171: Chapter 171 Successfully Advanced!

"Why is the sky splitting open?! Is some peerless ferocious beast about to descend?"

"No! That direction is... the accommodation area?"

Countless Professionals rushed out of their tents, staring at the sky in terror.

Meanwhile, inside a luxurious large tent not far from Camp No. 8.

A team wearing golden armor was sitting together drinking. They were the A-rank veteran powerhouse team from the "Imperial Capital"—the Golden Lion Squad, with an average level as high as Lv.38, the strongest force in this camp besides the regular army.

"Hmm?"

Captain Fierce Fury suddenly put down his wine glass, strode out of the tent, and locked his gaze on the source of the anomaly.

"What terrifying energy fluctuations!"

Fierce Fury's eyes flashed with a trace of greed:

"Ice, Thunder, Space... the perfect fusion of three top-tier elements? This isn't a ferocious beast, this is someone refining a heavy treasure! Or is it... a God-level equipment being born?!"

"Captain, that place seems to be where that group of newcomers lives."

A team member leaned in, his eyes full of malice:

"It's that team called Nirvana."

"Nirvana?"

Fierce Fury sneered and licked his lips:

"A bunch of freshmen, and they deserve to possess such a treasure?"

"Go! Let's go see!"

"If a rare treasure is truly being born... this bunch of brats can't handle it, so they'll have to let us Golden Lion Squad keep it for them!"

Inside the iron house, the card crafting had reached the most critical moment.

Chen Xi's face was as pale as paper, and sweat had long since soaked his clothes.

The difficulty of crafting an SS-rank class core card was far beyond his imagination! The repulsive reaction of these three types of power was simply challenging the limits of physical laws!

"Give me... condense!!!"

Chen Xi let out a low roar, almost draining the last trace of spiritual power in his body.

Finally.

Under the mediation of the power of the void, the chaotic energy storm suddenly collapsed inward!

Hum—!

A clear, resonant sound rang out, as if coming from above the nine heavens.

All the light instantly converged.

A card that was deep starry black all over, with purple-gold patterns flowing on its surface, quietly floated in Chen Xi's palm.

On the front of the card was engraved the silhouette of a Valkyrie clad in thunder armor, holding a void spear, with her eyes covered in frost.

On the back were complex divine patterns representing the supreme rules.

[Ding! Miracle Creation successful!]

[Obtained SS-rank class core card—Heart of Void Thunder Punishment!]

"It's done..."

Chen Xi's hand went limp, and he almost collapsed to the ground, but his eyes were full of ecstasy.

He handed the card with trembling hands to Su Xiaoxiao, who had been waiting on the side.

"Xiao Xiao... the path ahead depends on you."

"Go, become a god, or... fall."

Su Xiaoxiao took the scorching hot card.

The moment it touched her hand, an extremely domineering will of destruction rushed straight into her brain through her fingertips, as if an ancient Thunder God was roaring in the depths of her soul.

"Huu..."

Su Xiaoxiao did not hesitate at all and directly unbuttoned her top, revealing her flat, fair abdomen.

That was where her energy dantian was located.

"Fuse!"

She slammed the card onto her dantian.

"Boom!!"

The card instantly turned into liquid thunder plasma and drilled into her body.

The next second.

"Ahhhhh—!!!"

A heart-wrenching scream erupted from Su Xiaoxiao's mouth.

Pain!

It was too painful!

This was not ordinary pain at all; it felt like ten thousand knives were crazily cutting inside her blood vessels, and ten thousand thunderbolts were crazily exploding in her bone marrow!

Her skin instantly turned bright red, then turned deathly pale, and countless tiny blood beads seeped out of her pores, only to be instantly evaporated into blood mist by the arcs of electricity overflowing from her body surface.

"Crack! Crack!"

The sound of bones shattering and reorganizing was clearly audible in the room.

"Xiao Xiao!!"

Li Murou and Ye Fei covered their mouths in fear, tears streaming down their faces.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao was floating in mid-air, and black cracks began to appear in the space around her body. That was the power of the void spirit stone losing control, trying to tear her body apart!

"No... the energy is too strong! Her body can't bear it!"

Wang Shan shouted in horror from the side:

"Captain Chen! Stop it! If this continues, she will explode into pieces! The SS-rank energy is simply not something she can control right now!"

"It can't be stopped!"

Chen Xi stared fixedly at the struggling figure in the air, his fists clenched tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh.

Once the class core card starts fusing, it's either success or death; there is no turning back!

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao's consciousness was starting to blur.

Too strong...

This power was like a vast ocean, and she was just a small boat, liable to be capsized at any moment.

"Am I... going to die?"

"No... I can't die... I still have to protect everyone..."

Just as Su Xiaoxiao's consciousness was about to fall into darkness.

A warm and powerful hand suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"【Myriad Rivers Return to the Sea】—Reverse!!!"

Chen Xi did not retreat; instead, he actively activated his talent skill, and... reversed the flow of energy!

In the past, 【Myriad Rivers Return to the Sea】 allowed Chen Xi to share his teammates' attributes.

But now, he was using his own body to forcibly share the rampaging destructive energy inside Su Xiaoxiao!

"Ugh!!"

The moment the link was established, Chen Xi spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face instantly turned as pale as gold paper.

That soul-tearing pain was instantly transmitted to him!

"Captain!!"

Li Murou cried out and rushed over.

"Don't come over!!"

Chen Xi gritted his teeth, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were terrifyingly bright:

"I am the Captain... as long as I don't die, no one can take my teammates away!!"

"Xiao Xiao! Can you hear me?!"

Chen Xi's voice exploded directly in Su Xiaoxiao's mind through the mental link:

"Don't give up! I'm by your side!"

"What is a little pain like this?! You are the one who is going to become a Valkyrie! Give me... suppress it!!!"

This roar awakened Su Xiaoxiao's will, which was on the verge of collapse.

She felt it.

There was a gentle yet tenacious force helping her share that unbearable pain.

That was the Captain's power! That was Chen Xi's blood!

"Captain Chen..."

Su Xiaoxiao opened her eyes abruptly, her originally unfocused pupils instantly refocusing, turning into two deep purple-gold vortices.

"Ahhhhh—!!!"

She let out a defiant long howl, and the potential in her body was completely stimulated.

Since the Captain had staked his life on her, how could she... lose?!

"Give me... fuse!!!"

Rumble—!

Following this roar, the originally violent energy storm paused abruptly, and then, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, it crazily flooded into the depths of Su Xiaoxiao's dantian.

Her body, which was on the verge of shattering, began to reorganize and strengthen at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Her skin became crystal clear like jade, yet faintly exuded the majesty of thunder.

A head of deep blue long hair turned completely into dazzling purple-silver at this moment, fluttering in the void without wind.

A sacred, domineering, and inviolable aura erupted from her body!

[Ding! Su Xiaoxiao successfully fused with the SS-rank class core card!]

[Class Advancement: Void Thunder Punishment Valkyrie (SS-rank)!]