Chapter 220 – [Perfect Form after First Limit Break: Demon]

“Boom—”

The elephant man’s head tilted back, and its massive body staggered backward from the intense impact on its face.

Its oral cavity and the lower half of its face were almost completely smashed by its own arm.

Chunks of black, rock-like flesh splattered in all directions.

Its enormous body swayed, like a giant mountain on the verge of collapse.

Also swaying…

Was its once unshakable faith in the great elephant deity.

“Demon Mountain!”

A gruesome wail escaped from the elephant man’s mouth, but it no longer had its arms to pound its chest.

A strange glow emanated from within its body, connecting to the ground beneath. An unending stream of strength was extracted and infused into its body, rapidly healing the chaotic wounds all over.

Even its severed arms seemed to be showing signs of regrowth.

However…

A demonic silhouette appeared silently above its head, blocking its gaze toward the sky like a dark cloud.

“Demon Mountain?”

The handsome man’s scarlet eyes glinted with cold light. His face remained calm as he softly said, “Unfortunately… Demon Mountain can no longer hear your call.”

With that, he calmly raised his hand and clenched his fist.

The air around him twisted and churned in an instant, swiftly forming a massive, black hole-like vortex.

An indescribable, terrifying aura coiled around the man’s right hand.

Under the influence of this aura, his fist appeared to sink, collapse, and blur in visual perception.

Fear finally flickered in the strange eye on the elephant deity emissary’s forehead.

It roared in anger and fury, stomping the ground continuously. More strange light burst forth from its colossal body…

But the next second.

A fist abruptly imprinted on its head.

Accompanied by a cold, calm voice.

“Domain Power!”

The elephant deity emissary’s figure abruptly froze.

Time seemed to freeze in that second as well.

Then… “Boom!”

The giant elephant man’s body exploded, shattering into countless pieces of black flesh that splattered everywhere…

A broad, slender hand pierced through countless rock-like pieces of flesh, accurately grasping an object inside that pulsed with a black, eerie glow like a beating heart.

But even before he could hold it tight, it suddenly exploded with a “bang.”

A beam of dark light shot out, instantly striking the owner of the large hand.

“Ah…”

Lu Yuan was caught off guard, looking at what remained in his hand—residue that resembled black sand. He furrowed his brow slightly.

The burst flesh of the elephant deity emissary was as hard as rock.

Or rather, its body was originally constructed from some type of black, deep red mixed stone.

And the true core that drove its actions was the “heart” that Lu Yuan had just grasped.

“A body constructed from Demon Mountain Stone?”

Perhaps, otherwise, there was no way to explain how its injuries, repeatedly shattered by Lu Yuan, could heal so rapidly.

The elephant deity emissary was definitely the most powerful evil deity sect disciple Lu Yuan had encountered so far.

And the abilities represented by the elephant deity sect also intrigued him—the unimaginable pure physical strength and the extremely terrifying body defense power.

He originally thought that killing the elephant deity emissary would likely yield some extraordinary materials from the elephant deity sect inside its body, thus meeting the requirements to unlock the extraordinary professional panel of the elephant deity sect.

And that seemed to be the case.

He didn’t expect that just as he grabbed the “heart,” the panel’s prompt almost appeared.

But then it exploded with a bang.

Lu Yuan examined the spot where the beam of dark light had struck him, finding an exclusive Demon Mountain pattern of the elephant deity sect added to his right chest.

It carried a faint, mysterious will that couldn’t be erased, like a special “mark.”

“A curse of the elephant deity?”

Lu Yuan’s expression darkened slightly.

“Never mind, at least the key was preserved, and when the elephant deity sect secret realm opens, obtaining the materials to unlock the panel shouldn’t be difficult… As for the curse…”

Lu Yuan had no good solution for it right now and could only think of asking Yuwen Tong later.

In any case, the benefits and improvements he gained from this battle… were already massive enough.

The battle concluded, and Lu Yuan finally had a moment to properly observe his current “form.”

A dazzling, incredibly cool “demon body”!

He felt better than he ever had before.

With every breath, he could control the airflow in the surrounding space.

With every twitch of his nostrils, he could smell hundreds of scents.

He could hear the whispers of several Sleepless members speaking Javier several kilometers away.

His irises were red, but natural light appeared in seven colors to him, making everything in his vision more vibrant.

He could easily sense the emotional fluctuations of hundreds of people within the battlefield with his mental power…

He was unprecedentedly powerful.

This power radiated from within, as if his entire being had become a core.

An unstoppable and terrifying force constantly emanated from him.

This power could even negate the effects of gravity, allowing him to stand on air as if it were solid ground!

His “old” body had been completely shattered and then reassembled, granting him a true “rebirth”!

It felt like crawling out of an old tractor and stepping into a brand-new heavy mecha.

It felt like…

He had completely transformed into another kind of—life form!

And in fact… that was exactly the case.

At this moment, on Lu Yuan’s attribute panel.

The original Strength Points, Agility Points, Constitution Points, and Intelligence Points had completely disappeared.

In their place was—[Perfect Form after First Limit Break: (Unnamed)]

“Limit Break, breaking the limitations of the human body.

Breaking through all four basic attributes indeed means entering a new level of life.

It’s just a pity…”

Lu Yuan sighed softly, “Entering this form has a time limit.”

Lu Yuan’s gaze moved downward, clearly seeing a number constantly ticking down.

[12]…[11]…[10]…

With each tick, the number decreased by one, and the text in front of it became slightly more blurred.

If he remembered correctly, the starting value of this number was 90.

Which means he had a minute and a half.

“A minute and a half.”

Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered, “Actually, that’s enough.”

