After the spiritual energy was restored: Goddess girlfriends came knocking.

Several helicopters hovered far behind the behemoth, maintaining what they considered a safe distance.

Inside the cabin, several Self-Defense Force officers stared at the images on the screen, their faces growing paler with each passing moment.

"Where did this monster come from?" a young lieutenant asked, his voice trembling.

No one answered him.

They followed it all the way from their homeland, using missiles, laser cannons, and every weapon they could find, but they didn't even manage to scratch the behemoth's fur.

"Sir, unidentified flying object spotted ahead!"

The urgent voice of the scouts came through the communications channel.

Several officers in the cabin simultaneously gathered in front of the monitor screen.

The image zooms in, revealing a blurry human figure hovering in the path of the giant beast.

Standing in mid-air, enveloped in a faint golden light, it remained motionless in the high-altitude wind.

"one person?"

"They're visitors from outside the region! They must be visitors from outside the region!"

"Can you tell which side it is?"

"No, it's too far away, but he seems to be planning to confront that behemoth head-on."

There was a moment of silence in the cabin.

They followed this behemoth all the way and witnessed missiles hitting it without even breaking its skin, fighter jets strafing it and leaving only a shallow white mark, and ground troops being crushed like paper in front of it.

If someone is standing in front of you, they're either a madman or a real monster.

"Continue to observe, increase the distance!" the officer ordered, and several helicopters climbed up simultaneously, retreating several miles to the rear.

Lin Chu hovered in mid-air, watching the giant bear rushing towards her.

The bear-shaped monster was a hundred feet tall, its four hooves pounding the ground, each step leaving a huge crater in the forest. Residual radioactive material lingered around its body, and its fur was a sickly grayish-black.

I don't think I've ever seen this kind of monster in the Demon Realm.

His brow furrowed slightly, then relaxed.

The Xuan Tian Realm is teeming with all sorts of demonic beasts, and it's impossible for me to have seen them all.

Judging from this aura, it is much weaker than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivator, so it must have been cultivated by some sect.

Judging from this, it seems to possess only a high level of understanding, but lacks much intelligence.

However, releasing this thing at this time suggests that many forces are eager to stir up trouble.

Lin Chu made a fist with his right hand, and a flash of black and gold light appeared in his palm. The Soul-Chasing Bow appeared out of thin air.

The ancient patterns on the bow lit up one by one, and lightning crackled around the bowstring.

Although he currently lacks merit and fortune, he is at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm and his spiritual power is more than enough to deal with this bear.

Draw the bow.

The bowstring was taut at his fingertips, and his spiritual energy surged into the bow.

The black and gold arrow materialized on the bowstring, and the dark gold patterns on the arrow shaft lit up layer by layer.

Sunlight streamed down from the gaps in the sky, gilding the figure standing in mid-air with a golden edge.

The giant bear sensed a threat.

Its steps faltered, and a hint of instinctive fear flashed in its murky bear eyes.

However, the monsters born on Earth were not very intelligent, and the huge difference in size made them ignore the warnings coming from the depths of their bloodline.

The giant bear roared to the sky, its four hooves pounding the ground, and its massive body crashed into Lin Chu like a rapidly moving mountain.

Let go.

The arrow is fired.

A black and gold beam of light pierced through the void.

Where the arrow passed, the primeval forest below was cleanly leveled by the arc of light, and a huge chasm, more than tens of feet wide, stretched from the ground beneath Lin Chu's feet all the way to the horizon.

The arrow pierced the giant bear's skull.

Half of his head exploded in the flash of the arrow, blood, flesh, and bone fragments scattering in all directions, while gray-black fur shards drifted down from the sky.

The giant bear froze halfway through its charge, its massive body swaying twice before collapsing with a crash.

Lin Chu didn't even glance at the fallen giant beast.

He sheathed the Soul-Chasing Bow, straightened his sleeves, and looked at the helicopters in the distance.

Inside the cabin, everyone stared blankly at the monitor screen.

The golden figure in the picture was looking in their direction.

"He—he's looking over here!" The scout's voice changed.

The officer beside him was deathly pale, his lips trembling as he managed to squeeze out a few words: "That arrow... could a human shoot that?"

A dead silence.

