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While Lin Wu was going through the records, Yun Bai was mediating.
He rarely even came to his clan and it was mostly once a year or when some problem occurred. Nothing unexpected had happened in the past few decades and thus he only did his normal annual visits.
While the cultivation environment of his clan and the peak where he lived at the sect were nearly the same, he still felt a lot better here. Thus, mediating here gave him a sense of calmness and helped him gather his thoughts.
There was a lot that had happened all at once in the last two months and he hadn't got the time to process it fast enough. But now he finally got the chance.
'The Frozen Cloud sect will be heading for a time of conflict soon enough. I doubt the earlier agreements will stand and if it really ends up in a full on battle, I will have to stand behind who I chose.' Yun Bai thought.
While he was more inclined towards Wang Xiong and the patriarch of the Frozen Cloud sect, he didn't know if he would get to do that.
"Hopefully they never invoke that clause or I would have to stand by and watch the sect burn…" Wang Xiong muttered to himself as he opened his eyes.
He looked at the rather unstable but talented beast that was sleeping near the pedestal.
'Never would have thought I would see such a mutated beast in my lifetime. Grandfather used to talk about his time in the Immortal realm and how there were peerless beasts that started their own sects or even ruled entire worlds.
Their talent was kinda similar to this, I guess. Even I myself cannot compare to this beast if I consider the age and the speed at which he has progressed.' Yun Bai wondered.
His eyes then moved past Tim and went to the massive beast standing a hundred meters away. Lin Wu's body was large enough that his head was still visible behind the large shelves.
'And then there's him… an enigma that I cannot estimate nor understand. Hopefully, my decision to join him is correct, and he allows us to leave the world…' Yun Bai thought as he let out a long sigh.
~HONG~
And just as he did that, the Ten Thousand Bloodline Pedestal in the center let out a humming sound. Runes appeared on top of it and it started to shine as well. The glassy stone that Yun Bai had pressed into the pedestal came back up and floated on top.
"It's done," Yun Bai said and stopped up.
~thud~
"Oops!" Lin Wu said as he turned back and accidentally touched a shelf.
It was about to tilt and fall, but he managed to stop it in time.
"Sorry about that." Lin Wu said and walked towards the pedestal. "So, it's done?" he asked.
"Seems like it." Yun Bai replied.
"Well, let's see what we find then." Lin Wu prompted.
Yun Bai nodded his head and went to touch the glassy stone.
~shua~
The stone let out a bright light and runes appeared in the air. Yun Bai pointed one hand towards Lin Wu and a streak of light went to Lin Wu while another one went to his own head.
~DING~
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DATA TRANSMISSION INTERCEPTED: Accept- Y/N?
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"Go ahead," Lin Wu permitted.
Lin Wu then felt a bunch of information appearing in his mind.
"Copper Hide Weasel… Magma Gar Beast… Sky Wing Wolf? Glitter Gold butterfly?!" Lin Wu saw through the memories.
By the end of it, he was left utterly confused.
"Huh… these bloodlines don't really make sense… excluding the first one, of course." Lin Wu spoke.
Yun Bai had a similar confused expression on his face and didn't know what to make of it.
"Seems like the pedestal truly didn't have the complete information about his bloodline and only pointed to the other bloodlines that were the closest to it. It could only recognize the Copper Hide Weasel bloodline accurately." Yun Bai stated.
"Mmmhmm… but even then… the three bloodlines have nothing to do with weasels." Lin Wu said.
"They might be linked through distant ancestry. We can't really assume much. The complexity of bloodlines is something that many fail to grasp despite being very high in cultivation." Yun Bai replied.
~Sigh~
"Well we were just trying anyway. At least we know that his bloodline is far complex and also strong in that aspect." Lin Wu commented.
"That's true. It being unable to be detected only means that the beasts' he has awakened bloodlines from are either very strong, such that the pedestal has no records, or he has mutated enough to make his own bloodline." Yun Bai stated.
Lin Wu nodded his head as this was in line with what the System had told before.
'The Myriad Obsidian Weasel Bloodline might truly be an original one.' He thought.
"Though…" Yun Bai suddenly spoke.
"Yes?" Lin Wu looked with an inquisitive gaze.
"Do you want to try out the Ten thousand bloodline pedestal?" Yun Bai asked curiously.
Yun Bai would be lying if he said that he was not interested in knowing more about Lin Wu and what kind of a beast he was. His aura could actually affect his own bloodline and made him feel alarmed when he fought with him.
This was enough to pull his full interest and desire to know more.
Lin Wu thought to himself for a bit before nodding his head.
"Might as well try. I wonder if this thing even has a record of my bloodline." Lin Wu said and went to stand in the circle.
"I'll activate it then." Yun Bai said and touched the glassy stone.
~SHUA~
The pedestal became active a gain and sent out three beams of light towards Lin Wu. But unlike before, it didn't stop there.
"Oh?" Lin Wu raised his brows.
After the first three lights, it kept on sending more and more lights for a grad total of ten lights.
"What is happening?" Yun Bai was confused too now.
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Yun Bai had no idea what was happening, as there was no such information in the pedestal about its operation. It should have only sent out three lights, according to what was mentioned.
Ten lights were unusual and certainly strange.
~SHING~
The glassy stone on top of the pedestal started to shine bright and a humming sound came from it. The white light that was coming from it started to change color and soon turned into a darker and darker shade.
From white it became red, then yellow, then orange and continued going down the color scale until it reached a blue color. But it didn't stop there either and finally turned entirely black.
The black light coming from the glassy stone was eerie, and Bai Yun felt very uncomfortable. It was at this point that a few words were heard. They were spoken in Dao Script but could be heard by both Lin Wu and Yun Bai.
"Forbidden… Beast… Guardian…"
~KABOOM~
It seemed like more words wanted to be spoken, but before that could happen the Glassy stone exploded into smithereens. The fragments of the stone directly combusted in the air, leaving behind no ashes, dissipating into smoke.
