Ultragene Warlord

Chapter 757: Fighting for Affection

In the end, however, Zhang Lie had to step forward and calm the two women down.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the humans and draconians retreated back to their world. Thanks to the humans' influence, the draconian world was reminiscent of Earth.

Sun Mengmeng and Li Qianlin's friends and comrades dragged the two of them apart, since they began to glare and hiss at each other on sight.

Dong Mingxing pulled Li Qianlin aside and told her, "Didn't I tell you? Zhang Lie's interested in you, so make sure you keep him tightly in the palm of your hand. There are countless women who would be willing to snatch away such powerful men in the blink of an eye."

Li Qianlin chewed on her fingers in vexation. "I didn't expect that I would have a rival so quickly. You know how he looks at other women as though they were men—who would have foreseen the competition?

"No, hold on, I'm a princess of the realm of a large world! Why should I care about whom Zhang Lie likes, and who likes Zhang Lie?"

Dong Mingxing sighed. "If you don't start being honest with yourself, Zhang Lie will really be snatched away by someone else."

Li Qianlin twisted her head and snorted, "I don't care!"

Dong Mingxing smirked. "Is that so? In that case, I might have to consider getting close to Zhang Lie myself. He's a serious and powerful man with great ambitions, after all. I became a fan of him after witnessing his fight with the king of the west."

"You dare!" Li Qianlin shouted at her best friend.

Meanwhile, Zhang Lie instructed Ren Kunjing, "Go hunt down the proof of kingship located on the Mengtai world. If you can't find it, find someone who knows of it."

Ren Kunjing frowned. "This might be difficult. You killed the Mengtai chieftain, Zhang Lie, as well as the Mengtai champion, the chieftain's brother—and you also razed the largest gathering of the Mengtai to the ground.

We tried to search for the proof of kingship in the ruins of the gathering, but we didn't find anything."

Zhang Lie shrugged. "If it were easy, I wouldn't need you to do it."

Xing Ying suggested, "If you can't find the proof of kingship, there are more... forceful means."

Sun Mengmeng, who had recently advanced to the third realm and wasn't familiar with all the details regarding kings of the realm, asked, "What means?"

Xing Ying extended two fingers. "When a world is without a king, there are two methods of obtaining the proof of kingship."

Ren Kunjing jumped in. "The first method is to summon the will of the world directly by using a technique with enough strength to destroy the world. This is largely a theoretical method, because there are only a rare few people who can manage such a feat."

Xing Ying turned to Zhang Lie. "Fortunately, Zhang Lie is one such person."

Ren Kunjing then continued, "The second method is to become the strongest race in the world."

Xing Ying elaborated, "The proof of kingship is granted to the race most able to protect the world. Whether that race is the Mengtai or some other race entirely doesn't much matter to the will of the world."

Ren Kunjing sighed. "But if an indigenous race has become the king of the realm and you want the will of the world to recognize a new king, you'd have to be quite brutal."

Sun Mengmeng asked, "In what sense?"

"To hunt them to extinction...?" Zhang Lie murmured.

Ren Kunjing scratched his head. "Not entirely, but you need to decrease their numbers by roughly four-fifths."

The four hunters' conversation didn't escape the notice of those around them. The draconians and humans were well aware of just how many Mengtai there were—over ten million in all. In other words, Zhang Lie and the others would have to kill eight million Mengtai.

The largest problem at present was that Zhang Lie had razed the central Mengtai territory to the ground, so hunting down the proof of kingship was almost hopeless."

Zhang Lie considered the problem seriously, then announced, "We'll avoid hunting down the Mengtai if possible. I dislike the idea of hunting a race down to extinction."

"I understand!" Ren Kunjing immediately replied.

Zhang Lie might not like the idea of genocide, but he would slaughter the Mengtai if that was what it took to recover the proof of kingship. He continued, "Bring back anyone who might have an idea as to where the proof of kingship is located. If you're unable to obtain any useful information, we'll use our last resort."

"Yes, Zhang Lie!"

The draconians and human hunters who had participated in the battle trudged wearily to their barracks to rest, whereas Zhang Lie and Sun Mengmeng left to reunite with the rest of Team Zenith.

Li Qianlin walked over to Zhang Lie and helped tidy up his attire, just as a wife would. "Getting here so quickly was taxing enough. Don't overwork yourself, you here?"

As Zhang Lie clasped Li Qianlin's pale white hand in his own, Li Qianlin began to blush.

Just then, Sun Mengmeng grabbed onto Zhang Lie's hand. "Qianlin, there's no need to worry. I won't let Zhang Lie tire himself out."

Li Qianlin frowned. She didn't know how to respond until Dong Mingxing nudged her back. "Very well, Sun Mengmeng. I hope you'll take good care of him—he's always working too hard, and he doesn't know how to take care of himself!"

Zhang Lie smirked as he watched the two women bicker over him. In his past life, he hadn't seen this side of Li Qianlin's personality.

Sun Mengmeng tugged on Zhang Lie's hand. "Zhang Lie, let's go!"

As she watched them leave, Dong Mingxing sighed and shook her head. "You lost that confrontation."

Li Qianlin gritted her teeth. "Who would have expected that demoness to be so forceful?!"

Dong Mingxing shook her head again. "You need to calm down and be more in control of yourself. Men prefer kind, virtuous women. You need to pretend to be magnanimous and caring, to not mind that Zhang Lie has other women by his side, in order to remain his favorite."

"Don't you think I understand?" Li Qianlin sniffed. "Just you wait. I'll work on my forbearance and introduce you to a brand-new Li Qianlin!"

"Let's hope so..."

Everyone in Team Zenith was overjoyed at the long-awaited reunion.

"It's been a while, Captain!" Li Feng called out.

Fang Yi laughed. "Captain, we're here to ride on your coattails again—you don't mind, do you?"

Sun Xiaowu smirked. "Of course not—we're his right-hand men!"

"We missed you, Captain. Did you miss us too?" Zhou Ying asked.

"Of course I did! You're all elites I fostered from the very beginning. How could I forget about you all?"

The reunion was a festive occasion. Zhang Lie had the draconians arrange a manor for him, and they were more than happy to comply given what he had done to save them all.

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