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Why had Er Dongsheng chosen to lie low for a year instead of attacking the Sea Folk at once?
One reason was that the Northern Frontier had not yet been fully absorbed. Advancing too quickly would do more harm than good.
Of course, that was only a minor reason. The bigger reason was...
"Phew."
"I've finally finished adjusting. This body and my soul are completely in sync!"
As it turned out, he had spent the year merging with his Third Clone. The process was necessary. Though he had built the body himself, it was not his original demonic body, so its connection with his soul was bound to have a slight flaw.
Adjusting it and merging with it again had been essential!
Fortunately, the process went smoothly. With the help of the extraordinary Taboo Clock and the Magic Network, Er Dongsheng had gained virtually complete control over the mysterious body without much effort.
He had also discovered all sorts of interesting things about it.
For instance, the body was remarkably attuned to the space around it. It almost felt as though heaven and earth were its parents, as though nature itself had given birth to it here.
How could he put it?
The feeling resembled his fusion with Purgatory, which had allowed him to control the Material World of Luxi and Anqi.
For now, though, only his body seemed capable of merging with the surrounding world. His soul could not!
He could clearly sense an aura permeating some inexplicable layer of space. It was familiar to him, yet this body loathed it.
It seemed to be the Northern Frontier Will, the Source of Calamity the Blood Demon had