The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

"Bang!"

The newly healed flesh exploded in the next second, and a large amount of blood gushed out again.

destroy.

newborn.

Destroyed again.

Rebirth.

This is a torment ten thousand times more terrifying than being subjected to slow slicing.

San Shi's body became a meat grinder, with two incredibly powerful energies waging a fierce tug-of-war in his flesh, bone marrow, and even every cell.

Qian Hua stood a few meters away, arms crossed, watching indifferently.

"Trying to reach the top in one step? It's not that easy."

"However, the quality of this water of life is indeed up to par." A glint flashed in Qian Hua's eyes.

"The alternating flow of two energies is like repeatedly forging his body as a rough draft. As long as he doesn't die, the purity of his flesh and blood will definitely increase several times over."

The torment continues.

But soon, Mitsuishi's agonizing screams suddenly and strangely weakened.

His massive body continued to convulse and split open on the ground, but the expression on his face became extremely blank, his vertical pupils lost focus, and his mouth was wide open, with saliva mixed with blood dripping down.

In a violent tearing sensation deep within his soul, San Shi felt his consciousness being abruptly pulled into a gray-white space.

There were no physical entities around.

Countless mouths suddenly burst open on all sides of him, even deep within his brain.

Men's, women's, old people's, monsters' voices—sharp, low, hoarse, frantic—swarmed into his soul like millions of flies.

"Give up, you're already fried into mincemeat."

"You are a god high above, but this is just a dream."

"Your internal organs are all gone, how come you're still not dead?"

Contradictory and absurd information was frantically poured into his consciousness.

San Shi roared furiously, "I haven't become king yet, how could I possibly die! You're the ones who deserve to die!"

outside world.

Qian Hua, seeing San Shi's eyes begin to glaze over, shook his head and said, "So, it's already a failure?"

"It's faster than I expected."

"Sigh~" Qian Hua sighed deeply, "If the plan to cultivate king-level experts fails, we'll have to find another way."

"I just don't know if we can capture a King-level being alive."

Although both are of the King level, there are significant differences in the blood between a corpse and a living being.

Forging source weapons is a delicate task; even the slightest difference can lead to forging failure.

Just when Qian Hua was about to give up.

next second.

A strange fluctuation erupted from San Shi's body.

Qian Hua raised an eyebrow slightly as he looked at San Shi's strange state.

The intelligent authority automatically detected the illogical energy fluctuations in the air.

"The remnants of authority have manifested."

"This aura... it's definitely authority."

Qian Hua, who also wielded power, was extremely sensitive to this force.

The owner of that core in his lifetime wielded the power of lies.

This thing can not only distort reality, but also deceive the senses.

"This guy's mental world is probably being torn apart by countless illusions right now." Qian Hua had no intention of intervening and turned to walk towards the materials shelf.

Whether you can break free from the lie and deceive yourself depends entirely on how much you want to live.

The time that followed felt incredibly long in that enclosed basement.

one day.

Three days.

Five days.

For five whole days, San Shi was like a zombie that could never truly die.

The air in the laboratory was filled with the heavy smell of blood and violent energy.

If an ordinary B-level combatant were to stand in this environment, even without being hit, the sheer pressure in the air would be enough to cause their blood vessels to burst on the spot.

Qian Hua, however, remained completely unaffected.

Over the past five days, he used the high-intensity energy field emitted by the three stones as an aid to successfully analyze the mental resistance of the two top-grade ores, pushing the theoretical model of S-level source soldiers one step further.

During this period, San Shi's heart stopped completely three times, and his vital signs disappeared entirely.

But each time, relying on the last bit of life-giving essence, coupled with that insatiable will to survive that almost devoured the world, he managed to tear a crack open from the illusion of lies and catch his breath.

Amidst endless suffering and near-death experiences.

Late at night on the fifth day.

San Shi, lying in a pool of blood like a rag doll, suddenly stopped convulsing.

The violent energy that had been tearing his flesh apart seemed to have suddenly lost its outlet, and began to slowly and obediently sink into the depths of his bone marrow.

The dark yellow scales completely fell off, and in their place was a brand new armor with a deep black iron luster and faint gray-white patterns flowing through it.

An aura, unlike anything he had ever felt before, carrying the pure pressure of a superior, began to slowly rise from his body.

"call--!"

San Shi suddenly opened his eyes and exhaled a long, turbid breath, which actually plowed a white mark on the hard floor.

His vertical pupils were no longer cloudy, but instead revealed a bottomless illusion and cunning.

The remaining power of the authority of lies completely changed his temperament.

San Shi slowly stood up, and as he did so, his appearance changed, transforming from a gigantic monster into a middle-aged man.

Feeling the energy core within his body, which, though not yet fully refined, had already taken firm root, and sensing the terrifying power that seemed capable of tearing through space with every move he made, ecstasy instantly overwhelmed his reason.

"I have finally achieved the title of King!

"Is this the power of authority?"

San Shi chuckled.

If he has time to fully digest this power, then he will be a true king!

Although using this opportunistic method to devour others has led to a dead end, making further progress extremely difficult.

But that doesn't matter at all!

Below the king level, all are ants.

From this day forward, he will no longer be a low-level lord at the mercy of others!

The surge in power brought with it an inflated ambition.

San Shi turned around and fixed his gaze on Qian Hua, who was polishing ore with his back to him a few meters away.

The human being who once terrified him now appeared so frail at this distance.

"I am now the king-to-be." A fierce glint flashed in San Shi's eyes, and the muscles in his hind legs silently tensed to their limit.

"Even a soul-binding restriction takes time to activate. As long as I'm fast enough, I can smash his head and erase his consciousness in an instant, and then I'll be completely free!"

Greed and murderous intent completely overwhelmed him.

"Would you like to test your current courage, or your newfound strength?"

Qian Hua's voice was flat and even, but it didn't travel through the air. Instead, it went straight through the soul imprint and exploded deep inside San Shi's brain!

The hand that was less than half a meter from the back of Qian Hua's head suddenly froze in mid-air.