182: The physical body crumbles, but the soul is rebuilt!
The next second.
The massive body of the dragon turtle avatar seemed to transform into an indestructible super Tunnel Boring Machine!
Slowly, it pressed its head against the hard seabed rock layer.
Then, with a fierce thrust, it drilled downward!
Rumble!
There was no earth-shattering boom.
Only a dull tremor, as if the earth itself was groaning!
The incredibly hard seabed rock layer, which could withstand the full attack of a Spirit Transformation Realm expert, was as fragile as tofu under the double enhancement of the dragon turtle avatar's terrifying Great Strength of 500,000 catties and the 'Earth Pulse' Talent!
It easily drilled open a massive hole!
Mud and sand churned, rocks shattered!
The massive body of the dragon turtle avatar thus sank, little by little, into the depths of the earth!
One hundred meters!
Two hundred meters!
Three hundred meters!
...Li Qing drilled downward frantically at a terrifying speed!
He wanted to dig out an absolutely deep and safe "Evolution Nest"!
Finally!
He only stopped when the depth reached one thousand meters.
Here, even the Divine Thought of a King Realm expert would struggle to probe!
Immediately afterward, he controlled the dragon turtle avatar to carve out an enormous Underground Cavern, over a hundred meters in diameter, in this thousand-meter-deep location.
Even after doing all this, he was still uneasy.
The Talent 'Four Seas Return to One' was activated again!
He drew upon the Water Veins deep underground, using high-pressure water flow to repeatedly scour and compress the four walls of the cavern!
Making the rock walls harder and denser than Profound Iron!
A perfect, isolated, Underground Palace thus took shape!
"Hoo..."
After completing all this, even Li Qing felt a trace of exhaustion.
But his heart was filled with a sense of security he had never felt before!
Everything was ready!
His heart, pounding wildly with excitement, could no longer be suppressed!
That intense craving for a higher Level of Life, originating from the depths of his Soul, accumulated wildly in his chest like an impending volcanic eruption!
He looked at the cold System prompt that reappeared in his mind.
[Do you wish to start the Evolution immediately?]
Li Qing took a deep breath, and an unprecedented brilliant light burst forth from his dark eyes!
In his heart, he used all his strength to let out a roar that shook his Soul!
"System!"
"Start the damn Evolution!!!"
Boom—!!!
The moment his Thought fell!
Inside the massive Underground Palace, five hundred meters below the surface!
An indescribable golden Light of Creation, seemingly originating from the primordial Universe at the beginning of heaven and earth, erupted violently!
That light instantly enveloped the dragon turtle avatar's massive body completely!
Evolution, begin!
Boom—!!!
The golden Light of Creation exploded violently a thousand meters underground, like the singularity of the Big Bang!
At that moment, Li Qing felt his Consciousness being stripped away.
He seemed to turn into a pure bystander, watching helplessly as the dragon turtle avatar's mountain-like body was decomposed, inch by inch, by the endless golden light!
That's right!
It was Decomposition!
The indestructible Xuanming Divine Armor, which even the Li Zhua of a Fifth-tier Thunder Flood Dragon couldn't tear, silently melted away before this golden light, like spring snow meeting the scorching sun.
Next was its Flesh and Blood, cast like Profound Iron, and its Bones, thick as pillars supporting the sky!
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
A dense sound of shattering frantically echoed in Li Qing's mind!
Pain!
An indescribable, Extreme Pain originating from the deepest part of his Soul swept over him violently!
The feeling was like billions of ants gnawing at his Divine Soul!
Or like countless invisible heavy hammers relentlessly pounding every inch of his Consciousness!
"Ah—!!!"
Even with Li Qing's rock-solid Will, he couldn't help but let out a roar of extreme agony in his heart!
He felt his Consciousness being torn apart, crushed, and about to completely Return to Nothingness!
However, just as he was about to collapse and his Divine Soul was on the verge of breaking down.
A force that was even more majestic, vast, and filled with endless Vitality surged out violently from the golden Light of Creation!
That power was like timely rain after a long drought, instantly nourishing his nearly withered Divine Soul!
Immediately after.
Remolding!
Began!
Within that golden sea of light, a brand new Silhouette was rapidly condensing at a visible speed!
First were the Bones!
A brand new skeleton appeared out of thin air, with Bones that were thicker, tougher, seemingly cast from Divine Gold, and inscribed with profound Dragon Patterns!
Then came the Meridians!
New Meridians, wider and tougher, like raging rivers capable of holding endless Energy, rapidly spread!
Finally, the Flesh and Blood!
Chunks of Flesh and Blood, more solid, stronger, and containing explosive power, wildly proliferated and covered the structure!
Li Qing could clearly feel that his Clone was undergoing a terrifying, earth-shattering, and complete Transformation!
Its Size was skyrocketing at an incredible speed!
Fifteen meters!
Twenty meters!
Thirty meters!
...Fifty meters!
A full fifty meters!
Its body became more than three times larger than before!
The Underground Palace, which he personally carved out and was over a hundred meters in diameter, seemed somewhat crowded before its massive body!
Its Appearance also underwent tremendous changes!
Its already ferocious head became more elongated and resembled the legendary True Dragon even more closely!
The magnificent Dragon Horns on its head became thicker and more curved, shining with chilling light like two Peerless Fierce Weapons piercing the sky!
Its four limbs became thicker and more powerful, and its sharp Claws, like five Blades forged from Divine Gold, could leave deep claw marks on the hard rock wall with a mere swipe!
And the shell on its back became immensely heavy and thick, with profound patterns on it flowing slowly as if they had come alive, emitting a terrifying aura that suppressed all ages and was eternally indestructible!
What shocked Li Qing even more was the strength!
He could clearly feel the surging, roaring power within the Clone skyrocketing at a terrifying speed!
500,000 catties!
600,000 catties!
700,000 catties!
...1,000,000 catties!
1,500,000 catties!
2,000,000 catties!
...The growth of strength seemed endless!
Every breath, every heartbeat, caused its strength to surge by tens of thousands of catties!
"Awesome!"
Only this one word remained in Li Qing's heart!