This divine extraction surgery lasted a full ten minutes.
When the last wisp of golden destructive energy representing the Golden Dragon King Bloodline was forcibly drawn from Tang Wulin's brow,
the Truth Alchemy Matrix beneath Luo Feng's feet erupted in a dazzling white light unlike anything it had ever produced!
"Ning...!"
With a low growl from Luo Feng, the vast sea of turbulent golden mist in midair
collapsed violently under the ultimate compression of the laws of alchemy.
In just a few seconds, it condensed into a fist-sized crystal,
covered in mysterious dragon patterns, its brilliant golden core seemingly nurturing a universe of destruction within!
[ Ding! Alchemical reconstruction complete! ]
[ Congratulations, Ironclad! You have successfully extracted a Transcendent God-level material—the Golden Dragon King Origin Divine Core! ]
As the core took shape, Tang Wulin, no longer supported in midair, dropped like a rag doll.
With a heavy thud, he slammed into the scorched ruins.
His once-invincible Golden Dragon Body had dimmed completely, and the dragon scales covering his skin crumbled into ash.
Even his head of black hair had acquired several glaring streaks of white.
His life had been spared, but the foundation of his blood and energy had been completely drained.
From that day on, he was no longer the Child of the Plane whom even the Divine Realm had feared.
"Wulin!"
Gu Yuena rushed forward without a thought and held the unconscious Tang Wulin tightly in her arms, tears streaming down her face.
Feeling Tang Wulin's faint but still-present breath, she finally let out the breath she'd been holding.
Meanwhile, Luo Feng had no time to pay attention to the star-crossed couple.
He stared intently at the Golden Dragon King Divine Core floating above his palm.
Its pure, overwhelming law of destruction had even caused fine black cracks to appear in the surrounding space.
"Now that's a treasure... All that effort was worth it."
Just as Luo Feng was admiring his superb spoils,
Vanguard Titan's high-pitched synthesized voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
[ Warning! A massive Transcendent God-level perpetual energy source has been detected! ]
[ Ironclad! This energy source's destruction laws have a 99.9 percent compatibility rate with the Antimatter Engine! ]
[ The system has rebuilt the weapon upgrade tree. I have major good news to report! ]
"Oh? Major good news?"
Luo Feng raised an eyebrow. For a usually icy-cold mech to use words like that, this definitely wasn't ordinary good news.
"Let's hear it. How much firepower can this core add to our arsenal?"
[ Reporting, Ironclad! Once we connect the Golden Dragon King Core to the mech's main reactor, we will gain an almost limitless supply of high-dimensional destructive energy! ]
[ The Level 12 Soul Guidance Cannon we forged earlier can immediately undergo an energy infusion and a reconstruction of its laws! ]
[ We estimate that within ten seconds, it can be upgraded to a Transcendent Level 12 cannon with a divine-slaying attribute: the "Dragon King's Wrath"! ]
Hearing this report, Luo Feng's eyes lit up.
The Level 12 God-Slaying Cannon that had blasted the Spirit Pagoda earlier had indeed been terrifying.
But it had been created by forcibly fusing the origins of the three Ferocious Beasts.
Its power was immense, but it lacked staying power and required a long time to charge and cool down.
Now that he had the Golden Dragon King Core, it was like replacing the nuclear reactor in an old combustion engine with a fusion reactor!
"Upgrade the existing Level 12 cannon to 'Dragon King's Wrath' immediately!
But that's not all, is it?"
Luo Feng sharply caught the blind spot in the system's explanation.
"Since it's a perpetual energy source, does that mean..."
[ Exactly, Ironclad! ]
Vanguard Titan's electronic eyes glimmered with feverish calculations.
[ With the Golden Dragon King Divine Core as a perpetual energy engine, we no longer need to spend ages accumulating energy. ]
[ From here on, we only need the high-frequency Soul Power of Di Tian, Zi JI, and Bi Ji to serve as material-guiding catalysts... ]
[ The mech's built-in Arsenal can then start a fully automated production line! ]
[ According to our precise calculations, we'll need only about three hours
to mass-produce a super Level 12 Soul Guidance Cannon of the "Dragon King's Wrath" class! ]
At those words, the air around them seemed to freeze.
"Th-three hours?
Mass-produce a Level 12 Soul Guidance Cannon?!"
Di Tian, standing behind Luo Feng, stared with his golden, vertical pupils wide open. His jaw nearly hit the ground.
As a Ferocious Beast who had lived for a million years, he knew all too well what a Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon meant.
It was the ultimate dream of ten thousand years of technology on the Douluo Continent!
A forbidden weapon capable of wiping out an entire continent in an instant, one that even First-Level Gods had to steer clear of!
The Spirit Pagoda and the Federation had pooled ten thousand years' worth of resources, yet they hadn't managed to build even one genuine Level 12 cannon.
And now this terrifying metal monster was telling him that in just three hours,
it could churn out these world-destroying weapons as easily as dumplings on a production line?
Twenty-four hours in a day—that meant a full eight Level 12 cannons!
If they stockpiled them for ten days or half a month, they wouldn't just sweep across Douluo Planet.
Hell, they could fire straight into the sky and blast the Divine Realm's barriers full of holes!
"Ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
Luo Feng could no longer hold back. Standing atop the ruins, he burst into unrestrained, arrogant laughter.
"One Level 12 nuclear bomb every three hours! Now that's the kind of gaming experience the Fourth Calamity should have!"
"What the hell do the Child of the Plane, the Abyss Plane, or those lofty gods of the Divine Realm matter?"
"Faced with overwhelming firepower, they're all trash!"
After his laughter, killing intent and ambition surged visibly in Luo Feng's eyes.
He casually tossed the Golden Dragon King Core in his hand toward Vanguard Titan's chest.
"BT, swallow it! Unlock the Arsenal for 'Dragon King's Wrath' immediately!"
[ Command confirmed! Golden Dragon King Divine Core installed! Antimatter Reactor output has exceeded the critical threshold! ]
"Boom!"
Vanguard Titan's massive frame shuddered. Within its original deep-blue glow,
a strange, violent pattern of dark gold suddenly appeared.
A terrifying pressure far beyond anything before, like a tangible storm, swept across the entire Ming Capital!
Luo Feng turned around and looked down at Gu Yuena, still kneeling in the crater, her face filled with fear and despair.
"Take your man and those useless Shrek fools with you. Get out."
Luo Feng waved his hand as though shooing away a few insignificant ants.
"While I'm in a good mood, go home and take good care of your pregnancy."
Gu Yuena bit her red lip hard and took a long look at the man bathed in the mech's violent light.
She said nothing, merely holding the ruined Tang Wulin in her arms even tighter.
A silver spatial rift tore open beside them, and the Shrek Seven Devils, like a defeated army,
carried Tang Wulin into the rift and vanished without a trace.