I am getting stronger and stronger in the world of demons and monsters

Lin Xuankong carefully examined the lifelike little ice sculpture of Pear Xiaolan for a while, a hint of longing appearing in his eyes.

Although his true body was in the Supreme Primordial Realm and could return to his Ninth-Order Heavenly Demon Bone Small World at any time to meet with Li Xiaolan, in order to avoid arousing suspicion from the eldest princess of the Candle Dragon Clan and to prevent her from learning too much about his various trump cards, his true body always stayed with the eldest princess of the Candle Dragon Clan in that bronze hall and never left.

During this time, although Lin Xuankong was close to his wives, they were as far away as the ends of the earth. He had never met them, nor had he ever entered the small world of the Ninth-Order Heavenly Demon Bone.

At this moment, gazing at the ice sculpture of his beloved Li Xiaolan, which he had personally condensed using water elements, Lin Xuankong's longing for her grew even stronger. However, he was very clear that he would never reveal any of his trump cards to Princess Zhulong before he possessed sufficient power to protect himself. In other words, apart from completing this mission and bringing back the treasures that Princess Zhulong needed, he would have no other chance to meet his beloved wives!
Thinking of this,

Lin Xuankong couldn't help but reach out his right hand and carefully stroke the lifelike ice sculpture of the little girl, Li Xiaolan.

The ice sculpture of the young lady, Li Xiaolan, floating in mid-air possessed extremely terrifying cold energy. Even though she was floating in mid-air, the cold energy she emitted still covered the desk in front of Lin Xuankong with a layer of frost, and even the solid wood desk was frozen and cracked!
However, this terrifying chill did not harm Lin Xuankong's right hand at all; the astonishing chill seemed to deliberately avoid Lin Xuankong's right hand.

After gently stroking the lifelike ice sculpture of Li Xiaolan, Lin Xuankong took out an eighth-order alloy dagger from his pocket, his gaze sharpened, and he slashed at the lifelike ice sculpture of Li Xiaolan!
Although Lin Xuankong is not a Dragon-Elephant Gene Warrior and does not have the towering physique of an ordinary eighth-tier Dragon-Elephant Gene Warrior, he is already a true seventh-tier top-level life form. Therefore, the power contained in his seemingly ordinary body is no less than that of an ordinary eighth-tier top-level Dragon-Elephant Gene Warrior. In fact, because he possesses the special genetic talents of Dragon-Elephant Gene Warriors such as Han Bao, You Rui, and Zhu Ling, he is even stronger than most eighth-tier top-level Dragon-Elephant Gene Warriors!

This resulted in his full-force strike possessing nearly hundreds of tons of power. Such terrifying power, if used to strike an ordinary object, whether it was solid granite or an object made of steel, would be easily cleaved in two!
however,
The lifelike ice sculpture of Li Xiaolan in front of Lin Xuankong at this moment looks similar to an ice sculpture made of ordinary ice, but it has amazing strength!
The eighth-order alloy dagger struck the clothes of the lifelike ice sculpture of the young lady, Li Xiaolan, but it couldn't even cut a corner of the ice sculpture's clothes, leaving no cracks or scratches whatsoever!
Most astonishingly, the eighth-order alloy dagger emitted a crisp sound after cutting through the ice sculpture, and was shattered into pieces by a corner of the clothing of the lifelike ice sculpture girl, Li Xiaolan!

This is a genuine Tier 8 alloy dagger. It can even break through the shells of predator-level source beasts with strong defensive capabilities, and it can even cut cracks in the tough hides of predator-level canine source beasts! Moreover, this Tier 8 alloy dagger is the sharpest, strongest, and most resilient of the hundreds of alloy daggers that Old Hu and his engineers meticulously crafted, yet it couldn't even cut through a corner of this ice sculpture's clothing!

It is conceivable how terrifying and astonishing the strength of this seemingly ordinary little ice sculpture in front of Lin Xuankong is!

This has fundamentally changed the structure of the ice; this ice sculpture is nothing like ordinary ice!

