Super gene

by Stayrr

The future unfolded on a magnificent scale into the Interstellar Age. Humanity finally solved the space warp technology, but when humanity transported themselves into the other end, they discovered that place neither had a past nor future, nor was there any land under the starry skies… The mysterious sanctuary was actually a world filled with countless tyrannical unusual organism

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Chapter 2355 Dragon Beast Soul

Han Sen floated down until his feet rested on the surface of the water. He had no plans to escape. He looked at Nine-Headed Bird and said, "I will remain standing here. You can use whatever sort of power you wish, and if my feet cause any ripples in the water, then I forfeit and lose."

When Nine-Headed Bird heard Han Sen's declaration, he drifted down to the sea's surface as well. His bird-with-nine-heads appearance returned to something human-like again. He smiled and said, "As I should have expected from a prince of the Extreme King: you are true to your word."

"I don't know if you Pirates are trustworthy, but the Extreme King are," Han Sen coldly said.

Nine-Headed Bird smiled and said, "There is no need to try to provoke me. If you keep your end of the bargain, I will not break the rules."

"Good. You strike first." Han Sen stood atop the sea, unmoving.

"Sure, I'll strike first," Nine-Headed Bird said, but he continued looking at Han Sen without attacking.

Nine-Headed Bird was certain that he could defeat Han Sen as long as the Kingese were not a factor. Making Han Sen move would be easy.

But Han Sen was a prince of the Extreme King, so Nine-Headed Bird knew better than to attack carelessly. He considered the best way to move Han Sen from his spot.

"What? You still haven't attacked. Is a half-deified being terrified of me?" Han Sen laughed.

Nine-Headed Bird lifted his lips in a sneer. "Didn't I tell you? Trying to provoke me won't work."

After that, Nine-Headed Bird looked at Han Sen and thought to himself, "His Original Water King Body cannot be destroyed. Even if I completely wreck his upper body, his legs might remain untouched. No matter how powerful my hit is, it's not guaranteed that I can move his feet."

Thinking of that, Nine-Headed Bird had an idea. He prepared to strike.

"Hang on." Han Sen suddenly raised his hand to stop the man.

"What? Are you regretting our agreement?" Nine-Headed Bird stared at Han Sen.

Han Sen laughed. "I have nothing to regret, but before you strike, we should discuss our deal."

"What game are you trying to play now? We already established the terms of our bargain; you give me the Ancient God Origin if you lose. It's that simple." Nine-Headed Bird frowned.

"I will relinquish the Ancient God Origin if I lose, but what if you lose? If we don't sort out that aspect of the bargain, you might keep trying to take my Ancient God Origin after you lose. I have no protection here," Han Sen said.

"If I lose, I won't try to take the Ancient God Origin again. Even if you threw it on the ground before me, I wouldn't dare to pick it up," Nine-Headed Bird said.

"Awesome. Come on, then." Han Sen activated his Original Water King Body, and his entire body became translucent. He stood atop the sea as if he was connected to it.

"So you were planning to use the Original Water King Body to win. That was a poor choice." Nine-Headed Bird coldly hummed. He raised his hand, and a black demonic air gathered in front of his fist. It formed a ceaselessly swirling black hole.

Bzzt!

Nine-Headed Bird punched toward Han Sen, and space itself trembled around his fist. The black hole moved directly toward Han Sen, and its frightening power tugged on everything around it.

Han Sen was still some distance from the black hole, but it was already pulling at him. His water body shook, as if the water of his form could break away and be sucked into the black hole at any time.

Nine-Headed Bird's attack didn't strike Han Sen's body directly. Rather than being intended as a destructive attack, it was meant to affect Han Sen's balance. Its magnetic force would keep pulling until Han Sen's body was sucked inside.

Because Nine-Headed Bird had greater power, Han Sen's body would be drawn in by the black hole. There was no way he could lose.

Han Sen barely seemed to notice the black hole, though. He remained motionless atop the water. He was not moving into the black hole.

Nine-Headed Bird frowned. His attack was better than any Han Sen could unleash without using his Kingese power. He should have been falling into the black hole.

But Han Sen wasn't moving. He wasn't using the Kingese or some sort of xenogeneic treasure, either. Nine-Headed Bird stared at Han Sen in confusion.

Han Sen laughed. He had suggested this bet because he knew he would win. He wouldn't take this risk on a whim.

Nine-Headed Bird couldn't see anything strange about Han Sen's stance, but Han Sen still could have used some sort of trick without his knowledge.

Han Sen had suggested this bet because he had the Silver-Winged Dragon beast soul.

King class xenogeneic beast soul Silver-Winged Dragon: area type

Han Sen didn't know if only King class beast souls had an area-of-effect, but at that moment, it was the only area beast soul that he had.

The Silver-Winged Dragon could deploy a water area, but it was different from Bai Yi's natural water area. This water area was called the dragon area. The sea dragon had the soul of the sea, so if Han Sen used the dragon area in the water, he could become a part of the sea. His body melded with the sea itself.

Han Sen stood atop the sea, using the power of the sea to keep him erect. Although he couldn't control it with accuracy, he couldn't be moved unless Nine-Headed Bird summoned enough power to shift the entire sea.

A bar of iron might be easily moved, but if it was welded onto an aircraft carrier, no amount of pulling could force it to budge.

Of course, a stick couldn't control an aircraft carrier. But merely remaining stable was enough for Han Sen.

With the dragon area, standing atop the sea made Han Sen effectively immortal. Nine-Headed Bird could do nothing to him.

Nine-Headed Bird kept increasing the strength of his black hole, but he was unable to move Han Sen. His eyes began to widen.

Xius watched the contest, frozen in place. She had no idea how Han Sen was pulling this off.

"Nine-Headed Bird, can you keep going?" Han Sen smiled.

Nine-Headed Bird grunted coldly. He dismissed his black hole, then lowered his arms. He spoke to Han Sen, "Come. If you can move me, then I lose. If I do not move, then I will attack again. We will decide the victor then."

"Then I will start," Han Sen said, summoning his wings. He flapped his wings and flew far away.

Nine-Headed Bird's eyes bulged. Han Sen was about to disappear from his vision. He was so mad that he turned into the nine-headed demon bird again. He ran after Han Sen and angrily shouted, "Disgusting Extreme King! Are you going to embarrass your father like that? You lose!"

Han Sen stopped. He turned around and looked at Nine-Headed Bird with a grin.

"What is this bullsh*t?" Nine-Headed Bird slid to a stop. His face turned a sickly green as he realized he had just been tricked.

He had lost because he chased after Han Sen. He had fallen for the simplest of ploys.

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Chapter 2356 Back to the Extreme King

Han Sen had obviously planned this.

Because Han Sen let Nine-Headed Bird strike first, Nine-Headed Bird had a chance of winning. That was why Nine-Headed Bird agreed to the bet. But Han Sen's dragon area defeated Nine-Headed Bird's first attack, and the moment he stopped attacking was the moment he sealed his loss.

"Can I go now?" Han Sen smiled at Nine-Headed Bird.

"Get lost! Do not let me see you ever again." Nine-Headed Bird's face was contorted with anger. Without waiting for Han Sen to respond, he turned and flew away.

Han Sen was surprised. He hadn't expected Nine-Headed Bird to keep his promise, but it was a good thing he had.

The dragon area's power came from its connection to water; if Han Sen was sealed inside the Suppress Demon Coffin, he would lose his connection with the sea and get pulled into the demonic abyss.

Unless Han Sen used his super god spirit body, he wouldn't have been able to defeat Nine-Headed Bird.

Without any hesitation, Han Sen flew up into the air and headed back to Half-Star Bay. He didn't say another word to Xius.

If Miss Mirror hadn't left yet, that was where she would be. Too many elites wanted to get their hands on the Ancient God Origin. Staying next to Miss Mirror would be the safest thing for Han Sen, as it would prevent others from trying to take the item away from him.

Although Han Sen could probably escape, Bao'er was still with the Extreme King. So, Han Sen felt obliged to remain.

He flew for a few hundred meters, but suddenly, he felt the crackle of lightning all around him. A giant that looked like either a demon or a god hung there in the clouds. A hand came slapping down towards Han Sen.

The hand slowed down, and the air around Han Sen concentrated until it was as dense as a steel board. Han Sen couldn't tear through the air. He couldn't move his body.

"A deified elite!" Han Sen felt a chill, and he prepared to fight back. Just as he was about to lash out, a sword-light appeared and slashed across the big hand.

"Argh!" The giant in the clouds screamed and pulled his hand back. The god-like eyes looked down to where he had been struck. A beautiful woman holding a copper sword in her hands had emerged.

"Miss Mirror!" Han Sen was so happy.

That giant stared at Miss Mirror, then disappeared. He seemed to be afraid of Miss Mirror, and he obviously didn't want to make an enemy out of her.

"I cannot believe Ancient Water God selected you." Miss Mirror came before Han Sen and looked at the Ancient God Origin he was holding.

"Isn't that why you brought me here?" Han Sen said.

"I was just here to try my luck. I didn't place any hope in you, so I didn't expect you would succeed," Miss Mirror said simply.

Han Sen touched his nose and looked at the blood-red sea.

Miss Mirror seemed to know what Han Sen was thinking. In a neutral tone of voice, she said, "Extreme King ships are here. They will take over the planets that were touched by Ancient Water God's blood."

Miss Mirror hadn't come for the Ancient God Origin at all; she just wanted to claim the system that had been flooded with Ancient Water God's blood.

After Ancient Water God's failure and the subsequent dispersal of his blood, the primitive creatures of these planets would now grow strong. Even barren planets would now flourish because of Ancient Water God's lifeblood.

The watery area that came from Ancient Water God's blood had an incredible lifeforce. It could grow many scary xenogeneics. This was exactly what the Extreme King needed.

On the flipside, the Ancient God Origin wasn't as important. It could only be used to grow one strong water element elite. It was nothing compared to the value of an entire system.

Han Sen followed Miss Mirror back to the ship, and he saw that the Extreme King's ships were splitting up to guard the individual planets of the system.

Han Sen found the blood kirin was on their ship, and he was surprised that it had sat and waited for him the entire time. It obviously wasn't the mindless beast Han Sen had believed it to be.

When the blood kirin saw Miss Mirror, it looked hostile and scared.

Han Sen could guess why. Ancient Water God had moved Han Sen far away, and the blood kirin wouldn't listen to Miss Mirror's commands. She must have used some sort of trick to get the creature onboard a ship.

"This woman is too tricky. I don't know what she wants. Why didn't she tell anyone else that I'm not actually Bai Yi?" Han Sen stroked the ring on his finger and thought to himself, "It most likely has something to do with this ring. But she didn't force me to take the ring off. Why?"

Han Sen didn't understand. He knew he would have to stop thinking about it. He brought out the xenogeneic gene of the Silver-Winged Dragon and swallowed it to refine it.

Duke Gene 1… Duke Gene 1…

The Duke gene announcements kept sounding-off in Han Sen's head. He received ten Duke genes in total.

"If I can get a few more King class xenogeneic genes, then I won't have to worry about The Story of Genes." Han Sen was both happy and worried.

Miss Mirror didn't remain on the planet for long. She had been needed during the takeover, but she wasn't in charge of building up the planet. Her task was finished before most of the Extreme King's ships even arrived.

Han Sen knew Miss Mirror had many elites around her, but they didn't appear in her proximity.

Taking such an important system would be a bloody affair.

The Ancient God wouldn't give up the place easily, so both sides would make sacrifices in the attempt to claim the system. The price would be high whether they succeeded or failed.

After going back to King's Kingdom, Han Sen took the blood kirin with him back to Planet Water Zone. Miss Mirror didn't detain him, and she said nothing more to him. No one else sought to trouble him, either.

That made Han Sen even more worried, though. He didn't know what was going through Miss Mirror's head, and he had no idea what her ultimate goal was.

"I can just put Bao'er back in the sanctuaries. That will be safer for both of us," Han Sen thought in irritation. He would need to take Bao'er back from Lan Haixin.

Before Han Sen could find Lan Haixin, though, she came looking for him. She looked fairly moody, too.

"Bai Yi, did you forget something?" Lan Haixin found Han Sen in the garden and looked at him with a raised eyebrow. She didn't say what she wanted explicitly because she was still suspicious about Han Sen's identity.

"Last month, on the ninth. I remember. But Miss Mirror took me somewhere to do something. I had no choice," Han Sen said with a shrug. He then thought to himself, "It is fortunate I have Bao'er as a spy."

"It is good that you remember. But since we missed it, we must now wait another two months. You better behave over the course of the next two months and stop giving me trouble." After Lan Haixin spoke, she left. She didn't even spare him a second glance.

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Chapter 2357 Killing Underwater Xenogeneics

Because Han Sen was uncertain of Miss Mirror's ultimate goal, he didn't dare take any obvious risks. He remained on Planet Water Zone and spent his time hunting down Duke xenogeneics. He wanted to fill up his Duke genes.

Han Sen found a few Duke xenogeneics, killed them, and consumed their Duke genes. Their xenogeneic genes increased his Duke gene tally by one point each, so leveling up was a very slow process. It wasn't as fast as eating one King xenogeneic gene to claim ten Duke gene points.

He didn't want to cause much of a ruckus. He needed to be patient and slowly trawl through Planet Water Zone in the hunt for Duke xenogeneics.

"What is this?" Han Sen came across a little mountain moving across the bottom of the sea. It slid forward at a very slow pace, but Han Sen could tell that it really was moving.

When Han Sen rode the blood kirin down to get a better look, he realized that it wasn't actually a mountain. It was a conch. The shell was one hundred meters tall. It was black and greyish, and it looked like stone from a distance.

Beneath the conch, the white skirt of the conch was revealed. It was slowly flapping and moving across the sand.

Feeling Han Sen and the blood kirin draw near, the mountainous conch moved its flesh and released a blue light. It covered an area of one thousand meters, cloaking Han Sen and the blood kirin at the same time.

The blood kirin was angered. His blood air exploded out from him as he thundered toward the sea conch.

Han Sen didn't know what the sea conch's area did. It didn't seem to affect Han Sen directly. The blood kirin soon came before the sea conch, though, with that blood air swirling all around him.

The sea conch retreated back into its shell as the blood kirin's claws skittered across the hard surface of the shell, leaving some scratch marks across it.

The blood kirin roared in fury. It kept swinging its claws at the conch, trying to break through the shell. But despite its strength, the blood kirin couldn't leave behind anything more than light scratches. The conch shell was one hundred meters tall, so those scratches were inconsequential.

"A King class xenogeneic?" Han Sen was delighted by this discovery. If its shell was that sturdy, the creature must have been King class. A weak King class, judging by its fleshy body, but a King class nonetheless.

The blood kirin continued striking the shell, but each blow left less and less of a mark. It was rather confusing to Han Sen.

Han Sen pulled out his Ghost Teeth Knife and swiped across the shell. It did nothing, and his performance paled in comparison to the blood kirin's.

Han Sen frowned. He pulled out his Thunder God Spike, summoned its lightning, then thrust it toward the sea conch's shell. He wanted to paralyze the beast. After that, he could flip it on its back and slay it from below.

But the creature's shell seemed to insulate it perfectly from the lightning of the Thunder God Spike. That made Han Sen raise an eyebrow. "This guy's shell is really hard. But it is so big. I bet it would make an amazing armor."

The shell was far too large to be used for a single set of armor. Still, it would make an excellent construction material for something larger.

Before Han Sen could make something out of it, though, he first had to kill it. He tried all sorts of different powers, but his strongest attack could only deliver a mark that was a few inches across. It had no effect on the sea conch.

"Let's flip it!" Han Sen called to the blood kirin. Gathering their strength, they turned the sea conch over. After flipping it, though, they realized it was sealed on the bottom. There was no way in. The opening was blocked by the same material that composed the rest of the shell.

As they looked over the creature again, Han Sen and the blood kirin realized that the marks they had left on its shell had vanished. Their efforts had been wasted.

"This isn't right. This guy probably has a third-tier area. How else could the conch shell be so hard? Even the blood kirin, with an attack at full power, only leaves a small mark…" Han Sen looked around at the blue lights of the area that was all around. "How does this conch have such a powerful king area?"

They had been there for a long time, but the blue light hadn't done any damage to Han Sen or the blood kirin. It certainly wasn't meant as an attack.

"Is this a weakening area, perhaps?" Han Sen considered the possibility, but it didn't seem quite right.

If it was a weakening area, he should have been able to feel his own power losing strength. Han Sen wasn't sensing any energy drain, though; his body was full of vigor.

"If it isn't a weakening type, then could it be a cell-strengthening type? Does the blue light increase the shell's strength?" Han Sen stroked his jaw as he thought about this, but he ultimately discarded this idea as well.

If it was a cell-strengthening area, the sea conch wouldn't have needed to release the light into such a large area. The wider the area, the more spread out the power would be. The cell-strengthening area would only be required around the shell itself. Why would the creature need to extend its reach so far?

"If it isn't a weakening or a cell-strengthening area, what is it?" Han Sen stared at the sea conch as he mulled over the conundrum.

The blood kirin had a short temper, and its inability to damage the sea conch's shell was making the blood kirin more and more furious. It kept trying to bite the shell, but nothing worked. The marks they left were becoming lighter and lighter.

"Hang on… The blood kirin's power hasn't weakened. In fact, his anger has made him even stronger. Why are his scratch marks becoming lighter?" Han Sen stared at the scratch marks on the conch shell. After a while, his eyes sparkled. "Is his area power…"

Han Sen swam next to the conch shell and stroked the scratch marks across its surface. The blood kirin stopped attacking.

Not long after, the scratch marks were gone. The healing unfolded before their eyes.

If even a top-class half-deified creature like the blood kirin couldn't break the conch's shell, then the shell was unbelievably hard.

Han Sen didn't think that the strength was coming from the material of the shell, though. The conch shell was very hard, but its incredible resistance was because of the creature's King area.

Han Sen didn't know if his guess was correct, so after a moment of thought, he took the blood kirin and left. They departed the sea conch's area of blue light.

The sea conch behaved as if it knew what they were doing. It spread the blue light further, but the max range was two thousand meters. It couldn't extend the light beyond that.

When Han Sen and the blood kirin got far enough away that the sea conch couldn't feel their presence, they hid behind a big rock, Han Sen used his Purple-Eye Butterfly to observe the sea conch in the distance.

The sea conch waited there for a while. It must have been almost half an hour before the creature emerged from the shell to look around. After a while, when it didn't see Han Sen and the blood kirin in the vicinity, it shut off its blue light.

Upon seeing that, Han Sen summoned Spell. He turned her into a sniper rifle and took aim at the sea conch.

Pang!

Without hesitation, Han Sen squeezed the trigger. The bullet fired out of the barrel and broke through the water. It was silently headed for the sea conch.

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Chapter 2358 Weird Area

Normal bullets would face too much resistance when fired underwater. The shot would become weaker the farther it had to travel, and the sea conch would likely notice its approach.

But Han Sen had his Original Water King Body and sea dragon area. He combined with the sea of Planet Water Zone itself. He used his water powers to create Spell's ammunition, so the bullet also had water abilities. Rather than being slowed down by the water it passed through, the bullet was actually buffed by the sea. It flew toward the sea conch silently, like a phantom.

But Han Sen wasn't firing at the exposed flesh of the creature. He was firing at the conch's shell.

Pang!

The bullet hit the sea conch's shell, punching a small hole straight through. The sea conch shook and immediately activated its blue light. The light quickly covered the sea conch's shell, protecting the small hole.

"So that's how it works." Han Sen was happier. He looked at the bullet hole and noticed that some white juice was flowing out of it. Although the wound was very small, it proved that his bullets could pierce through the shell and damage the creature's body.

Now Han Sen knew for certain that the light made the conch's shell so hard, not the material of the conch shell itself.

Han Sen's shot was far weaker than the blood kirin's attacks, too. But still, his bullets were able to penetrate the conch's shell. The blood kirin's claws were only able to leave light scratch marks upon it. It was obvious by now that the difference was because of the blue light area.

Han Sen stayed where he was and lifted his sniper rifle to aim at the sea conch again. He fired a few times, all of his bullets flying true and striking the shell.

None of those bullets were able to break the conch's shell, though. Under the glow of the blue light, they left small marks on the surface of the shell.

"When the bullets go through the blue area, they don't lose speed or power. But when they strike the conch's shell, they don't have the impact that they should." Han Sen looked at the sea conch with interest.

After a while, the bullet hole Han Sen had made filled in and disappeared completely. The conch's recovery power was very strong.

"No wonder Bai Yi left behind a King xenogeneic. He probably couldn't figure out how to kill it; he didn't leave it alive because he wanted to." Han Sen laughed.

Since Bai Yi had been unable to kill it, this was a good opportunity for Han Sen. He and the blood kirin remained in hiding, and he was determined to kill the King class xenogeneic.

He only had guesses about how to bring the creature down, though. He didn't have a surefire way of breaking the blue light area, so he planned to wait there until the sea conch relaxed.

The sea conch had learned from Han Sen's previous attack, and it didn't reveal itself so quickly this time. It took a few hours before the sea conch was willing to reveal its flesh once more.

This time, however, it didn't deactivate its blue light. It continued using the blue area as it traveled into the deeper recesses of the sea.

Han Sen thought the thing would be heavy and slow, but it ran away like a rabbit. Han Sen watched the small mountain flee into the deep sea, creating eddies and vortexes as it went.

Han Sen used his Purple-Eye Butterfly to keep an eye on the thing as he pursued it, waiting for the moment the creature decided to relax.

Now that the sea conch had been damaged, it was being careful. It was moving fast, and it carefully maintained its King area the entire time.

Han Sen wasn't in a rush, though. He just continued to follow it. The creature was too big to hide from him easily.

Plus, Han Sen had two water areas. Escaping from him in the water would be practically impossible. Han Sen was very confident in his water-aligned powers.

But Han Sen noticed that his current confidence had come a little too soon. When the sea conch passed by another underwater mountain, it disappeared.

After it climbed behind the mountain, it didn't re-emerge. Han Sen thought it might have come back to its home, but when he looked around the mountain, he couldn't find the sea conch anywhere.

"Weird. Where did it go?" Han Sen looked around, but he saw no sign of the creature.

The gap between the mountains was small, so there was nowhere else for it to go. The sea conch was too big for Han Sen to have missed it if it came out. That was why Han Sen waited near the mountain.

But there was nothing to see. The sea conch had truly vanished.

"You think you can escape my sight that simply? You are too naive." Han Sen used his Purple-Eye Butterfly and his Dongxuan Aura to scan for the sea conch's molecular trail. He found it and began following.

Han Sen quickly realized that there was a small hole in the ground near the mountain. The hole was the size of a man's fist. The sea conch's trail disappeared into it. The conch had tricked him.

"That sea conch can change its size? Why didn't it display that power earlier?" Han Sen wondered.

"Blood kirin, go in and take a look at what it's doing. But don't alert it to your presence." Han Sen wasn't very good at changing the size of his body, but the blood kirin was a professional. It could change its size effortlessly.

The blood kirin roared. Its body shook as its bones shrank. It became one size smaller, and then it continued to reduce until the red beast looked like a little toy. Then, it climbed into the hole.

Han Sen waited on the outside. He looked around and examined the trench that led to the hole.

Han Sen had studied the Xuanmen techniques left behind by Mister White. He learned a few of the skills, but they were very simple. He only mastered a couple of their methods of calculation, but if a situation was quite simple, he could use those techniques to provide some insight.

The underwater mountain was very special. There were many mountains nearby, and they were all connected together. The mountains were shaped like volcanoes with craters at the top, and there were large holes in the peaks.

From above, the nine mountains looked like a chain of interlocking rings. Han Sen remembered in the Xuanmen technique that this kind of environment was called the Nine Rings.

If that sort of landscape was in the Alliance, no one would have dared to live there. Such a place had a lot of bad luck, and people who chose to live there would suffer the consequences.

But that theory might not have applied to the geno universe. Mister White said the Xuanmen techniques required many improvements for the geno universe. Techniques and powers were different in the sanctuary and the geno universe, and he was interested in researching those differences.

Han Sen was checking out the mountain when a white shadow suddenly appeared from the peaks. It was a big electric eel that was a dozen meters long. As it swam, its white scales sparked with electricity. It looked weirdly pretty.

"Another King class xenogeneic!" Han Sen frowned. This was unexpected.

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Chapter 2359 Hunting King Class Xenogeneics

As far as Han Sen knew, Bai Yi cleared Planet Water Zone a long time ago. Even Lan Haixin hadn't bothered sending out hunting parties. But now, Han Sen had met two King class xenogeneics in a row. Both were in the same vicinity, too. This posed a big problem.

Pulling out his Thunder God Spike, Han Sen went towards the King class electric eel.

