"Kill Tang Jiutian, annihilate all Tang Sect members?"
Hearing the Death Knight's words, Shen Lang asked, "Do you have a vendetta against Tang Jiutian and the entire Tang Sect?"
"Heh heh... that's none of your business. You're already a dead man, you don't need to know so much. Now, prepare to die."
Half of the Death Knight's face contorted into a chilling, eerie smile. He said, "To withstand one of my punches and survive, your cultivation must be at least at the Heavenly Realm. A Heavenly Realm expert in your early twenties—you're the first in the entire world. Tell me, what's your name, so I know who I'm killing."
"You want to know my name?"
Shen Lang smiled and said, "Listen carefully, my name is Shen Qiye."
Shen Qiye was Shen Lang's real name. However, having lost his memory for nineteen years, Shen Lang had grown unfamiliar with it. He suddenly felt compelled to utter it.
"Shen Qiye?"
Shen Lang had originally intended to give a false name to tease the Death Knight, but to his surprise, upon hearing the name, the Death Knight's face showed a look of shock. He exclaimed, "You're the son of Shen Tianjun and Song Qingyi who went missing nineteen years ago? You're still alive?"
"You know me?"
Seeing that the other party reacted to his name, Shen Lang was stunned. "No, you know my parents?"
"Know them? Of course, I know them. They were my dear friends, people who helped me. I even held you when you were just a month old."
The Death Knight's voice remained eerily cold, but when he spoke of Shen Lang's parents, a hint of gentleness emerged. He said, "Your parents were my benefactors. Unfortunately, I haven't seen them for so many years."
"Qiye, you're alive, that's wonderful. I'm happy for your parents."
With that, the Death Knight waved his skeletal hand and said, "Qiye, this is no place for you. Take your people and leave."
"Knight, what are you doing? Why are you letting the intruders go?"
Hearing the Death Knight's intention to let Shen Lang and his companions go, the doctor from the Fan Country's face changed dramatically. He sternly shouted, "You are the Death Knight we created. You must absolutely obey our orders. I now command you to kill this brat and all intruders to avenge all the bio-engineered humans who were killed or injured."
"Command? You're commanding me?"
Upon hearing the doctor from the Fan Country's words, the Death Knight let out a cackling laugh. "You think by implanting chips in my brain and setting obedience protocols, you can control me? Wishful thinking."
With that, the Death Knight appeared before the doctor from the Fan Country like a phantom. He grabbed the doctor's neck with his right hand and lifted him up. "I've been in the capsule for too long. I'm really hungry. How about I drink your blood?"
"Knight, your program is set so you cannot harm us, because we are your creators. You must listen to us, otherwise, the destruction program will activate in your brain and destroy it."
Seeing the Death Knight grab the doctor from the Fan Country and about to kill him, the more than a hundred remaining foreign doctors shouted angrily.
"Destroy me?"
Hearing the doctors' words, the Death Knight let out a hearty laugh. "If I told you that I corrected the destruction program in my brain long ago and have already regained normal human thinking, would you believe me?"
"You don't believe me, do you? Then I'll kill one of your so-called creators right now and see if I'm actually destroyed by the destruction program in my brain."
With that, the Death Knight opened his mouth wide and bit down on the doctor from the Fan Country's carotid artery, madly sucking his blood. In less than two minutes, the doctor from the Fan Country became a withered husk, discarded on the ground like trash by the Death Knight.
Apart from half of his brain, the Death Knight's entire body was made of bone. The blood he drank did not leak from his mouth but flowed into his bones, and one could vaguely see blood coursing through his skeletal frame.
"What?"
Even Shen Lang, who had seen much, turned pale with fright at the scene before him. Not to mention Wang Yuyan and Ye Shishi, who were almost ashen-faced and fainted on the spot.
"What is this? Not human, but not exactly bio-engineered either. You scumbags, what kind of monster have you created?"
Adolf looked at the horrifying spectacle and then turned to the more than a hundred foreign doctors in white coats. "How did you turn him into this? You're a bunch of anti-human bastards."
"Boy, what do you know? He's an existence more advanced than bio-engineered humans. His brain has been greatly developed, and his body has shed flesh and blood. His strength, his speed, have reached the peak of humanity. He is now the strongest in this world."
A doctor in a white coat from the Xiong Country heard Adolf's words and spoke with displeasure.
"He will be the weapon for our organization to dominate the world. With him and the bio-engineered soldiers, we will sweep through everything and be invincible."
Upon hearing this, Adolf burst into laughter. "You bunch of idiotic lab rats, you want to create a monster and use his power to dominate, but haven't you accepted reality yet? The weapon you created has independent consciousness. He won't listen to you at all. Your plan to control him has failed."
"Has it failed?"
The doctor in a white coat from the Xiong Country, an old man in his sixties, heard Adolf's words and said calmly, "We placed a chip in his brain and set an absolute obedience program within the chip. If he disobeys us, the destruction program will activate and destroy his brain. Although we don't know how he corrected it, we still have other means to control him."
He continued, taking a remote control from his pocket and pointing it at the Death Knight. "Knight, when we modified you, besides placing a chip in your brain, we also installed a micro-bomb. As soon as I press this remote, your brain will explode. Therefore, I order you, listen to me immediately. Kill all intruders, then return to the capsule for further modification, or I will press the remote and destroy you completely."
"Ah—"
As the doctor from the Xiong Country finished speaking, the Death Knight appeared before him like a phantom. His skeletal hand instantly pierced his heart.
"Crack—"
The doctor from the Xiong Country had not expected the Death Knight to disregard his words entirely and act so decisively. His eyes widened, and only then did he realize what kind of monster they had created.
In his final moments, the doctor from the Xiong Country pressed the remote. He wanted to kill the monster he had created, making them disappear together.
However, after pressing the remote, the Death Knight did not get destroyed as he had expected. Instead, his head was severed by the Death Knight's subsequent palm strike.