Ding Huan carefully collected the horn of the Mutated Fire Lizard, and as he was preparing to leave, the sound of frantic running came from a distance.
Looking up, Ding Huan saw the Third-level Mutated Black Ape.
This Third-level Mutated Fierce Beast Black Ape was so heavy that every step it took came with a dull sound.
This damn creature, even though Ding Huan was eager to leave, seeing this Third-level Mutated Black Ape, anger rose from within him.
He was a Second Level gene cultivator, and if it hadn’t been for this Third-level Mutated Black Ape leading tens of thousands in the Fierce Beast Tide, he wouldn’t have really feared this Black Ape.
Now the Black Ape was alone, missing one eye, blood constantly flowing from where the eye had been. There were more than a dozen places on its body bleeding.
Ding Huan knew instantly the Black Ape was injured, and not lightly.
"You damned creature, so you’d attack human settlements," Ding Huan thought to himself with glee and didn’t have any intention of letting this Black Ape go.
Grabbing his dagger, Ding Huan didn’t hesitate for a moment and charged at the Black Ape.
The Black Ape, though somewhat intelligent, wasn’t very bright.
As it was fleeing hastily, it saw Ding Huan approach not with escape but by charging faster towards him.
In its mind, humans were useless except for those iron tubes that could shoot flames.
It had seen this already in Lujiang City.
This human before it, without an iron tube, what good would a knife do? Would it leave even a scar if he cut it?
Ding Huan was stupefied by the foolish behavior; even the gold-faced thick-tailed monkey he encountered in Beilong Mountain had been smarter than this creature.
Did it not realize it was injured? To charge so arrogantly, did it completely disregard him or the knife in his hand?
It simply had no clue.
As it charged at Ding Huan, the Black Ape leaped, its mouth aiming straight for Ding Huan’s head.
Ding Huan dropped his backpack and leaned back, his entire back sliding along the ground towards the Black Ape, as his dagger, already covered with elemental power, was raised.
"Pfft!" The dagger entered like cutting tofu, sinking in effortlessly.
Ding Huan lifted his dagger, speeding up as he slid forward.
Right as Ding Huan slid past, blood gushed from the Black Ape like a breached riverbank, instantly staining the ground red where Ding Huan had been.
Ding Huan let out a sigh of relief, nearly getting dirty.
The Black Ape, already pushing itself to escape here and mustering its strength to attack Ding Huan, now lay paralyzed on the ground with its belly sliced open by Ding Huan’s blade, only capable of low growls.
Dusting himself off, Ding Huan walked over to the Black Ape, pulled out the dagger, and then cleaved the Black Ape’s head.
No matter how hard the Black Ape’s head was, under Ding Huan’s strike, it was still split in two.
Prying with his knife, within seconds, Ding Huan was surprised to extract a white orb from the Black Ape’s head.
Although this Black Ape was a Third-level Demon Beast, Ding Huan didn’t think it had a Demon Core.
He had just split the Black Ape’s head hoping for luck, not really expecting to find one.
Even if it was the lowest grade, or even unformed, this was still the first Demon Core he had obtained on Earth.
The uses of a Demon Core were plentiful, so Ding Huan quickly wrapped it up and, shouldering his backpack, sped away.
About half an hour after Ding Huan left, several soldiers armed with Infiltration Explosion Long Spears arrived.
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"Captain, do you think this is the Black Ape?" The soldier in front spotted the Black Ape immediately, taking a few steps to its side.
The others hurried over eagerly.
"Indeed, this is it. So strong, who could have split the brain of this gene monster in one hit?" asked a soldier with a captain’s badge, astonished.
"This must be at least a Profound Level martial artist, right?"
"Possibly higher, but it’s not surprising, considering how many powerful individuals have come to Lujiang this time."
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Ding Huan ran all the way, stopping after two hours; he needed to consider where to go next.
Without asking, he knew that after the students he led achieved good grades, someone would definitely come looking for him.
Whether with good or ill intentions, he should not be seen now.
Ding Huan felt helpless; seeing that Lv Zi was a First Level gene cultivator, he knew he had underestimated the effects of the gene potion he had developed.
Nor had he anticipated that the potential-enhancing gene potion he had concocted on a whim would be so powerful.
He also realized, after seeing the influence of the Pu Hai Martial Arts Square, just how vast that impact was.
Returning to Yujiang University in Lu River now was sure to be dangerous.
If Yan Xia was that powerful, just imagine how many strong people there were in the Genetic Alliance and the Martial Arts Alliance?
But he had to find a gene laboratory; without it, what would he do with the Mutated Fire Lizard’s horn he had finally obtained to make a genetic potion?
In Penglu Mountain, he had collected many medicinal herbs, and he had also obtained the Mutated Fire Lizard. All he needed now was to refine these into a Genetic Potion.
