Two figures stood beside the massive dragon vein, while Ice Rose and her companions stood further away.
Antonio had already retreated to the edge of the swamp, seemingly having no intention of continuing to participate.
The pink mist was completely absorbed, and the giant fat dragon's golden pupils scanned back and forth between Lu Fan and Lian Rang.
Suddenly, its body shone brightly, and a vast amount of energy swept towards Lu Fan and Lian Rang simultaneously.
In an instant, elemental forces of different attributes surged into Lu Fan and Lian Rang's bodies as if they were being showered with energy.
"ah--"
"Well..."
Both of them let out a painful groan, gritting their teeth and persevering.
At first, they could barely manage.
As the energy increased, the two felt as if their bodies were about to burst, with excruciating pain constantly surging from within them, every inch of their flesh enduring immense suffering.
Amidst the excruciating pain, a crazed expression suddenly appeared on Lian Rang's face.
"Good timing!"
The dragon scales on his body shimmered with an eerie light, and his half-dragon body rapidly expanded, absorbing energy with an almost greedy attitude.
The violent energy instantly scorched through his scales, revealing the pulsating pink blood vessels beneath.
Despite being injured, Lian Rang opened his massive maw, filled with fangs, and let out a maniacal laugh, swallowing the torrent of energy directly as food.
"Come on! Let more power come in—"
Lian Rang opened his arms as if to embrace all the energy.
"A container should be prepared to be a container, and all the power of the dragon vein should belong to me!" He let out a low roar, venting his desire for power.
Lu Fan gritted his teeth, his forehead covered in sweat, clearly not as relaxed as Lian Rang.
He could feel his meridians and bones being torn apart, and his internal organs were under tremendous pressure.
Tiny bolts of lightning flickered around his body, frost condensed on his skin, and flames flowed beneath it...
Lu Fan continuously activated his various supernatural abilities, trying to find a balance.
Everyone was filled with envy as they watched the power of the dragon vein flow into their bodies.
Standing at the edge of the swamp, Xiao Zhan stared in disbelief, unable to resist swearing, "This is absorbing the dragon vein's essence?!"
Yun Che stared at Lian Rang, who was also a demon, with jealous eyes, and said angrily:
"Both idiots are courting death. Once they're burst by the energy, this dragon vein will be mine for the taking."
Blood Moon glanced at him with utter disdain, never expecting that Yun Che would still be spouting nonsense even at this point.
Antonio, standing at a distance, was also closely watching the situation of the two. As long as the dragon vein was still there, he would never leave easily.
Everything unfolded exactly as he had predicted. The Dragon Vein's time was running out, and to successfully rise to power, it had to choose a successor.
He could easily wait until the dragon vein leaves before making a move.
The elemental types on the dragon vein kept changing, and with the frantic infusion of multicolored energy, both Lu Fan and Lian Rang's bodies were pushed to their limits.
Seeing this, the dragon vein exerted its power once more, opening its massive maw and unleashing a torrent of energy that surged toward the two of them, some of which was actually mixed with the original power of the previous generation's star lord.
The moment he came into contact with the source, Lian Rang collapsed to his knees. Cracks began to appear on his half-dragon body, and blood seeped from the gaps in his dragon scales. But he still refused to give up and continued to frantically absorb energy.
Sensing something was amiss, he couldn't help but look at Lu Fan, who was competing against him.
Seeing that the other party was still standing despite being bombarded by such force, Lian Rang gasped.
"Impossible... I am the vessel of destiny..."
Lian Rang roared with resentment, forcibly accelerating his blood flow, his heart pounding wildly as if it would burst from his chest: "Give me... keep holding on!"
At the same time, Lu Fan's body also began to tremble violently.
He felt like he couldn't hold on any longer, his consciousness began to fade, and everything went dark.
Just then, a voice suddenly cried out in his heart:
"We cannot give up, we absolutely cannot give up!"
This is?
His own voice?
"Something's not right!" Lu Fan suddenly realized, and his body trembled involuntarily.
"That's Lu Chen's voice!"
Lu Fan, coming to his senses, was filled with disbelief, because Lu Chen was not a real person.
Lu Chen was just a friend he imagined in his mind when he was extremely lonely as a child.
At that time, his world was filled with endless darkness and loneliness, which is why Lu Chen was talking to him in his mind.
As Lu Fan grew older, he realized that this friend was fake, so he talked to Lu Chen less and less, and even forgot about the existence of this imaginary friend for a time.
At this moment, Lu Chen's words again, as well as the intense feeling of saturation in his body, were all so familiar to Lu Fan.
He felt as if he had experienced all of this firsthand, as if he had seen it before.
It felt like coming 'home'.
Lu Fan gradually calmed down, and his consciousness returned to Qingcheng in an instant, back to that dark and sunless underground laboratory.
I used to be so weak, my frail body controlled on the experimental table, forced to be injected with all sorts of genes and cells every day.
Those cold needles pierced his body again and again.
Whether it was the superpowers of the alien beasts or the superpowers of the awakened ones, they were all forcibly integrated into his body in different ways.
This experiment, conducted day after day, caused Lu Fan to scream in agony every day, driving him to despair.
The person who kept telling him to persevere was Lu Chen, a friend he had imagined at the time!
With Lu Chen's daily communication and encouragement, he was able to get through everything thanks to his strong desire for revenge.
At this moment, Lu Fan finally understood that Lu Chen had always been in his mind and had never left.
Because Lu Chen is himself!
Lu Fan was jolted awake, instantly snapping out of his reverie.
Even the cells of those blood-eating, flesh-eating monsters couldn't kill him back then, so what are these powerful energy replenishments from the dragon vein compared to that?
Lu Fan immediately activated his [Gluttony] ability, frantically absorbing the massive amount of energy surging into his body.
Too much energy will only cause you to burst!
As long as he doesn't die, he wants all of this energy!
Lu Fan's eyes instantly filled with determination. While maintaining his Gluttony ability, he also switched to use his other abilities one by one.
When Lu Fan, under the impact of that surging and powerful energy, managed to switch to a rarely used ability called "Assimilation," the pink energy within his body, which was being absorbed slowly, suddenly underwent a magical change.
Under the influence of assimilation, his body gradually developed a subtle connection with the energy of the dragon vein, and they began to resonate with each other.
This resonance grew stronger and stronger, eventually forming a wonderful harmony.
"This is......"
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