The light on the dome never fades.
Innumerable pillars of light bombarded down, pressing him to the point of trembling all over, no longer able to resist.
Bang.
Lu Yu knelt on one knee, his hands tightly pressing against the ground, his breath labored as if he were being crushed.
Lu Yu barely managed to take out the second royal blood crystal and, following Xue Ji’s instructions, absorbed the second royal blood crystal.
The beam of light above continued to bombard him relentlessly, a strike worthy of a king.
However, these attacks could not harm Lu Yu, as his Star Artifact-level body came into play, continuously shattering the beams.
However, every beam of light that struck Lu Yu’s body caused a burst of starlight on his surface, filling the stone house with radiant starlight and colorful beams.
The absorption rate of the royal blood crystal stone within Lu Yu’s body was still accelerating, just like last time.
This was a good thing for Lu Yu.
But if he continues to waste away here, how will he ever leave?
“No, if this continues, I’ll never be able to leave,” Lu Yu said, clenching his teeth.
He strained to lift his head, examining the gemstones above him, and noticed that they seemed to contain starlight within.
“Could it be a tool created using the Star-Calling Technique?” A thought stirred in Lu Yu’s mind. With a determined resolve, he activated the Star-Calling Technique.
Boom.
In an instant, all the gems above his head exploded, and an endless stream of starlight surged directly into his body.
“It worked!” Lu Yu was ecstatic and shot up to his feet immediately.
The arrangement here was just something he could handle with ease.
When the first ray of starlight surged into his body, Lu Yu was even more astonished.
This is not merely starlight, but the essence of stars themselves—the very quintessence used to forge celestial artifacts.
So much star essence entered his body, instantly replenishing all the star essence that Lu Yu had lost over these past few days.
At the same time, the remaining Starlight Essence surged into his body, driving the enhancement of his inner power. Within this Starlight Essence, there was also an abundance of royal might. As this force entered Lu Yu’s body, it simultaneously accelerated the absorption of the King’s Blood Crystals within him.
His power surged dramatically, instantly breaking through the threshold of five million.
Meanwhile, a vast amount of star essence continued to flow within the stone chamber, weaving together like thousands of intertwined starry rivers, swirling around Lu Yu.
Boom… Boom…
After dozens of minutes of absorption, the starlight essence within the stone chamber had all vanished.
The second royal blood crystal inside Lu Yu’s body had also been fully absorbed.
His three major attributes were elevated to seven million, making him an unrivaled king without a crown, something never before seen in any era.
“The second enhancement of the Demon Body is complete!”
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Demon’s Body:
Rank: King Class (Second Evolution Completed).
Description: Due to your evolution of the Demon’s Body, the mutation of the Demon’s Body has reached two-tenths.
Ability: Once you transform into a demon, you will gain the Demonic Flame. During the transformation, all of your skills will also be enhanced to varying degrees.
Flame of the Demon (Evolving) — The soul-burning fire begins to evolve as it absorbs the royal blood crystal. Once an enemy’s soul is consumed by the Flame of the Demon, they will die permanently, unable to be revived or reborn, completely erased from this world. You can infuse all of your weapons with the Flame of the Demon, allowing all your attacks to target souls directly. When the transformation of the Demon’s Body is complete, the Flame of the Demon will evolve into an even more terrifying fire.
Demon’s Eye (Evolving) – When you gaze upon an object, you can perceive its attributes. When you look upon a living being, you have a significant chance of discerning the attributes and abilities of the enemy’s most powerful skill, and acquiring its method of cultivation and application. Once your Demon’s Body mutation is complete, your Demon’s Eye will be able to completely nullify an enemy’s most powerful skill during battle.
Demon King Transformation—this is an ability that can only be used once you reach King level. The Demon King Transformation allows you to release any skill you use only after it has evolved, while retaining all your original skills.
Note: Hellfire deals minimal damage to enemies stronger than you. The greater the power gap between you and the enemy, the weaker its effect becomes.
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The skills of the Demon Body transformed once again.
After absorbing the third King’s Blood Crystal, Lu Yu finally approached the chest at the center of the stone chamber.
After being deceived by the gem on top of the head before, he was extremely cautious this time.
The box slowly opened, revealing a half-foot-long crystal short sword placed inside.
The blade is crimson red, as if blood were flowing inside it.
“Royal blood!”
Lu Yu was startled.
Because there are forty drops of royal blood sealed inside the sword, constantly colliding and battling within.
Lu Yu carefully picked up the long sword. The light from the Demon’s Eye fell into the blade, instantly causing it to change.
“Half-finished product?”
Lu Yu was astonished, and then exclaimed in surprise: “No, this is originally a Star Artifact.”
Lu Yu was startled to see some writing left on the bottom of the sword.
This star artifact has been completed.
The main material used in its star instrument was actually Wang’s blood.
In theory, this star artifact could have up to one hundred drops of royal blood infused into it before reaching its limit.
Once the Star Device is activated, its maximum power can rival the combined attack of a hundred kings.
Of course, this depends on the degree of activation of the Star Artifact.
A Wangzun-level activated star artifact can unlock the first skill of the star artifact.
The power that surpasses King Zun’s can activate the second royal skill.
Possessing the power of a king can activate the most powerful, which is the third king-making skill.
The characters in the box specifically remind the person who obtains the Star Artifact that only offensive skills can be used with the royal blood; otherwise, the Star Artifact will not accept it.
