This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 546: The Holy Castle Opens
The metal energy in his body had been almost completely consumed while repairing the Infinite Hammer.

If we want to create the remaining [Life Power Core], we can only let the Mechanical Royal Court accumulate some metal energy first.

Put the [Life Power Core] in your hand away temporarily.

Li Ming left the laboratory and walked through the metal corridor, mumbling to himself, "Plans cannot keep up with changes. Originally, we were going to wait until 50% before using the source material, but now it's ahead of schedule."

But in essence, it is all for the purpose of passing the peak transcendence level trial, so it is good to be able to do it some time earlier.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation in his heart.

While he was thinking, he had already arrived at the exclusive development room, and the pattern of his pupils and irises was captured by the scanner on the top of the door frame.

The door splits from the center into four diamond-shaped panels, which retract into the wall along hidden sliding rails, with the hissing sound of compressed gas being released.

The cold white light unique to the development room seeps through the gap in the door, forming a clear boundary with the warm yellow light area in the corridor.

The moment you step in, the air filtration system is upgraded to level three, and the trace dust brought in from the outside is rolled towards the suction port at the wall base.

The transparent doors of the development reagent cabinet on the west side slid open simultaneously, and blue liquid cold air poured out, with neatly arranged development reagents waiting to be selected.

Li Ming picked up one and went straight to the central area, where there was only a round metal platform, and sat cross-legged on it.

He is probably the only one in the entire universe who would develop gene seeds in this way.

Li Ming stretched out his hand, and a glass bottle filled with golden mist fell into his hand, flashing with colorful starlight.
Overlord-level mechanical source material.

Li Ming estimated that stimulating development progress should not be the main function of this thing.

After all, it is a mechanical source material, so its effect on mechanical bodies should be more obvious.

However, this tiny amount is too small to produce any obvious transformation, so it is better to use it to stimulate his development progress.

Switching the development system, he took out the [Magnetic Crystal Heavy Domain] and gritted his teeth, directly raising the gravity multiplier of the gravity field to the maximum.

Ten thousand times the gravity was pressing down on him. He was now mainly developing his system, without any defensive power bonus. He suddenly felt as if he was carrying a huge mountain, and his pupils were gradually filled with bloodshot.

Even in the normal development stage, he can only pull it up to about 8,000 times at most. 10,000 times has already exceeded the limit of what he can bear now.

There is a certain risk in doing so. The development process stimulated by the source is extremely crazy. Under a simple development system, he may not be able to withstand it.

But he must make full use of this rare opportunity. The [Life Power Core] is ready and can be replaced at any time.

Li Ming's palms were shaking violently, his knuckles turned white from excessive force, and with a crisp snap, the glass bottle in his hand shattered.

The mechanical source material flowed out from his fingertips, then rose in a spiral shape, splitting into twelve thin streams that accumulated in various parts of his body, with one stream lingering around the tip of his nose.

Inexplicably, Li Ming suddenly had an idea and his nose twitched, and he actually inhaled the source essence.
In an instant, his pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip, and his irises were quickly covered by golden energy, with brilliant light bursting out from deep within his eyes.

As if it was a signal, the source essence from other parts of the body also rushed forward and penetrated into his skin through the surface.

A familiar sense of stimulation burst out from deep within the body. The tiny scales on the surface of the skin were faintly visible, flashing a cold light, and even gushing out black energy particles, condensing into flames.

It was like he had swallowed a volcano, which began to erupt in his body.

Under the stimulation of the source, the cells were like activated warriors, dividing, merging, and dividing frantically. They constantly absorbed the energy pouring into the body and became extremely active.

The flesh and blood are reorganizing and evolving frantically, and the muscle fibers are getting thicker and denser.
The blood vessels expanded, and what flowed inside was no longer ordinary blood, but energy slurry shining with golden light, emitting a dull roar as it surged.

High-frequency vibrations were heard in the chest cavity, and the outline of the ribs was clearly visible beneath the skin, as if some force was reshaping the bone structure.

The slow evolution that should have taken months or even years was now condensed into a few seconds.

Each of his bones was thickening and lengthening, bone density increased significantly, and golden substance was flowing in the bone marrow, nourishing the bones.

Suddenly, his spine suddenly arched, and there were intensive bone cracking sounds at his joints. Glowing energy veins emerged on the surface of his skin, and every blood vessel expanded to three times its original diameter.

