A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 834 - 820: Aura’s Ability

The use of genetic abilities comes at a price.

The greater the power, the greater the cost; the smaller the power, the smaller the cost. Abilities like Aura, which can instantly transfer oneself and let others die in one's place, carry a significant price—not negligible at all. After using it repeatedly, he finally reached his limit.

"Damn it, if you kill me, you'll be at war with the company. Do we really need to settle this with life and death? We could even become partners. You must be aware of how powerful the forces behind the company are! Killing me brings you nothing but harm."

Aura crouched under a rock, eyes wide open, body trembling.

In front of him, Baiyu held an exaggeratedly large chain saw in both hands, still dripping with fresh blood—its appearance utterly shocking. Aura's fear was partly due to this chain saw.

"But I killed your elite officer, Cres. He was the minister of the operations department, probably quite significant, right?"

Baiyu stared at him.

Aura, drenched in sweat, shook his head like a rattle: "Not significant, not significant at all. Just an elite officer; dead is dead, not that important. If you spare me, the company will definitely stop pursuing, and even extend an olive branch to you."

Sss.

The sound of the chain saw came to a halt.

Baiyu seemed thoughtful: "You seem to make a lot of sense, and it's very tempting. Maybe I shouldn't refuse you?"

"Yes, yes. Trust me, if you cooperated with us, you'd get lots of support and a great deal of resources from the company. You wouldn't regret it—a life-and-death struggle isn't necessarily required between us…"

Aura originally planned to activate his genetic ability's final function, detonating all controlled bodies around him to go down with the enemy. But when Baiyu revealed a genuine intent to reconcile, hope reignited in his heart.

Using that ability would result in his own complete explosion.

Baiyu's expression seemed sincere, not like he was lying. He didn't appear to be someone who'd deceive others—usually, experts have their dignity and credibility, not lying in such times.

Just as Aura was thinking this, a sharp blade pierced his heart, quickly rotating within his flesh and blood, turning everything to dust. In a blink, he was dead beyond dead.

Before dying, his pupils widened, his face showing a complete expression of unwillingness.

"Did you really think I'm an idiot, believing I'd let you go?" Baiyu pulled out the sharp blade embedded in Aura's body, flicking off the bloodstains.

After Aura's death.

The surrounding company employees stopped their attack, standing still as if suddenly losing their target. Baiyu watched them cautiously, and soon, they began self-destructing.

The excessive strain from earlier finally unveiled its aftermath. Without Aura's genetic ability support, these people instantly lost the power to live. Thus concluded a battle, with several company squads falling entirely here.

Baiyu approached Aura's corpse.

"Genetic Ability - Absorption" activated at this moment, extracting his ability, becoming a star, merging around the Black Moon Mark. Aura's ability was named Aura, its primary effect unknown to Baiyu as he couldn't use it yet.

Using genetic abilities in the Black Moon Mark was rather mystical.

Through these battles, he finally understood—the use of these abilities could only trigger randomly, usually when faced with danger and in need of skill usage, the corresponding ability could then be triggered.

Of course, it may not trigger; in any case, there's no precise probability for this.

However, once used, Baiyu could utilize that ability freely in any circumstance, extremely convenient.

Currently, Baiyu possessed genetic abilities.

Only four abilities: Speed Flight, Water Pattern, Electric Surge, and Beast Intuition, unable to acquire more in the short term.

"Wang Shenghua indeed didn't disappoint, has she already taken out another elite officer?"

After clearing the battlefield, Baiyu re-entered the cave, dragging Aphel and Vina out. He carried them on each side, quickly moving toward Wang Shenghua in the forest.

The gunfire was about five kilometers from Baiyu and Aura's battlefield, and at Baiyu's speed, he'd arrive within minutes even at a standard pace. However, the scene was not as he anticipated.

Wang Shenghua hadn't eliminated the other elite officer.

The opponent stood under a large tree, wielding an exaggeratedly big gun, surrounded by the bodies of more than a dozen company soldiers scattered messily. Yet, Wang Shenghua was battling the remaining company soldiers, though they were ordinary people, their number substantial, and well-trained, surprisingly preventing Wang Shenghua from resolving it quickly.

Of course, the focus of the skirmish between both groups remained on this elite officer in the center.

Baiyu could tell this elite officer seemed to be in some special state, standing motionless, with an odd expression, reminiscent of a person's brain freezing.

"Could it be Wang Shenghua intends to kill the opponent while the elite officer is in this special state, only to be impeded by the officer's soldiers?"

Baiyu silently speculated.

He didn't quite grasp the current situation, but given Wang Shenghua's character, if she was unsure, she'd certainly slip away early, rather than battling hard right now—indicating Wang Shenghua believed the situation hadn't reached a point to flee yet.

Watching from the side for a while, Wang Shenghua slowly resolved the company soldiers. After she dealt with the soldiers, the elite officer had no reaction, like a wooden figure, completely unmoving.

If not for the conspicuous Geling Company attire on the opponent, Baiyu might've mistaken her for a stranger.

"Don't attack her."

At this moment, Wang Shenghua urgently said: "Her state is a bit off, she might not be an enemy. Just now, she didn't attack me."

Upon hearing.

Baiyu abandoned his attack thought, looking toward Wang Shenghua: "What's going on?"

Wang Shenghua gestured with her eyes, then led Baiyu aside: "This elite officer has a mental issue, seemingly unable to refuse others' requests—even from different camps, she can't reject.

Just before, I asked her not to kill me, and she actually agreed!"

Baiyu frowned: "Did you plead again?"

Wang Shenghua hesitated for a moment, but quickly recovered: "That's not the point. The point is, she doesn't know how to refuse others' requests. We can turn her into our own combat power! You should've felt the sniper rifle's power just now, right?"