Super Gene Hunting Ground

That night, this group of people returned to the camp with several desert fish for supper, attracting the attention of some observant individuals.

Although there are rivers in the desert now, fish are rarely found.

Therefore, the next day someone followed the people from Qingyun City from afar to the Underground River, and thus, the secret of the entire Underground River was exposed.

Everyone called over their teammates to hunt the desert fish.

Soon, the news spread to several nearby strongholds, including the one where Zhou Jian and others were based, drawing nearly three hundred people to swarm over.

Initially, there were desert fish along the 5-600 meters of the river, but after being caught by these three hundred people over a day, they were nearly depleted, leaving only those continuously swimming upstream.

That's when the problem arose.

Everyone wanted to grab a position upstream.

Eventually, following the unspoken rules of the desert region, teams from Wentian City, Magic City, and Zongli City seized the most forward positions at the upper reaches of the Underground River.

The rest found spots downstream based on their strengths.

This time, Magic City's Zhou Jian's team was fully staffed with eight members, possessing great strength, while Luo Manli's team from Wentian City had lost their leader, leaving only seven, and Zongli City also had only seven members, thus, Zhou Jian and his team from Magic City managed to secure the first position upstream.

Qingyun Team ranked fourth.

Often, a desert fish rushing out from the Underground River wouldn't be killed instantly. Frequently, it escaped from Zhou Jian's group only to end up in the hands of Magic City's Luo Manli's group, then move even onto Cai Liang's group from Zongli City and further.

Generally speaking, the teams closer to the front caught more desert fish.

Initially, there were plenty of fish coming out of the Underground River; those upstream couldn't catch them all, allowing those downstream to find some leftovers and not go empty-handed.

However, by this afternoon, the desert fish appearing upstream suddenly reduced by more than half, leaving virtually none for the people downstream, as upstream folks caught them all.

The biggest characteristic of these desert fish is their low aggression level which makes them easy to catch, and the abundant Genetic Balls they yield makes fishing in the Underground River the most cost-effective compared to hunting other Mutated Creatures.

People from Qingyun City, ranked in the fourth tier after Zongli City, suddenly became dissatisfied and approached Zhou Jian and the others, proposing that everyone rotate the positions where Magic City, Wentian City, Zongli City, and Qingyun City each team would spend one hour in the most upstream position by turns.

Faced with interests, Zhou Jian wasn't so accommodating.

"Brother, are you challenging the unspoken rules? Do you think the status of our Magic City can be challenged? If you know what's good for you, just back off."

Qingyun City's team was originally very strong, almost comparable to Magic City, so the two teams immediately clashed.

Normally in such disputes, teams from Wentian City and Zongli City would side with Magic City, three against one for Qingyun Team, and that was why despite being stronger than Zongli City, Qingyun Team was still ranked fourth.

However, this time there was a problem. Luo Manli and Cai Liang held some grudges against Yang Xiao for his friendship with Zhou Jian and others, thus, they did not stand out to join forces with Zhou Jian's team but instead stood by and watched.

Zhou Jian, being a proud man, didn't bother to seek help from Wentian City or Zongli City, but simply started fighting with Qingyun Team directly.

Unquestionably, Qingyun Team was very powerful, fully matching Magic City's Zhou Jian's team, even slightly having the upper hand.

The captain of Qingyun Team, Tan Lin, was a strong contender on the verge of breaking through to Enhanced Gene Advanced. His Beast Soul was quitespecial—a tree frog.

With eight members on both teams, matching one-on-one, the rest were evenly matched, with the outcome hinging on the duel between Tan Lin and Zhou Jian.

Among the three hundred people, two hundred continued fishing in the Underground River, especially Wentian City's Luo Manli and Zongli City's Cai Liang and others who seized the opportunity to hurry and catch fish from the river.

The more than one hundred others who enjoyed watching spectacles gathered to watch Magic City and Qingyun Team battle.

The fighting Killing Aura that Yang Xiao saw from afar came from these two teams; he only realized it was Zhou Jian and others fighting when he got closer.

