Ultragene Warlord

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Zhu was the most unfortunate of them all.

Her talent was monstrous, and the resources she had gathered as the queen of the oceans, along with those she had access to from the kingdom of Limit, would eventually have allowed her to become like the asura, able to ascend to the third realm on her own merits.

Now that she had taken this shortcut, her future would be uncertain.

Zhu stuck out her tongue.
”I wanted to see you more quickly, Zhang Lie. ”

”You—it ’s such a pity! If I were in the second realm, I would have stopped you at any cost. ”

Zhu rolled her eyes.
”If you were in the second realm, Zhang Lie, I wouldn ’t have advanced. ”

”With your talent and strength, you would surely have been able to advance on your own with just a bit more time.
Why rush? ”

”If I didn ’t, it would be pointless. ”

Only Zhu knew how difficult it had become to reach the next threshold of strength.
Zhu herself didn ’t know whether it would take a decade, a century, or even more to reach that level of strength, and she had already been cultivating day and night in hopes of catching up to Zhang Lie.

As Zhang Lie had stated, Zhu was aware of her own talent—but that talent didn ’t allow her to push much faster or further at disaster-grade.
The threshold between peak- and disaster-grade was massive, and every step beyond disaster-grade, even more so.

The reason the monarch of stars had gone crazy was because of this ridiculously gated progression.

Zhang Lie didn ’t think it was too difficult to get to the realm of the asura, but Zhu was the one with firsthand experience.
Her target was so far beyond her that she couldn ’t even see the route to it.

While in the kingdom of Limit, when she received news of Zhang Lie from hunters of the Milky Way, Zhu immediately felt a compulsion to head to where Zhang Lie was.

Zhang Lie was moving at such a rapid pace that she simply couldn ’t catch up.
The time dilation in the third realm was even more intense than in the second, and who knew where Zhang Lie would be in a decade?

After a century, by the time Zhu advanced, Zhang Lie would surely have entered even higher-dimensional realms.
Zhu would have no choice but to follow behind, chasing after an impossible dream.

She didn ’t want such an ending.
Even if she had to sacrifice her future potential, if she could accompany Zhang Lie at least through the third realm for just a little while, Zhu would be happy.

Zhang Lie sighed.
”Well, since you ’ve all ascended, I suppose there ’s nothing I can do.
At the very least, you ’re all experienced researchers, and you can help with my current research.
I have a few disaster-grade lifeforms at hand, and I ’m planning to investigate what lies beyond it. ”

Everyone was shocked.

”Beyond disaster-grade! ” Chen Fan gasped.
”Aren ’t disaster-grade lifeforms at the acme of strength? ”

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The draconian sage added, ”Could there really be sixth-level beasts…? ”

The draconians were on friendly terms with the humans, so the draconian sage was well aware of disaster-grade lifeforms, which corresponded to fifth-level beasts in the terminology of the third realm.

This knowledge was what caused the draconian sage to be so shocked.

Zhang Hanxiang asked curiously, ”Are there such existences in the third realm? ”

Compared to the draconian sage and Chen Fan, Zhang Hanxiang and the others didn ’t seem particularly surprised.

Zhang Hanxiang knew little of the third realm, whereas the Yeluo warriors had a steady supply of disaster-grade lifeforms from the kingdom of Limit.
It was well-known that disaster-grade lifeforms were generally a rare commodity—but not so for those in power in Limit.

After all, the kingdom of Limit had a disaster-grade farm, which had recently expanded to land.
To them, disaster-grade lifeforms weren ’t lifeforms that heralded disaster, nor the peak of genetic lifeforms.
They were simply the next level of strength beyond peak-grade existences…