Invincibility Begins with Mastery of Fist Techniques

Chapter 472 - 465: A Disparity in Power?

That afternoon, after the talks concluded, the speeches made by Cao Yi and Yang Hu during the negotiations hit the headlines of news outlets around the world.

Videos of their speeches were also released, and the pair’s hardline stance during the talks stunned the world.

Before Donghua, it wasn’t that no country had dared to adopt such a tough stance in negotiations with the Starry Sky Country. But the final outcomes for those nations were often less than favorable.

The Starry Sky Country’s status and authority as the world’s hegemon were gradually established through repeated actions to make an example of those who defied them; no other country could compare.

And now, as the new challenger to the Starry Sky Country’s authority, what kind of fate would Donghua Country face?

No one could predict it.

However, everyone knew that in the face of Donghua’s uncompromising attitude, the Starry Sky Country would inevitably take action—and it would certainly be a momentous one.

Sure enough, on the day after the talks ended, the Starry Sky Country’s National Defense Bureau held a press conference. They announced that, in response to the chaotic situation in the Black Continent, they would be working with the various member nations of the Celestial Beings Joint Research Committee. Together, they would officially organize and dispatch small, elite units—composed primarily of individual combatants like Super Warriors—to intervene in the Black Continent’s affairs. Their stated purpose was to maintain order and peace, protect civilians amid the war, and crush the evil plans of certain parties with ulterior motives.

According to the deployment roster released by the Starry Sky Country, the total number of personnel for this joint operation was around three hundred. Among them, the number of powerful individuals with S Class abilities or higher reached a staggering total of over fifty.

Of these fifty-plus individuals, nearly twenty came from the dozens of member nations of the Celestial Beings Joint Research Committee, while the remaining thirty were all from the Starry Sky Country itself.

The moment this enormous number of top-tier individual combatants was announced, every country in the world was left dumbfounded.

If the data released by the Starry Sky Country was accurate, then the top-tier combat power they possessed was simply beyond imagination!

And all of this was the result of the recent Apostle Plan.

’Is this the power of the world’s number one superpower?’ At a time when most countries couldn’t even produce a single S Class expert, the Starry Sky Country was deploying over fifty in a single operation.

At the press conference, the journalists and media professionals who heard the news were in a state of shock. They also realized that this time, the Starry Sky Country was playing for keeps.

"We will ensure that certain thugs, who harbor filthy thoughts and evil intentions, who attempt to disrupt world order and destroy human peace, are utterly defeated on the soil of the Black Continent. Just like our forefathers, the Starry Sky Country will always uphold the great mission of maintaining global stability and will remain ever-victorious."

The spokesperson for the Starry Sky Country’s National Defense Bureau declared with great conviction at the press conference.

The Starry Sky Country had made such a move. So, what kind of move would Donghua’s Far East Alliance make in response?

All eyes turned to the Far East Continent.

Following the Starry Sky Country’s announcement, the Donghua National Defense Bureau also held a press conference. At the invitation of certain national governments in the Black Continent, they declared they would join with Far East countries such as Beisha, Bosha, and Tai Lan to dispatch a small, elite force to the Black Continent, also numbering three hundred personnel.

However, according to the deployment roster information released by Donghua, there were fewer than twenty individuals who had reached S Class strength or higher.

Among them, nearly ten were from Donghua, while the other ten came from countries like Beisha, Bosha, and Tai Lan.

Fifty versus twenty!!

As soon as this data was released, it instantly triggered a wave of discussion and uproar around the world.

Based on this numerical comparison alone, everyone could feel the disparity. They all knew that when facing S Class individuals, other elite forces were little more than support staff. Although the number of deployed personnel was the same, the true balance of power represented a more than two-to-one advantage for the Starry Sky Country!

The Starry Sky Country was the Starry Sky Country, after all. The data alone was suffocating.

In the face of such a massive disparity in power, what were the chances of victory for Donghua and the entire Far East Alliance?

Many countries felt as if they could already see Donghua’s end.

It wasn’t just these other nations that lacked faith in Donghua and the Far East Alliance. Even within Donghua Country itself, the moment the data was announced, the internet was flooded with cries of despair.

"Fifty versus twenty, the gap is just too huge! How are we supposed to fight this war?!"

"The Starry Sky Country is too strong. Suddenly, I’m thinking that provoking them might not have been a wise choice."

"We have to believe in our Warriors! They can definitely defeat their opponents and achieve victory!"

"Stop with the moral victories. Sometimes, the facts are just the facts, and they can’t be changed by willpower alone!"

"..."

Panic instantly spread across the internet. No one knew what kind of situation Donghua would face if they were defeated on the battlefields of the Black Continent.

Some influential people were already starting to discuss how to leave, looking for safe places in the world to escape the shadow of war.

The campus network of the Martial Arts University was also filled with discussions on the matter. Although everyone was being relatively rational, a sense of pessimism inevitably crept into the conversations.

These were S Class beings. They were entities one could rarely ever meet, beings that had existed only in legends not long ago. And now, the Starry Sky Country had just produced fifty of them at once!

The usually calm Xiangtian had practically turned into an internet troll, furiously flaming anyone who was being pessimistic. In his heart, how could those S Class individuals from the Starry Sky Country possibly compare to the Martial Artists who stood at the pinnacle?

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「At this moment, in the Black Continent, at Zhou Yuanjue’s residence.」

"Over fifty S Class experts..."

Upon receiving this intelligence and data, Huang Bin couldn’t help but fall into a daze, his expression incomparably grave.

It was simply because that number was too terrifying.

"The fruits of the Apostle Plan?"

Zhou Yuanjue held the intelligence report, his expression not changing in the slightest from beginning to end.

He knew perfectly well how the Starry Sky Country’s so-called fifty S Class individuals had appeared.

To put it bluntly, the Apostle Plan was a program to screen for suitable physical bodies to match with Celestial Demons, conducted within the member nations of the Celestial Beings Joint Research Committee. These S Class beings hadn’t just appeared out of thin air; they were an accumulated resource of the Celestial Organization—General level Celestial Demons. Every single one of them was a General level Celestial Demon.

Although these S Class beings were numerous, if they were just ordinary General level, even in pairs, they wouldn’t necessarily be able to defeat a single Saint Awakening Level Martial Artist.

There was a huge difference between power obtained through immense willpower and countless trials, and the power of those who broke through by following a Life Atlas.

’Especially for me now, if they’re only ordinary General level, their numbers no longer pose a fundamental threat.’

"What do you think? How should we fight these guys?"

Huang Bin asked Zhou Yuanjue.

"Most of them are just rabble. They aren’t the real threat."

Zhou Yuanjue said indifferently.