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

"number 3?"

Yu Li looked somewhat bewildered and glanced at Gao Shenxue beside her.

"After so many years, I really don't recognize you."

Adam scrutinized Gao Shenxue from head to toe with great interest, his silver-gray pupils gleaming with an almost anatomical light. He grinned, revealing teeth that were almost blindingly white: "What, don't you remember the instructor who personally taught you back then?"

"..." Gao Shenxue remained silent.

"Oh...it seems Yun Qing protected you very well after she took you away," Adam said. "Even your memories were erased, hehe..."

Gao Shenxue remained silent, but her usually clear and calm black eyes, like a deep pool, visibly darkened. A rare, almost tangible, chilling killing intent, like an undercurrent beneath a polar glacier, slowly gathered and spread in her eyes.

She still didn't recognize who the demi-human man in front of her was.

I can only vaguely remember that I should recognize him.

Moreover, she could sense that the man before her was incredibly strong...

and,

I don't know why, but whenever I see him, a kind of inexplicable anger and hatred naturally arises deep in my heart!

Yu Li was somewhat surprised.

From childhood to adulthood, apart from when Ye Ge went missing, she rarely sensed such a cold and pure killing intent from Xue'er so clearly!

"Xiao Li." Gao Shenxue finally parted her lips slightly, her clear and cold voice sounding, several degrees lower than usual, with an unyielding chill in her words: "Stay away from me."

Yu Li opened her mouth slightly, as if she was about to say something...

"boom--!"

Gao Shenxue's eyes narrowed, and her aura changed drastically!

The vast and mighty pressure of the Soul Emperor realm erupted like a sleeping beast awakening!

The space behind her began to distort and vibrate. Twelve intricately designed mechanical soul rings, each shimmering with azure data light, appeared out of thin air, one ring inside the other, slowly rotating and emitting a deep, rhythmic hum.

Twelve sleek, gleaming "Herka Mechanical Lightswords," each shimmering with a cold metallic sheen and arcs of energy, emerged from the magic circle, swirling around her like loyal guards, tracing azure paths.

At the same time, hundreds of miniature detectors and floating turrets swarmed out from the spatial ripples behind her, spreading out like a living mechanical swarm of bees, and firmly locking onto Karl and Adam.

Adam stroked the steel-needle-like stubble on his chin, his interest growing stronger: "Mechanical Soul Ring, Herka's Sword... Interesting. It seems you've finally learned to control your 'Mechanical Heart.' As your instructor, I'm quite pleased."

Karl, who was standing to the side, glanced at him and warned, "Be careful. Although I haven't witnessed it with my own eyes, she may have successfully controlled the 'Power of Heaven' through some method using the technology she has mastered."

Adam raised an eyebrow slightly: "Is that so? Then I'll have to take a closer look."

Carl said, "You'd better watch out. We're taking her back, and if you break her mechanical heart, it won't be easy to repair."

"Hehe, don't worry." Adam twisted his neck, making a slight "click" sound. His muscles tensed slightly, entering a relaxed yet dangerous state of readiness. He smiled and said, "I know my limits."

A cold glint suddenly flashed in Gao Shenxue's eyes.

The waist-length black horse tail swayed in the air currents, fluttering wildly!

"Boom——!!!"

Suddenly, the mysterious array in the center of the mechanical soul ring behind her shone brightly!

A high-energy, ice-blue laser cannon, over half a meter in diameter and composed entirely of compressed destructive energy, suddenly erupted without any prior charging! Wherever the beam passed, the air was ionized, emitting a piercing shriek, and it hurtled straight toward the weathered rock mountain, tens of meters high, where Karl and Adam stood!

At the same time, the hundreds of miniature combat robots hovering around Gao Shenxue flashed red light in their eyes, and like an enraged swarm of bees, they rushed towards Yanshan from all directions at an astonishing speed!

"Boom boom boom boom——!!"

"Boom boom ...

The symphony of destruction resounded across the Gobi Desert in an instant!

The laser cannon struck the top of the rocky mountain first, the terrifying energy instantly vaporizing the rock at the point of contact, followed by a chain reaction of explosions! The suicidal charge of hundreds of robots and their synchronized firepower further amplified the explosive force!

Amidst dazzling blue light and continuous roars, the massive rock formation, tens of meters high, first crumbled into countless fragments, then was further ground and pulverized by the sustained high temperature and shockwaves! The fragments turned into dust, which then sublimated and dissipated in the extreme heat...

A violent shockwave of soul power, mixed with high-temperature air currents and sandstorms that blotted out the sky, swept outwards in all directions!

Yu Li, Leng Yu Ning, Xiao Yu Xi, Yao Yue, and Lin Chi Chang were already quite far away, but they were still thrown backwards by the terrifying storm for more than ten meters before they could barely regain their footing! Each of them raised their protective soul power to resist the scorching air waves and falling rocks that were rushing towards them.

"This power..." Leng Yuening raised her arm to shield herself, her heart filled with overwhelming shock. Through her fingers, she looked at the landscape that had been instantly reshaped, her throat feeling dry.

This level of strength is completely different from theirs... and may even be several levels above them!

This is not the strength one should possess at the early stage of the Soul Emperor realm...

Lin Chishang stared blankly at the bombed rocky mountain.

All around that entire weathered rock mountain had been leveled! No... it should be called a basin!

Not only was the rocky mountain, tens of meters high, blown away, but the explosion also left behind a huge, bowl-shaped crater with charred edges and a depth of several meters! The rocks at the bottom of the crater had a glassy appearance, as if they had been molten at high temperatures and then rapidly cooled!

Lin Chishang broke out in a cold sweat: "This is too terrifying..."

Xiao Yuxi gazed at the billowing smoke and turbulent energy at the epicenter of the explosion: "What about those two demi-humans? Were they killed in the explosion?"

Leng Yue Ning closed her eyes and concentrated, the Azure Dragon Holy Power flowing slightly within her body. Through the power of Kang Su, she could faintly sense some of Adam and Karl's auras: "No... not yet..."

"..."

Takayuki floated in the air, looking up with icy eyes.

About a hundred meters directly above her head, the space rippled slightly, and Karl and Adam appeared silently like ghosts, their clothes neat and their hair perfectly styled.

The devastating attack just now, with so many robots bombarding them with their own explosive self-destruction, didn't even manage to touch the hem of their clothes.

Adam said, "Hehe, Karl, you're right, this little girl is indeed much stronger than before."