I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 534 Decided

"Number One, must we still wait?" Yu Changdong demanded, his voice agitated as he tapped his cane. "You can see the strength of this Demon Clan warrior. Do we truly have to wait until Yu Qing and the others die in battle before you make a decision? Stop counting on nuclear weapons; they can’t even kill this old man, let alone him!"

In the office, Number One hesitated slightly, but after weighing the pros and cons, he finally picked up the phone.

The Western Military Protection Zone, from the outside, resembled a continuous mountain range, its peaks undulating. Even satellite imagery from high orbit depicted it as sparsely populated, almost deserted. But beneath these rolling mountains lay another world entirely.

Mountains are formed by the tectonic uplift of the Earth’s crust. However, this pressure doesn’t always result in uplift; it can also cause depressions. No one would have expected the geological structure beneath the mountain range to resemble a layered cake, with a massive subterranean interlayer. Remarkably, this interlayer possessed a stable tripod structure.

Thus, beneath this extensive mountain range lay a vast military research base where the most advanced military technologies were researched, including the world’s leading-edge black tech.

Wang Qi had been at the underground research base for a year and a half. Before her arrival, she had overcome most of the critical bottlenecks in developing the Awakening Potion, with only the final hurdle remaining. Now, the Awakening Potion had officially been created.

However, the Awakening Potion differed from the Life Potion. The Life Potion primarily involved rewriting DNA to treat cancer cells; its technical difficulty and cost were still in the preliminary stages, making it incomparable to the Awakening Potion.

The Awakening Potion had been in existence for nearly half a year. Through Wang Qi’s repeated verifications, it was discovered that it could only be used once. There was only one chance to activate the X gene. If this initial activation failed, the body would develop antibodies to the Gene Potion, preventing a successful second attempt. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Thinking of this, Wang Qi felt a pang that made it hard to breathe.

She had initially used herself as the template to create the Awakening Potion but had been too conservative in estimating the required dosage. Consequently, her own injection didn’t achieve the perfect activation ratio, and Wang Qi failed to awaken.

Now, her body had already produced antibodies. A second injection is impossible. The thought was agonizing.

Song Jia had already adapted to life in the underground base; it wasn’t as tedious as he had imagined. While it lacked the low-end entertainment available to children on the surface, it offered high-end alternatives. These included holographic VR real-life wilderness survival simulations and holographic city defense battle games. While other children found joy in toys and mobile games, these children experienced visceral gameplay.

Wearing special glasses, they could immerse themselves in specific maps, feeling an unparalleled thrill. As genius youths and talented Star Martial Warriors, these games not only satisfied their desire for play but also enhanced their practical combat skills. Song Jia, for one, was completely hooked.

"Academician Wang Qi!" Lieutenant General Nie from the underground base called out, striding quickly towards Wang Qi’s research institute.

"Lieutenant General Nie, I’m here," Wang Qi replied, her gaze shifting from him to Yu Ruoyun, who stood nearby. Wang Qi knew Yu Ruoyun’s identity; this military research base seemed to harbor a strong aversion to the Yu Family. "What is it? Is something wrong?"

"An order from Number One: awaken King Jiangshan immediately."

"Greetings, Aunt Wang," Yu Ruoyun said with graceful propriety.

Wang Qi’s impression of Yu Ruoyun was neither good nor bad, merely distant. After all, she had nearly died at the hands of the Yu Family over a year ago. Although it was later proven the Yu Family weren’t the masterminds, the incident had stemmed from them.

If Yu Ruoyun hadn’t been Wang Lan’s friend, Wang Qi might have simply turned and walked away.

"What happened?" Wang Qi asked, her hands never ceasing their work on configuring a Longevity Elixir. Having successfully developed the Awakening Potion, adding telomeres to ordinary cells was a trivial matter for her.

"The Paradise Bird has opened the Portal of the Demon World," Yu Ruoyun stated calmly.

Suddenly, Wang Qi’s hands jerked to a stop. "Has the Demon Clan army arrived? Is the full-scale war beginning?"

"No. Wang Lan used a strategy to have the Portal of the Demon World open in an uninhabited area. Consequently, the Demon Clan’s army was destroyed by various nations’ nuclear weapons before they could fully materialize. The portal is closed again. However, a powerful Demon Clan warrior has appeared. The Four Emperors are jointly engaging this enemy at the Star Sea, but the situation is dire."

"So, the plan is to awaken King Jiangshan to fight him? King Jiangshan was an unparalleled powerhouse centuries ago. He might not obey orders, will he?"

"That’s why I’ve come," Yu Ruoyun replied. "We are doing this for all of human civilization. I believe our ancestor will help us." Though her words were assertive, her expression betrayed her uncertainty.

"Did you just say Wang Lan lured the Portal of the Demon World into a trap? Where is he now?"

"He’s at the front lines, fighting alongside the Four Emperors."

"That’s reckless of him! Doesn’t he know his own limits? What makes him think he can face an enemy that requires all Four Emperors to handle? Didn’t anyone try to stop him?"

"Wang Lan’s medical skills are the best in the world. He insisted on going, so no one had a valid reason to stop him..." Yu Ruoyun explained.

As Yu Ruoyun spoke, Wang Qi’s hand movements instantly accelerated. If her movements had been merely steady before, now her fingers flew, accelerating to a speed that was more than just a step faster—it was like watching a pianist at work.