Yun Bai's jaw dropped while Lin Wu watched on awkwardly. Tim was alert and a bit startled by the explosion, watching it with wary eyes. It was evident that it would attack if it perceived anymore threat.
"Umm…" Lin Wu didn't know what to say here. "Seems like it broke?"
~step~step~step~
Yun Bai walked towards the damaged Ten thousand bloodline pedestal and watched with a complicated expression. A few seconds passed before he finally shook his head.
~Sigh~
"I was expecting too much." Yun Bai spoke.
"Are you okay with that being destroyed?" Lin Wu asked cautiously.
"It was very old and probably had damage we could not sense. It probably did not manage to maintain its integrity when trying to scan you. Perhaps doing a difficult scan like that on Tim was already too much for it." Yun Bai replied.
"Hmm… that might be it." Lin Wu replied, thinking that it was plausible.
Though he still decided to ask the system, since it did have the data about the Ten Thousand Bloodline Pedestal. After all, the system had already finished scanning the pedestal before.
"Why did the Ten Thousand Bloodline Pedestal break, system?" Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The Ten Thousand Bloodline Pedestal could not handle the host's hundreds of bloodlines and reached a critical error. It works by checking the potential bloodlines present in the body of a beast by comparing it with a database.
It has certain limits in which it could compare them, since it would eliminate certain bloodlines if some other contractive bloodline is present. It would do so, since those two bloodlines would have a 0% chance of co-existing.
But in the case of the Host, there is the raw bloodline data stored within him, which was still picked up by the pedestal. Since most of the data from that part was complete, the pedestal picked them up as fully functional bloodlines.
This resulted in a critical error and the explosion of the scanner crystal.
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'Huh… so I basically bricked its programming…' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Having understood this, Lin Wu reckoned that perhaps he should not have used the Ten Thousand Bloodline Pedestal.
'Well… no use crying of spilled milk… especially when you don't even own it.' Lin Wu thought and looked at Yun Bai, who seemed to have regained his composure.
"Though wait, what was that voice that spoke, system?" Lin Wu questioned.
He had clearly heard the three words and they were not something that gave a very positive vibe.
~DING~
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ANSWER: The Ten Thousand Bloodline Pedestal was malfunctioning and thus gave out a mixed result, which made it come to the conclusion that the host was a forbidden beast.
Any beast that does not conform to the natural laws is considered to be a forbidden beast according to the definition. While there are a lot more forbidden beasts, for the Ten Thousand Bloodline Pedestal, this is the inputted definition.
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"I see… so it was a dying beep that a computer gives…" Lin Wu spoke to the system and quickly checked the map to see if anything else had happened.
Thankfully other than a few random books falling, no damage had occurred to the archives.
"The Glassy Stone did explode and burn up far quicker than normal, which explains the lack of damage." Lin Mu spoke.
"Hmmm… don't know if I should say we were lucky or not." Yun Bai replied.
"Regardless of that, we are done here." Lin Wu stated.
Yun Bai nodded his head and the two of them moved towards the exit.
"Come on Tim, we're leaving." Lin Wu spoke, and the beast started to follow him again.
They quickly left the archives, and the doors of it closed behind them. Making their way to the main area of the Frost Fox Clan, they were met with the Frost Foxes.
"Are you leaving now, Patriarch?" the Eldest man questioned.
"I am," Yun Bai answered. "Our work is done here, and we'll be heading back to the Frozen Cloud sect."
"Ah, I see. Thank you for bringing Senior Lin Wu and allowing us to serve a guest for the first time in a long time." The man spoke.
"I enjoyed your food, too. It is really good and your skills are amazing." Lin Wu praised.
"I'm happy that senior feels this way. It just means our handwork in learning the cooking skills came to a use." The man replied in a grateful tone.
It was at this time a thought came to Lin Wu's mind.
"You know… if some of you want to leave this place for a bit and live somewhere else for a change of scenery, you are more than welcome to come to my forest. I have a place not smaller than this.." Lin Wu offered, greatly surprising all of the Frost Foxes.
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Lin Wu's offer had come abruptly and the Frost Foxes didn't know what to make of it. All they could do now was to look at their patriarch's face that was still as always.
"This… I don't know if we can do this senior. While we greatly appreciate it, we cannot make a decision in a short time." The man replied after thinking for a bit.
"No worries. If any of you feel like it, you can inform your patriarch and head on over to the Millennium forest. I'll know when you are near it and you will be safe." Lin Wu spoke.
"Alright, we'll think of it then." The man said and the other frost foxes started whispering amongst themselves.
For them, leaving the grotto was not an option, as they had never even comprehended doing that. While all of them had the dream of one day leaving this place and even the entire world so that they weren't suppressed anymore, they still hoped to walk out of the grotto just so that they could get rid of their boredom.
But the world would probably restrain them if they were outside, and they had a good chance of meeting misfortune. Humans would desire them if they encountered them and would probably look to capture them for many reasons.
Yun Bai didn't speak anything and looked at the expressions of his clansmen.
'~Sigh~ I'm useless that I was never able to let them wander around in the world like a normal beast. It is something natural to them and yet, they need to stay confined in here.' Yun Bai thought to himself as he secretly sighed.
No emotion could be perceived from his face as it was just calm and neither did Lin Wu sense anything. While Lin Wu knew of the restriction of the world on them, he also knew that it would vary differently for different individuals.
He also thought that the tomb would be able to prevent the world's restrains from affecting them if he managed to gain a bit more power and unlock the other capabilities of the Taiji Celestial's Tomb.
It was certainly not him wanting the Frost Foxes to be there so that they could cook for him…
With this little farewell completed, the three of them finally left the grotto and flew out into the sky.
"You don't mind them leaving, right?" Lin Wu questioned.
"If they are able to survive outside, I don't mind. But that is not an option currently. I would be the most happy person the day my clan is able to walk in the world freely. So if you can make that happen, it would be the best day of my life." Yun Bai answered.
"I see… once I'll get back to my place, I'll try to see if I can come up with something that can reduce or stop the influence of the world's restrictions." Lin Wu spoke.
