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Chapter 705 - 540: Backstab

Chapter 705: Chapter 540: Backstab

A staggering amount of blood burst out, covering the entire humanoid Giant Lizard, which Su Yu had transformed into, in crimson. With a roar that echoed like thunder, Su Yu’s hands deeply curled into the creature’s upper and lower jaws with his fingers dug in like hooks. His ’Black Iron’ blood and the two turquoise drops boiled within him. Accompanied by a crisp ’sloshing’ noise, an unfathomable force erupted, instantly tearing open the upper half of the body of this Biochemical Spider elite creature that possessed the power of a One-Star Beast General.

With another hefty kick, the creature’s body completely shattered amidst a rumbling sound. Massive quantities of fresh blood, mangled flesh, and fragmented machinery flew everywhere, prompting Yano and the others to retreat.

After the elite creature was killed, a star-shaped turquoise Crystal Core burst out from its body, roughly the size of the third of a fist. The core whizzed and flew into Su Yu’s hand.

Immediately, Su Yu felt an influx of fierce energy emanating from the star-shaped Crystal Core. The energy bounced back and forth in his arm, agitating his ’Black Iron’ blood into a relentless boil. Gradually, his entire ’Black Iron’ blood converged towards his left arm. It quickly merged, compressed and refined the power housed within the absorbed star-shaped Crystal Core. One drop, two drops, three drops . . . More and more turquoise drops were being condensed and refined. Quickly after, Su Yu slightly roared, clenched his left hand, and the sound of hissing could suddenly be heard. His black scales on the back of his left hand began to slowly turn into a bronze color. The scales continuously spread and enlarged, while his palm also became rougher.

In a little while, Su Yu’s whole hand had grown by a size, turning into a bronze palm covered in sharp, turquoise scales. The five fingers resembled turquoise metal claws tipped with five small sharp hooks. It was vastly more intimidating and ferocious than his previous blackish palm.

At the same moment, a message echoed in his mind, notifying him that he had completed another evolution. Su Yu had evolved into a Bronze Warrior of First-Level. His left palm had completely mutated, transforming into a Bronze Beast Paw. At the same time, he had earned the opportunity to comprehend a new skill or improve an existing one.

Among them, ’Sacred Eye’ could evolve into the ultimate ’Eye of the Unknown’, ’Tooth Burst’ could evolve into ’Tooth Bullet Cannon’ of the second level, the defensive skill ’Armor’ could evolve into the ultimate ’Heavenly Armor’, and Bronze Level skill ’Eight-Step Soar’ was initially conceptualized as ’Ten Steps Sky Soar’.

The new skill to comprehend was ’Backstab’.

Although Su Yu was uncertain about the special ability of the new skill ’Backstab’, he had personally felt the power of ’Eight-Step Soar’. Therefore, without a moment of hesitance, he chose to comprehend the new skill ’Backstab’ that Bronze Level could initially comprehend, which was undoubtedly powerful.

After comprehending the skill ’Backstab’, Su Yu’s back shivered, revealing rows of black bone spikes which conjured from his special power, protruding from his back muscles, resembling the ancient Spinosaurus.

Su Yu touched these two rows of back spikes, frowning. This skill allowed the bone spikes to burst out from both sides of his back and then shoot the spikes out with immense force. However, it was not of great satisfaction to Su Yu, comparing with the skill ’Eight-Step Soar’ in terms of ease of use.

However, since he had already chosen, he couldn’t change it. Su Yu then retracted these two rows of back spikes. Turning back, he saw that Li Ming li was lying on the ground. Her body was trembling, and she seemed to cry, while Yang Yue and the others were silently standing aside. Yano was mumbling something in his mouth. As the three Biochemical Spiders died, the Biochemical Spider silk, which they had spat out, automatically melted and disappeared into thin air. Su Yu walked to the three giant eggs and heard an odd ’cuckoo’ sound coming from one of them. Then a crack appeared on its surface.

Su Yu understood that another person was about to hatch from the giant egg. He was uncertain whether it was Qin Jiagui, Ma Ziye, or Diudiu. At least for now, Ada was still motionless, sleeping. Su Yu vaguely guessed that it had also been cleansed by the Power of the World. Maybe after it wakes up, it will no longer be in the growth stage of the fifth phase.

Finally, one of the three giant eggs shattered with a ’crack’ sound. Then a bubbling wave of heat surged out. Su Yu slightly frowned and took a step back, seeing Qin Jiagui inside. Qin Jiagui roared slightly, his body ablaze with flames. Soon, these flames formed a flaming wing on his back. His body changed into a fiery red metallic giant. This giant was roughly two meters tall, with a fiery wing flapping behind him. It looked divine and inviolable.

Su Yu felt this horrifying energy and slightly shivered. He understood in an instant that Qin Jiagui had astonishingly reached the peak of the Ninth-Level peak realm of the Black Iron Warrior. Also, in this state with the awakened Seed Power, his true power must be considerably similar to Yang Yue and the others.

