After an incredible struggle.
Guardian Dragon finally made it safely through the infrared corridor.
However, the dozen or so soldiers he had brought could only stand waiting outside the corridor.
Although they were the elite among the Empire's elites, they were truly nothing compared to an immortal like Guardian Dragon.
After all, Guardian Dragon and the others were a bunch of lunatics. As long as they did not die, they ruthlessly tortured themselves and pushed their strength to the limit.
They had developed every part of their bodies to its utmost potential.
After passing through the dim passage, Guardian Dragon went straight to the core area.
Along the way.
He clearly saw bloodstains covering the surrounding walls.
"I know you're watching."
"His Majesty demands an explanation."
"What exactly happened at this Biological Gene Research Institute?" Guardian Dragon said in a low voice as he looked at the Imperial research scholars lying in pools of blood, their life force gone and their silver-white lab coats drenched in blood.
Just then, Guardian Dragon's clothes flickered slightly, and the artificial intelligence "Xingchen," who looked like a six- or seven-year-old girl wearing a princess dress, appeared and disappeared as she said, "Imperial Academy of Engineering Academician Yang Chang injected himself with a newly developed drug called the T-01 Drug. It was said to extend human lifespans and accelerate human metabolism."
"Since he failed to obtain the answers he wanted from the monkeys, he applied for human trials."
"His application for human trials was rejected, so Academician Yang Chang took a different path and experimented on himself."
"Because Xingchen feared that the T-01 virus might spread through the air, water, saliva, and other means, she sealed off the entire institute."
"At present, more than 70% of the research academicians inside the institute have been killed by Academician Yang Chang."
"Where is he now?"
Guardian Dragon's expression gradually darkened.
He had thought that the research scholars had been killed by the artificial intelligence "Xingchen."
He had never expected—
It was that bastard Yang Chang who had killed them.
These people were all assets of the Empire.
"Unknown at present."
"More than 80% of the surveillance systems were destroyed by Academician Yang Chang, so I can't track or locate him."
"Be careful."
The artificial intelligence "Xingchen" spoke.
"Hmph."
Guardian Dragon snorted coldly, gripped a sharp Battle Blade, and strode toward the interior of the laboratory.
The laboratories in this institute were extremely intricate.
He could only search slowly for traces of Academician Yang Chang.
"Uwahahaha~"
Inside a laboratory.
Academician Yang Chang stood over two meters tall, covered entirely in hair. His face and nose were veined with bulging tendons, his eyes were bloodshot, his mouth held sharp fangs, and his fingernails were nearly ten centimeters long. Neither human nor ghost, he gazed at the brain matter he had dug out himself, his eyes filled with excitement and desire.
"Life is frail yet miraculous."
"This is art."
He looked at the brain matter he had personally dug out, extremely excited.
"So you're here."
Just then.
Guardian Dragon, covered in blood and carrying his Battle Blade, found Academician Yang Chang hiding there and admiring the work of art in his hands.
"You're... the commander of the Imperial Guards?"
Yang Chang had yet to lose his reason completely. Seeing the other man's attire, he twisted his neck, producing a series of cracking sounds.
"Will you surrender and come with me to see His Majesty, or will I beat you into submission and take you to see His Majesty?"
Guardian Dragon stared at him coldly.
He had never imagined this.
Yang Chang had even killed his own subordinates.
He was completely insane.
"See His Majesty?"
"Hahahaha~"
Yang Chang's eyes were bloodshot. He slowly rose from the ground, his body writhing again as he said, "His Majesty, my ass. You're all aliens who seized another's nest, deceived the ignorant common people, and established your own imperial dynasty. It should come to an end."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Academician Yang Chang stomped against the ground like a cannonball and charged at Guardian Dragon.
His sharp nails, like the claws of Wolverine, stabbed viciously toward Guardian Dragon.
Guardian Dragon was no less fierce. He raised the Battle Blade in his hand and hacked toward Yang Chang.
"The Emperor must not be insulted."
"Your life today is all thanks to His Majesty's grace."
"Insult His Majesty, and die."
The sharp Battle Blade collided with Yang Chang's claws, throwing off sparks.
The most astonishing thing was—
This Battle Blade, which could cut through iron as easily as mud, had actually failed to sever those claws.
Academician Yang Chang's other hand struck Guardian Dragon with lightning speed.
Guardian Dragon was not slow to react either, and he threw out a punch as well.
His fist collided with Academician Yang Chang's fist, like a child's hand crashing into an adult's.
In an instant.
Guardian Dragon was actually slightly weaker in the contest of strength and was sent flying by the blow.
Academician Yang Chang was also sent flying by Guardian Dragon's strength, but relying on his terrifying bodily coordination, he suddenly kicked off the wall behind him. Like a cannonball fired from its barrel, he charged at Guardian Dragon again.
"Bang."
Guardian Dragon slammed into the cold, hard wall. Just as he was about to rebound onto the ground, he twisted and rose to his feet. His left hand trembled violently as he watched Academician Yang Chang charge at him again.
He had not expected it.
Academician Yang Chang was actually this ferocious.
His advantage in height and build was one thing, but his reaction speed was incredibly fast as well.
This was f*cking despair-inducing.
Relying on his nimble footwork, he dodged Academician Yang Chang's attacks. His sharp Battle Blade severed the tendons in Yang Chang's thigh.
In an instant.
Academician Yang Chang's body went limp, and he fell sideways to the ground. Sensing the fierce wind behind him, he twisted his body and dodged the descending Battle Blade, then braced his left hand against the ground and swept it horizontally toward Guardian Dragon.
Seeing this, Guardian Dragon forcibly twisted the Battle Blade that was about to descend. Changing it into an upward thrust, he slashed toward the leg sweeping at him.
However.
Academician Yang Chang had already calculated Guardian Dragon's trajectory. Just as the Battle Blade was about to strike him, he actually retreated backward in defiance of all reason, right before Guardian Dragon's disbelieving eyes.
Guardian Dragon suddenly rolled sideways, widening the distance between himself and Academician Yang Chang.
"As expected of someone who came from an assassin's background. When one strike misses, you immediately flee."
"I've grown more and more interested in immortals like you."
"I really want to taste your blood and study the immortal substance in your bodies."
Academician Yang Chang rose from the ground, looking at Guardian Dragon with excitement as he licked his lips.
Guardian Dragon stared fixedly at him.
In particular, he stared at Academician Yang Chang's foot. The severed tendons he had cut had actually begun healing at an astonishing speed.
"Hahahaha~"
"Did you see that?"
"This is the result of my research."
Academician Yang Chang laughed loudly, his laughter especially deranged.
He now possessed an astonishing recovery ability and the strength of ants. Although he did not know any combat techniques, he believed that absolute strength could overcome all techniques.
No matter how strong you are, you will ultimately lose before overwhelming power.
What he did not know was—
In terms of strength and healing, Guardian Dragon was not much inferior to him.
His chances of overcoming all techniques with sheer force had dropped to nearly zero.
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