After testing it, Lin Xuankong stroked the lifelike ice sculpture of Li Xiaolan with considerable satisfaction. Then, with a gentle wave of his hand, the ice sculpture instantly turned into invisible water vapor and disappeared without a trace!

Lin Xuankong muttered to himself in a low voice:
"It seems that after I advanced to the top level of the seventh-order life level, the Frost Technique did indeed undergo a special genetic change, which caused the ice sculptures I casually condensed to have a strength far exceeding that of an eighth-order alloy dagger. It is estimated to be comparable to the defensive shell of a top-level seventh-order life form!"

In this way, the combination of water manipulation and ice manipulation becomes even more powerful and effective in combat and immobilization!

As the owner of the Ice Technique, Lin Xuankong was naturally very clear about this change in the intensity of the ice, and knew the source of this change!
Just like carbon atoms, which have completely different properties under different crystal structures, ordinary carbon structures such as charcoal and pencil lead are incredibly weak and can be crushed by a child's fingers. However, carbon atoms that have been crystallized into diamond have the highest hardness among ordinary items in this world. Of course, this excludes the strength of super-powered items produced under the influence of source energy!

Lin Xuankong's water element ice sculpture is a result of his breakthrough to the seventh level of life, which gave him a deeper and more astonishing understanding of the structure and manipulation of water elements. This allowed him to create ice sculptures with such terrifying strength!

In the previous battles,

For example, when Lin Xuankong, Han Liu, and Han Bao returned to Shelter No. 36, they fought with Xu Rong, the former number one figure of Shelter No. 36 and the captain. Lin Xuankong used his ice magic to freeze Xu Rong, who was about to escape, directly inside a huge block of ice!

Such a huge block of ice, with its enormous size, could naturally trap a top-tier eighth-order life form like Xu Rong for a short time!
However, if the opponent is a Dragon Elephant Gene Warrior, a struggle can quickly create numerous cracks in the ordinary giant ice block. If Lin Xuan Kong does not use the Frost Technique to mend the cracks in the giant ice block in time, an eighth-level Dragon Elephant Gene Warrior can escape from such a giant ice block in at most one or two seconds!

Now it's completely different.

After Lin Xuankong advanced to the seventh-order life level, he was very fortunate to obtain the transformation effect of the Frost Technique, and was able to condense a terrifying ice sculpture with a strength comparable to the shell of a top-tier seventh-order source beast!
This means that if Lin Xuankong were to fight against a seventh-tier life level expert in the future, such as a top-tier seventh-tier life level dragon-elephant gene warrior, a canine-type source beast leader similar to the one he encountered before, or a cicada-like tyrant-level source beast that had previously ravaged the evacuation convoys of shelters number 35, 34, and 33, he could simply wave his hand and freeze that powerful opponent, that powerful tyrant source beast, into a terrifyingly strong ice sculpture!

Even if a tyrannical source beast or a dragon-elephant gene warrior at the top level of the seventh rank of life would not die from the coldness of the ice block created by a cultivator of the same level of ice source technique, being trapped in an ice sculpture of such terrifying strength and unable to move at all must be extremely frightening!

Most importantly, this type of ice cannot be melted by sunlight or air temperature, because the water element that forms this ice has completed a completely different molecular and atomic structure from ordinary ice! Therefore, if a powerful seventh-tier gene warrior or a tyrannical source beast appears before Lin Xuankong and opposes him, there will only be one outcome: they will be frozen inside a giant block of ice, trapped for months or even years. Even though powerful seventh-tier gene warriors and tyrannical source beasts can maintain their vitality in an environment without food and air, relying solely on pure source energy, so what? Being trapped and dying in an ice sculpture for years is terrifying to even contemplate, and it would absolutely instill extreme despair in any opponent trapped inside!
"Now that my water manipulation and ice manipulation have undergone such a tremendous transformation, my combat abilities have increased dozens of times!"
I wonder how that little guy Han Liu, who gave me the seventh-tier Tyrant Originium Crystal, is doing now? His special genetic ability seems to be called "Nest" in my "Old but Still Vigorous" destiny?
"Interesting little fellow! It seems his 95% gene compatibility is indeed extraordinary. After advancing to the seventh-tier life level, he actually awakened a new special gene ability, instead of undergoing a transformation of his existing gene abilities like I did!"

