Time was flying by, and Lu Li knew that things couldn't continue like this. The opponent's defensive magic was far stronger than she had imagined. If possible, Lu Li didn't want to use the second uranium pill.

However, she had a feeling that after consuming half a uranium pill, her body could still maintain itself for a hundred breaths, unlike what she had initially estimated, which was only ten breaths.

As Elder Duan had previously mentioned, the initial activation would be a bit slow. However, after she took the uranium pill a second time, the activation speed was indeed much faster and it also became more sustainable.

We can't delay any longer, no matter what!

At this moment, her internal organs have been replaced with corresponding three-turn mechanical artifacts. The power of a one-turn Qi-unifying cauldron is already quite remarkable, let alone a three-turn mechanical artifact.

However, compared to this three-stage permafrost machine, the gas reactor paled in comparison and could only become an appendage.

In other words, among Lu Li's five internal organs, the strongest and most intact is actually her kidney!?

Now, Lu Li has a total of eight spirit cores. Apart from the Derivation Spirit Core, which has no spirit power storage effect, the spirit power in the other seven spirit cores has all been poured into the Permafrost Machine by Lu Li.

The entire puppet body is a whole. The permafrost machine is the core of this supernatural power, but it is also the result of the combined effect of all the puppets. No puppet is superfluous.

The five elements generate each other, and the five internal organs are one!

In an instant, Lu Li understood. No wonder Elder Duan had said that every artifact in this body had been carefully selected, and that moving one would affect the whole body, so it could not be easily altered.

Click click click!

A biting wind howled, snow blanketed the sky, and the temperature plummeted. Ironwood Mountain was completely enveloped by this force. At the same time, a giant ice lotus, the Deer Pear, materialized beneath its feet. It was crystal clear, over three zhang in diameter, and consisted of three layers from the inside out, with a total of sixty-four lotus petals.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Li stomped her jade foot hard on the lotus heart!

The ice lotus plummeted rapidly, crashing into the old man on the ground. The moment it touched the barrier, it exploded with a deafening roar, sending its sixty-four petals flying everywhere.

This will be her final blow!

Chapter 81 All beings suffer and are weak; the soul ascends to immortality.

After the ice lotus burst open, it transformed into a snowstorm hundreds of feet high, destroying all the pavilions and towers. The Tongxian Sect branch located in the mountains was completely covered by the heavy snow.

Lu Li dared not be careless. She used her divine sense to explore the area in front of her, but she found that her divine sense did not return and did not give her any feedback. It was as if something was interfering with her perception.

Another soul-path supernatural power?

That old man was indeed not dead.

Waaah—!

Suddenly, a Taoist priest's wailing voice came from ahead. The voice was sharp and piercing, and it was mixed with the faint sound of a mechanism turning. Then, dozens or even hundreds of wailing voices erupted almost simultaneously.

A blinding white light suddenly burst forth, and the nictitating membrane under Lu Li's eyelids fell down on its own, as if adding a dark filter to her eyes, allowing her to see the scene under the white light through this nictitating membrane.

The Water Moon Mirror slowly rose, its surface cracking in the middle to reveal another layer of mirror beneath. Hundreds and thousands of souls emerged from it, their expressions twisted, some roaring, some wailing, like wild beasts that had lost their minds.

The moment the mirror opened, these souls desperately tried to escape, but they were bound by an invisible vortex and dragged into it.

"This is……"

"This is the fourth-level artifact, the Myriad Souls Mirror. The three-level, nine-type spirit core is already rare, and he probably only has one. So he integrated the Myriad Souls Mirror and the Water Moon Mirror into one, sharing a single spirit core."

"And what are those souls?"

"Can't you tell? They used to be followers of the Tongxian Sect, but now they've all become artifact spirits."

"So many artifact spirits?!"

"Who told you that a single artifact can only have one spirit? Although I don't have the diagram for the Myriad Souls Mirror, there should be a spiritual world within it, similar to your pear orchard. He sent tens of thousands of souls into it to refine them into artifact spirits."

Faced with such a display, Lu Li couldn't help but be somewhat surprised:

"Tens of thousands? Isn't that all?!"

"Tens of thousands was just something I said casually, but what you see is only the part that survived. To forge so many artifact spirits, the investment would be at least ten times greater. This can be considered a branch of artificial artifact spirits and in-depth deduction."

"In-depth analysis..."

The pale vortex formed by hundreds of souls collided with the blizzard, and after three breaths, the latter dissipated first.

As the pale vortex dissipated, all the artifact spirits were forcibly mixed together, transforming into a pale giant a hundred feet tall, with six arms on each side and hundreds of faces all over its body.

