My Cheat Arrived After I Became Emperor
Chapter 22

The Loser Evolves: The Ultimate Loser!

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Lu Mingfei stared at himself in the mirror, his face alight with excitement. After he absorbed that drop of blood, his formerly brown irises had turned gold. The color had kept deepening until they were now dark gold.

"So damn handsome!"

Lu Mingfei exclaimed as he admired his eyes from every angle.

After a while, a question occurred to him: could he turn his Golden Eyes on and off at will?

"Change back!"

His Golden Eyes returned to their original brown. Delighted, Lu Mingfei called for them to change again, and his pupils turned gold. He repeated the trick several more times without tiring of it.

"Wait, is this thing voice-controlled?"

Then Lu Mingfei experimented a little more. It turned out he did not have to say anything aloud; thinking about it was enough...

"I might not be an eye-technique master with eyes that burn forever, but being the man behind one isn't bad either!" Lu Mingfei wore a shameless grin.

"When I use my Golden Eyes, it doesn't seem to cost me anything. In the original story, apart from Senior Brother, nobody else seemed able to keep theirs on all the time."

"Some people with weaker bloodlines don't even show Golden Eyes when they use a Word Spirit." Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up. He slapped his thigh. "Word Spirits!"

"I don't know what the Great Emperor did to that drop of blood, but if it could awaken my bloodline, maybe I'll get a Word Spirit of my own!"

The moment Lu Mingfei spoke of having a Word Spirit of his own, a flood of information appeared in his mind.

Lu Mingfei was stunned. He had only wanted one Word Spirit. He had never imagined he would get so many...

In the known Word Spirit Sequence, sequences 1 through 88 were ordinary Word Spirits, 89 through 101 were dangerous, 102 through 112 were high-risk, 112 and above were god-tier, and 113 and above were classified. Number 112, Rhine, was the only god-tier Word Spirit that was not classified.

Lu Mingfei had awakened 101 Word Spirits outright...

He could use every ordinary Word Spirit, along with his personal Word Spirit, Don't Die, and the Word Spirits Oracle and Emperor!

"What the hell? How do I have 101 Word Spirits..." Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded. "Wasn't I supposed to be the Black King? How can I use Oracle, the White King's exclusive Word Spirit...?"

Lu Mingfei: I, Lu Mingfei, am invincible!

After dropping that line in the group chat to show off, Lu Mingfei spent a while admiring himself in the mirror. Ah, so this is the world of the strong!

A little later, Lu Mingfei took stock of his condition and discovered a few problems.

He could not use Emperor or Oracle as regular moves. The original story only said that Emperor made the Black King's subjects feel as though their great sovereign were calling them. But if that were its only effect, it would hardly deserve to be the Black King's exclusive Word Spirit.

The same went for Oracle, which belonged exclusively to the White King.

Lu Mingfei could sense that, with his current bloodline, forcing himself to use either Word Spirit might end badly.

As for the ordinary Word Spirits, he figured he could only choose one to show in public. After all...

What normal hybrid could use eighty-eight damn Word Spirits?

He had heard of Word Spirits evolving, but never of someone using multiple Word Spirits, let alone an outrageous eighty-eight!

Only high-ranking pureblood dragons could fling Word Spirits around one after another. Lu Mingfei was a hybrid—well, on the surface, at least.

"What a pain. It's like wearing brocade on a night stroll," Lu Mingfei said as though troubled, but the grin creeping higher and higher across his face gave him away.

He summoned the chat panel and found that he had been tagged several times. For example:

Meng Chuan: Do you know people get beaten up for saying half of something and then running off? @Lu Mingfei

Meng Qi: Into the pig cage with you! @Lu Mingfei

Bibi Dong: Did he turn into a Deadpool?

Lu Mingfei: I'm here, I'm here! Esteemed big shots and little big shots, I have incredible news to share with you.

Meng Chuan: Don't tell me your bootlicking finally worked?

Meng Qi: I'm not a bootlicker. I'm devoted.

Lu Mingfei's face fell. How was he a bootlicker? He had not even started licking yet! No, wait—he was not planning to!

Lu Mingfei told everyone what had happened to him, then tagged Meng Chuan.

Lu Mingfei: Great Emperor, what's going on? @Meng Chuan

Meng Chuan: A Word Spirit is just a way of manipulating the energy of heaven and earth—what you call elemental power. I optimized and widened the channel connecting the Word Spirits inside you to the outside world.

Meng Chuan: That's why you can use more Word Spirits now.

Meng Chuan: If you fully regained your power, these Word Spirits would all be instinctive to you. I wouldn't have needed to optimize or widen that channel.

Meng Chuan: But right now, you're still in the hybrid category, so that channel still limits you.

Meng Qi: A hybrid who could hang the Dragon Kings up and beat them senseless. Smirk.JPG

Meng Chuan: As for those three exclusive Word Spirits, they're probably connected to the power sealed deep in your bloodline. I broke that seal.

Meng Chuan: You wouldn't understand how I did it even if I told you, so I won't. What matters is that you're not the same old loser anymore!

Lu Mingfei: Great Emperor, you're freaking awesome! (Voice cracks)

Bibi Dong: Great Emperor, you're freaking awesome! (Voice cracks)

Meng Chuan: Just standard procedure. No need to make a fuss. Everyone, sit down.

Lu Mingfei: But what should I do with all those Word Spirits?

Zhang Sanfeng: I think you should pick one to use.

Daigu Madoka: Use the Word Spirit you choose to show in public when other people are around. When you're alone, use whichever you like.

Daigu Madoka: I'll pass on some experience to you later. Don't worry, I know a thing or two about keeping secrets!

Lu Mingfei: Daigu...

Fei Peng: Your physical abilities should be pretty strong now too, aside from your Word Spirits, right?

Lu Mingfei: Yes.

Lu Mingfei: I feel like I could send a Great Emperor flying with one punch!

Yan Chixia: Little Lu, you still have time to retract that message.

System notice: Group member Lu Mingfei retracted a message.

Lu Mingfei: I feel like I could send a Little Meng flying with one punch!

Meng Chuan: I saw that.

Meng Qi: So did I.

Fei Peng: Then I suggest you learn some martial arts. The Group Store has a few that would suit you.

Fei Peng: From what I've seen, fights in the Dragon Race are mostly hand-to-hand anyway.

It dawned on Lu Mingfei. His body was indeed much stronger now. If he learned a few martial arts moves too, then he could be...

Wing Chun, Mingfei!

Lu Mingfei eagerly opened the Group Store, only to discover something tragic.

Lu Mingfei: Friends, I don't have a single point.

Lu Mingfei: Tears of poverty are streaming down my face.JPG

Daigu Madoka: Looks like Lu Mingfei is the poorest guy in the group now.

Daigu Madoka: @Zhang Sanfeng, don't you think so, Master?

Zhang Sanfeng: Whether that's true or not, Daigu, could you stop tagging me whenever this subject comes up?

Zhang Sanfeng felt a pang in his gut. He found himself missing the hero of light who had first joined the group.

Zhang Sanfeng: What kind of group are you people running? This group of yours is a terrible influence! @Meng Qi

Meng Qi: Master, you've got the wrong person. The group's real villain is over here. @Meng Chuan

Meng Chuan: Me? I'm tired.

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