bookbashuk Chapter 157: Defeating a Nation Single-handedly!
Chapter 157: Defeating a Nation Single-handedly!
Chapter 157: Defeating a Nation Single-handedly!
Lu Jin was practicing his martial arts when he heard the sound and looked up. He saw that the front page of the newspaper in his junior brother's hand was printed with huge bold characters, and the ink still smelled fresh.
He took a few steps forward, drew a card, and his pupils suddenly contracted as soon as his eyes fell on the title.
The Emperor of the Rising Sun Dies Suddenly, the Empire of the Rising Sun Surrenders!!!
"Surrendered? How is that possible?"
Upon closer inspection of the subtitle and main text, Si Chong's Adam's apple bobbed violently, and he gasped.
"That can't be right, how could Emperor Rising Sun suddenly die?"
"And even if he died suddenly, the news should be covered up. Even if the army of the Rising Sun Empire is already struggling to continue the fight, the death of one Rising Sun Emperor is insignificant to them."
Lu Jin and he exchanged a glance, and the same thought arose in their eyes.
"Could it be... Master?"
They remembered Zuo Ruotong's words from a few days ago: "I am enough on my own."
There are many suspicious points, and it happened during the time when Zuo Ruotong just left Sanyi Gate, which is too coincidental.
But no one knew anything except that the Rising Sun Empire had surrendered, which was good news. Everyone celebrated for several days as if it were a festival.
Not only them, but after the news of the Rising Sun Empire's surrender spread throughout the land, every household hung up red lanterns, and the entire Kyushu celebrated as if it were a festival.
In the following days, the Sanyi Sect remained quiet as people continued their closed-door cultivation, but the shock caused by the newspaper article never dissipated.
The disciples would often drift off during meditation, their minds filled with an inexplicable expectation that quietly sprouted like spring buds.
That afternoon, the junior apprentice who had gone to make purchases returned from outside the mountain. Before he even entered the courtyard, his voice drifted in, filled with barely suppressed excitement and trembling triumph: "You have no idea! The entire community of supernatural beings is in an uproar! The real reason for Rising Sun's surrender has been revealed!"
Lu Jin and Si Chong happened to be meditating under the corridor. Upon hearing this, they both stopped in their tracks and their eyes fell on him.
"What exactly happened?"
Lu Jin's voice was very low, but it couldn't hide a hint of tension.
The junior brother swallowed hard, his voice trembling even more violently, as if recounting a miracle that would burn his tongue: "My comrades who fought said—it was just one person! The one who forced Rising Sun to surrender was just one person from beginning to end!"
"It is said that the man just swaggered into the Rising Sun Palace, ignoring the roar of guns, the explosions of bombs, and the attacks from the supernatural. He didn't even lift his eyelids, didn't dodge, didn't avoid, and didn't even pause for a second."
"What's even more bizarre is that in the entire city of Kyoto, no one could stop him even for a moment."
"Upon entering the palace, he raised his hand and struck! In that instant, the entire palace area, spanning hundreds of meters, turned to dust!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Jin's lips twitched violently as he stared at his excited junior brother and said, "One strike turned an area of several hundred meters into dust."
Junior brother, which storytelling performance did you listen to?
Hearing Lu Jin's teasing remark, the junior brother immediately blushed: "Really!! Why don't you believe me? I have photos here!"
He frantically pulled out two photos, his fingertips still trembling as he handed them over.
The photo shows two enormous craters in Heimer, ridiculously large, with Rising Sun soldiers standing around them, their faces filled with terror, looking like ants on the ground in comparison!
When Lu Jin saw the photo, he estimated that the hole was so big that even a mountain could be filled in it.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but mutter, "My God—"
Everyone stared at the photo, speechless, the only sound in the courtyard being the hissing of gasps for breath.
Seeing this, the junior brother leaned forward again, his voice low but revealing an irrepressible sense of exhilaration: "Those Asura aliens who tried to stop him said that when that person made his move, they didn't see anything clearly. By the time they came to their senses, they were deafened and blinded by the explosion, blood was flowing from their seven orifices, and they were half dead."
"As for the ordinary soldiers, they died on the spot."
"The original palace? Bricks, walls, royal family members, high-ranking officials—not even ashes remain! Only these two huge pits, hundreds of meters wide, are left!"
Upon hearing this description, a collective gasp rippled through the crowd. All the disciples were horrified, as if an invisible hand had gripped their throats.
Si Chong's pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints, and his voice trembled as he pressed for an answer: "Anything else?"
"There's more!" The junior brother's voice was almost cracking, yet it was filled with a sense of exhilaration.
"Immediately afterwards, that extraordinary person went to the military headquarters of the Rising Sun Empire and struck again! The entire military headquarters, along with the thousands of agents whose hands were stained with the blood of our compatriots, was instantly razed to the ground."
"By the time those people realized what was happening, everyone in the military, from high-ranking generals to powerful superhumans, was completely wiped out—not even an ant survived!"
"So, just two blows? The Rising Sun Empire surrendered??" Lu Jin asked in disbelief.
This sounds even more fantastical than a fairy tale.
Can one person really subdue a nation with just two interventions?!
"Two strikes, of course!" The junior brother nodded emphatically, his eyes shining like flames.
"This news has gone viral in the supernatural community! Nobody knows who it was. Everyone's saying it's either a deity descending to earth, or some ancestor manifesting their power. Two strikes were all it took to completely crush the already crumbling Rising Sun Empire, forcing those beasts to surrender overnight!"
Whether they are immortals or founders of a sect.
It seems that no matter what other people with supernatural abilities guess, no one dares to think of it as someone with supernatural abilities.
Because everything this mysterious powerful figure has done has far exceeded everyone's understanding of "extraordinary people".
In their view, only the gods sent by heaven to punish the rising sun could have such means.
At this moment, the entire Sanyi Sect became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind. The disciples even forgot to breathe.
Everyone in the entire Sanyi Sect was so shocked by the news that they were speechless.
It wasn't a stealth assassination, nor a frontal confrontation; it only involved two attacks.
One strike destroyed the spiritual symbol of the Rising Sun Empire; one strike destroyed the military core of the Rising Sun Empire.
Lu Jin's fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white, and his heart was pounding wildly in his chest, making his eardrums ring.
He turned to look at Si Chong beside him. Both of their eyes were filled with turbulent emotions, including shock, awe, and an intense gaze that seemed about to explode!
What kind of deity has descended to earth?
At this opportune moment, with this power, who else but their Sect Master Zuo Ruotong could it be?
However, this was a huge shock to Lu Jin.
Zuo Ruotong said that day, "I am enough on my own." Although he believed in his master's strength at the time, he only thought that his master had assassinated Emperor Xuri.
But I never dared to imagine that my master could do such a thing!
One person alone subdued an entire nation!
With just two strikes, a nation's backbone was broken! A nation was forced to kneel and surrender!
With such extraordinary strength, why did Master insist on sealing the mountain?
The doubts in everyone's hearts deepened, but at this moment they were overshadowed by another emotion.
Lu Jin took a deep breath, feeling a surge of heat in his chest. His previous confusion and resentment towards the mountain's closure had vanished, replaced by an almost worshipful admiration for his master.
It overpowers an entire nation!
In the two thousand years of history of cultivation by extraordinary individuals, no one has ever been heard of being this powerful, let alone in this era of steel and guns!
This is more mythical than myth, more legendary than legend!