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Chapter 435: 432 Refinement

Chapter 435: 432 Refinement

In the Holy Angel Secret Realm, within the central building of Angel City.

An angel, atop whose head surged a radiant halo, sat solemnly on the throne.

Below the throne, a frantic old father and an angelic girl who alternately giggled senselessly, pondered deeply, and stood resolute—her mind clearly swirling with a chaotic mix of thoughts—were present.

Observing her daughter’s adorably foolish demeanor, Angel Queen Kasha could hardly suppress her annoyance as her gaze shifted toward the old father beside her.

That look alone was enough to send shivers through the already panicked father.

“Listen, my dear, let me explain!

This matter has nothing to do with me…”

The old father opened his mouth to argue, but he couldn’t quite muster a defense, at which point his darling little girl snapped out of her reverie.

“Don’t be harsh on my Father God!

My Father God is the best Father God in the whole world!

He not only allowed Ilya to visit the Mortal World, but he also gave her the best Marsda in the entire world, and I absolutely adore my Marsda.”

Ilya tilted her head, thinking for a moment, then hugged her old dad, “Mmm, and I super love my Father God too!”

Normally, such a hug would have delighted the old father for half a day, but now, he felt as if his precious cotton-padded jacket had sprung a leak, leaving him feeling cold.

“Oh really? The Mortal World, Marsda?

You’ve done very well!”

Kasha’s glance at the old father made him very uncomfortable.

Viewing this out-of-tune father and daughter, Kasha truly had a headache.

She could never have imagined that in an unguarded moment, her daughter, whom she had nurtured for decades, could give herself away so cheerfully, making her now extremely eager to hit someone.

But what good would hitting someone do?

The problem was how to resolve this issue.

“Where is the guy’s information?” Kasha massaged her temple, trying to remain patient.

Since the matter had turned into a fait accompli, she could only accept it, hoping the fool her daughter had found wasn’t just any oddball.

However, her query ignited her anger.

Below her, both individuals looked utterly confused.

Information? What information?

Kasha felt her heart racing and blood boiling!

“What’s his name, how old is he? What power does he have? How many pets does he own? Most importantly, what’s his character like?”

Kasha was desperate to dig up everything about Lu Wu’s ancestry for investigation.

After all, the person in the contract with Ilya was tied to her for a lifetime. If they didn’t vet him thoroughly, what if he turned out to be a loser?

She’d shatter if Ilya secretly met him alone and came back with children; Kasha couldn’t handle that.

Whether that dreadful scenario would unfold was unclear, but the reaction of the duo before her was already enough to frustrate her.

Angel Ilya’s old father wore a clueless expression, admitting he knew nothing.

Ilya, however, was keen to share, “Ilya knows, Ilya’s Marsda is super handsome and attractive.

He has the same golden halo as Ilya on his head, nine pairs of Light Wings on his back, and he’s holding a mighty sword.

Behind him lies the black abyss of Hell, where endless black flames burn fiercely, terrifying chains stretch towards him, and countless skeleton and Evil Ghosts worship him.

Isn’t he super cool, super handsome, and super powerful?”

The girl recounted the scene she had witnessed, completely and vividly.

She swore she hadn’t embellished a bit, but her mom didn’t believe her.

From the first sentence, she wondered if the girl had secretly been reading human novels again. Was she borrowing the character setting of that lousy protagonist from a human novel?

Just the appearance settings.

Listening to her description and seeing her excited demeanor, it reeked of the Old Appearance Association!

Kasha helplessly covered her forehead and pointed at the one playing dead in her house.

“You, go investigate that person thoroughly. If their character and all aspects are acceptable, bring them to me for a look.”

Then she pointed at her own daughter, “And you, don’t you dare leave without my permission!”

Alliance, Zone 1, Elder Mountain.

Not long ago, a fragment taken from the treasury was delivered to Fei Yinghao’s hands.

Along with it came the plan for refining the fragment.

Refinement of fragments was something the Alliance had learned about through the Zero Organization and the tools used by Zeroers like Yukawa Ryuzo.

The Alliance actually did not know much about refinement itself.

There was a time when someone at Elder Mountain secretly started human trials.

They tried to develop a method for refinement using human lives, but it resulted in the deaths of thousands without yielding any results, and the chairman eventually found out and put a stop to it.

Since then, the Elder Council’s stance on refining fragments remained theoretical.

