Using the power of his Spirit as the source, a complex Divine Charm Sigil appeared in Lu Ye's eyes.
Using their gazes as the starting point, the Divine Charm Sigil's power began to blossom, attacking the insectoid's low Spirit Intelligence and planting a brand in its mind.
The fox demon could enslave the giant arachnid with a single glance because of her innate talent.
Lu Ye was far from being able to do that, but under the impact of the Divine Charm Sigil, the spider insectoid's mind instantly fell into disarray. It froze on the spot, its raised limbs unable to fall down immediately.
Lu Ye had a very strange feeling at this moment …
Although he had already understood the various aspects of the Divine Charm Sigil from the enormous amount of information contained in the Talent Tree's leaf, this was his first time using it.
He could feel the resistance and struggle in the spider insectoid's mind. It was as if the consciousness of a human and an insectoid had entered an invisible battlefield at this moment and were fighting against each other.
In this state, whether it was him or the spider insectoid, their control over their bodies was greatly reduced.
Lu Ye was secretly glad that he had chosen an insectoid that was alone. Otherwise, if other insectoids attacked him in this situation, he might not have had time to react.
At the same time, he became somewhat vigilant.
The Divine Charm Sigil was strange and unpredictable, but when using it, one had to ensure one's own safety. One had to ensure that one's body would not be disturbed by external forces or have helpers by one's side.
Insectoids generally had low Spirit Intelligence.
If Lu Ye used the Divine Charm Sigil against a cultivator of the same level as him, it would at most cause their minds to tremble. However, it was a real killing weapon against insectoids.
The spider insectoid's struggle and resistance lasted for less than five breaths before its mental defenses were completely broken. The power of the Divine Charm Sigil continued to be used, planting a brand in its mind.
The feeling of exhaustion and weakness swept over him again, making Lu Ye's eyelids feel heavy. The Divine Charm Sigil consumed much more Spirit Strength than the Sharp Spirit Sigil!
He panted lightly and looked up at the spider insectoid in front of him.
The insectoid had already lowered its forelimbs. Even if Lu Ye was standing in front of it, it showed no hostility.
Lu Ye could clearly sense the imprint on the arachnid's body, and through it, he could even give the arachnid some simple orders.
Under Lu Ye's control, the Arachnids began to move.
After trying for a while, Lu Ye had a plan in mind.
Although he could now give some orders to the Arachnid Zerg, and the Arachnid Zerg would not resist because of the imprint, the Arachnid Zerg's intelligence was still lacking, so its execution was not very precise. For example, it would never be able to do something like standing on one leg.
However, Lu Ye was already very satisfied.
With an insectoid like this, he would be in a much safer situation.
He flipped over and jumped onto the back of the Spider Insectoid. Activating the Concealment and Aura Restraining Spirit Inscriptions, his figure disappeared. Then, under Lu Ye's control, the Spider Insectoid crawled quickly in a direction.
Not long after, the spider insectoids entered an area where a dozen insectoids were scattered. Observing the strength of these insectoids, Lu Ye controlled the spider insectoids to approach the strongest insectoid.
This insectoid was not inferior to the Spider Insectoid in size. Judging from its aura alone, their strength should be similar.
The insectoid was not prepared for the Spider Insectoid's approach, so when the Spider Insectoid suddenly attacked, this insectoid did not react at all.
The Spider Insectoid's fighting style surprised Lu Ye. He ordered his temporary mount to kill the insectoid. As for how to kill, it all depended on the Spider Insectoid's performance.
A ball of spider web suddenly sprayed out from the Spider Insectoid's mouth, enveloping the enemy. Then, the Spider Insectoid rushed forward, raised its two forelimbs high, and slammed them down heavily, constantly poking holes in the insectoid's body. Green blood flowed out, and the insectoid hissed after being injured. The insectoid wanted to resist, but under the spider web, there was no room for resistance.
After struggling for a moment, it fell into a pool of blood, and its vitality dissipated.
From beginning to end, Lu Ye just sat on the spider's back and watched the show.
A golden light floated out from the dead insectoid's body and landed on the back of Lu Ye's hand.
He couldn't help but be happy.
The reason why he didn't help just now was because he didn't need it, and also because he wanted to do a test to see if he could get a merit after killing the insectoid if he didn't help.
It turned out that he could get it.
Strictly speaking, Lu Ye was now equivalent to a Beast Tamer School cultivator, and the Spider Insectoid was his monster beast.
For a Beast Tamer School cultivator, controlling a monster beast to kill an enemy was equivalent to displaying one's own ability, so it was inevitable that he could get a merit.
Although the battle that broke out here was short and rushed, it attracted the attention of the other insectoids. However, most of the insectoids just looked up. Although they wondered why their companions would kill each other, they didn't think too much.
