“Wait a minute! Who did I just see? Isn’t that Emperor Might, the chairperson of Pangu Arcana Combine? Oh, Vulcan is also here. Are they all back?

  “It’s them. It’s definitely them. I can’t be wrong.”

  “Great! The stellar beings of Earth are back finally. Now, the Kryptonians’ time is up.”

  “Five years! It has been five years! Today is my happiest day. That’s great. They are finally back.”

  “Come on, kill all the gods, and then wipe out the Kryptonians.”

  Emperor Might and others had only been back for a dozen seconds, yet it had set off a blockbuster-like uproar on Earth.

  Five years ago, the deities were born, leading to the death, exile, and betrayer of many stellar beings. Humans would never forget that pain.

  Without the presence of the stellar beings, Earth had plunged into dire straits.

  Humans on Earth had learned the hard way the importance of the Arcanists.

  How would they not rejoice when stellar beings like Emperor Might Huang and Vulcan were back?

  Of course, Ling Jiu did not know all of this. He had deliberately sent Vulcan and others away.

  The Kryptonians were coming. He wanted to capture them alive at once and turned them into tree-planting gardeners. It would be difficult to do that if Emperor Might and others were present.

  “When will the Kryptonians arrive, Leoux?” Ling Jiu asked.

  “Five minutes max, judging their speed,” Leoux replied.

  “Then let’s wait for them.”

  Ling Jiu sat cross-legged on the roof of the pantheon and waited quietly.

  He could not wait for the arrival of the Kryptonians—66 super-clustered beings.

  He wanted to capture and turn them into his living puppets, his most useful gardeners.

  He could not wait any longer.

  “What is Ling Jiu doing?”

  Billions of netizens watching the live stream were puzzled at seeing Ling Jiu sitting down.

  “He must have been exhausted after the battle. Is he catching his breath now?”

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  “It doesn’t look like that is what he is doing but more like waiting for someone.”

  “Waiting for someone? Who is he waiting for?”

  “Your guess is as good as mine.”

  Time passed quickly while the netizens were in puzzlement.

  Five minutes later, dozens of light streams flew through the void in their direction like fighter jets, roaring in the sky at supersonic speed.

  “What is that?”

  The phenomenon attracted the attention of a group of reporters on the pantheon square. They all trained their cameras at the fast-approaching light.

  “What’s going on?”

  “What was that?”

  “D*mn! That was loud! Are those supersonic fighter jets? Did all of you hear the sonic boom?”

  Billions of netizens were taken aback, eyes glued to the computer screen as dozens of streams of light approached and stopped in the air over the pantheon.

  They could finally see what those things were. It was a group of warriors. They were all strong and wearing black armor.

  “The Kryptonians.”

  “They’re Kryptonians.”

  “D*mn! What are they doing here?”

  “What are they trying to do? Are they going to attack Ling Jiu?”

  The netizens were shocked. At first, they still had faith in Ling Jiu, hoping that he could kill all the Kryptonians.

  However, seeing so many Kryptonians at once, they fell silent.

  Looking at those Kryptonians bursting with powerful aura and intimidating strength, they knew the Kryptonians were at the level of the kings of the gods. Could Ling Jiu really take on so many of them at once?

  “It looks like he is in trouble. Can he beat them?”

  “He will. Ling Jiu will definitely beat them.”

  “Absolutely. Ling Jiu will definitely defeat them. We humans will be done for if he fails.”

  “There you are.”

  Ling Jiu got to his feet and looked at the 66 super-clustered Kryptonians with smiles in his eyes.

  He would kill none of these Kryptonians—they all made the best gardeners. It would be a massive waste to kill even one.

  “Human, you are under thirty yet can kill super-clustered beings. That’s truly amazing. There are few indigenous beings like you in the entire galaxy. Now I will give you a chance.”

  The leading Kryptonian, who had a squared face, broad ears, stared icily at Ling Jiu. “Kneel and surrender to us immediately. Otherwise, I will make today your death anniversary next year.”

  The Kryptonian who spoke was General Zod, one of the two highest-ranking Kryptonians, and the highest leader of the Atlantic Kryptonians.

  Humans staring in front of the screens were furious.

  “Those scoundrels are asking Ling Jiu to surrender. Who gave them the courage?”

  “Shameless. Ling Jiu has killed many kings of the gods. He may be stronger than all Kryptonians. Yet they want Ling Jiu to surrender. Are those scoundrels suffering from brain short-circuits?”

