Elemental Domain, Icebound Area
The Sect Tournament that decided the fate of the Ice Pole Faction had already turned into a bloodbath. Most of the disciples' main battle puppets had been smashed into pieces, and they no longer had the motivation and ability to continue advancing. They could only use their backup battle puppets to bitterly defend their current ranking positions. The Ice Pole Faction's ranking had always been known for its cruelty. If they failed once, it might mean that they had to start all over again. This was the Ice Pole Faction's strategy. They tried to use this method to tell their successors the cruelty of reality. There were no gentle methods, and there was no such thing as an orderly path. The rule here was that there were no rules. Only in this way could they forge every qualified successor to be even harder than ten-thousand-year-old ice.
Julienne Thea became the primary target of many challengers. This year, she did not use the giant ice monster that she was good at. Instead, she used a strange human material to make an ice puppet.
Moreover, she only had one Ice Puppet in her possession right now!
In the eyes of her competitors, this was a rare opportunity. As long as they defeated Julienne once, they would be able to make her completely lose her battle prowess in this Sect Ranking Tournament. She no longer had any more time to refine a second puppet. Without Julienne in the top ten in the ranking battle, it meant that there would be more cultivation resources for them to distribute later on!
One challenge after another, Julienne led Vladimir to victory after victory with great difficulty, and each victory brought her a large number of ranking points and resources from the Sect.
When Vladimir won his 28th victory, all the competitors finally stopped taking the initiative to challenge Julienne. They were afraid of being beaten, and they finally realized that they had been fooled! The difference between Vladimir and ordinary ice puppets was that he had terrifying combat intelligence! Or rather, his combat instincts had been perfectly preserved by Julienne and used in the battles that she commanded. This was a cunning combat monster, shocking and terrifying. Every victory seemed difficult, but in fact, she was putting on a show for them to see, provoking them to continuously challenge Julienne!
They could not see through this show. They thought that they had a chance to continuously challenge Julienne, who only had one ice puppet, but in fact, they were the ones who were being dragged down. Many challengers who thought that they had a chance sent out their main battle puppets, but in the end, Vladimir "won by a narrow margin" every time.
"Ban Luo, you almost won this time. Sigh, Vladimir won by a narrow margin again …"
"Win by a narrow margin, you big-headed kid. It's a narrow victory like a dog going through a mouse hole to find a turtle egg!" Ban Luo held his head in pain. In this year's Sect Tournament, he had steadily entered the top 30. He did not know why, but he was suddenly possessed and went to challenge Julienne!
There was laughter all around, and many of them had bitter expressions on their faces. Obviously, like Ban Luo, they were one of the losers of Vladimir's 28 consecutive victories.
"Alright, now we can be sure that Julienne did not win by a narrow margin. That cunning b * tch is a drama bitch!"
"Hehe, I'm done for this year. The core of my main battle puppets has been destroyed … This year, I can only rely on the support of my family. Sigh, I definitely can't keep this position anymore."
At this time, in Julienne's personal laboratory, she was immersed in modifying Vladimir. "Well, his intelligence is a little beyond my expectations, but this is a good thing."
"Cuckoo, cuckoo, he's alive, he's alive!"
The ice bird flew over and shouted at Julienne, but its icy blue eyes looked at Vladimir with a little fear.
"Of course my puppet is alive," Julienne said proudly.
The puppets refined by the West Asian race were completely different from the inanimate puppets of other people. West Asian puppets could have high-intensity life characteristics, and one of the keys was the Blood of God of the West Asian race. This blood flowed in the body of the puppet like the blood of a living person, and it would absorb and store powerful energy. It could even simulate the training methods of life, thus providing a guarantee for the puppet's evolution. This was a unique secret of the West Asian race, and it was also the foundation for Julienne to be confident that she could make Vladimir into a Void Core puppet, or even go one step further and aspire to the top.
