188: Chapter 188 Metamorphosis! Azure Gold, the bigger the storm, the more valuable the fish!

"Ugh, ahhh—!" A suppressed roar leaked from between Lu Qingyun's teeth.

The veins all over his body bulged, and tiny beads of blood seeped from his skin. His entire body was twisting and writhing irregularly.

In both his past and present lives, he had suffered countless hardships and endured countless injuries, yet the pain at this moment still made his whole body tremble.

Every inch of his flesh and blood was being dismantled and recast; every wisp of his Psychic Power was being purified and sublimated.

A complete metamorphosis, nothing less.

Opposite him, the blood-colored crystal within the metal head flared with brilliant light!

In the simple logic of the Puppet, it only determined that the target was injured and its aura was chaotic, concluding that its Destruction Beam had finally taken effect.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—! The beam's power was instantly maxed out. The two crimson pillars of light thickened by a full circle, slamming crazily into Lu Qingyun, as if determined to strike while he was down!

The crimson light illuminated the entire space, as well as the young man's side profile, teeth clenched, drenched in cold sweat.

But it did not know that this level of damage, for Lu Qingyun who was in the midst of a metamorphosis, didn't even count as an itch.

Instead, it was like a coronation ceremony for a king, adding a touch of tragic yet domineering color to the occasion.

The pain continued to escalate. Lu Qingyun's consciousness began to blur, but he bit his teeth together tightly, stubbornly refusing to let out another scream.

I do not know how much time passed—Boom! His body suddenly exploded!

It turned into a pool of blood-red mist, slowly drifting in mid-air.

There was no flesh, no bone, only countless imperceptible blood-colored particles remaining, each one containing terrifying vitality and corrosiveness.

One of the blood droplets, following the recoil of the Destruction Beam, lightly splashed onto the outer shell of the metal head.

Hiss—! A soft sound, like a red-hot branding iron pressed against ice and snow.

The jet-black metal, which was indestructible and hadn't even been completely melted by the Divine Will Storm, dissolved rapidly the moment it touched the blood droplet, as if butter meeting heat!

A hole appeared instantly, spreading and corroding outward at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—the sound of metal dissolving rang out densely. In just two short breaths, that massive metal head, a zhang wide, was completely dissolved by a single drop of blood into a pool of jet-black molten iron, and even the blood-colored crystal inside was reduced to ashes!

The Destruction Beam stopped abruptly. The space fell into a deathly silence.

Just then, a cold, mechanical electronic voice resounded in the space: "Congratulations on passing the first stage, the reward has been taken." "Do you wish to proceed to the second stage immediately?"

The mechanical voice received no response and just repeated it over and over again. "Do you wish to proceed to the second stage immediately?" "Do you wish to proceed to the second stage immediately?"

Cold, rigid, and devoid of any emotion, it echoed back and forth in the empty space.

...In another independent space, Mu Susu was looking down at the scattered remains of a Puppet at her feet.

She wore a white dress, spotless, without even a speck of dust on the hem.

The Puppet in front of her was only at the fifth level of the Yukong Realm; in her eyes, it was no different from being made of paper.

With just a wave of her hand, she easily twisted off the Puppet's head, and its body shattered into parts all over the ground.

"Congratulations on passing the first stage, the reward has been taken." "Do you wish to proceed to the second stage immediately?"

The mechanical voice sounded, but Mu Susu did not rush to respond.

She walked slowly to the remains of the Puppet, crouched down, and her fingertips gently brushed over the metal fragments that shimmered with a deep blue luster.

A cold sensation came through, and her fingertips lingered with extremely faint spatial fluctuations and the aura of stars.

Mu Susu's pupils shrank suddenly, and her breathing even hitched for half a beat!

"Cui Blue Gold... it's actually Cui Blue Gold!"

Her voice carried a trace of imperceptible trembling, and her fingertips gripped a metal fragment so tightly that her knuckles turned slightly white.

Cui Blue Gold! That is a rare metal produced from deep-space meteorites! It is priceless!

But here... Mu Susu looked at the Puppet fragments all over the floor, her chest heaving violently.

An entire ten-zhang-tall Puppet, from its body to its joints, from its outer shell to its internal gears, was actually cast entirely from Cui Blue Gold!

Just to make an introductory trial Puppet of the Sky-Surpassing Level? What a waste of heavenly treasures! Simply a waste of heavenly treasures!

She took a deep breath, suppressing the shock and ecstasy in her heart, and quickly collected all the Cui Blue Gold fragments scattered on the ground into her Storage Ring.

A windfall! Absolutely a windfall!

But after the joy, a chill silently crept up her spine. Mu Susu's face turned pale bit by bit.

To be able to use Cui Blue Gold to build a Sky-Surpassing Level Puppet, the means of this ruin's owner were unimaginably vast.

Such an existence was at least a Star-Level ultimate lifeform! Perhaps... even stronger!

Then, for such a terrifying existence to expend such great effort to set up a Legacy, create a cage, and suppress something at the bottom of the ancient tower—what kind of terrifying thing must it be?

Thinking of this, Mu Susu felt her legs go a bit weak. She leaned against the cold rock wall, barely supporting her body, her teeth biting her lower lip tightly.

Is she afraid? Of course she is afraid. But immediately, a burning light ignited in her eyes.

The bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish!

If this truly is the Legacy of a Star-Level ultimate lifeform, then its value is more than a hundred times that of a star stone!

If she could obtain the complete Legacy, one could imagine how brilliant her future would be!

As for the thing suppressed at the bottom of the tower... it has been suppressed for tens of thousands of years, how could it be so easy to break the seal?

"Wealth is sought in danger." Mu Susu murmured, her eyes gradually becoming firm.

Compared to star stones, this Legacy was the true Opportunity! And...

A lucky smile curled at the corners of her lips.

The Puppet in the first stage was only at the Sky-Surpassing Level, which meant that the ruins only detected the original cultivation level of Mu Susu's body.

Her Soul Origin had not been detected! This was a huge bug!

As long as subsequent stages determined difficulty based on the Physical Body Realm, wouldn't she be able to sweep through them easily? It was equivalent to cheating to get the Legacy!

"Heaven helps me." Mu Susu chuckled, suppressing the palpitation in her heart.

She straightened her skirt, looked up at the Void Realm, and her cool voice rang out: "Proceed to the second stage."

"Confirming entry to the second stage, teleporting..."

A sense of dizziness washed over her, several times more intense than the teleportation of the first stage. Mu Susu frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.

But before she could think it through, an indescribable, intense pain suddenly exploded from the depths of her Soul!