Ultragene Warlord

as it tried to retreat.

Zhang Lie slammed a palm against the ground, activating his superior-grade white-grub soulshard and causing the struggling disaster-grade spider to stick to the ground.

As Zhang Lie infused genetic energy into his soulshard, the spider struggled against its restraints to no avail, only becoming more and more entangled as time passed.

The next moment, the spider saw a moonlight wyrm in its mindscape, a sharp horn on its forehead and its maw wide open.
Brilliant white soulfire burned over its body.

All faded to black.
The spider lost control over its body as its soul was torn to shreds.

[You successfully killed a disaster-grade double-headed spider.
By consuming the core of the disaster-grade double-headed spider, you may receive one to ten disaster gene fragments.]

The gigantic spider ’s body was criss-crossed with cracks.
Upon devouring enough souls, Zhang Lie ’s moonlight wyrm had been able to shred even a disaster-grade lifeform ’s soul.
At the very end of the battle, Zhang Lie had silently released Whitey in order to give the retreating spider an unexpected blow, which made the rest of the fight much simpler.

Zhang Lie quickly recovered the core of the double-headed spider, a black, crystalline orb out of which many spikes protruded.

This wasn ’t a good place to absorb such gene fragments; Zhang Lie left the mountainous cave and headed to a secluded location nearby, the depths of a forsaken valley.
It was unlikely that any genetic lifeforms would pass by; even if they did, with Whitey guarding Zhang Lie, he likely had nothing to worry about.

The black, crystalline orb appeared in Zhang Lie ’s hand.
Just like the first core he had consumed, this one was made of an exceptionally sturdy crystalline material, and it was the size of a fist.
It radiated palpable warmth, as though it were still alive.

This was the genetic core of a disaster-grade lifeform, the source of all their energy—their heart.

To be honest, it didn ’t even look like an edible object.

Just from holding it in his hands, Zhang Lie could feel an oppressive energy radiating out from it.
The spikes were far sharper than they seemed, and they were pricking his palm.

Zhang Lie cut his palm with his sword, then dripped blood onto the core.
The moment it touched the dark, spiky core, the blood was quickly absorbed into its interior.
It sucked up more and more of Zhang Lie ’s blood until it turned blood-red.

Zhang Lie had to reopen the wound five times before the transformation was complete.
Then, he closed his eyes and began pouring concentrated, black genetic energy from his body into the core.

It took him an entire hour before he felt the core start to soften.
Ten minutes or so after that, the core softened completely.

As Zhang Lie clutched the crystalline orb, he felt some unusual sense of kinship with it, as though it was already part of his body.
Once he felt such a sensation, Zhang Lie couldn ’t resist his impulses any longer, and he swallowed the core whole.

As the core slid down his throat, Zhang Lie felt a fiery, numbing sensation spread throughout his body.
Subsequently, all that energy contained within the core burst apart in his stomach.

Almost immediately, Zhang Lie took on the color of a boiled prawn.

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After absorbing disaster gene fragments within the first realm and barely making it out alive, Zhang Lie expected that it would become far simpler to do so in the second realm, after his body had made advancement after advancement.
Nevertheless, he had underestimated the strength and potency of the disaster-grade lifeforms of the second realm.

His body couldn ’t contain and rein in so much energy; he could feel his blood beginning to boil…