Less than a hundred kilometers from the North Pole, about one thousand meters below the dimly lit military camp, is the base of the Hell Angel Mercenary Corps.

  In a spacious warehouse, separated by thick bulletproof glass, Gu Xie dust looked at two strangely shaped multi-armed robots busy around the metal box. The warehouse was over 50 meters long and wide, originally storing some miscellaneous mechanical parts, but now everything in the warehouse had been cleared out, with a high-energy laser emitter installed in each of the four corners, computer-controlled emitters constantly aiming at the metal box that was emitting sparks.

  An invisible scanning wave covered the entire warehouse, and if there were any highly toxic or radioactive hazardous materials in the metal boxes, the base's defense system would detect them at the first time.

  He sat cross-legged beside Gu Xiechen, his hands clasped together in a wheel-like seal on his chest, as the calming Zen energy emanated from his body. Like Gu Xiechen, he quietly watched the two robots busy at work in the warehouse, and after a long while, he suddenly spoke up: "Let's make a bet, I think there won't be any living creatures inside."

  "Who knows? Maybe, perhaps?" Gu Xie Cen evaded the question with a sly smile.

  "Ten million Federation credits? I think there's no creature that would make a Holstrom scion abandon their family warrior in the heat of battle. The Romans are all about face, they value so-called family honor above everything else, abandoning their family warriors and fleeing? Impossible!"

  "I didn't agree to gamble with you!" Gu Xié Dù furrowed his brow in annoyance, the efficiency of the Hell's Angel Mercenary Corps was too high, and the bonus for killing over 30 Romans had already been deposited into his mercenary card account. Bān Ruò immediately set his sights on Gu Xié Dù, this newly emerged fat sheep, and was determined to fleece him once.

  The hands that were clasped together like a wheel loosened their grip, and the eyebrows furrowed as they looked at Gu Xian with curiosity: "You don't seem like someone who's so petty? It's just 1 million Federation coins, I won't make you treat me to dinner, okay?"

  Gu Xie dust suddenly revealed a hint of evil smile, he stretched out his right hand to Ban Ruo and laughed: "Then, let's raise the stakes, one million! My intuition tells me that there should be a living thing inside!"

  Intuition, after cultivating the True Classic of Containing Yuan, Gu Xuan's intuition became stronger and stronger, especially his Tao fetus's perception of various living beings was extraordinarily powerful. He vaguely felt that there was still a living thing in this metal box, so he dug a trap and jumped down, and naturally wanted to add fuel to the fire.

  But Bānruò, who had just been eager to slaughter the fat sheep, suddenly shrank back like a startled deer. With an eerie gaze, he looked at Gǔ Xié Chén and smiled lightly, saying: "Forget it, gambling is a bad habit. Although I'm now a mercenary, this kind of thing is still not allowed."

  He clasped his palms together and with an unusually sincere tone, he chanted "Namo Amitabha Buddha".

  "How clever!" Gu Xie dusted off his sleeves and gave Ban Rou a deep look.

  The automatic door behind him opened, and the Whisker General strode in with several high-ranking leaders of the mercenary groups. Twirling his chin whiskers, the Whisker General bellowed, "Is it open? Is it open? Hmph, aren't those Engineer Corps rascals always bragging? How can it take so long to open a box?"

  A smooth, oily voice came from a horn hung on the corner of the warehouse: "Uncle Whiskers, this can't be blamed on us! This box has thirty-six secret locks, each with its own password verification, tsk, this is a fine workmanship! Don't worry about it!"

  The commander of the curly whiskers laughed and scolded a few words, he and the young guy in the trumpet had a quarrel with one sentence and another.

  Here they were arguing, and on the other side, two mechanical arms of the robots simultaneously exerted force to lift up the metal box's lid, which slid open silently. A large amount of liquid nitrogen vaporized due to heat and produced white fog that gushed out of the box. Immediately after, an ear-piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire Ice Cap Base, and a loudspeaker transmitted the cries of a group of people: "Good heavens, we've made it! Uncle Huzi, we've made it!"

  Kuxie's body hair suddenly stood up one by one, and his heart instinctively accelerated its beating speed.

