Between the prison cells,

a black-skinned Demon was bound by various chains, yet her condition was excellent, her large black eyes staring at the gray-haired young man coming to see her.

"Master!"

Luo Di clamped his metal jaw, stepped forward to observe, then grabbed her fully restored arm to examine it closely.

Although the arm's surface was covered with many solidified wax-like pieces, the overall condition was basically fine.

"It looks like you've basically restored overall integrity."

"Yes, Master... the Corpse Refining Technique of that Miss Linglong is quite formidable!"

"Then you can leave here now and follow me to the Moon."

This prison cell was personally crafted by the Overlord, not to imprison but to stabilize Megin's condition. Her soul was severely damaged, and without care, it would dissipate over time.

But now, with the Soul Repair, this place is no longer necessary.

"The Moon?"

In an instant, the gray planet full of Moon Pits was right there.

Luo Di led her all the way to the Moon Dungeon, passing by the cages of victims one by one.

They reached the most important, deepest Plant Cultivation Room, witnessing for the first time the humanoid plant carrying human-head fruits and wielding a knife.

Luo Di placed his hand on Megin's shoulder, whispering closely:

"Here, you can perceive my state most directly and know what I want... Now you can perform a more perfect Open Spine.

Next, we are to deal with a top-level opponent that's well-known in the Corner.

Any deviation could lead to death."

"Understood."

Megin knelt directly, kneeling before Luo Di.

She opened her mouth, and a hard, black tongue slithered out like a serpent, wrapping and licking Luo Di's right hand.

It was as though she was creating a mental mold of Luo Di's hand's shape.

In this way, she deepened the connection with Luo Di's arm, understanding the intricate structure, achieving an even more perfect grip.

"Master, because I was always in a damaged state, I couldn't remember my name... now I tell you my name."

"Megin Taliana"

...

In reality,

when Luo Di caught the black spine thrown by the lady, he instantly completed a new Open Spine form, no longer the massive sword that once fought alongside the Overlord, slaying all around.

It had become a simple, handy, and very special weapon suitable for Luo Di.

"Mountain-opening Knife"

The size of this Mountain-opening Knife was exactly the same as the one Luo Di had bought in advance during his first encounter with the anomaly.

At that time, it was also a Mountain-opening Knife that felled a zombie not even countable as a Pseudo-Person.

And the Jiang Mansion's master was nothing more than a zombie.

Of course,

The Mountain-opening Knife made by Megin was more conforming to Luo Di's hand shape, with finger grooves on the handle part.

No guard design.

The ridge of the knife did not show an obvious spine structure like the previous great sword. Only a pattern structure resembling Damascus patterns could be seen, corresponding to the spine's arrangement.

There was none of the exaggerated Hell style, just a simple, minimal, yet flawless Mountain-opening Knife, suitable for Luo Di in every way.

To be able to break through the hard skin of Jiang Mansion's master as the original zombie, Megin focused this spine transformation on the knife's blade to enhance its sharpness.

So sharp indeed that visible space waves surrounded the blade, as if mere movement of the blade would slice through space, causing noise.

This sharpness also left cut marks on the mansion master's face.

However.

Luo Di was astonished internally; the plan orchestrated with Professor Noel was to catch Jiang Mansion's master off guard.

He disguised himself as gravely injured, waiting for the chance to ambush Jiang Mansion's master.

Considering the master's body was destroyed and stored in another flesh, it should not be very stable, and the zombie's hardness should not be high.

The actual situation was unexpected,

Jiang Mansion's master not only occupied the flesh of Uncle Neck but used four young zombies as supplements, reaching a state close to his peak.

This knife just now, Luo Di swung it with the resolve of beheading.

Even the structural integrity of the Human Body Exhibition building was affected, leaving deep marks, almost opening the atrium's roof.

Who knew, Jiang Mansion's master was merely cut on the skin.

This hardness was like the first time encountering a zombie and cutting into it with an ordinary Mountain-opening Knife... even harder.

...

On the viewing platform,

Professor Noel watched everything below and was instead surprised by Luo Di's performance.

"This little kid can actually hurt that old zombie... I remember when the Exhibition was just founded, the messenger we sent to Jiang Mansion was killed.

Rose advised us not to take any action and personally remarked that among the corner-known monsters, three made him wary.

One of them was this old zombie.

The opponent's flesh was so strong that even Rose found it hard to breach... without breaching, victory is impossible.

In that case, I'll help him.

With a joint effort, as long as we can keep stalemating, the old zombie's temporary body will collapse sooner or later, and it will be much easier then with a soul only.

Besides, he has Gust's assistance, that tongue has started moving... huh? why is it just hanging there, drooling, asleep?"

...

Jiang Mansion's master touched the wound on his face, feeling the black blood seeping from within and the Hellish warmth lingering on the surface; he showed a creepy smile.

He was pleased, very pleased.

Through the years of establishing the Jiang Mansion, he'd met countless Huaxia talents, but none could compare to this.

Just matured, being able to swing such a slash. Regardless of how great the weapon, this body's power is worthy of "premium."

"Yes! It's all worth it... once I seize your shell, I can venture deeper once more... this time I shall ascend."

Raising his hand,

Yin energy surged like a tide,

every strand of yin energy could concretize, transforming into zombie arms covered with dragon-scale-like patterns, reaching out towards Luo Di from all directions.

Tah!

The tongue snapped,

The danger window immediately informed all the grabbing routes of the arms for the next several seconds; strangely, one scene was unclear, as though obscured by the yin energy.

Slash!

"So smooth!"

As Luo Di swung the black knife, a wondrous feeling enveloped him, slick as water.

Space was sliced noisily, and one by one, black, hot, dry slash marks even remained in the Space Gap.

Swoosh!

Ten slashes in an instant.

A sphere of slash marks seemed to envelop Luo Di, all the incoming yin energy arms were severed.

However, there appeared an extra hand, a hand not seen in the danger window.

The same nails, same dragon scales, reaching towards Luo Di.

Directly in front.

Slash... clang!

The black knife, which could easily sever before, now sparked; even the blade that could easily slice space merely barely cut through this skin.

The blade ricocheted, numbing Luo Di's tiger mouth.

And the force of the slash did nothing to impede; the arm reached straight out!

Luo Di quickly retreated with utmost speed, yet his opponent's pursuit was even faster... looking up, the arm's other end, obscured by yin energy, was Jiang Mansion's master.

Just when the grip was about to clutch his neck,

Snap!

A hand in a white glove reached sideways, steadily grasping Jiang Mansion's master's arm.

The glove's back bore the Mark of Da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man."

Jiang Mansion's master seemed to smell danger, suddenly withdrawing! Tearing apart both the opponent's glove.

Underneath the glove,

A chaotic, bizarre hand of mixed metal and flesh was exposed.

Jiang Mansion's master's arm that had just been touched had undergone "Human Body Refining."

Strange metal, exuding yin energy, grew on the invulnerable arm surface, with flesh structure disturbed and damaged to some extent.

"Why do you intervene when I've already reached an alliance with Rose... my sole purpose here is this boy's body."

Professor Noel responded disdainfully: "Rose? Who's that? Luo Di is my close friend. If you want to kill him, I'll kill you, old man."

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