What's it like to be stronger than Saitama?

These were his heartfelt words. If it weren't for the fact that this man was a handsome old man, Xuanwu wouldn't mind recognizing Yang Xi as his father.

After all, in a sense, he was indeed created by Yang Xi, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him his biological father.

Yang Xi had been thanked by all sorts of people so many times that he was already numb to it. He nodded casually and sent Xuanwu to exercise on one side of the square.

"Xuanwu is water-based, so it should be based on water elemental abilities, and then fused with a bloodline-based ability."

Yang Xi was originally only able to fuse with abilities of the same type. At the same time, because he had stripped away too many abilities, he couldn't use them all. Unless there were special circumstances, he basically didn't use the "fusion" function of stripping away abilities.

But after mastering the profound meaning of control, Yang Xi suddenly discovered that he could also fuse different types of superpowers.

Just like combining ignition and boxing to create the Flame Boxer ability, what Yang Xi is trying to do now is to combine water elemental ability with bloodline ability to create an ability similar to the Xuanwu divine beast.

"In terms of water-based creatures, there are more than a dozen, such as Surfer, Rain Master, Killer Whale, and Water Ghost."

"But many superpowers are not simply water-based; some even include bloodline-based and transformation-based abilities. Won't this cause some adverse effects?"

With this in mind, Yang Xi manually eliminated seven or eight water elemental abilities and chose purer elemental abilities such as Surfing Master, Rain Master, and Water Wave.

"The bloodline to be fused with should ideally be dragon-shaped, turtle-shaped, or snake-shaped."

Thanks to the tools of the Heavenly Gang, Yang Xi's bloodline-based superpowers are truly diverse and varied.

Yang Xi picked out a special energy bead.

"The Black Flame Dragon bloodline ability I borrowed from the Demon Dragon seems to have a significant advantage in terms of dragon attributes!"

342 What is this bald man in the white robe pretending to be?

"But this Black Flame Dragon bloodline is a fire elemental ability, which is the opposite of the Black Tortoise's attribute."

Yang Xi scratched his head in a bit of a predicament. "Besides, the dragon head of Xuanwu should be an Eastern dragon, right? Wouldn't it look a bit out of place to put a Western dragon head on it?"

Yang Xi simply called out Zhu Que; it was definitely the right thing to do to leave such a troublesome matter to her.

Zhuque said, "There are two options. One is to abandon the bloodline-based ability and directly give the Xuanwu a water elemental ability, which has a higher affinity with the element."

"The second method is to arrange and combine all the eligible bloodline abilities to adjudicate the three dragon forms, two turtle forms, and five snake forms of bloodline abilities, plus the work of stripping each ability of interfering elemental attributes."

Zhuque paused for a moment, glanced at Yang Xi, and said, "We will probably need two days to try and fail to arrive at an optimal solution, and there is no guarantee of success."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xi was immediately troubled. If it were just a simulation of the Vermilion Bird, it would be fine, but this fusion ability cannot be simulated in the Cloud Top Space, so he also had to participate.

Xuanwu ran over breathlessly. In just a short while, he had already completed three sets of push-ups and supine exercises on the temple lawn.

He made his request somewhat awkwardly, "Chief, may I try some of the food over there?"

Xuanwu pointed to some snacks, drinks and fruits that Yang Xi had casually piled up in the temple.

Looking at Xuanwu's hopeful eyes, Yang Xi nodded, somewhat amused and exasperated.

Having received permission, Xuanwu suppressed his excitement and headed towards the human food. For him, this would be an adventure for his taste buds.

Zhuque said, "I don't recommend that you let Xuanwu eat freely. He has no experience in this area. The first meal should mainly consist of unseasoned side dishes, and then gradually introduce various sour, sweet, bitter and spicy flavors."

Yang Xi said nonchalantly, "It's alright. If he's overeaten, we'll treat him. If treatment is too troublesome, we'll just kill him and create a new body. Practice makes perfect!"

Ultimately, Yang Xi chose to conduct the tedious fusion experiment.

There are many reasons. First of all, Yang Xi felt that since he had started this idea, he should stick to it. At most, after finishing the Xuanwu bloodline, he should not pursue the resemblance of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Qilin and so on. After all, the Vermilion Bird did not become a fire-type bird!

Secondly, according to the information Yang Xi saw in the void, there are three types of lower-level laws that control the profound mysteries: the profound mysteries of decomposition, the profound mysteries of fusion, and the profound mysteries of energy.

Doing more work on integration will also help him understand the profound meaning of integration.