"You can do that?" Yun Bai asked with raised brows.
"Well I can sure try. I do in fact know some methods, but most of them need resources we won't find on this world." Lin Wu replied, stunning the man.
Lin Wu had not lied about this answer. He actually did know about things that could prevent the world's restrictions, but those methods needed really strong and unique materials that would be hellish to find in this world.
Though Lin Wu was also hoping for the fact that the Taiji Celestial's tomb could help in some other way. There were a lot of encrypted features that he would only be able to access once he had sufficient cultivation base and the level for the system to make it work.
The three of them flew non-stop towards the Frozen Cloud sect and didn't meet any obstacles.
Lin Wu thought that it was a good time to ask Yun Bai about their next plans.
"So, what are we going to do after reaching the sect?" Lin Wu asked the man.
"From what I've heard from you and what happened to Wang Xiong and Ye Jin, the Frozen Cliff Division will have to suffer some punishment. And if their involvement in the attack is ever found out, even if they did not attack directly, it would still be a cause for doubt." Yun Bai replied.
"Hmm… I see. So the goal is to make use of this and gain as many liberties as possible." Lin Wu stated.
"Exactly. If things go as well as I hope they might go, we might not have to fight again like this by the time I'm done." Yun Bai replied.
"That will be a good outcome. Though if Wang Xiong needs help, I'll be there. It won't take me long to travel from the Millennium forest to the Frozen Cloud Sect now that I have a route ready." Lin Wu spoke.
Lin Wu had made the direct tunnel when he came here this time and thus it would allow him to travel far quicker.
"And just in case, I'll get rid of a few obstacles on the path that might arrive at the time of emergences." Lin Wu added.
"Oh? Obstacles?" Yun Bai asked.
"There are a few other beasts that might interfere when I pass by their territories. So it's best they don't exist." Lin Wu replied casually, as if he had not just sentenced thousands of beasts to death.
"Hmm... Alright." Yun Bai agreed, not really finding a fault with it.
"Though… keep an eye out for others from the Weiyuan chamber, I don't know if they have actual spies in the sect." Lin Wu warned.
Hearing this, the gaze of Yun Bai turned serious and he nodded.
"I will. I might as well take this opportunity that the Frozen Cliff Division has presented us to do a complete audit of the sect. It has been a century since the last one was done. It will help weed out any spies and other people who have their personal interests rather than the sects in their hearts.." Yun Bai said in a cold tone.
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Lin Wu and Yun Bai eventually reached the Frozen Cloud sect and stopped some distance away from it.
"Time for us to part, then. You can contact me if anything happens. Oh, and the communication jade slip should also work in the grotto now if you ever go back there." Lin Wu spoke.
The system had already figured out the formation array of the grotto enough that it could allow the communication between it and the outer world.
"Very well. I'll keep you informed." Yun Bai said before he flew towards the sect.
His figure disappeared after a certain distance and Lin Wu watched on for a minute.
"Let's hurry Tim. We have a couple of stops on our way to home as well." Lin Wu spoke as he quickly dug down.
"Hold onto my tail." Lin Wu ordered.
"Okay," Tim replied and latched onto the end of Lin Wu's tail.
Lin Wu's speed in his drill form was faster than his flying speed and since he already had the tunnel ready, he would be able to cover the distance faster. But Tim would not be able to keep up with him even if Tim had a decent digging speed too.
Thus, him holding onto Lin Wu was the better option that would save them time.
Lin Wu quickly transformed into his Drill form while letting some part of his tail more easy to hold on to for Tim. Once that was done he started to move and quickly picked up speed.
~tremble~
Faint tremors could be felt by some of the beast of the forest, but they didn't care much since they disappeared in a few seconds as Lin Wu went deeper. Within five hours, Lin Wu and Tim reached the first location where they wanted to take a pause.
"Hmm… this should be the area." Lin Wu muttered as he checked the map.
They were currently in a small area that was sparsely populated by short shrubs. The area had no particular name, but Lin Wu had detected a couple of Nascent soul realm beasts here.
Since he wanted there to be a quick route between the Frozen Cloud sect and the millennium forest, he had decided to remove as many problems that could prove to be an obstacle.
One such obstacle was none other than the beasts that would inhabit the areas between the two territories.
"There they are," Lin Wu said as he found the markers on the map.
~RUMBLE~
The ground started to shake as a bulge appeared in it. The soil parted before the large head of Lin Wu appeared from it.
~ROAR~
The roar of a few beasts was heard as they warily watched the intruder.
"Come out Tim, time to hunt. Go!" Lin Wu sent out Tim.
~KIII~
Tim had no aversions to it and shot out eagerly. He was not one to back down from food and directly went to fight with the two Nascent soul realms beasts. Lin Wu simply watched from the back as Tim killed the beast one by one.
It took him about half an hour to do this, which was still impressive.
~THUD~
~Splatter~
Blood Spilled as the second beast was killed, along with a few more that were caught in the impact.
~CRUNCH~
Tim didn't stop a moment and directly started to eat the beasts. In just ten minutes, he had finished the two beasts along with a few more that he had killed. He became a little sluggish and Lin Wu could tell that it will take it a few hours to digest it.
"Let's continue." Lin Wu said, and Tim latched onto the tail again.
Lin Wu dug back into the ground and continued his journey. Four more hours passed before Lin Wu entered the area that he was looking forward to.
"There's the big guy…" Lin Wu said as he saw the large marker on the map along with a few words floating above it. "The Four Winged Guna Griffin…"
This was the Dao Shell realm Beast Lin Wu had encountered a while ago when he was coming to the Frozen Cloud sect. He had ignored it back then since he was in a bit of a hurry, but now he had the chance to kill it.
'It's surrounded by its kin,' Lin Wu thought as he saw the markers.
There was a large marker along with seven smaller markers. The large marker was the Dao Shell realm Four Winged Guna Griffin, while the others were at the Nascent soul realm.
"It's a strong lineup…" Lin Wu muttered.
