This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 662 Evolution! X-level life form!

Li Ming stood up, stretched his limbs, and attracted the energy particles that were dissipated from the energy fragments, which then rolled up a vortex and moved around his body.

"It has only been five or six years since I became an S-class life form..." Li Ming couldn't help but recall that when he was fusing the S-class gene seed, the enemy he was fighting against was the Imperial Prince Ryan.

"I guess the prince can now pee three feet high in the wind."

If word of this terrifying speed of evolution were to get out, I wonder how many people would be shocked.

Under normal circumstances, even if the development potential of an S-level life form is extremely high, it is difficult to stack the development progress to 100% without seven or eight hundred years.
The reason why he was able to develop so quickly was, on the one hand, due to the blessing of the Evolution Source, but the other major contributor was naturally the Star of Eternal Silence.

Li Ming stretched out his hand, and silently, the X-level Taegos gene seed appeared in his hand.

"Hmm... I don't know what will happen during the evolution process, let's change the place..."

After thinking about it, Li Ming did not carry out high-risk life-level evolution in his own nest.

He went to the star gate, picked a node at random and jumped out.
"This is it..." Li Ming landed on a desolate planet. The ochre-colored desert stretched to the end of his sight. As far as his eyes could see, circular cenotes were scattered all over the earth.

A choking gale blew in his face, carrying with it countless fine sands. The huge wind force pulled everything on the surface, but gradually dissipated not far from Li Ming's body.

Li Ming has made all preparations after taking out the gene seed again.

He sat cross-legged on the ground with his arms stretched out. Without any movement on his part, a bloody crack appeared on the skin inside his elbow, leading directly to a blood vessel.

With his physical strength, it is difficult for the propulsion needle on the gene tube to pierce the skin.

The needle followed the crack and sank into the blood vessel. Li Ming pressed the push button. With the sound of air pressure release, the liquid in the glass spiral column slowly moved forward and was squeezed out of the special syringe.

Li Ming could clearly feel that the cold liquid was gradually spreading throughout his body along with the blood rushing through his body.

When the first cold current returned to his heart, the gene tube was empty.

His heart suddenly skipped a beat, and the glass jar in his hand shattered with a snap, and the fusion of gene seeds began.

The cells begin to become highly active, intending to accept a higher level of power and allow the body to once again have the potential for further development.

What followed was a sharp pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

The preparation of the gene-seed of Tegos is a simplified process. Although it is not a rough embryo, it is not much different. The fusion process can be described as violent from the beginning.

At the beginning of the fusion, Li Ming did not use defense, because that would cause his body cells to become overly solid, making it impossible to enter the gene seed fusion process.

Having had many fusion experiences, Li Ming had long estimated that the fusion process must be completed at least one-third before he could use the defense to suppress himself.

"Chila!"

Li Ming frowned and suddenly let out a muffled sound. A large number of particles surged out of the surface of his skin uncontrollably, tearing through the clothes on his body that were woven with high-strength fiber threads.

The particles entangled with each other, and then formed a raging energy storm. With Li Ming as the center, it began to slowly expand, dissolving the sand and rocks wherever it covered.

About five or six minutes later, the raging energy storm seemed to have reached a certain limit. The center shook violently, followed by an astonishing energy wave bursting out, tearing through the atmosphere above and piercing through the earth's crust below.

The planet exploded, and the magma in its core gushed out and spread across the interstellar space.

Amid the flying planetary fragments and light, Li Ming's body was not disturbed at all. He continuously released amazing energy fluctuations, and his aura continued to rise.

Tygos is a special star beast created by the Titans. Its fundamental purpose is to be used for spectacular fighting and tearing.

Therefore, in the carefully modulated genetic composition, there is almost no part related to energy affinity, and it is basically all about body strengthening.

This is certainly not bad news for Li Ming. He relies mainly on strength, defense and other blessings, which are closely related to physical strength. Naturally, the higher the better.

Li Ming was bathed in out-of-control energy, and the cells in his body began to go wild and undergo drastic changes.

It made him feel that his body, flesh, organs, and even every cell had its own thoughts and seemed to be able to separate and reassemble at any time.

This was not an illusion. Not long after the fusion began, the cells were infected by this incredibly strong gene seed. Signs of deformation began to appear on the surface of the body. The hair fell off, the skin cracked, the back arched, and the body twitched constantly.

