Chapter 649: Chapter 18: Destruction Alchemy Demon Puppet Lv…

Months later, Sky World, the Other Side of Cloud Sea.

The gigantic rotors of the Cloud Whale were steadily spinning, emitting a deep, continuous hum, like the long breath of a giant beast.

It broke through layer after layer of ever-changing cloud waves, navigating beneath the boundless sky.

Outside the window, the nearby clouds were fluffy as new snow, dazzlingly white under the eternal, gentle sky light, with edges tinged with a faint pearlescent glow.

In the distance, the clouds piled up into undulating “mountains,” presenting a blend of warm opal white and extremely light glacier blue, stretching to the horizon, where they connected with the deep, tranquil, velvety indigo sky.

And in this tranquil voyage scene, a lively figure became the most striking adornment.

The young unicorn white whale, saved by Lynch, was joyfully swimming around the “Cloud Whale”!

Its body, several hundred meters long, appeared elegant and vibrant in the sea of clouds, with its entire body covered in soft white fur that flowed with a delicate sheen like the finest silk under the gentle sky light. The small crystal unicorn on its forehead, at this moment, was reflecting tiny glints of light, like a star embedded in white jade.

Such a powerful World Species as the unicorn white whale, comparable to a Domain-level Third Tier powerful existence, had tremendous value, and Lynch certainly wouldn’t miss such an unexpected gain.

That day, after coming out of the Flying Aircraft from Sky City, Lynch formed a soul contract with this young white whale.

In truth, this was not an easy task.

Forming a soul contract requires specialized soul contract documents, and the higher the tier of the magic creature, the higher the tier of the contract needed.

A World Species like the unicorn white whale, if one were to sign a soul contract, it should at least require a Third-tier Level soul contract document, which by itself is astronomically valuable.

However, for Lynch, things weren’t so complicated.

[Eye of Death God·Soul Brand]

This is a new ability unlocked by the Eye of Death God after Lynch advanced to the Domain level, capable of planting a soul mark on a creature, with effects equivalent to a soul contract.

It should be noted that the soul of the marked target must be completely open without resistance.

It was thanks to this ability that Lynch was able to successfully complete the soul contract with the white whale cub, making it his familiar.

Flying Aircraft Cabin, Laboratory.

“Ding! Ding! Dang! Dang! Zzla——!”

The rhythmic yet somewhat harsh sounds of metal striking, rubbing, and energy welding, resembling some sort of industrial symphony, echoed within the walls of the laboratory.

On the lab table, Lynch was fully focused on a challenging “operation.”

His experimental subject was the remnants of a Destruction Alchemy Guardian recovered from the wreckage of Sky City’s Flying Aircraft. Follow current novels on nοvelfire.net

At this moment, these once-imposing killing machines were disassembled into various metal components, broken energy pipelines, crystal lenses full of cracks, and a few arcane core fragments flickering with unstable glimmers, strewn across the wide laboratory table.

Lynch’s gray robe sleeves were rolled up, revealing his smooth forearms. In one hand he held a specially crafted, precisely engraved multifunctional alchemy knife, in the other, he controlled a highly fine, temperature-controlled arcane flame welding gun.

His movements were precise and swift, sometimes carefully scraping off rust and energy deposits from complex joints with the knife, and other times attempting to re-weld broken rune energy lines with the welding gun.

His spiritual power was like an invisible probe and a third hand, highly concentrated on scanning and analyzing each component’s structure, material, and internal residual energy circuits.

In his mind, the partial and incomplete schematics of ancient guardians from the Magic Power Alchemy Research Institute, the knowledge left by Wizard Somda about constructs, and his own understanding of alchemy and energy rules, operated like high-speed gears, trying to piece together the original form of this pile of “scrap metal.”

Sweat soaked a few strands of gray hair on his forehead, and his face was also smeared with metal dust and fine scorch marks left by energy burns.

Sparks flew on the lab table, the result of the knife colliding with high-hardness alloy; black smoke intermittently rose, usually the outcome of a fragile energy node being overburdened during forced activation or connection, causing the internally residual trace energy to instantly disorder and disperse.

“Core energy pathway third node… attempting to graft backup circuit…”

Carefully, Lynch embedded a relatively intact, dark purple-glow energy core fragment into a metal base he temporarily crafted and filled with replacement runes, connecting it with several hair-thin energy wires to a relatively intact energy converter in the guardian’s chest cavity.

“Buzz… hissing——!”

As he injected a trace of activating energy, attempting to trigger the grafted circuit, a sudden change occurred!

The core fragment fiercely erupted with a dazzling dark purple light, and the residual rampaging energy inside went berserk! The grafted rune base was the first to cave in, shattering with a sharp metallic screech!

Next, the connected energy wires melted like red-hot iron threads! The rampaging energy stream instantly coursed chaotically along the ruined structure of the guardian’s body!

Lynch reacted swiftly, instantly creating a space barrier in front of him.

“Boom!!!”

A violent energy explosion occurred! The blinding dark purple light instantly engulfed half the lab table!

Amid the deafening explosion, countless metal shards, shattered crystals, and charred fragments scattered like cannonballs, colliding explosively against the space barrier Lynch established, emitting dense popping sounds! The lab filled quickly with thick black smoke mixed with an acrid ozone smell!

The explosion’s aftershocks slightly shook the entire lab, and the protective array’s light flickered urgently.

When the black smoke gradually dissipated, the lab table was a mess. The guardian remnants Lynch was hopeful to repair had completely vanished, leaving only a charred pit and scattered, still smoking metal debris, now more broken than when recovered.

Lynch stood there, his gray robe covered with a layer of black dust, with smoke stains marking his face, appearing somewhat disheveled.

He waved his hand to dispel the acrid smoke, staring at the utterly failed “creation” with a slight frown, yet his eyes held little depression, instead reflecting a deep contemplation.

Just then, that familiar, cold system notification sound rang emotionlessly in the depths of his consciousness:

[Destruction Alchemy Demon Puppet Skill Level +23]

Soon after, a semi-transparent system panel automatically unfolded in the corner of his vision, showing clearly:

[Destruction Alchemy Demon Puppet lv0: 682/10000]

Gazing at the numbers flickering on the panel, Lynch’s tightly furrowed brow slowly relaxed, and a barely noticeable curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Although the lab table lay in ruins and the repairs had utterly failed, every attempt, every post-failure analysis, and every deepened understanding of the ingenious yet perilous structures of Ancient Alchemy were precisely converted by the system into tangible “Skill Level”!

What of ash-covered face and clothes?

As long as the numbers on the panel increase, it means he is yet another step closer to truly mastering, repairing, and even improving these ancient guardians.

This visible growth is enough to dispel any shadow cast by experimental failures.

“Tuition paid in full, graduation isn’t far away.”

Lynch waved away the charred debris, his Spirit once again highly focused, ready to delve into the next round of “symphony” and “firework show.”

…

Day by day passed, and Lynch’s Destruction Alchemy Demon Puppet Skill Level seemed to increase through experiments time and again.

Finally, after numerous experiments, the Destruction Puppet took a crucial step.

[Destruction Alchemy Demon Puppet lv1]

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