Chapter 51: I’m Going to Challenge My Weakness (Please Keep Reading!!!)

A simple, straight punch.

The kind of punch even Zheng Zha could laugh at, considering he frequented the gym and had picked up a thing or two about boxing.

Yet!

Anticipating the enemy's move!

In a fraction of a second, Zhao Yingkong’s evasions, counterattacks, dodges, and strikes...

Almost formed a complete predictive model in Qian Gu’s mind.

It was clearly the clumsiest boxing technique, yet it hit dead center, landing squarely on Zhao Yingkong’s chest and sending her flying dozens of meters away once more.

'It's actually quite soft.'

The thought flashed through Qian Gu’s mind almost subconsciously.

After all, that youthful face paired with that extremely exaggerated volume of flesh was quite formidable.

Though, as Qian Gu estimated...

"Qian Gu! You!"

Zhao Yingkong climbed up from the ground, her face flushed red—whether from anger or something else was unclear—though the Chakra Scalpel in her hand had dissipated.

Suffice to say, although her Sharingan had reached the three-tomoe level.

Still!

The core of the Sharingan was ocular power, not chakra.

Therefore, Zhao Yingkong’s chakra had only increased slightly due to the passive mental enhancement brought by the growth in ocular power. The real bulk of it was the ocular power itself. This element, which complemented the chakra system, was the true BB-grade energy circulation.

However, this ocular power circulation was meant for releasing dojutsu.

And that was precisely where the awkwardness lay.

Ocular power was used to release dojutsu.

A three-tomoe Sharingan possessed no dojutsu.

Thus, prior to entering the Mangekyo Sharingan stage, ocular power was essentially an energy circulation with extremely low utility.

"Hey, I'm just helping you out."

Qian Gu wore an innocent expression, fluttering his dragon wings as he hovered in mid-air. "Speaking of which, what on earth is your deepest sorrow? Awakening the three-tomoe in a fit of rage—are you Uchiha Sasuke by any chance?"

"You!"

Zhao Yingkong breathed heavily, her chest heaving up and down, clearly furious to the extreme.

This bastard!

"You didn't know?"

"Even though I cast the illusion, it doesn't mean I automatically know the contents of the illusion," Qian Gu said, looking aggrieved. "The entire illusory environment was constructed based on your memories. Unless you open your mind to me, how could I possibly know your memories?"

This was a lie.

To tamper with something, one must first understand it.

The charm-control spell known as "Memory Tampering" inevitably required understanding that specific segment of memory in order to break ground upon its foundation, reshape it, or even redact it.

Zhao Yingkong cast a suspicious glance at Qian Gu.

"Are you certain?"

"Certain."

Repeatedly certain.

Zhao Yingkong took a deep breath, slowly forcing this surge of anger back down.

At this point, whether it was true or false no longer mattered.

However...

"Continue."

"Huh?"

Qian Gu felt as though he might have misheard.

What did this girl just say?

"Continue!"

Zhao Yingkong shouted aloud, her facial expression twisting into something somewhat ferocious once again.

"Zhao Zhui-kong! I must kill that bastard!"

Qian Gu’s gaze instantly turned solemn.

Zhao Zhui-kong?

That siscon ultimate pervert?

That made sense, though. If they wanted to provoke and enhance Zhao Yingkong's memories, they were bound to return to that day, which meant she would inevitably see that person in her memories once more.

So, had Zhao Yingkong immersed herself entirely in anger and hatred?

"Your heart is not calm."

Qian Gu rejected Zhao Yingkong’s request.

"Why!"

"Given your current state, I'm afraid of harming you."

Going through the "Clan Annihilation Night" once to elevate her to a BB-grade three-tomoe Sharingan was already quite good; Qian Gu did not want to push his luck.

That "Clan Annihilation Night" was the only scenario capable of stimulating this girl.

Yet!

Due to the damned negative inner-demon mechanism of the "Infinite" multiverse, Qian Gu only dared to put her through it once.

