Starforce Warriors-Chapter 531: Lucky Guy

The entire city seemed to exist solely to serve the Jiepeng royal family. Unlike the nominal and powerless monarchy of five centuries ago, the current era’s Jiepeng royalty, bolstered by seamless bloodline inheritance, had produced numerous powerful individuals. With the unwavering support of the Temple, they held absolute authority throughout the empire. Even the top ten conglomerates, the pinnacle of Jiepeng's aristocracy, had to bow before the royal family.

The Sanshang Group, despite its diminished influence, still retained a significant presence in Tokyo Base City. For instance, the private airstrip they had just landed on was owned exclusively by the Sanshang Group.

They were met by a convoy that was ready to transport Tsukiha Yaiba, Li Xiaofei, and the delegation to the Tsukiha Family's estate within the city. Li Xiaofei’s official role was that of Tsukiha Yaiba’s bodyguard. A true close-combat bodyguard for the female CEO.

With five days remaining before the consortium conference, the group settled into their base of operations. Tsukiha Yaiba wasted no time. She skipped rest entirely, changed into an impeccable outfit, and dove straight into Tokyo’s elite social scene.

In no time, she became the darling of reporters, television stations, and social media. This woman rapidly captured the spotlight with her elegance, intellect, power, and beauty. Some audacious media outlets even dubbed her The Flower of Urawa or The Flower of Jiepeng, showering her with lavish praise.

Her fame skyrocketed and Tsukiha Yaiba began to relish the feeling of being surrounded by fame and power. She couldn’t pinpoint exactly when she started to change, but she remembered vividly that when she first set out for Great Xia, her dream had been to become a revolutionary figure who could shatter Jiepeng Empire’s ancient and corrupt traditions, liberating women from their lowly status.

She had envisioned herself as a role model who inspired the rise of women’s strength throughout the empire. But now? All she wanted was to cling tightly to the influence she had gained and seize even more.

In a matter of days, Tsukiha Yaiba became a sensation in Tokyo Base City. She was hailed as the most beautiful woman in the Jiepeng Empire, and was celebrated by the media as the pride of the Jiepeng people.

However, Li Xiaofei scoffed at the notion. Having seen her with her mouth full of protein, what exactly was there to be proud of? Still, as Tsukiha Yaiba's star continued to rise, Li Xiaofei found himself increasingly motivated during his spear technique training sessions.

Over the past few days, Li Xiaofei had been fully focused on honing his spear technique. He had acquired a plethora of spear techniques and scrolls from Brother Dog.

The most formidable among them was the Scorching Prairie Spear Technique, passed down by the legendary martial artist Li Ruohai from Huang Yi's high-martial world. This technique could undoubtedly be classified as mythic-level in the real world.

The Scorching Prairie Spear Technique was known as the most ferocious spear style in Huang Yi's high-martial universe, holding a status comparable to that of the Dragon-Subduing Eighteen Palms in Jin Yong’s martial arts world.

Li Xiaofei also had access to other extraordinary spear techniques, such as the Overlord Spear from Gu Long’s Seven Weapons series, the Heavens Ask Spear Execution from the Wind and Cloud universe, the Seven-Turn Calamity Spear of the Xiao family, and Zhuge Zhengwo’s breathtaking One Strike Spear technique.

Li Xiaofei chose to focus on mastering the Scorching Prairie Spear Technique as his primary technique, supplementing it with the others to enhance his overall skill. Every second counted, and there was no room for complacency.

A day before the consortium conference, Tsukiha Yaiba finally secured a significant haul of cultivation resources through her newly established alliances. She presented him with twenty vials of eighth-generation Starforce Reagents and four Beast Emperor-level Star Cores.

It was an extraordinary treasure trove for cultivation. Naturally, Li Xiaofei accepted it all without hesitation or guilt. His aunt had once told him that she would appear before him again when he entered the Five Spirits Realm. Yet, despite having entered the first stage of the Five Spirits Realm and nurturing the Spirit of the Heart, she still had not shown herself.

"Could she mean I need to fully complete the entire Five Spirits before she reappears?" Li Xiaofei wondered, contemplating her cryptic words.

Determined to find out, he doubled down on his efforts. Thanks to the extended time provided by the Secret Time Pavilion, Li Xiaofei fully mastered the Scorching Prairie Spear Technique one day before the consortium conference.

For his weapon, he selected a cutting-edge power spear, the latest marvel of Jiepeng's advanced technology. It was called Red Steed and was crafted by the Genjing Group, one of Jiepeng's top ten conglomerates renowned for creating world-class power weapons. The spear was said to have the capacity to wound Saints.

Its price was astronomical. However, for the Sanshang Group, which, despite its decline, still held significant wealth, it was an affordable investment.

Ultimately, Tsukiha Yaiba catered to all of Li Xiaofei’s requests, whether reasonable or not. Though these accommodations were made privately and in secret, they still drew the attention of various factions.

The other major conglomerates quickly realized that Tsukiha Yaiba had a Saint-level figure secretly guarding her, someone who ensured her safety and enabled her meteoric rise.

However, the consensus among them was that this hidden Saint must be a shadow Saint from the Tsukiha Family, deployed to protect its heiress.

No one suspected that the unassuming Shinzu Genshi, the role Li Xiaofei was playing, could be the person behind this mysterious figure. To them, he was nothing more than a pretty-faced opportunist trying to climb the ladder of noble society by leveraging Tsukiha Yaiba’s favor. While it was acknowledged that he had somehow made minor progress in this endeavor, they dismissed him as merely a lucky nobody.

Which was precisely how Li Xiaofei preferred it.

The day before the consortium conference, a troubling piece of news reached Li Xiaofei’s ears. The Jiepeng royal family had announced plans to execute two captured Great Xia officials before the conference as a sacrifice to honor the fallen warriors of Jiepeng.

What shocked Li Xiaofei most was that one of the names on the execution list was painfully familiar to him.