The Undead King, radiating a purple glow, stood before Lu Yu.
Lu Yu placed it horizontally on the ground, sat cross-legged beside it, and gazed quietly at the crystal sculpture in front of him. After a long hesitation, he finally gritted his teeth and made a firm decision.
If, by some chance, I were to become a puppet of the ferocious beast, the best possible outcome would be that I myself would transform into a monster—not merely die.
As long as I myself do not die, nothing in Fanggang will ever change.
Unfortunately, time waits for no one, and he didn’t have much time left to prepare.
Lu Yu slashed his left wrist, allowing the crimson blood to drip onto the crystal.
As soon as the scalding, powerful blood droplets fell onto the purple crystal, they were instantly absorbed into it.
At the same time, the vitality of Lu Yu’s body vanished completely!
Blood and vitality flowed into the crystal figure’s body, and delicate crimson lines began to appear across the chest of the nearly transparent, purple-hued crystal being.
This is the beginning of life’s creation!
These blood vessels represent the early forms of life’s circulatory system.
Lu Yu’s wound healed quickly.
He had to cut his wrist again and spill a large amount of blood onto the crystal figure.
Every time the crystal figure inhaled blood, the blood vessels inside became increasingly distinct.
Blood vessels are gradually forming.
In one day, blood vessels grew half an inch in length on the Crystal Being’s body.
“It can’t be helped,” Lu Yu murmured, fully aware that this would once again be a test of willpower and endurance.
Lu Yu’s recovery speed after the battle at the Wanling Battlefield was astonishing, even to himself.
Physically, it’s as if his stamina isn’t consumed at all and can recover rapidly; the only thing being consumed is his mental energy.
However, willpower can compensate for part of the consumption of mental energy, allowing him to endure longer in battle.
The blood vessels on the crystal body regenerated completely after six months. A network of blood vessels crisscrossed like the deep roots of an ancient tree firmly embedded throughout the crystal body.
Lu Yu spent three days recovering his depleted spiritual energy. After resting, he once again began feeding with blood.
The nerves are regenerating this time.
Numerous乳白色的 nerves are continuously being built, growing longer and more complete each day.
The main nerves and nerve endings were consuming Lu Yu’s vital blood, every inch and every fraction of it.
Lu Yu isolated himself from the outside world.
Unless the Demon King sent important news, Lu Yu didn’t even bother to think, focusing solely on nourishing the Undead King with his blood.
He seemed to be completing the most perfect piece of art, focusing all his spirit and attention on the Undead King!
Three months later, the nerve regeneration was completed.
Lu Yu took another break—
Then came the bones—
This time, the skeleton took a year to complete. Each gray bone appeared as if forged from gray metal, giving people a sense of indestructibility.
After resting for several days once again, Lu Yu began to rebuild his flesh and blood.
This was the largest project, which took Lu Yu a full two years to complete this time.
In between, Lu Yu took several breaks, each lasting half a month.
The King of Immortality doesn’t need to be fed all at once; otherwise, even Lu Yu wouldn’t be able to handle it.
The consumed blood can be regenerated, but if it is continuously depleted, faster than in battle, each feeding with blood costs the lives of thousands, thousands of lives.
Lu Yu didn’t dare to be careless.
He didn’t want to end up with only a fraction of his combat strength left by the time the Undead King was completed, or else he would surely die.
Therefore, Lu Yu was very cautious. Whenever he felt tired, he would rest immediately to ensure that he could maintain at least 90% of his combat effectiveness.
Four years,整整 four years ——
Lu Yu spent all his time in the depths of this dark, bottomless pit, never taking a single step away.
At the moment the flesh and blood structure was completed, the crystalline figure before Lu Yu resembled a real person whose skin had not yet been removed.
But this person had no heartbeat, no body temperature, resembling a corpse.
…
The past four years have not brought peace to the world.
The war among the Guardians continues.
Now only eight guardians remain.
The underworld has never stopped offering rewards for the skills of the King of Cheng.
Two resurrected kings were assassinated. The user of the King’s skill in Huaxia still couldn’t escape the attack and was killed, despite being protected by six kings.
People from the U.S. military and the Australian military have all been attacked before.
Eventually, the hunters drew the enmity of all major factions.
However, the Hunters were too secretive. They had killed several Kings and also eliminated several humans who possessed the ability to become Kings, which made their strength even greater, to the point where even the King Venerates could no longer suppress them.
All major military forces are conducting investigations and have even joined forces to form hunting teams, offering a bounty of one trillion per head for each of the killers.
For a time, hunters and the hunted met on the Demon Hunting Plains, and battles took place across the Earth.
Yet the face of the hunter remained shrouded in mystery, unseen by anyone.
At that moment, even many kings felt a sense of crisis and dared not act alone recklessly.
These kings felt extremely frustrated.
They were once kings who stood high above all, yet now they’ve fallen so far that they actually fear hunters.
In their time, was there any king who did not become king without experiencing the threat of hunters?
They well knew how tenacious these hunters were; until the day they became king, they had to remain cautious.
…
On the seventh day after Lu Yu regenerated the flesh of the King of Immortality, two kings appeared, and news of the impending End Times Tides began to spread.
This was the most sensational news after the apocalypse, and it had actually been spread like this.
This has always been information that military forces around the world have tried their best to keep secret, for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately drew people’s attention, regardless of whether it was true or false.
