"I thought it would be safer to advance slowly in the beginning, but now I understand." Lu Sheng slowly walked in front of the golden-haired woman.
"The weak compromise, fear, and avoid danger. That's why they advance in a crooked path. The strong, on the other hand, advance in a straight line, ignoring all obstacles. That's the most efficient way. "
“？？” The golden-haired woman could not hear Lu Sheng at all. Her injuries were severe. That simple attack had shattered more than eighty percent of her internal organs. Even the highest level of permanent self-healing could not heal her in a short period of time.
She was dying …
"What's your name?" Lu Sheng suddenly asked.
"Jolin … Jolin Auros …" the golden-haired woman answered subconsciously.
"Bam."
Lu Sheng grabbed her hair. He slowly lifted her up.
"Have you given up?" Lu Sheng smiled. "Since you don't want this body anymore, you can give it to me …"
He suddenly lowered his head and opened his huge dragon mouth. His scarlet lizard-like tongue suddenly shot out and burrowed into Jolin's mouth.
"Cough cough cough!!"
Jolin coughed loudly, but her mouth was clamped down by Lu Sheng. She could not close it. She felt something fleshy crawl down her throat and into her stomach.
"Alright." Lu Sheng released her. He let her fall to the ground.
Jolin coughed violently the moment she landed, trying to vomit out the thing in her stomach.
But it was useless. The thing was nailed to her stomach, and it quickly heated up. Soon, it melted into various warm currents that seeped into her body.
Soon, she felt that her damaged internal organs were recovering at a rapid rate.
Lu Sheng was satisfied as he sensed the changes in Jolin's body.
He had just sent a bit of flesh from his main body into Jolin's body. Then, he controlled his flesh to repair all the damaged internal organs in Jolin's body.
Jolin's body was now completely under his control. The flesh and cells of his main body were rapidly spreading through Jolin's body through her blood and lymph system.
If he wanted to, his main body could be completely reborn in Jolin's body.
However, because it was best for the soul to only control one body, he did not intend to do so.
There were indeed many cloning techniques, but because it was not easy to split one's soul, most of the cultivators who cultivated cloning either became mentally ill or had conflicts with themselves, resulting in a split personality.
Lu Sheng didn't want to cause so much trouble.
"What did you do to me!?" Jolin screamed as she bounced up and slashed at Lu Sheng's chest.
Bang!!
The giant sword stopped an inch away from Lu Sheng. An intense Sword Qi shot out from the blade, bypassing both sides of Lu Sheng and exploding on the cave wall behind him.
Jolin had stopped her sword on her own. Her body was no longer listening to her commands, and she could only stand there in a daze. Her entire body was stiff, and a strong sense of disgust and rejection made it impossible for her to continue swinging her sword at Lu Sheng.
"You …!!?"
"I've cured you. Now, you're mine …" Lu Sheng grinned, revealing his sharp dragon teeth.
However, in Jolin's eyes, this smile was like a demon's!
Lu Sheng turned around and looked at the other two elven Sorcerers who had already covered themselves with no less than five layers of magical shields.
"I'm lacking manpower here … You guys came at the right time …"
Subduing Jolin was only a small interlude. Lu Sheng did not restrict himself to using his main body's strength or this body's strength.
Over ten years was enough for him to analyze the laws of this world. Although his main body could not descend completely, it was enough for him to release half of his strength.
To these so-called Gold-level Sorcerers, half of Lu Sheng's main body's strength had already reached an unimaginably terrifying level.
Lu Sheng walked over slowly and flicked his finger.
Two bullet-like chunks of flesh instantly sank into the necks of the two elven Sorcerers and melted into their bodies.
"Alright, I'm lacking a few subordinates to help me with the trade." Lu Sheng was very satisfied with these capable subordinates who had come to him.
If not for the fact that he had to control them, he would not have used his main body's flesh.
It should be known that even earlier, he had only used this body to fight with the Instant Destruction Fist Art.
However, his combat tier was too high. Even with a young dragon's body and the hundreds of different spells he had mastered, he could unleash terrifying might.
The spells that he released in bulk were ineffective against Jolin if they were scattered. However, what if he concentrated all the spells into an extremely small area?
That was what Lu Sheng had done. His kick earlier was the terrifying might that came from unleashing many spells in an instant.
After subduing Jolin and the other two, Lu Sheng had a few more subordinates he could order around.
He tossed the two Sorcerers aside to create spell scrolls to earn money. Jolin was in charge of the dragon cave's general operations. Lu Sheng was freed up.
The transformation of the Lizardmen was very smooth. He only used three times the spirit-prompting threads to create over 300 extremely loyal lizardmen.
The lizardmen formed a tribe and began to learn the teaching fist art that Lu Sheng taught them.
As Lu Sheng cultivated, he compiled the fist art and combat skills he had learned into a set of special skills for the lizardmen.
Then, he strengthened and modified the lizardmen's scales. After spending an additional 1,000 spirit-prompting threads, in just half a year, Lu Sheng obtained an army of lizardmen warriors with relatively good magic resistance.