The intense pain irritated Li Ming's nerves. Although the source material was scarce this time, with the effect of nearly nine hundred times of development and blessing, the stimulation was not weakened at all compared to the last time, and it was even strengthened.

Without any defense, he could only take it head-on, and fine cracks soon appeared on the surface of his skin.

The ceiling of the room opened, and fine nozzles sprayed out green glowing liquid, like colloid.

This is high-purity life-restoring gel, which is sold by the milliliter in normal medical facilities.

But now, most of them were burned to ashes by the flames on the surface of his body before they even got close.

Only a small part of it fell on his body, penetrating into the fine cracks on the surface of his skin to assist in repair.

When the transformation reached its peak, Li Ming's body briefly floated off the ground, and black light mist spewed out of his mouth, nose and eyes at the same time, condensing into a ring-shaped energy field in the air.

Under such intense pain, his development progress climbed up little by little. Li Ming gritted his teeth and persisted, his body almost on the verge of collapse.

This kind of drastic transformation is not good for the body, but Li Ming has had this experience once, and he also has the [Life Power Core] that can switch to support it at any time, so he is not too nervous.

As time passed quietly, the black energy field surrounding him became more and more boiling, impacting the surrounding space and emitting a low and heart-pounding hum.

Until one moment, the black energy field suddenly shrank and turned into a tight sphere, wrapping him tightly inside.

The surrounding space produced strong fluctuations due to this sudden contraction.

After a few seconds of silence, the black sphere suddenly cracked and formed solid energy substances, which then shattered onto the ground with a crackling sound.

Li Ming, with a smooth body, stepped on the ground barefoot, his muscles were strong and well-proportioned. He released the [Magnetic Crystal Heavy Domain] and sighed a little, "Ten thousand times gravity is almost useless, it's time to upgrade."

The suspended robotic arm has brought him a new set of clothes.

"51%..." Li Ming felt the changes in his body. At this stage of life, he could roughly estimate his own development progress without any external testing equipment.

"The energy level standard is estimated to be around 110S, finally crossing the 1X threshold."

He stretched his body, making crackling sounds of bones popping.

The overall strength has been slightly enhanced again, with the regular energy level reaching nearly 700X, and with the hammer it is approaching 1400X.

Colossus, close to 3500X.

"Tsk tsk, originally I might not be able to kill someone like Tandin, but now I guess it won't be a big problem."

After a careful calculation, Li Ming couldn't help but be shocked. As long as he could hit the target, no one could withstand it.

Perverted, really perverted.

After a little tidying up, he couldn't wait to contact the Holy Castle, ready to beat up those old guys.

"You've become stronger again." The Supervisor emerged, his mechanical pupils locked onto the other party, and the direct enhancement of his physical data was obvious.

"Are you surprised?" Li Ming wondered, "Aren't you used to it yet?"

The inspector was speechless. He was used to it, but that didn't mean he wasn't surprised.

He asked expressionlessly: "You didn't keep grinding last time because you knew you would improve?" Last time, this guy almost passed the peak transcendence level trial.

Based on past experience, he thought the opponent would take more than ten or twenty rounds.

As a result, the other party turned around and left. Now it seems that he probably knew that he would become stronger again in a short period of time and was not going to get through in that self-abuse way.

"There was no other way before. I was just a little short of it, and I didn't want to wait too long, so I just kept grinding." Li Ming shook his head, "Otherwise, who would be interested in being tortured all the time?"

The Supervisor was speechless as he watched the other party eagerly enter the trial field.

This time, he knew that the other party would definitely pass the peak transcendence level and get the opportunity to open the Holy Castle.

"By the way..." Just before entering the trial field, Li Ming suddenly stopped, turned around and asked, "After passing the peak transcendence trial, will all the methods used in the battle be recorded?"

"Yes." The Supervisor nodded and saw this guy step into the trial arena thoughtfully.

Gray fog surged all around, and purple light intertwined in his hands, outlining an infinite heavy hammer. Li Ming was already familiar with it, and there was no ripple in his heart.

As the fog surged, two members of the Yuan Clan emerged, leaning forward slightly, and attacked violently at the first opportunity.

The energy was boiling, Li Ming's hair stood back, his arm muscles bulged slightly, he raised the infinite hammer in his hand, and purple light drew an arc, shattering the surrounding energy ocean.

With the strength of his back, it had already crossed the void with incredible accuracy and landed on the head of one of the Yuan Clan members.

boom!
The opponent's head exploded like a watermelon. At first glance, it looked as if the opponent had hit his hammer head on his own initiative.

