Ultragenic Warlord

Chapter 634: A Problem Resolved

Zhang Lie responded to a different question entirely. "I guard the alcohol tribe."

The beast tribe's chieftain's eyes glinted with murderous light. "And you aren't afraid of my beast tribe?"

"Sir, you're a clever man. Why stay with the alcohol tribe?" asked the chieftain's eldest son, riding on a toad.

Zhang Lie began to laugh. "And why not? Why should I listen to the likes of you—a mongrel, trash worse than a mongrel, and the son of that trash?"

The beast tribe's chieftain was unable to rein in his anger any longer. "Attack!"

Zhang Lie's lips curled up as he snapped his fingers. White, Whiter, and Red Comet rushed out into the beast horde.

Red Comet darted straight at the snakewolf, zipping around it and inflicting wounds all over its body before the snakewolf could react. White and Whiter pounced toward two of the superior-grade lifeforms in the horde, striking in unison.

Zhang Lie shook his head. "Brash and arrogant, without the strength to back it up."

The tamers of the beast tribe were strong fighters in their own right, even ignoring their beasts.

The superior-grade leopards were having a hard time vanquishing their opponents, but Red Comet dominated the snakewolf. Even among peak-grade lifeforms, it was one of the strongest around.

The beast tribe's chieftain was unable to do anything about Red Comet; it moved so quickly that he couldn't react to its motion in time. His face dark, he muttered, "To think you're a tamer yourself, too."

"Ha! I'm more skilled at manipulating people than beasts." Zhang Lie's eyes glowed with a rainbow gleam. He intended to wrest control over the snakewolf, but the beast tribe's methods were uncommonly effective—for the first time, his compulsion failed.

Instead, Zhang Lie struck at the beast tribe's chieftain, capturing him in a dreamscape almost immediately. He had the chieftain control his snakewolf and attack the other superior-grade beasts of the beast tribe, causing his eldest son to cry out, "Father, what's gotten into you?!"

The beast tribe's chieftain slammed a huge punch into his son, knocking him off his toad and onto the ground.

The chieftain's son was barely fighting on equal footing with White, ? and when the chieftain suddenly knocked him down, the toad he controlled froze up. That was White's chance, as well as Zhang Lie's.

"[Fists of the Silent Sea: Quake]!" Zhang Lie's technique was faster than even Red Comet's movement. He struck the snakewolf before it could react, ripples of water and spatial distortions striking its body head-on.

The snakewolf's body trembled, and then collapsed.

[You successfully killed a peak-grade snakewolf. By consuming the flesh of the peak-grade snakewolf, you may receive one to ten peak gene fragments.]

Of course, this was the result of fine control on Zhang Lie's part. ?The snakewolf's organs had all exploded under the impact of Zhang Lie's punch, but its skin remained intact.

After Red Comet lost its target, it hovered into the air and began striking at the other superior-grade lifeforms nearby instead. It honed in on a white bird controlled by the chieftain's eldest daughter, who didn't notice Red Comet's presence.

As though predicting what was about to happen, Zhang Lie suddenly shouted, "Hey, leave the birdbrain intact!"

A beam of blood shot into the air, slicing off half of the white bird's wing. As blood-red light criss-crossed in the air, the chieftain's daughter and the white bird fell from the air, diced into cubes.

Red Comet clutched the bird's head with its forelegs and brought it safe and sound to Zhang Lie, whereupon Zhang Lie rubbed at his temples. "No, that's not what I mean!"

Red Comet cocked its head. He put down the bird head and returned with the head of the chieftain's daughter.

"Alright, alright, that's enough! Stay away from me."

White wasn't doing very well; the tables had turned. The superior-grade toad's body was wounded all over, but its skin and blood were poisonous. White's mouth and teeth were all starting to decay, and purplish-green poison dripped down its mouth. The toad was wounded, but it seemed as though it would survive the ordeal—until Zhang Lie struck and killed it with a single punch.

[You successfully killed a superior-grade sac toad. By consuming the flesh of the superior-grade sac toad, you may receive one to ten superior gene fragments.]

At the same time, Red Comet finished off the chieftain's eldest son.

The battle ended very quickly. When the other tamers of the beast tribe saw how strong Zhang Lie and his three genetic lifeforms were, they didn't dare fight back.

With their chieftain dead and three of the strongest tamed lifeforms killed in a flash, the other tamers began to run off. Zhang Lie shook his head. He had Red Comet clean up the battlefield while he finished off the regular- and mutated-grade lifeforms—he still needed to max out those gene fragments.

Red Comet flew fast and killed even more quickly. With every flash of red light, it decapitated another head. The tamers screamed; their beasts howled. Some of the tamers, scared stiff, dropped to the ground on jellified legs and begged for mercy, but Red Comet ignored them all. As it swiped and swiped, the tamers of the beast tribe continued to fall.

Zhang Lie was also enjoying himself. With every punch, he heard the pleasant chime of the will of the world's voice.

[You successfully killed a regular-grade ghost wolf. By consuming the flesh of the regular-grade ghost wolf, you may receive one to ten regular gene fragments.]

[You successfully killed a mutated-grade sabre leopard. By consuming the flesh of the mutated-grade sabre leopard, you may receive one to ten mutated gene fragments.]

[You successfully killed a regular-grade blackwind mantis. By consuming the flesh of the regular-grade blackwind mantis, you may receive one to ten regular gene fragments.]

[You successfully killed a regular-grade black spider. By consuming the flesh of the regular-grade black spider, you may receive one to ten regular gene fragments.]

[You successfully killed a mutated-grade white dragontiger. By consuming the flesh of the mutated-grade white dragontiger, you may receive one to ten mutated gene fragments.]

Zhang Lie strode through the battlefield like a god of war. His body was drenched in blood, and a smile decorated his face. Every punch rippled with genetic energy, killing whatever lifeforms it struck.

The fighters of the alcohol tribe had gathered to fend off the onslaught, only to find that they were completely unnecessary.

The battlefield was filled with debris, the scattered corpses of the beast tamers and carcasses of genetic lifeforms. So concentrated was the stench of blood and offal that it wouldn't clear away for three whole days.

Those of the alcohol tribe grew more fearful and respectful of Zhang Lie, submissive in the light of his strength and simultaneously fearful because of it.

Zhang Lie had long since grown used to those gazes.

With the battle concluded, Zhang Lie had the alcohol tribe bring a large pot over to cook the lifeforms' carcasses and prepare a feast for one and all. Zhang Lie's orders were carried out with the determination and urgency of an imperial edict. The entire tribe mobilized, cleaning the carcasses and getting to work.

Very quickly, the tribespeople's fear of Zhang Lie's strength morphed into festive joy as they realized that their nemesis was gone for good. The beast tribe, which had assaulted their home and forced them to flee, had been decimated in battle.