City 003

Zhuge Tao left the villa looking almost feverish with excitement.

Only Su Yongyi and Su Zhe remained inside.

Su Yongyi stared at Su Zhe in a daze. He clearly hadn't recovered yet and couldn't understand how Su Zhe had become a War God in a single day.

"Xiao Zhe, you..."

Su Yongyi opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Su Zhe could understand how his father felt.

If he'd seen Su Yongyi suddenly gain the power of a War God or even a Planetary-level fighter, he would have been just as shocked.

"Dad, this involved some opportunities I can't talk about just yet. I'll tell you when the time is right."

Su Zhe thought for a moment, then explained, "Like Luo Feng."

"Like Luo Feng? I understand."

Su Yongyi nodded, indicating that he understood.

With Luo Feng as an example, Su Zhe's progress was still more astonishing than Luo Feng's, but Su Yongyi could just barely accept it.

Of course, Su Yongyi's trust in Su Zhe also played a large part.

"Looks like the Su Family's day to rise has finally come," Su Yongyi said with a sigh. "It's just a shame..."

Su Zhe fell silent for a moment.

He could hear the sadness in Su Yongyi's voice. What was the shame? That Su Zhe's mother hadn't lived to see this day.

Su Zhe's mother had died young, passing away from an illness when he was very little. It was the greatest pain in Su Yongyi's heart.

Su Zhe understood that, of course.

Bring Su Zhe's mother back to life?

Unless Su Zhe could become a Universe Master within fifty years, his mother—an ordinary person—would die from old age even if she were resurrected.

And even with the system, it was impossible for Su Zhe to become a Universe Master within fifty years.

Just comprehending the laws would be a huge challenge.

After Su Yongyi left, Su Zhe returned to his room and began thinking about what to do next.

"Right now, the most urgent thing is to get the panel's second reward as soon as possible and keep getting stronger. I need to reach the Planetary Level as soon as I can."

"But if I want to leave Earth, I'll still have to rely on Luo Feng."

Su Zhe felt a headache coming on.

At present, the only usable spaceship on Earth was with Luo Feng.

Luo Feng had only just possessed the Golden Horned Beast and was still cultivating his Earthling Clone. It would take a long time.

Unless Su Zhe could find another spaceship, it would be very difficult for him to leave Earth.

He couldn't exactly go after that Automaton Race Spaceship, could he?

Without an Intelligent Life to help him, Su Zhe couldn't control the ship at all.

He would just have to wait for Luo Feng.

As for how to get on good terms with Luo Feng and convince him to take him off Earth, Su Zhe wasn't worried. Even setting aside the fact that they were both talented Earthlings, if Su Zhe went to Luo Feng and showed him he was strong enough, Luo Feng wouldn't turn him down.

Besides, Earth's villains weren't just there for show.

If Su Zhe remembered correctly, those people still planned to target Luo Feng's family, didn't they?

Given Luo Feng's personality, if Su Zhe helped him, he wouldn't treat Su Zhe unfairly. That was beyond doubt.

"Never mind. I'll worry about that later."

"First, I need to get stronger."

Su Zhe sat cross-legged on the bed, ready to try cultivating Genetic Origin Energy.

February 8.

Su Zhe arrived in City 003.

Before the Great Nirvana, this city had been one of the most prosperous in China. Now, it was home to countless monsters, including many powerful Lord-level Monsters.

The Golden-Crowned Thunder Roc from before had been heading toward City 003. He wondered if he might run into it again.

Su Zhe's priority now was to earn Devour Points.

"Roar!"

Not long after he entered City 003, a High-Level Beast General took him for prey and charged at him.

"Smack!"

Su Zhe casually slapped it. His terrifying strength turned the monster—one that could have dominated the outside world—into a heap of gore, earning him a negligible number of Devour Points on the panel.

[Devoured a sixth-rank Apprentice Level monster. Obtained 0.6 Devour Points]

"That's more like it!"

A smile spread across Su Zhe's face.

Killing one monster here was almost as good as killing two or three in County 0231. The monsters here outclassed those in the small county in both quality and quantity.

This was the perfect hunting ground!

The High-Level Beast General had dozens of Beast Soldier-level underlings with it. Before they could even run, Su Zhe killed them all in an instant.

With Su Zhe's current strength, he was only a Beginner War God, but even if he ran into a High-Level Overlord monster head-on, he wouldn't be the least bit afraid.

Kill!

Su Zhe became a black-and-red phantom, vanishing into the city known as the Demon Den.

Every monster he encountered along the way fell as easily as crops before a scythe.

Even when he came across several Lord-level monsters, they couldn't stop his killing spree. They all became fuel for his growth—and even helped him gain a new form.

[Obtained new form: Fire Scale Form (Fire Scale Trident Pig)]

He had gained this form after killing an Intermediate Lord Level Fire Scale Trident Pig.

Among pig-type monsters, the Fire Scale Trident Pig ranked first.

The Fire Scale Trident Pig was no weakling. Even near the city center, it had been able to claim a place for itself. Unfortunately, it had run into Su Zhe.

"Boom—!"

After using Fire Scale Form, scales like those of the Fire Scale Trident Pig appeared across Su Zhe's body. Scorching flames rose and covered him, granting him far greater defense than the Series 6 Combat Suit Su Yongyi had given him.

Besides this defensive form, his Claw Form had also grown stronger after he devoured other Lord-level monsters.

The claws he'd gained from the Silver Moon Dire Wolf were no longer cutting-edge.

His new Claw Form had shed its gray color completely, becoming a pair of enormous silver-white claws that gleamed with a terrifying metallic sheen beneath the sunlight.

Seeing this improvement made Su Zhe crave the Golden Horned Beast even more.

Even if he couldn't inherit the Golden Horned Beast's Innate Secret Technique, the beast itself was invaluable!

If he could devour the Golden Horned Beast, it would greatly strengthen not only his Claw Form but also his Wing Speed Form, Super Muscle, and other abilities. It would even raise his Life Gene Level, the most fundamental factor of all.

"Just a little more."

Su Zhe glanced at the Devour Points on the panel. He had already passed 9,000. At this rate, he should see the panel's second reward in another hour or two.

What would the second reward be?

The first one had been the overpowered Blacklight Virus. Surely the second wouldn't be too weak either?

Full of anticipation, Su Zhe threw himself back into slaughtering monsters.

Meanwhile.

Far away in Jiangnan Base City, Zhuge Tao reported Su Zhe's situation to his superiors. As the report passed through one level after another, the information somehow leaked...