Subduing Soton

Somewhere within Super God Academy,

A humanoid crocodile was there, holding all kinds of high-energy food in his hands and wolfing it down bite by bite.

"Soton, how's the food here?!"

Hearing the soft laugh behind him, Soton paused his eating and turned his head around in confusion.

"Oh~, so it's you, that meat bun?!"

After glancing at Xiao Xuanyu, Soton continued eating, ignoring Xiao Xuanyu's arrival.

Seeing this, Xiao Xuanyu narrowed his eyes slightly, but he did not mind.

Target: Soton

Gene: Third Generation Beast Body Gene

Strength: Third Generation Beast Body (sealed for a thousand years, leaving him with only second-generation strength at present)

Ability: God-Slaying Power

Technology: None...

System Evaluation: Don't be fooled by his dumb look. Crocodiles have brains too.

Soton really did have some brains...

Looking at the system evaluation, Xiao Xuanyu nodded to himself.

Back in Tianhe City, Soton had called him Big Brother smoothly enough.

Now he was already turning his back on him.

Still, that was normal.

At the time, his strength had been less than a tenth of what it once was, leaving him utterly unable to resist Xiao Xuanyu's coercion.

But things were different now. Although Soton's strength had not recovered to the level it had been at a thousand years ago,

he had still recovered to the level of a Second Generation Super Soldier.

Even with the Dawn Sword's enhancement, Xiao Xuanyu currently possessed only the strength of a high-level First Generation Super Soldier. He would have a hard time dealing with him.

"Hmm...

Soton, how about Big Brother takes you out for some good food?!"

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Xuanyu tested the waters.

After all, a Third Generation Beast Body warrior was still very enticing.

Especially one like Soton, who could chop Fourth Generation God Body Morgana into two halves?!

"You, a little meat bun, want to be my big brother?!"

In an instant, Soton stopped eating and looked at Xiao Xuanyu with clear disdain.

In his eyes, Xiao Xuanyu was merely a somewhat stronger meat bun...

At that, Xiao Xuanyu's face immediately darkened.

"If words won't work, then I'll beat you until you submit!!"

Xiao Xuanyu's expression sank as he muttered viciously.

Whoosh...

At the same time, a wormhole fluctuation flashed past.

In an instant, Xiao Xuanyu, who had been dressed in casual clothes, was clad in Dark Alloy Armor.

"What? You still want to be my big brother?!"

After finishing all the food in his hands in one go, Soton pulled an axe from who knew where and spoke eagerly.

It had been thousands of years. He had not fought in a long time.

"Since I can't talk you into it, I'll just have to beat you into submission!!"

Xiao Xuanyu sneered, retrieving the Dawn Sword from the Dark Dimension as he prepared to fight.

There was no way he could leave Soton to Du Kao.

Even if he tossed him to Morgana, he could not leave him to Du Kao.

After all, this concerned some of Xiao Xuanyu's plans for taking control of Earth in the future.

To accomplish that plan...

Du Kao had to die!!!

"Hehehe, I, Soton, was just itching for a fight!"

Soton let out a sinister laugh through his crocodilian maw, and the axe in his hand flew straight at Xiao Xuanyu.

Whoosh...

At the same time, Xiao Xuanyu swiftly calculated a wormhole beside him.

With a slight sidestep, he vanished completely.

Although Xiao Xuanyu was currently only a First Generation Super Soldier, with Micro Wormhole Transportation Technology, even if he could not defeat Soton, he could still protect himself.

Besides, Xiao Xuanyu had recently figured out how to use the thunder pool that nurtured the Dawn Sword.

With the thunder pool's help, he should be able to deal with Soton, right?!

Xiao Xuanyu thought honestly to himself.

When he reappeared, he was already behind Soton.

Whoosh...

The Dawn Sword in his hand swiftly slashed toward Soton's back.

With a swish, bright red crocodile blood splashed through the air.

"Ah! That hurts like hell, damn it!"

Soton screamed and quickly rolled away to evade Xiao Xuanyu's follow-up attack.

"The Dawn Sword is this powerful?!"

Xiao Xuanyu was startled.

Still, that was only natural. As a Void-level Weapon, the Dawn Sword was comparable to Holy Keisha's Silver Wing and Demon Queen Morgana's Demon Claws.

Breaking through a Third Generation Beast Body's defenses was nothing unusual.

"Y-you, what kind of thing is that sword in your hand? Why does it hurt me so much?!"

Soton looked at the Dawn Sword in Xiao Xuanyu's hand and spoke fearfully.

With just a light slash, it had broken through his defenses. This was the first time he had encountered such a thing in a thousand years.

"Heh, how about this? I won't use this sword against you. If you can beat me, I'll take you to eat good food.

If you can't beat me..., you'll have to acknowledge me as your big brother!

What do you say?"

Xiao Xuanyu said with a chuckle.

He was genuinely afraid of injuring Soton with the Dawn Sword.

"You mean it?!"

Soton scratched his head foolishly, sounding uncertain.

After all, the Dawn Sword in Xiao Xuanyu's hand truly was terrifyingly powerful.

"Of course."

Xiao Xuanyu answered firmly.

"Fine, I, Soton, will take that bet! Come on!"

With a snort, Soton recalled his axe and charged at Xiao Xuanyu again.

"Take an axe from me, Soton!"

A roar burst from his crocodilian mouth as an axe capable of splitting a Fourth Generation God Body cleaved toward Xiao Xuanyu.

Seeing this, Xiao Xuanyu's gaze sharpened slightly.

Faced with Soton's axe, Xiao Xuanyu had no intention of dodging.

He put away the Dawn Sword, and a thunder pool flashing with lightning abruptly appeared in his hand.

At the same time, streams of pure Dark Energy rapidly poured into the thunder pool.

Whoosh...

Supported by the powerful Dark Energy, the thunder pool, originally only palm-sized, instantly expanded to the size of a house.

With a flip of his hand, Xiao Xuanyu covered the charging Soton within the thunder pool.

"W-what is this thing? Let me, Soton, out!!"

Soton, trapped within the thunder pool, was slightly startled.

He struck the thunder pool's barrier with all his strength, but it did not react at all.

"Heh..." A soft chuckle vanished in an instant.

Bang!!

Xiao Xuanyu lightly snapped his fingers, and the once-quiet thunder pool instantly erupted.

Rumble...

Strands of Thunder Power coiled within it.

"Ahhh! That hurts like hell, damn it!"

Soton, trapped within the thunder pool, immediately let out a miserable scream.

"So, Soton, will you consider acknowledging me as your big brother?!"

Standing outside the thunder pool, Xiao Xuanyu circled it with a faint smile on his face.

This was a use for the thunder pool that he had recently developed.

The thunder pool contained powerful Thunder Power.

By trapping an enemy inside, he could use the immense lightning within to refine them into a mass of pure energy.

It was much like... Taiyi Zhenren's magical treasure from mythology, the "Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover."

"Ahhh!!

You want me, Soton, to acknowledge you as my big brother? You'll have to wait ten thousand years!!"

Even while trapped inside, Soton still had his crocodilian backbone.

"Very good. I like crocodiles with backbone like you..."

Xiao Xuanyu said with a smile.

But why did that smile seem so chilling??