Chapter 261: Chapter 174: Flesh Transformation of the Triple-headed Lion, Star Dome Key_2
He quickly clicked on the action command for the Three-headed Lion.
[The ’Fallen Three-headed Lion’ abruptly stopped in its tracks, turned back with six bewildered eyes looking at you, then walked back to your side.]
[It crouched down, growled lowly at the monster in the center of the laboratory, always guarding your side.]
Lin Xun scratched his head, feeling somewhat uneasy.
The Three-headed Lion had been following him for a long time, going from a formidable mini-boss to the cannon fodder it is now, it indeed had a hard, grim future.
"Might as well ask the three-headed lion for his opinion, if it disagrees, that’s that."
"If I auction off the ’Fusion Modification Secret’ in the library, I shouldn’t incur a loss."
Lin Xun looked out the window, after a full day of searching for a colossal monster, it was now dark outside.
He took his phone, and stepped outside through the door.
...
Two hours later, Lin Xun returned to the rental house.
He opened the game, clicked on modify.
[The ’Fusion Modification Secret’ automatically keyed itself, self-turning its pages, a bloody light shot out from within, enveloping the ’Fallen Three-headed Lion’...]
[Numerous small flesh particles were densely packed in the bloody light, melding into the colossal body of the Three-headed Lion.]
[The Three-headed Lion roared, its body enveloped in the bloody light gradually began to change...]
Lin Xun had just taken a cab to a mountainous area in the outskirts, a place devoid of human presence in a ten-mile radius.
Running to the deep mountains alone late at night, even the taxis had refused several fares.
Since becoming an Apostle, Lin Xun has become immensely powerful, utterly fearless venturing alone into the creepy, dark wilderness.
Just looking at the game text, he didn’t think the Three-headed Lion was all that powerful.
But summoning it in reality... Seeing its mammoth size close to an elephant, and those three ferocious beastly heads, Lin Xun felt that he had underestimated the battle power of the game characters.
The Three-headed Lion was not as intelligent as the Valkyrie. It could only roughly understand his words. Lin Xun spoke for a long time, using body language, and finally made the Three-headed Lion understand his intentions.
The result was... the Three-headed Lion nodded with all three of its heads.
[The bloody light faded, the ’Fusion Modification Secret’ turned into speckles of stardust, vanishing...]
[You looked at the ’Fallen Three-headed Lion’, saw the three stern beastly heads unchanged; its great, muscular body was just like before.]
[You examined the Three-headed Lion closely, yet couldn’t find any traces of it being modified...]
Lin Xun’s first reaction was, did the modification fail?
The Three-headed Lion was neither a Watcher nor a follower, so Lin Xun couldn’t check its panel attributes.
From the outside, there was no apparent change to the Three-headed Lion, so he had no way of knowing if the modification had been successful.
"Damn, just look for a monster to test it, and then I’ll know."
There were no living monsters in the laboratory, so Lin Xun would have to look at the spoils of war and then go outside to test the Three-headed Lion’s capabilities.
He temporarily suppressed his curiosity and looked at the next item.
[’White Dwarf Star Potion’ (Item) A glass bottle that contains a grey-white liquid. Provided the bottle is broken, the liquid will instantly evaporate, producing an unknown effect.]
[Use of this item will produce a severe ’weakening’ effect on the Stars beings. This item is only effective on ordinary beings, elite, and legendary beings in the Stars faction. It has no effect on demigods, false gods, and deities of the Stars faction.]
An item specifically designed to deal with Star beings.
As for why the Polyvision President would possess such an item, Lin Xun had probaby guessed the reason.
He looked at the ’Notes from the Polyvision President’s Experiment’ just scrounged together and heaved a slight sigh.
If the Polyvision President hadn’t turned into a monster, if his possession of the Polyvision President’s body had gone smoothly, this information item might have been transformed into a real name item.
[’Notes from the Polyvision President’s Experiment’ (Information)]
[My path to godhood is obstructed by ’Almighty True Knowledge’.]
[No, it shouldn’t be called ’Almighty True Knowledge’, it should accurately be called a messenger from It.]
[Unbeknownst to it, dispatching a messenger to obstruct me further confirms the correctness of my path to becoming a god.]
[Under the watch of ’Almighty True Knowledge’, I had no choice but to give him the ’Ring of the Stars’ Light’ and the ’Travel Map to the Cave of the Underworld Abyss’, both to that annoying and weak Apostle.]
