Super Gene Hunting Ground

More than a dozen extraordinary experts of Emperor Level Advanced Realm joined forces to form a powerful defense light screen inside the ice cave.

Suddenly, with a loud "boom,"

the ten-centimeter-long ice worm exploded instantly.

The defense light screen was covered with a thick layer of ice blocks, and even through the defense light screen, the extreme cold energy could be felt by those inside the cave.

The temperature around the entire cave suddenly dropped by dozens of degrees.

The temperature here was originally four or five hundred degrees below zero, so for these Emperor Level Advanced experts, a drop of dozens of degrees was not much of an impact.

Yang Xiao stood on the ground, surrounded by people with faces full of horror, since such events were rare.

The aftermath of the explosion had mostly subsided. The elderly white-haired man known as Elder Peng said to everyone:

"Alright, I am now preparing to revoke the defense light screen. There will probably be a more violent burst of evolution energy coming through, which should be within our tolerance level. Everyone, get ready to absorb this energy."

Upon hearing this, the initially dispersed crowd returned to their positions, sat on the ice ground, and operated their genetic technique, preparing to absorb the evolution energy.

Elder Peng gestured with a shout,

"Ready, release!"

He was the first to revoke the defense light screen, and dozens of other experts also revoked their evolution energy simultaneously, causing the light screen to vanish instantly.

However, in the next second, an extraordinary occurrence took place.

Yang Xiao observed what seemed like a flood rushing out from the ice cave.

"What is that?"

"That is the substantial evolution energy released by the ice worm earlier. Quickly sit down and absorb the energy, as this kind of situation is extremely rare."

Hundreds of people within the ice cave sat down and began to focus on operating their genetic evolution method.

Yang Xiao pulled Xiao Qingliu down to sit, and the two also began operating their genetic evolution method.

The flood of evolution energy surged downwards, passing by each person, much like a flood flowing through.

As the tidal wave of energy passed by, Yang Xiao felt a dreamlike force rushing into his body. Due to the sheer quantity and the accompanying extreme cold energy, his body trembled sharply.

Fortunately, the Spirit Transformation Pearl alleviated it somewhat, leaving Yang Xiao and Xiao Qingliu unharmed.

A young man with a slightly lower realm, perhaps in greed for cultivation power, forcibly ran forward from the back. As the energy tide passed by him, he was frozen into an ice sculpture and died.

This wave of energy continued to flow downward, gradually thinning out as it reached further.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, mixing shock with excitement.

Yang Xiao and Xiao Qingliu went forward, and Elder Peng said to Yang Xiao:

"Youngster, you were too impulsive. That ice worm has been cultivating for at least five or six hundred years and cannot be dealt with unless Dean Jing Shan confronts it alone. It was good that nothing major happened, or else half the people in Ice Lake Purgatory would have perished."

Yang Xiao repeatedly apologized, saying:

"I’m sorry, I was reckless. But why did such a powerful ice worm suddenly emerge?"

Elder Peng hesitated for a moment before answering:

"I don’t know the specifics. Generally speaking, ice worms of this level rarely appear at the forefront; they usually operate deeper within. I’ve been cultivating here for over a hundred years and have only witnessed them twice with Dean Jing Shan, so I understand their power."

"Dean Jing Shan also comes here to cultivate?"

"Haha, he used to come often, though he hasn’t been here for more than ten years. When Dean Jing Shan came, he’d often bring me along another two hundred meters into the cave to catch ice worms.

The dean is formidable; he’ll capture ice worms and eat them directly, consuming dozens before resting here for a while."

Following this, Yang Xiao continued cultivating here for two months, capturing numerous ice worms. He suddenly realized a problem: if he kept catching ice worms at the entrance, they would become increasingly scarce, yet he wasn’t skillful enough to venture deeper.

Especially fearing facing those of higher-level ice worms.

Catching ice worms for three months increased his genetic attributes by 6 points.

Yang Xiao’s genetic attribute values are now as follows:

Strength: 146

Agility: 146

Defense: 146

Wisdom: 150

Xiao Qingliu increased by 3 points.

Yang Xiao decided to temporarily leave Ice Lake Purgatory.

"Qing Liu, I’m planning to leave Ice Lake Purgatory for a while."

"Where are you going?"

"I want to visit the Ancient Clan on the Dwarf Star."

"What’s the purpose of visiting the Ancient Clan?"

"A friend asked me to investigate something about the Ancient Clan."

"Can I accompany you?"

"No need. I’ll be staying behind to cultivate. No need to waste your time following me."

Xiao Qingliu nodded.

Yang Xiao, having hardly traveled after arriving at Shendu College, took Xiao Qingliu to explore various places within the college for a few days. They also visited Shendu City and even went to the headquarters of the Divine Hall.

Ying Tianmo, upon seeing Yang Xiao, exclaimed loudly:

"Brother Yang, the miracles you’ve created at Shendu College have already reached us at the Divine Hall."

Yang Xiao laughed:

"What kind of miracle could I have performed at Shendu College that would reach the Divine Hall?"

"Oh, your reputation is great now. You’ve increased your genetic attribute values by over twenty points in less than a year at Shendu College; such a feat is extremely rare in the college’s history.

Everyone’s saying you’ll break through to Saint Level Supreme soon. Apart from Thanos Saint in our Divine Hall, you might be the second one breaking through to Saint Level Supreme. I’m eagerly anticipating that day."

Yang Xiao laughed:

"I haven’t even broken through the Emperor Level Advanced Realm yet. Saint Level Supreme is still just an empty talk."

Ying Tianmo invited Yang Xiao and Xiao Qingliu to dinner, where Yang Xiao simply inquired about the situation in the Central State Empire.

"How is the Central State Empire faring?"

"Rest assured, the Central State Empire is doing well. Your old subordinates manage everything very well. Besides, now that you’re a Divine Hall Elder, no outside force dares to touch your Central Continent.

Let me tell you, if anyone dares to move against your Central State Empire, as soon as I know, I won’t spare them lightly. Feel confident in your cultivation; I’ll take care of things outside."

"Thank you, Ying Tianmo."

"No need for thanks. As brothers, it’s only right."

"By the way, is Mu San your nephew?"

"Why, Brother Yang, do you know my nephew?"

"Yes, I see he has talent and a good affinity, so I often bring him along for cultivation."

Ying Tianmo promptly replied:

"I’m truly grateful to Brother Yang for that. Mu San came home to visit last time, specifically to see me, saying his cultivation had greatly improved and he’d met a benefactor. I asked who, but he wouldn’t say; turns out it’s Brother Yang.

In the future, please do take care of him more. Our Wind Eagle clan relies on this boy to take the helm one day."

"Very well, it’s no trouble."

After returning from the Divine Hall to Shendu College, Yang Xiao found Vice Dean Le and requested a month’s leave.

Vice Dean Le didn’t ask Yang Xiao where he was going, only reminded him to return to college promptly after his affairs.

"Where’s Xiao Bai?"

"Xiao Bai is cultivating in Fire Stove Purgatory. She said you abandoned her, so she ran off on her own to train in the fire stove."