A Wizard's Secret

by Stayrr

Anyone who could construct a stable Spell Model could become a Wizard — that was the Wizards’ ultimate secret! Having been given a new life as the son of an aristocrat and armed with a super quantum computer from his past life, Spell Models came as easily as breathing to Merlin. With this overwhelmingly huge advantage, would Merlin become the greatest Grand Wizard of all time?

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Chapter 905: Traversing the Void Zone!

In the Illusory World, the ordinary castle was still there. After a few centuries, Stedman realized that this castle never changed. Even though he had become the strongest existence in the Purple-eyed Tribe, he remained extremely deferential to the mysterious Sir Merlin of the Illusory Subspace. It was as if he was still that talentless youth who was always bullied.

"Creak."

Stedman gently opened the castle door and slowly entered. In the living room of the castle, there sat two extraordinary men who looked ordinary.

"Sir Merlin, Sir Titus!"

Stedman cried out respectfully.

He understood Sir Merlin better, knowing that Merlin was the ruler of the entire Illusory Subspace. Within this space, Merlin was nearly omnipotent, often causing Stedman to gasp in amazement.

Even at his present stage, Stedman still could not see through the enigmatic Sir Merlin.

As for Titus by Merlin's side, Stedman was puzzled. He could see that Titus was not that formidable. However, he did not appear to be Merlin's servant but a peer instead. Therefore, Stedman who respected Merlin was respectful toward Titus as well.

"You've come."

Merlin spoke mildly without even lifting his head. He and Titus always seemed to always act like this. Stedman even felt that for these past centuries, he had never seen Merlin smile once.

It was Titus who appeared more friendly, smiling as he said, "Stedman, by now, you're one of the strongest beings in this entire dimension. You appear to be busy. How come you have time to visit us today?"

Merlin and Titus had an unparalleled understanding of Stedman. Within the Illusory World, they had witnessed every step of Stedman's growth. It had not been easy for him to reach his present level.

Stedman was still deferential, only he hesitated slightly as he glanced at Merlin. Even so, he ultimately gritted his teeth. "Sir Merlin, Sir Titus, presently, I'm the most powerful person in the Purple-eyed Tribe. I also know that this place where we dwell is nothing more than a mere dimension in the vast Void Zone. If I may be so bold – is Sir Merlin a formidable existence in the Void Zone? Is it due to some inescapable difficulties that you've stayed in my body?"

Stedman had no choice but to ask. Over the past centuries, although he did not know what sort of existences Sir Merlin and Sir Titus were, he knew that the both of them who stayed in his body, as well as the mystical Illusory Subspace, were not things he could control.

Even the initially naïve Stedman had now grown into a contender in the Void Zone. Naturally, he was somewhat concerned about Merlin and Titus dwelling in his body.

In particular, Merlin was very likely a formidable existence from some other civilization of the Void Zone. After Stedman became a significant contender in the Purple-eyed Tribe, he gradually learned how some civilizations had infiltrated other dimensions. Therefore, deep in his heart, he was worried about Merlin.

Nonetheless, he was a contender single-handedly and gradually nurtured by Merlin. Without Merlin's Illusory Subspace, the current Stedman would not exist. Even now, Stedman preserved a pure heart. Perhaps this was the real reason he had his present achievements despite his lack of talent.

"Haha, Stedman, don't worry. We won't be a threat to this dimension of yours. Moreover, what's a mere dimension to us?"

Merlin did not spoke. Instead, it was Titus who burst out laughing. Of course, he knew what Stedman was worried about but to Titus, this was purely superfluous. Merlin was now rejected by the entire Void Zone. Of what use was a puny dimension to him?

Currently, they just did not wish to reveal themselves and attract the attention of the Void Zone.

However, this indirectly confirmed that Merlin was indeed a formidable existence of the Void Zone, one who far surpassed Stedman's imagination.

"Stedman!"

Merlin spoke suddenly, causing the stupefied Stedman to feel a jolt in his heart. He looked up hurriedly, still with a respectful expression. He was truly, deeply grateful toward Merlin.

"I need you to do something for me. Are you willing?"

Stedman's heart shrank but he recalled Merlin's assistance toward him all these years, allowing him to become a rare contender in the entire dimension. Therefore, he clenched his jaw. "As long as it doesn't harm my Purple-eyed Tribe's dimension, then no matter what, I'll do my utmost best to carry it out for Sir Merlin!"

Stedman's words were immediate and resolute but in his heart, his homeland took precedence.

Merlin finally smiled for the first time in the Illusory World. Even the most wicked person, as long as they had a fondness for their homeland, was not wicked to the bone.

Furthermore, Stedman was someone with a pure heart. As Merlin watched Stedman rose up over the centuries, he could not be any more familiar with Stedman. Plus, Stedman's desire to protect the Purple-eyed Tribe's dimension reminded Merlin of himself back then. When the Spell Caster civilization had faced an unprecedented crisis, he had stood up without any hesitation.

"Very well. Your dimension doesn't interest me in the slightest. I want you to travel beyond your dimension and wander about, possibly going to a distant place to seek a distant civilization. This expedition might be extremely risky with no guarantee of survival. Even I might be unable to ensure your safety. Are you willing to go?"

Merlin's gaze slowly turned sharp as if he could read Stedman's mind.

Stedman contemplated in silence as countless thoughts zipped through his mind. Finally, he raised his head, undaunted by Merlin's piercing stare, and said resolutely, "In truth, I've been thinking of leaving the Purple-eyed Dimension for some time, to forge a path outside. Since Sir Merlin has made this request, what do I have to be afraid of? No matter how far, I'm willing to go!"

Merlin's gaze lingered on Stedman for a long moment, after which he nodded in satisfaction. "Well done. I didn't choose the wrong person."

"I wonder what place Sir Merlin wishes to visit? May I know the name of the civilization? If you have a detailed dimension map, that's even better!"

Stedman inquired with caution. In so many years, it was the first time Merlin wanted his help.

Merlin and Titus exchanged a glance before Merlin said despondently, "The civilization I'm looking for is the Spell Caster civilization! As for the detailed dimension map, I have it memorized, and can draw a new one up for you."

"That's great. With the detailed dimension map, at most, we'll need some time. We're sure to locate that dimension.

Stedman spoke, brimming with confidence. Still, he did not know how far away Merlin's "distant" really was. As an existence equivalent to an ordinary Legend, who knew how long it would take for him to traverse the Void Zone and locate the Spell Caster civilization?

Nevertheless, since he had agreed, Stedman would not regret his decision. He started to make arrangements. In the Purple-eyed Dimension, Stedman was equivalent to a Legend. He had risen too swiftly, shining too brightly. Many of them rued the fact that a mythical figure like this was about to leave the Purple-eyed Dimension.

Even so, no one compelled him to stay. This was the fate of all contenders. Anyone who knew of the boundless Void Zone and infinite dimensions could not resist the desire to make their way in the world.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, Stedman was no exception, forging his own path in the Void Zone…

…

"Whiz."

A purple beam rapidly traversed the Void Zone. Its speed was incredible but in the immensity of the Void Zone, this speed might be rather "slow."

Within the purple light, Stedman's face no longer broke out into a smile. At last, he knew how large and wide the Void Zone was. He understood how terrifying the word "distant" could be.

"I've been traveling for more than a century. Where am I by now? I've not even heard anything about the Spell Caster civilization…"

Stedman muttered in dejection. He was rather disgruntled. He did not expect that upon receiving Merlin's dimension map, he could not even locate the region where the Purple-eyed Dimension was according to the drafted map.

It was enough to show how far away the Purple-eyed Dimension was from the Spell Caster civilization. Thus, throughout this journey, Stedman could only look out for some dimensions and make inquiries.

However, not all life forms in the dimensions were good-natured, and not all dimension masters were kind. Stedman had encountered various dangers, only escaping narrowly with Merlin's guidance.

What Stedman could not fathom was, regardless of how much he was in danger, Merlin had never made a move to help him. Stedman even suspected if there was some special reason that made Merlin unable to help.

Nonetheless, he did not ask about this. Since he had promised Merlin, he must find the Spell Caster civilization, even if it took ten thousand years.

After all, as a Purple-eyed Person at his level, his lifespan was nearly infinite. He was not worried about his lifespan's limit. With enough time, he would be able to locate the Spell Caster civilization.

In the Illusory World, Titus noticed Stedman who carried on as before, making his way without any complaints. Titus could not stand it, and he laughed in pity. "Merlin, can you bear to see Stedman 'hurry along' at such a glacial pace? Without the Aurora warship, without the power of the natural order, ten thousand years might not even be enough for him to find the Spell Caster civilization."

What Titus said was true. Even for ultimate existence with the power of the natural order, traversing the Void Zone over endless distance would take a tremendous amount of time, let alone an ordinary Legend like Stedman.

The time required was nearly inconceivable unless they had the Vestigial Tribe's Aurora warship. Only then could they cross the mighty distance of the Void Zone in the shortest time.

However, Merlin shook his head. "Back then, my body was destroyed, and even the Illusory World was destroyed. I've lost everything. Where would I find an Aurora warship for him?"

Merlin was rather helpless. It was troublesome without an Aurora warship.

"I have a plan!"

Titus suddenly smiled mysteriously as he said softly.

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Chapter 906: Hurrying on a Long Journey

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"Oh? You have a plan?"

Even Merlin was rather doubtful. He had been with Titus for so many years. Did Titus still have any tricks Merlin did not know about?

"Hehe, the plan is simple. Don't we need an Aurora warship? All we have to do is visit the surrounding civilizations and seize some."

Titus spoke breezily.

Even so, Merlin shook his head. Titus' plan was no plan at all. Seizing Aurora warships – was the Vestigial Tribe's treasure so easily obtainable?

To obtain the Vestigial Tribe's treasures, one would usually have to find a confinement dimension of the Vestigial Tribe. A confinement dimension that was masterless was too rare. Most of them were controlled by ultimate existences, which were typically contenders above the ultimate third-grade.

How difficult would it be to request an Aurora warship belonging a formidable existence like this? To say nothing of Stedman who was merely comparable to a Legend, even if he was a hundred, thousand times stronger, it was still impossible.

The exception was if Merlin could attack but Merlin could not easily do so now, because once he attacked, and his power was leaked, even if just a trace of it, the Void Zone would likely discover him. At that point, there would be great trouble. With the capability of the Void Zone, locating Stedman would be a piece of cake.

Therefore, unless there were no other options or Merlin had made sufficient preparations, Merlin would not attack just like that.

"Then what do we do? Merlin, don't forget – according to Stedman's glacial flying speed, it would be lucky if we even locate the Spell Caster civilization in ten thousand years. It might take up to hundreds of thousands of years. If he gets caught up in some trouble, it might take even longer."

Titus would not mind this but Merlin could not afford to be unconcerned about ten thousand years. From when he began in Blackwater City by constructing Spell Models, walking on this path of the Spell Caster, up until now, it had been less than ten thousand years. He would not make Stedman hurry on this journey for ten thousand years.

After falling silent for a long time, Merlin spoke slowly, "We don't necessarily need an Aurora warship. If we have a powerful treasure, especially a Speed treasure, we'll save quite some time. No matter what, it'll be much faster than Stedman's current glacial pace."

If they merely wanted a Speed treasure, it was not that troublesome. There might be one in the surrounding dimensions. Nonetheless, Stedman's strength must be more formidable. Being merely on par with a Legend, it was too challenging to obtain a Speed treasure.

"Merlin, is there a way to boost Stedman's capability in a short time? After so many years, you still haven't discerned the Purple-eyed People's potential?"

Titus would not believe that with Merlin's power of judgment, was there still anyone whose potential he could not see through? Moreover, the Purple-eyed Tribe was only a weak civilization. Their strongest contenders were merely comparable to ordinary Legends.

"The potential of the Purple-eyed People is limited indeed. They rely on the power of their blood but from their blood, I've deduced that their progenitor, the first Purple-eyed Person, was perhaps only comparable to an Honored Legend, and thus quite weak."

Merlin said helplessly. To him, Honored Legends were feeble as well.

In the boundless Void Zone, the average Legendary contender could just about travel everywhere. Nonetheless, this was merely the most basic strength because to control a dimension, one must at least be a Legendary contender.

Ordinary Legends were naturally quite weak, and Honored Legends who were one step ahead were only slightly stronger. As for Lords, they could conquer a few dimensions.

Only ultimate existences could control many dimensions. Furthermore, second-grade or third-grade ultimate contenders could control a massive territory, becoming an overlord-grade existence.

Stedman's abilities were too inadequate. Merlin was trying to think of a plan. However, Stedman was a Purple-eyed Person. It was impossible for him to be enlightened about Maxims or such stuff. The only way was to enhance the power of his blood.

The Purple-eyed People's power of blood, even if boosted to its limit, was merely comparable to an Honored Legend.

"If it's an Honored Legend, so be it. It's still better than an ordinary Legend like him now. Plus, if we travel a long way, he may run into danger. Since you don't wish to take part, surely you don't wish to helplessly watch Stedman die. If he dies, you'll have to find a new host as fast as possible. You might still be discovered by the Void Zone."

Titus spoke in offhanded tones. He was speaking in Stedman's favor. Titus had grown fond of Stedman, just like how he approved of Merlin back then. After getting along for centuries, Titus even felt that Stedman suited his temperament well.

"If we forcibly increase the power of his blood, I'm afraid his current life would halt right here."

Merlin glanced at Titus, seeming to guess his intentions.

"Halt here? Merlin, I noticed that the Purple-eyed People have Mind Power too. Won't the Mind Power system suit Stedman?"

Titus had been considering this for a long time. Not just Titus, even Merlin had been moving the pieces into place. Back when he gave Stedman the Mind training drill, it was not a casual decision. He had truly felt that the Purple-eyed People possessed Mind Power, and wished to see its effects of Stedman.

"The Mind Power system was founded by you, refined by me. Other than the Illusory World, everything before that obeys the natural order of the Void Zone. So this cultivation method should apply to any civilization in the Void Zone. As long as they have Mind Power, they can cultivate. Nonetheless, Stedman can't condense a Mind Heart no matter what. He's stuck on this most crucial step."

Merlin frowned. Stedman had been cultivating the Mind training drill long ago. Furthermore, he was assiduous and serious, spending time each day to practice it.

Thus, though his progress was gradual, by now he was finally beginning to condense the Mind Heart. This was the most crucial step for Mind Power Masters. Only after condensing a Mind Heart could one be considered a true Mind Power Master, having set off on the journey of cultivating Mind Power.

Nevertheless, Stedman had been hindered in this most significant step. He had spent more than a century but was ultimately incapable of condensing a Mind Heart. Perhaps this was the discrepancy between the two civilizations. After all, the initial Mind training drill was expressly tailored for Spell Casters.

"Let Stedman come into the Illusory World. I'll give him a hand and see if he can condense the Mind Heart."

Merlin was silent for a moment, and finally made up his mind.

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Chapter 907: Disciple!

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In a barren dimension, life forms were not even born yet. All was dead silent. Desolate, lifeless dimensions like this were found everywhere in the Void Zone. They were innumerable.

After all, dimensions truly suitable for life forms to survive and reproduce were not found everywhere. Among these, barren and lifeless dimensions comprised a part.

Stedman landed in this barren, desolate dimension. He examined his surroundings. There were no life forms nor powerful existences. Thus, he searched for a hidden cave and made his way in.

Stedman was so cautious in coming to this barren, lifeless dimension. This was because that mysterious, powerful Sir Merlin in the Illusory Subspace was going to help him condense a Mind Heart.

Over the past centuries, ever since he knew about Merlin's existence, Stedman had never given up on cultivating the Mind training drill. Although he did not perceive a direct boost in abilities, the Mind training drill had indirectly aided him by much.

Without the Mind training drill, Stedman could not possibly reach his current stage.

However, the most crucial step of the Mind training drill was to become a Seventh-level Mind Power Master by condensing a Mind Heart. A century ago, Stedman had attempted to do so but ultimately did not succeed.

The Mind Heart was a threshold. Once crossed, one would reach a new realm. Without crossing it, this Mind training drill was unable to unleash its true might.

Merlin had now decided to help Stedman condense a Mind Heart. Therefore, Stedman had carefully looked for a barren, silent dimension to condense his Mind Heart in quiet.

Stedman soon immersed his consciousness into the Illusory Subspace, and stood respectfully before Merlin. Stedman felt deep, sincere gratitude to Merlin for helping him condense a Mind Heart.

He knew that the power of his blood had been unleashed to the maximum. It was almost impossible to progress further. However, the Mind training drill was far from reaching its limit.

This was Stedman's future direction.

"Stedman, the Mind training drill which I've passed on to you – do you know what it is?"

Since Merlin had resolved to give Stedman a hand, naturally, he had to clarify the background of the Mind training drill to Stedman.

Stedman shook his head. He trusted Merlin very much. No matter the origin of the Mind training drill, he would choose to continue cultivating it.

"My civilization is the Spell Caster civilization that I've asked you to look for. In that civilization, there's an entirely different cultivation method called Spell Casters! I too was once a Spell Caster, but later on, I realized that the Spell Caster's path doesn't suit me. Therefore, coincidentally, I met Titus.

"Back then, Titus was incomparably formidable. He founded the Mind Power system but it was not refined by far. Therefore, I started to cultivate the Mind training drill, becoming a practitioner of the Mind Power system. Moreover, step by step I filled in and improved the Mind Power system that Titus couldn't perfect.

"At last, I refined the Mind Power system and shared the entire cultivation system with the Spell Caster civilization. Your current capability is very formidable in the Purple-eyed Tribe but if this was the Spell Caster civilization, you're merely equivalent to an average Legend.

"Above the ordinary Legends, there were Honored Legends, Lords, and ultimate existences acknowledged to be contenders by the entire Void Zone. The Mind Power system carries forward to ultimate existences, even surpassing the cultivation methods of most ultimate existences!"

Merlin briefly outlined the Mind Power system. This was like a huge door. Today, it was flung wide open before Stedman, giving him the chance to reach a higher level.

He knew very well that the Purple-eyed Tribe was nothing in the Void Zone. His achievements would be limited if he relied on the Purple-eyed Tribe. In the immense Void Zone, there were plenty of formidable existences but Stedman did not know exactly how strong they were.

However, after Merlin's explanation, Stedman finally learned that he was just about capable of traveling the Void Zone, merely equivalent to an ordinary Legend.

Above ordinary Legends, there were Honored Legends, Lords, and ultimate existences. The Mind training drill that Stedman had practiced every day could reach the league of ultimate existences and be on par with them. Of course, Stedman was indescribably, joyfully surprised.

Nonetheless, Merlin did not tell Stedman that not only could the Mind Power system compare to ultimate existences, but also, if one were lucky enough to consolidate an Illusory World, that was the real terror. One would become a preeminent existence of the entire Void Zone.

Still, when Merlin left the Spell Caster civilization, no one had consolidated an Illusory World. This was a fundamental evolution for Mind Power Masters. It was already inconceivable that a civilization could produce an existence that created an Illusory World.

Thus, Merlin would not demand this.

Even so, this was the first time Merlin had passed on the Mind training drill to a foreign civilization beyond the Spell Casters. Stedman was the first foreign member to cultivate the Mind training drill. Through this, he had perceived the wonders of the Mind training drill.

As he looked at the respectful Stedman before him, Merlin continued saying, "Stedman, this is the Mind Power system in general. Condensing the Mind Heart is the key step in determining whether you can become a Seventh-level Mind Power Master. Only by creating a Mind Heart can you become a Seventh-level Mind Power Master. You're the only foreign member that I've taught but your talent in Mind Power isn't exceptional. Thus, if you consolidate the Mind Heart, not even I can predict the subsequent changes."

Merlin gave a solemn caveat. This was not without danger. Stedman's cultivation of the Mind training drill all along had been risky. It was Merlin's experiment.

However, since the experiment had progressed to such a stage now, Merlin wanted to see how Stedman would change after condensing the Mind Heart.

"Sir Merlin, even if there's a danger or any unpredictability, I'm willing to try!"

Stedman answered steadfastly.

After some thought, Merlin said, "From now on, you'll be my disciple."

Merlin had always liked Steman's character but he had been testing Stedman before this, and thus never mentioned any intention to make Stedman his disciple.

However, since he had decided to help Stedman condense a Mind Heart now, this formed the crux of the matter. It was impossible if it was not between a teacher and a disciple.

Stedman felt a rush of elation, and hurriedly knelt before Merlin respectfully, calling out, "Teacher!"

"Haha, Stedman, I'll say that you have this good fortune, young fellow. There's more to your teacher than meets the eye. Someday, you'll know this. Hehe, now you should calm your emotions and condense the Mind Heart!"

By one side, Titus revealed a gratified look. He liked Stedman as well. Now that he saw Merlin had finally taken Stedman as a disciple, he was overjoyed for Stedman.

Nonetheless, joy was just joy. As the first founder of Mind Power Masters, Titus knew, of course, the significance of the Mind Heart. Only after condensing the Mind Heart would Mind Power Masters undergo an essential evolution.

Condensing the Mind Heart was the first evolution, and condensing the Illusory World was the second evolution. As for the final materialization of illusions into reality, that was the third evolution.

If anyone could complete the three evolutions, then reversing the natural order and becoming a being like Aruba would be a cinch. However, even now, the most powerful Mind Power Master, Merlin, had merely undergone two evolutions.

Stedman immediately calmed his emotions. He had wanted to condense the Mind Heart for a very long time, making countless attempts, but had failed each time.

Merlin could help Stedman, but could not directly or forcibly help Stedman condense the Mind Heart. This was something not even Merlin could do. Anyone who condensed the Mind Heart must rely on themselves.

Nevertheless, Merlin could let Stedman enter an illusion to experience countless years and various events, honing Stedman's heart. Merlin was even going to include, in the illusion, some of his realizations during his own condensing of the Mind Heart.

With attentive assistance from a formidable and accomplished Mind Power Master like Merlin who had the Illusory World, even if Stedman had not much talent, his chances of condensing a Mind Heart would greatly increase.

"Hum."

There was a wave of fluctuation in the Illusory World. Fortunately, this was in Stedman's body, so the energy fluctuations of the Illusory World would not attract the attention of the Void Zone. Merlin had only used the power of the Illusory World to draw Stedman into the illusion.

This was a lengthy illusory experience. Merlin's illusion could even fool ultimate existences, let alone Stedman. Therefore, Stedman started to experience lifetime after lifetime in the illusion, as all sorts of events occurred to Stedman.

