Ultragenic Warlord

Chapter 1025: A Chance Encounter

From Zhang Hanxiang's perspective, the ground was filled with rocks the likes of which could be seen everywhere. The metallic luster to the material that the shards of glass had transmuted into was subtle and couldn't be discerned easily.

Zhang Lie attempted to infuse his genetic energy into the material, causing the black, metallic material to erupt with light. Fire, life, the ocean, time, wind and storm, metal—all those disparate sources of energy were simultaneously activated. The fist-sized black metal gave off a glow reminiscent of the sun.

The explosion of energy startled Zhang Hanxiang and Hong Xi, sending them flying. Zhang Hanxiang asked, "What is this?!"

The energy was even intense enough to scorch Zhang Lie's palm and burn off his skin. Given his status of life, Zhang Lie was able to regrow that skin within a single breath, but it showed just what the black metal was capable of.

Although it had exploded on Zhang Lie's palm, and although Zhang Lie hadn't defended against it at all, Zhang Lie was an existence that could kill a superior king. The intensity of the energy that had come from this material was enough to wound a superior king. Given that this was only a fist-sized chunk of material, the energy it possessed was immense.

Zhang Hanxiang and Hong Xi brushed themselves off as they stood back up. "Brother, what was that?!"

Zhang Hanxiang and Hong Xi were standing relatively far away, and Zhang Lie had suppressed much of the outburst. Even so, Zhang Hanxiang and Hong Xi had been sent flying—and Zhang Lie realized that, even with his current strength, he was unable to suppress the explosion completely.

Zhang Lie tossed aside the chunk of black metal. "Haha, I've found a huge treasure!"

Such a huge transformation couldn't have been effected by the remnant energy from the Potions #4 that the members of Team Zenith consumed.

Although their frameworks' attunements had somehow seeped into the metal, what had caused the transformation must have been something else entirely—likely the burst of world's energy upon the evolution of the draconian world from a large world to a superior one.

Because of the Potions #4 that the members of Team Zenith had consumed in this region, the metal had been infused with all sorts of strange abilities, including black fire that burned hotter than regular flame, mastery over time, over wind and storm... and even karmic force.

All sorts of strange and unusual energies had left their traces on the black metal, but given enough time, this energy would quickly dissipate. However, the draconian world had evolved into a superior one before the remnant energy from the Potions #4 vanished.

As a result, during the process of evolution, the remnant energies triggered some sort of unusual resonance with the black metal and fused to it to produce a strong and frightening source of energy.

This sort of energy was simultaneously chaotic and stable, a contradictory combination.

It was chaotic because it was composed of all sorts of strange and unusual energy, without any dominant form or behavior. In some sense, the combination was itself a material in its own right.

The moment genetic energy was infused into the metal, it would explode, but it would be inert otherwise. This was why Zhang Lie considered it stable.

The appearance of the black metal resulted from a series of rare coincidences. If the same situation were repeated, the black metal might never have formed—or the energy could even have dissipated and caused a cascading reaction that destroyed the entire region, forcibly halting the world's evolution.

In the worst-case scenario, the chain reaction might even cause the world to implode, destroying the draconian world and the worlds in its vicinity.

It was lucky that the energy had somehow remained inert enough to survive the evolution of the world, and the resulting black metal was an unbelievable treasure.

Zhang Lie was extremely excited. It was as though he had just discovered the equivalent of natural gas and coal in the dimensional realm.

All industrial revolutions on Earth had arisen because of energy; the discovery of this black metal would lead to a similar revolution in the third realm—or at least, in the draconian world.

They had just found an energy source for the death spirits' battleships,and it was eminently possible that the draconian world would be able to reproduce them.

Zhang Lie would possess the strongest force among all the worlds of the third realm, the fleets of battleships that the death spirits possessed. To be able to mass-produce these ships, which each boasted the strength of a superior king, would elevate the humans to a ridiculous extent in terms of power.

No longer would Zhang Lie and the others have to bow down to the superior worlds of antiquity, and even the strongest superior king, the king of chaos, wouldn't be so fearsome if Zhang Lie had the ability to mass-produce these battleships.

Blue genetic energy gathered around Zhang Lie as space vibrated. The ripples spread out over his arm. As he flicked his wrist, a frightening aura began to emanate from his body.

The skies suddenly darkened as a fish the size of a whale materialized in the air.

Zhang Hanxiang jumped up in shock. "Brother, what are you doing?"

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Upon seeing Zhang Lie's sudden attack, Hong Xi also grew alert.

"Could there be an enemy nearby?"

Hong Xi cried out. "For an enemy to have approached... why hasn't the draconian sage given us any warning?"

Zhang Hanxiang began to sweat. "There's only one possibility: the draconian sage has been killed."

Hong Xi was struck dumb. "The draconian sage is dead?"

A howling gale swept over the glassy region. As more and more genetic energy gathered around Zhang Lie's arms, it looked as though he were at the heart of a whirlpool.

Hong Xi shook her head repeatedly. "No, there's no way! The draconian sage is the king of a superior world himself. I heard other aliens state that superior kings are godlike existences! Don't you remember how we encountered Nightdemon on the battlefield? He's a superior king too—no, just a clone of one. When the spatial storm struck us all, he easily nullified the threat."