After breaking through the limit of his physique for the second time, Lu Yuan's teeth were so strong that he could chew even steel, let alone a small vine.

Lu Yuan tore off a piece of golden vine and chewed it in his mouth, making a "crunching" sound.

To be honest, the taste is very bad, it's like chewing a piece of cold, hard and tasteless rubber.

But during this process, the evil god factor contained in the golden vines was like an unscrewed faucet, pouring crazily down Lu Yuan's throat into his body.

"Rumble--"

Lu Yuan's chest seemed to suddenly have a storm, his internal organs glowed, his bones and flesh vibrated, and the sound of thunder continued.

The blood cells in his chest grew rapidly in this storm of evil factors.

This is the ultimate pleasure of growth!

However

After a brief surge, the influx of evil god factors came to an abrupt end.

"tu——"

Lu Yuan spat out the golden vine residue he chewed in his mouth. No trace of the evil god factor could be felt in it. Even the original golden color of the vine was gone, showing a light gray wood.

just like

A piece of sugar cane that has been chewed up.

"Click——"

Lu Yuan spit out the residue and continued to bite off a piece of golden vine and put it into his mouth.

In fact, he could absorb the evil god factor in the vines without "eating", but the efficiency was too low compared to chewing, so Lu Yuan simply adopted such a barbaric and vulgar method.

Lu Yuan ate the golden vine bite by bite, and the blood cells in his body continued to grow rapidly.

Lu Yuan was still very careful. In order to prevent the chip and optical brain in his body from catching him "chewing raw" strange things, he used his mental power to shield them both before eating.

When Lu Yuan ate about one-third of the golden vine in his hand, the power of the blood cells in his body seemed to have accumulated to a certain extent.

"boom!"

"Click——"

A series of bones rang all over Lu Yuan's body. His body seemed to have become more symmetrical and slender, and the aura emanating from his body seemed to be more restrained.

Agility +1.

The evil god factor contained in one-third of the golden vines allowed Lu Yuan's agility attribute to naturally increase by 1 point, from the original 28 to 29 points, leaving him only one step away from breaking the 30-point limit.

Lu Yuan still has 6 useless attribute points in his hand. If he wants to, he can now break through the two attributes of strength and agility to the second limit-breaking realm.

But now that he was in the Mountain of Embers, there were upgrade materials everywhere, so he was in no hurry to use up these attribute points.

"After breaking the limit for the second time, it takes 3 attribute points to increase one attribute point, and the cost is getting bigger and bigger."

Lu Yuan thought and bit off a piece of golden vine.

After looking at Lan Chen who was searching for armor fragments in the distance, a thought suddenly came to his mind.

"How did this golden vine-like thing form?"

It is estimated that everyone involved in this exploration operation will be curious about this.

There may be no one who knows the answer.

Lu Yuan looked at the half of the golden vine left in his hand, his eyes flashed, and he gently moved towards the vine——

[Occult Scholar (Extraordinary)] Professional Skill: lv1 [Mysterious Perception]!

[Mysterious Perception] There is a chance to obtain hidden information from an object that cannot be detected by ordinary means. Lu Yuan felt that he might be able to get some different clues from this.

Along with the activation of lv1 [Mysterious Perception].

Lu Yuan's mind immediately flooded with some vague and messy information.

This information gradually pieced together a series of intermittent pictures as he mentally sorted it out.

In the picture, Lu Yuan seemed to see a thin ray of golden red falling from the air, landing on a vine, and then quickly blending in.

The originally ordinary vines gradually evolved into something extraordinary under the influence of the mysterious golden-red smoke, until they grew into what they are now.

"What is that golden-red substance that looks like smoke, fog, and light?

Is it related to the Phoenix?”

Lu Yuan guessed in his mind while silently "eating" most of the remaining golden vines.

The evil god factor contained in a whole golden vine entered his stomach, and the blood cells in Lu Yuan's body expanded in a large circle, and the thickness also increased to almost twice as much as before.

The surge of blood cells caused qi and blood to surge in his body. Although the attribute values ​​​​on the attribute panel did not change, Lu Yuan felt that the next natural attribute increase was not far away.

