The Lord of Ashes

After inviting the plant giant and having time to visit his laboratory, Thain left the trading market and returned to his laboratory at the Third Peak.

There are only more than a hundred years left before the secret realm is opened. It is best for Thain to solve part of the problem of replenishing the energy of his Rubik's Cube during this period.

…

137 years later.

Minghua Phoenix, which had been dormant for a long time, came to visit Thain's laboratory.

Perhaps it was because the part of Thain's laboratory that was exposed to the surface was built relatively narrowly, so Minghua Phoenix finally turned into a human form as Thain had requested for the first time.

Powerful creatures like them have the ability to mimic shapes at will.

It's just that the appearance comes from the heart, and the humanoid form that Minghua Phoenix transformed according to instinct is naturally the woman that best fits her image.

This is a tall woman with long blond hair and a high chest. The clothes she wears are also quite strange. This should be the style of the world of birds.

"Actually, there are also humanoid creatures in our world, as well as in certain planes under the jurisdiction of the Star Territory."

"But I don't like their clothes very much. It's more suitable for me to transform directly into the phoenix form." Minghua lowered his head and took a sip of the orange juice.

This glass of juice is a special potion made by Thain combining the watermelon seeds he obtained not long ago and some inventory materials from his and Gongsun Wudi's space equipment.

In addition to its excellent taste, it also has certain energy replenishing and body-building effects.

Minghua Phoenix suddenly felt stupid at this moment.

Why does she need to enter the Nirvana posture to maintain the minimum consumption of her body?

Instead of sleeping day after day in the lair, she might as well come to Thain to beg for food.

As long as you cooperate with Thain to conduct some so-called "experiments" and

"Check", this mysterious wizard in the wizarding world can bring out all kinds of magical delicacies for Minghua.

It's really amazing. Minghua had never thought of it before. It was obviously some kind of very sour juice potion. I saw that this sixth-level magician just added a little bit of pink crystal particles to it, and the taste would be completely different, and Becomes sweet and delicious.

After experiencing hunger in a desperate world, no one would have thought that a level six phoenix would be moved by delicious food.

Minghua is definitely not the first powerful creature that Thane captured with delicious food in the world of despair.

Her change of concept means that Thane may no longer need to use the Ash Staff to activate the elemental black phoenix in the future, but he will have a real phoenix as a mount.

"The rules danger zone is about to open. Do you want to come with me to have a look?" Minghua Phoenix asked.

“Today, the quantity and quality of wanderers participating in the exploration of dangerous places under the rules are still not satisfactory.”

"I think the phaseless person will be very dissatisfied with this result."

"But every time a dangerous place with rules is opened, there will always be some lucky people who get some treasures from it."

"Do you remember the brass lump I gave you before?"

"Actually, that's where I got it." Minghua said, tilting his head.

Although she has transformed into a human form, Minghua is still used to her behavior as a phoenix, so that her current behavior seems a bit stupid to Thane.

In particular, Minghua didn't like the constraints imposed on her by the clothes on her chest, so under Gongsun Wudi's stunned gaze, she tore the fabric off her chest with a "Whoosh!"

"Well

~Much more comfortable! "Minghua sighed, and then continued to sip the orange juice in front of him.

"The greater the number and strength of the creatures that participate in the dangerous exploration of the rules, the more generous the rewards will be?" Thain asked.

Minghua replied, "Probably so."

"Anyway, when someone left the World of Despair through this place, the number of strong people in that generation was the largest." Minghua replied.

Thain nodded. His main purpose in coming to this settlement was to explore the rules and dangerous areas here.

In addition, my own experiments have just achieved certain initial results.

Perhaps you can test your recent achievements during this exploration.

"Wait for me for a while, I'll prepare a little bit." Thain said.

…

The first peak of the Luanfeng Mountain settlement has accumulated a large number of desperate world survivors since three years ago.

Different from when Thain first came to this settlement, there were only more than 200 long-term survivors.

The number of creatures above level four that have gathered at the first peak now totals more than 700.

And this number continues to slowly increase.

At this time, the most eye-catching thing on the first peak is the figureless man sitting in the center of the first peak with no hair or facial features.

He is the strongest person in the Luanfeng Mountain settlement and the rule maker here.

When Thain arrived here, the message fed back to Thain by the Maskless Mask was that this was an extremely dangerous existence.

His strength is not inferior to Gongsun Wudi. In other words, this is another powerful creature that is on the verge of breaking through to dominate the star realm.

Thain asked Gongsun Wudi, and also conducted related testing and research over the years, and he got

In a world of despair, it cannot be said that there is no hope at all for a sixth-level peak creature to become a master. It can only be said that the success rate is only 271 in the star realm.

The process of transforming a sixth-level creature into a seventh-level master requires a massive amount of energy.

But in a desperate world, what is lacking most is energy!

In comparison, the process of advancing from level 4 to level 5, or from level 5 to level 6, is also very difficult in a world of despair, but as long as you survive the most difficult cut, you can use flesh and blood cells to move the level of life. Transformation is not impossible.

As for the jump within the same level, for example, Thain's process of moving from level six to the peak of level six will be smoother.

Among them, it involves more improvement in quality rather than quantity.

Creatures that have been in a desperate world for a long time can easily reach the peak state of the same class.

I don’t know what level this formless person was when he first came to the world of despair, but Thain can tell that this guy is definitely not young.

A "twilight energy" that is difficult to detect by ordinary creatures appears around the formless person.

Previously, Minghua told Thain that the overall quantity and quality of this year's Rules and Dangerous Land Explorers were not good, which might cause dissatisfaction among the phaseless ones.

Maybe it's because this old guy doesn't have much time left?

Creatures like Thain who are extremely young and have recently been living in a desperate world can still afford it.

But this old guy can't afford it.

How long have the phaseless people stayed in the world of despair?

Judging from Thain's observation, the other party is at least 20,000 years old!

The appearance of Thain and his team attracted the attention of many fifth- and sixth-level experts on the first peak.

Especially the phaseless man who had been secretly observed by Thain. He raised his face and seemed to glance this way.