"Su Li is here again?"
Qi Yuan, who was hiding in the Qu Shi Laboratory, was slightly taken aback when he heard that Su Li wanted to see him. However, he quickly realized that Su Li must have come to pass on a message to Tan Qiu.
After welcoming Su Li into the laboratory, Su Li didn't beat around the bush. He immediately relayed Tan Qiu's instructions and handed the silver blade medicine to Qi Yuan.
"Tan Qiu really has a lot of confidence in me!" Qi Yuan said with a smile as he took the medicine.
His opponent was at the pinnacle of the third rank with nine third rank abilities, while he was only a second rank wilderness refugee. Yet, Tan Qiu wanted him to go easy on Ke Long and not kill him.
Qi Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.
Su Li also felt that Tan Qiu's request was ridiculous, but he knew that Tan Qiu wasn't the type to speak without thinking. Since she said this, she must be certain that Qi Yuan had the ability to kill Ke Long.
"Although I don't know what kind of trump card you have, if you really can defeat Ke Long, it's best to spare his life. Ke Long isn't a good person, but his father is the deputy chief of a combat division. You should still consider it."
Qi Yuan shrugged.
"Even if I spare Ke Long's life, he might not appreciate it."
"That's true." Su Li nodded.
From the moment he and Ke Long had faced each other, the two of them had gone from strangers to enemies. With Ke Long's temperament, sparing his life would just make him another enemy. It wouldn't improve his relationship with Ke Shoulin.
"However, if Ke Long lives, at least Ke Shoulin won't go berserk. I'm sure you don't want to face a berserk deputy chief of a combat division," Su Li said.
Although the Biological and Mechanical Research Laboratory had a special status and no one dared to touch it, its influence in the Black Steel Shelter couldn't be compared to the strongest combat division.
The Black Steel Shelter's Combat Division was the strongest in the shelter.
What does Ke Shoulin going berserk have to do with me?
Isn't there still Tan Qiu?
I'm Tan Qiu's subordinate. Everything I do is under Tan Qiu's orders … Qi Yuan thought to himself.
"Don't worry, I'll spare that Ke Long's life!"
The prerequisite was that this fellow called Ke Long wouldn't court death himself, Qi Yuan added silently in his heart.
"Since Ke Shoulin has already interfered with the assessment, could he have done something else?" Qi Yuan asked.
"Of course he will!" Su Li shrugged.
"Every time we go in and out of the shelter, we have to register. The news of me coming out to find you will not be hidden from Ke Shoulin. That old fox will definitely guess why I left the city."
"Ke Shoulin is the kind of person who will not give up until he achieves his goal. The fact that he is willing to lower himself to target you as a vice division head shows his determination on this matter. If the excuse that your ability rank is too low is not enough to stop you, he will definitely think of other ways."
"However, you don't have to worry. Tanqiu is also a fox. She definitely has a way to deal with Ke Shoulin's methods. You only need to take the test step by step. Let Tanqiu and Ke Shoulin deal with those bullshit things."
Qi Yuan thought about it and agreed with what Su Li said. That was why he stopped thinking about those things.
The only one who could deal with Ke Shoulin was Tanqiu. If Tanqiu couldn't stop him, then he could only lie down and let Ke Shoulin do whatever he wanted.
Against Ke Shoulin, even if he resisted with all his might, it would only add to the fun. It wouldn't change the outcome at all.
"Right, the assessment is about to begin. Don't run around during this period. Ke Shoulin, that old fox, already has a record of using underhanded methods. Don't let him secretly kill you," Su Li reminded him.
Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow.
"If Ke Shoulin sends out a rank four assassin, won't I be dead for sure?"
As the vice division head of a combat division, Ke Shoulin must have many strong subordinates. Sending out a rank four assassin wouldn't be a problem at all.
"Don't worry. Even though Ke Shoulin is the Vice Head of a combat division, it's still difficult for him to order a Tier 4 fighter to do something like this. This will give his competitors something to use against him. Unless he's certain that you can threaten Ke Long, a Tier 2 fighter like you isn't worth his time," Su Li said.
Are you sure you are comforting me?
Qi Yuan couldn't help but complain inwardly.
"Ke Shoulin might have a few rank four hunters under his command, but they can't enter the Iron Chariots. With Ling You's personality, if those rank four hunters dare to take a single step into the shelter, she will definitely hang their bodies on the city walls."