Zhou Jian's Beast Soul was a Tis City Tiger, an imposing ten-meter-long tiger filled with Killing Aura. Each roar was soul-stirring, especially its claws which had the power to tear through space with each swipe.

The onlookers had already retreated over a hundred meters away.

Tan Lin transformed into a ten-meter-tall giant frog, with a demonic long tongue that simply left people stunned.

The frog's tongue could instantly extend twenty to thirty meters, like a huge whip, lashing at Zhou Jian's Tis City tiger Beast Soul. Moreover, the frog's jumping speed was extremely fast. Zhou Jian lunged several times but missed, whereas Tan Lin succeeded in half of his ten attacks.

As time went on, Zhou Jian gradually fell behind, and was whipped several times by Tan Lin.

"Ha ha, people from Magic City are just so-so after all. You always act so arrogant, but that's because we couldn't be bothered to compete with you. Since you claim there are unwritten rules in the desert, fine, today I represent Qingyun Team to change this unwritten rule. From now on, our Qingyun Team will be ranked first."

Smack,

As Tan Lin spoke, the giant frog's long tongue suddenly lashed towards Zhou Jian. Zhou Jian dodged multiple times, but was still hit on the forehead, nearly blinding his left eye.

Tan Lin's Beast Soul gained some advantage—a thirty-meter-long whip, combined with his near-Enhanced Gene Advanced Cultivation, suppressed Zhou Jian.

Tan Lin was like an animal tamer, continuously whipping a tiger with a leather whip.

Zhou Yu, Xi Hui, and others wanted to help Zhou Jian, but they were entangled by their opponents and couldn't break free. Distracted by glancing at Zhou Jian, Zhou Yu got punched in the chest by an opponent and spat out blood.

The onlookers sighed and shook their heads.

"Alas, the people from Magic City are in a bad situation this time."

"They've always been arrogant; it's time they tasted some defeat."

"Qingyun Team has always been strong, it's just that Wentian City, Magic City, and Zongli City joined hands to suppress Qingyun Team, which kept them in fourth place."

...

On the battlefield, Zhou Jian became anxious, as continuing like this would completely disgrace Magic City. So, he steeled his heart and suddenly leaped into the air, pouncing towards the distant giant frog.

The giant frog immediately spit out its long tongue towards the attacking tiger.

Zhou Jian didn't dodge, risking being severely whipped, and reached out with his claws towards the giant frog.

Naturally, Tan Lin wouldn't engage in a life-or-death struggle, and instantly leaped more than twenty meters away, spitting out his long tongue sideways to whip Zhou Jian again.

Zhou Jian pounced on empty air, immediately turned around, and lunged again to fight fiercely, but suddenly, the giant frog's tongue-whip tightly wrapped around his neck, forming a loop and choking him tightly.

Zhou Jian immediately felt difficulty breathing and reached out with both claws to grab the tongue wrapped around him. But Tan Lin suddenly pulled hard, and Zhou Jian immediately felt suffocated, his stretching claws just managed to grab the huge tongue before weakly dropping down.

Tan Lin's intent to kill was aroused; since the status in the desert was fought with blood, he intended to break the unwritten rules here by killing Zhou Jian to establish his power.

Zhou Jian felt darkness before his eyes and fainted.

The onlookers shouted:

"People of Qingyun Team, let go, it's going to be fatal."

Zhou Yu and others saw Zhou Jian's Beast Soul fainting on the ground, choked by a long whip, and immediately ran over to rescue, but were kicked away by opponents.

Zhou Jian was now lying unconscious on the ground, with Tan Lin's tongue whip tightly strangling and dragging him forward.

At the critical moment, a burst of red cloud rushed from the crowd, with lightning speed reaching Zhou Jian.

A flash of cold light, and a knife cut through the huge tongue.

Tan Lin screamed in pain, his Beast Soul disappeared, showing his true form, with blood spurting from his mouth as his tongue was cut off.

(Four chapters complete, due to network problems at home, uploading was not possible, apologies, these two chapters count for yesterday, today will continue with four more.)