[But does He think this will stop me on my path to godhood?]
[Rona is a devout follower of ’Almighty True Knowledge’. She steadfastly refused to join stars under my various seductions, which instead caused a rift between us. She even looks at the rest of the scholars who secretly pursue stars with cold eyes.]
[He he, I casually revealed the location of my secret lab to her, and she will surely report it to the weak Apostle.]
[Rona never considered, why would I build my lab under the ruins of the ’Star Dome Tower’? Ha ha ha...]
[As long as I stay under the ruins of the ’Star Dome Tower’, blessed by the stars, I can evade the scrutiny of the ’Almighty True Knowledge’. When His Apostle arrives, both items will return to their rightful owner.]
[Considering Rona’s character, she will likely join the Apostle of ’Almighty True Knowledge’. Even with my current strength, killing them won’t be easy...]
[I had to perform the fusion modification ahead of schedule...]
[The new fusion shell is slightly different from what I expected. It was not the shape or strength of the shell that bothered me, but my inability to perfectly fuse with the ’test subject’s’ shell.]
[My path to godhood can’t be wrong, it must be that the ’test subject’ is not perfect yet!]
[Once I kill Rona and the Apostle of ’Almighty True Knowledge’, I can snatch both items back and continue my journey to godhood.]
[For this, I have prepared the ’White Dwarf Star Potion’ to deal with the spirits summoned from the ’Ring of the Star’s Light’. ]
[As for the ancient demon in the Abyss, though I can’t perfectly fuse with the ’test subject’ at this time, the ’test subject’ is strong enough to handle it.]
[After gaining the ancient demon’s shell, the ’test subject’s’ shell shouldn’t be wasted. The ’Fusion Modification Secret’ can extract the essence of flesh and blood from it to strengthen my divine body...]
[You have gained Knowledge, increasing your Knowledge by 600! Current Knowledge: 600/5200]
Lin Xun sighed deeply after finishing the data.
The president of the Polyvision School meticulously planned things, but in the end, he lost everything due to a misstep.
If it had been another Apostle who had come here, the president of Multivision School would have likely won.
The gains from the ’Eye of the Death Messenger Sea Serpent’ and the ’body of the Direct View Association president’ were unexpected bonuses.
It’s not to say Lin Xun gained two powerful abilities without effort.
At that time, the Direct View Association had the ’King of Mist Barrier Monsters’. He saved the principal scholar under its watch, thus gaining the special skill of the ’Eye of Direct Death’.
As for the president’s body, he made the three-headed lion sacrifice itself. He enlarged the body of the Earth Giant, clearing the ruins, sneak attacking, and killing the president to be able to possess him.
Both gains followed the unwritten rules of the underworld game, as they were the results of his own decisions.
If the three-headed lion had distracted the ruler for a bit shorter, he would have wasted two points of soul strength and would have had to say farewell to the body of the Direct View Association president and the Eye of the Death Messenger Sea Serpent.
Lin Xun shook his head and stored away the document.
If Rona saw the contents of this document, the female scholar would surely blame herself.
The final item is the ’Star Dome Key’, which the president of the Multivision School did not mention in his notes.
[’Star Dome Key’ (Item), a shining pentagram, was buried under the ruins for many years and was occasionally obtained by the president of the Multivision School. It’s a pity that he had not been able to utilize this item until death, or perhaps he no longer needed to use it.]
[Use the item at a certain location, and a miraculous event that is unimaginable will occur.]
Lin Xun furrows his eyebrows.
What kind of riddle is this item now?]
He stroked his chin and studied the description of the item carefully.
"Star Dome Key... it should be related to the Star Dome Tower, right?"
Lin Xun decided to try out the ’Star Dome Key’ in the ruins of the ’Star Dome Tower’ after leaving the laboratory to see if it would trigger any related events.
[Rona has rested for quite a while and is finally back to normal. She stands and walks towards you...]
[Would you like to give the ’Badge of the Multivision School President’ to ’Rona, the Scholar’ as promised?]
Lin Xun paused.
Rona had told him that after killing the president of the Multivision School, he would take the president’s body, while Rona would take the president’s identity.
Afterwards, Rona would use the president’s identity to pursue her studies in the Imperial City.
Handing over the ’Badge of the Multivision School President’ to Rona also meant that the time for them to say goodbye...had finally arrived.
