Dominator

As the two men buried the corpses, they inhaled a certain amount of pathogens. There were not many, but under Wang Yuan's stimulation, the pathogens inside them rapidly multiplied and even underwent some mutations.

"Still not enough." Wang Yuan floated beside the two men. His Soul Body was still incomplete, and his control over the pathogens could only be described as weak. If his control were strong enough, he could make the pathogens cause these humans to mutate like the crows, then completely dominate them.

"Slowly. Success can't be achieved in one step." Wang Yuan moved beside one of them. Due to the pathogens' interference, the White Qi around the man's body had become extremely weak. As Wang Yuan approached, the White Qi canceled each other out, and his Perception Field spread into the man's body.

After being nourished by the crows for so many days, along with the generous gift from that man earlier, Wang Yuan's Perception Field had gradually strengthened as his Soul Body was restored. It could now extend about six meters through the air and penetrate roughly three centimeters into a human body—of course, that was without the protection of White Qi.

The temples were the weakest part of the skull. Wang Yuan's Interference Force entered the man's head along with his Perception Field. The man suddenly died in his sleep from brain damage. Because he had died in his sleep, a large amount of White Qi emerged from him.

Wang Yuan hesitated for a moment before absorbing the White Qi. As a great amount of White Qi wrapped around his body, a sense of reassurance arose within him. At the same time, a cool breath carrying the man's memories entered Wang Yuan's body.

After receiving the man's memories, Wang Yuan stood quietly and slowly digested them, trying to reject the unimportant memories. Sure enough, this man's memories and emotions were much easier to absorb.

The man's main emotion was confusion. There was no resentment or anything of the sort. With the experience and mental preparation from the first time, Wang Yuan was not so easily affected by those emotions either.

"Continue!" Feeling his Soul Body repair itself somewhat, Wang Yuan moved to the other person infected with pathogens. His slightly stronger Interference Force entered the man's head once more.

"This feeling..." Wang Yuan suddenly stopped and did not immediately kill him.

Perhaps because his Soul Body had been restored, Wang Yuan vaguely sensed the other's consciousness. It was similar to a crow's consciousness, but far stronger. Unlike the crows that had completely submitted to him, Wang Yuan could not dominate this person. At most, he could send messages.

Wang Yuan tried sending some words over. The sleeping man's brows furrowed, and he shifted restlessly, proving that Wang Yuan's messages had an effect.

"Very good. This will make it even easier to dominate them." Wang Yuan thought, then killed him without mercy. Absorbing his White Qi and cool breath, Wang Yuan's Soul Body was restored a little more.

At dawn, when the Night Watchers from the latter half of the night came to wake everyone, they discovered that the two men were dead.

Standing before the two corpses, the others all looked frightened and uneasy. Including the earlier one, three people had died already. If one more person died from this eight-man hunting party, more than half of them would be gone.

"What was the cause of death?" Dax asked grimly. Their village's hunting party had not suffered such casualties in over a decade. The last time something like this had happened was when he had first joined the hunting party. Back then, the hunting team had ventured deep into the wilderness for prey and encountered a Takri. They had only escaped by abandoning the corpses of four companions.

"It was... an epidemic, or poison?" One man covered his nose and lifted the two men's clothes with a handkerchief. Their skin was covered in black specks. After hesitating, he took out a dagger and cut open a small patch of skin. Blood like black-red jelly slowly oozed out.

At that moment, a huge crow flew overhead, letting out a deathly cry. The few people present felt a chill run through their entire bodies.

"Could it really be that Negary has set His sights on us? Disease and misfortune!" someone said with an ugly expression, then hurriedly covered his mouth and nose and moved far away.

"They were the ones who dealt with Naike after he was pecked to death by the crows yesterday, and now they have died from an epidemic too. It must be Negary. He must have set His sights on us..."

"Enough!" Dax loudly cut the man off. "We leave immediately and continue hunting elsewhere. Until we're sure whether we've been infected with an epidemic, we cannot return to the village."

Looking at the panicked team, Dax sighed. If only one person had died, he could have used his prestige to suppress the panic within the group. But now two more had suddenly died of disease, and everyone's thoughts had been led toward Negary.

Their faith in these gods was shallow, but because this culture touched every aspect of their lives, they could claim not to believe, yet when something like this truly happened, it was difficult for anyone to deny it.

"Very good. The ideal state has initially been achieved." Wang Yuan floated not far from them, observing their reactions. Their nerves were now extremely sensitive and fragile. The only reason they still appeared normal was the false sense of security Dax gave them.

"As long as I crush this leader, repeated blows will make them collapse completely." That was also why Wang Yuan had not killed the bearded Dax during the night. What made people break down completely was not a single blow, but blow after blow—giving them hope, then destroying that hope.

"At that point, they will be completely dominated by me, just like my crows." Wang Yuan's thoughts flickered as he immersed himself in the pleasure of dominating others. It was precisely this pleasure that made him understand that he wanted to become stronger, so he could dominate more things rather than be dominated by them.

"It is because I was weak that I was dominated, that I ended up in this state. I must keep becoming stronger and dominate more things. Only then can I avoid being dominated again!!!"

Wang Yuan watched the sun gradually rise. Without hesitating for long, he decided to press his advantage. If he gave them time to recover, they might see through Wang Yuan's weak nature. If that happened, it would become extremely difficult for him to crush them completely.

The White Qi rapidly melted away under the sunlight, but Wang Yuan did not care much. After absorbing the White Qi of the two dead men, he could already endure sunlight for quite some time.

He could no longer wait. Once he killed Dax, he could take control of this team. With the team's help, he could further take control of their village. By then, with many humans helping him, they could provide sacrifices and an endless supply of White Qi. They could also raise crows, create more Mutated Crows, and dominate even more things!