"Major, should we activate the defense system?"

A uniformed soldier standing next to the half-naked man asked.

"No need. Times have changed. Advanced technology can no longer keep up with individual combat power. We must adapt to this era!" The major smiled warmly, but beneath the warmth lay a deep hint of indifference.

"Where are the people who came here yesterday? Where are they locked up?" Jiang Yuan observed the prison, but he couldn't sense Ning Yanlan's presence or voice.

"If you want to know the answer, then we'll see if you have the ability!" the major said, his hands wrapped in bandages.

Jiang Yuan only realized through his Heavenly Eye that the hand-wrapped cloth in the opponent's hand was also a weapon. It could not only maximize the power of force, but also provide extremely strong defense.

Three hours had passed since he left the research institute, and Jiang Yuan's divine power was only at 25, still quite a distance from the upper limit. He couldn't gain any advantage against the strength-type character with 128 power.

"You have no choice now!" The major carefully wrapped the cloth around his neck. "The prison is surrounded by people who want the unique cultivation technique. Right now, it's a fair one-on-one fight with me, but once we're outside, they won't give you a choice!"

"Come on!" Jiang Yuan raised his face, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.

From the moment he acquired divine power, his strength could no longer be judged solely by data; the comprehensiveness of divine power completely overwhelmed dual-system or even tri-system evolvers.

The divine power is a fusion of three systems, but it is far more powerful than the sum of the three systems; this is a power that mortals cannot fathom.

"My name is Lu Xingyu, please enlighten me!" Lu Xingyu said, cupping his hands in greeting.

"Jiang Yuan! Please enlighten me!"

Jiang Yuan did not back down. Since the other party wanted to fight him fairly, he naturally could not back down.

"Don't be as weak as the Fire Phoenix, or it'll be a real disappointment!"

Lu Xingyu's eyes were filled with disdain.

"Berserk!" Jiang Yuan activated Berserk again, and his entire body began to grow stronger.

"That's it!" Lu Xingyu strode forward, every move exuding powerful confidence.

The fist came crashing down without any fancy moves. Jiang Yuan raised his hand to block it, but it felt like he was carrying a heavy weight.

Not only that, Lu Xingyu followed up his punch with a second punch very quickly.

"Petrify!" Jiang Yuan's arm ached, so he had no choice but to activate petrification and fight back.

The cement ground was smashed and cracked. Neither of them were simpletons; their ordinary moves contained the force of thousands or even tens of thousands of kilograms.

"Blood Shackles, open them all!"

His blood circulated rapidly, and his physical energy consumption increased dramatically. This was the power of his physical body, not some external system like divine power. Faced with such power, Jiang Yuan's blood and qi stagnated, and he could not release a feeling of frustration.

After defending against countless attacks, Lu Xingyu finally opened a gap when he regained his strength. Jiang Yuan then unleashed a punch that he had been preparing for, aiming it at Lu Xingyu's face.

"Connect your fingers and bind your wrists! Activate!"

"Ancient God - Charge Punch!"

A straightforward punch, without any fancy moves; this punch represented the pinnacle of Jiang Yuan's power, with all twenty-five points of divine energy poured into it.

With one punch, Lu Xingyu had half of his cheek smashed open and was sent flying backward.

Jiang Yuan intended to finish off Lu Xingyu in one go, but Lu Xingyu, who had just fallen down, stood up immediately.

"You've got some skill!" Lu Xingyu placed his hand on his cheek, and the shattered flesh and bone that had just been blown apart miraculously began to grow back. The speed at which the granulation tissue grew was nothing short of a medical miracle.

"Unfortunately, you don't know the potential of a super soldier!" Lu Xingyu asked himself, then answered, "Now, I'm going to get serious!"

Lu Xingyu rushed towards Jiang Yuan, forcing Jiang Yuan to switch from offense to defense.

"It's useless. Our genetic modifications are entirely designed for combat. You ordinary people simply cannot comprehend such power!" Lu Xingyu mocked as he threw a punch.

Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth and blocked it. His genes were no worse than those of a super soldier. It was just that his genes had just been recombined. However, the human body's metabolism takes time, and the process of gene transcription and translation also takes time. Once the recombined genes take effect, his body will be far superior to that of a super soldier.

Thinking of this, he inwardly sighed at his impulsiveness. If he had known this would really happen, he should have stayed at the research institute for half a day longer. If he had spent that extra half day, his situation would certainly not be so passive.

But he wouldn't regret it. If Ning Yanlan could do something for him, then he could too.

"I thought you were so strong for daring to come and challenge the Crimson Blood Army all by yourself, but it turns out you're nothing special!" Lu Xingyu sneered.

"Yeah?"

After receiving the attack, Jiang Yuan retreated ten meters. All his divine energy entered his bloodstream, and at that moment, even his berserk state stopped, and his petrification ceased due to the shortage of divine energy.

"Is this giving up on himself?" Lu Xingyu asked arrogantly when he saw Jiang Yuan abandoning his defense.

"The shackles of flesh!" Jiang Yuan grinned excitedly. "Let me see the second level of ancient martial arts today!"

The Divine Wood Canon, recorded by the Heavenly Eye, quietly began to operate, and this ancient martial art, which focuses on life, became the foundation of his current combat power.

Since the cataclysm, he seems to have gotten used to getting things without working. He can learn skills simply by using skill orbs, and his strength can be increased by taking pills. Everything he has is obtained out of thin air. It seems that he is just playing a game.

This made him instinctively resistant to things like the Divine Wood Canon, which required a lot of effort and talent to learn. Wouldn't it be better to learn a simple technique like the Great Wilderness Body Tempering Technique? Why bother to work so hard to learn traditional ancient martial arts?

But over time he discovered that ancient martial arts had an irreplaceable advantage: its powerful vitality.

Unleashing your physical potential will become your eternal asset. The difference between the three-element evolution and ancient martial arts can be illustrated with an example: the three-element energy allows you to learn how to use a hydrogen bomb in a short time, while ancient martial arts makes you a hydrogen bomb. One is superior in speed, and the other is superior in stability.

"You want to fight me with ancient martial arts?" Lu Xingyu smiled contemptuously. "Even those formal ancient martial arts masters don't dare to fight me, and you think you can fight me with your amateurish methods?"

"You'll know once you try!" Jiang Yuan only retained the strength in his hands, including his fingers and wrists. Weapons are an extension of the physical body, and they are necessary for both evolved beings and ancient martial artists.

"Tiger Crouching Stance!" Lu Xingyu leaped into the air and then launched an attack at Jiang Yuan.

With a dull thud, Jiang Yuan's body emitted a muffled sound, but the sound was quickly drowned out by the tinkling of blood. After the Blood Shackles were broken, his power became extremely pure, and his body revived wherever his blood flowed—a feeling he had never experienced before.

"A series of rapid kicks!"

Seeing that his punches weren't working, Lu Xingyu raised his foot and kicked several times harder.

After the first kick was blocked, Jiang Yuan's arm swelled up considerably, and then came the second and third kicks.

Each strike gave Jiang Yuan a new understanding; his blood could be integrated into his body through the blows.

He recalled a saying he had heard: if you want to hit someone, you must first learn to take a hit.

Every martial artist in ancient times started by being beaten. If no one was going to hit them, they would hit wooden stakes and sandbags themselves, which was also a form of being beaten.

"If that's the case, then I'll fight you to the death!"

Jiang Yuan completely abandoned his defenses, ready to fight a fierce and unrestrained battle.

"Come on, let's see who falls first!"