Ultragene Warlord

glanced at Yang Ze ’s face with interest.
”What a pity…
I didn ’t know you were so weak! ”

Yang Ze frowned.
”Captain, are you criticizing my strength, or criticizing my looks? You—well, you might not look favorably on my strength compared to yours, but you can ’t deny that I ’m handsome! ”

He retrieved a golden vertebra from his extra-dimensional storage and placed it on the table, right next to the Blackwind phoenix statue.
The golden vertebra gave off the aura of a proof of kingship; it was the prize that Yang Ze had recovered after a heated battle.

”Look at this, look at this—it ’s proof of my handsomeness! ”

Li Qianlin pursed her lips.
”This proves your strength at most, not your handsomeness, surely? ”

Yang Ze seemed to be terribly shocked.
”Ah, Mrs.
Zhang! Are those truly your heartfelt words? You ’re already treating Zhang Lie like your husband and agreeing with him on everything, aren ’t you? You ’ll make my heart bleed! ”

Li Qianlin couldn ’t help but blush at Yang Ze ’s mode of address for her.

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Zhang Lie waved a hand.
”Alright, enough.
How did you feel about the trial this time around? ”

Yang Ze thought back to his fight.
”Kings of the realm really are quite interesting, aren ’t they? ”

Yang Ze ’s fight had been relatively straightforward, so he simply found the kings of the realm to be interesting, rather than exasperating, difficult, or troublesome foes.

Zhang Lie didn ’t comment.
He raised his head and looked out the window, having sensed another party ’s aura even before they entered the draconian city.

”What ’s the matter, Captain? ” Yang Ze asked.

Very quickly, a fiery-red figure appeared in sight: Sun Mengmeng had returned.
She didn ’t have many injuries visible on her body; even her clothes hadn ’t burned off the way they tended to during a heated battle.

The moment she saw Zhang Lie, she smiled.
”Captain, I ’m back.
I ’ve accomplished the task you ’ve set for me. ”

Zhang Lie nodded.
The moment Sun Mengmeng stepped into the room, she locked eyes with Li Qianlin.
Sparks flew where their gazes met.

As though challenging Sun Mengmeng, Li Qianlin sidled closer to Zhang Lie.
Meanwhile, Sun Mengmeng marched into the room and sat on Zhang Lie ’s other side, the two women continuing to stare at each other all throughout.

Yang Ze coughed and dispelled the awkward atmosphere.
”How were your spoils, Sun Mengmeng? ”

”It took me some time, but I managed to find the proof of kingship in the devil tree king ’s body. ” Sun Mengmeng retrieved the proof of kingship, a glowing seed.

Zhang Lie asked her, ”How did you feel about the trial? ”

Sun Mengmeng thought for a moment.
”It was an enlightening experience.
The devil tree king was a very difficult foe, and the others would have had a much harder time with it than I did. ”

Yang Ze cocked his head.
Did Sun Mengmeng really think her trial was difficult? Why was his different?

Sun Xiaowu was the next to return.
He had a long, thin object draped around his shoulder, over three meters long in all.
It was wrapped in cloth.

When he saw Sun Mengmeng and Yang Ze sitting within, Sun Xiaowu sighed in relief.
He hung the cloth-wrapped object by the doorframe.
”Luckily, it looks like I ’m not the last one back. ”

Sun Mengmeng walked up to him and gave him a once-over, then patted him on the shoulder.

”You ’ve done well, ” she reassured him.

Sun Xiaowu smiled embarrassedly and unwrapped the object.
”Captain, I ’ve brought back the proof of kingship. ”

Zhang Lie nodded and asked, ”How did you feel about the trial? ”

Sun Xiaowu ’s weariness was apparent from his face.
”The king of the realm was very strong, and I almost failed to make it back. ”

Yang Ze frowned.
”The king really was that strong? ”

Sun Xiaowu nodded.
”Of course! He could invoke the authority of the world itself! Didn ’t our captain mention that the king of the realm has to be essentially the strongest member of the strongest race in the world? How could a king of the realm not be strong? ”