The rough underground palace flashed by on both sides.

Before long, a blue-armored figure with a scorpion tail drooping from the back of its head emerged from nowhere on the right and pounced at her.

Da Xiong waved a hand, her palm instantly covered in black scales, her nails like knives. Her speed exploded, slicing across the blue-armored figure's neck in an instant.

*Pfft!*

The blue-armored figure brushed past her, collapsing and turning into scattered pieces of armor.

This was the Zhenqi martial art Da Xiong cultivated – Lian Tie Shou (Iron Refining Hand), which could turn her arms into weapons of extremely high strength, both flexible and hard.

This was the martial art she had chosen to facilitate ambushes and experiments.

After all, she quite looked forward to the amusing notion of enemies painstakingly rushing to her, only to find the destructive power of her arms far exceeded their expectations, leading to their despairing demise.

After killing the blue-armored figure, Da Xiong couldn't help but spit out blood at the corner of her mouth; she was reaching her limit.

She had fused many powerful genes into her body, transforming herself into a new human being, one not at the Dragon Realm, but surpassing it.

The propagation and evolution ability of her Hanayu (Flower Utterance) allowed her to easily obtain many highly resistant and resilient bacterial and viral cells.

Continuing her frantic run forward, she kept evading the pursuit of the surrounding blue-armored figures.

The blue-armored figures here seemed endless.

'No! If this continues, I will surely die!'

She felt anxious.

*Screech!*

Suddenly braking sharply, Da Xiong's expression changed, and she leaped rapidly to the left.

A giant blue-armored figure, five meters tall, burning with blue flames all over its body, burst through the stone slabs from underground, sending debris flying, and lunged at her.

Most exaggeratedly, the blue-armored giant was not only large but also extremely fast.

Its arms spread open, and after missing its target, the scorpion tail behind it suddenly leaped out, shooting like lightning and stabbing fiercely at Da Xiong.

The speed of the scorpion tail was too fast, more than twice as fast as other ordinary blue-armored figures.

Caught off guard, Da Xiong was struck in the shoulder, unable to dodge, and grunted as she was pierced by an egg-sized bloody hole.

The immense force sent her tumbling away, crashing into the wall, and she spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

Intense coldness spread rapidly from the wound throughout her body.

'Poison.' Da Xiong quickly took out a small meatball from her waist and stuffed it into her mouth.

This was a virus-devouring body. Although it was a virus, it could match her current physique and help her remove most of the toxins.

Soon, she regained sensation in her body, and she got up from the ground, panting as she stared at the giant blue-armored figure a dozen meters away.

The intense pain made it difficult for her to concentrate.

*Whoosh!*

In an instant, the opponent disappeared from the spot.

A chill swept in from above.

Da Xiong hurriedly rolled to the left to dodge.

*Boom!!*

A huge crater was smashed into the ground where she had been standing.

The blue-armored giant appeared in her previous position, missing its strike.

But in the blink of an eye, the giant's scorpion tail flashed again.

*Pfft!!*

Da Xiong's other shoulder was pierced again.

Blood flowed trickling from the two bloody holes.

"Kill!!" She gritted her teeth, suddenly leaping up, her body suddenly expanding, and a pair of huge bat wings tore out from her back with a ripping sound.

'Blood Body!!'

Below both sides of her arms, a new pair of tender arms grew out again, her long hair turned black and red, and faint golden light faintly appeared in her pupils.

Most importantly, her size instantly grew from just over 1.7 meters to more than 2 meters.

Although still far inferior to the blue-armored giant, she now had some capital to fight back.

'Can only maintain for three minutes, must fight quickly!!' The bat wings behind Da Xiong flapped rapidly, and she suddenly took off, turning into a phantom and pouncing towards the giant.

This was an enhanced version of the Blood Body, a perfect enhanced state she had bred by combining local viruses from Shao Yin and many genes.

It could directly elevate her to an demon form with 600 tons of brute force, four times the speed of sound, and six levels of defensive power in a short period of time.

This form could theoretically still evolve, but she had only been in Shao Yin for two years. The time was too short, and the research was insufficient; otherwise, it could be even stronger.

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Earth-Moon · Prison Gate Fortress Cluster · Central Conference Hall.

"Haven't found Huoxin's (Bewitching Heart) location yet?"

The members of Jiu Yi (Nine Instruments) gathered here to discuss the sudden situation remotely.

"From the time she lost her location until now, two days have passed. As a member of Jiu Yi, she should know that no matter what she does, she must not hide her whereabouts, at least not the general area," said Xiao Menghen, the ninth-ranked Hongxu Sword, frowning and gently wiping the black and shiny long sword in his hand.

"There are no anomalies on the Ding family's side either. It is obvious that they are not aware of it, and this matter is likely a sudden situation; otherwise, Ding Meng would not have completely abandoned her family," said Fengxue Li Yuan, frowning.

