This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 502 Speak Up!

The surging golden waves are like countless angry golden dragons dancing wildly.

The huge vertical pupil hung in the sky, staring at the insignificant illusory figure below. Chronoa was boiling with anger, "Talos!"

The dull mental fluctuations exploded and rumbled throughout the entire dimensional world.

Li Ming looked up at the huge vertical pupil in front of him, and had the illusion of facing the sun directly.

His heart moved slightly, and the control page appeared in front of him. He had tried it last time, and this thing seemed to be transferred along with his main consciousness.

Then, switch the [World Blood Extraction Device] to the control bar.

The golden liquid gathered in front of his eyes, and the shrunken vertical pupil stared at Li Ming, "What on earth do you want to do?"

The voice sounded angry but had to be suppressed, which was a very uncomfortable feeling.

It was as if an invisible and intangible tumor had grown inside his body. He was in extreme pain and discomfort, but he could do nothing about it.

"You seem to have reached a cooperation with the Empire?" This was Li Ming's first response. The slight mental fluctuations seemed insignificant in front of Klonoa.

Klonoa was startled. Kostarte's words were still ringing in his ears. He couldn't help but sneer: "You actually came here because of this matter."

He seemed to have known it for a long time. Li Ming's heart moved slightly. Did Adam remind him?

Although he had roughly guessed it in his mind, he did not ask further about it, so as not to make Adam think that his vest was exposed. He pretended not to hear it and remained silent.

At the same time, activating the [Extraction] ability, Li Ming immediately felt a difference.

His body seemed to be used as some kind of medium, as if an invisible and intangible substance was slowly coming from the space on all sides, like a trickle, passing through his body.

He could also vaguely feel a kind of resistance from the dimensional world. The energy particles around him were boiling and rushing towards him continuously. This was the instinctive reaction of the dimensional world.

"This is the blood of the world..." Li Ming pondered in his heart.

He could feel that the extraction speed was indeed very slow, but extremely solid. It was just a matter of waiting a little longer.

In this dimensional world, Chlonoa can't hurt him, and he can only enjoy the world itself and wait.

Seeing that Talos didn't speak, Chronoa felt aggrieved and said in a deep voice: "So, I am cooperating with the Empire. What means are you going to use to stop me?"

He regarded the other party's silence as contempt, and Chlonoa couldn't help but recall the almost forgotten memory.

At that time, Taros was still the master of this dimensional world, and he was just an ordinary life form under the other party's command.

But now, everything has been reversed, Talos is extremely weak, and he is the master!

Thinking of this, Chronoa's voice became louder and louder: "Although I can't do anything to you in this dimensional world, one day..."

He had only said half of his words when the vertical pupil in the center of his cheek suddenly shot out a bright beam of light, which directly pierced through Li Ming's shadow. However, it had no effect.

“W…what are you doing!?”

His voice contained incredible anger and a hint of fear.

"How could this be?"

Chronoa's perception became clearer and clearer. This almost insubstantial shadow in front of him was actually drawing the most original power from this dimensional world.

The substance that the outside world calls the blood of the world is the support for the existence of the dimensional world.

But he couldn't understand how Talos did it, since he had obviously lost control of the dimensional world long ago.

Being able to freely descend into this dimensional world without being hurt by him was enough to shock him, let alone now.

Li Ming remained silent, feeling the energy flowing through his body.

To be honest, it's quite comfortable and cool.

"What on earth are you thinking!" Chronoa suppressed the fear rising in his heart and rushed to Talos, wishing he could tear him apart alive.

"Terminate cooperation with the Empire." Li Ming responded, concisely and to the point.

A cold and chilling power emanated from those golden vertical pupils.

Chronoa did not respond at first. After a brief silence, he sneered: "I don't believe it!"

What don't you believe? Li Ming was puzzled.

"The blood of the world is the foundation of the existence of the dimensional world. This is equivalent to destroying this world." Chronoa said solemnly, "This is almost irreparable damage. You still want to take back this dimensional world. I don't believe you will destroy it."