"Ling You is doing this. Isn't she afraid of Ke Shoulin's revenge?" Qi Yuan was a little surprised.
Although Ling You was strong, she didn't seem to have any advantage against someone as powerful as Ke Shoulin.
Su Li sneered.
"Don't underestimate Ling You, that little girl!
She hides very well. Although I don't know who's behind her, it must be one of the seventeen directors. Even if Ke Shoulin himself came, he wouldn't fall out with Ling You. "
Speaking of this, Su Li's smile suddenly became strange.
"Speaking of Ling You, she has the face and the body. Moreover, they are all original goods. If you can climb into her bed, it will be safer than staying in Tanqiu's laboratory!"
Qi Yuan looked at Su Li as if he was looking at an idiot.
"I don't want her to hang my body on the city walls!"
If it was so easy to climb into Ling You's bed, I would have done it a long time ago. Do I need you to remind me?
The two chatted for a while. After Su Li left, Qi Yuan took out the silver Blade Potion.
Qi Yuan gently shook the glass tube in his hand. Under the light, the swaying potion reflected a fine light.
Close to a hundred percent chance of awakening a rank three combat domain ability with no side effects!
Compared to this Blade Potion, the other potions were not even comparable to trash!
Qi Yuan couldn't help but sigh. Not to mention the rank three potions produced by the Gathering Points, which had a high chance of causing the user to die suddenly, even the potions from the Shelter that he had come into contact with before had a high success rate, but they also had considerable side effects.
If not for this Blade Potion sent by Tanqiu through Su Li, Qi Yuan wouldn't have known that the Biological and Mechanical Laboratory actually had such a near-perfect rank three potion.
Because the potions he had come into contact with before more or less had some flaws, and because he had a powerful innate skill tree, he had never used any genetic potions.
The ability awakened by genetic potions was originally weaker than the innate skill tree. If he was unlucky and died suddenly or left behind side effects due to the genetic potion, then the loss would outweigh the gain.
But this time, since Tanqiu had sent him a potion without any side effects, he could try consuming it. If the genetic potion could also work on him, then it would be interesting.
Just imagine, if he already had rank three Steel Strength, and the Blade Potion awakened a rank three Strength Enhancement, then the two Strength Enhancement abilities could be stacked, and his strength could even be comparable to a Level 4.
Rumble!
Rumble!
Qi Yuan opened the bottle and swallowed the Blade Potion in one gulp.
A cold sensation traveled down his throat and into his stomach. A powerful energy instantly spread out from within his body. Through the control of energy, Qi Yuan could clearly sense a strange energy that was using a violent method to try and invade the cells in his body. However, it was firmly blocked outside by an invisible force.
Qi Yuan was very familiar with this energy. It was the power of Steel Defense.
The power of Steel Defense was actually so strong on a cellular level!
Qi Yuan sighed. Then, with a thought, he dispersed the power of Steel Defense, allowing the energy of the Blade Potion to invade his cells.
Qi Yuan was not worried at all that this energy would damage his body. If it could be blocked by a rank two Steel Defense, then even if it was a destructive force, its strength was very limited.
If something went wrong, he still had the powerful recovery ability of Steel Regeneration, which was enough to remove any negative effects.
After the energy entered his cells, Qi Yuan faintly felt his body heat up. At the same time, Qi Yuan had an illusion that his strength seemed to have increased.
This illusion only lasted for a few seconds.
Very quickly, the illusion of strength rapidly subsided along with the heat in his body, and there were no further effects.
That's it?
A gene potion with a 100% chance of awakening a rank three ability, and it only warmed me up a little?
Qi Yuan tried to move his body. The data center had already clearly calculated the various data of his body. Compared to before he took the potion, there was almost no change.
The increase in strength was just an illusion in his body. In the end, it did not reflect reality.
My Mechanical Intellect is also at rank two. How could I have the illusion of strength increasing?
After a moment of silence, Qi Yuan suddenly thought of a possibility.
He took out the Bug Beast Detector and activated it!
On the screen of the Insect Beast Detector, two red dots were clearly displayed.
So that's it!
Qi Yuan smiled.
At this moment, in Qu Shi's laboratory, there was only him and Qu Shi. The two red dots that symbolized rank three, one was Qu Shi, and the other was naturally him.
So, right now, I'm already a 'genuine' third rank ability user?
Putting down the Bug Beast Detector in his hand, Qi Yuan began to think about the impact of this change.