The largest face at the top was exactly the same as the Venerable One's. This face was ten feet long from top to bottom. The Mirror of Ten Thousand Souls was embedded in his brow. At this moment, his eyelids were lowered, the left corner of his mouth was lowered, but the right corner of his mouth was slightly upturned.

His face, with three parts smile and seven parts peace, stood out from the distorted faces of the masses. Though he did not speak, his voice echoed from all directions.

"This woman has fallen into demonic ways. I urge you all to join me in upholding justice!"

Upon hearing this, the spirits that had been wailing fell silent, their expressions becoming peaceful. They chanted in unison, reciting obscure and difficult scriptures that made Lu Li's scalp tingle and nearly caused her to lose her composure.

clang!

After a soft sound, Lu Li felt a chill in her mind, which brought her back to her senses.

"Acting on behalf of Heaven? How dare you say that? You've been murdering for money, haven't you killed enough innocent souls?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Li was taken aback. These words were not spoken by her, but by her Enchanting Sound Box, or more precisely, by the spirit within her Great Dream Pivot.

To be honest, the spirit of the artifact actually spoke his mind.

Upon hearing this, the Venerable One simply smiled calmly and said matter-of-factly:

"To seek wealth? That is not my intention. They gave it to me voluntarily. They entrusted their wealth to me, and I bestowed blessings upon them so that they could share in bliss. What is wrong with that?"

"Bliss? You mean turning them into artifact spirits and stuffing them into your broken mirror?"

"Hehehe..."

The Venerable One smiled without saying a word. He raised his palm above his head and then slammed it down. This palm was composed of at least a hundred artifact spirits and had already materialized.

With her pretty face shrouded in the huge shadow of the hand, Lu Li felt a chill run down her spine. She had no choice but to pull away and avoid the attack.

Just then, several figures surrounded her. They were the same group of believers who had initially surrounded the Venerable One. These believers had varying levels of cultivation, ranging from the lowest at the Open Source Realm to the highest at the Half-Step Creation Realm.

These people charged at her fearlessly. Lu Li clearly remembered that at first they were trembling with fear because of her, but now they were all like they had been injected with chicken blood.

These people were generally not very strong. Lu Li could crush one of them with a single finger. Even the one with the highest cultivation level, the half-step Creation Realm, was turned into a bloody mist by her mechanical palm.

But these cannon fodder slowed her down, even if only for a moment, they bought time for the Venerable One.

boom!

The giant hand slammed down with a thunderous sound, and the chanting of the spirits of the artifacts intensified, as the power of the soul-path divine abilities reached its peak in that instant.

Wow!

Lu Li switched from offense to defense, channeling all her spiritual power into the Spirit Core.

In the next instant, hundreds of pear tree phantoms rose from the ground, forming a huge pear orchard centered on the deer pear.

The giant hand descended swiftly, casting a massive, despairing shadow. Just as it touched the pear tree, its momentum was abruptly halted.

Click click click click!

The pear tree creaked under the weight, as if it might break at any moment, and it seemed about to succumb to the pressure.

Pear blossoms were in full bloom, their petals fluttering like snowflakes, escaping from between the fingers of a giant hand and attacking the Venerable One's face.

【A Hundred Faces of Peking Opera: A Thousand Refinements and Ten Thousand Flowers】!

"not good!"

The Venerable One was greatly alarmed. Since Lu Li had seen this guy, this was the first time the guy's expression had changed so visibly.

He stopped pressuring the Pear Garden and instead raised his hands to protect his face and the Mirror of Ten Thousand Souls embedded between his eyebrows.

"You old bastard, prepare to die! Drink up!"

The petals, sharp as blades, swiftly and fiercely sliced ​​the face on the back of the Venerable's hand, instantly killing dozens of artifact spirits. Yet, the obscure scriptures of these artifact spirits continued unabated.

"You accuse me of murder for money, but how good are you? Are the spirits you're killing wrong? Huh? Hahaha, don't you think so?"

"Natural disasters and earthquakes have caused countless innocent deaths. Have you ever complained about the laws of Heaven? All living beings suffer terribly. I used the Dao of Souls to help them ascend to heaven. This act is of immeasurable merit. But it is all because of you that all of this has been destroyed!"

Chapter 82 A tapestry of steamed buns and dumplings, the rise and fall of mushrooms

“My dear disciple, don’t let this old geezer fool you. The most powerful deception in the world is to deceive yourself. Even if you are doing something that would anger heaven and man, you can still convince yourself and feel at peace with yourself.”

Hearing Elder Duan's words, Lu Li nodded slightly, her chest heaving violently, and the Qi-Gathering Cauldron hummed.

She naturally didn't believe the Venerable One's nonsense.

Pear blossoms mingled with heavy snow, and under the onslaught of countless blossoms, the spirits on the Venerable One's body suffered numerous casualties.

