Yang Xiao hadn’t battled in a group with Huang Wen, Feifei, Dai Yun, Chen Lu, and others for over two months. To his surprise, their Genetic Evolution Level had greatly improved. They now ranked among the top of the fifty or so people present.
Yang Xiao deliberately called Gu Bo outside of the Genetic Store.
"Old man, could you please demonstrate the Light Shield Skill and give my brothers and sisters a treat?"
Gu Bo smiled slightly, and with a hum, a pale blue transparent light screen appeared in front of him.
Xiao Zhe and the others were puzzled by this.
Gu Bo said indifferently:
"Everyone, attack , all of you."
After Gu Bo finished speaking, the pale blue light screen suddenly expanded again, forming a 180-degree semi-circular barrel, enveloping Gu Bo inside.
Xiao Zhe and others were montarily startled and glanced at Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao said:
"Don’t hesitate, everyone attack together, target the blue light shield."
Hearing this, they hesitated no longer, first the long-ranged attackers, all kinds of Elental Magic and Feathered Arrows shot forth.
Boom boom...
A series of explosions occurred, all striking the blue light shield, behind which Gu Bo’s smile remained unaffected.
Xiao Zhe, Zhao Gang, Dai Yun, Feifei, and others activated their Beast Souls and charged forth, each executing close-range attacks, various weapons chopping at the light shield, which only trembled slightly without any visible damage.
Long Yongjun hadn’t used the Dog Blood Blade Technique yesterday, but today, without hesitation, he roared and, gripping his blade with both hands, chopped fiercely at the light shield.
A fierce silhouette of the blade broke through the air, the powerful Sword Energy surged towards the light shield.
With a blast,
the strong Sword Energy struck the light shield, which remained undamaged.
Yang Xiao gestured with his hand,
"Alright, no more attacks."
Everyone stopped, looking at Gu Bo in amazent. Gu Bo then withdrew the light shield in front of him and smilingly said,
"This Skill is called Light Shield. Of course, your Cultivation Realm is not as high as mine, so even if you learn it, you won’t be able to have as strong a Defense as I do. However, it’s more than enough to withstand attacks from opponents of your level."
Everyone listened, and a wave of excitent washed over them, exclaiming:
"Such an excellent Skill, we must learn it."
"Yes, how co we didn’t know about this before?"
...
"Hehe, this Cultivation Skill has been in the product section of the Genetic Store; it’s just that you all didn’t notice it."
Gu Bo pointed at the display screen on the wall behind him, on the last column under Cultivation Skills, indeed, there was the word "Light Shield".
However, behind the Light Shield, there was an annotation:
"Need Four Attributes to reach 10 points to learn Light Shield."
When everyone saw this, they all reacted, "Oh, it’s this book."
In fact, many had seen it, but when they noticed the requirent noting that Four Attributes needed to reach 10 points to learn, everyone had given up.
Everyone thought the sa way; with such resources, why bother learning Light Shield? Just enhance your superior Genetic Attributes and instantly defeat your opponents.
The best defense is a good offense.
"Yang Xiao, what do you an by bringing us here today? You don’t expect us to learn the Light Shield Skill, do you?"
Huang Wen asked.
Yang Xiao nodded,
"If everyone learns the Light Shield Skill, you will be equipped for both offense and defense, and your overall combat power will imdiately increase manifold. In the long run, learning it once will benefit you for a lifeti. As your Genetic Evolution Level rises, the power of the Light Shield will grow stronger. Moreover, once everyone elevates their Four Attributes to 10 points, your original combat power will also multiply."
Xiao Zhe laughed:
"We all would love to push all our Genetic Attributes to 100 points, but we just don’t have the resources!"
Yang Xiao nodded,
"That’s exactly why I called you all here today. Firstly, to let you understand the power of the Light Shield, and secondly, I intend to focus all the Genetic Fragnts to cultivate ten individuals among you who will beco the pillars of Kongming Academy in the future, protecting us against any challenges."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other with mixed feelings, as everyone hoped to be chosen - which would multiply their combat power - but since resources were limited, with 50,000 Genetic Fragnts it wasn’t possible for so many to complete their Genetic Evolution. Thus, whether one could be among those ten lucky ones was causing everyone great anxiety.
Yang Xiao glanced over everyone and said:
"There is no absolute fairness in this world, especially with today’s matter; it’s not possible for this to be completely fair to everyone. What I can do right now is concentrate resources to cultivate ten super elites who will beco guardians for everyone. Do you all agree with this?"
Zhao Gang imdiately responded:
"Agreed, Yang Xiao, you’ve decided well, we’ll listen to you."
The rest also echoed in agreent.
A month ago, Yang Xiao had successfully predicted the arrival of the harsh winter and led everyone to dig caves and store food, thereby establishing his supre position in everyone’s hearts.
"Okay, my thod is quite fair—I take one of the spots, and the remaining nine will be picked based on the total score of your Four Attributes, ranked from highest to lowest, and it cos down to whoever’s turn it is, with no conditions or reasons up for discussion."
Since Yang Xiao had the highest level of Genetic Evolution and was also the leader, naturally, no one had any objections, and for the others, being ranked by Genetic Evolution Level seed fair.
Huang Wen handed over a report she compiled yesterday to Yang Xiao, who glanced at it and imdiately read according to the order:
"Xiao Zhe, Zhao Gang, Huang Wen, Dai Yun, Chen Fei, Long Yongjun, Feifei, Chen Lu, Li Zhan—these nine people have the highest genetic data rankings. These nine will join to use the academy’s over 50,000 Genetic Fragnts to complete the evolution process and learn the Light Shield Skill."
Those chosen were naturally overjoyed, while those not selected could only express their regrets. After all, their personal losses were not substantial—at most a few hundred Genetic Fragnts.
If Yang Xiao and the ten could elevate all their Four Attributes to 10 points, the combat power of Kongming Academy would be greatly enhanced.
Yang Xiao briefly exchanged a few words with Gu Bo, handed him all the personnel files, and said:
"Can these 50,000 plus Genetic Fragnts elevate everyone’s Genetic Attributes to 10 points?"
"Well, I can’t give a definite answer to that question. Everyone’s constitution and Genetic Evolution Level differ; they all need different Genetic Potions. I can only elevate the Four Attributes to 10 points for as many people as I can."
"Old man, I have a question to ask you."
"Go ahead."
"Your Genetic Store has a ti limit, but why wasn’t I kicked out of the Genetic Store after playing chess with you for so long yesterday?"
Gu Bo chuckled and said:
"After all, I am the owner of the Genetic Store and have the right to modify the settings. Now that it’s snowing and there are no custors, letting you stay a few more hours is fine, hehe."
"Okay, since it’s your place, you call the shots. Then, the ten of us might need so ti today to complete the Genetic Evolution; can you extend the stay duration?"
"Ah, that can definitely be arranged. Also, since you are trading so many Genetic Fragnts with in one go, the duration you can stay will be extended to over half an hour from now on."
Monts later, Huang Wen and others brought the collected over 50,000 Genetic Fragnts in several big bags to the Genetic Store.
Gu Bo gave a slight smile, gestured with his hands, and a flash of light appeared. The Genetic Fragnts in the bags levitated and automatically sorted themselves according to their categories and attributes.
Gu Bo ford a seal with his hands in mid-air and a group of Strength Attribute ant Genetic Fragnts flew into a mysterious box.
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