Chapter 623 - It’s Me, But Not Me (1/2)

“Then, did he succeed?” Meng Chao could not help but ask.

The moment he heard his own question; however, it sounded like something stupid.

If Saber Jin Wanhao had really managed to regain his youth, he would have both the Underground Emperor’s powerful cultivation realm and the physical body of when he was in his twenties or thirties, which would mean that he would be at the prime of his life. It would make him one of the top fighters in Dragon City, and in truth, there wouldn’t be anyone who could be his match.

A young Jin Wanhao would never let the Vortex wreak havoc in the lair and do nothing when Golden Tooth was about to fall to ruin.

Yet A’Ji seemed to know all of Jin Wanhao’s secrets, and he could even use Celestial Tyrant’s Star Shattering Slash. It caused Meng Chao to think that Jin Wanhao’s research in regaining his youth did not fail completely.

A’Ji was conflicted once more.

“He succeeded, but he also failed,” he said. “Jin Wanhao’s original plan was to develop a super cell activation serum to increase his cellular function. Then, with a unique technique, he could increase the fluctuation and circulation of his vitality magnetic field. This would then make his body return to around the time when he was twenty-five years old, which is the period of time when his body was at its best shape.

“The cellular activity, physical strength, and even vitality of a human in his twenties and thirties is the strongest, and with the fighting experience as well as spirit energy martial arts he gained after fighting for decades in a sea of blood, Jin Wanhao would definitely become the strongest superhuman in one go!

“Unfortunately, the medicine to regain youth cannot be easily created.

“Jin Wanhao wasn’t a pharmacist. It was by sheer coincidence that he managed to get some bits of technology and formulae that had been lost throughout the ages in the Other World.

“He couldn’t leak any of this stuff to other people; otherwise, the nine great mega corporations would covet his belongings and steal from him. The mighty Underground Emperor might even get killed to ensure his silence.

“He could only conduct his own research while searching for trustworthy people who shared his ideals.

“He definitely couldn’t find companions like that overnight. He waited for ten whole years before Red Brows Su Lun’s mother came along. This genius pharmacist had deep hatred for the nine great mega corporations, and with the condition that he would help her destroy Heaven Pharmaceuticals after this was done, he invited her to join him. They built the underground lab and pushed the research forward.

“Unfortunately, Red Brows Su Lun’s mother had used up all her strength to fight against Heaven Pharmaceuticals. After she researched the medicine for Jin Wanhao for a few years, she could no longer withstand the torture of living, and she left the world of her own choice.

“From then on, Jin Wanhao had to resume groping around in the dark by himself, so he naturally made a lot of mistakes. He even entered spirit energy deviation a few times, but luckily for him, the spirit energy deviations were light, and he could use his strong spirit energy to temporarily suppress them.

“Then, on a day a few months ago, when he was conducting his research in the secret lab, he could no longer suppress them. The injuries and wounds that had accumulated for decades and the damage caused to his body during the spirit energy deviations exploded like a tidal wave and he went through the most dangerous spirit energy deviation in his life.

“At that time, he was creating a medicine that was even more violent than Hell’s Blood.

“He used nearly one hundred violent superbeast materials and high-grade crystals. They were the type of materials that even if they were the size of a fingernail, they could still blast a place apart.

“Jin Wanhao could not control himself after he entered spirit energy deviation. He flailed around, and his spirit flames surged. He knocked over a lot of apparatuses storing those materials and made them shatter. The materials inside all fell on him.

“The semi-completed medicine was mixed among them, and it was crushed by his vitality magnetic field, then absorbed into his body.

“Since there were nearly one hundred energy forces that did not blend with each other running amok in Jin Wanhao’s body, they nearly tore apart every cell in his body. The situation was so dangerous that it was even more terrifying than when you drank Hell’s Blood, Meng Chao.

“Even if Jin Wanhao was the Underground Emperor, he was in so much pain that he fainted.

“He did not have any idea what happened, but when he woke up, he found that he was still alive. But that’s not all, he also discovered to his surprise that his body had gone through astonishing changes. He seemed to have accidentally fulfilled his wish and regained his youth!

“But… But the formula for the medicine was a little too strong. It didn’t make Saber Jin Wanhao regain a physical body that was around twenty-five years old, which was what he wanted the most. Instead, he returned to the time when he was around eight years old!”

“What?!” When Meng Chao and Lu Siya heard his words, they could not help but exclaim. “Are you trying to say that you’re Jin Wanhao?”

The moment they said this, they looked at each other at a loss. They could see the disbelief on each other’s face.

They were not slow-witted people.

The moment they discovered that A’Ji actually knew the secret tunnel to Jin Wanhao’s secret lab and the password to his safe, and even declared himself as the master of the place as well as executed Jin Wanhao’s unique skill—Celestial Tyrant’s Star Shattering Slash, they knew that this boy definitely had a close tie with Jin Wanhao.

But regaining youth was just too bizarre, and it was difficult for them to accept it immediately.

Besides, Meng Chao felt that A’Ji’s demeanor was completely different from that of the domineering Underground Emperor spoken in legends.

In the beginning, he arrived beside him sneakily like a boy from Leprosy Village who was both cunning and loyal. He had not seemed to be putting up an act, and there were plenty of times when he had shown that he really wanted to help the people there.

While when he executed Celestial Tyrant’s Star Shattering Slash and announced his identity, he had an ancient and mighty demeanor, but it looked quite out of place on him, like he was a monkey who had put on a crown and declared itself king.

Of course, this could also be because his face was bruised, and he was hanging upside down.