Although Yang Xi had already made up his mind that the way to become stronger was to kill fourth-tier powerhouses, strip them of their profound laws and break them down into law fragments so that he could comprehend the profound laws himself.

However, as the saying goes, even a skilled cook cannot make a meal without rice. If one does not have a sufficient understanding of their own abilities, even if their inspiration explodes under the catalysis of law fragments, their efficiency will be very low.

If Yang Xi had had extra profound laws at hand when that near-enlightenment feeling struck him in the Void Realm last time, he might have been able to maximize the catalytic effect of the law fragments!

"bring it on!"

Yang Xi took out the special ability that Zhuque had specifically requested and began a new round of closed-door research.

While Yang Xi was methodically cultivating and researching, an uninvited guest appeared on a mid-level defense line in the Free Alliance's sea area.

Originally, the number of alien beasts in this army was unusually small. In fact, among the top-level combatants, the ratio of human experts to alien beasts was three to one!

It should be noted that in past battles, there were always a few extra alien beasts that required the strong members of the Free Army to fight in pairs or even one-on-one situations.

The strongest of the 22nd defense line, Sequence 055 "Magic Swab", after defeating its opponent, the lightning-controlling super beast "Purple Lightning Falcon", was about to support its struggling subordinates when it discovered a bald man walking on water among the beast horde, seemingly not paying any attention to the fierce battle between the beasts and human ability users around him.

"Who is this guy?"

The magic-absorbing cotton swabs held up nine of its soul artifacts—various colors, half a meter long, and roughly the size of a mango—arranged in front of it, resembling nine agile flying swords.

Although this powerful soul weapon looks somewhat comical, it is incredibly powerful. It is a cotton swab that can absorb attacks from the corresponding element!

The "Purple Lightning Falcon" that was just now was completely countered by the blue lightning-type cotton swab, and was ultimately killed by the magic-absorbing cotton swab with its sharp golden wood handle.

"Could this be an otherworldly being commanding an army of monstrous beasts?!"

The magic-absorbing cotton swab was overjoyed. If it could capture an alien, it would be a great achievement!

At that moment, he abandoned the idea of ​​rescuing his subordinates and, driven by his own soul weapon, charged towards the man at the critical moment.

"Just surrender obediently, you otherworldly being. You're unlucky to have met me, the Demon-Absorbing Cotton Swab Master!"

The bald man was none other than the Saint of Light Erosion. As a member of the noble Alfonso clan, he would naturally not sneak into the world like a rat.

Instead, he randomly chose an entrance to the human-controlled area to search for the boar who stole his Philosopher's Stone, as well as his organization, Judgment.

"Hmm?" Faced with the attack of the magic-absorbing cotton swab, the Light Erosion Saint slowly raised his head.

This weakling, who isn't even at the third-tier limit, actually dared to attack him?

"Accept!"

The magic-absorbing cotton swabs controlled the nine cotton swabs to continuously rotate clockwise and rush towards the Light Erosion Saint. In order to capture this seemingly arrogant otherworldly person, the magic-absorbing cotton swabs did not attack his vital points, but instead aimed at areas such as his wrists and ankles, striving to cripple and capture him.

In any case, all that otherworldly beings need is a mouth that can speak information. Even for experienced interrogators, as long as their mental energy remains, they can conduct interrogations.

The Light Erosion Saint vanished from his spot in an instant, dodging the Soul Weapon attack. He then casually flicked out a beam of white light, which shot towards the Magic Absorbing Cotton Swab.

The magic-absorbing cotton swab sneered: "So you're a light elementalist. You're not some sissy who can only heal, are you?"

The magic-absorbing cotton swab completely ignored the white light, summoned its soul weapon, picked out a white-tipped cotton swab, and swung it at the incoming white light like a baseball.

In his mind, this seemingly harmless white light would be easily absorbed by his own soul weapon.

But

The artifact of the magic-absorbing cotton swab was instantly purified upon contact with the white light.

"How...how is this possible?! My Horcrux!!"

brush!

The white light split into four, easily turning this powerful cultivator into a human stump.

The Saint of Light Erosion stepped on the chest of the magic-absorbing cotton swab and said calmly, "Do you know where the Judgment Organization's base is?"

343 Earthly Fiend Plan (Two-in-One)

Free Army Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief's Office.

Ouyang Guanhe, his face ashen, put the report aside and paced back and forth.

"Now that the 22nd front has fallen, what we need to do is quickly plug the loopholes. Once the alien beast army enters the residential area, it will inevitably cause a large number of civilian casualties!"

