Boom Fist

Lin Shen cautiously poked his head out to look at the situation below the mountain. Fewer than ten people remained from the Qi and Wang Families, and Bai Shenfei's battle with the Giant King was not looking optimistic either.

When they had first arrived, there had been a mighty procession of more than two hundred people. Now, only this handful remained. Lin Shen could not help feeling somewhat wistful.

Humans had ultimately only gained part of the Gene Shift Power. They found it difficult to metallize both inside and out like Gene Mutation Creatures. Generally speaking, at the same level, humans were at a disadvantage.

The reason these people had held on until now was mainly because the Blackbirds had supported them.

Other than the two Blackbirds, nearly all the Crystal Grade pets in Qi Shuheng's and Wang Tianer's hands had died as well. After this one battle, the Qi and Wang Families had suffered devastating losses, and their strength had been greatly diminished.

Even if Third Brother and Fourth Brother could not return anytime soon, with Lin Shen around, they should still be able to stand toe-to-toe with the Qi and Wang Families.

That was on the premise that Qi Shuheng and Wang Tianer could return alive. If they and the Blackbirds perished here, the Qi and Wang Families would basically no longer be capable of contending with the Lin Family.

Because several more Alloy Gene Mutator teammates had died, all four of Lin Shen's attributes had already broken through thirty. Those attributes were no longer considered low among the Crystal Gene Level.

The cap for Crystal Gene Level attributes was forty. Lin Shen already had more than thirty now. The Sacrifice to Heaven ability was truly incredibly powerful—though it did cost people.

"Isn't it good enough to live properly? Why insist on scrambling over each other to come and throw away your lives? There were never so many troubles in this world; they are all caused by mediocre people troubling themselves." In high spirits, Lin Shen took advantage of the Giant King's inattention and pushed the Gene Mutation Egg out.

Who would have thought that the moment he pushed the Gene Mutation Egg out of the cave, a thunderous roar came from the foot of the mountain.

The Giant King, which had been fiercely battling Bai Shenfei, actually abandoned her and charged madly up the mountain.

"How was I discovered? Could the Giant King have telepathy?" Lin Shen had clearly seen that the Giant King was not paying attention here before coming out, yet he had still been discovered.

He instinctively retreated a little and returned to the cave. The Giant King had clearly discovered him and did not give up, continuing to accelerate as it rushed upward.

"My attributes are this strong now. What is there to fear? I can just take it head-on." Deep down, Lin Shen still considered Crystal Grade Creatures immensely powerful. For a moment, he forgot that his current attributes were no weaker than those of the Crystal Gene Level. He turned to run, but after another thought, he stopped again.

Besides the explosive increase in attributes brought by Sacrifice to Heaven, Lin Shen's greatest confidence lay in the Pressure-Point Strike and his Super Gene Evolution.

His current attributes were certainly still inferior to the Giant King's, but with the strengthening boost of Super Gene Evolution, his attributes might not be weaker than the Giant King's.

Rather than fleeing, it would be better to test what level his strength could reach under the dual boosts of Sacrifice to Heaven and Super Gene Evolution.

Even if he could not defeat it, escaping would be no problem at all.

With the Angel Revolver on him, one shot would let him charge out alongside the bullet. That speed was not something the Giant King could compare to.

Lin Shen immediately activated Super Gene Evolution. The armor around him quickly became as resplendent and dazzling as thoroughly heated steel. Under the rapid tempering of an icy current, the armor became semi-transparent, looking very much like Crystal Gene Level armor. Ordinary people would not be able to tell the difference at all.

Lin Shen carried out this entire series of actions inside the cave at the mountain peak, so Bai Shenfei and the others at the foot of the mountain did not see it.

Bai Shenfei was even somewhat puzzled as to why the Giant King had suddenly abandoned the fight.

Following the Giant King's furious roar, all the giants actually abandoned them and followed behind the Giant King as it charged up the mountain. The people of the Qi and Wang Families were both startled and delighted. They had no idea what had happened, but all of them felt as though they had narrowly escaped death.

