Chapter 994: Jade Bone Divine Sword

A delicate young woman in a white lab coat approached the elder, carrying several stacks of documents, and whispered to him.

The elder nodded in satisfaction. "Excellent," he said. "The dream traps designed specifically for the top powerhouses of the Glory Squad are all ready, aren't they? Now, we just have to wait for the fish to bite. I have a feeling they will be our best batch of test subjects."

Shortly after this scene unfolded, news arrived from Xu Yang's other team members. Hearing this information made Xu Yang even more furious.

"Heh," he sneered. "Just a bunch of audacious fellows from outside this domain. I'd like to see what kind of trouble these people can stir up!"

Soon after, Xu Yang first motioned for Ling Yao to assist the others. He then, under the cloak of invisibility provided by the Angelic Domain, arrived before the doctor, observing him personally demonstrating to dozens of other young lab-coated workers. The dream traps he was controlling were precisely targeting Gugulas.

Xu Yang witnessed this incredible process on a light screen: the virtual young woman was frantically devouring Gugulas's exclusive memories.

However, she seemed to be encountering some difficulties. Gugulas's soul world erupted with extremely powerful resistance, thanks to the original power cultivation method he had developed after joining Xu Yang.

Seeing Gugulas's resistance, Xu Yang couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.

This fellow was actually able to simultaneously activate the power generated by four Qi vortexes, fully capable of confronting the pressure this woman was exerting on his soul world head-on.

If he didn't have such a trump card to rely on, Gugulas would probably have been completely turned into an idiot by now.

Xu Yang felt a slight sense of relief, but he knew that this situation might not last long. He had to take action to resolve the predicament his teammates were facing.

Following this, the light screen console repeatedly changed images. Every member of the Glory Squad was struggling in their own exclusive trap, and for now, none of them were in life-threatening danger.

But this situation also enraged Xu Yang to the extreme. It was the first time he had seen his teammates treated as lab rats and measured as data through these so-called "desire high-tech" methods.

If every person in the cultivation world were to be measured in this way, what meaning would their lives hold?

Compared to these virtual, perfect combat units, there would be no distinction whatsoever!

The emergence of such individuals would undoubtedly disrupt the existing order of Yingzhou Continent. They all had to be eliminated!

Two blood-red beams of light shot from Xu Yang's pupils, striking directly onto the operational light screen in front of him.

The moment they saw these two blood-colored eyes, all the researchers in front of him turned around. Only then did they see that Xu Yang had appeared behind them at some unknown point.

What slightly surprised Xu Yang was that the experimenters in front of him, who showed no trace of aura fluctuations, did not show any signs of the expected panic after seeing him.

Each of their faces was extremely calm. The doctor, who was personally overseeing the entire experiment, revealed a satisfied smile.

Slowly rising, he handed over the console's operation to his assistant. He then personally approached Xu Yang, extending a hand with a friendly expression.

"I have waited here for thousands of years," he began, "and been captivated for thousands of years, studying countless top cultivators from various fields across Yingzhou Continent. Yet I have never encountered a team with such terrifying potential as the Glory Squad.

"Welcome, my most perfect trophy and test subject.

"I have a bold idea: to create an exclusive template from your body. This way, I would effectively possess an army of countless Xu Yang replicas.

"With such an army, I could sweep across the entire Yingzhou Continent, and also gain the qualification to land on Demon Dragon Island once more."

Xu Yang burst into laughter. "Isn't that inappropriate?" he scoffed. "I truly don't know where you get your confidence from, to have the audacity to mock me so nonchalantly in my presence. Don't you realize you're about to lose everything?"

"Oh, is that so?"

The smile on the doctor's face abruptly vanished. He gently snapped his fingers. The researchers behind him, all dressed in white lab coats, who had seemed like helpless ordinary humans, began to transform their physical forms at the doctor's command.

It turned out that their apparent forms were merely their normal working modes. Once they activated their combat modes, they completely changed into something else!

Exquisite features, almost identical heights, and their characteristic hollow eyes – each one could be called a perfect war machine.

Of course, if the doctor's words were true, and he was fortunate enough to make any member of the Glory Squad into a specimen, the quality of the new specimens would undoubtedly surpass the existing templates.

"See?" he said. "These people are war templates created from my previous batch of experiments, and currently, they are the most precise.

"If I could turn every member of your Glory Squad into such a template," he continued, "imagine how terrifying my strength would become."

Xu Yang gave a cold smile. The Jade Bone Divine Sword reappeared in his hand.

"Then I will show you with action," Xu Yang declared, "what these templates you've created truly mean in front of me, Xu Yang."

In the next instant, an incredibly cold, murderous gleam burned in Xu Yang's pupils. The sword light from the Jade Bone Divine Sword continuously pierced through the bodies of every war template present.

Although these individuals possessed perfect and fortunate physical bodies, they could not exhibit any advantage in the face of Xu Yang's absolute power.

"Heh, is that all?" Xu Yang scoffed. "You didn't spend thousands of years here just deceiving yourself, did you, old man!"

It didn't seem particularly special. Each time Xu Yang's Jade Bone Divine Sword pierced through a war template's body, they would briefly falter, but their injured parts quickly healed in an incredibly short time.

At the same time, the sword spirit Xi Huang, residing within the Jade Bone Divine Sword, materialized, appearing by Xu Yang's side.

"Master," Xi Huang said, "what you don't know is this: This old fellow likely devoured the leader of a top legion from the Endless Sea. After taking over that leader's physical body, he also seized control of his legion's forces."