119: Chapter 119 Since you've admitted defeat, then sign this.

"shennong cauldron?!" Lin Fan's eyes lit up.

This was the legendary sacred artifact used by Shennong, one of the three Human Emperors, to attain the Dao! To think it was stolen by this Zerg?!

"Suppress him for me!!" Kerrigan roared, channeling the shennong cauldron, attempting to use the power of the human sacred artifact to crush Lin Fan to death.

"Using my human sacred artifact to fight me? Have you lost your mind?" Lin Fan sneered, reaching into his robes and pulling out a chipped jade seal.

"ancestral dragon seal—Go!!"

Aaaargh—!! A resounding dragon roar echoed across the heavens and earth.

The ancestral dragon seal expanded rapidly in the wind, transforming into a five-clawed golden dragon. Carrying the supreme national destiny of the Great Qin Empire, it slammed fiercely into the shennong cauldron.

"Clang—!!!" The two human supreme treasures collided in mid-air.

On one side was the shennong cauldron, used for refining medicine and saving lives; on the other was the ancestral dragon seal, used to suppress the world.

Although the shennong cauldron was of an extremely high grade, Kerrigan was an alien after all and could not unleash its true power. Lin Fan, however, held the ancestral dragon seal and possessed the Human Emperor Phenomenon; he was the genuine "insider"!

It only deadlocked for an instant.

"Bang!!" The shennong cauldron let out a mournful cry and was sent flying by the impact of the ancestral dragon seal, its radiance dimming.

"Puff!!" Kerrigan suffered a backlash, spewing blood wildly as her aura withered.

"Now is the time!" Lin Fan's gaze sharpened.

"Instant Shadow Space Step!"

Swish!

He appeared directly beside the shennong cauldron, the great xia dragon sparrow carrying the sword intent of "God-Slaying," and slashed fiercely at the mental connection between the shennong cauldron and Kerrigan.

"Slash!!"

"Snap!" An invisible string broke.

"No!! My cauldron!!" Kerrigan let out a desperate scream.

Lin Fan grabbed one of the legs of the shennong cauldron, and a massive divine sense surged into it.

"System! Refine it for me!!"

[Ding! Unowned sacred artifact (shennong cauldron) detected!]

[Clearing alien mark... Cleared successfully!]

[Violently refining... Progress 10%... 20%... 33%!]

In just a few minutes! With the support of the system cheat, the mark that Kerrigan had spent seventy years barely refining was erased by Lin Fan!

"Hum!" The shennong cauldron stopped struggling and instead emitted a happy hum, floating docilely beside Lin Fan.

The situation was settled!

Lin Fan held the cauldron in one hand, looking down from above at Kerrigan, who was slumped on the brood nest, his gaze cold and sharp.

"Now. Do you still want to fight?"

Kerrigan raised her head, looking at the man bathed in golden light. The resentment in her eyes finally turned into deep fear.

Her greatest trump card was gone, her pride-and-joy mental power was suppressed, and even her physical body had been crushed.

There was no point in fighting!

Under the threat of death, this arrogant Zerg Overlord finally lowered her proud head.

"I... admit defeat."

Above the massive brood nest, Lin Fan held the shennong cauldron in one hand, cyan light flowing from it.

He looked at Kerrigan, who was slumped on the ground, without a shred of pity in his eyes.

"Since you admit defeat, then sign this."

Lin Fan tapped his finger on the shennong cauldron.

Hum!

A cyan rune carrying an ancient rhythm flew out from the cauldron and drilled directly into the center of Kerrigan's brow.

"Ah—!!" Kerrigan let out a shrill, miserable scream, clutching her head with both hands and rolling in agony on the creep.

It was a brand from the depths of her soul, the unique "Soul Control Restriction" of the shennong cauldron. Once planted, her life and death would be in Lin Fan's hands with a single thought.

After a long while, the screaming subsided.

Kerrigan was panting heavily, her originally crimson and violent eyes now dim and listless.

She discovered with horror that she couldn't conjure even the slightest thought of resistance against the human before her.

"Now, you can tell the truth."

Lin Fan put away the shennong cauldron, sat cross-legged on the edge of the brood nest, and took out a cigarette to light it.

"How could an alien be so obsessed with our human sacred artifact? To the point of spending seventy years to refine it?"

Kerrigan shivered.

She raised her head, and a trace of extremely human sorrow appeared on her hideous face.

"Alien? Heh..." Kerrigan gave a bitter laugh, her voice low.

"What if I told you... that a hundred years ago, I was also a human?"

"Hm?" Lin Fan raised an eyebrow.

"I was once a major in the Shennong City Defense Force, with a cultivation level of the Origin Sect Realm."

Kerrigan looked at her hands, which had transformed into blades, her eyes full of hatred.

"A hundred years ago, a beast tide broke out, and the Zerg besieged the city. I was ordered to lead a squad to hold Highland No. 3 to the death, waiting for reinforcements."

"We held out for three whole days and nights! We were out of ammunition and food!"

"But..." Kerrigan's voice suddenly rose, her tone filled with venom.

"Those damn upper-crust people! Those so-called nobles! They clearly arrived long ago, but in order to seize the opportunity of the shennong cauldron's emergence, and to prevent the Zerg from interfering with their treasure hunt, they actually ordered an indiscriminate saturation strike on Highland No. 3!!"

"My comrades... my fiancé... all died under the artillery fire of our own people!!"

"Only I survived because I fell into a crack in the brood nest and was infected by Zerg genes. I am not reconciled! I want revenge! Since humanity abandoned me, I will become an Asura and kill every heartless person in this world!!"

Listening to Kerrigan's roar, Wang Linlin, who was standing to the side, covered her mouth, her eyes full of sympathy.

Lin Fan fell silent.

He looked at this half-human, half-Zerg monster before him, feeling not much surprise.

This kind of clichéd betrayal drama was not uncommon in this cruel and chaotic world.

"I sympathize with your plight."

Lin Fan exhaled a ring of smoke, his tone calm.

"But this is not a reason for you to slaughter the innocent. If humanity were to be exterminated, would those comrades who died to protect the civilians be able to rest in peace in the afterlife?"

Kerrigan froze, then lowered her head, saying nothing more.

"However..."

Lin Fan looked at her.

"Since it is those corrupt upper-crust people you hate, perhaps we can cooperate."

"Cooperate?" Kerrigan looked up.

"I won't kill you."

Lin Fan stood up, looking down at her.

"But I also will not allow you to attack civilians again. From today on, you will be my blade in the shadows."

"You will take the brood nest and dive deep into the underground."

"Your mission is only one thing: accumulate strength, hunt fierce beasts, and the alien armies that may appear in the future."

Lin Fan said, "In exchange, I promise that if I have the ability in the future, I will help you reshape your physical body and turn you back into a real human."

"Reshape my physical body?!" Kerrigan's breathing quickened.

This was something she dared not even dream of!

"The shennong cauldron is in my hands; you should know that this is not impossible."

Lin Fan shook the small cauldron in his hand.

Kerrigan looked at Lin Fan, the struggle in her eyes gradually fading.

Finally, she lowered her head deeply and knelt on one knee.

"Kerrigan... is willing to die for her Master!!"