Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"boom--!!!"

The eighteen water dragons echoed each other, forming a deadly net that covered the heavens and the earth, strangling down towards the Ye family army. Wherever they passed, space itself seemed to distort!

Upon seeing this, Ye Qingxin's eyes sharpened, and she immediately shouted, "Prepare the gene defense weapons!"

"Click - click -"

Hundreds of thousands of Night Clan warriors moved at the command, their movements perfectly synchronized. Arms raised, wrists turned, weapons pointed forward—a series of metallic clangs and the sounds of energy harmonizing merged into a thunderous roar! They all raised their genetically modified weapons.

The Night Family's standard genetic weapons have undergone several rounds of modifications by Gao Shenxue.

The weapons in their hands were all incredibly futuristic—composite mechanical greatswords, multi-barreled spears, and battle blades inlaid with energy cores...

The Night Clan warriors simultaneously turned around, and the composite energy ignition ports at the front suddenly lit up with a blinding light!

This is not a conventional activation of magic or soul power, but rather genetic resonance energy!

These weapons each have a small energy transmission outlet at the tip. This design is intended to give melee weapons ranged capabilities, allowing melee-class superhumans to install magic-powered weapon ammunition on the weapons and unleash a magic-powered cannon. They can also be used to activate the resonance device of gene weapons, making them versatile equipment for both offense and defense.

"Om——"

Suddenly, a beam of earth-yellow energy shot out from the tips of the weapons of the Night Clan warriors.

The 100,000 beams of earthy yellow energy were not aimed at the enemy, but rather intertwined, collided, and extended in the air!

The moment the beams touched, they burst forth with water-like energy ripples, which then linked and merged, instantly forming a massive, honeycomb-shaped energy shield around the legion that blocked out the view!

The shield is not a smooth plane, but is composed of countless hexagonal energy modules. Each module's surface is covered with ever-changing genetic sequence light patterns, emitting a deep and stable resonance.

Rumble, rumble—! ! !

Eighteen devastating waterspouts slammed into the shield.

The anticipated violent explosion did not occur.

The instant they made contact, the rapidly spinning water blades, the surging soul power, and even the runes at the core of the water tornado were like ice meeting scorching iron, rapidly decomposing, melting, and neutralizing on the surface of the honeycomb shield! The genetic patterns on the shield flashed at an astonishing frequency, like the most sophisticated decoder, quickly analyzing, disrupting, and disintegrating the sea creature soul power structure contained in the attack.

The towering waves transformed into a harmless downpour, the soul power runes dimmed and dissipated, and the eighteen ferocious tornadoes fell silent, crumbling away in just a few breaths, leaving only a sky full of harmless water mist.

Ji Cangyuan's expression changed drastically: "What???...!"

He didn't expect that the human race's genetic weapons were no longer just armor worn on the body for defense and magic resistance, but could create energy shields that specifically countered the soul power of the sea race in a short time!

That was clearly more than just a physical shield; the rapidly flowing material elements on the surface of the energy shield could instantly dismantle the soul power enhancement in his sea creature skills, turning them into ordinary water waves...

The massive energy shield created by hundreds of thousands of human warriors using genetic weapons was actually able to block an attack from a peak Soul Emperor!

Ji Cangyuan cursed under his breath, "Damn it, I never imagined that human genetic weapons would have developed to this level in such a short time..."

"Crack!"

The crisp sound of a gun being cocked came from the high sky to one's side.

Ye Qingxin hovered in the air, revealing her menacing "Destruction Type II" heavy sniper rifle. The gun body had been wrapped and modified by the materialized magic power overflowing from her demon form, and it had even changed its shape. Dark red, vein-like magical veins covered the gun body, and fang-like bone amplification structures extended from the barrel. The entire gun was like a bloodthirsty demon beast that had awakened, radiating a chilling aura.

"Prepare to attack." Ye Qingxin aimed while issuing another command to the army via telepathy.

The Ye family army once again prepared their attack formation with disciplined training, and they picked up their genetically engineered weapons and cannons.

With a buzzing sound, the genetic weapon modules on the guns began to operate...

"Boom--!"

Ye Qingxin was the first to pull the trigger, and a beam of red light as thick as a wrist shot out from the muzzle of the magic-powered sniper rifle!

The shadow of that red light was reflected in Ji Cangyuan's pupils.

"Soul Skill—Five Layers of Abyss Sea Wall!"

He immediately raised his hand to cast a spell.

Five deep, ink-black, and incredibly thick water elemental shields instantly materialized, layer upon layer, blocking the way in front of him!

The red beam of the sniper's shot struck the water shield, instantly shattering the first layer. The second layer was also pierced almost without resistance, followed by the third, and then the fourth...

