Chapter 52: Figuring Out Whose World This Is

Xuan Tianji's knees were deeply embedded in the turf, surrounded by a ring of craters with overturned dirt.

This was the impact force of a fall from a height of several hundred meters.

However, clearly no one cared about this at the moment.

"This..."

Xuan Tianji's face was ashen. He looked in disbelief at his own legs kneeling on the ground, then turned his gaze toward Ge Xiaolun with a mix of fury and shock, gritting his teeth as he demanded, "How is this possible?"

It wasn't as if he hadn't guarded against Ge Xiaolun's Anti-Void ability.

Whether regarding the incident with Suoto or the recent one with Yuan Li, he had already witnessed it firsthand and had not dared to harbor even the slightest bit of carelessness.

That was why he had remained flying high in the air to shout rather than coming down—specifically to maintain distance, fearing he too would inexplicably fall victim to it.

Yet who could have anticipated that the opponent's terrifying ability was still a remote, instantaneous cast?

Across such a vast distance, he could instantly suppress a top-tier warrior of Tian Dao like himself?

Leina, standing nearby, was also looking at Ge Xiaolun in shock.

Leaving aside Xuan Tianji's disbelief, even she was somewhat taken aback.

After all, compared to Ge Xiaolun's previous remote suppression of the Taotie, and his close-range suppression of an energy-depleted Suoto, this remote, instantaneous suppression of a fully energized third-generation Xuan Tianji seemed far too terrifying...

It was practically a bug!

"Heh, impossible?"

Hearing this, Ge Xiaolun simply gave a calm smile, raised the Void Greatsword in his hand, and patted Xuan Tianji's face with it. "To dare shout and holler above my head, the fact that you're still alive right now is something you should thank your home planet's supreme god for being friends with me."

Infused with divine power, the Void energy within the Void Greatsword constantly circulated. Even a gentle contact with Xuan Tianji's face instantly caused half of it to lose sensation, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

"Galaxy Power, how dare you..."

Yet Xuan Tianji was clearly a stubborn and unruly figure. He glared at Ge Xiaolun through gritted teeth, struggling with his hands and feet as he tried to crawl up from the ground.

Moreover, a surge of fierce stellar energy suddenly flared up across his body, actually helping him break through Ge Xiaolun's Anti-Void suppression as he prepared to stand back up.

Feeling the surging stellar energy within his body, hope instantly rose in Xuan Tianji's eyes, and the look he cast at Ge Xiaolun carried an even deeper hint of malice.

"Oh? Still dare to use a cheat code in front of me?"

Seeing this, Ge Xiaolun was amused. The next second, the Void Greatsword directly slammed down onto Xuan Tianji's shoulder, and the Void energy instantly erupted!

With a loud thud, Xuan Tianji's knees, which had just left the ground, were once again driven deeply into the soil, and his entire body went limp, gradually slumping flat onto the ground.

With his face pressed against the earth, feeling his body's genetic engine experience a complete system crash and his energy entirely inaccessible, Xuan Tianji looked powerlessly up at Ge Xiaolun above him, his eyes filled with reluctance and disbelief.

How could he believe that, even with the assistance of the Regent, just as he caught a glimpse of hope, he was instantly suppressed by Ge Xiaolun once more?

"Finished acting arrogant and still unwilling to kneel? Figure out whose world this is." Ge Xiaolun casually stepped on Xuan Tianji's shoulder.

The next second, ignoring Leina's complex gaze and Ryze's suppressed laughter, he pointed the heavy sword in his hand straight up at the silent night sky: "Is there anyone else who wants to come down and try?"

His voice was calm, clearly audible in the quiet night scenery.

And as seconds ticked by, although the night sky was dotted with stars, it remained dead silent.

Leina looked at his proud and solitary figure with a complex expression.

She hadn't expected that a mere sparring match, driven by the arrogance and foolishness of the gods of Liyang, would result in Liyang having such a massive piece of its dignity torn off single-handedly by Ge Xiaolun.

Though... deep down, she still felt a tiny bit of secret delight.

"If no one is coming down, then it seems today's matters will be decided by Leina and me."

Ten seconds later, seeing that no one else was coming from the sky, Ge Xiaolun stopped posing and calmly withdrew his greatsword.

"I didn't mean to slap your face," Ge Xiaolun casually kicked Xuan Tianji to Leina's feet, "but as a friend, I have to say, your dog really needs to be kept on a tighter leash."

He smiled as he looked at Leina, his face full of sincerity.

Leina looked deeply into his eyes, then glanced at Xuan Tianji, who had been kicked over like a dead dog. She fell silent for a second, then helplessly and amusedly shook her head: "It is indeed my failure in disciplining my subordinates, though perhaps they were just a bit anxious seeing me unconscious... But regardless, this time Liyang was impolite, and I apologize to you."

Her words ultimately still weighed pros and cons while shielding her people a little.

However, Ge Xiaolun clearly didn't mind and waved his hand gently: "Between friends, there's no need to dwell on such trivial matters."

Of course, he understood Leina's difficult position.

Even when he was slapping Pan Zhen's face, he knew there was a high probability Leina would stand on his side.

Still, as the supreme god of Liyang in plain view of everyone, it wouldn't do for her to let her side's prestige be trampled upon too heavily.

Hearing the word "friends" once again, Leina looked seriously into Ge Xiaolun's profound eyes, nodding heavily in her heart.