Han Sen didn't really care what change Planet Water Zone was experiencing right now. He was just going to kill any King class creatures he found. Getting King class genes was good for him.

He used his Original Water King Body, then unleashed his dragon area as well. Han Sen moved like a water dragon as he rushed toward the big electric eel. The Thunder God Spike flickered with scary silver lightning, and the sound of thunder rumbled along its path.

Han Sen's King areas entangled the giant electric eel. The water restricted the eel's body, and the creature swam extremely slowly, as if it was moving through mud.

While Han Sen rejoiced at the success of his attack, the electric eel suddenly loosed a crackling discharge of lightning. The lightning created a scary thunder area and merged with Han Sen's own area. The electricity shot through the water and into Han Sen. His hair instantly poofed straight out and began vibrating with the force of the current.

Pang!

Han Sen's electrified body bounced away. He came to a stop after arcing through the water for a long time. His tongue felt numb.

"A king area focused purely on attack is too scary. And that electricity has a strong paralytic effect. This is at least a sixth-tier area. This electric eel will be hard to deal with." Han Sen held still in an attempt to hide himself, but the electric eel was already rushing toward him. Its thunder area came with it, and streams of electric chains shot out of its mouth.

Han Sen used his water skills to dodge the thunder area and the lightning chains. Fortunately, he still had the benefits of his water areas. He moved much faster in the water than the electric eel did. If not for his speed advantage, he would have already taken more hits. That would have been extremely painful—even if his body could withstand it.

After dodging out of the eel's immediate attack range, Han Sen summoned Spell's dual pistols and started firing. It wasn't the sea conch, so Han Sen didn't have to worry too much about its blocking abilities.

When the bullets entered the thunder area, the eel reacted immediately. It spewed more of that lightning to destroy the incoming bullets.

But one or two of the bullets still managed to strike the eel's scales. Familiar symbols began to shine across the impacted scales, showing the results of Han Sen's Turtle skill.

The Turtle skill took effect, and after a few more shots landed, the electric eel was much slower. However, the lightning on its body was still incredibly strong, and the creature's thunder area covered the surrounding region, so Han Sen couldn't get close to the creature.

Pang!

Spell became a sniper rifle, and Han Sen fired a bullet toward the electric eel. The bullet shattered the eel's scales and tore into its side. Purple Teeth power spread across the wound.

Han Sen's techniques weren't King class yet, and his Original Water King Body only had a first-tier area. Taking down a King class xenogeneic with a sixth-tier area would be incredibly difficult.

Luckily, the Turtle skill worked well against the eel. Because of that, the foe was unable to catch up to Han Sen. He led it to the seabed, firing continually at the creature. Teeth power continued to shred its wounds. As it lost more and more blood, the electric eel's area grew weaker.

"Xenogeneic King hunted: Electric Dragon. Xenogeneic gene found."

Han Sen watched the giant electric eel's body sink while the announcement played in his head.

"It is a shame I didn't receive its beast soul. An electric beast soul would have been very powerful." Han Sen swam over to the electric eel's body and dug out its xenogeneic gene.

He summoned his Shadow Queen Bee and let it eat the big electric eel's body.

Shadow Queen Bee hadn't matured yet, and Han Sen was already a Duke. The Queen Bee wouldn't be useful to him at this point, but since he had the meat available, he might as well let her eat it. Otherwise, it would all be wasted.

Shadow Queen Bee crawled over the body and ate with difficulty. Han Sen swallowed the entire electrified bone that was the xenogeneic gene. He also used his Consume talent to refine it with haste.

A numb feeling swept over Han Sen's body. It was like his cells were electrified, and they began to vibrate with energy.

"Duke gene… Duke gene…"

When Han Sen finished refining the electric bone, his Duke gene tally had reached eighty-four. He was close to having a hundred.

"If I kill two more King class xenogeneics, I'll have maxed it out. And then, I can open The Story of Genes' first gene lock." As Han Sen was calculating, he heard a boom in the distance.

Something tore its way out of the little hole under the mountain, dramatically widening the opening. The blood kirin emerged from the swirls of debris and returned to its ordinary size.

Blood dripped from the blood kirin's mouth, and grievous injuries marred its scales. It was in very bad condition.

Patong!

The blood kirin made it back to Han Sen, then fell onto its stomach on the seafloor. It struggled to get up.

Wounds covered its legs, and one leg had been twisted ninety-degrees. Black blood oozed around the wound.

The black blood drifted into the water around the blood kirin's body, then turned into some sort of small black bugs. They latched on to the blood kirin and started nibbling on its wounds and scales.

The blood kirin was a cruel and violent beast, but now it was actually squealing.

Han Sen was shocked. The blood kirin was a half-deified xenogeneic that was nearly peerless, and judging from the way it had been injured, it had encountered something other than the sea conch.

The blood kirin's blood continued to become bugs, and Han Sen couldn't determine what sort of power had been used against his companion.

Han Sen was still holding the Thunder God Spike, and he poked it into the blood kirin's wound. The black bugs began to shriek as Han Sen electrified them, and after a minute, they all fell off the wound.

Those bugs vanished, but the blood gushing from the blood kirin's wounds was turning into more black bugs. If that continued, the blood kirin's veins were going to run dry.

Han Sen looked at the little bugs, and he realized they were actually small sea conches.

Han Sen used his Purple-Eye Butterfly to see what was going on with the blood kirin. Many small, black sea conches were squirming around inside the blood kirin. There were too many to count, and the sight of them made Han Sen feel sick. At the rate that the blood kirin's body was being devoured, it wouldn't be long until only its bones remained.

Han Sen wondered how he might save the blood kirin, but then something else came crawling out of the hole that the blood kirin had expanded. The newcomer's body swelled back to normal size. It was that same, King class sea conch.

Before Han Sen could react, another sea conch emerged from the hole. This one was beautiful and full of color. Its shell was like a crystal, and its colors shifted and glowed like a rainbow.

When Han Sen saw that beautiful sea conch, the color drained out of his face.

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Chapter 2360 Rainbow Crystal Sea Conch

Han Sen knew with a single glance that he was looking at a deified creature. It was nothing like the black, mountainous sea conch.

Han Sen grabbed the blood kirin and turned to run, but it was too late. A rainbow-like aura covered the sea around him.

Han Sen felt like his body was stuck to the ground, and he was unable to move. Many rainbow-colored substance chains were rising through the water to bind him.

"D*mn it! Why is there a deified creature here? This is bad." Han Sen activated his super god spirit body without hesitation.

His body immediately became transparent. He shone so brightly that the colorful substance chains heading toward Han Sen suddenly lost their target.

Rather than attempting to fight back, Han Sen's first reaction was to lift the blood kirin and run away as fast as he could. Even the weakest deified would be more than a match for Han Sen.

The rainbow crystal sea conch wasn't as powerful as Ancient Water God, but it still wasn't something Han Sen could fight against.

If Han Sen became King class, perhaps there was a chance he could fight off a deified. But right now, Han Sen was just a Duke. He needed some outside help just to fight a half-deified being; fighting a deified would be suicide.

A half-deified was like an incredibly powerful King, but deifieds were on a different level entirely.

The rainbow crystal sea conch saw Han Sen traveling freely through its substance chains, and it rocked back in apparent shock. Its crystal body flashed, and the substance chains turned into rainbow-colored glass. The glass surged up around Han Sen.

Han Sen poured all of his power into his super god spirit body, running his technique as hard as he could. The weird power was injected into the blood kirin, and the blood kirin's body became similarly transparent. Under the force of Han Sen's will, the blood kirin's body also adopted the qualities of super god spirit mode.

Han Sen lifted the blood kirin higher and hit the rainbow glass. They shot through it like ghosts, the glass wisping around them as if it wasn't even there. The rainbow glass was unable to stop Han Sen and his super god spirit body.

But the super god spirit body had a time limit. Han Sen was carrying the blood kirin as he fled, and that cost him even more energy. After they escaped the rainbow glass, Han Sen ran back in the direction he had come.

The rainbow crystal sea conch managed to catch up. Countless substance chains rose from the ground and continued their attempts to capture Han Sen. He brushed right through them at first, but after a while, he was unable to sustain the power requirements of the super god spirit body. Every time he passed through the rainbow glass, it cost him a lot of energy.

When Han Sen hit the next pane of rainbow glass, he felt as if he had thrust himself into sticky liquid. It was difficult to wiggle his way through.

Han Sen knew that this was the sign that he was losing his super god spirit body. If this continued, his super god spirit body would entirely fail. He would be unable to break the substance chain glass with his power.

"What do I do? Do I have to jump into the sanctuary? If I go back to the sanctuary, the blood kirin will die…" Han Sen thought rapidly, but he couldn't come up with a solution to his predicament.

The deified xenogeneic's speed would make escape virtually impossible. Han Sen used all of his strength, but it was useless before that absolute power and speed.

Super god spirit body's ability to make him invincible was the sole reason he hadn't been trapped.

Han Sen's heart was burning. He knew he could escape to the sanctuaries, but his greatest worry lay in the blood kirin. Han Sen carried the blood kirin's bleeding body, and luckily, his super god spirit mode had lent some of its strength to the blood kirin. Han Sen's power killed the small, black sea conches and made the blood kirin feel better.

But now, the two large sea conches were still a serious problem. One was a King with a powerful King area, and the other was a genuine deified xenogeneic. Even if he used his super god spirit body to attack them, he wouldn't be able to save the blood kirin.

In Underwater Town, Bao'er was eating lunch with Lan Haixin. Halfway through her dessert, Bao'er's face paled. She suddenly leaped off her chair.

"Bao'er, what is it?" Lan Haixin looked at Bao'er with confusion.

"Stomach ache. I have to go to the bathroom," Bao'er said, then left the room with the little red bird in tow.

"This kid…" Lan Haixin shook her head and smiled. She looked so happy. She had really come to love Bao'er, and she even kept Bao'er in her room with her at night. They were like real sisters.

Bao'er ran to the garden and bit her finger. She let a droplet of blood fall on the little red bird's forehead, and she said, "Little red bird, my stupid father is in trouble. My blood will guide you to him. Go and save him."

After that, Bao'er threw the little red bird upward. The little red bird flapped its wings and became a red light. Then, it disappeared from the town.

Han Sen was still holding on, but his super god spirit body was flickering. It was almost gone, and it could disappear completely at any second.

Han Sen's body struck the rainbow glass again, and now, it was as if he was striking leather. Han Sen gritted his teeth and pushed forward, but he was squashed out.

The super god spirit body couldn't hold on any longer. Han Sen fell out of that mode and returned to being a human composed of ordinary flesh again.

Han Sen tried to use the super god spirit body's remaining power to attack the sea conch, but it wasn't that useful.

The super god spirit body buffed Han Sen quite a bit. It could ignore the defenses of creatures and attack things directly. Even so, attacking a beast that was two levels above him was pointless.

Pang!

Another pane of rainbow glass fell. It was going to cover Han Sen and the blood kirin, and so Han Sen tried punching it. His fist was lit by Kingese, but he was unable to fracture the rainbow glass.

Han Sen kept punching the glass, and the sounds of the blows echoed over the seafloor. Han Sen's bones were about to break and his fists were bleeding, but he couldn't break the rainbow glass.

The power of Super Spank struck the substance chains of the rainbow glass, but even that was bounced back. Super Spank could find a single link of the chain that was weak enough to break.

The blood kirin fell on the ground, looking to be in a really dire condition. It was still able to release horrid screams as it tried to struggle back to its feet and fight against the rainbow glass alongside Han Sen. But after a few tries, it collapsed again with blood spewing from its mouth.

The black stone sea conch moved alongside the rainbow crystal sea conch. They were moving slowly. Two sea conches climbed atop the rainbow glass, looking at Han Sen and the blood kirin through its transparent surface.

The black sea conch's eyes looked very human. They glared at Han Sen with disdain.

The rainbow crystal sea conch looked at Han Sen with its dreamy eyes. And then, the rainbow glass surrounding Han Sen began to shrink. It was squeezing Han Sen and the blood kirin together.

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Chapter 2361 Little Red Bird Shows Off

The faces of Han Sen and the blood kirin were squashed together. Han Sen hesitated, trying to decide if he should take the blood kirin with him to the sanctuaries. Even if the powers of the sanctuary harmed the creature, it was better than being squeezed into a sausage then and there.

The rainbow sea conch didn't move. It kept pushing the glass down on Han Sen and the blood kirin in a cruel bid to crush them. The black sea conch was standing just outside the glass, and it seemed darkly amused. It moved around a little, and small black things emerged from its shell. They were the black sea conches.

Those small sea conches surrounded the glass like a tide of water. There was a countless number of them, and they looked like a cloud of ink.

Han Sen felt a chill as he looked at them. If the glass squashed him to a pulp, he wouldn't feel safe dying. His dead body would be devoured by the hungry sea conches.

As Han Sen gritted his teeth and prepared to use his Blood-Pulse Sutra to return to the sanctuaries, a beautiful red light appeared above him, shining down into the depths of the sea.

After that, Han Sen saw a burning flame swoop across the sea. It was like a fiery phoenix coming down from the heavens. The strange-looking red light was its flames.

The black sea conch and the rainbow crystal sea conch noticed the phoenix. The black sea conch was frightening, and it immediately retreated back into its shell. Its blue light appeared a moment later.

The rainbow sea conch gathered its rainbow-colored substance chains into powerful waves of rainbow glass that went right for the phoenix.

Pang!

The glass covered the phoenix.

The black sea conch poked its head out when it saw the fire phoenix get trapped. It was so happy that it jumped a little.

Pang!

The next second, the phoenix shrieked, and the red flames of its body rose. The incredibly hard glass turned to lava beneath the strength of the bird's flames. The melted glass began to run like candle wax.

The phoenix flapped its wings, and the glass shattered completely. Even the shards soon melted into a red liquid.

The underwater landscape was smoldering, and the light danced strangely over the seafloor. It was shockingly pretty.

The rainbow sea conch saw all this, and even more rainbow substance chains lashed out crazily. They became another weird shape of glass that headed for the phoenix.

The phoenix flapped its wings and spat out some gold fire. The fire pierced through the rainbow sea conch's glass and kept on going towards the beast.

The rainbow sea conch's eyes opened wide. It gathered up power upon its shell, and then its body retreated inside.

The gold fire splashed atop the crystal conch shell. Instead of breaking the shell, though, the fire burned around the shell and made it shine like a rainbow.

The phoenix looked at Han Sen and the blood kirin. It spat a fireball toward them and melted the glass that had trapped them.

"Little red bird!" Han Sen and the blood kirin escaped. Han Sen, upon seeing the red phoenix, was ridiculously happy. He exclaimed, "The Sun Raven's body and the bird's nest weren't wasted. The little red bird is good!"

The little red bird flapped its wings and sent even more fire toward the rainbow sea conch. The scary gold fire wrapped around the sea conch like an embrace of flames.

When the fire rose, the rainbow shell became a golden color. The shine dimmed.

Han Sen glanced over and saw the black sea conch trying to escape. So, Han Sen summoned Spell as a sniper rifle and fired a bullet at the conch's shell.

The black sea conch hadn't wanted to draw the phoenix's attention, so it hadn't made use of its King area. It was slow, and Spell's bullet hit the shell and broke it. The beast started to bleed.

The black sea conch squealed. Its situation had become even more desperate, so it unleashed its blue light and began moving away as quickly as it could.

"You want to run away?" Han Sen pursued the creature, continuing to shoot at it.

The next bullet went through the blue light area and struck the black sea conch. It flew through the hole made by the previous bullet, and this time, blood flowed out like a spring.

The black sea conch's recovery powers were strong, but that bullet hole wasn't recovering in the least. The bullet hole existed on the beast as if it was a separate entity. It wasn't healing.

That was the work of Spell's Eternity skill. It made a solid wound that was impossible to heal again. That skill was more than a match for the black sea conch, too. Even a deified creature might not be able to break the power of that Eternity skill.

Han Sen got closer to the black sea conch, and he turned Spell into dual pistols. He fired them repeatedly, and every bullet struck that same bullet hole. Ever-increasing amounts of blood poured from the black sea conch.

The blue light area combined with the sea conch's shell and created an excellent defense system, but the flesh of the sea conch didn't have a high level of defense. Plus, it wasn't nearly fast enough to evade the bullets. Before long, it had been shot many times in that same spot.

The black sea conch's body began to tremble. Its flesh shook, and black clouds poured out of its flesh. The black clouds were swarms of little black sea conches.

Han Sen's body shone with Kingese. The little sea conches tried to drill into Han Sen's pores, but they all broke against the Kingese.

The black stone sea conch couldn't run, and the little sea conches were unable to do anything to Han Sen. The big beast had been shot, and it was rapidly losing blood. The Purple Teeth power kept spreading into it as well, making the wound even worse.

The black sea conch's climbing ability slowed. The blue light had weakened. When the blue light was fully extinguished, Han Sen fired his pistols to completely shatter the creature's shell.

Without the protection of the blue light, the conch's shell crumbled under the onslaught.

"Xenogeneic King hunted: Move Mountain Sea Conch. Xenogeneic gene found. Obtained beast soul."

Han Sen happily went to check out what type of beast soul he had received.

King class xenogeneic beast soul Move Mountain Sea Conch: Area type.

Han Sen was shocked. He hadn't expected to receive another powerful area type beast soul. He didn't know if King class area beast souls were extremely common or if he was simply lucky.

Han Sen summoned his new beast soul to find out what it was like.

Han Sen's body shimmered with blue light, the same light that he had just seen the Move Mountain Sea Conch use. This delighted Han Sen.

He wanted to investigate the blue light further, but the rainbow sea conch was starting to emit some strange wheezing noises. Han Sen looked over and saw the rainbow sea conch still being slowly cooked by the little red bird. The creature appeared to be in a frenzy as it tried to run away.

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Chapter 2362 Getting a Beast Soul Again

The rainbow sea conch kept running, but the fire across its shell couldn't be extinguished. It was like a flaming wheel blazing a trail through the water and across the sand. The fire refused to go out.

"The little red bird, the harbinger of death!" Han Sen was grinning like an idiot. Although he knew the little red bird had become a deified elite, being able to damage another deified elite like that was remarkably impressive.

Plus, the little red bird had only recently become deified, so it could probably improve even more in the future. In time, it might grow up to become something like the Ancient Water God.

The little red bird cawed in pride. It flew to the rainbow sea conch, and Han Sen followed it while shouting, "Save his last breath for me. I want to take the last hit!"

Han Sen chased after it, and the rainbow sea conch eventually found itself unable to move any farther. The meat inside its shell was boiling. The shell had turned translucent white, and it looked as if the creature was being barbecued.

"Is it still breathing?" Han Sen drew his Thunder God Spike and ran at the fiend. It was a deified xenogeneic, and although Han Sen's chances of getting a beast soul out of it were low, he still wanted to try.

The fire around the little red bird's body vanished, and it floated down to land on Han Sen. It opened its mouth toward the rainbow sea conch and inhaled. The gold fire was pulled back into its belly.

Han Sen's Thunder God Spike slammed into the cooked conch meat, but it was like a blade hitting rubber. The spike would not go in.

Han Sen gathered up all the power he could, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't penetrate the flesh.

As the rainbow sea conch's life faded, its body crystallized. It became more and more resistant to Han Sen's strikes.

Han Sen felt depressed. The prize was right there in front of him, but he couldn't take it.

Not long after, the rainbow sea conch was completely crystallized. Every inch of its body was a xenogeneic gene. It was like a piece of art made from rainbow crystal.

"What a shame." The rainbow sea conch was very dead. Han Sen was unable to break its flesh, even though he used his Thunder God Spike to strike it.

"Electrocution is a type of damage, right? Will the final hit count as mine?" Han Sen felt very nervous. The prospect of earning a deified beast soul was very enticing.

"Xenogeneic deified hunted: Crystal God Conch. Xenogeneic gene found."

Han Sen felt as if he had been dropped off at the pearly gates at heaven, only to fall way down into the fiery pits of hell. He had managed to get the kill, but he didn't get a deified beast soul.

"Anyway, at least I got the deified gene. That is the biggest reward," Han Sen mumbled to himself, but he still felt crestfallen.

Han Sen sent the Crystal God Conch's body back to the sanctuaries. Lifeless items weren't destroyed in the sanctuaries, just like the baby Sun Raven's body.

The small black sea conches invading the blood kirin were gone. It was wounded, but it wasn't in any danger of death. With its lifeforce and recovery speed, it wouldn't take long for the blood kirin to be back in action.

The blood kirin began to feast on the flesh of the Move Mountain Sea Conch and what remained of the Electric Dragon. With gritted teeth, Han Sen gave the Move Mountain Sea Conch's xenogeneic gene to the blood kirin, as well. He wanted it to recover the power it had lost.

It was two days before he made it back to Underwater Town. By then, the wounds on the blood kirin were no longer visible, but it had yet to fully heal.

The blood kirin had been badly hurt by the Crystal God Conch, and the little sea conches had ravaged its organs. It had been really damaged. If it hadn't been given plenty of resources to heal, it would have taken a very long time for it to get better.

Han Sen kept on exploring the underwater realms, but he was never able to find another King class xenogeneic. He didn't know why they had found two Kings and a deified in that one region.

Han Sen wanted to go back to that cave and take a look, but he wasn't good at shrinking his body. That cave grew smaller the deeper it went. It eventually reached the width of a needle. Han Sen spent some time digging his way through but found nothing. He decided to give up after a while.

"I should take the blood kirin to King's Garden to heal," Han Sen decided.

Of course, Han Sen had no intention of provoking the king tree again. He wanted to find a root king dragon there so he and the blood kirin could absorb some king air. If the blood kirin could absorb some of that king air, the healing process could be hastened.

Even though Han Sen tried to keep a low profile, entering King's Garden still drew a lot of attention.

It was very hard to find a primary root king dragon that was unoccupied.

Han Sen found one, and after looking closer, he smiled. He lifted his lips and said, "What a shame! It is Prince Swordstar."

Han Sen flew over to Prince Swordstar without hesitation.

Prince Swordstar was sitting atop a primary root king dragon with a few of his guards. When he saw Han Sen coming toward him, his face changed.

"My good little brother, haven't you heard that you should respect your elders? I am taking this primary root king dragon. Get lost," Han Sen said as he approached.

Prince Swordstar was very annoyed that Han Sen had been released from prison by Miss Mirror. Now, hearing Han Sen say this, he was so angry that he shouted, "I should respect our elders, but even if we give it to you, I doubt you'd be capable of defending it! So, what is the point of you having it?"

Other princes and princesses knew that Prince Swordstar had brought Han Sen to the Sentencing Court. With Bai Yi's spiteful personality, everyone knew that he wasn't going to let go of the affront lightly. They turned excited eyes toward the brewing confrontation.

"It looks like this big brother should teach you a lesson," Han Sen laughed coldly. His fist gathered up power, and he used the Extreme King's Shocking Sky Punch. He threw his fist toward Prince Swordstar, who was sitting on the dragon's head.

"Get them!" Prince Swordstar barked, looking at the blood kirin in fear. He didn't dare fight.

Four guards suddenly emerged from behind the dragon. Two of them were half-deified.

Ordinarily, Han Sen would allow the blood kirin to fight. But the blood kirin was still injured, so he couldn't let him go forward.

Han Sen laughed and said, "Let this big brother teach you the invincible ways of a real Extreme King!"

After that, he sent an Extreme King Shocking Sky Punch toward all four guards.

"Is Bai Yi crazy?" All the princes and princesses were shocked. They knew who Bai Yi really was.

Although he had managed to claim the alpha statue and earn the protection of the Kingese, he still wasn't very high level. He was a first-tier King. With his power and Original Water King Body, he could fight a single half-deified, but it was simply arrogant to think he could take on four at once.

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Chapter 2363 Punching Four Guards

"He's asking to be humiliated. Take him down," Prince Swordstar growled.

"Bai Yi is getting crazier and crazier. He was lucky to get the alpha statue and earn the protection of the Kingese, but it's gone to his head. He's become arrogant and blind to who he really is," Prince Nineteen said coldly.

Bai Ling Shuang was near. She frowned, thinking that Bai Yi's behavior was far too reckless.

When Han Sen earned the protection of the Kingese, Bai Ling Shuang wondered if she should stay close to him, or perhaps even ally with him. But now that Bai Yi had just become a tiny bit successful, his arrogance had become overwhelming. The thought of joining up with him was severely reduced now.

She wasn't afraid of god-like enemies, but she was afraid of teaming up with someone who was gluttonous and uncontrollable. Bai Yi's anger and recklessness would most likely cause her a lot of trouble. Bai Ling Shuang had her doubts about him before, but now he was confirming her suspicions.

