Ultragene Warlord

Zhang Lie raised both his arms high up in the sky.
“We harbor no malicious intentions.
I simply have matters I wish to discuss with the Yeluo clan.”

“With the Yeluo clan?” The supposed leader turned to one of the fighters standing beside him.
“Zhan Qing, do we need to report this to the clan head?”

Zhan Qing smiled and considered the two hunters.
“You're humans, aren't you? Invaders to the second realm, as weak as stinkbugs?”

The other Yeluo fighters began murmuring among themselves.

“So these are what humans look like! Indeed, they're similar to monkeys.”

“Apparently they're livestock reared by the sura…”

“Is that so? Then I imagine they must taste rather good!”

“If they're really so weak, how about we give them a try?”

The Yeluo fighters all suddenly felt ravenous.

Zhan Qing waved an arm.
“There's no reason for us to hold any sort of conversation with weak humans like you.”

Hong Xi frowned.
“Not even after helping you all in times of crisis? If we're stinkbugs, then you all must be worse than stinkbugs!”

Zhan Qing scoffed.
“Insolence! The Yeluo would hardly fall to a swarm of bugs.
Even without your help, we would have easily won!”

Zhang Lie figured out what he had done wrongly—he had entered the fight too early on! If he had waited until half the Yeluo fighters were crippled or dead, his help would have seemed far more vital.

 Zhang Lie replied coldly, “I came here in order to purchase a few specialized potions from the Yeluo.
Don't make me an enemy.”

Zhan Qing laughed uproariously.
He glanced toward Hong Xi, then scanned her up and down.
“If you hand us that young woman by your side, we might consider it.”

“Master!” Hong Xi glanced at her master with disgust on her face at Zhan Qing's lecherous expression.

“Come with us, girl!” Zhan Qing let out a wolf whistle.
“Don't you want to be with a real man for once? Can your short, skinny companion compare to us?”

“Ha! She's thin and slender herself—won't we have to be careful with her?”

“Once we've had our fun with her, we can even turn her into a meal!”

Zhang Lie narrowed his eyes.
“I don't suppose a peaceful resolution is possible, then.”

Zhan Qing smirked.
 “Do you think you pitiful humans have the right to hold a discussion with our clan elders? You're the ones intruding in Yeluo territory.”

He reached out for Hong Xi, but Zhang Lie batted his arm away.

“Oho.
You want to have a fight, do you?” Zhan Qing hefted his polearm from his back, then swung it in a silver arc right toward Zhang Lie's neck.

[Fists of the Silent Sea: Fade]!  With a crisp metallic whistle, the head of Zhan Qing's polearm was smashed to pieces.
He staggered back with the force of Zhang Lie's blow, his weapon completely ruined.
Zhang Lie murmured, “A violent clan, aren't you? No wonder you were all killed.
Again—don't force me to become an enemy!”