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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2675 Fighting the Mantis Across the Mountains

"I have only heard that the crystallizers were smart. I would never have believed that their bodies have grown this strong," the Fox woman said with shock.

"That isn't the entirety of his power. His physical strength is just one aspect of his abilities. He isn't some brainless creature that is tossing his entire strength into this fight," Shale said.

"Do you think you will still be able to defeat him?" the Fox woman looked at Shale with interest.

"I won't lose." Shale looked the same as he always did when saying this.

The four half-deifieds had no idea what to do. They were all fighting Han Sen, but they couldn't beat him. And on top of that, he was gaining the upper hand.

They were the best of the half-deifieds, and they all possessed remarkable power. Normally, they could go toe-to-toe with any half-deified in the universe. Now, however, they were losing a four on one fight. And their opponent was only a ninth-tier King. To say they were shocked would be an understatement.

Li Keer and Exquisite were in shock, as well. They could feel Han Sen's strength. They could also experience what it was like to be in his shoes, fighting in the way he was.

The strange thing was that Han Sen had no interest in simply fighting with his geno arts and his body. It was more like he was playing a game of chess. Watching him play was easy, and each individual move was simple. Yet assembling all those moves together to replicate his overall strategy would be very difficult. You still had to practice it yourself.

"This method of fighting is quite similar to the Very High Sense, but Han Sen has only learned Under the Sky. He hasn't even read the whole of the Textless Book, and yet, he can do all this. His talent is scary to behold," Li Keer said.

Exquisite nodded with glee and said, "This is a good thing. This will actually help us develop our proficiency with the Very High Sense. This is something other silkworms can never do."

Pang!

A bullet struck the arm of the mantis-man and exploded with the scary power of Break Six Skies. It blew the mantis-man away. Even his exoskeleton was covered in cracks, and blood started to seep out of them.

These four weren't like Gru; there were flaws in how they fought. Han Sen finally found an opportunity to create a distance between him and his enemies. His Spell pistols began to fire without reprieve.

For most of the fight, Han Sen had been too close to them to use Break Six Skies. He had been afraid he would blow himself up, so he used less destructive geno arts to fuel his bullets. But now that he had some distance, he no longer had to worry about injuring himself.

The bullet was fired. A scary power exploded close to the four half-deifieds. They threw their arms over their heads and ran away like rats. They no longer dared to get close to Han Sen.

A bullet infused with the power of Break Six Skies wasn't something they would risk trying to withstand. They didn't dare to continue the fight now. They ran as fast as they could, trying to leave the radius from which Han Sen could attack them.

Han Sen didn't pursue them, though. He waited until they were far enough away, then put his hands together. He combined the two Spell pistols and transformed them into a sniper rifle.

Han Sen raised the gun and took aim at the mantis-man. He pulled the trigger.

Pang!

A bullet flew through the air, and the mantis-man felt the power coming toward him. He knew he couldn't use his arms to block it.

He had only been able to use his mantis arm to repel Han Sen's power earlier due to the boons provided by the Extreme King area. But now, all of his allies had fled the scene. None of them dared to fight Han Sen without the buffs and boons of each other's areas.

Wings suddenly spread from the mantis-man's back, taking him a kilometer away in an instant. He thought he had successfully dodged the bullet, but the bullet turned in the air and followed him. It even seemed to be accelerating.

The mantis-man's face paled. He began to loop and twist through the air. No matter what he did, though, Han Sen's attack followed him like a heat-seeking bullet. Its speed increased steadily as it pursued him. It was going to catch up and hit the mantis-man at any second.

The mantis-man gritted his teeth and took refuge behind a mountain. He turned to stare at the mountain behind him.

Pang!

The bullet punched straight through the mountain without exploding. In an instant, it was in front of the mantis-man. The mantis-man had braced himself for the bullet to blow up the mountain, but the bullet had gone through intact. He was shocked.

The mantis-man crossed his arms in front of himself. He poured more power into his defenses than he ever had before, then unleashed a scary power to counter the incoming bullet.

Pang!

The bullet pierced through the indestructible mantis arms, then carried on straight into the mantis-man's head. Then his head exploded.

As the mantis-man fell to the ground, the other silkworms and the audience felt their stomachs churn.

The mantis-man was one of the most powerful half-deifieds in existence. Han Sen had shot and killed him while he was trying his hardest to escape. That bullet was so strange and so powerful that it made those who saw it feel shocked.

"What geno armament does he have? Why is it so weird? How is it so strong? It went through the mountain and the mantis' arms, and still killed the mantis!" Li Xue Cheng frowned.

"It does not matter how strong he is. He still isn't as strong as a deified." Liyu Zhen's scowling face betrayed the desperation of his words.

Open Sky Elder laughed and said, "Such power puts him close to being deified! It might not have seemed possible for him to beat Shale before, but Shale has been reduced to King class. With Han Sen exhibiting a power like this, there is a good chance he can win."

Everyone was shocked by Han Sen's frightening bullet. The other three half-deifieds ran faster than ever. They were afraid of Han Sen shooting them, too.

What they didn't know was that Han Sen lacked the power to fire a second attack like that. He only wanted to try out the power of Heart Connection. Han Sen had exhausted all his strength in doing so, though. He lacked what was needed to repeat that performance.

"Mutant Xenogeneic King hunted: Break Space Mantis. Mutant xenogeneic gene found. Obtained mutant Break Space Mantis beast soul."

"I'm just a beginner with the skill, but Heart Connection is that powerful already? It is a shame that this geno art costs too much power. I will need to rest for a while after using it. It will be some time before I can use it again." Although Han Sen heard the beast soul announcement, he didn't dare to pay it much heed. He knew he was being watched by Exquisite and Li Keer.

Break Space Mantis' body was taken away by a Very High woman, so Han Sen had no chance to collect the xenogeneic gene from him.

"Considering the power I've just demonstrated with that bullet, there should be no other silkworms coming to bother me for a while," Han Sen thought to himself. Then, all of a sudden, someone else appeared.

"Shale?" Li Keer and Exquisite, upon seeing that body, jolted in their seats.

They knew Han Sen was exhausted. He needed time to recover. He couldn't continue fighting, but Shale was right there in front of him.

Upon seeing Shale, Han Sen laughed and said, "Are you that desperate to fight me?"

"How long must you rest to get your power back?" Shale asked Han Sen.

"Ten hours," Han Sen answered.

"Good. I will let you rest safely for the next ten hours. If anyone else draws near, I will get rid of them." Shale sat down nearby. He had blonde hair and a square face. It looked so strong and heroic.

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Chapter 2676 Shale

"What a strong and proud man," Han Sen thought in admiration. Han Sen wasn't suspicious of the man, so he moved to sit down himself. He cast The Story of Genes to recover the power he had lost.

Heart Connection was a skill that concentrated all of the power inside one's body into a single precise point. That power would all be spent in a single use, and it would take a long time to recover.

Han Sen had used Heart Connection because he had a way to recover in a short period of time, if necessary. He wouldn't have to wait too long before he could fight again.

However, if Shale was willing to wait for him, then Han Sen wouldn't have to use his method of accelerated recovery.

Up until that moment, the three half-deifieds who escaped hadn't realized that Han Sen's power had been exhausted. They regretted how quickly they had been to flee. They should have immediately attacked Han Sen again.

The Very High masters of the three half-deified silkworms shook their heads in dismay.

The Very High selected a silkworm based on three things: talent, power, and personality. Their personality was difficult to fully judge, however. The truth of a person's character was only revealed during real life and death moments. If the silkworm's personality was shown to be poor or weak during the silkworm bouts, there was every chance that their Very High master might cast them away. That was the purpose of this battle royale.

Although Gru had lost, the Very High who had signed a contract with him was happy with his personality. Gru wasn't going to be cast out. But the mantis-man and the other three were probably going to be discarded.

Of course, that was just how things looked at the moment. If the silkworms worked hard and showed that they really were resilient and determined people, there was a slim chance of them earning their masters' love back. Only the dead mantis-man had no chance of that.

With Shale sitting nearby, no other silkworm would get close to Han Sen. He continued casting The Story of Genes to recover his power. He didn't do anything else.

The Fox woman approached Shale and glanced at Han Sen, who was focusing on his geno arts. "Shale, why aren't you doing anything?"

"I came to Outer Sky to practice, not to kill," Shale said expressionlessly.

"Have you forgotten that you're no longer deified? With the power he just demonstrated, if you allow him to recover, you might not win. Are you really willing to risk giving up the Apollo Set?" the woman said with a blink.

Shale didn't respond, which prompted the woman to continue. "If you don't want to do it, then I will."

After that, the woman walked up to Han Sen. A strange light began to glow around her fingers.

"I told him I would protect him for ten hours. If you get any closer, I will consider you an enemy," Shale said.

"You will regret this. This universe only progresses by the strong feeding on the weak. It is survival of the fittest. If you continue to act like this, you won't be strong enough to lift the rest of your race," the woman said.

"Maybe." Shale didn't bother arguing.

Seeing that Shale had no intention of arguing with her further, the woman rolled her eyes and laughed. "Shale, Shale, Shale. You ate the Demon Fruit and fell from your deified rank. You might not beat Han Sen, but you still sound so proud. I'm afraid that in this universe, not many people can be as proud as you."

Her words could have been either insult or praise, but one thing was clear; she had pitched her voice loud enough for those watching the contest to hear.

Many of the Very High hadn't known that Shale had eaten a Demon Fruit. They were shocked to hear this.

"Shale ate Demon Fruit?" Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng looked ill.

The deified Shale was previously considered the strongest fighter taking part in the silkworm bouts, but if he had eaten a Demon Fruit and his rank had fallen, there was the very real chance of him not winning.

"No wonder Open Sky Elder was willing to wager his Open Sky jewelry. He must have known that Shale ate the Demon Fruit and received a downgrade," Li Xue Cheng gnashed his teeth. He pointed at Shale and screamed, "You idiot! You dropped down to half-deified, and yet you are still behaving this proudly? Kill him while he is weak."

Right now, Li Xue Cheng wanted to grab Shale's hand and use it to strike Han Sen down.

Liyu Zhen's face turned green, but then it turned white. Clearly, there were a lot of sour emotions running through his heart at that moment.

They almost coughed up blood because of how Shale was behaving. Exquisite and Li Keer, on the other hand, were delighted. Shale wasn't deified anymore, and that increased Han Sen's chances of winning. Therefore, things suddenly didn't seem as hopeless anymore.

The audience might have been surprised by the news of Shale's fallen rank, but for the silkworms in the valley, the revelation breathed new life into this contest.

In the foothills of the valley, a Very High man squinted. "Shale ate a Demon Fruit and became half-deified? I thought there was no hope of reaching first place. I guess now there is."

In a heartbeat, the Very High man had teleported away and appeared on the other side of the valley. He popped into existence next to the three half-deified silkworms that had just been fighting Han Sen earlier.

"Mo Fang…" When the three of them saw the Very High man, they were given a shock. Alarmed, they gathered up all their power.

Out of the twelve silkworms, aside from Shale and Han Sen, Mo Fang could be regarded as the most famous. In fact, some silkworms were more afraid of Mo Fang than they were of Han Sen and Shale.

Although Mo Fang was only half-deified, he was one of the Very High. That fact alone made him unlike any other silkworm.

"Don't worry, guys. I am here to cooperate with you three. I intend to bring you no harm," Mo Fang said with a smile.

"Cooperate? You mean against Shale?" one of the Extreme King asked Mo Fang.

Mo Fang hadn't joined them until after the woman mentioned that Shale's rank had fallen. They could easily guess what he was going to do.

"Not bad. If Shale was still deified, I would have stood no chance. But now that he is just half-deified, why don't we cooperate and kick him out of the match? Then, we can finish off the weakened Han Sen," Mo Fang said.

"Fighting Shale won't allow us to reach first place in the fight, though. You will be the one reaping the benefits. Where does that leave us? Why would we risk our necks for you?" the Aichi archer asked skeptically.

"Forgive me for speaking so bluntly, but with the power you guys have, you will likely be the weakest of everyone in this valley. Aside from the one who quit the match, you three will be fighting for last place. If you guys are willing to help me, once we are done, we can continue cooperating. We can knock the other silkworms out of the valley, so I can become first and you three can occupy the second, third, and fourth places," Mo Fang said.

"Are you serious?" Pleased grins spread across the faces of the three half-deifieds. They had been cooperating from the beginning because they already knew their powers were weak.

"Since when would one of the Very High not live up to their word?" Mo Fang said proudly.

Two of the Extreme King half-deifieds looked at each other, then one of them turned back to Mo Fang.

"Okay, we're in."

If another silkworm had come there asking that they work together, they would have hesitated. However, Mo Fang was well-known. Although he was a silkworm, he was one of the Very High. And being on Very High land, cooperating with him would be the safest thing to do.

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Chapter 2677 Eight Hole Emperor

Han Sen had only been recovering for half an hour when Mo Fang came over to fight, the three others following behind him like ducklings.

Shale glanced toward Mo Fang, and Mo Fang lifted his lips while looking back at Shale. Neither said a word, but they each knew what the other was thinking.

"Butterfly, are you with us, or are you with Shale?" Mo Fang asked, looking at the Fox woman.

"I'm just a weak woman. I can't help anyone," Butterfly said while falling back. She didn't want to help either side.

Mo Fang knew the woman was more than she seemed. She had deliberately leaked the news that Shale was no longer deified. She obviously wanted to sit back and receive whatever benefits stumbled into her lap.

But Mo Fang didn't mind. No matter how tricky she might have been, she simply wasn't strong enough to affect his chances of securing first place, he believed. For right now, only Shale was standing in his way.

"Shale, are you really going to protect Han Sen?" Shale nodded at the others who had come with him. The three of them spread out, surrounding Shale.

"Whether I agreed to protect him or not, I would have been forced to face you eventually," Shale said while standing up. His body was three meters tall. He radiated power, and he was intimidating even when he wasn't trying to be. He looked like a golden-maned lion.

Mo Fang smiled and said, "If you quit now, we don't have to waste time fighting."

"Just fight." Shale looked so calm. He had all the peaceful solidity of a mountain.

"Then you will have to be careful," Mo Fang said. He pointed a finger, and the Evilbreaker powers of the Dragon spread over his fist.

The Dragon were widely-considered the bravest race, and Evilbreaker powers were powers that could concentrate might. They could make the smallest attacks into the strongest attacks. It was similar to Han Sen's Heart Connection.

But Heart Connection released all of someone's power at once. Evilbreaker powers only concentrated the power you wanted to use at the moment.

Han Sen once spent time investigating the Evilbreaker powers of the Dragon, and he came to the conclusion that it was a very scary geno art.

Right now, Mo Fang was using the ability to summon strength. The power he gathered was stronger than that of a Dragon deified. It was like his finger could form a black hole in space.

Shale didn't dodge or run. His giant body stepped forward as he swung his fist. He moved so quickly that his blonde hair waved in the wind, his body surging forward like that of an enraged lion.

Boom!

The finger and the fist collided with each other, and the ensuing explosion tore apart the nearby terrain. Shale didn't move at all, whereas Mo Fang fell back ten meters.

Mo Fang smiled. Then, he laughed and said, "You truly are a born-deified. Even if you are weaker now, your fitness is still incredibly rare."

"That was just physical power. It was nothing compared to the secret geno arts of the Very High," Shale said humbly.

"In regards to personal power, I'm not your equal. But I want to reach first place. Therefore, I must apologize," Mo Fang said. The Extreme King fighters and the Aichi then made their move.

Now, Shale was in the same type of trouble that Han Sen had previously been in. But Shale's situation was even direr.

The primary difference was the swapping of Mo Fang for the mantis-man. There was a big difference between the capabilities of those two. Mo Fang's strength was far greater than the mantis-man's had been.

It might have been an illusion, but with Mo Fang's participation, the cooperation of the others seemed to be far better than it had been the last time. It appeared unbreakable.

"Mo Fang is skilled with heart techniques. With his ability to command, he can control the other silkworms as if he was twiddling his fingers. He can allow four people to conduct group combat at their max potential. Shale doesn't have the power to suppress them, so it is clear that he is in danger," Exquisite said while looking at Shale down on the battlefield.

While Exquisite spoke, Shale endured a few hits.

Shale was born to a small race that didn't have any good geno arts. Aside from his talent and level, his heritage was worse than Han Sen's. The few good geno arts he had were the ones he had learned during his stay in Outer Sky.

It was impossible for Shale to defeat the four people surrounding him with his skillset.

Shale might not have been less skilled than Han Sen, but he lacked Han Sen's range and diversity.

He had been trapped by the areas unleashed by the Aichi warrior and the two Extreme King fighters, and his power couldn't reach Mo Fang. He was like a beast trapped inside a cage. No matter how much he struggled, he couldn't get out of the cage. And the people outside the cage were hurting him.

Mo Fang moved his fingers as if they were ten separate blades. Scary godlights were shining everywhere, and countless marks were being drawn across Shale's body.

Mo Fang had a title. He was known as the Eight Hole Emperor.

Someone who was known to be particularly empathic or sensitive was often called an "Eight Face Exquisite" or a "Seven Hole Exquisite Heart." Mo Fang's title was created as a combination of those two terms because he could use his empathy to affect others. He became known as the Eight Hole Emperor.

He could do far more than just control three half-deifieds; he could easily exert influence over armies comprised of tens of thousands of troops. Such a feat would be easy for Mo Fang.

"What a powerful body. You seem stronger than the average Very High. Ten armor talents are very rare. No wonder you are so famous." Mo Fang had used his initial attack against Shale several times, but he could only shred the man's skin to leave behind minor wounds. He felt compelled to compliment his foe.

Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng's hearts almost hopped out of their chests. Right now, they weren't even worried about Han Sen beating Shale; it looked like Shale might not even last long enough to fight him.

"D*mn it!" Li Xue Cheng's face darkened in rage. He thought about what might happen if Shale lost the silkworm bout. He felt dizzy, and his body kept shivering. The Very High that were banking on Han Sen winning were very happy, by comparison.

"That kid Mo Fang isn't bad. Although his power is weak, I can't think of a single Very High of the young generation that is a better commander."

"Good job. Get rid of Shale quickly."

"Haha! Mo Fang will kill him. And then, he will kill Han Sen. I like this story."

Shale was incurring more and more wounds. If a half-deified was any weaker than Shale, they would have already lost this fight. But looking into his eyes, it was obvious that Shale wasn't scared. He wasn't going to retreat.

His eyes looked like the eyes of a lion. He was excited, as excited as a bloodthirsty beast. It was like some sort of stimulant was pumping through his veins instead of blood.

Mo Fang frowned. He realized how difficult it was to harm Shale. He could use an attack against Shale once, and after that, the same attack would no longer damage him. Mo Fang had to keep changing his fighting stance as he used one technique after another.

To an outsider, it might look like Shale was being suppressed. Someone would have needed to look very close to realize how much Mo Fang was struggling.

Even though the Very High had thousands of geno arts, with most coming from other races, Mo Fang hadn't practiced them all. If this continued for too long, he would have to start repeating his skills.

"Is that it?" Disappointment welled up within Shale's eyes.

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Chapter 2678 Scary Battle Talen

The audience soon noticed that Shale was taking fewer and fewer injuries as time went on. In addition, his wounds were recovering at an abnormally fast rate. After a short while, almost all of his injuries had vanished.

"He has such frightening strength… How many races with hidden power are there, scattered across the universe?" Li Keer murmured in surprise.

Han Sen, Dollar, and now Shale—all of them were fierce. And yet, they weren't members of high races. In fact, their ancestry was barely even noteworthy. And yet, they all had crazy powers that even the Very High had never seen before.

Many of the Very High were having similar thoughts as they watched the fight. The ordinary Very High, the ones who hadn't practiced the Very High Sense, were quite average. None of them were any stronger than Han Sen or Shale.

The Very High that practiced the Very High Sense certainly had incredible abilities, but it wasn't as if the mere practice of the Very High Sense could give them the level of power that was now being displayed. When their silkworms became deified, however, they would gain experience that would lend them a lot of strength and willpower. Such a process would dramatically boost their development.

This was the case with Exquisite and Li Keer. Right now, they weren't as strong as Han Sen. They couldn't defeat him in battle; Exquisite had even failed to beat him when she was a level above him. But over time, they would learn everything they could as Han Sen became deified, and it would propel them forward. Although they would not yet have achieved deified status personally, their minds would be as strong as Han Sen at deified status.

When Mo Fang realized that he would be unable to suppress Shale, a strange gleam passed over his eyes. He focused his full concentration on his opponent, and his third eye tore itself open. It became a tai chi yin yang eye that shone with crystal clarity.

The moment the eye opened, Mo Fang's entire presence changed. He hadn't become the lifeless, machine-like being that Exquisite turned into, but he still wielded a power that would make all who fought against him cower.

The moment his third eye opened, the three half-deifieds that were following his mental commands suddenly lurched. Their eyes lost focus. They became puppets, operated entirely by Mo Fang's will. It was like they were merely extensions of Mo Fang's body, dancing to his whims.

The three half-deifieds felt sick. They had been selected as silkworms, yet they had ended up in this humiliating situation. It was very likely that their masters would end up picking new silkworms.

The moment Mo Fang opened his Very High Eye, the situation of the battle was flipped on its head. Shale had regained the upper hand, but now he seemed to lose it again.

The four silkworms were no longer a group composed of Mo Fang and the three other half-deified outsiders. It was now a group of four Mo Fangs. The other three Mo Fangs used their original powers, but their bodies were entirely controlled by Mo Fang's mind.

Under that giant tide of pressure, Shale's eyes looked bright again.

The fight became insane. The four Mo Fangs had different powers, and Mo Fang used them to make countless combination attacks. And now, Shale had no chance to fight back.

Although Shale wasn't yet losing the fight, he couldn't find any way to mount an effective counterattack against his opponents. The fight continued, and Shale began accumulating wounds again.

At this time, the Fox woman quietly walked over to Han Sen, who was still in the middle of recovering.

"Ah, Han Sen, Han Sen… You are finally in my paws." The woman lifted her hands and placed them on his back.

Han Sen was still practicing, but he could still tell what was going on around him. He knew every movement of the Fox woman. He was preparing to stand up and fight her when he heard a shout.

That noise came from Shale's mouth, and it was like thunder rolling across the sky.

Although Shale was still in combat with Mo Fang, he had been keeping an eye on Han Sen's situation. When he saw that the Fox woman was making a move behind his back, his eyes flashed. He let out that lion's roar.

Suddenly, Shale's body expanded to become twice as big. All of his muscles bulged, and a red ball of light manifested like a fire outside his body. The wavy blonde mane straightened in the fire. He looked like a lion-headed demon god.

Shale was having a nasty fight against Mo Fang already, but now Shale's transformation forced Mo Fang to fall back. His abrupt retreat threw off his rhythm of attacks. Shale ran toward Han Sen and threw a punch at the Fox woman.

The Fox woman was shocked. She teleported away, vanishing like a cloud and avoiding Shale's punch.

"Shale! Why are you going against me on behalf of our enemy?" The Fox woman frowned at Shale.

"I told you I would protect him for ten hours. Anyone who touches him will become my enemy." Shale stood next to Han Sen, looking as cold as a demon god.

Mo Fang stared at Shale in astonishment. Shale's power and presence were entirely different. He had already been in such a tough fight, but he clearly hadn't been using all of his power.

"Mo Fang, how about you and I fight him together?" the Fox suggested to Mo Fang. She knew she couldn't defeat Shale by herself.

"Sure." Mo Fang didn't want to lose or abandon this fight, so he had to take advantage of every opportunity that came his way.

The Fox woman didn't say anything more. Her body shone with a red light that solidified into a full set of red, metal-plated armor. It encased her body, leaving only her tail waving gently on the outside.

That tail then split into nine. Nine fox tails were swinging in the air. The pink area then spread to enshroud the space all around them. Shale's body was suddenly ensnared by a pink chain that was barely visible in the haze. It tied up his body, and it looked as if he couldn't move.

Without any communication, Mo Fang immediately guided his four bodies to attack Shale. All of the areas landed on Shale.

When the five half-deifieds came against him, Shale reacted in utter rage. His eyes were on fire, and his body was like a volcanic eruption.

Shale roared furiously, and a scary power exploded the binding chain. His fists were like a pair of fiery warhammers. They annihilated space and struck one of the Extreme Kings.

Mo Fang guided the Extreme King to raise his arms and block the incoming strike, but beneath the cruelty of that punch, his attempt was futile. The man's area-buffed arm bones were shattered by Shale's strike. The fist proceeded to land against the man's chest, and it sent him flying away like a meteor.

Pang! Pang! Pang! Pang!

Shale was like an unstoppable demon god. Every punch sent another enemy streaking away. Mo Fang and the other three silkworms he commanded hurtled through the air, and none of them had even been given a chance to fight back.

The punches looked very simple, but things were actually far more complicated beneath the surface. Only Mo Fang knew that Shale's seemingly simple punches somehow subverted all of his plans to counterattack. It was like each punch was designed to stop whatever ability he tried to activate.

The four punches were a little different each time. Different powers were released against the different bodies.

There was only one explanation for how Shale could do this; he must have known the powers and attack methods of each individual fighter. That was the only way this was possible.

"Does this mean that while we were attacking earlier, he was studying our attack patterns? To this level?" Mo Fang thought as he flew back through the air. His back slammed into a nearby mountain, and the force of the impact drove the air from his lungs in a ragged cough. Blood spilled over his lips. He struggled a little, but he couldn't get up. His heart was in so much shock, he could scarcely believe it.

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Chapter 2679 Close Call

Everyone stared at the match in awe. No one had expected that Shale, who had fallen from his deified rank, could wield power as fierce as this. He had even managed to injure an elite like Mo Fang with a single punch. Possessing this sort of power would make him invincible once he became deified again.

"Haha! I knew Shale wouldn't lose. Did Mo Fang and Han Sen seriously think that they could fight Shale?" Li Xue Cheng was so excited that he couldn't help but cackle.

Relief washed over Liyu Zhen. If Shale were to lose, their lives would become very difficult in the near future.

Exquisite and Li Keer were worried now. Shale was very strong, and even though he wasn't deified, it would be a very tall task for Han Sen to achieve victory.