This honing through illusion consumed the power of the Illusory World, and Merlin had to retain control to prevent any harm to Stedman. Therefore, this was not that easy.

By his side, Titus observed Stedman's performance in the illusion.

"Stedman had experienced nine lifetimes? He still shows no signs of condensing the Mind Heart. His aptitude is lacking."

Titus shook his head. If this was some other Mind Power Masters such as an average Mind Power Master from the Spell Caster civilization who had Merlin's attentive guidance, and was sent into the illusions for practice, they would have condensed the Mind Heart long ago.

Nonetheless, Stedman did not even show any signs of condensing the Mind Heart. If it were not for Stedman being a foreign member, and Merlin wanting to see if the Mind Power system could be received by foreign tribes, he definitely would not help Stedman in this manner.

Stedman went through about a dozen lifetimes, and did not sense anything himself. However, a vortex suddenly emerged in his Awareness, and his consciousness instantly awakened.

"Who am I?"

After experiencing such a long illusion, Stedman's numerous memories were mixed up. Therefore, he had a momentary moment of confusion.

Still, in a moment, he gradually recalled himself, and his eyes grew brighter.

"I'm Stedman… Teacher, I can now feel the turning point of condensing the Mind Heart!"

Stedman exclaimed with great surprise and delight. He had never felt such intense feeling as this. This was enough to show that Merlin's illusory honing had been effective for him.

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Chapter 908: The Mind Power System!

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Upon seeing Stedman's eager, impatient look, Merlin laughed. He had not mobilized so much power of the Illusory World in vain. He had helped Stedman, who was finally showing signs of condensing a Mind Heart.

"Go on, condense the Mind Heart. You'll truly embark upon a larger path of the Void Zone."

Merlin waved his hand lightly and Stedman's consciousness was instantly sent out of the Illusory World. To condense a Mind Heart, one had to be completely focused, without a single trace of distraction.

"Heh heh, Merlin, are you satisfied with Stedman?"

Titus stood smiling at one side.

"Satisfied? I'm satisfied with his attitude indeed."

Merlin flashed a rare smile. Aptitude and such stuff, at his level, was not a concern. Back in the Spell Caster civilization, many had reached the stage of the Illusory Heart, but Merlin had not guided them so passionately.

The key point was Stedman's attitude. He was tenacious and unwavering, being very persistent. As long as he took one step at a time, his future accomplishments would not be insignificant.

Moreover, if he had condensed the Mind Heart, Stedman's path would widen. This was an immense path that would lead directly to the preeminent contenders of the Void Zone.

After Stedman's consciousness had left the Illusory Subspace, he looked around once more. It was still a barren and lifeless dimension but this was perfect for Stedman to condense his Mind Heart.

"Mind Heart!"

Stedman slowly closed his eyes, his entire mind submerged in his Awareness. He began to gradually activate all his Mind Power, recalling the numerous enlightenments he had obtained in the illusion.

Becoming enlightened about the Mind Heart was an essential evolution to any Mind Power Master. With the Mind Heart, Mind Power was no longer intangible as it gained the ability to interact with the material plane.

Although this ability was still very limited at this point, it could ultimately interfere in the material world. This transformation was a type of evolution.

The Mind Power in Stedman's Awareness started to spin around wildly. Stedman did not mind this at all, still immersed in that mystical sensation as if his Mind Power could do anything and was omnipotent!

"Boom."

A thunderous rumble sounded in Stedman's mind. In this instant, Stedman felt as if the entire world was at a standstill. In his mind, Mind Power crashed around like a storm as if even he could not control it.

"It's done!"

In the Illusory World, Merlin and Titus noticed the changes in Stedman. Merlin and Titus had an unsurpassed understanding of Mind Power Masters. Seventh-level Mind Power Masters having condensed the Mind Heart – how would they not notice a transformation like this?

"Haha, Merlin, Stedman's finally succeeded in condensing the Mind Heart. Only now has he truly stepped onto the path of the Mind Power system, and become your disciple!"

Titus laughed heartily, and Merlin was pleased too. In particular, this indicated that the Mind Power system Merlin had refined was not limited to the Spell Caster civilization. Other foreign civilizations, as long as they had Mind Power, could cultivate it too.

This was a supreme cultivation method which could be practiced throughout the Void Zone. Just this alone was something the Spell Caster system could not compare to.

Nonetheless, Merlin was more concerned about whether Stedman, having condensed the Mind Heart, would undergo any special changes. After all, he was the first foreign member to cultivate the Mind Power system.

With this in mind, Merlin's colossal Mind Power swiftly entered Stedman's Awareness.

In Stedman's Awareness, his Mind Heart was condensed. Currently, it could protect its master, so the massive Mind Power immediately retaliated.

However, before Merlin's Mind Power, forget about Stedman's recently condensed Mind Heart, even Eighth or Ninth-level Mind Power Masters who had grasped Hallucinating spells or formidable existences who had reached the stage of the Illusory Heart, could not even stand a blow. In terms of Mind Power, there was no one at all who could resist Merlin's Mind Power.

Even so, Merlin did not want to attack Stedman. Once his Mind Power struck, Stedman's freshly condensed Mind Heart would collapse.

Thus, Merlin cried out hurriedly, "Stedman, don't be afraid. It's me!"

"Oh? Teacher?"

As expected, Stedman lowered his guard, allowing Merlin to observe his Mind Heart.

Stedman's Mind Heart was no different from the Mind Hearts condensed by those in the Spell Caster civilization. The Mind Heart gathered all of Stedman's Mind Power and could interact with the material plane.

This was the uniqueness of a Mind Heart!

"Mmm, Stedman, work on strengthening your Mind Heart. There should be no issues with you condensing one."

Following that, Merlin rapidly exited from Stedman's Awareness. After all, that was a Mind Power Master's most important place, which should not be entered lightly.

After Merlin had returned to the Illusory World, Titus asked anxiously, "How was it? Were there any problems?"

Merlin shook his head. "Everything went smoothly. It looks like the Mind Power system we established is a cultivation method applicable throughout the Void Zone. It's just that to condense an Illusory World, not anyone can do it. I wonder if anyone in the current Spell Caster civilization has created an Illusory World?"

It had now been a few thousand years since Merlin had left the Spell Caster civilization. Merlin was in the dark regarding the Spell Caster civilization's current stage of development.

However, Merlin knew very well that achieving the second evolution and condensing the Illusory World could not be done in a short time. Even Merlin had taken a shortcut by inheriting Titus' Illusory World. Only then had he condensed his Illusory World.

"He's condensed a Mind Heart. Following this, with our attentive guidance, it won't be long before Stedman understands Hallucinating spells and become an Eighth-level Mind Power Master. Hehe, at that point, most Legendary existences would be no match for him. Who knows, we might soon get a Speed treasure and head back to the Spell Caster civilization as soon as we can."

Titus could see that Merlin still cared about the Spell Caster civilization deeply, wishing to hurry back as soon as possible.

Just as Titus had predicted, after Stedman had condensed the Mind Heart, his Mind Power grew in leaps and bounds. Furthermore, there were Merlin and Titus, the two greatest beings in the Mind Power system. With their pointers, Stedman merely used eighty years to become enlightened about Hallucinating spells.

By now, most Legendary existences were no longer a match for Stedman. His achievements in the Mind Power system had far exceeded his achievements with his Purple-eyed blood. Stedman had become a pure Mind Power Master.

"Teacher, there's a dimension ahead. It looks like it has a master but the dimension isn't that impressive so its master is probably not that strong. I'll like to try and see if I can 'borrow' some Speed treasure from them?"

Stedman was hopping with eagerness. After his Mind Power had reached the realm of Hallucinating spells, he had not fought with anyone for a long time, and did not know if it was effective.

Now that he came across such a dimension, it was the perfect test subject.

In the Illusory World, Merlin considered this proposition before nodding. "You're somewhat slow indeed. Go on then. However, if you're no match for them, then flee quickly!"

Merlin gave a warning, and allowed Stedman to go. Nonetheless, he and Titus retained a close watch over Stedman from the Illusory World.

"Whoosh."

Stedman sped up as he swiftly flew toward that glowing dimension. Soon, he was near the dimension, following which he stopped and observed the dimension carefully.

This gigantic dimension was not much different from the Purple-eyed Dimension. Moreover, the wills in the dimension were not that powerful. The master of the dimension should be comparable to an average Legend.

Still, if one waged war in an opponent's dimension, the intruder's strength would be restricted, sometimes even only able to unleash half of their power. Conversely, the master of the dimension would be supported by the dimension, becoming more formidable.

However, Stedman was unafraid. He was a Mind Power Master. Unless his opponent was one as well, and a stronger one than him, the advantage of occupying a dimension would not suppress him.

As he thought of this, Stedman no longer hesitated and stepped into the dimension.

…

The Sky Saint was the most powerful being in the Sky Saint Dimension, controlling the entire dimension.

Initially, the Sky Saint was born in this weak dimension but gradually grew stronger step by step, ultimately surpassing his predecessors. Having reached his current level, controlling the Sky Saint Dimension, his strength was quite formidable.

He had watched over the Sky Saint Dimension for up to eight thousand years. Ever since he controlled this dimension, the Sky Saint Dimension had a belated fear. Fortunately, there were no dimensions or powerful foreign civilizations around the Sky Saint Dimension. Otherwise, before he had become powerful and controlled the dimension, he would have been at risk.

Any powerful existence could easily control the Sky Saint Dimension. Luckily, the Sky Saint had controlled the Sky Saint Dimension by now. Bolstered by the power of the dimension, he could deal with most foreign contenders.

Nonetheless, the Sky Saint, who knew the boundless immensity of the Void Zone, was still worried sick at heart, especially since no one as strong as him had been born in the Sky Saint Dimension. Even if he wished to leave the Sky Saint Dimension, he was held back by many considerations. Therefore, he had always stayed in the Sky Saint Dimension.

"Among the few prodigies I've lately taken note of, I wonder if there'll be someone who will finally reach my current level, to replace me in guarding the Sky Saint Dimension."

In his palace, the Sky Saint let out a long sigh. In the past centuries, he had observed some prodigies. There were some with excellent aptitude, but none had been able to reach his level.

"Buzz."

Suddenly, a peculiar fluctuation appeared in his palace.

"Who's there?"

The Sky Saint's heart leaped in fright. He had controlled the entire Sky Saint Dimension and would immediately know of any changes. However, a stranger had now entered his palace without him noticing.

Very soon, a purple glow flashed in the main foyer, revealing a blonde, purple-eyed foreign creature. He must be from a foreign tribe because not only his appearance was different but also his force was different.

In particular, this purple-eyed foreign creature's force was not inferior to the Sky Saint at all. This induced a jolt in the Sky Saint's heart. He knew that this stranger was a contender from the Void Zone who was equal to him.

Nonetheless, the Sky Saint was not afraid. He was supported by the dimension, and his opponent would surely be suppressed in his dimension. Thus, that person's overall strength could not compare to his own. By relying on the support of the dimension, the Sky Saint had triumphed over three foreign contenders who were wandering in the Void Zone.

The blonde, purple-eyed foreign person was Stedman, of course. It was the first time he was seeing a foreign tribe contender who looked similar to himself, so he was curious too, sizing up the other party.

"Who are you? What business have you in my Sky Saint Dimension?"

The Sky Saint's tone was vaguely uncourteous. No one would feel friendly toward someone who had barged in suddenly like this.

"The Sky Saint Dimension? So this is called the Sky Saint Dimension. Your Majesty, I'm called Stedman. I was roaming the Void Zone and saw this dimension, so I wanted to borrow a Speed treasure."

Conversely, Stedman's manner was very cordial but his words caused the Sky Saint's expression to shift greatly.

"Hehe, since you've been roaming the Void Zone, naturally, you would know the etiquette. You didn't come to seize my Sky Saint Dimension but you don't harbor good intentions either. We don't have any Speed treasures in our Sky Saint Dimension!"

The Sky Saint's voice contained his thinly veiled rage. A random foreigner roaming in the Void Zone had come to demand a treasure. Why would he hand it over?

In terms of a Speed treasure, the Sky Saint had one indeed. This was a treasure produced in the Sky Saint Dimension and was only discovered incidentally by the Sky Saint after he had controlled the dimension. Thereafter, it was nurtured by the Sky Saint for five thousand years. He had prepared this for when he left the Sky Saint Dimension one day and made his way in the Void Zone. How could he easily hand it over to a foreign creature of unknown origin?

"You don't have one? Then is Your Majesty willing to let me search for it in the Sky Saint Dimension?"

Stedman felt it was best to be clear. He did not wish to resort to force in snatching the treasure directly, even though he intended to seize the treasure indeed.

"How impudent! Go back to where you came from!"

The Sky Saint boiled up with fury, and instantly mobilized the power of the dimension. Boundless energy came from all sides to crush Stedman, suffocating him.

Stedman's capabilities were not shabby. Based on the Purple-eyed Tribe's power from their blood, he was comparable to most Legends, similar to the Sky Saint. However, the Sky Saint controlled the entire dimension, and Stedman was suppressed by the power of the dimension. Therefore, Stedman's power of his blood could not be put to much use.

Fortunately, Stedman was now an Eighth-level Mind Power Master who had attained the stage of Hallucinating spells!

"Hallucinate!"

It was Stedman's first time using his Mind Power. Tremendous Mind Power immediately surged up and transformed into a giant net, wrapping the Sky Saint within.

The Sky Saint also felt a sense of danger but it was already too late. His consciousness turned blank all at once as he descended into Stedman's illusion

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Chapter 909: The Canaan Leaf

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The Sky Saint was an existence on par with ordinary Legends and, bolstered by the dimension, was comparable to Legends with three or even four Maxims.

However, a formidable existence like the Sky Saint was now unable to extract himself from Stedman's illusion. He was deeply submerged within, and did not even realize it at all.

"Mind Power Masters are really powerful!"

On the other hand, Stedman's consciousness was clear and sober. As he watched the Sky Saint who was caught in the illusion, Stedman was endlessly impressed. He was now merely an Eighth-level Mind Power Master, only having just mastered Hallucinating spells. Even so, he could easily trap the Sky Saint in an illusion, which showed that Stedman's current strength was countless times more formidable than when he was in the Purple-eyed Tribe.

Nonetheless, Stedman did not forget that he was looking for a Speed treasure. Therefore, in the illusion, he gradually drew out the Speed treasures owned by the Sky Saint.

"A Canaan Leaf? It's incubated by the entire Sky Saint Dimension for countless years and then nurtured by the Sky Saint for countless years more. Tsk tsk, how impressive. A treasure like this – I wonder how its speed is like?"

After Stedman had learned about the treasure nurtured by the Sky Saint, he did not kill the Sky Saint. He merely wanted to obtain a Speed treasure, which did not mean killing the Sky Saint.

Therefore, Stedman brought the Sky Saint along with him, making sure he was always enveloped in the Mind Power, and thus always in the illusion, unable to extract himself.

Following that, Stedman followed the directions to the location of the Canaan Leaf given by the Sky Saint in the illusion, and came to a gigantic, natural fissure in the Sky Saint Dimension.

This fissure seemed bottomless to the eye, exuding a chill. Nevertheless, in the fissure, there was a tree that grew horizontally. This tree was similar to the Tree Tribe's Mother Tree but lacked the Mother Tree's mighty force. Plus, it grew horizontally, and was extremely peculiar.

The gigantic tree was bare in other places, having produced nothing. It was not lush with foliage either, merely producing one leaf.

This leaf was massive. It had clear veins and was verdant in color, and emitted a unique force. The huge leaf had grown into the shape of a boat, hanging on the tree as it absorbed the nutrients from the large tree.

"This is the Canaan Leaf!"

Stedman was amazed as well. It was his first time seeing a mystical giant tree like this. In the Purple-eyed Tribe, though they had many wondrous treasures, there had been nothing as wondrous as this Canaan Leaf.

From the Sky Saint's words, Stedman knew that the Canaan Leaf was almost at the end of being nurtured. Moreover, the Sky Saint had even used the Dimension Core of the entire Sky Saint Dimension to nourish the Canaan Leaf endlessly for thousands of years. It was the Sky Saint's most valued treasure.

Now, the Canaan Leaf was already completely nourished and mature, equipped with various magical powers.

"Whoosh."

Stedman quickly approached the Canaan Leaf and swiped with one hand. The formidable power of his blood erupted. This Canaan Leaf looked gigantic and was very heavy too. Stedman's heavy blow was merely able to shake the Canaan Leaf slightly, without managing to pluck it.

"Come off!"

Stedman used even more strength. Instantly, the entire massive tree began shuddering as the fissure grew even wider. At last, under Stedman's powerful exertions, the Canaan Leaf was finally plucked.

Nonetheless, after Steadman had plucked the Canaan Leaf, the gigantic tree swiftly withered at a visible speed, and every branch broke off. The Canaan Leaf was the heart of this tree.

"Canaan Leaf – I'll test its speed!"

Stedman quickly flew atop the Canaan Leaf. This was something the Sky Saint had dreamed of, and prepared for millennia, expressly for when he roamed the Void Zone.

"Whiz."

This Canaan Leaf was easy to use as well, not even requiring much effort from Stedman. This Canaan Leaf could automatically replenish its energy. Stedman only had to engrave his consciousness into the Canaan Leaf to gain complete control.

A green beam of light flashed by. When Stedman paid closer attention to his surroundings, he found that he was on the other side of the dimension. Its speed was outrageous.

"Not bad, not bad. It's truly a wondrous treasure!"

Merlin and Titus in Stedman's body, upon seeing the Canaan Leaf's speed, also had their eyes gleamed brightly. Such impressive speed was only slightly slower than the Vestigial Tribe's Aurora warship.

It looked like the wonders of the Void Zone were something Merlin could not imagine by far. It could produce such treasures.

"Haha, to think that even in such a rural place we can get a treasure like this. How unexpected. It looks like Stedman has some luck."

Merlin had some understanding of the path of fortune. A life form born in a dimension, for instance, would gradually grow and become strong. Each time it encountered danger, there would be some miracle. Alternatively, it might receive benefits that resolved the danger.

This was a good fortune. Nonetheless, this was merely a fortune of a dimension. As for Stedman who could obtain a treasure like the Canaan Leaf in such a remote dimension, he was supported by the fortune of the Void Zone.

Merlin examined with his Mind Power. Although Stedman had become a Mind Power Master, the threads of the power of the natural order entwined around his body had not lessened. Instead, they had increased in number.

This was the link to the origin of the natural order of the Void Zone. Similarly, the more threads of the natural order there were, the closer the link was. This was a fortune. While wandering in the Void Zone, one would occasionally encounter inconceivable discoveries and benefits.

Of course, Merlin did not mind whether Stedman was equipped with fortune. It was good that he had a fortune. This meant that the Void Zone did not notice anything different about Stedman. Naturally, it did not know that Merlin was hiding in Stedman's body. Merlin was still safe for now.

Moreover, a fortunate Stedman, in searching for the Spell Caster civilization, would have fewer difficulties.

"Wake up! Sky Saint, thanks for your Canaan Leaf, haha…"

Stedman roused the Sky Saint from the illusion, following which he had boarded the Canaan Leaf. As he laughed, he raced out of the Sky Saint Dimension in the blink of an eye.

"This…"

The Sky Saint was infuriated but upon consideration, he had realized that he was completely caught in Stedman's illusion. If his opponent had attacked, he could not have evaded.

Therefore, after weighing the matter, he did not chase after Stedman. Furthermore, even if he did, Stedman who possessed the Canaan Leaf was not someone the Sky Saint could catch up to.

"This Canaan Leaf is so wondrous, and it bears a striking resemblance to a large boat. I might as well call it the Canaan Boat. Now, I own an impressive treasure!"

Stedman was filled with delight. By controlling the Canaan Boat, he turned into a green streak of light, swiftly flying into the depths of the Void Zone.

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Chapter 910: Dead End!

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In a remote region of the Void Zone, there were many dimensions, but ultimately no powerful civilizations were produced.

Up until a few millennia ago, these weak civilizations had formed an alliance called the Glory Alliance, with the Spell Caster civilization functioning as its core. As a result, this remote territory gradually grew prosperous.

In particular, the Spell Caster civilization, in the past millennia, had given birth to three ultimate existences consecutively. Today, they had five ultimate existences, along with formidable, unique Mind Power Masters, and a terrifying Slothful Beast.

Based on this lineup of forces, the Spell Caster civilization had become entirely worthy of being called the greatest civilization in the Glory Alliance. Therefore, the regions at their periphery, even foreign civilizations that were further away, had voluntarily come to the Glory Alliance. Gradually, the Glory Alliance was slowly integrated into the civilization system of the Void Zone.

The Glory Alliance no longer ruled its own corner. Instead, it was thoroughly merged with the colossal civilization system of the Void Zone.

At the moment, the Spell Caster civilization's core, the most affluent Glory City, received a stranger from a foreign tribe.

"This was Teacher's homeland?"

This person wore strange clothes, and had a head full of blonde hair and purple eyes. In Glory City where people came and went, he stood out somewhat. Nonetheless, in recent times, Glory City had seen an influx of foreign creatures. There were no beings more peculiar than the ones here, let alone this stranger from a foreign tribe.

This stranger was Stedman who had traveled a long way to locate the Spell Caster civilization after much tribulation. From the Sky Saint Dimension, he had taken over two millennia to reach here.

Fortunately, he had the Canaan Boat. Otherwise, he could not possibly have found the Spell Caster civilization so soon.

Currently, Merlin and Titus who were in the Illusory World had also fallen silent. Through Stedman's eyes, they had observed the current prosperity of the Spell Caster civilization. With five ultimate existences, it was undoubtedly the foremost civilization among the countless surrounding civilizations.

Furthermore, the present Glory Alliance was not just for a show. As other civilizations slowly became acquainted with the remote territory of the Glory Alliance, the connections in the Glory Alliance grew closer each day. To external parties, the Glory Alliance was practically one body without any internal distinctions. This was the outcome that Merlin had most hoped for back then.

"Merlin, today, the Spell Caster civilization is safe and sound, rising each day as it gradually flourishes. Even without you, the Spell Caster civilization could survive. Isn't this all you hoped for in the past? Isn't this all you hoped to witness?"

Titus let out a long sigh as he said in a low voice. He knew that Merlin had never stopped worrying about the Spell Caster civilization. By now, it was perhaps Merlin's only concern.

"That's right. Even without me, the Spell Caster civilization still flourishes!"

Merlin glanced at the Void Zone. After all, the origin of the natural order of the Void Zone was the core of a Latitude Cosmo. The Spell Caster civilization did not violate the natural order of the Void Zone, so they would never be treated by the Void Zone as the Vestigial Tribe, and would not be annihilated by it.

