Ultragene Warlord

Chapter 1532: Xiaowu Appears

Although Sun Mengmeng didn't know what the lotus was, nor that it was an incredible tool for cuckoldry, she had a premonition that something terrible would happen if she allowed herself to be struck by the lotus spear, a fate worse than death.

This was the keen intuition she had honed as a woman.

The sky was filled with Qingyue Ge's lotuses, and her hands and feet had been secured. Even if she were to use her fire-attuned genetic energy, it would only be absorbed as nutrients by the lotuses.

Sun Mengmeng closed her eyes tightly. "Save me, Captain!"

Zhang Lie unleashed his dragonturtle transformation.

The image of a dragonturtle manifested behind Zhang Lie, and his water-attuned genetic energy turned heavy, sluggish, and a dark yellow color. Ripples of genetic energy spread out all around him like mud. Those attacking him ended up stuck in the mud, and their actions turned sluggish, almost stalled.

Zhang Lie's genetic energy was imbued with the power of gravity, and those around him were particularly susceptible to being trapped in localized gravitational wells.

Taking advantage of that momentary opportunity, Zhang Lie raised an arm high into the air once more, and the image of a dragonturtle manifested behind him. "[Rune: Gravity]!"

Black ripples emanated from the gravity-altering tablet, forming a localized region of distorted gravity. Qingyue Ge's actions grew sluggish from the sudden increase in gravity. He stumbled and almost fell; Zhang Lie waved his hand and sent the tablet crashing down toward him.

"Stop being a bother!"

The lotus flowers glowed with light. Beneath the golden glow, the hidden corpses and bones creaked. Even gravity could be absorbed as essence.

Qingyue Ge slowly stood up once again. He held the lotus in his hand up high.

The lotus roots beneath Sun Mengmeng's feet rippled in gold, absorbing the flames that exploded from her body and transforming it into energy for the golden lotuses all around her. The lotus flowers grew madly as they reached for the dragonturtle tablet overhead and managed to support its weight.

A large, mud-yellow hand emerged from the ground and reached out, grasping at Zhang Lie.

The black-clad woman was actually making use of the terrain that Zhang Lie had created with his genetic energy to launch her own attacks.

It was clear that she had great affinity for earth and the ground.

The mud-yellow hand was overgrown with black orchids, and transformed into a beautiful hand of black flowers.

Although they gave off a pleasant scent, their presence felt somehow vile. They were clearly no ordinary orchids.

"[Rune: Control]!"

Zhang Lie's left hand waved toward Qingyue Ge, and the tablet of flotation landed.

Black ripples emanated from the two gravity-altering tablets, forming a localized region of distorted gravity.

The regions of localized gravity and lack thereof temporarily restrained Qingyue Ge's movements.

Meanwhile, his right hand clenched into a fist.

Even before he punched forward, the world shook, and the altar trembled. The floor beneath his feet quaked.

"[Fists of the Silent Sea: Quake]!"

He released his fist, and gravity changed all around him. Quakes vibrated through the floor, which cracked. The cracks propagated outward through the altar, causing a huge fissure to form by Zhang Lie's feet.

By then, Qingyue Ge had gotten used to the change in gravity and was mobile once more.

The lotuses slowly approached Sun Mengmeng as Qingyue Ge's gaze filled with greed. "Soon, you'll be mine."

Fang Yi was the closest to Sun Mengmeng. He wanted to save her, but Leiting Ya stalled him.

Leiting Ya laughed madly. "Haha, I love seeing such shows in action. That woman likes your captain, doesn't she? It looks like the son of Divinity Qinglian wants to do something to her. I can sense it—my blood's frothing! I'm not going to let you interfere."

"Scram!"

Fang Yi thundered, waving his spear madly at him. Fang Yi launched his spear, crackling with wind and lightning, with incredible force. The golden spear sent wind howling and lightning flashing through the sky.

With his spear, he invoked chaotic energy in the form of lightning and raging wind. The spear left hundreds of afterimages in its wake.

Leiting Ya's shield of vital lightning was torn apart, but he had no intention of dodging the blow. He blocked it with his very body, allowing the spear to penetrate him as vital lightning crackled around him and healed his injuries.

Vital lightning wasn't very potent for offense, but it was one of the most annoying defensive options.

Fang Yi was trapped with Leiting Ya for the time being, and the others wouldn't be able to make their way over in time.

The other hunters were too far away and likewise trapped by their opponents.

At the final moment before impact, a ray of golden light arced across the air.

An aura of intense strength emanated from the heavens and shattered the golden void.

"[Goldenscale Palm]!" In conjunction with a loud shout, golden light emanated from an arm covered in a dense layer of golden scales. A frightening shockwave of energy shot through the altar, and a punch landed on Qingyue Ge's face.

Qingyue Ge was sent flying, his head cocked to the side. He spat out a mouthful of blood on the altar and cried out, "You intend to betray our client?"

Everyone looked toward the cultivator who had just made a move, the cultivator in gold wreathed in golden light and wearing a golden mask.

Yang Ze smiled. "As I expected."

Qingyue Ge roared, "Are you crazy?"

The man with the black blade frowned. "You dare betray our client after witnessing his strength? I'm not sure whether I should think poorly or well of you."

"Betray?"

The man wreathed in golden light slowly took off his mask. The golden light faded away from his body.

The man in dark green robes, seated before the pillar of light, was taken aback.

The revealed face was intimately familiar to Zhang Lie and the members of Team Zenith.

"Don't be ridiculous. I was never one of you to begin with!"

The golden man was, of course, Sun Xiaowu.

"I, Sun Xiaowu, have been a member of Team Zenith from the beginning!"

Zhang Lie laughed. "Xiaowu, you really hid yourself well."

None of them had realized his true identity. Sun Xiaowu had acted on just the right timing to save his sister.

The cultivator with the golden lamp gaped. "So you've finally revealed yourself..."

"I pretended to work with your lot only in order to figure out what you were doing and to act at a suitable moment." Sun Xiaowu landed before Sun Mengmeng and cut apart the lotus roots binding her, shattering the lotus underneath her and freeing her.

Qingyue Ge's plan, moments from success, was completely destroyed.

Qingyue Ge roared in frustration like a snarling dog pushed to his wit's end.

"Do you know the consequences of betraying our client?!"

Sun Xiaowu gave Qingyue Ge a thumbs up, as well as to the man in dark green robes high above the altar behind him.

"Why should I care? No one's a match for our captain, at any rate."

"All those who go against me will pay a price!" Qingyue Ge howled, igniting the entire sea of lotus flowers.