  “All of you want me to surrender?” Ling Jiu sneered. “You must all have a delusion and a short-circuit in your brains.”

  “How dare you!” a Kryptonian yelled. “You lowlife aborigine. Do you know who you are speaking to? He is the Honorable General Zod. Mind your language!”

  “The Honorable General Zod?” Ling Jiu sneered. “You’re all just a bunch of whipped dogs. What honorable are you talking about?”

  “You have a death wish!”

  All the Kryptonians were enraged by what Ling Jiu said.

  He had just said something that hurt them the most.

  Their home planet Krypton had been destroyed, and they had nowhere to go. They were indeed like whipped dogs.

  “You will die, human!”

  General Zod roared, his voice exploding like muffled thunder, shaking the air for hundreds of miles. The reporters’ eardrums rand as they put their heads in their hands in pain.

  The terrifying sound waves formed into substantive ripples, which spread like a Category 10 typhoon.

  The billions of people watching the live stream had their hearts in their mouths when they saw what happened.

  “So what?” Ling Jiu said with a shrug. “You can’t kill me, anyway. By the way, I forgot to tell you one thing.”

  He then form-shifted into a Golden Saiyan Ape.

  General Zod’s heart skipped a beat and roared angrily. “It’s you!”

  Some of the 66 Kryptonians also yelled in fury, “It’s you, the robber, godd*mn thief!”

  “What is going on?”

  Kal looked at General Zod with a puzzled look on his face. He did not know why General Zod and others became so agitated when Ling Jiu had form shifted.

  “I had over one thousand Kryptonians with me. But someone snatched over three hundred of them away. This scoundrel is that abductor.”

  General Zod gritted his teeth as he stared at Ling Jiu angrily. How he wished he could beat Ling Jiu into dead meat now.

  Chapter 320: The Difference Is Apparent, a Gang Fight Breaks Out

  General Zod was furious.

  There were few Kryptonians at first. Every one of them had worked very hard. It had taken them a hundred years to grow their population from sixteen to over a thousand on Atlantis.

  However, Ling Jiu had snatched over 300 of them away at once, directly reducing the number of Kryptonians by one-third. How could General Zod not be furious?

  It had taken the Kryptonians thousands of days and nights of hard work to achieve this.

  “Godd*mn thief! I will smash you into dead meat, grind your bones to dust, and torture your soul night and day!” There was a murderous look in General Zod’s eyes.

  “I don’t like bloodshed,” Ling Jiu said. “I will not kill you or the rest. Instead, I will capture you all and modify your mindset, turning you all into my most loyal slaves to serve me forever.”

  After he said that, he smiled before he added, “Do you know what happened to the 300 Kryptonians whom I have captured?”

  “Let me tell you, they are still alive, enjoying their lives as my slaves.”

  “What did you just say?” General Zod’s face changed drastically. “You said they are still alive?”

  “Of course.” Ling Jiu still had a smile on his face. “Would you like to see them? I can grant you the wish.”

  He waved his hand and released the 300 or so Kryptonians from the Floating Island.

  These captured Kryptonians had hardly changed in their appearance. So, General Zod instantly recognized them.

  He was very excited. “Good, good! You are all still alive.”

  The other Kryptonians were excited too. However, what the 300 Kryptonians did subsequently shocked General Zod and all the other Kryptonians.

  The 300 Kryptonians went down to their knees in front of Ling Jiu. “At your service, Master.”

  “Asaro, what the hell are you doing?” General Zod asked in anger. “You are all noble Kryptonian warriors. How can you kneel for a lowly human aborigine? Get up!”

  “How dare you!”

  General Zod just spoke as he always did. Sadly, he and the 65 other Kryptonians did not expect the Kryptonian named Asaro behind Ling Jiu to shout at him. “How dare you be disrespectful to our master, zealot! Do you want to die?”

  “What the hell did you just say, Asaro?”

  General Zod and the other 65 Kryptonians thought they had heard it wrong.

  “As I said, they have been transformed into my most loyal slaves. They have only one thought, to carry out my will,” Ling Jiu said. “In their minds, I am God and a supreme being, and my dignity is inviolable.”

  General Zod took a deep breath, and his voice filled with endless anger as well as hatred. “Human, I will tear you into pieces!”

