Nevertheless, in a testament to his skills as a warlord-class fighter, Jin Yu quickly realized the crux to Zhang Lie's superior penetrating strength. It was a matter of quantity, it had to be!

Gold-attuned genetic energy was excellent at offense and defense, but the quantity of genetic energy that Jin Yu had brought to bear was nothing in comparison to Zhang Lie's.

If Jin Yu's defense consumed a lake's worth of genetic energy, then Zhang Lie's attack was an entire sea's worth—all compressed into a thin, slender blade of energy.

Just the compression required was unimaginable; it was only natural that the resulting attack would be able to penetrate through anything and everything. Getting punched by a fist would hurt, but if all that energy was compressed to the size of a needle,...