ACSP: Chapter 197: City-Destroying Combat Power, a Max-Level Super Kage Comparable to a God!
Song She's personality was an exact mirror of Orochimaru from the original work, possessing a near-fanatical, borderline psychotic obsession with forbidden biological research and the pursuit of ultimate truth.
The absolute moment he realized that this mysterious, pale [Hashirama Arm] contained advanced, reality-bending biological cells he had never encountered in all his years of study, his expression transformed. His originally dull, clinical eyes instantly ignited, becoming as bright and piercing as twin stars. Deep within the depths of his pupils, an uncontrollable fire of raw excitement, curiosity, and sheer longing flared to life.
Before Jiang Chen could even finish speaking or properly arrange the next tactical steps for the group, Song She could no longer suppress the manic energy trembling through his limbs. Clutching the severed arm tightly against his chest like a priceless treasure, he abruptly turned on his heel and vanished into the ruins. Judging by the sheer, desperate impatience of his departure, he was likely already hunting for a secluded, makeshift laboratory to immediately begin slicing into the tissue and running his first genetic cultures.
Watching Song She disappear into the shadows, the remaining commanders turned their attention back to the surrounding landscape. As their eyes swept over the vast, blackened craters, collapsed high-rises, and smoking residential blocks that had been reduced to scorched ruins, the embers of their anger toward East Island violently reignited, burning hotter than before.
"Boss, how exactly are we planning to retaliate against East Island for this?" Li Dala bellowed, his face flushing crimson as he clenched his fists so hard his knuckles popped. He looked at Jiang Chen with pure indignation. "They crossed the sea, breached our borders, and systematically slaughtered tens of thousands of our people. We absolutely cannot just let a massacre of this scale slide!"
Upon hearing his outburst, deep lines of righteous fury carved themselves onto the faces of Lei Li, Yang Ke, and the rest of the vanguard.
It was true that under normal circumstances, they didn't share any personal connections or blood ties with the local citizens here in this small, coastal town of Jinghai City. Regardless of that lack of familiarity, those victims were still their blood compatriots—people born under the same sky, sharing the same heritage. The fact that the Dongdao Contractors had initiated a ruthless, indiscriminate slaughter the absolute second their boots touched the shoreline was an unforgivable act of barbarism. It was simply too bullying! If they chose to turn a blind eye to this bloodshed and swallow their pride, how would any of them ever have the face to stand before the spirits of their ancestors in the afterlife?
"We will most definitely not let this matter rest just like that..." Jiang Chen muttered.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, a dangerous, calculating gleam flickering within their depths. After pondering the global geopolitical landscape for a long, heavy moment, he finally delivered his absolute, unshakeable stance to the group.
East Island had to be completely erased from the map. There was no room for compromise on that front.
But how exactly to orchestrate the total destruction of an entire seafaring nation—that was a monumental task that required meticulous, flawless strategic planning. After all, despite their recent losses, that island nation still boasted an immensely large population and a deeply entrenched network of hidden Contractors. Relying solely on their small vanguard group to sail over there and brute-force the entire country down was a logistical nightmare.
Furthermore, a much larger, cosmic shadow loomed over the entire world. According to his calculations, the extraterrestrial Otsutsuki Clan would be descending upon Blue Star in the near future.
If a catastrophic, world-shaking geopolitical event like the literal 'destruction of a sovereign nation' were to erupt on the planet at this exact, volatile juncture, it would inevitably fracture whatever global stability remained, completely sabotaging the fragile unity required to survive the impending alien invasion.
Therefore, if they truly intended to raise a massive, unstoppable army to launch a righteous crusade against East Island, they absolutely had to possess an ironclad, legitimate casus belli.
After processing the profound strategic implications of what Jiang Chen had just considered, the remaining commanders immediately fell into a deep, heavy silence, pondering their next move.
After a long while—
Lei Li suddenly froze mid-thought, a spark of inspiration hitting him as he abruptly raised his head. "If a legitimate reason is all we need, that is actually incredibly easy to handle! The barbaric, bloodthirsty actions of those Dongdao Contractors inside Jinghai City this time are completely outrageous and violate all international conventions. We simply need to deploy recording equipment to document the horrific aftermath here, compile the evidence, and blast it across the global network. The raw brutality of the scene will definitely resonate with the hearts of countless compatriots and neighboring factions!"
