Start with iron blocks, upgrade them into armor summoners.

The second one pounced from the side. Lu Zhuo slightly turned his body and swept his huge tail across its waist like a steel whip.

The sound of bones cracking was clearly audible. The monster's body folded at an eerie angle and exploded into an energy cube the next second.

The remaining two pounced at the same time, biting Lu Zhuo's front legs and shoulders from the left and right.

The sharp teeth pierced the metal body, producing a screeching sound.

"You didn't feel anything?" Lu Zhuo smiled contemptuously; their attacks couldn't even leave a scratch on his body.

Lu Zhuo bit down on the monster's body on the left, and with a forceful bite, the monster exploded instantly.

Then he turned around and slapped the top of the monster's head with his claw. The monster's head sank directly into its chest cavity, and its body crashed to the ground and turned into an energy cube.

The four monsters were wiped out in less than ten seconds, from the moment they attacked.

The man in the suit's face went from deathly pale to ashen, and then from ashen to deathly gray.

He was trembling all over, his lips quivering as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't utter a single word.

After Lu Zhuo finished off the last monster, he slowly turned his head, his crimson eyes looking at the man in the suit.

But the gaze wasn't on him, but rather on the sacred object in his hand.

The man in the suit trembled as he watched Lu Zhuo approach step by step.

He wanted to run, but his legs felt like they were nailed to the ground and wouldn't obey him at all.

Lu Zhuo stopped in front of him, his crimson eyes looking down at him.

To be precise, it was looking down at the black relic in his hand.

"This thing..." Lu Zhuo wondered to himself, "Is it edible?"

The man in the suit seemed to realize the mechanical tiger's intentions and put the sacred object in his hand into his pocket.

He overcame his legs, which had been paralyzed with fear, and now struggled to run into the distance.

"Still trying to run?"

Without further hesitation, Lu Zhuo leaped up and pounced on it, opening his massive jaws to bite up the sacred object that had fallen to the ground.

"No—!" the man in the suit screamed, trying to snatch the creature back from Lu Zhuo's mouth.

But his body was pinned to the ground by Lu Zhuo's claws and he couldn't move.

The sacred object was held in Lu Zhuo's mouth, and with a single swallow, he sent it directly into the system space.

"Upgrade Points +15.0"

"Upgrade Points +12.0"

"Upgrade Points +18.0"

……

The numbers were jumping wildly, and Lu Zhuo almost cried out in pleasure.

"This...this is way too nourishing!"

The man in the suit lay on the ground, watching helplessly as Lu Zhuo swallowed the sacred object into his mouth.

The last trace of color drained from his face.

"It's over...it's all over..." he muttered to himself, his eyes vacant. "Lord Bloodhand will kill me..."

Lu Zhuo ignored the man in the suit and instead leaped to the side of the stone pillar.

He remembered that this stone pillar gave him quite a few upgrade points.

The runes on the stone pillar were still pulsating, but because the sacred object had been destroyed, the light had dimmed considerably, like a heart about to stop beating.

The giant claw slammed down, and the stone pillar shattered.

"Upgrade Points +3.5"

……

Next one.

Another claw strike.

Pebbles flew everywhere, and the dark red light went out completely.

"Upgrade Points +4.0"

……

All four stone pillars collapsed, and the dark red mist that had been hanging over the factory began to dissipate, revealing a clear sky.

The pressure that had been weighing on everyone completely disappeared.

Having achieved his goal, Lu Zhuo moved his mind and returned to his consciousness space to continue lying flat.

The man in the suit slumped to the ground, blood still flowing from the wound on his wrist. His face was ashen, and his lips trembled as if he were chanting some kind of spell, but nothing happened.

After watching Bai Ying's performance, Xing Yun felt it was time to deal with the culprit, so he took a step towards him.

"No...don't kill me..." The man in the suit finally broke down, his voice trembling with sobs, "I was just following orders...Lord Bloodhand sent me...it was..."

"Bloody Hand? Who's that?"

Just as the man in the suit was about to speak, the roar of an engine suddenly came from outside the factory.

A black government car sped through the gate, and before it had even come to a complete stop, the door opened.

Zhou Hai was the first to jump, followed closely by Chen Wan and Li Rui.

The three of them stopped in their tracks when they saw the scene inside the factory.

Collapsed stone pillars, unconscious workers, a mechanical tiger standing amidst the ruins...

There was also a man in a suit, trembling and sprawled on the ground in front of the armor.

"This..." Li Rui opened his mouth, looked down at the energy detector in his hand, the numbers on it were still jumping wildly, "Energy reading...so high..."

Zhou Hai quickly came to his senses, his gaze sweeping around before finally settling on the mechanical tiger.

The white figure was crouching beside the pile of rubble, its crimson eyes fixed on Zhou Hai, a low buzzing sound emanating from its throat.

It showed no intention to attack, but also no intention to retreat, like a fierce beast with a strong sense of territory, judging whether the approaching creature was friend or foe.

"Don't be nervous." Xing Yun's voice came from inside the armor, sounding hoarse and tired. "It's... mine."

He raised his hand and beckoned towards the white figure.

The white figure turned its head to look at him, tilted its huge head, and then walked over and squatted down next to Xing Yun, like a large dog waiting for a command.

Zhou Hai's gaze lingered on the white figure for a few seconds, then he nodded without asking any further questions.

He turned around and gestured to Li Rui and Chen Wan behind him.

"Li Rui, check the wounded. Chen Wan, cordon off the scene."

The two immediately split up and acted separately.

Li Rui strode towards the workers who had collapsed on the ground, squatted down, and began to check their vital signs.

Chen Wan then took out a palm-sized silver disc from her waist, pressed a button, and the disc emitted a slight buzzing sound. A layer of smoke-formed fog rose from the edge of the factory, enveloping the entire area.

Zhou Hai walked up to the man in the suit and looked down at him.

The man in the suit slumped to the ground, blood still seeping from the wound on his wrist, his face ashen like a dead man.

He looked up, his eyes unfocused, his lips trembling: "I...I just..."

"Shut up." Zhou Hai's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a bucket of ice water being poured over him.

He crouched down, took a palm-sized black leather bag from the man in the suit, opened it, and glanced inside; it was empty.

Zhou Hai narrowed his eyes, searched again, and only stood up after confirming that there was nothing else.

He walked up to Xing Yun, his gaze falling on the deep claw marks and cracks on the armor.

You are injured.

"I won't die." Xing Yun's voice was even hoarseer than before.

"Don't be reckless." Zhou Hai took out a palm-sized silver metal box from his pocket.

Upon opening it, one finds a row of transparent glass bottles, each containing a pale blue liquid.

"This is a healing potion specifically for Awakened Ones; it can accelerate wound healing. First, remove the armor and treat the wounds."

Xing Yun hesitated for a moment, but ultimately removed his armor.

As the white light faded, he staggered and almost fell.

The injury to my right shoulder was more serious than I had imagined; the entire sleeve was soaked in blood. I also had a sizable wound on my abdomen, from which blood was still seeping out.