"Does Yan Ruo have any findings?" Dong Jun's expression remained unchanged, but he already had some guesses in his mind.

Yan Ruo, the seventh-ranked Silver Sparrow, now had more influence in Jiu Yi than before. This was entirely because his very famous family junior had entered the world's top hacker organization—the Twin Star Void Council.

"No findings for the time being, only records of her last whereabouts," Yan Ruo shook his head.

"On the other hand, Ying Shi (Shadow Eater) has shown some movements. General Fane was injured while being besieged by two Star God Generals and applied to return for recuperation, but according to investigations, his injuries do not require much recuperation at all.

He seems to be preparing for other things during this time," Yan Ruo replied.

"I see..." Dong Jun took a light breath.

"In addition, on the Mingyuan Group side, one of the top decision-makers is in a dangerous dead end. Pan En is unconscious and likely has brain damage," Wang Yuehui, the second-ranked Mountain Lord on the left, raised his eyebrows and introduced.

"With Mingyuan stationed in the country, it also has a stabilizing effect on the overall situation. I suggest sending someone to express condolences and see if there is anything we can do to help them," said Fengxue Li Yuan.

"Agreed," Yan Ruo echoed first.

"Opposed. Mingyuan is no less harmful than Ying Shi; it's just that one is hidden and the other is overt," Hei Feng Zhao Chengxi opposed.

The thought of that battle with Li Cheng Yi back then still made his liver hurt.

"For the time being, ignore Mingyuan. The problem now is, in terms of the battle situation..." Dong Jun had just spoken when.

*Buzz!!!*

A huge fluctuation suddenly came from outside the fortress.

The fluctuation shook the fortress, causing it to tremble violently.

Everything on the table slid to the ground in the tremor.

"This is!?" Everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of the vibration.

A light curtain suddenly appeared on the wall, showing the situation in that direction outside.

In the starry sky, a huge black vortex had appeared and was rotating within the Yi Nation's military formation, which had been temporarily in a truce.

A large number of approaching spaceships and flying vehicles were being absorbed into it.

"It's Ying Shi's resident mothership!!" Yan Ruo said sharply, standing up.

*Thump!!*

Suddenly, a huge heartbeat sounded in everyone's hearts out of nowhere.

In an instant, the expressions of the nine people changed.

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Inside a large nutrient solution tank.

Li Cheng Yi's entire body was covered in dragon scales, his wings were fluttering slightly behind him, his eyes were tightly closed, and nine horns on top of his head stood upright.

A large amount of nutrition and repair, coupled with restorative sleep, allowed his body and mind to recover to their peak in a short period of time.

"It's time to pick someone up..."

Slowly opening his eyes, he was enveloped in black shadows, instantly flashed, and appeared outside the tank.

Grabbing the clothes on the shelf next to him, Li Cheng Yi did not stop, went straight out through the security passage, unfolded the Void Night Travel body technique, wrapped his entire body in Blood Essence, rushed out of the base silently, and rushed towards the company headquarters.

Inside the Mingyuan Building, in the underground sanatorium.

Pan En was lying quietly on the hospital bed, with life-sustaining tubes inserted all over his body, and various sensing chips of different sizes attached to his head.

An instrument next to him was constantly displaying his current state.

Looking at the weak and pale Pan En, Li Cheng Yi stretched out his hand, and Blood Essence and Glorious Force Field surged out at the same time, covering his body.

After about a few minutes, Li Cheng Yi withdrew the Blood Essence Hanayu, confirmed that his injuries had been completely recovered, and sighed.

"Next, it depends on your luck... Sorry."

The biggest problem with brain damage is the loss and damage of information.

*Chī.*

With a flash of his figure, he disappeared into the ward again and rushed towards Yong'an Garden.

The terrifying speed of ten times the speed of sound, and without a sonic boom, the terror of Blood Essence was initially revealed in the Earth-Moon, and even the Eye of Heaven found it difficult to capture his movements.

It could only see a shadow coming in and a shadow going out. Unless it was slowed down many times, it could barely be seen clearly.

Three eleven in the afternoon.

Inside Yong'an Garden.

Li Cheng Yi appeared where Da Xiong disappeared. Rainbow Candy and Xiao Zong were whispering something on the lawn, and a dozen Dead End people were testing and preparing something next to them.

Seeing Li Cheng Yi coming out, everyone was a little stunned. Yesterday he was still so seriously injured, his eyes were gone, but now he's completely healed!?

"I'm going to flash to save Da Xiong immediately. Get ready for first aid. If I come out in a short time, it doesn't matter. If I don't come out for a long time, all group affairs will be suspended until I come out!" Li Cheng Yi quickly ordered.

"Okay!" Rainbow Candy and Xiao Zong nodded together.

"Good luck!" Xinde La's voice came from a nearby speaker, obviously he had been paying attention here.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Li Cheng Yi closed his eyes and began to spin rapidly around the place where Da Xiong disappeared.

