Enslavement

A moment later, Gulanxiu found a fist-sized sphere within the broken remains of the Armored Dragon.

The sphere was entirely golden and semi-transparent, and faintly visible inside was a miniature Armored Dragon curled up, trembling.

This sphere was the Core Nucleus of the Armored Dragon Beast, and the miniature dragon within was its soul.

Gulanxiu smiled and said to the dragon's soul, "Don't resist! Or I'll shatter this Core Nucleus and make you truly dead!"

Faced with Gulanxiu's threat, a flicker of panic passed through the dragon's soul's eyes, but under the threat of death, it reluctantly nodded.

Seeing the Armored Dragon agree, a three-story small pagoda appeared at Gulanxiu's brow.

The pagoda spun with a soft hum, radiating a hazy silver light.

Suddenly, the pagoda stopped, and a silver-white light bead flew out from within, landing on the Armored Dragon Beast's Core Nucleus.

Under Gulanxiu's coercion, the Armored Dragon dared not resist, allowing the light bead to sink into the depths of its soul.

Gulanxiu laughed. "Haha! Success!"

At that moment, he clearly sensed that he had taken control of the Armored Dragon's soul; with a single thought, he could shatter its soul and kill it!

Having enslaved this Armored Dragon, Gulanxiu naturally wouldn't be stingy. He immediately produced a large amount of Cosmic Crystals for the dragon to absorb, trying to help it restore its physical body as quickly as possible so it could assist him.

This was the plan Gulanxiu had devised before coming to the Bloodfall Continent. Bloodfall Crystals were such good things that more was always better, but he lacked Luo Feng's clone secret technique. Gathering them alone was too slow, and attracting the attention of the Immortal Temple would be dangerous.

So he thought to first find a way to control a powerful native lifeform, then have that lifeform collect Bloodfall Crystals for him. Even if the Immortal Temple discovered it, no matter—he could just abandon a servant.

That was why, as soon as he arrived on the Bloodfall Continent, he unleashed his full aura—to lure powerful creatures to him.

Of course, if a creature too strong for Gulanxiu showed up, he had preparations. As long as an Immortal God didn't personally intervene, there was no problem.

Fortunately, Gulanxiu was lucky enough to encounter a peak Domain Lord-level Beast.

This level was just at the limit of what Gulanxiu could control, and its strength was barely sufficient, so this Armored Dragon Beast met its tragic fate.

It was also because the Bloodfall Continent was relatively primitive that Gulanxiu dared to play this game. Without a communication system, no matter what commotion he caused, nothing would come of it.

With ample energy replenishment, the Armored Dragon Beast recovered quickly. In just half a day, its body was fully restored. Looking at the imposing form of the Armored Dragon before him, Gulanxiu's eyes showed satisfaction.

"Master!" The Armored Dragon called out respectfully, then prostrated itself on the ground, submitting to Gulanxiu.

Soul enslavement worked like this—it could change your soul from the deepest level. From now on, it would take the master's orders as its highest command, even if it meant death without hesitation.

"What's your name? Where is this place?" Gulanxiu asked directly.

The Armored Dragon replied respectfully, "Answering Master, my name is Qila'angsi. I am a member of the Golden Armored Dragon Clan. The Golden Armored Dragon Clan is one of the few fourth-rank Beast races on the Bloodfall Continent. This Blood Spirit Grassland is one of our clan's territories, ruled by a World Level Peak Golden Armored Dragon leading us twelve Domain Level Peak Golden Armored Dragons!"

"We twelve Domain Level Golden Armored Dragons are scattered across twelve directions of the Blood Spirit Grassland. Each Golden Armored Dragon has its own territory, and under normal circumstances, we don't enter another dragon's territory. The World Level Golden Armored Dragon's territory is at the very center of the Blood Spirit Grassland!"

Gulanxiu nodded after hearing this. "Was the red light on your tail hammer just now the Bloodfall Force? How many Bloodfall Crystals have you fused?"

Qila'angsi said shamefully, "Answering Master, I have only fused four Bloodfall Crystals so far. Among our Golden Armored Dragon Clan, that's considered a low number."

Gulanxiu nodded. The original text mentioned that a fourth-rank metal-attribute Beast could fuse at least three Bloodfall Crystals. The Qi Ox that followed Blood God Ba Qi had fused as many as twelve. Qila'angsi only fusing four was indeed low. He wondered how many he himself could fuse.

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Thinking this, Gulanxiu continued, "How many Bloodfall Crystals do you have now?"

"Master! I only have two Bloodfall Crystals left, and they're both in your hands." Qila'angsi said in a low voice.

Gulanxiu nodded and said to Qila'angsi, "I'm going to fuse these Bloodfall Crystals! Guard me!"

Qila'angsi quickly nodded. "Rest assured, Master! With me here, I won't let anyone disturb your fusion of the Bloodfall Crystals!"

Gulanxiu nodded, retracted his Heavy Metal Stym, and revealed his original aura.

A flicker of surprise passed through Qila'angsi's eyes. It hadn't expected that a master with such profound law comprehension was only at the Cloudsoar Level.

Gulanxiu paid no attention to Qila'angsi's thoughts. He instantly cut a wound on his arm and pressed a Bloodfall Crystal into it!

A strange energy surged through Gulanxiu's entire body, and blood-red patterns emerged on his skin.

A towering killing intent rushed into Gulanxiu's sea of consciousness. "Kill!" "Kill!" Waves of maddening, bloodthirsty sensations flooded his mind.

But just then, the seed within Gulanxiu's sea of consciousness once again emitted a faint green light, calming the killing intent in his mind.

The Bloodfall Force, which had been scattered throughout his body, seemed drawn together, rapidly converging and flowing toward the seed in his sea of consciousness.

The seed in his sea of consciousness glowed faintly and then settled.

Gulanxiu opened his eyes and felt his body. Finding no change, he couldn't help but laugh wryly. "The Bloodfall Crystal got intercepted by the seed! Looks like I won't become a Blood Warrior until it's fed full!"

Even as he said this, Gulanxiu was still very pleased. After all, this seed was his greatest secret. Last time, after absorbing a Cosmic Level Chaos True Spirit to saturation, it had raised his gene level to five times and greatly enhanced his comprehension.

He had originally planned to wait until he broke through to Domain Lord before hunting Chaos True Spirits to upgrade the seed's level!

Now, having accidentally discovered that the seed could also absorb Bloodfall Crystals, he could advance the seed's maturation early and trigger his own transformation.

Moreover, compared to the Bloodfall Continent, Chaos City was entirely under the control of the Chaos City Lord. If Gulanxiu hunted too many Chaos Beasts, he might be discovered by the Chaos City Lord.

Even if he was discovered, the Chaos City Lord likely wouldn't harm Gulanxiu, but Gulanxiu didn't want to expose his secret before he could control his own fate.