"Shale, you are going to regret this," the Fox lady spat spitefully at Shale. She was the only person who hadn't been punched. She stared at Han Sen for another moment, then left.

Shale's face was impassive. He returned to sit where he had been, and then, his body returned to its normal size.

Seeing that everyone nearby had been chased off by Shale, Han Sen felt safe once more. He took his time recovering, but after that fight, no one dared to disturb them again.

The ten hours went by fairly quickly. Once Han Sen had returned to peak condition, he stood up and looked at Shale. The leonine man was still calmly sitting in the same position. He looked very peaceful with his eyes closed.

It seemed as if he could feel Han Sen's gaze land on him, because Shale opened his eyes and asked, "Did you rest well?"

"I am completely recovered," Han Sen answered.

"Then let us begin." As Shale turned his full attention on Han Sen, the red ball of light appeared around his body again. His body expanded quickly under the light's influence, returning him to that shape of a lion-headed demon god.

"Mutant class born-deified xenogeneic? No wonder he has a ten armor talent." Han Sen examined Shale's power, and he went on to think, "Even though he has dropped to half-deified, he will still be difficult to deal with."

His eyes had been closed, but Han Sen had still been paying close attention to Shale's fight earlier. He knew Shale's body was no weaker than his own. And the guy's combat abilities were also good. Despite the brevity of the fight, Shale had been able to analyze the movement of his opponents in detail. That kind of fighting talent would be a challenge to Han Sen.

Han Sen didn't say anything, though. Instead, he lifted his hands as if they were a pair of knives. He cast Under the Sky and Teeth Knife.

Shale didn't fall back. He moved forward, swinging a fist in the same moment. Their fists and palms began to collide against each other in the air. The shockwaves of their strikes detonated across the valley like fireworks.

The fight between the two of them seemed like it would go on endlessly. The fitness of the two fighters seemed to be on par. It was hard to determine which of the two would reign supreme.

"The raw physical strength of their bodies is quite scary, but I think Han Sen has a frightening edge. After all, he is just a ninth-tier King. If he became half-deified, the power of his body would far exceed Shale's. I wonder how a crystallizer was able to develop a body this sturdy. Scary, isn't it? Are the geno arts he practiced that powerful?" Open Sky Elder murmured to himself.

"I think so. Not even our Very High bodies can satisfy the fitness requirements of his geno art. It would undoubtedly be much harder for other creatures of the universe. Han Sen's learning of it must have been some sort of fluke." Qiyu Elder had a wry smile.

"All I can say is that this kid is very lucky," Open Sky Elder said with a laugh.

Pang!

Fists and palms collided. Giant shockwaves of turbulent power sent Shale and Han Sen tumbling away from each other.

After Han Sen regained his balance, he used his hands to slash forward. Countless knife silks appeared in the air. The knife silks were so numerous that they seemed to fill the surrounding area.

Han Sen slashed forward, sending the knife silks across Shale's body. Because they came from every direction, Shale didn't even stand a chance of dodging them.

Shale's eyes flashed, and he suddenly punched the ground. The ground collapsed, and even nearby mountains started to crumble. Rocks fountained up around Shale's fist to intercept the knife silks.

Knife silks and rocks struck each other. Many layers of the knife silks destroyed themselves against the rocks, and only a few of them made it all the way to Shale. He waved his hand to break what remained.

"It has been so long since I met an enemy who anticipates my next move," Han Sen sighed.

"That's what I was going to say, as well. I have to say, you really haven't disappointed me." Shale's eyes were brimming with passion.

"But you've disappointed me. I was thinking I could get first place easily, but it currently feels impossible." Han Sen felt a bit thirsty, and he licked his lips. That was one of his habits. When he faced things he had no confidence in dealing with, he frequently did this.

"Life is disappointing sometimes," Shale said, a moment before swinging his fist again.

His punches were very simple. However, they didn't remind Han Sen of a complicated technique that had been developed into a simplified form. Instead, Shale used a raw, basic punching skill. A skill like that could be found amongst any of the smaller races.

But Shale had taken that basic punch up more than a few notches. He had practiced the skill to a level that was too much for Han Sen to deal with.

Han Sen cycled between a few knife skills and punching techniques. Each of them was a top-notch geno art. Some of them were from the Rebate, whereas others came from Sky Palace. Each style he used was unique.

Every time he used a new skill, Han Sen felt like he had gained the advantage. For a moment, at least. Then Shale always swooped in to take that advantage away.

Plus, Shale used the same punching skill the entire time. He didn't alter his own skills until he became familiar with Han Sen's geno arts. Then, he changed his punching skill just enough to counter each of Han Sen's techniques.

"F*ck this guy! He wasn't just born deified. He was born a battle master, as well. He is far too sensitive to the delicacies of combat. I only have to use the same skill on him twice before he learns how to deal with it. Who is this f*cking guy?" Han Sen had never seen such intimidating battle talent.

Shale and Lone Bamboo were different. Because Lone Bamboo had experienced far too much in his lifetime, he could adapt and control his style perfectly. He could easily learn the geno arts of other people, and every technique he used was top class. Shale didn't bother actually learning the geno arts of others. He simply made himself more powerful and brute-forced his way through all obstacles.

It was like his one skill could break down a thousand skills. It wasn't that the skill depended on power; power was only one part of it. Rather, Shale could apply his skill creatively enough to counter all sorts of different attacks. Shale had a powerful mind, and that was the source of his ability to counter his opponents.

"He has a powerful body with incredible endurance, not to mention a problem-solving mind. This guy is giving me a headache!" Han Sen experimented with many geno arts, but he couldn't defeat Shale.

But Han Sen was different from Mo Fang. When Mo Fang used the same geno art twice, Shale could pick up on the flaws. But even when Han Sen used the same geno art multiple times, Shale was unable to see the errors.

That surprised Shale a great deal. He could see the flaws in Han Sen's execution, but when Han Sen used the same skill again, something kept Shale from exploiting those mistakes.

Shale tried to target the weaknesses in Han Sen's geno arts several times, but his attempts always failed. He had never experienced a situation like this before.

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Chapter 2680 Leveling Up While Fighting

The two of them continued fighting, but they were unable to deal damage to each other.

Han Sen kept altering his knife skills. Shale's punching skill didn't change in the face of Han Sen's rapidly mutating attacks. The two of them fought as hard and fast as they could, but neither of them could gain the upper hand.

It had been a very long time since Han Sen had a fight like this. In his recent fights, he had either lost to his enemies or crushed them almost immediately. He hadn't put so much energy and effort into a fight since his contest with Lone Bamboo.

A fight like this drained a lot of energy from his body. It also forced him to use his mind constantly. If he made a mistake, his enemy would take advantage of the window and beat him. He couldn't afford to make a single misstep.

As the Very High watched the pair conduct their battle, conflicted looks appeared across their faces. Both of the fighters were King class, but their minds were deified. The fight was so nuanced that the onlookers didn't know what to make of it.

This was no ordinary battle. This fight took effort and brainpower. Many of the attacks and counters seemed simple, until the audience took a second to consider why the two fighters had chosen those moves. Every single action in this fight was done with an ulterior motive.

It looked like a simple fist and knife fight, but people would be thinking about it for a long time afterward.

Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng's bodies were quivering. It was hard to tell who was going to win and who would lose. It looked as if winning or losing would only come from a hair-thin lead.

"Big Brother, having Shale as your silkworm is very fortuitous for you." Bixi looked at his big brother Li Chun Qiu with grand admiration.

"Yu Shanxin isn't bad, either," Li Chun Qiu said distantly. Since Shale was his silkworm, he wasn't really paying much attention to their conversation. He felt as if he was fighting Han Sen himself, right then and there. But there were many fighting minds and techniques he had to learn that he had never previously encountered. It felt so strange.

Experiencing the battle from Shale's perspective was unique. He felt like he was fighting himself, but at the same time, he could step back and examine Shale's choices with a critical eye. He could tell which decisions Shale made were better than his opponent and vice versa. He only absorbed the good battle experiences, while figuring out and filing away the bad ones.

Right now, Shale was only half-deified. In the future, Shale would travel through the deified ranks of primitive, transmutation, larva, butterfly, and maybe even true god. Li Chun Qiu could slowly absorb everything that Shale experienced.

At that point, Li Chun Qiu would only be half-deified. But he would have the experience of a true god. Li Chun Qiu could slowly study everything that Shale had learned through his evolution. Although he would only be half-deified himself, his mind would be on a different level.

Bixi looked bitter as he said, "This Yu Shanxin hides a great deal from me. He is so strong and tough. He is a difficult nut to crack. Even now, I have yet to learn a single thing from his mind."

"Those silkworms might be the most challenging, but they're also the most rewarding. Conquering them will yield better results in the long run," Li Chun Qiu said.

"You are right, but… Well, never mind. I bet Exquisite and Li Keer have the same problem…" Bixi said.

Exquisite and Li Keer did have trouble, but Han Sen let them in when he fought. Like Li Chun Qiu, they gained a lot of battle experience from Han Sen. Each decision he made taught them a lot.

But while Han Sen was a ninth-tier King, he had a scary power and a scarier mind. It made them so happy. Even if Han Sen lost this fight, just getting to experience this battle would be more than worth it to them.

One thing caught them off guard, though. Despite the intensity of the fight, they could sense that Han Sen was deliberately hiding the true range of his powers.

"Is Han Sen not using all of his strength?" The possibility stunned them. He was already fighting at an unbelievable level, and yet he didn't seem to have tapped into the full potential of his power. That was a scary thought.

Li Keer had always thought Dollar was stronger than Han Sen, but she now found herself looking at the man with a complicated expression.

Although he was fighting an elite like Shale, Han Sen could still hide some of his power. This was no longer just an intimidating display of ability; it was out-and-out frightening.

Although Han Sen tried his best to close off his mind and avoid thinking about the Dongxuan Sutra and his super god spirit body, Li Keer and Exquisite were still able to pick up that he was suppressing something. They would come to know that Han Sen was hiding his true power, but that couldn't be avoided.

In truth, Han Sen's ability to suppress his thoughts at all in this situation indicated that the power of his mind was terrifyingly profound. In a fight like that, most people would need to constantly think about which geno arts and powers they were good at.

"This guy is too scary…" Li Keer said while she watched Han Sen.

"He is rather frightening, isn't he? I don't think he will ever fail to surprise us. Every time we think we have seen it all, he goes the extra mile and does more," Exquisite said with a nervous smile.

When she fought Han Sen, she thought that she had forced him to cast many of his skills. But it now looked like Han Sen had only used a fraction of his talent when he was fighting her. He was now bringing out more tools, but even more were still being kept hidden.

"We must dig into this man and unearth all of his secrets," Li Keer said. Her eyes were brimming with excitement.

Li Keer had better potential than Exquisite, but she didn't focus on the Very High Sense. Her Very High Forget Love wasn't as developed as Exquisite's, so she was prone to becoming more emotional.

Exquisite only coldly said, "There is no rush. We have four years. He will reveal his secrets to us in time. It doesn't matter that he has managed to hide it all for now."Open Sky Elder looked a bit gloomy, and he said, "The smallest move could determine how this plays out. Either one of them could win at this point. Han Sen is strong, but he is just a ninth-tier King. He is ranked lower than Shale. If they were in the same class, Han Sen would have a seventy percent chance of winning."

Qiyu Elder shook his head and said, "No, it doesn't work like that. Shale is half-deified, but his will is deified. Han Sen is just a ninth-tier King, and yet, he is holding his own against a powerful half-deified. That means his talent and potential are scarier than Shale's."

"Does that mean the eleven armor talent test was legit?" Open Sky Elder wondered with a frown.

"It is hard to say. If he isn't doing this well because of his talent, then it is hard to imagine what Han Sen has that is letting him fight Shale." Qiyu Elder looked at Han Sen, his face conflicted.

"A ten armor talent is very rare. A real eleven armor talent would make a man the greatest of his generation. Do you think Han Sen is this kind of great man?" Open Sky Elder asked, looking a little worried.

"I'm not sure about that, but it is plain to see that his talent is stunning. Li Keer and Exquisite got lucky when they signed a contract with him," Qiyu Elder said.

"What is going on… Something is wrong with Shale!" Open Sky Elder wanted to say something, but he was in too much shock. Then, his face went white. He looked at Shale in the video and screamed, "He… He's going to level up!"

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Chapter 2681 Back to Deified

Everyone could see the strange expression on Shale's face. As time passed, the red ball of light that surrounded him dimmed, then darkened. Then the dark red color began to change to solid black.

"It must be the Demon Fruit… The Demon Fruit is working! Is Shale going to become deified right in front of us?" Li Xue Cheng merrily proclaimed.

Liyu Zhen was thrilled as well. "Now I understand. Shale knew that the silkworm fights were going to start, but he decided to eat the Demon Fruit anyway. He hoped to use the pressure of a challenging silkworm fight to accelerate his growth and activate the dormant Demon Fruit power that resided in his body. During his fight with Han Sen, the Demon Fruit inside him has slowly been refined. Now, it must have all been absorbed. It will make him deified in the middle of this very fight."

"Shale is really leveling up to deified? There will be no more debating which of the two will emerge victorious now. It will be impossible for Han Sen to defeat a deified Shale." Li Xue Cheng had been quivering with fear earlier, but now his quaking was due to unbridled glee.

This silkworm fight had been a non-stop rollercoaster of emotions for the two men. Li Xue Cheng's emotions had gone up and down so much that he had thought his heart was going to leap out of his chest.

The fires around Shale's body turned black. Black symbols were appearing across him, as if they were being carved into his exposed skin. A frightening presence was emanating from the symbols. Shale's power began to generate substance chains.

"Back to deified once more?" Han Sen frowned. He wasn't blind. He could see that Shale's power was changing.

Shale tipped his head back and roared to the sky, and the power of his substance chains exploded. His previously golden hair was suddenly dyed pitch black.

Shale used to look like a gold lion. Now his body had shrunk, but his muscles looked more solid and powerful than ever. It was like every cell in his body had filled up with an unimaginably grand power.

The new, black-haired Shale didn't look as wild. He looked mysterious and alien. The black symbols were visible all across his face, and black flames quivered across his body. He looked like some sort of demon lion from hell.

"He has returned to deified." Li Keer's face looked sickened.

It didn't matter how talented or strong Han Sen was; he couldn't defeat a deified Shale. After all, deifieds were completely different from all other ranks beneath them. They were as different as the sky and the ground.

"Shale must have planned from the beginning to use this fight to become deified again. He wanted to use Han Sen as his whetstone," Exquisite said glumly, then sighed. She understood the truth behind it all now.

"That was excellent planning on Shale's part," Li Keer said with a grunt. "He ate the Demon Fruit before the silkworm fight. If no one presented him with a serious challenge, he could secure first place. If he did find someone who could stand up to him, he could refine the Demon Fruit and return to being deified and still secure first place and all the spoils. He is a very smart man, I will confess."

Exquisite shook her head. "But again, it isn't that simple. A normal person would struggle to become deified again whether or not they refined the Demon Fruit. Shale was able to become deified because his talent was that exceptional. This may not have been his plan at all."

"No matter what his reasoning was, these are the results," Li Keer said in frustration.

Qiyu Elder and Open Sky Elder both looked very ill. And the Very High people who had placed big bets on Han Sen looked just as bad.

They thought they had seen a sound hope of victory, but it was all gone now. Since the moment Shale became deified, their hopes and dreams were squashed. Their hearts fell to the bottom of the blackest abyss, and they couldn't see the light of hope anymore.

"I apologize. I tried to control my power, but I was unable to suppress it. I have now returned to deified class." Shale ceased attacking. He felt guilty about what had happened.

What he said made everyone watching want to cough up blood. Many creatures wanted nothing more than to become deified, and Shale had been doing his best not to. That was quite upsetting.

If anyone else had said this, they might have sounded cocky. But Shale was renowned for his honesty, and he certainly wasn't putting on an act. He had genuinely tried to suppress his power, but he ended up becoming deified anyway. He had wanted to finish this fight as a half-deified.

But fighting Han Sen had required too much from him. He had no choice but to use his full power to fight, and so he was unable to hold back the energy of the refined Demon Fruit. Once that dam of power broke loose, he had become deified.

"There is no need to apologize. Your level is a part of your power." Han Sen didn't think it was shameful for someone to fight against an opponent of a lower level. If someone had a higher level, they must have earned it.

"Today's fight won't count. I will wait until you become deified, and then we will fight again," Shale said, looking at Han Sen.

"This fight isn't finished yet," Han Sen responded, his face unchanged.

Shale shook his head. "Although I don't want to win while you are at a lower level, I still need this first place. So, I'm sorry. We should abandon this battle for now."

"There is no need to apologize. Didn't I just say our fight hasn't ended yet? If you can win, then it was because you were better than me. But in order to decide that, we must first fight and see who the victor truly is." Han Sen gazed at Shale calmly. He didn't look very emotional.

When Liyu Zhen heard Han Sen say this, he coldly laughed and said, "This Han Sen really doesn't know his place. Shale has given him plenty of opportunities to bow out gracefully, and he even offered to leave this place together. That meant he would give Han Sen second place. But still, the brat insists on fighting. If he gets kicked out right now, he definitely won't end up in second place, either."

Li Keer, Exquisite, and all the other Very High thought Han Sen's response had been too cocky. He should have accepted second place instead of losing now.

But in contrast to their own thoughts, Li Keer and Exquisite didn't detect any fear within Han Sen. Instead, they felt an overwhelming sensation of calm and confidence in him.

There was no need to be angry. There was no need to hate. There was no need to blame fate or the people around him. This powerful, placid confidence was something only superior people could possess.

"But now Han Sen is a ridiculously dire situation. Why is he still this confident?" Exquisite and Li Keer thought that Han Sen had no reason to be so self-assured, but his confidence was so strong that it affected them anyway. They began to feel like they should trust in Han Sen.

"Come on. Keep going. I will fight you. Whether I win or lose, I will walk out of here alone," Han Sen said calmly as he looked at Shale.

"Yes, this is how it should be." Shale's eyes flared with excitement. He looked at Han Sen as if he was looking at his favorite piece of art.

Perhaps Han Sen's power wasn't as strong as Shale's, but Shale wouldn't underestimate him. The substance chains around him exploded madly. He was like some leonine power of darkness that had crawled up from the depths.

"Because of the respect I have for you, I will fight with all my power." Shale's voice was like thunder as he swung his fist at Han Sen.

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Chapter 2682 Demonic Power

The fist leapt forward, and the shadow that trailed behind it looked like a raging lion. Han Sen didn't even have enough time to dodge. The scary lion shadow had already washed over him.

Han Sen looked stable, though. Spell turned into armor to protect his body, and he used God's Wander to quickly flash away. He was attempting to evade the crazy shadow of Shale's punch.

Bzzt!

Suddenly, Han Sen felt as if the physical space around had been sealed. He couldn't rip space and teleport away as he wished to. He could only see the crazy lion shadow punch coming down on him.

Han Sen frowned. He gathered up power in his fist to throw a punch back at the lion shadow punch.

But Han Sen's punch went through the lion shadow punch. It was like the lion shadow punch really was just a shadow.

When the lion shadow punch actually landed on Han Sen, it wasn't as hard as he expected it to be. The punch went into Han Sen's body and vanished.

Boom!

Han Sen's presence turned black, and his image warped until he started to look like Shale. His entire body was consumed by a black fire, and he looked identical to his opponent.

Han Sen frowned. He realized that he hadn't been hurt, and his power had become the same element as Shale's. Aside from that, there had been no negative effect. No damage had been dealt to him, either.

But as the black fire finished spreading over Han Sen, Shale said, "My demon lion power isn't destructive, but it will transform your body's element. I guess it is a demonic power."

"If you cannot hurt your opponent, then what is the point of your demonic power?" Han Sen asked.

"Millions of different powers exist throughout creation. I cannot break down every single one, but no matter what power my opponent might have, I transform their element into my own. Since I am familiar with this sort of power, none will be able to beat me," Shale said.

When Han Sen considered the ramifications of that, he realized how scary Shale's power truly was. At his current rank, Han Sen's power simply wasn't as great as Shale's. If Han Sen was able to depend on his various elements and his special skills, he still had a chance to defeat Shale.

But now that his power had been converted into an element that Shale was already extremely proficient in wielding, Han Sen could no longer compete. Even if he was incredibly compatible with this new element, there was no way he would be as dexterous as Shale with its use. He wasn't going to be able to defeat Shale with the man's own power.

"Bring your enemy into the same harmony as your own, and then wipe your foe out with a symphony of destruction. Why does Shale's power suddenly seem to remind me of something?" Han Sen thought to himself.

But Shale wasn't going to give Han Sen much time to think things over. He swung another punch at him.

With a sinking feeling, Han Sen began to understand just how debilitating the conversion of his power had been. He wasn't physically damaged, and with time, he could have gained enough understanding of this new element to use it in combat. However, a high-level opponent like Shale wouldn't give him enough time to adapt.

Teleport. Keep teleporting.

Han Sen began to depend solely on God's Wander to keep himself out of Shale's reach. He was unable to rally his defenses and fight back. Turning the tide of this battle was going to be difficult.

Han Sen wasn't familiar with his new power, at all. He had no idea what the power inside him could even do. He didn't know what its features were. No matter which geno art Han Sen tried to use, he could only cast power in Shale's strange element.

"Han Sen is going to lose, it seems," Li Xue Cheng said. His eyebrows painted him as a very happy man.

Everyone now knew that Han Sen didn't have a chance. He was beneath Shale's level, and he was both weaker and slower than Shale. Now that his power element was the same as Shale's, under such extreme circumstances, how could anyone expect Han Sen to come out of this fight victorious?

This would have been true of any person of Han Sen's level who found themselves confronted by a monster like Shale. Even if another deified creature went up against Shale, they wouldn't be able to defeat him if they were forced to use his element.

Shale's demonic power was quite mysterious. Copying the powers of an opponent wasn't exactly rare, but his power was able to force his opponent to copy him. It was a little unfair, truth be told.

Open Sky Elder had a wry smile.

Qiyu Elder shook his head. "There is a reason for Shale's fame. This is why he is called 'the best against those of the same level.' Every power has an element it is weak to. No matter how unique an elite's power is, there is always some other power that will suppress it. But Shale's demonic lion power ignores that universal truth. His ability is scarier than anyone can imagine."

Han Sen focused his entire mental power on developing familiarity with the power Shale wielded. But time was too short. He could have used this new power in basic combat applications, but fighting someone like Shale was next to impossible.

Pang!

Han Sen was too late teleporting away this time. Shale's punch struck his arm, and Spell turned into armor to protect him. But even so, Shale's strike still almost shattered the bones in his arm.

Han Sen could use God's Wander, but so could Shale. And Shale was quite skilled with the technique. Han Sen kept teleporting away, but he couldn't shake the opponent on his tail. As the fight progressed, he was incurring more and more wounds.

Pang!

Han Sen took a punch straight to the chest. His body shot away like a cannonball and slammed into the seal. The power that bound the arena trembled for a moment.

Han Sen's body hit the ground, and he couldn't help but cough up a mouthful or two of blood. His chest felt like a cinderblock had fallen on it. Han Sen knew the heat was likely just the blood inside his lungs.

In fact, his lungs weren't the only part of him that was suffering. Han Sen's entire body was covered in injuries. Many parts of his Spell armor had been cracked. The worst place just so happened to be his chest. The right side of his chest had been dented inwards.

The Spell armor was practically broken, and Han Sen's body was not doing well. One of his arms was just hanging loosely beside his body. It felt as if all the bones inside him were broken. He couldn't even move.

One of his legs had been shattered, too. Han Sen could only kneel on the spot.

Han Sen couldn't remember the last time he had been in such poor condition. Even when he was sucked dry by the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze, he hadn't been so grievously injured.

But even so, Han Sen didn't feel like giving up. He was more excited than ever, actually.

That excitement came from the Spell armor. Although his armor appeared to be on the verge of falling to pieces, it suddenly seemed as if it was going to breakthrough.

The Story of Genes was the hardest geno art to develop, out of all the arts he was proficient with. Under Shale's powerful suppression, it seemed as if it was going to combine all nine tiers into one. He was going to become half-deified.

"Almost there… I only need a little bit more…" Han Sen reviewed the sensations running through him in detail. He seemed to be on the cusp of breaking through, but it still felt as if he was missing something. It was like he was trying to scratch his feet through his socks, but he couldn't quite satisfy the itch.

"Let us end it here." Shale wasn't interested in continuing this fight any further than he had to. Even though he had admitted that Han Sen was a worthy opponent, Han Sen was just a ninth-tier King. Han Sen didn't have what it took to fight him. He was hoping for another fight when Han Sen became deified.

Shale swung his fist again. The terrifying power of the blow was like a dark, roaring, demonic lion, which was headed straight for Han Sen. And Han Sen was still half-kneeling on the ground.

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Chapter 2683 Leveling Up to Half-Deified

Shale's punch roared down toward him, but Han Sen didn't plan on trying to evade it. He used the left hand that he could still move, summoned power into his fist, and threw a punch.

"Why even bother? Losing is better than dying!" The fox woman sighed mournfully from the distance as she watched.

The seal was right behind Han Sen. He could teleport away before the punch came down on him, and it seemed like the only viable choice to ensure his own survival. But he didn't. Instead, he carried on fighting with his now-broken body.

But considering how injured and outmatched he was, it seemed unlikely that any strength he mustered would be enough to withstand a punch delivered by Shale.

"He doesn't know his place! Kill him!" Liyu Zhen clenched his fists into tight, white-knuckled balls. His eyes were red as he shouted spitefully at the video feed.

Li Xue Cheng was the same. This fight was about to end in exactly the way he had been hoping for all along. They were going to win the bet.

There was no way that Han Sen could avoid the punch that was coming down on him. And there were only two possible results of trying to block that blow: he could either die or be disabled. Whichever actually happened, Han Sen couldn't reasonably carry on fighting. No one was going to stop Shale from reaching first place in the silkworm bout.

Pang!

Han Sen's fist struck that scary punch. The armor that protected his fists and his arms exploded, and Han Sen's entire body flew forward. As he sailed through the air, his Spell armor shattered to pieces like a broken vase.

