Chapter 569: Chapter 553: Dual-Law Golem and the Creator’s Anxiety

Allen gently pinched this [Decay Law] crystal between his slender fingers, sensing the Rule Power contained within that drove all things to their ultimate end. His gaze fell upon Thanatos. It had already mastered the [Soul Law] and possessed limitless potential for growth.

A true Death God wielding both "Soul" and "Decay"?

Once this highly cost-effective "dual-law stitching scheme" formed in his mind, it lingered, impossible to dismiss. Allen did not waste time hesitating. His figure instantly vanished from the study, and in the next second, he appeared in Thanatos’s exclusive hangar.

This killing machine stood silently. After touching the Soul Law, its presence had become extremely eerie, as if half of its body was anchored in reality while the other half was submerged in shadows.

Allen, holding the [Decay Law] crystal, pressed it directly against Thanatos’s skull. The moment the crystal touched the metal surface, it was like ice dropping into boiling oil.

An ear-piercing hiss echoed throughout the entire laboratory. Countless ashen images symbolizing decay and ruin spewed from the crystal, frantically eroding Thanatos’s body. Large patches of rust instantly blossomed across the armor’s surface. The spirituality of the Magic Metal wailed, and the frame’s structural integrity plummeted rapidly.

This was an external, highly aggressive law, and it violently clashed with Thanatos’s original [Soul Law]!

Thanatos’s artificial Soul Core emitted ripples of confusion and agony. "Commander, something is trying to alter me."

"Hold steady. This is a new law," Allen’s voice delivered the command through their soul link. "You govern souls, thus you can define life and death. Decay is merely another form of death. Accept it, understand it, master it!"

Allen’s will, like an anchoring pillar, forcefully stabilized Thanatos’s computation center, which was on the verge of chaos. Simultaneously, the power of his [Soul Law]—which had already advanced to the second stage—transformed into countless slender threads, forcibly intervening in this law conflict.

He began an unimaginable "soul-stitching surgery." He suppressed and restrained the berserk imagery of the [Decay Law]. Then, using the [Soul Law] as a "glue," he stitched this rule data, bit by bit, onto Thanatos’s artificial Soul origin.

This process was far more perilous than guiding Thanatos’s advancement earlier. The slightest misstep would completely detonate the clash between the two laws, blowing this priceless Level 4 Golem and its artificial soul into cosmic dust.

Minutes and seconds ticked by. The terrifying rust on Thanatos’s exterior actually receded like the tide. However, its armor did not completely return to its original state. Instead, it turned into an ashen-black hue that seemed capable of absorbing all light. Over that ashen-black foundation, streaks of dark purple Law Runes slowly flowed. They intertwined and coiled with the original soul Runes, ultimately forming a brand-new, even more complex and sinister totem.

A faint wisp of gray mist began to linger on the blade of the Soul-Harvesting Scythe in its hand. Around the Soul-Trapping Lantern, a new ring of purple halo, constantly flickering in and out of existence and symbolizing decay, also appeared.

[Divine Statue - Guide of the Underworld - Thanatos has successfully equipped a second law: Decay (Stage One).]

It was a success. Allen slowly released his hand; that Law Crystal had thoroughly integrated into Thanatos’s body. A Dual-Law Golem was thus born.

"Excellent." Standing beneath the massive Golem, Allen felt that Dawn Star Level pressure, his heart surging with an unprecedented wave of excitement.

This meant that as long as he had enough Dawn Star Souls as "raw materials," he could mass-produce Level 4 Golems of this specification. This was a heavenly path that any Golem Wizard dreamed of but didn’t even dare to imagine. The effort and time others spent cultivating a Level 4 Golem were easily measured in hundreds or thousands of years. Yet he only needed a sufficiently powerful vessel and a stripped Law Crystal to achieve "plug and play"!

"Jarvis, query the Association’s internal market for the average quote on a Dawn Star Soul."

[Retrieving data... Based on the transaction records of the past century, the market price of an undamaged Dawn Star Soul fluctuates between 1.5 billion and 2 billion Low-Level Magic Stones. Furthermore, they are often priceless and unavailable.]

"Heh, not cheap. Establish the ’Law Golem Mass Production Model’ and evaluate the unit cost." Allen quickly reined in his emotions, his capitalist instincts reclaiming the high ground.

[Chassis Cost: Approximately 500 million to 1 billion Low-Level Magic Stones.]

[Core Material: One to three Dawn Star Souls.]

[A "fully-equipped" Level 4 Golem requires at least 5 billion Magic Stones.]

[Conclusion: Based on your savings, the mass production plan is temporarily bankrupt.]

Looking at the data, the corner of Allen’s eye twitched slightly. He had just spent 21.5 billion buying the G-771 Plane. Now, he had less than 3 billion in liquid funds on his books. Let alone mass production, he now had to budget carefully just to buy a single Dawn Star Soul. Moreover, a Dawn Star Soul with a suitable law wasn’t something money could casually buy anyway.

As for PX-4 "Xiong Da"...

Allen turned his head to look at the other side of the hangar, at that 86-meter-tall heavy firepower platform. Xiong Da had Dawn Star Level output in vain, as it couldn’t take shortcuts as quickly as Thanatos did. Because Thanatos focused on the soul aspect, perfectly aligning with the law Allen had mastered. But Xiong Da was a pure Main Battle Golem; it needed the [Metal Law] to reshape its body.

"I haven’t even touched the threshold of the Metal Law." Allen rubbed his brow, taking a moment to reflect on his limitations.

Recently, his creations had been continuously transcending tiers. Thanatos had even mastered two laws, its combat prowess far surpassing him, its master. This "summon stronger than the summoner" situation stirred a strong sense of crisis in Allen’s heart. Strength was the sole truth in the Wizarding World. If Thanatos were to rebel one day, it would be a total joke if he, the old father, couldn’t even beat his own son.

"Jarvis, retrieve all purchased metal formulas."

[Retrieved. Totaling 34,510 alloy formulas.]

Allen’s consciousness sank into the vast sea of data. He had a premonition that the entry point for the Metal Law was absolutely not meditating out of thin air. The essence of metal was the restructuring and sublimation of material composition.

"As long as I can thoroughly comprehend these over thirty thousand formulas and independently develop an unprecedented ’Dawn Star Level alloy formula’..." The light of rationality flickered in Allen’s eyes, and he felt a strong premonition. "...that moment will be the instant I touch the [Metal Law]."

Having clarified his upcoming technical research route, Allen’s taut nerves finally relaxed slightly. He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the dome of Cybertron to look out at the boundless void.

In half a month, he would depart for the G-771 Plane.

Originally, he merely treated that place as a resource mine to recoup his funds. But now, having verified the feasibility of "Law Borrowing," Allen had added another strategic goal. Since he couldn’t afford a Dawn Star Soul, he would just go rob one.

"Crimson Hand... Unknown anomalies..." A cold smirk curled on Allen’s lips.

In the eyes of other Morning Star Wizards, those were troubles to avoid at all costs. But in Allen’s current eyes, those High-tier lifeforms and Black Wizards were clearly nothing more than walking "Law Crystals" and "premium souls."

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