241: Damn all geniuses!

With a "chi" sound, Tu Ya tore open his outer robe, revealing the blood-red garment underneath. He grinned sinisterly and said, "Do you see? This is the answer you wanted! As long as you agree to submit to me, I can ask my superiors to spare you from the pain of testing drugs!"

"Testing drugs?! Which pharmaceutical company are you from?!" Lin Shengnan asked hoarsely, her face pale.

"Haha, what pharmaceutical company would dare to blatantly kidnap people for drug testing? Only our Blood Wolf Hall dares to operate like this!!!" Tu Ya said triumphantly.

"Blood Wolf Hall?! You're from the demonic cult?!!!" Lin Shengnan shrieked. Gritting her teeth, her Aura suddenly surged, and her face turned blood-red. She knew she had to fight for her life today... Feng Qin snorted, "Tu Ya, you talk too much! Move now! Don't let them escape. If even one gets away, I'll dock half your bonuses! And that young hunter over there—he must have overheard us. We can't let him escape either. Just capture him for drug testing as well!!!"

"Yes!!!" The people from Blood Wolf Hall responded in unison, brandishing their weapons and charging forward!

One of them charged toward the hunter Feng Qin had mentioned—who was none other than Long Yuan, who "happened" to be passing by... "Everyone, run!!!"

Lin Shengnan shrieked and drew the longsword from her waist. She leaped over a dozen meters into the air, flourishing three sword flowers. With a single slash, the air in the area instantly cooled. Three white sword currents fell from the sky with a series of booms, as countless icy lights struck at the people from Blood Wolf Hall!

Feng Qin's expression shifted slightly; he hadn't expected Lin Shengnan to possess such combat power while injured. He immediately raised a massive shield to block, but he was a beat too slow. He could only block the largest central sword light. The other two sword lights crashed into the crowd, instantly sending dozens of cultists flying. Some with lower cultivation levels were killed instantly, while most suffered significant injuries. This single strike dealt a heavy blow to the group of cultists!

However, Blood Wolf Hall was well-prepared this time with nearly two hundred men; this minor setback was nothing. Lin Shengnan was already injured from the sneak attack, and pushing her combat power like this took too great a toll on her. After that strike, her face grew even paler... "Everyone, attack! I'll deal with her!!!" Feng Qin roared with a dark expression. Holding a shield in one hand and a blade in the other, he charged at Lin Shengnan. The other cultists snapped out of it and hurriedly gave chase. After being delayed by Lin Shengnan for that short moment, the students from Nanming No. 1 High School had already fled a considerable distance. For low-level Xuan Practitioners, a head start made a huge difference. Furthermore, the goal of the Blood Wolf Hall members was to capture these student Xuan Practitioners alive for drug testing, so they couldn't use lethal force. Many of them were carrying ropes and nets, which were quite heavy and slowed them down. For a moment, they couldn't catch up to the students... Just then, a scream caught Feng Qin's attention. He turned and saw that the Martial Master who had gone to capture the passing hunter had been sent flying and now lay motionless on the ground!

"Useless trash!!! Tu Ya, go deal with that passerby..." the short-haired man growled, barking the order.

Hearing this, Tu Ya left the fray and pounced toward Long Yuan!

After Long Yuan approached the group, he personally witnessed Tu Ya—who had been marked as a mole by the Heavenly Dao Eye—suddenly attack Lin Shengnan. Then, Feng Qin ordered the cultists to capture the students. This scene ignited his youthful blood, and he decided to go on a killing spree!

After casually killing the first Martial Master who came to capture him, he controlled a Nian Needle to hunt down the Blood Wolf Hall thugs chasing the students while watching Tu Ya pounce toward him. He felt an intense hatred for this traitor who had infiltrated Nanming No. 1 High School. In his eyes, this man was just another Yun Yi, except Tu Ya's cultivation was higher, having reached the Martial Ancestor Middle Stage. He had just successfully ambushed Lin Shengnan, a Martial Ancestor Late Stage, instantly cutting her combat power by more than half and significantly weakening Nanming No. 1 High School's resistance, forcing them to flee without a proper fight... "You little brat, you actually killed a Martial Master with only a Martial Apprentice Late Stage cultivation. You really are a Genius. However, what I love most is torturing and killing Geniuses. All Geniuses must die!!!" Tu Ya roared through gritted teeth, his face twisting as if he had remembered something.

In fact, the reason he had joined Blood Wolf Hall was similar to Yun Yi's experience. He, too, had lost to those Geniuses in numerous competitions and failed to become a core seed nurtured by his organization. Eventually, he was kicked out. This made him harbor an intense hatred for Geniuses. After joining Blood Wolf Hall, his cultivation improved, but there was no turning back. His Heart-Nature had become bloody and brutal, and he took pleasure in torturing and killing young Geniuses... Long Yuan understood Tu Ya's twisted mentality. After reading a lot of information, he had found that a significant portion of those who joined demonic cults were people who had fallen behind in competition and were ignored or ridiculed. Under the jungle law of the weak being prey to the strong, their mentalities became extremely warped. Often, under the lure of demonic cults, they would defect. The chips used by the demonic cults were the promise of improving their cultivation—such as better Cultivation Techniques, better medicines, and special enhancers. These things held immense temptation for Xuan Practitioners, and those with weak Heart-Natures could easily be led down this evil path.

Logically, the main reason these people fell behind in competition was their poor Aptitude and low cultivation ceiling, meaning there wasn't much room for improvement. However, demonic cult organizations had their own alternative methods, which primarily came from the Beast God they worshiped. For example, they could obtain the essence blood and Cultivation Techniques of mutated beasts to undergo partial beastification, thereby strengthening their bodies. Some could even gain the innate Divine Abilities of mutated beasts. Even at a lower level, their power would be far greater than ordinary Martial Skills. These Body Refining techniques and innate Divine Abilities were the primary lures that drew countless people into demonic cults!

It had to be said that the demonic cult's method was actually a way for ordinary Xuan Practitioners to increase their strength and combat power—provided the side effects weren't so severe. Unfortunately, the technological level of the Beast Race could not compare to that of the Human Race. These hand-crafted Strengthening Fluids had massive side effects on Xuan Practitioners. This was also the main reason why the demonic cult headquarters wanted to kidnap people for drug testing, hoping to develop better Strengthening Fluids.

As far as Long Yuan knew, Snow Eagle Country, Flying Lion Country, and War Bear Country had already made major Breakthroughs in the development of gene potions. These gene potions were not only effective, but the side effects of low-level potions were also somewhat controlled, giving a large number of ordinary Xuan Practitioners the chance to improve safely. There were even gene potions that allowed ordinary Mortals to gain talent for Cultivating. Such a potion was absolutely a Heaven-Defying existence that could change one's fate for an ordinary Mortal. Countless ordinary Mortals worked themselves to the bone to earn money just to obtain such a small vial of life-altering gene potion!

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