This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 748 - 389: Improvement Over 6 Months in the Royal Council

Chapter 748: Chapter 389: Improvement Over 6 Months in the Royal Council

"Phew..."

In the room, Li Ming slowly opened his eyes, his muscles instantly tightened before gradually relaxing, and he exhaled a breath, unable to help clicking his tongue:

"With my current level of strength, I’m still quite far from passing the Upper Trial. The last sixteen Abyss Clan members besieged me—it was terrifying."

Recalling, the scene of being mobbed resurfaced in his mind; he nearly hit a GG, but fortunately, he managed to hold on for three minutes.

"This insane difficulty..." Li Ming had lost count of how many times he complained.

During these past six months, he had barely stepped out of the Mechanical Court, continuously developing Genetic Seeds. The development progress currently reached 62%, crossing the critical 60% mark, with a Burst Level exceeding 150A.

Through trading with the Holy Mother Church for Terrax Stone and Ether Crystal, he upgraded [Life Power Core] and [Vortex Shadow] to S-Class.

[Life Power Core--S-Class: The source of mechanical life.

Control Effect: 2000% Power Amplification

Control Ability--Mechanization: Gain 4000% Power Amplification and obtain the "Immortal Source" ability.]

[Immortal Source: After suffering a fatal attack, the Controlled Objects will endure severe trauma, erasing the attack damage, restoring body stats to their peak state, and gain a three-second [Immunity] status.]

[Immunity: No type of attack can cause any damage.]

The upgrade targeting [Life Power Core] didn’t result in new traits; instead, it greatly reinforced the [Immortal Source] ability, aligning with Li Ming’s concepts.

Once activated, instead of being directly destroyed, it refreshes body status at the cost of severe injury, along with "invincible" time, providing him with a greater sense of security.

[Vortex Shadow--S-Class: Be careful not to get your body ripped apart.

Control Effect: Trait--[Streamline]

Control Ability--Super Compression Burst: Gain 4000% Speed Buff and attain the "Gale Shadow Hunting" ability.]

[Gale Shadow Hunting: Leave behind ten Shadow Hunting Marks, which can be exchanged with the True Body within a range not exceeding ten thousand meters.]

[Streamline: Gain 2000% Speed Buff, forming a speed field around the body, immune to damage from reactive forces.]

Li Ming was quite excited upon seeing this ability, relieved to no longer worry about getting worn down when simply accelerating.

These two dramatically increased power and speed buffs, otherwise as S-Class Controlled Objects grew in number, he really couldn’t bear it.

Simultaneously upgraded was also the [Earth-shattering Giant Fist], and he swapped [Feros Battle Mecha] for the [Earth-shattering Giant Fist].

Of the eight Controlled Objects on him, seven are already S-Class, leaving only one A-Level [Earth-shattering Giant Fist] yet to upgrade, with overall Power Amplification reaching over 370 times.

"Actually, it’s just that little bit; once development progress hits 70%, I should be able to pass the Upper Lord Level Trial."

Li Ming contemplated, as development reached 60%, the rate slowed again, but he accepted it.

Two or three months ago, he passed the Middle Lord Level Trial, raising Titan Bloodline concentration to 30%, and elevated the root development level to Level 22.

Currently, with twenty-four-hour non-stop development, he can increase progress by 1% every eight days, and this pace remains quite fast.

"Hmm... Let’s see if there’s suitable information on Advanced S-Class Star Beasts."

Li Ming quickly adjusted his mood, opened up the smart terminal, logged into both the Black Hole Network and Black Hole Hall respectively, but after posting his bounty for over two months, still no response.

"Are Advanced S-Class Star Beasts really that hard to find?" Li Ming sighed, clearly stating on the bounty page that he’d offer an A-level weapon for any information provided.

As development progresses, the S-Class Gene Seed had also been put on his agenda. Over two months ago, he first contacted Night Moon Biological Company, inquiring about the quotation for customizing an S-Class Gene Seed.

The other side offered an astronomical price, 150 billion Star Coins.

This price truly left Li Ming stunned for a while; to him, that amount was nearly equivalent to 20 billion metal energies—absurdly expensive.

But the other party indeed wasn’t gouging him; Li Ming asked around through several channels, and this was the quota outside, with discounts at most down to 120 billion.

Moreover, this was merely a standard custom quote; if looking for top-tier S-Class Gene Seed, the price would double and potentially take over five years.

An S-level life form, possessing the Power of Star Breaking, significantly raises modulation difficulty and requires capturing the target Star Beast, making things even tougher.

S-level Star Beasts are not only extremely rare but also scarce, many already monopolized by Empires, Federations, and powerful Star Cluster Level Civilizations.

Night Moon Biological Company expanded to its current scale because they raised a batch of S-Class Star Beasts--Night Moon Whale.

This type of life form, at strongest, can rival a 30% development progress S-class life form, far from Li Ming’s anchor targets.

At this level, Night Moon Biological Company also provides another choice—proxy production.

Provide relevant life forms, pay a 10% processing fee, and they can modulate a Gene Seed.

That’s why Li Ming is constantly searching for powerful S-class Star Beasts, needing at least those comparable to over 90%, or even 100% development progress S-Class Star Beasts.

And such cosmic life is hard to find, possibly only existing in several major cosmic peril zones.

"Alas... Blood and flesh life forms in the Dimension World are too few, fundamentally unable to extract genetic fragments..." Li Ming sighed.

Yet there’s no rush; his development progress is only at 60%, conservatively estimating it will take at least half a year to reach 100%.

"Hopefully, I can find one; if not, maybe visiting the Red River Star Stream, since they say the chance of encountering Advanced Star Beasts there is quite high." Li Ming muttered.