Chapter 468 — The Evolution of Crimson Eye

"The Immortal-Slayer is sharp, the Slaughterer brings death, the Trapper stirs red light on all sides, the Extinguisher's transformations are endless and wondrous, and the blood of all the gods and spirits soaks their robes..." Crimson Eye murmured incessantly, repeating the evolution template Shi Che had provided, hoping to pioneer a sword formation skill capable of slaying immortals and gods.

Yet as time wore on, her expression grew more and more strained.

The evolutionary process was far from smooth.

Fusing the power of the four sword incarnations into one and driving her true body's evolution was proving simply too difficult.

In his heart, Shi Qi was sick with worry.

"Is there anything I can do to help..." As Crimson Eye fused and evolved, Shi Jue kept trying to establish and deepen his mental connection with her.

He wanted to activate the Taiji Domain to help Crimson Eye fuse the forces of life and death, but it was not as smooth as before; in this mental domain, the compatibility was still highest with Eleven.

He wanted to draw on the World Tree fruit's enhancement and, using his current connection with Crimson Eye, develop a new mental domain, but that was no easy feat either.

Shi Jin tried every means he could think of to help Crimson Eye.

What Shi Jin had not expected was that at the critical moment, within the dark sea of consciousness, it was precisely his mental connection with Crimson Eye that activated the skill compendium's Art Fusion Furnace, which played a decisive role.

Shi Jin slowly opened his eyes and realized that his various powers were being drawn away, used to strengthen and stabilize Crimson Eye's evolution.

No—rather, used to accelerate Crimson Eye's awakening and fusion of a new racial skill.

At this moment, Shi Jin could see that beneath the light of evolution, subtle changes were taking place in Crimson Eye's body.

Nothing too drastic—it was as if she had grown a little taller, matured a little—but as time went on, "BOOM!!"

The scale of the four sword projections expanded more than tenfold, power surging across them and spreading outward, as if they had split into thousands of projections that wrapped around and enclosed them, forming a domain. Standing within it, Eleven, Bug-Bug, and Ginseng Baby looked left and right, their expressions grave.

Bzzzzz——————

At this moment, the tremors in the legendary ruins reached an unprecedented level. Cracks appeared across earth, sky, and void, and at the same time a profound voice of rules emerged. The spatial force and natural force within the ruins were all suppressed, and judging by the quality and tier of this rule force, it seemed to rank even above ordinary rules.

"A quasi-divine skill." Shi Jin spoke with exhilaration, then his face went pale.

Moreover, an exceedingly powerful one.

Outside the ruins, just as Shi Che had predicted, within the vast ocean, millions upon millions of marine creatures gazed in terror at the sky above the seas, at the churning, shifting currents, not knowing what had happened.

The voice of rules that resounded through mind and spirit made them involuntarily submit, yet the lethal intent it carried made them tremble with even greater fear.

"This is a killing formation, a killing formation that decides life and death," Rin said gravely on Shi Jin's side.

"Master, hold on, Crimson Eye is about to finish evolving." It, too, looked at Cen Yu with concern.

At this moment, Crimson Eye's figure finally grew clear. She still looked the same, yet her aura had changed transcendently, like that of a dragon god, embodying a wondrous divine charm.

BOOM!!!

The four sword projections hung in the vault of heaven, rumbling like thunder. With a flash of sword light they shrank continuously, flew toward Crimson Eye, and merged four into one, landing in her hand—yet the immense sword formation formed by the sword intent and sword light did not vanish in the least.

In that moment, Crimson Eye seemed to hold a world-shaking killing formation in her palm. She merely raised the sword in her hand slightly, and the entire legendary space began to collapse at an accelerated rate. Shi Jin was utterly overjoyed.

"It worked."

[Skill Name]: Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation

[Attributes]: Necromancy, Fire, Metal, Space

[Tier]: Quasi-Divine Skill

[Description]: Contains a special sword rule of immense power. Within the sword formation, all is mysterious and ever-shifting, lethal intent boundless, peril layered upon peril. Once caught in this formation, one is reduced to flying ash in an instant, all vitality extinguished.

Once the skill locks on, it is certain to hit!

At this very moment, Shi Ying's heart was filled with excitement and complexity. The full power of all four incarnations had been broken down, recombined, and fused into a single quasi-divine skill—a quasi-divine skill of tremendous potential.

"Invincible. Now we're truly invincible. Crimson Eye and I, fighting together, will slaughter top-tier totems like butchering dogs!" Shi Jin declared with fervor.

He wanted to fight! He wanted to test the skill! He wanted to see the Undying Nether Phoenix!

Yet the very next moment, Shi Jin's face went pale, and he collapsed into unconsciousness.

Before he knew it, the drain had grown greater than continuously allocating points to super-tier skills and fusing super-tier skills combined.

"Ying ying ying!!! (Beastmaster——!)"

At the sight, Eleven and the others were greatly alarmed.

"Ah." Seeing that Shi Jin had been drained to excess by her own evolution, Crimson Eye instantly tensed with worry, withdrew her sword formation, and flew over.

Bad.

Ginseng Baby, to the rescue!

(End of this chapter)