However, the Venerable One did not take it seriously. He sneered three times, and the Mirror of Ten Thousand Souls between his eyebrows flashed again. More spirits flew out from it, not only filling the original vacancy, but also making his body even stronger.

Right now, he was protecting the Mirror of Ten Thousand Souls with only one hand, while his other hand was clenched into a fist as he launched another attack on Lu Li.

Bang bang bang!

The mountain-sized fists kept falling, shattering the pear tree into dust. Lu Li had no choice but to restart the freeze machine and use her agile body to fight back.

Initially, due to a lack of combat experience and unfamiliarity with the use of mechanical weapons, Lu Li was at a disadvantage.

At this moment, Lu Li was multitasking. While dealing with the battle in front of her, she was also recording the battle situation. Using this information as fuel, the Great Dream Profound Pivot was rapidly deducing.

As time went by, Lu Li's combat skills improved at an alarming rate. Gradually, she figured out her opponent's moves and became familiar with the operation of the various mechanical devices within her body.

With the Qi-Gathering Cauldron, Blood Source Pump, Permafrost Machine, and Great Dream Pivot, she no longer simply activated a single artifact. Instead, based on the current situation and anticipating the opponent's moves, she unleashed all eighteen kinds of artifacts.

Thus, only the tip of the iceberg of the true power of this puppet body was finally revealed.

The counterattack has begun.

The Venerable One's eyes widened, his initial composure long gone. He stared at Lu Li as if he were looking at a monster.

"Just how many mechanical artifacts are integrated into your body?!"

"Hehehe, are you stupid? So what if you have thousands of weapon spirits? The set of puppets I chose is unparalleled throughout history!"

Seeing the Venerable One's disheveled appearance, Duan Xuanyuan was very pleased. However, only Lu Li could hear these words. It seemed as if she was deliberately saying them to Lu Li, or as if she was talking to herself.

The Venerable One's expression was solemn. The spirits within the Mirror of Ten Thousand Souls were limited. Once all of his spirits were killed, he would surely die.

On the other side, Lu Li also dared not be careless. Her time was running out. Once the power of the uranium pill was exhausted, she would be reduced to her original form, and at that time, she would be doomed.

Even more terrifying, she could feel that some of the artifacts on her body were disappearing, being replaced by her original flesh and blood.

In that instant, steamed buns and meatballs appeared and disappeared, and flowers and mushrooms appeared and disappeared uncertainly.

Lu Li felt that this body was becoming strange, even eerie. Its aura was becoming unstable, fluctuating wildly, sometimes as fragile as a thread, and sometimes as powerful as thunder.

In her mind, she was sometimes as graceful and gentle as a daughter, and sometimes as vigorous and spirited as a man.

Moreover, under the influence of the immeasurable eons, Lu Li's body gradually changed, and something shrank by 20%.

not good!

Lu Li felt as if her heart was being torn apart. At this moment, both sides made up their minds and prepared to launch a final counterattack.

At the same time, Elder Duan's soul was holding the inverted Heavenly Dipper Instrument, feeling the Dao patterns of destiny and time emanating from it, as well as the extremely chaotic Yin and Yang energies around her. A look of surprise flashed across her face.

She seemed to have thought of something, but ultimately didn't reveal it, instead calmly saying:

"Don't worry~ Don't worry, you still have a uranium pill, hehehe, eat it and you'll have everything, eat it!"

Upon hearing this tone, Lu Li sensed something was amiss and suspected a trap.

Something's not right. Something's nine out of ten things is wrong.

"What are you up to now, you old codger?"

"How could that be? Your master would never harm you. If his weapon spirit is exhausted, he can still hold on for a while. There's no guarantee he won't have some means of escaping. But if you revert to your original form, he can kill you in an instant. If you don't eat now, it will be too late!"

"hiss--"

Lu Li suddenly felt that this scene seemed familiar.

Back then, he was being chased for debts by two disciples of Qingyang Palace and was on the verge of death when Elder Duan suddenly appeared, saying that he had nowhere else to go but to borrow money from her in order to survive.

Right now, she has no choice but to kill that so-called Venerable One, no matter what.

So she freed one hand, took out the second uranium pill from her storage bag, and put it in her mouth. She originally wanted to swallow the second uranium pill before the first one ran out.

Unexpectedly, the moment she put the uranium pill in her mouth, the thing began to slowly contract.

Lu Li had always thought that this Uranium Pill, like the Bi'an Pill, was a product of alchemy, and that it would only take effect after being ingested and absorbed by the body.

Actually, that's not the case. Lu Li only just discovered that the uranium pill can take effect without being swallowed.

What is the rationale for this?

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