This is not mechanical ascension...

The moment the tip of the gun penetrated, a powerful force gushed out and raged wildly in Tanus' body.

His back suddenly arched up like an exploding mountain, and a crackling sound like shattering glass could be heard under his skin.

As Li Ming's palm trembled, the Kashmir Spear also trembled, and his ribs were turned outward, with torn flesh and blood protruding from the body, like a metal cage that had been exploded.

Spider-web-like cracks then spread all over the body from the wound at lightning speed, and the purple-red flesh exposed in the cracks of the wound could be clearly seen.

The head had dozens of cracks on it like a hit watermelon, and dark red flames mixed with black smoke gushed out from the cracks, as if it had turned into a torch.

The intense pain stimulated Tanus's brain, and his fighting instincts over the years made him make the most correct response at the first moment.

The trident held horizontally in front of him drew an arc and smashed hard into Li Ming's head.

The two men pierced through multiple layers of space as soon as they started fighting, almost entering into the Eternal Abyss, with blazing black arcs of electricity emitting from the tips of their halberds.

boom!
A red energy shield appeared on Li Ming's body, firmly blocking the attacking halberd.

Although ripples were created, this level of attack was not enough to completely break the red gauze crown wall.

After being weakened by 70%, the remaining impact force did not cause any damage due to his thousand times stronger defense.

"Much stronger..." Li Ming felt the vibration of his body and couldn't help but estimate that the energy level of Tanus at his peak was probably over 200J, perhaps reaching 250J.

However, his development progress has reached 53%, and his energy level has skyrocketed, reaching 100X.

[Giant God's Strike] can increase the power by 500 times, with an explosion of J. Even if Tanus is at his peak, it will be useless.

Tanus did not expect this attack to have any effect, but used the recoil force to forcibly break free from the gun and threw himself a long distance, almost disappearing into the darkness.

"He...how can he be so strong?" Tanus was trembling all over, and he couldn't calm down.

If not for the last moment, he forcibly used the Halberd of the End to divert the attack away from the core of his chest.

This blow was enough to bring him to the brink of death.

But even so, he was still seriously injured.

"This kind of life form... This kind of life form is really hard to imagine..." He stared at the other party, and his dormant thoughts became active again as the power of the Eternal Abyss overflowed from his body.

He realized that Lord Yuan's judgment of Li Ming was completely wrong, and he would pay a heavy price for this misjudgment.

This is no longer an area covered by blood mist, and the suppression from the main universe makes it impossible for Yongyuan to give him any help.

In other words, if the attack just now was not some forbidden method of Li Ming, then he would die here.

Despite being seriously injured and in the main universe, Tanus's mind was more active than ever before. Facing the impending death, he could not help but feel fear.

But the idea hidden deep in my heart that never dared to sprout was showing signs of emerging.

"We must confirm whether this is this guy's forbidden method."

Tanus's eyes narrowed slightly, and the black flame he exhaled was suddenly sucked back.

Due to the characteristics of the Kashmir Spear, the wounds on his body were almost impossible to repair, but he still gathered his strength, holding the trident, and rushed forward bravely.

"So fearless and brave..." Li Ming raised his eyebrows slightly. These life forms that have almost evolved to the extreme have long been accustomed to life and death, and even the destruction of evolved civilization.

But it does not mean that they have no fear of death. What's more, these ultimate life forms that surrender to the Eternal Abyss were "deserters" in their own era of evolution.

If I hadn't feared death, I wouldn't have submitted to the Eternal Abyss.

But now Yongyuan's subordinates have become so brave, isn't it a kind of irony.

Li Ming sighed in his heart and raised his gun again.

Due to the improvement of development progress and the increase in consumption, the amount of metal energy consumed by the Eternal Holy Throne to replenish the energy after each use of [Giant Strike] has also increased from 400 million to 600 million.

But what can I say? It's just a sprinkle of water.

However, Tanus, who was charging at him, suddenly twitched violently, his skin peeling off like cracked pottery, and black mucus gushed out from the cracks, like boiling asphalt bubbling.

The right arm holding the trident swelled first. The muscle fibers twisted and entangled like a python, and the bones made a crisp sound like metal breaking. In the blink of an eye, it swelled countless times, and dagger-like black claws grew on the fingertips.

