New Feature: Proxy

[Mirror Master: Lin Ze]

[Rank: Dou Disciple (Current Rank. Can project two White Common Death Soldiers daily. Can summon by consuming Flesh Essence. Absolute Loyalty.)]

[Flesh Essence: 1/100 Unit (Flesh Essence can summon death soldiers, upgrade death soldiers, and unlock functions.)]

[Current Death Soldiers: White Common (6)]

[Functions: Control, Resonance, Proxy (Death soldiers can briefly undertake the Mirror Master's projection, acting as a proxy for the Mirror Master's power. Depending on the strength gap between the death soldier and the Mirror Master, the death soldier will suffer varying degrees of backlash.)]

Lin Ze looked at the text on the bronze mirror's surface, a look of pleasant surprise appearing on his face.

Today was the third day he had obtained the bronze mirror.

Through the Magical Beast Meat he bought and the Flesh Essence A-Da hunted in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Lin Ze discovered that after summoning death soldiers on the third day, the Flesh Essence could be used to unlock something else.

He hadn't expected the third function to be so powerful, allowing death soldiers to briefly gain his strength.

Although he was only at Dou Disciple Rank 9 now, his strength was meager, but compared to the death soldiers, his strength was still considerable.

After all, the death soldiers summoned were all ordinary people.

Even A-Er, who had been cultivating the longest, hadn't reached Dou Disciple Stage 1 yet!

If the death soldiers could briefly gain his strength, their power would skyrocket!

However, the warning after the function also made Lin Ze suppress the joy in his heart.

Lin Ze got up from his bed. He wanted to test the Proxy function to avoid overusing it and directly harming a death soldier.

The number of death soldiers he could summon daily was limited, so they couldn't die without value.

In Lin Ze's opinion, the most important thing about death soldiers wasn't using their lives to overwhelm enemies, but their absolute loyalty.

If this absolute loyalty was utilized well, the value gained would far exceed overwhelming a powerful enemy.

"A-Er."

"Here! Young Master."

A-Er immediately broke free from his cultivation state and responded.

Since Lin Ze wanted to conceal the death soldiers' uniqueness as much as possible, he forbade them from calling him Master.

Normally, the death soldiers would either call him by his name or as Young Master.

Lin Ze used the Proxy function on A-Er.

He was surprised to find that his own strength had not dropped to zero.

There was only a vague feeling that he couldn't use his strength.

Once he used his power, this proxy state would be broken.

Sensing this, Lin Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

This should be the "Projection" mentioned in the introduction, not actually channeling power to the Death Soldier.

This situation was much better than Lin Ze had anticipated.

Because if he had truly lent all his power to the Death Soldier, his own cultivation would have dropped to zero, and his safety would have been extremely difficult to guarantee.

With this projection state, even when facing an attack, Lin Ze could instantly use his power.

With no worries, Lin Ze looked at A-Er.

"A-Er, how are you feeling now?"

A-Er raised his fist, a layer of pale white Dou Qi condensing on it.

"Young Master, I feel great, full of power, but there's a heavy burden."

"Can you deactivate the proxy state yourself? If you can, and your own burden reaches its limit, deactivate it yourself."

Lin Ze inquired.

A-Er nodded.

"Yes, Young Master."

After some testing, A-Er could maintain the projection for about ten minutes.

Afterward, A-Er was completely exhausted, sweating profusely, and found it difficult to even move normally.

According to A-Er's own estimation, it would take about a day to recover.

"Taking on power for ten minutes requires a day to recover?"

Even with a day of cooldown, the proxy function was indeed very powerful.

Take A-Da, who was currently hunting in the outer areas of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, for example. With ten minutes of proxy state, his safety would be greatly increased.

If he encountered any danger, it was obvious which would be able to escape: someone with no cultivation or someone at Dou Disciple Rank 9.

What surprised Lin Ze even more was that after the projection state ended, there was no depletion of Dou Qi in his body.

This meant that Lin Ze could continuously switch the Death Soldiers who acted as proxies.

Although, at any given time, only one Death Soldier could act as a proxy for his power.

But his own Dou Qi was not consumed, which offered considerable room for maneuver.

Afterward, Lin Ze had the newly summoned A-Wu and A-Liu attempt the Proxy State.

He discovered that the Death Soldiers could interrupt the Proxy State, thereby avoiding the backlash from undertaking overly powerful strength.

The backlash suffered by the Death Soldiers upon entering the Proxy State was very small.

Even if they maintained it for a minute, they could recover after resting for only ten-odd minutes.

"In other words, through short, repeated proxying, the strength backlash from proxying can be greatly avoided!"

After a period of experimentation, Lin Ze was very satisfied with the newly unlocked proxy function.

This meant the summoned Death Soldiers had more practical applications.

For example, A-Da, who was currently hunting in the outer regions of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, could now try hunting some weaker Magical Beasts.

During this period, A-Da had been extremely cautious in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

He would retreat even when encountering a First Order Magical Beast, only able to deal with ordinary Beasts.

Now that he could proxy Lin Ze's strength and exert the power of Dou Disciple Rank 9, his hunting efficiency would undoubtedly increase significantly.

"The full potential of the proxy function might not be measurable in a short time, but even what has been uncovered is already very practical!"

Lin Ze sat cross-legged on the bed and began to check the status of his other Death Soldiers.

A-Da was a given. After Lin Ze granted him permission to use the proxy function independently, he began attempting to hunt stronger prey.

However, when Lin Ze saw the situation in Qingshan Town through the Bronze Mirror, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Lin Ze could not read the previous memories of the Death Soldiers he controlled, but he could learn about the situation in Qingshan Town through the reports of another Death Soldier.

The mercenary who was keeping watch seemed unable to bear the tedious and boring task and actually went up to knock on Lin Ze's door.

After receiving no response, the mercenary brazenly climbed over the wall and infiltrated.

Not finding Lin Ze, the mercenary's expression became flustered, and he left immediately, likely to report to Mu Li.

Some time had passed now, and Mu Li should have reacted.

As expected, Death Soldiers nearby saw Mu Li arrive in a hurry with several mercenaries.

Lin Ze's two Death Soldiers were one in the open and one in the dark.

The one in the dark remained hidden.

The one in the open sat casually not far away, like a idle vagrant.

When Mu Li and his group passed by, they glanced at him but paid no mind, thinking he was just an ordinary person without cultivation.

From the Death Soldier's perspective, Lin Ze saw Mu Li kick open the wooden door of the small courtyard and lead his men inside.

Seeing this, Lin Ze's gaze turned somewhat cold.

"So impatient?"