Zhuge Lan did not retreat far; more precisely, Mr. Zhuge stood there now.
He stroked his nonexistent beard and nodded incessantly.
"As expected of 'Bai Lian Shen Ji' (Hundred Refinements Divine Mechanism), I didn't expect their creativity to be so unrestrained in this era. To achieve this much, it seems they are nearing the final step on the path of connecting with the divine through artifacts."
Mr. Zhuge was not stingy with his praise for 'Bai Lian Shen Ji'.
On the contrary, Mr. Zhuge was greatly appreciative, even feeling a sense of kinship with the people of 'Bai Lian Shen Ji'.
Although 'Bai Lian Shen Ji' and the array path of the Wuhou lineage were not the same direction, both 'Bai Lian Shen Ji' and those of the Wuhou lineage were essentially following a similar path.
The difference was that the array path had seen no innovation over the years, merely continuously refining the theories he had left behind to achieve perfection. However, this also meant that the highest achievement of the Wuhou lineage remained only him.
In today's diversified world, there was a need to discover more diverse things.
Therefore, he valued Zhuge Lan greatly.
Lin Xiao stood before the massive, combined entity resembling an Ultraman. He looked up at the thing, then with a flick of his toe, countless afterimages flashed as he arrived at the entity's head.
However, as soon as he stopped on its head, the forty-meter-long beam saber retracted and transformed into a short sword, slightly over three meters long, attempting to drive him away.
"Such speed."
Lin Xiao flipped to dodge the attack, but he was also certain that this entity's strength was likely at the peak of the Dongxuan realm.
If Ye Chen were to face it, he might not be able to handle it.
With bad luck, he might even get injured by this thing.
However, it was different when he himself came.
He stomped heavily on the entity's head.
Boom!
It was not as he had imagined. He expected to directly shatter the thing, but this massive body, with his stomp, knelt to the ground almost simultaneously. The immense force transmitted into the ground.
Moreover, it was evident that a wave seemed to ripple across the surface of this giant augmented human's body.
The force was largely dissipated.
The remaining bit of force was at most like being hit with a heavy club.
To an ordinary person, a clubbing was quite powerful, but for this combined Ultraman, it was nothing.
Then Lin Xiao felt his footing become unstable. The entity rapidly rolled over, driving Lin Xiao off.
"A very strange thing."
Lin Xiao's interest piqued even further. He landed with a somersault, and the moment he touched down, he transformed into an afterimage once more.
This time, his target was the area where the energy converged in the Ultraman's chest.
He sensed that it was there that something was continuously absorbing spiritual energy from the air, converting it into spiritual power, and supplying it to the limbs and bones of this behemoth.
However, the speed of this process was not enough to keep up with consumption. At this rate, the combined form would last at most sixty seconds, which would be considered good.
Since that was the case, he might as well remove the energy core. Besides, he didn't mind having another spirit stone on hand.
Good things were never too many.
"Warning, SSS-class threat requires elimination!"