If it were anywhere else, such a combination of experts would be enough to cause a lot of havoc. It there was someone in the human kingdoms like this, that kingdom would elevate its power.
Even a single Nascent soul realm expert was enough to be a strong backing not to mention several of them on top of a Dao Shell realm one.
"Will have to plan a bit…" Lin Wu muttered to himself as he thought of some strategies.
He had already battled against Yun Bai, who could be said to be very close to the Dao Treading realm, and had come out as equal in the end. Thus, Lin Mu was not afraid of losing against the Four Winged Guna Griffin.
'A battle is not the issue, but the commotion caused by the battle might be a problem. We want to keep things unnoticed for the most part. Even if this area of the Guna plains does not get much traffic, there is still bound to be people that will notice.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He also reckoned that the seven Nascent soul realm Four Winged Guna Griffins might be a bit of a bother while fighting the Dao Shell realm one.
"Let's get some more information first." Lin Wu said as he ordered, "scan the beast's cultivation base system."
~DING~
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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Target Selected
SCAN COMPLETED: Target Identified.
TARGET: Four Winged Guna Griffin
CULTIVATION BASE: Shell Genesis Stage of the Dao Shell realm
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"That's doable…"
Having found out that the beast was at the Shell genesis stage, Lin Wu knew exactly what to expect now and had an estimate of how much power he would need to use.
Lin Wu soon came up with a strategy that he had not used before.
"Time to test out my abilities finally…" Lin Wu said as he paced Tim down.
The underground area was already expanded by him enough that he could coil up there. Tim was already asleep, thus Lin Wu could just leave him here while he fought the beast up on the surface.
Lin Wu made some points on the map about how he wanted things to go and began his work.
Lin Wu first dug out a circular radius around the nest of the Four Winged Guna griffins. The diameter of the circle was almost a kilometer, and it was about a hundred meters deep since Lin Wu knew he would alert the beasts on the surface due to the vibrations.
While the Nascent soul realm ones might not have spirit sense good enough to detect him deep inside, the Dao Shell realm one definitely would be able to do that. The last thing Lin Wu wanted was for them to just run away when he wanted them dead.
Even though Lin Wu was fast, he was still not fast enough to catch up with a beast that was born for flying. Even if he might catch up underground, the Four Winged Guna Griffin would be high up in the sky and Lin Wu's speed would slow down if he flew in the air.
Thus he needed to prevent them from ever flying away and either tie them down or kill them before that.
'Now to make the channels…' Lin Wu thought as he extended his tail to the top while narrowing it down as much as possible.
In the end, a thin rod that was barely two centimeters wide poked out of the surface. It was a small enough change that the beasts did not notice it and neither did it cause any noise.
~phew~
"They are busy with themselves. This should make it a bit easier." Lin Wu muttered.
He then repeated the same procedure several more times until hundreds of such holes were made along the circumference of the circle that Lin Wu had dug out.
"Alright, part one done." Lin Wu said as he prepared for the next part.
~HOO~
He took a deep breath before letting out a black gas from his mouth.
~WHOOSH~
The black gas started to spread in the circular area he had dug out and rose to the top. Lin Wu continued spewing out the black gas until half of the volume of the tunnels was filled with it.
He had already blocked the tunnel that went towards Tim so he would not be affected.
Once this was done, Lin Wu checked the map one last time before digging towards the center of the circle. This was where the nest of the Four Winged Guna griffins was, and they were currently asleep.
It was night time and it looked like they had fed just a few hours ago thus they were contently sleeping. Still, Lin Wu could tell that one of the Griffins was alert despite having its eyes closed.
It was one of the Nascent soul realm and thus Lin Wu didn't mind it as much and knew that he would be able to hide from it for the most part.
"Now comes the more difficult part…" Lin Wu muttered as he created a small channel all the way to the top.
~tremble~
The Four Winged Guna griffin that was not fully asleep squinted its eyes and shook its head before opening its eyes. It looked around but did not see anything.
~tremble~
But a few seconds later, it could feel something again and it checked the area again feeling confused.
~tremble~
Finally, it could feel the vibrations from underground and became alert. It looked towards the source of it, finding them to be rather weak tremors. It was the same as some animal or beast walking around.
The Four Winged Guna griffins were the overlords of the Guna plains and had no predators thus, they were fearless. To them, if a beast came this close to them, it was either out of a mistake or it was just passing by.
Still, it was an offense they would not take if it was a human instead of a beast.
But soon it became even more confused as he saw a very small portion of the soil move.
"Ek?" It tilted its head in concussion and stood up.
The other griffins were still sleeping and didn't mind this much movement. Unless the beast specially alerted them and called out, they will not respond.
It stepped towards the area where the soil was moving and looked at it closely.
~tremble~
The soil finally parted and a small object protruded from the soil. But as soon as it appeared, it disappeared back down.
"Eh?" The beast was even more confused and wondered what it was.
It used its spirit sense and probed the ground trying to sense of it was some ground beast that had wandered. But the moment it did that, its instincts alarmed it.
~shua~
A faint yellow gas rose from below the beast's head and was quickly inhaled by it.
~huu~
The beast took a deer breath, wanting to let out a loud cry, but this only made it inhale more of the gas. Just as it had gathered enough power to cry out, it felt a weakness spreading all over its body.
"Viii…" A low sound escaped its beak before it collapsed back on the ground.
~thud~
"EK!!!" the other Four Winged Guna Griffins felt the strange sound and woke up.
They saw their kin seemingly sleeping on the ground some distance away from them.
"Ke?" Two of them went to check up on it and nudged it.
~thud~ thud~
But just a couple of seconds later, they too fell to the ground.
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~KRIIIIIIII!!!!~
"WHO DARES!" The scream of the Dao Shell realm Four Winged Guna Griffin could be heard.
"Welp, seems like I need to improve it a bit more." Lin Wu said as he started to make his way up.
He knew that the trap he was using might not be enough now and it would be easier to just head on up.
