Chapter 50: Where Did This Hairy God Come From?

A moment later.

Behind the Academy of the Supernatural.

“Hmm, this place is spacious enough,” Reina said, glancing over the vast plain under the night sky. She nodded with some satisfaction. “Barely capable of withstanding the power of this blazing Sun Sovereign.”

“Honestly, I don’t think it needs to be this complicated,” Ge Xiaolun shook his head gently. “It’s just a simple sparring match. The academy’s training field would have been enough.”

The moonlight was clear and bright. The grass on the plain beneath the night sky was a deep, elegant green, peaceful and serene.

Not far off, the academy’s searchlights had deliberately turned toward them. On the rooftop, the figure of the scholar Ruiz flickered faintly.

Du Qiangwei stood on one side of the plain with other novice trainees, watching eagerly and excitedly as Ge Xiaolun and Reina faced each other from a distance, awaiting the impending battle.

“Heh, kid, what do you know!” Reina smiled faintly upon hearing that.

“Don’t think that just because you’ve read some material, you understand everything. You should know that even the tiniest fragment of my Sunlight power—barely a speck—is more than a small training field can handle…”

She could understand a bit of Ge Xiaolun’s ignorance. After all, despite all the material he’d read, at most he only knew the legend of the Sun God exploding the sun.

Compared to distant legends, to Earthlings who had never truly witnessed stellar power, a sun’s explosion seemed less tangible than the two nuclear blasts on Earth.

Perhaps he thought her abilities were limited to solar power, nothing more.

Little did he know, even if she claimed to be 99% sealed, the remaining 1% alone was enough to destroy heaven and earth!

Every ordinary attack from her was comparable to others’ ultimate moves!

“At first, I wasn’t planning to contest this captaincy today. I intended to train a while, let you see my strength, make you realize the difficulty and back off, leaving you some face,” Reina said, blowing on her fingers lightly. “But unexpectedly, you’re so impatient—so eager to be dominated by your sister, so eager to be this captain?”

“Heh.” Ge Xiaolun merely smiled and shook his head.

“The command of the Heroic Battalion is at stake; there’s no need for ambiguity. Better to decide it sooner rather than later.”

He knew very well that even in the original storyline, Reina was only officially appointed captain after over a month of training the Heroic Battalion, with Du Qiangwei as squad leader.

Because the situation was undisputed—no one questioned an alien like Reina as captain.

But now, that wouldn’t do.

Not because he was eager to command others, but because legitimacy matters.

He understood clearly: before the Heroic Battalion gathered, he only needed to focus on improving his own strength and planning for Su Xiaoli and his parents.

But from now on, whenever he found enough resources and the right opportunity, he would naturally need to guide and strengthen these misfits in the Heroic Battalion.

Eventually, he aimed to integrate the Heroic Battalion’s resources with those of the Black Great Wall.

The importance of these tasks was, to some extent, no less than improving his own power.

And the sooner he secured command of the Heroic Battalion, the easier and more satisfying his work would be.

“Fine, settling it soon works for me,” Reina smiled and nodded, then looked meaningfully at Ge Xiaolun. “But by our agreement, if you lose, you must obediently follow your sister’s orders. You know what that means.”

Ge Xiaolun summoned his dark alloy armor and void greatsword, smiling back. “Then when you lose, we’ll discuss your fate.”

“Tch, brat,” Reina sneered.

Truthfully, she never believed she’d lose.

If not for considering Ge Xiaolun and the fact that it was his home ground, she wouldn’t waste so many words.

Moreover, if Ge Xiaolun hadn’t told her the limits of the anti-void power, she might have been more cautious. But unfortunately…

Now she only needed to think about how to take down Ge Xiaolun without hurting him too badly, while intimidating the other new recruits of the Heroic Battalion watching nearby.

Tsk, tsk, no choice—her arsenal was simply too rich.

Should she use a flare energy ball? Or a miniature flare bombardment?

Solar helium flash? Or a fusion shockwave?

Flame slash? Or…

As she pondered, Reina summoned her dark alloy armor, gripping her king-level battle blade, a sly smile curling her lips.

“No need for more words. So many spectators waiting,” Ge Xiaolun smiled slightly.

His eyes flicked over the Heroic Battalion’s soldiers and the old man Ruiz on the academy rooftop, then the star-studded night sky.

Both he and Reina knew well that as powers of the Galaxy and the Sunlight, their battle would attract interest far beyond just the academy’s folks.

