Returning to the second-floor library, Ganmu had already devoured half of the bookshelves.
He patted Ganmu's rump.
"Hey, Ganmu, you have to protect well while I'm breaking through!"
"Yes!"
Besides Ganmu, Lu Luo summoned three more Fifth Tier Butchers.
Although this required 12,000 energy, it was a necessary expenditure for the current Lu Luo.
After all, this was the Nightmare Castle; apart from here, he couldn't find another suitable place to break through.
Ganmu's body was too large to exit through the door, and leaving might expose it to attacks.
So, this was the most logical place for a breakthrough. If anyone returned, Ganmu's strength in such a cramped environnt was still very reliable.
The four behemoths nearly blocked the two doors of the room.
As guards, they should be adequate.
After arranging everything, Lu Luo returned to the center of the room.
"Well, let's begin!"
He downed the Bride's Tears in his hand in one gulp.
An indescribably chaotic taste filled Lu Luo's mouth, as if jam had been mixed with dog feces.
Fortunately, once it reached his throat, the Devourer would strike decisively, swallowing all of it.
[The Devourer is absorbing Dark Energy. Standby. Devourer Level: 3. Talent Efficiency: 160%]
[Dark Energy reserves sufficient. The Fusioner is drafting an advancent plan. Please wait.]
After drinking the Bride's Tears, Lu Luo's Dark Energy reserves were ample.
Now, he could officially break through.
[Option One: Energy-based advancent. Choose specialization: Thunder, Netherfla, or Poison. Post-advancent, each Qi He unit will possess passive energy attributes.]
[Option Two: Continue Qi acupoint strengthening plan, maintaining current state.]
Lu Luo had no reason to hesitate. Energy attributes were never his main focus, though Thunder, Netherfla, and Poison might be useful.
His core principle, however, was always to be stronger, bigger, and of higher quality.
Lu Luo had always firmly believed that with sufficient quality, other problems were non-issues.
"Choose Option Two."
[Option Two selected: Continue strengthening Qi acupoints.]
[Life Advancent thod: Second Path.]
[Fusioner activated. Checking all prerequisite conditions.]
[Prerequisite 1: Single attribute over 100. Strength, Agility, Constitution checked: All at 100. ets Perfect Transformation criteria.]
[Prerequisite 2: First six Qi acupoints at 100. Qi acupoints checked: Purity perfect. ets Perfect Transformation criteria.]
[All prerequisites t. Transformation Level: Perfect.]
[Fusioner is integrating Qi He with the Power Core. Preparing for Essence of Life mutation. Please wait.]
[Observer's Friendly Reminder: This breakthrough will be accelerated. The process might be a *tad* painful. Host, please prepare yourself ntally.]
A tad painful? How painful is that!
WHAM!
Shit!
SPURT!
Lu Luo spat out a mouthful of blood. A breakthrough with all attributes at 100 signified a complete transformation of his body's essence.
He was now completely untethered from humanity. His strength and Qi He structure were thoroughly tamorphosing toward that of a new species.
Intense pain erupted all over Lu Luo's body.
His core experienced intense compression.
Lu Luo's steam state activated naturally—second gear, third gear, fourth gear!
Lightning began to crackle across every inch of Lu Luo's body, venom erupted from his pores, and Netherfla blazed fiercely at the sa instant.
The might of his Qi He terrified the four Exotic Species guarding Lu Luo. They had retreated to the doorway, but the energy bursting from Lu Luo showed no signs of stopping.
The three Butchers were the first to bear the brunt. The spreading energy began to invade their bodies.
Lightning paralyzed them, poison infiltrated their systems, and finally, Netherfla incinerated them.
Lu Luo's 10,000-plus energy points, wasted just like that!
Ti ticked by, second by second, and Lu Luo's condition grew increasingly formidable.
At this point, pain was inconsequential.
All that remained in his eyes was a calm indifference.
No one can touch my woman!
[Essence of Life upgraded to: Fourth Tier]
[Entries to Doomsday Disc World 1. Doomsday Disc Rotations 1.]
