The scalding heatwave, with Li Cheng颐 as its center, rapidly expanded in all directions.

Dust swirled in the streets, and the billboards swayed slightly in the hot wind.

Kristin's expression gradually changed.

This heatwave was already nearly eighty degrees before it even got close. It was hard to imagine what the temperature at the source must be.

This was heat generated by bio-energy?!

His body tensed quickly, and he had a faint feeling that coming here in person might not have been a good idea.

"Not bad, this virus." Li Cheng颐 finally spoke.

He raised his hand, feeling as if his body were an inflating balloon, rapidly heating up and expanding. But upon closer inspection, his appearance remained unchanged.

"But…"

He exhaled, the scorching hot breath distorting the air as it dispersed upwards.

"Too little!!"

Boom!!

In an instant, the ground beneath his feet exploded. With the immense reaction force, Li Cheng颐 disappeared from the spot, appearing next to Kristin in a flash.

He reached out to block.

His arm, like a blade, struck Kristin's neck at high speed.

It was too fast, so fast that Kristin didn't even have time to react. Even the pain didn't have time to reach his brain before it was all over.

Boom!!

With a deafening crash, his whole body was driven downwards, slamming into the ground and creating a large, rocky crater.

碎石 (shui shi – shattered rocks) scattered like explosives.

Kristin's neck was broken, forming a twisted and bizarre posture.

But even so, he was still able to move!

He endured the pain and raised his right leg, aiming a full-force kick at Li Cheng颐's abdomen.

Propelled by a tremendous force of over thirty tons, this kick would be enough to make any opponent temporarily retreat.

But not Li Cheng颐.

Bang!

His toes struck the abdominal muscles, and Kristin's right leg twisted, fractured, and instantly bent. He opened his mouth, trying to scream.

But a large foot struck him squarely in the face.

Boom!

The crater in the ground sank further, and a shockwave rippled outwards.

Everything fell silent.

Huff…

Li Cheng颐 exhaled a long breath, his skin becoming increasingly hot. This heat came from the massive heat dissipation generated by his cells resisting internal pressure.

At this point, his body temperature had exceeded ninety degrees.

The hot air he exhaled could easily scald someone.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Not far away, Cang Lu and Hong Lian arrived together, but they didn't approach due to the high temperature, only observing from a distance.

The Taisu Qing Group gunmen around them were also being heavily wounded and killed as the Fighting Alliance's people arrived.

"Since Taisu Qing couldn't hold back, there's no need for us to wait slowly and follow their rhythm," Hong Lian said in a low voice.

"They even sent people to attack directly with thermal weapons… It's too late. Let's move ahead of schedule," Cang Lu nodded.

He also felt mentally exhausted. Ever since accepting Song Shu Hui (Squirrel Grey), everything had sped up. The originally planned situation was forcibly accelerated by the Squirrel Man, catching everyone off guard.

As the surrounding gunmen were dealt with, Cang Lu approached and asked Li Cheng颐,

"Are you alright!?"

"I'm fine." Li Cheng颐 jumped out of the pit and stood to the side.

"It's just that their actions have become somewhat unbearable to me."

Cang Lu's expression changed slightly. "What do you intend to do? Don't do anything rash! Taisu Qing is a top-tier monster that can withstand more than a dozen nuclear bombs! We must wait for the plan."

But before he finished speaking, the silhouette of Song Shu Hui (Squirrel Grey) had already disappeared.

The street rapidly receded before Li Cheng颐's eyes.

The ground rose and fell. His entire being was like an arrow shot from a bow, rushing straight towards the Taisu Qing headquarters building.

Inside the headquarters, only the other two Ancestors remained to oversee everything. After receiving the news of the failed attack, the two of them leaped out of their offices simultaneously.

From the high-altitude balcony, they saw Li Cheng颐 rapidly approaching in the distance.

Wooo~~~

An alarm sounded.

Armed security guards dispersed, proactively seeking advantageous positions and forming a defensive formation, waiting in full battle readiness.

Snipers and rocket launchers were aimed at Li Cheng颐's approaching direction.

The Fear Man and the Demon Woman – one was a tall, bald man covered in black tattoos, and the other was a beautiful woman with long flowing hair, wearing a short skirt and shirt, and had six fingers on one hand.

