Ultragenic Warlord

Chapter 966: Forceful Means

Hong Tianqi sighed. "Alright, you're right. I won't be able to accomplish anything major with regards to this war. Can I share this news publicly?"

Hong Tianqi intended to share the information about the third realm at the next meeting of the united world federation.

That such a mythical war was unfolding within the third realm wasn't something Hong Tianqi alone could handle. The whole of the world federation had to discuss this event and react accordingly.

Zhang Lie smiled. "Of course it's not a problem."

He hung up, then asked Zhang Hong about the current situation on Mars.

By then, the members of the Zenith Dojo had already finished cleaning out the last of the bugs remaining on Mars, and they were helping out with the subsequent rebuilding. Most of the disciples had already returned, and the rest were remaining on Mars voluntarily.

The mass production of the superior-grade limit-breaking potion had begun, and many of those disciples who had exchanged for that potion with the points they had earned had already obtained them.

There was little in the Zenith Dojo that required his attention at the moment. Smiling, Zhang Lie returned to the third realm, by which time a day had passed. The draconian sage teleported to his side immediately.

"The neighboring worlds have all sent envoys to seek our protection."

The 'neighboring worlds' that the draconian sage referred to were those that had been invaded by the members of Team Zenith and the warlords.

Zhang Lie smirked. "They finally believe us now, do they?"

These worlds had dragged out the draconian sage's request initially, but now that the danger was nigh, they had no choice but to seek assistance from the draconian world.

Zhang Lie certainly didn't have any precognitive abilities—he was simply drawing from his experience from his past life.

The worlds that had been invaded had few forces to their name, and they would be incapable of meeting the superior worlds' request on their own. Most of their forces had been committed to fending off the warlords and members of Team Zenith.

However, neither could they refuse the superior worlds' request. Whatever aliens they could muster would be a weak force indeed, and there would be no hope for their survival against these death spirits from a superior world.

As a result, their only chance of survival was to form an alliance with the draconian world, which boasted exceptionally strong forces like the members of Team Zenith and the warlords of the Milky Way.

The draconian sage asked, "Do you want to meet them personally?"

Zhang Lie replied, "Let them wait. When I tried to reach out to them before, they did all they could to delay our meeting. If they want the protection of the draconian world, they should work for it."

The draconian sage nodded. "Indeed—they do need some sense knocked into them."

Zhang Lie continued, "Right, Sage, have you considered evolving the draconian world into a superior world?"

"Yes, but didn't you say that it wasn't the right time for it when I brought it up?"

"During the war between the death spirits and the other superior worlds would be rather good timing."

The draconian sage thought about Zhang Lie's suggestion. "Is there any danger to that plan?"

"Of course, but not during the war itself. The danger will come later, once the superior worlds have won."

The draconian sage seemed open to the idea. "Let me consider it in more detail first."

"I'll leave the proofs of kingship I obtained over this period of time with you. Once you make up your mind, you can choose whether or not to evolve the world yourself."

Zhang Lie tossed the proofs of kingship he had been keeping in his soulspace to the ground. There were so many of them that they formed a small mountain before him.

Ever since Zhang Lie obtained monarch gene fragments and the members of Team Zenith their peak limit fragments, he had no reason to fear the kings of superior worlds any longer. In fact, Zhang Lie was eagerly anticipating potential fights with superior kings in the future.

The draconian sage jumped up in shock upon seeing all the proofs of kingship before him.

"Th-this many?" Just how many worlds had the members of Team Zenith and the warlords conquered in the meantime?

After handing all those proofs of kingship to the draconian sage, Zhang Lie returned to his house and rested. Given his current strength and gene fragments, Zhang Lie didn't need to rest at all, but he did so as a form of meditation and preparation before a huge battle.

After ten continuous hours of meditation, Zhang Lie's body reached peak performance. He opened his eyes to find the members of Team Zenith present with a group of aliens from other worlds. He headed to the entrance and opened the door. "What's going on?"

Sun Mengmeng sighed. "Captain, we were just about to find you."

Yang Ze cried out in exasperation, "Captain, deal with these fellows, please! They've been bugging us all day!"

Glancing at the disparate aliens who weren't native to the draconian world, Zhang Lie had a guess as to what they were doing here.

"They're seeking the protection of the draconian world in the upcoming war, aren't they?"

Sun Mengmeng nodded immediately. "Do you know why they've come to speak with you, Captain?"

"More or less."

They were unable to meet with the draconian sage, so they sought out the members of Team Zenith. The members of Team Zenith were unable to make such an important decision on their own, so they sought out Zhang Lie.

One alien representative called out, "You were the ones who destroyed our world's forces! That's why we're unable to field an army of sufficient strength for the upcoming war!"

Zhang Lie sneered. "Whoever said that can scram. I won't work with someone like that."

Fang Yi snorted. "You might not be able to deal with these superior worlds easily, but do you think it's much easier for us?"

A formless aura pressed down on the alien representatives, causing them to shut up. They barely dared to breathe.

Zhang Lie nodded. "I understand your struggles. The superior worlds sent out notices with very little warning, and it's difficult for all of you to face such an enemy without preparation."

A bold alien representative spoke up. "We had no choice but to come over and seek out the draconian world for help. As aliens, you might not understand how threatening the superior worlds might be. None of us can go against them."

The hunters of the Milky Way might not know much about the superior worlds, but the inhabitants of the third realm knew quite a bit about them.

The other aliens nodded. "Even the envoy wasn't someone any of us could dare to offend."

One alien exaggerated, "Allegedly, a large world in the past once offended a superior world. In no less than a day, the entire world was eradicated—leaving no trace of it behind."

"One of our neighbors was impolite to the envoy that showed up, and half the world was destroyed..."

The other aliens all looked at each other in fear.

It looked as though Li Zongming had used brute force to transmit the message to the worlds under his jurisdiction more quickly—but if it were a superior world of antiquity, the entire world might have been annihilated, not just half of it...