Ultragene Warlord

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The demonic bats that Zhang Lie controlled flew into the air, but they were easily struck down by the mantises.

They screeched, but all their sound waves could do was disorient the mantises for a moment.
If the mantises managed to get close to them, the bats would die.

The bat king finally took to the air.
Its shrill screeching caused a large number of mantises to implode.
Blood and forelegs rained down from the sky.

Suddenly, with a blinding flash of light, part of the bat king ’s wings was cut off.
A blood-red mantis appeared behind the bat king.
It was about the size of a human—smaller than the other mantises, but more than an order of magnitude faster.

The superior-grade bat king was about to open its mouth to launch another sound wave, but the red mantis chopped its head off before it could do so.

The superior-grade bat king ’s body fell from the sky.
The red mantis darted through the flock of bats, killing every bat it touched.

”[Fists of the Silent Sea: Soar]! ” Zhang Lie sent a fist flying into the sky, genetic energy rushing out of him like a flood.
The frightening aura swept over the mantises and caused them to drop from the skies.
The red mantis, with its extreme speed, avoided Zhang Lie ’s punch and began to counterattack.

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

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

The blood-red mantis darted faster and faster, leaving countless afterimages in the air.
It swiftly closed in on Zhang Lie, lifted its forelegs wide in an attempt to behead him, and—that was it.

The moment it met Zhang Lie ’s gaze, its eyes took on a rainbow sheen.
The red mantis suddenly became petrified.
With a wave of Zhang Lie ’s hand, the red mantis immediately darted off respectfully.
The remaining mantises in the sky all fled, but Zhang Lie didn ’t give chase.

There were still quite a few bats left.
They weren ’t very strong, but Zhang Lie didn ’t intend to let them go.
If he were to do so, they would immediately return to the cave and terrorize the alien race on the other side of the wormhole.

He had the bats scavenge for firewood as he roasted some of the fallen mantises.
The bats had their fill, and, curiously enough, so did the blood-red mantis.

Zhang Lie enjoyed his meal to the pleasant chime of notifications in his head informing him that he had gained more and more gene fragments.

Zhang Lie: a disaster-grade lifeform

Framework: Foundation, Lv.
MAX; Ninecarp Transformation, Sixth Form: River Dragon Techniques: Rippling Walk (pinnacle), Three-Wave Crescendo (pinnacle), Calm Waters (advanced), Fists of the Silent Sea (pinnacle), The Boundless Blade (pinnacle), Eclipse (pinnacle), Syzygy (pinnacle),  Ninesoul Dragonblade (advanced), …

Genes: Basic, 10; Mutated, 10

Soulshards: White Grub (superior), Blood Ant (superior), Potbellied Toad (mutated), Eternalspring Cocoon (superior), Dragonwolf (superior), Moonlight Wyrm (peak), Golden Roc (peak), Mistmeld Clam (disaster)

After finishing his meal, Zhang Lie proceeded deeper into the city.
He quickly heard some sounds coming from the distance…