Although they produced many theoretical plans, no one had ever implemented them. Even if there were secret experiments, they were conducted by low-level summoners. It was the first time someone of Fei Yinghao’s level was personally involved in such an experiment.

Thus, the elders were very focused on this experiment.

It was an experiment that could accumulate precious wealth for them.

To ensure the smooth progress of the experiment and that Fei Yinghao would not perish before it began, the Elder Council quickly prepared everything needed.

Once everything was ready, they sent Fei Yinghao, the Gate Fragment, and Mu Laogui to the laboratory, and the experiment officially began.

Well, the reason for including Mu Laogui was at his own suggestion.

He said he could provide life force to Fei Yinghao since Fei Yinghao was taking the risk for everyone, and he must do his utmost to ensure Fei Yinghao’s safety.

This moved Fei Yinghao somewhat.

But everyone knew that Mu Laogui wanted to take this opportunity to further observe and study.

However, considering that Mu Laogui’s supply of life force could enhance the experiment, Zhao Xue’en and the others agreed.

“Let’s start!”

As soon as he entered the laboratory, Fei Yinghao, eager to begin, immediately grabbed the Gate Fragment.

“Wait a moment!”

At that moment, Mu Laogui, holding the refinement plan, seemed to be studying it, which made Fei Yinghao very impatient, “Mu Laogui, what are you looking at? You don’t even understand this; why are you dawdling!”

Mu Laogui solemnly said, “After all, you are risking your life; I need to familiarize myself with the entire process in case something goes wrong. We only lose an opportunity, but you could lose your life!”

Perhaps sensing Mu Laogui’s sincerity, Fei Yinghao paused and then waved his hand.

“Suit yourself, as long as you’re happy!”

Without further disturbance from Fei Yinghao, Mu Laogui took ten minutes to study the plan thoroughly and then nodded.

“Alright, it’s ready!”

“Finally, I never realized how slow you were, old man.”

Mu Laogui pursed his lips, set aside the plan, and formally started Fei Yinghao’s refinement.

Mu Laogui had limited knowledge about the refinement fragment plan, but the one before him was particularly unique.

It was a plan primarily reliant on spiritual cleansing.

The specific operation involved stimulating Fei Yinghao’s spirit with various items, bringing his spirit to a special state.

Then, Fei Yinghao’s energy would be inputted into the fragment, linking his spirit with the fragment to refine it.

It sounded simple.

But the process was still quite complex.

Mu Laogui found many challenges, all revolving around the core of the refinement fragment, which was Fei Yinghao himself.

He needed to ensure that the spirit was in that particular state, making sure he wouldn’t succumb.

The difficulty was not small, but Mu Laogui felt there was still hope to try.

“The process will probably be painful, just bear with it!”

“You go ahead, I, Fei Yinghao have roamed for over a century, what kind of suffering haven’t I endured?

I can definitely withstand it… Ah!”

Fei Yinghao hadn’t finished speaking when Mu Laogui, following the procedure, administered the first spirit-stimulating potion, instantly causing the bold-talking Fei Yinghao’s face to change, and he cried out in pain.

But Fei Yinghao was indeed not ordinary.

His loud cry was largely because Mu Laogui’s application was so sudden he hadn’t had time to react.

After getting through it, he regained his tough demeanor,

“Continue, I can still take it!”

“Okay!”

Mu Laogui didn’t bother being polite, continuing to inject all kinds of potions into his body.

As various potions were administered, Fei Yinghao’s state became weirder and weirder.

His eyes turned blood-red, his expression fierce, and hysterical roars escaped his mouth.

It was a roar filled with wildness, filled with madness.

“Not good!”

Mu Laogui furrowed his brow, this wasn’t a good state, Fei Yinghao’s current condition was not suitable for refinement; he needed to properly guide his spirit.

“Lu Wu! Old Man Fei, don’t you want to seek revenge against Lu Wu?”

Mu Laogui’s words instantly redirected Fei Yinghao’s attention.

The previously meaningless roar was now imbued with new significance.

The words ‘Lu Wu’ escaped through Fei Yinghao’s clenched teeth.

The voice was chilling to the bone, like it had transmitted from Hell itself.

At the same time these chilling words emerged, Mu Laogui saw the machine behind Old Man Fei light up with a red light, his face brightening—this was the standard for refinement.