The ice bird hovered under the ceiling, but Julienne had already immersed herself in her research. Twenty-eight consecutive victories had brought her a large amount of usable resources. Although the Ice Pole Faction was cruel, they were not stingy with rewards for the winners. She had applied for materials that were enough to make more Blood of God. Many of them were extremely rare and precious, including a giant dragon's heart. That would be the most crucial step, as it would determine whether Vladimir could fulfill her dream and become the first Gold Core puppet in history!
Now, she needed to carry out the next stage of adaptive modification on Vladimir's body. A giant dragon's heart was not something that a human could withstand, but she was very confident in Vladimir. This human's body had an unbelievable elasticity. It looked very weak, but it had the characteristic of becoming stronger when facing strong opponents. She believed that as long as she operated it properly …
Bang!
Hot blood suddenly spurted out from Vladimir's body. There were no wounds, and it just spurted straight out of his pores.
"Wahhhh …"
Julienne, who was caught off guard, let out an ear-piercing scream. The ice bird, which was struggling against the ceiling, was shaken and fell to the floor. It protested "cuckoo — cuckoo —"!
"Shut up, stinky bird!"
Julienne could not care less about the blood that spurted all over her face and body. She tried her best to get rid of the panic in her heart. She knew that she was too impatient and had made too many changes to Vladimir's body in a short time. No matter how elastic a rubber band was, it would still snap due to the overload. Now, Vladimir's body was severely weakening because he could not adapt to the power.
Fortunately, he was already a dead person. Furthermore, he was an ice monster that had died in the ice spring and had been transformed by the extreme cold. She rushed to the side, grabbed a blood transfusion tube, and injected it into Vladimir's blood vessels. A large amount of God's blood that she had processed was injected into Vladimir's body, but it was obvious that this was far slower than the speed at which the blood was spurting out! Then, she took out the neutralizing agent that she had prepared long ago and stabbed the needle into Vladimir's forehead. The blood that spurted out from the pores had already flowed all over the ground, and most of the laboratory was submerged in blood. She could feel the sticky and slippery ground under her feet. Her face was pale, and blood vessels began to appear at the corners of her eyes. That stupid bird finally quieted down. This was the only good thing. She carefully controlled the amount of neutralizing agent and pushed it into Vladimir's brain bit by bit.
The specially made neutralizing agent first protected Vladimir's head. His face no longer spurted out blood. Julienne heaved a huge sigh of relief. This was the most important thing, not only because his face was handsome enough, but also because his brain preserved the battle wisdom that she needed. 28 consecutive victories. In the beginning, she had never thought of playing those stupid challengers.
This was Vladimir's spontaneous action. The puppet program buried in his head made him look as if he had a consciousness … This was also the specialty of the West Asia family. The puppets that they refined were very special. Just like what the stupid bird had said, "He's alive", and just like what she had said, "Of course he's alive". A battle program had completely developed his battle instincts. Not only that, this program had gathered the battle essence of all the puppets that she had refined. This was the core of her puppet. Even if she lost everything, as long as this core was still there, as long as she obtained a good material, she would always be able to refine a powerful puppet. Of course, something like 28 consecutive victories was not so easy to obtain.
The neutralizing agent was constantly injected carefully, but it could not be overdone. Otherwise, it would cause the puppet to degenerate or combine with the ongoing physical symptoms of collapse, creating a terrifying corpse explosion.
After an unknown amount of time, the pendulum of fortune finally swung back to her side, and the bleeding stopped. Julienne sat on the ground with a face full of fatigue. She was about to ignore everything and lie down in the blood when the stupid bird's cry interrupted her. "Cuckoo, cuckoo, Julienne, a messenger came just now. Red challenge, red challenge!"
Julienne raised her head, and her eyes instantly widened. There was a red challenge order in the mouth of the ice bird!
White was a challenge from the bottom up, while red was a challenge from someone who was ranked higher than her!
