Chapter 00103: Stirring Up the Gene Alliance
# Stirring Up the Gene Alliance
Chapter 103
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 103: Stirring Up the Gene Alliance
Zuo Shanyi stared intently at Ding Huan, who was slowly approaching.
He knew his strength far surpassed that of the man walking alongside Qi Xinyue.
Earlier, Ding Huan had frightened him.
The man had actually sensed his hidden spider silk and severed it with a blade of true essence.
That was terrifying.
But upon reflection, Zuo Shanyi realized he might have overthought it.
Ding Huan's blade technique had been chaotic, with no precision or strategy.
It seemed like Ding Huan had simply unleashed his true essence in a panic, afraid of some hidden trick.
By sheer luck, Ding Huan had managed to cut the spider silk.
Even knowing it might have been a fluke, Zuo Shanyi didn’t dare take Ding Huan lightly.
He wouldn’t risk a direct confrontation.
So he hid, waiting to strike Ding Huan with a single, devastating blow.
If it weren’t for the fact that Ding Huan had taken his Heavenly Net, Zuo Shanyi wouldn’t have even considered this ambush.
He would have fled instead.
Zuo Shanyi had survived this long and even become a Divine Practitioner not because of his talent, but because of his patience and ability to endure.
Whether facing someone like Ding Huan, who was close to becoming a Divine Practitioner, or a novice Divine Apprentice, he always relied on sneak attacks.
No one had ever made Zuo Shanyi suffer such a loss and gotten away with it.
If it were anything else, he might have waited until his cultivation improved before seeking revenge.
But the Heavenly Net was different—it was his lifeline.
The man with Qi Xinyue wanted his Heavenly Net and Divine Crystals? Dream on.
As for Qi Xinyue, Zuo Shanyi didn’t even consider her a threat.
She was just a novice Divine Apprentice.
Watching Ding Huan draw closer, Zuo Shanyi calculated the distance.
Now was the time.
Just as Zuo Shanyi was about to strike, a wave of deathly aura washed over him.
His hair stood on end, and he immediately abandoned his plan to ambush Ding Huan, preparing to flee instead.
But the aura of death was already upon him.
Zuo Shanyi’s Divine Power surged wildly, and his body swayed with the killing intent.
*Thud!* Ding Huan felt his Starry Sky Blade cut into Zuo Shanyi’s body, but something strange happened.
The blade, which should have sliced through flesh, now felt like it was cutting through air.
It was as if he had struck a feather—light and unyielding.
Ding Huan snorted coldly, channeling his divine sense into the blade.
A surge of blade energy shot upward.
*Crack!*
A leg was severed.
Before Ding Huan could strike again, the gray figure grabbed the severed limb and vanished, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.
“Dung beetle, remember to wash your neck clean. Next time, don’t let me catch you,” Ding Huan called out, knowing he couldn’t chase the slippery figure.
Hearing Ding Huan’s words, Zuo Shanyi fled even faster.
He realized his mistake had been arrogance and overconfidence.
He wouldn’t make such a low-level error again.
Why had he assumed Ding Huan wouldn’t sense him hiding in the tree? Why had he thought Ding Huan’s earlier success was just luck?
From now on, Zuo Shanyi vowed not to seek revenge until he became a Divine Master.
“Did he escape?” Qi Xinyue asked, still shaken.
Ding Huan nodded. “He won’t dare come back. He thought I couldn’t sense him hiding in the tree. Thanks to the Divine Concealment Technique you taught me, I found him. Otherwise, I’d have been in trouble.”
This wasn’t an exaggeration.
Ding Huan knew that without Qi Xinyue’s technique, he would have been at a disadvantage.
His next goal, aside from improving his cultivation, was to solidify his divine sense.
Only then could he use it to attack.
Moreover, he’d be able to detect hidden threats without relying on true essence.
“We should leave too. Let’s find a place to continue cultivating,” Ding Huan said, pulling out a glass vial to collect some of the blood Zuo Shanyi had left behind.
If he got the chance, he’d create a deadly gene-based poison specifically for Zuo Shanyi.
That dung beetle was too slippery.
Without a trump card, Ding Huan wouldn’t feel safe.
If Zuo Shanyi knew Ding Huan’s thoughts, he’d probably be furious.
You’ve already got the upper hand, and now you’re preparing poison? Have you no shame?
“Where are we going?” Qi Xinyue asked as Ding Huan finished collecting the blood.
“Toward the Kunlun Mountains. But we’ll need to find a quiet spot along the way to improve our strength.”
Ding Huan had twenty-one Divine Crystals.
He wanted to reach the ninth level of gene cultivation before moving on.
The African mountains were vast, and after just a day of travel, Ding Huan and Qi Xinyue found an ideal cultivation spot—a natural cave.
After clearing out some low-level beasts, the place became perfectly quiet.
