Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears - Chapter 373: The Martial Dao Tournament Concludes, the Dust Settles
The wind stilled.
Above Newark City, the clouds were sliced open, revealing a heart-stoppingly azure sky.
From ten thousand meters above,
A straight, pitch-black chasm, like a hideous scar, stretched across the entire landscape of Newark City.
This chasm began at the International Youth Martial Arts Center, stretching eastward for over ten thousand meters until it vanished over the horizon.
Everywhere it passed,
whether they were towering skyscrapers, sturdy sea-crossing bridges, or wide asphalt roads…
everything was sliced cleanly in two, without the slightest resistance.
The cuts were as smooth as glass. Even the rebar within the reinforced concrete had been cut with a mirror-like sheen.
And on Freedom Island, at the edge of sight, stood the spiritual symbol of the White Eagle Empire.
The Statue of Liberty—which had stood for a century, torch held high, and was protected by a special Array—
now had a thin black line running across its body.
CRACK… CRACKLE…
The next second, it cracked apart!
The massive statue split in two, then came crashing down to either side!
BOOM—!!!
That deafening crash seemed to strike a blow to the heart of every person on the planet.
At that moment,
the entire Martial Arts Center fell silent.
All of Newark City fell quiet.
Thousands of miles away, the entire nation of Great Xia fell quiet.
In that instant, had the entire Blue Star fallen silent?!
’A single sword strike cleaving a city in half?’
This… This… No one knew how to describe it.
So they remained silent. They could only be silent!
Their mouths hung open, but no words came out.
Even their thoughts were wiped clean by the sheer power of that one strike!
…
In the center of the Beast Fighting Arena,
the spot where William had stood was now empty.
No body, no blood, not even a speck of ash remained.
The instant he touched the Sword Qi, he had been erased at a molecular level… utterly and completely annihilated.
At that moment, the situation in the arena became incredibly delicate.
The once-mighty six-nation alliance, comprised of forty Top Notch prodigies,
now only had twenty members left.
Furthermore, these remaining twenty were in a sorry state—disheveled, covered in dust, and several among them were severely injured.
In contrast, the Great Xia team,
though panting, pale, and utterly exhausted,
was at least… intact. Not a single person was missing!
All ten were alive, and none were seriously injured!
Gu Yuexi slowly descended from the air, landing before the Great Xia Team.
In her arms, she held the collapsed Chu Sheng.
She looked up, her gaze sweeping coolly over the faces of the six-nation alliance members before she spoke again.
“Shall we continue?”
At that moment, the ten members of the Great Xia Team were all exhausted and looked rather battered.
Even Yuexi’s white robes were charred black.
But the spirit of the ten remained as high as ever.
’Shall we continue?’
Gu Yuexi’s voice was soft, even a little weak, but in the dead silence, it was as clear as a thunderclap.
’In this situation…’
’The six-nation alliance still has twenty people. Twenty versus ten… It’s not an impossible fight, especially since Gu Yuexi and that mosquito look completely exhausted.’
But!
No one dared to take up the challenge.
No one dared to answer.
“CLANG.”
Someone’s weapon slipped from their grasp and fell to the floor.
That sound was like the first domino to fall.
“I… I surrender.”
A brawny fighter from Rose Country raised his hands, looking like a child who had been wronged.
“I surrender too…”
“I’m not fighting anymore. I don’t want to die…”
Without hesitation, without a struggle,
the remaining twenty contestants lowered their once-proud heads.
’The battle to end Great Xia?’
’Yes.’
’Except the one being ended wasn’t Great Xia.’
’It was everyone in the world who dared to challenge the might of Great Xia!’
…
The match was over.
But the results were not announced immediately.
The entire stadium fell into a strange state of anticipation.
「Ten minutes later.」
The chief referee, Pierce, walked into the arena with heavy steps.
In this battle, the White Eagle Team had not only lost, but Newark City had also suffered considerable damage!
Most importantly, the spot for the Divine Son was gone.
In fact, those ten minutes only seemed calm.
Behind the scenes, a fierce political struggle had unfolded between the nations, especially between the Great Xia Federation and the White Eagle Empire.
The White Eagle Empire had undoubtedly wanted to renege on the results, but under pressure from Great Xia’s high command, they were forced to abandon the idea.
The Divine Son spot was just an opportunity; it didn’t guarantee godhood.
The White Eagle Empire didn’t have the guts to completely fall out with Great Xia over it!
「Back in the arena.」
Pierce glanced at the devastated battlefield, then at the young woman from Great Xia who had trampled the White Eagle Empire’s honor into the dust.
He took a deep breath.
He raised the microphone.
“After a unanimous decision by the panel of judges…”
“The final champion of this Global Youth Martial Arts Tournament is…”
Pierce’s voice trembled, as if he was extremely reluctant to say the next two words, but he finally roared them out:
“The Great Xia Federation!!!”
“The tournament MVP is… Great Xia’s contestant, Gu Yuexi! And… her Contracted Beast, the Divine Mosquito!”
BOOM—!!!
With that announcement,
the flags of the six nations, including the White Eagle Empire and the Rose Kingdom, were slowly lowered from the rafters.
A much larger red flag of Great Xia rose majestically to take their place.
Across the ocean, in the nation of Great Xia,
even though it was late at night,
the entire country erupted in celebration!
The names Gu Yuexi and Divine Mosquito were now known by every single person in Great Xia!
…
The award ceremony was over quickly.
The White Eagle Empire’s efforts had completely backfired. They had intended to showcase their national power and secure the Divine Son spot.
Instead, all their work had only served to set the stage for another’s triumph! And that “other” was none other than Great Xia, the very nation the White Eagle Empire was most wary of!
As a result, what should have been a grand ceremony felt rushed and perfunctory.
But none of that mattered.
What mattered were the prizes!!
All ten members of the Great Xia Team received a prize!
Shen Yixuan, Qin Feng, and the others each received a prize equivalent in value to a Celestial Tier Lower-Grade Spirit Treasure—which was already an incredible reward!
Finally, it was Gu Yuexi’s turn.
As the MVP, her rewards were awarded separately, and there were two of them:
A Ninth-Grade spiritual-type Spiritual Plant, the Nine Heavens Star Flower.
And a fist-sized, blood-red Crystal Stone that seemed to emanate an endless, oppressive might—the Emperor’s Blood Profound Crystal!
That’s right—the Emperor’s Blood Profound Crystal, the counterpart to the Emperor’s Soul Profound Crystal!
When it came to the prizes, at least, the White Eagle Empire hadn’t been stingy. After all, offering subpar rewards would only cause them to lose face.
Of course, although these prizes were excellent,
the truly most valuable prize of the entire tournament was something else entirely.
There was only one: the spot for the Divine Son.
And now, that spot belonged to Great Xia!
And no matter how unwilling the White Eagle Empire was, they had to accept it.
…
