123: In the new era, human beings are no longer weak!

Lu Chuan, who was originally happy, instantly had his expression turn gloomy.

According to the reports from Tam and the other fierce beasts, they had occupied a large area in the Qinling Mountains.

And because of their own powerful strength, they were constantly expanding their territory.

Currently, these few subordinates of Lu Chuan already dominated an area spanning thousands of miles in the Qinling Mountains.

The incredibly vast territory was all their Domain.

But not long ago, the western side of their territory was attacked by a powerful enemy.

Among the invading beast horde, the leading beast king was incredibly powerful!

It was a giant rhinoceros at the ninth level of the Awakening Realm!

Currently, even with continuous cultivation improvements, Tam and Nine-tailed were only at the Peak of the eighth level of the Awakening Realm.

Both of them were just a little short of breaking through to the ninth level of the Awakening Realm.

Red Hedgehog, Big Bear, Black Snake, and others were also just entering the eighth level of the Awakening Realm, and were even less comparable to this Rhinoceros King.

Reasonably speaking, such a powerful force, no matter where it was placed, would absolutely not be underestimated.

Because these few subordinates were also gathered together, they had virtually no weaknesses, possessing offense, defense, and even Soul control.

Furthermore, the powerful Armored Tyrant from back then was only at the eighth level when it died.

But the impact it caused was truly world-renowned, making everyone in Yan Nation extremely wary of it, even going so far as to issue a wanted order using the Alliance Leader of the Awakened Alliance as a bargaining chip.

However, no matter how strong the Armored Tyrant was, it ultimately fell into Lu Chuan's hands.

But now, several fierce beasts, also at the eighth level of the Awakening Realm, couldn't stop that powerful ninth level Awakening Realm Rhinoceros King.

If they hadn't each still possessed some strength, the Rhinoceros King's army's attack would likely have been devastating.

Although the situation is currently unclear, thankfully they can still hold on for a while.

"You should first reduce your sphere of influence, don't act rashly."

"Take care of yourselves, don't easily engage that Rhinoceros King, try to preserve your forces, and we'll talk about it after I return."

From the descriptions of these few fierce beasts, Lu Chuan already knew that the situation was not actually too urgent.

Therefore, he didn't immediately set off to return, but continued to devour the white python corpse in front of him.

After all, the Qinling Mountains are extremely vast and not concentrated in one area.

This mountain range stretches out, extending for tens of thousands of miles from south to north, east to west!

Such a large area is enough to accommodate quite a few fierce beasts, so even if Nine-tailed and the others are defeated, they have places to retreat and protect themselves.

With this meal, Lu Chuan's accumulated evolution points had surged to 540,000!

At this point, he was only 60,000 evolution points away from entering the next Realm!

After letting out a satisfied burp, Lu Chuan stretched lazily, left the northeastern mountain range, and sped towards the direction of the Qinling Mountains.

...

Great Yan Nation, Central Plains region.

The location of the Imperial Capital is in the Central Plains area of Yan Nation, where the terrain is open and flat.

The vast area of plains can be said to be the largest among all regions.

Since ancient times, this has been a strategically important location for military strategists.

And outside the Imperial Capital at this time, there is also a giant city wall over a hundred meters high.

Unlike the reinforced concrete city walls of other small cities, the material of the outer wall of the Imperial Capital is entirely constructed from high-strength alloy!

It can be said that this city wall alone is the crystallization of humanity's current technology.

After all, behind the city wall is the current capital of Yan Nation.

It is the heart of the entire country, with a crucial status, so the defense must be even more stringent.

After completing their reconnaissance mission, Ji Ruxue's team directly returned to the Imperial Capital by plane from the northeastern border.

On the way back, Ji Ruxue and the others had already prepared the reporting Materials.

"I really didn't expect that this Snow Wolf King would chase all the way from the southwestern Shu region to the northeastern mountain range!"

"Although that Black Bear King's combat strength wasn't overly formidable, it could only be brutally killed when facing the Snow Wolf King..."

"This is enough to prove that the Snow Wolf King's combat strength is likely already at the Peak in our Great Yan Nation."

After listening to the report from Ji Ruxue and the others, Ji Zhentian couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Since experiencing the previous incident where the Black Bear King infiltrated the human high ranks.

Currently, every high-ranking official in Yan Nation is required to undergo regular genetic testing.

The purpose is to prevent such incidents from happening again.

After all, the thought of fierce beasts infiltrating human high ranks is terrifying.

If a fierce beast were to directly use ultimate weapons to bomb important human areas, the consequences would be unimaginable!

After Ji Ruxue and the others finished reporting, several researchers in white lab coats quickly pushed the door open and walked in.

"Alliance Leader! Our experimental genetic engineering has finally achieved Breakthrough progress again!"

Upon hearing their words, Ji Zhentian's eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly followed them to the research institute.

After arriving at the research base, several awakened ones quickly flew to Ji Zhentian's side.

A young girl hovered in mid-air on wind blades, terrifying lasers shooting from her eyes.

A man in a leather jacket had wind and fire swirling around his feet, forming a terrifying fire whirlwind!