Han Sen wasn't concerned about what anyone thought of him, though. He was copying Bai Yi's personality and trying to act as the bitter prince would have.

Plus, he didn't like Prince Swordstar. This was the perfect excuse for him to teach the brat a lesson.

When Han Sen prepared his Extreme King Shocking Sky Punch, the four guards gathered to defend Prince Swordstar. The four powerful enemies had to give up on the idea of attacking the blood kirin to deal with Han Sen's punch, first and foremost.

But they didn't dare to actually kill Han Sen. They just wanted to put him in his place.

Killing was a crime in King's Garden, but if they killed the blood kirin, they'd be locked up but not sentenced to death. Prince Swordstar's uncle was the captain of the Sentencing Court, after all.

The consequences of killing Bai Yi, on the other hand, would be quite lethal.

Han Sen didn't seem concerned about the situation. He used his Shocking Sky Punch at max power, and his punch combined with the water skills he had learned from watching Ancient Water God. He modified the Shocking Sky Punch to accommodate the new ability.

When he cast it, the punch was like a Shocking Sky Big Wave. A wave was unleashed, and then another wave. The waves continued to roll out, growing in power as they came. He could fight four people with this, and the four guards were suddenly at a large disadvantage.

The two half-deified guards didn't dare to fight. They were afraid of killing Prince Sixteen, but a few punches later, their eyes widened.

The four guards weren't the only ones who were shocked. Prince Swordstar, Bai Ling Shuang, Prince Nineteen, and other royal children stood and watched with mouths agape.

Han Sen stood like a king that ruled the entire universe. His punches were heavier than the sea, and they crushed the stars. The four guards fell backward with screams that rocked the skies. Their knives, swords, spears, and punching lights were exploding. But even so, they could not break down Han Sen's punches.

Under those punches that were like a dragon from the sea, even half-deified guards were unable to keep their heads above water. They were like boats navigating a sea of treacherous waves. It was incomparable to the sky and ground powers that they knew.

"Old Sixteen has practiced Shocking Sky Punch to this degree?" Prince Nineteen couldn't believe his eyes.

Bai Ling Shuang was shocked, too. Other members of the Extreme King could use a stronger version of Shocking Sky Punch, but they had developed the ability to the eighth or nine-tier. The fact that Han Sen could use such a strong Shocking Sky Punch at the first-tier was mind-blowing. Not even a half-deified royal child could do what he was doing.

Han Sen practiced the most basic Shocking Sky Punch, and other royal children had practiced the more advanced versions. Bai Wei had practiced the Extreme King Final Punch. Its power should have been much greater than the basic version of the skill.

Han Sen was using the Shocking Sky Punch, but it had been fused with Water Will. It was an upgraded version of the skill, a modification that Han Sen had engineered himself. That was why Bai Ling Shuang was so shocked.

Tailoring the Shocking Sky Punch into the exact skill he needed wasn't a feat that a simple-minded person could perform.

Bai Ling Shuang looked at Han Sen, who was suppressing four guards like they were dogs, and felt a flurry of mixed emotions.

Prince Swordstar gritted his teeth. He was young, so he had relied on his mother's power. He was fairly well-known amongst the royal children, and having a prince like Bai Yi suppress all four of his guards was unacceptable.

It would have been okay if Han Sen was half-deified and the guards were from a smaller race, but that was not the case. Prince Swordstar's guards hailed from big factions of the Extreme King. The two half-deified guards were of mixed heritage, but they had Extreme King blood in their veins. They still possessed the power of a half-deified Extreme King. They shouldn't lose against Prince Sixteen.

But now, the two half-deified guards and the two ninth-tier Kings were fighting Han Sen. And they were suppressed and unable to push him back. Prince Swordstar knew he wouldn't be able to do anything, either. It made him feel as if a snake had sunk its fangs into his heart. His face darkened, twisting with hate.

"I didn't know Brother Sixteen possessed such a power. How surprising," said a man sitting on a king dragon's head. He was clad in a gold robe, and his voice was hard.

There was a green-armored man sitting next to the gold-robed man. He said, "I cannot even tell if he truly is Old Sixteen. Why are you referring to him as if he is important, crown prince?"

"Brother Four, you are wrong. If Father accepts him, then that means he is Brother Sixteen," the crown prince said.

Prince Four chuckled. "I don't think so. We both know what Old Sixteen was like. Since when has he been this smart? He's fighting four people at once with a punching skill, and he's playing them like a fiddle. That isn't something Old Sixteen could do. He was stupid."

The crown prince squinted as he looked at Han Sen. "Who knows? We cannot tell. Perhaps we have underestimated him."

Prince Four didn't reply. He grunted and stared at Han Sen, who shone with the glory of both a god and a demon.

Pang!

Han Sen punched and struck a half-deified guard. The Shocking Sky Punch had been cast many times, and its power had grown by many multiples. Even a half-deified elite couldn't withstand those blows. Han Sen punched an enemy's chestplate and caved it in. Blood sprayed from the half-deified guard's lips.

No hesitation. The next second, Han Sen's fist was coming down toward the guard's head like a falling star. The scary power was like a river descending from the sky.

"Bai Yi! You killed my guard! I will kill you!" Prince Swordstar screamed, his eyes turning red.

"I didn't dare," Han Sen said simply. The scary Shocking Sky Punch landed on the half-deified guard.

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Chapter 2364 King Air Gene

"Bai Yi…" Prince Swordstar shouted. He sounded as if he was about to eat someone.

Katcha!

Han Sen unleashed his Shocking Sky Punch, and the half-deified guard's bones were pulverized. There wasn't a single inch of bone that remained intact. His body slumped to the ground like a sack of mud.

Han Sen grabbed the half-deified guard and lifted him back up. The man's body was trashed, but he wasn't dead. Han Sen threw him at Prince Swordstar.

"As per your request, he is alive," Han Sen said flatly.

"Bai Yi, I will kill you." Prince Swordstar caught the guard, whose entire body had been devastated. Han Sen had even shattered the guard's xenogeneic gene. Prince Swordstar was furious.

"I have gone to so much trouble to be nice to you. You asked me to keep him alive. I refrained from killing him, and you still aren't happy. It's hard work being a big brother." Han Sen said, then he jumped.

The other three guards were overwhelmed with a mixture of anger and fear. They wanted to run away, but the Shocking Sky Punch was already coming down on them like the angry waves of a turbulent sea.

They couldn't escape that wrath, but if they tried to repel it, that raging power would still crush their bodies. The punching powers came for each of them in turn. The two ninth-tier Kings went down first, then the last half-deified guard fell as well. Han Sen trashed their bodies in a few quick punches, then tossed their crippled bodies back toward Prince Swordstar.

The nearby royal children were shocked. Han Sen's cruel and overbearing skills made them think twice about how they might treat him in the future.

Prince Swordstar gritted his teeth until his jaws ached, and he had to resist the urge to attack Han Sen himself. He glared at Han Sen, then carried the four disabled guards away.

"Come on! That Prince Swordstar is such a wimp. He's just accepting that loss?" Prince Nineteen lifted his lips in a sneer.

"That is why he is scary. That Prince Swordstar isn't one to be ruled by simple emotions." Bai Canglang approached. He sighed and said, "Our generation of the Extreme King is both the most promising and the most hopeless generation there has ever been. There are too many wonderful royal children, and now there are people like Sixteen, Seventeen, and even Swordstar. When the time comes for someone to claim leadership, it won't happen peacefully."

"Chaos is fun. Otherwise, life is like a pool of stagnant water. That is boring," Prince Nineteen said.

Everyone watched as Han Sen climbed onto the primary root king dragon. No one dared to provoke him; he had just suppressed half-deified guards, after all. The royal children knew they couldn't compete against Han Sen. Even the ones that could fight him knew that they didn't want to do so in King's Garden.

Han Sen took the blood kirin up to sit atop the king dragon's head with him. The other royal children drifted away.

After a few hours of daylight, the yellow leaves began to glow. The primary root king dragon roared and dropped underground.

Unlike the small king dragon Han Sen had used before, this primary root king dragon was big, and it went far underground. It went so close to that golden spot.

When Han Sen had trained with Bai Wei, the source of power had looked like a distant golden sun. Now, because he was so much closer, it was too big to describe.

Waves of gold king air began to emerge and flow over Han Sen and the blood kirin. Any king air he absorbed would help Han Sen refine the powers in his body.

The blood kirin was sucking in the king air greedily, and he looked healthier with every breath.

After Han Sen absorbed thirty waves of king air, he heard an announcement play in his head.

Duke Gene 1.

Han Sen was shocked, but he was also very happy. He said, "Are these waves of king air actually xenogeneic genes?"

When he came last time, he had been very far from the tree. The king air he absorbed had been too weak to generate a Duke gene. Now he had a lot of king air, so he could exploit its full strength.

Han Sen hadn't been terribly interested in the king air before, but now he was motivated. He absorbed the king air as fast as he could. He absorbed fifty waves of king air and heard the Duke gene notification once more.

"If this is the case, I don't need to find any more xenogeneics. Simply absorbing this king air will give me enough Duke genes!" Han Sen thought happily. He had claimed this primary root king dragon, and so he was going to absorb the king air like mad.

While the primary root king dragon was still underground, Han Sen's Duke gene tally reached the prestigious one hundred. He absorbed many waves of king air, but his Duke genes didn't increase beyond that.

Han Sen used the hundred Duke genes to open the first gene lock of The Story of Genes.

It was a smooth process that went exactly as it had for Jadeskin. After The Story of Genes had its first gene lock open, he obtained an astral body in the geno universe.

One hundred Duke genes were gone from his total, and so Han Sen stayed put to collect more of that king air. His Duke gene tally started to rack up again.

"This is some good stuff." Han Sen grinned. He had claimed this primary root king dragon, so he wasn't going to go anywhere. He planned to use the king air to unlock the gene locks of a few different geno arts.

Somewhere far away in King's Kingdom, there was a mountain that hung in the darkness. The mountain looked gigantic, but no matter how long you spent flying toward its peak, you could never reach the mountain.

It was known as Extreme Mountain, one of the three famous mountains of King's Kingdom. Countless terrifying legends swirled around its existence, and many elites had been killed while exploring its reaches. Many half-deified and deified elites were said to roam there.

The secrets of Extreme Mountain had yet to be discovered, as there were many places on the mountain's slopes that not even King Bai himself would dare explore.

On the left side of Extreme Mountain, a ghost-like man walked along a path.

Every step he took was like some invincible power was coming down on him, making his body look lighter. By the time he was halfway up the slope, his body appeared half-transparent. He looked as if he was going to fade away at any second.

But that man still stared up at the peak of Extreme Mountain, and he kept walking forward in a bid to reach it.

"Half mountain, half sky, half extreme. One step, one life, one world." When he was halfway up the mountain, he saw that sentence scrawled into a cliff face. It was written in blood.

The man saw it, but he kept on going up the mountain. He didn't pay any further attention to the writing.

The legends state that those words were left behind by the Extreme King's seventh king. The seventh king went there as a half-deified, and he stopped there to write that down before leaving.

After that, all the heirs of the Extreme King that ventured to the Extreme Mountain and went past those words were known to have died. There had only been one exception to that rule.

The exception was the previous ruler of the Extreme King, King Bao. King Bao went past the writing, but he didn't die. And he never talked about his experiences on Extreme Mountain. All he said was that if there was any person fortunate enough to reach the top of Extreme Mountain, they would become the best of their generation and achieve an invincible body.

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Chapter 2365 The Woman in the Stone

Far away, across the galaxy, in a xenogeneic space that resembled purgatory, there were many creatures from all sorts of different races. They were getting lashed by whips. A hellfire raged everywhere, and they were using shovels, pickaxes, hammers, and other tools to dig into the rock.

The stones were dark like ink, but they were also dull. The stones absorbed any light that shone against them, giving nothing back.

The Duke class elites were wearily lifting their shovels to strike the stone. Sparks flew with each hit, and bits of the stone crumbled away and split.

The Dukes and Marquises were like slaves, while the Barons and Viscounts were relegated to transportation duties.

The stones they collected were sent to a stone factory, where all sorts of stone weaponry were forged.

A man stood over them, his expression hard. He used a pen to draw carefully across the stone, marking dimensions as if he was planning how the rock should be carved into.

The noble workers that were in charge of carving and grinding looked at the man with great envy.

The nobles were like hell's guard dogs. The Hell race ruled, and all other races existed as thralls. Even the Kings of other races were treated as mere slaves.

There was a crystallizer man who was a Marquise, and he looked very weak. Over the past few months, he had been used by the Hell. He was skilled enough that he didn't have to perform the menial tasks of labor. He was able to enjoy many resources, as he was a person that the Hell looked at very differently.

"Ning Yue, you have done well. What should we do next to increase efficiency?" Hell King squinted his eyes, looking at the young man approaching the palace.

The crystallizer had captured his curiosity. The man was an outsider Marquise, but many Hell nobles had praised him over the past few months. That was a big deal. Not even Kings received that treatment.

Hell King planned to ask the man's advice to humor his own curiosity, then toss the man back in with the slaves. After all, everyone knew that only the Hell were important. Other races were designed to be slaves and nothing more.

As time went by, Ning Yue gave suggestions to the king every once in a while, and all of his suggestions had increased the efficiency of their work. It saved the Hell King a lot of time and trouble.

Every time Hell King wished to send Ning Yue back to the other slaves, Ning Yue would come up with an even better plan. When Hell King heard his designs, he would allow Ning Yue to stay even longer and put those new designs into action.

After a while, Hell King wasn't the only one who had grown used to the presence of Ning Yue. The whole Hell society had become accustomed to him.

"Blood! Blood! There is blood!" Screaming sounds howled out of the stone factory.

Ning Yue frowned and looked in their direction. A big rock had been cracked open, and a red liquid was oozing out of the gap. It smelled like blood.

The slaves were running for their lives, and Ning Yue stared at the big black rock.

This wasn't the first time this had happened. In Ning Yue's first few months there, this had taken place three times.

The first time they found a black rock that bled, there was a red bug inside it. The monster had ended up killing a few thousand slaves and guards. In the end, Hell King himself had to show up and kill it. It was the only way to get rid of the bug.

The second time this occurred—when a black rock started to bleed—the slaves of that area became infected with some sort of toxin. They endured it for ten days before their bodies dissolved into liquid. At least ten thousand died in that incident.

The third time they discovered a bleeding black rock, a little green sword came out. It pierced through the head of the Duke who had been inspecting the stone. Then it flew into the sky and disappeared.

This was now the fourth incident that Ning Yue had seen. Red liquid welled in the cracks, and it was like blood tears were rolling out, one-by-one.

Suddenly, Ning Yue saw a finger appear through the gap. The finger glistened like jade. It was beautiful, but the fingernail shone a disturbing shade of red. Even looking at the unsettling sight would leave someone shivering.

One finger… two fingers… three fingers… More and more fingers appeared through the crack. When all ten fingers appeared, there was a loud cracking noise. The fingers tore the rock in half.

A woman wearing creepy red armor emerged. Her red eyes gleamed, staring down at the creatures that were all running away in fear.

Suddenly, the woman moved. She was like a demon, straight from hell. She turned into a bloody shadow, and wherever her blood-red fingers went, creatures screamed. Blood fountained from their bodies, and in no time at all, many creatures had been reduced to shreds.

The terrifying woman showed no sign of backing down. Hell King and the other Kings of their race went to meet that wicked force, and the entire land turned into a bloody battlefield. The hell-looking xenogeneic space was thrown into turmoil.

Blood… blood everywhere…

There was the blood of slaves. The blood of the Hell. Broken bodies littered the ground, and almost no one was left alive in that xenogeneic space.

Two of them were still standing, though, their lifeforces flickering in the hellscape.

One of them was the weird woman in her red armor. The other was Hell King.

The strange woman didn't look to be in good condition. Her red eyes shone with a scary light. Her red armor was covered in cracks and punctures, and a piece of a sword blade was still embedded in it. There was a big bloody hole in her chest. It was impossible to guess which weapon had dealt that blow to her. She was bleeding, and she could barely stand.

Hell King wasn't in great shape, either. One of his horns had been broken, and one of his legs was gone. His belly had been cut open, and his guts and intestines were starting to spill out.

Hell King's face looked enraged; all the inhabitants of that xenogeneic space had been murdered by the strange woman. Aside from him, no one else had been left alive.

"I will make you die." Hell King opened his mouth and spat out a mass of blood. The blood drained away across the ground, revealing a small green sword.

If Ning Yue had seen it, he would have recognized it. It was the sword that had flown away when they opened that third black rock.

The woman saw the green sword, and her eyes lost their anger. She looked scared.

Hell King roared. He picked up the green sword and ran at the weird woman. The green sword was aimed at her head.

The woman blocked the little green sword with one hand and shoved her other hand into Hell King's chest to grab his heart. The green sword broke under the force of her grip, and her fist tightened around Hell King's heart.

Dong!

The little green sword fell to the ground, and the light in Hell King's eyes started to fade. Just as the fire of his life was about to be extinguished, Hell King roused himself. He would rather burn out the last of his strength than slowly wither away. He quickly grabbed the weird woman's neck.

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Chapter 2366 Back to Night Charm

Katcha!

The green light flashed. Hell King's head was cut off.

The strange woman was stunned. She stared at the man who looked so skinny, clutching that green sword. All the other creatures around them were dead.

The woman squinted, trying to remember exactly what had happened when she came out of the black stone. She remembered that the skinny man had been in the stone factory when she emerged. He would have been the one she killed first.

But now that she thought about it, she didn't remember actually killing him; he had been too ordinary to keep her attention. She just tossed some red light his way and ignored him.

"He isn't dead?" The strange woman looked at the man, who was smiling as he held the green sword. For some reason, when she saw his smile, the woman wanted to smile with him. It was like his smile was contagious.

The woman looked at Ning Yue and said, "You are not bad. If you ally with me, you can use my deified powers. Then, you can become defied as well. Unstoppable. You will become the greatest in the universe."

Ning Yue smiled and didn't answer. He walked slowly toward the woman.

"You don't believe me?" The woman looked intently at Ning Yue's face. She knew she should be wary, but she couldn't resist that infectious smile. She found herself treating him as a friend rather than a foe.

"I believe you," Ning Yue said seriously.

The woman looked relieved. Somehow, what Ning Yue said felt incredibly trustworthy. His words seemed rock-steady, as if whatever he said had to be a universal truth.

The woman sighed, and just as she was about to respond, Ning Yue used the little green sword to lop her head off.

The woman's head rolled across the ground, with her red eyes still staring at Ning Yue as if she couldn't believe what he had just done.

Ning Yue sighed and said, "I believe you can give me power, but I cannot beat the one I wish to with power alone. I need to take this step by step, my way, before I can stand before him."

Ning Yue wiped his little green sword. In his mind, he was still standing in that man's shadow. Determination flashed through Ning Yue's eyes. Then they became calm again. He walked up to the bodies of the strange woman and Hell King.

Han Sen maintained his claim on the primary root king dragon to absorb the king air. He stayed there for a whole month.

The blood kirin also absorbed a lot of king air, and over the month of training, he healed fully. Over the same period of time, Han Sen managed to get five hundred Duke genes.

But The Story of Genes could only open three gene locks before it stopped. As for the rest of the Duke genes Han Sen collected, he used them to open the gene locks of Jadeskin and the Blood-Pulse Sutra.

Jadeskin seemed to have the same limit of three gene locks.

"Opening the first gene lock grants an astral body. Opening the second gene lock provides a celestial body. Opening the third gene lock provides something above a celestial body. The third body feels different from a celestial body, but I can't pinpoint exactly what that difference is." Han Sen was amazed by the results of opening the third gene lock, even if he didn't fully understand what had happened.

As he trained, he also earned another reward. He managed to bring his Dongxuan Sutra up to the level of Duke. It had an element, but because he didn't have any more Duke genes, he couldn't open up any more gene locks.

After The Story of Genes opened its third gene lock, it became difficult to absorb the power of the Kingese in his body. It was like the Kingese had fully merged with Han Sen's cells, and they could no longer be separated.

Han Sen still wished to stay in King's Garden to absorb more king air, though. He wanted to open three gene locks for the Blood-Pulse Sutra and the Dongxuan Sutra. His hopes were soon dashed, however, because Bai Ling Shuang eventually showed up.

"Brother Sixteen, I'm headed back to Night Charm Town," Bai Ling Shuang said in a friendly tone.

"I'd like to go there myself, but I haven't gotten an invitation." Han Sen then thought to himself, "There's no way that she's randomly being nice. What does she want this time?"

"I'll have Cher and the drinks ready. I will be the host tonight." Bai Ling Shuang gave him a lazy smile.

"In that case… I'll be there." Han Sen's eyes were full of greed.

Han Sen didn't actually want to go, of course. But since Bai Ling Shuang had extended such an explicit invitation, he didn't think he could turn her down. He would have to go eventually, so agreeing immediately would cast fewer doubts on his identity.

Bai Yi's ardent desire for Cher was well-known. If he didn't accept the invitation, that would be very strange.

In the most luxurious suite in Night Charm Town, Han Sen had draped himself over a sofa. He held Cher casually under one arm, and he swirled a glass of wine with his other hand. He looked at Bai Ling Shuang and said, "Sister Ten, tell me what it is you really want. You have been very generous with me this evening. Surely this isn't simply an opportunity for us to hang out."

"The exams for the royal children are coming up soon. What are you planning to do about them, Brother Sixteen?" Bai Ling Shuang asked with a smile.

Han Sen had a sip of wine and squeezed Cher's butt with a smile. "What can I do? I'm just a first-tier King, and half-deified royal children will be competing. Even some deifieds will participate. What chance do I stand?"

Bai Ling Shuang looked like she wanted to roll her eyes, but she still smiled and said, "Maybe not. The exams are something Father has established so that our progress can be reviewed. We don't need to be number one. We just need to perform well to impress Father. If we do that, we can be rewarded."

After pausing, Bai Ling Shuang said, "I have witnessed your recent progress with my own eyes, Brother Sixteen. If you perform just as well in the exam, Father will notice. You will be heavily rewarded."

"I don't think so," Han Sen said with an uncomfortable feeling.

Bai Ling Shuang looked at Han Sen for a while and said, "If you really don't want to get first place in the exams, I have a way in which we can make money. Are you interested in hearing more?"

"I lack pretty much everything. I have a distinct lack of money, too. Please tell me, Sister Ten." Han Sen suddenly looked much more alert, and he considered Bai Ling Shuang with interest.

She smiled and said, "You know that in the exam, there is a task that sends you to Bone Mountain? Bone Mountain is obscenely dangerous for ordinary royal children. Aside from Brother Four and Sister Three, who are deified, any other royal child that goes there might fail. Even the crown prince. But Brother Sixteen, you are different. You have the Kingese protection. You can surely reach the peak of Bone Mountain."

"Why don't you just tell me what you're after?" Han Sen frowned.

"You help me to get to the peak of Bone Mountain, and I will give you whatever you want." Bai Ling Shuang's smile had vanished, and she looked dead serious.

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Chapter 2367 Strange Numbers

As he left Night Charm Town, Han Sen got to thinking about the exam.

The exam gauged the power of the royal children. Some of the tests would judge the royal children's leadership potential and their collective power when placed in groups. Their guards were allowed to join them.

But other tests focused on the individual power of the royal children. Only the royal children could participate in those.

One of the activities, for example, involved hiking up Bone Mountain and reaching its peak.

Bone Mountain was one of the three famous mountains in King's Kingdom. It wasn't as dangerous as Extreme Mountain, but that didn't mean reaching its peak would be easy. Its slopes were quite treacherous.

Hiking up Bone Mountain was a trial that showcased power, courage, and endurance.

The mountain was commonly called Rot Bone Mountain. The environment was highly toxic, and when people were too stubborn to abandon their attempts to climb the mountain, the toxicity would corrode them until their bodies were gone. Only their proud skulls were left behind.

Han Sen hadn't been to Rot Bone Mountain before, so he wasn't sure what sort of power he would have to contend with. He knew that it could destroy courage and endurance, and make proud creatures lower their heads.

But Bai Ling Shuang mentioned that if royal children possessed the Kingese Ao or Ju, they were sure to have a higher chance of reaching the peak.

Han Sen had received loads of Kingese protection, including Ao and Ju. The chance of him reaching the top of Rot Bone Mountain was high, so Bai Ling Shuang was willing to pay a high price for his help.

Bai Ling Shuang wanted to go to Rot Bone Mountain's peak, not for King Bai's compliments, but for the benefits Rot Bone Mountain could provide. Those rewards could only be claimed by reaching the summit of that place.

In regards to the exact nature of what she hoped to gain, Bai Ling Shuang didn't elaborate, and Han Sen didn't ask.

