Chapter 1014: Chapter 522: Erosion from the Eternal Abyss! Corruption?

Li Ming couldn’t help but sigh; the hope of leaving a corpse was diminishing.

But he was very cautious, still not approaching even now.

Until the Star Cluster further condensed to the size of an egg, resembling a purple stone suspended in mid-air, with no more energy fluctuations.

After waiting for several hours, there was no further change; only then did Li Ming cautiously approach.

“This thing…” Li Ming stared at the purple “stone” in front of him, already condensed to a certain extent, forming tangible material.

“Old Green?” Li Ming shouted.

Following closely, a vague beam of light projected from the distant broken metal debris.

Green Forest Girt formed and solidified, eyes tightly fixed on him, speaking with difficulty, “What… exactly are you?”

What kind of nonsense is that? Li Ming paused, eyeing with displeasure, “Where’s my corpse?”

“Uh…” Green Forest Girt’s expression became awkward instantly, his eyes flickering, “I said at the time, right, this matter is hard to guarantee, don’t blame me…”

Li Ming was speechless internally, having no choice but to look at the purple stone in front of him, “What is this thing?”

“I don’t know, it’s the first time I’ve used such a method.” Green Forest Girt hesitated: “How about you try to cut it open?”

Cut it open? Li Ming was speechless; this guy was a virtual life, death and shutdown didn’t make much difference.

But he himself was alive, and if something really unexpected happened, he couldn’t guarantee that he could withstand it.

However, he thought again about the Life Power Core, having its support made him a lot bolder.

He reached out his hand, the black energy resembling tar condensed into a small dagger in his hand.

He was merely probing slightly, not expecting any effect.

But unexpectedly, as soon as the small dagger touched the purple stone, he heard a clear crack.

Subsequently, the purple stone exploded loudly, the fragments transformed into tassels, but the energy fluctuations were very weak, like splashes of water.

Thud—

A black mass dropped out from inside, falling onto the stone slab full of cracks at his feet.

“What’s this thing?” Li Ming instinctively raised his vigilance, Tank Guard at the ready, Mechanical Guard emerged, changing into the Mechanical Sovereign form as soon as the words fell.

“What’s this thing again? Holy Spirit Civilization?” Green Forest Girt became increasingly stunned, looking up at the huge object in front.

Li Ming did not pay attention to him, instead staring at the black mass in front, closely examining it.

“Corpse?” His expression changed dramatically, cancelling the Mechanical Sovereign form in the blink of an eye.

This was indeed Taigos’s corpse, but it had been ravaged beyond recognition, head gone, four claws gone, surface pitch-black.

“See, I said there was a high chance of leaving a corpse.” Green Forest Girt also leaned over with satisfaction, saying:

“Taigos became stronger after being eroded by Eternal Abyss, and the means left by the master, after the Arena was broken, did not act as originally intended, balancing out to this state.”

Li Ming squatted down, carefully removing the black substance from the surface of the corpse.

The top layer of skin had completely disappeared, only shriveled muscle fibers and capillaries could be seen.

The corpse still displayed two colors, purple and white.

“I wonder if the parts eroded by Eternal Abyss can still be allocated to the Genetic Seed…” Li Ming muttered, studying it carefully, and then let out a long breath.

Even without counting the parts eroded by Eternal Abyss, the completeness of the corpse was over 45%. If counting the parts eroded by Eternal Abyss, it was over 90%, basically only the skull was gone.

“Tsk, I’ve really picked up a bargain…” Li Ming grinned, feeling good.

Overall, without paying any price, getting this corpse was rarely easy.

With these thoughts, Li Ming’s expression suddenly changed, the seemingly lifeless corpse convulsed sharply, wisps of gray-white mist emerged from it, attaching to Li Ming’s left leg and spreading with it.

Almost immediately, Li Ming felt a sense of impending disaster, abruptly retreating.

However, the gray-white mist followed closely, like a vice grip, with astonishing speed.

“This is Abyss Fog…” Green Forest Girt looked grim, “Damn, using all the power to grind Taigos to death, there’s no way to deal with this Abyss Fog now.”

“No wonder the corpse still exists, it’s the Abyss Fog supporting it.”

Li Ming only felt half of his body numb, held tightly by an invisible force, a cold and deep power constantly drilling towards the inside of his body.

Rampaging through his flesh and cells, every inch forward increased the numbness, losing control of another part of the body.

Li Ming tried to resist, but his power was overwhelmed by it.

Big trouble… Li Ming’s face became grim, Tank Guard surfaced on his body, then possession took place immediately.

But the gray-white mist did not lose its target, instead continuing to erode internally in the Tank Guard, sparks flying continuously.

“Eroding all things… not even sparing the Mechanical Body.” Li Ming retracted the Tank Guard again, the mist condensed, enveloping around his surface.

“It’s over!” A wailing sound arose beside him, Green Forest Girt looked mournfully, “It’s my fault, you were victorious in the same level King’s Trial’s super seed.”

“If you get eroded by Eternal Abyss, I’ll die unsatisfied.”

“You’re artificial intelligence, you have no eyes.” Li Ming’s voice was calm.

Green Forest Girt paused, looking even more sad.