Upon hearing these two words, Wei Xi paused for a moment, then a smile bloomed on his face.
"Hahaha, Lu Ziye, are you deliberately trying to make me laugh?" Wei Xi looked at me, "The Heavenly Way? Do you know what the Heavenly Way is? You want to be enemies with the Heavenly Way? Don't dream..."
I didn't explain much.
In that place, I had witnessed such scenes, and I understood how many people had sacrificed before.
It was precisely because of this that I understood how important my responsibility was.
"Then do you know what the truth behind the destruction of cultivators is?" Wei Xi continued to ask.
"You should have more information than me..." I said.
"You are correct," Wei Xi looked at me, "The reason I exist, the reason I have so much information, is because I have countless predecessors helping me... they collected information generation after generation, passed it down generation after generation, and it was only when I reached the Divine Realm that I found it!"
If nothing unexpected happened, the so-called Divine Realm was the place I had accidentally entered before.
"Fighting against the Heavenly Way is indeed possible, but the hope is minuscule. Even if you have the Tree of Life, it's meaningless..." Wei Xi looked at me, "You cannot contend with the Heavenly Way, you are too weak..."
"I still have time..." I said.
"No, no, no... you have no time," Wei Xi exhaled slowly, "Because, I will end your life..."
Before he finished speaking, twenty figures suddenly appeared behind him.
These individuals were all dressed in special forces gear, wearing sunglasses and masks, making their faces impossible to discern.
"I believe you've met Number One and the others, right?" Wei Xi asked me.
I nodded, Number One and the others were currently lying in ambush inside the city.
"Those are all defective products..." Wei Xi looked at me, "Do you see? Do you see these people behind me? These are perfect. This is the direction of human progress..."
Hearing this, I frowned. I felt like I had heard this sentence somewhere before.
"Ah... I hate this sentence the most. It reminds me of that disgusting thing again..." Wei Xi rubbed his palms, "Do you know what Richard's goal was?"
"Human evolution to a higher level, right?" I asked.
"How did you know?" Wei Xi looked at me, "He went to find the Tree of Life for this very purpose, but unfortunately, he failed... He conducted many experiments, with the blood of countless people on his hands, but he did not succeed..."
Hearing this, I suddenly remembered the monsters I had eliminated before.
There, I had seen Richard's photo.
Now, everything seemed to make sense.
"He failed, but I succeeded!" Wei Xi looked at me, "Do you see? These are perfect humans, these are humans of a higher level, the result of our evolution towards a new direction..."
I remained silent. From those twenty individuals, I felt a sense of pressure.
Although this pressure was not very strong, I could clearly see Shen Zhi, who stood beside me, his expression turn serious.
Lin Chundan, however, remained as usual.
"Do you want to hear about the process?" Wei Xi patted a special forces soldier next to him, "They have all perfectly adapted to the Tree of Life and possess even greater power..."
I didn't speak, a general idea had already formed in my mind.
"Yes, you guessed right. I integrated some branches of the Tree of Life into their bodies..." Wei Xi said, "They are combat monsters, combat machines, born purely for slaughter..."
"And absolutely obedient, absolutely loyal!" Wei Xi looked at me, his smile turning grim, "Lu Ziye, what do you think? This great experimental result, this hope for the future!"
"I think it's rather pathetic..." I said faintly, "Although I don't know who they were before, I can be sure of one thing: they themselves did not wish for this..."
"Why?" Wei Xi looked at me, "Possessing greater power, possessing more authority, is the pursuit of everyone!"
I stopped speaking.
"Alright... then let me show you..." Wei Xi smiled, then patted the special forces soldier next to him.
That special forces soldier suddenly raised his head, his gaze locked onto my position.
Even though he was wearing sunglasses, I could still feel the murderous intent filling his eyes.
The next moment, the special forces soldier shot out, leaping from the ship dozens of meters high.
In mid-air, he stomped his foot on the ship, and his body, like a cannonball, shot towards me, throwing a punch.
Shen Zhi stepped forward, wind elemental power instantly surging from his palm, forcefully deflecting the punch.
At the same moment, Shen Zhi's attack landed.
Carrying the power of wind, Shen Zhi's dagger even left afterimages.
The dagger viciously struck the special forces soldier's palm. Even though it could easily pierce a metal plate, at this moment, it seemed to encounter immense resistance.
The special forces soldier's palm merely paused slightly, then he raised his leg and kicked towards my face.
Shen Zhi took the opportunity to flash behind the special forces soldier.
A terrifying force erupted from the dagger, directly striking the special forces soldier's nape.
This should also be a significant weak point.
This move, Shen Zhi had practiced for a long time to barely master.
Under these circumstances, if the dagger were to fall, it should be able to directly sever the special forces soldier's head.
But the moment the dagger fell, Shen Zhi felt a tremendous resistance.
Without hesitation, Shen Zhi retreated.
"No need..." I glanced at Shen Zhi, "You can't deal with this guy yet..."
Shen Zhi looked at me: "Brother Lu, give me a chance..."
Although I wanted to say something else, seeing his eyes, I knew he had made up his mind at this moment.
"Be careful..." I took two steps back.
Shen Zhi charged out again.
Wei Xi, standing on the ship, smiled: "I knew it, I knew you were also researching. You even told me righteously that I was too cruel. Look at what you've done?"
I glanced at Wei Xi, a smile appearing on my lips: "Perhaps you don't know yet, they have also mastered the power of the Shepherd God..."
Hearing this, Wei Xi, who had been calm and collected, his expression turned grim.
"Impossible, impossible... this is absolutely impossible..." Wei Xi looked at me, shaking his head repeatedly, "Even with the Tree of Life to activate it, it's impossible to reach that stage!"