First-rank spells were almost useless against the lizardmen army. Even the most valiant Warriors and Knights would fall into a disadvantageous position if they were to face them head-on because they were unable to adapt to their combat techniques.
With this army, Lu Sheng began to kidnap some of the high-ranked Sorcerers in the surroundings. Under his coercion, all Sorcerers who were third-rank and above joined the lizardmen's protection formation.
They became members of Lu Sheng's spell scroll production team.
To unify and increase their cohesiveness, Lu Sheng gathered all the factions together and formed a group. He named it the Devil's Shadow.
As time went by, the Devil's Shadow's influence snowballed. Many high-ranked experts were secretly visited by the Devil's Shadow. They joined the organization either actively or passively. Spell scrolls were no longer the Devil's Shadow's main business.
They began to expand their reach into mines and various gray industries. All merchant groups that entered and exited their territory had to pay a checkpoint fee.
In the beginning, the Arcane Paladin Jolin was not very willing. She was only forced to do things reluctantly.
However, due to an accident, after she completed a rescue mission, Lu Sheng bestowed her with a spirit-prompting thread.
Her life force instantly doubled. From then on, her combat abilities improved rapidly. In just two short years, she had expanded the Devil's Shadow organization's strength by more than three times.
In order to obtain a second bestowment from Lu Sheng, Jolin even unleashed her business talents. She established a large-scale market called Sand Shadow. She ensured that all merchant groups and merchants who came to trade would receive absolute fairness and order.
Just like that, in just five years, the Devil's Shadow grew from an ordinary small organization into a colossus that spanned half a province.
The core members were known as the Undying Ones. It was not because they were dead souls. It was because the five experts at the core of the Devil's Shadow were monsters that could not be killed.
The only thing Lu Sheng had to do behind the scenes was to bestow spirit-prompting threads to those who performed meritorious deeds. The power of the spirit-prompting threads was pure life force. When combined with the flesh and blood he implanted into the five people's bodies, he created an Undying Body that was on par with the black membrane.
The difference was that the black membrane could be broken. However, this Undying Body could not be broken.
Unless a Void Underworld expert of the same rank as him completely destroyed the flesh and blood of his main body.
Meanwhile, Lu Sheng cultivated diligently in this secluded environment and kept on breaking through. Finally, when he was 30 years old, he broke through to Rank-10. He began advancing toward Rank-11.
His Sorcerer's Tower also officially started construction.
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Level City, north of Mulin Province.
In a coffee shop on the right side of the bustling street, Lu Sheng wore a black cloak. He sat in his seat and slowly drank his freshly ground black coffee.
The rich, unsweetened black coffee had a bitter taste that flowed slowly from the tip of his tongue into his throat. It was a rich aroma.
Since last year, Lu Sheng had been addicted to the black coffee in this little coffee shop.
He liked the thickness of the coffee, which was so thick that it was almost like mucus. When it entered his mouth, it was filled with a refreshing bitterness. This reminded him of the time when he had just arrived in this world. He had to cultivate arduously to survive.
Back then, he had to do everything he could to hide himself and search for items that could provide him Mental Energy. Compared to that time, his current life was much more blissful.
"Everyone has to go through tough times when they have to start from scratch …" Lu Sheng sighed with emotion.
"You're sighing again, sir," the young waitress teased with a smile.
"Yes … I'm getting old. I'm bound to experience all sorts of emotions." Lu Sheng nodded. Ever since he became a rank-10 Sorcerer, he learned the Permanent Transformation Art, one of the Five Ultimate Arts. He could permanently solidify his dragon body into a human form.
In truth, this was an art that any Other Tribe member could choose after reaching rank-10.
Naturally, it was the same for the other seven-colored dragons. However, compared to a human form, they preferred their dragon form the most. It was also their most powerful form.
Hence, it was rare for a seven-colored dragon to transform into a human.
However, Lu Sheng was different. He was a human to begin with. Now, he was merely returning to his original form.
Lu Sheng smiled warmly at the waitress. The girl was not pretty. In fact, she was slightly plump. However, she had a sweet smile that could lift the mood of anyone who saw her smile.
This was also the reason why the coffee shop's business was good.
Lu Sheng would come here almost every morning to have a cup of coffee. It was also to see this girl's perpetually happy smile. This would make him feel better.
After finishing his cup of bitter coffee, Lu Sheng ordered some pastries as usual.
However, the usually peaceful coffee shop seemed to be in a bit of a mess today.
A couple who were sitting about five or six seats away from Lu Sheng stood up abruptly and started arguing.
The two of them were arguing loudly. The white-haired man looked impatient. Although the girl with short golden hair was beautiful, she seemed to have a bad temper.
Their argument grew louder and louder. Suddenly, there was a loud crash. All the cups and utensils on the table were knocked to the ground and shattered.
The two of them paid for the damages and stormed out. Soon, they were nowhere to be seen.
The plump waitress and two other waitresses tried to persuade them, but to no avail. Instead, it was a girl with long golden hair in a white gown who appeared and managed to stop the couple's argument and let them leave.
Lu Sheng had been drinking coffee here for a year. This was his first time meeting the owner.
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