Hiss—blood spurted out, the spine was torn and flesh and blood spurted out. This kind of pain that touched the spirit made it difficult for Li Ming to completely suppress it, and he let out a low roar.

The strength of the X gene seed was already very high. At the lower life levels, the distortion rate was compressed by the high degree of process and technological development, and it rose again at this stage.

All reconciliation measures can only try to reduce the impact of distortion.

There are quite a few X-level life forms that have failed to evolve due to distortion in interstellar history.

The strength of Tegus is even more astonishing, and it saves a lot of materials to maintain stability. This kind of violence is predictable.

Li Ming clenched his teeth, but his teeth were already full of cracks, then shattered, the crowns fell off, and sharp teeth grew out.

The body trembled, and the cells began to resist this change based on the survival instinct, not wanting to evolve into a crazy state that even they themselves disliked.

However, the fusion has already begun and cannot be stopped. It is like being forced upon someone and there is nothing that can be done.

The severe pain hit Li Ming's spirit. He struggled to control his mind. He had to remain calm, wait for the opportunity to merge, switch systems, use defense to strengthen his strength, and suppress the distortion.

Rumbling--

The surging energy was so dense that it almost condensed into substance. With Li Ming as the center, it gushed out in all directions, crushing the scattered continental shelves of the planet into powder.

From a distance, it looks like a newborn star that is constantly expanding and gradually entering maturity.

"Almost, almost..."

A whole day passed, and Li Ming had been suffering in this torment. He was in a trance, with only one thought in his mind that kept him going.

At this moment, more than 80% of the body was deformed, the skin was covered with scales, the arms were twisted, the knuckles extended to dozens of centimeters, and almost only the head remained intact, looking hideous and terrifying.

Suddenly, an even more violent energy exploded from within the body, merging into the next stage, and all cells began a new round of distortion.

Li Ming felt that every cell was becoming more and more restless, as if they were all about to leave the body and escape on their own.

"Now!" Almost instantly, as if a dormant machine was awakened, Li Ming immediately switched to the control system that had been prepared long ago. Even though the ability of [Heart of Talos] had not yet been activated, the 200-fold defense blessing carried by the Kashmir Spear had an immediate effect.

The cells that had been almost destroyed seemed to be wearing heavy defensive armor and could no longer be shaken.

The deformation trend stopped instantly, and the body injuries began to repair rapidly. The bulging spine and broken skin were slowly repairing.

At this stage, the fusion in the body has reached a certain level, and the dominant factor is no longer the gene seed, but his own body.

The gene seeds that were originally rejected are now pulled back by the cells and forcefully devoured, switching between offense and defense.

The blazing energy flowed through the body, and with hundreds of times the defense, evolution finally got on the right track, with cells throughout the body rapidly evolving towards a higher level of life.

The genetic seeds are washing over the cells over and over again, causing the cells to change again and again, gradually approaching a new form.

The endless gushing energy particles have formed a huge ball of light, which is spinning and expanding in circles, and is extremely dazzling.

Li Ming's figure was in the center, submerged in endless light.

After ten full days, the huge energy vortex, which had expanded many times in size, seemed to have expanded to its limit and slowly shrank towards the center, with streams of energy pouring into Li Ming's body.

The gene seed fusion process has basically ended, and the leap in life level has brought obvious feedback.

The transformation begins with the undercurrent of light beneath the skin. Countless tiny particles of light seep out from deep in the bone marrow, like a galaxy awakening in the night sky, flowing slowly along the vascular network.

His fingertips glowed, and natural lines similar to energy inscriptions appeared on the surface of his nails, and each groove was filled with flowing starlight.

Muscle fibers are reshaped in silence, tiny particles of energy drift from the mouth and nose with every breath, and deep in the bones, every time the joints turn, a long echo is heard.

Vine-like silver veins grew on the inside of the sternum. These living veins continued to branch and extend, forming a bird's nest-like protective network around the heart and the outside of the head.

For X-level life forms, great power belongs to themselves, the information state is further converged, and the intensity is increased, so they can more easily influence the universe.

The beating flesh and blood organs were now emitting a glow like molten gold, scorching the surrounding air into distorted ripples visible to the naked eye, and the blocked path for evolution was opened again.