"What is atop Rot Bone Mountain's peak?" As Han Sen wondered about this, his phone started to ring.

He looked at the number calling him and noticed that it was listed as "unknown." He had disguised himself as Bai Yi, but he had kept his old phone number. He had been careful not to contact anyone on Planet Eclipse, though, in case the Extreme King screened the calls and picked up on something.

Now, suddenly, a strange number was calling him, which was confusing. He hesitated, but he still answered the call. He was curious.

A beautiful woman with long, black hair appeared on his screen. Her face looked divine, and her emerald eyes were captivating. Her boobs were small, but everything else was great.

Han Sen looked at the woman in the video. She wasn't the most beautiful woman he'd seen, but he would rate her at a fine nine-out-of-ten. Still, he didn't remember ever seeing her before.

"You are?" Han Sen looked at the woman, and he noticed her reserved expression. The longer he looked at her, the more familiar she seemed. He just couldn't remember where they might have met.

"I am Ning Yue. Can you talk?" The woman's voice was very clear, but her words shocked Han Sen. His eyes opened wide, and his mouth gaped.

Han Sen hadn't been able to place his sense of familiarity with the woman. Hearing the name Ning Yue, however, made him feel like he'd been tased. Now he knew where that familiar feeling came from.

Aside from having a female body, the woman appeared and behaved just like Ning Yue. If not for the emerald eyes that had captured his gaze, Han Sen probably would have guessed who it was eventually.

Even so, Han Sen was still left speechless.

"Hang on, I'll call you back." Han Sen ended the call and went to his computer. He logged in and called the number back.

The call rang through, and the image of that beautiful woman appeared on Han Sen's computer.

"What is it?" Han Sen held his laughter at bay. He didn't think anyone could disguise themselves as Ning Yue.

Ning Yue was a very special person, so masquerading as him would be difficult. But even if someone went to the trouble to steal another person's identity, why would they choose Ning Yue? He wasn't famous or important in the geno universe, so what was the point?

Not to mention that, even if there was something benefit to be gained, no one could make a woman disguise themselves as Ning Yue. This was too much.

Seeing Han Sen attempting to hold back his laughter, Ning Yue's eyes twitched. In an emotionless tone, he began to explain what had happened.

Ning Yue had been captured by the Hell, and he was forced into slavery in a secret Hell xenogeneic space. During his incarceration, a strange woman appeared out of a black rock. She killed all of the Hell and the slaves without discrimination.

Ning Yue had gotten his hands on a little green sword during the chaos, and he used it to kill Hell King and the woman from the rock. After killing them, Ning Yue discovered that Hell King and the woman were both deified elites, not half-deified as he had assumed. This shocked Ning Yue. He didn't understand how the little green sword had wielded so much power.

Ning Yue only had the power of a Marquise. Even if he held a deified weapon, he shouldn't have been able to kill a deified xenogeneic. But the little green sword had decapitated two deified xenogeneics with ease.

They had been injured, of course, so that was worth considering. But the little green sword's power was still mind-boggling.

"You say you used the green sword to kill two deified xenogeneics?" Han Sen stared at Ning Yue, unable to believe his ears.

Even if Han Sen used the Thunder God Spike, he couldn't damage deified xenogeneics. Ning Yue was just a Marquise. The feat he had achieved with the little green sword was a bit unbelievable.

"Yes. And I received a deified beast soul," Ning Yue pulled the little green sword out.

"That's a deified beast soul? You won big!" After Han Sen's shock subsided, he examined Ning Yue's little sword. The blade was two fingers wide. It was an intriguing shade of dark green, but other than the color, nothing about the sword seemed very special. There were no engravings on the blade, and it didn't even have a scabbard to go with it.

"I would rather not have earned it," Ning Yue said grimly. He flipped the green sword over to reveal its other side to Han Sen. There was a green mark on it, as if some liquid had stained its surface.

"What is that?" Han Sen asked.

"I don't know. It won't go away." Ning Yue paused and then went on to say, "After I killed the two deifieds, their bodies became liquid, then disappeared. Nothing remained. Not even a xenogeneic gene."

When Han Sen heard this, he furrowed his brows, and his expression turned suddenly serious.

With deified xenogeneics, their entire bodies were their xenogeneic genes. Melting one shouldn't have been possible. It had to be related to the green sword.

"I left the xenogeneic space. The first time I went to sleep, I woke up looking like this." Ning Yue sighed.

"You, uh… Did you lose…" Han Sen didn't know what to do.

"No, my manhood is still here. But some parts of me look woman-like." A muscle in Ning Yue's cheek spasmed.

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Chapter 2368 Evil Sword

Han Sen coughed awkwardly to fill the silence.

"Have you tried using your little sword to fix the situation?" Han Sen suddenly realized he was talking about Ning Yue's "little sword," and he quickly shook his head to get rid of the thought.

Ning Yue looked at him strangely and said, "I have tried everything! I've tried destroying it and throwing it away. I've even tried selling it. No matter what I do, my body remains like this. And whenever I go to sleep, the thing is lying on my chest when I wake up."

"It looks like this is an evil sword… What are you going to do?" Han Sen knew Ning Yue was a very decisive guy. He wouldn't have contacted Han Sen just to share some idle gossip.

"The little green sword came from a mine in a xenogeneic space. So, I went back there and searched Hell King's place. I didn't find much. While the mine was mostly a dead end, I did discover something interesting. The Hell were under the control of another race, and this master race had given them the job of running the mining operations. Building palaces and statues was just a cover-up; their real purpose was getting to what was under the mines."

After pausing, Ning Yue went on to say, "In order to figure out this green sword, we have to start with the mine."

"It will be best if you leave the xenogeneic space for now," Han Sen said.

"I'm on a planet belonging to the Thousand Treasures. Before I left, I erased all traces of my presence there," Ning Yue said.

"Do you know who was behind all this?" Han Sen asked.

"I don't know. I only discovered that a master race was controlling the Hell by piecing together all the information I could find. There is no evidence to back this up." Ning Yue shook his head.

Han Sen was silent for a moment. "Give me some time. I'm currently having some trouble of my own, and I cannot leave the Extreme King just yet. If you wait for me, I will find a way to contact you once I get out of here."

"Okay." Ning Yue didn't say much after that. They arranged a few more details and then hung up.

Han Sen's face was twitching. He wanted to laugh, but he couldn't.

Luckily, Ning Yue was a calm man who took misfortunes in stride. If the same thing had happened to Han Sen, it would have driven him crazy.

Han Sen brought out a galaxy map belonging to the Extreme King and looked up the xenogeneic space Ning Yue had mentioned. It wasn't listed. He also searched for the system that xenogeneic space supposedly resided in. The system belonged to a small race under the authority of Sky Palace. The race was so small that they were virtually unknown.

"It looks like it doesn't have anything to do with this small race. Not many people know about that xenogeneic space, clearly." Han Sen then thought to himself, "The Hell and the faction behind this are very secretive. This cannot be their territory. Perhaps they aren't allied with Sky Palace, and that is why they operated this mine in secret. If they are hesitant to re-enter that xenogeneic space, Ning Yue and I might have a chance."

As he considered his options, Han Sen started to develop a headache. The biggest problem right now was his inability to leave the Extreme King. Miss Mirror wouldn't let him go free.

Han Sen's limited power was a problem. Deified xenogeneics could be dug up from the ground in that place, and he didn't have enough power to deal with one if they discovered it. If he wanted to go there, he would have to take the little red bird. Otherwise, things could go horribly wrong if they stumbled across another elite.

If he ended up attracting something awful like Ning Yue had, Han Sen wondered what might happen. The mere thoughts he conjured were enough to give him the chills. His skull felt downright numb.

"Still, Ning Yue isn't the sort of person to rush into something. He'll be fine waiting. I should really just focus on my current situation before doing anything more." Han Sen frowned as he thought of this.

He and Lan Haixin sorted out a time to meet. He wanted to see this relic she spoke of. If he was able to claim it, it might provide a grand boost for his power.

Even if Lan Haixin nabbed it, she was Bai Yi's wife. Han Sen would be the one to help her with the relic, so surely he would get something out of the deal.

Han Sen decided that going with Lan Haixin and the others wouldn't be a bad idea, so he wasn't to upset about being dragged along. In fact, he found himself rather curious.

He had little time before they went to see the relic. Instead of going to King's Garden on that day, he studied the secrets of the Dongxuan Sutra at home. The Dongxuan Sutra was different from other geno arts. Even if he leveled up, he still had to understand how to use his developing powers. They weren't skills he could just use right away.

Han Sen knew basically nothing about the elemental body of the Dongxuan Sutra. It was similar to the Dongxuan Aura, but he could tell that there were some important differences. Han Sen now had to figure out what it was exactly.

He also spent some time studying the Move Mountain Sea Conch beast soul, which he found quite interesting. The blue light it cast was amazing, but when it was cast upon creatures, it didn't have a direct effect. After a few days of investigating, Han Sen discovered something. He understood the true way to make use of the Move Mountain king area.

Outside Underwater Town's palace, the Siren nobles gathered together. There was a surprising number of them, probably two hundred in all. There were five King class Sirens and one that was half-deified.

Lan Haixin was King class. The remnants of the Siren race weren't too shabby, but they wouldn't work for Han Sen. They only followed the commands of Lan Haixin.

Bai Yi was the last generation of the virgin's blood, and he was Lan Haixin's husband. But as far as those Sirens were concerned, he was nothing.

If Han Sen hadn't made an impressive amount of progress in recent times, they would still be looking at him with disdain.

Lan Haixin brought Bao'er to the front of the line. Seeing Han Sen and the blood kirin approach, Bao'er looked terrified. She hid behind Lan Haixin and tugged at her clothes.

"Don't be afraid. Big Sister is here. I wouldn't let anyone hurt you," Lan Haixin said soothingly, lowering herself to hug Bao'er.

"Such a talented actress… It really is a waste that she hasn't taken up a career in acting." Han Sen wanted to cry at the sight. Bao'er was way too good. If he didn't know the real Bao'er, he would have been completely fooled.

Han Sen chuckled coldly and looked at Bao'er. "Don't forget that she is my daughter. I am warning you. Do not touch Bao'er. You won't be able to withstand the consequences of my anger."

Seeing that Bao'er was still pretending to be scared and hiding behind her, Lan Haixin stared at Han Sen and said, "Okay. But you aren't taking her with you. She isn't one of the Siren."

Han Sen looked at Bao'er and licked his lips.

"We are going. We cannot leave her here. Don't worry, she won't affect us." Lan Haixin pulled Bao'er forward and ignored Han Sen.

Han Sen shrugged and rode after her on the blood kirin.

The Siren were queuing in the rear, all of them looking quite excited. They were looking forward to what came next.

"Prince, can I stay behind?" Lilly stood behind Han Sen and quietly asked for permission.

"You don't want to go?" Han Sen looked at Lilly strangely.

Lilly started to answer, but suddenly, an old female Siren next to Lan Haixin hissed, "This is a big day for the Siren, and all of us need to go. Unless you're not one of us?"

Lilly was shocked, and she wrapped her arms defensively around her own body. She lowered her head and didn't say anything.

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Chapter 2369 Where the Relic Lies

Han Sen frowned, and Lilly looked upset. Then he realized something.

Han Sen was riding atop the blood kirin, following slowly behind Lan Haixin. He behaved as if he didn't care, but the truth was, he didn't know where the relic was. He stayed carefully behind Lan Haixin where he wouldn't have to lead the party.

What confused Han Sen was that the old female Siren in front wasn't guiding them away from Planet Water Zone. They were actually headed for the deeper recesses of the sea.

"Does the Siren treasure reside here on the planet? If the treasure is here, why haven't they just gone and taken it already?" Han Sen thought for a minute and suddenly realized, "Maybe Lan Haixin and the others don't have possession of the relic? Maybe they didn't bring it with them; the relic might have already been on Planet Water Zone when they came here."

Han Sen thought some more, and he considered many details. He thought to himself, "If that is what is happening, then Bai Yi's mother should have kept the relic. In that case, why didn't Bai Yi's mother give the relic to her son? Based on the angry journal entries on Bai Yi's computer, he had no idea where the relic was. But Lan Haixin did. This whole scenario makes no sense."

Han Sen thought some more, but he couldn't find a reasonable explanation for this. He eventually grew tired of the fruitless line of thought, so he decided to roll with things and see where his luck might take him. He would love to take the relic for himself, but it would be fine if he couldn't. It wasn't his, after all.

Following the guidance of that old Siren woman, Han Sen and the others stopped near a mountain deep beneath the sea.

Han Sen frowned and looked around.

He was very familiar with this underwater mountain. The last time he was here, he had been chasing the Move Mountain Sea Conch. In fact, this was where he killed both the Move Mountain Sea Conch and the Crystal God Conch.

But Han Sen had been on the left side of the mountain back then. Now, he was on the right side of the mountain.

"The Crystal God Conch cannot be related to this relic, surely," Han Sen thought. He felt something very strange occurring.

Bai Yi had killed all of Planet Water Zone's high-class xenogeneics. This underwater mountain had two Kings and one deified. That was definitely strange.

"My lady, it is okay." The old Siren woman walked before a cliff face and bowed to Lan Haixin.

Lan Haixin nodded and gave Bao'er to the female Siren guard. Then she walked in front of the mountain and took the necklace off her neck.

The necklace was simple: a red chain adorned with a blue stone pendant. It wasn't shiny like a gem, so it didn't appear to be anything too special.

If Lan Haixin hadn't brought it out now, Han Sen would never have known that it was important. He would have walked right past it if it was lying on the side of the road. It was too ordinary-looking to even draw the eye.

There was a small triangular hole in the mountainside, and Lan Haixin slid the blue stone into it. The stone fit the small hole perfectly. Then, a booming noise came from within the mountain.

The whole underwater mountain moved, revealing a dark path beneath. Stairs led downwards, but when Han Sen tried to look down them, he could only see blackness.

The seawater had been separated by some hidden force, too. The path was dry.

The old Siren woman slowly headed down the stairwell, and Lan Haixin brought Bao'er and the other Siren in with her.

Han Sen frowned and followed after Lan Haixin. He looked around dubiously, feeling nervous about something unseen. He couldn't quite tell what was making him unsettled, though.

But Han Sen's instincts were reliable. Aside from his guesses about whether or not he would receive a beast soul, his other feelings were fairly accurate.

If Han Sen was feeling this unsettled, there had to be some danger lurking in that place.

But he couldn't yet detect any presences that shouldn't have been there. The stairs led down and down, as if they would never end. The people shone like holy lights in the dark, but their lights only lit up a small portion of the area around them. And their lights didn't penetrate far below.

Han Sen looked down the dark stairs, and he felt as if he was walking into the hellish maw of some terrible beast.

Lilly was scared, and she stood as close as she could to the blood kirin. She almost found herself hugging Han Sen's legs. She was usually scared of the blood kirin and stayed as far away from him as she could. Clearly, the darkness scared her far more. Her decision to stay that close to Han Sen and the blood kirin revealed how frightened she really was.

In other circumstances, Han Sen already would have comforted her. But he was disguised as Bai Yi. Bai Yi wasn't a man who showed compassion and concern for others, so he pretended as if there was nothing to see.

The group moved silently. Han Sen wasn't certain how long they'd been traveling, but he figured it was at least eight hours before they saw a light up ahead in the darkness.

"We're almost there." The old Siren woman looked happy, and she moved a little faster.

The light grew brighter. After walking for another half hour, Han Sen saw what was basking in the light. And what he saw shocked him.

It was a crystal palace that looked like it had come straight out of a legend. The whole palace was bathed in holy light and mysterious clouds. It looked like something out of a dream.

When Han Sen and the others drew closer, they saw that the crystal palace's gate had a sign above it. It really did say Crystal Palace.

Looking at the Crystal Palace, Han Sen felt rather nervous. His heart jumped.

The Crystal Palace was entirely transparent, as if it had been crafted from flawless crystals. He should have been able to see straight through it, but clouds and strange sparkles of rainbow light hung within the Crystal Palace. It was impossible to see what lay within the palace.

The rainbow light caught Han Sen off guard. It looked like the Crystal God Conch's rainbow.

The crystal of the Crystal Palace looked like the material that composed the Crystal God Conch's shell.

"Is that just a coincidence?" Han Sen wondered, but he doubted that.

Now Han Sen hesitated to continue forward. If the Crystal God Conch was a xenogeneic from Crystal Palace, it was possible that another deified xenogeneic might be inside, as well.

Han Sen glanced over at Bao'er and the little red bird atop Bao'er's shoulder. They didn't seem concerned about the place, so that put him at ease a little.

As Han Sen was thinking, the team came before the gate of the Crystal Palace. And there, Lan Haixin looked at Han Sen. "Your turn."

Han Sen was startled. He didn't know what Lan Haixin meant, but he couldn't reveal his confusion.

So, Han Sen kept looking at the gate of the Crystal Palace, pretending to be lost in thought.

"You're already here. What are you waiting for? Do you not trust your mother? If she hadn't set the Crystal Palace gate to only open to your blood, I wouldn't have accepted her request." Lan Haixin looked at Han Sen coldly. "Now that you know where the Crystal Palace lies, are you really going to try to back out of our deal?"

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Chapter 2370 Siren Bottle

"The relic was left behind by Bai Yi's mother. Why didn't she just give it to Bai Yi? She didn't even tell Bai Yi about its location, but she gave it to an outsider like Lan Haixin. Was Bai Yi's mother some patriot who valued the good of the Siren above all?" Han Sen thought something was wrong about this situation.

The old Siren woman looked at Han Sen, who had frozen on the spot. Ignoring what Lan Haixin had said, she barked in a rougher tone, "My Prince, neither your blood nor the holy virgin's blood is pure. Even if you knew where the relic was, without the holy virgin's blood, you wouldn't be able to activate the relic. The last holy virgin kept the relic from you because of your stubbornness. She was worried you'd hurt yourself with it."

Han Sen coldly grunted and said, "How was I supposed to know, if she didn't want to give me the relic, anyway?

Lan Haixin was annoyed. "You harbor suspicions about your own mother? It would be shameful to have you as a son. I feel so sorry for her, putting all that effort into raising you."

The old Siren woman said, "My Prince, you worry too much. If the last holy virgin didn't want you to have the relic, why did she program the Crystal Palace to require your blood to open? She was worried that you would rush to claim the relic, come here alone, and get hurt by it. Now, you can claim the relic with the holy virgin Lan. By combining both of your blood together, you should be able to activate the relic. There will be no risk that way. This is what the last holy virgin wanted."

"Using blood again? I'm not really Bai Yi. Can my blood open the Crystal Palace?" Han Sen felt depressed, and then he thought to himself, "Maybe the programming of the Crystal Palace focuses on the Original Water King Body. I will have to give it a try, at least. If that doesn't work, then I can tell them that I haven't fully overtaken Han Sen's body, and that I still have some genes to bring into submission. I can tell them I will come back another time to try. I need to stall this for as long as possible."

Once Han Sen had thought of a plan, he walked up to the Crystal Palace's door. His right eye's Purple-Eye Butterfly was spinning fast as he examined the crystal door ahead of him.

The crystal door was ten meters tall, and it looked very powerful. There was a blurry halo around it, and it was filled with the colors of the rainbow. It looked rather magical.

It was a double door, and each side held the depiction of a female Siren. This palace had obviously been left behind by the Siren, as the stylings were very distinctive.

Han Sen knew that he couldn't just drop some blood on the door and expect it to open. There must have been some sort of system involved, and that was what Han Sen was looking for.

With the aid of his Purple-Eye Butterfly, Han Sen found a special place upon the door.

Both sides of the door featured the engraving of a Siren woman, and the two women's arms were folded into each other. All four hands came together to clutch a crystal bottle. The crystal bottle was at the center of the door.

The style of the crystal bottle made Han Sen frown, because it reminded him of the Crystal God Conch's sheets of glass.

The crystal bottle was like a carving. At the center of the bottle was a small hole. If he wasn't paying close attention, he wouldn't have noticed it.

But with his Purple-Eye Butterfly, Han Sen could see how the bottle had been made.

Han Sen walked right before the door. He raised his hand to the carving of the crystal bottle, and as he drew closer, he used the Original Water King Body to transform his hand into water.

His fingers brushed the hole, and some water separated from his fingers to drip into it. Then Han Sen pulled his hand back and took a step in retreat. He watched the Crystal Palace's door.

From the reaction given by Lan Haixin and the others, Han Sen knew he had done it correctly. But he was still being careful. He considered what he might say if he was unable to open the Crystal Palace's door.

Katcha-cha!

As Han Sen was rapidly preparing an explanation, the Crystal Palace's door produced a sharp noise. It split in two and opened inwards.

Lan Haixin and the other Sirens grinned widely, ecstatic. Han Sen was secretly surprised. "I was able to open it?"

Han Sen had actually been hoping that his attempt to open it would fail. Success meant that his unsettled feelings were still going to hang around. The closer he was to the Crystal Palace, the more disturbed he felt.

The door opened, revealing everything inside the Crystal Palace. Beyond the big door was a golden hall that had also been made of crystal. At the end of the hall was an altar. A small crystal bottle stood on the altar's platform. Something that looked like a rainbow swirled blurrily inside it. The sight was quite mysterious.

Lan Haixin and the others were dying to get into the hall.

Han Sen hesitated for a moment, but he ultimately decided to walk inside with them. With the little red bird there, he and Bao'er should be safe.

Lilly was scared, and she stayed by Han Sen's side. Han Sen walked slowly, and he kept observing Lan Haixin and the others. They hadn't encountered any danger yet.

The entire hall was very peaceful. Lan Haixin and the others stood in front of the altar. The old Siren woman stared at the little bottle on its platform when she suddenly said, "Yes, yes! This is our relic, the Siren Bottle… Our race can rise from the ashes once more!"

After that, her excitement broke into crying. Full of tears, she repeatedly bowed before the bottle.

All of the Siren started to bow, copying the old Siren woman. Even Lan Haixin lowered herself before the Siren Bottle.

Han Sen wasn't in the mood to participate. He just sat atop the blood kirin and stared at the bottle.

The bottle was around the size of a man's hand. The bottle was very tall, and two wings of glass flared out from its sides. The two wings of the bottle featured the faces of Siren women. The bottle was small, but the work was very delicate. The two Siren women looked almost alive, as if real people were smiling on it.

The bottle was lovely, with a halo around it and a rainbow glowing from inside. It looked holy, almost sacred. However, whenever Han Sen looked at the bottle, it felt sinister to him.

"Bai Yi, you and I can claim the holy bottle now," Lan Haixin said to Han Sen, but she remained standing in front of the platform.

Han Sen frowned. The Siren bottle was good stuff, clearly. His Purple-Eye Butterfly could tell him that much. The Purple-Eye Butterfly couldn't analyze the bottle, so it had to be some sort of deified treasure.

But the evil presence of the Siren Bottle made Han Sen feel afraid. He didn't want to take the risk of claiming it.

Seeing that Han Sen was still standing back, Lan Haixin frowned and said, "Haven't you always wanted this relic? Why are you backing out now?"

Han Sen smiled and said, "Of course I want this relic, but I've never seen it before. Are you sure this is the right one?"

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Chapter 2371 Taking the Treasure

Lan Haixin turned around and looked at the old Siren woman. Clearly, she had never seen the relic before either.

The old Siren woman quickly said, "You don't have to worry, My Prince. This is the relic of our race, the Siren Bottle. The holy bottle comes from a barren era. It was crafted from the materials harvested from ancient deified xenogeneic creatures. It cannot be faked. Plus, only the Siren's holy virgin blood can activate it. Check it out and you will see that it is real."

After a brief pause, the old Siren woman went on to say, "This is the last item left behind by the holy virgin. Why would she lie to her son?"

"Why would I doubt that this thing is the relic?" Han Sen asked in a hard voice.

"If you've never seen the relic before, how would you know?" Lan Haixin asked.

"It doesn't look right. If you think that is the relic, then go ahead and take it. I will go elsewhere and look around," Han Sen said, then he moved to exit the hall.

The old Siren woman stopped him. "My Prince, the holy virgin is like you. Her blood isn't pure. Activating the relic will require the two of you to work together. One of you cannot be missing."

"Let's just have a look around first." Han Sen commanded his blood kirin to advance forward. The blood kirin roared and headed toward one of the hall's side doors.

The old Siren woman was half-deified, but attempting to stop the blood kirin and Han Sen was more than she dared. So, she retreated.

Lan Haixin looked at Han Sen as he left the hall. She nibbled her lips and stepped closer to the altar. "I'm not sure I can activate the holy bottle."