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Qiangwei and the others nearby held their breath, focusing intently.

Reina’s eyes sharpened. She raised her hand, aiming at Ge Xiaolun, and shouted fiercely, “Eat this, you!”

A golden light suddenly blazed in her palm as a fiery red energy ball rapidly formed!

Ge Xiaolun smiled faintly.

[Reflective Energy]

[Anti-Nuclear Energy]

[Anti-Dark Energy]

[Target: Flare Energy Ball]

In the next moment, the golden light vanished.

“Huh?!” Reina looked at her hand in confusion.

Strange—she felt no counter-void attack on herself.

Yet the energy ball inexplicably collapsed.

She tried again; the golden light reappeared.

But it instantly extinguished again.

Reina stared at Ge Xiaolun in surprise. “You clearly said last time—”

But the next second,

Ge Xiaolun’s figure vanished instantly.

A speedy afterimage flashed by, and before Reina could react, a void gate panel struck her forehead.

She was sent flying backward, collapsing unconscious on the ground.

Under the night sky, silence reigned.

“This…”

The onlookers were stunned, jaws dropping to the floor.

The fight ended far too quickly—

Too quickly to accept.

Not only Liu Chuang and Zhao Xin were surprised, but even Du Qiangwei was taken aback.

After all, Reina had been brimming with confidence. As the Sun Sovereign and an alien empress, she had deliberately chosen such a spacious field, fearing her own overwhelming power.

Her aura was off the charts.

They truly expected a titanic battle between Reina and Ge Xiaolun.

And this was it?

“The alien empress just got one-shot by Brother Lun?” Zhao Xin couldn’t believe it.

The previously lofty, untouchable alien empress who supposedly wouldn’t look at some nobody—couldn’t even withstand a single blow?

Suddenly, Zhao Xin understood everything.

He seemed to grasp it all—

Why Brother Lun alone commanded so many goddess resources, and why the goddesses and the academy didn’t object.

Even the aloof goddess-like Du Qiangwei behaved like a meek lamb in front of Brother Lun.

If he had that kind of power, he’d be so lucky too…

“I’m telling you, I could take him on!” Liu Chuang pointed at Ge Xiaolun and Reina, unable to resist complaining.

Last time, his fight with Ge Xiaolun in the alley lasted at least two rounds.

He wasn’t sure if he’d train to surpass Ge Xiaolun later, but even now, he’d at worst be one-shotted.

That wasn’t any worse than Reina!

Others clicked their tongues in amazement, whispering among themselves.

Honestly, the simplicity of this fight didn’t impress them much beyond revealing that Ge Xiaolun was unfathomably deep.

They even began pondering the gap between themselves and Ge Xiaolun.

Du Qiangwei listened to their chatter and shook her head with a knowing smile.

Seeing Ge Xiaolun approach Reina nearby, her lips curved in the same way as always.

Since she met him, he had never once disappointed her.

Far away, old man Ruiz covered his face helplessly, and the stars overhead fell silent.

Apparently, even though they knew some of Ge Xiaolun’s powers and could make some predictions, no one expected Reina to be utterly defenseless.

On the plain, Ge Xiaolun carried his void engine greatsword and walked toward Reina.

Looking at her still unconscious on the ground, he shook his head with a light laugh. “This foolish kid… you believe everything I say, don’t you…”

He fully understood Reina’s confidence.

After all, the Sunlight was reputed as the greatest known cosmic disaster.

Even skills she wielded freely on planets were earth-shaking.

He had even told Reina about the weaknesses of the anti-void engine.

But alas… watching her proud little gaze, how could he not know what she was thinking?

“Boom—”

Before he reached Reina, a muffled thunderclap sounded in the sky.

A golden light flashed swiftly and landed before Reina.

“Don’t harm my god!” the golden light transformed into a sturdy figure clad in heavy armor, his stern face darkened. “My god’s divine body is abnormal; I beg you, do not approach further!”

He held twin long whips, watching Ge Xiaolun warily.

Ge Xiaolun looked at him as if he were a fool.

“Power of the Galaxy, do you know what it means if my god is not the captain?” the armored figure said solemnly.

Ge Xiaolun cast a cold glance at him.

[Reflective Energy]

[Anti-Dark Energy]

[Anti-Biological Energy]

The armored figure’s mind went blank; he suddenly collapsed powerless to his knees, his twin whips slipping from his hands.

Ge Xiaolun struck him with a void gate panel, sending him flying dozens of meters before shaking his head.

“Where did this half-god come from?”