When the red light pierced through the fifth shield, it was finally completely exhausted. The shield shattered after violently rippled, and the ray also exhausted most of its energy, leaving only a faint red glow that grazed the back of Ji Cangyuan's left hand as he cast the spell.

"Zi..."

With a soft sound, white smoke rose.

On the back of Ji Cangyuan's hand, there was a burn wound the size of a coin, deep enough to expose the bone. The skin and flesh around the wound had an unnatural grayish-white crystalline appearance, and there was no blood flowing out.

Ji Cangyuan's expression changed, as if a vampire had touched mithril. It was clear that the special etching substance in the genetic weapon, which was designed to target the life forms of the sea race, was taking effect!

but......

Even genetic weapons require soul power or magic power to enhance their destructive power in order to deal with high-level superhumans.

That last shot was clearly fired from a magic-powered gun equipped with a gene weapon module. But how could Ye Qingxin, as a transcendent being in the Apocalypse Realm, possibly penetrate his five-layered shield and burn the back of his hand with her magic and soul power-driven magic-powered gene bullet?

wrong......

This woman cannot possibly only possess the strength of the Heavenly Revelation Realm!

“Boom boom boom—!!!”

“BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—!!”

Before Ji Cangyuan could think things through, the Ye family army's volley of fire had already arrived!

Countless energy blasts, gene-bursting arrows, and soul-decomposing beams, trailing colorful flames, rained down on the sea creature camp like a torrential downpour!

The sea creature army was thrown into chaos! Screams, explosions, and the hissing of evaporating water echoed across the sea!

Some sea warriors, writhing in agony, were forced to reveal their true forms—enormous, ship-like octopus tentacles bursting from the water, wrapping around human warriors and dragging them into the abyss. The old turtle roared, its body swelling to the size of a mountain, and slammed into the human ranks with the force of a city's destruction! Sharks emerged from the water, seizing human warriors standing on the surface and dragging them back to the bottom!

"Be careful! They have the advantage at sea! Those who can fly should stay as far away from the sea as possible!" Ye Qingxin warned.

Ye Yulong, Ye Yang, and Ye Mengyu exchanged glances, then simultaneously unleashed their magic and flew towards Ji Cangyuan, launching an attack!

"Roar--!!!"

Beside Ye Mengyu, her demonized teddy bear spirit pet had swelled to the size of a giant bear monster, its black and red mane fluttering like flames, its mouth sprouting fangs, and its back displaying ferocious bone wings.

"Xiao Di, go!" Ye Mengyu said.

Xiao Di let out a deafening roar and transformed into a whirlwind of flesh and blood, rushing towards Ji Cangyuan!

"Demonized Technique - Ferocious Beast Sky-Splitting Pounce!"

Ye Yulong and Ye Yang stood to the left and right, their demonic flames exploding like two opposing meteors, sealing off all of Ji Cangyuan's escape routes!

Ji Cangyuan's expression darkened as he looked at the three approaching demonic figures, a warning bell ringing in his heart: 'Something's wrong!'

'Absolutely not!'

'The aura of these people doesn't seem like that of extraordinary beings at the Heavenly Revelation Realm at all!'

'And the aura surrounding them... it feels a bit like...'

Just as he was pondering, Ye Yulong's serrated greatsword was enveloped in eerie green Netherfire, Ye Yang's fists exploded with rings of dark red energy patterns, and Ye Mengyu's demonized teddy bear pounced. Three completely different but equally violent magical energies had already attacked from all sides!

"boom--!"

The three attacks converged on a single point.

At the point of convergence, a black, red, and green energy sphere, over ten meters in diameter, suddenly erupted. Arcs crackled and cracks spread across its surface. Then, it collapsed inwards and bulged outwards—BOOM!!!

A blinding magical light engulfed the field of vision, and a terrifying shockwave exploded in a spherical shape. Wherever it passed, space cracked like glass, and a huge crater was pressed into the sea surface. The mist in the sky was evaporated before it could even rise!

At the critical moment, Ji Cangyuan's figure blurred, transforming into a streak of light blue light that flashed out of the core layer of the explosion.

When he solidified his form again, he was already a hundred meters away. His face was extremely ugly, the hem of his robe was torn to shreds by the aftershocks, and a strand of his hair was scorched and blackened.

"The power of an Apostle!?... And it's actually the power of a demonized Apostle?"

He finally realized it!

The energy emanating from Ye Yulong and his companions vaguely resembled that of the priests of the old temple!

He had heard that the ancient demon lord of the super-ancient era, as one of the most powerful races among the ancient races, could become a source of faith, just like a god, and give his followers demonic faith power.