The officer snapped back to reality and roared into the cockpit, "Quick! Return to base!" Several helicopters turned around at the same time, the roar of their rotors suddenly rising as they flew eastward at a much faster speed than they had come.

Lin Chu watched the helicopters fleeing in panic, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

He turned around and transformed into a golden light, flying backward.

In the distance, the army of the Eastern Theater Command of the Great Xia Kingdom has arrived.

More than a dozen armored vehicles were parked inside the border, soldiers set up anti-materiel sniper rifles, and dozens of Awakened from the Special Administration Bureau stood at the front of the line, ready for battle.

But everyone knew that these weapons were no different from toys to that behemoth.

Immediately, the image of the arrow piercing the giant beast and splitting the forest was transmitted back in real time by the drone's camera.

The entire command post was completely silent.

The operations staff stared at the screens, and some even dropped their pens on the ground without anyone picking them up.

"Look!" a soldier shouted, pointing to the sky.

A golden light streaked in from the southeast at an extremely fast speed.

A golden light hovered above the array of armored vehicles. When the light faded, an overly young man stood in mid-air.

He looked down at the army on the ground, his figure swayed, and he landed.

The commander of the Eastern Theater Command stood beside the command vehicle, clutching an encrypted communicator in his hand.

A few minutes ago, the highest-ranking officials in Chaoge called him directly, explaining the identity and authority of Lin Chu, the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.

His hands were still trembling slightly when he hung up the phone.

Looking at the young man who emerged from the golden light, then at the giant beast lying in a pool of blood in the transmitted images, and at the forest that had been carved out of a huge chasm.

The blood in my chest rushed to my head.

So young, and that arrow was shot by him just now. Moreover, he's not from outside the region, but one of our own people from the Great Xia Dynasty!

He turned and exchanged a glance with his adjutant, whose eyes also held barely suppressed excitement and exhilaration.

The commander straightened his uniform and strode forward to meet him.

A dozen or so officers and colonels behind him stood at attention.

"Minister Lin!" The commander saluted first, his voice booming but trembling slightly, "All officers and soldiers of the Eastern Theater Command are at your command!"

Lin Chu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

It's clear that Chaoge has already informed them.

To be honest, having the state apparatus around is very convenient.

He sized up the group of people in front of him: their crisp military uniforms, their tightly pursed lips, and the sense of discipline that emanated from their very bones.

Although their faces were different, their aura involuntarily reminded him of the Chang'an army.

Lin Chu nodded, a kind smile appearing on her face.

"The giant bear is completely dead. You can take it back and see if it has any research value."

"Yes, sir!" The commander saluted again.

Behind him, a row of officers saluted in unison, their movements perfectly synchronized, each face filled with reverence and excitement.

Lin Chuchao nodded to them, and his figure once again transformed into a golden light, soaring into the sky and heading towards Chaoge.

The soldiers on the ground looked up at the golden light that was growing ever more distant, and remained in salute for a long time.

"Commander," the adjutant said in a low voice, "Minister Lin is so young."

"Shut up." The commander interrupted him, his gaze still fixed on the direction where the golden light had disappeared. "Some people cannot be measured by age."

Meanwhile, at the Deer Terrace in Chaoge.

The conference room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The trajectory of the arrow was being replayed on the screen from a satellite perspective.

The scene repeated itself over and over again—drawing the bow, drawing the arrow, releasing the bow, the arrow shot out—the black-gold beam of light that stretched across the sky pierced half of the giant bear's head, and a chasm that stretched for miles was cleaved in the ground.

Every frame looks like a special effects blockbuster, but everyone knows it's real-time monitoring footage, not special effects.

Xu Su leaned back in his chair, the doubt on his face long gone, replaced by silence.

Cheng Yuan took off his military cap and placed it on the table, staring at the screen, his fingers unconsciously tapping lightly on his knees.

Qin Su's gaze moved from the screen to the corner of the conference room, and then to the women sitting to the side who had been smiling from beginning to end.

She now roughly understands why these top extraterrestrial experts are so subservient to a young man from Earth.

Cang Yao rested her chin on her hand, gazing at the golden figure disappearing into the distance on the screen. Her peach blossom eyes curved into crescent moons, and the corners of her mouth turned up.

"My husband is so handsome."

Xiao Xiao nodded repeatedly beside her.