"Game over." Open Sky Elder was very sad to see this. He thought he had lost his Open Sky jewelry.

Exquisite and Li Keer's faces changed. Han Sen's heart never gave up hope. He kept sending them the message that he could keep on going, no matter the odds, but his self geno armor was broken, and his body was severely injured. Hopefully, he would survive, but he couldn't keep on fighting.

Now, they could only pray that Han Sen didn't succumb to the remaining force of the impact. Exquisite was tempted to leap onto the battlefield to save him from doom.

Many of the Very High people who had believed Han Sen was going to win were now all silent. Han Sen had tried his best, but there was too much of a gap between the powers of a King and a deified. Shale was too strong, and so they couldn't blame Han Sen for losing. However, their hearts bled when they thought about everything they had bet and were going to lose.

Only Li Xue Cheng and Liyu Zhen were excited enough to start jumping around with glee. They almost hugged each other.

After this fight, they'd reap a bounty of rewards. The resources they were about to receive might support them all the way up to the deified butterfly class. And on top of that, they'd also lay claim to priceless treasures of untold might.

Pang!

Han Sen's body slammed against the seal again. Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng were ready to start clapping, but they suddenly froze in place.

They weren't the only members of the audience who were staring in shock. Everyone was. After Han Sen's body hit the seal, he didn't fall to the ground. He just remained where he was. He was floating.

That broken body of his was releasing a weird shockwave that they could barely detect. Then, his form became shrouded in bright light.

But when they looked closer, they could see that it wasn't a bright light. It was a cloud of white powder-like dust. And the white powder was gathering around Han Sen's body.

In the blink of an eye, a white set of armor had wrapped itself around Han Sen's body. The broken Spell armor was back, and it looked as good as new.

No. It was even more powerful than before it had been damaged. The symbol on the armor was shining brilliantly, releasing a scary presence. The holy light wrapped slowly around Han Sen's body. He was like some god spirit from a holy mountain.

"He is becoming half-deified!" Exquisite and Li Keer were the first to react to this. They could feel that Han Sen's power was exploding in the breadth of its magnitude.

"In the middle of all that, he became half-deified… This guy is too much." Many of the Very High who were watching the fight looked absolutely stunned.

It was possible to level up during a fight, but leveling up required a lot of power to support. In Shale's case, he had already taken in the Demon Fruit, and he was supremely powerful already. So, it made a certain amount of sense that he was able to break through during a fight and become deified.

But Han Sen's body was entirely broken. His self armor had been wrecked. In that injured state of his, it should have been impossible for him to level up.

But Han Sen had become half-deified in that situation. It was a difficult thing to grasp.

"So what if he is half-deified? Half-deifieds are just another form of King class. He can't fight Shale," Li Xue Cheng snarled, gnashing his teeth.

He wasn't happy to see this. He only hoped Shale still had what it took to kill his opponent quickly.

But Shale merely looked at Han Sen. He didn't attack him like Li Xue Cheng wanted him to.

"You are a perplexing man. You became half-deified, even in the middle of all this," Shale said while looking at Han Sen.

"It was just a stroke of good luck," Han Sen said with a smile.

Shale shook his head with a grave sense of gravitas. "There is no such thing as luck in this universe. Luck is a rigged lottery. Any winner might think that they are lucky, but no matter how lucky they are, they wouldn't have won if they never bought the ticket."

Han Sen didn't say anything. He really hadn't been depending on luck.

Just before Shale's last punch, Han Sen had finally come to understand the key that would allow the nine tiers of The Story of Genes to combine into one. He realized how to become half-deified. That was why he had taken that punch. That power was enough to make his Spell armor break completely and then rebuild itself.

"But what a shame. If you were deified, we could really see which of us is better," Shale said with a look of regret.

"We can still find out, I think. Like I told you once before, our fight has not yet ended," Han Sen said expressionlessly.

Shale shook his head and said nothing. He was happy to admit that Han Sen was strong, but half-deified was still King class. Han Sen wasn't as strong as him. He still didn't think Han Sen had enough power to challenge him.

"Brother Han, let us end this here. The Apollo Set can be set aside for now. When you become deified, you can fight me for it. And if you win, you can take the Apollo Set," Shale said after a brief moment of thought.

A good opponent was like a fine wine; it needed time to truly reach its potential. Shale wanted Han Sen to become deified before he fought him again.

But Han Sen didn't have the patience to wait that long. Seeing that Shale wasn't going to attack, Han Sen decided to stop talking. Instead, he lifted his hand like a knife, then used Fang to strike at Shale.

Shale frowned. He had already decided to end the fight. He gathered up demonic powers again, and his fist became a demonic lion that went straight for Han Sen's body.

Just like before, Shale's fist blurred forward, and Han Sen's power transformed into the demonic mirror of Shale's own abilities.

"It is the same. Does Han Sen not understand that if his power is forced to match Shale's, he can never beat him…?" Li Xue Cheng trailed off halfway through his statement.

The demonic power had definitely sunk into Han Sen's body, but the powers that Han Sen was using for his attacks were not demonic like before. The Teeth Knife he lashed out with was still a purple knife. It was not affected by the demonic power.

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Chapter 2684 I Am the Path

The power of Han Sen's Spell armor had been static for a long time. Earlier in the fight, it had been unable to block Shale's demonic attacks because the man had simply used too much force for it to repel.

But now, the Spell's nine tiers had been combined and condensed into one. Its power solidified, and that new density allowed the armor to ignore the difference in power between the two fighters. Its energy could no longer be converted to the demonic element.

Shale was a bit shocked by this twist. He used his demonic powers a few times more, but try as he might, he was unable to change Han Sen's element. He had realized that Han Sen had discovered a way to fight back against the demonic power he wielded.

"Han Sen is somehow holding off the demonic power. That is a bit unexpected," Open Sky Elder said with raised eyebrows.

"Although the demonic powers no longer change him, he is still a half-deified going up against a deified. There is a large gulf in power. It will still be an incredibly difficult fight for Han Sen if he seeks victory," Qiyu Elder said.

"Even so, as small as it may be, he stands a chance." Open Sky Elder put all his hopes on Han Sen's newfound opportunity.

Although Shale's demonic power had lost much of its effectiveness, Han Sen was still suppressed by his opponent's might. There was still a staggering difference in their power levels, and Han Sen's geno arts had only been reinforced to a half-deified level. It still wasn't going to be enough for Han Sen to fight a deified elite.

Under constant pressure from Shale, Han Sen had to keep changing his movements. He teleported and dodged, keeping Shale from landing a fatal blow.

Han Sen still didn't have enough power to engage Shale directly. Every move Shale made carried dangerous strength, but Han Sen was managing to keep him from hitting his target.

Exquisite and Li Keer could feel the calmness in Han Sen's heart. Every time they saw Han Sen on the brink of death, he would surprise them and turn out no worse for wear.

They were on the edge of their seats, and the rest of the audience was even more nervous.

Han Sen was walking a tightrope. If he wasn't careful, he would fall into a bottomless abyss.

Although his situation looked perilous in the extreme, Han Sen was holding on. Beneath Shale's oppression, he was able to avoid further injury.

"The cons of Shale being from a smaller race are finally coming to the surface." Li Chun Qiu sighed in his heart.

Shale was very talented, and he could challenge all sorts of geno arts and perform miracles with his ordinary punching techniques. With his demonic powers, he could go against any deified elite at the same level.

But now, his demonic powers weren't working. That meant the simplicity of his punching techniques might not cut it. No matter how good a driver someone might be, that skill would still only allow them to drive a car. Even the best driver in the world wouldn't suddenly develop the ability to fly planes.

Shale's punching skills were so simple. He could only use ordinary methods as he tried to win this fight. He didn't have the power to simply end the fight in a moment. He definitely had an advantage, but he had been unable to take Han Sen down.

"If Shale could practice in Outer Sky for a few more years and learn many more top-class geno arts, with his power and talent, he could definitely defeat Han Sen," Li Chun Qiu thought to himself. He went on to think, "This Han Sen is strong. Any ordinary half-deified would find themselves completely outmatched by Shale. They couldn't fight him. Within a repetition or two, Shale would analyze their skills and break them. But Han Sen's skills have been repeated many times, and yet Shale still cannot break them."

Li Chun Qiu could sense everything that Shale was feeling. Although the fight had changed dramatically, Shale was still determined to do his best to crush Han Sen.

But Li Chun Qiu could see that there were many moments Shale was certain he would get Han Sen, but each time, he failed to lay a finger on his opponent.

Li Chun Qiu began analyzing Shale's mind. He finally discovered why Shale was unable to break Han Sen's skills.

Shale needed to see a geno art to see through his opponent's flaws. And Han Sen's use of geno arts was not flawless. There were too many flaws, to be exact.

When Shale tried to make use of these flaws, he soon learned that the flaws were traps deliberately laid by Han Sen. They didn't do much harm to Han Sen's use of a skill, but they were enough to trap his enemy and provide Han Sen with some breathing room.

Every technique had flaws. There was no such thing as an unbreakable geno art, but Han Sen hid the true flaws of his skills within artificial flaws. For every real flaw, there were nine ones to throw his enemy off course. He let Shale guess which flaw was the real one each time. But even after all this time, Shale had been unable to guess which flaw was the correct one.

"There are 50 paths to choose from, and there are 49 you can pick. Take away one, and it will become a fixed number and a variable. Imperfection is this world's true perfection. Han Sen has learned the meaning behind what it means to take away one. This guy is so scary. When he grows up, he might end up better than the kids of the Very High." Open Sky Elder stared at the battle with wide eyes.

"I have heard his self geno arts have required a lot of resources. Even with four years in the Very High, I don't know if he will make it to deified. Even if he does become a primitive deified, who in this universe could provide him with enough resources to keep him going beyond that?" Qiyu Elder shook his head. He wasn't very hopeful of Han Sen's future.

"What a shame. If he was born as a Very High, he might have been another Li Chun Qiu. We would give him all the resources he required. He could have entered the Geno Hall for sure," Open Sky Elder said.

"Don't even think about it. You know Old Stubborn won't let an outsider become a true child of ours," Qiyu Elder said with a wry smile.

Upon hearing that, Open Sky Elder sighed and said, "Sometimes, I envy Zhang Xuan Dao of the Sky. At least he can do whatever he wants. We cannot do anything."

Qiyu Elder's face changed. "You can only say that here. Don't let Old Stubborn hear you say something like that. You know there are harsh feelings still lingering about the Sky betraying our people."

Open Sky Elder shook his head and said nothing. He continued to watch the fight between Han Sen and Shale unfold.

Shale's punches were like demonic lions. Every punch looked as if it could swallow the sky and eat the sun. Han Sen was like a small boat surfing the crazy waves of the sky and the ground. But no matter how scary Shale's fists were, he was still unable to defeat Han Sen.

A single kernel of corn on a big sea. Han Sen was that kernel, but he could float. It didn't matter how much the sky and earth raged; they couldn't take him down into the abyss.

Now, Han Sen's mind was very clear. He used Under the Sky and God's Wander. He kept casting from his hands, one after the other. Every knife seemed as if it flipped the sky and the earth.

He had practiced knives for so long. He had learned from the minds of many others, but now, it was Han Sen's own will and mind that Shale was putting under pressure.

"The sky and the ground are the chessboard. I am one of the chess pieces, but as they move across the sky and the earth, the meaning of the chess pieces is increased. There are a thousand ways for them to be used, and you need a chess piece to follow a path. Without a chess piece, there is no path…" Han Sen's heart suddenly opened up within him, and he spoke as if he was in a trance, "Under the Sky, I am the path. If I live, the path lives. If I die, then the path dies."

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Chapter 2685 Learning Knife Mind

Han Sen's voice wasn't very loud, but the Very High and a few of the silkworms were focusing very carefully on this fight. They heard everything Han Sen said.

"You are crazy. That word suits you very well," Liyu Zhen coldly grunted.

He had to be insane. And Liyu Zhen wasn't the only person thinking that. Even Open Sky Elder and the people who wanted Han Sen to win believed everything he had said was way too crazy.

The path was the universe. The universe was the path. When they considered Han Sen's words, he seemed to be saying that his life was the sole reason for the universe to exist. If Han Sen died, the universe would die along with him.

Across history, even the true god elites wouldn't have dared to say something like that. There were not many true god elites, but there were a few in every era. How many were currently alive was unknown, though. And even when they died, the universe never died along with them. And right now, Han Sen was someone who had just become half-deified.

In truth, his words didn't even qualify as crazy. They were simply ignorant.

But people misunderstood what Han Sen meant. The "I" he was referring to did not mean himself. He was referring to everything.

Everyone was like a chess piece. They were controlled by the strings of fate, but without those chess pieces, the chessboard was meaningless. It didn't matter how good a chessboard was, it was a dead object. The chess pieces could lead to many events and combinations of moves, which was what led to a path. A chess piece led to a path and a road to traverse. Without a chess piece, there was no path.

When Han Sen understood the meaning of this, happiness rolled through him. He was too happy. And it was that glee that prompted him to speak it out.

People thought Han Sen was crazy and ignorant. Only Li Keer and Exquisite could understand the way Han Sen truly felt. Their pretty eyes fluttered strangely.

Han Sen had gained understanding, which meant they understood as well. They were drowned in the will of Under the Sky. That will was so strong that they would only see something like this in a select few of the strongest Very High currently living.

But on this day, under the influence of that powerful will, they had learned something new. How could they not be surprised and happy?

"This understanding is already beyond what a normal deified could manage…" Li Keer had a very complex look on her face. She was happy, but she also couldn't believe what she was witnessing. Han Sen was only a half-deified, and yet, he could understand the entirety of that will.

Han Sen had self-learned all of this. And his Under the Sky knife skills were supremely strong now. Before, he only used knives. But now, the knives were infused with his own understanding and knowledge. It was like he had given life to a concept.

Before, although Han Sen hadn't been injured by Shale, he had seemed to be on the brink of disaster. Han Sen had only been hanging on by a thread, and he could have been killed at any moment.

But now, all of a sudden, things seemed different. Han Sen was still suppressed by Shale, but the audience sensed that he was more relaxed than ever. Even within this danger, he seemed to be oh so relaxed. He didn't feel nervous or crushed.

Han Sen used his hands like they were knives. The knife skills he deployed had a solid feeling to them. And it made people feel as if he had set things up like this deliberately. But now, Han Sen could use his skills at will, with almost casual ease. It was like every attack was unleashed randomly, yet he continued to fight with the exact same precision, and sometimes even more.

"The sky and the ground are a chessboard, and I am the chess piece. Every breath and every sense are a path." Han Sen was totally drowned in the will of Under the Sky. As his knowledge of it deepened, his attacks seemed to become even more random. But at the same time, it seemed like the universe itself was guiding his movements. As attacks rained down on him, there was a sinking feeling in Shale's gut.

Yes, he was feeling terrible. Although Han Sen wasn't putting him in any serious danger, Shale felt as if everything had gone horribly wrong.

He couldn't tell what precisely had gone wrong, but everything about the fight now seemed… off.

The mountains were wrong. The rocks were wrong. Everything was wrong. It felt as if the world around him was now working against him, while Han Sen was moving smoothly between sky and earth. It was like everything was working to assist Han Sen. Shale didn't know what to do.

"This… isn't this Sky and Men Combined Together, a technique from the Very High Sense?" Li Chun Qiu and the others who studied the Very High Sense looked at Han Sen as if they were seeing a ghost, with their eyes wide open.

By practicing the Very High Sense, one could practice Sky and Men Combined Together. By connecting the skill with the universe, the sky, and the ground, a practitioner could use it to borrow the power of the universe.

But that power was only available to those who practiced the Very High Sense. Only they should have been able to do what Han Sen was doing. Exquisite could only barely scratch the surface of learning it. She wasn't fully proficient with Sky and Men Combined Together.

Han Sen had never studied the Very High Sense, but the knife skills he got from the Textless Book had achieved the same effect as Sky and Men Combined Together. How could Li Chun Qiu and the others not be shocked?

Even those who practiced the Very High Sense found themselves shuddering. Despite his emotional detachment, Li Chun Qiu was stunned.

"This kid is so weird…" Open Sky Elder mumbled.

He and Qiyu Elder hadn't practiced the Very High Sense, but they were behaving as if they had never eaten pork and were now seeing a pig run. They had experienced a lot over their lives, and even if they hadn't practiced the Very High Sense personally, they knew a lot about it.

Right now, Han Sen's knife skills resembled the Very High Sense and Sky and Men Combined Together. They were shocked.

But Han Sen didn't think that much about it. He was submerged in the aura of his knife mind.

In this universe, every blade of grass, block of wood, mountain, drop of water, and even specks of dust and bacteria, they all seemed to harness a meaning in his eyes. It was like it all had some kind of connection with his knife skills.

"Everything in this world is a chess piece. Every chess piece can be used in a certain way. And you combine all these pieces to compose a game of chess. The chess piece that isn't connected is actually connected. Every chess piece can affect the entirety of the game. And what I need to do is become a chess piece that can change the course of this game of chess." Han Sen kept trying to understand. "I don't need a special power. I only need to use my power in a place that requires me the most. If I go swimming, I would be a fish. If I went into the sky, I would be a bird. I would go along with the universe, the sky, and the earth. And I will help the sky, the earth, and the universe."

Han Sen's knife skills were becoming more and more unpredictable, and those random attacks were causing Shale a lot of trouble.

The Very High that had previously mocked Han Sen for being crazy and ignorant had now fallen silent. Han Sen should have been at an incredible disadvantage, but right now, he didn't seem to be struggling at all.

Instead, Shale's attacks were the ones that seemed stiff. They didn't seem so smooth anymore.

"How very interesting. He's used Under the Sky to create Sky and Men Combined Together… Those Very High elders are going to go crazy with jealousy…" As Yu Shanxin watched Han Sen's remarkable knife skill, the corners of his mouth rose. His smile was strange and unreadable.

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Chapter 2686 Under the Sky Knife

Li Xue Cheng and Liyu Zhen's faces were turning green. They felt like they were going crazy. Their eyes were full of red, bloodshot lines, and they clenched their fists tightly, unaware that their nails were digging into the palms of their hands. They were like two madmen as they watched Han Sen make battle.

"Impossible… This is impossible…" They felt as if they were going to suffocate.

A half-deified was fighting a deified and was no worse for wear. It made them feel more and more nervous about how things were going to turn out. They were afraid that the unthinkable might actually happen, and they might lose their bet.

"No way… There is absolutely no way that a half-deified can defeat a deified in combat like this… Plus, this deified is the one and only Shale… Our fears cannot come to pass. I am positive Shale will win…" Liyu Zhen hissed slowly, gnashing his teeth. It was like he was speaking to himself as much as to Li Xue Cheng. His eyes remained glued to the screen in front of him.

Shale's eyebrows were furrowed slightly. Although he was still in charge of the situation, he did feel as if there was something wrong. Every move Han Sen made seemed to be guided by the hand of God. Shale had difficulty repelling even the most casual slash that Han Sen directed toward him. Ordinary strikes were more effective than should have been possible. Regardless of how much he analyzed Han Sen's techniques, Shale didn't understand what was happening.

Shale wasn't someone who was willing to just lay down and let himself lose. So, when he felt that something was wrong, he made the best decision he could. The hellish flames around his body roared high, and he ignored Han Sen's attacks and rushed toward his opponent.

"No matter how dexterous you are with your skills, your power is no match for mine. My power will crush you and your skills alike. I can summon enough force to break your techniques." Shale was like a demon god. He carried scary substance chains with him as he thundered forward to suppress his foe.

Han Sen's knife air slashed at him, but the substance chains crushed it. Han Sen was unable to break through the substance chains to damage Shale's body.

Han Sen didn't panic, though. His body floated from side to side like a cloud. Shale had gathered an immense amount of raging power, but he was unable to hurt Han Sen. It was like watching a little boat go up against a big wave.

The big waves were going wild, but they couldn't flip the boat that effortlessly surfed from crest to crest.

Han Sen was like a holy man that could ride the wind. His body was brimming with the energy of his knifemind. Shale continued to bump Han Sen around, but he couldn't ruffle Han Sen's clothing.

Bixi watched Han Sen and Shale's fight with a gaping mouth. "Will Shale…"

He was wondering if Shale was going to lose, but he realized he shouldn't make such a suggestion in front of Li Chung Qiu. So, he swallowed the words.

"I'm afraid he is going to lose. Shale is strong, but he comes from a bad place. His practice time was too short. If there had been another three years to train him, perhaps he wouldn't be in this situation," Li Chung Qiu said coldly.

Bixi nodded. "That kid Han Sen is lucky, eh? But by the way, his knifemind really is something quite special. It exudes the presence of Sky and Men Combined Together."

"That isn't Sky and Men Combined Together. He is just following the will of the sky," Li Chung Qiu said.

"Compared to you, Big Brother, he is nothing. But compared to ordinary people and creatures, his will is disturbingly impressive," Bixi said after a moment.

Li Chung Qiu nodded and said, "Exquisite and Li Keer both use Han Sen as their silkworm. Outside of the Very High, a genius like this is very rare."

Open Sky Elder looked very relaxed right now. He smiled and said, "Deified… So what, even if you are deified? You are still going to lose. My eyesight isn't too bad."

Qiyu Elder looked at him with disdain. When Shale became deified, Open Sky Elder looked like he was watching his own parents die. But of course, Qiyu Elder didn't say that out loud.

As the fight went on, more and more of the Very High noticed that Han Sen's grim situation had taken a turn for the better. Shale fought with bestial strength, but he still couldn't bring damage to Han Sen.

"Han Sen's knife skills are very good."

"They are more than good. They are top class. They really are knife skills that come from the Sky."

"Of course. The Sky were kicked out by our race. We should expect this from one of their knife skills."

"Hey! Hey! How about this? If Han Sen really does achieve first place, I wonder what that *sshole Li Xue Cheng's face will look like."

"I still don't think he will win. Han Sen's knife skills are strong, but his power isn't any better than Shale's. Shale cannot hurt him, but he cannot hurt Shale. This fight will end without a winner, but neither will there be a loser. If they fight long enough, maybe the stamina of the half-deified will deplete. With the deified having greater stamina, he will be able to outlast and win that way."

"Who knows? You're making a lot of guesses, there."

"Haha! If Han Sen takes first place, Li Xue Cheng's face will look brilliant."

"Li Xue Cheng won't be the only person devastated. Liyu Zhen will be in the same boat. Without Liyu Zhen, Li Xue Cheng would never have known treasures weren't allowed to be used in this silkworm bout."

"I really hope Han Sen wins. And then, I want to see the faces of those two *ssholes. How dare they try to trick us."

Li Xue Cheng and Liyu Zhen's faces already looked fairly amazing. Their eyes had almost popped out of their sockets as they watched the battle video.

"He won't lose… Shale will not lose this… He will win. He will win…" The two of them were going insane. Their mouths kept repeating those sentences. The unease within them was growing with every passing second.

"The sky and the ground are like a game of chess that keeps changing. Everything is like a knife, and they all have a path. Shale, try to taste my Under the Sky knife." Han Sen's knifemind was like a volcano that could no longer keep its magma inside. It erupted in a large fountain at Shale. Han Sen used his hand like a knife and slashed towards him.

"Good job." Shale had power, but there had been nowhere for him to use it. Now that Han Sen wanted to fight directly, this was perfect for him. Scary substance chains gathered on his fist, and he threw his fist forward to meet Han Sen's attack.

Buzz!

Space rippled and shattered under the force of Shale's punch. Substance chains that looked like demon lions ripped through reality around him. Lion mouths became giant black holes in space, and they tried to swallow Han Sen.

But Han Sen remained unmoving. His hand kept swinging downward, but no knife air appeared around his hand. His hand fell in a simple cutting motion.

The sight filled the audience with confusion. As they watched, they saw all of the mountains and rivers of the valley, the grass, the flowers, and the woods, become consumed by a knife light. All different kinds of knife lights all across the valley lit up. Knight lights suddenly seemed to make up the entire landscape around the two fighters. And all of those attacks were coming for Shale.

Countless knife lights crossed each other. There were so many, it was like a flood. All of them surged toward Shale and his demonic lions.

Shale summoned the power of his substance chains. He wasn't afraid of those King class knife lights, but he realized belatedly that there were too many of them. Scary demon lion punch powers and substance chains were breaking in the middle of that knife light.

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Chapter 2687 Apollo Se

At that moment, all anyone could see was the image of Han Sen thrusting a blade forward. Every object in the universe seemed to be releasing a knife light. They all followed the will of Han Sen's blade, pulling together into a barrage of knife lights that covered the sky and the ground. They were all coming together around Shale, who looked like a demonic lion.

Not even an elite like Shale could block knife lights that appeared to have been generated by everything in the universe. The demonic lion surged toward Han Sen, determined to push through the tide of knife lights. He was breaking through the rush of attacks like a dam against a flood.

"Impossible… Shale cannot lose a fight like this… No, no, no!" Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng's jaws were clenched and their nostrils flared. And then, their mouths fell open. They were too stunned by the sight before them to even make a noise. In their hearts, however, torrential tears of sadness were coming down.

But their inner cries wouldn't be able to save Shale. As the knife lights flooded into Shale, appearing relentlessly from the sky and ground, the demonic lion began to break. Shale's body couldn't take it anymore. The moment the demonic lion broke, the substance chains across Shale's body were shattered by the flood. The knife lights began to slash directly across his body, and his deified form was dealt a river of wounds.

The knife lights were only half-deified in level. One slash, ten slashes, even a hundred slashes, wouldn't have been enough to damage the deified Shale.

But these knife lights were beyond counting. Their numbers appeared infinite, and as they attacked in ceaseless succession, not even Shale's deified form was able to withstand the stream.

Of course, this was all because of Shale's deified body wasn't strong enough. If he had achieved true invincibility, it wouldn't have mattered how many knife lights were thrown at him. Regrettably, his body wasn't that strong yet.

Seeing Shale's body inside that flood of attacks, with blood flying everywhere, Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng almost collapsed to the floor. Open Sky Elder and the others, however, were in sheer euphoria.