Realizing that something was wrong, the two quickly went downstairs.

"Where's the boss!?"

The Demon Woman asked sharply.

"According to tradition, he has gone to cultivate! Ya Long and the other three are with him, temporarily not at headquarters!" The Fear Man quickly replied.

"Damn it! It's too late!" The Demon Woman's expression changed slightly. Standing at a high vantage point, she could already feel the tremors brought by the rapidly approaching footsteps.

"Prepare!"

She shouted loudly.

A dozen snipers adjusted slightly.

"Fire!"

Bang bang bang bang!!

All the gunshots rang out in unison. More than a dozen bullets formed a fan shape, hitting Li Cheng颐 head-on.

The tremendous kinetic energy momentarily slowed him down slightly, and more than a dozen sparks flew from his body's surface.

And that was the full effect of all the sniper rifles…

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The sound of huge footsteps was getting closer and closer.

"He's not dead yet!? What kind of monster is this!?" The Demon Woman's forehead was sweating. She signaled for the shoulder-mounted rocket launchers to prepare.

"Launch!"

Wooo!!!

A piercing screech exploded, and a volley of rockets fired neatly before Li Cheng颐 had even completely approached.

Boom boom boom boom!!!

The条 (tiao – shaped) fire explosions instantly covered a large area in front of Li Cheng颐's advance.

Houses collapsed, the ground exploded, and the innocent bystanders who were caught in the crossfire didn't even have a chance to groan before being swallowed by the vibrations and flames.

Some structurally unstable buildings began to tremble due to the explosions, threatening to break and collapse at any moment.

In the flames, which were mixed with orange and dark red smoke, heat waves surged.

Whoosh!!

In an instant, a figure burst out, breaking through everything and continuing to approach the headquarters building.

It was Li Cheng颐!

His fur was tattered and torn, covered in bloody gashes caused by the explosions. But these bloody gashes were visibly wriggling and healing.

In this world completely devoid of术法 (shu fa – spells) and超凡 (chao fan – extraordinary power), the self-healing ability of a flesh-and-blood body could actually reach this level. The only thing that could achieve this was…

"The virus!"

The Demon Woman realized sharply.

"That guy is also infected with the Tianren virus, but why?!?"

She didn't have time to continue speaking.

An ear-piercing screech approached once again.

The phantom that Li Cheng颐 had transformed into was like a cannonball, slamming head-on into the outer wall of the headquarters.

The wall exploded, and the figure plowed a bloody path through the resisting gunmen and martial arts素体 (su ti – bodies), crashing straight into the outer wall of the headquarters building.

Boom!!!

A large hole was blasted through the wall.

The Fear Man and the Demon Woman scattered to avoid the blast on both sides, both sweating profusely.

Just a little bit… they would have been like those subordinates who couldn't dodge in time, being crushed to death by that figure.

"What do we do!?" The Fear Man swallowed nervously.

The Taisu Qing Group had dominated the world for many years, and this was the first time that such a powerful enemy had launched a frontal assault on the group's headquarters.

If they failed to defend the headquarters today, then when the boss returned, both of them would have to accept an extremely harsh punishment.

"We are no match for this man. We must seek external assistance!" The Demon Woman gritted her teeth and retreated.

Whether to die now or die later, the choice wasn't difficult.

"You want to run!?" The Fear Man's face immediately showed anger. He was a loyal fanatic of Taisu Qing, and now that he realized something was wrong, he was about to shout angrily.

Whoosh!

A dark red figure suddenly burst through the wall and appeared behind him.

It was Li Cheng颐!

At this moment, he was covered in dark red, and invisible, twisted undulations spread out from his body.

From being infected with the virus just now until now, only ten minutes had passed. The strength of his body was increasing linearly. In just this short amount of time, the second 生机 (sheng ji – vitality) imprint was already slowly condensing from the fur on his chest.

If there were a hydraulic press to test against, one could clearly see the extent of his physical strength's increase.

At this moment, he had reached at least six hundred tons.

The terror of Eternal Life was finally beginning to show.