The old Siren woman stopped her and said, "Do not be reckless, My Lady. The holy bottle is our race's treasure, but the power it wields is unknown. Without pure virgin blood, it will be difficult to activate it. You might even get injured. That is why the last holy virgin didn't give the holy bottle straight to the prince. You cannot risk doing this alone."

Lan Haixin wasn't an idiot. She was reasonable. She sighed and said, "Fine. Let us go and look around, then."

They left the hall. The Crystal Palace had many pavilions, and there were many rooms and statues. It looked like a real city made of crystal. It was so beautiful that simply walking through it was relaxing.

Han Sen made sure to move very carefully, but he didn't notice anything dangerous. There were no barred doors to be found across the entire Crystal Palace. He could enter any building he wanted, despite there being nothing valuable within them.

The Crystal Palace was like a city that had been emptied of its people. It looked very pretty, yes, but it also looked very dead.

Lan Haixin followed behind Han Sen. As they walked around the Crystal Palace, she felt far safer.

Inside the Crystal Palace, there were no dangerous restrictions. That proved that the last holy virgin only wanted Bai Yi to have the holy bottle. There was nothing else of note.

But all of a sudden, Han Sen noticed a problem. He pointed to one corner of the Crystal Palace, and he said, "What is this?"

Lan Haixin and the others followed Han Sen's pointing finger and saw a crystal wall. Unlike the other crystal walls, however, this one had some green moss growing on it.

"Weird. Why is there moss here?" Lan Haixin felt baffled as she walked towards the crystal wall.

That moss had taken over the entire wall. It reached a long way up above the ground, and when Han Sen looked closer, there were obvious signs that something had been climbing across it recently. There wasn't just a single set of tracks, either. It looked like something had passed through frequently.

Lan Haixin and the old Siren woman's faces changed. "How is that possible? Has another creature taken residence in the Crystal Palace?"

Han Sen observed the tracks, and all the while, his Purple-Eye Butterfly kept spinning. He soon learned that he was very familiar with those tracks. They had been left behind by the Crystal God Conch and Move Mountain Sea Conch.

"This confirms that those two were related to the Crystal Palace, but how did they leave this place?" Han Sen looked at the crystal wall some more, and he soon noticed something else.

There was a very small, sand-grain-sized hole in the wall. Perhaps there was an imperfection in the building materials, or maybe it was a mistake in construction. Either way, a small hole had been left on the surface.

The hole was narrower than a needle. An ordinary creature couldn't fit through it, but the conches had been adept at shrinking their bodies. They would have had little difficulty coming and going as they pleased.

Moss was growing on the wall because they had tracked it in when they came through the hole.

Fortunately, they had already been killed by Han Sen and the little red bird. The group walked around the Crystal Palace some more, but they found no signs of other creatures living there.

"My Prince, the last holy virgin wouldn't seek to hurt you. Let's just go and claim the holy bottle before something bad happens," the old Siren woman said hurriedly.

Han Sen hesitated, then he thought of something. He didn't believe the danger was gone, but he had an idea.

He nodded. "Okay. We can give it a try, then."

Judging from what he had seen, the conches probably stumbled into the Crystal Palace by accident. They hadn't originated from the Crystal Palace.

But Bai Yi had cleared out all of the high-class xenogeneics. It didn't make sense that a deified and a King class xenogeneic would still be hiding there.

But if he considered how the two creatures had reached their ranks, that might explain it.

Maybe the conches weren't originally deified and King class. For some reason, they became deified and King class during their time inside the Crystal Palace. But from the barren nature of the place, it seemed that the only thing inside Crystal Palace capable of having such an effect was the Siren Bottle.

"If the conches leveled up because of the Siren Bottle…" Han Sen thought about it, and his heart started to race. The bottle had made a xenogeneic deified. Every deified elite would want something like this.

Because of that, Han Sen changed his mind. He wanted to see if he could use the Siren Bottle for himself.

With a chance of securing such a massive windfall, it was worth taking a large risk. Plus, the little red bird was present. That should mitigate whatever risk there might be.

Seeing that Han Sen was finally willing to return to the holy bottle, the old Siren woman hastily guided him back. Soon after, everyone gathered back in the hall.

The Siren Bottle still sat silently atop the altar. The old Siren woman reminded them, "Holy Virgin, you and the prince should ascend to the platform and bleed a drop of your blood into the holy bottle. If it is activated, the bottle will select its master."

After that, she looked at Han Sen and said, "My Prince, the blood power from both of you will melt into the holy bottle. The chance of ownership will be fifty-fifty. Regardless of who obtains the bottle, I hope we can all cooperate."

"Of course." Han Sen nodded, and then he walked towards the altar alongside Lan Haixin.

The two of them moved cautiously, but nothing happened on their way. Han Sen and Lan Haixin reached the platform safely. They looked at each other. Lan Haixin gritted her teeth, extended a finger, and let a drop of blood fall into the Siren Bottle.

Han Sen looked into the bottle and saw the familiar, blurry rainbow color. He couldn't see anything else. After Lan Haixin's droplet of blood fell in, the liquid disappeared into the rainbow as if nothing had happened.

Han Sen hesitated. He cast his Original Water King Body, then put a drop of water into the bottle.

Han Sen's water fell straight into the Siren Bottle, and then the Siren Bottle started to shake like mad. The blurry rainbow swirled like a whirlpool, and it looked as if it would erupt at any second.

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Chapter 2372 Play Off

While the rainbow raged the bottle, the bottle itself started to float.

Han Sen's face paled. A bad feeling suddenly washed over him. He hastily backed away from the altar and returned to the blood kirin.

Lan Haixin was still staring at that shining Siren Bottle. Not recognizing the danger rising before her, she was still waiting for the Siren Bottle to select its master.

When the other Sirens saw that the Siren Bottle had been activated, they knelt and began to bow before it. They also mumbled words Han Sen didn't understand. He assumed it was the language of the Siren.

Boom!

The Siren Bottle's rainbow light exploded out. The bottle's halo expanded, looking like a pillar of light reaching for the top of the Crystal Palace.

After the blurry rainbow touched the Crystal Palace's ceiling, it began to spread. It started to seep all across the Crystal Palace. The entire structure started to shine brightly, as if the whole thing had been doused in the morning light.

The altar's secret substance chain was affected by the blurry rainbow, too. It started to shine, as well. Many magical spells began to play across the top of the altar.

Lin Haixin finally noticed that something was wrong. They all turned to look at Han Sen. Lan Haixin abandoned the altar to ask Han Sen, "Bai Yi, what is this?"

"You are asking me? How am I supposed to know? I told you earlier that there was a problem with this thing, but you guys chose to ignore the warning." Han Sen wanted to leave the Crystal Palace, but the main door had been barred by rainbow-colored light. Han Sen tried to open it a few times, but each attempt ended with him being tossed back by the power of those rainbows.

Although the light fountained everywhere, it didn't hurt anyone. But Han Sen was unable to go out, and so he was still stuck there with the rest of them.

"You and your mother planned this so you could trick us!" the old Siren woman screamed, pointing at Han Sen.

Han Sen ignored her. She was obviously a moron, and there was no point in trying to understand her.

The Siren couldn't leave the hall. The old Siren woman pointed at Han Sen and said, "Grab him! I don't believe that b*tch would leave her son behind."

Han Sen stared at the idiotic old Siren woman for a long moment. "Are you having a stroke or something?"

The Siren still surrounded Han Sen, though, and he didn't know what they were thinking.

The half-deified old woman was their strongest member. The others were all King class. Han Sen's blood kirin had half-deified powers. He didn't understand how the old Siren woman could have thought that command was a good idea.

The Siren looked a little hesitant, though. They surrounded Han Sen, but they made no attempt to attack him.

"Take him! That is the only way we will survive," the old Siren woman screamed. She lifted her coral staff and gathered up a watery power. It became a water dragon that shot out towards the blood kirin.

The other Sirens moved to help the old Siren woman. They wanted to take Han Sen down together.

The blood kirin had a very short fuse. It spat out some blood air that destroyed the old Siren woman's water dragon, then it activated its blood area and stepped forward to attack the Sirens that surrounded them.

Han Sen placed Lilly on the blood kirin's back, then touched the blood kirin's head. He shouted, "There's no need to attack them. She's the problem."

The Siren were given a shock. Han Sen was indicating the old woman.

The old Siren woman coldly grunted. "Even now, you still try to divide us? You are evil. We were blind, and unable to tell you were this evil. You better tell us what conspiracy you and that b*tch cooked up. Don't be angry with us that we're about to harm a member of our own family."

After that, the old Siren woman used her staff against the blood kirin.

The blood kirin roared in return and ran forward to fight the old Siren woman. The old Siren woman couldn't compete against the blood kirin, though. The area she created wasn't enough to block the pervasive blood area unleashed by the blood kirin. She was at an immediate disadvantage.

"What are you waiting for? Take them down! This is our only chance of living," the old Siren woman screamed.

The Siren Kings moved forward to fight, but Lan Haixin's face looked hesitant.

"Lan Haixin, think about this. Who was the one that allowed you to open the relic? Who is the one that brought you here? Who was the one that said the bottle was the relic? Who was the one that provoked this fight?" Han Sen shouted to Lan Haixin.

His hands clutched the head of the blood kirin. He wasn't going to allow the blood kirin to attack anyone aside from the old Siren woman.

Han Sen wasn't trying to be nice by sparing their lives. Instead, he was reasonably confident that the old Siren woman wanted him to kill all the Siren there.

This ploy was way too obvious. The old Siren woman knew that they would be unable to fight Han Sen and the blood kirin, so she was being stubborn. Han Sen didn't believe that this half-deified woman had survived the destruction of her race while remaining this stupid. That was, unless there was something she wanted.

If the old Siren woman really wanted to kill Han Sen, she would have attacked Han Sen herself. But her target was the blood kirin. This decision drove the blood kirin's bloodlust to even greater heights.

The whole of the Extreme King knew that the blood kirin was a cruel and ill-tempered beast. Otherwise, it wouldn't have murdered someone in King's Garden.

The old Siren woman's behavior wasn't natural. Even if she convinced the Siren to fight, they still wouldn't be able to defeat Han Sen and the blood kirin. At the very best, they might achieve a draw. And that wouldn't be a very good result for the Siren. The only possibility was that the old Siren woman wanted to do harm to the Siren as a whole. It wasn't about him exclusively.

Han Sen didn't want to be used as a tool to kill the Siren. That was why he held the blood kirin's head to keep it from killing them.

But the blood kirin's temper was too cruel. Han Sen couldn't control it. The blood kirin kept being provoked by the old Siren woman, and because of this, the blood air got scarier and scarier. The creature couldn't hold in its emotions.

"Argh!" The blood kirin landed a blow on the old Siren woman. Her body flew away and crashed into one of the palace's crystal walls. She coughed up some blood.

"Holy Virgin, do you not understand? If we don't kill to survive, the Siren will all be murdered here and now. Bai Yi and his b*tch mother are going to ruin our race." The old Siren woman was covered in blood. Her hair was messed up, and it looked as if she was on the verge of crying.

The blood kirin didn't hesitate, though. It roared and went toward the old Siren woman. Han Sen couldn't stop it.

"Stop!" Lan Haixin shouted. The Siren Kings moved to fight Han Sen and the blood kirin, too. They wanted to stop the blood kirin's advance.

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Chapter 2373 Killing

Han Sen's eyes looked cold. He knew that the old woman had successfully provoked the other Sirens.

"Lan Haixin, I hope you don't regret your decision," Han Sen said in an emotionless voice. He let go of the blood kirin's head, then pulled out the Thunder God Spike and Ghost Teeth Knife that were attached to his waist.

The blood kirin roared and leaped at the old Siren woman. The blood air glowed with a deep scarlet light. It swept forward, looking like it was going to rip the old Siren Woman in half.

Lan Haixin and a few of the other Siren Kings came forward in an attempt to stop Han Sen.

"I only want her. This has nothing to do with any of the rest of you. Anyone who tries to stop me will forfeit their life!" Han Sen said grimly. It didn't look like he was going to fall back.

There was another way that Han Sen could have resolved this situation, but the direct approach would be much faster. He had no interest in making sacrifices for the good of the Sirens, or in being held responsible for their mistakes and stupidity.

Han Sen slashed and thrust, and the area around him turned into a chaotic blur of knife airs and sword lights. He cut off the Siren Kings while the blood kirin surged after the old Siren woman.

The old Siren woman screamed, "I will use the Siren Sacrifice to seal them! You guys look for an opening to attack them."

"Elder… no!" the Sirens were all in shock.

The old Siren woman gathered herself up bravely. A blue water light spread out like blooming flowers as a scary presence began to rise within her. A Siren-shaped shadow landed on her, and her presence suddenly erupted like a volcano.

The blue water light slid out of the old Siren woman and became blue tentacles that wrapped around the blood kirin. The blood kirin broke the tentacles, but more were fast approaching. They managed to trap Han Sen and the blood kirin in their knotted grasp.

"Elder, why are you doing this?" Lan Haixin looked pale. She knew exactly what the old Siren woman was doing.

The other Sirens were feeling much the same way; they knew that using Siren Sacrifice meant spending one's life. The old Siren woman was laying down her life, and she obviously didn't mean to bring them harm.

Many of the Sirens looked at Han Sen and the blood kirin with gut-wrenching hatred. After all, it was Han Sen and the blood kirin that had pushed her to throw away her life and cast Siren Sacrifice.

Han Sen knew that his last chance of getting through to them had disappeared. The old Siren woman's move had been cruelly effective. No matter what he said, the other Sirens would no longer trust him.

"It doesn't matter anyway. It's not my job to preserve the lives of these idiots. If they want to die this badly, then not even a saint could stop them. I am just Han Sen." Han Sen calmly looked at the old Siren woman. He pushed against the blue light tentacles, and the brave-looking old Siren woman gave him a mocking smile.

This time, Lan Haixin didn't need to give the order for the Sirens to attack the blood kirin and Han Sen. The Sirens rushed forward to kill them the moment that the old Siren woman trapped them.

"As you wish," Han Sen murmured to himself. He used his Original Water King Body's area and the sea dragon area.

Many areas collided within the palace. Han Sen pulled out his knife, and the blood kirin let out a thunderous roar. He ripped through the blue light tentacles to charge at the old Siren woman.

Knives and swords flickered all around them as the Sirens attacked Han Sen and the blood kirin furiously. The Siren Kings were filled with bloodlust, and Han Sen had to deal with them and fight through the tentacles at the same time. The situation was a very dire and dangerous one.

The Sirens tried their best, and the old Siren woman made sure to look as sad and brave as possible. She was spending her own lifeforce to sustain the demonic Siren shadows, and it looked as if her light was about to fail. She was still struggling to hold on, though.

All seven of her holes were bleeding. Her hair had turned white, and it looked as if she was dying.

Suddenly, the old Siren woman coughed up some blood. Her body was shaking, and it looked as if she was about to keel over.

"Elder!" Lan Haixin shouted.

"Forget about me! I deserve to die. I cannot allow the Siren to be destroyed right before my eyes. I will protect the Siren and their blood, even if it costs me my life," the old Siren woman screamed. The blue light exploded again in even greater volume. It looked like she had poured all of her remaining lifeforce into this last blast.

The Sirens' eyes were red as they were filled with anger and grief. They used 120% of their power. They wanted to use this final chance to take out Han Sen and the blood kirin.

"Lan Haixin, you can still come back if you stop this now!" Han Sen said from atop the blood kirin. He looked directly at Lan Haixin.

Lilly was sitting behind Han Sen and holding tight to his waist. This fight was out of her league. If not for Han Sen, the streams of power would already have torn her apart.

"Why must you and your mother bring harm to the Sirens? Even if we did something bad to you guys, you still have Siren blood inside you. Can you not let go of the hatred in your hearts? Why must you try to kill us?" Lan Haixin looked sad as she spoke.

"I told you! This is none of my business. She is the one who set you guys up." Han Sen pointed at the old Siren woman as he spoke.

"Bai Yi, why are you still talking like this? Do you think we are idiots or something?" A Siren King bellowed.

"Today, I will kill you on behalf of the elder!" Another Siren King roared.

"Kill him!"

"I have given you guys three chances. What happens now is on you." Han Sen lifted his weapon and thrust it forward. Suddenly, the entire hall was webbed with knife silks. They appeared everywhere, and they were pressing forward.

Blergh!

Fresh blood splattered throughout the palace. The knife silks killed the Sirens and sliced through the blue light tentacles. Limbs and blood were flying through the air, and suddenly, the whole hall was turned red.

Everyone in the hall, aside from Han Sen, Lilly, the blood kirin, Lan Haixin, Bao'er, and the old Siren woman, had been killed. The Siren Kings had all been dismembered.

Some of the Siren Kings were still breathing. But having lost their limbs, they could only scream hoarsely as they wallowed in their own blood.

Lan Haixin's eyes widened, and she just stood there. She looked terrified. Hopeless. Disbelieving. A myriad of emotions flickered across her face.

"You…" Lan Haixin's body was trembling as she pointed at Han Sen. She hadn't expected this to be the end. She hadn't expected Han Sen to be so strong.

"I did as you wished. Are you happy now?" Han Sen ignored Lan Haixin and spoke to the old Siren woman.

"Haha! I can see now that you truly are of that b*tch's blood… Your hearts are deep! But it doesn't make a difference, even if you did see through my plan. I still played you!" the old Siren woman cackled. She didn't look sad. And her dying body suddenly looked very alive.

Lan Haixin stared at the old Siren woman. She couldn't believe her eyes.

The Siren blood on the ground began to move. It raced to the altar and dyed the altar red.

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Chapter 2374 Holy Bottle Liquid

"Elder… why?" Lan Haixin looked at the old Siren woman with utter disbelief. Her voice trembled.

"Why?" The old Siren woman's face was twisted. She gritted her teeth and said, "I want to know why, too. I want to know why I am so talented, and yet, not a single Siren was able to appreciate my accomplishments. Is it because I don't have the blood of the holy virgin? Is that why that b*tch became the holy virgin instead? If a traitor like that was able to become the holy virgin, why couldn't I?"

"I waited many years for that b*tch to die, but they let you—a girl who didn't even have pure blood—become the holy virgin instead. I want to know why they never considered giving me the chance. I'm so smart. No one amongst the Siren could do the things that I've done. But just because I don't have a drop of the holy virgin's blood, I have to be considered a mere commoner? In this world, there's no point in asking 'why.' Things only belong to you if you fight for them." The old Siren woman gave a twisted laugh.

"Now, I finally have this chance. If the Sirens aren't willing to accept me, then I will destroy this entire race. I will offer my blood to the Siren Bottle and conjure a new race, one which will worship me as their alpha."

"Because of that, you are willing to kill off the last of our kind?" Lan Haixin looked very sad.

"They are nothing. As long as I have the Siren Bottle, I can be deified. I can create a race of my own." The old Siren woman sounded a little crazy.

"You don't have the holy virgin blood. You cannot control the Siren Bottle. All you have done is for nothing." Lan Haixin looked unspeakably sad.

The old Siren woman laughed. "You will just have to thank that b*tch, then. She wanted her hybrid son to claim the holy bottle. She built this Crystal Palace and the blood altar here and made a deal with you. She did all of this for his benefit. She only used you for your blood. With this altar, the Siren blood, and the refinement of the holy bottle, I can control it. Even without the holy virgin's blood."

"I suffered much humiliation when I was young, but I sided with that b*tch. I did everything I could to earn her trust. I almost died multiple times during my service to her. Even my son died for her. I sacrificed so much to gain her faith. Now, I'm the only one who can wield this technique. That b*tch would've never imagined I was scheming to betray her. She never knew I was the one that killed her. She couldn't even tell her secret to her hybrid son. Now, everything belongs to me. I will be the next race's alpha." After saying this, the old Siren woman laughed like mad. She seemed utterly self-assured.

"You seem to have forgotten I'm still here." Han Sen looked at that old Siren woman with pride.

The old Siren woman's smile vanished as she looked at Han Sen. "You aren't bad. You must be as devious as that b*tch to have hidden things for so long. Your own plan was decent, but you are still too young, and you ended up killing all the Siren. What a shame. Now, the blood altar's process has begun, and the holy bottle is in the midst of being refined. Although it cannot be fully used yet, I only need to borrow a little of its power to kill both you and the blood kirin."

"I don't believe that you are completely without holy virgin blood. How can you use the holly bottle's power without it?" Han Sen asked.

Han Sen had guessed the old Siren woman's plan a while ago, but he hadn't killed her yet because he wanted the Siren Bottle, as well.

He had the same problem as the old Siren woman. He had the Original Water King Body, but he didn't have the holy virgin blood. The holy bottle wouldn't accept him as its master.

And this wasn't just because Han Sen had replaced Bai Yi, either. Even Bai Yi's mother didn't believe the young prince would be able to make use of the bottle. So, she set up the blood altar. She needed a blood sacrifice so that Bai Yi could control the Siren Bottle, but that should still be impossible for Han Sen.

Han Sen wanted to know the old Siren woman's plan. She must have some method for controlling the Siren Bottle. So, he didn't yet strike her down.

"It is okay. Soon, you will believe. I'm going to use both of you hybrids as a sacrifice. Then, I will be able to control the Siren Bottle and create a race of my own. I will be the alpha and leader of it!" the old Siren woman said. She walked towards the altar and picked up the Siren Bottle. Obsession was etched deep into the lines of her face.

Lan Haixin used her area power in a bid to stop the old woman, but as soon as Lan Haixin moved onto the altar, the altar's rainbow light bounced her back. She was unable to access that zone.

The old Siren woman lifted the bottle and laughed. "That cheap b*tch wasn't at my level, but she was still better than the two of you. You two hybrids will die today."

Han Sen looked at the old Siren woman with interest and said, "You're going to kill me? Aren't you afraid that the Extreme King will hunt you down?"

The old Siren woman grinned and looked at him with disdain. "I watched Bai Yi grow up. Aside from that b*tch, no one else understood him more than I. You are not Bai Yi. I don't know how you did what you did… Perhaps it was a similar skill to Consume? But regardless, your ability to open the Crystal Palace door proves that you refined the hybrid Bai Yi's blood. I get your blood and give you to King Bai. He will appreciate that, I think. I can get the Siren Bottle and receive King Bai's reward. I must say, God seems to be on my side… Haha!"

Lan Haixin looked at Han Sen with proper shock. She had never realized the Bai Yi in front of her was a fake.

But she never thought someone would be brave enough to disguise themselves as a prince of the Extreme King, either.

Instead of denying the accusation, Han Sen admitted it. He stood silently and watched the old Siren woman. Her hands were glowing. Power was coming out of her hands and flowing into the Siren Bottle.

The Siren Bottle's wings were like the faces of Siren women. They looked alive. Their eyes shone with light, and blue waves rippled across them. They made sad sniffling noises like an instrument was playing.

Not long after, a waterdrop arose inside the bottle.

The old Siren woman happily grabbed the drop and put it into her mouth. Her body began to glow and change.

Rainbow-color light rinsed over her, and the old Siren woman's tree bark-like face changed. Her age and wrinkles disappeared, and she became an eighteen-year-old girl with skin that was smooth and white.

Her fish scales looked transparent and crystal, and they glowed with rainbow light. Her entire body had been completely renewed, and her presence changed along with it.

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Chapter 2375 Killing the Siren Elder

"The Crystal God Conch became deified because of that Siren Bottle." Han Sen looked at the Siren Elder. She didn't look old anymore. It looked as if she had returned to being a young woman.

The Siren Elder swung her fishtail, and waves surged out behind her as she swam away from the blood altar and went toward Han Sen and Lan Haixin. She laughed haughtily. "As long as I possess the holy bottle, anything I desire is within my grasp."

After that, the Siren Elder waved her hand. A rainbow light fired at Han Sen and Lan Haixin. Her powers were now very different than her original abilities, and her attack was similar to the blurry rainbow lights that were visible inside the Siren Bottle.

The blurry rainbow lights came down, transforming into crystal bottles around Han Sen and the others to trap them.

Han Sen had seen the Crystal God Conch use an almost identical power, and now he knew for sure that the power had come from the Siren Bottle.

But the Siren Elder was weaker than the Crystal God Conch had been. She generated a substance chain power, but it was very weak. It wasn't solid like the Crystal God Conch's substance chains.

"It looks like she can't really control the power of the Siren Bottle, but how did the Crystal God Conch wield the Siren Bottle's power so well? It couldn't have activated the Siren Bottle. And it didn't have the Siren blood necessary to perform the sacrifice, either," Han Sen thought to himself.

Lan Haixin's power struck the crystal bottle, but the attempt was futile. Her attack struck the surface of the bottle with King class power, but it wasn't enough to even rattle it on the spot.