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  “Oh, yeah? I’m afraid you can’t do that—not in this lifetime.” Ling Jiu laughed out loud. “Don’t worry, like I said, I won’t kill you. But I will make you the same as them.”

  Ling Jiu stomped his feet on the roof of the pantheon, and the pantheon, which was built of gold, collapsed with a rumble, turning into a pile of ruins. Meanwhile, Ling Jiu faded into a stream of light and shot toward General Zod and others.

  “D*mn! Is he going to fight 66 opponents alone?”

  “Strong! He is so strong!”

  “I’m so nervous, my palms sweating. Come on, Ling Jiu. The future of Earth is in your hands!”

  “You can do it, Ling Jiu! You will kill those Kryptonians!”

  “Die, human!”

  General Zod charged forward at once.

  He was nearly two meters tall, and his knotted muscles burst with explosive power, as though they were cast from rigid steel.

  “Ling Jiu, this guy named General Zod is second to the Kryptonian named Kal next to him.” Leoux’s voice rang in Ling Jiu’s mind. “He is a super-cluster Level 6. Be careful.”

  “I know what I’m doing,” Ling Jiu replied.

  “Human, I want you dead!”

  General Zod appeared in front of Ling Jiu in a flash, summoning all his strength as he struck out a punch, as if a round shot fired from a large-caliber gun.

  “You want to fight? I’m not afraid of you.”

  Ling Jiu howled with laughter as he struck out a punch to meet General Zod.

  The Saiyan Golden Ape clone might be galactic Level-7 only, which was significantly lower than General Zod, but Ling Jiu had no fear.

  A terrifying power gushed out from all over his body and finally gathered in his right fist to greet General Zod’s punch.

  Clash!

  The two fists collided with a loud pow. A burst of violent shock waves spread out from the point of collision in all directions. The surrounding void was torn apart like a piece of fragile paper.

  The sky above the pantheon turned into a black hole while both Ling Jiu and General Zod were forced back at the same time.

  Ling Jiu retreated as far as dozens of miles, while General Zod only a few hundred meters.

  The difference in strength was apparent.

  Apparently, General Zod was better than Ling Jiu in terms of brute-force strength.

  Nevertheless, it still shocked General Zod. “Human, you are much better than I thought, but that is it. I won’t let you continue to grow. Die now!”

  General Zod faded into a stream of light once again. He gathered all his strength, intending to kill Ling Jiu on the spot.

  The corners of Ling Jiu’s mouth curled up in a strange smile and powerful energy burst out of his body as he struck again.

  Bwoom!

  It was another horrible collision with the void exploding into a black hole again. The released energy was even more violent than the last time. But the outcome surprised everyone.

  General Zod, who had gotten the upper hand in the first round, lost. His right arm broke apart like fragile glass.

  “How could this be possible?”

  His face changed drastically. The other 65 Kryptonians watching the battle in the distance were equally shocked.

  “Didn’t the general have the upper hand just now? Why did he lose this time?” A Kryptonian wondered.

  No one knew why, except for General Kal. His face was grave. “Apparently this cunning human was concealing his strength earlier.”

  “Concealing his strength?”

  All the Kryptonians’ faces sank. “This despicable human!”

  “I didn’t know that you’ve achieved this level of strength!” General Zod stared dead at Ling Ji as shock, horror, and disbelief flashed in his eyes.

  “I only used one-tenth of my strength the first time we clashed……” Ling Jiu smirked. “.……and half this time.”

  “How could this be possible?” General Zod’s face was grave.

  “I told you, you don’t stand a chance.”

  Ling Jiu flicked his fingers. “Kryptonians like you are all destined to be my living puppets and serve me forever.”

  “Bullsh*t!” General Zod roared angrily “Kill him for me, everyone!”

  General Zod knew he was no match for Ling Jiu. He could only pin his hope on his men, joining hands together to kill Ling Jiu.

  “Aye, General!”

  Some Kryptonians shot towards Ling Jiu without any hesitation, while some looked over at General Kal in unison.

  “General, what shall we do?”

  “Kill him,” Kal slowly said. “This human is too unusual. He must die now, or else, he will pose endless trouble to us.”

  “Aye, General!”

  The remaining Kryptonians lunged out to join the gang fight.

  “Come on, let’s have a good fight!”

  Ling Jiu guffawed as he lunged up to meet those Kryptonians. A world-shaking battle broke out at once.