The Void Zone merely wanted to deal with Merlin himself. In other words, the Void Zone wanted to deal with Merlin's Illusory World. Only the Illusory World was the greatest threat to the Void Zone!

"Merlin, is there anything else you still haven't let go of?"

Titus' voice was full of solemnity. He knew that Merlin's visit to the Spell Caster civilization was for the sake of letting go of his concerns.

"There's nothing I can't let go now…"

Merlin did not visit the Wilson clan or any of his old friends. To him, these were no longer concerns. What he had been worried about was the Spell Caster civilization.

Now, with the Spell Caster civilization flourishing day by day, without being implicated by Merlin, his final worries had vanished.

Titus' expression suddenly turned nervous as he asked softly, "Merlin, have you decided to take that step?"

Titus understood Merlin the most. In so many years, over millennia, even if Merlin did nothing, his Illusory World would still expand rapidly.

Previously, the Illusory World had reached one percent of the Void Zone. Currently, after millennia of accumulation where the Illusory World grew frantically, by now, it was equivalent to one-tenth of the Void Zone.

Although it still was not completely on par with the Void Zone, this level of strength was sufficient. Merlin had enough power to directly confront the threat of the origin of the natural order.

After so many years of meditation, Merlin knew that it was impossible to materialize the Illusory World as reality solely based on meditation over dozens of millennia.

The only way was to gain a thorough understanding of the origin of the natural order, and severe his links with it. Only by severing his links to the Void Zone, might Merlin's Illusory World truly evolve or be materialized as reality.

This was Merlin's deduction. Although presently his body was made up of Mind Power, completely reliant on the Illusory World, there was still a thread of the power of the natural order, binding him to the distant origin of the natural order. Despite the fragility of this link, it still was not severed.

Merlin wished to materialize the Illusory World as reality. In that case, he must not have the slightest connection to the origin of the natural order. Thus, he must cut off all links!

"Before taking that last step, I'd better do a favor for an old friend. He's been in Glory City for so many years, and must be feeling suffocated to death…"

A calm smirk passed over Merlin's lips.

"Swish."

Stedman who was outside received Merlin's message. Therefore, his figure flashed, and he immediately flew into Glory City!

…

In the vast Glory City, people went to and fro. It was extremely busy. The Spell Caster civilization maintained an attitude of openness, so many foreign tribes were allowed to enter Glory City.

Nonetheless, the Glory City was ultimately the Vestigial Tribe's confinement dimension. Even for some ultimate existences, upon entering Glory City, they would be cut off from the power of the natural order instantly, incapable of mobilizing it.

Even so, this did not alarm these foreign contenders. Conversely, they were even more interested in coming to Glory City, to see this mythical confinement dimension of the Vestigial Tribe.

In Glory City, the centermost place was named the Glory Tower. According to rumors, the Glory Lord, who was the foremost contender of the Spell Caster civilization or even the Glory Alliance, stayed in this Glory Tower. However, he had not moved for a few thousand years.

A simple hibernation for some ultimate existences might even be calculated by ten thousand years. The Glory Lord had not shown himself for a few millennia did not arouse anyone's suspicion. After all, the Slothful Beast he had left behind was not just for decoration.

Most people had heard of the Glory Lord's past achievements and other rumors. Many contenders from foreign tribes even came due to this reputation. Nevertheless, other than the Glory Lord, there was another mighty existence in Glory City that was revered by all. This was the Glory Lord's most faithful companion other than the Slothful Beast – the black cat Didimoss!

Although the black cat Didimoss was not an ultimate existence, due to his special relationship with the Glory Lord, no one in the Spell Caster civilization dared to look down on him.

Glory City had even prepared a large venue, expressly for the black cat Didimoss, to be used as his exclusive residence. It was not far from the Glory Tower.

Sir Didimoss did not have many hobbies. His only interest was to eat various things. As long as he could eat, he did not care for much else.

Moreover, his appetite was astonishing. He liked all sorts of delicious dishes. Of course, he also liked some powerful existences. Therefore, in so many years, the black cat Didimoss had grown even more swollen and fat, but no one dared to neglect him.

Recently, for example, the black cat Didimoss had taken a liking to the Bluewater Tribe's green-juice fruit. This delicious fruit which contained large amounts of energy, was a constant favorite of Didimoss. Therefore, Glory City had already sent out some Spell Casters for the sole purpose of bringing back more green-juice fruit for the black cat Didimoss.

"O tasty green-juice fruit. Tsk tsk, all of you have done well. You may leave."

The black cat Didimoss shook his bloated, obese body, and stretched out his sharp claws, seizing a massive green-juice fruit. As he took in the fragrance of the fruit, he felt an incomparable thirst.

"Whoosh."

A purple figure suddenly raced toward his main foyer.

The black cat Didimoss looked up abruptly. Though he was just a cat, he was not an ordinary one. By now, his position in Glory City was not inferior to an ultimate existence. This palace belonged only to him. Without his permission, no one was able to enter as they pleased.

"Who's there? Barging into the great black cat Sir Didimoss' palace is a serious crime!"

The black cat Didimoss bore an impressive and lofty manner as if he looked down upon this stranger. It was a comical sight.

Nonetheless, the black cat Didimoss realized that the guards outside had not noticed this figure. This was abnormal.

"Mind Power fluctuations? You're a Mind Power Master? Moreover, you've reached the stage of Hallucinating spells at least!"

The black cat Didimoss had noticed the unique characteristic of this figure, which exuded Mind Power fluctuations. Moreover, these were not weak, even reaching the stage of Hallucinating spells. In Glory City, he would be an Eighth-level Mind Power Master!

"Didimoss!"

Stedman's expression was rather odd. As he stared at this bulging black cat before him, he felt puzzled. Nonetheless, he dared not underestimate this black cat at all, for the cat emitted a force that made Stedman feel an intense sense of danger. If it were not for Teacher Merlin's intentions, he would not have dared to approach the black cat Didimoss so easily, no matter what.

"Hmm? Who are you?"

The black cat Didimoss was mystified. Only that particular figure from his memories would use such a tone in speaking to him. However, this person before him was not that person from his memories. Even his force was different. The black cat Didimoss had confirmed that he was not mistaken.

The black cat Didimoss immediately exuded his formidable force as his eyes grew incomparably sharp, abstruse like black holes.

"Didimoss, it's been so many years. You still haven't changed!"

The voice coming from Stedman had changed. In that instant, the black cat Didimoss' eyes widened quickly. This tone, this voice, even in this manner, they were all so familiar!

"You…"

"Didimoss, I've returned! This is Stedman, a disciple I took on. Now that I've returned, it's time to bring you out. I have a way to help you resolve your dead end!"

The one who spoke was Stedman, but in truth, it was Merlin who controlled Stedman.

Of course, this required Stedman's consent. Only then could Merlin manipulate Stedman's body so easily, though not for a long time. This was to gain the black cat Didimoss' trust.

"Merlin, it's really you?"

The black cat Didimoss immediately leaped onto Stedman's shoulders, looking closely at Merlin. His senses were extremely sharp. This current Stedman made him feel that same old familiar sensation.

"Haha, it's really you, Merlin. You've finally returned!"

The black cat Didimoss spoke in elation. He had been alone in Glory City. Even though he was respected by all, he had roamed through the entire Glory City and was bored by now. Naturally, he wished to go out.

However, he would face a dead end, and thus dared not exit so casually. Otherwise, once the dead end had descended, he had no guarantee of surviving it.

"I've come back, Didimoss. Rest assured, you can ride out your dead end safely."

Merlin had controlled Stedman to gently stroke the black cat Didimoss. The feeling of ease took him back to the times in the Dark Magic Region. However, the Merlin from that period would never have imagined this present day.

"Merlin, I believe you. I've stayed long enough in Glory City!"

The black cat Didimoss' expression was filled with joy. He had long wished to exit Glory City. Since Merlin was confident of helping him neutralize the dead end, that was naturally the best news.

The black cat Didimoss had nearly unconditional trust in Merlin.

Merlin nodded and the black cat Didimoss leaped onto his shoulder. With that, he exited the foyer in one step and flew directly away from Glory City.

At this point, Merlin had retracted his consciousness, allowing Stedman to bring the black cat Didimoss away. He knew that what followed was another decisive battle with the origin of the natural order of the Void Zone!

"Swish."

A purple figure, whose speed was neither slow nor fast, had already flown out of Glory City. In that instant, the Void Zone immediately gathered its fearsome power of the natural order.

Moreover, it swiftly revealed the origin of the natural order. The tremendous pressure made Stedman unable to move.

"Buzz."

An unprecedented mass of origin of the natural order had formed at the highest speed, just like a gigantic eye. Even the black cat Didimoss was trembling at this point. He had hidden in Glory City for so many years. As his own strength grew, likewise, the force of the dead end had grown constantly.

Currently, the black cat Didimoss' dead end had reached a point where he was in despair. If it were not for Merlin's personal assurance, the black cat Didimoss would not have taken a single step out of Glory City.

However, there was no way to retreat now. The power of the origin of the natural order instantly engulfed the black cat Didimoss, cutting off all of his escape routes!

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Chapter 911: Reappearance!

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"The dead end!"

The black cat Didimoss felt terrified. The power of the natural order which had descended upon him was beyond his capabilities. Even Stedman in front of him began to tremble all over.

Currently, Stedman was the real Stedman, and before this horrifying force, his meager Hallucinating spell realm was completely inadequate. Any simple wisp of the power of the natural order could kill Stedman once and for all.

Nevertheless, both knew that the determining factor was not them but Merlin!

"The origin of the natural order… I've waited far too long!"

An icy voice reverberated continuously in the Void Zone. Then, without any warning, a black mist flew out of Stedman's body and coalesced into a human form.

Merlin had finally appeared. After a few thousand years, he had finally resurfaced.

"Hum hum hum."

Following Merlin's reappearance and the emergence of his aura in the Void Zone, the huge surge of the origin of the natural order began to boil like hot water. The origin of the natural order did not strike immediately. Instead, countless power of the natural order gradually transformed into the gateway of the natural order!

Merlin lifted his eyes. His gaze was stone-cold. The gateway of the natural order had finally appeared. Due to the intensity of the black cat Didimoss' dead end, the origin of the natural order could transform into the gateway of the natural order in just an instant.

Merlin knew that behind the gateway of the natural order, lied the power core of the entire Void Zone, the origin of the natural order!

Back then, it was because Merlin had entered the gateway of the natural order, that his Illusory World was almost destroyed inside the origin of the natural order. At that time, Merlin was completely incapable of resisting the origin of the natural order.

"Boom."

The next moment, an unparalleled surge of the power of the natural order burst out from the gateway of the natural order toward the black cat Didimoss. Perhaps due to Merlin's reappearance, the black cat Didimoss' dead end was far stronger than any reversed natural order life forms. Even if the black cat Didimoss was ten times more powerful, he still would not be able to withstand it!

However, Merlin already promised the black cat Didimoss to protect him against the dead end, so naturally, Merlin would not allow anything to happen to Didimoss.

"Illusory World!"

Immediately, Merlin's Illusory World descended!

It was starkly different than before. The previous Illusory World seemed completely unreal since it was completely shapeless and invisible. Besides those who were entrapped within it, other people were unable to see it.

However, Merlin's new Illusory World was incomparably huge. Although just a tiny portion had descended, it was already incredibly gigantic, and was also equipped with powerful strength. Moreover, its ability to interact with the tangible world was vastly enhanced.

Therefore, everyone could see a misty glow wrapping around the black cat Didimoss, and challenged the terrifying power of the natural order head-on.

"Rumble."

The power of the natural order struck the Illusory World violently. However, the almighty and omnipotent power of the natural order appeared unable to subjugate the Illusory World. On the contrary, a small portion of it was confined by Merlin's Illusory World and set out before the black cat Didimoss.

"Didimoss, for a reversed natural order life form to escape the dead end, you'll still have to transform. You'll have to experience the power of the baptism of the natural order. I'll capture more power of the natural order for you to receive an inside out baptism, and escape the dead end!"

Merlin's tone was very calm but contained unshakable confidence. Confining the power of the natural order, even the Vestigial Tribe of the past, dared not boast of such an ability.

Nonetheless, the current Merlin was qualified to make this claim. This was merely the power of the natural order. Despite this apparition of the origin of the natural order was quite powerful, it was not the same origin of the natural order that Merlin had entered before. As long as it could not mobilize the power of the entire Void Zone, it could not possibly defeat Merlin's Illusory World.

However, such a large commotion naturally attracted the attention of the entire Spell Caster civilization, including some ultimate existences of the Glory Alliance. Numerous ultimate existences rushed toward them.

"Swish swish swish."

Soon, the first five ultimate existences arrived at the scene. Of course, at the lead was Wizard Augustus and Wizard Ceci from the Spell Caster civilization, and beside them were three other Ultimate Arcane Wizards, obviously the Arcane Wizards who had leveled up in the few recent millenniums.

"Who's that? Who dares to challenge the dead end faced by a reversed natural order life form?"

The three ultimate existences beside Augustus were very surprised. They had leveled up into ultimate existences in the last few millenniums, so they had a certain understanding of the reversed natural order life form, Didimoss.

They already knew that the black cat Didimoss had a dead end but did not imagine it to be so horrifying. Even more chilling was the fact that someone dared to challenge that dead end.

Arcane Wizards Augustus and Ceci, on the other hand, were filled with excitement. They stared directly at the faint silhouette in the misty Illusory World.

"Merlin…"

"Merlin is finally back!"

Arcane Wizards Augustus and Ceci mumbled softly with looks of joyousness on their faces. That silhouette was unmistakably familiar to them. It was none other than the top contender of the Spell Caster civilization, and even the surrounding Glory Alliance – the Glory Lord!

"Wizard Merlin? Can it be the Glory Lord?"

"The Glory Lord left the Spell Caster civilization a long time ago but now, he's back?"

"Before this, when Wizard Augustus talked about the Glory Lord, I thought it was exaggerated. No matter how powerful a Lord, how powerful can he possibly be? Or maybe it was because of the Glory Lord's control over the Vestigial Tribe's confinement dimensions that made him powerful. Now, I believe that the Glory Lord is the absolute number one Lord. He's a Great Lord who's more powerful than any ultimate existences!"

When the three newly advanced Ultimate Arcane Wizards witnessed the magnificent figure battling the dead end, and not at all disadvantaged, their hearts were thumping. This was the number one Wizard in the Spell Caster civilization. Although he was merely a Lord, he was more impressive than any ultimate existences. Plus, he was now battling the power of the natural order!

It was not only the Spell Caster civilization but all the other civilizations, especially the strong contenders in the Glory Alliance who were closest to Glory City had rushed over as soon as possible.

These ultimate existences were all familiar to Merlin. The Titan Giant Chronos, the Mother Tree, the Avian Monarch, and so on. Once they had noticed the commotion, they rushed here in a hurry, and witnessed this mind-blowing scene.

Merlin was challenging the power of the natural order. Not only was Merlin yet to become an ultimate existence but even a third-grade ultimate existence also would not dare to challenge the power of the natural order.

However, the knowledge of these ultimate existences was limited because they did not know the true significance of Merlin's battle with the origin of the natural order. They did not know what a miracle they were currently witnessing. A momentous battle destined to change the entire Void Zone was unfolding before their eyes…

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Chapter 912: The Collision of Two Worlds I

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Strands upon strands of the power of the natural order entered the black cat Didimoss, and continued to destroy his body. However, due to the smaller amount of power of the natural order, despite containing a trace of the resolve of the origin of the natural order, it could not subjugate the black cat Didimoss.

Of course, if Merlin were to allow the black cat Didimoss to face the dead end squarely, it would have been difficult for Didimoss to escape. However, now that Merlin had confined a portion of the power of the natural order, and only released it gradually at a rate that Didimoss could endure, the black cat Didimoss could undergo the power of the baptism of the natural order, and achieve true transformation.

A reversed natural life form which had successfully escaped its dead end had a high chance of becoming an existence equivalent to the Thirty-six Emperors or at least a fourth-grade existence.

Therefore, as the power of the natural order continued to bombard the black cat Didimoss and Merlin continued to release strands of power of the natural order, Didimoss' aura became stronger. This signified that he was slowly transforming.

Furthermore, the power of the natural order was unable to subjugate Merlin's Illusory World. In addition, Merlin's aura also stirred up the Void Zone. Thus, a terrifying aura began to leak from the gateway of the natural order. Consequently, a ginormous shadow seemed to enclose around Glory City and the entire Spell Caster civilization.

The nearby ultimate existences, upon sensing this aura, felt a sense of foreboding. Merlin, on the other hand, was astounded. His expression became incredibly sunken.

This was the origin of the natural order that was closing around Glory City and the entire Spell Caster civilization. In other words, the slightest aftershock would cause irreparable damage to the Spell Caster civilization.

If the origin of the natural order was to turn berserk, the enormous Spell Caster civilization could be destroyed in an instant. Even Glory City, which could hide a first-grade ultimate existence, would not be able to withstand the origin of the natural order. This power, stronger than the Thirty-six Emperors, could easily destroy Glory City.

Merlin did not want to destroy the Spell Caster civilization due to the aftershock of this battle. His gaze narrowed as he looked at the black cat Didimoss once again.

"I'm the great Didimoss! I will not die, I will not die…"

The black cat Didimoss' body began to expand. The aura on his body turned more intimidating. This was the final moment of his transformation. Once the transformation was successful, the dead end would not be able to threaten the black cat Didimoss any longer.

As for what the black cat Didimoss would eventually achieve, even Merlin could not predict that outcome.

However, by the looks of things, it would be quite difficult for the black cat Didimoss to be comparable to the Thirty-six Emperors. Following the black cat Didimoss' continuous transformation, the threads of the natural order became even more entangled with the Void Zone.

Such a strong connection would make Didimoss more powerful but at the same time, it would become more difficult for him to overcome the natural order.

Fortunately, the black cat Didimoss did not dream about overcoming the natural order. He simply wanted to overcome the dead end, so that he could travel the Void Zone freely and eat a myriad of delicacies.

Now, with Merlin's help, the black cat Didimoss' dream seemed that it would soon be realized. It was within an arm's reach.

"Let's go, the further the better!"

Augustus, Ceci, and the others all sensed the imminent danger. Behind the gateway of the natural order, a terrible aura descended. This fear-inducing chill sensed by the ultimate existences was the prelude to the detonation of the origin of the natural order.

Once that happened, everywhere that was covered by the origin of the natural order – all its life forms would be subjected to the frightening force!

"Why is the black cat Didimoss' dead end so frightening?"

Some of the ultimate existences still did not understand what was happening. Although the dead end of a reversed natural order life form was very powerful and inescapable, they did not imagine that it would be this menacing. This force was enough to annihilate a powerful civilization, which was rarely seen.

Only Augustus' and Ceci's hearts sank. They probably had guessed the reason why. Perhaps, it was unrelated to the black cat Didimoss but Merlin!

It was Merlin who had caused the origin of the natural order to be strengthened many times over, to this terrifying point of no return.

"Merlin, the Spell Caster civilization is going to be destroyed soon!"

Just at the right moment, Titus reminded Merlin. Currently, the origin of the natural order had exceeded any dead end, which would strike fear in any life form.

"Swoosh."

Merlin's gaze was incredibly sharp. He saw that the black cat Didimoss had completed more than half of his transformation.

"Didimoss, you'll surely succeed in your transformation. I'll help you clear this last spot of trouble!"

Merlin's eyes turned cold. Seemingly unbothered by the increasingly terrifying aura around him, the Illusory World expanded again by hundreds of times.

At this point, Merlin was almost the overlord of everything. Even the power of the natural order was being suppressed in the Illusory World. Currently, the natural order of Merlin's Illusory World had grown many times stronger.

"Disperse!"

Merlin growled softly. Immediately, under the immense pressure exerted by the Illusory World, the origin of the natural order floating in the Void Zone was torn apart and dispersed.

Merlin's gaze landed on Wizard Augustus, Wizard Ceci, and the black cat Didimoss. Then, without saying another word, he took a deep breath, and stepped into the gateway of the natural order.

He knew that this was the only way to preserve the entire Spell Caster civilization. However, this step meant that the real battle was about to erupt, an inevitable showdown!

…

In the gateway of the natural order, the immense power of the natural order crashed down like waves upon Merlin. Every single strand of the power of the natural order in the origin was capable of killing a third-grade ultimate existence.

Furthermore, this was a boundless ocean!

However, this was not Merlin's first foray into the origin of the natural order. He looked into the distance and discovered that a large patch of the origin of the natural order was shrouded in black.

Since it was shrouded in black, it represented that somewhere in the Void Zone, the order had completely collapsed, and would affect the balance of the Void Zone. Even the Vestigial Tribe of the past did not cause such a large black territory and such severe consequences.

"The final battle has begun. I know that you've been looking for me for a very long time."

Merlin seemed to be talking to himself but as soon as his voice fell, the origin of the natural order seemed to stir up a massive storm headed directly for Merlin.

This was like when Merlin had entered the origin of the natural order the first time. It was not the storm that was worrisome but the horrible vortex.

Now, inside the storm, the horrible vortex was expanding continuously. Back then, Merlin's Illusory World had been crushed by the force of the Void Zone inside this vortex.

Fortunately, Merlin had self-destructed some of the natural order of the Illusory World, which in turn protected him and allowed him to recover to his current condition. However, Merlin was again faced with the same situation!

"The last time, I was completely incapable of resistance but this time, things might be different. This is the final showdown between the two worlds!"

Merlin's voice was calm and deep. Subsequently, the Illusory World detonated with full blast. Merlin had only been releasing small bursts of the power of the Illusory World.

This time, however, Merlin's Illusory World was detonated with full force. It erupted magnificently and swept through the entire origin of the natural order.

In the misty glow of the Illusory World, the power of the natural order which was starkly different from the Void Zone, suppressed all the power in the origin of the natural order.

This was a battle between the powers of the natural order of the two worlds.

"Boom."

Merlin's Illusory World exploded. The world which had descended was one-tenth the size of the Void Zone. How menacing was the power contained within?

Although it had not been turned from illusion to reality, its ability to interact with the tangible world was sufficient to injure the origin of the natural order, and injured the origin of the natural order. A large patch of the black territory began to fester and grow.

Once Merlin had detonated the full force of the Illusory World, the black territory grew from approximately one percent of the total surface area of the origin of the natural order to one-tenth of the origin of the natural order. This meant that the order had collapsed, and the Void Zone had completely lost balance.

