Gathering his thoughts, Lu Yuan instructed Guardian Lin to look again into the legends surrounding the "Lady of Nightmares'" reincarnation. Any discoveries were to be reported to him immediately.

He then inquired about the Evil Martial Association's progress in finding the entrance to the "Sky Evil" Secret Realm. The answer he received was that everything was under control, and he should rest assured. It wouldn't be long before all obstacles before the secret path were completely cleared.

After the battle in Penglai, Lu Yuan had firmly established himself as the most powerful God Emperor in the history of the Evil Martial Association.

Now, he represented the Supreme Path in the hearts of all Martial Artists who followed the Evil Martial path.

Every step he took was creating history for the Evil Martial system.

Not only that, he was also the Yellow Bear Flying Bear, possessing formidable official backing.

Lu Yuan's importance to all members of the Evil Martial Association was self-evident, but to Lu Yuan, the Evil Martial Association seemed dispensable.

Therefore, the various guardians of the Evil Martial Association were eager to demonstrate their value to him.

Those skilled in flattery did their utmost to please.

Those who were not could only dedicate themselves to working diligently for him.

Guardians Eagle and Lin boldly assured Lu Yuan that there was absolutely no problem with the "Sky Evil" Secret Realm entrance. They were terrified that Lu Yuan would think they couldn't even handle such a minor task, thereby losing all significance in his eyes.

Lu Yuan understood this clearly, so he didn't press further.

He was content to give them this opportunity to prove themselves.

Walking out of the Knife-cut Noodle Restaurant, Lu Yuan strolled down the long street.

After a bout of rain and snow, the ground was damp and glistening. Even though the sun had emerged, the temperature had dropped further, and pedestrians were scarce.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, exhaling large plumes of white vapor.

The truth behind Xia Zhijing's disappearance was now clear, but his mood remained low.

Lu Yuan had witnessed many lives end, had even ended many himself, and had even observed the entire process of a civilization's demise.

But for someone like Xia Zhijing, to have all traces of her existence in this world concealed and erased, as if she had never been, sent a profound chill down his spine.

He knew that if the Lady of Nightmares' awakening wasn't prevented, his fate could very well be the same.

My parents would forget that besides a troublesome elder daughter, they also had an academically outstanding and well-behaved younger son.

The students of Grade Two, Class Three of Burnt Rock Fourth Middle School would forget they once had a classmate who was both a "good student" and the "campus heartthrob."

Liu would forget he once accepted an extraordinarily gifted true disciple who advanced to Grandmaster at seventeen.

The Evil Martial Association would permanently lose their God Emperor.

The legend of the Heaven Lord's fall and Penglai's upheaval would be missing its protagonist.

The Yellow Bear would lose its strongest newcomer in history, a "natural Divine Blood, six-winged Flying Bear."

Even Yu Wentong... she would wonder how such a large expenditure of Merit points appeared on her account, paid on behalf of someone else...

Hmm, wait a minute!

As Lu Yuan pondered, a realization suddenly struck him.

Could it be because I'm too 'radiant,' my interpersonal network too vast, involving too many powerful individuals... that the Lady of Nightmares is temporarily unable to erase me?

Xia Zhijing was an introverted, even somewhat withdrawn, ordinary girl. She had few friends and very little presence in the eyes of those around her.

But I'm different.

I've risen like a blazing comet, accumulating a plethora of titles from various factions and powers. Countless people have been deeply impressed by me. I even have connections with several Ancient Evil Gods.

To erase me from this world without a trace, like Xia Zhijing... is clearly no easy task.

It's like this: if you secretly move a trash can from the roadside, perhaps no one will notice. But if you dismantle the large LED screen outside the city square building, it'll be headline news the same day.

So, does this mean the more high-profile I am in the real world, the harder it is for the Lady of Nightmares to erase me? Is this a kind of... delaying tactic?

Lu Yuan stopped in his tracks, a thoughtful expression on his face.

「In the huge underground martial arts training room.」

Lu Yuan jumped down from a five-meter-high golden God General Mech.

His daily indulgence over, it was time for serious training.

Calling up his class panel, Lu Yuan first considered how to allocate his points.

He currently had 5 attribute points and 2 skill points. He decided to allocate the attribute points first.

Without hesitation, Lu Yuan directly spent two attribute points, raising his constitution from its cap at 29 points to 30, officially stepping into the realm of the second Break the Limit.

The moment the points were allocated, the blood orb within Lu Yuan's body immediately swelled significantly.

GURGLE—GURGLE—

The blood in his veins surged, sounding like a great river.

His heart pounded, and rumbles like distant thunder echoed within his chest.

His internal organs blazed with light, a white radiance so intense it shone through his skin, uncontainable even by the nano-armor he wore. His entire body glowed like an oversized lightbulb.

Lu Yuan felt an unprecedented sense of rejuvenation.

He felt as if he had become several years younger; even the air he exhaled carried the fresh scent of vegetation.

Under the white light, Lu Yuan entered a state of clear, transparent perception, from the inside out.

He could feel his skin, muscles, and bones... their density continuing to increase, undergoing many subtle and complex changes.

However, these changes were occurring at a very deep level, unobservable by his naked eye or Spiritual Power.

He could only sense that his overall physical strength had inexplicably increased severalfold.