Another five days passed. Li Ming was suspended in the air with his eyes closed. A special aura was rippling around him. As his heart beat slowly, several ribbon-like energy particles slowly flowed around his body.

Suddenly, Li Ming opened his eyes, which were as bright as stars, and a nebula-like light mist dissipated from the corners of his eyes.

"Finally reached level X..." Li Ming raised his hand. He originally just wanted to observe the changes in his body, but he ended up tearing a piece of space and a void storm surged out.

Li Ming's eyelids twitched, and then he realized that he was blessing the combat system. Even if he did not activate the active ability, the passive power blessing was more than six hundred times.

He restrained his breath and took off all the combat systems, and his body felt weak.

He casually pulled out a slender metal capsule and stuck it against his skin. Silver nanoparticles quickly spread out, outlining a dark combat uniform on the surface of his body.

He tried his best to control his strength and estimated it secretly.

"My current energy level is estimated to be 20X. It has increased tenfold as soon as I evolved..." Li Ming looked at his palms. When he had just evolved to this level, his life level was not completely restrained. His skin was crystal clear, like a work of art.

According to the information he had learned, under normal circumstances, a newly evolved X-level evolved body should be around 15X.

"The extra 5X is probably due to the strength of Tygos..." Li Ming pondered.

Those who can evolve to this point have fused the gene seeds of low-level life forms, and the only difference between them and him is Taegos.

"20X..." Li Ming's eyes were burning, and he subconsciously began to estimate how much combat power he could unleash with the support of the combat system.

"I have already calculated that if the basic ability is fully activated, the power blessing will be about a thousand times, and the normal peak energy level is 20000X."

Li Ming's heart couldn't help but tremble. When he was fighting with the Lord of Yongyuan before, the power of [Giant God's Strike] was just over ten thousand.

"If you take the Kashmir Spear, it will be 40000X. A giant god's attack will be a X explosion."

"Hmm, it's a bit weird to calculate in X. 1000X = 1? It's a bit weird. How about using J, 1J? Uh... it seems even weirder."

Li Ming muttered in his heart, but his eyes became more and more fiery, "If the normal gap between the ultimate life form and the x-level life form is a thousand times, under the same development progress, I even have the advantage."

"The thousand-fold estimate is based on the evolution of the Titans. Although the evolutionary paths are different, I estimate that the difference will not be too big."

"But..." He thought again, "Under normal circumstances, when evolving into an ultimate life form, the energy level must have increased. It is unlikely to be 20J. The increase brought by each point of development progress will also be greater..."

"But, I still have the advantage of weapons, and [Giant God Strike] is my biggest trump card."

As he expected, his evolution to level X life form was equivalent to his promotion to ultimate life form. Even when facing the Lord of Eternal Abyss, he had the confidence to fight back.

"Unless the Lord of Eternal Abyss suddenly attacks us at his peak state..." Li Ming pondered to himself.

I don’t know where that guy is hiding. After such a long time, I haven’t heard of any X-level life form suddenly disappearing again.

The opponent seemed to have given up on repairing his injuries in this way.

"If we don't use this method, there must be other ways." Li Ming didn't think Yong Yuan had given up on his goal.

"Hmm... After evolving to level x life form, the S-level life force core is no longer usable. It needs to be upgraded to level x as soon as possible..." Li Ming thought. His giant god wheel battle relies on the [Life Force Core].

However, the controlled objects cannot be upwards compatible and can only be upgraded. The metal energy consumed in future battles will probably have to go to another level.

This is not a problem. His wealth is accumulating every moment, and the current balance of metal energy has reached 50 billion.

He couldn't help but think of more: "The mainstream control objects nowadays are basically X-level, and they can still play a role."

"But after reaching the ultimate level, these X-level items are basically useless, and we still haven't found the materials needed to reach the ultimate control object."

Although there is a Titan Relic to back it up, the data boost is totally insufficient. The gap between level X and ultimate is a thousand times, and the gap is even higher at the ultimate level.

"The upgrade materials for advancing to the Ultimate Control Object must be related to the Ultimate Life. Let's see if there is a chance, can we catch an Ultimate Life Form to study..." Li Ming has already thought far into the future.

(End of this chapter)