Meanwhile, on the Star Sea battlefield, Drulu, having transformed into his battle form, had his power inexplicably skyrocket—his combat values directly doubled. Even in his first form, Drulu could already pin down the Four Emperors and utterly dominate them. Now, with his full strength unleashed, he was outright crushing them.

Were it not for Wang Lan’s incredibly potent Life Halo and his superb support, always managing to save Qing Emperor and the others in the nick of time, the four of them would have perished multiple times over.

Drulu, naturally, wouldn’t let this continue. He made several attempts to seize an opportunity and eliminate Wang Lan first. But Wang Lan was exceptionally cunning, focusing all his combat intellect on survival. Furthermore, his Void Purple Eyes, capable of compressing his dynamic vision, allowed him to detect imminent danger instantly.

Thus, he managed to avoid fatal blows with each of Drulu’s attacks. As long as Wang Lan evaded a mortal strike, his inhuman Self Healing ability allowed him to recover swiftly.

This continued for half an hour. Each of the Four Emperors had been blasted apart at least once, yet none had truly been killed.

The Four Emperors were now practically naked. Only Wang Lan was slightly better off, clad in his Phoenix Saint Cloth. Its ninety percent coverage not only concealed his modesty but also looked quite dashing.

Seeing Wang Lan don his armor, Qing Emperor emulated him, taking out his Star Palace Artifact. Unfortunately, Drulu shattered it with a single punch. It would have been better not to have brought it out at all.

The five of them were battered and worn. Even though Wang Lan’s healing kept their bodies physically unharmed, being relentlessly pummeled by Drulu for so long had pushed them to their limits. Their Star Martial Skills and reaction speeds had noticeably declined from their initial levels, yet Drulu remained in peak condition.

Drulu no longer regarded Wang Lan and the other four with his initial contempt. Although their strength was still negligible in his eyes, the indomitable spirit they displayed had earned his respect. Even as enemies, he respected them. It was no small feat for them to fight him in close combat for so long, despite being inferior in both realm and strength, and prevent him from breaching their defenses.

"You have all successfully proven yourselves to be qualified warriors," Drulu declared, a torrent of energy suddenly erupting around him. "To show my respect, I shall grant you a swift death!"

Finally, is he changing tactics? Wang Lan’s lips curled into a bitter smile. Until now, Drulu had engaged them solely in close-quarters combat. His Unpredictable movement technique and devastatingly powerful strikes had led Qing Emperor and the others to believe he was purely a melee-type warrior.

Wang Lan, however, suspected otherwise. While the Demon Clan valued combat, many were also attribute-based attackers. As a high-ranking Demon Clan warrior, Drulu was unlikely to be limited to mere physical attacks.

"Fire... Scorch... Flame... Fierce..." As Drulu intoned each word, eight incandescent Energy Balls materialized before him, hovering imperiously in the sky. With his Attribute Fusion, the ambient Star Power of heaven and earth surged madly into them.

Drulu, holding the coalescing energy aloft, floated silently in the sky, as majestic as a God of Heaven. The Energy Ball in his grasp rapidly expanded, growing larger and larger.

Gazing at the colossal, sun-like Energy Ball above, the Four Emperors were utterly stunned. This is too much! It’s enormous! The sphere already exceeded three hundred meters in diameter. If it exploded, the devastation would be terrifying.

"Go!" With a guttural roar, and without giving the Four Emperors a moment’s respite, Drulu sent the enormous Energy Ball hurtling down from the sky. It crashed towards the earth like a small asteroid.

"Unite!" the Four Emperors shrieked, pushing themselves to their absolute limits, willing to expend all their vitality and life force. This was the Demon Clan’s ultimate killing blow, an attack comparable to a nuclear bomb.

If they all perished under this strike, nothing would stop Drulu from storming the cities of the Jade Country, unleashing a torrent of destruction and slaughter upon humanity. If the four of them couldn’t stop him, then the twenty Star Soul Realm experts of the world certainly couldn’t either.

BOOM!

A cataclysmic explosion rocked heaven and earth. Even hundreds of kilometers away, the ground trembled violently. The decisive moment of the battle had arrived so suddenly, yet it felt utterly inevitable.

Drulu had relished this fight; it had satisfied his long-suppressed battle lust. However, he had more important tasks ahead and needed to end this quickly to find the Time-Space Gemstone hidden in the terrestrial realm.

The terrestrial realm, far superior to the Cultivation World, was the Demon Clan’s ideal second home. If not for the Ancient God slumbering there, the entire Demon Clan would have migrated long ago.

BOOM!

A searing white light erupted skyward, so intense that space stations observed Sky Blue Star suddenly extrude a shimmering bubble. From that high vantage point, the explosion appeared as if a blister had formed and then instantly ruptured.

When the white light dissipated, it revealed a devastated landscape. A massive crater, fifty kilometers in radius, had replaced everything. This was the true power of a nuclear detonation—a hydrogen bomb-level event.

Drulu gazed down at the crater, a flicker of regret in his eyes, but he quickly dismissed it. Humanity’s powerful warriors weren’t limited to these five. Killing them would surely draw out others. He merely hoped those other warriors would be as entertaining.

Hopefully, they won’t be the type to break down and cry at the first sign of a real fight.

Drulu looked eastward, about to continue his journey, when he suddenly froze.