"At least three of them are out of the fight. That will make things better…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
~THUD~
The Four Winged Guna Griffin felt the strong tremors coming from the ground and took flight. They flapped their wings and hovered above the ground while staring at the being that had just appeared from the ground.
"ENEMY!" They all shouted in unison.
Meanwhile, the Four Winged Guna Griffin that was their leader seemed to be very angry. Its eyes were bloodshot and the feathers on its head were standing on their ends.
"Who are you? How dare you attack me and my kin!?" The Dao Shell realm Four Winged Guna Griffin exclaimed.
Right now, only Lin Wu's head was exposed from the ground. But in a few seconds, his entire body started to rise up from the ground. The Four Winged Guna Griffin that were used to looking down on their prey's and foes from the sky were stunned.
They were used to feeling superior high up in the sky, but now they had met a foe who towered over them even when they were flying. Even if the altitude they were at was not that high, being just a hundred meters, but Lin Wu was still taller.
The Dao Shell realm Four Winged Guna Griffin was about five meters tall and even then his size was not something that could be compared to Lin Wu. Just his head alone was large enough to eclipse his entire body.
"I am simply here to hunt." Lin Wu said before he opened his mouth wide.
~SHUA~
Pale yellow gas spewed out of his mouth as the Qi skill Poison breath was activated. He was currently using the Numbing Poison that could paralyze the bodies of creatures. He had used it before as well and that was how the three Nascent soul realm Four Winged Guna Griffin had been knocked out.
He could use a total of four poisons, but the other three were too damaging to the bodies of the beasts, making it so that he would not be able to eat them properly.
'Can't waste good meat…' Lin Wu thought as the poison breath reached the Four Winged Guna Griffins.
~WHOOSH~
But their leader was no weakling, either. A single flap of wing was all that was needed to blow away the gas.
'Ugh… should have known it won't be this easily. Better to use this on unsuspecting foes…' Lin Wu thought to himself.
~KRIIII!~
The Four Winged Guna Griffins let out angry cries as they raked Lin Wu with their claws.
~SHING~
Unfortunately for them, no damage was inflicted on Lin Wu and they were only deflected back.
Lin Wu took their chance to spin around and use his tail like a whip. It streaked through the air, creating a tearing sound that hurt one's ears.
"SPREAD!" The Leader of the Four Winged Guna Griffin ordered.
~shun~shun~
The four Nascent soul Four Winged Guna Griffin split up and Lin Wu's tail passed through the place where they were in earlier.
"You aren't the only ones that can fly, you know." Lin Wu said before he floated up as well.
~HONG~
Strong waves of spirit Qi rose from his body, alarming the Four Winged Guna Griffins.
"Another Dao Shell realm beast? WHAT DO YOU WANT?" The leader of the Four Winged Guna Griffins questioned.
He now knew that his battle was against an equal and not just any other beast. They had only thought that Lin Wu was at the Nascent soul realm and just had a larger body since he was suppressing his spirit Qi fluctuations.
"Like I said before… I'm hunting and you are prey." Lin Wu said as his fangs glistened with a green shimmer.
~HISS~
He shot forward and tried to bite onto the Four Winged Guna Griffin in front of him, but they still dodged it.
~shua~
But as a surprise to them, it was just a feint and the true attack from the back.
~shing~
~KRIEEEEEEEEE~
The Four Winged Guna Griffin let out a painful cry as a deep gash was carved into its back that extended up to its left wings. The cause of the injury being a wind blade that Lin Wu had shot off from one of his spikes.
The Four Winged Guna Griffin were not beasts that were proficient in any elemental spirit Qi and didn't have any particular Qi skills, either. The only thing they had on their side was their raw strength and their speed of flight.
They were rather agile in air even though they could not use wind elemental spirit Qi.
Still, Lin Wu could use that due to having learned the Immortal Sky shaker art and the attacks from that were rather fast.
"You won't be able to dodge for long." Lin Wu said as he sped towards the Dao Shel realm Four Winged Guna Griffin.
"You dare think we can be some lowly prey? You will regret this!" The beast replied and flew towards Lin Wu.
His talons were sharp and clawed upon Lin Wu's face, actually managing to make some surface level scratches.
"Oh? You can actually put a scratch." Lin Wu said nonchalantly, before something different happened.
~SHING~
A fang extended out from the side of his face, looking strange. The fang managed to prick the Dao Shell realm Four Winged Guna Griffin on his leg and numbed it.
"WHAT!?" The beast was shocked.
"Well… that will take care of it." Lin Wu said as his used of Venom Fang was successful.
He didn't need to actually bite someone directly to use the skill since Cellular manipulation and Cellular crystallization allowed him to move around his body parts to a certain extent.
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~flap~
The Nascent soul realm Four Winged Guna Griffins were lost about what had just happened.
"ARGH!" The leader grunted in pain as blood dripped down his leg from where it was pricked.
The blood was not the normal red color though. Mixed in it was a strange pale yellow fluid that let out an airy aroma. If one took a whiff of it, they would find themselves feeling light headed.
"What did you do?" The Four Winged Guna Griffin leader questioned as he felt its leg going numb.
"Just a little poison to paralyze you." Lin Wu said causally as wind attribute spirit Qi surrounded him.
~whoong~woong~
The wind attribute spirit Qi turned into a vortex around Lin Wu and started to pull all the air around him.
~Huu~
"Time for a new trick." Lin Wu said as he took a deep breath.
~WHOOSH~
He then released a dense cloud of poison breath that quickly mixed in with the wind attribute spirit Qi. He didn't stop releasing it and more and more gathered around him. In just ten seconds, he was covered with yellow stained winds that looked rather terrifying.
The Four Winged Guna Griffins were retreating more and more, knowing that Lin Wu was preparing a rather strong attack.
"GET BACK!" The leader ordered as the poison started to spread even further in his body.
He could feel his meridians slowing down as the poison penetrated them.
'This won't be good if we can't run away. This beast is not someone we can fight…' The leader Four Winged Guna Griffin thought.