"The level 7 [Martial Arts Grandmaster (Extraordinary)] is about to be upgraded to level 8. It is truly a treasure for upgrading."

Lu Yuan let out a breath, having nothing to do, and then watched Lan Chen clean up the battlefield.

Lan Chen had already collected all the Tier 3 armor fragments scattered around, but he still refused to leave. He actually ran to two Far Star Federation men lying on the ground and secretly picked up the pieces that were not peeled off from their bodies.

Armor fragments.

Lu Yuan saw Lan Chen pulling on the crotch and leggings of a Far Star Federation man and his face twitched slightly with his eyes closed.

Lu Yuan's previous attack was very measured. Most of his power was released on the exoskeleton armor of the two men. The remaining power only injured and knocked them unconscious, but did not beat them to death.

It seemed that the two of them had woken up at this time.

Lan Chen, who was immersed in the joy of "harvest", didn't seem to notice this at all.

He stripped off all the exoskeleton armor components that could be pulled off the two people's bodies, and then ran back happily holding a lot of things.

"ok!"

Lan Chen rushed to the road and made a "done" gesture, and then added: "Just wait a moment, I'll call a drone to send the things back. Don't mention it, these things are quite heavy."

""

Lu Yuan was silent for a while and couldn't help but said to Lan Chen, "Isn't this a little too much?"

Lan Chen waved his hands indifferently, "What's too much? They've done even more outrageous things to us Huang Xiong before. I'll charge you some interest at most."

Lu Yuan saw Lan Chen's expression of incomprehension and guessed that he might have suffered a big loss at the hands of the Far Star Federation explorers.

The superiors probably also have a "turn a blind eye" attitude towards the frictions and conflicts between members of major organizations in the secret realm.

Otherwise Lan Chen would not be so confident.

When the drone summoned by Lan Chen arrived, Lan Chen asked Lu Yuan if he wanted to continue exploring in depth.

Lu Yuan's answer is naturally yes.

After Lan Chen hesitated for a moment, he took the collected exoskeleton armor fragments and components back to the drone and decided to go with Lu Yuan.

If it had been before, Lan Chen would definitely have chosen to turn back now and put the harvest in his bag first.

But now that Lu Yuan, the "rookie" who was originally asked to lead him, suddenly transformed into a master with level 3 combat power of blasting hammers with his bare hands, he naturally wanted to seize this great opportunity to hold his thigh.

The two left the growing point of the golden vines and continued walking forward for a while.

I encountered two ancient evil god creatures on the way, but their strength was average. The evil god factor contained in the essence of flesh and blood was far inferior to that of the golden vines, and it was not even comparable to the ancient evil god creatures Lu Yuan encountered in the mysterious realm of elephants.

If you think about it carefully, the remaining living creatures in the mysterious elephant territory have been screened twice by the will of the elephant people and the elephant god. It is normal for the average strength to be strong.

The two of them walked forward for about fifteen kilometers and stopped in front of a forest stream.

The dense primeval forest here leaks a beam of skylight, dyeing the entire stream a fresh and bright orange-red. There are also finger-long whitebaits swimming quickly in the stream, which is really beautiful.

Lu Yuan looked at the map of Ember Mountain and saw that with this creek as the dividing line, there was the "fog area" ahead.

This means that there is almost no exploration in the area shrouded in the fog of war, and everything is unknown.

"Are you going to continue?"

Lu Yuan turned around and asked Lan Chen.

Lan Chen looked tangled, and finally gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "Follow one section, and I will follow another section."

"good."

Lu Yuan didn't say anything. The roles of "old man and newcomer", "master and novice", and "leader and led" changed quite naturally between the two of them.

Lu Yuan was preparing to take Lan Chen across the creek and officially entered the "fog area".

at this time

"Goo!"

A strange bird call suddenly came from my ears.

Lu Yuan suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a faint orange shadow. Without hesitation, he kicked his feet violently, and his whole body was like a swimming dragon shooting towards the location where the orange shadow flashed.

Lan Chen, who was standing next to Lu Yuan, didn't even react. As soon as he turned his head, Lu Yuan almost disappeared.

Lan Chen made a "wipe" sound on his lips and hurriedly activated his exoskeleton to catch up.
To be continued...