187: Chapter 187 The Golden Body Takes Shape! You call this poison? Thank you!

The moment that faint yet incredibly brilliant golden light ignited.

It was as if a sun had risen in the night, and the kingdom of darkness had welcomed its king.

The Void Realm energy that had been rampaging wildly inside Lin Qi, tearing at his every vitality like an unbridled beast, was suddenly grabbed by the throat by an invisible hand, and that destructive, violent aura was forcibly suppressed!

"Hmm?"

Lin Qi let out a muffled groan. He could clearly feel that the energy, which had originally intended to tear him to pieces, was now as docile as a lamb.

The source of the golden light was none other than his thousand-times tempered bones.

At this moment, the light was no longer just a single point. It seemed to have gained a life of its own, rapidly spreading along the texture of his bones, like the most skilled artisan using the most precious liquid gold to meticulously trace his silver bones!

A thin layer of gold foil, carrying an aura of immortality and indestructibility, slowly formed on the surface of his bones!

[Prototype Golden Body]!

Under the pressure of the purest destructive force and guided by a martial will that sought life through death, Lin Qi's mortal Physical Body finally broke through that indestructible shackle, completing the final transformation of his life-level evolution!

The signal that the transformation had begun was immediately reflected in his appearance.

Over ten billion viewers across the entire Federation witnessed a scene that could be called a miracle through the highest-definition holographic live broadcast cameras.

They saw the pitch-black markings on Lin Qi's neck and face, which had been spreading like venomous snakes, retreat at an incredible speed, as if snow encountering a raging fire, and vanish without a trace.

The beads of crimson blood that had been seeping from his skin pores were also pulled back by an invisible force, and his skin became smooth and clean once again.

No, not smooth and clean—it was crystalline!

His complexion, which had been extremely pale due to blood loss, quickly returned to a rosy hue, and it now possessed an indescribable texture that it hadn't had before.

His skin no longer seemed like flesh and blood, but rather like a piece of warm, lustrous jade; under the lights of the arena, it even faintly shimmered with a precious glow!

"Holy crap! What's going on? Did they turn the beauty filter to the max?"

"The black lines are gone! The blood is gone too! He... did he digest that poison?"

"This isn't scientific! How is his complexion better than mine? I apply the most expensive face masks every day, and my skin isn't as translucent as his!"

The barrage in the live stream paused for a tenth of a second due to this bizarre transformation, and then it began to scroll at an even crazier speed.

Zhang Wei, in the audience, who had been crying until he was breathless, was rubbing his eyes, unable to believe everything he was seeing.

"Mo... Elder Mo... Brother Qi... has he... has he achieved Immortal Ascension?"

Elder Mo supported his jaw, which had nearly fallen off; his mouth was open wide enough to fit an egg. He stared fixedly at the changes in Lin Qi on the screen, a dry sound escaping his throat.

"No... not Immortal Ascension... this is... this is a sign of his Physical Body becoming sanctified! He succeeded! This lunatic, he actually succeeded!"

And the root of all these changes was occurring within Lin Qi's body, where even more earth-shattering transformations were taking place.

That once-lethal Void Realm energy, under the suppression of the Prototype Golden Body, was being forcibly "refined"!

It was no longer a deadly poison; instead, stripped of all its destructive attributes, it had transformed into the purest, most primordial life energy, flowing like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, surging into Lin Qi's limbs and bones, and merging into every single cell of his body!

Lin Qi could clearly feel that his strength, speed, and defensive power had undergone an unimaginable qualitative change at this moment.

His bones were harder than diamond!

His meridians were as tough as Dragon tendons!

His flesh and blood were filled with explosive power!

Every cell was cheering, leaping for joy, and singing for this rebirth!

He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Hoo..."

This breath was long and drawn out, forming a white arrow of Qi in the air that shot straight out for several meters before slowly dissipating.

And at the tip of this white arrow of Qi, a small pinch of ink-black powder, like residue that had been purified, drifted slowly to the ground.

That was the residue of the Void Realm energy expelled after he had thoroughly refined it.

The entire process, while sounding incredibly long and filled with danger, actually took place in mere seconds.

In reality, from the moment Lin Qi drank the potion to his painful struggle, the ignition of the golden light, and finally the completion of the transformation, everything happened in just over a dozen seconds.

For the audience outside the arena, what they saw was a thrilling roller coaster of life and death.

But for the other person standing in the arena, these dozen seconds felt longer and more agonizing than a century.

When Lin Qi opened his eyes again.

Everyone in the arena who noticed him felt their hearts skip a beat.

Those eyes!

If Lin Qi had previously been an unfathomably deep ancient well, with all his sharpness hidden within, making him impossible to read.

Then now, he was a divine sword that had just been unsheathed, cleansed of all impurities, and was displaying its full sharpness!

Just a single glance carried a sharpness that seemed capable of piercing the Soul!

In the opposite preparation area.

The cruel and triumphant sneer on Li Pojun's face had long since completely frozen.

His mind was a complete blank.

He could not understand.

He completely could not understand everything happening before his eyes.

Why?

Why, after drinking that lethal poison capable of causing Gene Collapse even in a Fourth-Turn powerhouse, did Lin Qi not only not die or dissolve into a puddle of pus, but instead his aura became even more terrifying and unfathomable than before?

This is impossible!

This is absolutely impossible!

This completely violated all the data and Laws he knew!

His overt scheme—the plan he believed was flawless and sufficient to crush both Lin Qi's dignity and life—had failed in a way he could never have imagined in his wildest dreams.

No!

This was no longer just a failure!

His poison, far from killing Lin Qi, had instead helped his greatest opponent complete a Breakthrough right before the start of the grand finals!

Lifting a rock only to drop it on his own feet?

No!

This was lifting a meteorite and sinking himself!

This feeling made Li Pojun, who had always prided himself on controlling everything and viewing all living beings as chess pieces, almost lose control and go mad!

"You... you..."

He pointed at Lin Qi, his lips trembling, but he couldn't say a single word; his handsome face was twisted by extreme shock and anger.

Lin Qi, feeling the brand-new power surging like a river within him, finally cast his gaze slowly toward the now-discomposed Li Pojun.

Watching the other person's expression of having seen a ghost, he grinned, revealing an incredibly bright smile.

This smile was pure, clean, and full of youthful spirit, but to Li Pojun, it was filled with endless, naked mockery!

Lin Qi stretched his wrists and neck.

"Crack! Crack!"

A crisp sound, like metal grinding against metal, emanated from his joints.

He looked at Li Pojun and, in an extremely sincere tone, said:

"Thanks for the potion; it feels... great."