"You really didn't let me down." Yue Ling's voice sounded like an evil ghost crawling out from the depths of hell. Every word was wrapped in a chilling chill that made people's hair stand on end.

Lu Ye's heart suddenly sank, as if being gripped by an invisible hand, nearly stopping. He suppressed his fear and gripped the energy gun tightly, his knuckles turning white from the strain, his palms already soaked with cold sweat. "Yue Ling, what on earth do you want to do?"

Yue Ling walked over slowly, a gentle smile on her face, like an old friend reminiscing. But Lu Ye felt that smile was more sinister than a venomous snake's tongue, creeping him out. "Lu Ye, aren't you curious? Where did those 'aliens' come from?"

Lu Ye's pupils suddenly constricted. He thought of the experimental records and the poor people who had been forcibly implanted with ferocious beast crystal cores. His stomach churned. "You...you created those monsters?"

"Monsters?" Yue Ling shook his head and corrected him. "No, they're works of art, my life's masterpiece!" His eyes gleamed with enthusiasm, as if he were admiring a rare treasure. "They possess powers beyond human limits. They are perfect!"

"Perfect?" Lu Ye sneered, a hint of disdain in his voice, as if he had just heard a huge joke. "Those half-human, half-ghost things, are worthy of being called perfect?"

"Neither human nor ghost?" Yue Ling laughed as if she had heard something funny. She almost cried. "Lu Ye, you are so naive! In this world where the strong prey on the weak, only strength is eternal! Those so-called morals and ethics are nothing but shackles used by the weak to restrain themselves!"

He paused, his eyes becoming fanatical, like a burning flame: "And I, will break these shackles and create a brand new race, a powerful existence that stands above all other races!"

Lu Ye's heart grew colder and colder, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He looked at the man before him, lost in madness, and felt a wave of sadness, as if he had seen a pitiful madman. "Yue Ling, you're crazy!"

"Crazy?" Yue Ling's smile grew even brighter, like a blooming poppy, beautiful yet deadly. "Maybe. But only a madman can create miracles!" He suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing with madness, like two burning stars. "Lu Ye, do you know why I chose you?"

Lu Ye didn't say anything, but just stared at him closely, like a vigilant cheetah.

"For that lord, and for my ideals." Yue Ling's voice became ethereal, like a call from ancient times. "I want to create the most powerful psychic in this galaxy, one who can change the world!"

"Those things that are neither human nor ghost?" Lu Ye's tone was full of sarcasm, as if he was looking at a jumping clown.

"Mediocre people will never understand my ideals." Yue Ling shook her head, a trace of pity flashing in her eyes, as if she was looking at a frog in a well. "Lu Ye, you are too weak. You don't understand the true meaning of strength at all!"

He paused, then added, "As for why I chose you...you and Lady Saint are both from Blue Star. This is your advantage, and also your...destiny."

"I can't use Lady Saint for experiments, and that lady won't allow it." Yue Ling's voice was filled with helplessness and relief, as if she had escaped a disaster.

"Who is that sir?" Lu Ye's voice was trembling, like a candle swaying in the wind.

"You will know soon." Yue Ling smiled but did not answer, with a hint of mystery in her smile.

He raised his hand, and a ball of black energy condensed from his fingertips. That energy, the same energy that had previously controlled Nightingale, came from the same source, but it was even more powerful and sinister, like a black hole devouring everything.

"Lu Ye, become my masterpiece!" Yue Ling's voice was bewitching, like the whisper of a devil. "You will gain unparalleled power, and you will become the god of the new world!"

He slowly pressed the ball of black energy towards Lu Ye's chest.

Lu Ye's eyes widened. He could sense the terrifying power contained within that dark energy, like a raging flame from hell, ready to consume him. He tried to resist, but found himself unable to move at all, as if he were under a spell.

At this critical moment, a sudden change occurred.

Yue Ling's movements suddenly stopped, as if someone had paused them. A look of pain crossed his face, his features twisted together, as if he were enduring immense torture. His body began to tremble violently, like sifting through chaff.

"How... is it possible?" Yue Ling's voice was filled with disbelief, as if she had seen a ghost. "You... you actually..."

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Lu Ye, his eyes filled with shock and anger, like two burning will-o'-the-wisp fires.

Lu Ye's body unexpectedly began to emit a faint golden light. Although the light was weak, it was filled with a sacred aura, like sunlight penetrating dark clouds. It formed a sharp contrast with the black energy in Yue Ling's hand, and it was clearly distinct.

"This is..." Lu Ye himself was stunned. He didn't know what this golden light was. It seemed to have suddenly emerged from his body.

"No!" Yue Ling roared like a wounded beast. He increased the strength in his hands, trying to force the black energy into Lu Ye's body.

But the golden light was like a protective shield, protecting Lu Ye tightly and preventing Yue Ling's dark energy from advancing even a little, as if it had met its nemesis.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang, like thunder coming out of nowhere. Yue Ling was blown away by a powerful force, like a kite with a broken string.

He fell heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, staining the ground red.

Lu Ye slowly stood up. He felt his body brimming with strength, as if he had been reborn. That strength was completely different from his previous abilities, more powerful and purer, like a divine power from ancient times.

He looked down at his hands. The faint golden light was still flickering like a dancing flame.

"Is this... my power?" Lu Ye muttered to himself, with a hint of confusion in his voice, as if he was asking himself, or asking the heaven and earth.

Yue Ling struggled to get up. He looked at Lu Ye, his eyes filled with resentment and anger, like two sharp knives. "Lu Ye, you... you actually..."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and his body shook.

Lu Ye ignored him and looked up into the depths of the cave. He felt that there seemed to be something calling him.

He walked step by step towards the depths of the cave, and with every step he took, the golden light on his body became more dazzling.

Yue Ling looked at Lu Ye's back, a hint of madness flashing in her eyes. "Lu Ye, you can't escape! You are destined to become my most perfect work!"

He struggled to catch up, but found that his body could no longer move.

Lu Ye walked step by step into the depths of the cave, and every step seemed to be stepping on his heartbeat.

Finally, he stopped.

In front of me is an altar.

In the center of the altar, there is a suspended...energy ball.

The energy ball was golden, but it emitted a dark energy that made people's hearts palpitate.

It’s exactly the same energy that controlled Nightingale before.

Lu Ye's heart was pounding, as if it was going to jump out of his throat.

He had a strong premonition that this thing was the source of everything.

He slowly stretched out his hand, trying to grab the energy ball.

Just when the fingertips were about to touch, the energy ball suddenly shook violently, as if it came alive.

Then, it suddenly flew towards Lu Ye and directly... drilled into his body.

"what!"

Lu Ye screamed in pain, his body felt like it was being cut by countless blades at the same time, the pain made his vision go black.

He fell to his knees, his hands gripping the ground tightly, his nails almost digging into the cracks in the stone.

Cracks spread across his body like dry land.

Light shines through the cracks, golden and black, interweaving and shining.

The two kinds of light collided wildly in his body, neither giving in to the other.

Lu Ye's consciousness was blurred, as if he was thrown into a blender, and the severe dizziness made him almost vomit.

He felt like he was going to die.

"Swish--" The clothes on his chest were torn by the energy fluctuations, revealing his strong chest.

A golden mark appeared on his chest.

That mark is like a...blooming lotus.

The lotus mark appeared, and the golden light in Lu Ye's body suddenly surged.

The light suppressed the black energy, and then, bit by bit... swallowed it.

The pain in Lu Ye's body gradually eased.

He felt that some...strange changes were taking place in his body.

His supernatural power began to rise, level six, level seven, level eight...

Ninth level!

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