The Forbidden Substance flowing behind the light curtain surged wildly.
A dazzling light flashed in Li Chen's eyes, and the black patterns on his right hand were spreading wildly.
He would become like this every time he manipulated Forbidden Substances, but Gu Cheng wasn't particularly surprised, as he was used to such things.
"This stick can't hold up anymore." Li Chen pursed his lips and said.
Within the light screen, the black rod, enveloped by surging Forbidden Substance, seemed unable to withstand the erosion; the broken crack began to slowly dissipate as the matter was decomposed.
Gu Cheng smiled faintly, and a white triangular cabinet shape appeared in his eyes.
"Warlock Analysis."
"Quantum Domain."
In an instant, the instrument in front of Li Chen began to operate, and a pale blue light began to appear.
Countless rays of light broke through the darkness and began to merge into the black rod, seemingly resisting the erosion of the Forbidden Substance.
In an instant -
Li Chen manipulated the Forbidden Substance, directing it into the black rod, and a jet-black light began to emanate from it.
Runes began to be imprinted on the stick out of thin air.
The black liquid began to fuse the broken stick together, starting to assemble it.
Li Chen let out a soft sound of doubt, but his hands did not stop moving.
He felt as if the stick had come to life.
She had just felt a slight attraction to him, though it was very faint, but he still sensed it.
As the two lights faded, black and blue merged together.
The Forbidden Substance has all flowed into the black stick, but the stick has now been drastically altered.
The previously broken gap has been repaired, and a terrifying aura emanates from it, but to Li Chen it feels gentle.
Gu Cheng then laughed and said, "Alright, that's all."
"This is the first time I've created Forbidden Object so easily; now it's just a matter of testing."
Gu Cheng lightly tapped the table beside him with his finger, and a mechanical arm picked up the stick and threw it into the Eerie Monsters that had been prepared beforehand.
Li Chen was somewhat puzzled.
Is this useful?
Without human intervention, even Forbidden Objects cannot be used, right?
But a hint of surprise quickly flashed across his face.
As the black staff entered the Eerie Monsters' field of vision, the Eerie Monsters began to roar, their eyes fixed intently on the black staff.
It seemed afraid, but the stick didn't move.
Gu Cheng, standing to the side, grasped a pen he had found somewhere and began to take notes.
"Intimidation" passed.
"Harm" unknown
"Side effects" unknown.
"User not specified"
At this moment, the Eerie Monsters finally couldn't hold back any longer and actually bit at it, but in front of it was just a lifeless stick, and even if it bit its mouth to pieces, it might not do any good.
The Gu Cheng official calmly and composedly replied, "The defenses are in good order."
A while later.
Bang!
After a gunshot, the Eerie Monsters were dealt with.
Gu Cheng held the stick and fiddled with it for a while, seemingly puzzled.
What's wrong with this stick?
"Why is it different from the Forbidden Object I created before?"
It doesn't seem to be activated yet?
Li Chen remained silent, naturally understanding what Gu Cheng meant.
It's like a mobile phone that's not turned on yet.
Right now, this stick is like a cell phone; it hasn't been fully turned on yet.
Even so, he could sense that the stick had become Forbidden Object, because so many Forbidden Substances he had injected into it had not been absorbed.
That means it has been merged.
Li Chen watched Gu Cheng fiddling with the stick, and an idea spontaneously arose in his mind. He spoke up.
"I'll give it a try."
Gu Cheng nodded. After all, the person in front of him was the controller of Dark Matter, which was probably why this Forbidden Object was so different.
Li Chen grasped the black stick, and instantly a clear and overwhelming sense of sorrow washed over him, causing him to momentarily lose his composure.
This stick seems to have absorbed Forbidden Substances and given birth to something incredible.
At this moment, a black aura began to coil around the stick.
Li Chen could feel the stick in his hand getting heavier and heavier, and even his strength at the Looking River Realm was almost too much for him to handle.
"Does it have its own gravity? Or is it simply becoming heavier?"
However, this feeling quickly dissipated, and the stick returned to calm once more.
Gu Cheng asked, "How is it?"
Li Chen shook his head, and after a few seconds tossed the stick to Gu Cheng, saying, "No, I can't feel it."
"This stick seems to be able to increase its own weight."
"The side effects are unclear, but they seem to be related to emotions."
Gu Cheng pondered for a moment, then nodded.
The stick was then inserted directly into the previous instrument.
"Fine, we'll just send it back inland and let them try it out."
"After all, it's Forbidden Object. Only someone can truly know if it's made. We're not gods; it's already quite an achievement that we were able to make it at all."
"You've really done a great job, kid. You're getting better and better at manipulating Dark Matter. If Yu Qingnian weren't your mentor, I would have definitely poached you to work for me."
Li Chen smiled.
In the two weeks that followed, he actually spent more time in contact with the Pass Master in front of him.
Yu Qingnian has disappeared.
However, what Li Chen wanted to know now was not these things, but rather how the Pass Master in front of him resisted the Forbidden Substance from corroding the object.
Just now, when he manipulated the Forbidden Substance into that stick, he could clearly feel the stick dissipating, but suddenly, as if he had been vaccinated, he developed antibodies and couldn't withstand it anymore.
Before he could speak, Gu Cheng suddenly frowned, and his expression began to worsen.
"Li Chen, you go back first."
"There's a problem with the Ruined Pass."
Before Li Chen could react, Gu Cheng waved his hand, and Li Chen was thrown out.
Standing beneath the Ruined Pass, Li Chen was somewhat bewildered.
What happened?
Even the usually indifferent Pass Master was so serious.
Has the pass been breached?
Li Chen took a deep look at the towering, Ruined Pass and then left.
What he didn't know was that a large number of people had already gathered at the pass.
Yu Qingnian stared intently into the Black Mist, without uttering a word.
Gu Cheng's figure had already reached his side.
Even Wei Laoda arrived here, along with many mechanical figures who stood upright, all looking into the depths of the Black Mist.
A pale white light flickered in Gu Cheng's eyes.
A blue data panel appeared in front of him.
The ever-increasing energy fluctuations already signify everything.
He murmured, "I never imagined that after passing Dawn Pass, these Eerie Monsters would actually dare to attack this place."
"The Eerie Tide is coming."