Upon hearing his logic, the other commanders nodded in vigorous agreement. Every single person present was highly supportive of Lei Li's psychological warfare suggestion.
As the ancient proverb dictated: 'If others do not offend me, I will not offend them.'
This entire bloody conflict had been entirely instigated by East Island's unprovoked aggression first. If their Heavenly Court Guild launched a devastating counterattack across the sea, it could only be classified under the laws of nature as absolute, justified self-defense and retaliation.
Furthermore, ever since the cataclysmic restructuring of the world, the physical map of Blue Star had completely fractured and mutated, rendering it physically impossible for distant foreign empires to provide timely maritime or logistics support to East Island. Even if a rival nation somehow possessed a high-tier teleportation matrix or spatial skill to immediately reinforce the island, they would have zero legitimate grounds to intervene in a private blood feud.
Seeing that the core council raised no objections, Lei Li maintained his momentum, though a sudden shadow of caution crossed his face. "Furthermore... considering the historically tight geopolitical relationship between Eagle Sauce and East Island, if we truly commit to a total war of annihilation against East Island, we must be fully prepared to eventually come into direct military conflict with the forces of Eagle Sauce."
He paused, a clear hint of hesitation and anxiety seeping into his rugged voice. "After all, it is common knowledge across the entire globe that East Island functions as Eagle Sauce's most loyal, obedient lackey in the Eastern hemisphere. If we truly erase East Island from the face of the earth, the high command of Eagle Sauce certainly won't sit idly by and let it rest—if for nothing else than the sake of preserving their global face and maintaining their brutal dominance over the other peripheral regions."
The moment those heavy words echoed through the plaza, the expressions on the faces of Yang Ke, Li Dala, and the surrounding vanguard suddenly became vastly more grave and tense.
Eagle Sauce was a completely different beast compared to East Island. It was a terrifying, colossal superpower entity that possessed multiple, legendary Super Kage Level Contractors within its standing military ranks.
Moreover, according to the deeply classified intelligence rumors circulating on the underground web, the leading Super Kage Contractor anchoring Eagle Sauce's military might was a god-level mythological figure whose character template was infinitely close to the absolute maximum level. With just a single, concentrated thought, that catastrophic individual could allegedly manipulate gravitational fields to pull down colossal, burning extraterrestrial meteorites from orbit to utterly incinerate an entire metropolis.
Their destructive capability was functionally comparable to a living god. If the apex Contractors from Eagle Sauce chose to launch a cross-continental intervention while the Heavenly Court Guild was in the middle of purging East Island, then they would find themselves in catastrophic, unimaginable trouble.
However—
Jiang Chen didn't harbor a single shred of anxiety regarding the fearful concerns weighing on the minds of Lei Li and the others.
It was true that, looking strictly at his current raw power output today, he might not be fully equipped to easily rival a max-level, planet-shaping Super Kage Contractor in a head-on clash of attrition. But in the rapidly approaching future, that power dynamic would shift completely.
Was a city-destroying level of destructive output supposed to be impressive?
The moment he fully unlocked the latent cosmic potential of Sasuke Uchiha's template and opened the legendary [Six-Tomoe Rinnegan], a single, casual glance from his eye would allow him to manifest the absolute gravitational pull of [Chibaku Tensei] (Planetary Devastation), effortlessly summoning a catastrophic swarm of massive meteorites to reshape continental shelves. Compared to the peak of the Rinnegan, mere city-destroying combat power was absolutely nothing!
"There is absolutely no need for you to waste your mental energy worrying about the potential reaction of Eagle Sauce for the time being," Jiang Chen said, his lips curling upward into a slight, predatory smirk as a hint of unmitigated disdain flashed through the depths of his eyes. "If they possess the foolish audacity to interfere in our private ledger with East Island, then we will simply beat them into the dirt right alongside their lackeys."
Jiang Chen's true ambitions stretched far beyond a mere regional dispute. His definitive intent was to systematically conquer, subordinate, and integrate every single fracturing military force across the face of Blue Star into a unified global front before the cataclysmic Otsutsuki Clan made their descent.