"Go!" Wang Tianer and Qi Shuheng called for their surviving subordinates to retreat. As they withdrew, everyone kept turning their heads to look up the mountain.

Suddenly, they discovered a human figure appearing at the mountain peak.

"Is that... a human Gene Mutator?" someone could not help asking.

"It is a human Gene Mutator... and a Crystal Gene Level one at that... No wonder those giants suddenly ran up the mountain... That Crystal Gene Level stole their home..."

"Besides us, there are actually other human Gene Mutators here, and one of them is a Crystal Gene Level?"

"We fought desperately, and that bastard actually went to pick up the spoils. How shameless."

"Hmph, the clever are often undone by their own cleverness. He thought himself smart and instead helped us out of our predicament, only to trap himself. He is probably doomed."

"..."

While everyone discussed it, the Giant King had already nearly reached the mountaintop. Unable to wait any longer, it leaped directly into the air.

The mountain rocks beneath its feet shattered like a spiderweb beneath the pressure of that terrifying force, forming a web-like field of cracks dozens of meters wide.

The Giant King soared high into the air and arrived before Lin Shen almost instantly, faster than an ordinary bullet.

Combined with its enormous body and the massive explosive boom produced by its sonic blast, it felt as though that punch could smash the entire mountaintop to pieces.

Bai Shenfei had been watching the situation at the summit. She had been wondering who that person was. Is it Senior Brother Lin? Or Lin Zongzheng?

Whether that person was Lin Xiangdong or Lin Zongzheng, when she saw that he did not dodge but instead swung his arm and threw a punch, his small fist meeting the Giant King's terrifying black giant fist, Bai Shenfei did not think it was a good choice.

She had fought the Giant King for so long that she understood it very well. Its strength and hardness were both at the pinnacle of the Crystal Gene Level. It might even have surpassed the upper limit of the Crystal Gene Level.

Its speed was a little weaker, but it was still stronger than ordinary Crystal Grade Creatures, likely around thirty-seven.

The Giant King's weakest point should be its toughness, probably less than thirty.

The influence of toughness was not usually obvious, but it was equally important. It was like forging a blade: after heat treatment, the hardness of the blade steel increased, but if its toughness was insufficient, it could not chop particularly hard things.

That was why chefs generally had two knives. One was hard and thin-bladed, used for slicing vegetables. Its high hardness and wear resistance allowed it to remain sharp for a long time.

The other was for chopping bones. Its blade was thick, and while its hardness might not be especially high, its toughness had to be better. Chopping bones would not damage it; at the very least, it would not snap just from smashing a clove of garlic.

The Giant King's low toughness was only relative to its other attributes. In truth, among the Crystal Gene Level, its toughness was not low either.

Moreover, its body was so thick and heavy, unlike a slicing knife that was so thin. A little lower toughness was not much of a problem.

Under everyone's gaze, Lin Shen, standing at the mountain peak, met the Giant King's airborne Boom Fist with a punch of his own.

Bang!

A deafening explosion erupted between their fists.

The next second, everyone's eyes widened as they witnessed a scene they would find impossible to forget for the rest of their lives.

Amid that explosive sound, countless dense white cracks appeared across the Giant King's obsidian-like body in an instant.

The next instant, the Giant King's enormous airborne body exploded, transforming into countless fragments that burst outward like a spray, mixed with a small amount of black Gene Mutation Fluid.

"Blown... apart..." An Alloy Gene Mutator from the Wang Family spoke in a trembling voice. The sight was simply too shocking.

It was not just him. Qi Shuheng and Wang Tianer also took a long while to recover. The might of that punch was so terrifying that it was hard to believe. That had been a top-tier Crystal Grade Creature, yet it had been blasted apart by one punch.

Bai Shenfei's eyes were also full of complicated emotions as she murmured, "Who exactly is he?"

The giants charging toward the mountaintop also involuntarily stopped at that moment, staring blankly at the figure atop the mountain—far from enormous, yet one that filled them with awe and fear.