142: Peak of Gold? Pseudo-Transcendent Level!

Lin Feng and Zhang Xianzong talked for an entire night in the Professional Association's highest-specification secret chamber. No one knew what they discussed, only that when Zhang Xianzong left the next morning, he looked decades younger.

And the first thing he did after leaving was to send someone to retrieve ten extremely rare materials from the association's treasury.

Ten jade boxes or crystal containers of varying sizes, materials, and emanating powerful energy fluctuations of different attributes were placed before Lin Feng.

In a star jade box, a star tempering bone jade lay quietly. It seemed to contain a miniature starry sea, with specks of stardust flowing, imbued with profound stellar trajectories and the weighty pulse of the earth.

Inside a void crystal bottle, a segment of Void Spirit Dragon coiled. Its body was semi-transparent, emitting faint spatial ripples, and a crimson dragon tendon was remarkably clear through its translucent form.

An abyssal giant turtle blood essence, contained within a profound turtle shell, resembled solidified dark red amber, exuding a vast, ocean-like life aura and an indestructible sense of weight... These ten rare materials were precisely the top-tier treasures Lin Feng needed to advance to Gold-level!

Each of them contained fragments of the power of a fundamental rule, and even in the Dragon Capital Professional Association's treasury, they were considered ultimate cherished collections.

Just as Lin Feng placed his hand on the materials before him... in an instant, in his sea of consciousness, that cold, emotionless voice suddenly resounded.

"[Monitoring: Host has collected rare materials containing the power of ten fundamental rules!]"

"[Gold-level Advancement Mission (Phase 1): Foundation of the Life Source Stone (Completed).]"

"[Mission Reward Issued: Life level leap, energy core qualitative change.]"

As the mission rewards were issued, Lin Feng felt his body jolt, and a wave of comfort instantly filled him!

Before he could react, the voice of the Heavenly Dao sounded again.

"[Advancement Mission Activated: Imprint Rule Power! (Phase 2)]"

"[Mission Objective: Through assimilation and absorption of materials containing rule power, deeply imprint the rule power within your life origin and soul core, forming a stable rule imprint, making rule power an instinct of your body and soul!]"

"[Mission Hint: This is a special advancement mission requirement, a crucial step in internalizing rule power. You must use will as a hammer and comprehension as fire to temper yourself, making rule power as easy to control as an arm.]"

"[Detecting...]"

"[Rule Imprint Depth Analysis: Star Imprint (Stable), Space Imprint (Stable), Defense Imprint (Stable), Soul Imprint (Stable), Life Imprint (Stable), Speed Imprint (Stable), Gravity Imprint (Stable), Shadow Imprint (Stable), Lightning Imprint (Stable), Ice Imprint (Stable)...]"

"[Judgment: Ten types of rule power have been deeply imprinted within the life origin and soul core, forming stable imprints!]"

"[Gold-level Advancement Mission (Phase 2): Imprint Rule Power (Completed).]"

"[Mission Reward: Rule power control significantly increased, rule application consumption reduced, rule resistance enhanced.]"

Lin Feng felt that many methods for utilizing rule power had suddenly appeared in his sea of consciousness, making it much easier than blindly drawing rule power from the dark gold figure as before.

He could even subtly release rule aura outside his body without much conscious effort!

This was a qualitative transformation; he felt that if he were to fight Zhao Tieying again now, he could subdue Zhao Tieying within 30 moves.

Even though he hadn't completed all three phases of the Gold-level advancement mission!

Just then, the third phase mission prompt arrived.

"[Advancement Mission (Phase 3) Activated: Ultimate Transformation of the Life Core!]"

"[Mission Objective: Guide the resonance of the ten rule imprints, ignite the flame of life, temper the energy core within your body, complete the ultimate qualitative change from Silver to Gold, and condense a true 'Gold Life Core'!]"

"[Mission Hint: This is the ultimate leap in life level, requiring complete focus and guidance in an absolutely safe environment, without the slightest interference. The core's qualitative change process will trigger resonance with the rules of heaven and earth; proceed with caution.]"

"[Detecting...]"

"[Life Core Qualitative Change Status Analysis: Core Structure (99.9%), Rule Imprint (Perfectly Integrated), Life Flame (Ignited), Transformation Critical Point (Reached)...]"

"[Judgment: Host's life core has completed all preparations before the ultimate transformation and is at the transformation critical point!]"

"[Gold-level Advancement Mission (Phase 3): Ultimate Transformation of the Life Core (Completed).]"

"[Do you wish to complete the transformation and advance to Gold-level immediately?]"

This series of urgent and cold prompts exploded in Lin Feng's sea of consciousness like thunder!

Mission issued, detected, completed... almost in the blink of an eye.

The most bizarre was the second phase mission, which had already imprinted rule power within him even before he had assimilated the ten rare materials.

This couldn't help but make him think of the Alien Queen's feedback to him.

As for the third phase mission, Lin Feng didn't hesitate when the Heavenly Dao asked.

"Yes!"

He issued the firmest command in his heart.

The power accumulated to its peak within him could no longer be restrained!

"Boom—!"

As if the universe had just begun, or stars had exploded!

An indescribable, immense power, transcending the mortal life level, erupted from the depths of Lin Feng's Dantian Qihai!

That core, condensed from pure energy and now completely transformed into a deep dark gold, suddenly radiated billions of dark gold lights under the resonant vibration of the ten rule imprints!

The core shattered, and the dark gold figure sitting cross-legged leaped out!

Its eyes were like two burning dark gold suns, piercing through illusion and looking directly at the origin!

An indescribable sense of vast will and enlightenment, closer to the fundamental rules of the world, surged out from the figure like a breaking dam, instantly filling every cell and every wisp of Lin Feng's soul!

It was as if the core had previously restricted the dark gold figure's power; now, freed from its shackles, the dark gold figure's aura skyrocketed to a level that even surprised Lin Feng.

On the figure's body, various rule patterns of different origins perfectly intertwined, forming naturally flowing patterns that emanated a pressure that made space itself tremble.

At the same time, Lin Feng's body also began to reshape under the stimulation of this power.

His bones and muscles vibrated with a dragon's roar under the stimulation of the dark gold figure's aura, and his flesh and blood underwent a divine baptism.

The glow emanating from beneath his skin was no longer a jade-like luster, but a dark gold divine light that seemed to contain the stars of the universe, heavy and ancient.

His blood flowed with a sound like the Milky Way pouring down, containing an irresistible power.

Every cell seemed to transform into a tiny star, absorbing and expelling rule power, undergoing the ultimate leap.

Gold-level peak!!

Pseudo-Transcendent-Grade?!

Lin Feng could clearly feel his difference; he exuded the same aura as the dark gold figure. At this moment, the dark gold figure was his own embodiment!

Only at this moment did he truly grasp the rule power fed back to him by the Alien Queen!

And from this moment on, Zhao Tieying could no longer be compared to him.

He compared his own actions with Zhang Xianzong's in the testing ground. That single strike that suppressed Zhao Tieying, now seemed nothing special; Lin Feng was confident he could also subdue Zhao Tieying in one move!

Simultaneously, in Lin Feng's sea of consciousness, the mechanical, cold voice sounded again...