62: Is there more than one God?

The first to undergo evolution was the tall man.

Su Yi glanced at him and immediately said, “No matter what happens later, don’t resist.”

The man nodded.

Su Yi didn’t overthink it, casually picked two white materials, and added the man to the list.

【Great Strength Ox Horn (White): Horns of an ox living on cliffs, exceptionally strong, far surpassing ordinary oxen.】

【Three-Eyed Crow Pupil (White): A crow with a third eye on its head, capable of releasing highly corrosive energy.】

【He Chao (Green): No special abilities, but possesses extremely strong willpower.】

Su Yi scanned the first two items and found nothing special.

But when he saw that “He Chao” was green, he paused—this guy had no abilities whatsoever, yet he improved a grade purely by willpower?

That was quite unexpected.

He hadn’t thought that one could improve grades in this manner.

However, Su Yi only looked for a few more seconds before pressing the fusion button.

A flash of white light later, He Chao’s figure reappeared before everyone.

However, his appearance hadn’t changed at all; he still looked the same.

Lin Xuanfeng and Su Yi were both stunned.

Lin Xuanfeng looked at Su Yi in confusion, because she had heard that everyone who underwent evolution would turn into a monster.

Su Yi also looked bewildered.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation—despite fusing materials clearly belonging to the “monster type,” there was absolutely no change.

In fact, Su Yi had long categorized these materials, although there were only three main types: Monster Type, Item Type, and Fantasy Type.

Monster Type: Mostly dropped from killing monsters or obtained through lotteries. When fused, the body generally undergoes changes.

Item Type: After fusion, one can gain certain abilities, but usually, it won't change the body structure—of course, this is highly probable, but there are exceptions.

Fantasy Type: For example, the “Twelve Illusory Dreams” that created the Twelve Zodiacs earlier, and his own recently fused “eternal furnace.”

At this moment, Lin Xuanfeng walked up to He Chao, observed him from head to toe, and asked:

“Do you feel anything?”

He Chao pondered for a moment and replied, “I feel my body has been greatly enhanced, and I’ve gained two abilities.”

“Moreover, I seem to be able to control my body’s changes at will.”

After speaking, He Chao closed his eyes.

As he closed his eyes, his body began to transform: rapidly growing to three meters, two enormous ox horns sprouting from his head, a pair of black wings unfolding from his back, and an extra eye appearing on his forehead.

“Good talent.”

Su Yi’s voice came from beneath his yellow robe, “To perfectly control new abilities right after evolving is truly rare.”

Although he didn't quite understand, he had to maintain his imposing demeanor.

Lin Xuanfeng also seemed to ponder this, nodding to Su Yi:

“Alright, you may continue.”

Su Yi didn’t waste words, but he was curious: how many times could this He Chao fuse?

Or, at what point would he no longer be able to endure?

White light flashed continuously, and by the fifth time, He Chao finally couldn’t maintain his human form and transformed into a monster.

But Su Yi did not stop, continuing the fusion.

After another twenty fusions, it was not until the twenty-seventh time that the system prompt sounded:

【Soul capacity has reached its limit…】

Su Yi looked at the prompt, secretly surprised: twenty-seven times!

That was more than double Song Wu’s twelve times.

“It seems everyone’s soul capacity really is different…”

Su Yi muttered to himself.

He noticed Lin Xuanfeng and Xia He staring intently at the monstrous He Chao, complex emotions in their eyes.

“Next one,” Lin Xuanfeng broke the silence.

The second person was a thin man.

Su Yi found that this guy was also of green quality.

During the fusion process, it wasn't until the 12th fusion that he finally couldn't hold on and turned into a monster.

It was not until the 59th time that he reached the limit of his soul.

Then, the third person, wearing black-rimmed glasses, stepped forward.

Su Yi noticed that his gaze behind the lenses was unusually calm.

“This is an Hao Yue Upper-rank, so theoretically, his soul capacity should be stronger.”

“After all, judging from previous results, one’s realm should also affect soul capacity.”

Su Yi thought to himself.

【Phantom Cat Tooth (White)】

【Automaton Rhino Horn (White)】

【Chu Ming (Purple): Captain of the Zhurong Department’s Seventh Squad “Dark Raven,” possessing dual awakening abilities, and once expressionlessly endured purgatorial tempering.】

When Su Yi saw this purple-quality person, he paused:

“There’s actually a purple-quality person? First time I’ve seen one.”

After a moment of contemplation, Su Yi looked up at Lin Xuanfeng and said:

“This guy’s talent, even after seeing so many geniuses, is still considered excellent.”

“If I just let him evolve, it would indeed be a bit of a waste.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuanfeng couldn't help but look at Su Yi a few more times.

She knew about Chu Ming; if it weren't for Chu Ming awakening his extraordinary abilities a bit late,

Then he would definitely have a spot in the God-Making Project.

However, Lin Xuanfeng raised an eyebrow upon hearing the latter part of his words:

“Oh? Then do you have a better idea?”

Su Yi’s yellow robe fluttered without wind, and his tone was very relaxed:

“I can grant him a ‘Boon,’ which is far more effective than simple evolution.”

“However…”

Su Yi smiled, “I need a completely different god's crystal as a condition.”

“Dream on!”

Xia He jumped up in anger upon hearing this, “Sister Xuanfeng, this person is clearly haggling!”

Lin Xuanfeng raised a hand to signal Xia He to calm down, her gaze sharp as she stared at Su Yi:

“Tell me, what exactly is your ‘Boon’?”

Su Yi didn’t hesitate, directly repeating what Su Yun had said to Blood Skyhawk earlier.

After listening, Xia He’s face showed a hint of disbelief.

But Lin Xuanfeng fell into deep thought—a Boon!

Compared to gaining stronger abilities earlier,

The latter part, being able to significantly boost even Radiant Star-level strength!

In other words, with enough resources, one could completely elevate an ordinary person to Radiant Star level.

Radiant Star level was already the strongest tier in Great Xia, aside from their nine “God-Making Project” members.

This… if the Calamity Court truly possessed such capabilities, how powerful would they be?

Lin Xuanfeng couldn't help but wonder if what the Lord of the Yellow Robe in front of her said was true?

Besides the Scarlet Lord, there were seven other beings like him.

Moreover, there were even stronger Three Kings!

As her thoughts swirled, Lin Xuanfeng’s fingertips tapped lightly on the lamp surface again:

“This condition is acceptable, but I have a request—this Boon must also be maximized, just like the previous evolution.”

Upon hearing this, Su Yi smiled and nodded.

He proposed this condition to test if the officials still had other Godshard Fragments.

He didn’t expect them to actually have one!

This indicated that not just one, but many gods had died in this world.

More importantly, this guy was of purple quality; if white materials were used for fusion, it would take hundreds of times to stop.

This meant Su Yi would have to repeat the actions of selecting materials, adding materials, and clicking fusion over and over again, which would be incredibly boring.

Besides, he already had nearly nine thousand blue materials in his hand; trading some blue for a golden material was a sure profit!

The reason he didn’t use green materials here was the same as above: he didn’t want to do such assembly-line work.

Another point was that when the soul limit was reached was not up to him to decide.

“Let’s begin.”

Lin Xuanfeng’s voice pulled Su Yi back to reality, “I’ve already arranged for the god's crystal; it will be delivered in an hour.”

Su Yi’s robe hem fluttered without wind, and the system interface instantly unfolded.

【Gale Ice Crystal (Blue): A special material left behind after gales swept through the extreme cold mountains.】

【Thunder Beast Claw (Blue): The incredibly sharp claw of a fierce beast that feeds on lightning.】

【Chu Ming (Purple)】