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

The flames from the explosion almost filled the entire room.

The orange-red firelight reflected on Gao Shenxue's exquisite face, flickering on her bright features.

"Ok?"

Gao Shenxue narrowed her eyes, sensing something.

This force...

In some ways, it seems to be related to Saya's power...

The flames that filled the room gradually dissipated... or rather, were gradually absorbed!

The flames completely dissipated, and a robust man appeared before the chairman and Karl.

He was surrounded by dark blue magic, forming a tall wall with a tortoise-shell pattern. The flames from the exploding nanomissiles were being gradually absorbed by the dark blue water-attribute magic wall.

The robust man was tall and muscular, with tortoise-shell-like muscle lines floating beneath his dark blue skin. Seven black bone spurs protruded from his spine, each locked with a semi-transparent chain of mystic ice.

The man had a palm-sized tortoise shell core embedded in his chest, a tortoise shell shield on his left arm, and a bronze snake-shaped shoulder guard coiled around his right arm from tail to head.

'Xuanwu...Sacred power?' Gao Shenxue pondered for a moment, then thought to herself, 'Something's not right. It's not sacred power. Although it's Xuanwu, it's using demonic power...'

The demonized power of Xuanwu...

Yue Xuan turned to look at the chairman and the others behind him, his voice calm: "Chairman, are you alright?"

The chairman remained calm, clearly knowing that Yue Xuan would definitely appear: "Hmm."

Yue Xuan stared coldly at Gao Shenxue: "Do you want to kill her?"

Chairman: "...No, I want them alive."

In truth, he was thinking: 'It's good enough that you managed to get rid of her...'

"boom!"

Yue Xuan clenched his fist and unleashed his power once more.

The dark blue water-attribute magic surged even more fiercely around him!

"Dark Technique - Mountain-Shattering Strike!"

With a stomp of his foot, he charged towards Gao Shenxue.

His right arm gradually solidified and was covered with a heavy armor of black ice. When he threw a punch, he drew the dark currents around him to form a water pressure fist aura, which he threw at Gao Shenxue!

Gao Shenxue stood still, neither dodging nor avoiding.

Yue Xuan landed a precise punch on Gao Shenxue's face!

However, although the punch landed, it missed.

Yue Xuan's body passed right through Gao Shenxue's body!

"!!?!?" Yue Xuan was stunned.

It is not a physical entity.

Is it a holographic projection?

But she clearly just now...

Upon witnessing this scene, Carl seemed to suddenly understand something.

Data clone!

She uses the company's virtual network world to materialize in the real world.

At the same time, because she is a data clone, she can also instantly decompose the data of her body at any time, achieving the effect of instant "phantomization".

A cold sweat trickled down Karl's face, and he gave a pale laugh: 'Truly worthy of being Number 03. After seizing control of the company's virtual network world, he was able to make such unbelievable modifications so quickly, and even put them into practical use...'

There's no other way; we have to use that insurance program...

Karl's smile faded, his expression turned serious, and he immediately opened his system panel.

The data code on the transparent panel in front of me is running rapidly.

[System: Initiating self-destruct procedure...]

After Yue Xuan passed through Gao Shenxue's body.

Gao Shenxue immediately changed back from the holographic projection state to the data entity state.

His usually cold eyes sharpened.

They seized the moment when Yue Xuan's attack missed and he was momentarily stunned!

"Eighth-Order Mechanical Technology - Plasma Trial Ring"

The girl's ten Herka swords flew back and circled around Yue Xuan, forming a ring-shaped electromagnetic matrix.

The nano-patterns on the surface of the mechanical sword emitted a lightning-attribute light, and the continuously leaping billion-volt electric arcs automatically targeted the enemy, striking Yue Xuan at the same time, and with each attack, an electromagnetic imprint was superimposed on his body!

"!!!" Yue Xuan grunted, the water-attribute defensive barrier covering his entire body was exactly countered by the lightning attribute.

The power of lightning rapidly spread throughout his body, causing all the muscles in his body to spasm.

The electric current also penetrated his body's meridians and began attacking his soul power nodes.

"Drink!!!"

Yue Xuan roared, and the veins on his forehead bulged out one by one!

This time, he mobilized ice-attribute magic.

The demonic power of the Xuanwu formed a protective shell with tortoise-shell patterns around him, protecting him from the high-intensity voltage from the outside world.

Gao Shenxue coldly raised her hand, aimed at Yue Xuan, and clenched her fist in the air.

Ten Herka swords, each crackling with lightning, flew toward Yue Xuan simultaneously!

When an electric arc transitions, it leaves behind streaks of blue ozone in the air!

The lightning overload emitted a series of electromagnetic hums, similar to those of a pipe organ!

Yue Xuan's pupils contracted.

Just as the mechanical sword flew to within a dozen centimeters of him...

[System: Self-destruct system has been loaded!]

"drop--!"

In an instant, all the computers in the Gene Company building went dark.

Herka's Sword stopped in front of Yue Xuan, and as the data completely disintegrated, it vanished into the air.

Gao Shenxue's figure quickly became transparent, like a holographic projection that had been turned off, and soon disappeared.

"..."

Yue Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He hadn't expected that a mechanic at the peak of the Saint Realm would be so difficult to deal with...

Seeing that the computer on the table was already shut down, the chairman turned to look at Karl, his expression serious: "You used a self-destruct program?"

Carl shrugged and spread his hands helplessly: "There's no other way. If we don't use the self-destruct program, the company's system will really change hands completely."

"It's not difficult to deal with one of Gao Shenxue's data clones, but the company's system still stores a lot of important data, including information on the 'Illustrated Book of Mythical Beasts in the Mountains and Seas'... The chairman probably wouldn't want this data to be leaked, would he?"

"..."

The chairman fell silent and said nothing more.

"After absorbing the data energy stored in the company's cyberspace, Gao Shenxue's extraordinary level has broken through to the peak of the Saint Realm."

Karl looked at the chairman: "Now that Yege has Gao Shenxue, a Destruction Mechanic, and Xia Xiyao, someone with high-purity Chaos Power... I'm afraid they're really not easy to deal with..."

The chairman narrowed his eyes and analyzed, "Xia Xiyao possesses such pure chaotic power, it definitely didn't come out of nowhere. Karl, you should investigate this thoroughly and find out what's going on."

Karl: "Regarding the appearance of Qiongqi's power this time, what about the Five Elements Gods...?"

The chairman's face darkened: "I will handle it."

Karl nodded slightly: "Yes, I understand."