Chapter 2181 - 2174: Saying It Would Be Impolite

Gene Lock, it’s a special ability hidden within the human body, mentioned in the novel "Infinite Terror," forming the core power system of this book.

However, in any creature indeed, there exists this invisible lock, which holds a unique power within every person. Only under extremely harsh conditions will this lock be released, thereby demonstrating some incredible powers.

For example, when Earth’s humans have their Gene Lock activated, they exhibit a dramatic increase in strength and speed, along with a sharp enhancement in cognitive abilities.

As for Zhang Menglong, the ability he is displaying now is called Thought Synchronization, which allows him to interlink himself with surrounding units, sharing his vision, perception, etc., thus achieving a combat power where 1+1 is greater than 2.

In terms of strength, his teammates are not weaker than these ambushers at all, it’s just that they’re at a disadvantage due to the attackers’ advantage in vision.

But Zhang Menglong’s vision is not affected, and his other senses are as if he’s still on solid ground. When he shares these perceptions with his teammates, they immediately transform.

"I can see everything in front of me now!" The vision of Zelans and others might still have that hazy red tint, but it’s just like putting on a filter, and with their abilities, this impact is almost zero!

Moreover, they could even sense the existence of these people, able to use divine sense to observe their figure, appearance, and more.

"You bastards!" Zelans suddenly gritted his teeth.

"Well, it’s interesting that while we weren’t seeking trouble with you, you came after us instead!"

"Perfect, let’s seize this opportunity today and settle all accounts with you!"

"You know each other? And have a grudge?" Zhang Menglong clearly sensed the anger and hatred in their tone.

"Yes," Zelans sneered, "do you know why we became examiners for this assessment? It was to recruit some powerful new members, our team originally had 8 people."

"What about the other three?" Zhang Menglong asked, although he had a general guess of the outcome.

"They were killed by them," Zelans said, "they are a local native team with two Eighth Grade Transcenders and six Seventh Grade Transcenders, very strong. The leader’s name is Kanaru. They used to be a notorious group of Plunderers!"

Zhang Menglong knew that Plunderers referred to the Explorers who specifically carried out backstabbing, robbing others of their gains.

"Not long ago, we found a pretty good Supreme Crystal yield area; somehow they set their sights on us and even led a Blood Slave Beast to ambush us, and in that ambush, we lost three companions."

"I see," Zhang Menglong nodded. No wonder they have such a deep vendetta, given this background.

"But we were lucky not to be killed by that Blood Slave Beast; our captain had a treasure that redirected the beast’s attack onto them, which could be considered poetic justice." Soren said through gritted teeth.

"I thought they had disappeared this long were already dead. Unexpectedly, not only are they still alive, they haven’t lost anyone, and even obtained such a power!"

"Obtained new powers?" Zhang Menglong muttered to himself, "You mean they didn’t have this ability before?"

"Before today, we had never heard of anyone possessing the capability to maintain normal vision and perception in the Blood Pond," replied Zelans.

"That makes me even more interested in them!" Zhang Menglong’s expression gradually twisted. If such abilities developed later in life, they’d be quite worthy of research!

Seeing Zhang Menglong’s expression, the Kanaru team actually started to panic!

Ever since they acquired this ability, the Blood Pond had practically become their personal backyard. Till now, they had ambushed many teams of Adventurers without any resistance.

They even recently collaborated to grind down a Peak Transcender Explorer, which almost made them arrogantly complacent. Perhaps in the entire Holy Soul Union, only they possessed such skills!

But little did they expect they would encounter such a tough opponent today.

"Can you deal with them?" Zhang Menglong asked his teammates.

Soren was injured, now estimating he had less than half of his fighting capability left. The remaining are three Seventh Grade Transcenders and this one Eighth Grade Transcender, in terms of combat power, the opponents were nearly double their strength.

"No problem!" Zelans chuckled lightly, "It mainly depends on you guys!"

As for the capabilities of these two Eighth Grade Transcenders, he already had a rough estimate during their last encounter. Their strength was merely at the threshold of Eighth Grade, but Zelans was already sprinting towards the Ninth Grade.

As a well-known veteran, the quantity of Supreme Crystals he absorbed was considerable, his Soul level had reached near top-notch, among those Transcenders of the same Grade, his combat strength was definitely among the best.

The two might be able to hold up against him for a while, but they’d definitely lose to him!

So the result of this battle depended on whether Zhang Menglong and the three others could defeat the other 5 Seventh Grade Transcenders in this small squad.

"I’ll take on two!" Zhang Menglong said, "Can the rest of you handle one each, okay?"

"Rest assured, even if we can’t kill them, we’ll definitely ensure they won’t interfere with you guys." Moxi was very confident in the strength of a few of their own.

"Let’s do it!"

The fight broke out instantly, both sides having chosen their targets, and began battling fiercely immediately.

"Watch out!" Zhang Menglong flashed a smile at his two opponents and then slowly vanished from sight.

"Be careful, this kid likely has some kind of Environmental Mimicry ability. As long as we focus, we won’t be defeated by him in a short time; in the meantime, we should attack him, it should be effective."

"Sure!" The two agreed, standing back to back to fend off Zhang Menglong’s offensive.

"Think you can block my attacks by standing back to back?" Zhang Menglong’s voice eerily echoed from all directions, "You can defend against visible attacks, but what about the invisible ones?"

Just as Zhang Menglong finished speaking, both of them felt a throbbing pain in their heads, as if a drill was furiously boring into them.

"This is a Soul Attack! How can this be?" The two cried out in anguish, yelling in panic.

Among Transcenders, there were many who specialized in Soul Attack techniques, but in the Blood Pond, their Soul Power was reduced a hundredfold, making it impossible to pose any threat to them, let alone Zhang Menglong, who was only a First Grade Transcender!

Even if he was born with Divine Power, he couldn’t possibly develop so comprehensively, could he? That would make the world unbearably unfair.

However, they had no chance to further understand Zhang Menglong. As he once again enhanced his Soul Power, their Souls were completely obliterated. Their two lifeless bodies drifted upwards.

"So soon?" The rest of the teammates were all stunned by Zhang Menglong’s swift handling of his opponents.

"Don’t say a man is quick!" Zhang Menglong held up a finger to his lips, "It’s impolite to say so!"