Feng Lin was already surrounded.
The flying car scrapyard was piled high with mountains of wrecked vehicles and metal parts, the paths chaotic and maze-like.
Four figures stood at the four directions, closing in, leaving no room for escape.
In the darkness, pairs of eyes gleamed with aggression, scanning Feng Lin from head to toe like sharp blades, as if trying to pierce through his body and leave no secrets uncovered.
The atmosphere grew eerie and oppressive.
This was a desolate wasteland where no one came; no matter what happened, it would hardly cause a stir.
Feng Lin’s expression remained calm, but a faint, cold smirk tugged at the corner of his lips.
That Luke had chosen to meet in such a place—clearly, his intentions were malicious.
What a coincidence!
He had been thinking the same thing!
Meeting in such a remote spot suited him just fine!
That way, no matter what he did, he wouldn’t attract unnecessary trouble by making too much noise.
Heh heh heh…
Slap, slap!
The four dark figures quickly approached, each of different height and appearance.
“Captain, is this the Feng Lin you mentioned? Just a brat!” A deep, rumbling voice came from a towering figure over three meters tall, who stepped out of the darkness first, revealing himself. He was a burly man in combat armor, his face full of rough flesh. He looked down at Feng Lin, who seemed tiny in comparison, and sneered maliciously, “But the kid’s got guts, actually daring to meet our Iron Blood Combat Squad alone. You know our squad is one of the best within the Revolutionary Army! Should I call him ignorant, or just plain stupid?”
“Mang Hu, don’t underestimate him! His strength and physical resilience are no less than yours!” A familiar voice came from behind the giant. Luke stepped out, still wearing his traditional Martian robe.
“Him?” The giant laughed scornfully, his eyes widening like a fierce tiger staring at its prey, as if he wanted to devour Feng Lin whole.
Feng Lin’s gaze was indifferent, ignoring the man, and turned to the other two figures.
One was a man in tight-fitting gear, carrying a conspicuous beam sniper rifle, his eyes narrow and sharp like an eagle’s. The other was a seductive woman with a curvy figure, wearing a tight, revealing shorts and top, her waist as sinuous as a snake’s, incredibly alluring. Her exposed skin was adorned with the unique, exotic tattoos of Martians, exuding a wild, sensual beauty.
Though these four had vastly different appearances, they all shared an aura of fierce, oppressive power—a pressure of life force.
If an ordinary person faced these four, they would likely be intimidated before the fight even began.
But to Feng Lin now, it felt no different from a gentle breeze.
Without a doubt, these were all interstellar cultivators with life force levels of at least 10.
Feng Lin’s mind stirred, recalling that Luke was the captain of a Martian Revolutionary Army combat squad. Connecting this to what the giant had said earlier, were these his team members?
Why hadn’t Snake Boy shown up?
Afraid he was just an apprentice cultivator who would hold them back? So only four gene cultivators came?…
A sneer of deep contempt curled at Feng Lin’s lips.
This setup clearly meant trouble was brewing!
“Feng Lin, you’re a man of your word! You actually came. Tell us the secrets of Giant Pharmaceuticals! The Martian Revolutionary Army can recruit you as a member!” Luke said with a smile.
“Recruit me as a member?” Feng Lin squinted, a dangerous glint in his eyes, and replied with a question instead of an answer, “Huh? That’s not what we agreed on. Wasn’t it supposed to be: I tell you the secret, and you arrange for me to leave Mars?”
“No, no, no!” Emboldened by his numerical advantage, Luke smiled lightly, “Feng Lin, I only said I’d arrange for you to leave, but I didn’t say when. In fact, we desperately need your talents. We need you to stay undercover at Giant Pharmaceuticals and work as our inside man! Once you help us wipe out Giant Pharmaceuticals, we’ll send you back to Earth immediately, and you’ll be handsomely rewarded.”
He made an outrageous demand, asking Feng Lin to risk his life as their mole within Giant Pharmaceuticals.
The four members of the squad looked at him with mocking eyes, confident they had leverage over Feng Lin and unafraid of his refusal.
“You’re going back on your word!” Feng Lin’s eyes narrowed.
Luke wore a slightly smug smile, “No, Feng Lin, you can only blame yourself for being too outstanding. The capable do more work!”
Feng Lin chuckled coldly, “Do you think I’m stupid? If you leak the secret of my betrayal, and I go back to Giant Pharmaceuticals, wouldn’t that be suicide?”
Luke laughed, thinking Feng Lin was giving in, “Don’t worry! Since we want you as our inside man, we’ll definitely keep your secret! No one else knows about it except the four of us! I didn’t even tell that reckless Snake Boy!”
Hearing this, Feng Lin smiled and muttered to himself, “Then I’m relieved!”
“Good, be at ease!” Luke nodded with a smile.
But then Feng Lin walked straight toward him without a word, his eyes icy and ruthless, his entire being like a treasured blade slowly unsheathing, revealing a chilling edge.