Without any pause, Li Ming strolled leisurely, using his waist muscles to drive his entire upper body, and turned around and swung his body again.

The power was so violent that it could almost blow up a star, but at this moment there was not a trace of dust or smoke. It fell down smoothly and shattered the other source clan.

The previous trials had long ceased to cause any pressure on him.

His strength had already reached a point where it was almost overwhelming, so naturally he would make breakthroughs along the way.

The next four still didn't cause him any trouble.

The next eight did take some time.

But the last sixteen are the highlight.

At this stage, Li Ming's eyes became more serious. One by one, the Yuan people emerged and surrounded him from all directions.

But it was only a bit serious. If it was hit by the infinite heavy hammer, it would be injured, and if it hit the head, it would be fatal.

Even if he had to forcibly exchange injuries for one another, he would be able to get through it.

Amid the interweaving of light and shadow, various energies boiled like the sea, and the space continued to hum, as if it could no longer withstand the scale of the current battle.

Soon, only the last member of the Yuan clan was left. His arm had been torn apart, leaving only the bones. He stared at him indifferently.

Li Ming was also in poor condition and had many injuries on his body.

But even so, at the last moment when the opponent rushed over, he still launched [Giant God Strike].

The incomparable violent force was released, and the entire arena roared again. Without any surprise, this trial came to an end.

[Passed the Peak Transcendent Trial, Rating: Top Level, Rewards: Titan blood concentration purified to 60%, a Transcendent weapon, and a World Blood.]

Li Ming was exhausted, but the trial was over. His condition was immediately refreshed and he became as vigorous as a dragon.

A portion of World Blood fell, and he absorbed it skillfully.

When the gray fog dissipated, the Supervisor was seen standing not far away. However, the roar that Li Ming felt did not stop, but instead tended to become more intense.

Li Ming raised his eyebrows, "What's going on? I hope the Holy Castle will be destroyed by me."

"The Holy Castle is about to open." The Supervisor's tone was complicated as he took Li Ming back to the gate of the Holy Castle.

The energy barrier covering the holy castle began to break apart from the dome, shattering into thousands of light dust particles and falling down.

When the light dust touched the ground, ripples of energy appeared and the dormant runes lit up with red light one by one.

The sound of a giant metal shaft turning could be faintly heard from the gate of the holy castle, and the star track carvings on the surface of the door frame gushed out liquid light.

Li Ming and the Supervisor stood in front of the Holy Castle, watching the gate gradually open and a materialized energy storm gushing out of the gap.

Wherever the storm hit, crystal sand flew away.

The door did not open completely, it just opened a crack and then stopped.

"The Holy Castle...is finally open." The Supervisor said with great emotion, "...Lord Digras..."

He was ordered to monitor here and wait for the selected successor to come and undergo the test, but he did not expect to meet this guy who was difficult for him to understand.

"what are you doing?"

Suddenly, the Supervisor said in a deep voice, I saw the guy who called himself Qinglong.

I don't know when, but he had already rushed to the gate of the holy castle, and was rubbing it randomly, with a look of slight disappointment.

"It's not made of metal." Li Ming felt sorry.

"Metal material?" The Supervisor came over and said proudly, "The material used to build the Holy Castle is the highest crystal of the Titans - hexagonal stone, which is much harder than metal materials."

"Not as good as metal materials." Li Ming muttered.

The Overseer said dissatisfiedly: "You should be in awe of the Holy Castle."

"Of course I am in awe." Li Ming shook his head and stepped into it: "This has nothing to do with my feelings."

The Overseer followed closely behind, fearing that this guy would do something strange and tarnish the Holy Castle.

The scene inside the Holy Castle was different from what Li Ming had imagined.

The surroundings were empty and silent, with no end in sight, only endless white and the green floor extending out.

"Is this the interior of the Saint Castle?" Li Ming looked around, "Why is it different from what I imagined?"

hum!
Suddenly, there were noises all around, and twelve sets of suspended prisms fell around Li Ming.

He was subconsciously startled, but was relieved when he found that the prism was just flashing various Titan characters and had no lethality.

"…You already have the authority to access all the information stored in the Holy Castle…" the Supervisor said calmly, "These twelve sets of prisms contain most of the information of the Titans…"

"Oh?" Li Ming couldn't help but become interested and quickly flipped through it.

It can be said that it is all-encompassing, with information on every aspect of culture, technology, and art, recording the Titans' former glory in every detail.

(End of this chapter)