Mu Laogui quickly got to work, a surge of green wood attribute energy flowed into Old Man Fei’s body.

“Quick, input the energy into the fragment, imagine the fragment as Lu Wu’s head, you give me your all, furiously squeeze until it shatters!”

Under Mu Laogui’s guidance, the sobbing Fei Yinghao started moving, grabbing the fragment and inputting energy, and more importantly his spirit into it.

“Boom!”

With Fei Yinghao’s spirit and energy inputted into the fragment, his brain felt like it exploded, his whole being buzzing.

When he came to, Fei Yinghao realized he felt none of the prior pain, his entire body incredibly comfortable as if he had arrived in heaven.

This caused Fei Yinghao to completely relax.

However, just as he had begun to relax, a face suddenly appeared before him.

This sudden face was neither gruesome nor ugly, but it filled Fei Yinghao with more terror than any evil ghost he had ever seen because it was the face of Lu Wu.

The appearance of this face plunged Fei Yinghao into an endless purgatory.

Although he had resolved to refine the Gate Fragment and master its power to seek revenge on Lu Wu, he currently had not refined the fragment, let alone mastered its power. In such a situation, he couldn’t even think about revenge.

He didn’t even dare to see Lu Wu.

As soon as he saw Lu Wu, endless fear surged, and Fei Yinghao began to flee in panic.

But at this moment, Lu Wu was like a ghost that couldn’t be shaken off, no matter how he ran, Lu Wu was always right behind him, hitting Fei Yinghao repeatedly with a small spoon.

The attacks from the spoon weren’t strong, and the physical damage was minor, but the damage to his spirit was enormous.

Pursued by such a Lu Wu, Fei Yinghao felt his spirit was about to collapse.

He could do nothing but run frantically.

No matter how he ran, the Lu Wu behind him was still shadowing him closely.

Fear and pain were like the wind, merely following behind Fei Yinghao, pushing him into collapse and despair.

Just as Fei Yinghao fell into despair, the angry voice of Mu Laogui rang out.

“Old Fei, is this all you’ve got? Can’t you be a bit more capable?

You think with this you can seek revenge on Lu Wu?

What kind of foolish dream are you having?”

The roar of Mu Laogui that traveled from the external world to the spirit jolted Fei Yinghao’s spirit, and during his daze, Lu Wu came over and hit him on the forehead with a spoon again.

However, this time, Fei Yinghao didn’t move or panic.

Amid Lu Wu’s tapping, he raised his head and looked at Lu Wu, his mouth curling into a smirk.

“So this is all you can do?”

With cold determination, Fei Yinghao launched a counterattack, furiously pouncing forward, snatching the spoon from Lu Wu’s hand, and pinning Lu Wu down. He swung the spoon ferociously in an attack.

Unlike Lu Wu’s tapping, he used stabbing.

He stabbed frantically, hysterically.

While stabbing, Fei Yinghao also roared, seemingly wanting to vent all the pain Lu Wu had caused him.

Indeed, he did vent, the Lu Wu before him was stabbed bloody and beyond recognition, looking utterly dead.

Looking at the Lu Wu before him, Fei Yinghao wept from extreme joy.

“I did it, I’ve succeeded, I’ve successfully avenged myself!”

At the same time, outside Fei Yinghao’s body, his Gate Fragment also lit up faintly, bringing joy to the faces of Mu Laogui and others because they knew that this signified the beginning of Fei Yinghao’s refinement.

It also meant the official start of Fei Yinghao’s hell.

This point, Mu Laogui and the others knew as well.

Thus, at this very moment, they were extremely concerned about Fei Yinghao, a concern they hadn’t shown in hundreds of years.

“Old Fei must hold on. Even if he is to die, he must complete the refinement of the fragment as much as possible.”

…

In the laboratory, Mu Laogui looked at Fei Yinghao enshrouded in his energy, his mouth curling slightly: “Yes, you must hold on, I’m indeed looking forward to it!”

Meanwhile, in Fei Yinghao’s spiritual space.

Having just vented fiercely, Fei Yinghao got up from Lu Wu’s corpse, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his bloodstained hands, and turned to look at this spiritual world that he had just ignored.

However, as he turned around, the ‘Lu Wu’ who had just become a corpse behind him slowly got up again, raising the spoon in his hand and ‘thunk’—it struck down…