At that moment, she could already be certain that this perceptive young male god had completely understood her plight and her intentions.

Thinking of this, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl into a slight arc.

"Liyang's assistance to the Black Wall will not stop. Xiaolun, don't worry, I still have that much confidence."

The next second, ignoring Yuan Li and Xuan Tianji as they slowly climbed to their feet, Leina looked earnestly at Ge Xiaolun and said, "And I believe today's incident won't happen again in the future... The lesson of underestimating you, the Galaxy Power, should be profound enough for Liyang."

Although she had been unconscious at the very beginning of the matter, she had long anticipated that the issue of the team captain would stir up controversy, and knowing the telemetry data from moments before, she naturally saw through the cause and effect of the situation.

Liyang did care about whether she remained captain, and began to panic the moment she was defeated.

Yuan Li's appearance was, on one hand, genuinely to protect her unconscious self. On the other hand, it was an excuse to use her protection as leverage to exert a little pressure on the young Ge Xiaolun.

If Ge Xiaolun had hesitated even a little, Yuan Li would have explained the connection between her retaining the captaincy and Liyang's assistance to Earth, and Yuan Li's attitude actually wouldn't have been hostile.

As long as Ge Xiaolun understood the stakes involved, worried about what Earth would do without Liyang's help, and took the bigger picture into account, he might have conceded slightly, allowing Liyang to regain some initiative.

If that had happened, everyone would have been happy.

It was just a pity that no one expected Ge Xiaolun wouldn't even listen; despite seeing through it and caring not in the least, he simply swatted Yuan Li away with a single sword stroke.

As for the more radical Xuan Tianji, he was subjected to the humiliation he deserved.

The gods of Liyang wanted to bully Ge Xiaolun for being young.

And Ge Xiaolun would show Liyang what it meant to be a true youth...

"And you're right, Xiaolun. Regarding Liyang's assistance to Earth, you only need to talk to me, the Sun of God; you don't need to care about anyone else's attitude." Leina smiled at Ge Xiaolun once again.

If she had shared the same mindset as Liyang today, the situation could easily have spiraled out of control and become unmanageable.

Yet Ge Xiaolun had already perceived the rift between her and the gods of Liyang.

Every single word he uttered reminded her that she was the supreme god of Liyang, and he would only converse with her.

The two of them were on the same side.

"What help or no help."

However, hearing this, Ge Xiaolun shook his head indifferently: "If it weren't for everyone's face... Never mind, let's skip that for now. Let's talk about the captain issue and your stay or departure."

To be honest, Du Kaohao and the gods of Liyang were the only ones who still treated this little bit of help as something significant, with the gods of Liyang even trying to use it to blackmail him.

As if Earth would crumble and die without this bit of assistance.

In reality, to put it bluntly, Liyang's help to Earth—aside from Leina herself—amounted to little more than providing massive amounts of solar energy when forging the dark alloy armor.

As for computing power, the Black Wall's Deno III should be sufficient.

Materials like dark iron were likely something Old Du and the others had accumulated bit by bit over the years, and in the future, the Black Wall would slowly gather them from other star systems themselves.

The genetic seeds were what Old Du and the others had brought along.

As for the notion, often spread in fanfiction, that activating super genes required Leina's massive reserves of energy... let's not talk nonsense.

All Leina provided was light radiation of a specific wavelength.

If the Super Academy and Old Du's faction couldn't activate the super genes in their hands without Leina's light radiation, that would truly be a joke.

Old Du had been on Earth for so many years, encountering countless interstellar invasions; who knew how many times the super genes in his hands had already been awakened?

Moreover, Liyang activating Earth's super genes wasn't necessarily the original intention of Du Kaohao and the Super Academy in the first place.

When all was said and done, Liyang's assistance amounted to a certain quantity of solar energy.

To solve that kind of problem, without boasting, Ge Xiaolun could think of nine different methods just by waving his hand.

It was just that right now, he didn't have time to waste on such matters, nor did he particularly want to provoke the nerves of certain gods.

Oh wait, some gods didn't have nerves.

"Then..."

Hearing Ge Xiaolun's words, Leina's heart inevitably tightened.

Though matters had reached this point, and through her joint efforts with Ge Xiaolun, the relationship between Liyang and Earth hadn't completely broken down.

She still cared deeply about the captaincy and whether she would remain in the Xiongbing Squad.

Although before the battle, she hadn't imagined for a moment that she would lose to Ge Xiaolun.

Hearing this, everyone else turned to look in unison, including the silent Xuan Tianji and Yuan Li.

"First of all, the grand commander of the Xiongbing Squad is me," Ge Xiaolun stated bluntly. This was a matter of command authority.

Hearing this, everyone naturally had no objections.

"If you're willing, Leina, you can stay in the Xiongbing Squad and serve as a squad leader," Ge Xiaolun said, looking at Leina.

Leina wasn't surprised, though she sighed with a somewhat helpless expression: "Although it doesn't quite match my status as the supreme god of Liyang, but after all..."

"And by the way, help me act as an instructor." Ge Xiaolun smiled as he looked at her.

"Eh?!" Leina was instantly stunned.

Looking into Ge Xiaolun's smiling eyes, her mind suddenly became crystal clear.

"You guys..."

The next second, she suddenly turned around, pointing at Xuan Tianji and Yuan Li with a teeth-gritting expression: "You guys... a bunch of idiots!"