'But why would he attack us out of nowhere? Even if he wanted to hunt, there are easier targets around.' He wondered.
Unfortunately for him, the tragedy was only starting.
~BOOM~
Just as his kin reached a certain distance, an explosion happened.
~FIZZ~
A black jet of smoke shot out of the ground in a circle around them.
~KREIEEEEEEEEEE!!!~
The Four Winged Guna Griffins let out cries of pain as the poison started to sting them. Their feathers started to burn and corrode as the poison was rather acidic. Even at a height of two hundred meter's the poison was potent enough to show such an effect.
Lin Wu had set this up as an additional trap, just in case the Four Winged Guna Griffin tried to run.
'While it's not enough to kill them, it will stun them for a bit.' Lin Wu thought as he finished preparing his attack.
His body glowed in a green light and looked eerie in the yellow winds that surrounded him.
It was then that a few words were heard.
"Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Fettering Wind!"
~WOONG~
The vortex of wind surrounding him exploded and the winds spread everywhere around him. An area of over a kilometer was quickly covered with the wind and along with it, the Numbing poison.
Lin Wu had used a significant amount if numbing poison in this attack and had saturated the wind as much as possible without the attack getting unstable and exploding on himself.
Even if his defenses were strong, he could still hurt himself if any of his Qi skills malfunctioned. And the skill he had used just now was a new one he had come up with.
"Let's see if this works as I named it…" Lin Wu muttered and saw as the Four Winged Guna Griffins involuntarily breathed in the poisoned winds.
~ack~ack~ack~
They of course, coughed from the poison, but that was only temporarily as soon the paralyzing effect of the numbing poison set in.
~THUD~THUD~THUD~THUD~
In just twenty seconds, the four Nascent soul realm Four Winged Guna Griffin lost control of their wings and fell to the ground. They crashed into the ground loudly and created imprints, as if shacked by heavy weights, proving that the skill's name was accurate.
Still, they were tough enough that even after a fall this high, no bones were broken. Though a few feathers had been uprooted and could be seen lying around them.
Their leader was barely hanging on and was blasted away from the attack. Despite the poison spread in his body, the leader gritted its beak and tried to fly as far as possible. After a minute, he could no longer flap its wings, thus let them spread apart and simply glided in the air.
While it could fly using the cultivation base as well, the meridians being clogged up due to the poison didn't help either. Lin Wu's poison was modified by the system and had its properties modified.
Originally, it should have only been able to affect the bodies and not the cultivation bases through the meridian. But with the system's modification and the addition of properties from the Sapphire Qi, it could enter the meridians as well.
This gave it a dual effect of affecting both raw physical strength and cultivation base, paralyzing the beast more throughly.
"Futile effort." Lin Wu said as he trailed behind the Four Winged Guna Griffin leader calmly.
The battle was already in his bag and all that was left for him was to gather all of them up.
'Where is this beast going to though? I doubt he's just flying blindly. I saw him change his direction a couple of times.' Lin Wu wondered while flying.
This was also why he had not pounced upon the weakened beast right away and kept his distance. That way, if Lin Wu was heading into a trap, as unlikely that was, he would have a chance to react in time and be safe.
After about a minute, the Four Winged Guna Griffin leader could no longer maintain flight and crashed into a few trees. Despite its paralysis, it had managed to fly several kilometers away from the original locations, proving that it was still a Dao Shell realm beast and rather resilient.
But once it crashed to the ground, all was over for him.
"Like I said earlier, you are my prey, and this was a futile effort…" Lin Wu said as final words to the beast.
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Lin Wu got closer to the Four Winged Guna Griffin and checked that he was properly paralyzed. The beast could still hear and sense things, but it could no longer move. This was exactly what he wanted and was perfect for what he wanted to do.
'Now to wait and see how effective the poison is. I need to get an accurate assessment of it, if I am to use it in the future.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Of the four poisons Lin Wu had, only the Numbing poison was something that the beasts could survive. Ideally, all other poisons will kill the beasts they are used on, unless they have a resistance to it somehow.
~thud~
Lin Wu wrapped his tail around the Four Winged Guna Griffin and brought it back to where the rest were. He did the same for the other Four Winged Guna Griffin that had gotten a bit far away and placed them there as well.
"Hmm… may as well eat a couple and see the taste." Lin Wu muttered as he stabbed two of the Four Winged Guna Griffin that were at the Nascent soul realm with a spike.
~SHING~
The spike penetrated their skulls and destroyed their brains, killing them instantly. Lin Wu could sense their Nascent souls trying to escape but were unable due to the meridians and Dantian being blocked by the poison.
If it were just some other paralyzing poison, it would not have been able to stop a nascent soul from escaping, but with the system's modification, this was prevented as well, making it a bit more convenient for Lin Wu.
'This will prevent some unexpected problems in the future…' Lin Wu thought as he picked up one of the corpses and tossed it into his mouth.
~CRUNCH~
His sharp crystal teeth quickly moved like a grinder in his mouth and reduced the entire Four Winged Guna Griffin into minced meat and bone powder.
A minute later, a few notifications appeared in front of him.
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 1,261,178 units [liquid spirit qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE UPDATED: 25,025,937 units [liquid spirit qi] - 26,287,115 units [liquid spirit qi]
VITAL ESSENCE OBTAINED: 647,121 units
VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE UPDATED: 20,714,042 Units -21,361,163 Units
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"A relatively decent increase…" Lin Wu muttered.
He savored the taste and found it to be a mix of chicken and lamb.
"Interesting… it will definitely taste better cooked in the form of a stew or braised." Lin Wu reckoned.
But just one beast was not enough, and he wanted to try out a bit more.
He picked up the other beast as well and dropped it into his mouth, quickly reducing it to a mush and consuming it.
Just like before, the notification sounded and the post was shown.
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 3,711,021 units [liquid spirit qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE UPDATED: 26,287,115 units [liquid spirit qi] - 29,998,136 units [liquid spirit qi]
VITAL ESSENCE OBTAINED: 878,746 units
VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE UPDATED: 21,361,163 Units -22,239,909 Units
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"Oo… Almost double the earlier amount, though the vital essence is still less. I think the poison reduces the amount of vital essence they have since it damages it." Lin Wu guessed.