Although I don't have a rank three ability, each of my rank two abilities is not weaker than a rank three ability. Since the Bug Beast Detector shows that I'm rank three, and I have the strength of a rank three ability user, then no matter who it is, I'm a real rank three ability user.
This Blade Potion, although it doesn't give me the strength of a true rank three ability user, it solves the problem that needs to be solved. At least, during the Shelter's assessment, the threshold of rank three will no longer be an obstacle for me.
Qi Yuan originally planned to use his only rank three talent point to upgrade a rank two ability to rank three, but he didn't expect to save it because of the Blade Potion.
Although keeping this rank three talent point wouldn't bring about any substantial changes, it would increase his margin for error.
Not long after Su Li left, a hunter with a cold face wrapped in a cloak walked from the wilderness to the entrance of the Iron Chariots.
His left eye was closed, and a hideous scar ran diagonally across his left eye. The scar was like a purple centipede lying on his face, giving people a horrifying visual impact. From the shape of the scar, it could be vaguely determined that this slash had already injured the eyeball inside.
"Ling You!" The man showed a somewhat contemptuous smile, then stepped into the Iron Chariots.
The man walked into the Iron Chariots, and when he was about to go to Ling You's residence, he happened to meet Zhui, who had just come out of Ling You's residence.
The moment the two passed by each other, Zhui's body suddenly tensed up, and he felt an instinctive threat, as if he had met his natural enemy.
Zhui's instinctive sense of danger told him that he had met an existence far stronger than himself. This cloaked stranger was most likely a Tier 4 player.
This was the Iron Chariots. Aside from the Black Steel Shelter's members, no other forces were allowed to set foot in this place without permission. Otherwise, it would be considered a provocation.
The cloaked man before Zhui did not have any insignia of the Black Steel Shelter. Judging from his attire, he was clearly a Hunter from the wilderness.
A Tier 4 Wild Hunter!
Without Ling You's permission, not only had this man entered the Iron Chariots without permission, but he had also come to Ling You's residence. This made Zhui feel an inexplicable sense of danger.
Zhui suddenly turned around, ignoring the fact that the cloaked man was far stronger than himself, and shouted, "Stop!"
The cloaked man did not seem to care about Zhui's reprimand, as if he did not hear half of it, he continued to walk forward.
Teng's expression changed. As a Peak Tier 3, he was well aware of the power of a Tier 4. Even the weakest Tier 4 was not an existence he could fight against. However, facing this Tier 4 with an unknown origin and obviously malicious intent, Teng did not care about his own safety and directly revealed the strongest form of the black wolf.
Scarlet lightning flickered. While charging towards the cloaked man, Yu prepared to roar to warn Ling You.
Just as Zhui opened his mouth and was about to roar, the cloaked man suddenly stopped, and his eyes flashed with a fierce glint.
"You're courting death!"
The cloaked man waved his right hand behind him, and Zhui, who was charging rapidly, suddenly lost control of his body and flew forward at a speed faster than when he was charging. He landed directly in the cloaked man's hand, and the cloaked man grabbed him by the throat.
A strong sense of suffocation instantly took over his body, and a mournful howl reached his mouth, but he could no longer roar out.
"Since you're courting death, I'll fulfill your wish!"
The cloaked man squeezed hard.
With a cracking sound, Zhui's neck was broken, and his huge wolf head fell limply to the side. It seemed that he was about to die in the cloaked man's hands.
At this moment, a dazzling blue thunderbolt soared into the sky, and then turned into a ferocious Brontosaurus that swooped down with a loud bang, aiming directly at the cloaked man.
Feeling the terrifying strength of the blue Brontosaurus, the cloaked man snorted coldly, and lifted Zhui, who was on the verge of death, with one hand, and threw it towards the blue Brontosaurus.
The blue Brontosaurus directly hit the dying Zhui, but there was no violent explosion. The blue thunderbolt seemed to have a life of its own as it dragged Zhui, whose neck had been broken, and gently placed him on the ground.
Seeing this scene, the cloaked man's expression changed slightly. He originally thought that a Rank Four that pretended to be a Rank Three would not be that strong, no matter how strong they were. However, the blue Brontosaurus's move had vividly displayed Ling You's powerful control of energy.
The blue thunderbolt dispersed, and Ling You appeared with a frosty expression, staring coldly at the uninvited guest in front of her.
"Do you want to kill yourself, or do I have to do it myself?" Ling You said coldly.