Exquisite and Li Keer were immeasurably happy, too. They could feel Han Sen's knifemind with Under the Sky in operation. By watching this fight, they had been able to learn Under the Sky knife skills.

Ultimately, that scary flood of knife lights hadn't come directly from the sky or the ground. Not even a little. It was all a knife light Han Sen had already cast. After it broke, it melted into the sky, the earth, everything there was. He used the powers of the sky and the earth to reconstitute that energy into knife lights.

This was similar to knife silks but even better. The sky and the ground themselves had become carriers for the knife lights. After the knife lights were generated, they appeared in every element imaginable. They had become far scarier than the pure knife silks that Han Sen had used for so long.

The knife lights that broke and entered water, after they regenerated to become knife lights again, would carry the water element with them. When the knife lights melted into the soil of the mountains, after they generated again, they would carry the elements of the mountains.

But Under the Sky still relied on Han Sen's own powers. It had taken a long time for Han Sen to accumulate enough power in his surroundings to pull off this attack. The more Han Sen used knife lights during a fight, the stronger the knife light flood would be when he finally activated it.

That meant this skill required a lot of time to prepare. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to unleash such a vast amount of power.

"Under the Sky is decent. With this skill, Han Sen can fight others of the same level or a higher level. If he can repeat this whenever he wishes, he will be an unbreakable combatant. If he can last a long time, then when Under the Sky explodes, others of the same level would never be able to block this knife light torrent that is absolutely everywhere. It was unfortunate Shale ended up going against Han Sen," Li Keer concluded with a sigh, looking at Shale. His body was out of his control. The endless flood of knife lights were tossing his body away like flotsam on the ocean.

"To beat Han Sen, he would have had to defeat him quickly. Han Sen's enemies will have to defeat or suppress him in a short amount of time, lest they end up losing," Exquisite said.

"His use of Under the Sky is excellent. It allowed him to completely dominate Shale, right at the end. It looks like I will have to focus on training Shale against this power. When they fight again, Han Sen will not be able to use Under the Sky knife anymore," Li Chun Qiu coldly said. He didn't get emotional about Shale's failure. Instead, he analyzed precisely why Shale was losing, and how he could further perfect Shale as a warrior.

Han Sen slashed and then stopped. He didn't allow the flood of knife lights to rip Shale entirely to shreds. He raised his hands, and the knife lights everywhere shattered. They rose and disappeared. The valley was returned to the sound of silence.

"You win." Shale stood up. He could still fight, but he was now willing to concede to Han Sen. After standing up, he teleported to someplace beyond the seal.

He knew Han Sen had dismissed the attack halfway instead of using its full power. If Shale had taken the full force of those knife lights, he would have been torn to pieces. So, continuing to struggle was pointless.

Li Xue Cheng and Liyu Zhen were kneeling on the ground. Their eyes were frozen, and they could scarcely believe the result. They couldn't accept it.

"What do we do? We have to pay back a huge debt, and the Open Sky jewelry…" The minds of the pair were struggling to work.

"Just one knife skill was enough to mimic Sky and Men Combined Together. This Han Sen is fantastic material. It is a shame he is just a silkworm and not a genuine heir of the Very High." Open Sky Elder was delighted that he had won the bet, but he couldn't help but feel that Han Sen's low status was a terrible shame.

After the fight with Shale, no other silkworm dared challenge Han Sen. They fought each other and eventually departed the valley. In the end, only Han Sen remained inside the seal. When all the others had left, the seal was lifted.

At the same time, a square, bronze chest appeared. It descended from the sky, carried by warm light, to land beside Han Sen.

Han Sen grabbed the bronze chest and opened it. Inside were the seven pieces that comprised the Apollo Set.

Han Sen didn't bother pretending to be humble about all this. He put on the Apollo Set immediately. There was a helmet, an upper chest piece, a lower torso piece, a pair of gauntlets, and a pair of battle boots. Seven deified treasures now clad his body. The chrome of the armor made Han Sen look like a mirror man.

When Han Sen put on the last piece of the armor, a giant, silver pair of wings appeared on Han Sen's back. They really did make him look like Apollo, shining in the sky.

Many of the silkworms looked at Han Sen with great envy, but Han Sen actually had the audacity to complain. "What kind of crap is this Apollo Set? It's like I'm wearing a light bulb. This makes me stick out like a sore thumb. I'll be brighter than the sun itself. The enemy will see me coming from tens of thousands of miles away. It's not like I'll be able to hide in the bushes when I'm wearing this thing. It's like a giant, bright, neon target."

Although Han Sen was complaining, the Apollo Set did exude a powerful aura. That made Han Sen very happy.

His half-deified power wasn't enough to activate the full might of the Apollo Set just yet, but it would still complement his current standing. It could already generate a few minor substance chains. And that was especially true of the Apollo Wings that had appeared behind him. They gave Han Sen a speed that could rival a primitive deified. He might have even been a bit faster than Shale.

Han Sen spread the Apollo Wings, then teleported next to Li Keer and Exquisite. His speed was far greater than it had been before.

"This is similar to the power I gain when I use the peacock soul robe. The Apollo Wings don't give me as much speed as the peacock soul robe, but the power of the Apollo Set isn't fully activated yet. Once it is used to its full potential, I might be able to fight larva deifieds like Meng Lie." Han Sen admired his Apollo Set. He really loved it.

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Chapter 2688 Broken Underworld Silk

The smoke and the fog were as heavy as rain. There was a garden that housed a lake, and Li Keer and Exquisite were sitting at a stone table nearby. They appeared to be in a state of confusion.

"Have you thought about Under the Sky's flaws?" Exquisite asked, glancing at Li Keer.

Li Keer shook her head. "What about you?"

Exquisite shook her head as well. She frowned and said, "For us, silkworms are a way of gaining new understanding. However, they aren't merely tools for learning. Our situation now is both good and bad. On the positive side, we're learning a lot from Han Sen, and he's allowed us to feel what having a truly powerful will is like. He will help us accelerate our growth. But if we keep learning and following him, we will simply be copying his progress. We will be aping him, so to speak. And no matter how closely we try to replicate what he has done, we will never achieve what the true Han Sen can accomplish. The path we tread must be one that leads to glory greater than our silkworm's. We need to trailblaze a path of our own. But with the way things are now, that might be a very difficult prospect."

Li Keer cut in quickly. "Perhaps, but Han Sen's will is too strong. At our level, we won't be able to pinpoint his flaws for our own betterment."

"The fact that we can confess something like that is terrible, without a doubt. He is supposed to be our silkworm. We are not supposed to be his. If Han Sen leaves the impression that we cannot exceed his talents, then we are already limited by him," Exquisite said with a look of seriousness.

"In that case, what do you propose we do about it?" Li Keer couldn't think of a way around this problem.

If Han Sen left an indelible impression of invincibility on their peers, then their achievements would be forever overshadowed by his own. That wasn't the sort of silkworm they were looking for.

"Han Sen needs to lose once. A loss is the only way that impression of him can be erased from our hearts," Exquisite said.

"Even Shale lost to him. I highly doubt that any other silkworm will come close to rivaling him in the near future." Li Keer looked at Exquisite with confusion. She wasn't entirely sure what her Third Sister was implying.

"Why do you suggest it has to be a silkworm? Now that Han Sen has achieved first place, he should be able to go to Jail Demon Hall. He can start practicing there. First, it will be a great help for his own abilities. Secondly, he will probably get crushed. Once that happens, he will lose his confidence and cockiness. Thirdly, it will break the image we have of him. We'll have a hard time viewing him as being so incredible if he gets defeated. That sounds like three birds with one stone, if you ask me," Exquisite said coldly.

"This is a brilliant idea. Now, let us go and register his application to enter Jail Demon Hall. Open Sky Elder earned a lot from Han Sen, so I doubt he will refuse his request to go there," Li Keer replied merrily.

Han Sen and Bao'er were still fishing at Underworld Lake. Li Keer gave an Underworld Silk to Bao'er, so Han Sen no longer had to share his own. But Han Sen was still feeling quite depressed. After he fished up the Xuan Yellow Sutra, the only things he had pulled from the lake were utter trash. Rusted armor and broken weapons were a frequent sight. He had even collected bits of broken statues and the like.

One time had been particularly bad. While he was fishing, he latched onto something super heavy. He had instantly assumed, based on the weight, that he had snagged something amazing. He spent half the day reeling it in. When he finally pulled it free of the lake, it was just a three-meter-tall statue with shoulders and legs missing. Han Sen's lungs almost exploded.

Bao'er was sometimes able to fish up pieces of jewelry. Han Sen didn't know what they were for.

And also, the entire time, the 16 pigs continued to follow Bao'er around. They frequently munched on Bao'er's snacks, but they didn't grow at all. They each remained the size of a fist. They looked small and cute, but as far as Han Sen could tell, they were completely useless. If they were not spending their days eating and sleeping, they were sleeping and eating. It was either that or following Bao'er's *ss and running around everywhere.

"Dad, come here! There is something coming. It is so heavy…" Bao'er suddenly exclaimed.

Han Sen quickly approached her, and he started tugging the string. It really did feel like something absurdly heavy. It was like the other end of the string was attached to a small mountain.

Han Sen and Bao'er used all their strength as they tried to reel in the Underworld Silk from the lake. After pulling it for a while, they finally saw something coming up from below the swirling clouds. They could see its corner as it rose from the mist.

"What is this thing?" Han Sen looked shocked when he saw the item.

Based on what he could see, Han Sen could tell that the item was built from bronze. It had an opening that was one meter wide at the top and narrowed as it went farther down.

As the bronze item was slowly pulled up, more and more of it appeared above the fog. Han Sen could soon see that this bronze item's opening was one meter in size. It was a statue of a sheep's head.

No, not a single sheep's head. Each of the object's four corners held a sheep's head.

"This thing… It looks like a Four Sheep Cube," Han Sen thought to himself when the bronze item finally slid into full view.

Pang!

It sounded as if something had broken. Although the bronze item had almost completely been removed from the lake, its ascension came to a halt. The Underworld Silk holding the statue had snapped.

Han Sen watched the Four Sheep Cube sink back into the mist of the lake. He didn't know if it was an illusion or not, but Han Sen could see the four sheep heads seemed to smile strangely at him as the object disappeared.

Han Sen stared at the lake in confusion. The Underworld Silk had broken with ease, which was a first. Han Sen and Bao'er had spent a long time fishing with Underworld Silks, and never before had this happened. Now, the Underworld Silk had simply snapped without them understanding why.

He wanted to ask Li Keer and Exquisite, but they weren't present. Han Sen had nothing else to do except continue his mellow fishing experience.

"It has been a few days. Mister White should have some news for me. I should ask Li Keer to take me to the desert again," Han Sen said to himself as he continued fishing. He had a simmering sense of excitement regarding the Xuan Yellow Sutra.

Han Sen wouldn't even have to practice the strange geno art. He only had to reverse his Blood-Pulse Sutra to make use of it. How lucky was he to stumble on such an easy new geno art?

"I hope the Xuan Yellow Sutra is useful," Han Sen thought to himself. But then he suddenly heard Bao'er shouting, "Dad, something is coming. Come and help me!"

Han Sen saw Bao'er's small hand clutching the Underworld Silk. She seemed to be struggling. The Underworld Silk had latched onto something heavy that kept the line taut, just like earlier.

Han Sen raced over to her and grabbed hold of Bao'er's Underworld Silk to pull the next item up. Whatever he was bringing up now was heavier than the Four Sheep Cube.

Han Sen and Bao'er fought against that immense weight. There was a power that was pulling downward, struggling against them. They were on the verge of losing the Underworld Silk or getting pulled into the lake themselves.

The sixteen little piggies came over, too. They all stood in a line to bite the Underworld Silk. Then they leaned back, pulling it like a big game of tug o' war.

"Put your back into it, comrades… One, two, one, two…" Two people and sixteen small piglets were pulling the silk. They all shouted. After half a day, they finally saw something emerge from the lake.

When they finally saw it, Han Sen couldn't help but shout, "It is the Four Sheep Cube again!"

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Chapter 2689 Jail Demon Hall

"We managed to fish it up again!" Han Sen was shocked. He thought about the Four Sheep Cube that plummeted back down with the four eerie faces smiling at him. He looked closely at the heads of the sheep.

He jerked back in surprise. The bronze sheep had their eyebrows lowered, and their eyes were half-closed. They looked like monks that were meditating. They were no longer smiling as they were earlier.

"Are the expressions on the four sheep heads different?" Han Sen wondered to himself. Then, he heard a pang. The Underworld Silk snapped again.

Han Sen watched the Four Sheep Cube quickly sink again. This time, he could see the bronze sheep heads clearly. Their meditative expression was gone now. The sheep smiled creepily. It looked as if they were squinting their eyes to look at them.

"Is that thing alive?" Han Sen wondered curiously. But before he could examine it any further, the Four Sheep Cube was lost in the lake once more.

"Now this is weird. Why have we fished up the same thing twice in a row? And why does that thing seem as if it is alive? Do living creatures actually exist in the anti-material world?" Han Sen pondered. He didn't know much about Underworld Lake, and he would have to wait for Li Keer and Exquisite to return so he could ask them.

Many more occurrences followed that one, though. Bao'er managed to fish up that Four Sheep Cube a number of times. She could never pull it all the way up, though. The object would always detach and fall back into the lake.

As for Han Sen, he only ever managed to fish up useless garbage.

The triangular symbol on the small jade figure lit up. Han Sen knew Li Keer and Exquisite were on their way back. Not long later, he saw them appear via teleport on the shores of the lake.

"Han Sen, I understand you are always keen to hunt xenogeneics, yes? We have found a suitable location for you. There are primitive deified xenogeneics to kill, and it is safe. You will have the chance to take down a primitive deified xenogeneic solo," Li Keer said with a smile.

"There's such a good hunting ground out here? Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Han Sen asked, looking at Li Keer with suspicion.

"Before the silkworm bouts, there were places that you weren't qualified to enter. Now that you've earned first place among the silkworms, though, things are different," Li Keer explained.

"I see." Han Sen's mind wandered back to the Four Sheep Cube, so he told them about his experience trying to fish it out of the lake a few times.

When they heard the story, Li Keer and Exquisite's faces both went grey. Exquisite looked at Han Sen and asked, "The Four Sheep Cube you fished up… Would you say it was three or four meters tall?"

Exquisite described the Four Sheep Cube she was thinking of, and it turned out to be the exact same one Han Sen had seen.

"Yes, that is the one. Is there a problem with it?" Han Sen asked, glancing at the two women's expressions. He knew there was something dodgy about this.

Li Keer and Exquisite looked at each other. Exquisite said, "This Four Sheep Cube is something the Very High have fished up before."

After saying that, Exquisite stopped.

"And then?" Han Sen asked.

"Let me explain." Li Keer looked at Han Sen with a strange face and said, "Our people have fished up the Four Sheep Cube before. But that thing is not an omen of good luck. All the Very High who fished up the Four Sheep Cube ended up having misfortune fall upon them."

Han Sen heart jumped. He frowned and asked, "What happened to them? Were they injured, or did they just end up dead?"

Li Keer shook her head. "They were neither hurt nor killed. According to the histories of the Very High, there were three Very High that fished up the Four Sheep Cube. One of them was the one who made the Sky and Sky Palace."

"Isn't that a good thing? Why would you consider that unlucky?" Han Sen didn't understand what she was trying to say. Building a race and becoming supremely powerful was something glorious. Why would they consider that a misfortune?

"Well…" With a wry smile, Li Keer went on to say, "The second Very High that fished up the Four Sheep Cube had something happen to him. It made him kill his parents. And then, he betrayed the Very High."

After pausing, Li Keer said, "The third one that fished up the Four Sheep Cube ended up stealing an important treasure from the Very High. Then, he disappeared. Where he went, no one knows."

"So whoever fishes up the Four Sheep Cube is from the Very High… and they have all betrayed the Very High…" Now Han Sen understood why the Four Sheep Cube might have been deemed unlucky.

"Although there is no proof, there are records that confirm that the Four Sheep Cube was connected to all three." Exquisite had a wry smile.

Han Sen coughed awkwardly. "I'm not from the Very High. I will leave one day. That doesn't mean I will betray you one day, does it?"

Exquisite went very quiet, then said, "The three Very High that I talked about only fished the Four Sheep Cube once. They never saw it before or after that one time. But you seem to have fished it up six times. Although the whole betrayal thing is just a guess, this item is considered taboo for our race. You and Bao'er should never again mention the fact that you fished up the Four Sheep Cube. It is best not to stir up any trouble."

Han Sen nodded. He had originally thought it might be a useful item, but he'd had no clue it was actually so profoundly unlucky. He wasn't going to mention what he fished up to anyone else.

That being said, he didn't know many people in the Very High. Even if he wanted to tell someone else, there was no one he could tell.

"Let's go. You two shouldn't visit Underworld Lake for a while," Exquisite said to them. Then, she teleported Han Sen and Bao'er away from the lake.

Han Sen asked Li Keer about the place they were headed – a location known as Jail Demon Hall – and what sort of xenogeneics he would be able to kill. He learned that the place used to be a mere cave, but the Very High built a palace atop it.

Calling the structure a "palace" was a bit misleading, though. In actuality, it was more like a prison. A xenogeneic had lived in the cave beneath Jail Demon Hall for a long time. The creature lacked the power to escape its prison, but after a while, it learned how to create a doppelganger that could enter the palace above the cave. The doppelganger was a primitive deified. Now, every so often, the Very High had to go to Jail Demon Hall and kill the doppelganger to make sure that the xenogenic stayed contained.

Li Keer and Exquisite had already filled out the paperwork that would allow them to hunt in Jail Demon Hall. Now that his request had been granted, Han Sen would be given the chance to solo a deified xenogeneic.

"A primitive class deified xenogeneic, huh? I can test the strength of my Apollo Set this way, and earn a deified xenogeneic gene as well. That is two birds with one stone," Han Sen thought happily.

The peacock king beast robe and the Six Core Snake Bow were items Han Sen didn't dare use while Li Keer or Exquisite were around. He didn't want them to realize that beast souls and treasures were different.

His new Apollo Set would do a great deal to help Han Sen keep his secrets.

The four of them went to Jail Demon Hall. There, Li Keer pulled Bao'er to the side so that Han Sen could enter Jail Demon Hall alone. The rest of them would wait outside.

Han Sen wasn't suspicious. He thought they just wanted to get more of his battle experience and knowledge, and that was why they had asked him to go and kill the doppelganger xenogeneic. He pushed the door open and entered Jail Demon Hall.

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Chapter 2690 Scary Primitive Deified Xenogeneic

Jail Demon Hall had been built for that xenogeneic. When Han Sen entered it, he couldn't feel the restrictive effects.

The hall's architecture was incredibly strange. The floors of an ordinary hall were usually flat or subtly sloped as they led up toward a stage. Inside this hall, however, all four sides of the hall led down a series of broad steps to a ten-meter-long stone platform at the bottom.

The stone platform was covered in symbols that Han Sen had never seen before. Although he had no clue what they meant, he could sense a strange power coming from the runes.

An ink-black stone pillar sat in the center of the stone platform, and it ran all the way up to connect with the hall's ceiling. The upper portion of the pillar was covered in engravings and markings, but Han Sen's attention was instantly drawn to the pillar's base, and to the creature that had been bound there.

That creature looked vaguely humanoid, but the body was insectile. Its shell was blood-red, and a red horn rose from its head, making it look something like a unicorn. Its eyes also flashed with a bloody, crimson color. It was full of rage and murderous desires.

While Han Sen observed that trapped creature, the creature stared up at Han Sen, too. It suddenly opened its mouth and revealed the jagged, saw-like teeth that adorned its maw. It let out a high-pitched scream at Han Sen.

It began to thrash around violently, and when it moved, the markings across the stone pillar lit up. The chains attached to the pillar also began to glow. They tightened their grip on the creature, making it harder for the furious being to escape from the stone pillar.

"It really is a primitive deified." Upon seeing the red substance chains appearing around the creature, a delighted expression crossed Han Sen's face.

Outer Sky had many xenogeneics, but most of them were very frightening. It would have been too risky for Han Sen to go out and pick a fight with some random xenogeneic. Now, a primitive deified xenogeneic had been handed to Han Sen on a platter. Han Sen was extremely pleased with the way this was turning out.

Han Sen donned his Apollo Set, and then, the Apollo Wings fluttered slightly. They sent him zipping toward the stone platform in an instant. He turned his hand into a knife and slashed at the xenogeneic bound to the stone pillar.

Han Sen was still using Under the Sky, but with the extra strength that the Apollo Set was giving him, a frightening substance chain knife air was unleashed as he activated the skill. His attack was like a sunlight blade as it came down against the xenogeneic's neck.

The xenogeneic hissed like a viper, and its red substance chains exploded like a volcano. It broke free of the restraints of the stone pillar, and its talons flashed toward Han Sen like red blades.

Katcha!

Han Sen's knife air was as strong as the strike of an ordinary primitive deified, but against that xenogeneic's claws, Han Sen's attack didn't stand a chance. Before Han Sen could even attack, the creature had brushed aside his attack and rushed within striking distance.

The hand knife and the claws collided. The claws left deep cuts across Han Sen's gauntlet. Three bloody scratches across his hand before to ooze blood. Fortunately, Han Sen was able to react quickly. He abandoned his attack and then teleported away. If he hadn't reacted instantly, the creature's blow would have amputated his hands.

"Why is it so strong?" Han Sen wondered in shock.

He had just finished teleporting away when the xenogeneic was in front of him again. Its claws came down on his chest, cutting straight through the Apollo armor like it was made of butter.

The wings of the Apollo Set flapped. Han Sen quickly retreated, putting more distance between himself and the xenogeneic. But there was a glow of bloody light around the creature's body, and it came for him again like a rocket. Its speed was unfathomable, and again, its claws were digging into Han Sen's chest. The red substance chains became claw-like lights, and they carved five grooves deep into Han Sen's chest. His ribs were almost visible through the wounds.

"Is this guy really just primitive?" Han Sen muttered in consternation. He used Under the Sky and teleported rapidly as he attempted to get ahead of the xenogeneic.

But it was a futile endeavor. The xenogeneic seemed to predict every movement Han Sen sought to make. Han Sen had only just moved away when the xenogeneic was in front of him again.

Han Sen screamed, his voice strained. A talon had perforated his stomach. If Han Sen hadn't teleported away fast enough, his guts would have been strung across the floor.

He was fortunate that the Apollo Set was a deified treasure. But even so, beneath the sharp claws of that malevolent xenogeneic, it seemed no stronger than wet tissue. It didn't have the defensive properties that a deified set of armor should have given him.

Han Sen no idea what to do. Although he was fighting a primitive deified, it was only a doppelganger. His true opponent, the real body controlling the creature before him, was a scary true god deified.

This body was just a doppelganger, but it was undoubtedly the best that a deified could be at primitive class. It was in a whole different league than Shale, who had just become a deified.

Even more frightening, its will and its movements were true god class. Han Sen was very proud of his will and power, but before a true god, his capabilities were measly. He was borrowing power from the Apollo Set so he could fight at a deified level, but he still couldn't endure the xenogeneic's attacks.

Every Very High that came to defeat this doppelganger would usually encounter a larva deified for them to kill. Transmutation class deifieds would still take a long time to kill.

Exquisite and Li Keer had told Han Sen this was only a primitive deified. They hadn't told him how scary the creature was, though. Once Han Sen realized how powerful it was, he knew he shouldn't push his luck and continue trying to fight it. He used his teleportation abilities to escape Jail Demon Hall. The attacks he had already survived had left him bloody and injured. If he kept going, there was no doubting the fact he would end up dead.

"Is that xenogeneic really a primitive deified?" Han Sen asked, still clutching the wound in his belly. He looked at Li Keer and Exquisite with suspicion.

"It is true. It really is a primitive class deified, but he is the greatest primitive deified alive. We thought that with your power and will, you could fight it. That is why we signed you up to take it on. I can only suppose we were too hasty," Exquisite said, making sure that her voice sounded quite serious. Her facial expression was a carefully-crafted mask of disappointment. In her heart, she was actually thinking, "It is good for you to suffer failure every now and again. We don't want you getting too cocky in the future."

Li Keer provided her own sort of comfort. She smiled and said, "Losing here is perfectly understandable. After all, you aren't yet deified. Not being able to beat that fiend means nothing. How about this? We will find weaker deified xenogeneics that are easier for you to defeat."

Han Sen knew Li Keer and Exquisite wouldn't be lying to him about this stuff. If they said that the xenogeneic was a primitive deified, then it probably was.

"That xenogeneic really was strong." Han Sen paused, observing Exquisite and Li Keer. Then, he said, "Is there a time limit to kill this xenogeneic?"

"It will take six months for the Jail Demon Hall's xenogeneic to build up enough power to escape its prison. Usually, our people try to kill it within three months, just to be on the safe side. If it escapes and gets in contact with the other xenogeneics in Outer Sky, it might be able to save its true self," Li Keer said.

"If there is still time, then I will try to defeat it again." Han Sen didn't want to just give up.

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Chapter 2691 Xuan Yellow Sutra

"Of course you can. If you are confident enough, you can try as many times as you want. But this doppelganger has already been here for a month. If you cannot kill it in the next couple of months, we will have to send in a deified elite that is strong enough to kill it. So, remember: you have a limited amount of time," Exquisite said.

"That should be more than enough, I should think," Han Sen said with a nod. He was still thinking about the fight he had just endured against that xenogeneic.

Han Sen thought his fighting power was decent at this point, but that xenogeneic had completely suppressed him in every way imaginable. Aside from the power gap between them, there were also important differences in the ways that the two of them fought.

Now that he thought about it some more, he realized he had been completely suppressed. He had lost in the most embarrassing way possible.

"It was just a doppelganger, and yet, it had such a scary amount of power. I wonder how strong its true self is, then?" Han Sen wondered to himself.

Exquisite and Li Keer looked at each other. They had played Han Sen perfectly, and now they could barely suppress their laughter.

Han Sen didn't know that the doppelganger he battled was different from most other doppelgangers. It was kind of like a child of the true god xenogeneic. Although its power was indeed primitive class, the battle experience it possessed—and its skill and will—were top-notch. Han Sen was the only person who would struggle to defeat such a beast; even most deifieds would lose badly against this opponent.

