"Is your power increasing?" Ling Mei 'er asked, as she continued to perform the massage she had learned from Han Sen.
"Yes, I am. Yes, I am." Han Sen said, as he lay down on the mat.
Bao'er, who was next to Han Sen, said, "Great Shelter Master! Bao'er wants to increase my power! I need a massage!"
Ling Mei 'er immediately shifted her position and pressed Bao' er down.
Han Sen had no choice but to sit up and stretch. He asked Ling Mei 'er, "Do you know where Spirit Thirteen's shelter is?"
"Yes, I do. Why?" Ling Mei 'er asked, as she continued to massage Bao'er.
"According to the rules of Dark Spirit, can you take down a Dark Spirit shelter?" Han Sen asked.
"You want to take down Spirit Thirteen's shelter? No. Dark Spirit rules forbid you from taking down your own shelter. If you want a shelter, you have to take it from someone else." Ling Mei 'er shook her head.
According to Han Sen's personality, if someone tried to mess with him, he'd do it back. But with the rules of Dark Spirit, if he wanted to kill Spirit Thirteen, he'd have to do it in secret.
"I need to think of an idea."
Han Sen thought about how he might be able to get rid of Spirit Thirteen, who was such a pain in the ass.
He wanted to help Ling Mei 'er reach gemstone class, so he could follow her back to Dark Spirit Shelter to see the gourd on the Holy Vine.
This was going to take a long time, and if he didn't get rid of Spirit Thirteen, he'd have to be wary of him every now and then.
It was easier to dodge an open attack than an arrow in the dark. If he didn't, things would be bad.
Han Sen asked Ling Mei 'er about Spirit Thirteen, so he could think of a way to deal with him.
The Dark Spirit Elder had four children, but when they gave birth, some of them found super creatures to mate with, while others found sacred-blood creatures to mate with. Some of the children they gave birth to were weaker than the others.
Spirit Thirteen belonged to the eldest branch of the four branches. The eldest branch was called Spirit One. Later, he gave birth to a descendant called Spirit Two. This was passed down from generation to generation until Spirit Thirteen. There were a total of thirteen generations.
The other three Dark Spirit branches weren't arranged like that. Ling Mei 'er was a descendant of the fourth.
After such a long time of separation, the blood relationship had weakened a lot. When the descendants of different branches married, there would no longer be some descendants born with disabilities. Therefore, the Dark Spirit Clan now allowed the marriage of different branches.
Spirit Thirteenth's branch was currently the weakest of the four dark spirit branches. It seemed that many experts from their branch had fallen during the war before the Hundred Races Treaty. Now, only Spirit Thirteenth and his father, Spirit Twelfth, were left. Moreover, their bloodlines weren't very good, so they were in a hurry to strengthen their bloodline.
Spirit Thirteen was born a few decades earlier than Ling Mei 'er. If they had been born at the same time, he wouldn't have been as strong.
Spirit Twelve only had a gemstone geno core. Because of his poor blood, he couldn't become a super geno core. He was the only Dark Spirit branch without a super elite.
"It is no wonder they want you so badly."
Han Sen didn't think Spirit Thirteen would have the guts to do such a thing alone. Spirit Twelve must have been involved, too.
If Han Sen wanted to deal with Spirit Thirteen, he'd have to consider Spirit Twelve as well.
Spirit Twelve wasn't super, but he was the leader of a branch. He had access to more resources than the average Dark Spirit. It wouldn't be easy to deal with him.
Han Sen asked Ling Mei 'er a few more things, thinking about how he might deal with Spirit Thirteen and his father.
Han Sen was surprised to hear that there was a pool ten miles away from Mask Shelter. There was a super creature there, and it was a lone super creature. It had no offspring, and it didn't have a partner.
Ling Mei 'er told Han Sen this because she wanted him to be careful and not go near the pool.
After Han Sen heard this, he kept it in mind and asked what sort of powers the super creature possessed.
"Eclipse Dragon has a cold geno core. Its breath can freeze people to death. I think I have a chance.
With my fitness and Jadeskin's resistance to the cold air, if I can reach gemstone class, I might be able to fight it. "Han Sen thought to himself.
If he wasn't super, he'd be a nobody. Han Sen didn't want to give up on killing super creatures, but he wasn't strong enough yet.
Han Sen found an excuse to return to Shadow Shelter. Mask Shelter hadn't opened the geno core storage, so he had to return to Shadow Shelter to accept the challenge.
"Who is it that has the guts to challenge me?"
Real Blood had been a bronze geno core for a long time, and no one had dared to challenge him. Now that someone had challenged him, Han Sen was curious.
Inside the geno core storage, Rockman read out the geno core that had challenged him. It was a geno core called Six Paths. There was no mention of a shelter, so Han Sen wasn't sure which shelter it had come from.
Han Sen thought this was strange. He had seen the bronze geno core leaderboard before, but he didn't remember the top ten geno cores. Six Paths wasn't one of them.
Now, the Six Paths was ranked second, just below his Primordial Blood. Even his Crystal Core was ranked below the Six Paths.
There were only two possibilities for this to happen. Either Six Paths had taken the test and reached second place, or Han Sen had challenged the geno core that had previously been in second place.
Crystal Core was in fifth place. After losing to Ghost Eye, Han Sen didn't use Crystal Core to challenge geno cores. Ghost Eye had been defeated twice, so Crystal Core's ranking had been dropping.
Han Sen thought for a moment, then decided to accept the challenge in his own body. He didn't use the Dongxuan Sutra to hide his identity, so people wouldn't be able to guess that Crystal Core and Real Blood were the same person.
After entering the Geno Battleground, Han Sen found himself in a ruined city in the middle of the desert. A man in grey clothes stood atop a half-collapsed gate, holding a black sword.
Although his back was facing Han Sen, the man in grey clothes sensed Han Sen's presence. He turned around to look at him.
The man in grey clothes looked like a human, but he was a spirit. If it wasn't for his purple eyes, it would have been impossible to tell if he was a human or a spirit.
"My name is Six Paths. Are you Real Blood's master?" Six Paths asked Han Sen.
"Yes, I am Real Blood."
Han Sen thought Six Paths was using the geno core's name as a pseudonym, so he used his own geno core's name.
Six Paths didn't mind, and he went on to say, "I thought I could reach first place, but I'm only in fifth place. I challenged the geno core that was in second place, but I didn't think it was anything special. I want to know what kind of power Real Blood possesses to prevent me from reaching first place."