After subduing Fan Gao, Luo Feng had the servants in his palace dealt with as well, lest word get out.
Inside Star Tower, Fan Gao was held in the same Sealing Space. This time, he could not move at all. He could only speak.
Luo Feng appeared with Morosa and Tablo.
"Congratulations, Master! Another servant!" Tablo said from the depths of his soul.
"Iron Fan Prince Fan Gao." Luo Feng smiled at the utterly immobilized Fan Gao.
"Human, do you know who I am?" Fan Gao stared at Luo Feng with cold arrogance. "I'm a member of the Songlin Kingdom's royal family. More importantly, I'm a disciple of the kingdom's state preceptor, the Chain King. You've heard of the Chain God King, haven't you? He's my teacher. Are you sure you still dare to touch me? If you do, my teacher will kill you!"
Fan Gao's face was full of pride, his gaze openly defiant.
"The Chain King of Songlin Kingdom?" Luo Feng searched his memories of the Duandong River Lineage. They mentioned the God King kingdom of Songlin, but no expert called the Chain King.
"What? Afraid now?" Fan Gao smiled. "Release me, and I'll let everything go. But if you do anything to me, my teacher will find you. Then not just you, but everyone connected to you will die!"
Fan Gao glared at Luo Feng. He knew he had to act tougher if he wanted Luo Feng to fear him and let him go. Once he was out, he would find a way to make this human pay.
"Think carefully. A God King has plenty of ways to investigate," Fan Gao added when Luo Feng remained silent.
"Do you know who I am?" Luo Feng grinned at him. "The Chain King is nothing before my teacher. Why would I fear him? Besides, if I kill you or enslave you, who'll know I did it? God Kings aren't quite as all-powerful as you claim, are they?"
Of course, Luo Feng had no idea whether the Shadow God King or the Chain King was stronger. He had made that up on the spot.
But it was enough to rattle Fan Gao.
"Human, you really mean to do it?" Fan Gao demanded, anger and panic rising in his voice.
"You can die or submit to me. Choose." Luo Feng looked at him impassively. He could tell Fan Gao feared death.
"You!" Fan Gao panicked completely.
He had a promising future ahead of him. Of course he feared death, but he did not want to become a servant either.
"You have until the count of three. Tell me your answer. One... two..." Luo Feng began to count, his expression cold.
As a God King's disciple, Fan Gao truly was a threat that could come back to haunt him. Luo Feng had settled on two options: let Morosa eat him, or enslave him. Which one it would be depended on Fan Gao.
"I'll submit!" Fan Gao gritted his teeth. Enslavement frightened him less than death.
"Good." Luo Feng smiled. "To ensure your loyalty, I'll place a Soul Seal on you. Don't resist, or you may not like what happens."
"I have no choice. I won't resist." Fan Gao sounded bitter.
Two threads of soul energy flashed from Luo Feng's eyes. They wove through the air, forming a triangular tower with the ancient Origin Continent character for "slave" inside it. Once the pattern was complete, Luo Feng willed it toward Fan Gao. It entered through one of his heads and fused seamlessly with the deepest part of his soul.
Done. Luo Feng felt their souls connect.
"Master!" Fan Gao spoke from the depths of his soul. His respect for Luo Feng was absolute. He had submitted completely.
"Hahaha! Good. From now on, you'll be one of my strongest supporters, Fan Gao." Luo Feng laughed, then summoned Kadir and Kakelong into the Sealing Space.
It was time to equip his team.
Subduing Fan Gao had given Luo Feng a full nine Supreme Treasures.
Three were Domain-type Supreme Treasures: the Golden Void Seal, the White Water River, and the Ice Prison Fire. There was also the Golden Spirit Wing, a Mechanical Flow Winged Supreme Treasure for escaping; the Gilded Palace, a Palace-type Supreme Treasure; the Tree God Armor; the Void-Slaying Blade, a set of sword-type Supreme Treasures; the God-Sealing Stone, a Soul-type Supreme Treasure; and the Rainbow Light Sword, a Mechanical Flow offensive Supreme Treasure.
Every one of them was a Saint-level Supreme Treasure. Fan Gao had carried nearly a complete set. He was a walking treasury.
With these treasures distributed among the team, their overall strength would rise another level. They might even be able to contend with a Seven-Source Saint Realm expert.
Fan Gao kept the God-Sealing Stone, the Golden Void Seal, the Void-Slaying Blade, and the Tree God Armor.
The Golden Spirit Wing went to Morosa. He could reshape his divine power at will, so he could use Mechanical Flow Treasures. The wing would make him faster still.
Tablo received the Ice Prison Fire. With a Saint-level Domain-type Supreme Treasure to support him, his strength would rise another level.
Kadir received the White Water River.
Kakelong received the Rainbow Light Sword.
Luo Feng kept the Gilded Palace. He could use it in place of Star Tower for the time being, reducing the risk of exposing it.
