Chapter 1 Just as Su Zhou Was Invited to Eat King Crab in Northern Europe

While Su Zhou was being invited to Northern Europe to eat king crab by the experts from the Concordance Bureau, news of the main force of the Descending Spirit Society being wiped out, leaving only remnants and scattered soldiers, had spread worldwide.

The American Federation, whose support troops hadn't even had time to depart, was astonished to learn that the Descending Spirit Society, against whom they had conducted over a dozen contingency exercises, had been annihilated. Leaders in some Southeast Asian regions, whose backing came from the Descending Spirit Society, were equally dumbfounded, unsure of what to do.

"Quick, does anyone have a contact at the Zheng Nation Security Bureau?"

"President, Su Zhou is currently in Europe, and we don't have a special correspondent at the Concordance Bureau!"

"Damn it, then translate news from other agencies. We absolutely can't miss this big story!"

"It's already 4:00 AM on the 17th. The battle was twelve hours ago. We still can't reach our target?"

"Who knows? As everyone knows, Su Zhou has three phones: one for flaming, one for work, and one for payments."

For a time, almost every news organization in the world wanted to contact Su Zhou for an exclusive interview. The Descending Spirit Society was unlike other mysterious organizations. They were extremely well-known, and infamous at that. The news of their demise would undoubtedly dominate the headlines for the next few weeks. Whoever could gain the upper hand in this would seize the last opportunity of 2016!

Just then, Thelus, a rising star judge and program host from Europa, released a blurry video of spirit energy electromagnetic cannons and the battle, pushing the topic to its climax.

"According to our assessment, it was a hard-fought battle. Su Zhou was also seriously injured this time, almost fatally."

"This proves that even with his advantages, Su Zhou isn't that strong within the Overlord Realm. He can quickly eliminate another Overlord Realm, but he has to pay a price himself."

In some mysterious meetings, a group of important figures analyzed the battle between Su Zhou and the Silent One, based on the only available combat footage. They naturally saw the terrible scenes caused by their mutual attacks and drew some conclusions from it.

Although they couldn't hear what was being said inside, the fact that Su Zhou could be injured and bleed was a relief to them. "We thought he was an iron man. It turns out he wasn't that strong."

"Even if he has super regeneration, as long as the duration of the attack exceeds his regeneration ability, it's fine. We aren't afraid of him recovering quickly, we're afraid of not being able to break his defense."

The mysterious meetings taking place in unknown locations didn't last too long, and the process was very peaceful. However, the meeting held in the underground of Alaska in the American Federation was very intense and chaotic.

The members of the Holy Serpent Spirit Confraternity, who were holding a reform meeting, had previously conducted a successful sacrificial transaction ceremony under the leadership of Crossell. This brought Crossell great prestige and boosted the members' confidence to unprecedented levels.

"If we continue like this, with our power, we can completely penetrate every inch of the American Federation and even control some of the country's power!"

The speaker was the leader of the Confraternity's East Coast branch in America. According to Crossell, his true identity should be the founder of a large military industrial enterprise. Although he had retired on the surface, he still directly and indirectly controlled 54% of the company's shares.

His words were not groundless. Although the East Coast branch leader was not currently interested in the position of leader of the Confraternity, he had always intended to secularize and localize the Confraternity, and completely infiltrate it to become part of the dark shadow of the American Federation.

This intention became even more obvious after the death of the previous Bedouin leader, and Crossell, also an American Federation citizen, took control of the organization.

Naturally, this idea conflicted greatly with the leaders of the Confraternity in other regions. Just as the projection of the leader of the Confraternity's West Asia branch sneered, preparing to refute the other party's naive view, the projection of the leader of the Europa Federation branch suddenly turned pale: "Oops! Something terrible has happened!"

As for what terrible thing had happened, it was naturally that she, as a local of Europa, knew that Su Zhou had annihilated the Descending Spirit Society.

Then, as she informed all the branch leaders present at the meeting of this information, most people's faces turned pale.

"Although the Descending Spirit Society is crazy and foolish, and their behavior has no aesthetic appeal, it cannot be ignored that it is precisely because of its existence that governments around the world have focused most of their energy on it, thereby ignoring us... The existence of the Descending Spirit Society is the cornerstone of our Confraternity's peaceful development. As long as they exist, we can make a fortune in silence!"

This was the leader of the Zheng Nation branch, who was now biting his fingers in distress. "Let's not talk about how our Professor Su annihilated the Descending Spirit Society. Since there is this news in Europa, then there is no need to question it. Let's assume that the Descending Spirit Society is really completely destroyed. The next ones to be dealt with are probably us."

It should be known that the Confraternity's actions in Zheng Nation had long been greatly reduced and restrained due to the activity of the Security Bureau and Su Zhou. The leader of the Zheng Nation branch had recently been living in Dongying, which was why he hadn't been found by Zheng Nation. But if the Security Bureau really concentrated its efforts, then he would probably have to go into exile overseas and leave Asia.

"It is basically impossible for us to defeat Su Zhou."

The leader of the Ross Country branch pointed out this problem sharply: "This kid probably has Holy Serpent Spirit blood. Just his standing in front of us will reduce our combat power by 30%. Not to mention that even if we are at our full strength, we probably can't beat him."

"The complete annihilation of the Descending Spirit Society will undoubtedly affect the world格局 (géjú - situation, pattern). After losing the rule and transcedent power protection brought by the Descending Spirit Society, all the marginal areas and regional rulers in the world will be infiltrated by the tentacles of major national groups, compressing the living space of all shadow forces in the world. We are naturally no exception."

"From then on, it will be our period of overall decline!"

"They can't resist Su Zhou, and neither can we... This guy is too abnormally strong!"

