Ultragene Warlord

'll regret it.”

“Hoh? Clan Head Yang, it looks as though the rumors are true indeed.
Can't you even take control of your own son?” a bronze-skinned man beside Yang Feng spoke up, as if deliberately trying to provoke him.
His name was Gu Tong, head of the Gu clan, which was on rather fractious terms with the Yang clan.

“There's no need to concern yourself with Yang affairs,” Yang Feng replied acidly.

“Do you think I'm afraid of you, Clan Head Yang? Try me on if you dare!”

Yang Feng was about to retort when he was interrupted by another clan head.

“Shall we get back to business now? Really, the two of you have lived for over a century combined, so why are you still so childish? Yang Ze, explain your strength, or you won't be allowed to remain on Mars any longer!”

“Indeed, I had better leave.
Aren't you embarrassed that you all—heads of the major clans of Mars—are ganging up on a lone hunter, a member of the younger generation, like me?”

“Yang Ze, as your father, please, listen to me.
Answer our questions, and I can protect your life.
Otherwise, even if you're the champion of Mars in this iteration of the Void Cup, you won't be able to survive!” Yang Feng urged, threat and genuine affection mingled together.

After all, if possible, he didn't want Yang Ze to perish here.
Given his strength, he would surely be a pillar of the clan if he were willing to remain.

“Protect my life? My life is hardly yours to control, but if you insist, I'll share a few small details.
You've seen Team Zenith on the news for killing a mysterious lifeform on the eve of the worldwide stage of the Void Cup, haven't you? Are you aware of the legendary moonlight wyrm in the first realm of the dimensional world? It turns out it's a peak-grade lifeform.”

With that, the Martian clan heads turned silent, staring openmouthed at Yang Ze.

A peak-grade lifeform?! That was impossible—the first realm of the dimensional world only supported superior-grade lifeforms at best!

Many of the leaders thought that Yang Ze had to be lying, and that even the legendary moonlight wyrm could hardly have reached peak-grade.
After a century of exploration, the rules of the dimensional world had been made clear, and there had never been any suggestion that they could have been broken.

Could the legendary moonlight wyrm really have overcome the boundary between superior- and peak-grade?

On the other hand, if Yang Ze weren't lying, everything would make perfect sense.
If he really possessed peak gene fragments as a first-realm hunter, it was only natural that he would be able to dominate over the other competitors.

“You…
really possess peak gene fragments?!” Yang Feng asked.

“Of course I do— but there's nothing for you to worry about.
No matter what becomes of me in the future, it'll have no bearing or relationship to the Yang clan at all.
Well, now that you all know the answer, feel free to leave.
It's not a strategy that any of you can replicate, after all.”

The gathered clan heads scowled.
If Yang Ze was being truthful, then indeed, his route to strength couldn't be replicated.

Clan Head Gu cursed as he turned to leave, followed rapidly by many of the others.
Indeed, they had all seen the news regarding Team Zenith, and the moonlight wyrm had been a legend even during their time in the first realm of the dimensional world.
Quite a few of them had even dared to challenge it, but none had succeeded.

“Congratulations, Clan Head Yang! To have a scion obtain peak gene fragments in the first realm—why, his future will be immeasurable!” Several of the clan heads congratulated Yang Feng before they left; from their perspective, regardless of whether Yang Ze admitted it or not, the blood of the Yang clan still ran in his veins.

Just as they were departing, however, the clan heads' transceivers beeped almost simultaneously: the news regarding limit fragments had spread beyond Earth and straight to Mars.

They stopped and turned back around, glancing at Yang Ze, wondering what information they could glean from him.
After all, he had claimed to be a disciple of Zhang Lie himself.

At the same time, Yang Ze's transceiver also began to beep.