Lin Xuankong secretly said in his heart.

Just now I thought of this,

A series of hurried footsteps could be heard in the corridor outside.

And judging from the voices, there was more than one person coming.

Lin Xuankong stood up and looked towards the door, his brows furrowing slightly. Thanks to the powerful special genetic ability of the Eye of Truth, he was able to see the people outside through the heavy office door.

Among the people hurrying in from outside were Vice Captain You Rui, the number two figure in Shelter 36; Vice Captain Han Bao, the number three figure; Vice Captain Ma Long, the number four figure; as well as group leader Zhu Ling and some unfamiliar faces. Among them, Han Liu, who had just come out of seclusion, was also squeezed in.

Among them, apart from Han Liu, whose expression was relatively natural and relaxed, everyone else, whether it was Vice Captain You Rui (number two), Vice Captain Han Bao (number three), Vice Captain Ma Long (number four), or group leader Zhu Ling and the unfamiliar new gene warrior group leaders, all had tense expressions and looked quite uneasy.

"Captain You Rui, Lin has only been in seclusion for a little over ten days, and there's been no movement from inside yet. Are you sure you want to disturb him?"

A newly awakened gene warrior, standing guard and protecting the entrance, looked at the important figures from Vault 36 who had arrived. This newly awakened gene warrior clearly felt immense pressure, but remembering that the person in the office behind him was Lin Xuankong, the true master of Vault 36, he gritted his teeth, stood in the doorway, and addressed the group, despite the overwhelming pressure.

Malone glared at the rather responsible new genetic warrior, frowning as if he wanted to reprimand him.

At this moment, Vice Captain You Rui, who was standing to the side, shook her head at Han Bao and whispered, "Director Lin has already reached the door, so he must have finished his training! As for this gene warrior, he did nothing wrong by blocking us; on the contrary, he deserves praise!"

"Alright, come in. What happened that you're all so nervous!"

Is there anything worse than the appearance of a large number of seventh-tier tyrannical source beasts in the ruins of Stone City now?
"Our current defensive posture at Vault 36, thanks to the large number of heavy machine guns Old Hu just manufactured, should be enough to withstand the attack of one or two Tier 7 Tyrant Source Beasts. Even if we can't kill the attacking Tier 7 Tyrant Source Beasts, we can at least hold them off!"

Lin Xuankong's voice came from inside the office, and then the office door creaked open from the inside.

At this moment, Lin Xuankong had already advanced to the top level of the seventh-order life layer, far surpassing the level of the many gene warriors present. Apart from Han Liu, who was at the same life level as Lin Xuankong, the others could not perceive what level Lin Xuankong's life layer was at, as Lin Xuankong deliberately suppressed the source energy fluctuations!

Of course, there is one exception among them.
That is Vice Captain You Rui, who possesses the special genetic ability of the Eye of Truth.

When the gene warriors standing in the corridor outside the office saw the door open and Lin Xuankong standing in the doorway, they all straightened up and gave Lin Xuankong a standard military salute!

There were more than forty gene warriors in the corridor. Apart from Captain You Rui, Vice Captain Han Bao (number three), Vice Captain Ma Long (number four), and group leader Zhu Ling, the other gene warriors were all newly awakened gene warriors who had recently been injected with the YZMM gene potion that Mr. Li Pingfei had recently refined!

Although most of these new gene warriors had never met Lin Xuankong, every single one of them had heard of his amazing achievements!
For example, when he was at the ninth level of life, he and Han Liu killed a predator python at the eighth level of life. For example, Xu Rong, who was once the number one person in Shelter No. 36 and was also at the top level of the eighth level of life, was completely vulnerable in front of Lin Xuankong. For example, when Shelter No. 35 was in danger, Lin Xuankong single-handedly dealt with hundreds of powerful canine source beasts and a full twenty-eight terrifying canine source beast leaders at the top level of predators!
These legendary achievements, enough to amaze everyone, made these gene warriors, whom they had never met before, deeply admire Lin Xuankong, the leader of the refuge! (End of this chapter)