Host: Lu Luo
Profession: Second Path
Strength: 105
Agility: 102
Constitution: 103
Energy: 34,132
Sequence Value: 341
Qi Acupoints: 9
Talents:
Sequence S-02 Devourer LV3
Sequence S-04 Fusioner LV2
Sequence S-07 Summoner LV1
Sequence S-11 Observer LV2
Sequence A-00 Unbeliever
Sequence B-Word Curse
Sequence C-Seed
Sequence D-Affinity of Light
Phew! Perfect condition.
Lu Luo clenched his fists tightly, feeling his newfound strength.
With Fourth Tier Qi He and his perfect condition, he truly possessed the individual power to challenge Lords head-on.
Moreover, this was a challenge where he was confident of outright victory.
Now, I have to find Qi Xinzhu! Of course, slaughtering the other grooms isn't just talk!
He checked the ti: 8:03 a.m. There was still about an hour left until 9:00 a.m.
Lu Luo took out the atballs Ling Jia had given him and began eating them one by one.
Everything here was very useful. After finishing all of Ling Jia's food, Lu Luo took out all the witch's candies.
He unwrapped them one by one and popped them into his mouth.
[Ling Jia's atball: Strength 1, Agility 1, Constitution 1.]
[Red Candy: Strength 1.]
[Blue Candy: Agility 1.]
[Yellow Candy: Constitution 1.]
After this eating spree, Lu Luo's attributes reached: Strength 143, Agility 140, and Constitution 141.
Although he could have saved the candies for later, Lu Luo abandoned that idea. More strength now ant more assurance.
Ventures without assurance were not to be undertaken—not now, not ever!
「Elsewhere」
Qi Xinzhu was running desperately through the corridors of the Red and White Castle.
She didn't understand why the corridors of the Red and White Castle were so long.
But she was close now; she could already see the staircase entrance in the distance.
Dressed in red gauze, wearing the headdress of a twilight bride, she once again killed a guard.
The weapon in her hand had changed from a simple brick to a longsword snatched from a guard.
"Huff... Huff! Finally made it."
She stopped. In front of Qi Xinzhu was the entrance to the staircase leading downstairs!
As she stood at the doorway, Da Tian appeared behind her, blocking her path.
"Lu Luo is also working hard to find you. What if you get lost now or fall into danger, and he can't find you?"
Qi Xinzhu paused for a mont, then turned to look at Da Tian.
"That won't happen. Lu Luo will definitely find , and I will definitely find him."
That's too far-fetched, Da Tian looked utterly unconvinced.
"The reason?"
"Because we have a psychic connection!"
Qi Xinzhu pushed open the door to the staircase and descended the spiral steps.
Left behind, Da Tian stared in astonishnt.
Psychic connection? How could such an ability exist? Is she lying to ?
Da Tian fell silent for a while. This ti, she didn't follow Qi Xinzhu but turned and headed in another direction.
「anwhile」
As Qi Xinzhu ran toward Lu Luo, he was still examining the small door behind the witch's library.
The door was too small for Ganmu's bulk to pass through.
He turned to look at Ganmu and asked again,
"Ganmu, can you transform into a young girl's form?"
"Ah?"
Ganmu looked at Lu Luo sowhat blankly, its large eyes filled with questions.
Seeing its expression, Lu Luo knew it would be too difficult for this creature, whose intelligence was unlikely to surpass that of the Butchers, to transform.
"Alas, never mind. You stay here and wait for . If soone attacks you, then fight back."
"Understood."
After instructing Ganmu, Lu Luo headed toward the staircase connecting the second and third floors; this too was a double-layered connecting staircase.
Across from him should be the chanized room on the second floor they had encountered previously. If it were Gu Fangyi, he'd probably choose the room across. I wonder where Gu Fangyi has gone and how he's doing now.
Lu Luo continued upstairs, choosing one of the black-and-white rooms.
As soon as he entered, Lu Luo noticed sothing amiss.
[Battle traces detected: scorch marks from Holy Radiance and sword gashes. The conflict appears to have recurred multiple tis.]
Recurred multiple tis?
[Affirmative. The sa location experienced repeated engagents.]
Lu Luo saw the black and white squares on the floor. Though the room was empty, he already had an idea of what might have occurred here.
Chess? Was it black and white chess?
Because a long ti had passed, the battle scars here had begun to fade sowhat under the influence of the Nightmare Power.
