Kong Bo's basement now held several test subjects who had successfully used Mambo Alkaloid. One of them was the one Kong Bo had taken away: a Level 35 Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Soul Master. Soul Masters with bear Martial Souls were generally very robust, and the one standing before Kong Bo was no exception.
But after using Mambo Alkaloid, the muscles in the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Soul Master's arms had grown grotesquely huge, bulging in strange lumps. A number of tiny pinprick marks were faintly visible across them. His legs were also abnormally thick. This was a pathological piling up of muscle, not a sign of good health.
"Zandik, hurry up and kill me—but you probably can't! I'm a member of the Holy Spirit Cult. You might be able to beat me, but you probably can't beat the people from our Holy Spirit Cult. The elders of the Holy Spirit Cult will rescue me—but they probably can't rescue me. So let me ask you: what are you going to do to me?"
"What?" Qian Renxue was astonished by what the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Soul Master had said. Could a person really say something like that? Had something gone wrong with his brain?
"Big Sister Evil Emperor, give him a Seed of Mind, then send him to the Underground Soul Fighting Arena for a live combat test," Kong Bo said.
Not long afterward, Xu Tianran sent the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Soul Master to the Underground Soul Fighting Arena to test how he performed in combat. His opponent was an Evil Soul Master of the same level. The Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Soul Master Kong Bo had sent in hadn't been "extensively modified" by Kong Bo at all; his body had been strengthened entirely by Mambo Alkaloid. When the Soul Fighting match began, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Soul Master, under the Evil Emperor's control, used a Soul Skill to boost himself, then charged forward without hesitation and grappled with his opponent. The other Soul Master naturally attacked him as well. But the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Soul Master neither dodged nor evaded, relying entirely on his strengthened body to take the hits. Since he didn't need to defend himself, he had more chances to attack.
In the box, Kong Bo filmed the match with a camera, while chatting with Qian Renxue in his mind. "Mm, the results are excellent. He can go toe-to-toe with a Soul Master of the same level without using Soul Skills. He's about as strong as a modified Soul Master. Mm, that means Soul Masters who know how to use Soul Skills will become even stronger after using Mambo Alkaloid."
At this point, Qian Renxue didn't know who Kong Bo intended to sell the drug to. But she had watched the whole experiment, along with all the data collected afterward. Mambo Alkaloid really could make a Soul Master's muscles grow rapidly. It could indeed give close-combat Beast Martial Soul Soul Masters more attack power and defensive strength, but its side effects were severe. It could damage the brain, for instance, and impair various bodily functions.
"Kong Bo, if you're really going to sell this, I won't agree!" Qian Renxue said. "Even if I don't know how to conduct experiments, I can see that this drug causes far too much harm. Are you really going to sell it?"
Kong Bo shook his head. "Who said I'm going to sell it to the academies in the Sun Moon Empire? This Mambo Alkaloid, which boosts Soul Masters' strength, is obviously meant for Shrek, the three empires on Douluo Continent, and the Holy Spirit Cult. Those human-shaped animals of theirs don't need brains anyway, so the damage to their brains won't affect them. Besides, how much money could we make? As for the price... let's set it at 20 Gold Soul Coins. We still need to leave room for the middlemen to make their cut."
"20 Gold Soul Coins a dose? That's so expensive!" Qian Renxue was astonished. Ten Gold Soul Coins might seem like a small sum to her and Kong Bo, but this drug made from Mambo Alkaloid had to be injected every day, and in large quantities, to build muscle in a short time. The side effects of that muscle growth were also severe.
"Of course. Otherwise, how could I show off how special my drug is?" Kong Bo said. "As for marketing, mm... I think we'll do it this way. But before we go back, we should retrieve the test subject."
Kong Bo then pressed a button on the remote. The self-destruct array inside the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Soul Master activated, and the gravely injured Soul Master was burned to ashes in a blaze.
After returning home, Kong Bo sent the Evil Emperor to the imperial palace to deliver a message. "Your Majesty, I've been living very well in a bustling place like Ming Capital, so I'd like to start a business. I'd like to find some partners and go into business with Kong Deming and Legion Commander Xu. Since they're both high-ranking officials, I thought I should come here and inform Your Majesty."
When Xu Cong heard that the Evil Emperor wanted to go into business, he was very pleased. The Evil Emperor wanted to do business in Ming Capital, which meant that a Limit Douluo like him intended to live there permanently. From now on, the Evil Emperor would surely be a pillar of support for the Sun Moon Empire.
Xu Cong said to the Evil Emperor, "Your Excellency, you shouldn't have had to trouble yourself with a trip here over this. Go ahead and do whatever business you like. If you want to work with Tianyuan, I'll write him a letter. He can follow your instructions on business matters. As for Elder Kong, you can speak with him yourself."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After saying that, the Evil Emperor left to speak with Kong Deming and Xu Tianyuan separately. He also showed Xu Tianyuan Xu Cong's letter, and Xu Tianyuan followed the emperor's instructions. "Your Excellency, you have the final say on business matters. Just tell me what you need me to do—or what you need An Litong of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce to do."
The Evil Emperor then explained Kong Bo's plan. The plan was for the Offering Hall to pretend that it had suffered a leak, then have the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion send a few people to make a show of sealing the place off. That would create the impression that the Offering Hall's research had been leaked, allowing them to raise the value of Mambo Alkaloid through "hunger marketing."
Since Mambo Alkaloid was far too academic a name, Kong Bo gave the muscle-building injectable drug a catchy new name: "Libah."
Once the Evil Emperor explained the idea, Kong Deming and Xu Tianyuan knew how to proceed. The Evil Emperor then asked, "I've heard some merchants specialize in selling goods to the three countries on Douluo Continent. Do you know how to get in touch with them? You can see that this drug's price was designed specifically for them."
"Your Excellency, An Litong will know," Xu Tianyuan said. "If you want to speak with him, I'll summon him right away."
"Good. Once we've discussed the shares, Legion Commander Xu, An Litong, and I can work out how to sell the product to them," the Evil Emperor said. "I'd also like to start a company in the future. Legion Commander Xu, if you have any friends or relatives who might be interested, bring them in too."
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