"Rumble rumble."

Merlin did not know the severe consequences of his actions when the force he had detonated forcibly suppressed the origin of the natural order. In the Void Zone, billions of dimensions collapsed inexplicably.

Even the vast Void Zone without space or time was annihilated in a split second. The entire Void Zone fell into turmoil, causing far greater damage than the Vestigial Tribe.

However, this also apparently angered the origin of the natural order. All the power gathered from the entire Void Zone was triggered. The vortex, especially, expanded countless times, and sucked Merlin in like a giant mouth.

"Boom."

It was the same feeling as being crushed by the entire Void Zone. Back then, it was in this manner that Merlin's Illusory World was shattered, and he had no choice but to self-destruct some of his natural order to tear open the origin of the natural order and escape.

This time, the origin of the natural order had no doubt made specific precautions. The surrounding force was incredibly menacing. Even if Merlin had self-destructed his natural order, it would be tough to tear open the origin of the natural order and escape.

Nonetheless, Merlin had no intention of escaping.

"The collision of worlds. Come on then, in between the line of life and death, I'll gain enlightenment of how to turn illusion to reality!"

Merlin was completely fearless. As usual, his Illusory World had unleashed all its powers. The squeezing pressure disappeared in an instant. The collision of two powers seemed to distort the origin of the natural order.

The Illusory World shattered. Countless power of the natural order drove in to destroy Merlin's Illusory World but at the same time, Merlin had gathered all the power of the Illusory World and forced the vortex to stop spinning.

This was a loss on both sides. The black territory in the origin of the natural order continued to expand while the natural order from Merlin's Illusory World was incomparably stable. Steadily, it suppressed the invading power of the natural order and showed no signs of collapsing.

On the other hand, the origin of the natural order was being forced into a corner. The surging power of the natural order could no longer pose a threat to Merlin as it did before!

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Chapter 913: The Collision of Two Worlds II

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"Boom."

Finally, Merlin's Illusory World was fully detonated. Like a huge ball of light, it collided violently against the origin of the natural order.

The huge vortex halted, and chaos descended upon the origin of the natural order. Merlin's current power level was perhaps hundreds of times stronger compared to the last time he had entered the origin of the natural order. He now possessed the ability to compete against the Void Zone!

Therefore, this shockwave caused the destruction of countless dimensions across the Void Zone. The collapse of the order would naturally lead to imbalance. This time, the situation was worse than when the Vestigial Tribe was at its strongest. The damage that Merlin had caused to the Void Zone was beyond imagination.

The power of the natural order in the origin of the natural order was mired in chaos. Suddenly, in the midst of that, a great willpower seemed to be slowly awakening.

This willpower was very vague. It was not like the willpower of any life forms but instead, assumed the same emotionless willpower like the dimensions. Meanwhile, Merlin had not realized the extent of damage caused by his Illusory World on the Void Zone in this fierce battle.

In a deep corner of the Void Zone, a white-robed old man was standing guard over a dimension. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and an unfathomable expression appeared on his face.

"How could this be? The power of the natural order is weakening?"

This old man could not imagine any reason which had caused the weakening power of the natural order of the Void Zone.

"Rumble rumble."

The next moment, Armageddon struck. Some of the adjacent dimensions shattered, and the timeless and spaceless Void Zone was also annihilated.

It was absolute destruction. The so-called dark territory of the Void Zone meant that there was no power. There was no feedback power to be relayed to the Void Zone.

The bigger the dark territory, the weaker the Void Zone. At this moment, several dimensions in the Void Zone exploded and turned into a dark territory.

In an instant, the same was true across the Void Zone. These dimensions which were annihilated was converting their powers to be temporarily relayed to the origin of the natural order.

"This is a real Armageddon. Does this mean the Void Zone is facing a far greater catastrophe than the rise of the Vestigial Tribe?"

This old man was a recluse in this dimension. No one knew that he was one of the ancient Thirty-six Emperors who had personally experienced the Vestigial Tribe catastrophe.

Even then, the Vestigial Tribe catastrophe did not weaken the power of the natural order of the Void Zone. However, at this moment, he distinctly sensed the power of the natural order weakening.

The ultimate existences of the Void Zone were able to transcend above the other life forms due to their ability to mobilize the power of the natural order. Now that the power of the natural order had weakened, the ultimate existences' abilities would also decline.

Therefore, all the ultimate existences could sense the changes unfolding in the Void Zone, what more the Thirty-six Emperors who were the avatars of the origin of the natural order.

At this time, not the just white-robed old man but the rest of the ultimate existences and Thirty-six Emperors could sense the tremendous change of the Void Zone. However, they were unable to obtain any information from the origin of the natural order.

This was because the origin of the natural order was also mired in chaos.

One after another, the dimensions exploded. The Void Zone appeared weak but this was a way to strengthen the origin of the natural order in the shortest time. Theoretically, the origin of the natural order contained the power of the entire Void Zone. Due to the vastness of the Void Zone and the humongous need to maintain order, the origin of the power of the natural order was stretched thin.

Hence, the origin of the natural order could only utilize one or two percent of the power of the Void Zone. By self-destructing countless dimensions and collapsing the order, the origin of the natural order could recover maximum power in the shortest time possible.

"Boom boom boom."

Dimensions were destroyed in succession. In the Void Zone, many civilizations felt that they were facing the end of the world. They had never seen such terrible destruction. It was not just one or two dimensions that were destroyed but large territories. Even some of the powerful civilizations were completely wiped out.

"Hum."

Behind the gateway of the natural order, once the vortex of the origin of the natural order came to a halt and the power of the natural order had descended into unparalleled chaos, Merlin felt a heavy pressure as if something terrible was about to happen.

Merlin was about to face a truly terrible event. The origin of the natural order trembled slightly. Then, a huge apparition of the world appeared. Through this apparition, Merlin could see several powerful civilizations in the Void Zone, and even some of the creatures on the dimensions.

This world apparition was conceived via amassing almost half of the power of the entire Void Zone to fight against Merlin's Illusory World. This was the true collision between two worlds!

At this juncture, Merlin no longer had a choice. He could only face it head-on and defeat the origin of the natural order. Perhaps, he would achieve some form of advancement that could enable the Illusory World to be turned into reality.

It was not so simple. Merlin had a vague premonition that the key for the Illusory World to be turned to reality lied in the threads of the natural order on his body.

Only by cutting off these connections and completely detaching himself from the Void Zone, it would be possible for the Illusory World to be turned from illusion to reality. Thus, to cut off these connections, he must defeat the origin of the natural order.

Therefore, in the end, Merlin still could not escape the direct showdown between him and the origin of the natural order.

The collision of two Latitude Cosmos. The origin of the natural order amassed nearly fifty percent of the power of the Void Zone. This was achieved through the destruction of countless dimensions, and greatly harming the Void Zone in the process. This was the price to pay to gather fifty percent of the power of the Void Zone.

In terms of sheer power, the origin of the natural order held a winning edge. However, the collision of the two worlds was not entirely based on pure power. Instead, upon the impact of the collision, the natural order of both worlds would take the opportunity to infiltrate the other's world. This was the most intense battle of all.

Two different natural orders – only one could survive!

"Crack."

Merlin's Illusory World shattered once again. Nevertheless, its natural order was exceptionally powerful and managed to resist the attack of the Void Zone. Although this was the first confrontation between two different natural orders, it was extremely fierce!

Merlin's natural order was modeled after the universe theorem from his previous life. It was considered the natural order of a large Latitude Cosmos and was very stable. The Void Zone, on the other hand, spent countless years to perfect its natural order.

Both natural orders were not wrong but their collision would cause unimaginable damage to each other. Merlin's Illusory World was broken once again. All there was left was the natural order, which could not be eradicated.

As long as the natural order still existed, the recovery of the Illusory World was just a matter of time.

On the contrary, perhaps due to the scattered nature of the power of the Void Zone, it had only been able to gather fifty percent of its power. Therefore, its power of the natural order was not as dense as the Illusory World.

As such, in the battle between the two powers of the natural order, the origin of the natural order gradually found itself at a disadvantage.

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Chapter 914: Sent Where?

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Although Merlin's Illusory World had not been turned from illusion to reality, its power was very dense and concentrated. Moreover, its natural order was incomparably perfect, so no power could demolish it.

The origin of the natural order, which only had a meager fifty percent power, was able to pulverize Merlin's Illusory World. Yet, it could not destroy Merlin's power of the natural order.

Therefore, ever since the beginning of this final battle, Merlin was on an unshakeable ground. This was also the reason why Merlin dared to enter the gateway of the natural order for a second time. He was not without confidence.

Following the successive successes of Merlin's natural order, the origin of the natural order descended into chaos. Then, the willpower which was unique to the Void Zone would awaken.

Once this willpower was awakened, it would recognize danger. Consequently, the Void Zone would unleash every ounce of power at all costs.

Although Merlin was confident that his natural order would not be defeated, if he was forced to face the entire power of the Void Zone and the Illusory World ended up ruining the Void Zone, such an outcome was useless. What Merlin sought was a transformation!

Now, the Illusory World had been perfected by Merlin. Therefore, only by transforming, he could advance another step and turn the Illusory World from illusion to reality. This was Merlin's true purpose.

Anything besides that, even if the Void Zone was crushed beyond recovery, Merlin would not stand to gain any benefit. Thus, after gaining the winning edge, Merlin did not exert too much pressure on the origin of the natural order. Instead, he focused on honing his natural order, hoping of obtaining a flash of inspiration that would help him turn the Illusory World from illusion to reality.

However, Merlin did not know was that once the willpower of the entire Void Zone was awakened, everything would be changed. Only in the most extreme danger would this willpower be awakened. Moreover, upon awakening, the origin of the natural order would recoup all its power.

The easiest and most effective method to recoup power back to the origin of the natural order was to destroy the entire Void Zone. Therefore, the Void Zone fell into pandemonium. Territories were annihilated in succession.

Before this, the Void Zone merely destroyed a small portion but overall, still maintained its balance. Now, however, the entire Void Zone had completely abandoned all restraints and self-destructed. The power of the natural order, too, gradually became stronger. By now, it had reached sixty, seventy, and even eighty percent of the power of the Void Zone!

Eighty percent of power also signified that the entire Void Zone was on the verge of collapsing. It would take an unfathomable period for it to recover.

Furthermore, the extent of the damage would soon reach Merlin. How could Merlin allow the Spell Caster civilization to be destroyed? Hence, Merlin wielded the remaining Illusory World to cover almost the entire Spell Caster civilization, then allowed the Void Zone to self-destruct.

"Boom boom boom."

As the Void Zone self-destructed, the power of the origin of the natural order continued to strengthen. Merlin was no longer holding the upper hand but strangely, the origin of the natural order was no longer attacking Merlin frantically. On the contrary, it was gathering its power. The huge black vortex had disappeared completely, and was now replaced by a sphere entirely condensed out of the power of the natural order.

Merlin could sense that the power continuously condensed inside this natural order sphere gave him a sense of intimidation.

"Chi."

Suddenly, Merlin felt his body slacken. The feeling of restraint disappeared like he was completely set free.

At the same time, Merlin was filled with a sense of uneasiness as if every force around him was his enemy.

"The threads of the natural order have disappeared?"

Merlin took a closer look, and realized that the threads of the natural order that he dreamt so long of disconnecting were finally snapped! This was Merlin's only connection with the Void Zone, and now, it was finally broken!

However, when this connection was broken, the outcome was not as Merlin had imagined. The Illusory World was not turned from illusion to reality. The Illusory World did not change but instead, Merlin felt himself facing an overwhelming sense of rejection. No matter where he went, at least within the range of the Void Zone, there was that overwhelming sense of rejection.

Now, the sense of rejection was tens or hundreds of times stronger than before. This was because a world would not allow a completely unconnected life form to exist.

Perhaps, only a Latitude traveler like Aruba could easily enter different Latitude Cosmos, and not be rejected.

Or perhaps, they were still rejected but were simply able to withstand this power of rejection. However, Merlin was not yet a Latitude traveler like Aruba. Therefore, once the rejection intensity from the Void Zone increased a hundred-fold, Merlin immediately felt immense pressure.

As the rejection intensity continued to increase, Merlin felt slightly strange.

"No, the origin of the natural order isn't trying to destroy me…"

Merlin realized that the origin of the natural order was no longer trying to destroy him. Perhaps, as a result of the awakening of the willpower of the Void Zone, the origin of the natural order realized that there was no way to destroy Merlin. Thus, it abandoned the notion of destroying him.

Other than utter destruction, the most direct method for a Latitude Cosmos to deal with a completely unconnected life form was to send it away!

"Boom."

The Void Zone shook again. The power of the origin of the natural order was increased to ninety percent! This achievement meant that the Void Zone had failed and collapsed. This was a Latitude Cosmos that was severely damaged and probably at its weakest.

However, the origin of the natural order that Merlin was about to face was unprecedentedly powerful. The reason the Void Zone was in such a sorry state and self-destructed most of its dimensions was to gain a powerful force against Merlin.

Following the ceaseless vibration in the origin of the natural order, finally, a light ray appeared. When this light ray appeared, Merlin was struck with a realization.

This did not seem like the light ray from Void Zone!

"Hum."

The huge natural order sphere condensed by the origin of the natural order erupted with unprecedented power. Like a large net, it captured Merlin.

"Swish."

Under ninety percent of the power of the Void Zone, which was also the furthest limit that the Void Zone could wield, all Merlin could do was keep his natural order intact. It was ultimately impossible to defeat this force.

Once Merlin's body had been encapsulated by this frightening burst of power of the origin of the natural order, in the blink of an eye, it flung Merlin toward the tiny light dot which appeared in the origin of the natural order.

This small light dot seemed to be separated by endless time and space. Even Merlin's consciousness felt warped and turned chaotic as he gradually lost consciousness.

The last coherent thought in Merlin's mind was, where was the Void Zone sending him?

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Chapter 915: Almighty Beast World I

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In a daze, Merlin had slowly regained his consciousness. The following moment, he felt as though his entire body had been torn apart, and a huge danger emerged in his heart.

"Where's this place?

Despite Merlin's vast knowledge and his proven ability to challenge the Void Zone, now that he was surrounded by a strange environment, he felt slightly uneasy.

In particular, he could no longer sense the power of the natural order or the origin of the natural order. He was surrounded by total darkness. The only source of light he could see was from the huge light source emitted by the fearsome clouds behind him.

From this huge light source, Merlin could sense the familiar aura of the power of the natural order. It was aura of the Void Zone.

"I've been sent out of the Void Zone?"

Looking at this scene, Merlin felt a prickling sense of familiarity. It was like when he had left the Glorious Land and stepped into the Void Zone for the first time. At that time, he stood in the Void Zone and looked at the dimensions, just like this.

The once seemingly endless Void Zone that even Merlin had never managed to traverse, looked like a huge constant light source from the outside world. However, this light source was flashing faintly and kept shrinking smaller. Even its aura became much feebler than before.

Merlin frowned, seemingly reaching an understanding. Even after the Void Zone had self-destructed and recalled all its power, it was unable to destroy Merlin's Illusory World.

As long as the Illusory World continued to exist in the Void Zone, it would disrupt the order of the Void Zone. Therefore, the Void Zone chose to self-destruct and suffer a massive loss that would take billions of years to recover, as long as it could send Merlin away.

Since it could not kill Merlin, it chose to send him away!

Merlin felt slightly disgruntled. Initially, he thought that once he had dismantled all his connections with the Void Zone, his Illusory World could be turned from illusion to reality.

Unexpectedly, when he had managed to dismantle the connection, he was thoroughly rejected by the Void Zone, and was sent out. It was extremely rare, and downright impossible for someone like Merlin, who had not yet become a Latitude traveler, to leave their own Latitude Cosmos.

After all, there was no one else like Merlin, who could not be defeated by a Latitude Cosmos. In the end, his connection with the Latitude Cosmos was cut off, and was deliberately ejected by the Latitude Cosmos.

"Does this mean that I can now be considered a Latitude traveler?"

Merlin was taken aback. Surprisingly, when Aruba had stayed in the Void Zone for such a long time, he was unable to find any life form with such potential. However, now, Merlin had been deliberated ejected from the Void Zone and became a "Latitude traveler".

However, it was not easy being a Latitude traveler. At first, Merlin did not sense anything except for a faint sense of danger, but soon, he saw an incomparably frightening scene.

Amid the hazy unknown darkness, a ray of light suddenly appeared. This ray of light did not appear particularly powerful, but it was very brilliant. In the blink of an eye, it shot across the pitch-black space.

Merlin was unfortunately caught inside this ray of light, and almost half of his Illusory World was also shrouded by it. In the first place, Merlin's Illusory World was already on the verge of collapse. He was lucky that the natural order in the Illusory World was still whole, so it was only a matter of time before the Illusory World recovered.

Nonetheless, upon being shrouded by this ray of light, half of Merlin's Illusory World dissolved into complete nothingness in an instant. Even Merlin's extremely stable natural order, which had been able to challenge the Void Zoid and could not be destroyed despite the Void Zone amassing all its powers, did not stand a single chance before this ray of light.

"Boom."

With the collapse of half of the Illusory World, the entire Illusory World shook violently. It was not far from collapsing. If the natural order could be snuffed out so easily, what more everything else in it?

Moreover, what made Merlin more fearful was this was only a single ray of light. He saw that from time to time, amid this pitch-black space, various rays of light would appear. Just slightly worse luck than this and Merlin would be dead.

"No, just because I left a Latitude Cosmos, it doesn't mean that I'm a Latitude traveler!"

At this juncture, Merlin understood. To truly become a Latitude traveler, he must possess the ability to overcome the natural order. Merlin's Illusory World had not turned an illusion to reality, so he still could not overcome the natural order.

At this stage, Merlin was still far from Aruba. The power amassed by the entire Void Zone was sufficient to drive Merlin out of the Latitude Cosmos whereas Aruba dared not expose too much of his power lest the Latitude Cosmos was destroyed.

"No, I must return to the Void Zone. Before the Illusory World is turned from illusion to reality, I must never leave the Void Zone!"

Merlin did not hesitate. He immediately turned around, and flew as fast as he could toward the huge light source that was the Void Zone. His speed was not fast but as the Void Zone was not too far away, he quickly reached the light source.

"Bang."

Merlin tried to fly into the Void Zone but he encountered a layer of obstruction. It was as soft as cotton but somehow, it prevented Merlin from entering the Void Zone.

"Open up or else!"

Merlin immediately mobilized the natural order of the Illusory World to defy the Void Zone.

"Rumble."

The natural order of the Illusory World was not paltry by any sense, but tremendously powerful. This violent impact caused the entire Void Zone to vibrate roughly, but that was all. The Void Zone continued to shrink and diminish. Although its aura grew even weaker, it did not let down its defense. Merlin's power was unable to tear the Void Zone.

Furthermore, Merlin perceived a sense of "resistance". This stemmed from the unique will which belonged to the awakened Void Zone. The Void Zone was now sealed shut. Unless a Latitude traveler like Aruba used his strength to force it open, it was impossible to enter it now.

"Hoo…"

At this moment, another tornado whipped up. This tornado was black, and covered the heavens and the earth. Merlin dodged as fast as he could but was still impacted with a small part. The Illusory World shattered into smithereens.

Thanks to the outstandingly stable natural order, it did not collapse. Otherwise, Merlin would disappear completely. Finally, Merlin had realized how dangerous it was for a life form to depart from a Latitude Cosmos, unless and until they had achieved a level like Aruba.

"As Aruba had said, despite traversing countless Latitude Cosmos, he couldn't find anyone who was a Latitude traveler like him. It's also not surprising that Aruba is lonely. Any life form without Aruba's capabilities would be instantly killed by these terrifying forces which appear out of nowhere."

Merlin felt that the natural order of the Illusory World was beginning to slack. Previously, the last ray of light had destroyed half of the natural order. Only the tiniest bit of the natural order was barely holding the shattered fragments of Illusory World together. If he encountered another danger, the Illusory World would be completely destroyed.

Without the Illusory World, Merlin would die. Currently, he was completely interlinked with the Illusory World. It was the essence of his being.

"I must enter a Latitude Cosmos as soon as possible. The Void Zone won't allow me to enter anymore, so I'll have to search for other Latitude Cosmos!"

Merlin looked around. The extent that his Mind Power could see right now was entirely too narrow. All he could do was depend on his luck and fly forward.

After flying for a very long time, Merlin periodically encountered some destructive rays. Fortunately, he managed to prevail but lost some natural order in the process. Right now, the Illusory World would not hold on much longer.

"Hum."

Suddenly, amid the endless darkness, Merlin sensed a strange vibration. He snapped up his head, and saw two light sources – one big and one small.

A light source represented a Latitude Cosmos!

"I'm saved, it's a new Latitude Cosmos, haha!"

Merlin was overjoyed. He mobilized every ounce of power from the Illusory World and flew toward the two light sources. Perhaps Merlin's luck was dismal because suddenly, a few terrifying rays appeared near the huge light source. From time to time, they impacted the light source, but had withstood every single hit.

Besides a Latitude traveler, only the Latitude Cosmos could withstand the various dangers lurking in this darkness.

Merlin watched for a moment, and thought that if he rushed toward these two light sources, it would be dangerous. Currently, he could not survive any further blows.

If he was struck by another light ray, Merlin would not survive, and the Illusory World would instantly collapse.

However, after so many days, Merlin was very weak. Even the Illusory World had gradually weakened. If he continued to stay in this darkness, he may also encounter another destructive threat.

Therefore, no matter what, Merlin had to take a risk!

Thinking along these lines, Merlin no longer hesitated. He gathered all his Mind Power and encased himself with the power of the natural order. Transforming into a black ray, he frantically flew toward the nearest light source.

The nearest light source to Merlin was a humongous light source, at least five times larger than the Void Zone. Beside it, the smaller light source was much smaller, probably even smaller than the Void Zone.

The larger the light source, the stronger the aura it emitted, which meant that the particular Latitude Cosmos was more powerful!

Merlin immediately flew toward the larger light source. This was an entire new Latitude Cosmos, so he did not know what he would encounter.

"Bang."

Another violent impact. Merlin's final natural order almost collapsed. In this huge light source, there was a vast, terrifying will.

"This Latitude Cosmos also has a will?"

Merlin's face waned. A Latitude Power with awakened will would not allow any power to enter, just like the Void Zone. If not because of the awakened will of the Void Zone, Merlin would not have been "sent away" by the Void Zone.

"Whiz."

