Published: February 8, 2025
The power of mental strength sometimes means heightened perception. When it reaches a certain level, it grants a sense of danger or anomaly that far surpasses that of ordinary people.
After mastering the great thousand soul refining technique, this phenomenon became increasingly apparent in Ye Zhongming.
While it may not qualify as a prediction of the future, it is highly reliable for sensing danger in the short term, and Ye Zhongming trusts this feeling.
He constantly sensed a chilling aura emanating from the sea beast, and to Ye Zhongming, this seventh-level sea beast seemed to be evolving toward the eighth level, or even… he felt its strength was already nearly on par with eighth-level life.
This was a second-level mutated sea beast!
Though it disguised itself well, the fierce battle earlier had revealed the dual magic crystals on its body.
Only then did Ye Zhongming realize that those sea beasts that had experienced secondary mutations had rarely emerged in the recent battles; they must have received some threats from the upper dragons or faced other unknown reasons. But this one…
He looked at the oddly powerful sea beast, but received no response.
With a flicker of his gaze, Ye Zhongming slowly stepped down from the arena.
Previously, whether it was Liang Chuyin, Little Tiger, Xia Bai, or Park Soo-young, they had all attracted the attention of survivors from various countries. They were memorizing, analyzing, speculating, and deducing the overall strength of the China Cloud Summit Villa, which had shone brightly in this round of challenges, comparing it to themselves and some major factions in their own countries.
However, until the boss of Cloud Summit Villa stepped down, these analyses were actually inaccurate. In the apocalypse, everyone understood that the leader of a faction represented the highest combat power of the entire faction. In some extreme cases, the leader's strength could be equivalent to the sum of all other members!
This was the apocalypse; without the strongest combat power, it was impossible to subdue the nearly unruly survivors.
So when Ye Zhongming stepped down, the entire Human Zone was stirred. Everyone was focused on watching, eager to see just how powerful the leader of this organization called Cloud Summit Villa truly was.
The seventh-level sea beast let out a low roar at Ye Zhongming, laced with threats and provocation.
As soon as he entered the arena, Ye Zhongming felt a rush of energy coursing through him, bringing him back to his best state, heightening his eagerness for the upcoming battle.
“Human, some situations have arisen, and I cannot control your opponent well, so you need to be careful in this match.”
The strange sea beast communicated telepathically, confirming Ye Zhongming's earlier suspicions.
With a casual glance, Ye Zhongming's expression turned cold, and the sea beast felt the intense dissatisfaction and… a hint of murderous intent embedded in that gaze.
It realized that this human was angry and had issued a threat to both itself and the upper dragon.
Ye Zhongming had many reasons to be dissatisfied; if he were not so mentally powerful and had not learned the great thousand soul refining technique, along with having instincts akin to a wild beast, he might have chosen someone else to step down, and that outcome could have led Cloud Summit Villa to lose a core member for the first time!
Every core member is the most precious asset of Cloud Summit; they were all cultivated by Ye Zhongming himself. If someone died in this 'collaboration,' it would undoubtedly be Ye Zhongming's responsibility.
“I'll help you deal with it, but what you need to offer increases by twenty percent.”
Regardless of whether the upper dragons understood what twenty percent meant, Ye Zhongming activated his bloodline power at once.
He transformed, an eerie aura surrounding him, his eyes shrouded in black mist, exquisite patterns faintly covering his body, creating a striking work of art.
Beginner hell messenger!