If it were done too many times, given the current temperament of Zhao Yingkong's personality, it would undoubtedly deepen her inner demons and heighten her negativity. Trying to breach the fourth stage of the genetic lock and shatter those inner demons in the future would become even more difficult.

Another troublesome factor was the "Kong" Project itself.

As a member of the "Kong" Project, before her inherent structural flaws were resolved, the probability of cell rampage and inner-demon explosion would increase exponentially.

She was essentially a ticking time bomb.

Either she would blow up outsiders, blow up her own people, or blow them all up together.

Any enhancement to Zhao Yingkong's strength could not simply be pushed straight up; it required targeted adjustments, making her one of the prime headaches of Team China.

"Qian Gu, you..."

"My word is final!"

Qian Gu directly interrupted Zhao Yingkong, suppressing her objections.

"Unless you can beat me, your choice of enhancements and your strength progression plan will strictly follow my command."

Zhao Yingkong fell silent.

Because this was a hard fact—she currently could not defeat Qian Gu.

Even that created human clone; despite appearing easy to deal with, it was actually because it hadn't reached its complete form and Qian Gu’s buffs hadn't been fully applied yet. Even if she had risked everything to take down Arnold, there would still have been "summoned monsters" waiting behind him.

In a sense, Qian Gu's strength was currently at a completely separate, overwhelmingly dominant tier within Team China.

At full status with all abilities unleashed, if the entire Team China rushed him together, unless Zhang Jie dropped the act, they wouldn't be able to beat him.

However, if it came to a high-speed blitz combat, even Zheng Zha and Mou Gang would have a chance to defeat him. Add in Zero pointing his Gauss sniper rifle, and the heavy-weapons king Ba Wang, and he would undoubtedly be cornered to death.

"Cool!"

Ba Wang let out another exaggerated exclamation at that moment.

"Are those dragon wings?"

Rip—

The sound of tearing fabric rang out, and Zheng Zha, his bat wings flapping, soared into the air to match Qian Gu’s altitude.

"You've got them too."

Zheng Zha chuckled. "Doesn't that mean Team China now has two aerial units?"

"Can you control them?"

Qian Gu glanced at Zheng Zha’s bat wings; they were holding steady.

"Yeah."

Zheng Zha nodded. "After unlocking the genetic lock, controlling the bat wings became much easier. They deployed effortlessly."

"You can enter the genetic lock state with ease now?"

Zheng Zha shrugged, dropped down from the air, and released the genetic lock, instantly causing veins to bulge visibly on his forehead.

"I'm entirely relying on vampire energy to prop it up."

The higher the level of enhancement, the greater the assistance it provided in unlocking the gene limit.

If an ordinary person with zero enhancements opened the genetic lock, the moment they released it, they would suffer excruciating pain, and some might even experience genetic collapse and death.

Zheng Zha’s unlocking experience was still limited, and his body wasn't fully accustomed to it yet. The only reason his condition was milder was because he relied entirely on his mutated vampire bloodline, possessing high physical fitness supplemented by the recovery aid of vampire energy.

"Take your time adapting."

Qian Gu also retracted his dragon wings and descended from the air. "Although I haven't unlocked the genetic lock myself, I have gained some understanding of it. For someone like you who follows the warrior path, the assistance is immense.

"Look at Zhao Yingkong; she was even able to create her own techniques. Although they're immature, they can be refined over time.

"If you manage to create a technique of your own as well, your improvement will undoubtedly be astronomical."

"I understand!"

Filled with motivation, Zheng Zha let out a loud shout and unlocked the genetic lock once more, simultaneously manipulating his vampire energy and crimson flames.

Seeing this, the corner of Qian Gu's mouth twitched.

Thank goodness this was the Main God's space, where the Main God's repair services could be summoned at any moment; otherwise, with the way Zheng Zha was playing around, even an A-grade enhancement would be enough to get himself killed.

'He's truly turning into an ape,'

Sighing inwardly, Qian Gu said, "Zhao Yingkong, come with me for a moment."