Another frightening ray launched directly at the large light source. Merlin was also shrouded by it. At this moment, an unprecedented danger rose in Merlin's heart.

If he was struck by this light ray, there was no way Merlin would survive.

"I must enter a Latitude Cosmos!"

Merlin turned to look at the much smaller Latitude Cosmos beside the large light source. His Mind Power touched it gently. He sensed that this Latitude Cosmos did not have an independent will.

Perhaps a better description was that, this Latitude Cosmos already birthed a will but due to some reason, the will had not awakened. This was similar to the Void Zone previously. This was Merlin's only chance of survival.

That destructive ray was approaching nearer and nearer. Merlin steeled his heart, and self-destructed ninety percent of his final natural order. Only a hair's breadth of the power of natural order was left. The entire Illusory World was shaky.

"Swish."

Upon self-destructing his power of the natural order, Merlin gained an energy boost. He sped up, and like a man on his dying breath, frantically rushed toward the smaller light source.

"Boom."

The destructive ray collided violently on both Latitude Cosmos. The aftershocks spread in every direction. Although the impact was very powerful, it did not destabilize these two Latitude Cosmos.

Merlin's luck was not too terrible. At the final possible moment, he flew into this brand new Latitude Cosmos without any obstruction…

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Chapter 916: Almighty Beast World II

"Whiz."

No one noticed that amid the silent night sky, a tiny stream of light had broken through the sky and dropped down.

Merlin was still conscious at this time, but just barely. He was unable to control the speed of his body's descend. All he knew was that he had entered a new dimension.

Any Latitude Cosmos would not allow a different power of the natural order to enter easily. Although Merlin's Illusory World was shattered, it had not collapsed entirely. A faint wisp of the power of the natural order was left. Once this brand-new Latitude Cosmos detected Merlin's Illusory World, it too began to exert pressure.

The weighty pressure unnerved Merlin. He must find a living creature as soon as possible and enter his or her body, just like what he did with Stedman. He would have to live as a parasite temporarily, and slowly recover.

The power of the natural order of this world, in Merlin's current state, was exceedingly threatening. It was powerful to the point that Merlin could not put up any resistance, except for falling downward rapidly.

…

In the magnificent Count's Manor in Boulder City, a grand ball was being held.

Young Master Leon, the only son of Count Stanwin, the castellan of Boulder City, was getting engaged to Lady Reese tonight. For this reason, all the aristocrats from all over Boulder City had been invited to the Count's Manor.

The manor's paths were brightly lit. Many noble gentlemen and ladies gathered in groups of twos and threes as they conversed softly. A sweet violin melody, which was played by a skilled violin master, created a joyful atmosphere throughout the manor.

However, the conversation between these noble ladies was not so much about the ball but the war.

The reason that the war was a topic of discussion despite such a grandiose occasion was because the situation at the front line was extremely tense. Currently, a rebellion had broken out in the southern region of the Holy Dragon Empire. Someone who called himself General Blackbat had launched a rebellion. Presently, he had already invaded several big cities. Thus, the situation in the south was very critical.

Although the Holy Dragon Empire immediately dispatched a large troop personally led by Marshal Kerry to control the situation, they did not manage to settle the rebellion as quickly as the aristocrats had expected. On the contrary, it was a stalemate.

That proved that the Blackbat Militia's strength was not weak. Moreover, the ongoing stalemate between the two armies was too far from Boulder City. Therefore, news of the front line was frequently heard.

"I heard that the Holy Dragon royal family has deployed a large army as reinforcements for Marshal Kerry. Hopefully, the Blackbat Militia won't be able to reach Boulder City."

"It's difficult to say for sure. I'm sure all of us know very well about the current situation of the Holy Dragon Empire. The royal family's holy dragon bloodline is now strenuously thinned. If still no royal heir with a strong holy dragon bloodline appears, I'm afraid there'll be more rebellions in the Holy Dragon Empire…"

These aristocrats were worried. At present, the situation in the Holy Dragon Empire was unstable. The root of the problem lied in the royal family.

The Holy Dragon royal family first established the Holy Dragon Empire with the golden dragon bloodline, a mythical bloodline which was one of the most powerful almighty beast bloodlines. Hence, every generation of the Holy Dragon royal family had been exceedingly powerful. Naturally, they were able to lead the empire to greater heights.

Right now, however, eight hundred years had passed. The Holy Dragon royal family had deteriorated with each generation, especially their holy dragon bloodline. It had become extremely rare, to the point that among all the royal family descendants, there was hardly any promising heir with prominent holy dragon bloodline.

As a result, the situation in the Holy Dragon Empire was unstable. Rebellions such as the Blackbat Militia, had been a dime of a dozen in the recent years.

The aristocrats spoke softly. The servant girls were busy serving platters of fresh fruits and expensive wine. No one noticed there were a few unfamiliar faces in a corner of the manor.

There were too many aristocrats in the manor. Other than the aristocrats, some influential businessmen were intrinsically linked to Count Stanwin. Thus, there were too many foreign faces. Even Count Stanwin would not be able to identify every single person.

In a corner of the manor, there were a few lofty but plain-looking men. They held up their wine glasses like the rest of the aristocrats and socialized gracefully.

However, the content of their conversation was very alarming.

"Is everyone ready? Marshal Kerry's army has formed a solid line of defense. If we were to face them head-on, the Blackbat Militia will suffer a heavy loss. Therefore, His Excellency the General has ordered us to take control of a few powerful aristocrats to attack them from the inside and disrupt Marshal Kerry's formation. Then, the Blackbat Militia will be able to break through their line of defense and achieve victory! The target is Count Stanwin's son Leon. We mustn't make any mistakes!"

"Hehe, Leader, relax. Count Stanwin is indeed impressive. His family has the Deinosuchus bloodline. He has almost five thousand armed men, all of them with the Deinosuchus bloodline in their veins. It's a very powerful army. The Holy Dragon royal family already planned that if Marshal Kerry's line of defense is breached, then Count Stanwin's army must immediately rush there to stop us. However, the impressive one is only Count Stanwin. Everyone has a weakness, and Count Stanwin is no exception. His only weakness is his only son."

"Stanwin's son Leon didn't inherit any bloodlines. He doesn't have any almighty beast abilities. He's just an ordinary person. Therefore, it's much easier for us to capture him. Once we've captured Leon, we won't have to be afraid of Stanwin."

These were spies from the rebellion army at the front line, who had successfully infiltrated the Count's Manor. They seemed to have planned this for a very long time. The plan had been scrutinized countless times. Now all they had to do was to wait for the perfect opportunity.

…

In the manor, with the help of the servant girls, Lady Reese was donning a pure white gown. Tonight, she would be engaged to Count Stanwin's son, Leon. According to her family members, this was a satisfactory match.

Reese had only met Leon a few times, and did not have a good impression of him. Of course, he was not too terrible either. From her impression, the fair-skinned, skinny but kind-looking lad would make a splendid friend.

Instead, he was soon going to be her husband. This thought made Reese slightly nervous. Although she too, did not inherit any almighty beast bloodline, as a woman, who would not wish that their husbands were sufficiently powerful?

"My lady, what's bothering you?"

The servant girls looked at the distracted Lady Reese, and asked carefully.

"Nothing. This is good too. Although Leon doesn't have any almighty beast bloodline, he's still Count Stanwin's only son. Considering Count Stanwin's contributions to this empire, this Count title can be inherited for three generations. Leon will not be in danger in the future, and I can enjoy life as a Countess. There's nothing to be unhappy about."

The more Lady Reese tried to rationalize it, the more apparent the unhappiness in her heart was manifested. Nonetheless, as she also did not have any almighty beast bloodline, she had been nominated by her family. Furthermore, Leon was a Count's son. There was no reason for her to dismiss Leon.

Regardless, who could understand a young lady's thoughts?

"Lady Reese, are you ready? The ball will begin soon. Sir Count would like for my lady to go to the great hall."

A guard was urging outside the door.

"Very well, I'm ready."

Reese cleared away the chaotic thoughts in her head. With the help of the servant girls, she gently lifted her skirt and walked toward the brightly-lit great hall of the manor.

…

"Master Leon, Sir Count asks for you in the great hall."

In a luxurious room, a thin, blond-haired young man was standing before a mirror. This was Count Stanwin's only son, Leon.

Leon had blond hair and a slender figure. He was wearing a gold silk suit. He had a noble nose bridge and handsome features. However, overall, he seemed a little feeble.

"Alright!"

Leon looked into the mirror again, and felt satisfied. Just as he pushed the door to exit the room…

"Rumble."

A thunder suddenly rumbled across the silent night. The sky was not raining but a heart-rending aura filled the entire manor.

Leon looked at the pitch-black sky nervously. For some reason, he kept feeling apprehensive today. This feeling made him very uneasy.

"Whiz."

No one noticed it but following that clap of thunder, a faint ray rushed into Leon's body. Suddenly, Leon's footsteps came to a halt, and his face betrayed an excruciating expression.

"Master Leon, what's wrong?"

The guard outside his door had probably noticed this abnormality and hurried to support him.

The skinny young man did not answer the guard. The next moment, his expression gradually recovered. Then, he slowly raised his head and stared at the guard.

"Master Leon?"

For some unfathomable reason, the guard felt that Master Leon was a little different today. Master Leon's gaze moments ago caused him to feel slightly fearful.

"Maybe it's just a hallucination…"

The guard observed Master Leon's expression carefully but did not see any irregularity.

Leon nodded. Then, following behind the guard, he stepped into the night.

In the dark night, the guard walked in front, so he did not see the changes in Master Leon behind him. Currently, Leon's eyes were incomparably calm though his gaze darted around the strange manor.

Occasionally, there were painful looks on his face as if he was desperately trying to recall something,

"This Latitude Cosmos is called the Almighty Beast World?"

Some memories were echoing in Leon's mind. These memories belonged to a young man named Leon but right now, Leon's consciousness had already disappeared. He had been replaced by a foreign soul!

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Chapter 917: Engagement

Master Leon's soul had changed and became Merlin who was forced into this new Latitude Cosmos. He originally had intended to stay as he did in Stedman's body in the Void Zone, without affecting the self-awareness of the living being.

However, he had underestimated the natural order of this new Latitude Cosmos. Merlin's Illusory World had collapsed, and once he had entered this world, he had already been targeted by the natural order of this world.

Fortunately, Merlin's reaction was quick. He saw Leon, and quickly entered his body. However, he did not expect that the natural order of this world would be so tyrannical as to chase after him inside Leon's body.

The muffled sound earlier was the chase and attack of the new Latitude Cosmos chasing upon Merlin. Therefore, Merlin had to forcibly erase Leon's consciousness, and occupy his body. However, after occupying Leon's body, he had gradually forged a close connection with this new Latitude Cosmos.

Now, Merlin's memory was very chaotic. His situation was quite bad, and could even be called terrible. The Illusory World had completely collapsed, leaving only a trace of the most basic natural order.

Fortunately, this natural order was the core of the Illusory World. As long as this natural order existed, the Illusory World could be gradually restored in the future.

"Master Leon, we've arrived!"

The guard's voice woke Merlin from his reverie. Although his situation was very chaotic now and he had not sorted it out yet, he knew that now was not the right time. Now, he had to observe this Latitude Cosmos as "Leon".

"Alright."

Merlin took a deep breath. In such a short period, he was "rejected" by the Void Zone before narrowly escaping death and entering this new Latitude Cosmos. It seemed like it just happened yesterday.

If everything he experienced was a fantasy, then now was the time to wake up. No matter what, he could not reveal a single flaw.

Thinking of this, Merlin's expression regained its calm, and he slowly walked into the hall.

"Swoosh."

When Merlin entered the brightly lit hall, everyone in the hall turned their attention to him.

These people were all unfamiliar. At least, there were no traces of these people in Merlin's chaotic memory. However, judging by their attire, they should be minor aristocrats.

Merlin vaguely knew that the owner of this body was considered a great aristocrat. His father, Stanwin, was a Count. He was the castellan of Boulder City, and ruled over several other small cities. His territory was very large.

Moreover, the Count doted on Leon very much, to the point of spoiling him. Merlin had some memories of his fiancée in his mind. Her name was Reese, and she seemed to be a young lady from a large family.

Originally, Reese did not like Leon, but Leon's father pulled some strings to oppress people by force and let Reese's family agree to their marriage.

Thinking about this, Merlin felt somewhat helpless. In his past life in the Void Zone, his father Old Wilson also cherished him deeply. Now that he was in an entirely new world and randomly picked a person out of desperation, this father also doted on him greatly.

"Leon, come here."

Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice seemed to let Merlin feel familiar again.

Merlin raised his head, and saw a man in his forties dressed in a magnificent aristocratic robe. His face was very clean and looked somewhat similar to Leon's.

"Father!"

Merlin immediately knew that this middle-aged man was the father of this body, Count Stanwin!

Although Count Stanwin was over forty years old, he seemed to be more handsome than Merlin. As he had sat in a high position for a long time, his dignified aura added to his charm. Some beautiful ladies present also looked at him differently.

However, in Merlin's eyes, Count Stanwin was incomparably amiable and kind.

"Leon, your fiancée will be here soon. You're getting engaged today. When the matters with the Blackbat Militia are finished, we'll choose a date to hold your wedding!"

Count Stanwin said gently.

Merlin wanted to say something but there seemed to be a commotion in the hall. Merlin turned around and saw a beautiful young woman fully dressed up, walking into the hall with the help of a servant girl.

"Lady Reese."

Fragmented memories immediately flashed in Merlin's mind, but he could vaguely see what was going on after carefully linking them up.

It turned out that this body had accidentally met Reese and fell in love with her. After Count Stanwin's repeated questioning, Leon revealed the truth.

To Count Stanwin, as long as Leon liked it, he would do anything possible to meet Leon's requests. Therefore, using the Count's power, he quickly found Reese and came to her door in person before the marriage was finalized.

Of course, only Count Stanwin and Reese's family knew what methods were used, but it certainly was not glorious. After all, Merlin knew that this body was not favored by others.

As for the specific reason, Merlin was not clear as his memories were still chaotic.

Count Stanwin saw Lady Reese, and revealed a smile. He said softly, "Reese, you're getting engaged to Leon today. From today onward, you're a member of the Hilderbrandt clan!"

This was also Count Stanwin showing everyone present his attitude. In Boulder City, no one dared to disobey Count Stanwin's will.

Merlin took Reese's hand under the direction of Count Stanwin. Merlin had lived for two thousand years and had two wives in the Kingdom of Blackmoon. Later, he continued to pursue greater strength. He had never imagined that he would take a woman's hand again. He felt some excitement in his heart.

He assumed that it should be due to Leon's residual consciousness.

Reese's smile was somewhat forced. It was clear that she was not very satisfied with Leon. However, she did not reject him.

Then, all the nobles in the hall congratulated Merlin and Reese, and sent them gifts of blessing one after another. Many of them made Merlin feel like they were extraordinary, but he did not know what they were for. After all, this was a brand-new world. Many forces in his past life could not be used now in this world.

Seeing the smile on Merlin's face, Count Stanwin also seemed very satisfied. He had performed countless meritorious deeds for the empire and even left his successor the title of a Count. Now, he could finally see his only son settle down and get married. Naturally, he was very gratified.

No one noticed that there were some unfamiliar faces in the hall looking around from time to time and occasionally looking at Merlin.

"It's almost time, we have to seize Leon! As long as we catch Leon, Count Stanwin won't dare to make a move. Victor, you're in charge of grabbing Leon. We'll provide support from the side!"

The man called Victor nodded with a solemn expression and turned toward Merlin.

"Swoosh."

Merlin raised his head sharply. How strong was he in his past life? He had stood at the peak of the Latitude Cosmos. Furthermore, he vaguely felt that this new Latitude Cosmos was weaker than the Void Zone.

To be able to become the top existence in the Void Zone, Merlin was naturally extraordinary. Therefore, even a hostile look would alert Merlin.

"There's danger?"

Merlin's expression did not change, but his heart was alert. It was generally very safe in Count Stanwin's manor. After all, who dared to go against him, the Count's only son?

However, Merlin believed in his senses more. If there was a real danger and this body died, Merlin's Illusory World would be bombarded by the Latitude Cosmos immediately.

Merlin's fragmented Illusory World would not be able to resist the attack of this new Latitude Cosmos. At that time, the Illusory World would collapse, and the core natural order would crumble. Merlin would truly die.

Therefore, nothing must happen to this body.

Merlin's eyes constantly swept through the crowd. Finally, he found some strange people. However, the nearest one to him was a stranger who seemed to be walking casually across the hall.

Merlin frowned. His keen perception and sense of danger felt that man's dangerous aura, so he pulled Reese's hand and whispered, "Let's go to father."

Currently, Merlin felt that it was safest with Count Stanwin. No matter what, Count Stanwin would make every effort to keep Merlin safe.

Reese let Merlin drag her away without explaining himself and felt that there was something wrong. Merlin used to be very elegant and would never have done such a rude thing.

"Leon, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing. It's just that dealing with so many people here has made me tired."

Merlin replied casually, but his pace grew faster. Even Reese noticed that Merlin was acting odd. Naturally, the strange man behind Merlin felt it even more.

"Did he discover me? Not good. I have to hurry!"

Victor took a deep breath. He saw that the people around him had already been deployed. It took them a long time to find this opportunity to get close to Leon. He always stayed in the manor so they could never approach him.

If they had missed this opportunity, they did not know how long they would have to wait for the next one. Therefore, even if it was hasty and there was a danger, they still had to take the risk.

"Now!"

Victor roared loudly. His body immediately rose as muscle rapidly expanded. The faint look of a wolf appeared on his face, making him seem extremely ferocious!

"A shifter?"

Some people shrieked and screamed. They only saw the figure of a shifter jumping up and lunging toward Leon.

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Chapter 918: Facing Danger!

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Merlin immediately sensed the danger. The stranger's hands had turned into huge claws covered with black fur, and contained great power to capture Merlin.

This kind of power would not be considered remarkable in the Void Zone. It was only equivalent to a regular Spell Caster. However, it was a fatal threat to Merlin now as his Illusory World had completely collapsed, leaving only a trace of the core power of the natural order.

However, Merlin would never be able to use the power of the natural order, otherwise, he would be discovered by the will of this Latitude Cosmos and may face death. However, if this shifter killed him, the body that Merlin just captured would be lost. At that time, the Illusory World would still be exposed to this new Latitude Cosmos, and Merlin would still be in danger.

As a result, Merlin was caught in a dilemma between two very dangerous situations.

Although he did not know what power this man had to morph into a beast, Merlin was keenly aware that although the other party was incredibly quick, he did not have any killing intent.

Merlin perfected the Mind Power System in his past life, and also formed an Illusory World. His Mind Power had also reached the peak, so how would he fail to notice killing intent?

"He doesn't have any killing intent. In other words, he doesn't want to kill me but captures me?"

Countless thoughts flashed in Merlin's head.

Since the other party would not kill him, that meant he still had a chance.

At this point, out of the corner of his eye, Merlin glanced at Reese dressed in a beautiful white dress. This beautiful young woman, his fiancée, had turned pale and was trembling, clearly not expecting this to have happened. Merlin thought lightly of the shifter's power, but it did not mean that others could bear it.

"Run!"

Merlin growled lowly and pushed Reese hard behind him.

It was just one action, but it made Reese feel that Merlin's figure grew taller.

"Leon…"

Reese was just a young girl, and girls always looked toward heroes. Leon was not her hero before, but at this moment, Leon's thin body seemed more dazzling than any hero.

"Bang."

A dull sound rang, and Merlin's body fell to the ground. A shocked look appeared on the strange man's face as if he saw something unbelievable.

"How could this be? I only wanted to capture him. How…"

Victor had been confident that a person without an almighty beast bloodline like Leon would be unable to resist his grasp.

However, just as he was about to seize Leon, an invisible force resisted his power for a moment, and he lost control of his strength. By the time the invisible force disappeared, he had already viciously attacked Leon's body. Leon fell back, and deep red blood spilled all over the floor, painting a ghastly scene.

"Leon!"

Seeing Leon got sent flying by the shifter and fall heavily to the ground, a furious roar sounded, and surging killing intent filled the entire hall.

"I'll kill you all!"

The huge roar shook the entire hall. The elegant Count Stanwin had immediately transformed into a terrifying Deinosuchus. The top of his head was full of terrifying crocodiles, and his figure exuded a powerful force, causing others to tremble.

This was the strength of the Deinosuchus bloodline. Count Stanwin was a member of the Hilderbrandt clan and inherited the Deinosuchus bloodline. Once, the Hilderbrandt clan was relatively strong, but over time, the clan's bloodline grew increasingly weak, and their power continued to decline.

The appearance of Count Stanwin had revived the prestige of the family. The Deinosuchus Hilderbrandt clan was already the most powerful family in Boulder City. It was precisely because of Count Stanwin's great contributions that he earned such prestige. He was the head of the entire family.

As the person with the richest bloodline of the Hilderbrandt clan in the past hundreds of years, Count Stanwin's Deinosuchus bloodline was incredibly terrifying. Not only had his head, upper body, and lower body had been completely transformed into a crocodile, his figure was emitting a thick and terrifying crimson red light.

When this layer of light had enveloped someone, it would let them feel incomparable terror. Affecting someone's rationality was also a unique strength of the Deinosuchus bloodline.

"Blackbat Militia, you dare to cause trouble in my manor? Die!"

Count Stanwin's voice contained endless anger as he stepped forward just like a real crocodile. He swept his thick tail, directly hitting two Blackbat Militia members, including Victor.

"Bang."

With just a sweep, the two men's transformation was almost scattered. Their hearts were beyond terrified. Although they already had information about Count Stanwin's terrifying Deinosuchus bloodline, they had not witnessed it before and were still able to shrug it off. However, now that they had seen Count Stanwin's horrifying power, they knew that they had lost this battle.

"Retreat. Everyone, retreat!"

The Blackbat Militia did not hesitate to give the order to retreat. At that time, many strangers in the hall shifted and fled the manor as quickly as possible.

Count Stanwin did not pursue them either. He was more worried about Leon's injuries. He merely ordered the manor's knights to pursue them before holding Merlin and directly walking into the house.

Now that such an incident happened in the Count's manor, all the aristocrats present felt frightened. If what happened today did not occur in the Count's manor, but their own, would they be able to deal with it?

"The Blackbat Militia is despicable. They've used assassinating methods. They must be afraid of Count Stanwin."

"Currently, the front line has a solid defensive perimeter by Marshal Kerry. The Blackbat Militia can't break through at all. They're trying to use assassination to cause Marshal Kerry's rear to become chaotic so that they can break through the defensive perimeter. However, how would they know Count Stanwin's prowess?"

