Ultragene Warlord

t all! They were the ones who started it, anyway.
And with this performance, I doubt you'll have any trouble in the city any longer.” Xiao Zhengyang's eyes shone as he looked at Zhang Lie, as though he were some massive treasure that he had unearthed.

Zhang Lie sighed again.
“Please, don't mention it.
I still have to process the gene fragments that I just absorbed today to increase my sensitivity and control.
If I had done so, I'm sure I'd have been able to keep Wang Yanyi conscious for a little while longer.”

Despite vanquishing Wang Yanyi in one blow, Zhang Lie was still complaining about his lack of finesse… Given the strength Zhang Lie had demonstrated, he was surely at the level of a lord-class hunter, beyond the governors of the human cities themselves. 

Xiao Zhengyang didn't dare to rebut him.
“Well, it's alright.
It isn't as if he'll leave Qi, so feel free to challenge him the next time you see him.”

“Forget it—he can't even take a single blow from me! Give me some time to adapt to my newfound strength.
When I'm ready, I'll challenge you instead!” 

Xiao Zhengyang was very adept at plaguing his enemies, but he seemed to have made a mistake this time around.
Upon hearing Zhang Lie's words, Xiao Zhengyang felt his legs turn to jelly, and he barely avoided slumping to the ground.
No, thank you, he wanted to live a few more years! He might be a little stronger than Wang Yanyi, but only barely.
If Wang Yanyi had lost to Zhang Lie so easily, he wouldn't fare much better.

“Haha, perhaps if I'm free!” With so many people gathered here, it would be embarrassing to refuse Zhang Lie's request outright.
Instead, Xiao Zhengyang decided that, the moment he returned to his manor, he would enter secluded cultivation until Zhang Lie left for the third realm…

The confrontation between the special forces and the Tianji Council seemed to be over, but there would surely be ramifications for Zhang Lie's actions that extended well into the future.
Indeed, by the time Zhang Lie returned to his rooms, he found a missive from the governor's manor.
Because of Zhang Lie's “honorable actions defending the authority of the special forces”, he was promoted to senior advisor for the governor.

In other words, Governor Xiao would reach out to him if he encountered a dilemma that he wasn't sure how to resolve.
It was a behind-the-scenes position that wouldn't bring Zhang Lie much fame, but he would have definite authority in Qi.

In fact, if it were possible, Xiao Zhengyang would have promoted him even further, but what he had done was already extreme enough.
It was, after all, still Zhang Lie's first day in Qi.

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