However, in this era, although the Demon race still ranks second among all races, its strength is far inferior to that of the ancient Demon race. There is not even a single demigod, so in theory, there is no longer any being capable of becoming a source of faith.

Where does the power of faith within Ye Yulong, Ye Qingxin, and the others come from? Their object of faith... it can't be Demon Lord Cain, can it?

Moreover, the level of Apostle power possessed by Ye Yulong and the others was quite high! They were actually eleventh-tier Apostles, the same level as the Five Elements Divine Officials!

"You are actually demonized apostles!?"

Ji Cangyuan looked on incredulously: "What kind of demon god do you worship? Kahn??"

“Of course not,” Ye Yulong said coldly, his face expressionless. He slowly raised his serrated greatsword, its blade burning with ghostly flames. “But we don’t need to tell you either, since you’re about to become a dead man.”

Ye Yang sneered: "Don't try to take it from me. Since the gene lock was unlocked, I haven't had a chance to find a strong opponent to test my power. Today I've finally found one."

Ye Mengyu said, "Brother Ye Yang, how can this be? It's the first time he's entered his demon form. I also want my Xiao Di to try out the power after his demonic upgrade!"

"Roar—Roar!!" The teddy bear stood upright, its fangs bared, its fists pounding its chest, its dark red mane trembling like flames, its fighting spirit surging.

Ye Yang complained, "This is my first time using the Demon form too!"

"..." Ji Cangyuan's face was grim.

Four level eleven apostles...

Are you kidding me...

Why the hell should we even bother fighting them?!

"Fourth-tier Soul Skill - Giant Wave Water Curtain!"

Ji Cangyuan made a quick decision and swiftly joined his hands together in a seal!

The seawater in front of him roared into the sky, transforming into a blue wall of water several meters thick and over a hundred meters wide!

Runes flowed within the water curtain, creating an astonishing defensive force. He himself showed no interest in fighting; surrounded by water vapor, he turned to transform into a current of the sea and flee!

"Want to leave!?"

Ye Yang's eyes sharpened.

boom!

He unleashed his magic, and dark red demonic flames erupted around him as if hot oil had been poured on them! The surging air lifted him even higher.

"Demonic Martial Technique - Abyss Slaughter Flash!"

Boom-!

A muffled thud, as if space itself had been shattered!

Ye Yang's figure blurred instantly. His leg magic energy was compressed to the extreme, bursting out with dark, crack-like trails. Completely ignoring the law of inertia, he refracted three times in the air at almost right angles, so fast that only afterimages remained!

"Crack-bang!"

He actually smashed a huge hole in the thick curtain of water, and before the water droplets even fell, he had already broken through the blockade!

Ji Cangyuan had only fled less than a hundred meters when he felt a blur before his eyes, and a scorching and violent aura rushed towards him!

'So fast!? ......'

Ji Cangyuan's pupils contracted.

Ye Yang grinned maliciously: "Take this!"

"Demonic Martial Technique - Abyss Rift Hundred Strikes!"

Before he finished speaking, Ye Yang's figure had already moved close to him like a ghost!

Arms, shoulders, elbows, even knees—every part of the body that could be used for attack—vanished into afterimages in that instant!

Fists, palms, claws, tearing, stabbing, elbows... dozens or even hundreds of attacks poured out in an instant!

Each strike was imbued with solidified dark red magical energy, its piercing sound as sharp as a ghost's wail, weaving a storm of death in the air!

Ji Cangyuan was shocked. He crossed his arms, and a layer of crystal-clear, automatically protective water shield instantly appeared.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Crack—!"

However, the water shield shattered after only three blows! Subsequent attacks rained down on his hastily parried arms, shoulders, chest, and abdomen.

"Bang—! Bang—! Bang bang bang—!"

Ye Yang's attack speed is incredibly fast! And each of these strikes is imbued with magical energy, planting a delayed burst of hidden power within the opponent's body with each strike!

"Boom——!!!"

With his final blow, Ye Yang spun around and delivered a powerful kick, which landed squarely on Ji Cangyuan's chest!

"Uh......"

Ji Cangyuan let out a muffled groan as he plummeted from the sky into the sea.

Huge white waves burst open on the sea surface. Ji Cangyuan's feet were firmly planted on the water, but he couldn't dissipate all the force, carving a deep trench tens of meters long into the sea. Waves rolled on both sides, and he finally managed to steady himself in a disheveled state.

"Depend on......"

"As expected, he's an eleventh-level apostle..."

Ji Cangyuan grimaced, clutching the spot where he had just been hit in great pain.

When did level 11 apostles become so worthless?