"Let him lose a few more times against it. Let's wear him down a bit," Li Keer smiled and thought to herself.

Han Sen's wounds recovered quickly. To aid his self-recovery power, Li Keer and Exquisite provided him with a geno fluid produced from xenogeneic genes. It was very good for healing one's physical wounds. With the combination of those two powers, every speck of damage had disappeared within seven or eight hours.

Over the next few days, Han Sen went to the Jail Demon Hall to do battle against the xenogeneic. He came up with many different plans to bring the creature down, but every attempt was useless.

The longest Han Sen was able to last inside was two minutes. Once he was done, he had to teleport away. If he hadn't, he would have been killed.

He would only be given a sliver of time to cast his knife airs. Even when he used Under the Sky, it seemed to do nothing to the xenogeneic. Not only did he fail to kill it, but he couldn't inflict a single wound on his foe.

"It really is too strong." Han Sen couldn't help but compliment how frighteningly powerful his latest xenogeneic opponent really was. But despite his repeated defeats, he never thought about giving up. As soon as his body recovered, he went back to the Jail Demon Hall to fight. He was determined to find a way to kill it.

But every time he went there, he would leave disappointed. The xenogeneic was too strong to be predictable, and so Han Sen couldn't figure out the creature's patterns and use those to manipulate it, either.

The more Han Sen went, the more Li Keer and Exquisite started to worry. They had only wanted to get rid of some of Han Sen's pride. They wanted to use that xenogeneic to wear down his resolve.

But if he kept going on like this, and he eventually broke down completely, they would have a destroyed silkworm on their hands.

Fortunately, they hadn't sensed any sign that Han Sen was about to give up. Although he kept losing, after each failure, he would just start thinking about how he might defeat the beast the next time he did battle. His entire mind seemed devoted to coming up with ways to defeat the fiend. He never wasted brain power on thinking about anything else.

That made Exquisite and Li Keer feel a little safer with what they were doing. They just hoped that the time limit would pass soon. Then, Han Sen would have no choice but to give up. It wouldn't destroy too much of his confidence, they predicted.

"No… that still won't work." Han Sen failed again. He dragged his body, which was riddled with slashes and puncture wounds, out of the Jail Demon Hall. He shook his head.

Exquisite and Li Keer weren't there. Because Han Sen now spent his entire days either fighting or healing, they stopped hanging around after the first few days. It was dull. They would occasionally come back to feel how Han Sen felt during the fight, but not all of the time.

Also, due to the fact that Han Sen kept losing, they were only learning how to deal with failure. That didn't help them much. Because there wasn't much else for them to learn, they stopped focusing on his thoughts as much.

"It looks like taking down that xenogeneic won't be easy. Hey wait, it's almost time to meet up with Mister White! I need to go to the core area." Han Sen thought about the Xuan Yellow Sutra, and he realized it was time for him to take a break from fighting.

When he saw Li Keer again, Han Sen mentioned his need to visit the core area again. Li Keer hastily agreed to his request.

She and Exquisite had grown worried about Han Sen's constant fighting in the Jail Demon Hall. They were worried that being defeated endlessly might do too much damage to his confidence. Now that Han Sen had expressed a desire to go to the core area, they thought it was a best-case scenario.

Li Keer took Han Sen back to the oasis so he could enter the core area.

Of course, Gu Qingcheng was there at the place they were supposed to meet. When he saw Gu Qingcheng there, Han Sen couldn't wait to ask, "Okay, what did you learn? Did you receive news from Mister White?"

"This is what Mister White asked me to give you." Gu Qingcheng passed a notebook to Han Sen, alongside the original version of the Xuan Yellow Sutra.

Han Sen accepted them and put away the Xuan Yellow Sutra. He opened up the notebook to have a look. The pages were filled with an elegant script, which had clearly been written by hand. The notebook had a hundred pages, and almost all of them contained notes. There were only two or three pages that were empty. Clearly, Mister White had put a lot of effort into this.

"Mister White really is so nice." There weren't many people who were as kind as Mister White, Han Sen decided. He was the sort of person who did impressive things and achieved a lot. He was no common man.

Instead of leaving the core area, Han Sen remained there to read Mister White's notebook. He didn't want Li Keer and Exquisite looking over his shoulder as he studied, metaphorically speaking.

The content of the notebook was a detailed analysis of the Xuan Yellow Sutra. It also had notes on the problems it might cause and the aftermath of using it.

As Han Sen read through the content of the notebook, he learned a great deal. And not just about the Xuan Yellow Sutra, either. He began to understand the Dongxuan Sutra and the Blood-Pulse Sutra to a higher level.

"Mister White is a real grandmaster. Compared to him, I am just a peasant with some good luck and a bit of motivation," Han Sen murmured, shaking his head as he closed the notebook.

Actually, Han Sen's compliment wasn't strictly accurate. Everyone's path to study was different. Mister White had focused on acquiring knowledge. He knew so much, which put him on a higher plane than Han Sen when it came to intellectual pursuits. But then again, Han Sen wasn't the sort of person who focused on amassing huge amounts of knowledge, so it wasn't strange that Mister White outmatched him in that area. Comparing the two men in such a singular way wasn't very fair.

Han Sen memorized everything that was written in the notebook, but he didn't want to destroy it. After all, Mister White put in the time and effort to write it all out by hand.

"Take this back to Planet Eclipse and ask Zero to hide it." Han Sen gave the notebook to Gu Qingcheng so she could take it back.

After Gu Qingcheng left, Han Sen tried to digest the content of the notebook. The more he thought about it, the more shaken he felt. Based on what Mister White had described, if Han Sen finished practicing the Xuan Yellow Sutra, it would become a very scary power.

"Is it really possible to reverse Blood-Pulse?" Han Sen was shocked. If what Mister White told him about the Xuan Yellow Sutra was accurate, it was terrifying.

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Chapter 2692 For Your Convenience

In his writing in the notebook, even Mister White had admitted that his thoughts on the Xuan Yellow Sutra were only theories. He hadn't tested any of these predictions in the real world. To find out how much power the geno art would really have, Han Sen would have to practice it.

Mister White did mention, however, that there were risks associated with practicing the Xuan Yellow Sutra. The geno art could theoretically reverse a person's bloodline, but doing so would be very dangerous. Attempting such a feat would have consequences throughout Han Sen's body. If his body was unable to withstand those effects, the ramifications could be dire.

Han Sen was very tempted to learn it because of the scary powers that the Xuan Yellow Sutra offered, but the risks were severe enough to make him hesitate.

"Since I don't need to practice the Xuan Yellow Sutra and I don't actually need to use it, there is no point in me trying to reverse my bloodline." After Han Sen came to this conclusion, he decided to put the Xuan Yellow Sutra out of his mind.

Now, he turned his attention back to the xenogeneic in Jail Demon Hall. He had less than a month to go. If he was unable to kill it in that amount of time, then he would lose this opportunity. He would need to wait for the next doppelganger to show up before he could fight it again.

"How can I kill it, then? I will have to wait until Li Keer and Exquisite are somewhere else so I can try to kill it with a different geno art. That's my best chance," Han Sen thought to himself.

When he left the core area, Li Keer was there waiting for him in the oasis.

"Why are you back here so soon?" Li Keer wasn't worried like she had been the last time. She was actually surprised to see him return so quickly.

In truth, she had been hoping that Han Sen would stay in the core area until the xenogeneic in Jail Demon Hall was killed.

"I was just meeting up with a friend. I don't have much time. I need to kill that xenogeneic in Jail Demon Hall, so I couldn't stay there for very long," Han Sen said.

"You're really going to keep trying, aren't you? You're planning on returning to Jail Demon Hall," Li Keer said to Han Sen.

"Why shouldn't I keep going there? It is rare to tackle such a powerful enemy, and it isn't as if I have to worry about my safety. This is the perfect opportunity for me to hone my skills," Han Sen said with sincerity.

Li Keer looked at Han Sen, her head tilted slightly to the side. She could sense that Han Sen was speaking the truth.

No matter which race they came from, ordinary people would struggle to maintain their drive and dedication in the face of such overwhelming failure. Most people could only have their dreams crushed so many times before they gave up.

Han Sen had failed many times already, but he hadn't been broken down. His resolve was strong, and he clearly intended to keep on going. That sort of personality had its upsides and downsides, that was for sure.

Li Keer opened her mouth to say something, but no words materialized. She didn't want to destroy Han Sen's positivity.

"Whatever. There is only a month left. With his unbreakable determination, it shouldn't bode too ill for him," Li Keer thought to herself.

After returning to Jail Demon Hall, Han Sen continued to challenge that xenogeneic every day. And every day, he kept failing.

After two weeks had passed, Li Keer and Exquisite rarely visited anymore. He had failed far too many times, and he had yet to learn anything new. There was no reason for them to spend time watching such pointless fights.

While he was occupied doing his own thing, the girls wanted to practice the knife skill Under the Sky, which they had learned from Han Sen. Although their mental access to Han Sen's personal experience made it easier for them to cast the powerful skill, they were still having difficulty getting anywhere close to the talent Han Sen had with the skill.

"He is very talented when he fights. This kind of knife skill and knifemind are very rare to see. He should be a great help for us when practicing the Very High Sense," Li Keer complimented.

"It is a shame he isn't one of the Very High. Otherwise, with his level of talent, he might be able to practice the Very High Sense," Exquisite said, her voice carrying a distinct note of regret.

Li Keer sneered slightly. "What is good about practicing the Very High Sense, anyway? I don't want to become one of those cold-blooded monsters. If I was given the choice, I would have never decided to practice it, at all."

"It is because you have a ten armor talent. Those with an armor talent that high must practice the Very High Sense. That is the rule of being one of the Very High," Exquisite said.

"But why me? I really wish my talents were below nine armors," Li Keer grumbled.

Han Sen lost his next fight. He stumbled out of Jail Demon Hall, covered with injuries. But then, he suddenly saw a Very High man standing outside the hall looking at him.

Han Sen didn't recognize this Very High, but the man's eyes definitely looked hostile.

"This guy can't be Li Xue Cheng, can he?" Han Sen thought to himself.

In his time in Outer Sky, Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng were the two people he had offended the most. He had seen Liyu Zhen before, but he had never seen what Li Xue Cheng looked like. Even if this man wasn't Li Xue Cheng, he was probably related to those two.

"Han Sen, you have been using Jail Demon Hall for two months. If you cannot kill the Red Blood Demon, then get out of there. Don't waste people's time," Li Xue Cheng said, staring at Han Sen.

Li Xue Cheng and Liyu Zhen had lost everything after the silkworm fights. All they had left were their undies. Their parents had helped them pay back most of their debts, but they still owed a lot to a lot of people.

Right now, the two men had nothing. Literally nothing. Even the resources they needed for practice had to be used as payment for others.

Li Xue Cheng had the idea of fighting the Red Blood Demon. The Red Blood Demon xenogeneic gene was required in order to craft a particular deified treasure. If he could get his hands on that xenogeneic gene, then Li Xue Cheng could use it to earn more resources.

Li Xue Cheng couldn't kill the Red Blood Demon alone, but he had his family backing him. If his family helped, he could probably take down the Red Blood Demon.

But when Li Xue Cheng went to Open Sky Elder to request admittance to Jail Demon Hall, he was told that Han Sen had already registered there to be the one that killed it. He would have to wait until Han Sen failed before applying again.

Li Xue Cheng didn't believe Han Sen had what it took to slay the Red Blood Demon, so he came to the Jail Demon Hall to see how things were progressing. And there, he found Han Sen getting repeatedly wrecked by the Red Blood Demon.

"Exquisite told me I still have a month to go from the time I was allotted when I was signed up. Is that incorrect?" Han Sen asked coldly, meeting at Li Xue Cheng's gaze.

"If you don't have the required power, another month won't make any difference. Why not just give up now? Save yourself some time and stop inconveniencing others," Li Xue Cheng shot back.

"I see. You say 'others,' but you really just want me to do something that will benefit you," Han Sen said to Li Xue Cheng, squinting slightly.

"You are correct. Rather than staying here and wasting everyone's time, just quit and save us all the trouble," Li Xue Cheng said flatly.

"You are right. Making the lives of others more convenient is a nice thing to do. I shouldn't waste someone else's time. I should have finished here sooner," Han Sen said with a nod. He looked like he was agreeing with what Li Xue Cheng said.

"That is a reasonable way of thinking. If you want to cancel your registration, you must visit Open Sky Elder. I can take you there, if you want," Li Xue Cheng said, expecting Han Sen to genuinely throw in the towel.

"No, no, no. You misunderstood me. I will kill the Red Blood Demon. Therefore, there will be no need for you to waste more time waiting for me," Han Sen said with a laugh.

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Chapter 2693 Blood Marrow Geno Fluid

"Kill it? What, are you going to kill it with boasting?" Li Xue Cheng looked at him with disdain.

The Red Blood Demon wasn't like ordinary primitive deifieds. Not even Han Sen's Apollo Set would be enough to let him fight the creature.

Han Sen had already stated his intentions. He was going to kill the Red Blood Demon. Han Sen acted as if it would be the simplest thing in the world, but to any of the Very High, it would have sounded like he was daydreaming.

"If you don't believe me, then feel free to wait around. It isn't my time that's being wasted, after all." Han Sen shrugged, as if he didn't care one way or another.

After that, Han Sen settled himself next to the stone pavilion to rest. The damaged Apollo Set would take a while to recover, as well.

Fortunately, the Apollo Set was good at mending damage it had sustained. If it hadn't possessed such advanced self-repair abilities, it would have been a pile of scrap metal already.

"Red Blood Demon's fighting abilities are overpowered. If I was already a primitive deified, killing it would be easy. But right now, as I am, depending on the power of treasures will make it very difficult for me to bring this beast down." Han Sen kept thinking about how he fought before. He was trying to find a way in which he might kill the Red Blood Demon.

Because Exquisite and Li Keer had been focusing on practicing Under the Sky, they hadn't been visiting Han Sen very often. Han Sen thought that he was right on the precipice of his chance to succeed. He just needed to find a chance to fight the Red Blood Demon when they were not around. Then, he could use whichever geno art or beast soul he fancied.

Li Xue Cheng frowned. The Very High were very strict about their rules. Even though he was one of the Very High, he couldn't circumvent the rules.

If Han Sen wasn't going to give up, Li Xue Cheng really would have to wait another month. If Han Sen couldn't kill the Red Blood Demon before the time limit, Li Xue Cheng could register for permission to enter and slay the fiend.

But Li Xue Cheng was being hung to dry. He was in a rush to get as many resources as possible, so he didn't want to wait a month.

He rolled his eyes. He walked to the stone pavilion, looked at Han Sen, and said, "You said you will find a way to kill the Red Blood Demon, right?"

"That is correct," Han Sen said with a nod. He had been fighting the Red Blood Demon for a while now, and he hadn't really gotten much out of it, other than a general understanding of the Red Blood Demon's capabilities.

"Very good," Li Xue Cheng said, nodding to himself. Then, he turned around and left. That surprised Han Sen. He wasn't sure what the man meant by that.

Han Sen had thought Li Xue Cheng would hang around and annoy him for a while, but the man left without another word. Han Sen thought about the expression he had seen on Li Xue Cheng's face, though. It was unlikely that the man would give up so easily.

Li Xue Cheng left Jail Demon Hall to seek out Liyu Zhen.

"You know that Han Sen has been in Jail Demon Hall trying to kill the Red Blood Demon, right?" Li Xue Cheng asked Liyu Zhen.

"So? Does it matter whether I know this or not?" Liyu Zhen was annoyed by just hearing Han Sen's name. He had lost so much on his wager during the silkworm fights. Although his family had paid off much of the debt, he still had a lot he needed to repay. Paying it all off would be incredibly difficult.

At this time, Liyu Zhen was in no mood to wonder about what Han Sen was doing. Just thinking about how to pay off all of his debts was enough to make his head explode.

"I was going to ask for someone's help to kill the Red Blood Demon and gather more resources, but Han Sen registered to kill the Red Blood Demon before I did. I need to wait another month before I can register," Li Xue Cheng explained what had happened.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Liyu Zhen didn't understand why Li Xue Cheng was bothering to tell him all this. The Very High were strict when it came to the law. The two young men had no choice but to abide by them. If Han Sen had already registered for permission to hunt, then as long as he didn't concede, no one could go there and attempt to steal his kill.

"As far as I know, he has been in the Jail Demon Hall for a while. He has been fighting the Red Blood Demon every day. I don't think he can actually kill the Red Blood Demon. I think he wants to use the Red Blood Demon to practice his fighting skills. I think he will keep going until his time there is up," Li Xue Cheng said.

"Is there a problem with that? Many of our people do the same thing." Liyu Zhen still didn't understand what Li Xue Cheng was talking about, but he knew the other man had to be hinting at something.

Upon hearing Liyu Zhen say this, Li Xue Cheng laughed. But there was something sinister in the sound of his laugh. He said, "You know that many students of our race have done this in the past. Why have fewer attempted such a thing in recent years?"

"That is because…" Liyu Zhen trailed off halfway through his response. He now understood what Li Xue Cheng was getting at. He looked at Li Xue Cheng with shock and said, "You want to use the glitch in Jail Demon Hall to kill Han Sen? That isn't very nice. If the rest of our people find out, it will be considered a huge crime. We might end up being exiled to confinement on a small and empty island."

"Not if Han Sen activated the glitch himself. If that happened, it would have nothing to do with us," Li Xue Cheng grinned darkly. He then went on to say, "He was the reason that we lost everything. Are you really going to sit back and accept that?"

"Jail Demon Hall's restrictions originally weren't as strong as the real body of the Red Blood Demon. Because of that, the beast almost managed to escape. When it was realized how close the Red Blood Demon came to escaping, our elders added another security measure to guarantee that the Red Blood Demon could never break free. If the doppelganger gains enough power to break out of the first level of restrictions, then the extra security protocol goes into effect. Jail Demon Hall instantly goes into complete lockdown. A long time ago, one of our primitive deified warriors was battling the Red Blood Demon. The Red Blood Demon became enraged and activated that special restriction. When the Jail Demon Hall went into lockdown, it trapped that primitive deified inside. He was unable to teleport away. When they opened Jail Demon Hall again, they found that the Red Blood Demon had already eaten the man. All that was left of him was a little blood on the floor."

Liyu Zhen said quietly, "But when that happened, they decided to modify the restrictions. They increased the level of power needed to trigger it. Unless the Red Blood Demon went completely nuts, I don't think it would be able to trigger that security measure again. Han Sen can't really threaten the Red Blood Demon, so there's no way he could inspire that much fury in the creature. So, how could he trigger the glitch?"

"If he isn't able to do it, we can help him. Every time he leaves the hall, he's badly injured. He uses Very High geno fluids to heal. You've met the man before, and you have a connection to the current situation that I think we can exploit. I'm sure you can give him some better geno fluid to recover, right?" Li Xue Cheng said.

"You mean like Blood Marrow Geno Fluid?" Liyu Zhen's eyes brightened. Now he knew what Li Xue Cheng really meant.

Blood Marrow Geno Fluid was made from the Red Blood Demon's xenogeneic genes. It was very good for recovering from injuries. Of all the healing geno fluids that existed, it was one of the priciest. It was usually used by deified elites.

It worked very well for deified wounds, so its efficiency with Kings went without saying. As long as a person wasn't dead, they could be healed in a short amount of time.

But not many knew that because the Blood Marrow Geno Fluid was made from the Red Blood Demon's xenogeneic genes, the Red Blood Demon was very sensitive to it. Using a small amount wouldn't have much of an effect. But if Han Sen used too much and then entered Jail Demon Hall, it might trigger the true ire of the Red Blood Demon.

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Chapter 2694 Triggering the Restrictions

Because Han Sen was being injured every day, he required a lot of healing geno fluids. Exquisite came to see him every few days to resupply him.

Aside from providing him with healing geno fluids, she gave him other kinds of geno fluids as well. They could help with all sorts of things involving his body and his practice. They were fluids synthesized by the Very High themselves. Due to the wealth of resources available in Outer Sky, Han Sen was being given access to resources that few Kings could ever hope to get their hands on.

The Very High didn't have a large population. They didn't have many people devoted to producing healing geno fluids, but they also rarely used healing geno fluids themselves. So, most of the time, the Very High created the geno fluids quite slowly. They kept enough on hand for ordinary use, but as Han Sen stubbornly continued to fight the Red Blood Demon, he had created a situation that the Very High were uniquely unprepared for.

Within a month, Han Sen had almost cleared out their geno fluid reserves. If he wanted more, he would have to wait for more to be created. That meant one every few days.

"Why are there no more healing geno fluids?" Han Sen saw the geno fluids Exquisite had brought him, and he noticed they weren't the same geno fluids he usually used. Rather than the healing fluids that he really needed, these other geno fluids would merely reinforce his genes and physical power.

"Even if there was a whole warehouse full of healing geno fluid, it wouldn't be enough to support the amount you keep consuming," Exquisite said. She pointed toward a box with six red geno fluids and went on to say, "This is a high-class healing geno fluid. They only offer it to deified fighters. Since there are no more of the weaker fluids available, you are being gifted these. Do not go through them willy-nilly. If you use up these, you won't be granted any more for the next two weeks."

Exquisite didn't know that Blood Marrow Geno Fluid had the xenogeneic genes of the Red Blood Demon in it. After all, few people knew exactly what was inside a medicine when they took it. The Red Blood Demon's xenogeneic genes were just one element of these fluids. They weren't even the primary ingredient.

Even if Exquisite had known the xenogeneic genes were in the fluid, she wouldn't have known about the potential side effects in this situation. Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng knew about this because one of their elders had used a large amount of Blood Marrow Geno Fluid before going into the Jail Demon Hall to kill the Red Blood Demon. The Red Blood Demon had instantly gone into a fury.

Luckily, the man had been a larva class deified. Despite the Red Blood Demon's rage, he had been able to kill it. Only a few people who were close to that elite knew about this. Exquisite and Li Keer didn't know much about that elite, so they didn't know how taking the geno fluid would affect the monster inside the hall. Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng wouldn't have come up with this plan if the creature's reaction to the geno fluid was generally known.

Hearing that there was an even better geno fluid that he could use, Han Sen was more than pleased. If he could recover faster, he could spend more time fighting the Red Blood Demon.

Although he was unable to beat the Red Blood Demon, he was honing his talents as he fought the creature. That was because the Red Blood Demon had been continuously suppressing him. Han Sen had gained a huge amount of experience by being so determined.

"This kind of wound really hurts." Han Sen looked down at his chest and saw his exposed heart, which had come close to being shredded. He had a wry smile.

If Han Sen had lacked his impressive abilities of recovery, such a strike would have likely killed him.

Opening a Blood Marrow Geno Fluid, Han Sen quickly gulped it all down. He felt a warm sensation race through his body. A numb, itchy feeling passed over his wounds, and Han Sen's injuries began to heal. He watched in amazement as his wounds sealed closed.

"This is good stuff. No wonder this is considered a superior item usually reserved for deified elites. The effects are ten times stronger than what I was using before." Han Sen grinned widely when he saw the wounds heal so quickly.

His wounds would have taken half a day to heal previously, but now they took less than an hour.

But the Apollo Set hadn't recovered yet, so Han Sen had to keep waiting. Without the Apollo Set, his body wouldn't last.

Han Sen didn't waste a single second of his free time, though. He practiced Very Real Body and God's Wander for a bit. Those two geno arts were very beneficial for him to practice with. They could be used at any time.

When the Apollo Set had finally recovered, Han Sen decided it was time to enter Jail Demon Hall again.

But to Han Sen's surprise, the Red Blood Demon was sitting on the stairs staring at him when he entered. It didn't attack him as soon as it saw him.

"What is this?" Han Sen wondered. It seemed odd that on this random day, the Red Blood Demon's temper had improved so much.

While Han Sen wondered what it was doing, the Red Blood Demon's body flashed with a bloody light. Its bug wings opened. The strange horn on its head flashed with a crimson that looked like a sun.

"Holy sh*t! What is going on with this guy? Why has it suddenly exploded with a scary power like this?" Han Sen was very confused. He had fought the Red Blood Demon for a very long time now, but he had never seen it so enraged. And it had suddenly gained a frightening amount of power.

Before Han Sen had time to consider his situation, he saw the Red Blood Demon's evil-looking crimson eyes light up like lightbulbs and turn to stare at him. Han Sen didn't say anything. He just wanted to teleport away from Jail Demon Hall.

Han Sen couldn't fight the Red Blood Demon at its normal power level, but now, it was a raging version of itself. For all he knew, this thing could destroy his body in one punch and cripple him, leaving him no chance of teleporting away.

But the moment Han Sen ripped space open to leave, he saw all of the markings across Jail Demon Hall light up in a single, brilliant flash. The whole of the Jail Demon Hall was covered in a holy light.

Pang!

Han Sen bounced out of space and almost hit the ground. He descended into a nice roll, which was how he managed to maintain his balance.

"What is this? Why have Jail Demon Hall's restrictions flared up and sealed the entire structure with me inside?" Han Sen's face changed. He looked around frantically, and he found that wavy beams of light covered every surface of the hall. The whole building was sealed up tight, and there was no getting out now.

Han Sen realized that he was in a scary and dangerous situation. Jail Demon Hall was sealed, and he couldn't use God's Wander to leave. He was trapped inside with the beast.

Furthermore, the Red Blood Demon had become far more dangerous than usual. When Han Sen had fought the Red Blood Demon previously, he could only last a few minutes. But now, the Red Blood Demon was in a scary mode.

Thinking of this, Han Sen turned his attention back to the Red Blood Demon. The Red Blood Demon's eyes were giving off red light. It looked like a small flashlight—the beam of which landed on Han Sen.

"What is this… I thought we were friends! I'm just taking a break here, you go and do your stuff… No need to worry about me…" Han Sen forced a smile at the Red Blood Demon as he spoke.

The Red Blood Demon actually smiled back at Han Sen. But that smile sent a chill down his spine. The jagged, razor-like teeth that lined its maw were particularly menacing to see. It was like a demon that could destroy and devour anything.