"Haha! It is useless! This is the Siren Bottle's power… Allow me to take your blood so that I may use it on the Siren Bottle. When I control it in its entirety, I will achieve even more power, and then I can start my own race that will exist all across the universe. I will become an alpha!" A maniacal grin split the Siren Elder's face, and the rainbow colors that enshrouded her became even brighter.

The glass bottle grew smaller as the Siren Elder applied pressure to it. She wanted to squash the people inside it.

"Little red bird." Han Sen understood how the Siren Elder was making use of the Siren Bottle, but he didn't hesitate to summon the little red bird.

The little red bird fluttered over to Bao'er's shoulder, then it hopped onto Han Sen's finger and chirped at him.

"We're about done here. Get rid of this old hag, but leave her final few breaths to me. I want to finish her off myself," Han Sen commanded the little red bird.

The Siren Elder looked as if she had heard a funny joke, and she laughed. "This isn't the end yet, and you are already going crazy."

Boom!

The words had barely left the Siren Elder's mouth when the little red bird took flight. Flames began to lick around her body as she rose from Han Sen's finger. Suddenly, the little red bird turned into a gold fire phoenix.

The phoenix wings gave a couple of powerful beats, raising swathes of fire that charred the walls of the glass bottle. The substance chains that composed the crystal walls were like paper. The flames danced across them, and they were incinerated into ashes in a flash.

"It looks like the Siren Elder's power is far inferior to the Crystal God Conch's. This is like a fake deified's power," Han Sen thought to himself.

"Dei–deified xenogeneic… No… Impossible!" The Siren Elder's eyes were wide, filled with utter disbelief at what she saw.

Lan Haixin couldn't believe it, either. She stared in amazement at the little red bird that had turned into a fire phoenix.

The two Sirens were familiar with the little red bird already, as Bao'er played with the creature every day. And she especially liked to bully it. Lan Haixin sometimes felt sorry for the little thing, but it had never seemed to mind getting bullied by Bao'er. It continued to follow her at all times.

That little red bird was actually a deified xenogeneic. The thought was mind-boggling.

But the truth couldn't be denied. The fire phoenix that the little red bird had turned into was now flying towards the old Siren woman. And when it reached her, it spat out a golden fireball.

The Siren Elder screamed, her voice thrumming weirdly around them. Her body was shining, and that light became a glass bottle that tried to encase the little red bird, but it turned to dust the instant it came close to those fires. The flames lashed wildly towards the Siren Elder.

The Siren Elder was unable to dodge. She gathered up her angelic god light to block the attacks with her hands, but when her hands touched the fire, they started to burn. And then, her whole body was aflame.

"Argh, no! This is impossible! I want to be an alpha… I want to receive this holy bottle…" the Siren Elder screamed angrily as the cruel fire consumed her. Not long after, her burned body was turned to ash.

"That wasn't a real deified power, huh? It looks like her methods were riddled with flaws. Bai Yi and Lan Haixin's blood have to be combined to control the Siren Bottle." Han Sen pulled out his Ghost Teeth Knife. He walked forward and cut off the dying Siren Elder's head.

"Mutant Xenogeneic King hunted: Siren Lady. Mutant xenogeneic gene found."

After Han Sen killed the Siren Elder, the fire continued to burn. The Siren Elder's body turned into ash. A blue gem that must have been her xenogeneic gene sat amidst the grey.

"But I didn't get her beast soul!" Han Sen grabbed the gem and held it in the palm of his hand.

Han Sen placed the blue gem into his chest pocket, then approached the altar.

Pang!

Han Sen tried going to the altar, but the blurry rainbow stopped him short.

Han Sen frowned. He simulated the Siren Elder, but he still couldn't access the altar.

Lan Haixin bit her lips and said, "It looks like you have wasted your efforts here. You won't be able to get the holy bottle, after all."

Han Sen ignored her. She looked at the Siren Bottle for a while and suddenly said, "It is you, right? The Sirens' final holy virgin, Bai Yi's mom?"

"You are a clever kid." A woman's voice came out of the Siren Bottle. The blurry rainbow in the bottle came into focus, turning into a beautiful Siren woman who hung at the entrance.

She had white ears and white scales. Her skin looked like jade, and it was even smoother than Han Sen's Jadeskin.

Her hair was long and black, and it reached down to her waist. Her eyes were like obsidian. Her face was very attractive, and a soft smile warmed her expression.

"Ho… Holy Virgin…" Lan Haixin stared at the woman by the Siren Bottle in shock. She didn't know how to compose herself at that moment.

All the things she thought could never happen had transpired in such an incredibly short time. Lan Haixin felt like her entire lifetime hadn't contained as many unexpected twists as the last ten minutes.

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Chapter 2376 Siren Virgin

"Little Xinxin, you are still as cute and naive as ever." The white-scaled woman smiled at Lan Haixin as she spoke.

"You… why are you here? I thought you were…" Lan Haixin was having difficulty composing her sentences. The situation was so incredibly unexpected that her mind was struggling to adapt.

The woman sighed and said, "Some unforeseen problems occurred during my evolution, and Little Yun tried to kill me. She forced my hand, and I had to put myself into the Siren Bottle to stay alive."

Han Sen understood now. The Little Yun she had referenced was undoubtedly the Siren Elder. It seemed that she had never actually won over Bai Yi's mother. The plan she concocted was actually just a part of Bai Yi's mother's grand conspiracy. Even when she failed to evolve, she had actually won.

The woman then looked at Han Sen. She still wore that soft smile, and she said, "My son, I am glad to see you here."

"You must have heard what the Siren Elder said. I'm not your son Bai Yi," Han Sen said simply.

The woman nodded. "I know. Bai Yi wasn't my son, anyway."

When the woman said that, Lan Haixin reeled in shock. Even Han Sen was astonished.

The woman explained, "I am the Siren Virgin. I must keep my body pure. I had no choice but to marry into the Extreme King, but I made a deal with King Bai. I would be known as his wife, but when it came to child-making, that would be done by another Siren woman that I kept close by."

"That person couldn't have been the Siren Elder, could it?" Han Sen's heart jumped.

The woman gave Han Sen an appreciative look. She spoke softly to him, saying, "Yes. It was indeed Little Yun. And she only slept with King Bai once. She didn't actually know about my deal with King Bai, and she never realized that I was still a virgin."

Han Sen shuddered, and he said, "Bai Yi was her son?"

"Kid, I like you more and more." The woman smiled at Han Sen, but she didn't answer his question.

The realization felt like a chill sinking deep into Han Sen's bones. His guess had been correct, he assumed. The Siren Elder said she had given her son for this woman. But the white-scaled woman didn't actually have a child. Bai Yi had the blood of King Bai and a Siren. The only possibility was that Bai Yi was the Siren Elder's son, but this white-scaled woman had used some trick to take the baby for herself. The Siren Elder had no idea, and she had believed for all this time that her son was dead.

"What a frightening woman. The Siren Elder never guessed that Bai Yi was her son. It's lucky she didn't find out; otherwise, she would have done everything for Bai Yi, and she probably would have exposed me to King Bai." Han Sen looked at the woman's sweet smile and felt relieved.

"Kid, how about you and I strike a deal?" The woman smiled at Han Sen.

"What kind of deal?" Han Sen asked.

"You know of my situation. My body is destroyed, and I live inside the Siren Bottle. If I do not find a body, I will fade away. You have disguised yourself as Bai Yi. He was not my son, but he was the son of King Bai. I assume you are aware of what might happen if King Bai learned that you killed Bai Yi?" The woman was straightforward, which Han Sen appreciated. "I can help you deal with that, and I can help you make use of the Siren Bottle's power. But you will also have to find me a body to use. What do you think?"

"That doesn't sound like a bad deal. I will agree to it," Han Sen said.

The woman seemed surprised. She hadn't expected Han Sen to agree so quickly. Her smile deepened. "Kid, I like you more and more."

"I can help you, but I do have a condition," Han Sen said.

"Speak then." The woman nodded.

"You can call me by name, or you can just say 'hey' or 'yo' or whatever. Just stop calling me a kid," Han Sen said seriously.

The woman grinned at Han Sen and said, "Fine. I understand."

"Then let's go," Han Sen said, nodding to the woman.

"If you ever require my help, knock on the left side of the Siren Bottle." The woman met Han Sen's eyes, and the Siren Bottle stopped shining. The rainbow drained back into the Siren Bottle, taking the woman with it. The Siren Bottle left the altar and flew into Han Sen's hand.

The light disappeared, and the Siren Bottle looked like nothing more than an ordinary crystal bottle.

Han Sen looked at the Siren Bottle for a moment, then put it away.

That woman was strong. She had the Siren relic, the Siren Bottle, as a base for her current existence. It was likely that not even the little red bird could deal with her.

They had a temporary agreement to work together, as they really had no reason to fight each other. If something happened that caused them to butt heads, things would turn very bad very quickly.

The woman had used the Siren Elder to bring the rest of the Siren there to be killed. She clearly required the blood of the Siren. Her plan had probably involved killing Bai Yi and Lan Haixin as well.

But because Han Sen had been present, he had foiled the woman's plan. She was probably uncertain about Han Sen and his capabilities, so she had chosen to form an alliance with him.

She couldn't be trusted, though. He knew that. But right now, working for her was a good thing for Han Sen. So, he had decided not to expose her.

They both had something to gain, and they needed each other. So, they joined forces without much trouble or negotiating.

Lan Haixin looked bewildered. She had listened to the entire conversation leading up to the deal between Han Sen and the woman, and she still didn't really understand what had happened. It sounded like some strange sort of joke.

"What are you doing?" Han Sen approached, and Lan Haixin grew pale. She knew she was weak, and she couldn't escape.

Han Sen had a deified firebird. Even if he was alone, she couldn't hope to fight him.

"I'm taking my wife home. What else can I do?" Han Sen took Lan Haixin's arm and smiled.

"Don't you dare! You killed all of my people. I will not be with you." Lan Haixin tried to shake his hand loose, but she couldn't free herself. Han Sen began tugging her away from the palace.

"Their deaths were a result of your stupidity. Even if I hadn't cut them down, the Siren Elder would have killed everyone here," Han Sen said, his voice dispassionate.

Lan Haixin opened her mouth, but the words of response never came. She looked pale, and a desperate thought crossed her mind.

"If you are going to commit suicide, I will not stop you. But think about this: you are the last Siren with virgin blood. You are the last hope of your people. If you die now, it will be game over for the Siren," Han Sen said harshly.

Lan Haixin struggled to maintain her composure, and she did not speak.

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Back in Underwater Town, Han Sen decided to leave Bao'er in the company of Lan Haixin, in case the Siren tried to do something that would give him a headache later on.

A commoner could die, and no trouble would be caused, but if a princess died, that could have dire repercussions for Planet Water Zone. King Bai and many others would take the event quite seriously. So, Han Sen needed to keep an eye on Lan Haixin.

Fortunately, with Bao'er by the woman's side, he wasn't worried about her doing anything to rock the boat.

"Brother Sixteen, have you considered my proposal?" Bai Ling Shuang's video suddenly appeared on his phone.

"We can talk about this later. I'm not certain I will be able to reach the peak of Rot Bone Mountain. If I make this agreement and subsequently fail, I will only let you down," Han Sen said.

"That is okay. As long as you try your best, I won't attempt to exact vengeance, even if you fail. And I will still give you your rewards," Bai Ling Shuang said.

"Are you sure you can promise that?" Han Sen looked hesitant.

"Brother Sixteen, tell me what you want. I will not be stingy in what I offer. If you want Cher, Big Sister is happy to give her to you." Bai Ling Shuang smiled.

"You're really willing to give me Cher?" Han Sen sounded desperately hopeful, as if he was smitten in the throes of love.

Bai Ling Shuang smiled. "Brother Sixteen, the Foxes cannot be trusted. You don't really want a Fox as a guard, do you?"

"You don't want to let her go, Sister Ten?" Han Sen sounded sad.

Bai Ling Shuang shook her head. "Men have no resistance when it comes to Foxes. It isn't that I want to keep her from you; I'm just afraid that something bad might happen if I don't."

"If you don't want to let Cher go, Sister Ten, then give me one hundred King class xenogeneic genes." Han Sen looked annoyed as he made this request.

Han Sen didn't actually want Cher, of course. He had only requested her so he could suggest the bounty of xenogeneic genes as an alternative.

One hundred King class xenogeneic genes was a lot to ask for. Even Bai Ling Shuang would feel a loss of that magnitude.

Of course, if Bai Ling Shuang gave Cher to him instead, Han Sen would take her. If he had control of Cher, he might be able to use her against Fox Queen. It would be perfect for him.

Bai Ling Shuang frowned. One hundred King class xenogeneic genes was too much. Even with her wealth, she couldn't accept such an offer easily.

She fell silent for a while. Then she looked back at Han Sen. "How about this, Brother Sixteen? I will give you fifty King class xenogeneic genes. If you help me reach the top of Rot Bone Mountain, I will give you another fifty. If you are unable to reach the top of the mountain, you can keep that first fifty just for putting in the effort. What do you think of that?"

"Sure." Han Sen accepted the suggested bargain immediately. Getting fifty King class genes would be perfect for Han Sen, regardless of the circumstances.

"Will you come to Night Charm Town, or do you want me to send them to you?" Bai Ling Shuang asked in a level voice, fixing her hair as she spoke.

"Let me come to Night Charm Town. I miss Cher. You wouldn't be too stingy to let her spend a night with me, would you, Sister Ten?" Han Sen asked greedily.

Bai Ling Shuang wasn't fond of Han Sen's avarice, but she still agreed.

Bao'er and the little red bird were in Underwater Town, so Han Sen wasn't afraid that something ill would befall Lan Haixin and Lilly.

Things went smoothly. Han Sen stayed with Cher for a night, but instead of doing what Bai Ling Shuang thought they would be, they laid on the bed and shared information.

Han Sen brought the fifty King class xenogeneic genes home with him, but he couldn't make use of them yet. When he reached King class, Duke genes would be useless to him, so he needed to focus on obtaining Duke genes for now. Using the King class genes while he was still a Duke would be a waste.

Han Sen put the King class xenogeneic genes in storage and went to King's Garden. There, he absorbed a lot of king air to increase his Duke gene tally.

Bai Yi was now considered one of the most powerful royal children. The fact that Han Sen was no longer provoking the ire of the real royal children was an indication of his strength. And getting a primary root king dragon was not difficult.

Because he had access to the richest king air, Han Sen could gain many Duke genes in a single day. He unlocked three gene locks in each of his four geno arts, and he still had some time before the big exam.

Jadeskin's element could fortify the body and provide ice-sealing powers. Mutant Blood had the element of blood and a genetic power. The Blood-Pulse Sutra was slightly different, in that it had the element of time and space. And as for the Dongxuan Sutra, Han Sen had no idea what category it belonged to.

The Story of Genes' element was Eternity. It was able to freeze things. As he gained control of different elements, the power of Eternity would change and adapt. If he could use it well, it would become very powerful.

After The Story of Genes opened its third gene lock, Han Sen noticed a change when he used The Story of Genes. A strange connection was forged with the black crystal armor. Although the connection was weak, Han Sen could feel that the black crystal armor had a lifeforce and will.

"Is the black crystal armor a living thing? Is there something residing within the black crystal armor?" Han Sen didn't understand.

The connection was too weak, though, and it came and went. Whenever he could feel it, the connection seemed blurry, like it was distorted by static.

"After Spell levels up to King class, I should try to learn more about the black crystal armor. Maybe I will find out what it is," Han Sen guessed to himself.

King's Garden was very peaceful. The royal children were preparing for their annual exams, and no one wanted to cause any trouble before the exams were underway.

Han Sen left King's Garden and returned to Underwater Town. Right after he left King's Garden, he felt a strange energy in his ship. It was coming from behind him.

He looked over his shoulder and found Fox Queen sitting there.

"Why are you here?" Han Sen turned back to the controls of his ship.

Fox Queen remained sitting and smiled. "I am here because of Destiny's Tower."

"My good Big Sister, many people have grown suspicious of me. It is so difficult for me to protect myself. What do you want?" Han Sen said.

"There is an opportunity sitting right before you, and it is virtually devoid of risk. If you can rank among the top three in the exam, you will gain access to Destiny's Tower," Fox Queen said.

"I can enter Destiny's Tower if I make it to the top three?" Han Sen was shocked. If he had this chance, he would definitely like to go to Destiny's Tower.

"Yes, but you need to be in the top three," Fox Queen nodded with surety.

"Then I have no chance. There are two deified royal children, and there are many half-deified. There are too many for me to beat." Han Sen shook his head.

Fox Queen smiled. "Be in the top three, or I will tell everyone that you murdered Bai Yi. The choice is yours."

"Why are you demanding something I cannot do? Can't you be a touch more reasonable?" Han Sen didn't hear Fox Queen respond. He looked back and saw that she was gone.

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"That woman is annoying." Han Sen still didn't like Fox Queen.

If Han Sen's identity was exposed, it wouldn't benefit Fox Queen in any way. She didn't seem like the type to harm others if she wasn't going to get anything out of it.

But Han Sen couldn't apply normal logic when trying to predict Fox Queen's behavior. She was a Fox, and she had been imprisoned for eons. No one could be certain how she would act.

Han Sen thought about it some more. He had some people he could use. After he returned to Underwater Town, he brought out his Siren Bottle and tapped the left side of it three times. A rainbow fired out of the bottle, then turned into a shadowy shape that slowly composed itself as the Siren Virgin.

Han Sen told her that he had been threatened by Fox Queen. The Siren Virgin looked unconcerned. She calmly said, "Fox Queen won't sell you out, but if you can reach the top three in the exams and gain access to Destiny's Tower, that would be a considerable reward."

"My identity could be exposed any second. Why would I do something to draw so much attention?" Han Sen bore a wry smile.

The Siren Virgin laughed. "Your situation is not as precarious as you believe. King Bai did grow suspicious of you, but if he wants to investigate you, there are only three ways he can do that. First, he could summon you directly. But I don't think he's confident that seeing you would help. He never liked Bai Yi much as a son, anyway, so they only rarely met. I actually don't think he could tell if you were Bai Yi or not. The second method would be to investigate you through Miss Mirror. For other people, that would be the most difficult means of detection to avoid, but for you, it would most likely be the easiest."

"Why?" Han Sen cocked his head as he looked at the Siren Virgin. He had never told her the story of his time with Miss Mirror, so he didn't know what had led the Siren Virgin to this conclusion.

The woman pointed at Han Sen's finger and the ring that was on it. "You are wearing the Mirror Spirit Eye Ring. You are Miss Mirror's hope. Why would she go and destroy her own hope?"

"Hope? What are you talking about?" Han Sen felt sudden pleasure as he realized that the Siren Virgin seemed to know something about this.

The Siren Virgin smiled kindly. "Miss Mirror is called Miss Mirror because she has a Mirror Spirit King Body. That body provides her with a mirroring ability. She can use her mirror body on an elite, and the stronger the elite becomes, the more she benefits."

"This ring is Miss Mirror's mirror body?" Han Sen looked at the ring on his finger with astonishment.

The Siren Virgin nodded and said, "Yes. Mirror body can only be used once. If the mirror body becomes solid and falls into someone else's hands, then Miss Mirror loses control of it. The new owner would benefit from the mirror body instead. Miss Mirror was quite well-known among the Extreme King for her beauty and intelligence. In her youth, that is. The name Princess Mirror was a very famous one. Many young nobles wanted to marry her, but she was too proud to submit to being in someone's shadow. She didn't look up to any of her peers. In the end, she did marry someone, but it was a young outsider. She put the mirror body into a Mirror Spirit Eye Ring and sent it to the young outsider."

After pausing, the Siren Virgin went on to say, "That handsome young man didn't disappoint Miss Mirror. He was a Duke, and he leveled up fast with Miss Mirror's help. Within a hundred years, he had become deified. He caused a big fuss amongst the Extreme King, but sadly, he was killed in a fight, and the Mirror Spirit Eye Ring was lost. I would never have expected it to be in your possession."

"So, you are saying that when I wear this ring, Miss Mirror can gain something from me? What is she taking?" Han Sen asked apprehensively.

The Siren Virgin laughed. "Don't worry. The mirror body requires your willpower and intent to function properly. Plus, the information can only be swapped when the two mirror bodies are in close proximity. You must have noticed that Miss Mirror had a ring that was similar to yours. You have to be close together for both of the rings to send messages. And the messages go both ways. You can learn what Miss Mirror's thoughts are. That was why that young man was able to level up so fast. To have gained the ring as a Duke while Miss Mirror is already deified, you're either very skilled or very lucky. Her level is much higher than yours."

"She can't just take the ring back and give it to another person, can she?" Han Sen wondered.

"It would be much easier for her if the ring could be transferred that simply. However, once the ring has been taken by an outsider, she cannot control it. Since you are wearing the Mirror Spirit Eye Ring, that means you have received the mirror body's approval. If you die, the mirror body will be damaged. Last time she lost the ring, when a deified died, it must have dealt a fair amount of damage to Miss Mirror's mirror body. I doubt she wants to go through that again. Otherwise, she would have already killed you and taken the Mirror Spirit Eye Ring back for herself. After all, while you are wearing the ring, she gains nothing." The Siren Virgin smiled.

Han Sen didn't understand. His body wasn't deified yet, but his emotions couldn't be any less intense than Miss Mirror's. If the mirror body reflected emotions and willpower, who knew who might be getting the better end of the deal?

But knowing the Mirror Spirit Eye Ring did no harm to his body, Han Sen felt much better. There was no need to worry about the ring doing anything bad to him.

Plus, he now had a much better understanding of why Miss Mirror hadn't turned him in to King Bai. With that clarified, Han Sen felt much safer.

"That means Miss Mirror won't want to see me dead, right?" Han Sen felt happy.

"Of course she won't want you to die. She might even try to protect you. After all, if you die, her mirror body will be damaged, too. And it would take her a very, very long while to recover from the damage that would be inflicted. It might even be permanent," the Siren Virgin said.

"You said King Bai had three methods. What is the third way?" Han Sen asked.

"As the leader of the Extreme King, King Bai has many ways of obtaining intel. There is no need to worry about ordinary intel gatherers. You are a prince, so most will be unable to investigate you. But King Bai has a network for intel gathering, and it is called Radio Wave. They have eyes all around the universe. It is a very powerful web, and that is what should concern you the most. If your identity is exposed, it will probably be the work of Radio Wave," the Siren Virgin said.

"I don't know who might be a member of Radio Wave, so I cannot prevent that." Han Sen shook his head.

"That is okay. I can tell you everything about Bai Yi. Just do as I say, and no one will be able to prove that you are not Bai Yi," the Siren Virgin said.

The Siren Virgin proceeded to tell Han Sen about Bai Yi, and she ensured that Han Sen remembered all the details she gave him. This would be a great help for Han Sen in protecting his stolen identity.

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Over the next few days, Han Sen didn't go anywhere. He discussed Bai Yi with the Siren Virgin for hours on end, trying to memorize all the important details about the man that he could.

When the exams began, every single person of the Extreme King would be watching. And of course, King Bai was going to be there. The chance of his identity being exposed would be the greatest it had ever been.

"Your personality and Bai Yi's are way too different. It doesn't matter how much you pretend; you two cannot be exactly the same. It is fortunate that King Bai never loved Bai Yi. Just take care not to expose yourself, and take solace in the fact that it would be hard for him to recognize Bai Yi, anyway. And no matter what happens, you need to stick your guns and tell people you are Bai Yi. No matter how suspicious others become, they cannot kill you without solid evidence proving that you are not him." Siren Virgin explained things to Han Sen as clearly as she could.

When Han Sen heard what she told him, he felt relieved. It was just as Siren Virgin said. King Bai had no way of verifying Han Sen's identity. If there was a remote chance that Han Sen was his son, he would not kill him. If he did, King Bai would be known as the man who murdered his own child. Even if he didn't mind the damage his reputation would incur, it would be bad news for the Extreme King.

The Siren Virgin had addressed Han Sen's greatest fears, and in so doing, she had relieved a lot of his anxiety.

"This woman is good! No wonder she handled the Siren Elder so easily. The old woman died without even realizing what had really happened," Han Sen thought in admiration.

He tried to put some power into the Siren Bottle, but it was like the power was sinking into a bottomless sea. None of his attempts seemed to work. There wasn't even a single metaphorical wave.

After that, Han Sen didn't dare to test the bottle any further. He didn't want to invoke the ire of the Siren Virgin. The Siren Bottle couldn't have been any weaker than the Undying Bird's Nest. Attempting to use it by force would be difficult, and probably foolhardy.

On the day of the exam, Han Sen brought the blood kirin, Lilly, Bao'er, and Lan Haixin with him. It was a whole family outing.