  One hundred times per minute...

  Two hundred times per minute...

  Three hundred times per minute...

  600 times per minute...

  Gu Xiechen's heart rate quickly reached a frightening 900 beats per minute, and waves of pure energy swept through his meridians like hurricanes. The originally smooth and unobstructed Primordial Heavenly Vessel was shattered by the overbearing and violent energy tide, causing Gu Xiechen's lean and sturdy body to inflate like a balloon. In just one breath, Gu Xiechen's body became even more robust than Banruo, who sat beside him. A terrifying aura emanated from Gu Xiechen's body, causing Qiu Zongtang and other high-ranking leaders of the Mercenary Guild to retreat several steps back.

  The agile and nimble figure jumped up, gazing at Gu Xuan Dust in shock and exclaimed: "Evil Dragon? What's wrong!"

  In the pupil of his eye, which had shrunk to the size of a needle tip, two extremely fine blue lights shot out. He stared at the metal box and shouted in a stern voice: "What's inside?"

  In the position of Gu Xie dust, no one can see what is inside the metal box. Only the group of workers who opened the box with two robots in the distance could see what was inside.

  That oily smooth voice just called out: "It's Cree..."

  No need for his answer anymore, everyone has seen what's inside that metal box!

  Two mangled black arms suddenly protruded from the swirling white mist, two invisible energies burst out, and two multi-armed repair robots exploded into countless fragments scattered everywhere. The two black arms slowly rested on the edge of a metal box, and a strange person sat up from inside the box.

  The semi-transparent body is made of a material similar to crystal, with a smooth surface devoid of even a single hair. The face and features are nearly 90% identical to those of a human being. Two gleaming black eyeballs contain two burning black flames. Inside this person's sleek body, there are obvious cracks, like the patterns that appear on a crystal ball after it has been violently shattered from within. Fine threads of black electricity are constantly flowing out from deep within his body, slowly wrapping around him in a thick layer of black electric current.

  "Christ's crystals!" The bearded captain exclaimed loudly: "Damn it, a big fortune, a big fortune! We're rich!"

  "Crystal person of Christ!" He stared at the seemingly broken body with a frenzied look: "Christ merge, Christ merge ignition!"

  "Black Cristal man? Black?" All the information related to Cristal Man flashed through Gu Xiechen's mind, and he shouted in a sharp voice: "Black Cristal Man? Damn it! Black Cristal Man! Shoot, shoot, kill him! Damn!"

  Cristal people, a magical life condensed from high-energy crystal. The newborn infant is colorless and white, as they grow older and stronger, their body color gradually changes according to the rainbow spectrum, red orange yellow green blue purple, as their body color deepens, the energy stored within the Cristal people becomes stronger, and their strength also becomes stronger!

  The purple Cristo Crystal people have the powerful strength comparable to the top warriors of Earth, while the black Cristo Crystal people are unheard-of existences!

  The commander of the curly whiskers suddenly woke up, cold sweat 'brushed' across his forehead, and he also waved his hands and feet to shout: "Fire, fire, kill this guy!"

  Four high-energy laser emitters, pre-installed at the four corners of the warehouse, simultaneously emitted a beam of white light about one meter in diameter after a very short charging time. The four high-energy lasers hit the crystal people.

  Black Cristo Crystal Man suddenly stood up from the metal box, staring blankly at Gu Xie and others behind the bulletproof glass, regardless of the four laser beams shooting at himself.

  The intense flash of light made Gu Xiechen and others temporarily blind, the four beams of laser were completely absorbed by Kristoff's crystal body, and the black crystal person became countless times brighter than the sun in that instant. The crystal person swung his arms towards the four corners of the wall, and four black electric lights whizzed out, causing the four high-energy laser guns to explode instantly. Even more ear-piercing alarm sounds rang out continuously all around, and dense footsteps echoed everywhere.

