339: Chapter 339 Replacement of the Entire Body's Divine Bones!

"No!"

Before Xia Li could even speak,

a low, unquestionable voice abruptly interrupted Nuwa's inquiry from the side.

Lu Yuan took a step forward.

He grabbed Xia Li's slender wrist, his deep eyes filled with rare tension and heartache.

"A narrow escape with nine deaths? Soul torn ten times, a hundred times?!"

"I don't agree!"

Lu Yuan stared intently into Xia Li's eyes; although his voice was overbearing, it radiated a profound gentleness.

"You don't need to take this kind of risk."

"Even if the sky falls, I will hold it up!"

"As long as I live for a day, I will protect you safely for a day, and no one can even think about touching a single hair on your head!"

Hearing Lu Yuan's fiercely protective words,

Xia Li was slightly stunned.

She looked at the large hand with which Lu Yuan was tightly grasping her wrist.

A flash of deep emotion crossed her stunning face.

But very quickly,

Xia Li slowly shook her head.

The corners of her mouth curled into a smile that carried a hint of bitterness yet was incomparably stubborn.

"Lu Yuan, I know you are very strong, and I know you will protect me with your life."

"However..."

Xia Li grasped Lu Yuan's hand in return, her eye sockets slightly red.

"I don't want to forever remain a vassal hiding behind you and needing your protection."

In Xia Li's mind, like a revolving lantern,

countless images from the past few months flashed past.

When she first faced Indra's avatar directly,

she exhausted all her trump cards and barely managed a draw on the verge of death, looking utterly wretched.

The second time, if not for the fire cover of Lu Yuan's mecha, she wouldn't have been able to roam freely across the battlefield at all.

And just now, during the third time...

her battle with Baldur, God of Light,

she had also relied on schemes and catching him off guard to thrillingly achieve a counter-kill!

"I've had enough of that sense of helplessness."

Xia Li took a deep breath and abruptly raised her head.

In those icy eyes erupted an unprecedented, burning brilliance that was even more crazed than Lu Yuan's!

"I... want to become stronger!"

"I want to possess the power to truly fight side by side with you, the power to block the all-encompassing gods and Buddhas for you!"

"Lu Yuan, let me try once!"

Hearing these resolute words,

and looking at the heaven-shocking sharpness in Xia Li's eyes that would never back down,

Nuwa before them wore an appreciative smile on her weak face.

Lu Yuan also fell silent.

He silently looked at Xia Li for a long time.

Finally,

he slowly loosened his grip.

The corners of his mouth curled into a proud and relieved smile.

"Alright."

Lu Yuan took half a step back, his voice low and firm: "Go on, I believe in you."

"No matter what happens, I... will always be by your side!"

Xia Li burst into a smile.

Like ice and snow melting for the first time, she was breathtakingly beautiful.

She turned around, opened her arms, and looked at Nuwa in front of her.

"Goddess, come on!"

Nuwa's expression was solemn, and she wasted no more words.

She raised her nearly transparent jade hand and pointed fiercely!

"Hum——!"

In an instant!

Baldur's golden heart blood, like boiling magma, instantly enveloped four pieces of divine bones radiating terrifying might!

Thor the God of Thunder's shattering thunder bone!

God of War Tyr's supreme battle bone!

Indra's thousand-eye law bone!

And the creation divine bone personally extracted by Nuwa!

Four completely different yet violently extreme divine laws were forcibly blended together in mid-air, transforming into an extremely dazzling pillar of light!

"Boom———!"

The pillar of light, like an angry dragon emerging from the sea, instantly pierced through Xia Li's body!

"Mph——!"

The moment the foreign divine bones entered her body,

Xia Li's whole body suddenly stiffened, her eyes bloodshot, and she clenched her teeth tightly!

Pain!

An ultimate, excruciating pain that transcended the limits of the flesh and struck straight to the depths of her soul!

Four violent divine powers acted like a meat grinder inside her body,

grinding her mortal bones to pieces inch by inch, only to forcibly reshape them with divinity!

"Human lass! I have come to assist you!"