Currently, there are at least twenty kings in the world who have reached the Breakthrough stage. The one with the longest duration is Luo Mo, who has maintained this state for five years already.
If calculated from now, it would take at most five years; perhaps within a few years, kings will gradually return to both of them.
Once the two kings return to their thrones, it will be the sign that the first wave of the apocalypse has arrived.
“Time is running out,” the warriors of various countries felt a sense of crisis.
At that time, prices soared and chaos broke out everywhere.
No matter how much prices are suppressed, they can no longer be contained.
The shops in Fanggang were packed with people, all coming here for powerful weapons and strong armor.
Even someone offered an astronomical price to have Lu Yu craft a star artifact.
Liu Xing checked the time and, finding it about right, laid out all the armor crafted by Kun with defensive values of less than a million, totaling three hundred thousand pieces.
And now, Kun is fully devoted to crafting armor with a defense value of one million each. Any defective pieces with defense value below one million are sold off.
If we calculate it in terms of Star Spirit Stones, this would be an astronomical price.
The entire world was set ablaze with excitement, and all major powers have arrived.
They brought not only a large amount of materials but also various precious items, all in hopes of obtaining this powerful armor.
When the end-time tide comes, survival is not only a test of strength, but even more so of defensive power.
But Liu Xing doesn’t want Star Spirit Stones; he only wants materials for constructing barriers, including materials for crafting Star Artifacts, as well as items needed by the defensive warriors.
No matter how harsh the conditions, all the major factions agreed to them.
No Star Soul Stones? Then let’s go with a barter system; after all, we can exchange items of equal value.
The thirty thousand sets of armor were divided among various military forces and major factions within a month.
Liu Xing distributed the exchanged supplies to the soldiers at the port defense who needed them, without charging a penny. His only requirement was that these soldiers must break through, and do so as quickly as possible.
Star artifacts materials, three thousand six hundred sets, the main materials already have one thousand five hundred types.
These things, in any era, would be enough to ignite a storm of bloodshed.
Liu Xing was afraid even holding it in his hand. He now carried the Demon of Illusion with him wherever he went, accompanied by the uncrowned kings like Luo Haotian.
If we’re talking about bodyguards, those around Liu Xing aren’t even a tenth as capable as the bodyguards of military leaders from various countries.
Many people are aware that this is because Liu Xing possesses too many priceless treasures. Some estimate that if converted into money, their value would amount to more than 30 trillion.
Even though everyone knew that Liu Xing possessed astonishing wealth, no one dared to make a move against him.
The power of Huanmo and Lu Yu is comparable; provoking Huanmo is essentially no different from provoking Lu Yu himself.
All factions have started stockpiling various types of food and supplies.
Some countries, which had previously been conducting certain operations in secret, have now stopped concealing them and begun accelerating their implementation.
…
Lu Yu entered the bottomless pit, and in the fourth year and fourth month, the Undead King’s skin regeneration was completed.
This is a perfect human figure, with long black hair and muscular limbs. Yet, he has no breath, no heartbeat.
Lu Yu stood up and began to move his limbs.
This is his first activity in over four years.
His bones emitted a creaking, grinding sound.
After more than four years without activity, his body had become stiff, and movement had turned difficult.
One final step remains.
This is the perfect image of humanity, yet not its final form.
You can personally designate the form of the King of the Undead, transforming it into anything you desire.
Once the designated form is specified, the Immortal King will awaken.
It will surely be a great battle then.
Lu Yu was warming up, preparing for the final moment.
Rest, replenish your energy, restore your mental strength, and stimulate your mind.
Lu Yu spent a whole month preparing.
He will be facing a king!
After battling the City Lord of Shicheng, he deeply understood the King’s power. Especially the King nurtured by his own blood—it would become the very image of himself in the future when he ascends to kingship, the future version of him that he would have to face.
The final preparations were completed.
Lu Yu didn’t wait any longer.
He walked in front of the Immortal King and placed his palm on the Immortal King’s forehead.
“A connection has been established. Please choose the form you will transform the Immortal King into!” Words appeared before Lu Yu’s eyes.
The image of a suit of armor began to emerge in Lu Yu’s mind.
This is a set of heavy armor resembling the appearance of an open dragon’s mouth. The armor is black, adorned with countless dragon patterns coiled around its surface. Spikes grow at the joints of the arms, and the fingertips are slightly curved, resembling sharp eagle talons.
As the image of the armor appeared before Lu Yu’s eyes, the crystal figure was also transforming.
The purple crystal began to melt, then started to transform into a suit of armor according to Lu Yu’s imagination.
Lu Yu retreated, stepping back dozens of paces.
His Tianjing armor appeared on his body, black toxic gas covered the bottomless abyss, and the demon’s nest was also opened!
He felt as if facing a formidable enemy, sensing the aura of kingship emanating from the Undying King.
Hum.
Suddenly, two brilliant beams of crimson light erupted from within the Deathless King’s helmet.
Wang Wei finally erupted.
The King of Immortality has awakened.
Boom!
The King of Immortality pressed his hand against the ground and stood up.
Lu Yu’s muscles tensed all over as he sensed an oppressive force filling the space, even more terrifying than that of the City Lord of Stone City.
The King of Immortality hadn’t even moved yet when suddenly a voice rang in Lu Yu’s ears— “Everyone, pay attention! The first King has already arisen. The countdown to the apocalypse has begun. It is estimated that there are still three years, seven months, twelve days, ten hours, thirty-eight minutes, and six seconds until the second King is born!”
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