While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

"Why do the people of the White Eagle Empire know this, but our people don't?" Ye Rou asked.

"Before the catastrophe, the White Eagle Kingdom and the Eastern Cherry Kingdom were allies. Perhaps Wang Xuehua communicated with them about this matter," Zhang Peng replied.

Yang Ding analyzed, "The Queen and the Empire's high command may know, but what can they do? Wang Xuehua is already a Grandmaster. In the past, there were nearly 200 countries on Blue Star. After a century of calamity, they have now merged into 5. Who she is is not important. What is important is what she wants to do."

Zhang Peng agreed with Yang Ding's words.

"I will secretly relay this message to the capital, so that the Queen and the Eastern Navy can make preparations as soon as possible."

Yang Ding looked at the vast sea.

"Then we need to find the Merfolk first. Once we get Wang Xuehua, she'll be the Queen and Empress. At that point, the Jinglong Empire will probably have to be renamed the Dongying Empire."

He then prepared to use his spatial abilities to monitor these ocean hunters.

There must be a reason why everyone is focusing on this.

Just then, an alarm sounded from the barracks in the distance.

A mecha leaped ten meters into the air in the courtyard and suddenly disappeared.

Fang Jing immediately understood.

"A spatial ability user has spotted us! Be careful!"

The next second, an 88-meter-tall giant mech appeared in the sky.

Without saying a word, the thing swung out a Gatling gun from its mechanical right arm and started firing, raining down bullets.

Everyone used their individual abilities to protect themselves.

Cai Xiaoling spread out the bamboo mat she was carrying on her back to block the view in front of her.

Because of the use of SS-level wood-type mental energy, the bullets couldn't penetrate the bamboo mat.

Zhou Ruoxi then conjured an ice shield to protect herself and Ye Rou.

Fang Jing then opened a spatial rift in mid-air, swallowing the bullet.

The bullets fired by the mech all hit his face.

However, the mechs of the White Eagle Empire are all made of black steel, making them very durable.

The void rift was quickly forcibly closed, likely because there was a space-age expert inside the mech fighting back.

The mech landed on the beach at the foot of the mountain, raised its head and scanned the group, then raised a miniature missile from behind its shoulder.

"Honey, I'm off!"

Ye Rou has always been proactive and brave when it comes to fighting, which often worries Yang Ding.

"Don't go, it's about to launch a missile."

"These little toys won't scare a master like your beautiful wife."

As Ye Rou spoke, she did a front flip and jumped off the cliff.

The mech also launched shoulder-fired missiles.

Ye Rou unleashed a pulse of true energy from the Soul-Severing Spear in mid-air, which collided head-on with the missile.

With a deafening roar, the missile exploded in front of the mech.

The powerful shockwave made it lose its balance and it sat down hard on the beach.

But this giant toy was very agile; it did a backflip and stood up again, swinging its arms out with black gold flame blades.

Ye Rou landed on the rocks by the sea, dodging the sweeping attack of the flame blade, and rushed towards the mecha's shoulder.

Against agile close-combat experts, the giant mech has no advantage whatsoever; it's just a pile of heavy scrap metal.

Just as Ye Rou landed on the mecha's shoulder, a void vortex suddenly appeared beneath her feet, instantly transporting her to the middle of the sea, a thousand meters away.

She couldn't swim, and martial artists had no foothold on the sea, making them easy targets for drowning.

But Yang Ding quickly caught her with another void vortex and landed her steadily on the mecha's broad shoulders.

Ye Rou pierced the missile launcher with a single shot and rushed towards the head.

There should be a door here that leads to the control room inside the mech.

"Don't worry, this mech shouldn't be a match for Instructor Ye," Zhang Peng reassured him.

He could have made a move, but Yang Ding didn't want to reveal his full strength yet.

"I'm not worried about my first wife, I'm worried about the mecha. We need to save it to deal with the Wang family, why would we bother with it?"

Thinking of this, Yang Ding used the Void Escape Technique to reach out and forcefully pull Ye Rou back from the mecha's neck.

"Wife, stop hitting me, let's leave."

"Honey, let me play a little longer, I've never seen anything this big before."

This was her first time fighting against mech warriors from the White Eagle Empire, and she was quite addicted to it.

"There will be plenty of trips to the North in the future."

Yang Ding put his arm around Ye Rou's slender waist and opened a void rift, preparing to escape back to the villa in the East Navy dormitory compound.

He was worried that alerting the hunters of the White Eagle Empire would scare them away, making it harder to find them next time.

Unexpectedly, the space-age ability user from the White Eagle Kingdom inside the mecha tried to obstruct him, repeatedly interfering with his connection establishment.

Yang Ding was furious on the spot; this was incredibly rude of him.

He used 16 points of mental energy to unleash a void vortex at the flying mech, which the space ability user inside the mech couldn't withstand at all.

In the blink of an eye, the mecha was transported to the middle of the sea and fell into the water.

If he had enough space in his pocket, he would have wanted to snatch one to take home and play with.

Ye Rou, nestled in Yang Ding's arms, exclaimed, "Is my husband really that strong?"

There aren't many space-type cultivators who can reach 16 points of mental power. Without comparison, one wouldn't know that Yang Ding is already at the expert level.

The group returned to the villa and held a short meeting to formulate their next course of action.

1. Daily handling of basic tasks at the military hospital.

2. The main goal is still to find the mermaid beast and try to get there before the Wang family.

3. Continue hunting aquatic beasts to further improve Zhou Ruoxi's cultivation.

The improvement of Yang Ding's third wife's cultivation level can simultaneously enhance Yang Ding's two special abilities.

"Whether or not we can get the Mermaid Beast Crystal, we must not let Wang Xuehua get it."

"Honey, I'll go and tell Dean Mu the information tomorrow. She should be able to pass it on to Grandmaster Mu Qingyao too."

Yang Ding agreed, "Okay, go ahead. Right now, she's the only one I can trust."

Zhang Peng planned to communicate with the Yaoguang Guards of Jiangling City and have them all transferred over to support Yang Ding.

The Wang family has one wife and seven husbands, including 35 children; they have far too many experts.

Tonight, Zhou Ruoxi needs to digest the water-based cultivation resources; she still has 60 points of human-headed dragon beast crystals to absorb.

After she absorbs all of this, she can instantly double Yang Ding's mental strength, helping him break through to S-rank.

Even if it's just for my husband, I have to work hard.

"Honey, let's sleep with Sister Jing tonight," Ye Rou asked.

Yang Ding, who was yawning, was suddenly wide awake, and a wicked smile appeared on his lips.

"Are you trying something new?"

He doesn't mind being waited on by his best friend.

Ye Rou gave him a look of disgust.

"What are you thinking? What I mean is that you sleep with Jing-jie in your arms, and I'll go into your personal space to tame the Steel-Toothed Beast. You can leave a small hole to let air in."

Fang Jing was also speechless and tapped Ye Rou on the head.

"What are you thinking? Why are you out here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping, trying to tame some kind of beast? It's all seawater, and that steel-toothed beast is very dangerous."

Yang Ding also firmly disagreed, saying, "Let it starve for a few more days, otherwise it will be too dangerous."

He opened a spatial portal and, along with his two wives, peeked inside at the Steel-Toothed Beast that was imprisoned there.

This thing has obviously been messed around too much, causing its energy to be consumed too quickly, and the colored lights on its eight tentacles have become much dimmer.