186: Bloodline suppression

Zhuge Qihao spoke at a measured pace, his voice soft and gentle, which made it easy for people to develop a favorable impression of him.

He stated his purpose directly, frankly admitting that he wanted to meet in person to see who was so heroic.

Breaking down the gate with a single arrow.

"Truly a role model for our generation," Zhuge Qihao exclaimed. "For so many years, Pangu City and Nüwa City have been suppressed by the two major cities, Adam and Eve. Many people have lost their mettle deep in their bones, their spines bent, wishing they could crawl and lick their boots."

"Your arrow was deafening; it didn't just pierce through the metal gate of Tark City."

"It also pierced through the last shred of dignity for Pangu City and Nüwa City."

"Either die standing or live kneeling; there is no other choice."

Xu Jingzhe hadn't thought that much about it; at the time, his blood was boiling, and he only knew that if a god came, he would kill the god, and if a demon blocked him, he would kill the demon.

"I only did it for myself; I don't have such noble character," he said.

Zhuge Qihao smiled and didn't continue to heap praise on Xu Jingzhe regarding this matter; people from the Zhuge Family wouldn't do that.

"Have you clashed head-on with the Adam Five?" Zhuge Qihao changed the subject, asking the most critical question.

Every contestant could not avoid this topic.

There was no avoiding it.

"No," Xu Jingzhe said.

"We clashed head-on with them once," Zhuge Qihao said after a moment of silence. "We were soundly defeated and barely escaped with our lives."

As soon as Zhuge Qihao said this, the small courtyard fell into a deathly silence.

The Han Family of Hai City had lost, and the Zhuge Family of Adam City had also lost. With the two top combat forces representing Pangu and Eve defeated, who could be a match for the Adam Five?

Could it be the Lu Family or Wan Family from Shang City, or the other two top teams from Pangu City, the Baili Family or the Huangfu Family?

"Therefore, I want to gather the strongest combat forces from both cities to temporarily form a squad to compete with the Adam Five."

"And you are one of them."

When Zhuge Qihao first arrived in Tark City, he heard about what Xu Jingzhe had done, and he was very surprised and impressed.

To think there was such a fierce person! Which family did he come from?

After meeting him in person and feeling the vigorous blood energy inside his body scorching him like a furnace, he became even more determined to have Xu Jingzhe join the temporary squad.

Xu Jingzhe shook his head and said, "I am severely injured and fear I cannot clash head-on with the Adam Five."

"How can that be?" Zhuge Qihao's gaze was burning as he stared at Xu Jingzhe, as if he wanted to see right through him.

Xu Jingzhe met his gaze, his clear eyes without a ripple as he said, "It is not something I can disclose to outsiders."

"Sigh..." Zhuge Qihao stood up, feeling inevitably disappointed. He once again carefully sensed the energy fluctuations within Xu Jingzhe's body.

His blood energy was vigorous, and the flow of his blood was like a rolling river, deafeningly loud.

With every breath, his respiration was long and steady, and his heartbeat was strong and powerful, like a god beating a war drum.

It was hard to believe that this was someone who was severely injured.

It must be an excuse. He was just an opportunist who gained glory by killing low-level contestants, and now he was backing down when faced with a real, powerful enemy.

Associating with such a person would only lower his own standing.

Zhuge Qihao left, unable to hide his disappointment, and his undisguised expression of disdain at the end was captured by everyone present.

Tang Ruyi had the urge to draw her blade. Did you not come here yourself to seek help and want to form a temporary team of the strongest? Because he has injuries and didn't agree to you, you act like this?

Xu Jingzhe smiled at her, not caring at all.

Over the next few days, the competition squads from various major families arrived in Tark City one after another. The Han Family, Wan Family, Baili Family, Huangfu Family, and others entered the city very low-key.

The small courtyard, which was already not very big, seemed even more crowded.

Han Feng had a mournful look on his face, his expression of killing intent distorting his handsome features. Of the five members of the Han Family Team, two were dead. Only Xu Zhu, who possessed the Chiyou bloodline, and the sniper Wei Yan remained.

Their spirits had almost been beaten out of them.

It wasn't until they entered the city that word of Xu Jingzhe breaking down the gate and killing people spread, which had greatly restored the face of Eve City.

Only then did things ease up a bit, and they came over to discuss countermeasures.

Unknowingly, Xu Jingzhe seemed to have become the captain of the Qin Zhan Wushuang Squad. When he spoke, it represented the Qin Zhan Wushuang Squad.

"The Adam Five are invincible," Han Feng said with lingering fear.

"The physical body of every single one of them is extremely formidable, not much weaker than my Chiyou bloodline."

What Xu Zhu was most proud of was possessing the Chiyou bloodline; he had never lost to anyone in terms of physical strength.

To make him admit that the physical bodies of all the Adam Five were very formidable, one could imagine just how strong these five people were!

Xu Jingzhe remained silent; everyone kept coming to tell him how strong the Adam Five were, but did it help?

He wasn't a 'freak' capable of fighting five people at once.

...

Two days later, Tark City 'exploded'.

Under the sunset glow, the crowd was clearly divided, like water and fire that could not mix.

Standing on the wall were the contestants from Pangu City and Nüwa City, about forty or fifty people, each with a serious expression on their face.

At the gate of Tark City stood the contestants from Adam City and Eve City, numbering over a hundred.

Compared to the others, they all stood as straight as possible, looking very tough, with expressions of triumph, disdain, sycophancy, and mockery on their faces.

The Adam Five and Eve Five Princesses were arriving, and they would enter the city in about ten minutes.

This was exactly the reason for the 'explosion' in Tark City today: the ten heavenly monuments blocking the path of the younger generation.

They... had arrived.

A mountain-like pressure swept over everyone, weighing on their hearts and impossible to shake off.

In the distance, eleven figures appeared, lined up in a row. Their shadows were stretched very, very long by the setting sun, truly appearing as if they had transformed into heavenly monuments, pressing down toward Tark City.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Clap clap clap!"

Thunderous applause erupted, deafening to the ears. Someone used a useless ability, and countless grand fireworks bloomed brilliantly above Tark City, looking magnificent.

This was a grand welcome ceremony, exclusive to the ten strongest.

The eleven figures got closer and closer, and many people only then realized.

Eleven people?

Why are there eleven people?!

The Adam Five and Eve Five Princesses should only total ten people.

When they saw clearly, they were even more shocked. The extra person stood in the middle of the ten, head held high in pride, hands behind their back; the Adam Five and Eve Five Princesses were actually just their foil!

Their appearance went without saying; they were exceptionally handsome, with an eerie beauty.

A pair of golden pupils like small suns were burning brightly, incomparably noble.

Wherever those golden eyes passed, anyone who met their gaze felt a pressure from the depths of their soul. This was an absolute suppression from the bloodline, engraved in their genes, and it was hard to change.

"Thump, thump."

The sound of people kneeling to the ground came in waves; nearly half of the people were prostrate on the ground, their bodies trembling like chaff.

The remaining half gritted their teeth and held on, with fine beads of sweat breaking out on their foreheads and noses.

Experts like Xu Jingzhe, Tang Ruyi, Xu Zhu, the Zhuge Family, and the Huangfu Family stood like pines, their backs soaked with sweat.

Their hearts were shaken; who was this?

Had their strength reached that of a Contaminant?!

To actually want them to submit based solely on pressure.