【“What kind of thunderous running style is that?! This is killing me!!”】

【Lord Orochi felt utterly humiliated. In a rage, he controlled the eight giant python heads and unleashed eight different elemental attacks.】

【You scoffed. What a bunch of flashy nonsense. You scattered them with one punch!】

【Lord Orochi could only get angry, be angry for a moment, and ask a question that shook him to his core.】

【“Nani?!”】

【“Ah, now that I understand.”】

【“You’re stronger than I imagined. I have no choice but to fight with everything I’ve got!!”】

【Lord Orochi unleashed his ultimate move. The eight python heads turned around and bit into him.】

【“Aaaah!!”】

【Amid the agonizing pain of being devoured, he temporarily broke through to a higher realm!】

【Lord Orochi was now... in the Core Formation realm!!】

【“I am the strongest cultivator on Earth! The only person on Earth in the Core Formation realm!!”】