The more he spoke, the more confident he became.

Talos descended three times, but only used this power this time. This says it all.

This guy was just trying to intimidate him. Chlonoa clearly understood that if he agreed this time, there would definitely be a next time, and he must not be controlled by others.

Li Ming said nothing, just kept absorbing the blood of the world.

"Did I get it right? Why don't you respond?" Chlonoa pretended to sneer, intending to provoke the other party.

But the other party's silence made him feel uneasy and anxious, which prompted him to keep mocking: "I still remember the lofty ambitions you made when you left."

"You said that this dimensional world has shackled your evolution. You want to pursue a higher level of life, so you resolutely abandoned everything."

"Even if I take over your position, I still respect you immensely and believe that you will accomplish your goals one day."

"But I didn't expect that after so many years, you would actually plan to return to this dimensional world. It's ridiculous."

This guy is too noisy. Li Ming was speechless and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't know how long it would take to extract a portion of World Blood.

If only it were quicker.

"The old problem comes back again. Human beings are always greedy." He shook his head secretly.

Generally speaking, extracting the world's blood is extremely difficult.

This is the essence of the existence of the dimensional world. Extraction is equivalent to destruction, so the life forms in this dimension will inevitably resist with all their might.

You must first defeat the dimensional life forms before you can safely extract the blood of the world.

He has a unique advantage, his ability to control the specific equipment needed to extract the World Blood, the Heart of Talos, and Chronoa cannot hurt him.

The two merged into one, and this world became his exclusive mine.

Even so, he still felt a little dissatisfied with the slow speed.

"Talos, you disappoint me so much. Where is the guy that I once admired so much..." Chlonoa was still provoking him.

"Talos, you're a piece of shit..."

"……say something!"

Next, Klonoa kept slandering Talos and brought up some old events, saying that he was unclear about rewards and punishments, which was obviously an old grudge.

Li Ming didn't feel anything, he was not Talos.

Time passed by minute by minute, day by day.

Chronoa was very excited at the beginning, but gradually became quieter, and his speaking frequency also decreased. Hesitation, unwillingness, gnashing of teeth, all kinds of emotions emerged. "…If that's the case, then both sides will suffer!"

Until the end, he remained tough and firmly believed that Talos was exerting extreme pressure.

Chlonoa could feel the origin of the world constantly flowing, although it was very subtle and slow, but very firm.

He didn't understand what kind of method this was, but even if he tried everything, he couldn't stop it and could only watch.

Until a certain moment.

Crack—a black lightning streaked across the sky, the entire surrounding world was shaking wildly, and the ocean of energy was stirring up huge waves.

The ordinary dimensional life forms wandering around were trembling, feeling a deep-seated fear, as if the end of the world had come.

"You..." Chlonoa felt a sense of panic in his heart. The power of the dimensional world was weakened.

A part of the world's origin has been completely extracted!

He understood that Taros was not just putting extreme pressure on him, he was really daring enough to kill him.

"Stop!" Chronoa roared unwillingly when he realized that the absorption was still going on. "I promise you, I will end the cooperation with the Empire."

He was extremely angry in his heart. He was threatened by the Empire with Taros on one side, and by Taros himself on this side. He was being bullied from both sides.

Li Ming paused for a moment and shook his head. This guy really won't cry until he sees the coffin.

"That's good." Li Ming responded and stopped absorbing the blood of the world. He was not prepared to drain the pond all at once.

Currently, metal energy is still accumulating. Even if more world blood is obtained, we can only watch.

And this guy Chronoa can play a huge role in the deep dimensional world, maybe he will come in handy someday.

Of course, when the world's blood is really lacking, he will absorb it without hesitation.

Realizing that Talos was about to leave, Chronoa suddenly called out, "Wait!"

"What do you mean? Do you want to keep threatening me in this way?" He asked in a deep voice, and at the same time said firmly: "I tell you, this is absolutely impossible!"