  The black crystal man moved, and he stepped out of the metal box with a height of nearly two meters. When his foot landed, it made a slight cracking sound, and more than a dozen black crystal fragments fell off his body. The crystal man's face twitched, and his whole body trembled slightly as he charged towards Gu Xiechen's direction. He clenched his fist and slammed it straight into the bulletproof glass, shattering the thick glass into powder with a deafening crash. A terrifying energy burst forth, and several high-ranking mercenaries brought by Qiu Miantuan were engulfed by the black energy flow, torn to shreds in an instant.

  Qiu Ran, the commander of the Whisker Squad, and Ban Ruo, with a fierce cry, put their lives on the line and launched a full-force attack. Several black whirlwinds shattered before them, and their arms let out creaking sounds as they stumbled backward, spewing blood.

  Guxiao's eyes, temporarily blinded by the intense light, were tightly closed as he let out a low growl and swung his fist forward purely on instinct.

  The black crystal man's right arm had been pulverized in the previous fierce strike, and his body seemed to have suffered irreparable damage. The cracks on his body accompanied by loud cracking sounds increased by hundreds. His left foot kicked back with force, but instead of moving his body, his left leg below the knee exploded into countless crystal shards.

  "My body!" Jing Ren let out a furious roar towards the sky in shock and anger.

  Gu Xie's full-force blow landed on Jing Ren's chest, and the violent energy inside his body surged through his arm into Jing Ren's body. A loud explosion was heard, and a transparent hole was blasted open in Jing Ren's chest, with large amounts of thick, iron-like black liquid splashing everywhere. The temperature of these liquids was terrifyingly high, and each drop released a blindingly strong light.

  The crystal man's body disintegrated amidst the deafening explosions, and he let out a despairing howl: "Bandits... Butchers..."

  An enormous sense of danger pierced through Gu Xuan's body, leaving him feeling icy cold all over, and he instinctively retreated hastily.

  But the black flames in Jing Ren's eyes suddenly surged, and a strong suction force tightly bound Gu Xie Chen's body. Jing Ren muttered vaguely: "Body... powerful body... seize!"

  A burst of intense black light scattered in all directions, the crystalline body completely dissolving into nothingness amidst the radiance. The originally scattered black liquid droplets flew towards a fist-sized black crystal nucleus in the void, emitting waves of terrifying power that sent shivers down one's spine. In just two brief breaths, the crystalline being's entire energy was condensed within this crystal core.

  Gu Xie dust let out a mournful howl, the black crystal nucleus surged into his chest with rolling black flames, as if mercury had poured into his body.

  A scorching fireball rampaged through Gu Xie's body, finally charging into his heart. A cold and ruthless spiritual wave carrying a sky-shaking resentment burst out of Gu Xie's heart, following his meridians straight to his brain.

  "Seize this flesh", in this overwhelmingly powerful spiritual wave, only this one voice was thundering.

  As soon as Pánruò opened his eyes, he stared blankly at Gǔ Xié's body, which was surrounded by a black flame that had burned his clothes to ashes.

  "Christo fusion? Initiated by Christo Crystal Man himself? Heaven! This kid is done for!"

  Qiu Ran's team leader was looking at Gu Xiechen with a desire to cry but no tears, who was floating in the air in the shape of a big character.

  "My goodness! A red Cristo Crystal Man is priced at over 10 billion! Waaah, an orange one would cost at least 50 billion! I once saw a blue Cristo Crystal Man being auctioned off for 500 billion!"

  "Black Cristal? Black! How much is black?"

  The commander of the Whisker Troop jumped up and down, yelling: "Evil Dragon! You'll be dying for my mercenary troop for the rest of your life!"

  "Wah wah!"

  He let out a few mournful howls at the sky, but then became excited again and started dancing with joy.

  "Oh God! Jade Emperor! Buddha! Bless him to successfully merge! Let my Hell Angel Mercenary Corps also have a powerful boundary master!"

  Gu Xie Chen suddenly let out a sharp, ear-piercing scream. Seven orifices on his body simultaneously spewed out black and red flames. His body violently shook for a moment before the black lightning flames around him extinguished. Gu Xie Chen, who was covered in black smoke, didn't even make a sound as he collapsed to the ground and fainted.

  A burst of 'hissing' sound came from the ground, and the alloy floor that was in contact with Gu Xiechen's body melted.

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