"Evolution Furnace!"
Zhou Qi's eyes suddenly burst forth with an uncontrollable brilliance!
The biggest problem that had plagued him—the solution to the power vacuum in the middle layer—was clearly laid out before his eyes!
Batch catalysis!
Forced elevation!
Using resources, using Materials, and even part of a sacrifice, in exchange for a backbone force that could contend with the Antarctic Otherworld's elites in a short period of time!
Zhou Qi stood before the Evolution Furnace's central control console.
The cold metal surface transmitted the muffled, pulsating heat from the furnace core below, like the throbbing of the Earth's Core.
His gaze was fixed on the newly refreshed information stream on the light screen, every word striking his nerves like a heavy hammer.
Evolution Furnace: Permissions Unlocked
Scope: All intelligent life forms with an 'Absolute Loyalty' Soul imprint, regardless of race, form, or Evolution path.
"All...all those loyal to me...can be strengthened?!"
Zhou Qi's heart felt as if it was squeezed by an invisible giant hand, then expanded with ecstasy, pumping out blood as hot as lava!
"Mingling Devil!"
This thought, like a flash of lightning, split his mind.
Eight thousand twelfth-order/rank/level Mirage/Gnome Demons, those elite assassins who moved like ghosts through shadows, their liquid metal blades capable of tearing space, were the sharpest and most growth-oriented spearhead under his command, apart from planetary-level existences!
If he could elevate their life levels as a whole, integrating stronger power traits...
Without the slightest hesitation, his Divine Thought, like invisible tentacles, instantly penetrated space, precisely anchoring onto each individual Mingling Devil.
His will condensed like a needle:
Target Population Locked: Mingling Devil
Quantity: 8000 (Full Complement)
Average Life Strength: 62.3
As the confirmation information flowed across the light screen, a sharp glint flashed in Zhou Qi's eyes.
The opportunity was at hand, but the furnace's appetite would certainly not be small!
His mind sank deep into the dimensional space within his body, where several enormous, door-sized dark golden Dragon scales quietly floated.
Each one shimmered with a lava-like luster, its surface naturally inscribed with profound and complex spatial runes; merely approaching them, one could feel space subtly twisting.
Deeper still, three dark golden blood beads, as brilliant as liquid stars and exuding unparalleled might and life essence, floated heavily—the scales and Origin essence blood shed by the Golden Emperor!
"With the remnants of a planetary-level innate Saint Spirit, I shall forge your path to advancement!"
Zhou Qi's will was like iron, his Divine Thought stirring!
Boom—!!!
The blazing white light cluster at the core of the Evolution Furnace, composed of countless miniature galaxies, suddenly erupted with dazzling radiance.
The internal nebula structure spun and collapsed frantically, and a terrifying suction force, as if capable of devouring stars, appeared out of thin air.
The Golden Emperor's scales and essence blood were instantly captured by an invisible force field, transcending spatial dimensions and directly entering the core of that blazing white light.
Screech—!!!
A teeth-grinding shriek, as if billions of pieces of glass shattered simultaneously, exploded on the spiritual level.
The incredibly tough Dragon scales, under the terrifying energy at the core, comparable to a stellar nucleus, instantly turned red and softened, like cold iron thrown into a furnace. The profound spatial runes on their surface were forcibly stripped away, pulverized, and re-forged into purer spatial Law essence.
The three drops of essence blood were even more like being thrown into an antimatter Domain, exploding violently. The dark golden stellar destruction power and the vast life Origin transformed into a roaring torrent of energy, violently stirring, Fusing, and refining with the spatial essence.
The luminosity of the entire furnace core instantly increased tenfold, exuding an aura of destruction and creation intertwined, causing a chilling sensation.
Warning: Planetary-level Origin material detected!
Material Analysis: High-level Titan Life Imprint (Fragment), Spatial Law Essence (Core), Stellar Annihilation Force (Trace), Immortal Dragon Body Essence...
Reconstructing 'Mingling Devil Race (8000)' Life Blueprint...Fusing...
Reconstruction Direction Confirmed:
1. Life Origin Leap: Using 'Titan Dragon Body Essence' as a guide, forcibly raise the life strength threshold!
2. Spatial Cutting Extremization: Integrate spatial Law essence, strengthen dimensional stealth stability, enhance liquid blade armor penetration and spatial tearing attributes, and guide the Void Scale Armor defense prototype!
3. Energy Core Mutation: Introduce trace characteristics of stellar annihilation force, granting an additional energy annihilation effect to attacks!
Final Energy Consumption Calculation Complete: 800 billion Evolution Points required!
"800 billion?!"
Zhou Qi paused slightly, then understood, even finding it somewhat amusing.
He had thought this furnace was a free Divine Artifact, but he hadn't expected its activation to also require a massive amount of Evolution Points.
He quickly retrieved the furnace's detailed consumption standards.
The light screen listed in detail:
Potential Smelting Basic Consumption (Life Strength)
Below 10: 100 Evolution Points/individual
10-19: 1000 Evolution Points/individual
20-29: 10000 Evolution Points/individual
30-39: 100000 Evolution Points/individual
40-49: 1000000 Evolution Points/individual
50-59: 10,000,000 (Ten Million) Evolution Points/individual
60-69: 100,000,000 (One Hundred Million) Evolution Points/individual
... (Higher strengths follow this pattern)
Looking at the terrifying number required for life strength 60-69 points—a single individual's basic smelting alone required 100 million Evolution Points.
Zhou Qi couldn't help but click his tongue: "Just to activate potential, the cost is so high..."
This meant that the basic smelting of these eight thousand Mingling Devil, not counting the additional catalytic effect of the Golden Emperor's Materials, would require a staggering 800 billion Evolution Points just for the activation fee!
Converted into Origin Points, it was close to 1 point!
Fortunately, he possessed 6380 Origin Points, making him incredibly wealthy.
"It's worth it!" Zhou Qi's eyes sharpened, and without the slightest hesitation, he declared, "Confirm payment! Start smelting!"
Zhou Qi's voice was decisive and unquestionable.
Hum—!!!
The core of the Evolution Furnace emitted an unprecedented sound, like the creation sound at the beginning of the Universe!
The blazing white light cluster inside, having collapsed to its extreme, suddenly expanded and burst outwards!
A golden-red energy torrent, condensed to near-substance, that had Fused the Golden Emperor's domineering will, spatial Law essence, and life essence, was instantly split and compressed by the core power into eight thousand thread-thin yet star-heavy Law energy beams!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!
A sound of breaking through the air resonated on the Soul level!
The eight thousand golden-red threads disregarded physical Law, and in one ten-thousandth of a second, following the eight thousand anchor points locked by Zhou Qi's Soul network, they pierced with unparalleled precision, carrying a will intertwined with destruction and rebirth, deep into the core of each Mingling Devil's Soul.
At the same time, outside the base control room, in the training space.
Hiss—!!!
An extremely faint, yet high-frequency resonance-inducing, anomaly occurred in the surrounding alloy walls.
A Mingling Devil elite, codenamed "Phantom Scythe," was moving at High-Speed Movement through a simulated complex pipe corridor, like a shadow blending into the background.
The moment the energy beam pierced him, he was struck as if by lightning.
His High-Speed Movement body instantly froze and stiffened.
His body, covered in dark purple chitinous armor, trembled violently.
As if a miniature star had been ignited within him.