"Yes, Count Stanwin is truly amazing. The strength contained in the Deinosuchus bloodline has most likely developed into the fourth form and is about to enter the fifth form. It's truly amazing!"

"I wonder how Master Leon is. How unfortunate. If Master Leon had inherited the Deinosuchus bloodline, the Blackbat Militia wouldn't be able to assassinate him. They wouldn't even know where to start…"

The aristocrats discussed with each other. Then, the butler of the Count's Manor informed the aristocrats that the engagement ceremony was over. As a result, the aristocrats left the manor one after another, and the entire manor quieted down again.

…

In a luxurious room, Merlin was lying on the bed. There were already doctors who were treating Merlin, so his horrible injury was much better now.

However, Merlin was still asleep. It was not because he was in a coma but because he did not want to wake up. This was because Merlin needed to understand this new Latitude Cosmos clearly. Now that he was injured, it was a good opportunity to do so.

From his memory, Merlin already knew that this world was called the Almighty Beast World where everyone worshipped almighty beasts. Rumor had it that some powerful almighty beasts could destroy the world.

From Leon's memory, Merlin speculated that this Almighty Beast World was much weaker than the Void Zone. In the beginning, he had entered this weak Latitude Cosmos to avoid danger.

However, saying it was weak was only relative to the Void Zone. The will of this Almighty Beast World was now the greatest threat to Merlin.

Merlin did not dare to reveal a trace of power from his Illusory World. Furthermore, his Illusory World was only left with a small trace of the power of the natural order.

When Merlin entered the Almighty Beast World, he was pursued by the will of the Almighty Beast World. Even if he had entered Leon's body, he could not escape being attacked by the will of the Almighty Beast World.

At the last minute, Merlin chose to seize Leon's body. After taking Leon's body, some changes occurred. The Almighty Beast World had a very instinctive will. Since Merlin had seized Leon's body, he had gained a small connection to the Almighty Beast World, and was considered to be a being of the Almighty Beast World. Therefore, Merlin had narrowly escaped the disaster and survived. However, the power of the Illusory World could never be used.

Since he could not use the Illusory World, he could only turn to other forces. Today's situation was truly too dangerous. Merlin had already experienced many dangerous situations, but this time, he had just captured this body before he encountered the unexpected danger of death.

"I'll remember that Blackbat Militia!"

There was a hint of killing intent in Merlin's heart. He was a great existence that contended with a Latitude Cosmos, but the Blackbat Militia almost killed him when he was at his most dangerous situation. Merlin naturally would not let the Blackbat Militia off.

However, the first thing to do was to obtain power. The Illusory World was not irrecoverable, but on the premise that the Illusory World could not be used at will, Merlin was now just an ordinary person. He needed to rely on the natural order in the Illusory World to recover slowly, but he did not know how long it would take. It might take decades to recover just a little.

"I need to speed up the recovery process of the Illusory World but it'll take quite a lot of time. What I need to consider now is how to let this body have some ways to protect himself."

Merlin did not want something dangerous like today to happen again.

"There are no Elements in this world, so it's impossible to build a Spell Model, but the relief sculpture left by Aruba is a good way to train despite its flaws!"

Thinking of this, Merlin immediately brightened up.

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Chapter 919: Almighty Beast Bloodline

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After Merlin had trained using the relief sculpture for a few days, he could feel some obvious changes. Even if it was not comparable to the Spell Models built by the Spell Caster civilization, it could reach a terrifying point.

However, the only thing to worry about was whether these relief sculpture postures would work or not.

Therefore, after noticing that there was no one in the room, Merlin began to practice the relief sculpture postures in his memory. Merlin had not practiced these postures for a long time. In the Void Zone, this was Aruba's set of cultivation techniques, which was a failure. However, if he could practice it to the peak, it would also be very powerful. At least, there would be no problems in protecting himself in this world.

Merlin had only practiced the first set of postures for two hours before feeling extremely fatigued both in body and spirit, which was different from the feeling he used to get when practicing the relief sculpture postures in the Void Zone.

When practicing the relief sculpture positions in the beginning, Merlin had discovered some black impurities all over his body and felt very refreshed and comfortable. However, he felt extremely tired now. This showed that the postures did not have much effect on this body.

"There's no effect… It's not the relief sculpture positions' problem but the body's!"

Merlin studied carefully and finally came to a conclusion. The positions on the relief sculpture was originally a training drill Aruba had specifically created according to the body structure of the beings born in the Void Zone or the land of the origin.

Therefore, how would these relief sculpture positions work in a completely new Latitude Cosmos with a different natural order than the Void Zone?

"The relief sculpture positions have no effect but what about Mind Power?"

Merlin began to check his Mind Power. His Mind Power came from the Illusory World, but now that the Illusory World had collapsed, Merlin's Mind Power also decreased greatly. He only managed to stop the shifter earlier because he had used Mind Power.

However, his Mind Power decreased with each use. If this body could have Mind Power, it could even speed up the recovery of the Illusory World.

When Merlin began the Mind Power cultivation method, he discovered that this body could not even produce Mind Power.

Even in the Void Zone, many civilizations did not have Mind Power. One such example was the Vestigial Tribe.

The relief sculpture positions could not be used, and Merlin could not even train the most basic Mind Power. He felt somewhat troubled. Now that his Illusory World had been utterly damaged, it would be difficult to recover in a short period without any special circumstances.

If the Illusory World was exposed during this period, it would instantly be attacked by the will of the Almighty Beast World. At that time, Merlin would not be able to resist in any way.

"I need to find a way to protect myself!"

Merlin glanced at the sky outside. In this world, there were many stars in the sky, and some legends circulated in "Leon's" memory. The stars in the sky were the result of the death of a terrifying monster.

"Almighty beast… That's right, the power system of this world is the almighty beast bloodline!"

Merlin recalled what had happened in the manor before where a man suddenly turned into a terrifying wolf. That power was equivalent to an ordinary Spell Caster's.

As for Count Stanwin, he was even stronger. In Merlin's perception, the shifted Count Stanwin was no less powerful than a Seventh-level Wizard in the Spell Caster civilization in the Void Zone.

This showed that if one could bring out the full power of the bloodline in this world, one would also possess great power.

"Since Mind Power can't be used and the relief sculpture positions don't have any effect, I can only train with the system of this world."

Merlin vaguely knew from the memories that the power system of this world was the power of almighty beasts.

The Almighty Beast World was extremely broad and very different from many dimensions in the Void Zone. The Almighty Beast World was full of boundless continents that were extremely large, and no one could traverse the entire continent.

The people in the Almighty Beast World all believed that they were descendants of almighty beasts and had all kinds of almighty beast bloodlines. The stronger the almighty beast, the stronger its bloodline ability. The stronger the almighty beast bloodlines, the more one would be able to awaken the power of the almighty beast and become a shifter.

However, not everyone had the almighty beast bloodline. There were only a few who had the almighty beast bloodline, and it took a long time of training to be able to achieve anything.

The body that Merlin seized had a very good family. The Hilderbrandt clan inherited the Deinosuchus bloodline. The Deinosuchus bloodline was once a very powerful almighty beast. Although it could not be compared to those top or legendary almighty beast bloodlines, it was considered relatively strong.

Leon's father, Count Stanwin, had a very rich Deinosuchus bloodline. Therefore, he possessed great power and even became a Count of the empire with a large territory.

However, Count Stanwin's only son and heir to the entire Hilderbrandt clan, Leon, did not inherit a trace of the Deinosuchus bloodline.

If not for the fact that his father doted on him very much, Leon's life would not be as pleasant as this. After all, the Hilderbrandt clan had proposed several times for a young man with the Deinosuchus bloodline to succeed Count Stanwin and become his adopted son. It would be better for that person to inherit the title of Count and lead the Hilderbrandt clan to maintain its glory in the future, but they were all rejected by Count Stanwin.

"Almighty beast bloodline…"

Merlin took a deep breath, and began to inspect the bloodline of this body. With Merlin's keen observation, he could feel that "Leon's" body was a little different from ordinary people and seemed to contain relatively strong power.

However, the concentration of the bloodline was too thin and simply could not burst with power. It seemed that "Leon" did not possess the powerful Deinosuchus bloodline.

"Creak."

As Merlin pondered how to gain strength, the door was gently pushed open, and Lady Reese, wearing a white dress, entered.

Lady Reese smiled. Seeing Merlin had woken up, she said softly, "Leon, rest well now that you've woken up. You don't have to worry about anything. The manor is very safe now. The Count has already transferred the heavy knights back and has also thoroughly investigated the Blackbat Militia. I believe that this will never happen again."

Lady Reese gently took Merlin's hand. She looked at this pale hand and the thin young man in front of her. She did not see this before, but unexpectedly, there was a brave heart hidden in this thin body.

If it were not for Merlin's sacrifice to push Reese, she might have been killed by the Blackbat Militia. After all, the Blackbat Militia would only spare Leon. If he was used to threaten Count Stanwin, an insignificant woman like her would not stand a chance.

A girl's thoughts were very subtle. Before, she felt that Leon did not have any almighty beast bloodline and was far from what she imagined as a "hero". However, Leon's courage at that moment made her sit up and take notice. She even faintly felt that it did not seem too unacceptable if she stayed with Leon all her life.

Merlin naturally detected the change in Reese's attitude, but he did not mind. From Reese's words, Merlin learned that the current situation was still not peaceful, and something like this might happen again one day.

In any case, Merlin needed a way to protect himself. Otherwise, he would always feel insecure in this strange Latitude Cosmos.

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Chapter 920: Fossil Museum

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Early in the morning, the first ray of sunshine entered the room. Merlin slowly opened his eyes as his face showed a trace of exhaustion.

He got up, and took out a notebook from the drawer of the mahogany table. He gently opened it and drew some strange patterns on it with a feather pen.

"No, it's completely useless."

Merlin frowned. What he drew on the notebook were Spell Models, but they were improved Spell Models that did not need to absorb Elements. After all, there were no Elements in this world.

The main function of these models was to condense the power of the bloodline in Merlin's body, but unfortunately, the Deinosuchus bloodline in Merlin's body was too thin. Moreover, a new model had to involve the natural order of the Almighty Beast World to be effective and condense the bloodline.

Therefore, it was too challenging to create a training method suitable for the beings of this world in a short time.

Even if Aruba had arrived in person, it would take a very long time, not to mention Merlin. He could not create such a training method.

Merlin gently closed the notebook and closed his eyes. Deep in his sea of consciousness, the fragmented Illusory World was still floating.

However, the Illusory World at this moment had almost completely collapsed, leaving only a core of the most basic natural order.

Besides the natural order, there was also some Mind Power, but Mind Power was also based on the Illusory World. This body could not cultivate Mind Power, so this Mind Power would decrease with each use. They were extremely precious and could not be used unless as a final resort.

Therefore, apart from these two, Merlin did not have anything to protect himself with.

Merlin put the notebook in the drawer, and a beautiful maid entered from the door. As the only son of Count Stanwin and heir to the title, there were naturally people who catered to his every need. There were many beautiful maids like this in the manor.

"Master Leon, the Count has called for you."

Merlin nodded. With the help of the maid, he got dressed and went out.

Soon, Merlin arrived downstairs and saw Count Stanwin sitting at the dining table. Apart from Count Stanwin, only "Leon" could sit at this table.

"Leon, how are you these days?"

Count Stanwin asked caringly upon seeing Merlin.

"Father, I'm almost completely recovered."

Merlin replied softly, and glanced at the kind-looking Count Stanwin. If he had not learned the news about Boulder City, how would Merlin have imagined that this kind-looking father in front of him had recently carried out a cruel purge in Boulder City?

Anyone who had anything to do with the Blackbat Militia was killed directly without question. This was the greatest authority the empire had granted to the lords and nobles.

As long as it was within their territory, the lord could kill and seize. Of course, they could not oppose the Holy Dragon Empire, but all territory was managed by the lords and nobles.

Therefore, some high-ranking lords were no less powerful than the emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire. However, the Holy Dragon Empire wielded the strongest authority, and was the largest lord of the Holy Dragon Empire.

Count Stanwin was considered a great lord with many cities under his jurisdiction and a very large territory. In a short period of ten days, he had already killed nearly a thousand people.

This seemingly murderous father who did not have a good reputation in Boulder City doted on Merlin very much. The most fundamental reason why Count Stanwin carried out the purge was because of Leon.

Leon was Count Stanwin's bottom line! Since the Blackbat Militia dared to lay their hands on Leon, Count Stanwin naturally would not be courteous to them. Therefore, although the killings were cruel, and many were mistakenly killed, some Blackbat Militia strongholds in Boulder City were completely uprooted. In Boulder City, there was no longer anyone related to the Blackbat Militia.

"Good, eat breakfast first. You can go out for a walk thereafter. It's relatively safe in Boulder City now. There are some new fossils in the Boulder City Fossil Museum. You can go and see them if you like."

Count Stanwin said casually but Merlin knew that the entire Boulder City had been cleaned. With so many people cleaned after such a long time, Boulder City was naturally very safe.

"Fossil Museum?"

Merlin carefully recalled his memory and found some information about the Fossil Museum. The bloodline of almighty beasts was inherited in the Almighty Beast World, so they paid a lot of attention to them.

For an unknown reason, the almighty beasts that once dominated the entire continent all disappeared and left fossils behind after deaths. These fossils were regarded as precious items and transported to major cities where they were open to the general public for free.

"Leon" liked to go to the Fossil Museum very much, and would go every time there was a new fossil. Count Stanwin had clearly arranged everything for Merlin.

To keep in character, Merlin could only nod and say, "I'll go after breakfast. I wonder what interesting things have been brought to the Fossil Museum this time."

Merlin looked excited, and Count Stanwin grew relieved.

…

"Halt, we're here!"

A group of heavy knights protected the carriage in the middle and stopped in front of a huge building. Merlin slowly stepped down from the carriage.

"Master, we'll go in and have a look first."

The captain of the heavy knights said softly to Merlin.

"Be quick about it. Don't disturb the people in the Fossil Museum."

Merlin was also somewhat helpless. Although Count Stanwin had cleaned up Boulder City and it was now very safe, he was still not at ease. Therefore, he had transferred a team of heavy knights to follow Merlin closely and protect him. Count Stanwin would not allow what happened in the manor the last time to occur again.

Soon, the captain left the Fossil Museum and nodded. "Master Leon, there are no problems. You can go in without worries."

Merlin stepped out of the carriage, and looked at the Fossil Museum that seemed to carry an air of vicissitudes. It seemed this entire Fossil Museum was filled with this air.

"You wait outside. Don't come in!"

Merlin ordered in a cold voice before entering alone.

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Chapter 921: Almighty Beast Fossil!

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The Fossil Museum did not look very grand outside but it was decorated very luxuriously inside. The hall was extremely large, even larger than the hall of Count Stanwin's manor.

There were some giant skeletons in the hall. These were the legendary almighty beasts. Back when people had not been born yet, these almighty beasts dominated the entire world.

Merlin looked around the hall. He recognized most of these almighty beast fossils due to "Leon's" memory.

Perhaps it was because Leon could not inherit the almighty beast bloodline but was eager for power that he became infatuated with the legends of almighty beasts. He was also very interested in almighty beast fossils. Therefore, Leon often came to the Fossil Museum, and was very familiar with the almighty beast fossils here.

"Master Leon, you're here!"

An old man with an unshaven beard appeared in the hall. He was dressed in a mink coat and had a very clean body.

"Curator Heroult."

Merlin bowed slightly. Curator Heroult came from the capital of the Holy Dragon Empire, and ran the Fossil Museum. His origin was also very mysterious, and no one knew who he was. However, he had stayed in Boulder City for more than ten years.

"Master Leon, I heard there was an accident at the Count's manor a few days ago, and you were stabbed by the Blackbat Militia. How's your injury now?"

This seemingly neat old man asked softly.

"It's no big deal. I'm almost completely healed. By the way, Curator Heroult, I heard that some new almighty beast fossils have been added to your Fossil Museum. Is that true?"

Merlin looked at the hall. These were all almighty beast fossils that he knew and were nothing special. Even with his keen perception, he could not sense anything.

Curator Heroult smiled and nodded. "Yes, I recently obtained some new almighty beast fossils. This batch of almighty beast fossils isn't ordinary. If Master Leon is interested, please follow me!"

"Oh? Is there anything different about them?"

Merlin was also a little curious after seeing Curator Heroult's mysterious behavior. Apart from being larger, he could not see these legendary almighty beasts once possessed just by looking at their fossils.

After all, in the myths of the Almighty Beast World, all legends were about almighty beasts. Even the people were descendants who inherited the almighty beast bloodline.

Curator Heroult did not answer directly but took Merlin into a small room in the hall instead. There, the ground was full of white tiles, and beautiful crystal ornaments hung on the walls. The candles were also covered in glassware, making the room very bright.

"Master Leon, these are the almighty beast fossils!"

When Merlin entered the room, he immediately felt something off. There seemed to be a faint roar that echoed in his ears. His keen perception felt that this room was different.

There was a faint feeling of threat, making Merlin stand on guard.

"An almighty beast fossil!"

Merlin saw that in the middle of the room, numerous huge bones formed a monstrous almighty beast the length of tens of meters with two heads. From the fossil, he could see that the almighty beast had rows of sharp teeth.

However, this was not what was most unique. What was most unique was the back of this almighty beast where there were two huge wings. This was a flying almighty beast.

Flying almighty beasts were very rare. Such almighty beasts had unique advantages in ancient times. They could soar in the sky, and were considered extremely ferocious predator almighty beasts.

However, Merlin had no idea how to appreciate this flying almighty beast. His attention was focused on the skeleton of the fossil, which seemed to contain a violent will that roared incessantly.

An average person might not be able to sense it. After all, it seemed like there was a big difference between the people of this world and the beings in the Void Zone. There was no one here who had or was born with Mind Power, so it was difficult to sense the subtle fluctuations.

There might be other special methods to sense it but Merlin did not know about them now. However, he seemed to sense a sound like the almighty beast's roar but the almighty beast in front of him was a fossil.

Seeing Merlin's changing expression, standing to the side, Curator Heroult's expression also changed slightly. A strange glint flashed across his smiling eyes.

"Master Leon, how do you feel?"

Merlin raised his head, and glanced at Curator Heroult. This almighty beast fossil was made by this old man, so he must know its special features.

"Nothing much, just a little strange. Flying almighty beasts are very rare. What kind of almighty beast is this?"

Curator Heroult had a meaningful look in his eyes as he said slowly, "This almighty beast is called the Two-headed Pterolycus. It's an extremely powerful, cruel, and cunning almighty beast. The two wings on its back are only found on a fully grown Two-headed Pterolycus."

Curator Heroult briefly introduced the almighty beast fossil. The Two-headed Pterolycus was a relatively powerful almighty beast but it was far from the top. However, once it matured, it grew wings and could soar in the sky. The Two-headed Pterolycus would become extremely strong and could be regarded as the most powerful almighty beast.

It was much stronger than the Hilderbrandt clan's Deinosuchus bloodline. After all, the Hilderbrandt clan's Deinosuchus bloodline was only roughly equivalent to a relatively powerful almighty beast bloodline.

As if seeing Merlin's interest, Curator Heroult continued. "Master Leon, in ancient times, the Two-headed Pterolycus was very powerful, especially a matured Two-headed Pterolycus. It's much more powerful than the Deinosuchus bloodline of your Hilderbrandt clan. Unfortunately, the bloodline of the Two-headed Pterolycus has been cut off for some reason, and no clan or person has been heard of having the bloodline of the Two-headed Pterolycus."

Curator Heroult shook his head regretfully. Although there were many clans and some ordinary people possessed almighty beast bloodlines, there were too many almighty beasts. Furthermore, because of unknown reasons, many powerful almighty beast bloodlines had not been inherited.

One such example was the Two-headed Pterolycus. No one had inherited the Two-headed Pterolycus bloodline.

"So, it's called the Two-headed Pterolycus… It does appear to be a relatively fearsome almighty beast. Curator Heroult, I like this fossil very much. Could I take it back and watch it for a few days? I'll certainly send it back to you in the future."

Merlin asked casually but he was already making plans in his heart. Earlier, he felt this fossil send out a strange force as if it was an almighty beast's roar.

Merlin found it strange, so he wanted to bring the fossil back to the Count's manor. After careful observation, he might find something unexpected.

"Oh? Master Leon seems very interested in this Two-headed Pterolycus fossil?"

Curator Heroult asked calmly but his deep eyes seemed to see through Merlin's thoughts.

"Curator Heroult, can I take this fossil?"

Merlin still wanted to take this fossil.

"You can, but Master Leon, you must tell me the truth. How do you feel? Did you hear the almighty beast's roar?"

The smile on Curator Heroult's face had completely disappeared and was replaced with a very solemn expression.

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Chapter 922: Parasite!

Merlin was taken aback. He glanced at the pristinely dressed old man from head to toe a second time. As much as he hated to admit it, the old man had a great fashion taste and had a mysterious air to boot.

"Curator Herault, you were saying something about an Almighty Beast roaring?"

Merlin continued to deny it. Who knew what these Almighty Beasts fossil represented? He could not tell if the roars of Almighty Beasts would bring danger to him either. Hence, he could only deny it. Afterall, Merlin was now a weakling, so he had to take extra caution when dealing with things.

"No need to play dumb. You came close to being assassinated by the Black Manta troops, you should keep your guard up. That said… If I ever intended to harm you, those bodyguards you have, or anyone for that matter, can't protect you. Consider this a second chance. It's not every day you get to meet someone who's attuned to the will of the almighty beasts, especially in a small place like this. Tsk tsk. I heard you have yet to inherit Hildebrandt's ferocious bloodline. Don't you desire power?"

Noticing the curator's rather "enticing" words, Merlin remained ever so vigilant. After all, he's the sole successor to Count Stanwin, and within the Stone Kingdom, that was good as being invincible.

However, Curator Herault seemed to disregard Merlin's title.

"Power… How could you ever grant me power? I do not possess the Bloodline of the Almighty Beasts."

Merlin responded slowly after a little contemplation. He knew that without the Bloodline of the Almighty Beasts, it was impossible to possess a great deal of power in the realm.

"It is true that things are much harder without the Blood of the Almighty Beasts. However, inheriting the bloodline isn't the only way to go. There lies another way to obtain the might of the beasts."

"What way?"

Merlin excitedly asked.

With a vague smile, Curator Herault answered, "Master Leon, Count Stanwin is the fourth Greatest Wizard to have ever existed. Did he not tell you about the other method?"

