185: Zhuge family in Pangu City

This was not a real duel, but a battle of conviction.

With me here, I am invincible.

Xu Jingzhe truly achieved this, scaring Sidler into retreating.

After all, he was only bluffing; Xu Jingzhe probably couldn't even defeat an ordinary 15-year Contaminator right now.

Sidler staggered back four or five steps, his face deathly pale.

"Who... exactly are you?"

This person's information was absolutely fake. How could such a powerful Old Arts be possessed by a nobody?

Could it be... that he is a 'Seed' from Nüwa City?

To counter the technological crushing force of Adam City and Eve City, Pangu City and Nüwa City formulated a secret plan—the Seed Project.

The Seed Project was extremely rigorous. The first step was the initial screening by each major family, known only to the heads of the families.

Those selected had to be the most outstanding and talented individuals in their respective families at the time.

After blood samples were collected and sent to the headquarters of their respective main cities, and after Adam City and Eve City conducted their screenings, the persons in charge of the Seed Project from both main cities would gather together.

They would continue to screen the outstanding blood samples to select the ten most excellent 'Seeds' for the first phase of training.

The training of these 'Seeds' strictly followed various data points, precise to six decimal places; not even the slightest discrepancy was allowed.

After half a year, the five individuals closest to the data would be kept.

These were the 'Seed' candidates, and on their shoulders rested the 'future' of Pangu City and Nüwa City.

For some unknown reason, this secret plan had been leaked by those with ulterior motives, so most families knew of the existence of the 'Seeds'.

Xu Jingzhe's heaven-defying performance was enough to qualify him as a Seed.

Sidler did not get the answer he wanted; Xu Jingzhe simply didn't want to say. Even if he had, nobody would likely believe him.

Food, medicine, and equipment were personally moved out of the house by Sidler, box after box, far exceeding the portion that the Qin Zhan Wushuang Squad was entitled to.

Xu Jingzhe gave Sidler a cold glance, stacked the boxes together, and carried them away.

After walking just a few steps, someone made a discordant sound.

"These food supplies and medicine already exceed the amount for one squad. The excess must have been taken from ours," Wang Yuan stood out and said.

"Please have the Qin Zhan Wushuang Squad leave behind the extra food and medicine."

That night, Wang Yuan had been feeling on top of the world, having reached a cooperation agreement with the Meris Squad to find a way to isolate the Qin Zhan Wushuang Squad.

He wanted to make other squads from Pangu City and Nüwa City feel dissatisfied and leave them isolated and helpless.

Then, he would kill them in the Pollution Zone.

Wang Yuan naturally agreed with both hands; as long as he could make Xu Jingzhe die, he was very willing to do it.

Xu Jingzhe didn't even lift his eyelids; such low-class tactics.

However, this attitude aroused dissatisfaction among the others. In the face of life and death, all etiquette and morality were fake.

Only with food, medicine, and equipment could one survive in the Pollution Zone and go further.

Wasn't what Xu Jingzhe took extra actually theirs?

This was 'killing for money'!

Invisibly, the contestants from the two main cities blocked the path of Xu Jingzhe and his three companions, looking as if they would resort to force if there was any disagreement.

They dared not attack the people from Adam and Eve, so they could only attack their 'own' people.

Qin Shuang's pretty face was icy, and she was extremely disappointed.

Who was the real 'enemy'?

Xu Jingzhe stood straight, his figure slender; the scars on his face were his 'trophies'. His eyes were clear and deep, and he was not angry.

"The portion I took extra is not yours; it is from The Sheel Squad."

"If you don't believe me, you can question him to his face right now: did Sidler give me the resources of other squads?"

With one sentence, Xu Jingzhe reversed the situation; it was a brilliant slap in the face.

Supplies have no names; one portion per squad. You, Wang Yuan, say I took from our 'own' people, but I say I took from The Sheel Squad.

Otherwise, why don't you verify it yourself?

Wang Yuan's expression froze, and he glanced obscurely at Sidler. Even with the backing of the Meris Squad, he dared not question him.

It would cost him his life.

"Also, we all come from major families and represent the face of our families. Do not let yourselves be used as tools by those with ulterior motives."

"Those hunting you are the contestants from Adam City and Eve City, not us."

After saying this, Xu Jingzhe left without looking back.

With food and medicine, the injuries of Xu Jingzhe and Tang Ruyi recovered rapidly. However, exhausting the energy stored within the Golden Contamination Core caused the cracks to widen, and Xu Jingzhe's combat power plummeted.

Even though his body had recovered seven or eight-tenths by now, Xu Jingzhe could still feel a sense of weakness coming from deep within his body.

When he raised his hand, there was a little less ferocity and dominance.

After all, logically speaking, after one life-and-death battle after another, and having absorbed a lot of concentrated radioactive elements, the rings within Xu Jingzhe's Golden Contamination Core should have increased by three to five rings.

Seven days passed in a flash, and Xu Jingzhe's body had completely recovered. He hadn't been idle during these seven days, either; he had been 'grinding' Yinzi, wanting to get Ninjutsu from her.

But.

Yinzi's mental fortitude exceeded his expectations, and she had been dragging things out with him.

However, Xu Jingzhe was not in a hurry; he would just 'torture' her slowly. Being kind to the enemy is being cruel to oneself.

In the evening, the sunset was like fire, dyeing more than half of the horizon red.

Since yesterday, rumors had started in Tark City that the Adam Five and the Eve Five Princesses were about to arrive in Tark City.

When that time came, some 'troublemakers' would be in for bad luck.

This made the contestants from Adam and Eve high-spirited, and they started speaking louder. They had been suppressed by Xu Jingzhe alone, and seeing him was like a mouse seeing a cat; they dared not look him in the eye.

One person suppressing a large group of contestants was truly rare.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Outside, there was a knock on the door, very rhythmic.

In the courtyard, Qin Shuang and the others immediately became tense, staring fixedly at the door.

So soon, have they arrived?

The Adam Five? The Eve Five Princesses? Or all ten of them at once!

Zheng Peng's throat tightened, and he forced himself to stand up. The energy in his body circulated, ready to use his special ability at any time.

The door opened.

A man of about thirty years old stood at the door, his eyes firm, his face sharp-featured.

"My name is Zhuge Qihao, from the Zhuge Family of Pangu City," the person introduced himself.

Zheng Peng let out a long sigh of relief, his tense body relaxed, and he immediately stepped aside to let Zhuge Qihao in. Xu Jingzhe and the others all stood up; they knew of the Zhuge Family.

Like the Lu Family of Shang City, they were a top-tier first-class family with deep foundations. In fact, if one were to really analyze it, their heritage was even more ancient than that of the Lu Family.

There were no outsiders among the Zhuge Family's contestants; they were all the family's most outstanding core disciples.

Because the Zhuge Family possessed an Ancient Battle Skill called Bagua. This Ancient Battle Skill could not be performed by individual strength alone; it required at least three people working together to barely be able to unleash it.

Once Bagua was unleashed, heaven and earth would invert, determining life and death, destroying gods and demons.

No one could defeat it!