It wasn't until the Spider Insectoid killed another insectoid that the rest of the insectoids realized that something was wrong.
Although they didn't have high intelligence and acted based on instinct, they could at least perceive the danger.
From their point of view, their companion must have gone crazy. Although they didn't know why it attacked its companion, if they didn't stop it, everyone would die.
Therefore, after the Spider Insectoid killed the second insectoid, the other insectoids in the surroundings gathered.
On the Spider Insectoid's back, Lu Ye couldn't sit still anymore.
When he saw that the other insectoids didn't react to his temporary mount killing an insectoid, he thought that he could enjoy the fruits of his labor and let his temporary mount kill all the insectoids in this area.
But now, it seemed that he had been too optimistic.
Lu Ye revealed himself and unsheathed his Mountain Pan Saber. As he charged out, he gave the Spider Insectoid a simple order: kill them all!
In order to save the power of his spirit, Lu Ye didn't activate his divine patterns this time. However, the strongest insectoid in this area was already dead, and most of the remaining insectoids were only equivalent to the Cloud River Tier. For the current Lu Ye, killing them wasn't difficult.
After a short while, the battle subsided.
Lu Ye flashed back to the Spider Insectoid's back and sat upright, concealing himself.
Rustling sounds could be heard. The nearby insectoids had sensed the commotion and were drawn over to investigate the situation.
However, all they could see was a ground littered with insectoid corpses, and a lone Spider Insectoid standing on the battlefield.
With their low intelligence, the insectoids couldn't imagine that this Spider Insectoid had been enslaved and turned traitor. Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, the noisy scene slowly quieted down, and the insectoids began to eat the corpses of their fellow insectoids.
At this time, the Spider Insectoid had already left the battlefield under Lu Ye's control.
He wasn't in a hurry to obtain more battle merits. As the saying went, sharpening the axe wouldn't delay the work of cutting wood. He only had one insectoid under his command now. If he could obtain a few more, the efficiency of obtaining battle merits would be higher, and the margin for error would be greater.
At that time, he could move in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion while killing insectoids.
Lu Ye wasn't sure how many insectoids he could enslave with the strength of his spirit, but he could sense that there was a limit to this.
This was because after enslaving the Spider Insectoid, there was an inexplicable burden on his spirit. The strength of this burden was directly related to the strength of the enslaved insectoid.
In other words, the stronger the insectoid, the fewer of them he could enslave.
This was expected. Back then, in the Fox Immortal Valley, the number of cultivators that the fox demon could enslave was limited. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to find trouble with the Giant Berserk Ape every once in a while.
If she could enslave them indefinitely, she could have continued to accumulate the strength of her subordinates until the Giant Berserk Ape couldn't compete with her. Then, she could have taken revenge.
The fox demon could enslave nearly a hundred cultivators because of her talent. Lu Ye knew that he couldn't do that. As for how many he could enslave, he would have to slowly experiment.
In the Immortal Essence City, most of the insectoids moved in groups. There were very few insectoids that were alone, and those that could meet Lu Ye's requirements were even fewer.
Moreover, these insectoids were basically fixed in a certain area. Unless they were chasing an enemy, they would rarely leave the area where they were chasing after their enemy.
The Spider Insectoid that was enslaved by Lu Ye was undoubtedly an anomaly. It crawled through the streets alone.
Fortunately, this loneliness didn't last for too long. After only half an hour, it had an additional companion by its side.
It was an insectoid that had an extremely keen sense of smell and looked like a hound. Although this hound insectoid was much smaller than the Spider Insectoid, its strength wasn't weak at all.
When Lu Ye enslaved the Spider Insectoid, he more or less took some risks. However, enslaving this hound insectoid was much safer.
The spider web firmly bound the insectoid in place. Lu Ye only needed to appear and look into its eyes. Then, he activated the Divine Charm Mark and imprinted it in its mind.
Time passed, and the group continued to grow. After half a day, the Spider Insectoid had six more companions. Other than the hound insectoid at the beginning, the rest of the insectoids were all different. They were all ferocious.
During this period, they also experienced some battles, which allowed Lu Ye to gain a lot of battle merits.
Lu Ye felt that seven insectoids were already his limit. The burden on his mind was very heavy. He couldn't enslave any more. If he forced himself to stop, he was afraid that it would cause damage to his soul.
Casting the Divine Charm Sigil consumed a lot of his Spiritual Energy. While he was enslaving these insects, he had to consume two drops of Soul Cleansing Water to replenish his Spiritual Energy.
Although it was painful, it was worth it for his plan. Even if he couldn't enter the City Lord's Mansion to obtain more Soul Cleansing Water, the battle merits he obtained from killing these insectoids were enough to make up for his loss.
Now that the insectoid team was formed, it was time to move on to the next step.
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