If the situation is not contained and everyone becomes fearful, panic could destabilize the rear, which is the biggest hidden danger!

Ouyang Jingzhu stood up. "We have already temporarily dispatched some troops from the 21st and 23rd defense lines to provide reinforcements. In addition, the Free Army's special forces have already laid ambushes on the islands behind us. We will definitely not allow the alien beast army to run rampant within our territory!"

Her face looked terrible. When she received the news that the 22nd front had fallen, Ouyang Jingzhu was taking a bubble bath. At that moment, there was still a small piece of dried cucumber on her face, and no one dared to remind her of this detail.

This is the fifth time the defenses have been breached since my brother took office, and the most serious one.

No one expected that all the high-level combat forces of the 22nd defense line would be killed in such a short time. This allowed the super-beasts to attack any target with impunity, and also deprived the Free Army of precious buffer time.

"Have you found the reason? I remember the commander of the 22nd defense line is Sequence 055, isn't that guy known for his defense? Even if all the soldiers on the defense line died, he should have been able to survive in the chaos!"

Ouyang Jingzhu shook her head. "I don't know. All the officers and superhuman soldiers on the 22nd defense line have been killed in action. We have very little intelligence at the moment."

At that moment, an officer from the Free Army's Ninth Intelligence Division knocked on the door and entered, "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Seagull has found the battle recorder and discovered the reason for the fall of Line 22."

Ouyang Guanhe took a deep breath and said, "Tell me, what caused so many of our comrades to die in battle!"

The intelligence officer didn't say much and quickly stepped forward to turn on the projector.

On the snow-white wall, scenes of the Light Erosion Saint instantly killing the magic-absorbing cotton swab, interrogating, and then killing the level-one ability user, and then interrogating again, kept appearing.

There were seven combat-capable individuals on the second defensive line, five of whom died at the hands of the Light Erosion Saint, and each of them only needed one move.

After that, the Light-Eroding Saint disappeared from the screen, and the monsters began their slaughtering frenzy.

Ouyang Guanhe had the intelligence officer turn off the projector, his face grave. "I didn't expect it to be this guy!"

"Do you know him?" Ouyang Jingzhu asked.

Ouyang Guanhe nodded. "Didn't I go to the occupied zone before? This guy was fighting with me for the Philosopher's Stone, along with the leader of the Deep Blue Clan and the Pig of the Judgment Organization."

Upon returning, Ouyang Guanhe only informed Blast and Tongtian about the matter. All Ouyang Jingzhu knew was that an anomaly had occurred on Crimson Frost Island, resulting in a significant reduction in the alien military's strength.

Upon hearing this secret, a look of shock appeared on Ouyang Jingzhu's calm face. "The Pig of the Judgment Organization is also a fourth-tier powerhouse?"

Ouyang Guanhe glanced at his sister and nodded, saying, "It's pretty much true; the Philosopher's Stone has fallen into the hands of the Pig."

"Wasn't our previous assessment of the arbitration organization wrong? The Pig (亥) in the Chinese zodiac is already at the fourth rank, then..."

Ouyang Guanhe waved his hand, "You don't need to overthink it. Fourth-tier experts are not common. I estimate that the Judgment Organization is lucky to have one or two fourth-tier experts. This Haizhu may have just broken through recently."

"As you know, most of the people in the Judgment Organization are at the third level. Sometimes, breaking through from the third level to the fourth level is just a matter of sudden enlightenment."

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Jingzhu nodded. She had been stuck at the third level for many years and had never been able to understand the "Dao" that her brother spoke of. On the other hand, that kid Ah Xuan had been acting strangely in recent years, and perhaps he would break through before her.

Ouyang Guanhe sighed, "This Light Erosion Saint is a powerful figure in the Light Element system. The profound mysteries of the laws he comprehended are somewhat strange. No wonder the Magic Absorption Cotton Swab perished. It is really difficult for ordinary third-tier experts to face fourth-tier beings."

"Fortunately, I now know the general direction of this Light-Erosion Saint."

Ouyang Guanhe lit a cigarette after a long absence, and after exhaling a cloud of smoke, he turned his gaze toward the 05 defense line.

It seems a fourth-order war is about to break out in the waters of the Free Alliance, which will have a huge impact on the entire military layout. It's hard to say whether it will be a blessing or a curse!

Yang Xi never expected that even the usually reliable Zhuque would make mistakes. In the end, they spent a day longer than originally planned, and the result was only mediocre.

The resulting bloodline-based superpower was not the outcome Yang Xi desired; the "snake" attribute was somewhat lacking.