Super Gene Hunting Ground-Chapter 994 - 989: Mad Saint Thanos
Dean Xinghai returned to Flying Leopard Academy and found Zhu Peng.
"Zhu Peng, I've temporarily suppressed the Qin family's issues. They won't be bothering Yang Xiao for now. Go and tell Yang Xiao to try not to leave the academy if possible. We can't guarantee his safety once he leaves."
Zhu Peng nodded and asked:
"Dean, there's something I don't understand."
"Speak,"
"Yang Xiao is just an ordinary student, even if he has slightly better talent. Is it worth offending the Qin family and potentially jeopardizing our relationship with the Emperor over him?"
This question was not only Zhu Peng's doubt but also the question of many academy instructors.
Many people believed in their hearts that falling out with the Qin family over a student from a lower-level academy seemed to be a loss, especially since the Qin family is one of the academy's major patrons, donating hundreds of billions of Crystal Coins each year.
And the Flying Leopard Emperor, who has a marital alliance with the Qin family, needless to say, might temporarily tolerate Flying Leopard Academy's actions, but in the long run, such actions aren't beneficial for the relationship between the academy and the Emperor.
Xinghai smiled slightly and said:
"Zhu Peng, what's our academy's motto?"
Zhu Peng was taken aback and blurted out: 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
"Cultivate the best talents to save the Witch Star Continent!"
Xinghai nodded,
"That's right, cultivate the best talents to save the Witch Star Continent. This is our Flying Leopard Academy's motto. But in the past few decades, have we truly understood the essence of the motto and earnestly implemented it?"
"This?"
Before Zhu Peng could speak, Xinghai continued:
"In recent years, the three largest empires on the Witch Star Continent — the Great Dragon Empire, Flying Leopard Empire, and Youming Empire — have been at war for supremacy, fighting fiercely for short-term benefits,
Our Flying Leopard Academy, being the most powerful academy within the Flying Leopard Empire, naturally took on the task of providing talent to the Flying Leopard Empire, indirectly participating in the imperial struggle,
Alas, when our Flying Leopard Empire was established hundreds of years ago, the original intent was to independently run the school solely for cultivating talent, not to participate directly in wars between empires,
But now, we have almost become a semi-Royal Academy of the Flying Leopard Emperor, drifting further and further from the founding purpose of our Flying Leopard Academy."
"Dean, there's nothing wrong with that, right? If the Flying Leopard Empire is annexed by the Great Dragon Empire, won't our Flying Leopard Academy lose its country?"
"Country? In your eyes, is there only a country but not the Witch Star?"
Dean Xinghai sighed,
"For nearly a century, the tranquility of Witch Star has made everyone forget about the threats Witch Star faces, and all the empires are busy fighting for immediate interests,
But the disaster on Witch Star will inevitably arrive sooner or later. When that time comes, if we don't have real talent, who will we rely on to save Witch Star?
When the skin is gone, how can the hair attach!
If Witch Star no longer exists, how can the Flying Leopard Empire exist?"
Zhu Peng was shocked and asked tremblingly:
"Dean, are you saying, Mad Saint… Thanos...?"
"Haha, yes, you still remember Mad Saint Thanos."
"Although this happened 500 years ago and we weren't born yet, the earth-shattering battle when Mad Saint Thanos led the Dwarf Star inhabitants to conquer Witch Star is still talked about to this day,
Every Witch Star inhabitant, from birth, hears about Mad Saint Thanos attacking Witch Star from their parents or grandparents, and countless books record the terrifying war of 500 years ago,
The story of the eight Saint Level Evolvers of Witch Star joining forces to fight and eventually perishing together,
The legendary act of the eight Saint Level Evolvers sacrificing their lives to bring peace to Witch Star, repelling Thanos and the Dwarf Star inhabitants, continues to inspire generation after generation of our Witch Star citizens. How could I not know this story."
Xinghai nodded and said:
"Indeed, even the eight Saint Level Evolvers on Witch Star back then couldn't match Mad Saint Thanos, and in the end, they had no choice but to perish together with him,
However, the Dwarf Star inhabitants have not vanished, and we don't even know which star they live on,
It's said that no one found the body of Mad Saint Thanos back then, and before perishing together, Mad Saint once said something; do you know what it was?"
Zhu Peng smiled and said:
"Of course, all records of that war end with Mad Saint Thanos' words; he said before dying:
'Five hundred years later, I will return!'"
At this point, Zhu Peng paused and looked at Dean Xinghai,
"Dean, you don't really believe that Mad Saint Thanos will resurrect and once again lead the Dwarf Star inhabitants to attack our Witch Star, do you?"
"Why not?"
Xinghai smiled faintly, countering with a question.
"What if the Dwarf Star inhabitants truly visit our Witch Star again and Thanos is resurrected? What will we do then?"
"What else can we do? Given the current situation of Witch Star, there's not even a single Saint Level Evolver left to stand against Thanos and the Dwarf Star inhabitants. Five hundred years ago, there were eight Saint Level Evolvers who vowed to defend Witch Star, but now there's no one capable of doing so,
Flying Leopard Academy was founded 500 years ago, and the original motto was: Cultivate the best talents to save the Witch Star Continent."
As the dean, Xinghai naturally has a special understanding of this motto.
Zhu Peng nodded and said:
"Does the dean believe that Yang Xiao is the one capable of opposing Mad Saint Thanos?"
"You've seen Yang Xiao's duels twice. Do you know what Yang Xiao's Beast Soul is?"
"Uh, no. I've never seen such a peculiar Beast Soul."
Zhu Peng shook his head.
Xinghai gestured towards the bookshelf, and an old ancient book flew into his hand.
Zhu Peng glanced at the cover of the ancient book, which read "Beast Soul Encyclopedia."
"This book contains records of over a thousand Beast Souls. I carefully reviewed it over the past few days but couldn't find a single one resembling Yang Xiao's Beast Soul."
Zhu Peng was taken aback and muttered to himself,
"Isn't that stating the obvious?"
"However, there is one explanation in this Beast Soul record that is quite meaningful: any Beast Soul with an exceptionally large body and extremely strong Soul Skills is generally a Super Divine Beast Soul,
That day, I saw Yang Xiao's Beast Soul, and just the visible long tail was over two hundred meters, along with his unique Soul Skills. All indications suggest his extraordinariness,
I also closely examined the ten most famous ancient Beast Souls: Bai Ze, Kui, Phoenix, Qilin, Taowu, Xiezhi, Hou, Chongming Bird, Bi Fang, and Taotie,
Yang Xiao's Beast Soul seems to vaguely resemble them, but not entirely,
My intuition tells me that Yang Xiao's Beast Soul must be very powerful, comparable to the Beast Souls of the ten ancient Divine Beasts."
"Dean, aren't those legendary ten Divine Beast Souls' records originating from a planet called Earth? How do they appear in this Beast Soul Encyclopedia?"
"The life of the universe has commonality, for instance, when comparing us, Witch Star inhabitants, with Earthlings, the basic features of men and women are almost identical,
Who can determine that life on Earth is necessarily later than our Witch Star?
In Earth's ancient times, perhaps Witch Star was still in a primitive stage,
If one day someone tells you,
That actually, we Witch Star inhabitants are immigrants from Earth's ancient times, would you believe it?"
(Thanks to the book friend 'humble reading' for rewarding 200 Qidian Coins, 'final sound without regret' for rewarding 100 Qidian Coins, and 'silent' for rewarding 500 Qidian Coins, thank you everyone for your support)
