Super Gene Hunting Ground

Yang Xiao was momentarily taken aback, then burst into laughter, exclaiming,

”Xie Jun, I didn’t expect you to have such a broad mind, willing to let bygones be bygones and accept me as your little brother. I must say, you’ve earned my respect.”

”Hehe, Yang Xiao, in these times of supreme chaos, with numerous heroes emerging, it’s the era for the valiant to rise. Just like the Three Kingdoms period in the history of Xuanming Country, it’s the worst of times, but also the best of times.

Out of all the heroes from the Three Kingdoms, the one I admire most is Cao Cao. Great achievers don’t get bogged down by the trivial. Capable of accommodating talents from all over the world, I see you as a talent. As long as you’re willing to surrender to me, I guarantee you won’t be treated unfairly.

Together, we can conquer the realm, share the blessings. Not to mention anything else, taking down Kongming City and becoming a local feudal lord is not a problem at all. What say you?”

Xie Jun’s words not only surprised Yang Xiao but also everyone else present.

Even Zhou Hua and others who were ordinarily by his side hadn’t thought that Xie Jun had such intentions. Whether this was truly what he thought or just a tactic to coerce surrender for the moment, no one could tell.

”Hehe, Xie Jun, I had no idea you were so thick-skinned, actually comparing yourself to Cao Cao. Now let me ask you, did you not exhaust the majority of the evolutionary resources of your four cities in just a few months to break through from an Enhanced Gene Intermediate to an Enhanced Gene Advanced?

For your own evolution, you disregarded the interests of everyone else. Even Cao Cao wasn’t as ruthless as you. If I really followed you, wouldn’t I just be a lackey at your beck and call, with no dignity to speak of?”

Just then, a rumbling, muffled sound came from about one or two kilometers behind Xie Jun, and a vast, dark cloud approached from the sky.

Yang Xiao furrowed his brows; that was Xie Jun’s reinforcements. It seemed this guy still had a lot of teams prepared.

Knowing his reinforcements had arrived, Xie Jun laughed heartily:

”Yang Xiao, my ten thousand reserve troops have arrived. I now have fifteen thousand elite soldiers, enough to flatten your Nanmu City.”

Before he finished speaking, the dark cloud in the sky flew over Xie Jun’s forces— a thousand-strong Flying People Team, covering the sky and sun, an intimidating sight to see.

The rest of the ground troops also took their formation.

Zhou Hua was startled inwardly. Weren’t there only five thousand reserve troops? When did Xie Jun prepare ten thousand reserve troops? This guy kept a hidden ace up his sleeve and didn’t even inform old me.

The battlefield situation, originally leaning in favor of Yang Xiao, has now abruptly reverted, placing Xie Jun in an advantageous position.

Yang Xiao knew that he must make a swift decision and settle Xie Jun in the shortest time possible. He absolutely could not allow Xie Jun’s fifteen-thousand-strong army to surge into Nanmu City. Otherwise, Nanmu City would truly be trampled into the ground, and even if they emerged bloodily victorious in the end, the population of Nanmu City would likely be annihilated.

Yang Xiao looked at Xie Jun and deliberately showed a look of fear on his face, saying,

”Alright, Xie Jun, you’re incredible; I admit defeat to you.”

Xie Jun was momentarily startled, then burst into boisterous laughter:

”Haha... Yang Xiao, you finally have a moment of submission. In this world, strength is still the most respected!”

”But I have one condition.”

”What condition? Speak.”

Xie Jun looked at Yang Xiao. Naturally, he would love nothing more than for Yang Xiao to surrender—effortlessly gaining control of two cities and Yang Xiao’s host of skilled and profound soldiers. To say nothing of becoming the King of Kongming City, with these new forces, Xie Jun could even attack other provinces.

As long as Yang Xiao’s requirements weren’t too excessive, he decided he would agree temporarily.

”My condition is simple. If you want me to surrender, you must display some real skills to convince me wholeheartedly, as well as my brothers under me. If you can’t even defeat me and rely solely on the overwhelming number of your underling soldiers, I think, my men won’t surrender to you.”

”Hehe, good, you’re right. It seems I must show my skills and defeat you to win over your hearts and mouths. Alright, let’s fight then!”

Following that, Xie Jun immediately transformed into the Bear-man Beast Soul from Tis City and activated the Bear-man Frenzy Soul Skill.

With a thunderous boom,

a colossal black bear, twenty meters tall, stood before Yang Xiao.

Gong Yu, Xiao Zhe, and others were taken aback.

A high-level Enhanced Gene Advanced warrior, transformed into an enormous twenty-meter-tall beast, was definitely not to be underestimated.

Even Monk Ben Yin, Lan Xin, and others, seeing the gigantic black bear from afar, also knitted their brows tightly. The killing aura emanating from the bear instilled fear in everyone’s hearts.

