Super Gene Hunting Ground

Xiao Ling truly felt a bit distressed over those seven hundred million Crystal Coins.

Her family wasn’t exceedingly wealthy; being able to send her to Flying Leopard Academy for cultivation was already challenging. After she broke through to the Empire Level Primary Level Realm, she voluntarily gave up further cultivation and sought a teaching position for new students at Flying Leopard Academy.

If Xiao Ling wanted to continue evolving like others and break through to the Empire Level Advanced, the Crystal Coin resources needed would exceed tens of billions.

The higher you go in Genetic Evolution, the resources required for each attribute value increase are astronomical.

Flying Leopard Academy’s Primary Academy Department has over ten thousand people, but the Advanced Academy Department has only a few thousand. Apart from talent issues, a crucial reason is that typical wealthy families can’t bear such a massive resource consumption.

Ordinary wealthy families see their descendants reach the Empire Level Primary Level Realm as mission accomplished. If they wish to continue enhancing Genetic Evolution, they must work hard to earn Gold Coins and gradually improve themselves.

This is much like university students in Earth’s Xuanming Country, where they can find work after completing undergraduate degrees.

Xiao Ling returned to the special viewing gallery on the podium for mentors, sitting down beside Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao glanced at Xiao Ling, noticed her tense expression, and smiled:

”Looking at you like this, I guess you’ve spent a fortune?”

Xiao Ling didn’t want to worry Yang Xiao, so she deliberately smiled and said:

”No big deal, just a few billion Crystal Coins. As long as it can change your fortune, I’m willing to sell myself.”

Yang Xiao: ”...”

At this moment, a Vice Dean named Zheng Nan from Flying Leopard Academy stood up from the podium and whispered a few words in front of Dean Xinghai, nodded, and then leapt into the air.

”Everyone, please quiet down!”

The powerful voice carried a strong pressure, rippling through the sky above the playground like waves, making everyone’s eardrums vibrate.

Many from the lower academies felt a buzzing pain in their heads and immediately covered their ears.

The previously noisy playground instantly quieted down.

”Everyone is gathered here today to watch a life-and-death challenge match initiated by Qin Xiaotian from the Advanced Academy Department, and the challenger is Yang Xiao from the Primary Academy Department. The rules allow for the use of weapons and cultivation techniques, with life and death responsibility on oneself.

Before the match, as today’s arena host, I have a few words to say,

Although the academy has a tradition of challenge matches, everyone’s life is equal and precious. Regardless of the conflicts that have arisen, the academy hopes everyone can resolve them calmly and peacefully. Don’t stand on this challenge arena unless absolutely necessary,

Even if you stand on the arena today, I still advise the two parties involved to show mercy, and if you can spare each other’s lives, it’s better not to kill,

The heavens have virtues of life, may everyone enjoy peace and progress.”

These words from Vice Dean Deng Nan were quite persuasive, and after hearing them, the crowd of ten thousand immediately applauded warmly.

”Alright, now let’s welcome today’s challenger, Qin Xiaotian, to the stage!”

After Deng Nan finished speaking, they heard a whistling noise as a figure soared into the sky, slowly descended in the center of the playground.

Qin Xiaotian wore silver brocade, had handsome and resolute features, a tall and slender build, stood like a jade tree in the wind, exuding extraordinary aura.

Qin Xiaotian bowed and clasped his fists towards Vice Dean Deng Nan:

”Greetings, Vice Dean Deng!”

Deng Nan nodded and said:

”Qin Xiaotian, as the challenger initiator, I want to ask you: if you are given the chance to retract this challenge, would you do so?”

”I wouldn’t! A blood debt must be repaid with blood, Yang Xiao killed my brother. I must kill him today to avenge my brother!”

Vice Dean Deng Nan nodded, then loudly declared:

”Now, let’s welcome the challenged, Yang Xiao, to the stage.”

Yang Xiao was about to stand up when Xiao Ling suddenly grabbed Yang Xiao’s hand, emotionally shouting:

”Yang Xiao!”

Yang Xiao felt Xiao Ling’s hand trembling, so he gently smiled and patted Xiao Ling’s shoulder.

”Don’t worry, and remember to pick up the bet you purchased later. I bet it will be the largest amount of money you’ve earned in your life.”

Yang Xiao stood up, leapt into the sky, and landed in the center of the playground next to Vice Dean Deng Nan.

Deng Nan glanced at Yang Xiao and said:

”Yang Xiao, according to the academy’s challenge rules, you have the right to give up this challenge. However, you must pay a certain price: in front of everyone, kneel in front of Qin Xiaotian, bow your head in apology, and accept his insult and punishment. Will you do that?”

Yang Xiao smiled, boldly saying:

”I, Yang Xiao, kneel to heaven, to earth, to my ancestors, parents, and loved ones, to all living creatures. As for kneeling to someone like Qin Xiaotian, even unto death, it’s impossible.”

Yang Xiao’s words were filled with righteous determination, and upon hearing it, the audience immediately erupted in thunderous applause.

Even Vice Dean Deng Nan revealed an appreciative expression towards Yang Xiao.

On Witch Star, a Genetic Evolver’s integrity and courage are equally admirable, earning the respect of those around them.

