"If I could find a chance to get the secret of Li Ming..." Levenbeck kept thinking in his mind.

But at this moment, his heart skipped a beat, his pupils shrank, and he looked at the virtual star map in front of him in surprise and doubt.

"This, I seem to feel..." He was not sure. He felt vaguely flustered, as if something had happened, but he didn't know where it came from.

Suddenly, his expression froze, and he saw the black figure on the throne walking down.

This was the first time he saw Lord Yuan get down from his seat.

"There was an accident. Prepare for your promotion."

Hao Miao's voice suddenly rang in his ears. Levenbeck's pupils dilated and he hesitated, "Promotion? Now?"

The Abyss Lord ignored him and only gave orders to Tanus, "Follow my instructions and intercept him. He is absorbing the blood mist. Don't let him interfere with the promotion process."

Levenbeck's life level is not high. Although he has a certain control over the blood mist, he cannot sense every corner, but he can.

He immediately noticed Li Ming absorbing the blood mist, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

"Him? Who? Li Ming? Absorbing the blood mist?" Levenback blinked, confused for a moment.

The unexpected change happened so quickly that it was hard for him to accept. He couldn't help but ask, "He actually dared to absorb the blood mist. Isn't that courting death?"

"Even if he is an ultimate life form, the sheer number of them will cause great damage."

Still no response, Tanus accepted the order and walked past him with an indifferent expression.

Li Ming could even absorb the power of the Eternal Abyss, let alone this blood mist mixed with the power of the Eternal Abyss.

The only thing that surprised Tanus was that the other party absorbed the energy too late, and it was too late to stop it.

"Unfortunately, it will take a long time for the others to come out." The Abyss Lord's eyes fell on Levenbeck, but the current scale of the blood mist, combined with this little thing, was enough.

Levenbeck suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I'm preparing for the promotion right now, and I will definitely succeed before he arrives."

There was still no response, the black shadow just walked towards him step by step. Levenbeck subconsciously wanted to retreat, but found that he was suppressed by an invisible force and could not move at all.

"You...you...what on earth do you want to do..." Levenbeck's throat rolled, and he could only watch the black shadow walk into his body.

The huge flesh and blood heart shook violently, and the dark gold blood vessels on the surface suddenly exploded. Tens of thousands of blood vessel endings expanded into a black hole iris in the vacuum.

The blood-gold halo expanded rapidly, expanding into nine haloes layer by layer. The walls of the halo spun wildly, tearing the blood mist around it and gathering towards the center at a terrifying speed.

………

The majestic vortex of blood mist continued to expand, and it seemed difficult to see its size based on the scale of the starry sky.

But the front-line base in the distance was only the size of a hair in front of him.

In the center of the vortex, Li Ming closed his eyes tightly. The continuously pouring blood mist formed a kind of potential energy, and the speed of flowing into his body continued to increase.

In order to keep the body in a normal state, more and more metal energy is consumed. In just one hour, nearly 100 million metal energies have been consumed.

"Unfortunately, I can't use the Star of Eternal Silence to accelerate in this state." Li Ming was still not satisfied, but he had no choice because the time difference would inevitably lead to the appearance of a vacuum area during absorption, which was meaningless.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and a sharp light flashed across the depths of his pupils. "Your reaction speed is really fast."

The huge blood mist in front of him suddenly stopped expanding outwards and instead showed a rolling posture. The momentum was not fast, but it was indeed shrinking.

Even the vortex formed around him showed signs of being torn apart.

"I've been waiting for you..." Without hesitation, he leaped forward, still maintaining the posture of absorbing the blood mist, and went deeper into the center of the vortex.

All of this was control ability, running automatically in his body, and his body was moving in the direction of the shrinking blood mist.

………

[The blood mist may cause some kind of violent reaction next. Do not react at all for now and cancel all targeted plans.]

Kostarte frowned as he presided over a high-level meeting attended mainly by representatives of the three major civilizations, including Anduin and Anatoly.

They were discussing the core strategy because the elimination plan was hindered by the appearance of the blood mist life form.

Next, whether to respond with more drastic measures or to think of other solutions requires further discussion.

At this moment, everyone looked at Costat with burning eyes.

Beep—as the screen went dark, Costat looked up helplessly and said, "He refused."