Ding Huan had rested for quite some time, but he still couldn’t figure out where to hide.
If he hadn’t been aiming for the gene laboratory, he could have simply gone into hiding in a large mountain range to practice cultivation.
With his current strength, he should have no trouble surviving in the mountains.
Having no other choice, Ding Huan simply disguised himself as a slightly uncouth medicinal herb merchant.
Two days later, Ding Huan bypassed Lujiang City and arrived at Jintang.
Before he even entered Jintang, he saw his own wanted poster on a huge electronic screen outside Jintang City.
Not only did the wanted poster list his height and photograph, but it also clearly marked his place of employment at Yujiang University.
The reason for his bounty stated that during the enrollment assessment period for the Blue Star Ten Great Colleges, he entered a hotel to rob and murder, consecutively killing two innocents in the hotel.
He stole several bottles of Genetic Potion and an amount of cash.
The reward was frighteningly high: an opportunity to enter one of the Planet Colleges or the Martial Vein Mountain, along with one million Alliance coins and a bottle of top-grade Genetic Potion.
This reward was merely for providing information on his whereabouts; proving that the provided whereabouts were accurate would result in a reward.
As for capturing Ding Huan himself, the reward would be even higher.
Ding Huan frowned, wondering which damn bastard was behind his bounty?
However, he immediately saw the organization issuing his wanted poster, the Genetic Alliance.
Apart from the Genetic Alliance, four of the Blue Star Ten Great Colleges were involved, including the Martial Vein Mountain.
The wanted poster was also intentionally misleading—killing during the enrollment assessment period of the Blue Star Ten Great Colleges seemed to suggest that he killed candidates.
Under normal circumstances, people are very protective of candidates. Ding Huan, being so ferocious and evil, went so far as to rob candidates of their money, and after robbing them, even killed them. Wasn’t that beyond excessive?
And there was the Martial Vein Mountain, which Ding Huan remembered was one of the Blue Star Ten Great Colleges, but was located within Hua Xia.
Why would a college in Hua Xia team up with the Genetic Alliance to go against him?
What left Ding Huan speechless was that the wanted poster also accused him of stealing the Genetic Potion.
Why not accuse him of something else? The Genetic Potions from the Genetic Alliance, even if they were thrown on the ground, he wouldn’t bother bending over to pick up.
Ding Huan entered Jintang City, aware that the wanted poster must have been issued during the enrollment assessment period for the Blue Star Ten Great Colleges, a joint action of the Genetic Alliance and the other colleges.
In a past life, Qu Yi died in the Genetic Alliance’s gene laboratory; he was sold to the Genetic Alliance for human gene experiments and then forcibly sent into space for gene trials.
If it hadn’t been for his great fortune, where would he be now?
Without taking down the Genetic Alliance, he would always feel unresolved.
The Genetic Alliance had two headquarters: one in America and another in the Pu Hai region of Hua Xia...
As he thought of this, Ding Huan’s steps suddenly paused; it seemed he had caught on to something.
The Genetic Alliance must have held a meeting to issue this wanted poster; it couldn’t have been done arbitrarily.
The Alliance Hierarch of the Genetic Alliance seemed to be a foreigner, right? They borrowed the convenience of this enrollment assessment for their meeting.
And their headquarters were in Pu Hai...
Upon thinking of Pu Hai, Ding Huan knew what he had caught on to.
It was inappropriate for him to go anywhere else at this time; one reason was that he could not find a suitable gene laboratory, and the second was that with the wanted poster out, any place would investigate strangers.
Even in Jintang, he could not settle down.
After all, the rewards listed were simply too generous.
Only Pu Hai remained; Pu Hai was where the wanted poster was issued and also the place of the current enrollment assessment for the Blue Star Ten Great Colleges.
As one might imagine, Pu Hai was filled with unfamiliar faces.
With nearly ten million people from all over the world, wouldn’t there be many unfamiliar faces?
Moreover, with the ongoing enrollment assessment in Pu Hai, who would dare to search the city? Who would dare to investigate at will?
Pu Hai, being a world-class metropolis, was home to numerous high-level gene laboratories.
How difficult would it be for him to rent a gene laboratory?
Another benefit of going to Pu Hai was the notion of "hiding in plain sight."
Everyone would think that to escape, he must have gone as far away as possible. Who would ever guess that he had not only stayed, but had actually come right under the nose of the Genetic Alliance?
The third benefit was that once in Pu Hai, he could keep an eye on the Genetic Alliance.
In his past life, Qu Yi was taken away by the Genetic Alliance after the enrollment assessment for the Blue Star Ten Great Colleges concluded.
This time, by going to Pu Hai, he might secretly take care of Qu Yi.
The decision was made. He would go to Pu Hai.