Reborn Through Fire

"Hahaha!"

As Saundin laughed, his body began to change.

Amid the violent currents he faced during the ascent, the clothes on his body began to shatter. The Soul Guidance Mechanical Exoskeleton Armor covering him turned into something like liquid, flowing along with his writhing flesh until—

Bang!

A sharp crack rang out from his body. His entire form burst into flames, and all the flesh across his body turned to ash amid the firelight and began to crumble away.

"Did he fail?"

Seeing that only half a skeleton remained of the burning man, Dugu Bo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, though he also sneered inwardly. "You brought this upon yourself. You deserve it!"

But afterward, the remaining upper half of the spinal column began to writhe. Heaven and Earth Energy rapidly gathered toward it, causing the broken ribs and breastbone to quickly regrow and heal. Layers upon layers of dense, sharp gray feathers then covered its exterior.

Those feathers were made of metal, with faint flickers of fire emerging from the gaps between them.

The dragon-headed White Whistle embedded in its chest began to actively draw in the surrounding Heaven and Earth Energy, converting it into Soul Power and constructing illusory routes for Soul Power circulation that covered its entire body.

Whoosh—

A melody, low yet soaring, emerged from the figure reborn through fire—or rather, from the White Whistle embedded in its chest.

The White Whistle was an object that played the Life Movement!

Saundin's experiment had succeeded!

Using Mithras and the others as expendable materials, he had amplified the Ascension Curse imposed upon him by the Fourth Layer, allowing him to undergo evolution once more!

"So merging with the White Whistle was the key... But now, I have completed my final evolution!"

"I have become the ultimate life-form!"