The next second, the Red Blood Demon let out a strange screech. Its body was like a red shadow, and it was coming straight for Han Sen. Han Sen's eyesight couldn't read its movements, either. He saw the flash of a red shadow, but the Red Blood Demon remained where it was. Then, another Red Blood Demon appeared in front of him. Its sharp claws were already digging into his chest.

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Pang!

The talons of the Red Blood Demon tore through Han Sen's body, and it exploded like a water balloon.

The next second, the water that had separated began to gather up again. It reformed Han Sen's face, but before the water finished reconstituting Han Sen's body, the creature spread its claws again. Once more, it swung at Han Sen. The red substance chains that went with the attack erupted like a volcano.

Han Sen was shocked. He had used his Original Water King Body to escape that first strike, but right now, his body still hadn't coalesced. If he was hit again, all of his cells that had been turned into water would become nothing. Even the Original Water King Body wouldn't resurrect him a second time.

Han Sen could no longer afford to hesitate. In a moment, his body glowed pure white as he entered his super god spirit mode. The volcanic-looking red substance chains went right through him, passing harmlessly through his shadow.

But just as Han Sen started using his super god spirit body, some strange power knocked him back out of it. He was back to his usual self in no time at all.

Han Sen's stomach sank. With Wan'er still inside his Destiny's Tower, his super god spirit mode had been severely downgraded. Again, it had been canceled before he could use it to finish a fight.

The Red Blood Demon didn't give Han Sen any time to think. Its body became a crimson shadow that went straight for him again. It was like a real demon, and it moved toward him too fast for his eyes to follow.

Han Sen teleported away, regardless. Because he wasn't trying to escape Jail Demon Hall, he didn't trigger the building's restrictions.

But by the time Han Sen had teleported away, an evil smile had already crossed the Red Blood Demon's strange face. Again, it appeared directly in front of Han Sen. Five red clawed fingers reached forward to shred his heart.

Han Sen's eye flashed red. That red color spread across his body, and then he simply disappeared. He went straight into the Red Blood Demon's eye.

Han Sen had been pushed far enough that he had no choice but to use his Blood Eye Evil God's beast soul. With the eye skill, he entered the Red Blood Demon's eye.

Doing this might allow Exquisite and Li Keer to suss out the secrets of beast souls, but he had no choice. He couldn't let the Red Blood Demon kill him just to keep his secrets.

In the Red Blood Demon's eyes, Han Sen's surroundings were pure red. It was completely different from the eyes Han Sen had entered before.

Han Sen felt a bit relieved, for a moment. Just as he thought he had escaped all of the danger, he saw the redness around him begin to boil. The power rose up around him like scary flames of blood. That power carried a scary presence, and it turned the whole of the eye-world into a flaming red sea.

Han Sen could feel the power inside the bloody flames. He didn't dare stay there any longer. He teleported out of the Red Blood Demon's eyes.

"This guy is too much for me to deal with!" As soon as Han Sen teleported out, the Red Blood Demon was coming for him with its red substance chains lashing around. It reached Han Sen in an instant.

Han Sen's purple eye began to spin as he used the Purple-Eye Butterfly beast soul to trace the movements of the Red Blood Demon.

He used the power of all the beast souls he had, without hesitation. He used Move Mountain Area's area beast soul and even his own Dongxuan Area. He used Jadeskin, the Blood-Pulse Sutra, and more. He used everything he could to repel the monster. He pushed all of his powers to the max.

Aside from the peacock king soul robe that couldn't be worn in tandem with the Apollo Set, Han Sen used every beast soul he had at his disposal.

Even so, Han Sen's power and speed were unable to close the gap between him and the Red Blood Demon. He used his formation and judgment powers to their full potential, and he barely dodged the next attack.

Katcha!

When the Red Blood Demon attacked for the third time, it was already too late for Han Sen to avoid. The red substance chain brushed right by his ribs. Three of his rib bones snapped instantly, and his flesh was torn through.

"I have to fight for my life again!" Han Sen's mind was still calm at that moment, though.

Thinking too much about things wasn't going to help him now. He needed to calm down. He used the full potential of every power he could to battle the beast. He had to stall for as much time as possible, all so he could be saved.

"Jail Demon Hall has some kind of isolation protocol? The Very High must know about this, surely. I need to keep going until the Very High come. Then I can be saved." Han Sen tried to comfort himself.

But Han Sen had forgotten one thing. Outer Sky was way too big, and there weren't many of the Very High. Jail Demon Hall was far away from where most of the Very High lived. It was in the middle of nowhere, and there was usually no reason for anyone to visit. If the Very High noticed there something amiss, it would still take them half an hour to get there. It might even take them longer than that. Han Sen didn't know if he could even last that long.

At this time, Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng had been focusing their attention on Jail Demon Hall. When they saw Jail Demon Hall's door suppress the Red Demon Beast's light, they knew that their plan had succeeded. The Red Blood Demon had already gone mad with rage and triggered the defensive properties of its prison. They had trapped Han Sen inside with the infuriated Red Blood Demon.

"The guy in charge of Jail Demon Hall won't be able to get here for at least half an hour. And half an hour from now, I don't think there will be anything of Han Sen left to save," Liyu Zhen said with a cold laugh.

Li Xue Cheng looked at Liyu Zhen and asked, "Is the warehouse okay?"

"Don't worry. Everything is fine. The healing geno fluids Han Sen always used are all gone. The warehouse only has the recommended, superior healing geno fluids left. No one will know that a geno fluid can trigger the Red Demon Blood's power. Even if they found out it was the Blood Marrow Geno Fluid that triggered the Red Blood Demon's rage, they couldn't blame me. It would just be an unfortunate event, caused by no one but himself."

"That is great," Li Xue Cheng said with relief. He smiled and went on to say, "Exquisite just gave him some geno fluids, too. She won't be here for another two days, at least. He is very dead this time. He is such a genius. It is a shame he has to die. But no one asked him to be our enemy."

Exquisite and Li Keer were practicing Under the Sky, trying to employ Han Sen's experience to their advantage.

All of a sudden, both of their phones rang at the same time. They saw the number, and it shocked them.

"Why is the Inspection Department calling us?" Li Keer asked with confusion. She quickly answered her phone.

It didn't take long for Li Keer and Exquisite's faces to change. Li Keer screamed, "What? Jail Demon Hall's restrictions have been triggered?"

Because Jail Demon Hall's restriction powers had been activated, they had no way of learning what was going on inside, either. All of their scrying powers had been cut off due to the hall's defenses. So, right now, even the Inspection Department couldn't tell what was happening inside the hall. They had already sent out an agent.

When they found out who was in charge of Han Sen's challenge to the Red Blood Demon, they contacted Exquisite and Li Keer. They asked if the two women knew if Han Sen was inside, because the restrictions had been triggered ten minutes before.

"It is over…" Exquisite and Li Keer felt cold. Only Han Sen had permission to hunt inside that hall, so he was the only person inside. If the Red Blood Demon had triggered the defenses, Han Sen was probably the reason that it had done so.

After the two of them spoke to the Inspection Department, they used God's Wander to travel to Jail Demon Hall. They prayed Han Sen wasn't inside.

But the closer they got to Jail Demon Hall, the colder they felt. That was because they couldn't sense their connection with Han Sen. Something was smothering their ability to feel what he was feeling. There weren't many powers that could sever their connection with Han Sen. The power that bound the true god xenogeneic within Jail Demon Hall was one of the only things that could. There was an 80% to 90% chance that Han Sen was trapped inside Jail Demon Hall. He could even be dead already.

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Chapter 2696 Reversing Bloodline

Every second inside Jail Demon Hall was a desperate scramble as Han Sen attempted to cling to life. Thus far, he had only been inside the hall for one minute, and his body had already incurred seven or eight wounds. Those wounds were so deep that bones were visible inside them.

"D*mn it! This isn't the way." Han Sen felt terrible. His power was no match for the monster's, and the skills he had were losing their effectiveness.

"I have to try this out!" As Han Sen teleported away, he used the moment's reprieve to pull out a piece of gear. It was a peculiar bottle. The handle was the tail of two sirens. It was the holy item Siren Bottle from the sirens in the Extreme King.

Han Sen tapped on the left side of the Siren Bottle, but before he could take the next step, the Red Blood Demon was in front of him. Its sharp claws were like knives, and Han Sen was unable to avoid them. He immediately summoned the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze to block the Red Blood Demon's scary attacks.

Although Han Sen couldn't use the power of the shield to attack, it still had amazing defenses. The Red Blood Demon's claws came down on the shield but failed to deal any damage to it. The scary power blasted Han Sen and the shield away, though.

Pang!

Han Sen's body slammed into the back wall of the hall. His entire body felt as if it had been shattered. It was almost too painful for him to stand back up.

Han Sen got control of his pain and teleported away. The next moment, the Red Blood Demon was right where Han Sen had just been. The red substance chains lashed out against the wall and made the spells flash.

The Siren Bottle that had fallen to the floor was glowing weirdly. It displayed the face of the Siren Virgin.

"Siren Virgin, I'm in trouble. Help me get rid of this guy!" Han Sen quickly shouted at the Siren Virgin when she appeared.

Han Sen had just said that when the Red Blood Demon's talons flashed toward him again. Han Sen flapped his Apollo Wings and, through careful judgment, decided to veer left. He managed to evade the attack. But the Red Blood Demon's body flashed again. Those claws were right in front of Han Sen once more.

Han Sen tried his best to dodge, but a substance chain still connected with his shoulder. The blow opened him deeply enough to expose pale white bones inside his flesh.

"The Red Blood Demon?" the Siren Virgin said in shock when she saw the Red Blood Demon.

"It's good that you know this creep. This is just a doppelganger, though. It is only primitive class. Do you know how to deal with it?" Han Sen immediately asked as he teleported again.

With a wry smile, the Siren Virgin said, "If my true body was still here, perhaps I could fight it. But right now, I still don't have a body. There is no way for me to help you. Although it is just a doppelganger, the Red Blood Demon is a doppelganger that carries the battle experience of its true self. It isn't like an ordinary primitive deified. So, I wish you luck."

After that, the body of the Siren Virgin shrank. She returned to the Siren Bottle.

Han Sen didn't have any time to be angry. The Red Blood Demon was already on him again. He had nowhere to dodge, so he had to use the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze to block the strike again.

Although the shield protected Han Sen's body from the creature's claws, it did nothing to soften the impact of the strike. It made Han Sen's body feel like it had been struck by a big hammer.

Han Sen was unable to fight the fiend, and he knew he couldn't escape. He was at a dead end.

"I can't keep going on like this. If this keeps up, my body isn't going to last. Even if I find a chance to strike back, I won't have any strength left to do so. I guess I will just have to try this." Han Sen gritted his teeth. The Blood-Pulse Sutra inside his body began to surge like mad, but this time, it was different. The Blood-Pulse Sutra's path ran in complete reverse.

This geno art was no longer the Blood-Pulse Sutra. It was the Xuan Yellow Sutra Han Sen had fished out of the Underworld Lake. It was a different geno art entirely from the Blood-Pulse Sutra.

Han Sen was desperate. He had to try every option he had before it was too late. If Mister White's theory of the Xuan Yellow Sutra was correct, perhaps the Xuan Yellow Sutra was the last thing that could save Han Sen's life.

If someone else had attempted to practice the Xuan Yellow Sutra, it would have been extremely hard. But to cast it, Han Sen only had to reverse the Blood-Pulse Sutra. He hadn't even needed to practice with it.

But this was Han Sen's first time casting the Xuan Yellow Sutra. He didn't know what would happen after he used it.

The Blood-Pulse Sutra's power was gunning in reverse through Han Sen's body. It made him feel like his entire body was covered in static. It made him feel as if his body wasn't coursing with blood, but with electricity instead. The tingling pain almost made Han Sen—a man with a strong will—scream aloud.

The Blood-Pulse Sutra usually released a red aura. In reverse, though, that color darkened to a red that was nearly black. It was like old, dried-up blood.

The Red Blood Demon was unbothered by this change. Its eyes still looked murderous, and it swung its claws at Han Sen again.

It would be too hard for Han Sen to dodge. His body was in so much pain that it felt like he was going to be torn apart. There was no way he could dodge the next strike.

Han Sen gritted his teeth to endure the pain and raised his shield to protect his body. At the same time, he punched toward the Red Blood Demon.

The Red Blood Demon ignored Han Sen's fist as the claws came down upon the surface of the shield.

Han Sen clutched the shield desperately. He moaned in pain. The reversed Blood-Pulse Sutra released its power, and it felt as if his body was being torn apart. The pain he felt was too difficult to describe.

Pang!

The Red Blood Demon's blow came down on the shield. Han Sen's body flew away with the shield, but the Xuan Yellow Sutra he cast also hit the Red Blood Demon.

Han Sen hit the seal again, and he once more coughed up blood. But he noticed that his wounds weren't as grievous as they had been.

Then, to his shock, Han Sen realized that the Blood-Pulse Sutra had become half-deified. It had finally completed a key step in its ascension, combining the nine tiers to revert back to one.

He quickly looked at the Red Blood Demon. He wanted to know if the Xuan Yellow Sutra had worked or not.

The results were disappointing. The Red Blood Demon didn't look as if it had been injured. It looked the same as it always had. Its presence was oh-so scary. Before Han Sen could really get a good look at it, the Red Blood Demon was already committed to another attack.

"Oh no, this is the end of the line for the great Han Sen… The Xuan Yellow Sutra didn't work…" Han Sen thought sadly. If the Xuan Yellow Sutra didn't work, he would have to use the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze again.

But with his body already injured, using the shield would probably end up sucking him dry again. This time he could die, and it was way too big of a risk.

So, despite the dire nature of his situation, Han Sen hesitated to use the power of the shield. But as he hesitated, something unbelievable happened.

Han Sen could feel the Red Blood Demon's power and speed lessen.

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Chapter 2697 Beating a Deified

Han Sen used a teleportation trick to avoid the Red Blood Demon's next attack. The creature's reaction speeds were clearly much slower than they had been before. Its reduced speed gave Han Sen the opportunity to slide out of range.

Although Han Sen was still mostly outmatched by the Red Blood Demon, he discovered that his powerful predictive abilities, when used in concert with God's Wander, were allowing him to begin protecting himself from the creature's attacks.

"Has the Xuan Yellow Sutra started working? But this effect is much weaker than I thought it would be. It has only made the Red Blood Demon a little bit slower…" Even though his thoughts were negative, Han Sen was quite happy with this result.

Although his enemy was only a little weaker, it was enough for him to keep going. He wouldn't be killed by the Red Blood Demon, and that meant he could wait for the Very High to rescue him.

But as time went by, he noticed that the Red Blood Demon's power was continuing to decrease. Its red substance chains became thinner and thinner, and many of them were starting to fray and break.

"What is going on?" Han Sen thought in confused excitement.

If this was the power of the Xuan Yellow Sutra, then it really was scary. It was even weakening the Red Blood Demon's substance chains, which were the essence of a deified's power.

The shine of the Red Blood Demon's armor started to dim, and its body seemed to be changing. The creature started to expand. It was like watching a bodybuilder slowly being transformed into a fat man. The body became bigger, but the strength and speed of the being decreased.

Han Sen's fight was becoming easier and easier. He wasn't quite able to beat the Red Blood Demon yet, but he was certainly able to protect himself. He didn't need to teleport away anymore, at the very least.

While Han Sen reveled in his sudden good fortune, he saw the Red Blood Demon's blood-red substance chains explode like fireworks. Lifeforce was leaving Han Sen's enemy like the air from a leaking balloon.

"This… this… cannot be a deified dropping to become half-deified, can it?" Han Sen couldn't believe his eyes. But judging from what he could see, that seemed to be what was happening. There was no other explanation that made sense. The Red Blood Demon's entire presence was more like a King class now, and its power was insufficient to generate substance chains. It didn't look deified at all.

Pang!

Han Sen was still holding the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze, and with it, he blocked the next strike from the Red Blood Demon. Their powers were tied, and Han Sen wasn't tossed away like he had been before.

"Oh, crap! The Xuan Yellow Sutra is ferocious. It really did bring the Red Blood Demon down from deified to King class. That is so scary…" Han Sen was crazily happy.

Although Mister White had predicted that the geno art would be very strong, Han Sen hadn't expected the effect of the Xuan Yellow Sutra to be that powerful. It had reversed the blood pulse of a deified creature, sending it back to King class.

The Red Blood Demon's face was covered in disbelief. It was flabbergasted about what was happening to it.

"Now that we are both Kings, the fun can commence." Han Sen's eyes started to shine. He had been suppressed by the Red Blood Demon for so long, and he had almost been killed. Now it was time to unleash all the pent-up anger he had built up throughout the mistreatment.

"Die!" Han Sen thundered. He pounced like a tiger toward the Red Blood Demon.

The Red Blood Demon's battle experience and will were still there, but its power had been reduced to that of a half-deified. Han Sen used his Apollo Set and his beast souls, and he carried deified power into battle with him.

Now, the advantage had switched. Although the Red Blood Demon's mind and skills were strong, Han Sen's absolute power was still enough to turn the tables in his favor.

And Han Sen's battle experience and will weren't weak, either. And after all the time he had spent fighting the Red Blood Demon, his experience had grown. His knowledge about the way the Red Blood Demon behaved probably exceeded what the Very High knew.

Before, Han Sen lacked the power to fight the Red Blood Demon. But now, things had taken a turn. Han Sen's power had an absolute advantage, and he pressed that advantage hard, utterly suppressing the creature. His Six Core Snake Bow kept firing arrows. All of the arrows punched through the Red Blood Demon's body, making it weaker and weaker.

Han Sen didn't know how long the Xuan Yellow Sutra's power would last, but he wasn't going to wait around to find out. He focused all of his power on killing the Red Blood quickly.

Their initial fights had only lasted a few minutes, and this one wouldn't last much longer. Within three minutes, the Red Blood Demon had been punctured a dozen times, and even more marks were left across its shell. It was bleeding everywhere.

The Xuan Yellow Sutra didn't just weaken enemies. It made their blood pulse reverse. Their bodies would devolve. The Red Blood Demon was a far cry from the primitive deified that it had once been.

Katcha!

Han Sen's bowstring started cutting. When he was halfway through slicing the Red Blood Demons' head off, the creature was reduced to squeals as it thrashed on the ground.

As he continued with his work, Han Sen saw the Red Blood Demon's red light flash. It was starting to coalesce substance chains again.

"Oh, no! The Xuan Yellow Sutra's power is waning." Han Sen was shocked. He didn't dare delay these proceedings. He generated power and went right up to the Red Blood Demon. He wanted to kill it completely before it had the opportunity to recover.

Fortunately, Han Sen had already injured the Red Blood Demon badly. Now, the creature was gasping its final few breaths.

Exquisite and Li Keer tried their hardest to get to Jail Demon Hall. When they got there, people from the Inspection Department were already there. They were trying to shut down the restrictions that kept Jail Demon Hall locked.

"What's going on in there? Is Han Sen still inside?" Exquisite asked in a rush.

"I don't know. When the restrictions of Jail Demon Hall activated, they cut off all connection to the outside. We have to wait until we have deactivated the added security before we can see what is going on inside," a member of the Inspection Department replied.

"Then what are you waiting for? Press the button and shut it down!" Li Keer said.

But the worker shook his head and said, "We cannot stop it just yet. We have to wait until Open Sky Elder gets here."

"Why?" Exquisite and Li Keer asked at the same time.

"Jail Demon Hall's security systems are active. That means the Red Blood Demon inside is raging already. Its power is primitive class, but even so, our strength won't be enough to tame and defeat it. We need to wait for Open Sky Elder to get here before we lift the security," the Very High man explained.

"We don't have time to worry about that right now. Hit the button! Han Sen is still in there! Saving him is more important," Li Keer said.

The Very High man shook his head and said, "If Han Sen was in there, it has been over half an hour. He would have been killed by the Red Blood Demon several times over by now. It is pointless for us to open it now. We should wait for Open Sky Elder to get here."

Exquisite didn't respond. She teleported past the man. She was going to press the button to open the building.

The two Very High men gaped in surprise. They moved to stop her, but a voice halted them.

"Let her open it," Open Sky Elder said as he teleported beside them. When he received the news, he had come as soon as possible, but it had already been half an hour, and therefore, it was likely too late.

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Chapter 2698 Demonic Beast Soul

Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng watched all of this unfold from afar. Their faces were gleaming with joy.

"Half an hour has passed. No matter how lucky Han Sen is, he will have been eaten by the Red Blood Demon by this point. Lifting the security now is pointless," Li Xue Cheng said with a chuckle.

"I hope Exquisite isn't too upset. I'll have to think of ways to comfort her; this will surely be an open window of opportunity for me to swoop in and work my wily charms," Liyu Zhen said, grinning widely.

"In that case, I hope you win the damsel at the end of this tale." Li Xue Cheng was so happy. It felt like he had been waiting a long time to take out Han Sen. This was ointment to the long string of bad days he had recently suffered.

"Exquisite, let them do it. You don't know how to lift the restrictions, and you are wasting time," Open Sky Elder told Exquisite, eyeing her as she reached out to push the button.

When Exquisite heard him, she retreated and quickly exclaimed, "Hurry up and lift the security keeping him in!"

Right now, Exquisite was feeling both numb and nauseous on the inside. Even if Han Sen died, she and Li Keer could find another silkworm. It didn't have to be Han Sen, but for some reason, she didn't want to entertain the thought of finding someone else. Merely the idea made her feel dismal.

"I'd never find a silkworm like Han Sen again. That's why I'm feeling like this. It must be. It must be the reason. It must." Exquisite had realized that her emotions weren't very rational, and so she was desperately trying to convince herself that they were.

The two Inspection Department men stepped forward and pushed the button. Open Sky Elder sighed and said, "Han Sen was such a rare genius. It is a shame to learn he has died in a tragedy like this."

Open Sky Elder was quite familiar with Jail Demon Hall and the beast it contained, and he knew that being locked inside would have been a death sentence for Han Sen. No matter how strong Han Sen was, he was half-deified, and that was that. Only by depending on the powers of treasures could he manage to fight a deified being. And that was only by a small margin.

Against an ordinary deified, Han Sen might have stood a chance. But the Red Blood Demon was far from ordinary. And when it was in its rage mode, even a larva deified might not be able to kill it.

Katcha-cha!

The restrictions binding the Jail Demon Hall were deactivated. Not willing to wait a second longer, Exquisite rushed inside. She pushed open the door to Jail Demon Hall.

Open Sky Elder followed with haste, in case the Red Blood Demon tried to rush through the open door and bring harm to the others.

But when Exquisite pulled the door open, everyone's mouths gaped at the sight before them.

Han Sen was standing in the middle of the room, one foot propped up atop the Red Blood Demon's body. He was holding a great bow and using the taut string of the weapon like a saw blade.

The string slid through the remaining flesh of the Red Blood Demon's neck. And they watched in awe as the head of the Red Blood Demon dropped to the ground with a wet thud. Exquisite and the others stood completely still. They were so flabbergasted that they barely knew how to react.

"Han Sen… he killed the raging Red Blood Demon…" Exquisite and Li Keer were as shocked as they were happy.

Open Sky Elder and the two people from the Inspection Department looked at the scene with disbelief. They had a firmer grasp of how strong the Red Blood Demon was. Han Sen was just a half-deified, and he had managed to decapitate it completely. Even if Han Sen had some help from his Apollo Set, this was an unbelievable feat.

Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng, who watched all of this from afar, were just as stunned. Their eyes widened, and Li Xue Cheng screamed aloud, "Impossible! How is that possible?! How could Han Sen have killed the Red Blood Demon… This is impossible…"

He couldn't believe what he was seeing. The raging Red Blood Demon had been taken down by a measly half-deified. That was far beyond anyone's wildest expectations.

When Han Sen had sliced off the Red Blood Demon's head, he heard a familiar voice ring inside his head.

"Mutant deified xenogeneic killed: Red Blood Demon. Xenogeneic gene found. Obtained Red Blood Demon beast soul."

Han Sen didn't dare to let his mind dwell on his new acquisition. He threw the beast soul into his Sea of Soul without thinking about it. He had to control his thoughts very carefully to keep Exquisite and Li Keer from noticing that something was amiss.

"Are you okay?" Exquisite asked, hurrying over to Han Sen. Although she could see that Han Sen was fine, she couldn't keep herself from asking anyway.

"Eh, this is nothing. Just a few wounds and scrapes," Han Sen answered, gesturing down at himself.

"It is great that you're okay. We were so worried about you. Why did the Red Blood Demon go into a rage?" Li Keer asked after rushing forward to see him.

"I actually don't know. As soon as I went inside, the Red Blood Demon just went crazy. Its power exploded to obscene levels with no warning," Han Sen answered.

But Han Sen didn't explain how he had managed to defeat the Red Blood Demon. He just said he had been fortunate, and that he had to use all of his power to win. His victory basically boiled down to luck, though.

"Luck, huh?" Open Sky Elder looked at Han Sen with interest. He wasn't the sort of person that believed in luck.

The raging Red Blood Demon wasn't something that could be overcome through dumb luck, but Open Sky Elder didn't push the subject any further. He only asked about the raging Red Blood Demon. He needed to figure out why the Red Blood Demon had gone wild.

After answering a few more questions, Han Sen left with Exquisite and Li Keer. He finally found some time alone to check out the Red Blood Demon beast soul.

Mutant Red Blood Demon beast soul: Demonic beast soul (incomplete)

Han Sen's eyebrows rose. This was the first time he had seen a Demonic beast soul before. Also, like the Tianxia Peacock King beast soul, the Red Blood Demon beast soul was an incomplete beast soul. He didn't know what additional strength the complete versions might offer.

"So, what exactly is a demonic beast soul, I wonder?" Han Sen thought as he summoned it.

The next second, Han Sen felt as if some scary power was washing over him. His entire body brimmed with a blood-red power. Crimson light started to leak out of his skin.

Many substance chains exploded throughout his cells, changing him as they went. Soon, visible changes began to occur across Han Sen's skin.

