“Uhh……?”

  It stunned every cabinet minister at the underground base when they saw Xiao Luo’s explosive power. They were confident that the genetic warrior had the power necessary to crush Xiao Luo. But after they watched Xiao Luo’s combat ability, their opinion quickly changed. They now doubted that the genetic warrior could beat Xiao Luo.

  President Bama’s face changed, and his smile vanished once again. He finally understood why Xiao Han, the Thousand-faced Killer, could stir up so much trouble in the Ri nation and yet get away unscathed. With Xiao Luo’s superhuman abilities, President Bama was not sure that the Mei nation had the power to subdue him.

  Back at the Mojave Desert, Ian raised his hand to show Xiao Luo the flesh sticking on his claws. “So, what do you think? Can you bear the pain? Haha, haha……” Ian said and laughed hysterically.

  “Not too bad!” replied Xiao Luo.

  He smiled as the five lacerations on his chest were visibly recovering at a rapid rate. It only took moments to recover completely, and soon there was not a single scar on his chest.

  “What…… What is this ability you have?” Ian was shocked as he stared at Xiao Luo in disbelief.

  “There’s no need for you to know!”

  Without warning, Xiao Luo locked on and pounced at Ian like lightning. He seized the opportunity to attack while Ian was momentarily distracted by his recovery.

  “HARGGH!”

  Ian snapped back to his senses quickly and roared as he prepared to retaliate.

  It all happened within a blink of an eye. Both men collided head-on and used every skill they possessed to battle each other. They were throwing brutal punches, clawing and kicking with precision, and moving at lightning speed. They were like two tornadoes crashing against one another, creating a gigantic sandstorm that lifted tons of sand into the air.

  Xiao Luo and Ian unleashed their power simultaneously, and both stood their ground like two vicious beasts. They struck relentlessly at each other in a non-stop series of strikes and counter-strikes. Their blows sounded like explosions where they struck, and they roared as they expelled their inner forces to enhance their strikes. Their crashing bodies created loud clanging noises. There was a massive concert of battle cries and noises as they fought on.

  “Oh, my gosh, are they fighting creatures or human beings?”

  The Mei nation army that laid in ambush from a kilometer away was observing the fight. The battle between Xiao Luo and Ian was incredibly intense. It was so unreal that it defied common sense. They had seen nothing like this in their lives. It was overwhelmingly shocking to see a sandstorm form because of the brute force of these two men. The soldiers could feel the force of the battle despite being far away from it and it scared the heck out of them.

  The cabinet ministers in the underground base could no longer follow the battle between Xiao Luo and Ian as the sandstorm had obscured their view. They looked at the photos taken by the satellite instead. The images appeared to show blossoming flowers of sand across the Mojave Desert, and they knew it was the result of Xiao Luo and Ian moving around as they fought.

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  Their attacks were like thunder and lightning in a storm—dense and powerful!

  Their clashes were like a running tsunami—surging and unstoppable!

  The battle between Ian and Xiao Luo overturned every inch of the Mojave Desert.

  “Xiao Luo!”

  Ian went berserk, and his roar reverberated across the ground. Ian did not hold any grudges against Xiao Luo. He was fighting for Huang Ruoran, and he wanted to be with her forever. To achieve that goal, he tenaciously got up each time Xiao Luo knocked him down.

  Ian was determined not to lose, and in his desperation, he kept fighting back like a madman!

  Xiao Luo’s Nether Claw had given Ian’s body countless wounds despite the strength of his sturdy body. But Ian only intensified his attacks, as if the wounds he sustained were increasing his strength.

  BOOM!

  Finally, their fists met in the most violent of blows. An enormous force resulted in a massive explosion which forced them both to stagger back for at least a dozen of steps.

  Both combatants finally paused momentarily.

  Covered in blood, Ian felt excruciating pain. That last hit had broken the bone of his right arm in several places, and it felt like millions of steel needles had pierced him. He had lost the ability to control his arm and he was losing consciousness.

  Xiao Luo also suffered an injury. His right finger was fractured, and blood was oozing out from the wound, soaking his right hand in blood.

  “Not bad, you’re good!”

  Xiao Luo praised Ian as he spent ten thousand points on the system to heal his hand. It only took a moment for the hand to complete healing.

  “My goal is to kill you……”

  Ian bellowed and charged toward Xiao Luo again. However, he was weakening from injury and his speed had notably decreased.

  Xiao Luo jumped aside, then teleported behind Ian like a specter. His right palm went straight for Ian’s lower back and struck him hard with the Eighteen Dragons Subduing Palms strike.

  CRACK!

  His palm strike struck Ian’s lumbar and dislocated his bones.

  Ian screamed in pain as if lightning had struck him. His pupils dilated as he lost his balance and fell to the ground, throwing up blood.

  “It is good to have a goal, but unfortunately, reality can be cruel!”

  Xiao Luo walked up to him and looked down.

  Ian was in a desperate state. He looked like a ferocious demon. He glared at Xiao Luo and said, “I will kill you…… I will kill you……”

  He struggled to get up and tried to attack Xiao Luo once again with his claws.

  Xiao Luo had a vicious look on his face as he kicked Ian’s abdomen. The kick landed with a loud thud and Ian was blasted away like a cannonball. He landed hard on the ground a dozen meters away. Ian’s physical condition forced the genetic warrior mode to deactivate. He turned back to his human form. His fair face was bloodied, but he was still very handsome and good looking.

  Ian had lost the fight! The genetic warrior had lost!

  When everyone in the underground base saw that Ian had turned back into his human form, their eyes bulged in disbelief as they stared at the screen. The genetic warrior was the most powerful secret weapon that the Mei nation had ever created, second only to a nuclear bomb. How could the genetic warrior lose? What kind of being was this Xiao Han, the Thousand-faced Killer? How could he defeat the invincible genetic warrior?

  A horror engulfed everyone there at that moment. It was an inexplicable feeling, and everyone suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.

  President Bama blinked his eyes when he saw Xiao Luo defeat the genetic warrior. His emotion turned from anger to fear, and his hand holding the cup of coffee started shaking uncontrollably.

  At the hot and dry Mojave Desert, Xiao Luo walked to Ian and said, “Ian, you’ve lost!”

  Lost!

  He had lost!

  Ian widened his eyes as he could not believe that he had lost. If he could not kill Xiao Luo, then the future for him and Ruoran would vanish like a bursting bubble. No, that cannot be…… No!

  With that thought in mind, he tried his best to get up from the ground. He clenched his fist and then tried to attack Xiao Luo once again.

  However, in his current state, he could not even overpower an ordinary man. He struck Xiao Luo but went flying backward when Xiao Luo activated his inner power to defend himself. He landed on the ground a meter away. Blood was oozing out of his mouth and nose.

  After a brief pause, he got up again and charged at Xiao Luo with no hesitation.

  “Are you done or not!” shouted Xiao Luo.

  He frowned as he unleashed his inner power. Ian could not even touch Xiao Luo before he was sent flying again.

  The impact of that last blow put Ian in critical condition. He suffered severe internal injuries. He was turning much paler as he vomited more blood.

  Xiao Luo did not want to bother with him anymore, so he turned around and walked toward the invisible jet research base.

  “Xiao Luo!”Ian laid flat on the hot sand and called out with every ounce of strength he had.