Dozens of bloody tentacles emerged from the hole in his chest. These wriggling tentacles wrapped around his entire body and mixed with mucus before solidifying into a hard armor-like shell.

His legs were stretched and deformed with a creaking sound, and his head was also undergoing drastic changes. There were no eyeballs in his eye sockets, only two balls of boiling blood-red flames.

When the killer got close, a terrifying aura hit me in the face.

The surface of Tanus's tall body was covered with magma-like cracks, and black smoke with sparks spewed out from his nostrils with every breath. Ripples were twisted all around, as if even the light was afraid of this giant body forged of pain and madness.

Is this the means of his own evolution?

Li Ming was a little surprised. He didn't know in which evolutionary era Tanus existed. It was estimated that it would be difficult to find any traces of its civilization in the entire interstellar space.

However, the evolutionary systems all have the same goal, which is basically just two aspects: physical and spiritual. The body constantly strengthens itself, while the spirit focuses on influencing the universe.

This method should be similar to gene liberation and is a life-threatening method.

In this state, Tanus's strength was further improved, and his aura was extremely powerful.

"Unfortunately, this is useless." Li Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. This time he no longer used stabbing. He clenched the gun barrel with both hands, holding the gun as a stick, and struck the giant god with a fierce blow.

His former ultimate move is now used by him as a normal attack.

The golden light from the spear blade was like a galaxy pouring down, and it was so dazzling in the dark environment of the Eternal Abyss.

Tanus's eyes were fierce, and even though he felt the incomparable and powerful force, he was not afraid at all, and raised his halberd to block it.

Ding!
The moment the metals collided, a soul-shaking tremor burst out, sparks comparable to a supernova explosion, and violent energy fluctuations rolled and boiled, heading in all directions.

The two sides wrestled, but even Tanus, who used life-threatening means, was obviously no match for Li Ming. His strong arms bent downward, and even the trident in his hand began to bend slightly.

boom!
The remaining force of the spear wrapped around the trident and hit his right shoulder. The whole arm shattered like porcelain hit by a sledgehammer. Black flesh and blood mixed with bone fragments exploded, and the blood-colored ripples even stirred up the dark area.

Buzz--
The trident flew out of his hand and swung in another direction. Behind Li Ming, an arc of electricity shot out and chased after it.

Tanus's life force was fading rapidly, and his body began to shrink. In just a moment, he returned to his normal size, with half of his body gone. It was a horrible sight. "Is he not dead?" Li Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a little regretful.

Seeing that the other party was coming at him with great force, he did not stop at all. If he killed him, wouldn't it be a waste of the ultimate genetic essence?

Fortunately, Tanus's life force was not completely gone, and a considerable part of his attack was absorbed by the trident in the opponent's hand.

"You..." Tanus's faint mental fluctuations came, "What on earth are you?"

How should I respond to this?
Li Ming was too lazy to pay attention to him. He flew forward and prepared to absorb the genetic essence in his body.

However, Tanus seemed to have misunderstood, and his mental fluctuations became more rapid. "If you kill me, he will notice it."

Li Ming paused and asked curiously, "Is this your last words?"

Is he still afraid of being discovered by Yongyuan?

"No, you don't understand me..." Tanus's mental fluctuations became more intense. "Take me away from this area covered by the Eternal Abyss. I have something to tell you."

"Hmm?" Li Ming was suspicious. This guy wouldn't surrender, would he? He had betrayed him twice, once in his own evolutionary era and once by Yongyuan.

He certainly won't accept it.

However, it would take some time to absorb the genetic essence anyway. Li Ming thought about it and decided to switch the control object and prepare to continue on the journey with Tanus.

The space around him began to repair itself. For some reason, he did not feel any spying from the Abyss Lord this time. He also did not know what the Abyss Lord was doing.

Holding the remains of Tanus in one hand, he waited for a moment, and then an arc of electricity surged.

It was King Zhentian, who returned with a trident in his hand.

Li Ming's eyes first fell on the trident. The whole thing was blue, with black lines covering the body of the trident. It didn't look like it was innate, but rather acquired. Purple arcs of electricity exploded from time to time.

The halberd had a slight curve, which was caused by the collision just now.

He was quite curious about this ultimate weapon, so he reached out and took it. Tanus's mind was stirred, as if he remembered something, but he didn't say anything.