Han Sen hadn't planned on bringing Lan Haixin, since her presence could complicate things. But the exams were not just exams. They were a very important festival for the entire Extreme King society. All of the royal families had to attend. If Han Sen didn't bring Lan Haixin with him, others would find it very suspicious.

The Extreme King became very festive around the exams. When Han Sen and Lan Haixin arrived at the exam site, it was already really crowded. Many of the Extreme King nobles had come there to watch the royal children.

That day was the opening ceremony, so there were many traditional events taking place. One of them featured the royal children going up on stage to show-off. Once they were on the stage, every royal child had to properly announce themselves to the rest of the Extreme King.

Of course, the introduction was nothing special. You just had to declare your name and title. If you added flair to the introductions, though, that was one way to stand out and make yourself memorable.

Because of this, all the royal children would be utilizing their creativity to try to attract the attention of the audience.

After all, the entire geno universe was divided into ranks of one sort or another. And this was truer than ever when it came to the hierarchy of the Extreme King. The elites were those who were known and obeyed, and so the royal children wouldn't miss out on this opportunity to make an impression.

After the opening ceremony, it was time for the royal children to show-off. The first that came out on stage was the crown prince, Bai Wanjie.

Bai Wanjie was the crown prince, but he was only half-deified. He wasn't one of the two deified royals who were attending.

The curtains of the stage pulled back, revealing Bai Wanjie. He was clad in golden armor, and his gold King area covered the whole of the Extreme King's plaza. He was shining so brightly, like a gold warrior walking down a gold path.

"My name is Bai Wanjie. I am the crown prince." Bai Wanjie's introduction was a simple one, and then he departed the platform of the Extreme King.

After Bai Wanjie left, a sword light appeared above, tearing through the sky. The sword light was blindingly bright, and it made people's skin feel cold. It seemed to exert pressure on them from above.

All the princes and princesses came out, and because each one of them was impressive, none of them were very surprising.

Han Sen looked closer and sighed. There were many elites in the Extreme King. Many of those royal children could wipe out a lower race.

The crowd was mostly focused on the two deified children. One of them was a prince, whereas the other one was a princess. After those two, the crowd was probably most interested in Bai Ling Shuang. She was widely considered to be the prettiest woman of the Extreme King.

But in a discussion of beauty, Han Sen would have leaned toward Bai Wei. She was just as striking as Bai Ling Shuang. In truth, all of the royal children looked special, but Bai Ling Shuang was simply stronger and had more of a reputation.

Soon, it was Han Sen's—Prince Sixteen's—time to show off. Han Sen, when he heard his name get called, had to get up and go to the door that led out onto the stage.

Many nobles, commoners, and even deified elites were interested in seeing Bai Yi, known as Prince Sixteen. After all, his two most recent accomplishments were amazing, if completely unexpected.

Claiming the alpha statue and obtaining the protection of thousands of Kingese. Either of these acts would have made Bai Yi's name a very famous one.

Because of this, people watched Bai Yi expectantly. They were more focused on him than on the two deified children.

After all, the deified royal children were there every year. But Bai Yi had been only a cliff note in the past, and his sudden rise had gotten people curious.

Under the eyes of all, Han Sen slowly walked through the door. He hadn't activated an overwhelming King area, and he wasn't producing any knife lights or sword lights.

Han Sen, wearing a simple green robe, quietly walked to the center of the Extreme King's stage.

"Bai Yi, Extreme King's sixteenth prince. The number one in this exam." After saying this, Han Sen turned around and exited the stage.

"Blergh!" Prince Nineteen, who had just taken a swig of tea, spat it out. His eyes opened wide as he watched Han Sen step down from the Extreme King stage.

The plaza was deathly quiet. No one seemed to know how to react.

"Old Sixteen is getting crazier and crazier…" Bai Canglang had a wry smile.

"Every time I think I have a handle on him, this guy does something even more insane!" Bai Ling Shuang tried to keep her face expressionless as she wondered if she had signed her own death sentence by making an alliance with Bai Yi.

"Haha! I like this introduction. It's aggressive. I have seen so many of the royal children's introductions, but this one has to be the strongest of the lot!"

"Strong? That was stupid. Even if he is a match for most of his siblings, there are two deified royal children here. How can he predict he will reach first place?"

"That was pretty dumb, but I liked it."

"This Prince Sixteen is very interesting."

The whole of King's Kingdom was in shock. They were all intently discussing Prince Sixteen Bai Yi and his controversial introduction.

Even King Bai, his wife, Ancient Abyss, and the other officials were all looking at Han Sen.

Han Sen acted as if nothing had happened. He returned to his seat.

This was what Siren Virgin had helped him understand. He couldn't act exactly like Bai Yi, but any action he took had to drip with certainty. He had to assure others that he was Bai Yi, and he couldn't take a single step back. He had to show absolute confidence.

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The impact of Han Sen's display continued to swell.

Prince Sixteen's introduction didn't possess any Shocking Sky power or flashy techniques, but his words were like a rock falling into a lake. The splash and ripples were felt across every corner of King's Kingdom. Everyone knew Prince Sixteen Bai Yi had been the catalyst for two massive events in their history, and so his reputation had become substantial.

Most people still believed that his words were an amusing mistake, or maybe even a straight-up joke. No one actually thought Bai Yi could do what he claimed.

Most people's expectations for the results of the exam hadn't changed, though. The first and second spots were presumably going to be secured by the two deified royal children. It was almost a default assumption. Prince Sixteen, who only had a one-tier area, wouldn't be able to create many waves. No matter how well he performed, he was just there to add more fun action for the spectators to watch. Nothing more, nothing less.

But they were wrong. They had been wrong since the very beginning. Han Sen was prepared to fight. Perhaps he wouldn't take first place, but he at least hoped to reach the top three.

Plus, Han Sen had more than a first-tier area. His Original Water King Body was a mutant xenogeneic gene that he had refined. Ordinarily, it couldn't have grown beyond the power it possessed when Han Sen first claimed it. It was first-tier when he got it, and first-tier it would remain.

In the intervening time, however, Han Sen had gotten the Ancient God Origin. With that miraculous water power, the Original Water King Body was able to level up to a second-tier area.

"The Ancient God Origin is quite special. No wonder why so many elites wanted it. If my Original Water King Body can keep leveling up, that would be excellent," Han Sen mused as he played with the Ancient God Origin. A smile spread across his lips at the thought.

But Han Sen wondered about his relationship with Ancient Water God. Han Sen had thought that he had gravely insulted Ancient Water God, but when the powerful being died, he sought Han Sen out and gave him the Ancient God Origin. It was very confusing.

The higher tier a King reached, the stronger they would become. Once he reached the ninth tier, his King area would reset to tier one again, and he would become half-deified. Although the jump in power wasn't as impressive as becoming deified, half-deified elites had several multiples of the power of a ninth-tier King. That was why they were considered half-deified.

Han Sen didn't expect his Original Water King Body to reach the deified level. He would be satisfied if he was able to use the support of the Ancient God Origin to become half-deified.

But despite employing many different methods, Han Sen hadn't been able to move his Ancient God Origin. He couldn't eat it, and neither could he drain power from it. At most, he could begin to meld the Original Water King Body into the Ancient God Origin.

He fed the powers of the Original Water King Body into the Ancient God Origin, and they began to exist as one. The Ancient God Origin's power wasn't something that Han Sen could access freely, but the secondary effect it was having on his Original Water King Body was undeniable.

The exams were about to start. The first day was used to transport all of the royal children to Rot Bone Mountain. The children gathered at the bottom of the mountain, and they stared up at the loft peak above them, thrusting into the sky like a spear. They felt so small in comparison.

Rot Bone Mountain was like a pillar pointing to the heavens. Only its foothills were visible, as the peak was high above the clouds. A single rocky staircase would lead them all the way up to that semi-transparent peak.

While they waited for the command that would tell them to start their hike, Bai Ling Shuang slowly moved closer to Han Sen. She looked at him, but she didn't say anything to him.

Ninety percent of Rot Bone Mountain's trail was made of stone. All of King's Kingdom's civilians and nobles could see this. Only the path above the clouds, the one that led to the peak, couldn't be seen. Even deified elites couldn't look through the clouds and see what resided there.

Bai Ling Shuang couldn't let everyone know that Han Sen was helping her out. If she allowed that, all of the Extreme King would start laughing at her. So, she would walk ninety percent of the path alone. Near the end, when she reached the trickier path, she was willing to ask Han Sen for help.

The last path was the most difficult path on Rot Bone Mountain. Bai Ling Shuang wasn't confident that she could reach the end of that path.

After a loud noise, one hundred royal children approached the stone staircase. They looked like horses as they stampeded up. Either that, or some experienced hiking team. The children stretched into a long line that inched its way up the mountain.

Leading the group was the crown prince Bai Weijie. No one fought for the path ahead of him. He was the crown prince, and he was in the front.

Behind the crown prince were the deified Prince Four and Princess Two. They walked together, side by side.

Then, there were some half-deified royal children following directly behind, including Bai Ling Shuang and Bai Canglang. After them came the King class royal children like Han Sen.

Han Sen looked around. He didn't see Bai Wuchang. It looked like the man wasn't taking part in the exam.

Bai Qing Xia walked next to Han Sen and quietly said, "Brother Sixteen, let's go."

"Sure." Han Sen nodded, and he walked up the stone stairs alongside Bai Qing Xia.

In the back of the group, a pair of pretty eyes were locked on the back of Han Sen's head. Those eyes belonged to Bai Wei.

Han Sen thought Rot Bone Mountain would be difficult to ascend. Otherwise, Bai Ling Shuang wouldn't have been willing to give up so many King class xenogeneic genes for his help.

But after Han Sen walked for a while, he noticed that Rot Bone Mountain didn't seem as hard as he had expected. Aside from the air restriction that kept them from using flying powers, everything seemed normal.

But when Han Sen tried to speed up, things changed immediately.

He had been walking easily up the path, but now a force pushed heavily against him, crippling his speed. It was like he was trying to run through water; the faster he went, the more resistance he felt. The force resisting him seemed inexhaustible, and Han Sen had no option but to slow down.

When he slowed down, the resistance lessened. He was almost unable to feel it any longer.

"Now I understand why everyone is walking so slowly. I didn't realize this Rot Bone Mountain was so amazing," Han Sen thought to himself.

"Brother Sixteen, our fight in King's Kingdom isn't done yet. When we fight on the Extreme King's stage, let us finally find out which one of us will win," Bai Qing Xia said as he walked beside Han Sen.

"Didn't you lose the last time?" Han Sen asked, blinking.

Bai Qing Xia smiled. "I lost with the Kingese, but the fight didn't see a victor crowned. Hatred Times Ten, I have more than just a few tiers now."

Han Sen gave the man a surprised glance. "How many tiers do you have?"

"Nine tiers. I only need one more to reach Times Ten, but my body is only King class with two tiers. I cannot break through the last tier." Bai Qing Xia wasn't trying to hide anything, so he answered Han Sen's question plainly.

"Awesome," Han Sen complimented him.

And Han Sen meant what he said. Han Sen had researched Hatred Times Ten after their battle, and it was indeed an amazing skill. Very few people could learn it. Times One required a first-tier King area, so to practice Times Nine, you would need a ninth-tier area.

Despite being only a second-tier King, Bai Qing Xia had reached Times Nine. He was talented.

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All the royal children made their ascent at a speed that was neither slow nor fast. The crown prince Bai Weijie was leading the way, but their formation began to change once they reached the halfway point.

At the middle point of the mountain's staircase, there was a stone tablet. Upon it was inscribed, "Travel half the mountain, thinking like a sword." Han Sen didn't know what it meant, but once they passed by the tablet, everyone started to speed up. Prince Four and Princess Two went past the crown prince Bai Weijie. Other royal children started to pull away, as well. The group began to spread out into ragged clumps of hikers, so it wasn't as tidy as it had been before the halfway point.

The King's Kingdom nobles that had been watching half-heartedly now looked wide awake. They paid attention to the two deified royal children, of course, but many of them were just as focused on Han Sen.

After all, Han Sen had sounded very cocky in the opening ceremony the day before. If he didn't perform well now, it would become an embarrassing joke.

"Brother Sixteen, let us see who can reach the top of the mountain faster." Bai Qing Xia moved his feet faster and ran up the mountain like a sharp sword.

Han Sen agreed to the competition, and he walked a bit faster, as well. Heavy resistance pushed against him.

Han Sen still didn't understand, though. Earlier, they had all been hiking easily up the mountain. Why were they now forcing themselves to exhaust so much energy to go faster? They hadn't reached the hardest section of the path, which meant they couldn't be performing at their best.

Regardless of how ridiculous it might seem, since everyone else was speeding up, Han Sen couldn't allow himself to be left behind. He had to take this chance. Otherwise, the boasting he had done during the opening ceremony would be for nothing.

Han Sen cast his water area power, trying to break the resistance coming against him and make it easier to move forward. But the further he went, the more resistance piled on. He had spent a lot of energy already, and he couldn't really accelerate beyond his current speed.

If this continued, he wouldn't be able to catch up with Prince Four and Princess Two up ahead. He might even be left behind by the other half-deified royal children.

Judging from the powers they used, those half-deified royal children were much stronger than second-tier Kings. Han Sen couldn't keep up with them using raw strength alone.

Han Sen thought for a moment and then released his King area. He let the waterfall-like resistance land atop him. When that power washed over him, the Kingese in his body flashed gold and surged through Han Sen's blood.

Under the buffs of the Kingese, Han Sen felt the resistance get lighter. Although it was still there, it was substantially decreased.

If that resistance had previously been like a large river, it was now like a small stream. It ran no higher than Han Sen's ankles, and it was only a trifling problem.

Han Sen didn't say anything, though. Calling on the power of the gold Kingese inside him, he rushed forward against the competition. All of a sudden, he was leaving Bai Qing Xia in the dust.

The princes and princesses ahead were working so hard, but they were suddenly distracted by a stampede of frantic footsteps coming up behind them. The sound was so startling that they looked over their shoulders for the source. There, they saw Han Sen glowing with gold light, rushing madly forward. He blew right past them. Comparing Han Sen to the rest of them was like comparing a sports car to a lawnmower.

The royal children in the back stared at that rapidly disappearing shadow in disbelief. They were frozen. They almost forgot that they themselves had to keep moving.

No one had seen anyone run up the Rot Bone path like that before. Even deified elites struggled against the resistance of that trail. No one should have been able to reach max speed and actually sprint up the mountain.

But Han Sen ran like he was uninhibited. His legs pounded like a wild horse breaking free from his reins.

"Here! Here! Prince Sixteen is going to explode."

"Holy sh*t! He's so strong."

"Is that the protection of all those Kingese? It looks like they work against the powers of Rot Bone Mountain. The Rot Bone powers can't restrict him."

"At that speed, if he can keep going… Maybe he really can overtake the two deifieds ahead and claim first place…"

"Huh. He only got lucky. That isn't his real power on display. Even if he manages to run all the way to the top, he will only be winning first place in this race. The exams have many more trials and tasks for them. He can't rely solely on luck. Plus, who knows if he can even keep up this speed. The section of the trail above the clouds is the most important part."

Everyone could see Han Sen running forward. He skipped by many royal children, and they looked excited.

When Han Sen caught up to Bai Ling Shuang, she looked shocked, as well.

She knew the Kingese would reflect the power of Rot Bone Mountain. Usually, people with the Kingese symbols Ao and Gu had an easier time. For some reason, less resistance held them back.

But even the symbols Ao and Gu shouldn't have been able to obliterate the mountain's restrictive power like Han Sen's Kingese symbols were. The symbols were only supposed to cause a minor reduction in the resistance.

"It looks like more symbols than just Ao and Gu are useful in the hike up Rot Bone Mountain. Other Kingese symbols have also been activated, but I guess no one has had them before, so there was no way we could have known," Bai Ling Shuang thought to herself. She now had a bit more confidence that she could take advantage of Han Sen's power to reach Rot Bone Mountain's peak.

This might have been a favorable turn of events for Bai Ling Shuang, but as she watched Han Sen's sprinting shadow, she couldn't help but feel a bit jealous. "Why was he the one who received the protection of thousands of Kingese? If I had gotten the protection of a thousand Kingese, perhaps I would have ended up as our new ruler."

"He passed him… He passed him, too… He's caught up with the crown prince…" The audience was excited.

Han Sen's body was gleaming with a golden light. He sprinted so fast that he went right past the crown prince. He was quickly gaining on Prince Four and Princess Two.

Prince Four and Princess Two felt the pressure coming from behind them. They turned around to have a look, and there, they saw Han Sen coming towards them. He was carried forward by a graceful golden light. They frowned and accelerated as much as they could.

Han Sen wanted to close the distance between them, but running wasn't as easy as it had been previously. Although he didn't have as much resistance to compete with, the force pressing against him hadn't vanished entirely. He still had to suffer some resistance, and so he couldn't go at max speed.

The onlookers were frozen. Three royal children were running really fast towards the peak, and a big gap had appeared between them and the others.

"Deified elites are so strong." Han Sen couldn't catch up with Prince Four and Princess Two. The three of them entered the final part of the trail, vanishing behind the cloud cover. No one would be able to watch them anymore.

"Prince Four passed into the clouded trail first, so the deified elites still have a strength advantage. The protection of a thousand Kingese wasn't enough." Someone sighed.

"Who will be the winner?" King Bai, his queen, and the teacher stared at Rot Bone Mountain's peak with fervent interest.

Before, there was no excitement in waiting for someone to reach the top. The deified children always won. But this time, Han Sen was there, and that made the event interesting again.

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The rocky surface of the mountain trail had been replaced with a translucent substance as the trail passed into the clouds. Han Sen's body was shrouded in the thin layers of mist. He felt as if the dimensions of space were distorting around him.

The feeling was very gentle, though. And it was brief, disappearing in a second. Han Sen's Kingese shone. The climb to the peak was long and tiring, and the stairs wrapped back and forth up the mountain like a massive centipede.

Han Sen saw Prince Four and Princess Two trying to fight their way up the stairs. They kept running on the same few steps, not going any higher.

Han Sen ran toward the peak, and he ascended with no problem. He followed the stone steps that led up to the peak. Prince Four and Princess Two were still scrambling crazily against the stairs, like a hamster on its wheel.

"It looks the Kingese have kept me from being trapped by this weird dimension." Han Sen wasn't in the mood to watch the deified royal children flail, so he focused his efforts on heading for the peak.

The mountaintop was very wide, and it had to be as large as a soccer pitch. Most of the area was flat, too. One spot stood out on the mountaintop, however. There was a small knoll atop the peak.

That knoll was no more than a hundred meters tall. It looked as sharp as a sword, and it pointed into the sky. Five words were carved deep into its side. They said, "Pride and bones are made."

Looking at those five words gave people goosebumps. It was like there were a thousand sword airs there, and they'd rip you to pieces in less than a second.

"A powerful sword mind!" Han Sen lurched in surprise when he read the five words.

Han Sen's sword skills weren't bad. Although he didn't focus much on practicing with a blade, his sword mind was almost as good as a deified elite's.

But before those five words, Han Sen's sword mind was crushed. He couldn't bring himself back to his senses. It was like he was shaking. Some suppressive force seemed to press down on him from above.

"I'm afraid that anyone who could carve those five words must have been incredibly skilled with the sword. This would have required an unbelievable level of talent. Who left those five words? There have been many great swordsmen scattered across the Extreme King's history, and many of the Extreme King's rulers were swordsmen. Even many commoners of the Extreme King are deified swordsmen. It's impossible to guess who might have done something like this." Han Sen paused before going on to think, "But I'm afraid that in order to possess a sword mind like this, a swordsman must have surpassed the deified level. It has to be from one of the most famous swordsman kings. But I don't know them, so I don't know which king left behind this swordmind."

Han Sen looked away from the text and glanced around the mountaintop. Aside from the knoll, there was nothing else on the peak.

"Bai Ling Shuang's mentioned that there was something to be gained by reaching this peak. Was she referring to this knoll and its carving? But if so, what could the benefit actually be? Is this entire knoll a treasure in itself? It doesn't look like it. The reward Bai Ling Shuang mentioned must have been the swordmind itself." Han Sen again read the five words, "pride and bones are made."

The swordmind was very powerful. Just looking at it was frightening. The sight of it would make a normal person feel sick. Comparing a normal swordmind to this monstrosity was like comparing a stone and a moon. They were two completely different things.

Even with Han Sen's tough will, he was having trouble keeping his emotions in check before that swordmind.

But his swordmind was very tough, and he wouldn't be shaken easily. He stood there and watched the five words intently.

For some reason, though, Han Sen felt like he was trying to scratch an itch that he couldn't quite reach. He couldn't grasp the real meaning of the swordmind.

As Han Sen stared at the knoll, he heard a flurry of footsteps come up the staircase behind him. He glanced back and saw Prince Four running up the steps.

Prince Four, seeing that Han Sen was already at the peak, frowned and said nothing.

"Greetings, Prince Four." Han Sen bowed.

Prince Four glared at him and remained silent. He headed toward the knoll. When he reached the five words, he focused on them and began to ignore Han Sen completely.

Han Sen scratched his nose. If someone wanted to ignore him, he wasn't going to push himself on them.

Prince Four just stood there, perfectly still, until Princess Two arrived. When she saw Han Sen and Prince Four already there, she looked fairly upset.

She didn't mind that Prince Four had been faster than her, but Han Sen had also reached the top much more quickly than she had. This made her sad.

But she was deified, after all. Her sadness quickly faded. Princess Two walked over to the knoll and turned her attention to the five words, just like Prince Four had. She also ignored Han Sen.

The two deified children reached out with their senses to feel the swordmind. When Han Sen detected their attempts, it confirmed that the benefit of the mountaintop had to lie in these five words. And ultimately, that disappointed him.

That swordmind was very powerful, but Han Sen did not focus on swords as his primary form of attack. If Six Paths Emperor had been there, perhaps he would have appreciated this boon far more. Han Sen stayed there, looking at the words for a while, but he did not learn anything.

Since he was there already, Han Sen wasn't going to give up an opportunity to gain more power. He decided to stay.

After a while, Han Sen thought about Bai Ling Shuang. The timing seemed about right, so he headed back down the mountain.

Prince Four and Princess Two saw Han Sen turn around and go back. They were confused when he left, but they ignored him. They turned their attention back to the words to learn whatever they could from the swordmind.

Han Sen walked back down the translucent road. Many royal princes and princesses were walking up and up without actually making any progress. Bai Ling Shuang was similarly frozen in place. The royal children ran like headless chickens, but none of them were moving an inch forward.

The twisted dimension affected them too much, and they couldn't find a way to proceed.

Bai Ling Shuang was furious. She had been struggling fruitlessly for so long. Her body was affected by the distorted dimension's power. She couldn't move, and she felt so very heavy. She had become enraged when Han Sen passed her by.

"Bai Yi, that a*hole! If he took my items and didn't hold up his end of the bargain, I am going to skin him alive." Bai Ling Shuang's body felt very heavy. She could barely move.

With every step she took, it felt like she was shouldering the weight of an entire mountain. She was sweating, and her clothes had long since become soaked.

The longer someone stayed on that translucent path, the more they would be affected by the twisted dimension.

"Bai Yi, you little sh*t! I am going to kill him." Bai Ling Shuang started to fall toward the ground. She hated him.

"Sister Ten, am I too late?" An arm appeared and caught Bai Ling Shuang, stopping her from hitting the ground.

Bai Ling Shuang raised her head and saw Han Sen smiling at her. She bit her lip and said, "Why are you back here?"

"This road was hard, and I got delayed. Let's go up now," Han Sen said as he helped her up.

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When Bai Ling Shuang heard Han Sen claim that the road had been difficult for him, she rolled her eyes. She had seen Han Sen running casually up the mountain, making the ascent without breaking the smallest sweat. He wasn't gasping or red in the face. It looked as if the trek hadn't even been much of a bother.

Still, Bai Ling Shuang didn't say a word. Han Sen was carrying her up the mountain. From her perspective, it looked like Han Sen was actually leaving the staircase, walking away from the mountain and out into the open air.

In reality, they were still going up the staircase. Bai Ling Shuang only thought they were walking over open air because of the distortions within the dimension.

As he walked, Han Sen noticed Bai Wei. She was stumbling forward like the other royal children, making no progress.

Because she had gotten there quite late, the repressive power hadn't acted on her nearly as strongly as it had the others. The fact that she could walk faster than the other children wasn't helping, though, because she couldn't find the path. Continuing to walk forward would be pointless.

"This girl isn't bad, and she did try to save Bao'er. Her heart is in the right place." Han Sen sighed. He secretly cast his Dongxuan Aura and fired some power in her direction.

Bai Wei was struggling to walk forward, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't escape that seemingly-infinite staircase. She had gotten really flustered.