Under the influence of the light and substance chains, Han Sen's skin hardened like a shell. The red color coming from him looked just like the Red Blood Demon. In a flash, his entire body was encased inside that protective shell. The more Han Sen grew to look like the Red Blood Demon, the more his presence increased. Red substance chains swirled restlessly around him.

"This is like a shapeshifting beast soul, but it is a bit different. Transfusion shapeshifting beast souls transform my body to look like the creatures that the beast souls originally belonged to. This demonic beast soul reinforces my body as well, however. I'm basically half human and half demon," Han Sen murmured to himself, trying to get a sense for exactly how the beast soul worked. He was very pleased with his prize.

Despite the change in Han Sen's appearance, the demonic beast soul wouldn't turn him into a xenogeneic. He would have both the Red Blood Demon's power and his own human power.

"In demon mode, I would probably have enough power to fight the Red Blood Demon reliably. So even if I ran into the Red Blood Demon again, I wouldn't have such a hard time." Han Sen tried to explore the breadth of the beast soul's power. The demonic power it wielded was greater than Han Sen had expected. He liked it more and more.

"But what does the incomplete part mean? Does that mean the Peacock King beast soul and the Red Blood Demon beast soul can still be upgraded? If so, how do I make them complete beast souls?" Han Sen thought to himself.

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Chapter 2699 Fish in a Bottle

The incident in Jail Demon Hall had yet to be explained. Although it was suggested that the raging of the Red Blood Demon might have been somehow connected to the Blood Marrow Geno Fluid, the Inspection Department came to no ultimate conclusion. And before the incident, no one had known that the Bone Marrow Geno Fluid could produce this sort of effect. The warehouse frequently offered that type of geno fluid when they ran out of the ordinary ones, so it all seemed like one giant coincidence. No one should have been responsible for what occurred.

But Han Sen thought things couldn't have been that simple. He firmly believed the event had something to do with Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng. Li Xue Cheng had visited him not long before the lockdown took place. The timing was too suspicious to be a coincidence.

But there was no evidence linking the event to Li Xue Cheng, and that meant Han Sen could not do anything to the man.

"It is a shame that the Red Blood Demon doppelganger will take another six months to regenerate. Otherwise, I could go and kill it again. Maybe that would help me figure out what an incomplete beast soul is," Han Sen thought to himself as he fished at Underworld Lake. Then he heard Bao'er's voice shouting to him, interrupting his thoughts.

"Dad! I fished up the sheep head again," Bao'er yelled as she pulled at the Underworld Silk.

Han Sen looked toward her and saw that she was indeed pulling the Four Sheep Cube toward her. Half of it was visible through the clouds of the lake.

Han Sen had gotten used to this happening. Bao'er frequently caught the Four Sheep Cube on the end of her line, but she was never able to bring it out of the lake.

Indeed, whenever the Four Sheep Cube was on the cusp of being pulled free of the lake's surface, the Underworld Silk tended to snap. The Four Sheep Cube would sink below the white mists again.

After fishing it up so many times without actually being able to catch it, Bao'er was starting to get angry. As she watched the Four Sheep Cube again, waiting for the moment it fell back into the lake, she decided to try something new. With her free hand, she summoned her little gourd.

She aimed the gourd at the sinking Four Sheep Cube. Then Bao'er tapped the top of the gourd, unleashing a weird power. It was like an invisible lasso had been slung over the Four Sheep Cube. It yanked the Four Sheep Cube in the direction of the little gourd.

Han Sen looked at Bao'er with shock. The things in Underworld Lake were very special, and generally, only strings made of Underworld Silk could affect them. Other powers didn't really do anything in Underworld Lake.

Until an item left Underworld Lake completely, no types of power should have worked on it. Han Sen had already tried using his own powers to remove the Four Sheep Cube from the lake, but it hadn't worked. If his power touched the surface of Underworld Lake, the mist would disrupt and render it null.

But the little gourd's power of suction didn't seem to be affected at all by the lake. It easily pulled the Four Sheep Cube up and away. Unfortunately, Bao'er didn't have enough raw power, and she seemed to be struggling to pull the statue free of the clouds.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but it felt like the Four Sheep Cube was using its own strength to pull itself back into the lake. It was trying to return to the camouflage of the clouds.

Bao'er gripped her little gourd tightly, and the weight of the statue slowly began to drag her little body toward Underworld Lake. Han Sen's heartbeat sped up, and he teleported over beside her and grabbed hold of her.

Han Sen sensed that a foreign power had wrapped itself around Bao'er's body, and it was towing both of them toward the lake.

"What a scary power!" Han Sen's face paled slightly. He didn't have time to think, so he simply summoned his peacock king soul robe and used all of his power to remain still. His legs dug into the lakeside soil.

It wasn't enough. Not even the powerful beast soul could prevent the malevolent force from pulling him closer to the lake. Han Sen's legs slowly tore a trench through the soil as he was dragged toward the lake.

Han Sen and Bao'er used all of their strength, and Bao'er's face flushed a deep red. But she couldn't fight off that power no matter how hard she tried, and she was on the verge of falling into the lake.

Han Sen was about to tell Bao'er to put away the little gourd, but he suddenly felt a new power latch onto him from behind. The powerful force launched them backward, almost yanking the Four Sheep Cube clear of the mist.

Han Sen looked behind, and with much shock, he saw that it was the sixteen little pigs. They had all lined up single-file, with each pig biting the tail of the next one in line. The little pig in front was biting Han Sen's soul robe, pulling him back.

Mysterious spellwork glowed on the forehead of each little pig, and a strange power was spreading amongst them.

Han Sen was shocked. This level of power should have been far out of reach for a mere King class being. Even after donning his Tianxia Peacock King soul robe, Han Sen had still been pulled toward the lake. But the sixteen little pigs were holding on just fine. That was a bit weird.

Han Sen didn't put too much thought into it, though. After all, he and Bao'er had been putting all of their strength into the effort. Perhaps they had only needed a tiny bit more power, and it just so happened to be provided by the sixteen little pigs. The little creatures probably weren't that strong.

The Four Sheep Cube was on the verge of being pulled out of the lake, and Han Sen could see the faces of the bronze sheep above the clouds. They almost appeared frightened.

"Very good! Let's pull you up so I can see what the hell you are." Realizing that their tug-of-war with the Four Sheep Cube was almost over, Han Sen started to get excited.

Every time they had failed to pull the statue free, the sheep heads had mocked him. That had always upset Han Sen.

The moment the Four Sheep Cube was lifted from the lake, Han Sen felt the tension on his hands loosen. Suddenly, Bao'er and the little pigs were all flying backward.

Pang!

The three-to-four-meter-high Four Sheep Cube came flying out of the clouds. It landed on the soil, one of its corners digging into the ground. Grass and soil sprayed everywhere, showering Han Sen and Bao'er.

"Ah, I finally got you out! So what on earth are you?" Han Sen merrily exclaimed. He lifted himself off the ground and approached the Four Sheep Cube.

Bao'er and the little pigs came up to see it, too. Han Sen, Bao'er, and the little pigs surrounded the Four Sheep Cube.

After walking around, Han Sen confirmed that the Four Sheep Cube was an ordinary bronze statue. He couldn't sense any lifeforce or power coming from it. It seemed dead and inanimate.

Han Sen looked at the four sheep heads, but their faces all looked the same. They had lowered eyebrows and half-closed eyes. They looked like frozen monks. They didn't seem to be mocking anyone.

"Weird. I swear I saw different expressions on their faces. Why aren't they changing now?" Han Sen used his Purple-Eye Butterfly to have a look, but he couldn't see anything strange about the statue. The Purple-Eye Butterfly's rewinding power didn't work on it, either.

"Is this thing dead or alive?" Han Sen wondered aloud, searching carefully for some sign of power from the statue. Despite its lack of response, Han Sen didn't believe that the statue was an ordinary bronze object.

Han Sen reached out his hand to tap his fist against the side of the Four Sheep Cube. The action produced a dong dong noise. The statue didn't look damaged at all. When Han Sen saw that, he became certain that this was no ordinary piece of bronze.

With his power, even treasures made from King class xenogeneic genes would break if he struck them. But the Four Sheep Cube was totally fine. That meant the material was special.

Bao'er jumped over to the Four Sheep Cube to get a better look. She said in surprise, "Dad, there are two fish!"

"Fish?" Han Sen asked. He flew to the top of the Four Sheep Cube and lowered his head to get a better view of the top of the Four Sheep Cube. It was full of water, and there were two goldfish inside. They were black and white.

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Chapter 2700 Sea Palace

Their heads were like those of a buddha, and their tails spread like butterfly wings. Their bodies were really fat and round. Other than their black and white coloring, they looked a little like lion head goldfish. They were swimming calmly around inside the Four Sheep Cube, undisturbed by their rough exodus from Underworld Lake.

Bao'er was squatting near the Four Sheep Cube. She put her hand down into the water, wanting to touch the fish. The fish were only a few inches below the surface of the water. She put her arm into the water up to her shoulder, but still, she couldn't touch those two goldfish.

Han Sen frowned. He pulled out his Ghost Teeth Knife and thrust at the white fish below the water. The white fish was so close to the surface of the water, but when Han Sen thrust the knife in, the blade sank completely into the water without getting any closer to the white goldfish.

The two fish inside didn't seem to know what was going on. They continued swimming around slowly.

Han Sen frowned. Ghost Teeth Knife generated a dangerous knife air that flew into the water once more. While that demonic-looking Fang knife air was capable of tearing through the fabric of space, it was unable to touch the white goldfish.

The white goldfish was still swimming around slowly. It didn't seem even remotely shaken by Han Sen's attacks, and the few inches of water above it was like the length of an entire solar system. No matter how scary Han Sen's knife air was, it couldn't go through the water to touch the fish inside.

"This Four Sheep Cube is so weird," Han Sen thought to himself. He reached out, grabbing the cube and toppling it onto its side. Water began pouring out of the top of the statue.

Water burst out like a flooded river overrunning its banks. The water poured out so quickly that it looked like it was going to form another lake, but the water level within the cube didn't seem like it was being reduced.

"What is this thing?" Han Sen thought, disturbed. The Four Sheep Cube was far too strange. Not even he could see or understand what it was.

If the statue was deified, it was still strange that Han Sen couldn't get a power reading from it. And if it was just an ordinary object, it shouldn't have been able to hold an ocean's worth of water.

Han Sen was lost in thought, so he didn't immediately notice that Bao'er had climbed to the top of one of the bronze sheep heads. She used her foot to stomp on it.

Clearly, Bao'er was more than capable of holding a grudge. She remembered each and every time the sheep had mocked her as they fell back into the lake of clouds. So, she wanted to step on the heads of the sheep to unleash the anger she had been harboring all that time.

But when she started stomping the head, she heard a "katcha katcha" noise. The sheep head had been raised, but it was pushed down by Bao'er's furious blows. The sheep head was lowered, as if it was about to take a bite of grass.

Bao'er was shocked by this, too. She hadn't thought the Four Sheep Cube was fragile enough to break after being stomped on.

Han Sen jerked his head up, immediately noticing the strange scene. The bronze sheep head had been stomped down by Bao'er, but the other three heads were still raised.

An ominous feeling rolled through Han Sen's stomach. Before, when he struck the statue, he thought it was a very hard object. He had been unable to leave a single mark on the object. Bao'er, however, had almost broken one of the heads when she stomped on it twice.

"If Bao'er didn't use some special power to do that, then the cube…" Before Han Sen could finish his thought, he saw the swimming goldfish suddenly accelerate.

As the two goldfish swam, the water started to splosh and spin until a whirlpool formed.

Han Sen realized this was bad. He grabbed Bao'er and turned to teleport away. He wanted to get as far away from the Four Sheep Cube as he could. But after picking up Bao'er, he realized he was too late. A powerful force of suction reached out of the cube and grabbed him and Bao'er. They fell into the whirlpool and quickly sank.

The 16 pigs got pulled in, as well. They were spun around inside the whirlpool alongside Han Sen and Bao'er.

Han Sen held onto Bao'er as he tried to escape, but the world around him had turned into chaos. When he finally managed to regain control of himself and pull himself out of the water, he froze. The Four Sheep Cube sat quietly beside him, and the two goldfish were once more swimming placidly through the water. The vortex had disappeared, and the sheep head that Bao'er had stomped on looked ordinary again. Just like the other three sheep heads, it was raised. Its eyebrows were lowered and its eyes were half-open. It looked as if nothing had happened.

The 16 small piggies emerged from the water, too. They lay on the frame of the cube as they shook the water off of their skin.

Nothing seemed to have changed, but the environment around them was completely different. Han Sen and the others had been on the shore of Underworld Lake only moments before, but now they were someplace else. As he looked around, Han Sen didn't even think that they were still in Outer Sky.

They were standing near a range of palaces. Unlike the palaces that could be found in Outer Sky, however, these palaces hadn't been constructed atop mountains. Rather, they were built across the surface of a nearby sea.

All kinds of different palaces stood across the seemingly endless sea. They were like islands, spread out across an infinite ocean. This place wasn't anywhere to be found in Outer Sky.

"What is this place?" Han Sen looked around. Aside from the palaces, there was nothing much to see. There didn't seem to be any living beings around, either.

The sea below them looked infinitely deep, but it wasn't like an ordinary sea. The sea wasn't blue; it was transparent like a crystal, and there were no waves. The water looked strangely quiet and still.

"Dad, the sun is weird." Bao'er lifted a finger to point at the sun in the sky. She looked at it with curiosity.

Han Sen hadn't noticed the sun, but now that Bao'er was pointing her finger at it, he looked and became just as shocked.

The sun was releasing light and heat, but it was so weird. Even calling it a "sun" was something of a misnomer. It was more like a clock in the sky.

The clock face held three needles, varying in length and thickness, which obviously represented seconds, minutes, and hours.

Although there were no numbers on the clock, the position of the needles seemed to be showing that it was 12 o'clock.

"A palace on a sea of silent water, where the sun is a clock… What kind of place have we come to?" Han Sen thought warily. He didn't trust this place.

The palaces floated calmly on the surface of the sea, although nothing seemed to be holding them aloft. Even the Four Sheep Cube was floating unaided on the surface. Everything around them was so quiet. Since they had arrived, Han Sen hadn't noticed a single sound or movement from their surroundings.

The two goldfish inside the cube were swimming. They seemed to be playing in the water.

As he looked around at the palaces spread across the sea, Han Sen wondered what he should do next. But as he did, he suddenly heard a sound from far away.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

In that moment, the air was filled with the sound of tolling bells. Han Sen turned his head up to the sky to get a look at the sun-clock. The three needles on the sun were pointing to the very top. For a normal clock, that either would mean it was 12 AM or 12 PM.

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Chapter 2701 Giant Prisoners

The sound of the tolling bells echoed across the vast ocean. It was extremely strange to hear so much sound in a place that had previously been so dead.

"Five times… six times…" Han Sen was silently counting each chime. He counted all the way to 12, then the bells fell quiet.

The moment the bells stopped, the doors of every palace opened wide. Some of the buildings looked like modern metal structures, while others were crafted like vintage castles. Regardless of their appearances, all of the palaces opened their doors at the same time, as if they had been rigged to do so automatically.

When the palace doors opened up, a sense of life came to the previously dead and barren ocean. Han Sen could even hear footsteps echoing from the nearest palace.

Even a person who was almost deaf could have heard those booming footsteps. Each one was like a small earthquake, and the sounds pressed against Han Sen's eardrums like a physical weight.

Those earthquake-like footsteps drew Han Sen's gaze toward the palace's door, and he soon saw something massive emerging through the open door frame.

It was a giant that was 100 meters tall. Although it was big, it didn't seem clumsy or awkward. Instead, it moved its massive body with grace, exuding a sense of explosive power with every motion. If the being wished to, Han Sen figured it could cast power with enough strength and speed to destroy an entire planet with ease.

Han Sen's brows furrowed as he noticed the manacles attached to the giant's hands and legs. It gave him the sense that this was a prisoner of some notoriety. The giant's eyes looked very dull, and it just stared forward into space.

Han Sen quickly realized that the giant he was watching wasn't the only one that had emerged. A giant now stood in front of every palace across that entire ocean.

All the other giants were bound hand and foot as well, and their eyes were lifeless. They stood quietly in front of their respective buildings.

"They have such large bodies. They aren't sinking, despite the fact that they're standing on the surface of the sea. The current seems to be moving them, though. They're all being pulled in the same direction." Han Sen hesitated. He wasn't sure if he should follow and see what was up, as all of this seemed like weird nonsense.

Outer Sky shouldn't have allowed a foreign object to conduct space teleportation, but the Four Sheep Cube had brought them effortlessly to this strange sea.

Han Sen had visited too many weird places in his time. So, even though this place was very strange, Han Sen wasn't too shaken. What caught him off guard, however, was the presence of those giants.

There was an incredible gravitas to the presence of the giants, and it made Han Sen wonder if they were deified elites.

But as Han Sen thought about it, he realized that he could see 200 or 300 of the giants. If they were all deified elites, he couldn't imagine what race they must have represented to have so many deified elites in their ranks.

Even more frightening, these power giants were being treated like prisoners. Their limbs were chained, and something was wrong with their eyes. Who could have imprisoned giants like these?

Han Sen wanted to go and find out, but he concluded that it would be too dangerous. If something had been able to trap those giants, it could likely detect Han Sen's presence, especially if he went looking for it.

"Never mind. Let's just find a way to leave this creepy place." Han Sen picked up Bao'er and returned to the Four Sheep Cube.

"You aren't going to go see?" Bao'er asked, looking at the giants that were drifting away on the currents.

"It's too dangerous. For now, let's just figure out a way to get out of here," Han Sen answered with a shake of his head. He walked over to the Four Sheep Cube. He remembered Bao'er stepping on one of the sheep heads, which triggered the whirlpool that had brought them to this place.

"Now, we have to take a risk." Han Sen directed the small pigs to go back into the pool of water in the Four Sheep Cube. He picked up Bao'er and jumped in after them, but not before stepping on one of the bronze sheep heads.

Katcha-cha!

When Han Sen's foot came down on the bronze sheep head, the two goldfish started to swim around like mad again. The water in the cube became a whirlpool once more.

"We must go back." Han Sen once more felt a magnetic force emanating from the cube. He and Bao'er were sucked into the cube and its whirlpool. The 16 little piggies were spinning around inside like mad, too.

When the water flow stopped, and Han Sen emerged from the cube, he realized with pleasant surprise that they were back on the shores of Underworld Lake.

"Is the Four Sheep Cube a teleporter? If that is the case, I wonder where it sent us. And what were those giants?" Han Sen looked at the Four Sheep Cube as he mulled these questions over. He continued to think to himself, saying, "This bronze sheep head gives me the ability to teleport. I wonder what the other three sheep heads do. Does each one provide a different function? Or will the others send me to different places?"

Han Sen gave the matter some thought. His curiosity regarding the object had increased immensely, but he didn't want to take too many risks. If his instincts were correct, those giants were deifieds. And if that was true, wherever they were going had to be very dangerous.

Based on that assumption, Han Sen imagined that the other three bronze sheep heads would lead him to someplace else that was dangerous, too.

Despite all his strengths and talents, Han Sen had a flaw. He could be too curious. He knew how dangerous that sea filled with giants could be, but now that he had discovered such a weird and mysterious place, it would drive him insane if he didn't go and find out its secrets.

"Bao'er, you stay here." Han Sen set Bao'er down, planning to visit the giant world alone.

"Dad, I'll go with you." Bao'er clutched Han Sen's leg, not wanting to let go.

"That place is too dangerous. I will go and scout ahead. If it looks fun, I will take you there." Han Sen had to comfort Bao'er for a while before she agreed to stay behind.

Han Sen took Bao'er someplace far away before returning to the Four Sheep Cube. He used his hand to press down on the sheep head.

Just like before, the two goldfish in the water started to swim in a swift circle. They created a whirlpool in the water that sucked Han Sen inside.

When Han Sen emerged from the Four Sheep Cube, he found himself standing atop that big sea again. The giants had all disappeared. He looked at the sun, and the clock was showing that only a dozen minutes had passed.

Boom!

Han Sen suddenly heard a massive explosion come from where the giants had gone. He could feel the spike of power coming from that direction.

As the power shook the air around him, Han Sen's face changed. He whispered to himself in a hoarse voice, "That shockwave… It feels like Break Six Skies. Are these giants the legendary Breakskies?"

Break Six Skies was the secret geno art of the Breakskies. The Destroyed were one of the few races with the blood of the Breakskies in them, but they were never as good as the Breakskies themselves.

The legends of the universe claimed that the Breakskies were unable to breed. So, the universe gradually forgot them. If they wanted to extend their bloodline, they had to interbreed with other races to create hybrid Breakskies, like the Destroyed.

If these giants really were Breakskies, then the story of the Breakskies' fall wasn't as simple as it initially seemed.

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Chapter 2702 Giants Move Mountains

Without hesitation, Han Sen followed the waves of the sea. He flew in the direction they were coming from. He didn't dare to teleport, though. He merely reduced his presence as much as he could and flew slowly.

Because teleportation caused ripples in the fabric of space, elites were likely to pick up on such a technique if he used it. That could allow the people he was tailing to notice his presence, which he was trying very hard to avoid advertising. It was better for Han Sen to fly in as slowly and quietly as he could. He wouldn't draw as much attention that way.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions sounded one after another. The strong shockwaves they emitted let Han Sen confirm that it really was the power of Break Six Skies. He had practiced Break Six Skies before, but he had never used it to create anything as powerful as the shockwaves that were now rolling by him. Whoever was using Break Six Skies right now was far stronger than he was, that was for sure.

"Are those giants really Breakskies? What are they doing here?" Han Sen was growing more and more suspicious of this whole situation. He wanted to teleport forward to get there with greater haste and see what they were doing.

The hyper scary Break Six Skies shockwaves might have suggested an obscenely dangerous battle was going on, but Han Sen couldn't feel any other powers or geno arts being used. If the giants were fighting some other group, Han Sen should have been able to detect some evidence of foreign powers.

"Are the giants killing each other, maybe?" Although Han Sen wanted to find out the truth, he still remained patient and flew forward slowly. He was careful not to rush.

The sea sloshed and danced like mad with the energy that was being released. Han Sen flew between the wild waves, figuring they were a perfect opportunity to hide and remain out of sight.

This sea was unimaginably weird. Han Sen had flown for dozens of miles, yet he hadn't seen a single piece of seaweed or ocean creature. This sea was like distilled water, manmade, and without a single speck of bacteria.

The palaces that floated on the surface were now far behind Han Sen. He had passed 300 of them as he flew forward, but that seemed to be all that there were.

"If each palace contained a giant, then that means there are 300 giants here. That is so many defied elites! That's almost as glorious as the legends I've heard of Sacred. What kind of people could have trapped these guys?" Han Sen was growing increasingly worried about this strange situation he had stumbled into.

Eventually, Han Sen saw a big mountain appear over the horizon. That mountain quickly swelled to block his vision as he flew toward it. It looked massive.

The giants, who were possibly Breakskies, had gathered at the foothills of the mountain. They were all swinging their fists to wallop the mountain.

Han Sen had been waiting for this moment. The shockwaves of their blows rushed over him, and he confirmed the nature of the power. It really was Break Six Skies.

But what surprised Han Sen was that they weren't fighting. They were using Break Six Skies to excavate the rocks of the mountain.

Three hundred giants, all in tight manacles, were like prisoners condemned to a mining camp. They punched the mountain, breaking away pieces of rock with a slow, steady rhythm.

The mountain looked grey, and Han Sen had no idea what sort of stone it was. Even though the giants were unleashing an insane amount of power as they worked, they only created a hole the size of one of their fists with each strike.

The 300 giants swung their fists with the implacability of machines, but the mountain was simply too massive. When the giants' progress was measured against the immensity of their task, it was obvious that they were barely making any headway.

"What are these guys doing? It isn't as if they're collecting the stones. Their punches are pretty much destroying the rocks, so they can't be after the stone itself." Han Sen eyed the mountain curiously.

Han Sen continued flying, checking out the nearby area. Aside from that huge mountain and 300 giants, Han Sen didn't see anything else of note. There was just water in every direction.

Han Sen inched closer to the mountain, but he did not dare get too close. He was worried there might be creatures lurking about that he couldn't detect.

He spent a while watching the giants, but even after a considerable amount of time, he couldn't understand what the giants were doing.

"Are these guys the heirs of Yu Gong? Are all of his children here, moving this mountain? Or does the mountain possess some kind of treasure?" Han Sen wondered with interest.

Han Sen examined the mountain more closely. God knew how long the 300 giants had been working there. They had only removed a small part of the mountain's foothills. If they were trying to make a tunnel, it would take years.

"The way they're striking seems like they're trying to move the mountain, not dig into the side of it," Han Sen thought with a frown. He decided that he should fly around the mountain. Perhaps he could find some piece of text carved into the mountain, or really anything that might shed light on this baffling situation.

Han Sen hadn't flown very far around the mountain when his eyes widened. He came to an abrupt stop.

A giant metal pillar had been pushed into the side of the mountain. It looked something like the Sky God Pillar, actually.

Even more strangely, the metal pillar had been rammed through the chest of a giant. It was pinning him to the mountain.

That giant looked stronger than the other 300 Breakskies that Han Sen had seen so far. Its armor was crusted with dull, dried blood. Its blood-matted white hair looked like a waterfall, but it also obscured the giant's face. What did he look like? Han Sen had no idea.

Han Sen couldn't sense a lifeforce within this massive creature, but he could definitely sense a presence. It was hard to describe. When Han Sen looked at the giant, he felt numb. Goosebumps flared across his skin.

The giant was a dead man pinned to a mountain, but Han Sen felt as if his presence could break the sun and the moon. It was like the sky and the ground would be forced to obey this monster.

"How can a dead man have this much power? How strong had he once been, then?" Han Sen's shock quickly gave way to confusion. "Are these giants trying to move the mountain so they can bring this body down? That is so stupid. Wouldn't it be easier to dig around the lance itself? If they follow their current path, they'll have to dig through almost the entire mountain in order to bring the body down."

Han Sen couldn't understand what the giants were thinking, and so he continued soaring around the mountain to see if he could find anything else.