Merlin furrowed his brows. Granted, the curator was extremely enigmatic, but this was his father that they were talking about. As the Stone Kingdom's ruler, with a ferocious bloodline running high within him, surely his father would have known of an alternative. Yet in Merlin's sea of memories, there was certainly no recollection of such a matter, or perhaps… None that Count Stanwin had ever mentioned to him.

Sensing Merlin's silence, the curator continued, "Also, while this method may work, it does have a huge possibility of backfiring. It is highly dangerous. Considering that you are Count Stanwin's one and only son, Master Leon, why would he ever allow you to undertake such risky measures?"

The curator smiled again, finally realizing something himself.

"What is this alternative that you speak of?"

Deep down, Merlin had already made up his mind. No matter what the curator said, he intended to speak to Count Stanwin. In this new realm, he was the only one who could provide Merlin with any form of reassurance.

"A Parasite!"

"A Parasite?"

Merlin was shocked because he was reminded of himself. Back when he was in the Void Zone, he had inhabited the body of Sterman, and later, he had planned to invade Leon's too. Except it was not easy to grab hold onto one's will in this realm.

Given Merlin's status as an "intruder", he would be obliterated by the will of the Almighty Beast if he had successfully infiltrated Leon's body because he lacked any meaningful link to the realm.

With no other solutions in sight, Merlin could only settle with possessing Leon's body, and in doing so, "fooling" the will of the zone.

Technically, Merlin was no longer considered a Parasite. Since he had already gained full possession of Leon's body, it was something even the enigmatic curator could not tell.

"Precisely! A host! Our body contains the blood of the Almighty Beasts. Those who possess a larger amount of it can tap into its potential to possess the might of the beasts. Now what happens if their blood does not course our veins then? Does that mean we're left with no other choice? Never to wield such powers again?"

"Of course not! Apart from the bloodline, there is another way to grant those without the bloodline access to greater powers belonging to these magnificent creatures, the way of the Parasite!"

"Those sensitive to the presence of the will, either through the remains of the Almighty Beasts contained within a fossil or places teeming with the remains of the beasts' will that have yet to fade could fuse their will and become one with the beast through a unique method. When that happens, they'll be able to enhance their physical properties through the will of these creatures, thereby gaining their might too. In fact, at the peak of their powers, they may become a true Almighty Beast, thus making them more powerful than those who inherited them through a bloodline."

With that elaborated explanation from the curator about "parasites"…Was he suggesting that one can will for their will to come together as one with the beasts', thereby gaining possession of it?

No wait… What it truly meant was a man's will tamed the will of the beast. However, that's too high of a price to pay at this point, what more with Merlin being a magic-user manifested out of the Illusory World. The topic of one's will was difficult for him to comprehend.

"Mr. Curator, I doubt this Parasite that you speak of comes easily, does it? Otherwise, why else would you possibly need some Almighty Beasts' bloodline?"

Obviously, Merlin was not going to buy the curator's explanation. If Parasites were as effective as they were, this world could easily do without some bloodline.

"Heh, you are observant, Master Leon. You're absolutely right, the Parasite does come with certain life-threatening consequences. It so happens the will of the beasts are far too strong, and when one gains full control of its body, they would always need to suppress the beast's will at all times. If one fails to keep it together, then the roles are reversed and the beast turns into a rampaging monster, a being without a mind of its own. In other words, death."

It would seem that this "Parasite" does have its flaws with a high price to pay. However, coming from the mouth of the curator, all this seemed rather tame. Merlin thought to himself a little more. The stakes were high and the chances were slim.

Even one-tenth of a chance was a miracle at this point. After all, there was no telling how strong the will of a beast was. Not everyone can suppress a beast's will, let alone the remains of a will belonging to a once-powerful creature.

Also, given that it was a Parasite, as the power of the human grew, so would the Parasite. All things considered, the user's life will always be in jeopardy.

It explains how Merlin could not seem to recall any knowledge of a Parasite, because none of it ever existed in "Leon's" mind to begin with. With a method that dangerous, Count Stanwin would have never allowed him to attempt it.

Merlin remained calm. He possessed no bloodline and this "Parasite" in question was but a battle of wills, he was sure of that.

He had once battled a Latitude Cosmos, so the will of a beast did not faze him.

Merlin had yet to conclude his decision. This curator was far too enigmatic and with his identity a shroud, it was better if he headed back to speak to Count Stanwin to learn more about Parasites before coming to a decision.

"Mr. Curator, I'll be on my way now. I'll be back tomorrow, perhaps."

With that, Merlin quickly left the Fossil Museum for the Count's manor.

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Chapter 923: Barbarians

In the carriage, Merlin kept thinking about Curator Heroult's words. If one could command the strength of almighty beasts through parasitism, empowering oneself, this could very well be an option.

The present Merlin desperately needed powers of self-preservation. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to thrive peacefully in this unfamiliar world. After all, any accident could occur.

"Before my Illusory World has recovered, I must rely on the power system of this world."

Merlin had already made up his mind. Nonetheless, he would not be impulsive. First, he had to ask his father regarding this.

…

In the evening, the twilight sun had descended and the air carried a faint chill, causing one to feel as if the temperature had plummeted all at once.

The fire was roaring in the fireplace, lighting up the female servant's face which was rosy red. This scene had a pleasant glow, but currently, in the hall, Count Stanwin and a well-built man in silver armor were not paying attention. Conversely, the atmosphere was somewhat serious.

"My lord, we've eliminated every member of the Blackbat Militia who was in Boulder City. However, more bad news had arrived from the front lines."

This armored man was the commander of the heavy knights under Count Stanwin's command. He was named Hanson. He had also inherited an almighty beast bloodline and had immense strength, second only to Count Stanwin.

"What news?"

Count Stanwin kept his cool as he asked calmly.

"It's Marshal Kerry. It seems like the Blackbat Militia had colluded with the barbarian tribe. An opening had been created in Marshal Kerry's line of defense. I'm afraid not even Marshal Kerry will be able to withstand the Blackbat Militia and the barbarian tribe."

Hanson's words immediately infuriated Count Stanwin, and he replied coldly, "The barbarian tribe? D*mn the Blackbat Militia to gang up with the barbarians. These barbarians can't be tolerated by civilized society at all. Nonetheless, with the barbarians' help, Marshal Kerry won't be able to hold off the Blackbat Militia. Our Boulder City and the surrounding territories will become the front lines that hold off the Blackbat Militia."

Count Stanwin frowned. Just the Blackbat Militia alone might not be scary but with the barbarians in the mix, it was terrifying. These barbarians were intelligent as the almighty beast bloodline had mutated in their bodies. Most of them were savage and berserk. Once they were enraged, they would lose their reasoning after shapeshifting.

This was the greatest trait that had separated the civilized world from the barbaric world. Those who had inherited the almighty beast bloodline in the civilized world, even after shifting, would not lose their minds. However, the barbarians would surely lose their rationality, slaughtering in madness, and doing whatever they liked. Only after a long time would they slowly recover their senses.

Therefore, there were frequent conflicts between the civilized world and the barbarian tribe. If the city was broken in, it was sure to fall into ruins. Those barbarians who had shifted would massacre madly.

Due to this, the civilized world and the barbarian tribe always shared an antagonistic relationship. Unexpectedly, the Blackbat Militia had ganged up with the barbarians.

"My lord, the Blackbat Militia who had colluded with the barbarians has fearsome power. Not even Marshal Kerry can withstand them. As for the situation in the Holy Dragon Empire, I believe my lord is clear about that. Sending out Marshal Kerry was already the limit. It's impossible to send out more troops in a short time. Therefore, once Marshal Kerry's defensive line collapsed, our Boulder City must face the Blackbat Militia directly, becoming the front lines."

This well-built Commander Hanson had thought far ahead.

"Hanson, what do you mean?"

Count Stanwin did not appear anxious at all, maintaining a steady manner. This somewhat reassured Commander Hanson.

"My lord, I think we should make preparations for retreat…"

Hanson was being very tactful. According to his rationale, they should retreat at once. Count Stanwin was merely a nobleman, not a military officer of the Holy Dragon Empire. Therefore, he would not be punished for leaving his territory.

At most, he would lose his territory if he ran away. This would be a massive blow to the entire Hilderbrandt clan because the clan's foundation was in Boulder City.

"Retreat… Maybe so. However, before that, I won't let the Blackbat Militia off so easily. Go and prepare."

Count Stanwin remained calm the entire while. This time, the Blackbat Militia had sent someone to kidnap Leon, and he was filled with fury. Even so, he knew that the Blackbat Militia which had joined up with the barbarian tribe was not something a mere count like him could face alone. Not even Marshal Kerry could uphold the line of defense.

Therefore, they could only leave this territory and head to Holy Dragon City. However, without his territory, his countship was merely an empty title. He was likely to lose the honor and glory accorded to aristocrats.

"Father."

Merlin walked in from outside the hall. The frigid wind outside battered his body. As Merlin entered the hall, the warmth from the fireplace caused Merlin to relax involuntarily.

"Leon, you're back. Today, your Uncle Hanson has just returned."

"Uncle Hanson!"

Merlin bowed slightly toward Commander Hanson. He knew that Commander Hanson was Count Stanwin's right-hand man. Before this, he had been leading the heavy knights in observing the situation at a place not far from the Blackbat Militia. Now that he had suddenly returned, something major must have happened at the front lines.

"Master Leon, when you got engaged I still hadn't returned from the front lines. Next time, I'll surely bring you're a gift."

Hanson gave a courteous smile, following which he took his leave respectfully, leaving just Merlin and Count Stanwin in the hall.

"Father, what happened?"

Merlin immediately sensed that Hanson's return was surely not insignificant. Perhaps it was something to do with the Blackbat Militia at the front lines. After all, it was no secret that these past few days, the Blackbat Militia had been facing off against Marshal Kerry's army.

"Nothing's the matter. Don't you worry."

Count Stanwin spoke with a placid expression as he gazed at Merlin, filled with tenderness.

Seeing that Count Stanwin was unwilling to tell him, Merlin did not further pursue this. Many thoughts flashed across his mind but he did not know how to inquire of Count Stanwin regarding the matter of parasitism.

After a moment of silence, Merlin decided to ask directly. In this world, the only one he could trust completely was Count Stanwin.

"Father, I wonder how parasitism works?"

"Swish."

Count Stanwin instantly looked up, his gaze sharpening as his body exuded an unseen force, stifling Merlin until he almost could not breathe.

"Leon, how did you learn about parasitism?"

Count Stanwin wore a solemn look as he questioned sternly.

"Father, I went to the Fossil Museum today and heard Curator Heroult mention this. Apparently, through parasitism, one could possess strength on par with the almighty beast bloodline. I wonder if this is true?"

Merlin did not intend to hide this. He could no longer cover this up. After all, he had only gone to the Fossil Museum today. The heavy knight by Merlin's side would surely report this to Count Stanwin. Merlin might as well inquire boldly and openly.

"Humph, that old Heroult, he's arrived from Holy Dragon City for over a decade, and always acted surreptitiously. Does he think I don't know that he's equipped with powerful almighty beast bloodline? It just that he always seems to know his place, so I didn't bother him. Now he dares to incite you, Leon, to try parasitism. D*mn him!"

Count Stanwin's expression was an unpleasant one. Merlin could sense that his father now was truly harboring murderous intent toward Heroult, purely because Heroult had mentioned parasitism to Merlin.

"Father, this has nothing to do with Curator Heroult. I don't have the almighty beast bloodline, and parasitism is my only option."

Merlin spoke sincerely. Maybe it was his steady voice that caused Count Stanwin to fall silent for a moment.

"Parasitism… Leon, once you're parasitized, you might die! I've promised your mother that I'll protect you, giving you a lifetime of peace without any worries. So what if you don't have the almighty beast bloodline? I'll leave behind enough riches for you in the future, and you can inherit my title of count. There's no need to fret about your livelihood. Forget whatever Heroult said. You definitely mustn't choose parasitism!"

Count Stanwin bore a resolute manner that left no room for questioning.

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Chapter 924: Restoring the Framework

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Count Stanwin spoke staunchly, and for a moment, Merlin was stumped.

However, he finally said slowly, "Father, even if I don't choose parasitism, I still need to learn about it, in case Heroult has deceived me."

Count Stanwin hesitated for a moment, glancing at Merlin, before finally replying, "Leon, parasitism is a hazardous means. In general, only those who inherited no bloodlines, and who had no hope left at all, would choose this path. Practically, no one who chooses parasitism can survive. Even if someone succeeded by fluke, then as their abilities increased, the almighty beast's will would grow stronger too. In the end, they'd be incapable of suppressing the almighty beast's will and forfeit their own consciousness completely."

Throughout a long history, a method like parasitism was gradually developed by people who did not have the almighty beast bloodline. They desired to become contenders and would stop at nothing just to gain formidable power.

When they had incidentally discovered that the almighty beast's will existed, they used all methods to merge with the almighty beast's will, thus carving out a path divergent from those who inherited the almighty beast bloodline. However, choosing parasitism was too dangerous. In the first place, the success rate was pitifully low. Moreover, upon success, they had to struggle against the almighty beast's will at every moment, teetering on the brink between life and death.

Therefore, how could Count Stanwin possibly allow Leon to go for such a risky method? In Count Stanwin's eyes, Leon could inherit the countship, the territory, and a great amount of wealth. In his territory, he would have supreme authority. Leon could have a good life without any need to endanger himself with a dangerous path like parasitism.

Nonetheless, Count Stanwin did not know that this son he pampered had switched with another soul, who would gain self-preservation skills at all costs.

"Leon, don't mull over parasitism anymore. Have a good rest first."

Merlin nodded without any signs that he had taken this advice to heart. He turned to leave the hall, and headed to his room upstairs.

Seeing that Merlin had left, Count Stanwin's face slowly darkened. He waved his hand lightly and a guard dressed in heavy armor came in.

"Go, chase Heroult of the Fossil Museum out of Boulder City. I don't care where he comes from. He comes to my Boulder City and dares to incite Leon to try parasitism, so he mustn't be allowed to stay here!"

Count Stanwin was ultimately somewhat apprehensive because he had come into close contact with Heroult before but found that he could not see through the other party. Heroult must be someone who possessed a formidable almighty beast bloodline, only he had come to Boulder City for some unknown reason.

Although banishing him in this manner might easily offend this mysterious contender, for Leon's sake, Count Stanwin would stop at nothing.

The guard nodded, then left with soft steps. The hall was quiet once more, and only the roaring flames of the fireplace would crackle now and then…

…

Back in his room, the place had been tidied up by a maid. A white slip of paper was placed on the table, with a message on it.

"Leon, today the Honorable Count has allowed me to visit my clan. I might only return after a few days. Things are rather chaotic outside, so try not to go out."

It was signed by Reese. She had left this note.

A smile tugged at the corner of Merlin's mouth. Reese had been staying in the Count's Manor long ago. Of course, this was not in keeping with propriety but with Count Stanwin's overbearing manner, Reese's clan dared not speak up.

Moreover, Reese's clan would not care about her, a descendant of the clan who did not inherit the almighty beast bloodline. Now that they could form a relationship with Count Stanwin, naturally, it was perfect for them. Why would they not agree?

Thus, Reese had always stayed in the Count's Manor, preparing to hold the wedding after the matter of the Blackbat Militia at the front lines had been resolved.

Merlin kept the paper slip, following which he sat down before the mahogany desk, making light strokes across the white paper with a quill. If one looked closely, one would know that this was the Molta language of the Void Zone.

"It's too difficult."

After a long moment, Merlin slowly put down the quill. On the paper, he had drawn one model after another. In his past life, he was a Great Lord among the Spell Casters, having perfected the Mind Power system. Therefore, he could not create another cultivation system suited to his present body.

Nonetheless, this required a very extensive period. Furthermore, though he borrowed from the Spell Models constructed by Spell Casters, this still required research and experiments, bit by bit. How could he come up with something in a short while?

After putting down the quill, Merlin's brain spun with countless ideas. He immersed his consciousness in his Awareness. The Illusory World was scattered and smashed, leaving just a bit of the power of the natural order now.

"To restore the Illusory World, I'll have to first mend the collapsed framework of the Illusory World but this would consume a lot of Mind Power."

Merlin was rather hesitant. His Mind Power would dwindle each time he used it. If he mobilized his Mind Power now, he would be in trouble if he ran into any danger.

However, if he did not even repair the framework, relying solely on that most basic strand of the natural order, who knew how many years it would be before it slowly recovered? Thus, this was a dilemma.

"The Illusory World is my foundation. Only by materializing it as reality, will I have the chance to truly break away from the Latitude Cosmos, like Aruba, roaming through each one of them instead of being like me now, being trapped in this Latitude Cosmo, like in a prison. Therefore, no matter what, restoring the Illusory World is the most crucial thing."

Merlin contemplated the matter. After an intense bout of debate, he finally decided to first restore the general framework of the Illusory World. Otherwise, he only had one strand of the most basic and essential natural order, which would not be of much use. Once the Illusory World had its basic framework, it could slowly repair itself from then on, even if this would still take an inconceivable amount of time.

Therefore, Merlin started to immerse his consciousness in the natural order. His Mind Power was quickly mobilized. With this strand of the most basic natural order, restoring the Illusory World was difficult. However, restoring the framework of the Illusory World would still be feasible.

A wave of invisible fluctuations emerged over Merlin. These were Mind Power fluctuations. Merlin had to be extremely cautious. The Mind Power fluctuations were no big deal. Even though they were a new form of power, the will of the Almighty Beast World would not notice them. After all, they were no threat to the Almighty Beast World.

Nonetheless, if a trace of the force of the natural order in the Illusory World was leaked out, the entire Almighty Beast World might be affected. With Merlin's present circumstances, he must not let the force of the natural order to leak out. Therefore, as he repaired the overall framework of the Illusory World, he could only be extra careful.

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Chapter 925: Heroult!

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Three days had passed. Merlin seldom ventured out during this period. There were suddenly fewer guards in the manor as well. Moreover, they came in and out, appearing very busy. Merlin did not know what happened for they looked more anxious.

When Merlin occasionally went down, he did so hastily. A maid noticed that Merlin's complexion was increasingly pale but dared not ask him about it so casually. Fortunately, Count Stanwin had gone somewhere these few days, so he did not question Merlin.

"Almost there. There's not much Mind Power left but at last, the framework of the Illusory World has been built."

Merlin's face was pale because his Mind Power had been severely exhausted. Over three consecutive days, he had used Mind Power to constantly repair the general framework of the Illusory World.

Luckily, he still had the most essential natural order. Repairing the framework of the Illusory World was much easier. Otherwise, to reconstruct the entire Illusory World would be impossible even in ten thousand years.

The overall framework of the Illusory World had been established. Thereafter, Merlin did not have to worry anymore. It just needed a long time to slowly recover. At that point, the natural order would derive even more natural order.

As for recovering his previous strength in the Void Zone, even surpassing the natural order and materializing illusions as reality, these were all too distant for Merlin. He was facing a more practical concern, which was his lack of self-preservation power now.

In this period, although the guards in the manor did not mention anything to him, the entire atmosphere at the manor seemed suspicious. Merlin who had keen senses could naturally perceive that this was a very tense atmosphere. Even without inquiring, Merlin could vaguely guess that something had happened at the front lines.

It was very likely that this calm lifestyle would not continue. If so, powers of self-preservation were vital.

"I'll go and ask Heroult at the Fossil Museum once more."

Merlin stood up, having made up his mind. Even though Count Stanwin forbade him to be parasitized, from the depths of his heart, he desired to have self-preservation powers. Only parasitism could grant him such strength, so that was all that mattered.

Nonetheless, before that, Merlin had to ascertain how it worked and not act rashly.

After leaving the room, Merlin headed directly outside the manor.

…

In the Fossil Museum, there was a bustle of activities. Many people were buzzing about in and out, moving precious fossils. Outside, there was one carriage after another, totaling more than ten. It appeared that the entire Fossil Museum was moving out of Boulder City.

"Be careful there. These are precious almighty beast fossils. Don't break them."

A few black-armored knights were directing things. They were the security force of the Fossil Museum. Curator Heroult was a mysterious man. After opening this Fossil Museum, he even employed an entire troop of knights for protection.

Suddenly, a splendid carriage gradually stopped outside the Fossil Museum. From the carriage, out hopped a skinny, pale-faced young man.

"What are you all doing here?"

Merlin noticed the people who were incessantly moving things outside the Fossil Museum, and his brow immediately scrunched up.

"Master Leon."

A black-armored guard seemed to know Merlin's identity and immediately replied respectfully, "Master Leon, Curator Heroult has asked us to move these fossils away. We're leaving Boulder City today."

"Moving away?"

Merlin appeared astounded. Countless thoughts flashed in his mind as if he seemed to think of something. He asked softly, "Where's Curator Heroult?"

"Curator Heroult is inside."

Merlin entered the Fossil Museum. Indeed, he saw Curator Heroult directing a few people to carefully move the almighty beast fossils.

"Curator Heroult, are you moving away?"

Merlin stepped forward and asked.

When Curator Heroult saw Merlin had come. His eyes brightened, following which he gave an ambiguous smile. "Master Leon, do you not know? Honorable Count Stanwin had already sent his heavy knights to warn me. If I don't move, I'll be responsible for the consequences! In this Boulder City, if one offends the honorable count, is there anyone who can stay on?"

Merlin had already guessed this somewhat that it was indeed his father who gave the order. He was the master of Boulder City. With one command from him, a mere curator naturally could not disobey.

Nevertheless, Merlin still felt that this Heroult was not that simple. He was not moving away for a reason like this. It was just that this might involve Heroult's own secrets, so Merlin could not ask.

"Curator Heroult, I'm truly sorry. I didn't think that I'll give you so much trouble."

Even though Heroult was very enigmatic, as of now, Merlin did not detect any evil intent on his part. Conversely, it was Curator Heroult who was implicated by Merlin.

"Haha, Master Leon. Even without the honorable count's banishment, I'll be leaving Boulder City as soon as I can. After all, the front lines can't hold on for long. At that point, we might meet again."

Heroult seemed well-informed, knowing about the situation at the front lines.

"The front lines can't hold on? Curator Heroult, has something bad happened?"

Merlin immediately thought of his father, Count Stanwin, who had not been in the manor these few days. Even the heavy knights were fewer in number.

"Master Leon, don't you know? The Blackbat Militia had colluded with the barbarian tribe. By now, the line of defense that Marshal Kerry had blockaded over is completely torn apart. The collapse of that defensive line is not too far behind. Therefore, no matter what, I'll move away as quickly as possible."

