Douluo: I founded the mecha tribe and I am the king of mecha battles!

Chapter 316 Bloodline Stripping

"It will hurt a little when the blood vessels are removed."

He casually tossed a handful of silver powder, which floated in the air and instantly transformed into hundreds of miniature instruments, emitting a chilling light. These instruments precisely attached themselves to Yuan En Hui's body, embedding themselves in her skin, bones, and even the depths of her soul, tracking every inch of energy corrupted by the demon.

—If you have to overcome the struggles of pigs and sheep before slaughtering them, how much more so when you have to strip the bloodline of a girl who has been half-demonized?
Yuan Enhui's body arched suddenly, as if she had been pulled into the air by some invisible force. Her slender back was taut, and a desperate roar burst from deep in her throat. But before she could even finish her scream, she was completely crushed into silent gasps by the intense pain.

Yuan Enhui's consciousness fell into chaos.

She seemed to be drifting in an endless dark space, with only the sound of blood flowing in her ears and the whispers of demons hidden deep within her bloodline—they were being forcibly stripped away by some force, like sharp blades scraping through her marrow, severing her connection with the demons inch by inch.

It hurts so much.

Almost every nerve in her body was screaming in agony, but what was even more terrifying was that she gradually felt a part of herself being separated. It was the only bloodline her mother had left her, and the root of the cold stares she had endured from the world since childhood—the power of the devil.

Alba's voice had become indistinct, but her final struggle still echoed in her mind like a vicious curse: "You will come back...you will beg me..."

"Hmph." Chen Zhou's expression was indifferent. He gently manipulated the energy patterns in the air with his fingers, and dozens of silver rays of light entered Yuan En Hui's body from all directions, precisely cutting off the return channel of the demonic energy.

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, the girl's body crashed heavily to the ground, her chest heaving violently, like a drowning person just pulled from the deep sea, gasping for breath. The purplish-black lines that had spread across her skin were rapidly fading, but what followed was an immense sense of weakness, as if a mountain had pressed down on her soul.

Chen Zhou looked down at her, a deep purple crystal already in his hand—it was the demonic essence extracted from her body, and the energy contained within it could even faintly be heard as Alba's angry roar.

"Not bad, you're really willing to spend a lot." He chuckled, and with a slight exertion of force in his fingertips, the demonic aura within them instantly froze and solidified.

Yuan Enhui collapsed to the ground, his body soaked in sweat, the crimson in his eyes slowly fading, but the power that originally belonged to the Fallen Angel Martial Soul also dissipated.

Her soul power cultivation, which had been roughly boosted to the level of a Soul Douluo, had only regressed to the level of a seven-ring Soul Saint. It was not even as refined as before. After losing the Fallen Angel Martial Soul, the Titan Giant Ape, the inherited Martial Soul of the Yuanen family, became even more ferocious on her.

—In a sense, she is no longer a "vessel of the devil" and has become more "pure".

Yuan Enhui coughed violently and curled up in a ball, the phantom of the Titan Giant Ape uncontrollably appearing behind her. Golden light spots danced among its brown fur—this was a bloodline atavism phenomenon, proving that her martial soul was evolving in a benign direction after losing the shackles of demonic attributes.

A bone-chilling cold emanated from the metal floor, and Yuan Enhui's fingertips unconsciously scraped against the alchemical runes. In her unfocused pupils, the churning purplish-black energy in Chen Zhou's hand was reflected—it was the demonic bloodline that had been extracted from her, now struggling and writhing like a skinned venomous snake.

"Why are you coughing?"

The girl's vocal cords felt like they'd been sanded, each word accompanied by blood and foam. Her back arched, and the phantom of the Titan Ape roared uneasily behind her. The soul power circuits within her body were being rebuilt, the pain no less than having her bones shattered inch by inch.

She didn't understand; they should have been enemies.

As a supporter of Shrek Academy and a member of Shrek Academy, why would this guy who destroyed the Shrek Academy that had stood for ten thousand years help me?

Chen Zhou sealed the demonic essence into a crystal container, then tilted his head slightly upon hearing this. An indigo alchemical array spun beneath his feet, casting flickering light on his handsome face. "Because it's useful to your Yuanen family."

He lightly touched the ground with his toes, and dozens of silver light ribbons rose from the alchemy array, wrapping around Yuanen Yehui's trembling body. "As a reward, your father, your grandfather, and even your clansmen will become qualified test subjects, pawns and scouts for my exploration of the unknown."

The crystal container suddenly trembled violently, with purplish-black energy surging and churning within. Alba's projection, forcibly manifesting through the remaining bloodline connection, became a phantom of the Demon Lord, almost filling the entire ceiling of the cell.

"Foolish ants!" Alba's roar shook the metal walls, making them creak. "You have no idea what you're stealing!"

Chen Zhou raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Suddenly, the dome of the cell cracked open, and thousands of dark golden gears poured down. These intricate components from the machine beast race assembled automatically during their descent, instantly transforming into a mechanical cage that locked the demonic phantom in mid-air. The sparks that flew as the gears meshed carried the destructive aura of divine thunder.

"Noisy."

He flicked his fingertip, and a wisp of silvery-white flame shot into the cage. Alba's phantom instantly twisted and dissolved like an oil painting splashed with strong acid, finally turning into a wisp of black smoke and being crushed into nothingness by mechanical gears.

As he turned to walk toward the exit, Chen Zhou suddenly stopped: "Someone will take you out to see your father later. You're free."

Hearing those words that sounded like charity, Yuan En Hui stood there dumbfounded for a long time, feeling the coldness and unease around him, before finally letting out a bitter laugh.

Free?
Freedom bought at the cost of enslaving the entire tribe?

In fact, it can only be said that Yuanen Yehui is overthinking things; she doesn't have that much influence to make the entire Yuanen family pay so much for her.

Becoming slaves is the price most reclusive families pay to survive, while the Yuanen family only faces dangerous tasks and duties because of their deep ties with Shrek Academy.

After leaving the dungeon of Donghai City, Chen Zhou headed towards the Supreme Research Group.

Whenever Chen Zhou interacts with Huo Tian Shu, he can't help but sigh that every world will eventually have some unique souls. They may be limited by the development of the times, or by the influence of the situation of the times, or by the obstacles of resources in their area.

But they always manage to find alternative paths and achieve astonishing successes when everyone else thinks it's impossible!
Huo Tian Shu is such an existence.

Huo Tian Shu may not be the most intelligent being in the history of the Thunder Tribe in the Mech Beast Continent, but he is definitely the most scientifically-minded being in the entire Mech Beast Continent!

Inside the main laboratory of the Supreme Research Group, thirty-six holographic projection screens floated in the center of the circular hall. Huo Tian Shu's mechanical body was conducting data verification with seven researchers, and the cascading data in its electronic eyes was particularly striking in the dim environment.

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