Suddenly, Bai Wei felt a wave of power roll across the stairs. It spread gently around her.

"This is…" A strange feeling passed through Bai Wei's heart.

The dimensional twists of the translucent trail hid the royal children from each other. Even if two people walked right beside each other, they wouldn't see one another. Even if they were touching each other, it wouldn't make a difference.

Now, a trickle of power was flowing tantalizingly down the stairs before Bai Wei.

Bai Wei's heart jumped, and she followed that strange power. The power was disappearing quickly as she chased after it. She pushed against the distortions in the dimension, trying to keep her eyes on that guiding trickle of energy.

As she walked, Bai Wei noticed that the stairs were about to vanish beneath her. The power led away from the staircase entirely and out into the sky.

She had to move quickly to keep up with her guide, so Bai Wei gritted her teeth and walked out without hesitation. Her body floated away from the mountain into open air. She didn't fall, though. Her feet met with something, and she kept walking forward.

Bai Wei grinned. There had been no other path to follow, so she had chased that power. If she stepped in the wrong place, she would fall all the way back down the mountain.

On Rot Bone Mountain, even deified elites couldn't fly well. Bai Wei was just a Duke.

Bai Wei had to keep up with the guiding power in order to stay on the correct path. She kept chasing that power, running as she went.

Han Sen carried Bai Ling Shuang all the way to the top. Once there, he found that a mixture of princes and princesses had also made it to the peak.

Bai Qing Xia was there, too. He was surprised to see Han Sen come up alongside Bai Ling Shuang.

Han Sen had already let go of Bai Ling Shuang, though. Aside from Prince Four and Princess Two, no one knew that Han Sen had carried Bai Ling Shuang up to the peak.

"It looks like I win," Bai Qing Xia said, as he stared at Han Sen. He thought Han Sen had just reached the top.

The other princes and princesses thought so, too. After all, the translucent trail couldn't be ascended through pure speed. It wasn't strange to think that Han Sen had only just arrived.

Bai Ling Shuang was sweating, but when she saw the five words inscribed in the knoll, she suddenly felt wide awake. A rush of joy poured through her.

She didn't possess the Kingese Ao or Gu, so making her way up the translucent trail would have been too difficult for her. Bai Qing Xia had the word Ao, though, so it was much easier for him to reach the top. Physical strength didn't matter much in this contest.

"Is this the Proud Bone Swordmind from Mad Sword?" Bai Ling Shuang looked at the five words, "Pride and bones are made." She looked so happy as she mumbled to herself.

Han Sen was confused. He had never heard of a king called Mad Sword. There were some God Swords and even Holy Swords, but a title like Mad Sword didn't seem worthy of a king.

Bai Qing Xia picked up where Bai Ling Shuang had left off. "Mad Sword was born crippled. He didn't have a king body, and so he was bullied severely. But in the end, he used his sword to become deified. He might not have had a king body, but he prevailed over many in the Extreme King. Even deified elites with powerful king bodies lost to his sword. He wasn't a ruler of our people, but he could be considered a king without a crown amongst the Extreme King. Our race has had many swordsmen in its time, but none are as worthy of respect as Mad Sword."

Han Sen receded into thought. "I didn't know the Extreme King had someone that strong amongst them. How come I have never heard of it until now?"

Bai Qing Xia had only just finished when a princess, who wasn't too far away, looked over at him with disdain. "Mad Sword's power matters little. No glorification can rinse away the dirt. He is not worthy of admiration."

Bai Qing Xia and Bai Ling Shuang frowned at the princess. After seeing their faces, she turned away. They avoided all contact with her.

Han Sen wasn't interested in that princess, either. He wanted to know Mad Sword's story. Clearly, Mad Sword must have been very different from the majority of the Extreme King. Even his title sounded rather taboo amongst them.

If Han Sen had actually been Bai Yi, he would have known about Mad Sword. He wasn't Bai Yi, though, and so he couldn't simply ask.

While they were talking, someone else approached. It was Bai Wei. She was dripping with sweat after finally reaching the top. Her body was shivering, and she could barely stand. She was obviously fighting to hold herself together.

Although Han Sen had sent power to guide her, she was too weak. Even if she knew the way, reaching the peak as a Duke was monumentally difficult.

Many of the royal children looked stunned when they saw Bai Wei at the top. In the long history of the Extreme King, only a few Dukes had ever made it this far.

Bai Wei looked at the princes and princesses. She wanted to know who left behind the power that guided her up, but she was unable to learn anything. No one there was using that power.

When she looked at Han Sen, though, her mood turned to foul anger. She snarled slightly as she stared at him.

She was still bitter about Bai Yi's consumption of Han Sen. She didn't think that power belonged to him.

Bai Wei looked around, but she still couldn't tell which of them had left the power for her. She was really grateful, though. And she went to the knoll to have a look at the five words inscribed there.

Bai Ling Shuang and the others were all in similar shape. Hiking was a test. Mad Sword's Proud Bone Swordmind was very beneficial. Even if they weren't fans of the man himself, they still slavered over his swordmind.

Han Sen found a seat. He wanted to watch the swordmind from the most comfortable position, but there was little for him to do other than that.

It wasn't that Han Sen lacked talent or hadn't practiced enough; the swordmind simply conflicted with Han Sen's own swordmind. The two were polar opposites. There was nothing similar or compatible between them. The stronger Han Sen's will was, the harder it would be for him to understand the Proud Bone Swordmind.

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Everyone had a unique personality. Even if two people practiced the same sword skills, their swordminds would develop based on their individualities. Despite starting from the same base, the resulting swordminds might be very different.

Han Sen had a very different personality from the man who had created the Proud Bone Swordmind. Because they were so completely different, there was an extreme gap between their swordminds. Han Sen was having a very hard time trying to understand the Proud Bone swordmind.

Both the name "Mad Sword" and "Proud Bone" were very representative of the man's character. He had been a very proud and very wild person. He approached problems and came up with solutions in a very different manner than Han Sen.

Han Sen's swordmind was based on tenacity. No matter what endeavor Han Sen undertook, whether it was gravely important or exceedingly trivial, he finished what he started. His determination carried him continually forward, but sometimes he was so focused on his goals that he could miss out on the views along the way.

As long as Han Sen could reach his goal, he was willing to follow whichever path would get him there in the end. This aspect of his character sometimes made him seem lackadaisical and uncaring. He seemed to change plans easily, as if he was okay with everything and nothing really mattered to him. But in reality, Han Sen never shifted from his true purpose; he was just willing to adapt his plans as many times as necessary in order to achieve that purpose.

Han Sen, who seemed like such a casual individual, was actually more stubborn than most. But the things he stubbornly pursued were so far in the future that other people couldn't see them. That was why others thought he showed little concern over the things around him.

Mad Sword was different. Mad Sword wasn't obsessed with an end goal; he cared more about the experience of the journey itself. Ironically, though, he was the most unique and noticeable thing on most of the roads he traveled.

Born pretty to die pretty. That was what Mad Sword was looking for.

Two different personalities and two different lives. Neither of them was right or wrong. They were just the decisions made by separate people. If Han Sen wanted to learn Mad Sword's Proud Bone Swordmind, he would have to give up his own faith and purpose to properly understand the faith that Mad Sword placed in his own beliefs. Han Sen could do that, but he didn't want to.

Despite this massive disconnect between them, Han Sen still wanted to gain something from the swordmind. It would be much harder for him than for others, who could simply accept Mad Sword's swordmind for what it was.

Half the day had passed by this point, and the swordminds of some of the royal children were starting to reflect the five words, "Pride and bones are made." They had been able to achieve a lot.

The most obvious was Bai Ling Shuang. Her swordmind was connecting with the carved script. The swordmind was melding into her body, and with its power, it also brought a certain arrogance.

Han Sen was surprised. Bai Ling Shuang was talented, but she definitely wasn't the best of the royal children who had made it to the top of the mountain. But since she had achieved so much already, her personality was a fine match for the Proud Bone Swordmind.

"It looks like I have wasted my time here." Han Sen sighed. He had been unable to tap into the Proud Bone Swordmind.

It was like when a lazy person failed to understand a workaholic. Their thoughts didn't operate on the same wavelength. They were so different that they could never be the same.

In the end, Han Sen gave up trying to learn the Proud Bone Swordmind. No matter how strong it was, it didn't match his own personality.

Han Sen had to take Bai Ling Shuang back down, though. Waiting around for her was boring, and he quickly grew uncomfortable as he sat around doing nothing. So, he started playing with his jade gourd. He also summoned his water fairy.

Han Sen intended to have the water fairy give him a massage, so he could wait for Bai Ling Shuang in a more comfortable fashion until it was time to leave. Once they reached the bottom, he could lay claim to the other fifty King class genes he had been promised. But when the water fairy emerged from the gourd, she looked straight at the carved words. She stood on the spot, completely unmoving.

Just as Han Sen noticed her strange behavior, the water fairy's body began to change. The liquid within his translucent form swirled slowly, shifting in almost imperceptible ways.

Most of the changes that took place in the water fairy's appearance were minute, but when he looked at her again, she seemed like a completely different person. Even her powers had altered radically.

The water fairy had originally been as soft as water. She could listen to someone's complaints without becoming perturbed, just like a maid.

But after these small changes, the water fairy looked as cold as ice. Her whole body was like a sharp and powerful sword.

Han Sen looked at the water fairy, and he thought her power actually seemed rather familiar.

"Pride and bones are made," Han Sen murmured to himself. He had realized why she now looked so familiar; it was because the water fairy's new power reminded him of the five words carved into the knoll. The Proud Bone Swordmind seemed to radiate from her form.

"What is going on?" Han Sen asked in pleased astonishment.

In all the time that had passed since he first discovered the water fairy, Han Sen hadn't figured out what the water fairy could do. He usually used her as a maid, but now, she seemed to possess a power that was beyond his imagination.

The water fairy's changes continued. The less-obvious the changes became, the more her powers altered. And not long after, when Han Sen looked at the water fairy, she had become a personification of the words, "Pride and bones are made." She looked exactly like the real Proud Bone Swordmind. It was remarkable.

Fortunately, Han Sen was sitting behind most of the royal children, and they were too focused on learning the swordmind to pay attention to him, anyway. If any of them had seen the water fairy undergoing those changes, they would have been astounded.

The swordmind was something that could only be felt, not embodied. It wasn't like a geno art or some piece of scientific knowledge that could be written down as words.

It couldn't even be drawn or photographed. It was a sensation that had to be felt inside oneself. It couldn't be copied with any form of tool.

But the water fairy somehow did the impossible; she copied the words to embody the Proud Bone Swordmind. If a deified elite had seen what she did, they would have reacted the same way that Han Sen was.

A while later, the changes within the water fairy finished. Her power and swordmind had completely transformed into the Proud Bone Swordmind.

"It is perfect! Perfect!" Han Sen complimented. The water fairy had copied that power like a cheater. Han Sen had never heard of any other treasure being able to do something like this.

As Han Sen thought about how lucky he was to have the jade gourd and water fairy, the water fairy suddenly moved over to Han Sen. She placed her hands on Han Sen's chest and made her water body suddenly blend into his own.

"What is this?" Han Sen wondered. Then, a foreign swordmind suddenly flowed into his body. He recognized it instantly; it was the Proud Bone Swordmind.

Han Sen realized what had just happened. The water fairy wasn't just copying the mind. She could take that mind and gift it to the master of the jade gourd. Then, the jade gourd master could feel the swordmind in his own body.

The swordmind might have been incompatible with him, but now it was deep within his mind, under his control. Rather than simply seeing the foreign swordmind, now he could experience every facet of it. There was no better way to learn than experience.

It was better to travel than it was to study. The water fairy could take an abstract idea and make it real and tangible.

"I never would have guessed that the alpha's treasure would be this strong. It's almost too powerful," Han Sen thought as a wide grin spread over his mouth.

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A swordmind was oozing from Han Sen's body, but that wasn't strange. Everyone on top of the mountain was studying the Proud Bone Swordmind, so all the royal children were leaking the power of their swordminds to some degree.

But Han Sen's swordmind was different. He wasn't learning a swordmind; instead, he had copied the Proud Bone Swordmind directly and unleashed it on himself.

That swordmind swept out of him, brushing across everything on the top of the mountain. It settled over the other royal children like a blanket, suppressing their swordminds. Even the swordminds of the deified Prince Four and Princess Two began to buckle under the incredible pressure exerted by Han Sen's swordmind.

Out of all the swordminds currently active on the top of Rot Bone Mountain, only Han Sen's was connected with the five words, "Pride and bones are made." Han Sen's mind and the power of the words clashed against each other like two ancient swords engaged in a battle, and the other swordminds on the mountaintop faded into the background by comparison.

"How…" The faces of the royal children grew pale. Even Prince Four and Princess Two seemed stunned by what they were witnessing. They turned to look behind them at Han Sen in utter disbelief.

Bai Ling Shuang opened her eyes wide as if she had just seen a ghost.

Bai Wei nibbled her lips and did not say a word. Emotions flickered rapidly across her features.

The swordmind coming out of Han Sen's body could go up against the powerful words engraved in the knoll. Not even deified elites could pull off a feat like this.

Because Han Sen's swordmind had exploded with power, the swordmind of the five words rose pridefully against it. It whirled with power like a hurricane, storming through everything there was.

Han Sen's swordmind had been copied from the words, "Pride and bones are made." Because the two powers were the same, they activated fully in one another's presence, like two magnets of the same polarity pushing against one another.

It was like Han Sen was fighting his own mirror image. Luckily, in this case, the fight was mostly contained within the swordminds that were present. It wasn't really destructive, but even so, the group of royal children was involved. Their swordminds were severely suppressed by those two raging swordminds. The weaker ones had to shield their swordminds to keep them from being wholly destroyed.

Blood began to trickle from the mouths and noses of the weaker royal children. Eventually, they had no choice but to abandon the mountain. They didn't want to get involved with that scary swordmind battle.

The swordmind wouldn't really harm their bodies, but it could destroy their wills. If their wills were broken, then it would cause a great deal of harm to their future practices.

Two swordminds dominated the whole peak of Rot Bone Mountain. Han Sen was in the thick of the chaos, and he had earned some rewards.

No matter how incompatible this swordmind was with his own, his body was making use of the Proud Bone Swordmind. As he continued to fight the Proud Bone Swordmind, he learned.

"I wonder if the water fairy can copy a living creature's mind. If she can, I can learn any geno art I want. All I need to do is learn the basic skill and find an elite that has mastered the geno art. Then I can ask the water fairy to copy their minds, then send their teachings into my body so I can practice. If that works, it should be exactly what I've wanted. No… it should be a dozen times more than what I've wanted!" Happiness spread through Han Sen as he considered the prospect.

But as Han Sen was thinking about the possibilities for the future, he suddenly heard a katcha noise. Perhaps the fight between swordminds had grown too intense, because the small knoll had suddenly cracked.

The crack slowly spread down the sides of the knoll, and it looked as if the little knoll had been struck by lightning. The crack grew until the whole structure was split in half. It cut through the five words, "Pride and bones are made."

The knoll split open, and both the five words and the swordmind they provided vanished. After all, the swordmind had been there since the words were first carved into the knoll. When the words disappeared, so too would the swordmind.

Boom!

When the knoll cracked open, a sword light emerged. It broke through the distorted dimensions of Rot Bone Mountain and ascended into the sky like a blade splitting through paper.

"A Proud Bone sword air!" The royal children atop the peak stared into the sky, their jaws hanging slack.

All of the Extreme King were looking at Rot Bone Mountain. They were waiting for the royal children to descend the mountain again, but before the royal children could return, a sword light shot up from the peak and headed into the sky. They were stunned by the sight, and they weren't too sure what was happening.

"The Proud Bone sword air!" King Bai's face changed. He waved his hand, and an overwhelming power poured out of him and shaped itself into an unimaginably large hand. It was almost big enough to shield the entire system, and it swooped toward that sword light.

Because the sword light had broken through Rot Bone Mountain's distorted dimension, those inside could now see out and vice versa. Han Sen saw a big hand coming down toward them. The planets were no more than specks of dust when compared to that hand. It was like that hand could grab and crush the stars themselves.

The sword light was still rising, heading for that enormous hand. It didn't deviate from its course, and it showed no sign of backing down.

When the sword light struck the hand, and the hand curled its fingers around the attack, grasping it firmly. The hand's power was terrifying, awe-inspiring to behold. The sword light tried to force its way forward, but it could no longer move.

Pang!

The big hand tightened, and the sword light exploded in a shower of fireworks. The shattered light became a meteor shower that swept across the skies of King's Kingdom.

It rained across all the planets of King's Kingdom. The rain wasn't water, though. Each drop was made of glowing sword light.

Han Sen watched the sword light rain come down, and he noticed that it was everywhere. When those sword lights hit the ground, they weren't destructive. The sword lights shattered whenever anything touched them. It was such a dreamy spectacle.

The sword lights broke apart when they touched peoples' bodies, too. Han Sen reached out a hand to try to grab a sword light, but it shattered like dust when he touched it, leaving nothing behind.

King Bai lowered his hand, retrieved his power, and frowned. He looked at the sword light rain, his emotions hidden beneath a calm mask.

The sword light rain continued across King's Kingdom for a whole seven days. Han Sen and the others, after they returned to the bottom of the mountain, were asked what happened.

The royal princes and princesses explained what had happened, and Han Sen did, too. But he said he only understood some of the Proud Bone Swordmind. He didn't want to explain that he had gotten into a fight with the five words on the knoll. He said that the knoll suddenly exploded, and that was it. He didn't mention anything about the jade gourd or the water fairy, either.

Despite what had happened, some people didn't believe Han Sen could practice a swordmind to the level they had witnessed.

When asked, Han Sen activated the Proud Bone Swordmind. Even King Bai was shocked to see it.

Han Sen didn't understand what the sword light was, but King Bai didn't explain it to him. He just told Han Sen that he could return home.

Bai Yi was now very famous. He had managed to learn the Proud Bone Swordmind to such an extreme level in a very short amount of time. Everyone in King's Kingdom knew the name Bai Yi, and they knew that he was a genius.

But Han Sen was annoyed by the fact that he had only borrowed the power of the jade gourd. He could only use a swordmind like that when the water fairy possessed him. If the water fairy wasn't there, his swordmind would return to its ordinary level.

Still, it wasn't that bad. Drowning in that powerful swordmind could further Han Sen's personal development.

The sword light rain continued, so the exams were paused for a bit. Because of this, Han Sen took the opportunity to gather Bao'er and the others so that they could all return to Planet Water Zone.

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Han Sen was very curious about that sword light rain. Although people said King Bai had destroyed the sword light, Han Sen didn't think the reality of what had happened was quite that simple.

Han Sen summoned the Siren Virgin so that she could take a look at the sword light rain. He also told her about the sword light that had appeared atop Rot Bone Mountain's peak. He didn't reveal that he was the one who had destroyed the knoll atop that mountain, however.

When the Siren Virgin heard what he had to say, she looked startled. She silently turned to observe the sword light rain.

"Do you know what this sword light is?" Han Sen asked with a frown. The Siren Virgin had been silent for a long, thoughtful minute.

Then she looked back at him and said, "Mad Sword. For a long time, even talking about him was considered taboo among the Extreme King. He wasn't one of the Extreme King's nobility, and he didn't even have a king body. But his sword skills were beyond talented. He was just a normal swordsman, and yet, he became deified. He beat countless elites of the Extreme King."

"I know that," Han Sen said.

"Have you wondered about why a scary elite like this was never really made famous outside of the Extreme King?" the Siren Virgin asked.

"I have given that some thought, and I think it is pretty weird. It doesn't really make any sense. My best guess is that the Extreme King trapped him here. He was never allowed to go beyond the borders of the Extreme King's domain," Han Sen said.

The Siren Virgin shook her head. "You have guessed half of it correctly. Mad Sword never left the Extreme King. He actually was famous among outside races, but they knew him by a different name."

"You mean, Mad Sword used an alias in his exploits across the universe? Why would he do such a thing?" Han Sen asked with curiosity.

The Siren Virgin shook her head. "I don't know. I investigated Mad Sword, but I only learned that he did something that made the Extreme King despise him. Many people in the Extreme King severely dislike him."

After that, the Siren Virgin looked at the sword light rain like she was looking out to sea. She said, "If I am correct, it's possible that Mad Sword isn't completely dead. This sword light rain might suggest that he may be reborn."

"You mean, Mad Sword was trapped in the "Pride and bones are made" stone? That sword light was Mad Sword himself?" Han Sen asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It was probably just his will. I bet King Bai has a pretty nasty headache right about now. If that guy is reborn, the Extreme King will descend into chaos. That's good. The more chaos, the more benefits you and I can reap," the Siren Virgin said. She ended with a laugh.

"If Mad Sword only left his will behind, then he might have decided to escape the region entirely once he was freed. That wouldn't shake up the Extreme King society very much at all," Han Sen said, disagreeing with the Siren Virgin.

The Siren Virgin shook her head. "Why would he run? Right now, here in the realm of the Extreme King, the sword light is everywhere. All he needs to do is attach to some creature here and possess it. Any effort the Extreme King make to find him will probably turn out to be impossible. There is no need for him to run."

Upon hearing the Siren Virgin say this, Han Sen felt his heart jump. After a long moment, he asked, "Might Mad Sword seek to choose me?"

"There are so many people in the Extreme King. Mad Sword doesn't require someone talented, so there's no reason for him to go after a prince. You think too much," the Siren Virgin said.

Despite her reassurance, Han Sen did not feel safe. It made him worry quite a bit.

Luckily, when the sword light rain stopped, nothing weird had occurred in Planet Water Zone. However, Han Sen was paranoid for the duration of the rain.

Due to the sword light rain, the next part of the exam was delayed seven days. The passion for the event had slowly withered away. Perhaps it was due to the sword light rain incident, but the Extreme King's supervisors weren't very focused on the exams. And although the sword light rain had stopped, the exams remained on pause.

The whole atmosphere of King's Kingdom was tense. The realm was placed on lockdown, and even Han Sen's Planet Water Zone was investigated by a number of different departments.

The workers might not have known what they were looking for, but Han Sen figured that the Extreme King's supervisor was still searching for Mad Sword's will.

"What a scary guy. He only had his will left, but even so, its reappearance has caused this much of a ruckus. I could die a happy man if I was that influential." Han Sen sighed after sending away a few more officers.

Han Sen didn't travel anywhere. He focused on leveling up his Dongxuan Sutra. He wanted to get that to King class as soon as possible.

Although Jadeskin and the Blood-Pulse Sutra were easier for him to level up, Han Sen still wanted the Dongxuan Sutra to be leveled up first. Han Sen sensed that a crisis was near, and the Dongxuan Sutra was the skill he was most familiar with. It was something he could rely on.

The Dongxuan Sutra's power was irreplaceable. No other geno art could match its offensive capabilities. In a proper fight, Han Sen could fight without Jadeskin and the Blood-Pulse Sutra, and even The Story of Genes. Doing so never really affected Han Sen's fighting power.

But without the Dongxuan Sutra, Han Sen's fighting power was noticeably decreased.

The other three geno arts were plenty strong, but the Dongxuan Sutra was the most compatible with who Han Sen was as a person. It matched his personality. That was the primary reason that Han Sen always fell back on the Dongxuan Sutra. It was simply comfortable.

A crisis was brewing, and he had promised aid to Ning Yue, as well. He needed to gain more power, and he needed to do so quickly. The most straightforward way to achieve this was to take the Dongxuan Sutra to King class.

Han Sen practiced in the training room for an entire month, using the Dongxuan Sutra the entire time. His whole body felt like part of a machine.

Yes, it was a machine.

From Han Sen's point of view, the Dongxuan body made the entire universe seem like one giant machine. Grass, forests, stone, water, bugs, fish; they were all gears inside this machine.

Each cogwheel was a different size and shape, but they all fit together. They all connected to each other. When one cog spun, it spun the cog next to it. And that new one that spun would spin the next cog, and so on.

Han Sen was just a single piece amidst an unfathomably vast machine. With the power of the Dongxuan Sutra, however, Han Sen had a wider view of the cogs and how each one related to the others.

Using the geno art felt amazing. Two objects in the real world might have no visible connection, but Han Sen could see the power that was transferred between them. The only thing Han Sen didn't know was exactly how he could affect those relationships.

Han Sen understood that if he was to alter the power-exchange of the cogs, he would require King area powers.

Every King area affected the way the cogs were spun. A King area could make them go faster or slower, or even spin in reverse. All the rules of nearby cogwheels were affected, creating special area pockets.

Han Sen had been trying to push his own cogwheel and alter the way it spun, but he couldn't get it to work. He couldn't affect the mechanism that controlled the entire universe, and thereby create a new King area.

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