The first Four Winged Guna Griffin he had eaten was at the Infant Soul stage of the Nascent soul realm, thus it provided him less spirit Qi and vital essence than the second one which was at the Child Soul Stage of the Nascent soul realm.
Though this gave Lin Wu another idea.
'Should I just go around hunting Nascent soul realm beasts? They still provide around a million spirit Qi units.' Lin Wu wondered.
But after some thought, he realized that he might invite more trouble that way.
'I definitely can't do that in the millennium forest or near it. Which would mean I would have to hunt around the other areas, but it would mean encountering other humans. And even if I don't they are probably going to discover when beasts start to disappear all of a sudden.' Lin Wu thought.
After thinking for a bit, he realized that in the current time, when he was still lacking information about all that had happened in the past ten years, it was not a good option to try something like this.
"Though I can probably hunt occasionally." Lin Wu said.
Having had his little snack, he put the system on observing the Four Winged Guna Griffins while he himself cultivated and assimilated the spirit Qi in the air. The best way to be undetected was to just cultivate on his own.
That way, no beasts would be killed and no one would be suspicious. Either way, Lin Wu was decently strong right now and was still growing stronger with his cultivation speed.
Still, Lin Wu didn't put the option about hunting other beasts completely out of bounds, either. He reckoned that it was a viable option if he needed power urgently.
Lin Wu assessed his current cultivation speed and estimated how long it would take him to gather the spirit Qi needed to breakthrough to the Shell Completion Stage of the Dao Shell realm.
'I roughly absorb about 100-200 units an hour, so… I can gain a little over nine million units in a year.' Lin Wu estimated.
By any method of assessment, the amount of spirit Qi Lin Wu gained was still massive. If it were any other beast, it would take them several centuries to gain the same amount of spirit Qi.
The same could be said for humans as well.
Lin Wu already had about thirty million of the spirit Qi needed to breakthrough to the Shell Completion stage and according to the amount he gained every year, calculated that it would take him about seven years to reach the necessary amount.
"Hmm… seven years. That is a decent rate. I have hurried my way to the Dao Shell realm until now. Perhaps it's time to focus more on comprehending things now.." Lin Wu muttered.
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The rate that Lin Wu had calculated was of course, a conservative estimate. He would have other ways of increasing his speed, including the consumption of other spirit herbs and materials during this time.
He might even be killing some humans and consuming them, so the numbers should be increasing more.
'Not to mention, I have more than just one Dao Shell… the other one will need to be nurtured as well later on.' Lin Wu thought.
His avatar was part of the equation as well, but thankfully, it could cultivate on its own as well. Though this was where he would have to divide the resources he had, since he would have to choose between the two bodies to use them.
Hours passed by like this as Lin Wu continued thinking of his future plans while cultivating.
~shudder~
Finally, sixteen hours later, Lin Wu could feel some movement near him.
He opened his eyes and saw that the legs of the Dao Shell realm Four Winged Guna Griffin were trembling.
'Is this the limit of the poison?' Lin Wu wondered and observed it for longer.
With each passing hour, the trembling of the beast was getting intense. It looked like the muscles were spasming at once, but after an entire twenty two hours had passed, Lin Wu saw the leg properly moving.
"That should be it." Lin Wu said as he let the system scan the beast.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Scanning target
SCAN COMPLETED: Numbing Poison concentration in the body has fallen to 50% of the original dose.
NOTIFICATION: Half life of the Numbing Poison is approximately 22 hours, 14 minutes for Dao Shell realm beast at the Shell Genesis stage.
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"That's good to know. Once I get the estimate from the other Four Winged Guna Griffins the system should be able to extrapolate the other details." Lin Wu muttered as he moved to kill the beast.
~SHING~ SHING~
Two stabs were all it took to end the life of the beast; one to the head and one to the Dantian. The Nascent soul of the Four Winged Guna Griffins was exterminated directly and the Dao Shell started to collapse as well.
"Best store it before it loses the spirit Qi." Lin Wu said before putting it away in the system storage.
Once that was done, he went to observe the other Four Winged Guna Griffins.
Thirty eight hours passed before he saw the same series of events in one of the Four Winged Guna Griffins that was at the Adult Soul Stage of the Nascent soul realm.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Scanning target
SCAN COMPLETED: Numbing Poison concentration in the body has fallen to 50% of the original dose.
NOTIFICATION: Half life of the Numbing Poison is approximately 38 hours, 9 minutes for Nascent soul realm beast at the Adult Soul stage.
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~shing~
Lin Wu immediately killed the beast after that and stored it in the system's storage. He went back to observing the remaining four beasts and got all of their half lives in the coming twelve hours.
As he had expected, the longest half life was for the Four Winged Guna Griffin that was at the Infant Soul stage of the Nascent soul realm. The system gathered this data and quickly got to analyzing it.
An hour later, Lin Wu had the initial estimates of the system
"Oh? A Shell Completion Stage Dao Shell realm beast would only stay paralyzed for 12 hours while the Shell Expansion Stage Dao Shell realm would stay paralyzed for a little over an hour." Lin Wu read.
The decrease was rather drastic, though Lin Wu understood that it might be due to the exponentially increasing amount of spirit Qi that the creature would have at those stages. This would allow them to resist it better and eliminate it as well.
Though when he saw the estimate for the Dao Treading realm beast, he was even more surprised.
"Why's the half life like this?" Lin Wu questioned as he read it.
'Half Life = [1 hour, 19 minutes (Dao Embryo type and physique variables)]'
The basic half life was the same as that of the Shell Expansion stage of the Dao Shell realm, but the addition of the unwritten variable was confusing.
~DING~
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ANSWER: In the case of Dao Treading realm creatures, the half life will greatly vary depending on the type of Dao Embryo they have and their physique as well. Ones with greater resistance to such things will be able to shorten the half life.