If he couldn't keep up with this rate of strengthening soon, his body would be directly torn apart by the enormous internal pressure.

Moreover, Li Cheng颐 had a feeling that the further along he went, the faster this rate of increase would become!

It destroyed everything, ruined everything, burned everything! Until it extinguished itself.

"Where's Taisu Qing!? Where is he!??" Li Cheng颐 grabbed the Fear Man's nape with one hand. At this moment, his size had reached three meters, and his single palm was as big as the other party's head.

Bang bang bang bang!!

The Fear Man frantically hammered at the arm that was grabbing him, but to no avail. His mere twenty-odd tons of strength were like a massage when hitting Li Cheng颐's arm, not even close to hitting the spot.

"Boss! He and Ya Long went to the training field in the suburbs. We've already notified them through a landline. Presumably, they'll be here soon…" The Demon Woman in the distance answered quickly, the cold sweat evaporating from the surrounding high temperature.

But she didn't dare to move.

A bizarre sense of threat was constantly stimulating her nerves.

She could feel that if she made the slightest move, it would instantly invite a thunderous strike.

Li Cheng颐's attention remained fixed on her.

"Weak…! Too weak!!" Li Cheng颐 casually snapped the Fear Man's neck.

With a snap, the bones broke, and the Fear Man's entire body slumped and fell, with white smoke constantly rising from the back of his neck.

After only this short period of contact, his whole body's temperature had already soared to over seventy degrees, and he was almost cooked.

Large patches of the Tianren virus within his body were also dying. They simply couldn't continue to survive in such a high-temperature environment.

Li Cheng颐 looked around and found that all he saw were weaklings. A strange anger surged from his heart.

He believed the lies about the Taisu Qing Group being full of experts, which was why he had come here in person to participate in the so-called international league.

But now it seemed…

"I shouldn't have been so gullible as to think that a group of insects could help me get rid of my worries…"

The heat on his body had now soared to over a hundred degrees.

The second stage of the combinatorial method of taking the primers separately was also beginning to gradually lose its effectiveness.

Once Eternal Life began, it was like an explosion, unstoppable.

And the primers that were taken only guided the direction in which the reaction occurred.

In essence, it was a bizarre disease.

A forbidden path that had been discovered from the mutations of a disease.

And at this moment, the stimulation of the Tianren virus seemed to have enhanced the reaction within Li Cheng颐's body.

Even though he hadn't taken the primer, his body was still rapidly strengthening.

At this moment, it had exceeded the range of the dispersed stage.

This strengthening without a guided direction of the chain reaction was frantically strengthening all of Li Cheng颐's physical body in an untargeted manner.

Flesh, fur, bones, organs – originally, he had divided them into several parts for slow strengthening, but now they were all moving forward at the same time, with their strength skyrocketing like a rocket.

And without the primer, the strengthening within his body also began to exhibit extreme unevenness.

For example, the strengthening speed of the bones was faster than that of the flesh, and the organs each had different speeds, which further triggered a variety of bizarre phenomena.

Li Cheng颐's body began to swell here and collapse there, like a balloon.

Piercing twisting and grinding sounds spread wildly from his body, causing everyone around to feel numb and their eardrums to ache.

'It's too late…!! I must first endure this time!!'

Li Cheng颐 knew something was wrong. The second imprint on his chest was rapidly condensing. Once it successfully condensed, the strength of his body would increase several times in an instant.

At that time, he, who was originally just barely holding on, would definitely be torn apart by the enormous increase in strength in an instant.

But now, the Tianren virus carriers around him weren't strong enough, and they couldn't even get close to him.

Wave after wave of pain surged from his body.

He finally understood how those geniuses from the Silent City who had chosen Eternal Life had died.

This acceleration far exceeded his expectations. If the strengthening speed of the first imprint was 1, then the speed of the second imprint was 80.

This terrifying increase would kill anyone!

And this was still the result of him thinking of a way to strengthen separately.

No…

I must think of a way!!

Thoughts raced through Li Cheng颐's mind. If this continued, he would surely die!

花语 (Hua Yu – Flower Language)!!

That's right!!

He still had Hua Yu (Flower Language)!!

A lightning-like thought flashed through his mind.

(End of Chapter)