Chapter 538: Chapter 538 Bone Forging (Part 1)
That night, Long Wei and Long Yu held another meeting in the office on the top floor of the Wentian City International Hotel. In addition to summarizing the results of the martial arts tournament, the focus turned back to Yang Xiao.
"According to the arrangement of the Fourth Prince, the top three winners of the Xuanming District competition will participate in the Wuji District martial arts exchange competition. Everyone has seen our district’s current situation, and our overall strength is still decent, especially Yang Xiao, who has just broken through to the Enhanced Gene Primary Level and likely has enormous potential for evolution. Once he can break through to the King Level, I think he could achieve quite a high ranking among the Evolvers in the entire Wuji District."
"However, we should not underestimate the other contestants from the Wuji District. During my last visit to Ice Wolf Island with the Fourth Prince, I saw the fusion of Samurai Way and Genetic Evolution, which was impressively powerful."
"Is Yang Xiao somewhat peculiar? Without evolving to King Level, he has defeated two King Level opponents in succession. Does he qualify as a Mutant among the Genetic Evolvers?"
"Looking at the current situation, Yang Xiao should be considered a super Evolver, and the genes in his body are worth our research."
"Should we report to the Fourth Prince immediately and let him decide whether to send Yang Xiao to our planet for research at the Genetic Evolution Research Institute?"
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Yang Xiao returned to his room, took a relaxing hot bath, and thought about the potential changes following the tournament.
Li Jiachen from the Eastern Province had been killed by him. He should immediately take control of the entire Eastern Province after returning, gaining access to the ocean. In Yang Xiao’s reasoning, the resources provided by the mutated giant fish in the ocean far exceeded those on land, although currently, people lack the skills to enter the ocean and hunt these mutant fish. Perhaps opportunities will arise in the future to harvest more evolutionary resources from the ocean.
Jiang Tao, the King of Luoying City, was also killed by Yang Xiao. However, taking over both the Eastern Province and Luoying City Province at the same time seemed to be a stretch in terms of military resources.
The longer the front, the more troops are needed, and the more overstretched he would become.
Weighing the pros and cons, Yang Xiao decided to personally lead troops to take over the Eastern Province immediately upon returning and temporarily give up on Luoying City. After securing the Eastern Province, he would consolidate forces to capture Luoying City and Han Capital, as well as parts of Kongming City.
Once Yang Xiao controlled the provinces of Kongming, North City, East City, and Luoying City, his strength would rank in the top three in the Xuanming District, only behind Gu Beifeng of Wentian City and Du Tianxing of Magic City, outperforming both the South King and Tibetan King.
But even with control over four provinces, Yang Xiao still felt insecure. Above him loomed a powerful, terrifying, and mysterious extraterrestrial organization monitoring him.
During the closing ceremony of the martial arts tournament, Long Wei, Long Yu, and around ten people dressed in black, each of them far more powerful than Yang Xiao, sat there, robbing Yang Xiao of any joy in victory.
He felt like he and Gu Beifeng were just fighting cocks; no matter how powerful or how many opponents they defeated, they were always just chickens whose lives could be snuffed out at any moment by others.
This feeling greatly irritated Yang Xiao.
The next morning, Yang Xiao and others arrived at the six-floor hall, where Long Wei and Long Yu were already waiting.
Long Wei stood up from his seat and loudly announced:
"This martial arts tournament has shown impressive performances from everyone. After fierce battles, the top three have been determined. They are Gu Beifeng, Du Tianxing, and Yang Xiao. As per our earlier reward agreement, I will give each of them a Genetic Evolution Pill, which will enhance their evolutionary space by at least one rank."
Under envious, jealous, and resentful gazes from the crowd, Gu Beifeng, Du Tianxing, and Yang Xiao received a black bottle from Long Wei.
Long Yu smiled and said:
"This Genetic Evolution Pill is very precious. Even among our own ranks, it is not something that everyone can just obtain. Only those who have accomplished great deeds will have the chance to receive such a reward. You three must cherish this opportunity."
Gu Beifeng immediately exclaimed loudly:
"Thank you, Master Long, and all the seniors for your generous kindness. We will definitely cherish this opportunity and strive hard in our cultivation and evolution."
Du Tianxing, seeing this, exclaimed, "Damn, Gu Beifeng really knows how to brown-nose," and quickly added:
"We surely will not let down the expectations of the seniors!"
Yang Xiao opened his mouth but didn’t speak.
Long Yu glanced at Yang Xiao and nodded, saying:
"You three will represent the Genetic Evolvers of the Xuanming District in the grand genetic evolver martial arts tournament on Ice Wolf Island. So, after you return, you must diligently cultivate and accelerate your genetic evolution."
Everyone was stunned. They were going to Ice Wolf Island for the tournament?
Yang Xiao asked:
"Master Long, when are we going to Ice Wolf Island?"
"The date hasn’t been set yet. Once it is decided, the Genetic Store in your respective areas will be notified, and they will inform you. For now, everyone can leave. The Genetic Store downstairs will provide you with a teleportation gateway back to your cities. You can stay in Wentian City for three days, but must leave within that time frame. Also, Yang Xiao, Gu Beifeng, and Du Tianxing, please stay behind."
The others looked at the trio enviously, and walked out of the hall feeling helpless.
Yang Xiao and the two others looked at Long Wei and the rest, unsure of the reason they were asked to stay.
Long Yu laughed:
"Don’t be nervous. There is naturally a benefit in keeping you three. In the future, you will represent the Xuanming District in the Level 5 State Region Evolver martial arts tournament. We, as officials of the Xuanming District, would be embarrassed if you three placed last. Wouldn’t we?"
Yang Xiao and the others were inwardly shocked, thinking it seemed that some benefits were about to be distributed.
"You three participated in the training in Magic City last time. I see that your skin is like jade and your Body Refinement has achieved minor successes. I will spend three days teaching you the Second Rank of the Genetic Transformation Technique, the Bone Forging Technique."
Gu Beifeng and Du Tianxing were immediately overjoyed. Hindered by their evolutionary bottlenecks, what they needed most was the Genetic Transformation Technique. Both had persisted in practicing the Body Refinement Realm acquired last time, but it seemed to have little effect in enhancing their genetic evolution space.
With the upcoming training in the Second Stage of Bone Forging, it should be a considerable help.
"Master Long, if we practice Bone Forging, can we advance to the Primary Stage of the King Level?" Gu Beifeng asked.
After both had reached the King Level, despite consuming countless Genetic Potions, they had only managed to elevate each of the Four Attributes by 2 points and couldn’t advance any further. Filling up the 10-point attribute requirement of the Primary Stage of King Level seemed virtually impossible.