Emergence

Wei Wufu reacted incredibly quickly. Almost at the same moment the mutated creature raised its fork, he released one hand, grabbed a stone from the sand beside him, and threw it with all his might at the fork the mutated creature had flung out.

Unfortunately, the stone was too small and not tough enough. Upon hitting the red fork, it immediately exploded into powder. Although it caused the fork's trajectory to deviate slightly, it was only a tiny bit, and it still flew towards the figurine.

This was all Wei Wufu could do. There was nothing else usable nearby, his legs were difficult to move, and he couldn't catch up to the flung fork.

The fork diagonally pierced the figurine, actually going straight through it, which left Wei Wufu somewhat stunned.

The Original Seed Egg looked ordinary, but it was not ordinary itself. Its strength was much higher than that of a typical Steel Gene Mutation Egg, and the figurine it formed was also more solid than a typical Steel Figurine.

Although the mutated creature was Alloy Grade, the fork had lost some of its power due to the stone, and combined with the figurine's inherent sturdiness, it shouldn't have been pierced through.

Being pierced so easily could only mean that the figurine's strength was much lower than Wei Wufu had anticipated.

"How could it be? No, compared... too weak," Wei Wufu couldn't help but murmur aloud.

What he was thinking was, How could the strength be so low? Something's not right. Compared to those who used Original Seed Eggs to form figurines before, Lin Shen's figurine is too weak.

He didn't know why, but what he said came out like that.

The mutated creature seemed to have some special obsession with Lin Shen, perhaps because Lin Shen had struck its pressure points, or for some other reason.

The figurine had already been pierced, but because it was slightly off-center and not pierced through the middle, the mutated creature was relentless, dragging Wei Wufu step by step towards the figurine.

Wei Wufu couldn't use his legs, and even though he held onto the mutated creature's legs with his hands, he couldn't stop it from moving towards the figurine.

Just as Wei Wufu's mind was racing, trying to figure out how to stop the mutated creature and buy time, the mutated creature suddenly stopped on its own.

Wei Wufu didn't know what had happened. He raised his head to look at the figurine's location, wanting to know what was going on and why the mutated creature had stopped on its own.

As far as his eyes could see, Wei Wufu saw steam rising from the red fork stuck in the figurine. The steam grew thicker and thicker. In just a moment, the metal shaft of the red fork gradually turned golden-red, and the color became brighter and brighter, looking like steel being heated red-hot.

In fact, both Wei Wufu and the mutated creature felt the scorching high temperature emanating from the red fork, otherwise the mutated creature wouldn't have stopped.

In this short period, the red fork had completely turned into a crystalline gold, extremely similar to how steel looks when it's about to melt under forging.

Wei Wufu found it difficult to understand why the temperature was so high.

Gene mutation wasn't steel refining. With such a high temperature, people would probably be burned to ashes. What kind of gene mutation was this?

Could it be that the energy of the Original Seed Egg is too strong, producing such a high temperature? Then Lin Shen must be dead? No wonder those who tried the No. 14 Gene Mutation before all died. With such terrifying energy, let alone a person, even a Steel Body wouldn't be able to withstand being melted, Wei Wufu thought to himself.

The mutated creature also stared at the red-hot fork with a look of confusion. The hardness of the fork was the same as its body. If the fork could be burned to this state, then it would also be burned to that state, which made it somewhat startled and uncertain.

The scene fell into a strange silence for a moment. The sense of life-and-death urgency that had been hanging by a thread completely disappeared, but it seemed even more tense and exciting.

Just as the fork was about to melt, on the verge of transforming, a sudden burst of icy coldness surged out.

The temperature of the fork dropped rapidly. In an instant, it changed from gold to red. The condensed fork, although still red, became semi-transparent, as if it had changed from metal to crystal.

A look of ecstasy appeared in the mutated creature's eyes. It seemed its fork had actually turned into Crystal Gene Material.

Crack!

Just as the mutated creature was pleasantly surprised, the fork suddenly shattered, like tempered glass breaking, into countless crystallized particles that fell onto the beach.

"Lin Shen... dead?" Seeing this scene, Wei Wufu felt that Lin Shen inside the figurine must be dead.

Even the Alloy fork was reduced to this state. Lin Shen inside the figurine should be completely dead.

Even if Lin Shen could endure the initial extreme heat, he wouldn't be able to survive the final condensation.

Let alone Lin Shen not having undergone gene mutation, even an Alloy Gene Mutator probably wouldn't survive. That alloy fork was the best proof.

The mutated creature seemed to think so too. Its gaze had shifted from the figurine to Wei Wufu, who was clinging to its leg.

Crack!

Another crisp sound immediately drew Wei Wufu's and the mutated creature's attention back to the figurine.

Dense cracks appeared on the figurine. The next moment, the entire figurine shattered with a crash, revealing a figure that had been encased within it.

Polished like a mirror, the steel armor tightly encased a slender, robust body. The armor, seemingly crafted from mirrors, reflected dazzling light from different angles under the sunlight, appearing as beautiful as a dream.

The sky and the ocean were reflected on the armor, adding a touch of mystery and depth to it.

The mutated creature stared at Lin Shen, instinctively lifting its leg to charge towards him, but found its leg still tightly held by Wei Wufu. It couldn't charge out and instead stumbled, almost falling.

"Old Wei, let it go," Lin Shen's voice came from within the armor.

Wei Wufu was slightly taken aback, wondering why Lin Shen wasn't taking advantage of the situation to attack and instead wanted him to release the mutated creature.

This creature was an Alloy Grade mutated creature, not an ordinary Alloy Creature.

A Steel Grade mutated from an Original Seed Egg indeed had the possibility of killing above its level, but it wasn't easy. Moreover, the opponent was a mutated alloy creature. Lin Shen had just successfully undergone gene mutation and become Steel Grade. He shouldn't be that strong.

Wei Wufu still followed Lin Shen's instructions and released his grip. The mutated creature, no longer restrained, didn't immediately charge at Lin Shen. Its ruby-like eyes scanned Lin Shen with surprise and uncertainty.

It didn't charge at Lin Shen. Instead, Lin Shen walked towards it step by step. As Lin Shen walked, the mirror-like steel armor on his body gradually emitted an infinite scorching aura, and it slowly turned red-hot, then golden-red, and then golden-yellow. The brilliant color, accompanied by the scorching aura, was like a Holy Spirit Warrior burning its life force.

The mutated creature instinctively took half a step back. The next second, the mutated creature became furious at its own cowardice, seemingly unable to accept that it had been intimidated by a Steel Creature.

Just as it was about to charge at Lin Shen in a frenzy, it suddenly saw white clouds of mist rising from Lin Shen's brilliant, scorching armor. The temperature of the brilliant armor dropped sharply, and it no longer displayed that brilliant radiance.

The mutated creature saw Lin Shen walking out from between the rising clouds of mist. Its pupils suddenly contracted, as if it had seen something that made it feel extremely terrified.

Faintly visible, in places where the clouds of mist couldn't completely obscure, the armor on Lin Shen's body actually appeared in a translucent crystal state.

With just this one glance, the mutated creature retreated rapidly without hesitation, like a stray dog. It turned around, leaped, and plunged into the sea, desperately diving towards the depths of the ocean.

"Crystal Gene Level?" Wei Wufu stared blankly at Lin Shen walking out of the mist. The translucent crystal armor on him emitted a crystal-clear radiance under the sunlight, even more dreamlike and incredible than when it was mirror armor.