That was... the aura of a Commander-level creature.
A Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon?
Ripples stirred in Jiang Yi's lifeless eyes, and she revealed a sickeningly radiant smile.
Clearly, this was Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon territory.
The fluctuations from Lu Nian's high-tier magic had made the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon sense a threat and provocation, drawing it out to kill.
Perfect!
Kill them, eat them!
Eat that terrifying young man, eat her too, eat everyone.
Let everyone die together!
An incomparably bright gleam bloomed in Jiang Yi's eyes as she looked expectantly at Mu Ningwei and the others, hoping to see fear on their faces.
Yet all she saw was the many beautiful women admiring Mu Ningwei, along with the trust of the other boys.
Jiang Yi's entire body went cold.
When she saw Mu Ningwei raise his hand and make that familiar gesture, her whole body convulsed violently as though startled.
Before her unfocused pupils, the massive Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon that had just descended beneath the moonlit night sky was bound by endless threads woven from darkness.
"Roooaaarrr~~!!!!"
The Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon roared, shaking the vast heavens. Its powerful body struggled madly, while the dark threads tightened with creaks that made one's teeth ache.
"It's quite strong."
Jiang Yi heard Mu Ningwei's soft chuckle. This time, he took out a Dark Cross and gave a light wave of his hand.
Jiang Yi's body convulsed uncontrollably again as she stared blankly at the sky.
"Night Rule · Utmost Darkness Descent!"
A gigantic black cross obscured the bright moonlight, stealing every trace of brightness from sight.
Yet the cross itself emitted an eerie black radiance, allowing everyone to see the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon bound upon it in the darkness.
It roared, but no sound came out;
It condensed poisonous fire dragon breath, but deep darkness flooded its mouth, nostrils, ears, and eyes, extinguishing the poisonous flames;
It trembled in terror, yet its struggling strength could not break free of its restraints;
Along with the Dark Cross, it slowly merged into the night, fading, blurring, and finally vanishing without a trace together with the cross.
The entire field of vision became completely black.
The next moment, brightness returned before their eyes. The pure moonlight still scattered its silver glow, clouds drifted through the sky, and the stars glittered brilliantly, as though nothing had happened.
Jiang Yi: "..."
Jiang Yi: "..."
She stared blankly at the tranquil night sky, feeling as though she never wanted to see that terrifying, dreadful hand-waving motion again for the rest of her life.
Bai Tingting's eyes were full of admiration. "Wow—Brother Mu killed the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon instantly!"
Mo Fan was envious and eager to try. "Big Brother, what kind of magic was that? What cultivation level do I need to learn it? Do you think I can use it?"
"Captain Mu is freaking amazing!!!" Zhao Manyan shouted himself hoarse with excitement.
"Hehe, Brother Ningwei is the strongest. A mere Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon is nothing, ehehe."
Mu Nujiao stood with her hands on her hips, looking extremely proud.
"Mu Ningwei..."
Mu Ningxue looked at Mu Ningwei's profile, her expression relaxing in relief.
There were also many other cries of astonishment.
Mu Ningwei smiled and pressed his hand down. "Alright, alright. Count these two accidents as each of you dying twice."
"But since they were force majeure, the surveying data mission will continue. Set up camp again and get some proper rest."
"Yes!"
The team dispersed amid laughter and cheerful chatter.
Jiang Yi: "..."
She only found them noisy.
Tap, tap, tap.
Mu Ningwei's towering figure appeared in Jiang Yi's field of vision.
Jiang Yi's body tensed, and she began trembling uncontrollably. Then she discovered that her thighs were warm and wet.
—She had wet herself.
Mu Ningwei wore a strange expression as he looked at the inside of her thighs. "Help them survey data tomorrow."
Jiang Yi sat up expressionlessly. She desperately wanted to sneer and ask, why should she listen to him?
But in the end, what came from her throat was only a trembling reply:
"Yes."
Mu Ningwei took out a set of clothes from his Storage Magic Artifact and tossed it onto Jiang Yi before leaving.
Jiang Yi's eyes reddened, and she burst into loud tears.