If an opponent he faced couldn’t be defeated within a minute and a half after entering his Perfect Form after First Limit Break…

Lu Yuan thought that, in that case, he should start considering how to escape.

“After four limit breaks, my body had already begun to transform toward a higher level of existence. It’s just that the process is extremely lengthy…

After being seriously injured by the elephant deity emissary, [Undefeated Instinct] forcibly compressed and advanced this process.

Creating a ‘one-and-a-half-minute trial version’…”

Lu Yuan mentally sorted through the sequence of events.

His naturally dispersed mental power read the chaotic and fragmented emotions and consciousness from the onlookers.

The most frequent term among these messages was—”demon.”

Seeing the word “unnamed” following the text, he made up his mind.

“Let’s call it demon then.”

Immediately, the “unnamed” text on the panel disappeared, replaced by—[Perfect Form after First Limit Break—demon]!

At that moment, the ticking number on the panel only had 7 seconds left.

Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered, and his figure blurred as he flew towards a figure in the sky.

….

The massive five-meter-tall body of the elephant deity emissary exploded.

Like a vast and towering demon mountain collapsing.

This scene, frozen in an instant like a still frame from a movie, was indelibly etched into the minds of many onlookers.

For a moment, it was as if everyone simultaneously lost the ability to think.

Only shock, astonishment, and disbelief continuously surged in their minds.

Fiery Fist Julian and the Handsome Young Man were exceptions; both were equipped with the top-tier combat power monitors. In fact, relying solely on their senses of the combatants’ auras, they could pretty much determine the final outcome of the battle.

However…

They couldn’t help but be shocked.

They had just witnessed a Golden Bear Level individual break through to a Level SS on the spot—and possibly take that path!

Their eyes flickered, each absorbed in their own thoughts.

Suddenly, something flashed before their eyes, as if something had abruptly appeared in front of them.

Blue light and red light instinctively began to flash but quickly halted the next moment.

“Did Lord Tong send you?”

In his [demon] form, Lu Yuan had no wings and no flickering glow of extraordinary power.

He simply relied on the propulsion of his strong physical form and life magnetic field, quietly hovering in front of the two.

His demonic eyes scanned them. His handsome face was calm but gave Julian and the Handsome Young Man a chilling sensation.

“Yes.”

The Handsome Young Man, clad in a deep blue, magnificent exoskeleton armor, nodded without attempting to hide anything.

“Do you need my help to take this guy down first?”

Lu Yuan’s eyes shifted, pointing at Julian nearby, his tone suddenly turning icy.

In an instant, Julian was engulfed in red light, reacting by rapidly retreating a significant distance and glaring warily at Lu Yuan and the Handsome Young Man.

The Handsome Young Man’s expression froze.

Then, he looked at Lu Yuan with an odd expression and shook his head, “No need. We’ve always had a good relationship with the Sleepless. And this You Yu… is rather easy to get along with.”

“Alright.”

Lu Yuan nodded and completely relaxed.

He then said to the Handsome Young Man, “Get ready to catch me.”

“What?”

The Handsome Young Man looked puzzled, “Catch you for what?”

But Lu Yuan didn’t reply, his eyes fixed on the panel’s ticking number.

He watched as it went from “1” to “0.”

The next second…

He deflated like a punctured balloon. The demonic aura vanished instantly.

His more than three-meter-tall demon body rapidly shrank, returning to his original fair and handsome form. With his eyes closed, he plummeted quickly from the sky.

“Damn! What is this?”

The Handsome Young Man finally understood what Lu Yuan had meant by “get ready to catch me.”

He cursed and disappeared in an instant.

When he reappeared, he was already in the position of holding Lu Yuan, gently descending to the ground.

“Swish—”

A red streak of light flashed, and Julian appeared before them.

The Handsome Young Man glanced warily at the three stone balls left behind on the battlefield and warned Julian, “Old You, don’t you dare take advantage.”

Julian gave him a disdainful look without saying anything, his gaze fixed on the unconscious Lu Yuan in the Handsome Young Man’s arms.

“Protect him well.”

Julian spoke seriously, his face bearing an unspeakable gravity and earnestness.

The Handsome Young Man cast him a sideways glance, “Do I need you to tell me that? I’m here for him.”

“No.”

Julian shook his head. “I’m not talking about now, and I don’t mean you…”

“Uh…”

The Handsome Young Man’s expression froze, seemingly understanding the implication behind Julian’s words.

“Before he fully matures, don’t let the Distant Star Federation know about his existence…”

A deeply complex expression crossed Julian’s face as he murmured, “We’ve learned too many lessons, and I really don’t want… similar things to happen again…”

With that, he sighed softly.

His form rose into the air and transformed into a scarlet streak, disappearing into the horizon in an instant.

The Handsome Young Man watched Julian leave, a flicker of light in his eyes that lingered for quite a while.

Suddenly, he quickly pulled out three vials of deep Blue Potion from his pocket, hesitating briefly before resolutely injecting them into Lu Yuan’s body.

“Consider this a favor, kid. When you wake up, you better remember my name…”

Meanwhile…

At the edge of the battlefield, where the members of the Sleepless organization were gathered…

A tall woman stood in a daze, holding binoculars, completely stunned as if she’d lost her senses.

Next to her, a blond Sleepless frowned, unable to hold back his curiosity and asked her why.

It took a long moment for the woman to snap out of her daze.

She then spoke in a halting and incredulous tone, “The person who killed the elephant deity emissary… was Lu Yuan, the guy I met online while at Jiaoyan!”

“What?!”

The blond Sleepless was utterly shocked. A few seconds later, his mouth fell open, and he too was overtaken by an indescribable sense of immense astonishment.