BOOM!!!
Inside the building, a blood-red figure charged out. His killing intent coalesced into a massive crimson blade, hacking down toward a white shadow!
The shadow didn't dodge or block, taking the strike head-on with his bare body!
"Interesting!" The Corpse King's expression remained relaxed. Even after tanking Bai Xiaofei's Blade of Killing Intent, he showed no sign of discomfort.
"Who the hell are you?" Xiaofei's face was grim. The man before him possessed strength far beyond his own. Fighting him felt exactly like what the stranger had said: a training session for his combat instincts.
"Hehe, that is none of your concern."
The Corpse King threw a punch, the sheer force of the blow twisting the very air around his fist!
Seeing this, Xiaofei hurriedly manifested a barrier of killing intent. If a punch like that landed, he'd be scattered in pieces. Even if it didn't kill him, it would hurt like hell—and he wasn't a masochist. He had to avoid a direct hit at all costs!
Bang!
The heavy blow slammed into Xiaofei's shield. He felt as if a high-speed semi-truck had hit him, and he was sent flying like a meteor!
But a moment later, another blade of killing intent tore through the dust, slashing straight at the Corpse King!
Currently, Xiaofei only knew the crudest applications of his bloodline. This "Condensed Blade" technique was something he had picked up during his dreams.
"That move again? It seems your family's inheritance really has been severed." The Corpse King sounded disappointed, but he quickly came to terms with it, considering two thousand years had passed.
"Fine then. Let me teach you the true meaning of slaughter!"
The Corpse King's aura exploded. His originally brawny frame leaned out, becoming lithe and wiry!
"Heavenly Qi: Haste!"
Swish!
The Corpse King vanished from Xiaofei's sight. The next instant, a sharp pain shot through Xiaofei's side! The King had appeared at his flank, delivering a devastating roundhouse kick to his kidney!
However, while the Corpse King was faster in this state, his raw power had dipped significantly.
The strike made Xiaofei stagger, but he wasn't sent flying. Relying on pure instinct, he manifested a "Killing Claw" and swung wildly at the King.
"Heavenly Qi: Guard!"
Screeeech—!
A grating, metallic sound echoed. Xiaofei's attack struck the Corpse King, but instead of drawing blood, it sent sparks flying off the man's skin!
The sight made Xiaofei's jaw hit the floor.
Wait—what? This density? Have the Corpse Brothers evolved this much already?! Xiaofei screamed internally, but his body didn't slow down!
Realizing his attacks were useless, Xiaofei leaped back, desperately trying to open some distance!
But the Corpse King switched forms instantly, his speed making it impossible for Xiaofei to shake him!
With no other choice, Xiaofei was forced into a primitive, brutal slugfest. The Corpse King didn't bully him with overwhelming power; he simply cycled between his speed and defense forms, driving Xiaofei into a corner.
He couldn't hurt the guy, and he couldn't run. The frustration was boiling over!
"You forced my hand!"
Xiaofei let out a sudden roar, a burst of energy pushing the Corpse King back. He drew his hands to his waist, and every ounce of killing intent in his body began to spiral frantically into his palms!
"GOD! TURTLE! SHOCKWAVE!"
This was a "hail mary" play. Xiaofei poured eighty percent of his energy into his hands. When the violent killing intent was finally condensed, even Xiaofei was startled by the sheer density of the power he held.
"If this doesn't take you out, I'll never use the seasoning packets in my instant noodles again!"
"AAAAHHHH!"
A torrent of crimson energy erupted toward the Corpse King. Faced with this technique, a look of genuine excitement actually crossed the King's face!
"The youth of this era are quite imaginative. To think of condensing energy to boost destructive power without any formal training... Truly, the world of two thousand years later is full of surprises!"
BOOM!!
The crimson tide swallowed the Corpse King whole. Xiaofei didn't wait to see if the man survived; he turned and sprinted away with every bit of strength he had left.
"If you're still alive after that, I'll admit you're the real deal! I don't care if I never have seasoning in my noodles again!"
Leaving those words behind, Xiaofei took Xiaowei and made a full-speed escape!
"What's with the seasoning packets? Didn't you say yesterday you'd never touch instant noodles again?" Xiaowei asked, confused. After a few days of fine dining at Ren's place, Xiaofei had sworn he was upgrading his lifestyle and retiring noodles for good.
Xiaofei looked sheepish. "Don't worry about the details now! We need to survive first! With a monster like that around, I wonder if the evacuation point is even still there?"
"If this one is gone, we'll have to aim for the one outside the city," Xiaowei replied.
Back at the impact site, in the deep crater left by the "God Turtle Shockwave."
"Cough, cough! Impressive force. If I hadn't unleashed my full power in time, that might have actually done me in."
The Corpse King spoke through a light cough, half of his body having been vaporized.
However, the mangled half of his torso was regenerating at a visible rate. Furthermore, the King wasn't standing on soil, but on a mass of pulsating, writhing flesh!
"H City is nearly transformed. The next step is to see the current state of Yan Huang!"
As his body fully restored itself, the Corpse King sank into the writhing flesh and vanished.
Meanwhile, inside Ren Kurogane's underground lab.
"IT'S A SUCCESS!!"
Although the experiment had just begun, the process had been unexpectedly smooth. The God Gene,改良 based on their own factors, had successfully devoured the Killing Factor from Xiaofei's blood. After two rounds of clinical trials confirmed there were no side effects, both Ren and Mu Tiancai were jumping for joy!
Over the next two hours, Ren fed the God Gene every biological sample he had collected over the years. Seeing it assimilate everything without a hitch, their excitement reached a fever pitch!
"If we published this research, the entire world would go mad for us!" Tears prickled Mu Tiancai's eyes. He hadn't expected to create a technology that could fundamentally change the human race within his lifetime!
"Quick! Prepare the serums! It's time to start our legendary lives!" Ren urged.
"On it!"
The two didn't waste another second, immediately synthesizing the serums and injecting the God Gene into themselves!
Inside the lab.
Mu Tiancai no longer had his slender, delicate frame; he had transformed into a handsome man with explosive, defined muscles!
Ren's physique didn't change as drastically, having already been enhanced once before. For him, this God Gene primarily granted the ability of infinite evolutionary devouring!
"The apex of the world! Here I come!!" Ren roared with laughter!
After venting his emotions, Ren turned his gaze toward Mu Tiancai, who had ditched his glasses and was now speed-reading through the previous experimental data.