If any arrogant superpower or god-level Contractor attempted to obstruct his path of unification—then he would simply have to take decisive action and erase those people from cosmic existence entirely.
Witnessing Jiang Chen radiating such a profound, unshakeable aura of absolute confidence, Lei Li, Yang Ke, and the rest of the vanguard felt an immediate, wave-like sensation of relief wash over their tensed nerves. They honestly didn't possess the slightest inkling of where Jiang Chen's terrifying, god-like certainty originated from. But they understood the character of their young leader perfectly. Since he had spoken such absolute words directly to their faces, it meant he definitively possessed the hidden trump cards required to achieve it.
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Under Jiang Chen's flawless overarching management, the monumental physical reconstruction work within the ruins of Jinghai City quickly got onto the right track.
In order to drastically accelerate the structural construction timeline, Jiang Chen didn't just sit idle; he personally took the newly restored Ronan and made a rapid, special trip back to their primary base in Kang City. There, he authorized the expenditure of a massive mountain of raw treasury resources to aggressively recruit a specialized workforce of independent Contractors and Class-Transferred individuals who were highly proficient in high-tier Earth Release ninjutsu.
By establishing a coordinated, seamless workflow between He Gen's organic Wood Release and the new recruits' structural Earth Release, the architectural process mutated into a hyper-efficient machine. The dual-element combination did not merely speed up the manifestations of residential complexes and drastically reduce the physical stamina pressure weighing on He Gen; it also ensured that the newly reconstructed urban foundations were structurally denser and infinitely more solid than standard modern concrete.
Meanwhile, Jiang Chen chose to completely stay out of the logistical minutiae regarding Cai Kun's ongoing promotional operations. Because, to be entirely frank, a stoic warrior like him didn't understand the first thing about the psychological mechanics of pop culture or idol-worship.
However, according to his baseline strategic estimations, given Cai Kun's current viral, near-religious influence throughout the sprawling Southern District of Kang City, the campaign was bound to yield fruit. While it remained a bit difficult to predict whether those deeply entrenched, elite family forces would bite the bait immediately, pulling in a massive, overwhelming tide of highly capable rogue cultivators and independent Job Changers was a mathematical certainty.
Of course, while pouring immense focus into rebuilding the coastal barrier of Jinghai City, Jiang Chen never for a moment lost sight of the structural expansion of his own faction.
He issued a direct, ironclad directive to Lei Li and Yang Ke, ordering them to return to the heart of Kang City to aggressively recruit a secondary wave of fiercely loyal, thoroughly vetted brothers. These trusted cadres were immediately deployed across the region to seize control of and systematically manage the various local Secret Realm entrances.
An active Secret Realm entrance with an established, organized guild garrison was functionally equivalent to an automated, high-yield resource collector. In the long-term future, a steady, infinite stream of rare materials, currency, and high-tier gear would continuously flow directly into their central guild treasury through those captured nodes, thereby forming a perfect, self-sustaining virtuous cycle.
With an abundance of provisions and absolute security guaranteed, talent would naturally gravitate toward them.
Under Lei Li's remarkably strict, clinical management style, their organization successfully recruited hundreds of high-level, veteran Contractors possessing exceptional combat strength and unblemished moral character in a span of just a few days. The overall destructive and defensive capabilities of the guild multiplied several times over in a dazzlingly brief window.
As of today, within the entire geopolitical landscape of Kang City, the Heavenly Court Guild established by Jiang Chen had officially ascended to become the absolute, uncontested number one superpower faction. Its sheer, suffocating deterrent power had already far surpassed the peak era of the former Evil God Organization—a title that was truly well-deserved!
Countless independent high-level Contractors, traveling from distant sectors after hearing rumors of their absolute dominance and fair treatment, were practically clawing at each other's throats for a microscopic chance to join the Heavenly Court ranks. If it weren't for Lei Li's incredibly strict, uncompromising entry requirements regarding the baseline morality and character of every single applicant... their Heavenly Court Guild's external recruitment bases would have likely had their physical thresholds trampled entirely flat by the roaring crowds by now.
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