Godslayer: At the start, the power of the Five Elements transforms into Iron Fist Tiger.

In Ling Yue's spiritual sea, Ling Yue and the Ai Li system stood in mid-air on the 'river realm' that was slightly inferior to the ocean, while beside them, the Five Elemental Spinning Cores that Ling Yue was familiar with were slowly rotating.

"Host, is there anything I can help you with?" The pink-haired Alice System, dressed in a white wedding dress, floated in front of Ling Yue, looking at Ling Yue's somewhat complicated eyes.

"Is there any other way to quickly improve my strength? Also, how strong will I be when I transform into the Five Spirit King? And what are the side effects?" Ling Yue, who was originally carefree, suddenly felt a sense of crisis after this conversation.

His conversation with Ye Fan made him realize that no matter how much potential he had, it would be useless if he wasn't strong enough. This time Ye Fan was just being nice, but what about next time? If Ye Fan or someone else suddenly forced him to do something, wouldn't he be the one who suffered?

The Ellie System closed its eyes, as if sensing something.

The two stood locked in a stalemate in the sea of ​​consciousness for a moment, then the Ellie System slowly opened its eyes, and with a wave of its hand, a light blue screen appeared in front of them.

"First of all, Ellie doesn't know how powerful the Five Elemental King transformation actually is or what its side effects are~? Secondly—"

"Ding~ It has been detected that the host has embarked on a hidden storyline. There are still two storylines available for the host to choose from." The voice of the Ellie System suddenly turned into a cold, emotionless AI voice.

Ling Yue glanced at her with some surprise, but the Ellie System in front of her was still smiling at her, as if the voice just now hadn't come from her.

"Go ahead."

The cold voice of the Ellie System rang out again:

"First, the host can join the fifth special team created by Lin Qiye, or follow Ye Fan's request to create the sixth special team, thus proceeding along the original storyline. (Reward: Advance one more minor realm)"

"Secondly, the host firmly rejects Ye Fan and the others' invitation, refuses to join the special team, and chooses 'My destiny is in my own hands,' with all choices made by the host himself. (Reward: Golden Lion's Golden Gourd [Self-Modified])"

"I choose the second one." Although the reward of advancing a small realm in the first option was tempting, it was not the path Ling Yue wanted to take. So even though Ling Yue didn't know what the golden gourd was, he still chose the path he wanted to take.

"Ding~ Congratulations, host, your selection was successful~?" The lively and adorable voice of the Ellie System rang out again.

"System, what was that sound you made just now?" Ling Yue asked the Ai Li System, puzzled.

"Huh? Really? The Ellie System always maintains the voice of a beautiful girl~?" The Ellie System looked at Ling Yue strangely, as if it didn't know why Ling Yue asked this.

"It's nothing, where's my reward?" Ling Yue shook his head, choosing not to think about it.

With a wave of her hand, the system, Ai Li, produced deep blue code that coalesced into a golden gourd as tall as an adult. The gourd even had a nose and eyes, making it look quite bizarre.

"Golden Lion's weapon, the Golden Gourd, could devour dreams in the original Dream Guardian and had the functions of hypnosis, metal control, and energy condensation. Now, after being modified by the Ellie System, this weapon has only one function: devouring."

The system, Ai Li, put her hands on her hips and squinted at Ling Yue, as if hoping he would praise her.

"Oh, and then what? Devour what?" Ling Yue didn't understand what the Ellie System meant. He thought the Ellie System was keeping him in suspense.

Despite Ling Yue's reaction, the Ellie System was not discouraged. Its lively and cute voice rang out again: "The Golden Gourd can devour any sentient object. After devouring, the Golden Gourd will automatically refine it and then feed back its spiritual power to its master. The stronger the devoured object, the more spiritual power it will feed back."

Upon hearing what the Ellie System said, Ling Yue's eyes lit up. This wasn't some golden gourd; it was clearly his Emperor's Banner!

He then quickly asked, "And then what? What are the conditions for using it? Do I need to transform into the Golden Lion to use it?" This was Ling Yue's biggest concern at the moment, since he had never even transformed into a mecha form before. If he had to transform into the Golden Lion to use it, he would be in real trouble.

The Ellie System smiled and said, "No need~ As long as the host takes it to reality and uses the power of the Golden Spirit to activate it, it can automatically devour it. By the way, the gourd itself was created by the power of the system, and nothing can destroy it unless it is a special law-like thing."

"Great, Ellie System, you're practically my founding minister! When I become the pinnacle of Great Xia, I'll definitely appoint you as the founding strategist!"

Ling Yue stared intently at the golden gourd, finding it increasingly pleasing to the eye. The gold color on the gourd was exactly the same as the gold on the emperor's body!

The Ellie System didn't spoil Ling Yue's mood and obligingly cupped its hands in greeting, though her white wedding dress seemed to reveal something:

"Very well, then I would like to offer my congratulations to Your Majesty in advance."

"Alright, step back. I need to study my magical treasure carefully." Ling Yue reached out and took the golden gourd from the air, then exited the spiritual world.

Within the spiritual world, the Ellie System remained in the gesture of bowing, its body gradually becoming transparent until it disappeared completely...

Inside Yuan Gang's office, Ling Yue stood up from his office chair. He was about to summon the golden gourd, but after looking around, he decided to go to a secluded place instead.

Meanwhile, in a mysterious underground location in Shangjing City, Ye Fan stood before a colossal object several stories high, muttering to himself: "So mysterious, suddenly appearing here, and even sealed away..."

The colossal creature before them was completely entwined with grayish-brown vines, which, along with its skin, were covered in rock and soil, obscuring its appearance. However, two long, curved horns could be seen protruding from the creature's head, adding to the sense of heaviness and solidity of the earth.

"Hiss! Why does this mysterious thing look so familiar..." Ye Fan carefully recalled the details of the sealed creature in front of him, but no matter how he thought about it, it was different from the mysterious creature in the information he had read.

Just then, Ye Fan's cell phone rang.

"Hello, any news?" Ye Fan stopped thinking and asked the person on the other end of the phone who was in charge of searching for mysterious information.

"Hmm, according to the information in our Night's Watch database, this suddenly appearing mystery doesn't match any of our records..."

The person on the other end of the phone sounded a little strange, but before he could finish speaking, Ye Fan began to analyze:

"Is this a mysterious sea realm I've never seen before, and it's even sealed away? It's really a headache." With that, Ye Fan prepared to hang up the phone.

"Wait, Commander Ye!"

"Hmm? Is there anything else?" Ye Fan frowned, thinking that something else had happened.

"This mystery is not the same as the mystery we have recorded, but there is a monster in the records from a hundred years ago before the fog descended that is exactly the same as this sealed monster."

"Oh? What is it?" Ye Fan was somewhat skeptical. There was mysterious information even before the fog descended a hundred years ago?

"It's ***." The man's voice on the other end of the phone finally stopped sounding strange, but the strange expression didn't disappear; instead, it shifted. The strange look on the man's face suddenly transferred to Ye Fan, and the two of them had identical expressions.

"***?? How is this possible?!" Ye Fan exclaimed in surprise, then quickly regained his composure.

"Let's search other places to see if there are any more. I have my own plans for this one."

"it is good."