Thus, in the Wingfolk Forbidden Region suppressed by the Lin Hu Clan, bands of low-ranking wingfolk still charged up every few days just to make an appearance.
But the other forbidden regions did not possess such formidable power. If Lin Qi subdued the out-of-control components within those forbidden regions, and if the Sovereign Council discovered their true nature, Lin Qi did not dare say for certain that he could truly withstand the Sovereign Council's attack.
"Can I subdue these gods of the Black Spirit Continent and use them for my own purposes?" Lin Qi asked Heaven Mountain. "Like the Golden Scorpion King and me?"
After a long silence, Heaven Mountain said nothing. The Osmanthus Tree slowly gave Lin Qi an answer that nearly made him cough up blood. "Abducting underage children whose brains are defective to the point of idiocy is relatively easy. But trying to abduct those with a bit of brain matter who have already grown into adolescents is difficult!"
Lin Qi shook his head without speaking. The Golden Scorpion King lay atop his head and gave a comfortable hum. Its long tail lightly brushed against Lin Qi's neck, and then its body gradually relaxed. Evidently, having eaten and drunk its fill, with the injuries inside its body greatly improved, the Golden Scorpion King had fallen asleep.
Eating and then sleeping—and doing so after having just signed a soul contract tantamount to a deed of sale—Lin Qi immediately found himself in complete agreement with the Osmanthus Tree's assessment of the Golden Scorpion King. This truly was an underage child whose brain was defective to the point of idiocy.
In that case, those big fellows like Spire were probably truly impossible to swindle into his hands. Of course, if Lin Qi could provide them with enough Archangel energy cores,