At the moment he turned around, bloody limbs suddenly pierced out from beneath the carbonized fragments!

—— Underground!

Unlike the chaos and madness of mutated breeds, evil creatures possess rationality, with many originally transformed from humans, making their thinking and survival instincts even more powerful.

Upon realizing that escape from the fire was impossible, the evil creature's futile struggle had already anchored more and more limbs into the ground.

Even though the entire ground was scorched by flames, the isolation of a large amount of soil shielded most of the heat and destruction from reaching inside.

Preserving itself to the greatest extent.

Subterranean growth.

Rapid recovery, just like plants.

Now, the evil creature hidden beneath the dry, charred soil suddenly burst forth!

Then... found itself unable to rise.

Rise! Rise again! Rise thrice! Rise fourfold! Rise fivefold!

Like someone lying in bed on a cold winter morning, unwilling to get up no matter how many alarms are set.

Only this time, what bound the evil creature wasn't a warm bed.

It was the blood-colored mercury that had seeped into the soil, even slithered from deeper underground!

Countless strands entangled its rebirthing limbs and torso, suddenly hardening, shackling it, persistently exposing itself, flowing like snakes, coiling tightly.

Suddenly, the charred ground churned like boiling, scarlet mercury and limbs writhing in the process appeared only to be swallowed again.

Like a fierce battle deep in the sea.

Without the blessing, mercury's hardness and toughness were entirely inadequate; in extreme situations, it often served only as transmission mechanisms or other conductors and carriers, incapable of contending with an evil creature.

However, the evil creature was severely injured but recovered too quickly.

Not only was the mercury that had penetrated through the wounds, but a large amount of heavy metal toxins absorbed during water intake had also infiltrated...

Even the destruction brought by Ji Jue!

Ignoring the writhing roots and limbs, the armor stomped on the ground, moved forward, trampled on the evil creature's body through the undulating ground.

Then, pulled out an exaggerated two-meter-long firearm from his back.

Held it in his hands, aiming at the evil creature's body.

Pulled the trigger!

Boom!!!

Iron light flashed and disappeared, piercing through the soil, deeply embedding into the evil creature's body, like a brutal strike pounding straws on a camel!

"Judging by the general structure and ammunition type, it should be an anchor-style assault rifle from the Federation."

Gustav explained to his puzzled colleague: "Just consider it as a scattergun for armor, kinetic energy damage, using special pointed bullets, targeting large warfare weapons and power armor alike.

However, it looks like it's based on previous generation design. Nowadays, new weapons of the same type no longer use solid bullets, but directly trigger metal jets for armor penetration."

"Wow, the kid sure learned a lot!"

Jiang Tongguang sighed, cracked his knuckles, from the initial renovation preparations, construction and creation, then to the subsequent assembly line and production...

As for Ji Jue's mechanical engineering proficiency, he's not surprised at all, since Ye Xian has been researching this field these years. The structure of composite blessed creations has been her specialty besides refining spiritual materials, teaching a student mechanical engineering isn't odd.

Looking at it now, Ye Xian is determined to groom a smaller version of herself, a student as proficient as herself, with no weaknesses.

"Lucky indeed."

Jiang Tongguang lightly sighed.

As a student, encountering a teacher like Ye Xian surely is a stroke of good luck. But as a teacher, finding a student capable of learning everything taught is like winning the lottery.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many schools fallen into obscurity.

"I see."

Gustav sighed in realization, waking him up, looking at the scene, quickly noticing the key Gustav pointed out.

"Bullets?"

The bullets were wrong!

Even the damage just inflicted by the shells would be nothing more than superficial wounds to the evil creature, healing with a breath, not worth paying attention to.

Yet now, as Ji Jue fired shot after shot, the evil creature's struggle and movement visibly slowed and lagged...

Just as Gustav mentioned, the kinetic damage from solid bullets was based on outdated thinking, unnecessary to cling to if not needed.

Unless, the pointed alloy bullets had an irreplaceable advantage over metal jets.

Such as being alchemy creations!

"...reverse application of Fluid Alchemy!"

The realization hit Jiang Tongguang instantly.

At this moment, those alloy rods, over a meter long, propelled violently by gunpowder through the soil, embedded into the evil creature's body, the spiritual circuit engraved on them activating upon impact.

Its effect was simple: seal spiritual essence, suppress the soul!

Each rod driven into the flesh bore the fruits of solid alchemy, forcefully imposing this shackle upon the evil creature's body, sealing off the circulation of spiritual essence, even reversing this broken body as a container to seal the evil creature's soul within!

In the entanglement of blood-colored mercury and the internal and external ravage, it couldn't even pull out the rods piercing its body, struggling in vain, seeing no hope.

Even self-destruction was impossible.

Watching helplessly as it turned into a specimen...

Boom!

With the final rod piercing the evil creature's body, the tattered body had been turned into a porcupine by Ji Jue.

For safety's sake, Ji Jue used double the amount, strictly guarding against any potential threats, to ensure his materials remained fresh and intact all the way to his workshop.

Soon, under the flow of blood-colored mercury, the completely immobilized evil creature was thoroughly engulfed, covered, and hardened.

Transforming into a blood-red metal statue studded with spikes.

Packing completed, mission accomplished!

Like that, eating canned food, singing songs, carrying the materials back to the workshop.

After the first one was done, Ji Jue had already figured out where to find the next one, just imagining waking up the next day to more new materials made him chuckle.

Comparing with the cannibalism within You Sui, the association is indeed better - not only do they eat people, but they also eat evil creatures.

Bright and bustling days are never-ending!

Beyond the scene, amidst a long silence, only a light sigh remained.

"I say, is there still a need to evaluate such a pervert?"

Jiang Tongguang held a pen, thought for a moment, and wrote down a score of '99' on the form.

The highest score for preliminary evaluation.

Honestly, it should have been '100', but deducting one point for the overall vibe... Not to leave any shadows for the two directors, but to avoid people mistakenly thinking the association encourages development like You Sui.

Luckily, there weren't many spectators, or complaint calls to the association would have been blowing up now - such blatant and cruel exploitation of mutations profoundly impacting apprentices was unimaginable!

"Hmm, let me see..."

He briefly scanned the form: "So far, 91 candidates have passed the preliminary assessment, there should be more later. Despite the effort to cut down the numbers, so many still made it...

This year's quality is ridiculously high!"

Saying this, his smirk grew more mischievous, looking at Gustav's stony face:

"Should I say congratulations?"

"Following the rules to the letter, merely completes a mediocre task, what value is there? Proper preparation and foresight are expected."

Gustav glanced at him, not understanding the fuss: "Moreover, isn't this week specifically allotted for them to adapt to the environment? Complacency would be slow suicide."

Jiang Tongguang shrugged lightly: "So when will you tell these unlucky kids there's a surprise coming?"

Gustav still coldly replied: "When they notice the mutation index rising... they will naturally understand."

With the frogs gradually adjusted to the water temperature in the pot.

Next, it's time to turn on the gas stove and treat everyone to an exciting little program...

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