“We’ll cultivate here. Take two Divine Crystals. We need to improve quickly.”
Ding Huan felt safe here.
Even if Zuo Shanyi found them, the cave entrance was blocked.
No matter how skilled the dung beetle was, he couldn’t sneak in unnoticed.
Qi Xinyue didn’t refuse this time.
She knew her low strength was a burden, and she needed to improve as well.
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*Boom!*
The glass doors of the Dongxun Gene Center were shattered into pieces.
Several Gene Alliance security guards rushed over, weapons in hand, but when they saw who had destroyed the doors, none dared to act.
Zhong Chi, China’s number one powerhouse.
Facing such a figure, attacking him would be like bringing a lantern to a latrine—suicide.
Shi Changyi, who had been in a meeting on the top floor, received the news immediately.
He was furious.
Ding Huan had come to the Gene Alliance multiple times to kill, but Shi Changyi had never been present.
Today, he finally had the chance to confront him.
In Shi Changyi’s mind, only Ding Huan, that lawless lunatic, would dare smash the Gene Alliance’s headquarters doors in Puhai.
But as Shi Changyi stood up in anger, he realized something was off.
Wasn’t Ding Huan supposed to be dead?
“It’s Zhong Chi. He’s not dead. He’s back in Puhai,” a subordinate reported urgently.
Zhong Chi? Hearing the name, Shi Changyi calmed down.
He began to wonder: How had Zhong Chi survived? The poison he’d used wasn’t from Earth—it had come from an alien spacecraft.
He’d tested it on a martial artist, and it had destroyed their meridians.
How could Zhong Chi have recovered from that?
Shi Changyi hadn’t seen Ding Huan’s death with his own eyes, but he was certain Zhong Chi had been poisoned during the gene beast attack.
He should have died.
“Alliance Leader, why not wait for him to come up, and then…” A man beside Shi Changyi whispered a suggestion.
He’d been with Shi Changyi for a long time and could guess how Zhong Chi had disappeared.
If Zhong Chi exposed the truth now, it would be a massive blow to the Gene Alliance and Shi Changyi.
Shi Changyi considered it.
Going downstairs now wouldn’t be wise.
Zhong Chi might appear refined, but he was a brute at heart.
If Shi Changyi went down, the matter would undoubtedly become public knowledge.
If Zhong Chi came upstairs, Shi Changyi and Leng Qi could likely kill him.
Once Zhong Chi was dead, his words wouldn’t matter.
“Good,” Shi Changyi nodded, sitting back down calmly.
He wasn’t worried about Zhong Chi not coming up.
That brute wouldn’t wait—he’d charge up immediately after smashing the doors.
But Shi Changyi didn’t sit for long before his phone rang.
“Alliance Leader, Zhong Chi has someone holding a sign at the entrance, accusing the Gene Alliance of colluding with gene beasts to breach the human defense line. He’s also saying you conspired with the beasts to ambush him…”
Before the caller could finish, Shi Changyi smashed his phone and rushed downstairs.
That bastard was playing dirty.
Colluding with gene beasts? When had Shi Changyi ever done such a thing? Even his aunt wouldn’t tolerate this.
By the time Shi Changyi reached the entrance, a crowd had already gathered.
Zhong Chi, China’s nominal top powerhouse, had returned.
And his accusations were shocking—claims that the Gene Alliance had conspired with beasts to break the human defense line, and that Shi Changyi had ambushed him during the battle.
Even the deputy leader of the Martial Alliance, Yan Xia, had arrived.
The Security Bureau’s old chief, Zhu Qinjiang, was also present, as Qu Yi was unavailable.
Zhong Chi’s return was no small matter.
His accusations carried weight.
Shi Changyi arrived to find Zhong Chi loudly denouncing him.
Beside Zhong Chi, someone held a sign that read: “The Gene Alliance is a beast collaborator. Alliance Leader Shi Changyi conspired with beasts to breach the human defense line. Shi Changyi ambushed Zhong Chi.”
“Zhong Chi, what is the meaning of this?” Shi Changyi was livid.
This man was supposed to be a powerhouse, yet he was acting like a shrew.
Ding Huan had killed here multiple times without breaking the doors, but Zhong Chi smashed them on his first visit.
How could Shi Changyi tolerate this?
Zhong Chi glared at Shi Changyi and said coldly, “Shi Changyi, you dare ask me what’s going on? Who used a poisoned dart to ambush me while I was fighting gene beasts?”
Zhong Chi’s gaze shifted to Leng Qi, standing behind Shi Changyi.
He thought to himself that if he’d charged in recklessly as he used to, Shi Changyi might have ambushed him on the rooftop.
Ding Huan had been right.
Sometimes, you needed strategy, not brute force.
Seeing Yan Xia and Zhu Qinjiang in the crowd, Zhong Chi felt his plan was working.
(End of Chapter)