"If it happens again, you will destroy this dimension."

"Okay, I understand." Li Ming's reaction was indifferent. Chronoa just felt like he had punched cotton. He felt so frustrated.

The life forms in the main universe are indeed insidious and shameless, and Talos has become like this now.

He hesitated to speak, and wanted to say more harsh words, but he felt that he was weak inside and could only watch the other person disappear.

"Damn it, damn it!" Chronoa roared angrily, and suddenly raised his head, "Empire!"

“…What happened?”

Outside the dimensional world, Costat still stayed in the spaceship and did not leave.

He stared at the world barrier that was suddenly rippled. A tiny black crack appeared without warning and stretched to the end of his vision.

More than ten days have passed since Klonoa suddenly disappeared.

He didn't know what was going on and wanted to enter the dimensional world to take a look, but he was a forbidden life after all. The strength of this dimensional world was extraordinary, and it would be difficult for him to break in in a short time.

Until just now, something seemed to have happened in this dimensional world.

Costat scratched his head for a while, and just when he was about to try his best, a golden light suddenly shot out and condensed into the projection of Klonoa.

"Your Excellency?" Costat was surprised.

Chronoa now exudes a gloomy aura, which makes people shudder.

"What happened? Is there anything we can do to help?" he asked cautiously.
"From today on, our cooperation is cancelled and I will take back the breath protection." Klonoa said coldly.

"Canceled?" Costat was stunned. He didn't react at first, and then he was shocked and found it unbelievable.

More than ten days ago, Chlonoa vowed that he would not end the cooperation. How long has it been since then?

But soon, he realized something and frowned, "Talos has arrived?"

Klonoa remained silent, and Costat's mind raced.

If they were in the deep dimensional world, without Chronoa's protection, their efficiency would be reduced by more than ten times, and the risk would increase a lot.

"You promised us." Costat said politely, "Besides, the cooperation was just reached not long ago..."

"I regret it now!" Chronoa's voice was like thunder. "If you are not satisfied, you can go to Talos to cooperate and join forces to deal with me."

He also understood that there was no way Talos would cooperate with the Empire.

There may be a deep hatred between the two, otherwise Talos would not have come specifically to force him to terminate his cooperation with the empire.

But I didn't know it before. I was fooled by the empire.

Therefore, he vented part of his anger on the Empire, "You idiots, you have already found Talos, but you are unwilling to pay the price to capture him. If you catch Talos, everyone will be happy."

"Now, are you satisfied?"

After being scolded, Costat was puzzled, "Can you tell me what happened?"

"You can go now." Chronoa scolded, "I shouldn't have trusted you in the first place."

All the Costat people were paralyzed. Li Ming... No, although he was Talos, he was weak. It must be the Azure Dragon behind him who was causing trouble.

What on earth was used to make Chlonoa turn against us so unwillingly and angrily?

Is it suppressed by strength?
It doesn't look like that, because that's Klonoa's home ground.

Costat's face changed, his expression became restrained, and he frowned and said, "In that case, Master Klonoa, I have one last question."

Chronoa wanted to scold, but stopped and said coldly: "Ask."

Costat said, "Did you tell Talos about my coming?"

"Tell me Talos's identity." Klonoa also said, and added: "Tell me first, otherwise you can leave."

Costat frowned, thought for a moment, and then responded somewhat unwillingly: "Li Ming."

Neither Adam nor he had expected that Chronoa would turn against them so quickly.

He didn't know where Adam got the information from, but such a secret matter must be known by only a limited number of people.

If Li Ming knew that he came here specifically to remind Chlonoa, it might cause some of Adam's plans or identity to fail. He must figure this out and make preparations early.

"Li Ming..." Klonoa repeated, and then said indifferently: "I could have done the same as you, making an excuse that I needed to check and then asking you to get out."

"But, I'm different from you. I keep my promises!" He was still angry and said in a deep voice, "He doesn't know what you're reminding me of."

Costat couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but when he wanted to speak again, Klonoa had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)