He ended up disappointed. He flew around the mountain, but aside from the pillar and the giant corpse pinned to the mountain, there was nothing else to find."The giants have to be after that body, but the way they're digging into the rocks makes no sense. There must be a reason why they cannot bring the body down right away," Han Sen thought to himself.

Han Sen spent a long time watching them from afar. The giants kept using their fists to shatter stone. They did it would reprieve.

Han Sen made a calculation. At their current speed, it would take more than ten thousand years for them to bring the whole mountain down.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The bells in the sky rang again. Han Sen raised his head. The three needles were pointing north again. That meant it was 12 o'clock.

Upon hearing the bell, the giants striking the mountain stopped their work. They all turned and headed back the way they had come.

When the giants were gone, Han Sen saw something unbelievable.

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Chapter 2703 Horizontal Evil

The mountain that the giants had just been digging was slowly growing back. Every hole created by the fist of a giant re-filled, and the mountain itself actually expanded. Han Sen froze in place as he saw this.

To make sure he was seeing this correctly, Han Sen remained where he was for a while. The craters that the giants had made were becoming smaller and smaller. That meant his eyes weren't going funny; the mountain really was growing.

Buzz!

Han Sen was staring at it when he suddenly heard a high-pitch sonic sound. When that sound hit his eardrums, Han Sen's head became all blurry. He clutched his skill and tumbled down. He fell into the sea.

Han Sen quickly cast a power to deflect that frightening sonic power. He felt a bit better, but his head was still ringing. He couldn't completely block the sound.

Fighting his way back out of the water wasn't easy. His head had only just reached the surface when he could hear that sound clearly again. He realized that the sounds were actually coming from the metal pillar. The metal pillar spun like a drill bit, and the patterns across the metal pillar shone with a weird light. The lights spun with the metal pillar, carving into the scary giant's chest. Blood poured from the wound, splashing over the giant's armor and hair. The blood left red streaks over everything that it touched.

Han Sen only now realized that the giant's armor wasn't actually red. It had simply been dyed red by the blood pouring out of him.

Blood had clearly been soaking into the giant's hair for a long time, as well. Only the upper-portions of the creature's hair had avoided the blood spray and maintained their silver-white color.

Han Sen had thought the giant, impaled body was simply a corpse. However, as the metal pillar spun, Han Sen could sense the body trembling. It looked as if it was suffering unimaginable pain.

"That guy is alive!" Han Sen was in shock.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" Han Sen was thinking to himself. But then, he heard a sound. The metal pillar was still drilling brutally into the giant's chest, but with a thunderous noise, the frightening creature turned its head to look toward Han Sen. Its eyes peered at Han Sen through the unkempt hair. Although the giant was only looking at him, it made Han Sen feel extremely unsettled. The gaze was so intense that it almost felt like it was burning him.

The scary giant's voice shook while it spoke. It seemed as if it was suffering.

Han Sen couldn't imagine what the giant must be feeling at that moment. It would be worried if having a drill pushed into your chest wasn't excruciatingly painful.

"Who are you? And why are you here?" Han Sen flew backward out of the water. He tried to put some distance between himself and the giant, so he retreated to a careful distance before he spoke.

The scary giant continued to stare at Han Sen. He didn't look away. After a while, he said, "If you were able to come here, shouldn't you know who I am?"

"Why would I know who you are?" Han Sen asked, once he had fallen back a little further from the giant.

The scary giant looked shocked, and then he laughed, "If you don't know who I am, then that is great. That means you don't know who Sacred Leader is."

"You are Sacred Leader?" Han Sen was shocked. He looked at the giant with sheer disbelief.

When the giant heard Han Sen ask that, he looked shocked as well. He looked at Han Sen with a strange expression, and he didn't speak. It was like he was trying to figure something out.

When the giant fell silent, Han Sen asked again. "Who are you? Why have you been pinned to the mountain?"

The scary giant gave Han Sen a conflicted look. He said, "I am the Breaksky alpha."

Although he was pinned to a mountain and enduring torture, the scary giant sounded extremely proud when he said those words. It was like the whole universe had reason to look up to him, all because of that one simple fact.

"You are the alpha of the Breakskies? These giants are really Breakskies, then?" Although Han Sen had already guessed as much, hearing the scary giant admit he was one of the Breakskies still came as a bit of a shock.

"Yes. The others are all Breakskies, too." The Breaksky alpha froze and asked Han Sen, "Who are you?"

"Han Sen. I am a nobody crystallizer," Han Sen said, trying to be polite.

"Since when have the crystallizers developed bodies like yours?" The Breakskies alpha looked at Han Sen, but his face was impassive, and his thoughts remained hidden.

"I think you have been locked up for too long, and as a result, you don't know what has been going on in the wider world outside. The crystallizers are different these days." Han Sen then cocked his head to the side and asked. "Why are you locked up here? Why aren't your people saving you?"

"You are right. This is no longer the era of the Breakskies." The Breaksky alpha sighed and said, "If they hadn't tried to save me, they wouldn't be locked up here forever and forced to dig through a mountain each and every day."

"Who was able to trap you here? Was it Sacred Leader?" Han Sen asked.

The Breaksky alpha had mentioned Sacred Leader earlier, so perhaps there was a connection between the two of them.

Breaksky alpha shook his head. He started to say something more, but then his expression changed. He told Han Sen, "Quick! Hide in my hair or you will be dead."

Han Sen had already noticed that something wasn't right. Even the black crystal armor was releasing a sense indicating imminent danger. The Breaksky alpha wasn't lying.

Han Sen's body flashed away. He flew up to the alpha's shoulder, then climbed into the giant's hair.

"No matter what happens, you cannot release a single speck of your presence," the Breaksky alpha murmured. He stopped talking and turned to stare coldly up into the sky.

Han Sen buried himself in the giant's hair and reduced the sense of his presence. The black crystal armor released some weird sort of power that locked down his body. Han Sen's aura vanished until he couldn't even detect his own presence.

Suddenly, Han Sen felt a ripple flow through the space above them. Han Sen looked into the sky, and he saw something emerging from the area next to the sun-clock.

When he saw the shape of the descending body, Han Sen almost screamed. It was King Jun, the being he had seen on Planet Eclipse long ago. After he was injured, Han Sen hadn't seen him again. He couldn't believe he was seeing him again here, of all places.

"Horizontal Evil, have you given this some thought?" King Jun was wearing gold armor and a gold helmet. He looked like a god-king in the sky. His eyes were like lightning as they looked at the scary giant.

"It looks like your wounds have almost healed, and yet you have time to waste here every day. If you have so much time, why don't you try to find out who attacked you and made you like this?" the scary giant said.

Rather than being angered, King Jun replied with a voice full of cool spite. "Horizontal Evil, do you really want to be trapped here for all eternity? Do you want to see your people try to save you without rest?"

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Chapter 2704 God Area

"Even if you can endure the pain of this impaling punishment, are you willing to watch your people toil pointlessly for the rest of their lives? Do you want them to suffer in this place like a group of shambling corpses?" King Jun looked down at the scary giant from high above. He looked like he was on cloud nine.

Horizontal Evil was suffering constant torture, but he still managed to laugh. "Even if everyone abandons me, neither the living nor the dead will accept the Breakskies. So, what does it matter? Do you guys want Super Gene? Well, I'm not giving it to anyone."

Han Sen caught his breath when he heard that. Finally, another mention of the elusive Super Gene.

King Jun's face didn't change. He looked at Horizontal Evil calmly and said, "You are sacrificing yourself and your people for Sacred Leader's most treasured secret. Is it truly worth the cost? You are being tortured here. Did you not notice? All of your fellow Breakskies are going to die here with you. Where is Sacred Leader now? Did he ever express any desire to save you? Has he ever done anything for the Breakskies?"

"You don't have to keep talking. No one will extract any of Super Gene's secrets from me. Sky Armor failed before, and you, King Jun? You will fail, as well. Try harder," Horizontal said mockingly to his oppressor.

King Jun laughed at Horizontal Evil. He didn't lose his cool as a result of Horizontal Evil's taunting. With his holier-than-thou attitude firmly in place, he said, "I have all the time in the world. You should take your own time and think about it some more. However, I have come to visit you because there is something I wish to tell you. I'm going away for a while. When I come back, I will give you a small gift. It will surprise you, and I think you should look forward to it."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Horizontal Evil asked with a frown.

"You will know it when you see it. And I assure you, you will be very surprised." A weird smirk crossed King Jun's face. He then turned around, flew toward that sun that looked like a clock, and disappeared.

After a while, Horizontal Evil spoke to Han Sen in a gravelly voice. "You can come out now."

Han Sen rose out of Horizontal Evil's hair, feeling relieved. Fortunately, King Jun had remained unaware of Han Sen's presence through the entire conversation. God only knew what might have happened if his presence had been disclosed.

After King Jun left, the black crystal armor returned to its dormant state, as well. The alarms he was receiving from his senses and nerves gradually went quiet.

"You are only King class. How did you get here?" Horizontal Evil asked Han Sen. To him, half-deifieds and Kings were the same. There was no distinction between them.

Han Sen told him about the Four Sheep Cube, and after Horizontal Evil heard Han Sen's explanation, he frowned. "That means the Four Sheep Cube is a treasure that comes from the anti-material world. That is certainly quite strange. Perhaps that is the reason it sent you here."

"What kind of place is this? And who was that man?" Han Sen asked.

Horizontal Evil didn't answer Han Sen. Instead, he asked a question of his own. "Tell me about what is going on in the universe right now."

Remaining patient, Han Sen began to describe the state of the universe these days. Horizontal Evil listened to every word and asked a lot of questions. His face grew more and more concerned as the discussion went on.

Horizontal Evil eventually looked up at the sun in the sky and gestured for Han Sen to stop talking. "My time is almost up. You should come back tomorrow."

Han Sen was going to continue, but he then heard the bells chime. He raised his head and noticed that twelve whole hours had gone by.

The metal pillar stopped spinning, and its lights faded away. It returned to looking like a simple metal pole. Horizontal Evil's eyes slowly closed, and he looked as if he had slipped into a deep sleep. No matter how Han Sen tried to wake him, there was no response.

Not long after, Han Sen heard the Breakskies headed toward him. They didn't see Han Sen, and they got back to digging that mountain.

When Han Sen saw this again, he felt a sharp pang of sympathy in his heart. It was upsetting to see what they were forced to do, now that he had learned more.

"These Breakskies try to dig into the mountain every day. They are trying to save their alpha, but it is a task that they will never fully accomplish. Whoever set this up is unimaginably evil. Killing them would have been simple, but he wanted them to suffer this painful existence for the rest of their lives. It is quite scary to think about." Han Sen sighed. He didn't stay there any longer. He flew back to the Four Sheep Cube.

When he returned to Underworld Lake, he found Bao'er and the 16 piggies waiting there. They were all looking at Han Sen when he came back.

"Exquisite and Li Keer didn't show up while I was absent?" Han Sen asked, picking up Bao'er.

"No." Bao'er shook her head.

Han Sen nodded. That was one less thing to worry about. He tried putting the Four Sheep Cube inside Destiny's Tower, and he was able to slide it inside without difficulty. He let out a sigh of relief.

"If I have another chance in the future, I will go and visit that Horizontal Evil. Maybe I can get some secrets out of him. Going by what King Jun had to say, it seems Horizontal Evil has a fairly firm connection to Sacred Leader," Han Sen thought to himself. He then proceeded to think about how he might pry some more secrets from Horizontal Evil.

That wouldn't be an easy task. Horizontal Evil had been there for years, and he hadn't divulged his secrets to his tormentor, who was practically a god. Han Sen, on the other hand, was just a mere stranger. Building any semblance of trust between the two of them would be very difficult. It would be hard to extract secrets from the powerful Breaksky.

Han Sen practiced on the shores of the lake for half a day. He was going to wait twelve hours before traveling to that mysterious world and visiting Horizontal Evil again, but before his time to go had arrived, he saw someone flying toward him.

"Uncle Yu," Han Sen said, raising an eyebrow when he saw the shape of the man. Yu Shanxin was riding a crane toward him.

Yu Shanxin dismounted the crane. He stepped up to Han Sen with a smile and asked, "The thing that the leader wanted you to do, how has it been going so far?"

"What do you mean? Sky Palace Leader didn't ask me to do anything," Han Sen said, pretending to be surprised.

Yu Shanxin nodded and said, "You are being very careful. That is how you should be, but you need to find that woman. Quickly."

When he heard that, Han Sen believed Yu Shanxin really was aware of what Sky Palace Leader had asked him to do. He raised a hand in surrender and said, "After coming to Outer Sky, I haven't had the chance to meet many of the Very High. How am I supposed to locate my target?"

Privately, Han Sen was thinking, "And even if I had met many of the Very High, I can't just strip them down to reveal whether or not they have a birthmark near their heart."

"This is a very tricky situation, but I believe you have what it takes," Yu Shanxin said with a smile.

"What do you mean by that? And why can't you do it?" Han Sen frowned.

"This is your task, not mine. I have other things to do." Yu Shanxin smiled and went on to say, "Right. If there is nothing more, in a few days, Exquisite and Li Keer will take you to the god area. You better behave yourself."

"The god area? I am just a half-deified. How will I go to the god area?" Han Sen asked in consternation.

He had heard of the god area before. It was a very special xenogeneic space, rather like the core area. While only Kings could go to the core area, the god area was a xenogeneic space reserved for deifieds.

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Chapter 2705 Bao Lian

"The Very High have a way for you to enter the god area. But your reputation could hurt you there," Yu Shanxin said with a laugh.

"What does reputation have to do with going to the god area to hunt xenogeneics?" Han Sen didn't understand.

Yu Shanxin's smile was grim. He told Han Sen, "In the god area, they have more than just primitive xenogeneics. They have all kinds of deified-level xenogeneics. Even a super-strong half-deified will find themselves at the bottom of the god area food chain. Killing xenogeneics in the god area will be exceptionally difficult. Taking 10,000 steps backward, even if you could kill them, you shouldn't have to go to the god area. Outer Sky already has many xenogeneics. In fact, they probably have more than live in the god area, so the silkworms shouldn't have to go to the god area."

"Then why are they spending so much effort on taking us there?" Han Sen asked, even more confused.

Yu Shanxin laughed. "Simple. They want us to fight other deified elites."

When Han Sen heard that, he almost laughed in disbelief. "No way! Other deifieds are harder to deal with than deified xenogeneics. If I can't kill deified xenogeneics, how am I supposed to deal with deified elites?"

"Good question. Normally, we wouldn't have the power to fight the deifieds of another race. But with the Very High, things are a little different," Yu Shanxin said with a smile.

Now Han Sen understood. The Very High had a particular purpose for pitting them against other deified warriors. It was training, in a twisted way.

Considering that the silkworms were valuable to the Very High, the deifieds of other races would go easy on them. They wouldn't kill silkworms like Han Sen.

And the silkworms could fight against fighters from other races, allowing them to increase their knowledge and power. They could gain more experience by doing this. They would basically be using deifieds from across the universe as sparring partners. Only the Very High would dare to attempt such an audacious plan.

"What if we run into a grumpy deified? There might be some deifieds who don't respect the Very High enough to avoid killing us. What would we do then?" Han Sen asked with confusion.

Although the Very High were powerful, there was no chance that every single person respected them. If Han Sen ran into someone who disliked the Very High for some reason, his little vacation to the god area could prove quite deadly.

Yu Shanxin tilted his head at Han Sen. "Have you forgotten what silkworms are? To the Very High, we are considered tools. And if a tool breaks, it can be replaced."

After pausing, Yu Shanxin said, "Plus, many of the deifieds know this about the Very High. If they refused the Very High's request, it would cause problems for them. Some of them are quite eager to teach us, the chosen of the Very High, a good lesson. They might not want to kill us, but they would rather enjoy making us suffer. When you go there, you must be prepared."

"That means we are going to the god area to get our butts kicked?" Han Sen had a wry smile.

"That is close enough to the truth, but fights like these will help to steel our will and improve our combat abilities. Many half-deified silkworms become deified in god area fights. I guess that can be considered the silver lining." Yu Shanxin shrugged, then waved casually to Han Sen. "I'm leaving. You need to hurry up with the task that the leader gave you. Four years is neither a long nor short amount of time. Either way, you should get it done as soon as possible."

Of course, shortly after Yu Shanxin and Han Sen had this conversation, Li Keer and Exquisite showed up at Underworld Lake. There, they told Han Sen he would need to go to the god area to practice.

Han Sen had prepared himself, so he readily agreed. But because of this, Han Sen didn't have another chance to go and see Horizontal Evil.

The god area was accessed in a similar way to the core area. A person had to generate substance chains, and then they could push open the god area door. Han Sen and most of the other silkworms hadn't yet generated substance chains, but the Very High had a geno fluid that would allow them to generate substance chains for a short period of time. That way, they could enter the god area sooner than would be possible if they relied on their natural ascension process.

The Very High could also use a special connection to the silkworms to follow their silkworms to the god area.

But because creating this geno fluid was difficult, each silkworm was only granted three vials of the stuff. That meant that until Han Sen became deified, he could only go to the god area three times. So, each time he went to the god area, he would have to stay there as long as he could before exiting.

After Han Sen used his first vial of geno fluid, his power didn't increase. Changes began to occur throughout his body, though. He was able to generate a substance chain.

It was more of an image, in truth. While it had the structure of a substance chain, it lacked a deified level of power. Han Sen's personal strength didn't increase after he drank the fluid.

The process of opening the gate to the god area was the same as opening the core area door. The only difference was that Li Keer and Exquisite could also enter the god area door that Han Sen opened. They stepped into the god area alongside Han Sen.

"The god area looks the same as the regular universe." Han Sen found himself standing on a grass field. He looked around. He thought the god area and the universe looked similar.

The biggest difference was the fact that the land around him seemed to stretch as far as he could see in every direction. There didn't seem to be an end.

"You have just come to the god area, so you aren't familiar with this place yet," Li Keer said. "When you see a god spirit storm, you will realize how scary the god area can actually be."

"What is a god spirit storm?" Han Sen asked.

"The god area doesn't have any xenogeneics, usually. They only show up when a god spirit storm arrives. Xenogeneics only appear in such storms. So, that will show you the brutal reality of the god area. If there weren't any god spirit storms, you could treat this place like a holiday hotspot." Li Keer laughed.

As they were talking, someone came flying through the sky toward them. Han Sen had a look at who it was, and he noticed it was a deified Extreme King.

"Are you the Extreme King known as Bao Lian?" Exquisite asked.

"Who are you?" The deified Extreme King looked at Exquisite with confusion.

"We are Exquisite and Li Keer of the Very High. Greetings." Exquisite and Li Keer greeted the man.

Bao Lian heard the words "Very High," and he seemed to remember something. He smiled and asked, "You two are ladies of the Very High? Do you need anything?"

Bao Lian said that, but he looked at Han Sen instead. He was obviously aware of what Li Keer and Exquisite wanted him to do. He recognized Han Sen, as well.

It was difficult for people of the Extreme King not to recognize Han Sen. He had killed a prince, defeated an elder, and kidnapped King Bai's favorite son, after all. There were many in the universe who might not recognize Han Sen at first glance, but most of the Extreme King did. Their hatred for him ran deep in their hearts.

"I heard that Han Sen had become a silkworm of the Very High. I can't believe he has shown up in the god area so soon. And here I am, meeting him. This is a great chance for me," Bao Lian thought to himself. His eyes flashed.

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Chapter 2706 Life and Death is a Matter of Fate

Bao Lian wasn't planning on killing Han Sen in front of the Very High, but he wanted to use this opportunity to teach him a lesson. There was nothing the Very High could say against that.

But Bao Lian was aware that Han Sen had the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze. Even Meng Lie had been frozen by Han Sen and left to dangle in the sky. The Extreme King had spent a great many resources resuscitating Meng Lie after that gross defeat. In addition, Bao Lian was just a primitive deified. He wouldn't dare try to take on the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze if it was used against him.

"We have brought Han Sen to the god area for practice. I hope you can teach him a thing or two, sir," Li Keer said.

"If you are both asking this of me, then I would be remiss not to help out. But if we use weapons, someone might get hurt. I suggest we don't make use of treasures. What do you both think of that?" Bao Lian said with a smile.

"What you say makes sense, Mr. Bao." Exquisite could see through what Bao Lian was thinking, but she still agreed with his suggestion.

If they didn't agree, Bao Lian might refuse to fight against Han Sen. And if treasures were allowed, Han Sen probably wouldn't gain as much battle experience. For Li Keer and Exquisite, that would defeat the point.

As far as whether Bao Lian would try to kill Han Sen, Exquisite wasn't worried about it. Bao Lian was just a primitive deified. Even though he wouldn't be using treasures, Han Sen still had God's Wander. That in itself was very good. It wouldn't be difficult for him to escape danger if the need for flight arose. With the two of them near, as well, it was unlikely Han Sen would be killed.

Han Sen had no opinion on the matter. He was more interested in finding out the difference between his current strength and that of a primitive deified.

Bao Lian, seeing Exquisite agree, smiled and said, "In that case, I can help you."

Han Sen knew what Bao Lian was thinking, as well. But he didn't address the matter. He walked up to Bao Lian and looked the man over. "What is your connection to Bao Qin?"

When Han Sen said the name Bao Qin, and it made Bao Lian's face run cold. He said in an icy voice, "Bao Qin is a family member."

"Ah, you guys are family? That is good. I never did get to wrap up matters with him, the last time we met. If you are from the same family, allow me to exact my vengeance through you. Sins of the family, and all," Han Sen said.

"Of course, I feel the same. But what do you mean by vengeance?" Bao Lian asked, laughing darkly.

"To exact my vengeance, I think it is only right that we fight for our lives. You don't have to worry about the rules. Use everything you have at your disposal. Life and death is a matter of fate, after all," Han Sen said.

"Huh? You're going to use the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze to fight me?" Bao Lian looked at Han Sen and spoke in a hard voice. He didn't think Han Sen would be nice enough to let him kill him if things ended up that way.

Han Sen didn't speak. He took off his Apollo Set and handed the garb over to Li Keer. He then passed the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze to her.

"Just like before, I will not use treasures. You, however, can use whatever you like," Han Sen said to Bao Lian after he finished divesting himself of treasures.

Bao Lian looked at Han Sen with confusion. He had no idea what Han Sen was thinking, but whatever it was, it looked like the man was committing suicide. But Han Sen didn't look like someone who wanted to die. He must have had a trick up his sleeve, Bao Lian figured.

"What? An Extreme King deified is scared of a bare-handed half-deified?" Han Sen looked at Bao Lian with a wolfish smile.

"I'm just afraid these two ladies might disagree." Bao Lian grunted as he looked at Exquisite and Li Keer.

"If this is his decision, then we cannot interfere," Exquisite said.

She and Li Keer could read Han Sen's mind, so they didn't need him to explain his intentions.

"In that case, please don't take what is about to happen as a show of disrespect to the Very High." Bao Lian's eyes shone with a godly light. He peered at Han Sen as substance chains unfolded around him like petals. They wrapped him up.

Han Sen didn't move, but he pushed the power of The Story of Genes as far as it would go. He looked at Bao Lian and said, "Do it. If you let me strike first, I'm afraid you will be unable to fight back."

"If you want to die, then I'm happy to fulfill your wish." Bao Lian was filled with fury when he heard Han Sen's boasting. He looked murderous. But he didn't lose his cool. He opened his fingers wide and looked at Han Sen.

A giant lotus flower substance chain appeared next to Han Sen. The petals fluttered open, as if they were ready to snatch and throttle Han Sen.

Han Sen teleported away. Like the wind, he slipped out of the attack.

Bao Lian's power looked like blooming flowers. Wherever his attacks went, lotuses would appear. It made Han Sen appear to be dancing across a sea of flowers.

Han Sen was calm. He traveled around the sea of flowers, not being harmed by Bao Lian's substance chains.

"Han Sen's battle power has improved. The deified Bao Lian isn't even making him break a sweat," muttered Li Keer. She was shocked whenever she read Han Sen's mind and saw how cool he was.

Exquisite nodded and said, "It looks like the fight against the Red Blood Demon helped him grow a lot. It is a shame we were unable to see the details of that fight. If we could, it would have helped us a lot."

"It is fine. In the god area, we are bound to meet many more elites. There will be plenty more chances for us to learn," Li Keer said.

"This isn't the same. Fighting against the Red Blood Demon was a real deathmatch. In this god area, the other elites are going to go easy on Han Sen because of you and I. Han Sen won't get much out of it. His life isn't really on the line." Exquisite paused for a bit, and then she went on to say, "This fight will probably help Han Sen a good amount, though. If you and I pay close attention, we are bound to get something out of it."

Li Keer nodded, and then they both stopped talking. They were trying to focus on Han Sen's feelings and learn how his mind worked during a fight like this.

Bao Lian's heart was pounding. He realized that he had no clue how to stop Han Sen. His speed and power were greater than Han Sen's, but his opponent still seemed to know everywhere he was going to attack. Han Sen could always dash to safety and render his attacks void.

Han Sen was more than disappointed with his enemy. He was up against a primitive deified, but Bao Lian was far weaker than the Red Blood Demon. Their power levels might be similar, but the Bao Lian's will and combat experience were far inferior.

"The Red Blood Demon really did possess a true god mind. He was nothing like an average primitive deified." Han Sen realized he was now fighting a proper primitive deified. Although he wasn't stronger, it wouldn't be easy for a primitive deified to keep Han Sen under their thumb. If all four of his geno arts were elevated to half-deified, he could probably take down a primitive deified with relative ease.

Bao Lian couldn't suppress Han Sen. His face had reddened with rage and embarrassment. He was a deified of the Extreme King, and yet he couldn't suppress Han Sen, who wasn't even using any treasures. It would be embarrassing if people learned about this.

Bao Lian saw Exquisite and Li Keer staring at the fight with expressionless faces. He thought to himself, "If Han Sen has a death wish, then I will kill him even though he is with the Very High."

With that thought, Bao Lian stopped hesitating. His forehead shone with a god light. A white lotus flower appeared on his brow, and it began to spin around and around.

"Finally, it's here. I wonder what Bao Lian's King body can accomplish." Han Sen had expected this to happen, and so he watched Bao Lian closely.

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