Ultragene Warlord

Chapter 114: Elemental Augmentation

It was a risky maneuver, but Zhang Lie quite liked their resolve and daring. Well, in that case, I'll have to be a little more serious. As he murmured to himself, he began circulating his genetic energy, causing Venombane to gleam.

While wind and storm surged behind him, Zhang Lie struck backwards with Venombane, blocking the tip of Fang Yi's spear with the blade of his sword.
The seemingly ordinary blow was infused with [The Boundless Blade], sapping away much of Fang Yi's momentum.

However, Fang Yi only smiled.
The next moment, Zhang Lie felt a wave of heat assailing his back.
As Sun Mengmeng fired an arrow into the air, purple flames seemed to fall from the sky, morphing into hundreds of firebirds as they converged on Zhang Lie. 

The combination of fire and wind caused the potency of Sun Mengmeng's attack to reach its maximum.
The startling heat of the flames dyed the training ground in purple and red, and Zhang Lie's face shone with sweat.

He activated his galewolf soulshard, making him as fast as lightning, leaving behind a trail of shadows as he dashed away.

Sun Mengmeng stared in amazement.
Despite the combination attack and the additional speed to her arrows from Fang Yi's wind and storm, her attacks still weren't able to land a hit on Zhang Lie.

However, Zhang Lie wasn't out of danger just yet.
By dashing out of range of Sun Mengmeng's attacks, he was leaving himself open to another blow from Fang Yi, whose [Rondo of Wind and Storm] made him faster than even Sun Mengmeng's arrows.

He would have to block attacks from both fronts at once.
As he circulated genetic energy through his body, Zhang Lie struck with [Fists of the Silent Sea] on his left, and [The Boundless Blade] on his right.

His attacks clashed with Fang Yi's, and explosions of genetic energy rocked the battlefield.

Zhang Lie was surprised by the strength of Fang Yi's attacks, which had been significantly enhanced by the purple flames from Sun Mengmeng's arrows.

For the first time, Zhang Lie took a step back.

“Quick! Use your strongest attacks!” Sun Mengmeng shouted, sensing Zhang Lie's temporary weakness.

The attacks that the rest of the team had been charging up now poured out of them in a flood.

Everyone remembered what Zhang Lie had said.
They used the strongest attacks they could, pouring all their genetic energy into that one blow.

Yang Ze took half a step forward, launching his own [Mirrored Refraction] to pin Zhang Lie down, then following up with [The Boundless Blade].
Yang Ze's sword thrust forward, buoyed by the force of the boundless sea. 

At the same time, Li Feng stepped forth with a loud yell.
He activated [Arclight Dragon's Imprint], producing a flash of glowing light that lit up Yang Ze's body.
Zhang Lie frowned: the mist trailing from Yang Ze's feet caused the light to refract, and his entire body seemed to become shrouded.

Countless images of Yang Ze appeared from within the mist, seeming to surround Zhang Lie.

“Excellent combination of light and water!” Zhang Lie praised.
He stepped into the mist and darted here and there, trying to identify Yang Ze's true body.

“[Golden Divide]!” However, just as Zhang Lie stepped into the mist, a resplendent golden light shot toward him.
Sun Xiaowu's attack forced him back.

Simultaneously, a jade-green spear thrust forward, accompanied by sharp, thorny vines.

Zhang Lie stepped back and used [Three-Wave Crescendo], smashing into Sun Xiaowu's attack and flinging him up into the air.
Despite the successful counter, Zhang Lie knew that it was far from sufficient for damaging Sun Xiaowu under the effects of [Adamantine Aegis].
Defending against Sun Xiaowu's blow meant that he was entrapped by the sturdy, resilient vines, from which it would take him some time to break free.

“Sorry, Captain!” Amidst the fog, the hunters of Team Zenith called out in excitement.
This was the best opportunity yet to strike at Zhang Lie! Once again, the hunters readied their best attacks.

“Well? Don't hold back!” Zhang Lie smiled faintly, black mist surging forth from him.

Sun Mengmeng's hair fluttered amidst wind and storm.
She, Fang Yi, and the others stared at their target with serious expressions, as though this really were a fight to the death.

“Charge!” Fang Yi strode forward.
Once again, he attacked with [Heaven's Judgment], and the lightning crackling on his spear took on a purple tinge from Sun Mengmeng's flames.

His spear was quickly followed by Sun Mengmeng's [Baptism of Hellfire], a fire- and dark-attuned attack that complemented Fang Yi's spear strike well.

From within the mist, Yang Ze released yet another [Mirrored Refraction], making it so dense that Zhang Lie was unable to sense even the other hunters arrayed around him.

Zhou Ying and Sun Xiaowu's targeted harassment blocked any possible retaliation from Zhang Lie as Yang Ze and Fang Yi attacked.

“Not too shabby.” Zhang Lie could sense just how much effort the hunters had put into their teamwork.

As he circulated genetic energy through his body, Zhang Lie suddenly lifted up Venombane and cut through the vines surrounding him.
He leapt up into the air, shouting, “[The Boundless Blade: Judgment]!”

As he cleaved downward, Venombane released a blinding flash of darkness, then smashed toward the dissipating mist.

Fang Yi was the first to be struck by the attack.
As the floor of the training ground cracked under its force, Fang Yi's face paled as he was flung away.

His first blow having landed, Zhang Lie turned in mid-air, sending a [Fists of the Silent Sea] in the direction of Sun Xiaowu and Zhou Ying, who were now visible without the cover of fog.
Neither of them were able to react to his attack in time, and both were knocked away as well.

Yang Ze and Li Feng attempted to help the others, but Zhang Lie landed on the floor and immediately activated [Mirrored Refraction], freezing the two of them in place. 

Zhang Lie struck them squarely on the chest with a fist and a palm, knocking both of them away as they grunted in pain.