There was also a gloomy-looking man, standing directly on a flying disc condensed from metal, with terrifying ice cones swirling around him.

One bare-chested strong man waved his hand, and stone cones immediately rose from the ground, followed by scorching flames swirling around them, directly turning into terrifying lava!

Ji Zhentian raised his eyebrows slightly; he could feel impressive aura from these young people in front of him!

Most of these awakened ones in front of him had strength between the third and fifth levels of the Awakening Realm.

Furthermore, each of these individuals had mastered several abilities!

But this wasn't the most crucial point, because most of these awakened ones in front of him had only been at the first level of the Awakening Realm before this!

Now, after taking the latest developed medicine from Yan Nation, their cultivation had directly risen several levels!

Moreover, this latest genetic research could not only allow awakened ones to inherit the talents of fierce beasts but also inherit a part of their strength!

However, the amount of inherited strength would vary from person to person.

People with relatively ordinary Aptitude could inherit about twenty to thirty percent.

And those with powerful talent could inherit fifty percent or even more!

The corpse of a large fierce beast, after research, could produce nearly ten doses of such genetic medicine!

After listening to the reports from the surrounding researchers, Ji Zhentian was immediately overjoyed.

"Hahahahaha, well done!"

"With these medicines, we no longer need to fear those fierce beasts!"

Ji Zhentian and the other high-ranking officials of Yan Nation were extremely excited at this moment. With such a grand inheritance of genetic strength, it wouldn't just be one or two awakened ones who would be changed then!

The era belonging to humanity has finally arrived!

Since the recovery of spiritual energy, powerful fierce beasts have emerged like mushrooms after rain in various places.

And humans, who were originally the strongest in this world, could only hide behind walls.

But now it's different. From now on, apart from the top powerhouses, middle-level humans will not lose to fierce beasts.

That era of human weakness is finally coming to an end!

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Qinling Mountain Range.

In the middle of the Qinling Mountain Range, in the valley lake where Tam was previously located, a massive gray rhinoceros charged in!

This gray rhinoceros was entirely silver-gray, its skin extremely tough, like heavy armor.

The giant horn on its head possessed world-destroying power, seemingly capable of piercing even ten-thousand-zhang mountains!

After the recent great battle, Tam and Nine-tailed were the strongest, so they worked together to lure away this Rhinoceros King.

However, this ninth level Awakening Realm Rhinoceros King pursued relentlessly, tracking all the way to Tam's old home.

"All of you, attack!"

Nine-tailed's eyes were flowing with light at this moment, and the Puppet beasts she controlled fearlessly pounced towards the Rhinoceros King.

Among these Puppets, besides large land beasts, there were also various poisonous insects filled with venom.

Although their strength was low, they were thankfully fearless of death.

However, these Puppet beasts, in front of the powerful Rhinoceros King, couldn'tPlay their proper role.

Even those poisonous insects, despite having venom, had no way to break through the Rhinoceros King's defense.

The Rhinoceros King just stood there, completely unharmed no matter how these Puppet beasts attacked!

That thick and tough skin was like the strongest defense in the world.

The Rhinoceros King was several tens of meters tall, causing the ground to shake and mountains to sway when it charged, seemingly capable of directly shattering even mountain ranges. These Puppet beasts simply couldn't stop it.

Especially its single horn, which could actually emit terrifying energy waves!

Under the release of the terrifying waves, large numbers of Puppet beasts were all killed as if they were being harvested like wheat!

"You dead rhinoceros, I advise you not to be ignorant of what's good for you. When my boss returns, you won't even have a chance to beg for mercy!"

Tam's expression was extremely grim; he could only bring out Lu Chuan's name.

His originally peaceful and quiet old home was now in ruins.

"Hmph! Utterly ridiculous. Do you even know who *my* boss is?!"

After hearing Tam's threat, this Rhinoceros King showed no fear at all, still full of disdain.

Afterwards, this Rhinoceros King directly ran into the lake to chase Tam. Fortunately, in the water, Tam could contend with it somewhat, relying on his racial talent.

With Nine-tailed's Soul restraint, the two sides actually fought back and forth for a while.

The giant beasts fought at the bottom of the lake, and for a time, the entire lake echoed with sounds of explosions.

Not long after, Tam surfaced again, with Nine-tailed standing on his head.

"What, giving up? Not running anymore?"

The Rhinoceros King sneered disdainfully.

"Heh heh, of course we don't need to run anymore, because soon it'll be *your* turn to run!"

Tam, changing from his previous embarrassment, spoke with great confidence at this moment.

Just now, he and Nine-tailed had received a Soul message from Lu Chuan; the boss had returned.

"Hmm?"

Seeing Tam so pleased with himself, the Rhinoceros King was momentarily surprised and quickly looked around cautiously.

Suddenly, the Rhinoceros King's heart jolted, sensing danger approaching.

But before it could react, a sharp pain came from its back.

It turned its head back sharply, only to see a massive silver-white giant wolf pouncing onto its back.

Lu Chuan's terrifying sharp claws directly pierced through the Rhinoceros King's proud hide armor.

Then, without waiting for the Rhinoceros King to react, Lu Chuan bit down on its neck with a single bite!