He began to trigger the flash and enter the Dead End.

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Inside the underground palace.

*Boom!!*

A loud noise erupted as the blue-armored giant's fist collided with Da Xiong's petite fist.

Two arms, one large and one small, erupted with terrifying power. Da Xiong staggered and was bounced away, her wings flapping to cushion her, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

She was still being suppressed!

And...

Around her, blue-armored scorpion-tailed people were constantly emerging, approaching, and surrounding her.

Not only that.

The same blue-armored giant was also constantly approaching from the darkness in the distance, looking here with great deterrence.

*Chī chī chī!!!*

In an instant, scorpion tails shot out one after another, pouncing towards Da Xiong like raindrops.

"Leiming (Thunder)." Da Xiong opened her four arms, and countless Blood Essences surged out, covering her arms, and began to rotate rapidly.

Her body rotated at high speed, turning into a black phantom cylinder.

*Dāng dāng dāng dāng!!*

The dense scorpion tails around were blocked one after another.

But there was still one, unstoppable.

*Boom!!*

The blue-armored giant's scorpion tail fiercely stabbed towards Da Xiong's abdomen, but was dodged. The giant force brushed past her and sent her flying, rolling and hitting the wall.

Another pool of blood spilled out.

One of Da Xiong's wings was broken by the impact, and she fell and rolled on the ground.

*Cough cough*

She opened her mouth and spat out blood.

"How can I... die here!?"

Her vision was blurred, and bursts of severe pain came from within her body.

Da Xiong knew that her demon form was about to reach its limit. The genetic cells throughout her body were sending her emergency signals.

She couldn't hold on anymore.

She was going to die.

'If I die like this, Tangtang (Candy) will laugh at me to death... I can still do it'

She struggled to stand up

And brushed away a blue-armored figure that rushed up.

*Woo.*

In an instant, a giant shadow appeared behind her.

It was the second blue-armored giant who had arrived later!!

It quietly raised the blue giant sword in its hand towards Da Xiong's back.

'Da Xiong, do you have anyone you value the most?' Tangtang's voice seemed to ring in her ears at this moment.

In a daze, Da Xiong seemed to see everything frozen.

'I don't know.'

"You're so beautiful, how can you not have friends?"

"Maybe... they don't like me"

"You still have your mom and dad, don't you? Don't you still have a younger brother? Aren't you already very happy?" Tangtang blew a bubble gum carelessly, bursting it with a *pop*, and then put it back in her mouth to chew.

"Don't you have any?"

"My mom doesn't want me. My dad told me to fend for myself. Then I ran away."

"Aren't you worried?" Da Xiong turned her head back, looking at the huge blue-armored giant in a trance, and Rainbow Candy's figure appeared in front of her eyes.

"Worried? Are you trying to make me laugh to death?" Rainbow Candy laughed so hard that she leaned back and forth, "Let me tell you a principle, in this world, except for yourself, no one will really worry about you, care about you. Even if there is, it's just pretense"

"The one who truly loves you the most is only yourself."

"Is that so?" Da Xiong murmured.

No important person, nothing she wanted, her life had only been fear from a very early age

Now, there was only despair left

'What exactly, am I working hard for?'

'Is it really meaningful to live so desperately, to live so hard?'

"Perhaps... dying like this... isn't bad."

Research, smiles, work, everything was just her constant pretense.

Even the pressure from the Dead End could not fill the void that would always exist in her heart.

So she followed Rainbow Candy, watching her cry, watching her laugh, and her favorite thing was to tease her, watching her become exasperated and furious, so that she could feel that there was still a little beauty in her life.

But now.

She could no longer support it.

So tired.

So tired

Looking at the huge blue chopping knife, Da Xiong slowly closed her eyes, and the demon form of her body quickly receded, restoring her original snow-white body.

Completely relaxed, completely giving up everything, at this moment, she seemed to feel her whole body soaked in some kind of hot spring, extremely comfortable, extremely warm.

"Is your fleeting glimpse over?"

Suddenly a familiar voice came from behind her.

"!!??" Da Xiong's whole body trembled, she opened her eyes suddenly, and turned her head back.

Li Cheng Yi's familiar face appeared one meter behind her.

Just a simple white shirt, black trousers, and soft short hair fluttering slightly with the air.

At this moment, Li Cheng Yi, surrounded by a large number of blue-armored figures, actually seemed to be shining with golden light.

"I've been waiting for you for a while. When you feel that life has no meaning, you might as well continue walking forward."

Li Cheng Yi stretched out his hand and gently rubbed her hair.

"Did you hear that?"

"The joy of the sixty trillion cells in your body."

"They're telling you, they want to live"

Da Xiong looked at him, looked at the stiff blue-armored figures around her, their bodies were covered with layers of gray-white bone-like material that was constantly thickening.

That bone-like material was like ice and snow, constantly spreading from feet to head, upwards, covering everything.

For a moment, she was a little confused?

(End of this chapter)