Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8-Chapter 138 - 111: Talent Completed, Barbaric Martial Saint

Chapter 138: Chapter 111: Talent Completed, Barbaric Martial Saint

He was clearly unwilling to accept this.

In an enticing tone, Andre began, "Do you want to know what my research is? I can tell you..."

"I developed the Extraordinary Potion from the cells of an Ancient God and scattered the Extraordinary across the entire world. All Transcendents are merely nourishment for this Ancient God. The cells grow by devouring their flesh, their souls... everything. Once I find a suitable vessel and reclaim all these cells, I can become a new Ancient God—a truly eternal and indestructible Transcendent!"

Upon hearing this, Li Chang’an raised an eyebrow.

The moment he entered the lab and saw the arm in the center, he’d guessed it was the source of the strange cells found in the Extraordinary Potion.

So, Andre’s confession didn’t surprise him.

The only thing he hadn’t expected was that this old bastard was treating the world’s Transcendents like his personal garden, preparing to harvest them all with his Extraordinary Potion.

Li Chang’an glanced again at the so-called Ancient God’s arm and sneered, "Your so-called ’Ancient God’ is already deader than dead, leaving behind only an arm whose Vitality hasn’t yet faded. And here you are, dreaming of becoming eternal? You’re a true fool..."

He wasn’t a native of this world, so naturally, his knowledge far surpassed that of its inhabitants.

Thus, after only a few more glances, Li Chang’an was certain that the arm’s original owner must have been an incredibly powerful Genetic Warrior.

The arm itself was, indeed, an immense treasure.

But in Li Chang’an’s eyes, Andre’s methods were clearly misguided. It was like using a golden hoe just to dig in the dirt.

A complete and utter waste.

Li Chang’an walked up to the vat containing the arm, shattered the glass with a single punch, and held up the limb. "Take a look," he said. "Is this what your ’Ancient God’ is supposed to look like?"

As he spoke, he casually detached one of his own arms and attached the arm of the unknown Genetic Warrior in its place.

Though the Genetic Warrior it belonged to was most likely dead, the cells in the arm were clearly still active.

The instant they made contact with Li Chang’an’s body, the cells greedily latched on, eagerly fusing to become a part of him.

Andre stared at this scene as if he’d seen a ghost, his blood running cold. He stumbled back several steps, completely dumbfounded. "Y-y-you... How can you just fuse with the Ancient God’s body? How is that possible?"

When he first acquired the arm, he had, in fact, tried to fuse with it. But the genes and cells in the limb were simply too powerful.

Anything or anyone that came into contact with it was transformed by its terrifying genes and cells into a monster bent on pure destruction.

An ordinary human body couldn’t possibly withstand it.

That was why Andre had to meticulously extract the cells from the arm and distribute them across the world via the Extraordinary Potion.

He used the world’s Transcendents as a giant petri dish to make the cells less volatile and tame them enough for a host to bear. Only then would he dare attempt to find a sufficiently powerful vessel and absorb all the Ancient God’s cells into his own body.

But even with this method, he had failed countless times.

The few cells he managed to reclaim only ended up creating one monster after another.

Even his most successful attempt was still a far cry from true success.

And yet, right before his very eyes, Li Chang’an had directly fused with the Ancient God’s cells—and hadn’t instantly exploded into a spray of blood and gore. How could he not be utterly stupefied?

[With your Heaven-defying Comprehension, you have glimpsed the true mystery of the Ancient God’s gene and successfully completed the Barbaric Martial Saint talent!]

[Acquired Special Genetic Talent: Barbaric Martial Saint (Complete)]

[Barbaric Martial Saint: You are a Martial Arts God from the primordial wilds. Your very genes carry an indisputable Martial Arts Will!]

[Your body’s Basic Abilities are permanently increased by 300%, your physical attack damage is increased by 500%, and the cap on your Martial Arts Gene is increased by 1000%!]

[You can imbue any object with your Extraordinary Divine Power. Under your Extraordinary Martial Force, the object will gain Martial Dao Divinity and provide a 200% bonus to its Attributes!]

[You have gained the special ability ’Genetic Liberation’. Activating Genetic Liberation can boost all of your Attributes by up to 1000% for a short time!]

Reading the messages in his vision, a look of delight involuntarily spread across Li Chang’an’s face.

So far in this new life, the most precious thing he had obtained was undoubtedly the body of this dead Genetic Warrior. It had allowed him to comprehend a supremely powerful genetic talent!

Of course, genes were a double-edged sword.

While it could cut his enemies, it could just as easily cut him. But with his Heaven-defying Comprehension, Li Chang’an was confident he could turn this incredibly sharp blade only against his foes.

After fusing with the arm, Li Chang’an felt a distending pain throughout his body.

The Life Evolution Level of that Genetic Warrior was clearly far, far greater than Li Chang’an’s. Even though he had used his Heaven-defying Comprehension to analyze a portion of its genes, he still couldn’t completely ignore the consequences of high-level Energy colliding with a low-level body.

As more and more Energy overflowed from his right arm, Li Chang’an felt as if his body could explode at any moment.

Li Chang’an knew this was no illusion.

If he couldn’t vent this terrifying Energy soon, he really might be blown apart, exploding into a mist of blood.

With this in mind, he wasted no more time.

In a flash, he swatted Andre to the floor, reducing him to a pile of meat paste. Then, he vanished from the Advanced Technology Company Building and sped toward Night City, thousands of miles away.

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