After transgressing the world, the lower the level, the more pronounced would be the effect of the refining power of the world. Conversely, Su Yu’s body was already extremely special, so the power of the world did not affect his bodily changes much. Comparatively, it was not as significant as Qin Jiagui’s transformation, who leaped from the initial stage of the Eighth Stage right to the peak of the Ninth Stage immediately. One more step, and you can reach the Zero-order of the Bronze Level.

After Qin Jiagui hatched from the egg, he saw Su Yu and then the messy scene around. He was stunned for a moment. When he regained consciousness, he quickly restrained his energy, returning to his original appearance. Looking around, he slowly showed a look of ecstasy.

"Upper Realm, Su Yu, have we arrived at the Upper Realm?"

Su Yu silently nodded at him.

Overjoyed, Qin Jiagui started to laugh, then suddenly threw his arm up and bellowed, "Ni Ping, I’ve reached the Upper Realm at last, I’m coming to find you now! Ni Ping, hahaha!" Qin Jiagui was ecstatic, finally casting off the gloom that had surrounded him in the Black Iron World. He was exhilarated to the extreme.

Not long after, Ma Ziye also finally broke free from her shell. Unlike Qin Jiagui’s grandiose display, she simply stood in silence. Her hands were gently folded together, a single candle glowing brightly in her palms. Resting her face in a gentle smile, she emitted a hopeful aura that seemed to counteract the somber atmosphere of the world.

Watching Ma Ziye, Su Yu took a soft breath. The once Seventh Order Ma Ziye had made a startling leap, skipping two levels to reach the Black Iron Ninth Level Realm, an extraordinary progression. Of course, she hadn’t ascended to the Ninth Level Peak Realm like Qin Jiagui had. Currently, she was at about Ninth Level Intermediate.

In the Black Iron World, absorbing energy could only increase one’s rank by a single step, regardless of the energy quantity absorbed. Now, Ma Ziye had vaulted from Seventh Order to become a Ninth Order Black Iron Warrior all at once.

Without the constraints of the Black Iron World, there was no limit to how fast they could evolve. Such an extreme double rank increase was something Su Yu had never witnessed before.

The Upper Realm was truly an ideal place for evolution as the legends suggested. At least, there were none of the numerous constraints and shackles they had faced in the Black Iron World.

Ma Ziye had ascended from Seventh Order to Ninth Order in a single bound, gaining two opportunities to comprehend new abilities or improve her current ones. Even Doodoo, who had the lowest rank, had finally yawned widely and broken free from his shell.

Doodoo, originally a Fourth Order being, made the most rapid evolution. He skipped four levels, reaching the Black Iron Eighth Stage Realm.

During this ascension, those with lower original ranks had the most drastic improvements in physical evolution. Being only Fourth Order to start with, Doodoo received the greatest benefits. For Su Yu, whose body was already mysterious and complex, the transformation offered by this Power of the World was quite minor.

Doodoo, who had evolved to Eighth Stage in the Black Iron Realm, yawned lazily, glancing at Su Yu and then Ada, who was laying quietly on his shoulder. He barely managed to show some revived spirit.

With a wry smile, Su Yu shook his head. Doodoo was frustratingly lazy, wasting all his great potential. Although Doodoo was only Eighth Order now, if he fully utilized his strength, he could be a formidable force. If only he wasn’t so lazy.

As Qin Jiagui, Ma Ziye, and Doodoo had all successfully emerged from their shells, Su Yu gave them a brief summary of what had happened. Hearing this, shock appeared on Ma Ziye and Qin Jiagui’s faces.

Originally, they had imagined that crossing over from the Black Iron World to the fabled Upper Realm, they would face some unknown challenges. They had not anticipated that they would be immediately attacked by horrifying monsters upon arrival, leading to Li Zhen’s death.

Currently, Zhu Xiuqi and others were comforting Li Mingli, who was deeply affected by Li Zhen’s death. After a long silence, Li Mingli finally lifted her head. Collecting the fragments of Li Zhen left behind, her face was a desolate sight. She said listlessly, "I don’t want to stay here anymore. I want to take Li Zhen back to the Black Iron World. If Li Zhen was aware, he would like to be buried in the place where he lived for decades."

Zhu Xiuqi hesitated for a moment then said, "You’re now at the Bronze Zero-order stage. If you go back to the Black Iron World, your strength will be drastically reduced."

Li Mingli showed a bleak smile and shook her head, "That doesn’t matter anymore. With Li Zhen gone, what is the use of power, or even of immortality? None of it has any meaning to me now." She sat down cross-legged, closed her eyes and began to sense her connection with the Black Iron World.

Everyone who left this world, like Su Yu, left something behind as an anchor to return. Li Mingli was no exception. The anchor she left in the Black Iron World was a cherished knife she had carried for decades.

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