My individual cells must have evolved again, and my life level has been elevated once more...

Lu Yuan carefully savored the changes in his body, speculating and pondering.

He stood up from the ground, attempting to practice his "God Elephant Sect" martial arts.

He found that [Devouring Dragon], the most difficult technique within the "God Elephant Sect" system, became remarkably easy to execute after his constitution reached the second Break the Limit.

The side effect of reflexive self-injury was gone.

Of course, this also meant the power of [Devouring Dragon] could continue to ascend to a new height.

Lu Yuan then tried the [Grandmaster Force] technique again.

HUMMMMM—

This time, when he activated the [Grandmaster Force] technique, his entire body heated up almost instantly, his skin flushing red in a flash.

But as gouts of white steam erupted from every pore, his reddened skin quickly reverted to its initial fair, jade-like state.

When Lu Yuan moved, his entire body was enveloped in a thick white mist, his features obscured.

There was an inexplicable sense of transcendence and ethereal grace about him.

He casually threw a punch.

BOOM!

Where the fist landed, the void seemed to collapse; white steam converged and then erupted.

A terrifying shockwave, like a white flood dragon, shot out, blasting a distorted, transparent ripple through the air before him.

The force only fully dissipated after blasting a huge concave crater into the high-strength super-alloy wall hundreds of meters away.

Multi-frequency muscle vibration!

Lu Yuan's eyes shone with intense delight.

At least five thousand tons of explosive Fist Strength!

Before his physique improved, he could only make his muscles vibrate at high frequencies, like taut bowstrings.

By leveraging the oscillatory power of his muscles, he could unleash even greater force, even developing the [Overload State] characteristic of a Martial Arts Grandmaster.

But now, with his enhanced physique, his control over his power was far more effortless. He could astonishingly make individual muscle fibers perform multi-stage vibrations.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of his original force exertion technique severalfold, and the resulting explosive power also instantly increased severalfold.

Lu Yuan glanced at his [Martial Arts Grandmaster (Extraordinary)] panel.

Sure enough, his [Grandmaster Force] skill, previously Lv.1, had automatically upgraded to Lv.2 after he comprehended the multi-frequency vibration technique.

An explosive Fist Strength exceeding five thousand tons... That's almost catching up to the power I have when I activate the Ming King Body. If I were to use this force exertion technique while in the Ming King Body state... how terrifying would that be?!

Lu Yuan's heart rate quickened slightly, a surge of fervent excitement coursing through him.

He wished he could enter his Consciousness Space immediately to test it out.

But after some thought, he decided it was better to wait until all upgrades were complete before conducting a comprehensive test.

Thus, he suppressed his eagerness and continued allocating points.

Lu Yuan saved the remaining 3 attribute points, planning to use them when his strength and agility also reached 29 points, to raise them all to 30 in one go, achieving the state of all four Basic Attributes having undergone the second Break the Limit.

The 2 skill points were straightforwardly invested into further improving [Three Flowers].

With the 2 skill points invested, Lv.1 [Three Flowers] immediately became Lv.2.

A new suffix appeared on the skill description:

(Flower of Qi): Triples Qi and blood.

Qi and blood tripled?

Lu Yuan blinked, attempting to activate it.

He was shocked to discover that after [Three Flowers] reached Lv.2, the original "Flower of Flesh" and the newly added "Flower of Qi" could be activated independently.

He activated the "Flower of Qi" by itself.

The moment he did, the basketball-sized blood orb in his body instantly swelled to three times its original volume!

It swelled so much it felt like it would burst from his chest.

For a moment, Lu Yuan felt as though his entire body was on the verge of exploding.

But soon, the blood orb, expanded to its limit, rapidly contracted.

The dense, sanguine light collapsed inward, condensed, and finally transformed into a crystal-clear blood lotus gently rotating in the center of his chest.

HUFF—HUFF—

With the Flower of Qi active, Lu Yuan breathed, feeling the incredibly dense and surging Qi and blood thrumming within him, as if about to erupt from his pores at any moment.

Every move he made was accompanied by an unprecedented, immense power.

The blood orb was the core of his system, his fount of power.

The blood orb tripling in size meant Lu Yuan's overall strength had also effectively increased nearly threefold.

He made a slight movement...

SWOOSH—

He abruptly appeared at the far end of the Martial Arts field.

Only then did a sound like tearing silk rip through the air. The blurry afterimage at his original position quickly vanished.

He casually raised his hand and threw a punch.

With a BOOM, the super-alloy wall beside him caved in as if crumpled by a giant hand, leaving a deep fist imprint.

Lu Yuan's eyes sparkled.

To think, I only used less than half my strength, yet the destructive power is comparable to using the Lv.2 [Grandmaster Force] technique! Truly, the amplification effect of this "Flower of Qi" is terrifying.

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment, then tried activating [Grandmaster Universe Qi].

The result startled even him.

Platinum Universe Qi, dense beyond description, surged from Lu Yuan's body like a deluge.

This Universe Qi, in both quantity and quality, far surpassed its previous state by many times.

It was so dense it directly condensed into platinum-colored flames on Lu Yuan's skin, and an indescribably terrifying aura emanated from him.

He raised his hand and slashed. The platinum flames engulfing him instantly shot outwards, forming a crescent-shaped blade of platinum fire that whistled forward...

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