“What are you doing?” Luke sensed something was wrong, a feeling of impending doom washing over him. “Watch out!”
Before the words had even faded, Feng Lin moved. His life force of 45.8 instantly activated, propelling him forward like an arrow from a bow, swift as lightning.
Luke roared in anger, “Feng Lin, aren’t you afraid we’ll retaliate and leak your secret?”
Feng Lin laughed loudly, replying, “I’ve never been threatened in my life!”
He raised his hands high, gathering force, then brought them down with immense power, like a flood bursting forth. His arms cut through the air like a divine whip, striking down all enemies before him.
His heart was already brimming with boundless killing intent. From the moment Luke had threatened him, he was already a dead man.
Feng Lin never trusted anyone. If he did, there were only two kinds: himself, and…
The dead!
Leak secrets? Retaliate?
As long as you’re dead, no one will leak secrets or retaliate.
Under no circumstances would he choose the path others laid out for him. He would always resolve all problems his own way.
Boom!
The whip-like strike was devastating, as if the very air had been shattered, creating a vacuum, silent in its passage.
The three-meter-tall giant, nicknamed “Mang Hu,” grinned fiercely and charged forward.
His hands formed claws, aiming viciously for Feng Lin’s throat. If the strike landed, Feng Lin’s windpipe would be torn apart.
Behind the giant, a gale gathered, faintly taking the shape of a tiger, roaring skyward, shaking the void and chilling the soul.
Crack!
Whip and claw collided. The wind ceased, the tiger vanished, and bones broke.
The giant’s grin froze, his eyes bulging as if they might pop out.
The next moment, his massive body collapsed to its knees, howling in agony.
A large frame didn’t mean high life force!
Feng Lin’s life force of 45.8 crushed him. The Stone Monkey gene granted him a body of iron and bones of stone, with immense strength, already beyond human limits.
This brute, though fierce, had a life force of only around 20. Under one whip strike, he was utterly shattered!
Feng Lin coldly watched his shocked, furious face, his hands forming seals without pause. Another whip strike slammed into the giant’s forehead, the狂暴 force scattering his spirit, blood seeping from his seven orifices.
Then Feng Lin changed his hand seals again, continuously forming them, displaying the interplay of yin and yang, evolving endlessly.
The giant stared blankly, his eyes growing unfocused as the seals shifted, his consciousness sinking.
Feng Lin’s spiritual gene enhancement had reached 9 points, surpassing the limit. His spiritual power was immense, surging like a tidal wave into the giant’s brow.
“The thing you should regret most is engaging me in close combat!” Feng Lin’s icy face was the giant’s last memory. The next moment, he lost all consciousness, his eyes vacant, rising to stand behind Feng Lin, completely under his control.
“Kill them!” Feng Lin commanded coldly. The giant immediately lunged like a tiger at the young man and woman.
“Mang Hu, have you lost your mind!”
“Stop!”
…
The young interstellar cultivators screamed in panic.
The giant’s back arched, muscles bulging, hair bristling like steel needles. He became a humanoid tiger, radiating a狂暴, dangerous aura.
His claws tore through the air, creating sharp gusts like invisible blades, churning everything around them.
The wrecked flying cars were sliced apart by the wind blades, sparks flying.
The young couple was in dire straits. Mang Hu, as an interstellar cultivator, had awakened the mid-tier original gene, the Wind Tiger gene.
Dragons follow clouds, tigers follow the wind!
Mang Hu was not only terrifying in close combat but also wielded the power of hurricanes,狂暴 and unmatched. He was the strongest fighter in the squad.
They dared not get close.
After all, they hadn’t awakened body-enhancing genes. If they were caught in the wind blades or sucked into Mang Hu’s fist vortex, they’d be covered in wounds in an instant.
They dodged frantically, completely on the defensive under Mang Hu’s overwhelming pressure.
“Spiritual hypnosis?” Seeing this, Luke was shocked. He knew Feng Lin had awakened a spiritual gene, but he hadn’t expected him to master such a诡异 technique as spiritual hypnosis so quickly, catching him off guard.
He watched his three members tearing each other apart, filled with worry, his face dark and grim.
“You’d better worry about yourself!” Feng Lin chuckled lightly, forming fists into a Heaven-Overturning Seal, his hand seals like mountains, pressing down heavily.
This Kunlun Great Hand Seal—I taught it to you!
And you want to use it against me!
Luke sneered disdainfully and countered with the same Heaven-Overturning Seal.
The next moment, he was sent flying back like a sandbag, crashing heavily into a pile of wrecked flying cars, disappearing from sight.
After a moment, he struggled to his feet, covered in rusty metal parts, utterly disheveled, his hands trembling from the immense force.
“…” Luke was beyond shocked, speechless.
The same Kunlun Great Hand Seal, the one he had taught the other!
The same technique, and he was crushed in one blow, completely outmatched!
Had it only been this short a time?
Feng Lin had already surpassed the master!