Stat boosts, mechanic evolution-Lu Xuan was outrageously overpowered!

Leng Yaozhu set Dugu Yan down from her arms.

She let her follow Dugu Bo back to rest.

When she turned around, she found Lu Xuan watching the grandfather and granddaughter gradually recede into the distance.

A smile curled at the corners of Leng Yaozhu's lips.

She walked gracefully over to Lu Xuan.

Leaning close to Lu Xuan's ear, she teased him softly.

"What? Can't bear to let her go?"

"Of course not! Weren't you the one who took it upon yourself, Sis?"

Startled, Lu Xuan hurriedly denied it.

Seeing Lu Xuan's reaction, Leng Yaozhu couldn't help chuckling.

Her voice carried a measure of certainty and pride:

"Xiao Xuan, trust my judgment. That little girl has excellent bone structure. She'll definitely be a beauty someday! You've got a blessed future ahead of you!"

Lu Xuan's cheeks flushed slightly at her words, but he couldn't refute them.

In the end, he could only purse his lips helplessly.

"All right, you've been at it all day. It's time you rested."

Leng Yaozhu chuckled and reached out with her slender, delicate hand, affectionately ruffling Lu Xuan's hair.

Then she took Lu Xuan's hand.

She led him toward a wooden cabin Dugu Bo had built for them beforehand.

The night deepened.

Lu Xuan lay flat on the wooden bed, staring at the ceiling with his eyes wide open.

After absorbing a Soul Ring, sparring, and then going through that little farce,

he was now in a state of extreme excitement, without a trace of sleepiness.

Leng Yaozhu sat lazily beside the wooden table near the bed.

She propped her soft cheek on one hand, her face tilted slightly.

Her beautiful eyes quietly watched Lu Xuan on the bed.

Seeing the little fellow toss and turn without the slightest hint of drowsiness,

she parted her red lips and couldn't resist teasing him with a smile:

"What? Can't sleep? Want me to hold you while you sleep?"

Before Lu Xuan could answer,

he suddenly felt two astonishingly soft curves press against his back.

His entire body sank into an incredibly warm embrace carrying a faint, delicate fragrance.

Then a warm breath gently brushed against Lu Xuan's ear.

It left the base of his ear tingling and itching.

"Get some proper rest. I'll wake you at dawn."

Leng Yaozhu's gentle, languid voice murmured beside Lu Xuan's ear.

Her embrace seemed to hold some peculiar magic.

His previously excited mind gradually settled.

Before he knew it, Lu Xuan's tense body had relaxed completely.

His eyelids grew heavier, and he slowly closed his eyes, sinking into sweet dreams.

At dawn the next day, the sky was still gray.

Leng Yaozhu woke Lu Xuan right on time.

Without the slightest delay,

Leng Yaozhu scooped him up. Fire flashed behind her, and they instantly soared into the air.

Then they landed steadily atop the cliff.

Though it was midsummer, the clifftop held a hint of chill in the early morning.

But Lu Xuan brimmed with vitality and didn't feel cold at all.

He sat quietly cross-legged, witnessing the magnificent moment unfolding along the distant horizon.

As the first ray of sunlight pierced the darkness, a few wisps of exceedingly faint purple mist drifted along the skyline.

Lu Xuan immediately focused his mind and calmed his breathing.

His eyes locked onto that trace of purple mist.

He circulated his cultivation method, greedily absorbing the essence of heaven and earth at daybreak.

Only after the purple mist on the horizon had completely dispersed

Only then did Lu Xuan slowly close his eyes, assimilating the refreshing sensation deep within them.

A moment later, he opened his eyes again, and a soul-stirring flash of purple-gold light flickered in their depths.

"Good, you're in fine shape now. It's time we set off!"

Seeing that Lu Xuan had finished his morning practice, Leng Yaozhu nodded in satisfaction and spoke softly.

She picked Lu Xuan up again and hovered in midair.

A rare look of seriousness appeared on her exquisite face:

"Xiao Xuan, the target I've selected for your third Soul Ring is an exceptionally rare creature."

"If my Spiritual Power hadn't reached the Divine Origin Realm, I probably wouldn't even have discovered its tracks!"

"The Divine Origin Realm?!"

At her words, towering waves surged through Lu Xuan's heart.

Spiritual Power at the Divine Origin Realm truly touched the domain of gods!

To be precise, it was already spiritual power equivalent to the level of a Second-Level God!

(As Gu Yuena stated in Douluo Dalu III.)

What kind of heaven-defying Soul Beast required Spiritual Power of that caliber just to discover it?

Lu Xuan's heart pounded.

He was already bursting with anticipation!

Leng Yaozhu didn't fly very far with him.

They merely left the valley where the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well lay.

She stopped above a quiet forest not far from the valley.

"Right here!"

Leng Yaozhu's gaze blazed like a torch, her voice utterly certain.

