Ultragene Warlord

enario would be if the sura didn't make a move, but if they did, Zhang Lie wouldn't have to worry as long as he had a stock of the sura poison on hand.

Because the sura poison was difficult to concoct and not particularly useful, Zhang Lie hadn't managed to secure a large supply of it, but now that the Yeluo clan were properly motivated by the soulshards that Zhang Lie had promised them, their productivity had increased greatly.
Zhang Lie found himself with five or six times the quantity of poison that he had collected last time.

If he used it appropriately, it would be more than sufficient to destroy one or two more sura kingdoms.
After all, the reason the sura were so strong was because of the strength of their leaders and the bloodlust of their fighters.
The sura poison from the Yeluo clan would easily decimate the ordinary fighters, whereas Zhang Lie himself could easily take care of the sura kings and generals.

Zhang Lie traded the useless soulshards he had amassed over this period to the Yeluo for the poison, then left hurrying in the opposite direction with Hong Xi.

Meanwhile, Qi was welcoming its third wave of enemies.
The city walls had just been repaired when a new wave of enemies was spotted over the horizon.

“Something's wrong! The sura are here, the sura are here again!”

Qi entered a state of total defense as Xiao Zhengyang and a number of hunters observed the approaching forces from the city walls.

Xiao Zhengyang's face turned ugly.
Despite the fact that there were no longer any enemy races around, much of Qi's fighting force was still recuperating, and they didn't have the numbers to defend against the sura.

“Where's Zhang Lie?” Xiao Zhengyang asked fretfully.

Zhou Ming replied, “He left with his team, apparently for some important purpose or another.”

“What? Why is it that he's never around when these things happen? Has he been waiting for the situation to turn dire before stepping in?” someone wondered.

The sura approached, stopping right before they were in range of the humans' arrows.
When they saw the king of the sura hanging from the city wall, with all sorts of weapons sticking out of his rear, the sura began to frown.
Was this meant to frighten them?

An elder stepped forward, flanked with two guards.
He infused his voice with genetic energy and said calmly, “Call the human you call Zhang Lie out.
Our king would like to meet with him.”

Xiao Zhengyang stepped forward.
“I'm the governor of Qi, Xiao Zhengyang.
May I ask on what grounds you're requesting Zhang Lie's presence?”

The elder replied, “Are you Zhang Lie?”

“No, I'm the governor of Qi—”

“If you're not Zhang Lie, scram! Tell him to come out and face us.”

Xiao Zhengyang's face turned glum.
Was his position as governor meaningless? In the past, the governor had been the strongest hunter in a human city, and the first thing any invader would do was try to get rid of him.
Now, however, compared to Zhang Lie, he felt like a farce.

Governor Xiao decided to stall.
“For what purpose are you summoning Zhang Lie? Unless you state your intentions clearly, I won't call him out!”

The elder snorted.
“Who gave you humans the courage to talk back? Send him out, or I'll level Qi!”

One of the sura began to laugh loudly.
“Looks like this Zhang Lie fellow isn't anything special—he's just a coward!”

Upon hearing this, however, the hunters of Qi all began to frown.
“What? Repeat what you said!”

To the hunters of Qi, Zhang Lie was their savior and an amazing hero, and they wouldn't allow anyone to besmirch his name.

More of the sura began to laugh.
“Oh, are all of you angry now? I don't think I've ever seen a human dare to talk back to me!”

“Oh my, should I be scared of you puny humans? What would you do, bite us? You'd sooner break your own teeth!”

“I'll repeat it as many times as you want: if Zhang Lie doesn't dare come out of the city, he's nothing but a yellow-bellied coward!”

Some hunters of Qi were about to charge out to confront the sura when Xiao Zhengyang hurriedly stopped them.
He shouted back, “Zhang Lie isn't in the city.
Would you be willing to wait? He should be returning shortly.”