When writing the previous chapter, I was quite drowsy and somewhat out of my senses, so there were quite a few loopholes. I've made some changes, and those who have read it can take another look.
In principle, every superpowered individual on Earth awakens abilities related to wind, fire, thunder, and lightning because they develop fragments of laws within their bodies, allowing them to control related powers.
Correspondingly, upon advancing to the law level, the law fragments within the body will tend to perfect themselves and then be thoroughly imprinted with Earth's laws.
This is precisely why Wang Shouyi did not choose to personally travel to the nexus of realms. The nexus is located in chaos, and occasionally, powerful beings from the upper realms wander through it. If the imprint of Earth's laws were discovered, it would expose Earth to risk.
However, what shocked Wang Shouyi was that the law power controlled by Yu Zhibo was not something he comprehended from heaven and earth after entering the fifty divine ranks. The lightning laws he controlled seemed to have evolved directly from the essence of laws existing within his body.
This also meant that even if Yu Zhibo reached the fifty divine ranks and controlled laws, he could arbitrarily discard Earth's law imprint, travel to the nexus of realms, and quickly merge with new laws there, becoming a native of that place. This was utterly outrageous.
"Is it because of the chaotic energy? Or did his peculiar sequence core, which inherently possesses the essence of laws, automatically upgrade upon reaching the fifty divine ranks?"
The essence of laws, in theory, should not exist in a small world like Earth. Wang Shouyi only learned about it through some information transmitted by the Liberation Sect from the upper realms, so he was quite curious about Yu Zhibo's origins.
With this thought, he moved his intent. A wisp of his vast spiritual will broke through spatial constraints and reached the vicinity of a figure meditating on Saturn.
This figure was none other than the Dao Saint Wang Taixu. Half of his body was in reality, and the other half was hidden in the void. Having reached S-class, his laws were harmonious, and phenomena were constantly born and dissipated around his body.
Among the five planets, Saturn was the stabilizing star. Wang Taixu guarded this place to control the Five Elements Heavenly Cycle Star Array and eliminate any enemies who sought to invade Earth.
Upon receiving Wang Shouyi's inquiry, he slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of wise and profound eyes, and slowly said, "To observe a deep-sea fish is inauspicious; to shrewdly predict the hidden brings disaster. The roots of this child cannot be investigated, nor should they be. You only need to maintain your original intention when interacting with him; ask no further questions."
After saying this, his gaze pierced through the endless void and fell upon the Rinnegan that Yu Zhibo had just activated. A thoughtful expression appeared on his face, and then he closed his eyes.
"I have lost my composure!"
After receiving Wang Taixu's reply, Wang Shouyi chuckled. Wang Taixu had once said that Yu Zhibo was the son of destiny for the Dragon Country, and all of Yu Zhibo's actions after awakening had precisely proven this.
Since that was the case, why should he continue to dwell on it?
Shaking his head, he shifted his attention away from Yu Zhibo. At that moment, a crackling sound suddenly came from the computer in the study, followed by the screen lighting up.
The head of the Information Department, Xu Yuanhong, appeared on the computer screen and said to Wang Shouyi, "Director, the reserve of immortal energy in the bureau has been decreasing recently. Both veteran and newly promoted A-class individuals need immortal energy to upgrade, and newly promoted B-class individuals also need to prepare to enter A-class. I have a plan that can allow our Dragon Country's superpowered individuals to grow rapidly and also quickly earn immortal energy. Please approve it, Director!"
What Xu Yuanhong said was true. With the continuous increase in superpowered individuals in the country, the number of newly awakened individuals had exceeded four hundred thousand. These superpowered individuals entered the newly established Superpowered Academies and were constantly growing. Furthermore, with the acceleration of the fusion of the two realms and the cultivation buffs brought by the national destiny shield, the speed at which superpowered individuals cultivated was significantly faster than traditional methods.
In particular, within a short span of three months, over ten thousand exceptionally talented individuals had entered B-class, and nearly two thousand had reached A-class, creating an extremely large demand for immortal energy.
However, the area of the Dragon Country was not large enough. Moreover, when the Demon Queen previously attracted the Demon Lord to invade Earth, the Heavenly Cycle Star Array attacked. The Dao Saint seized the opportunity during the array's attack to enter it and is currently refining the array, leaving him no spare energy to plunder Earth's immortal energy.
Therefore, he had been the one plundering Earth's immortal energy and demonic energy for the past few months, and now, it was becoming unsustainable.
In contrast, the Sea Monster Country, Demon Country, and Ghost Country, due to occupying too much territory, were plundering immortal energy and demonic energy at a very fast pace. Especially the Sea Monster Country, with the ocean covering 70.8% of Earth's surface, most of the immortal energy vortices appeared above the oceans, and were quickly plundered by the Sea King.
In terms of proportion, the immortal energy plundered by Wang Shouyi accounted for only 20% of the total, which was already very impressive. This was because the Demon Queen and the Ghost Emperor, in order to annoy the Dragon Country, were also plundering immortal energy even if their own races did not need it.
Wang Shouyi, who highly valued Xu Yuanhong, the first person to propose "taking the path of the bizarre to leave no path for the bizarre," immediately showed an interested smile and asked, "Minister Xu, please speak freely!"
"My suggestion is to establish a Global Racial Arena Competition!"
"Arena competition?"
"Yes!" Xu Yuanhong said, "The purpose of the arena competition is to use immortal energy, demonic energy, or other resources as stakes. By having our Dragon Country's superpowered individuals fight against other forces to win resources, we can both compensate for the lack of resources and temper the strength of our superpowered individuals. Otherwise, they will forever remain flowers in a greenhouse."
"Flowers in a greenhouse, that's a bit much, isn't it?" Wang Shouyi touched his nose. He had been quite busy recently and hadn't paid much attention to the development of the Dragon Country's newly promoted superpowered individuals. "Didn't we establish superpowered schools and then regularly take the children out for training?"
Xu Yuanhong shook his head. "Does that count as training? When the school students go abroad, they either crush others or are crushed by others, which does not achieve the purpose of training. Moreover, you must know that due to the destruction of other countries, the Ghost Country has the most low-level ghosts, as many as tens of times that of our Dragon Country. Often, when teachers take students out for training, they encounter a Ghost Country team of several thousand people and are wiped out."
"The uncertainty of this kind of tempering is too great. It's not as straightforward as a one-on-one arena match. Although students will also suffer casualties, this is the fastest way to progress. Furthermore, the Super Research Institute has also developed a large number of sources of immortal and demonic essence based on the specimens provided by Yu Zhibo, which will greatly reduce casualties."
Upon hearing this, Wang Shouyi began to ponder, stroking his chin. After a moment, he said, "These kinds of things, the other three forces probably won't agree, right? After all, it's too beneficial for our Dragon Country."
Xu Yuanhong smiled and said, "Firstly, they don't know we have the source of immortal and demonic essence. Secondly, of course, we can't propose this ourselves; we have to let them propose it and make them feel like they are gaining an advantage."
Wang Shouyi chuckled, "Minister Xu, please speak freely?"
Xu Yuanhong gave a sly smile. His elegant face actually appeared somewhat lewd. "A few days ago, while I was consolidating the information on superpowered individuals, I discovered that among the newly registered members of the Dawn Organization, there was a very interesting person. His abilities are interesting, and his personality is also interesting. He should be quite to the taste of those brutal ghosts in the Ghost Country."
"Oh?" Wang Shouyi asked curiously, "Who is it?"
"His name is Hidan, someone who can gain immortality by believing in evil spirits!"
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