Chapter 679 - 428: Complete Victory

Chapter 679: Chapter 428: Complete Victory

BOOM!

A scorching beam of light blasted into the side of a mountain, unleashing violent shockwaves and sending rubble flying. In just a few seconds, it carved out a circular crater over three meters high.

The light gradually faded, and scalding heat billowed out of the crater. The edges of the rock wall glowed a blinding, crimson red from the intense temperature. ℯℯ𝑙.

After waiting a moment for it to cool, Zhou Chen entered the crater. He carefully examined the surrounding rock walls as he walked, noticing many strange metallic minerals mixed within the brown volcanic rock. These metals were a fiery red, as if they were fire and magma compressed to their absolute limit, and they radiated intense heat.

[Volcanic Essence Gold: A rare metal found only inside volcanoes. It contains the scorching Power of Flame and is an excellent material.]

Zhou Chen reached out and placed his palm against a piece of the fiery metal that was as tall as half a man. His Perception Power spread out from the metal in all directions, his consciousness like the root system of a towering ancient tree, forming a great net that expanded throughout the mountain’s interior.

A long moment later, he withdrew his hand.

The Alchemy Matrix was in place.

This was the last mountain. Everything was ready; all he needed now was the final catalyst.

Zhou Chen returned to his campfire to make the final preparations.

To fight the Magma Giant Beast, the 100-point Attribute bonus from the Dice Potion was essential. However, since he had already used it once, the Skill was now on cooldown. He would have to wait twelve hours for it to become available again.

Zhou Chen didn’t have twelve hours to just sit around and wait, so he simply made a wish:

"Reset the cooldown on the Dice Potion."

The transparent glass bottle instantly filled with a blue-purple liquid. Zhou Chen downed it in one gulp and made another wish: "Make the Dice Potion’s bonus Attribute Intelligence, and the bonus amount 100."

[Wish Value -100]

[Intelligence Value +100]

Next, he activated Body of Steel Melting, unsealed the Book of the Dead, and embraced complete corruption while at his strongest state.

A light flashed above his head. The faintly visible, ice-cold Crown of the End transformed into an ancient, crimson crown that lit up, releasing an immense, fiery radiance.

The earth rumbled and quaked. The Alchemy Matrix beneath Zhou Chen’s feet shone brilliantly, shooting out three beams of light that pointed toward the three surrounding mountains, where other massive Alchemy Matrices activated in response.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!!!

The mountains trembled violently, then collapsed and disintegrated, revealing the massive veins of ore stored within. Scalding, crimson magma flowed from the shattered peaks like blood, the molten rock surging and exploding.

CLANG!

In that instant, a crisp, metallic clang seemed to erupt from the void. The three mountains shattered in a flash, melting into a tide of molten iron. Mixed with the scalding magma, it rushed forward like a mighty river.

Zhou Chen stood tall, his chest puffed out, and laughed maniacally as he spread his arms wide to welcome the roaring river of steel and fire.

His body became like a voracious maw, devouring everything and converting it into nutrients for his growth and metamorphosis.

Fire became his blood and steel his bones. His body swelled before the naked eye, breaking ten meters in height in an instant. Countless complex steel structures and textures emerged upon his frame as layers of metal proliferated, expanded, extended, and grew without restraint...

A fierce wind suddenly whipped through the sky, followed by a dull clap of thunder. Bolts of lightning flashed within the gloomy clouds, and the color of the sky and earth began to change.

The winds howled and the clouds churned. The world grew dim, and before long, what little light remained vanished completely, plunging the World into pitch-black darkness.

The World fell into an unnerving silence. An unknown amount of time passed.

BOOM!

The storm clouds brought a faint light back to the World. Magnificent bolts of lightning tore through the sky, fleetingly illuminating a majestic silhouette that now stood between heaven and earth.

It wore a crimson crown and bore sixteen Steel Wings upon its back. A halo of ice-cold fire, far larger than any mountain peak, materialized behind it...

Just like an Angel of legend.

The halo of ice-cold fire blazed with a violent, fearsome light, and a terrifying gravitational force erupted from its center. Countless Thunderbolts from the storm clouds were pulled in, nourishing the being. Then, even the volcanic ash clouds hanging in the sky were forcibly dragged down and absorbed by the halo.

But it didn’t stop there. The terrifying power even began to Twist Gravity itself. Magma on the ground lifted into the sky as if weightless. Lava was forcibly sucked out from the volcano, surging in an endless stream toward the halo and causing its light to grow ever brighter.

At that moment, an alarm blared in the core tower of the Satellite City, the ear-splitting sound echoing in everyone’s ears.

Jiang Che approached the monitoring screen with a grave expression, but upon seeing the figure on the display, his tense face immediately relaxed.

"We’re detecting an extremely high concentration of Abyssal Contamination!" one of the staff members exclaimed, breaking out in a sweat. "The location is the western volcano! The contamination level has severely crossed the red line..."

"Don’t worry about it. He’s one of ours."

Jiang Che said calmly, "Zoom in on the feed a little more for me."

And out in that darkness, a pair of brilliant eyes, as bright as the sun and moon, opened on a face of steel, gazing down upon the mortal world.

A V-shaped antenna, wreathed in flames, unfolded on its head, jutting toward the sky with menacing sharpness.

Zhou Chen felt the near-infinite Power within his body and suddenly clenched his fist.

"So... strong..."

[Physical Strength: 63

Intelligence: 211

Endurance: 64

Power: 118

Agility: 74]

His Strength Attribute had increased by 50 points, and his other Attribute Values hadn’t changed, but an "∞" symbol had appeared next to his Blood Volume and Mana.

By undergoing Abyssalization while in the Body of Steel Melting state, then frantically absorbing minerals, magma, and any other matter that could serve as fuel, he had grown into a behemoth no weaker than the Magma Giant Beast, matching it in sheer size.