"Chairman, where are you?" Anatoly looked at Anduin and asked, "Why did you suddenly ask us to cancel our plan?"

"I don't know either." Anduin shook his head.

"Does he want us to give up resistance?" Costat frowned. "Or does he have other methods? What's the reason for the violent reaction of the blood mist?"

Everyone was confused. Li Ming would reveal some information when he needed them to do something, but he basically said nothing most of the time.

Anduin said solemnly, "It shouldn't take too long to figure it out."

He then emphasized, "Also, don't overthink it. Even if all of us give up resistance, the chairman won't give up."

The unknown ultimate life form that suddenly appeared and attacked Li during the Empire War was no longer a secret among the many high-level officials present. They knew that the other party actually came from Yongyuan.

Although we don’t know why the other party suddenly attacked, we don’t know how long they have been lying dormant.

But one thing is certain, the other party did not attack Li Ming for no reason, there was a deeper reason behind it.

Costat glanced at him and explained, "I mean..."

Before he could finish his words, the screen hanging behind him suddenly flashed red and a shrill buzzing sound was heard in the conference room.

"The most urgent matter?" Costat's face changed slightly. He turned around hurriedly without caring about anything else.

This kind of emergency situation has the highest authority. When he turned around, the figure of a commander with a solemn expression appeared on the screen.

"Commander Wayne..." Costat said hurriedly, "What happened?"

Wayne quickly reported, "The blood mist suddenly showed large-scale abnormal movements."

"Hmm?" Costat's eyes narrowed slightly, and the others also looked at him.

The commander had synchronized the situation on the scene and saw that the boundless blood mist in the starry sky was shrinking back at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the starry sky with almost no comparison scale, the speed visible to the naked eye is already extremely fast.

"Shrinking?" Everyone was slightly shocked, and the first thing they thought of was what Li Ming had just said.

"When did it happen?" Costat asked further.

"Just one hour after Lord Qinglong entered the blood mist." Wayne explained.

"Qinglong entered the blood mist?" Kostat was even more surprised.

The expressions of the others were different. Since the blood mist crisis broke out, Li Ming had never gone deep into it, but this time he actually took the initiative to enter.

"You don't know?" Wayne was also surprised. "I thought Lord Qinglong..."

Suddenly, Wayne added, "Then you probably don't know about Lord Qinglong absorbing the blood mist?"

"He's absorbing the blood mist?" Anduin was stunned, a look of urgency rising on his face. "Why would the chairman use such a method?"

Wayne has replayed the video, and the picture shows a huge vortex of blood mist. The center of the vortex is blurry and no specific human figure can be seen clearly.

But Wayne added, "This vortex appeared shortly after Lord Qinglong entered. It continued to expand until, by the time the blood mist shrank, it had expanded to the size of a galaxy and was constantly catching up with the shrinking boundary of the blood mist."

Costat's face was tense and the meeting room was very quiet.

The characteristics of blood mist have long been analyzed clearly. It will have uncontrollable effects on living organisms and even cause genetic distortion.

If the number accumulates to a certain level, it can cause erosion to X-level life forms.

Although Li Ming is the ultimate life form, he cannot withstand the qualitative change caused by quantitative change. Qinglong is solving the problem by sacrificing himself.

"I'm afraid he has no other solution." Costat sighed, but he had a strange feeling in his heart.

Qinglong was still at the forefront after all. If it was Adam...

He subconsciously thought of his brother and couldn't help but feel dazed.

Anduin suddenly stood up and said solemnly, "The Chairman has finally created a change at the cost of his own life."

"As the blood mist shrinks, a core will surely appear. Now is the best opportunity. Without further delay, we should mobilize all our forces and head towards the location where the blood mist shrinks."

"At the very least, we must tighten the encirclement to prevent the blood mist from expanding again."

"That's right." Kostart came back to his senses and immediately issued a series of instructions in the command system, while Anduin went to notify all X-level life forms.

If this matter is not handled properly, it will affect the safety of everyone. Even Anatoly, who is always cunning, did not say much and started to move silently.

The wartime command system played a role and the highest order was issued. The three major civilizations had already created an encirclement at the border of the blood mist. Now was the best opportunity to close it in.

