Life Genes

Luo Feng compared the force multipliers of the first level of the Luo Xia Sword Art and the first level of the Ninefold Thunderblade in his mind.

Having just finished reading the first three levels of the Ninefold Thunderblade, Luo Feng carefully calculated that its first level could unleash 1.4 times one's original physical strength!

This Force Application Technique was already immensely powerful, but he could not use 1.4 times his current strength to punch through that wall.

Therefore, the first level of Luo Xia's Sword Art had to have a higher force multiplier than the Ninefold Thunderblade!

Luo Feng could not help asking, "Xia, what's the force multiplier of your first-level Sword Art?"

Luo Xia spun his sword and replied, "By my estimate, once the first level is fully completed, it should be able to unleash four times the body's original strength."

Gasp—

Luo Feng drew in a sharp breath.

Four times the body's original strength?!

That was almost equivalent to the force multiplier of the sixth level of the Ninefold Thunderblade!

What did that mean?

Did it not mean that the Sword Art created by his younger brother Luo Xia was of a higher level than Thunder God's Ninefold Thunderblade?!

"Are you sure?"

Luo Feng asked in disbelief.

Luo Xia looked at Luo Feng with a smile. "Eldest brother, would I lie to you?"

"..." Luo Feng was speechless. It was precisely because he knew his younger brother would not lie that he found it so unbelievable.

He had merely read World Annihilation, yet he had created a Sword Art that surpassed Thunder God's secret manual. That was simply too outrageous!

"Eldest brother, I won't talk with you anymore. I need to continue perfecting the first level of my Sword Art."

Luo Xia said.

"Alright." Luo Feng said, "But it's a little strange for your Sword Art to be called just that. Why not give it a name?"

Luo Xia thought for a moment and said:

"Since I comprehended my Sword Art from Hong's World Annihilation, I'll call it Genesis."

Luo Feng did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You really are lazy. Hong calls his World Annihilation, and you call yours Genesis. Aren't you afraid Hong will come looking for you?"

Luo Xia chuckled.

"As the globally recognized First Strongest, I think Hong is quite broad-minded. He probably won't come after me over the name of a Sword Art, right?"

Luo Feng thought about it and said:

"You never know. Hong and the others might really come looking for you because of this Sword Art. According to you, its first level can unleash four times the body's original strength. That already surpasses the cultivation manuals they created!"

"I've only comprehended the first level so far..."

Luo Xia smiled and spread his hands.

The Two Brothers joked around for a while before returning to their respective training.

Spurred on by Luo Xia, Luo Feng continuously swung the War Saber in his hand, trying to execute the first level of the Ninefold Thunderblade. Yet throughout the entire afternoon, he failed every time.

As for Luo Xia, thanks to his extraordinary comprehension, he had gradually perfected the first level of his Sword Art.

By the time their mother called them downstairs for dinner, Luo Xia could execute the first level of the Genesis Sword Art with One Hundred Percent consistency, instantly unleashing four times his body's original strength!

Day after day passed.

Although, through Wu Tong's arrangements, Luo Xia and Luo Feng were already considered members of the Fire Hammer Squad, the squad had been resting recently. Thus, the Two Brothers had plenty of time to train with their manuals at home!

At present, Luo Xia had already begun comprehending the second level of the Genesis Sword Art. The force multiplier of this level would reach eight times the body's original strength!

This was already more powerful than the ninth level of Thunder God's Ninefold Thunderblade!

After all, even upon reaching its ninth level, the Ninefold Thunderblade could at most unleash seven times the body's original strength!

While comprehending his Sword Art, Luo Xia was also creating an entirely new Guidance Technique!

Previously, he had comprehended a more advanced Guidance Technique from the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method. However, that Guidance Technique did not suit his current Sword Art, and it required one to reach Warrior-General-level before it could be cultivated, so he needed to make the appropriate adjustments.

A Guidance Technique was crucial. Combined with Gene Force, it could speed up cultivation and increase the rate of a lifeform's evolution!

Speaking of life evolution, one had to mention an extremely important setting in the Original Work of Swallowed Star!

That was—Life Genes!

So-called Life Genes were possessed by every lifeform in the universe. Whether carbon-based lifeforms, silicon-based lifeforms, or pure Energy Lifeforms, all possessed Life Genes.

However, the Life Genes of some powerful beings became stronger than those of ordinary lifeforms in the universe through cultivation and evolution. They were usually six or seven times, or even ten times, those of ordinary lifeforms.

The stronger one's Life Genes, the greater the strength they brought!

For example, consider two Warriors of the same Planet-level.

If your Life Genes were stronger than your opponent's—ten times stronger—then you would possess more than ten times their strength, speed, and Gene Force!

This Life Gene multiplier generally increased continuously as a Warrior cultivated, but it had an upper limit.

Generally speaking, the Life Genes of Universe Ordinary Life could reach at most one hundred times those of ordinary lifeforms!

Exceeding one hundred times was extremely difficult, perhaps even impossible!

Yet some special lifeforms in the universe could break through this limit, allowing their Life Genes to far surpass those of Universe Ordinary Life—

Their multipliers could exceed one hundred times, reaching hundreds or even thousands of times.

However, even the powerful genes of these Universe Special Lifeforms had a limit. According to the Original Work, once they reached ten thousand times, they could no longer improve.

In fact, if Luo Xia remembered correctly, the most special lifeform in the universe in the Original Work had only reached a Life Gene multiplier of five thousand times that of Universe Ordinary Life.

The higher one went, the harder it became to improve!

In the Original Work, Luo Feng completely rose to prominence because his Life Gene multiplier reached the Perfect Level—it was 10,081 times that of Universe Ordinary Life!

"So if I want to stand at the pinnacle in the future, I must continuously evolve my Life Genes and move closer to becoming a Perfect Life..."

Luo Xia pondered.

This was extremely difficult.

Because the human body had its limits.

In the Original Work, Luo Feng was able to achieve a perfect Life Gene multiplier only because of the Nether Sea Clone.

Without the Nether Sea Clone, relying solely on his Earthling Main Body, his Life Gene multiplier could only have reached three thousand times at most!

Although Life Genes at that level were already stronger than those of some Universe Special Lifeforms, it was still not enough!

Luo Xia was unwilling to accept that his Life Genes could not reach the Perfect Level!

"In the Original Work, there seemed to be only one secret manual capable of increasing one's gene multiplier: the Nine Calamity Codex. And it could only be inherited by one person... It seemed to be on Earth. Where was it again?"

Luo Xia let his thoughts wander, trying to recall the location of the Nine Calamity Codex. But his memories were too distant, and the Original Work's contents were too vast and complex. At this moment, he simply could not remember.

"Forget it. It's too early to think about this now. Perhaps later on, I'll comprehend a cultivation method of my own that can increase and evolve Life Genes..."

Luo Xia had great confidence in his comprehension.

Although the Nine Calamity Codex was extraordinarily powerful, a God King-level secret technique, and after it was created, it had been suppressed by the Operating Law of the Original Universe, which automatically erased its contents.

Luo Xia was confident that with his heaven-defying comprehension, he could definitely create a secret technique equal to the Nine Calamity Codex—or even one that surpassed it!

"I'll start with the Guidance Technique. Cultivating Gene Force through a Guidance Technique can likewise evolve Life Genes; the process is simply very slow..."

Luo Xia muttered to himself. Combining the Guidance Technique recorded by Hong in World Annihilation with the Guidance Technique Luo Xia had previously comprehended but could not yet cultivate, he began creating a brand-new Guidance Technique suited for use with his Sword Art!

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