NOVEL WEB Chapter 909: True Purpose
For several consecutive days, as the momentum of public opinion reached its peak, the Divine Continent's fleet sailed out from the northern East Sea.
At the same time, the Divine Continent preemptively announced the kilometer range for long-range strike zones to the outside world.
The joint military exercise began, and the marine life was in for a bad time near the public sea areas surrounding Korea and Japan.
The terrifyingly dense firepower of the Divine Continent was unleashed as if it cost nothing, frenziedly covering the entire East Sea region, with countless shells 'borrowing' the airspace over Korea and Japan.
The sea area designated for long-range point strikes also suffered incredibly precise bombardments.
For several days, after resisting the union forces last time, the Divine Continent once again showcased its muscular prowess to the whole world.
In fact, because both sides were more restrained in the previous confrontation, this time the Divine Continent's demonstration of modern warfare strength was even more shocking to overseas forces.
After a week-long military exercise, the Divine Continent's fleet successfully escorted international friends back to their countries.
Although this action met with opposition and denunciation from Japan and those forces supporting Japan, they could only voice their opinions globally without any actual interference or resistance.
Thus, the traditional clique from Korea returned safely to their country, and under the protection of the top fighters affiliated with the Ji Family and Zhang Family and their Hidden Sect influences, Li Xuanyu and other traditional tycoon forces swiftly reclaimed all that belonged to them.
Unexpectedly.
Originally, the Ji Family, Zhang Family, and others were prepared for a big battle, but those powerful individuals stationed in Korea by the Penglai Realm surprisingly did not come out to test them.
It was as if they had preemptively withdrawn from Korea.
However, Li Xuanyu and Korea's tycoons still felt an impending sense of fear and were sleepless at night.
They knew that although Japan did not confront the Divine Continent head-on, it would definitely not swallow its anger so easily.
In the face of absolute power, Japan's people wisely chose to avoid confrontation, but in secret, these individuals would undoubtedly not rest until they achieved their goals; the real danger, rather, was after they reclaimed their power.
Although Yang Fei had been focusing on cultivation at Yunwu Mountain's Base in recent days, he was actually paying close attention to the situation in Korea every day.
Upon learning about Li Xuanyu and others reclaiming power so smoothly, he couldn't help but wonder and commented to Qin Yanyang, "This went too smoothly, didn't it? Are those Penglai Realm people really this tolerant?"
Qin Yanyang sneered, "When you're strong enough, you'll realize that the Japanese are just a bunch of cowards who bully the weak and fear the strong. You've seen their bootlicking towards the Federation before."
Yang Fei nodded silently and said, "That's just the Japanese being cunning. They're only performing for the Federation on the surface, but when they had the chance, they detonated the Heaven Plane in Bermuda. This nation is bloodthirsty, and their revenge is the craziest of all. We must not be careless."
Qin Yanyang replied, "Don't worry, I am aware of the terrifying nature of this nation and won't be careless. On the surface, they don't dare to act recklessly, but the only thing to guard against is their secret assassinations. However, the Ji Family and Zhang Family's top fighters have all gone over, equipped with special weapons from our Military Department, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Besides, the dark war is bound to come; rather than waiting, it's better to set up a battlefield first to see how strong the Penglai Realm really is."
Yang Fei's mouth twitched as he looked at her and said, "I wondered why you suddenly agreed to let Li Xuanyu and the others return. Turns out you wanted to set up a battlefield overseas."
Qin Yanyang snorted, "Of course, the battlefield should be set overseas; even if it's a dark war, once it breaks out, it will cause great harm to the populace. It's better if we keep things calm internally in the Divine Continent."
Yang Fei coughed and said, "Right, during times like these, we can only prioritize our own people first."
Qin Yanyang glanced at him and snorted, "From your tone, it seems like you're feeling sorry for Li Xuanyu?"
Yang Fei shrank his neck and hurriedly shook his head, "No, Koreans are disgraceful; I don't feel sorry for them."
Qin Yanyang saw that he deliberately didn't mention Li Xuanyu and said he didn't feel sorry for the Koreans, snorted to herself, but didn't continue to broach the matter.
She said, "Helping Li Xuanyu and others to reclaim power and putting the battlefield of the dark war overseas is one aspect, but my real goal this time is to intimidate Little Eagle this small country."
Yang Fei was taken aback and confused, "What did Little Eagle do to make you angry?"
Qin Yanyang said, "During the last negotiation, they agreed to return all cultural relics taken from the Divine Continent years ago, and to compensate us with gold and silver that they had forcibly collected from us during the Braid Dynasty as military expenses, but they demand that I personally go to collect them."
Yang Fei was first to hear about this matter, and was furious, "Rascals, they're obviously trying to lure you over to deal with you. Wife, don't fall for it. At worst, when we are strong enough, we will retrieve the things that belong to us, and then demand sufficient interest from them."
Qin Yanyang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not foolish enough to let them lead me around by the nose. You're right; this time, I want them to obediently send everything back, along with interest. Although the Korean tycoons have paid for this military exercise, Little Eagle also needs to cover part of the cost."
Yang Fei nodded but then suddenly realized something and was shocked, "Wife, you're not planning to conduct military exercises near Little Eagle's waters again, are you?"
Qin Yanyang chuckled, "Do you think our Divine Continent is really capable of dominating the globe? It's just that those in power don't want Earth to be destroyed and don't want to start a modern war of mutual destruction, so they don't dare to cut ties completely. But if they're really pushed to the limit, they wouldn't be incapable of resisting; getting stuck in a war quagmire would be dangerous then."
Yang Fei breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Right, we have the strength to flaunt our muscles, and the best victory in warfare is to defeat the enemy without fighting."
He was puzzled again and asked, "But if you won't start a military exercise, how will you make Little Eagle bend the knee? There's undoubtedly Heaven's force behind them, and Heaven's plan is to lure you over to encircle you. If you don't go, would they be content to return those items and even compensate for the military expenses and interest?"
Qin Yanyang replied, "This depends on whether they fear and dare to fight a modern war. But I don't think it will be a big issue; diplomacy will soon issue a statement to Little Eagle, whether they will compromise or not, we'll know tonight. If we can't scare them, then we'll have to endure for now, wait until your strength is completely restored, when we have enough Martial Arts strongmen belonging to us in the Divine Continent, and then go retrieve them personally. But it should be fine; though Heaven's influence controls Little Eagle, the power of secular interest groups cannot be underestimated, they surely don't want war erupting in their place of survival."
Yang Fei saw the powerful confidence radiating from her face and couldn't help but be dazed.
This damned beauty and charm; I can't resist it at all.
He grabbed Qin Yanyang's hand and said, "Wife, I want you to help restore my power."
Qin Yanyang was grabbed by the hand, feeling his tone of voice and the burning gaze directed at her, blushing slightly, and teasingly said, "Are you really pursuing cultivation? You've just recovered a little and you're already restless; aren't you afraid of being overwhelmed?"
Yang Fei laughed cheekily, "I can handle it, I can handle it. I really want to regain my peak state as soon as possible so I can help my wife with more and more important tasks."