The shell of the Darkglow Stonefolk was breaking apart, chunks of stone ground directly into powder and scattered through the Void Expanse. The rasping, hissing sounds made scalps tingle, yet they drew the envious gazes of every living being.
Everyone wanted to suffer such torture, but unfortunately, only those Quentin named could escape the Derivative Space. As their shells were continuously erased, their souls instead swelled without cease.
Everyone was thoroughly convinced. Li Ziran truly possessed the ability to shape living beings. The Brasslight scattered above Hippo Ancient City could continuously transform the souls and shells of these beings.
This was the dream of every ordinary living being. Even some of Christie's auctioneers were itching to make a move, but they could only watch helplessly as these Stonefolk climbed the steps and entered Hippo Ancient City.
Quentin quickly called out the names of another group of living beings. Jiawen truly seemed to have buried the hatchet with Li Ziran; anyone Quentin named was sent out of the Derivative Space without hesitation.
Once these beings were taken over by the Brasslight, their shells would be directly obliterated, their souls purified, then strengthened and remolded.
The crowd looked toward Hippo Ancient City. After these beings joined it, this icy city-state had gained a few traces of life, but what they found even harder to accept was that every single being inside it—
—after merely being modified and placed in the Void Expanse, had already become a first-rate powerhouse.
"I saw that Viper just now seemed to awaken the bloodline of the age of its distant ancestors," one being said enviously. "That Brasslight must have the effect of returning to one's ancestors and tracing back to Origin. Look at all those beings inside—they are like creatures from ancient times."
"They still cannot compare