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[Subject to backlash from the Heart of Fusion...] [Constitution check failed...] [Spirit check failed...] [Flesh puppet transformation...] [Backlash dissipated. Flesh puppet transformation failed...]
Although he had already experienced it himself, Qin Ran still felt a jolt of alarm when he saw the words "flesh puppet."
He knew full well that he would have been finished if [Lionheart King] had not activated [Moerduosi's Bracer].
But...
Qin Ran instinctively looked at the bracer on his right wrist, then touched the badge.
The spider pattern on the bracer looked more lifelike than ever, as though it might leap out at any moment, but there was nothing else unusual about it.
Yet the scene Qin Ran had "seen with his own eyes" told him that [Moerduosi's Bracer] held secrets he had yet to discover.
A river of lava had appeared before him, just like that.
This was a mortal instance world, not a sulfur-choked hell!
And the way it had devoured the demonic phantom and the amalgamation of aberrations, almost killing them instantly, had shocked Qin Ran beyond measure.
Of course, it was not just the Hell Demon Spider of [Moerduosi's Bracer].
There was also the golden lion of [Lionheart King].
The giant crocodile of [Prus's Bracer].
The rhino of [Wild Soul].
They all seemed to harbor secrets.
If those phantoms didn't appear because a skill was activated...
Remnants of souls?
Or manifestations of conviction?
Or some kind of mutation?
Qin Ran pondered the possibilities.
He suddenly realized that he still knew far too little about the underground game.
He was caught in a vicious circle where the more he learned, the more he realized how little he knew-if one drew a circle, treated the area touching the inside of its boundary as the known and