From a distant high building, Gu Bo from the Genetic Store watched Xie Jun’s Beast Soul and praised continuously:

”Good, Xie Jun’s combination of Soul Skill and Beast Soul indeed holds formidable power. If he breaks through to the King Level Realm, he will surely become a dominant overlord, unchallenged by anyone.”

His assistant commented:

”In that case, isn’t Yang Xiao now in danger?”

Gu Bo stroked his beard and replied:

”If Xie Jun only had a common Soul Skill, Yang Xiao still might have a chance to overcome him. However, looking at the current situation, Yang Xiao’s chances of victory are far too slim.”

”Do we need to help Yang Xiao?”

”No need to, remember, human evolution and mutual combat are interconnected, with no need for our intervention. We are merely observers, just as if you raise a pack of dogs at home, you don’t need to intervene when they fight over food. You just watch; all the dogs must strive for food themselves and cannot rely on special favors from their master. That’s their fate.”

”Brother Jun is mighty!”

Brother Jun’s over ten thousand followers roared in unison.

”Brother Jun is invincible, unifying the world, decisively killing and overpowering all, everyone bowing in submission...”

The troops behind Brother Jun began to chant various flattering words of praise.

Long Yongjun saw this and thought to himself, damn it, so you’re the only ones who can shout, huh?

”Brothers, let’s also cheer for our boss, shout after my lead!”

”Yang Xiao, Yang Xiao, a peerless hero!”

”Boss, boss, the greatest in the world!”

...

Yang Xiao: ”...”

What the hell, can we decide the winner by a shouting match now? Damn it, Long Yongjun has no poetic talent at all!

With fewer people on Yang Xiao’s side and more on Brother Jun’s side, their voices were quickly drowned out by the opponent’s shouting.

Brother Jun laughed loudly:

”Yang Xiao, come on, let’s battle cheerfully to the music, I promise I won’t beat you to death!”

”There’s still one issue you haven’t clarified. What if you’re defeated by me?”

”Ha ha... Yang Xiao, if you managed to defeat me, I would give you four cities and acknowledge you as the boss.”

”Deal!”

Yang Xiao bellowed, suddenly soaring into the sky, leaping to a height of over twenty meters, and directly pouncing on Brother Jun’s giant Bear-man Beast Soul.

Yang Xiao was using the Shenming Mountain Sect’s Qinggong.

Yang Xiao’s suddenly displayed movement technique and Qinggong took Brother Jun and the over ten thousand people behind him by surprise.

According to normal logic, it would be amazing if Yang Xiao could jump up to around ten meters, and his movement couldn’t possibly be so light, almost like a bird.

Gu Bo, who was watching the battle from a distance on a high-rise building, also sucked in a breath of cold air.

”Who would have thought that the power of Ancient Martial Arts could be so formidable, not to be underestimated!”

Brother Jun was taken aback, then let out a furious roar, stretching out a huge palm to grab at Yang Xiao, the palm five to six meters in size, completely enveloping Yang Xiao within it.

”Heh heh, I’ll squeeze you to death, let’s see if you submit? Sun Wukong could somersault for eighty thousand miles, but he still couldn’t escape from the palm of The Buddha.”

Brother Jun suddenly closed his palm.

Lan Xin, Huang Wen, Qin Yu, and the others felt their hearts violently contract with nervousness, as if they were about to jump out.

Yang Xiao sneered, instantly taking out the Bronze Long Sword from the Space Ring, and struck down at Brother Jun’s palm.

A dazzling light burst out from Brother Jun’s palm, followed by a miserable howl from him,

”Ah!”

Blood splattered, and half of the giant palm fell from mid-air.

Yang Xiao immediately slashed again at Brother Jun, from twenty meters high, slicing downward.

Brother Jun’s pupils shrank suddenly, feeling an endless Killing Aura enveloping him. He was currently in the severe pain of a sliced palm, his reaction slowed for a moment.

He instinctively raised his arm to block,

With a tearing sound,

Half of his arm was directly chopped off and fell,

Yang Xiao’s Bronze Divine Sword, carrying a dazzling light, split open Brother Jun’s forehead, cutting straight downward, all the way to between his legs.

Yang Xiao instantly stored the Bronze Divine Sword back into the Space Ring, while his body explosively retreated dozens of meters, drifting to the ground, utterly cold as he looked at Brother Jun.

Brother Jun pointed at Yang Xiao with his other hand, struggling to speak one word:

”You?”

Then, everyone saw Brother Jun’s towering Bear-man Beast Soul suddenly split into two from the middle, collapsing with a crash, blood spraying, dyeing half of the sky red.

The whole scene with over twenty thousand people was stunned and silent, dead silent!

(Third update completed)