Julienne's tired waist straightened again. 28 consecutive victories, and her ranking had already risen to the ninth place. She had long been qualified to challenge the top eight, but she did not. Now, her opponents had finally reacted. Her Vladimir was still not perfect, and one of them was going to make the first move to gain the upper hand.
The challenge would be tomorrow!
Julienne turned her head to look at Vladimir. He was covered in blood, and everything was soaked in blood. She took a deep breath and poured all her efforts into him. In fact, not only did the ice bird say that he was alive, but she also had such a fantasy. However, she knew that no matter how much vitality a puppet had, it was just an empty shell. He did not have a soul, and the wisdom that he displayed in battle was just a kind of program, an imitation.
She took out the last and crucial dragon's heart. It looked no different from an ordinary heart. Vladimir, who had just passed the repulsive collapse, was still very weak. She reached out and touched his face, which had been smeared with blood. "I know that this is not the best time, but things are always like this, aren't they? Bad things always appear before your prepared plans. If you are lucky, this heart can allow you to become a real Void Core. It is no longer a simulation, but a real one. Perhaps it has the potential to evolve to a higher level! "
Gold Core True Body!
Julienne held her breath and spoke silently. She gently stretched her hand forward, and her slender fingernails cut open Vladimir's chest like a scalpel. Her two fingers gently moved, plucked, and put Vladimir's heart into a vessel on the side. Then, she replaced it with the dragon's heart that she was holding in her other hand.
Julienne quickly sutured the wound. Next, all she had to do was wait. Whether she succeeded or failed, she needed time.
At this moment, Julienne felt the blood in her whole body coagulate. She looked at Vladimir, who did not seem to have any rejection reaction, and she felt more and more anxious. Thus, she decided to clean herself and the bloody laboratory first. She had to do something. This kind of waiting was as unbearable as being grilled over a fire.
Very soon, Julienne focused her anxious heart on cleaning. However, she was too focused on the ground and did not see that Vladimir suddenly opened his eyes. His continuously contracting pupils revealed a strange expression …
Only the ice bird stupidly shouted, "Cuckoo, cuckoo, he is alive!"
The sealed space had been broken, and the dimensional coordinates that were originally set in the sealed space had also dissipated. It took a lot of time to find them again.
On the other hand, the Ocean Empire Planet was quite calm. Wang Zhong could feel the curiosity of the Sea Emperor and the other Void Cores about the battle in the sky, but they were quite tactful and did not come up to take a look. Obviously, they had still recognized the auras of the two parties fighting. Regardless of whether it was Gelawentu or him, the Celestial Honors, no matter what happened between the two of them, the Ocean Empire Planet obviously did not want to and did not dare to get involved.
Pretending not to see anything and never getting involved in anything that was beyond one's control was the approach of a smart person.
On the contrary, the Blood Demon who stayed behind rushed up. When he saw Gelawentu, who was bound by Wang Zhong, his face instantly turned pale.
Lao Wang just smiled faintly and did not have any intention of paying attention to him. This Solid Core was the weakest among the group of people who wanted to assassinate him. The others were all dead, so Wang Zhong really did not care about him. Regardless of whether he was here to assassinate him or not, since he did not attack him, there was no need for him to kill him. In the divine territory, one had to be ruthless when one needed to be ruthless, but one also had to be lenient when one needed to be lenient. One should leave a way out for others and grasp the limits. This was the true way to survive.
Sure enough, that guy didn't dare to make a move. He didn't even dare to open his mouth. He just stood there stupidly, trembling, and stared at Wang Zhong in fear. It wasn't until Wang Zhong slowly found the return coordinates in the shattered space and contacted the Great Elder of the Dimensional Gate that he turned his head and smiled faintly. "Don't forget your duty. Watch over the Ocean Empire Planet."
"…" The Blood Demon felt like he was going crazy. He felt that Wang Zhong's words choked him to the point that he almost couldn't breathe. He did not know whether he should respond or not.
