The sudden reversal of the magic array had already left the Razor of Destruction in a greatly weakened state.
Now, being roasted by these demonic flames, it was only capable of emitting squeaks of pain.
It had to be said that the Razor of Destruction truly lived up to its name as a heroic-tier unit.
With the strength of an eighth-tier, it had resisted an attack from a tenth-tier unit until now. It had also endured the backlash of the magic array, capable of annihilating countless eighth-tier awakened beings, and still managed to resist the direct scorching of its energy core by the Black Dragon Body's Ten Thousand Flames Annihilation for a full minute.
If it were an ordinary eighth-tier lightning elemental, it would have been utterly annihilated the moment Lin Ran landed his punch.
It was just that, unfortunately, it couldn't withstand this final blow.
Under the enhancement of the tenth-tier Black Dragon Body, the Ten Thousand Flames Annihilation's demonic flames were truly terrifying, forcing its very soul, a living spirit, into a crystal containing life essence and lightning origin.
The soul armor that had originally adorned the Razor of Destruction also detached itself intact and lay to the side.
Divine Might!
After finally ending the Razor of Destruction's life, Lin Ran used his last remaining strength to unleash Divine Might, releasing Luo Qingyan and Yaofeng.
Then, reverting to his original form from the Black Dragon Body, he collapsed weakly into Luo Qingyan's arms.
"Looks like you're exhausted..."
Luo Qingyan, pulling out a handkerchief imbued with faint frost power from somewhere, gently wiped the sweat from Lin Ran's forehead, simultaneously cooling down the high temperature of his face, which had turned red from exertion.
"No kidding..."
"Mastering the body of a tenth-tier expert is still too strenuous."
"It was also the first time I've gritted my teeth and pushed myself to the absolute limit..."
"If it had lasted any longer, my heart would have probably exploded."
"Even now, the frequency and force of my heartbeat feel like it's about to leap out of my throat..."
Lin Ran weakly nuzzled against Luo Qingyan, intending to use her scent to compensate for his depletion.
Luo Qingyan helplessly pressed down on Lin Ran's head:
"Stop, stop, stop!"
"Seeing how energetic you are, you don't look exhausted at all?"
"What time is it, and your mind is still filled with those thoughts..."
Lin Ran slightly turned his neck and sighed:
"I'm genuinely exhausted..."
"This feeling of being 'heart-tired' is even more unbearable than being empty of blood and mana."
"If there weren't some important things to do, I'd just lie down here and sleep."
"But thankfully, all this effort was worth it!"
With that, Lin Ran forced himself to muster some energy and walked towards the fallen lightning crystal and soul armor.
"When I killed him, I deliberately adopted a refining method, aiming to leave him with a power source crystal that could be made into a drive."
"And this soul armor can form the basis of his armament."
"Combining the two, along with my superb refining skills, will absolutely create the most monstrous puppet in the world today!"
"This puppet, I'll entrust to you, Yaoyao, to use..."
"However, that'll have to wait until I've recovered my strength."
Yaofeng's eyes widened:
"For me to use?!"
Lin Ran smiled:
"We're all part of the same circle now, no need to be so formal with each other."
"With your possession of the Azure Water Sinking Jade Turtle's heart, you'll have enough power to control this thing."
"Besides, if you, a puppet master of the highest caliber with both top-tier talent and bloodline, aren't qualified, then no one on Blue Star is."
Lin Ran said as he first collected the lightning crystal and soul armor into his Soul Ring.
Yaofeng was silent for a moment, then rubbed her eyes and mumbled to herself:
"If I can really control this thing, I should be able to take on missions and earn a lot of money with it..."
Lin Ran was suddenly at a loss for words.
It seemed that everyone in Nightfall had remarkably pure motivations.
They were all simply after one thing – money.
Zhao Wudi and his Grizzly squad were like that, and so was Yaofeng...
That single word truly held immense power!
"Should we leave this place now?"
"A being like the Razor of Destruction would surely have a soul lamp left with the Lightning Elemental tribe and their partners."
"The news of this fellow's death must have already been learned by those people."
"If someone else arrives via teleportation portal later, we might have to hide in the Divine Might space for a while."
Luo Qingyan inquired.
Lin Ran waved his hand:
"No rush..."
"At the last moment of killing the Razor of Destruction, I took advantage of his mental state being at its absolute weakest and used illusion magic on him."
"While it's incredibly difficult for beings of this caliber to read memories..."
"It's not hard to intercept a segment of it."
"And it was precisely through this that I learned the ultimate secret of this Nine-in-One Magnetic Energy Array."
"If my suspicions are correct, this is undoubtedly our greatest gain from this expedition!"
Lin Ran said, a thrilled smile appearing on his face.
"Huh?"
Luo Qingyan looked at Lin Ran in surprise, noticing he was limping slightly. She quickly supported him as they walked towards the array.
Lin Ran placed his hand on the magnetic energy array and gently injected a trace of energy, so subtle it was almost imperceptible, along its energy veins.
However, this mere wisp of energy caused the entire array to radiate a magnificent glow, eventually shedding all its energy and condensing in the center into a life box the size of a stationery case.
"This is it!"
Supported by Luo Qingyan, Lin Ran quickly walked to the life box and gently took it down.
"This?!"
The moment Lin Ran grabbed it, Luo Qingyan's heart jolted.
At this moment, she could clearly feel the over two hundred thousand living souls within the life box without any obstruction.
And this time, the feeling was much clearer than the previous vague sensation; at least the number was vividly apparent.
A full two hundred and fifty thousand!
Lin Ran smiled again:
"This Nine-in-One Grand Array was not solely developed by the Lightning Elemental tribe..."
"In addition to the Lightning Elementals, there are eight other major elements!"
"Fire Elemental, Frost Elemental, Wood Elemental, Gale Elemental, Earth Elemental, Metal and Jade Elemental, Holy Light Elemental, and Dark Elemental!"
"Combined with the Lightning Elemental, they formed this Grand Array of Nine Elements coupled with the life essence sacrifice of hundreds of millions of fierce beasts!"
At this, it wasn't just Luo Qingyan, but even Yaofeng beside them was stunned:
"Nine major elements, and the life essence of hundreds of millions of fierce beasts?!"
Lin Ran nodded:
"Moreover, the hundreds of millions of fierce beasts used for sacrifice were all of a considerable rank, and among fierce beasts of the same rank, they were those with more abundant life essence."
"The ultimate goal was to clone the first generation of elemental children for the Nine Elements!"