[Trident of the End - Ultimate (Contaminated): The pinnacle super-object of a certain evolved civilization, but contaminated by the Eternal Abyss.

Polluted state: The gun body is filled with rich Eternal Abyss power. Only by removing the pollution can it restore its original appearance?
Note: Please do not bring it in front of its real owner. 】

Pollution status?
Li Ming was slightly stunned, his eyes moved, and he looked carefully. The black lines on the halberd were still moving, like chains that imprisoned it.

He tried to absorb it, but found that he could not extract it. This state of contamination was equivalent to turning the living being into a Yuan clan, becoming one with itself and difficult to extract.

"I guess the only way to remove this pollution is to use the power of metal." Li Ming thought about it and tried it. Sure enough, the little bit of metal energy that surged out disappeared into the halberd like a drop in the ocean.

Not knowing how much metal energy is needed to eliminate this state of pollution, Li Ming is not planning to eliminate it for the time being.

We haven’t reached the core of the blood mist yet, and we don’t know what the situation is there, so we should save some metal energy for now.

The surroundings had begun to repair, and Li Ming's speed began to increase rapidly, chasing after the blood mist that had become difficult to see.

It was not until they left the area that mental fluctuations appeared in the remains of Tanus, "Lord of the Abyss, Lord of the Abyss has controlled the body of Levenbeck and is now manipulating him to advance..."

"Wait..." Li Ming interrupted Tanus's narration while absorbing the gene essence, his eyes flickering: "Do you want to betray Yongyuan?"

Tanus was silent for a moment before responding, "I see hope in you to kill him."

Li Ming smiled, "You mean, when you first saw Yong Yuan's might and served under him for so long, you were actually just lying on straw and eating bitter food?"

"Now that you see that I have the hope of defeating Yongyuan, you are ready to tell me what you know and provide me with some help?"

Tanus heard the sarcasm in the other party's words and knew that if he didn't explain clearly, the other party would not believe what he said.

After a long silence, he said, "I surrendered out of fear at first, and have been loyally carrying out Yongyuan's mission since then."

"But there is only fear, no loyalty. Now that I have met you, I am about to die. In this case, I don't mind giving Yongyuan a push."

Tanus felt calm in his heart. This idea did not come up overnight. Since he was sent to the main universe by Yongyuan, his thinking has become more and more active.

He surrendered to Yongyuan out of fear, but after a long time, the zombie-like consciousness made Tanus tired.

Every time his self-consciousness was active, he felt unfamiliar with himself in that state, as if it was not himself who was controlling his body.

It was just because of the long-term power of Yongyuan that he dared not to go beyond the line.

It’s not that I haven’t thought about cooperating with Li Ming, but in the end he gave in.

In the blood mist, Yongyuan's influence became stronger and stronger, and his mind became silent again, gradually losing his autonomy.

But just now, he was seriously injured by a blow from Li Ming.

Let him realize that he has no way to survive. In this case, he doesn't mind helping the other party.

Realizing that he couldn't survive, he wanted to drag Yongyuan into the water as well. Li Ming's eyes flashed slightly. This explanation was easier for him to accept than sleeping on straw and tasting gall.

A life form like Tanus who is forced to submit is destined not to have much loyalty.

Li Ming did not continue to ask what the other party had just said, but instead asked, "Then why didn't you let me kill you just now?"

"It's not that I don't allow you to kill, I just need to peel this thing out." Tanus made a sound, and the broken half of his body squirmed, and actually squeezed out his own heart. The surface was already covered with black lines, and it was twitching slowly.

He explained: "The Abyss Master is currently manipulating Levenbeck's body to evolve into an ultimate life form, and he is not paying too much attention to other places."

"As long as you keep this heart active, he won't find out for the time being that I have been defeated by you."

"What's the point of doing this?" Li Ming asked with a frown.

"Get rid of that body!" Tanus's spirit wavered loudly: "The Abyss Lord values ​​you very much. Levenbeck thought he could be a pawn, but in fact, that was the body that the Abyss Lord carefully prepared for himself."

"After multiple transformations, that body can perfectly contain the power of Yongyuan. Its upper limit is much higher than that of us, the ultimate life forms that have been corroded."

(End of this chapter)