This did not apply in the creatures below Dao Treading realm is because the host is at the cultivation realm as well. As long as the cultivation base of the creatures does not exceed the host's own by an entire realm, their physiques should not matter.
Though there are always exceptions and the system will need more data to analyze further.
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"So it's like this… I'll keep that in mind." Lin Wu nodded to himself.
He stored the last corpse in the system storage and decided that it was time to leave now. He dug back down into the cave he had made, and saw that Tim was still deep in sleep.
"That meal must have filled him up pretty good. Though he should wake up soon." Lin Wu reckoned.
He clasped the beast with his tail by transformation it around him so that he would still be able to use his drill form with no problems and continued his journey.
After hunting the Four Winged Guna Griffins, Lin Wu only stopped twice. Once was to kill a Nascent soul realm beast that lived underground as well and another that lived in a lake that was in his way.
The beast that lived underground was a massive mouse and the one that lived in a lake was a fish beast. Both were killed quickly by Lin Wu to ensure there would be no problems in the future and he stored them away.
By the time it was afternoon, Lin Wu was at the periphery of the Millennium forest.
~phew~
"Finally, I'm back…"
All the former kings and beasts that were at the Nascent soul realm felt Lin Wu's return to the Millennium forest.
The status of the king had been limited to just Lin Wu, since there were other beast at the Nascent soul realm now other than the former kings. Though Lin Wu still called them kings, since they were the current leaders of their own kin and Lin Wu presided over them all.
Since Lin Wu had entered from the southern border of the forest, the first being to notice him was the Split Thorn Horn Beetle king.
~Rumble~
The earth parted as the body of the beetle king rose up from the ground.
"He's finally back? Wonder where he went and what he did…" The Beetle King muttered to himself.
Lin Wu was a Dao Shell realm beast, and to the beetle king it meant that if he had left the forest there must have been a substantial reason behind it. His spirit sense extended but didn't get too close to Lin Wu, as that would be a bit rude.
'If he wanted to, he would stop by the nest, anyway. I don't need to interrupt him.' The beetle King thought to himself and retracted his spirit sense.
He had failed to notice that there was someone along with Lin Wu this time. Though it was not his fault entirely either since Tim the Weasel's unique physique made it so that he let of no spirit Qi fluctuation and spirit sense couldn't penetrate his body either.
If anything, the others would just think that he was some normal beast, considering Tim was not that large either compared to most Nascent soul realm or even Core condensation realm beasts.
Even compared to Qi refining realm beasts or normal beasts, his side was around the mid level and would not be out of place. Though what might catch their attention would be his body that was black and covered in Earthen Depths obsidian.
In a way, he matched Lin Wu since both of them had crystalline bodies now. Though in the case of Tim, the crystals were just on the surface and not his entire body.
Additionally, Lin Wu was carrying Tim on his self, thus noticing Tim would become even harder. Tim was nudged in some crystal on Tim's back, making it so that only his head was out. The beast slept soundly and didn't care for any movement or disturbance at all.
Lin Wu was currently looking at the map and getting gauge of where everyone was.
"Oh? What's this?" Lin Wu said in surprise as he noticed an additional three Nascent soul realm beasts.
~Ding~
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SCAN: Completed
MAP UPDATED: Markers added
SERVANT BEASTS: Data updated
1. Emeraldine Monkeys (3)
STATUS: Vitals stable
Cultivation Base: Infant Soul Stage of the Nascent Soul realm
COMMUNICATION LINK: Stable
LOCATION: Available on map
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate
2. Emeraldine Monkeys (6)
STATUS: Vitals stable
Cultivation Base: Peak Stage of the Core Condensation realm
COMMUNICATION LINK: Stable
LOCATION: Available on map
FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE: a.Detonate
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Lin Wu saw that the number of Emeraldine Monkeys that were in the Nascent soul realm had increased. Two of the Emeraldine Monkeys that were t the Peak Stage of the core condensation realm had managed to breakthrough.
'They did really well in the two months I was gone, huh.' Lin Wu thought.
In addition to these two servant beasts of Lin Wu, there was another beast that had managed to reach the nascent soul realm. This was someone Lin Wu had actually never met in person before and neither had he seen them.
The beast that had reached the Nascent soul realm was far in the north eastern part of the fifth ring and according to the system's scan, was a Lamp Light Liger.
"Huh… is it that subordinate of the Twin Lights Liger King that was at the peak stage of the core condensation realm all those years ago? He finally managed to breakthrough…" Lin Wu wondered.
If he checked the map, he could barely tell the changes in the beasts below the Nascent soul realm since there were just too many of them. The increase or decrease in the Qi refining realm and Core Condensation realm beasts was hard for him to tell.
Even with the system's scan, it would only tell him the estimated numbers, and it could still change on its own. Telling which beast was what was hard to do when they all looked the same for the most part.
Unless Lin Wu saw them in person or had the system scan them directly, there was little he could do to differentiate them.
'The number of Core condensation realm beasts have certainly risen though… should be due to the overall increase in the spirit Qi of the Millennium forest.' Lin Wu thought.
~huu~
He took a deep breath and could see the visible increase in the spirit Qi he had. While it was not as high as the Frozen Cloud sect and the Frost Fox Grotto, it was still slightly higher than before.
He could tell how the beasts might have benefited from it in the past two months.
'If the increase is steady enough… the number of beasts with higher cultivation will start to sky rocket until it reaches a plateau. Hmm… need to plan some stuff out to prevent problems at that point.' Lin Wu thought.
Currently, the beasts would stay in relatively 'peace' since there were Nascent soul realm beasts that looked over them. This included Lin Wu's servants and the former kings. But once they too reached the Nascent soul realm, this 'control' would not be enough.
There were bound to be some beasts that would have ambitious thoughts and decide to grow their own power. Among the thousands, there was bound to be some that would be like this and Lin Wu didn't want to take any chances.
Suppressing such beasts would be the better option, but only enough so that they don't rebel and not so that they are weakened.
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