"If he were to suddenly attack, even the headquarters would have no power to resist..."

The members of the Confraternity are mostly wealthy elites who join the Confraternity for longevity and transcendent power. It would be even better if they could make money through this channel.

While everyone was discussing Su Zhou and the changes in the world 格局 (géjú - situation, pattern) in full swing, the leader of the Confraternity, Crossell, who had been silent all along, coughed and spoke.

"Cough."

The golden-haired man clapped his hands. Unlike everyone else present, whose faces were worried, Crossell's expression was very calm.

"We don't need to worry about the problem of Su Zhou."

Speaking lightly, Crossell's demeanor at this time was simply that of someone who was confident and resourceful, with a gleam of confidence in his eyes: "I had already anticipated this a while ago, and resolved the related problems."

"Rest assured, he, Su Zhou, will never be our enemy."

—As long as you guys behave a little!

Not to mention how Crossell used a series of normal operations of the Holy Serpent Spirit's dependents, such as hinting, deceiving, misleading, and using the truth to fool the other Holy Serpent Spirit believers.

September 19, 2016, 2:31 PM.

Su Zhou, who had already returned to Zheng Nation, was now holding an internal Zheng Nation meeting in the Kunlun Secret Realm.

"The Earth is quite peaceful now."

Because it was an internal meeting and not very formal, most of the Holy Seats were only participating via projection. The one who had just spoken was the Literary Saint.

The Literary Saint was the first among the thirty-six Holy Seats of this term, that is, the nominal highest leader of the country, in charge of all government affairs and some foreign affairs.

The Literary Saint had a lineage, but his talent was not good, and he had not seriously cultivated. Now he only had the strength of the Transcendent Initial Stage. However, the leadership did not look at the size of fists. At least the other Holy Seats respected the Literary Saint quite a bit.

Su Zhou nodded proudly at what the Literary Saint was saying to his face, without any intention of being modest.

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"Basically, in Southeast Asia, the tumors that had been rooted in remote areas have been uprooted, the hidden dangers around the South Sea have disappeared, and the destruction of the Descending Spirit Society has basically led to the disappearance of more than 70% of the world's malignant Transcendent crime."

Speaking these words, the Literary Saint's tone was quite emotional. He raised his head and looked at Su Zhou: "Professor Su, the Europa Concordance Bureau has decided to give you one of their treasured 'World Tree Branches' as a reward for your bloody battle. What do you think?"

"Huh, ah, so precious?"

Su Zhou was originally nonchalant, but when he heard about the World Tree Branch, he immediately raised his head, somewhat surprised: "Isn't that bad? Such a divine object, just taking it out so casually?"

[Actually, it's not that casual.]

The Craft Saint on the side said via projection. At this time, he had returned to his electronic projection, and his voice also had an electronic sound: [The power that the Silent One showed at the end, the Concordance Bureau will probably have to pay a considerable price to kill it. And they have a lot of World Tree Branch inventory over there. There's no need to save them.]

"I'm not saving them."

Su Zhou shrugged. He couldn't help but ask Yara in his heart: "Hey, Yara, what do you say, can I continue to use secret methods to plant the World Tree as well, to accompany the Tree of Wisdom?"

The Serpent Spirit sneered: "Have you heard of raising Gu?" (养蛊 - yǎng gǔ - a venomous insect or worm is placed inside a closed vessel, where it will devour the other. The last survivor is said to possess magical powers).

"I've heard of it..."

"Then the result is the same—apart from the twin divine trees of Fusang, have you ever seen any towering divine trees that can tolerate another divine tree stealing their nutrients? And you don't have any connection with the World Tree, so you won't be able to plant it."

"I see..." If Su Zhou was to say he felt regret, there was nothing to regret. Anyway, it was true that he might not be able to afford to raise two divine trees. But in that case, what could this World Tree Branch be used for?

Perhaps it could be made into a weapon. The Blade of Annihilation was strong, but its attack range was too short. He really needed something like a throwing spear, which would be easy to use.

"At that time, I'll entrust it to the official Zheng Nation, and let them use the best methods to forge a long spear for me. The Blade of Annihilation can also be taken to be reprocessed and analyzed to see the specific situation. After all, I'm not very proficient in forging weapons."

"In that case, the two kinds of weapons that I'm good at can both be used on Earth, instead of being hidden away."

Thinking like this, Su Zhou no longer had any doubts, but instead became somewhat eager to try: "Now that I have a weapon, who should I find to try it out on?"

He quickly thought of a target.

"Speaking of the Descending Spirit Society, I can't help but think of the New Dawn Society, the last of the three major organizations—that should also be an obstacle to world stability. When will I have a chance to destroy it as well, so that it can be said to be complete!"

Muttering to himself like this, the Taoist Saint, who was listening to his muttering, couldn't help but find it strange. The old man stroked his beard and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong? Did the New Dawn Society provoke you, kid?"

The other party should have been wandering around Antarctica all this time, so they shouldn't have had a chance to contact Su Zhou...

"Not really—it's mainly because I didn't get a full sweep of the Five Great Beast Kings in the Beast God Realm before. Now I want to try if I can get the achievement of destroying the three major mysterious organizations on Earth."

After hearing Su Zhou's casual and relaxed words, which were obviously not a joke, the sitting next to him, the King of the Mao Race, Ms. Shui Qilin An Tuo, and the current temporary Beast King of the Yu Race, Ms. Golden Winged Great Peng Jin Qiong, their bodies suddenly froze for a moment.

Then, they began to tremble.

After unintentionally intimidating his teammates for a while, soon, as the people and projections gradually arrived, the meeting gradually began to get down to business.

And the topic of this meeting was very serious.

[Discussion on the relevant policy inclination and specific work measures for the development and exploitation of other worlds]