"Mo Fan."
"Captain Mu? What is it?"
Mo Fan was surprised that Mu Ningwei had come looking for him on his own initiative.
Mu Ningwei took out the Blood Droplet. "Lu Nian and his people were participants in the military's Demon Plan. That plan was too dangerous, so it was halted."
"They came looking for you because they wanted to secretly continue the research."
Mu Ningwei explained the Demon Plan.
The Blood Droplet could give human mages the physiques of demon beasts, but every test subject had mutated into a demon.
"You were born with dual elements, so there's a good chance you can survive Demonization."
"The Blood Droplet is useless to me. Take it. It can serve as a trump card in a critical moment."
After using the Blood Droplet, one needed to consume a large number of soul essences to survive, and it would also lower one's cultivation. The side effects were far too severe.
As for becoming a demon and being able to compete for the Evil Saint King's position, that held no appeal for Mu Ningwei either.
Once Mu Ningwei's cultivation rose high enough, he could condense something like a Divine Fruit Position with only a little time and effort.
Mo Fan was astonished as he carefully accepted the Blood Droplet. "Thank you, Captain Mu."
Mu Ningwei pointed toward the grass to the east. "There's a mage there looking for you. His name is Zhan Kong."
"Boss Zhan Kong? Captain Mu, then I'm heading over."
Mo Fan ran over and saw Zhan Kong tied up in the grass by dark threads, lying miserably on the ground.
Their eyes met.
"Pfft, hahahahaha! Boss Zhan Kong, what happened to you?"
"Mo Fan, if you keep laughing, I'll kill you!"
Feeling the dark threads disappear, Zhan Kong climbed to his feet and glanced warily at Mu Ningwei.
When he learned that Lu Nian was going to make a move against Mo Fan, he hurriedly spread his Wings of Wind and flew over to protect him.
Yet the moment he saw them, he was bound by threads that suddenly appeared, crashing miserably to the ground and getting a mouthful of dirt.
Zhan Kong gloomily dusted himself off. "You brat, are you alright? Didn't you run into Lu Nian... Who is that terrifying young man?"
"Lu Nian is already dead..."
Mo Fan explained.
After daybreak, Mu Ningxue and the others continued carrying out the surveying mission.
Jiang Yi behaved like a voice-controlled puppet, following Mu Ningwei's orders and helping Mu Ningxue's group fight. Her fully cultivated intermediate-tier strength greatly improved their efficiency.
Mu Ningwei had left something in her shadow, so he was not worried about her causing trouble at all.
"Let's see what I gained."
"A batch of magic equipment, probably worth thirty to forty million. Dozens of mage souls, and one Commander-level soul essence."
Mu Ningwei pulled the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon's soul from the Dark Cross and placed it into his shadow.
It was like dyeing cloth. Mu Ningwei's shadow was a black dye vat, and as his hand rose and fell, the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon's soul essence gradually turned black.
In truth, this process continuously branded Shadow Element magic energy into the soul essence.
A moment later, the magic energy of his first-level high-tier Shadow Element Nebula was exhausted, and the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon's soul essence had turned a faint black.
"It's about 30% complete."
Mu Ningwei stuffed the soul essence back into the cross and cast a Blessing Magic spell on himself to rapidly restore his magic energy.
Once his magic energy recovered, repeating the process a few more times would yield a loyal Commander-level Shadow Pseudo Dragon.
Mu Ningwei had once used this method to cultivate more than ten Commander-level shadow servants, raising them beside Ash Riya's Saintess Hall instead of bringing them back home.
After all, Commander-level shadow servants sounded powerful, but they were actually nothing special.
Any demon beast below Great Commander or Advancing Tier Commander level could be instantly killed with a wave of Mu Ningwei's hand. What use were they?
If he did not exile them to the Shadow Plane and kept them by his side, he would also need to feed them souls regularly.
What a bother.
Mu Ningwei stretched lazily and basked in the sun.
His Light Element had reached full high-tier cultivation. Once he returned, he could consider breaking through to super-tier!
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