However, even if they acted immediately and jumped through the star gate, they would still be a step late when arriving at the front line, and the blood mist shrank to the point where it was almost invisible.

Anduin and the others did not hesitate, and streams of light shot in the direction where the blood mist was shrinking, chasing after the Azure Dragon.

The starry sky is boundless, and the blood mist covers the entire area like an aurora.

At first, the blood mist rolled back very slowly, but it became faster and faster as time passed.

In the end, Li Ming couldn't even keep up. He could only switch several controlled objects and forcibly increase his speed before he could barely catch up.

For more than half a month, the environment in the universe seemed to have not changed at all. There was no other scenery on the road except some planetary debris.

Li Ming consumed a huge amount of metal energy, amounting to 30 billion.

However, the development progress has skyrocketed to 53%, and is improving almost every moment. This kind of pleasure makes him unable to stop.

Until a certain moment, the huge vortex of blood mist suddenly stopped. Li Ming's eyes flashed slightly as he stared at the figure wrapped in the hazy blood mist.

The breath was familiar, it was Tanus.

Li Ming immediately recognized that this guy did not launch a sneak attack, and most of his control was still focused on development and blessing.

If Tanus comes up and hits him, he will probably be able to take away a lot of his metal energy, and only metal energy.

As long as the Eternal Holy Throne is there and the metal energy is not exhausted, no one can kill him.

"Li Ming..." Tanus saw this familiar figure, and his thoughts, which had been silent for many days, began to stir. "The Abyss Lord's promise still stands. Is it not too late to surrender now?"

"The injuries on your body have been basically healed." Li Ming noticed this.

Silently, all switched to the main combat system, and the blood mist lingering around disappeared in an instant, going away with the shrinking blood mist.

In just a moment, the swirling blood mist exposed the two of them in the star field.

Li Ming asked calmly, "Are you confident you can kill me this time?"

"No." Tanus shook his head, the trident in his hand trembling, blocking in front of him.

Even though his injuries have completely recovered and his condition has reached its peak, based on the situation in the last confrontation, he can have a certain advantage, but he is not sure he can defeat the opponent.

But the Abyss Lord only asked him to delay time. He was confident that the Abyss Lord would not just let that guy evolve to level X. He knew clearly what kind of power was contained in the Abyss Core.

Once that guy evolves successfully, the two of them will be able to easily defeat Li Ming by joining forces.

"Delay time?" Li Ming figured it out, frowned slightly, and his eyes were cold. Since the other party wanted to delay, he should rush over at a faster speed.

"You should feel honored..." As the dark sticky substance oozed out from Tanus's pores, angular patterns like crocodile skin emerged, and then condensed into a thick armor.

The aura of the ultimate life form gushed out without any concealment. Compared to last time, Tanus was much stronger. It was not only to repair his injuries, but also to have more means to use.

"This is the first time that the Abyss Lord has treated an individual life so seriously."

The gun in Li Ming's hand was also frozen, but upon hearing this, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, "Since that's the case, I naturally have to give him the greatest respect."

Without hesitation, [Giant God's Strike] was launched, and an incredibly powerful and terrifying force erupted from the Kashmir Spear. Billions of golden arcs suddenly split from the surface of the spear, gushing out across the entire starry sky.

The void collapsed in an instant, and even the particle-level units were pierced before the spear tip, and time and space seemed to have lost their continuity.

What appeared in front of Tanus was like the moment a gun was fired, appearing in front of him. Even with his current reaction speed, he was unable to catch up.

But what shocked him was the power contained in the gun.

Tanus's originally calm expression suddenly changed, a mixture of horror and disbelief, and his dormant emotions suddenly boiled over.

"How... could it have improved so much?!"

He felt personally that compared to the last time, the opponent's explosive strength had not only doubled, but had increased several times.

The incredible impact made him dazed for a moment, and the Kashmir Spear had already torn through layers of shields.

He only had time to block the spear with his trident.

At the moment of collision, a huge force rushed along the halberd, and pure raw energy exploded, covering his face.

Tanus only felt his palm shaking violently, and the trident almost slipped out of his hand.

At the same time, the spear tip missed the halberd and violently penetrated into his chest.

He didn't have the strength to resist at all!

(End of this chapter)