All these treasures had come from Fan Gao, but as a Soul Slave, he had no objection to Luo Feng's distribution. Leaving him four was already a measure of consideration. Besides, Tablo, the strongest of them, lacked only a Domain-type and a palace-type Supreme Treasure. He had nearly everything else he needed, so the Ice Prison Fire was enough for him.
Looking at his newly equipped team of servants, Luo Feng felt a surge of ambition.
"Back then, Jin of Jin Kingdom created the Three Star Realm enslavement technique and gathered a team of servants. Now I have a Saint Realm team of my own, and mine is every bit as good." Luo Feng nodded in satisfaction. With this team, he had reason to feel confident even if he ventured into the heart of the Floating Sand Sea.
Subduing Fan Gao had brought substantial gains. The team had gained a member, and its overall strength had risen again.
Those Supreme Treasures were only part of Fan Gao's wealth. He also had a vast pile of precious materials. By Luo Feng's preliminary estimate, they were worth roughly a million Qiankun Units—as much as Tablo, Tuo Zezi, and Kadir's possessions combined. Fan Gao was astonishingly rich.
Added to the materials Luo Feng had taken from Tuo Zezi, Tablo, and the Kadir brothers, that brought his total to over two million Qiankun Units.
According to Morosa, around a hundred thousand Qiankun Units would let him nurture a warrior equivalent to a High-tier First Source Saint Realm expert. Three hundred and fifty thousand would produce a High-tier Second Source Saint-level Warrior, while a High-tier Four-Origin Saint Realm warrior would require roughly a million.
With two million Qiankun Units of materials, Morosa could nurture a single Saint-level Warrior equivalent to the Mid-tier Sixth Source, provided he spent a little more of his own Origin.
Luo Feng did not hesitate. He decided on a Mid-tier Sixth Source warrior.
One such warrior would probably be more useful than two High-tier Fourth Source warriors. With Tablo and Fan Gao already at his side, Luo Feng had no shortage of Four-Origin Saint Realm fighters. What he needed most was someone at the Mid-tier Sixth Source.
Tie Nanhe was only at the Mid-tier Third Source, yet he could keep up a fight against Kakelong at the Early-tier Fourth Source and even withstand a Mid-tier Fourth Source self-detonation without harm. How terrifying would a Mid-tier Sixth Source warrior be? Even a Seven-Source Saint Realm expert might find one troublesome.
Morosa's full strength was no less than that of a Sixth Source Saint Realm expert. Tablo was at the High-tier Fifth Source, Fan Gao at the High-tier Fourth Source, the Kadir brothers at the Early-tier Fourth Source, and Tie Nanhe was equivalent to the Mid-tier Third Source. Add a Mid-tier Sixth Source World Beast Warrior, and Luo Feng's team could move freely anywhere outside the core region.
"Now I just have to wait for Morosa to finish nurturing it." Luo Feng looked forward to it.
Nurturing Tie Nanhe had taken about a year. A Mid-tier Sixth Source warrior would likely take eight to ten years.
Ten years would pass in a blink.
With so many Saint Realm servants, Luo Feng had excellent sparring partners for the decade ahead. He had no need to seek out opponents for training.
During that time, he focused on refining his Blade Technique through bouts with Tablo and Fan Gao.
Tablo used a spear, while Fan Gao used a sword.
Tablo held the advantage in cultivation, but his technique was less refined than Fan Gao's. With a God King for a teacher, Fan Gao's swordsmanship was naturally more sophisticated. Even so, either of them was more than a match for Luo Feng, who was still only an Eternal True God.
Even without using their Origin Mysteries, Tablo and Fan Gao could overwhelm him with moves based solely on the Chaos Law.
Luo Feng reviewed each bout and learned from it, making decent progress with his Blade Technique. But neither Tablo nor Fan Gao could help him much with his comprehension of the Laws, however much they wanted to. All they could do was spar with him again and again using moves based on the Fusion Law.
More than ten years slipped by.
After ten years and two months, Luo Feng's second World Beast Warrior was finally born.
Inside Star Tower, Luo Feng faced a bald warrior with a human form. Two pointed horns rose from his bare scalp, but his build was otherwise human. Even his limbs, skin tone, and face looked much like a human's, unlike Tie Nanhe's Black Scale Armor.
"A Saint-level Warrior with strength equivalent to the Mid-tier Sixth Source. He looks perfect." Luo Feng studied the warrior before him and nodded in satisfaction. By human standards, the warrior was handsome.
"Master, by your system of cultivation, Saint-level Warriors above the Fifth-Origin differ greatly from those below it," Morosa explained. "They excel not only in close combat but also in Soul Attacks. Their destructive power is far more complete."
"Oh?" Luo Feng's eyes lit up. "Then I'll make every warrior in my future World Beast army Fifth-Origin or above."
The soul was the weakest point of nearly every living being. Luo Feng pictured an army skilled in Soul Attacks—thousands upon thousands of Saint Realm warriors striking at once. Even a God King Level expert might have to avoid that onslaught.
The longer Luo Feng looked at the bald warrior, the more pleased he became. "Those two million Qiankun Units were well spent. With him along, the rest of our journey through the Floating Sand Sea will be much easier..."