The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 578 - Genetic Suppression

The area surrounding the God King of Wisdom, Xu Hai, was destroyed, but he still valiantly endured the barrage of attacks from the World life forms before him. During this, he also activated his Great Enlightenment Ring to continuously evolve and improve his Skills.

His barrier had thus become exceptionally durable after numerous advancements. It could even stall against the attacks from the World life forms for a significant duration of time, allowing him to save many students and teachers in the process.

Even so, the Thirteen Guards were in no hurry as their barrier around the college allowed them to hide their presence for three days.

They comfortably allowed the fight to turn into a battle of attrition, waiting patiently for Xu Hai to exhaust his energy before they attacked. Once Xu Hai’s barrier fell, they could attack and kill anyone they wanted.

Their victory was all but guaranteed.

Then, catching a whiff of a familiar scent, the second guard frowned. His hindbrain instinctively sounded the alarm as he realized the source of the scent was fast approaching.

A figure that resembled Han Wu—except with six arms, wings, and a tail—came into view.

The second guard’s head swam, mind turning to jelly as he felt the suppression of the Origin of Mutation affecting his genes.

As he had detected the Origin of Mutation, so too had it sensed him. The Divine River Civilization was profound, and those originating from there would sometimes find their genes resonating with one another.

When two life forms with fundamentally different genes were close together, their genes would become energized, drastically increasing their fighting prowess.

However, the situation with the Origin of Mutation was unique as it was born to be the bane of all genes. When it was that close to the gene for Eagle Eyes, all it felt was the insatiable desire to consume it.

“I’ve found you!” the Origin of Mutation exclaimed, salivating from the moment it laid eyes on the second guard.

Xu Hai recognized the Origin of Mutation and knew that Han Wu was undoubtedly close by as well. Han Wu was a boy capable of conjuring miracles. The college could actually be saved.

The second guard was sweating profusely, despair filling him to the bones at the genetic suppression from the Origin of Mutation.

“Elder brother, third brother, fifth brother, kill him for me!” he cried out.

The eldest guard turned and finally saw the Origin of Mutation. At first, he assumed a Sage life form had accidentally wandered into the battlefield of World life forms, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the Origin of Mutation was actually like them!

Shock filled the eldest guard. He had only ever seen inner members of the Heaven Stair Association condense the power of a World life form into a Sage life form.

“Second brother, calm down. You can probably feel that this creature has managed to condense its strength. If we capture it alive, we can interrogate how it managed such a feat. Don’t you agree?”

The second guard didn’t agree at all. Every fiber of his being, down to his cells, was shivering from terror. Based on the intensity of its suppression, the second guard had a dreadful suspicion that the genes within the Origin of Mutation were most likely from the first series—perhaps even beyond that, from the Supergene series instead.

Although only one stage separated the first and second series, the gap between their strengths was humongous. The suppression from the Origin of Mutation had left him able to use a mere 30% of his powers.

“No, kill him now, or all of us will die!” the second guard shouted hysterically.

The other guards trusted the second guard and knew from his uncharacteristic behavior that it was truly serious.

Unfortunately for them, Xu Hai didn’t allow them to act against the Origin of Mutation. He didn’t know why the Origin of Mutation had such a grudge with them, but he didn’t need to. All that mattered was that the Origin of Mutation would be pummeled to death if he didn’t help it.

Activating his powers, he quickly shielded it with a barrier, silently vowing to protect it for the sake of Han Wu.

However, the Origin of Mutation had other plans that didn’t involve cowering behind a barrier. The Gene Soldiers of the Divine River Civilization made for nutritious meals, and it wasn’t about to miss this opportunity.

While everyone was focused on the Origin of Mutation, the Umbral Mouse had secretly infiltrated Xu Hai’s barrier. Its skill in plundering and escaping had made the sneaky intrusion a piece of cake.

“Master’s mentor, I’m here to help!” Umbral Mouse said telepathically to Xu Hai, hiding in his shadow.

Xu Hai was surprised, having not detected its infiltration at all. Even so, he couldn’t help but look down on it slightly, skeptical of how much help a mouse could provide.

This opinion was swiftly retracted when he felt the power of Umbral Mouse coursing through his body via his shadow.

The Umbral Mouse was actually of great help after all! Not only was his energy consumption reduced by half, but all of his outgoing Skills were amplified too. The Umbral Mouse was undeniably a powerful dark attribute support. Its help enabled Xu Hai to retaliate when the opportunity arose.

Meanwhile, the Origin of Mutation was being attacked from all directions.

The Origin of Mutation’s genes were strong, but its physical body was weak. Moreover, it didn’t excel in combat, and it soon found itself hard-pressed to defend against the attacks of so many World life forms.

“Come here, child!” Xu Hai called, releasing several chains made from black lightning to stop the Thirteen Guards from attacking the Origin of Mutation.

Despite this, the Origin of Mutation didn’t enter Xu Hai’s barrier, opting to instead pounce onto the tenth guard and devour him alive.

Its sharp teeth and powerful jaw could crush even steel into bite-sized pieces. The tenth guard exerted all his strength to shake the Origin of Mutation off his body, but it mattered little. The Origin of Mutation had already gotten a taste of blood in its mouth.

Chuckling, it activated its ability, Gene Lock.

Its body drastically transformed, and the tenth guard’s powers manifested in its body.