In addition, the star artifact itself possesses a capability: it can fuse with another star artifact, transferring all of its attributes to the other one.
“This must be prepared for me,” Lu Yu said, looking at the crystal sword and chuckling.
Wang Xue has a lot of it now.
Looking for the king’s blood with all attack skills? That’s not difficult at all!
Like the blood of Yukki, there is also the blood of the Beast King in the midst of many dark descents.
The process of entering fusion and infusion using the military training technique is clearly written inside the box.
Lu Yu simply picked up the Star Artifact right here, then took out King’s Blood from his storage space, carefully selecting only those that possessed attack skills, and began injecting the drops of King’s Blood one by one.
One hundred drops of royal blood indeed represent the limit of this star artifact.
After injecting the one hundredth drop of royal blood, the hundred drops of royal blood finally fused together, no longer existing as separate clusters colliding within the crystal sword.
They merged with the crystal sword, causing the blade’s color to become a terrifying shade of red.
The final step is to merge the crystal sword with the star artifact.
Lu Yu chose himself without a second thought.
He held a long sword in his hand and continuously applied the art of forging weapons, breaking down its energy and absorbing it into his body.
The energy within the Crystal Sword was not only being drawn into his body, but also accelerating the absorption of the King’s Blood Crystal. This energy was simultaneously aiding in the enhancement of his strength.
This is a slow process.
It took Lu Yu a full three days and three nights to completely absorb and control the crystal sword.
His three major attributes have been enhanced to ten million levels.
This time, the Demon Body did not undergo much change, except that the number of evolutions became three out of ten.
The fusion of the star artifacts indeed brought about subtle changes to his body, but these changes were so minute that no one could perceive them.
Lu Yu could be certain that absorbing it was enough.
Next, he absorbed the fourth crystal, then began to leave the stone chamber following the method recorded in the box.
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Above the ruins of the small island—
Luo Hong and others waited expressionlessly.
After the three people, including Zhang Shan, entered the mirror world, they did not die, which meant they had already traveled a great distance away.
Luo Hong felt gratified and satisfied as he looked at the young people around him.
This time taking them out doesn’t seem to be a mistake.
After Lu Yu and others entered, quite a few more people couldn’t resist the urge to go in themselves, one after another.
People outside the ruins could do nothing but wait.
As the sky darkened on the fourth day, Luo Hong felt an uneasy premonition. He looked eastward and coldly said, “They have come too.”
Zhang Shan also looked in that direction, surprised, and said, “It’s Guo Ziyang and Long Tianhai. Goodness, leading them is Old Man Zhang Ming. I heard that during the city’s defense, he actually ate a king beast alive.”
Many people behind Luo Hong turned pale upon seeing the elderly leader, their bodies chilled to the bone.
Li Jie said seriously, “Uncle Luo, this time Xueguang City has deployed a lot of elite forces.”
Luo Hong said coldly, “I’m afraid their people have already gone inside. Wang Ming, Lin Lu, the two of you also use Mirror Image to go in and support Zhang Shan and them.”
“Okay.” Two young men immediately mirrored each other and stepped into the ruins.
A middle-aged man leading the group in the distance spotted Luo Hong and others and immediately burst into laughter. He called out, “Brother Luo, are you all here as well?”
Luo Hong smiled and stepped forward to greet the old man with a hug. “Mr. Zhang, you’re here too, aren’t you?” he said.
Zhang Ming was slightly chubby, with a rectangular face full of wrinkles, a kind smile, and a benevolent appearance.
He hugged Luo Hong and then stepped back, saying with a smile, “Brother Luo, the people you’ve brought here are all elite troops.”
“Mr. Zhang, what you brought is not bad either.”
“Haha, aren’t we doing all this just to test these younglings? If we spoil them any further, they’ll forget their own surnames. This time, let’s see if they can find any treasures in these ruins.”
Luo Hong said, “We’re all in the same boat. We’ll have to rely on them for the upcoming apocalypse tides.”
When Zhang Ming reached this point, he turned serious and said, “Brother Luo, I’ve heard that this time it’s not only us who’ve sent people; even those from Blood Battle City and Blood Intent City have arrived as well.”
“What?” Luo Hong exclaimed in surprise. “How many of them have come?”
“Not sure exactly how many, but I just heard they’re heading this way too, and it seems like each of them has brought dozens of people along.”
“Hiss.”
Luo Hong was startled because he had already seen the person approaching from a distance.
Zhang Shan and Guo Ziyang, among others, all had rather unpleasant expressions on their faces.
Luo Hong and Zhang Ming both walked forward with smiling faces, heading towards the people in the distance.
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Among the ruins—
Lu Yu stepped out of the light portal, and the first face he saw was Zhang Shan’s.
At this moment, Zhang Shan’s face was expressionless, his eyes fixed on Lu Yu with intense murderous intent.
Guo Ziyang sat on a pile of rubble, laughing loudly, “Zhang, I told you that you were wrong about him. How could someone who dares to enter the ruins alone and shows no fear towards a king like you have no purpose?”
Li Jie stared at Lu Yu coldly and said, “Kid, don’t think you’re lucky we didn’t kill you. Hand over what you got inside, and I’ll let you live.”
Zhang Shan also extended his hand, his voice cold as he said, “Lu Yu, I’ve already been merciful enough to you. If you don’t want to die, hand over the item immediately!”
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