The eerie pink light flashed and disappeared in an instant, and Lu Ning's eyes became even deeper and darker than before.

Even though Lu Ning's emotions were usually calm, he felt a little surprised and delighted at this moment.

After absorbing the white mist, Lu Ning gained some power related to corruption.

This includes the negative abilities, depraved abilities, and seductive abilities commonly used by members of Happy Paradise.

In addition, it has the ability to transform itself into a wax figure and reshape its appearance.

This ability to transform is different from that of other shapeshifters; it has both advantages and disadvantages.

A shapeshifter's transformation ability can change not only their appearance, but even their internal structure.

Take Shi Shan for example. Her shapeshifting ability allows her to transform from a human into a crow, and even her weight and body structure will change accordingly.

However, the ability he acquired was different; although its appearance would change, its essence would not.

He can transform into other humans, men or women, but his internal body structure remains the same, and his weight and other physical attributes will not change.

In addition, Lu Ning's body has become more agile, with improvements in flexibility, dynamic vision, and other aspects.

This is also a skill often possessed by followers of the Kingdom of Joy.

The abilities Lu Ning acquired were no different from his original awakening; they also required mental energy, and their effects depended on the strength of his mental energy.

It was as if Lu Ning had suddenly awakened many abilities related to fallen angels.

With these abilities, Lu Ning's overall strength will inevitably be improved.

Not only has his combat power improved, but with his abilities becoming more comprehensive, Lu Ning also has more ways to deal with various scenarios.

These abilities were all obtained by Lu Ning after he completely absorbed the white mist containing the power of the fallen angels.

This puzzled Lu Ning, as he had absorbed the pollution sources from Li Mu and Colin before, but had not gained their corresponding abilities.

Perhaps it was because Lu Ning hadn't completely absorbed those two wisps of white mist.

However, these two clouds of white mist have already been absorbed by the Fallen White Mist. Since Lu Ning absorbed the Fallen White Mist, theoretically he should have also absorbed the Eyeball White Mist and the Psychic White Mist.

However, Lu Ning still did not acquire the corresponding abilities.

This puzzled Lu Ning.

However, for Lu Ning, if he can't figure something out, he will still choose to give up thinking about it.

After absorbing the white mist, in addition to gaining abilities related to corruption, Lu Ning's mental strength also increased significantly.

Lu Ning had a feeling that he was very close to the fourth rank.

Although the white mist had been completely absorbed and the spiritual energy within it had been exhausted, Lu Ning still had 10,000 soul crystals left unused, so breaking through to the fourth rank shouldn't be a big problem.

Maybe with some effort, I can even reach the fifth rank.

He got up, took a shower, and then slept soundly.

More than a month later, Lu Ning successfully felt the bottleneck. Just like the previous bottleneck, Lu Ning broke through it in only half a day and reached the fourth level.

After breaking through to the fourth level, Lu Ning's mental power increased from a small pond to a fishpond.

A vast spiritual force is surging, not only increasing in quantity but also leaping in quality.

At this moment, his spiritual energy was incredibly dense, flowing through Lu Ning's mind like mercury.

Although he hadn't tried it, Lu Ning could still sense that his immortality and newly acquired corruption abilities had both greatly improved.

Moreover, Lu Ning did not neglect his physical training during this period.

Moreover, while he was absorbing the corrupted white mist, his internal organs were in a state of constant breaking and healing.

Under such conditions, Lu Ning's physical tempering speed naturally increased by leaps and bounds.

His physical strength was already much greater than during that great battle, and now, after breaking through, it has increased many times over.

He used Lin Xiao as a comparison, saying that with his current physical strength, even if he was not as good as Lin Xiao, he wouldn't be too far behind.

Lin Xiao is at the fifth rank, and is already close to the sixth rank.

It's easy to imagine how strong Lu Ning's physical body is now.

Perhaps they have already reached the level of a fifth-tier physical enhancement type awakener.

This is even higher than his mental strength.

Moreover, the resonance amplitude of Lu Ning's soul-strengthening power has also increased during this period.

With this powerful physical body, Lu Ning's strength is much greater than before.

If he were to add the Crimson Sword to his arsenal, he himself wouldn't even know how powerful he would become.

Perhaps he has a chance to deal with sixth- or even seventh-tier awakened beings.

Of course, Lu Ning himself had already defeated a high-level awakened one, namely Lillian.

However, the main reason he was able to defeat Lillian was that Lillian's abilities were completely countered by Lu Ning. With her abilities useless and her physical strength and fighting skills not being her strengths, she was killed by Lu Ning.

If it were a high-level awakened individual whose abilities were not countered by Lu Ning, Lu Ning's previous combat strength, even with the addition of the Crimson Sword, would definitely not be a match for him.

But things might be different now.

Lu Ning calmed the surging spiritual energy within his body, opened his eyes, and felt a little regretful.

There aren't any strong individuals in Base City 116, otherwise he might be able to spar with them and see how good he is now. He wonders if he can join the Mist Exploration Team.

…………

Another week has passed.

In the morning, when Lu Ning arrived at the activity room, he saw Aiha and Dmitri playing a game.

Dmitri's bear-like physique was imposing even when he was sitting.

Aiha, standing next to him, wasn't much taller than him.

The two were playing a fighting game, and at a crucial moment, they were both shouting and yelling.

Lu Ning glanced at the two of them and then looked away.

Like Wang Qiwen, both of them are game enthusiasts.

On the sofa, Li Mu and Shi Shan were drinking tea. Shi Shan was a skilled tea brewer, and Lu Ning thought it was quite good after trying it.

On the other side, Zhong Caixuan sat there reading a book.

Before her awakening, Chung Tsai-hsuan was a graduate student, seemingly studying computer science.

When she's not on duty, her favorite thing to do is read.

However, Lu Ning once saw that she wasn't reading professional books, but romance novels, and the content was quite explicit.

Because of what she saw in the book, Zhong Caixuan avoided Lu Ning for several days.

In fact, Lu Ning didn't care.

Once she was sure Lu Ning didn't care, Zhong Caixuan stopped avoiding him.

Seeing Lu Ning walk in, Shi Shan smiled and said, "Vice Captain, would you like some tea?"

Lu Ning nodded: "Yes, what about Colin?"

Li Mu pointed to the door and said, "He went out to answer a phone call."

Lu Ning nodded and said nothing more.

A moment later, Shi Shan handed the brewed tea to Lu Ning.

Lu Ning was about to taste it when Colin walked in.

His expression was somewhat serious as he looked at Lu Ning and said, "Lu Ning, come here for a moment, I need to talk to you about something."