Multi-Gene

There was na almost intangible change in air flow and sound frequency.

Within the blink of an eye, a foul-smelling claw shaped hand was reaching out for David's chest, just a few centimetres away from him.

BANG!

Dust residue rose up and David was unexpectedly sent staggering backwards a few steps due to the momentum. The moment he stopped staggering, another poison laced claw was already before him, the undead speed was simply unbelievable.

Another bang echoed and David once more staggered backwards, the ground beneath his feet caving to the shape of his feet. David's countenance had long since changed and his expression revealed a rare case of seriousness.

It has been so long he met someone who was a match for him in pure physical strength but this undead wasn't just a match for him, it was even stronger than him by a notch.

Boom!

The entire prison shook as David's back slammed into its walls.

Whoosh! Shiiiing!

Sparks flew off and the mark of five claws could be appeared right on the prison walls. David's fist abruptly slammed into the stomach of the undead, sending it backwards, but it wasn't really enough to do any damage to it.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Relentlessly, his fists collided with the undead's abdomen, raining dust and shockwaves which was surprising contained by the prison walls without being destroyed.

Within a few seconds, the entire chest of the undead was totally unrecognisable, a grievous injure that even an Integrated Phaser wouldn't feel weakened by. But this was an undead, it didn't care that David's fist kept jotting its abdomen with lung collapsing punches, its two hands formed claws as it slapped it against David's face.

Hurriedly, David fell backwards as though he was flying like a ghost. The air behind him exploded as his body accelerated forwards with an incredible speed. Seemingly has enough, his hand morphed into a paw, with incredibly sharp nails as he struck forwards towards the head of the undead.

The undead mouth suddenly opened and a horrendous stench assaulted David's nose, but that was enough for David to slow down. A sudden shriek escaped the mouth of the undead, making David stunned and his speed showed signs of slowing down.

Using this opportunity, the undead whose body was still chained was right before the stunned David, it's two claws headed for two deadly parts. One claw towards his brain and the other towards his heart.

In just a few milliseconds, the claws stabbed into David's brain and heart, drawing out a slight amount of blood.

The undead had an incredibly terrifying smile on its face, but its expression seemed startled as it noticed something was wrong.

Puchi!

David's hands up to his fist was buried deep inside the undead's head. Behind the undead, David withdrew his left hand and hurriedly used his right hand, to draw a sharp circle with his sharp claw.

There was a cut on his head and it seem to have been infected by some sort of virus or poison. The skin was starting to rotten and the tissues decay at a rate more than visible to the naked eyes, already building up maggots and festing the surrounding cells but before it could spread so fast, David dug out the tissues and immediately sliced up the flesh around his forehead.

A large chunk of David's forehead flesh fell on the ground, rapidly decaying as though the world was been forwarded by years in proportion to seconds.

This was caused by the nails of the undead. Although he had been fast enough to avoid been clawed to the head, he had still been scratched by the fingers of the undead.

David's heart pounded rapidly how could he not be alarmed? He didn't think the poison would be ridiculously strong. Even an Atman Stage practitioner would have a hard time suppressing this poison if it found a way to get into their system.

David's eyes glittered. He carefully pulled out the nails of the corpse and carefully placed it within his storage ring.

Ignoring the stench particles from the undead's body, David let out a deep breathe and then inhaled deeply but a few seconds later, he was disappointed.

"No, maybe the blood in it is just too small to sniff out." Coming upon this conclusion, the air rumbled as a sharp claw dug into the chest of the undead, pulling his claws out, there was a dried up heart within his palm.

Slicing the inner part carefully, David scrutinised every tube, vessels within the heart, but he was unable to find any blood there, clotted or non clotted.

Puff!

The heart vaporised into dust under his clenched fist. Slightly disappointed about this, he stored the undead into his storage ring. Although he already own one which was enough. He wasn't just going to leave an Atman Stage body lying on the ground when it was incredibly useful in the outside world. The amount of Starcoin people, factions, academies, institutes would pay just for the body of one Atman Stage expert was simply too ridiculous.

Even with the 200 million Gyno points granted to him by the institute, it was still not enough for the institute to give David an Atman Stage corpse and that's if the institute even owns one in the first place.

David's eyes landed on the pill bottle. He went forwards, grabbing the transparent pill bottle. There was a greenish substance flowing inside the pill within the bottle. Almost the same radiance as the luminescence of the illuminating bacterias covered by the Palace walls.

Suddenly, David's ears twitched slightly and his eyes flashed.

Kacha!

The doors to the prison suddenly opened and a figure walked gently through the doors. David could be seen sitting cross legged at the centre of the prison.

"You are here again."

"And you are also the same person I keep meeting." Teela smiled softly. Her eyes gently swept through the parlance as she remarked.

"You seem to have taken care of things precisely on your end."

David stood up, softening his muscles by oscillating them a little. "We should get out of here, this place is beginning to suffocate me."

Teela's eyes flashed as her eyes remained fixed on the throne, then the stairs to the throne chair.

"What reward did you get this time? Last time was a tablet of some sort, what about this time."

David's eyes squinted, but his steps didn't stop as he headed out of the prison. "If you tell me what you gained, maybe I will consider telling you my rewards also."

"One Heaven grade technique and a Legendary poison. Now tell me what rewards you got."

David's figure froze as he heaed the words Heaven grade and greed immediately flashed in his eyes, but he immediately stayed focused. And didn't allow his greed to control him. This lady was becoming even more dangerous to David. For her to confidently state the reads she had earned to him and freely mentioned an Heaven grade technique without caution means she's either naive or pretending to be.

But there was no way someone would be this naive and wouldn't have died to it no matter how talented the person was. Which leaves this to only one option, she was strong, strong enough to protect the Heaven grade technique even if it was made to the public. But from David's senses, she was just an ordinary Integrated Phaser who hadn't even developed divine sense. But who knows, she might just be really good at hiding her strength.

Either way though, David rose his guard up a few notch.

He continued towards the passage way and sat cross legged, indifferent as he spoke. "I said maybe, I didn't promise to tell you."

"Common, don't be so secretive David. The fact that this is the second time we've met signifies that we're destined to be together." she also sat unceremoniously before David, whining like a little girl.

David frowned slightly as he opened his eyes. A familiar sensation seem to have assaulted him. "Have we met before this?"

Teela shrugged. "I don't know, have we met before?"

David gazed at her silently for a while and then said. "A stone tablet I haven't checked yet and a bottle containing a pill I haven't examined yet."

"Then what are you waiting for? Bring it out, let's examine it then."

"It's your scent. I do think we've met." David muttered with confusion but after a few seconds in thought, he shrugged it as this wasn't a place to be careless, especially before this crazy lady.

"If the young masters sees us together, he would misunderstand things." David frowned.

"Don't worry too much, Alan is too overconfident and stupid. He still thinks everything is within his control and wouldn't bother with a few things not in order." Teela waved her hands snorting slightly.

"I think you're underestimating him a little. Although overconfident, he does have the strength to back it up." David replied.

"What strength? Can you call an Atman Stage expert powerful?" Teela rolled her eyes at David.

Kacha!