He had completely transformed into another kind of... life form!

And indeed, that was the case.

At this point, on Lu Yuan's attribute panel, the four Basic Attributes of strength, agility, physique, and intelligence had completely disappeared.

In their place was—"Breakthrough Perfect Form: (Unnamed)".

Break the Limit... breaking the limits of the human body. All four Basic Attributes have been broken. In a sense, this is indeed equivalent to entering a new level of life. It's just a pity...

Lu Yuan sighed softly. "Entering this form has a time limit."

Lu Yuan looked down and clearly saw a number constantly ticking:

[12]...[11]...[10]...

With each tick, the number decreased by one, and the text before it grew fainter.

The starting value of this number, if he remembered correctly... should be 90.

That was a minute and a half.

"A minute and a half."

Lu Yuan's eyes twinkled slightly. "Actually, that's enough."

If he encountered an opponent he couldn't defeat within a minute and a half after entering the Breakthrough Perfect Form, he figured he should be more concerned about how to escape.

After Breaking the Limit four times, my body had already begun to transform towards a higher level of life. It's just that this process is very long... After being seriously injured by the Elephant God Walk, the Unconquerable Instinct forced this process, compressing and advancing it. It ended up creating a 'minute-and-a-half trial version'...

Lu Yuan sorted out the causes and effects in his mind.

His naturally dispersing Spiritual Power read the chaotic and trivial emotions and consciousness emanating from the spectators.

The most frequently appearing word in this information was—"Demon".

Looking at the "(Unnamed)" text after the term, he simply made a decision.

Let's call it Demon.

Following that, the "(Unnamed)" text on the panel disappeared, replaced by—"Breakthrough Perfect Form: Demon"!

At this moment, the ticking number on the panel showed only 7 seconds remaining.

Lu Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and his figure dashed towards a silhouette in the sky.

...

The gigantic body of the Elephant God Walk, more than five meters tall, burst apart like an endless, towering Demon Mountain collapsing.

This scene, like a frozen movie frame, was deeply etched into the minds of the numerous spectators in an instant.

For a time, they seemed to have collectively lost the ability to think.

Nothing remained but shock, bewilderment, and disbelief churning in their minds.

Firefist Julian and the handsome youth were relatively composed, as they were equipped with top-notch battle monitoring instruments. Even relying solely on their perception of the combatants' auras, they could largely predict the battle's outcome. However, they were still amazed.

They had witnessed a Gold Bear Level warrior break through to SS-Level on-site... and he was likely on that path!

The two men's eyes flickered, each lost in their own thoughts.

Suddenly, their vision blurred, as if something had abruptly appeared before them.

The blue and red lights were about to flare instinctively but quickly subsided the next second.

"Did Lord Tong send you?"

In his Demon state, Lu Yuan had no wings on his back, nor did any glow of Extraordinary Power emanate from his body.

Relying purely on the propulsion of his physical body's powerful life magnetic field, he hovered silently before the two.

His demon-like eyes scanned them. His handsome face was calm, yet it gave Julian and his companion an uncharacteristic sense of trepidation.

"Yes."

The handsome young man, dressed in dark blue, ornate exoskeletal armor, nodded, making no deliberate attempt to hide it.

"Do you need me to join you in taking this guy down first?" Lu Yuan's gaze flicked to Julian at the side, his tone suddenly icy.

Julian instantly flared with red light. Like a startled animal, he shot back a great distance, then stared vigilantly at Lu Yuan and the handsome young man.

The handsome young man looked taken aback.

Then he gave Lu Yuan a strange look before shaking his head. "No need. We've always had a good relationship with the Egersis. This squid... is pretty reasonable."

"Hmm."

Lu Yuan nodded, completely relaxing.

Then he said to the handsome young man, "Then you'd better be ready to catch me."

"What?"

The handsome young man didn't quite understand. "Catch you?"

Lu Yuan didn't answer this time, his gaze already fixed on the ticking number on the panel.

He watched the number go from "1" and finally settle on "0".

The next second...

He seemed to deflate as if punctured, his demonic aura vanishing instantly.

His over three-meter-tall Demon Body rapidly shrank back to his original fair and handsome appearance. Then, with his eyes closed, he plummeted from the sky.

"Shit! Is this how you play?"

Only then did the handsome young man realize what Lu Yuan had meant by "be ready to catch me."

Cursing under his breath, he instantly disappeared.

When he reappeared, he was already holding Lu Yuan in his arms, slowly descending towards the ground.

SWOOSH—

A streak of red light flashed by, and Julian appeared before them.

The handsome young man glanced at the three stone balls abandoned on the battlefield and warned Julian cautiously, "Squid, don't you dare try to take advantage of his situation."

Julian gave him a disdainful look and said nothing, his gaze fixed only on Lu Yuan in the young man's arms.

"Protect him," Julian said solemnly, his face etched with an unspeakable seriousness.

The handsome young man shot him a sidelong glance. "You think I need you to tell me that? I came here for him."

"No."

Julian shook his head. "I'm not talking about now, and I'm not talking about you..."

"Huh..."

The handsome young man looked startled, seemingly understanding the meaning behind Julian's words.

"Before he is fully grown, don't let the people of the Distant Star Federation know about his existence..." Julian's face showed a deep complexity as he said softly, "We've learned too many lessons. We really don't hope... for something like this to happen again..."

With that, he sighed softly.

He soared into the sky, transforming into a streak of crimson light, and vanished over the horizon in an instant.

The handsome young man watched Julian depart, the light in his eyes flickering for quite some time.

Suddenly, he quickly retrieved the three syringes of dark blue liquid he had taken out from his pocket once before.

After a moment's hesitation, he resolutely jabbed them forcefully into Lu Yuan's body.

"You're lucky, kid. Make sure you remember my name when you wake up..."

「Meanwhile.」

At the edge of the battlefield, where the members of the Egersis Organization were gathered, a tall woman stood frozen, telescope in hand, staring blankly as if she had lost her mind.

The blonde Egersis beside her frowned and couldn't help but ask her what was wrong.

The woman took a long while to snap out of her daze.

Then, in an incredibly strained and disbelieving tone, she slowly said, "The man who killed the Elephant God Walk... is Lu Yuan, that user I met at the Burnt Rock!"

"?!"

The blonde Egersis was utterly thunderstruck. After a few seconds, his mouth fell open, and he too was plunged into a state of indescribable, immense shock.

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