Otherwise, no matter how high your Genetic Evolution Level is, without integrity and courage, it’s difficult to gain recognition and respect from the public.

Yang Xiao received the audience’s applause, making Qin Xiaotian feel awkward, and his inner anger burst forth.

”Hmph, Yang Xiao, stop using cheap talk. I’m looking to see how much integrity you really have. Even if you beg me on your knees, I won’t spare you.”

”Hehe, come on, if you have the skill.”

Yang Xiao showed no signs of weakness.

Deng Nan also knew that the two of them could not reconcile, and immediately announced loudly:

”The life-and-death challenge match between Qin Xiaotian and Yang Xiao begins now.”

After saying that, his figure flashed, and with an instantaneous movement, he appeared outside the central playground. The staff had already activated the defense light screen system, and with a ”buzz” sound,

a fifty-meter-high defense light screen instantly rose from the playground ground, enclosing the entire field.

Through the transparent defense light screen, everyone could clearly see Yang Xiao and Qin Xiaotian standing inside.

The playground, filled with more than ten thousand people, fell into silence.

”Yang Xiao, prepare to die!”

Qin Xiaotian shouted angrily, his figure flashing, and grabbed at Yang Xiao through the air.

As soon as Qin Xiaotian made his move, Yang Xiao felt a strange sensation, with the space in front of him suddenly rippling. Dozens of vine-shaped things, each as thick as arms, broke through the air and wound towards him.

Startled, Yang Xiao quickly retreated.

He didn’t expect that Qin Xiaotian wielded a Plant Beast Soul, completely different from his brother Qin Yue’s two-headed giant lizard.

With one move, Qin Xiaotian’s figure flashed, and he hovered in mid-air, chasing after Yang Xiao, and from fifty meters away, he displayed the plant soul skill cultivation technique through the air.

Dozens of arm-thick vines, equipped with sharp spikes, surged towards Yang Xiao ferociously.

Yang Xiao, during his time on Earth, had seen the Plant Soul Skill cultivation techniques of Feifei and others. This technique focused on entanglement but also possessed formidable lethality.

Qin Xiaotian’s speed was very fast and combined with his ability to attack from a distance, his thorny vines almost chased Yang Xiao relentlessly.

For several minutes, Yang Xiao and Qin Xiaotian chased each other around the playground,

Qin Xiaotian shouted loudly,

”Kill!”

Extending his arms, his divine sense exploded. Instantly, within a ten-meter radius of Yang Xiao, the space was covered with thick vine tentacles,

these robust vines, equipped with sharp dagger-like spikes, surged towards Yang Xiao from all directions at once.

The surrounding space violently rippled, the void being torn apart by hundreds of giant thorns, killing aura surging.

This move was called the Four-sided Ambush, a formidable skill from Qin Xiaotian’s plant soul system cultivation technique. Many people found it difficult to escape from this move. Once trapped by his Four-sided Ambush, there was only the fate of being slaughtered.

In the stands, Dean Xinghai, Vice Dean Deng Nan, and Gu Qing from the Genetic Store all nodded in approval of Qin Xiaotian’s Four-sided Ambush.

Qin Xiaotian’s father Qin Chuan, mother Wanyan Li, uncle Qin He, and others together loudly applauded.

Qin Xiaotian had always been the pride of the family and the hope for the Qin family’s future. Qin Chuan and others had high expectations for him.

Xiao Ling felt a sudden jerk in her heart, her hands clenched tightly, palms full of sweat.

Elsewhere in the stands, Yelu Caiyun, Yelu Qing, Bing’er, Gao Lou, Chen Cangshan, and about ten other classmates and friends of Yang Xiao sat together, each with accelerated heartbeats and tense breathing.

On the playground stands, those who bet on Qin Xiaotian’s victory naturally cheered loudly, overjoyed at the potential to divide tens of billions of Crystal Coins among them if Yang Xiao lost.

Meanwhile, those who bet on Yang Xiao winning were full of regret, estimating that they were destined to lose this time.

Hundreds and thousands of massive thorny vines surged towards Yang Xiao from all directions, converging into a giant spherical shape, enveloping Yang Xiao inside.

”Oh!”

The crowd gasped in surprise,

It seemed that Yang Xiao couldn’t escape, given the significant gap in their Genetic Evolution Levels.

Qin Xiaotian was also quite excited, not expecting Yang Xiao to be so easy to deal with.

With a loud shout, his divine sense expanded once more, and all the thorns suddenly closed in on the center. If successful, he could directly strangle Yang Xiao within this massive thorny sphere.

Just as everyone thought Yang Xiao was about to be crushed by Qin Xiaotian’s thorn sphere, a voice from ancient times echoed from the horizon,

”Hum—”

Everyone’s hearts trembled upon hearing this call.

Following that, there was a massive explosion,

”Boom!”

The previously contracting massive thorny sphere suddenly burst apart,

The crowd saw only a giant beast tail sweeping out from the thorn sphere, shattering all the thorny vines to pieces.

The giant beast tail did not lose its momentum, roaring towards Qin Xiaotian in the air, stirring up a storm.

Everyone, including Dean Xinghai, was taken aback,

”Damn, there’s such a move?!”

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