"Where? Why can't I see anything?" Lu Xuan looked around in confusion.

Below them, there was nothing but forest.

Leng Yaozhu brought Lu Xuan down to the ground.

"Watch carefully!"

Leng Yaozhu's beautiful eyes instantly turned cold and sharp.

Boom!

An invisible yet utterly terrifying pressure erupted outward with her at its center!

The surrounding temperature climbed at an absurd rate.

Everything within sight warped violently under the scorching heat.

Leng Yaozhu slowly raised her right hand.

In the blink of an eye, a dazzling flame spear formed from phoenix feathers appeared in her hand!

She locked onto a spot that appeared perfectly ordinary.

Her arm suddenly surged with power.

With terrifying force, she viciously thrust the spear forward!

"Get out here!"

Crack!

Accompanied by a crisp sound like shattering glass,

the spear forcibly pierced that stretch of empty space!

Within the spatial rift,

a butterfly whose entire body shimmered with a strange bright-red glow, its wings burning with flames of nothingness, was forced out by Leng Yaozhu's overwhelmingly domineering power.

The butterfly staggered into view before them.

Before the butterfly could make a move,

a gigantic flaming hand suddenly extended from behind Leng Yaozhu.

It seized the strange butterfly, trapping the creature firmly in its palm!

Then refined the butterfly in an instant...

Ahem, getting carried away.

"This is an eighteen-thousand-year-old Void Spiritflame Butterfly!"

Watching the prey struggle in her palm, Leng Yaozhu gave Lu Xuan a detailed explanation.

"It's born where spatial rifts meet places exceptionally rich in fire energy, and its movements are elusive."

"Its most powerful innate ability is 'intangibility'! It grants immunity to all energy lock-ons and physical attacks."

"Moreover, it can travel through space at will."

At this point, a hint of fervor flashed in Leng Yaozhu's eyes:

"In my era, the Spirit Pagoda once possessed a top-secret document."

"Absorbing a Soul Ring produced by this kind of Soul Beast gives you a seventy percent chance of obtaining 'invincible intangibility.'"

"There's a twenty percent chance of obtaining 'spatial traversal.'"

"And with that remaining ten percent of extraordinary luck, you can pocket both divine skills at once!"

Then the gigantic flaming hand slowly opened.

Under the suppression of Ultimate Fire, the once extraordinary Void Spiritflame Butterfly was now barely clinging to life.

"Quick! Kill it!"

"In another moment, its intangibility cooldown will be over."

Leng Yaozhu urged him urgently.

"Okay!"

Lu Xuan's eyes blazed.

Without the slightest hesitation, he condensed solar flames into a blade in his hand.

His hand rose and the blade fell, killing the butterfly instantly.

Specks of red light gathered, and a pitch-black Soul Ring, deep as ink, slowly formed above the Void Spiritflame Butterfly's corpse.

Lu Xuan took a deep breath and immediately sat down cross-legged.

He drew the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring over his body, closed his eyes, and began the arduous process of absorbing it.

Time ticked by, second after second.

The sun slowly climbed from the eastern horizon until it hung directly overhead.

Hum!

A powerful surge of Soul Power erupted from within Lu Xuan.

Having absorbed the Soul Ring, his Soul Power had reached level 33.

He abruptly opened his eyes.

He exhaled a long breath of stale air, finally having absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring completely!

Purple, purple, black!

Three deeply colored Soul Rings radiating terrifying pressure began to undulate around Lu Xuan's body.

Then the outermost black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring suddenly lit up with a dazzling radiance!

"Third Soul Skill—Solar Prominence Illusory Body!"

With Lu Xuan's low shout,

his previously solid body began to resemble a projection with a poor signal.

It flickered and distorted incessantly.

This strange, translucent state lasted a full five seconds before Lu Xuan's body returned to its normal, solid form.

"Sis, I did it!"

Lu Xuan sprang up from the ground in excitement and eagerly reported to Leng Yaozhu.

"My third Soul Skill is called 'Solar Prominence Illusory Body'!"

"While the skill is active, my body enters a state of absolute 'intangibility,' making me immune to all physical attacks and energy lock-ons!"

"Not only that, I can freely pass through any obstacle while intangible."

"If I pass through an enemy's body while intangible, I'll silently leave a 'solar flame seed' inside them."

"The instant my intangibility ends, the flame seed will forcibly detonate, dealing damage from within that ignores all defenses!"

After hearing Lu Xuan's explanation, even the widely experienced Leng Yaozhu couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.

Whether used to launch a surprise opening attack or save his life in response, this Soul Skill was an absolutely invincible divine skill!

Meanwhile, Lu Xuan's heart was already blooming with joy.

All that could be said was this.

Lu Xuan, who had already been overpowered,

after receiving a boost to his stats,

had once again undergone an evolution in his mechanics.

Game designer, take a look at the character you designed!

He isn't even remotely human anymore!