Since that Earthling had already fought with Gelawentu and the others, he should obviously know what was going on, but he still gave him such an order … What did he mean? He was afraid that he had completely ignored him. No, no, no, not only did he ignore him, he really ignored the entire Blood Demon Race!
The Heavenly Gates' Internal Gates …
Gelawentu, who only had half of his body left, looked ashen. With his strong vitality as a Solid Core, this kind of injury was really not enough to kill him. Even the half of his body that had been cut off, as long as he could find it, the Fire Demon Race would have a way to restore him. But now, was this only a problem with his physical injury?
In front of him stood the person that he did not want to face the most and was most afraid of facing, the superintendent of the Heavenly Gates, Erza. Beside Erza, Wang Zhong was reporting everything about this trip, including the conversation between him and Gelawentu. This guy had recorded a complete video … At this time, Wang Zhong was truly grateful to the Flying Pig. He had also prepared this thing. It was no wonder that the Babi family was able to stand tall for so long. They all had some tricks up their sleeves.
"This matter involves many people, and it is not appropriate for me to directly hand him over to the Internal Gates. Thus, I brought him here to the superintendent for you to decide," Wang Zhong said respectfully after he finished narrating the whole process.
There was a flash of admiration in Erza's eyes.
The Heavenly Shell Race did not know about this matter beforehand. The Celestial Honors Mission had always been managed by the Fire Demon Race, and it was too easy to hide Wang Zhong from the Heavenly Shell Race. However, she did not expect that under the careful arrangements of the Fire Demon Race, Wang Zhong would be able to reverse the situation and even capture Gelawentu alive … Of course, what Erza really admired was not the strength that Wang Zhong displayed when facing the siege of a few Solid Cores. She already knew how capable Wang Zhong was, and for a member who was qualified to enter the Celestial Honors Class, it was not difficult for him to do this. What was truly rare was the way Wang Zhong dealt with the aftermath.
The fact that he did not kill Gelawentu to vent his anger proved that he was quite calm and had the potential to do great things. The fact that he did not impatiently hand Gelawentu over to the Internal Gates proved that his mind was quite clear, and his judgment and sense of things were quite accurate. Since this matter was caused by the Fire Demon Race, handing Gelawentu over to the Internal Gates was equivalent to directly returning him to them. There would be no follow-up at all, and they might even bite back at him. Choosing to hand Gelawentu over to the Heavenly Shell Race showed that Wang Zhong could understand the situation between the Heavenly Shell Race and the Fire Demon Race and had a good view of the overall situation. It also represented Wang Zhong's trust and goodwill towards the Heavenly Shell Race.
There was no doubt that controlling Gelawentu was equivalent to controlling the initiative in the negotiation of this matter. The Fire Demon Race might not care about the life or death of a Solid Core, but they had lost their morality, disobeyed the rules, and lost the initiative. This was equivalent to the Heavenly Shell Race grasping their weakness. It would be impossible to resolve this matter without paying a price. To Wang Zhong, this would be a very good explanation and result, but to the Heavenly Shell Race, it would be a benefit that their opponent had given to them out of thin air.
This guy was indeed a talent, whether it was in terms of cultivation or in terms of conduct. At least for now, the Heavenly Shell Race's investment in him was not a loss at all.
"Okay." Erza was not stingy with her admiring gaze. She smiled and nodded. "Just hand him over to me. The Heavenly Gates will definitely give you a reasonable result."
"Thank you, superintendent."
"Heh heh, you may leave." Erza waved her hand, and a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes. "Be careful of the Fire Demon Race. They are in the wrong in this matter. Although they can't cause any trouble directly, they will definitely cause trouble for you behind your back. It is unlikely that they will assassinate you in the Heavenly Gates, but you'd better be careful of the various open traps. Don't shed all pretense of cordiality with the Fire Demon Race, and don't be provoked under any circumstances. Remember, you are still in the growth period. The current you is not qualified to openly provoke the dignity of a level-8 civilization. "
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