Chapter 120: The Ethereal Kun

Let’s use this chance for the lottery first.

Selected lottery.

The screen once again became a streak of question marks flashing like flowing light, then a large question mark appeared, followed by a flash, transforming into a card.

Congratulations on obtaining a one-time use item: Lucky Alchemy Card, rarity (Silver level). Description: Increases the success rate of alchemy on a specified creature by 30%.

Damn, it’s this thing again.

By now, Wu You already felt that he had a certain control over his alchemy success rate. This lucky card, once something he desperately desired, had actually lost its importance.

He had hoped for something new, but fate was not on his side.

Putting aside Wu You’s sighs, he had been here for a while.

Wang Fugui and some other alchemic creatures had already sensed his thoughts and sent inquiries.

By now, Salaso had advanced to Silver, and the system upgrade was complete, so a few of the closer ones were sent over.

Including Wang Fugui, there were four in total.

“Master, all the aberrant creatures we could find have been dealt with. Their bodies are placed in two locations, guarded by personnel,” Wang Fugui said bluntly, addressing what Wu You cared about most.

“All are small red snakes? How many are there?”

“Reporting to Master, this took nearly a month. In total, we killed nine residual blood dragons of various sizes, and five bear-like creatures in the Liangzhou region. None of them exceeded Bronze level in strength.”

Wu You nodded and quickly located the alchemic creatures guarding the corpses through the system.

Vampires surprisingly had a unique ability to preserve bodies. These corpses showed no signs of decay; not even blood had leaked out, remaining remarkably fresh.

It seemed vampires would make excellent chefs—natural masters of food preservation.

Although it was clear that the guarding alchemic creatures craved the corpses deeply, without Wu You’s orders, none dared to do anything unnecessary to them.

Using these guardians as intermediaries, Wu You remotely collected all the corpses through the system in one go, extracting and absorbing everything.

A total of 300 points of Transcendence Energy materials were obtained.

Current total: 500 points.

He obtained eight complete Bronze-level Malignant Souls and six fragmented Bronze-level Malignant Souls, extracting a total of 580 points of alchemy energy.

Current total: 2306 points.

Looking at these gains fully proved one thing: in sheer quantity, the meat of one big fish cannot compare to a net full of small fish.

More than two thousand alchemy energy seemed a fortune, but thinking about the consumption at Level 4 alchemy instantly caused a headache.

Each use consumed 1000 points; the red and blue gems would barely hold up.

By the time he reached Level 5 alchemy, it would definitely be unsustainable.

And alchemic creations always sought to use higher-level alchemy to create creatures with greater potential.

Now, he even hoped for a large number of aberrant creatures to appear.

He decided to try Level 4 alchemy first, using that blue whale as the main material.

He didn’t ask Wang Fugui and the others to step back.

Wu You clasped his hands together and stretched lazily, fingertips crackling softly.

He opened the system and selected Level 4 alchemy.

Besides the option to choose materials, there was an extra sub-option for Potential Alchemy, but Wu You ignored it for now.

His consciousness selected five materials from the warehouse.

Prompt: Select male blue whale, female blind eel, male Andean condor, female bluefish, female singlefin electric ray.

Wu You twisted his neck, took out a small bottle of Regeneration Intermittent Ointment, and evenly applied it to his forehead, back of the head, and crown.

He confirmed the selection.

The next moment, the alchemy board with a black flowing water background appeared once again.

Scales were drawn first, not outlining the entire shape at once, but piecing together the whole form scale by scale.

At the junction of the back and belly, the scales were arranged by density, size, and depth of color, forming a faintly visible wing shape.

The tail looked long and narrow, with several flowing, water-wave-like soft fins trailing at the end.

A pair of eyes were calm, deep, indifferent yet serene, surrounded by mysterious grooves like ravines that extended all over the body like veins, perfectly blending with the scale patterns.

A huge mouth was closed, but the wrinkles extending from the lips on both sides hinted at an unimaginable scale when opened.

Finally, the massive body outline and head were drawn.

The entire body’s outer contour seemed solid yet ethereal, like a formless, shifting substance.

Wu You’s spirit, along with his inner imagination, poured relentlessly into the drawing as it deepened.

When the last stroke was completed, the creature that appeared on the alchemy board looked like a large fish but was a magical being without a definite physical form.

Its body was an artistic and mysterious fusion; every glance at it evoked a new sensation.

This time, Wu You didn’t feel a headache, but the mental effort was enormous.

Not that the mental energy consumed was small—in fact, halfway through, his spiritual power nearly ran out. Had it not been for an unexpected event, he would have had to cut it short while still able to control it.

But at the critical moment, a surge of concentrated, pure spiritual power came from the primal demon Salaso’s fluctuations. This spiritual energy was free of any mental debris and could be wielded effortlessly by Wu You.

This made the alchemic drawing progress smoothly, allowing Wu You to fully realize what he envisioned.

The spiritual power injected at the end, combined with previous alchemic energy, was enormous.

The creature on the alchemy board now appeared ephemeral and shifting like smoke—sometimes dense, sometimes faint—as if a single movement would dissolve its entire body into mist.

System evaluation: Body layout rationality 36%, alchemy success rate increased by 3.6%.

Current success rate: 50% + 10% (Will Resonance) + 4.9%.

Proceed with alchemy?

The system’s alchemy option appeared, but Wu You was still staring at the alchemy board that he had drawn himself, yet could hardly see clearly.

Snapping back to reality, he selected alchemy.

Such a special alchemy, he intuitively felt the result was already decided.

The five alchemic materials transformed into streams of light and flowed towards the alchemy board.

But unlike before, the streams didn’t directly land on the creature’s body.

The ethereal creature suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed all five streams of light.

“Rumble, rumble, rumble...”

Its body emitted roaring thunderous sounds—not as if growing flesh, but like a violent storm.

After a while, the creature’s exterior began to solidify and come alive on the board.

Each scale shifted from an empty illusion to lively and glossy, and the smoky illusion on the body’s surface diminished significantly.

After a full two minutes, everything stopped. The creature gently flicked its tail fin, stirring a ripple of shimmering waves.

Prompt: Alchemy successful. Please name.

Selected name: Kun, Mingbei.

Alchemic creature: Kun, Name: Mingbei.

Talents: Extraordinary and Untraceable, World Within the Belly, Realm Roaming.

Abilities: Illusory, Devour, Hidden Depths, Soaring.

Basic rating: Advanced Bronze (critical threshold).

System description: No longer bound by planets or gravity, this is a wondrous creature that can adapt to almost any environment.