The chess pieces had also completely vanished. From the remaining traces, Lu Luo couldn't definitively determine what had happened.
There's nothing here now—no chess pieces, no defending Lords. Soone must have already cleared it! Was it Chen Mo?
Lu Luo wasn't sure if Chen Mo had been the one, but judging from previous gains:
Chen Mo had obtained one or two tokens on the first floor, as Duorang, who allied with him, had also secured one. If their resources were pooled, it would count as two.
Chen Mo obtained no tokens on the second floor. Duorang, his ally, hadn't appeared, possibly having gone to the opposite area.
This ant their combined gains on the second floor were likely zero to one token.
The black-and-white room on the third floor had already been cleared, aning they must have obtained at least one token, possibly more.
If the tokens for the twilight wedding were items like a ring, ceremonial robes, and a goblet, it was highly probable that Chen Mo and Duorang already possessed a complete set. This raised an unavoidable question: did becoming the bridegroom itself constitute a reward? If so, what was the content and nature of that reward? No, I have to kill one of those two first.
Lu Luo didn't linger in the black-and-white checkered room, instead heading straight for the fourth floor.
「On the fourth floor」
The environnt was already very different from the first three floors. It featured a series of separate rooms.
So candidates entered a room and imdiately ca out.
But others, after entering a room, never erged again.
The doors to the rooms were all tightly locked, so no one knew what lay inside.
At this mont, Gu Fangyi was in one such room. Opposite him sat a woman also in red bridal attire, complete with a phoenix crown.
Indeed, the one who had collected a full set of tokens wasn't Chen Mo, nor Duorang, nor Qi Gefei.
It was Gu Fangyi, who was a notch weaker than all three of them!
The ga in the second-floor chanism room was 'Precise Gears,' a ga that severely tested one's visual acuity.
Gu Fangyi, relying on his excellent strategic planning and the formidable vision from his Hawk Eye Sequence, had won there.
He obtained one token, as well as the victor's reward: Nightmare Power—Nightmare.
However, Gu Fangyi had always been concerned about Lu Luo and knew Lu Luo's purpose here was to take Qi Xinzhu away.
Therefore, Gu Fangyi didn't claim the Power of Nightmare. Instead, he traded this power with Qi Gefei for another bridegroom token: the ceremonial robes.
After that, as luck would have it, Gu Fangyi's only form of entertainnt in the orphanage since childhood had been chess.
In the third-floor chess room, he even delivered a stunning checkmate, defeating Chen Mo by the rules.
Once again, he obtained a token.
Gu Fangyi didn't know how many tokens were needed to beco the bridegroom of the twilight wedding, so he went to the fourth floor.
He wanted to grab more items for Lu Luo before morning tea.
Unexpectedly, when he brought three items to a fourth-floor room, a bride was actually sitting there.
A bride adorned in a long green gauze gown, with a green bridal veil.
This situation clearly exceeded Gu Fangyi's expectations.
However, this bride in front of him doesn't seem to be Qi Xinzhu!
"Since you're here, why not sit down? You've already found three tokens for the twilight wedding, haven't you? Since you've found three tokens for the twilight wedding, you now qualify to be the bridegroom! Moreover, as you strive to beco bridegrooms, the brides are also choosing you! You have perford very well, my dear bridegroom."
The woman spoke slowly, her voice remarkably pure.
Although she spoke touching words, her tone was as flat as still water, devoid of any emotional ripple.
Simply put, her speech lacked emotion.
Bridegroom? Gu Fangyi looked at the three items in his hand, his expression turning a bit sour.
"These things are for a friend of mine! Not for my own use."
At this mont, Gu Fangyi's understanding of affection was still anchored to that bowl of noodles from New Hope.
As for won, he and Brother Kane had frequented certain establishnts many tis.
Besides, Lu Luo had Bai Yuetong and Qi Xinzhu. Not involving Lu Luo ant fewer complications. One could go whenever one pleased; 150 per visit. Won, in Gu Fangyi's eyes, were as simple as that. A beautiful, considerate woman who'd give you a massage and not pester you, all for just 150. Why look for a wife then? Is he soone who lacks 150 now? But to have a wife delivered directly to him now! That's just...
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