Above the sky, Taishang Laojun began to burn his own divine soul, pouring power into Xia Li's body

to protect her divine soul from being torn apart.

"Ahhhhh—!!!"

Even as strong as Xia Li was, she couldn't help letting out a miserable, shrill scream at this moment.

A layer of fine blood beads seeped from the surface of her skin, and her whole person felt as if she had been thrown into the sea of fire in purgatory!

"Xia Li!"

Lu Yuan clenched his fists tightly, his fingernails digging deep into his flesh, even dripping blood.

The reshaping process felt like years for every second that passed.

It lasted for a full ten minutes!

When the last trace of divine brilliance completely merged into Xia Li's body,

"Hum——"

the all-encompassing divine light abruptly dissipated!

Xia Li's body, which had been tense to the extreme, felt as if all its strength had been drained dry.

With a closure of her eyes,

she fell straight backward!

"Swish!"

Lu Yuan turned into an afterimage and rushed forward,

catching the about-to-fall Xia Li in his arms.

"Xia Li! Xia Li?!"

Lu Yuan shouted anxiously, probing her breathing.

In mid-air,

Nuwa's figure had grown so weak that it could dissipate at any moment, but her eyes were filled with gratification.

"Don't be nervous, little fellow..."

"She made it through."

"The bones of the four gods have completely fused with her soul."

"This lass is just exhausted; let her have a good sleep and rest for a while, and she'll be fine."

Hearing Nuwa's words,

Lu Yuan's heart, which had been hanging in his throat, finally plummeted heavily back to earth.

He let out a long breath of foul air.

Looking at Xia Li in his arms—pale-faced yet still breathtakingly beautiful, with steady breathing—

Lu Yuan reached out and gently brushed aside the messy hair drenched in sweat on her forehead,

a doting smile curling the corners of his mouth.

"You scared the hell out of me."

"You really are a Sleeping Beauty!"

At the same time!

Above the dark golden blood pool,

that cold, mechanical system broadcast voice carrying an undisguised sense of "shock"

exploded like rolling heavenly thunder!

[Ding! Congratulations to player—Xia Li!]

[Passed the trial!]

[Calculating the number of reshaped bones...]

[Calculation complete!]

[Total number of [Four Gods' Bones] fused: 206 pieces!]

[Achievement unlocked: 100% full-body divine bone replacement!]

[Ding! Rare perfect special fusion detected!]

[Special divinity acquired!]

[Lightning attribute affinity x1, unyielding fighting spirit x1, endless vitality x1!]

[Hidden law triggered: Enhanced Critical Strike!]

[Final damage multiplier: 5 x number of divine bones (206)!]

[Congratulations to player Xia Li!]

[Final damage judgment: Permanent x 1030 times!]

[Absolute defense judgment: Permanent x 1030 times!!!]

"Boom————!!!"

As soon as the information on the canopy of heaven appeared,

the entire dark golden blood pool and the three hundred thousand Red Wolf Army collectively fell into silence!

The next second,

it exploded!

Everyone completely exploded!!!

"Holy shit holy shit holy shit!!! One thousand and thirty times?!"

"I risked my damn old life to fuse just ten pieces and got twenty times! Sister Li starts directly at a thousand times?!"

"Her entire body's bones were completely replaced?! Is she even human?!"

"Monster! Sister Li is now the true ultimate monster!!!"

Not just the players—

above the firmament and beyond the void,

Taishang Laojun and Pangu looked at the exaggerated four-digit multiplier region on the system panel.

The two ancient Chinese gods were trembling violently all over with excitement!

"A thousand-fold independent multiplier region..."

"Coupled with her already terrifying base stats..."

Taishang Laojun gasped a breath of cold air, "This kind of physical body, this kind of slaughter power..."

Pangu was even more excited, smashing the nearby clouds to pieces with a single punch and roaring wildly up to the sky: "God of Slaughter!"

"This is a true extreme God of Slaughter!"

"With a mortal body, she completely transcends above the gods!"

"Exhilarating! Too damn exhilarating!!!"

"Once the third trial is passed..."

"I really look forward to seeing just how far she can grow!"