Heroult did not conceal this fact. It seemed like many people knew of this development.

Most people had heard of this. Thus, everyone in Boulder City had grown alarmed. Most of the heavy guards had been sent out to guard the city gates, reassuring the masses.

"So something this major had happened. It looked like the Holy Dragon Empire isn't far from chaos…"

Merlin understood the entire situation of the Holy Dragon Empire. The matter of the Blackbat Militia was merely a microcosm of what was happening in the Holy Dragon Empire. All over the empire, organizations similar to the Blackbat Militia were popping up everywhere. Troubled times were coming. At that point, it was difficult to say whether Count Stanwin could protect the entire Hilderbrandt clan.

With this in mind, Merlin became more determined in his plan to gain self-preservation powers.

"Curator Heroult, I came here to ask for more details about 'parasitism'."

"Parasitism? Master Leon, would Count Stanwin allow you to choose an eternally doomed path like parasitism?"

Curator Heroult asked with an awkward smile. Surprisingly, he did not show the fear others typically displayed upon mentioning Count Stanwin.

"If father doesn't allow me, am I not able to make the choice myself? Danger is lurking everywhere throughout the Holy Dragon Empire. This is an omen of impending chaos. If I don't have the slightest power to defend myself, even father would be unable to protect me."

Merlin spoke resolutely.

"Oh? Master Leon has such determination?"

Curator Heroult appeared taken aback as he sized up Merlin. After a moment of hesitation, he finally invited Merlin into a room in the Fossil Museum.

"Master Leon, have you decided on parasitism?"

"Of course!"

Merlin answered with steely conviction. If he had any hesitations before, they were completely gone after he heard about the Blackbat Militia breaking through Marshal Kerry's line of defense.

Troubled times were coming. Without self-preservation powers, it would be dangerous.

Moreover, being parasitized by an almighty beast's will was ultimately dependent on the mind. In that aspect, Merlin was unafraid. His Illusory World, despite having only a framework built, was not something most almighty beasts could destroy.

Plus, Merlin was left with some Mind Power. He was not afraid of the remnants of the almighty beast's will.

After considering various situations, Merlin finally made up his mind. Choosing the path of parasitism was now the only plan he could think of in a short time that would gain him formidable power.

"Curator Heroult, I wish to allow an almighty beast's will to parasitize me. I wonder if you have a way?"

Merlin stared at Curator Heroult with burning eyes. He knew that this mysterious Curator Heroult was sure to have a way, only he did now know whether Curator Heroult was willing to anger Count Stanwin.

"Heh, Master Leon, you're making things difficult for me. Once the honorable Count Stanwin knew that I've brought you onto this irreversible path, he might tear me apart… Nonetheless, I'm studying parasitism. Although I don't choose to walk this path, I've researched the almighty beasts' will and parasitism for over ten years.

"I won't deny that those who can sense the almighty beast's will are rare. I don't know what's the reason, but only those who can sense the almighty beast's will are able to choose parasitism. Therefore, I wish to let Master Leon try it as well, but do you need to think about this more carefully? After all, if you want to be parasitized, your father Count Stanwin can help you."

Curator Heroult's eyes were faintly zealous. He had studied parasitism for over ten years. Having met a "test subject" like Merlin delivered to his doorstep, naturally, he was overjoyed.

Even so, he still sought for Merlin's opinion. Though he was not fearful of Count Stanwin, there was no need to offend a count who might be a peak fourth-form shifter without good cause.

"Curator Heroult, I've already thought this through. Plus, do you think that if I go to father, he would agree to let me choose parasitism?"

Merlin had already considered this matter. Heroult did not seem afraid of his father, so there was no one more suited to help Merlin begin the parasitism. Furthermore, Merlin did not detect any evil intent from Heroult. This was the crucial part.

Curator Heroult carefully scrutinized Merlin. After a long moment of thought, he gradually raised his head. "Very well, we don't have much time. If we take too long, Count Stanwin will discover us. Follow me, Master Leon, I'll help you be parasitized. This would thoroughly aggrieve Count Stanwin. I hope after you succeed, you won't forget me."

"If I fail?"

Merlin asked.

"If you fail… You'll die, and your father, Count Stanwin, would turn insane as he hunts me down everywhere. Hehe, now do you see how much of a risk I'm taking due to your choice of parasitism?"

Although Curator Heroult complained over and over about this pressure he was under, Merlin could discern a frantic light in his eyes.

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Chapter 926: The Two-headed Pterolycus I

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Merlin followed Curator Heroult into the Fossil Museum. It was a completely different world within. With a gentle press, the surface of the wall revealed a tunnel entrance that directly headed underground.

This was an underground secret passage. To think that Curator Heroult who had come to Boulder City for merely over a decade had already built a basement without anyone's realization.

The basement was rather dim and cold, but there was no odor of dust. It must be visited often. Merlin walked behind Curator Heroult for a moment and soon saw a stone door.

There were so many mechanisms here. It looked like this was an important place.

"Rumble."

After the stone door opened, it revealed the true appearance of the basement, which was very spacious. As soon as Merlin entered, he had detected the pungent smell of blood along with a composite of potions. It was an unpleasant odor, and he could not help wrinkling his nose.

The basement was in a mess. The gray tiles were covered in a sheen of grease, which looked disgusting. Some mice were making "squeaking" noises.

In the center were a few desks, on top of which some transparent glassware seemed to contain something. As he glanced at this cluttered appearance, Merlin could not restrain from frowning. However, as he looked at Heroult beside him, he saw that Heroult's gaze was filled with nostalgia as if these were all precious items.

As if sensing Merlin's misgivings, Curator Heroult calmly said, "Master Leon, this is my laboratory. You should know that, to someone who devoted his efforts to researching parasitism, the laboratory is his greatest treasure. It's a shame that the menace of the Blackbat Militia is fast approaching. Otherwise, I would be able to move the laboratory as well."

One could see that, truly, Heroult was not acting because of Count Stanwin, but had already made this decision long before.

"What's the function of the laboratory? Do I need it too?"

Merlin only had a half-baked understanding of the cultivation system in this world. This was thanks to Count Stanwin. Count Stanwin might be very formidable but because Leon did not inherit the clan's Deinosuchus bloodline, Count Stanwin did not further explain matters regarding cultivation.

Heroult said in a low voice, "To most people, inheriting the almighty beast bloodline wouldn't require constructing a laboratory, but it's different if you study parasitism. In particular, for those who choose the path of parasitism, a laboratory is indispensable. This is because by choosing to be parasitized by an almighty beast's will, one would be teetering on the brink between life and death at every second. Not only does one have to get along with the almighty beast's will, one must manufacture potions to stimulate the body, the blood, and even one's own potential. Only then can one increase the power of their bloodline accompanied by the almighty beast's will!"

After Heroult's explanation, Merlin realized that the path of parasitism was not a pleasant one. One might be overwhelmed by the almighty beast's will at any time. Moreover, the cultivation could not rely upon the bloodline, so one required various potions to stimulate their body, enhancing their physical strength, to obtain power compatible with an almighty beast.

As for those who had inherited an almighty beast's bloodline, they only had to train the power of their bloodline diligently. As time passed, they would naturally possess formidable strength. Compared to those who had inherited an almighty beast bloodline, parasitism did not seem to have the slightest advantage.

"Don't you feel that it's hazardous, without any advantages? Haha, parasitism's upper hand lies in one's own control. If one relies upon the bloodline's power, the upper limits of their strength are already determined. The higher the grade of one's bloodline, the stronger they'd be in the future. However, no matter what, there's ultimately a limit.

"Parasitism is different. When the almighty beast's will selected by a Host no longer fulfills the requirements of their strength, the Host can choose to merge with a stronger almighty beast's will or even fuse a few almighty beasts' wills. If they succeed, their potential would be terrifying to an unimaginable extent…"

Heroult's eyes burned with a fervent light. He was such an insane person. However, Merlin could tell that fusing different wills or absorbing a second almighty beast's will would be very difficult with almost no chance of survival. Those who survived had a perverse amount of luck.

By now, he had ascertained that those who chose parasitism must all be lunatics.

On second thoughts, was Merlin himself not a lunatic as well? Perhaps in the eyes of others, bypassing the easy path of a count in favor of the parasitism's suicidal path was the act of a madman.

"What should I do?"

Merlin asked hoarsely.

"Parasitism is more troublesome. Now, the almighty beast's will here isn't that great. There's only the Two-headed Pterolycus' will, which you've seen that day. The Two-headed Pterolycus isn't that powerful, only considered a low-tier almighty beast. Nonetheless, it's rather formidable among that tier. If you can unleash its full form which has flying abilities, it'll compensate the inadequacies of the bloodline, and just about reach into the mid-tier.

"Still, I don't suggest that you choose the Two-headed Pterolycus. Its bloodline is low-grade, but its will isn't feeble. Conversely, it's rather bloodthirsty and ferocious. If there's enough time, I'd like to bring you to Holy Dragon City. I've left some mid-level almighty beasts' wills there which are very powerful, certain to suit you."

Heroult's eyes shone brightly. He was treating Merlin as a test subject. Nevertheless, Merlin still could not trust him completely. In Boulder City, because of Count Stanwin, Heroult would still have some reservations no matter what.

If Merlin followed Heroult to Holy Dragon City, Heroult would be able to do anything he wanted.

Therefore, in any case, Merlin would not leave with Heroult.

After a moment of consideration, Merlin decided on the Two-headed Pterolycus' will. Although it was low-tier, in truth, even a low-tier almighty beast was very fearsome. Moreover, Merlin could take on more wills of almighty beasts in the future. This was the sole benefit of choosing parasitism.

"Curator Heroult, it's not necessary. I'll choose the Two-headed Pterolycus."

Merlin sensed the urgency of the situation. Who knew when the Blackbat Militia would sweep into Boulder City murderously. The heavy knights of his father, Count Stanwin were certain to be unable to hold them off.

Therefore, Merlin must gain powers of self-preservation before that happened.

"That's a shame. Since you insist on the Two-headed Pterolycus, I'll grant your wish. Follow me."

Curator Heroult was somewhat rueful. He had treated Merlin as a test subject. It was not easy to find a voluntary test subject. After all, not everyone could sense an almighty beast's will.

Fortunately, he still had time to record the parasitism process between Merlin and the almighty beast's will. If they succeeded, this would greatly advance his research of parasitism. If they failed, Heroult could imagine Count Stanwin's fury. If it came to that, he would leave Boulder City without a moment's hesitation, hiding far away.

Although he was not fearful of Count Stanwin, no one wanted to fight for their life against a wild contender who possessed a mid-tier almighty beast bloodline, who had reached the peak of the fourth-form.

Merlin trailed behind Heroult, entering a small room in the basement. However, this room contained an overpowering foul odor. Merlin could hardly stand that pungent stench.

In the middle of the room, there was a revolting green pool, which was bubbling in a viscous manner. The smell was unbearable.

"What's this?"

Merlin asked softly.

"This is the Nourishment Pond, Master Leon. It's not so easy to be parasitized. An almighty beast's will is incomparably powerful. Can a body whose bloodline isn't enhanced withstand the power of an almighty beast's will? Without preliminary enhancement, almost no one can narrowly escape. They'd explode and die. Thus, to be parasitized, you must first augment your own physical strength, stimulating your greatest potential. For this, the Nourishment Pond is essential."

It turned out that parasitism was so troublesome. However, this small pond that looked so sticky was too disgusting. Who knew what its contents consisted of?

Nevertheless, Merlin now had no choice but to strip down, endure the acrid odor, and leap into the Nourishment Pond with a splash.

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Chapter 927: The Two-headed Pterolycus II

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"Blub blub."

After Merlin had jumped into the pond, bubbles rose up to the surface. Merlin felt as if he was caught in a swamp where it was difficult to move even an inch.

Particularly, the thick, sludge-like stuff pressed in on Merlin from all sides. Other than his head, all the rest of him was sunken. He felt cold and damp. However, thereafter, a numb sensation arose, followed quickly by a hot and stinging feeling.

These sensations were difficult to endure. Any average person would be unable to stand it but Merlin's Mind Power was incomparably powerful. How would he be afraid of this smidgen of pain?

Conversely, he was using his Mind Power to carefully study the pond. There was special energy within that slowly seeped into his body, binding with his body's blood. It was indeed able to enhance the power of his bloodline multiple times.

"It's not surprising that it's called the Nourishment Pond for it can strengthen an ordinary person's bloodline multiple times. I suppose the formula isn't that simple?"

Merlin opened his eyes and asked in an even tone.

Heroult was somewhat astonished. He did not expect that Merlin could still reason so soberly under such circumstances. He smiled as he replied, "Of course, it's not simple. The Nourishment Pond formula is every Host's secret. Back then, I've only obtained this Nourishment Pond formula due to random chance. However, don't you count on me passing it on to you. This Nourishment Pond formula is the most basic of all. Even if your parasitism succeeds, you'll need the Nourishment Pond formula. Perhaps, if you follow me to Holy Dragon City, I'll consider passing on the Nourishment Pond formula to you."

Merlin eyed the pond, not expecting that this small pond would be so crucial. Nonetheless, a formula that could strengthen the power of one's bloodline was vital indeed. At least, in "Leon" memories, Merlin could find nothing that would enhance one's bloodline. After all, Merlin's current bloodline was merely an ordinary one.

"How easy it would be with the Matrix. With one scan and I'll know the Nourishment Pond formula."

Merlin missed the Matrix but it was a shame it would not appear again.

When he thought of the Matrix, Merlin naturally recalled the Vestigial Tribe. The Illusory Tribe Civilization in his Illusory World was completely developed based on the Vestigial Tribe. If the Illusory World were to recover even more, he would first develop the Illusory Tribe Civilization.

It was similar to the Matrix in the Illusory Tribe Civilization. Even though it was not as outrageous as the Matrix that could construct Spell Models, it could still scan spell formulas and exert precise control. At that time, the Nourishment Pond formula would not be a problem.

With this in mind, Merlin was not worried anymore. He had come from the Void Zone, a great existence able to contend against the will of the Void Zone. Naturally, he had some advantages.

"There's no need for that. I'll look for the Nourishment Pond formula myself in the future."

Merlin replied coldly. His tone contained no trace of gratitude. He could see the current situation clearly. He was a test subject, and Heroult would obtain precious experiment data from him. As for Merlin himself, if the parasitism succeeded, he would gain some powers of self-preservation.

This was a mutually beneficial matter and could be considered a transaction. Thus, feeling thankful was not in the equation.

"Alright, you might be in agony, so be prepared!"

After Heroult spoke, he took out a spotless, white porcelain bottle and gently opened the lid. From within out poured a gray powder.

"Sizzle sizzle."

As the powder fell upon the Nourishment Pond, it was like water poured into a deep fryer. The pond started to boil violently, and Merlin felt a scorching pain.

"Endure it. Only by passing this stage can your body withstand the Two-headed Pterolycus' will!"

Heroult noticed Merlin's expression of suffering and spoke hurriedly. He was afraid that Merlin could not bear this. If that happened, all his previous work would go to waste.

Merlin glanced at Heroult. He could endure this. Though it was great agony, his will would not be affected in the slightest even if this was ten thousand times worse.

Under the observation of Merlin's Mind Power, he could distinctly feel that his body was gradually strengthening. His blood surged with immense power, which was proof of the wonder of the Nourishment Pond.

"Alright, you can come out!"

After an unknown period, when Merlin was even feeling somewhat numb, Heroult's voice sounded in his ear, yelling that Merlin could leave the Nourishment Pond.

Merlin was somewhat reluctant to leave, noticing a slight twitch at the corner of Heroult's mouth. Heroult felt a pang. This Nourishment Pond could be considered his greatest asset. So many precious items had been put into it for it to have such astonishing effects.

"Master Leon, you may now inspect your body."

Heroult tossed Merlin a clean robe. Merlin put it on. Although it was not as well-fitting as his own clothes, he could get by. It just appeared somewhat oversized.

However, this was unimportant. What mattered was that Merlin felt his own body seemed to have grown stronger. It really had. If he weighed himself now, his mass would surely have increased significantly.

Merlin lightly gripped his arms, which felt different from their previously weak state. Now they seemed filled with strength.

"This was all transformed by the Nourishment Pond?"

Merlin was rather taken aback. It looked like he had underestimated this world. It could produce such a miraculous thing like the Nourishment Pond, which forcefully increased the strength of those who did not have any almighty beast bloodline.

Of course, compared to those who had inherited an almighty beast bloodline, there was still no way to be on par. One's physique was merely enhanced at least five times compared to an average person.

"Not bad, Master Leon, your will isn't bad at all. Your body could be enhanced more than five times. Most people can no longer stand it after they were enhanced three times over."

Curator Heroult was rather surprised but also mournful as well. Admittedly, he was delighted over Merlin's physique being enhanced five times over but the greater the enhancement, the more Merlin had consumed the substances in his Nourishment Pond.

These materials were extremely precious. He had collected them for many years before manufacturing this Nourishment Pond. Initially, he had planned to use it for long-term research on parasitism but now, it was used by Merlin.

Nonetheless, he had already recorded Merlin's physical situation and his body's data. This was always a part of the research and could be considered a fair trade. There was nothing to rue.

"Alright, next is the crucial step – to allow the almighty beast's will to parasitize in your body, coexisting with your consciousness!"

With that, Curator Heroult had moved the Two-headed Pterolycus' fossil into the room at an unknown time. Instantly, Merlin's ear seemed to ring with the almighty beast's snarls.

"Tell me, what do I do?"

Merlin did not hesitate at all and asked softly.

"It's simple. Focus your attention and hold onto the Two-headed Pterolycus' fossil. The Two-headed Pterolycus' will would slowly detect your presence, then infiltrate your consciousness, parasitizing your mind!"

Heroult pointed to the Two-headed Pterolycus' fossil on the floor, indicating that Merlin could begin.

Merlin drew in a deep breath and crouched down. The moment his hand gripped the Two-headed Pterolycus' fossil, Merlin felt a bleak force invading his body furiously. Moreover, the almighty beast's roars seemed to magnify innumerable times over in his ears.

Heroult swiftly retreated to one side, closely observing Merlin's changes. Currently, this was the complete process of parasitism. This precious experiment data would be very useful for his future research on parasitism.

As for whether Merlin would succeed, this was no longer within the scope of his considerations. Now, it was all up to Merlin.

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"Boom."

In Merlin's Awareness, an incomparably massive Two-headed Pterolycus roared fiercely at Merlin's consciousness. An earth-shattering pressure descended upon Merlin. Bloodthirst, cruelty, and other negative emotions were endlessly sweeping over, futilely battering against Merlin's will.

However, in Merlin's Awareness, would he fear a puny almighty beast of this world? Forget about a mere low-tier almighty beast – even a mid-tier or high-tier one, despite being a legendary almighty beast's will, was no match for Merlin in his Awareness.

This was because Merlin had the natural order of the Illusory World.

The natural order had suppressed everything! Though Merlin's natural order was reduced to a strand now, being the most fundamental force of the Illusory World, even one strand was not something the Two-headed Pterolycus could content against.

"Suppress!"

Merlin yelled hoarsely, his voice washing over the Two-headed Pterolycus from all directions. Instantly, the recently built framework of the Illusory World swiftly enveloped the Two-headed Pterolycus. In his Awareness, Merlin's natural order would not be noticed by the will of this Latitude Cosmo. Thus, Merlin's strand of natural order dominated this space, controlling everything.

"Boom."

The might of the natural order could not be withstood by the Two-headed Pterolycus at all. Its cries even contained a hint of a pitiful whimper. Initially, it was aggressive and blustering, trying to swallow Merlin's consciousness in one gulp but now, it stayed in his Awareness obediently, starting to slowly merge with Merlin's consciousness.

This was parasitism because the consciousness must be merged, using the almighty beast's will to spur the transformation of the body's bloodline. One must constantly maintain and suppress the almighty beast's will. This was difficult for most people but Merlin who suppressed with his natural order faced no such problem. Even if there were more almighty beasts' wills, he could suppress them.

"Although I don't have the Matrix, my Illusory World is my biggest asset!"

Merlin opened his eyes. No matter what happened, the Illusory World was his core. Although the Illusory World must not appear in the self-centered Almighty Beast World, being unable to confront the Almighty Beast World's will, suppressing the almighty beasts' will was still a piece of cake.

Therefore, parasitism, so dangerous and fatal to most people, was in fact, perfect for Merlin.

"Two-headed Pterolycus!"

Merlin stood up abruptly. He sensed a mystical energy coursing in his arms, exploding in accordance with his will.

Merlin's hand instantly morphed into two wolf claws, covered in long fur. The strong claws seemed able to slice through metal with a gentle swipe.

"Shifting already? You've reached the first-form so soon. Not bad, Master Leon, you've succeeded!"

Heroult stared at Merlin's appearance and his eyes gleamed, feeling a burst of joy. Merlin had truly succeeded. It should be known that he had carried out a few experiments before but all had failed. Unexpectedly, Merlin had made it. This was rather unbelievable.

"Master Leon, how do you feel now?"

Heroult was busy recording data. Generally, he had recorded most of the previous data. Now all that was left was Merlin's experience.

"Feel?"

Merlin thought about it then pointed to his head. "The only feeling is that there's an additional almighty beast in my head."

Merlin was talking about the Two-headed Pterolycus. Currently, the Two-headed Pterolycus' consciousness was tangled up with his own, and not completely merged. Once it was merged, it would not be able to transform Merlin's bloodline, so this was a weird situation indeed.

Nonetheless, even now, no one had completed the path of parasitism. No one had a comprehensive system either. Even Heroult himself did not take this path of parasitism. He simply was interested in the subject, and thus studied it for years.

This situation of coexisting with the almighty beast's will was surely not the optimal state. The optimal state would be to wipe out the almighty beast's will completely, yet still obtaining formidable power.

Of course, this was something far from Merlin's current considerations. Right now, he did not even know what grade his strength was after shifting.

"Swish."

Merlin swiped gently. The speed of his shapeshifted claws was outrageous. Even with a quick gesture, all that he could see was a blur. Ordinary people would not be able to evade such an attack. Even a solid breastplate would not hold up against such sharp claws.

Moreover, the Two-headed Pterolycus was merely a low-tier almighty beast. Even in its full form, it could compare to a mid-tier almighty beast at best. However, the grade of its bloodline was only in the low-tier. It was enough to demonstrate how fearsome these formidable almighty beasts' bloodlines were.

"The Two-headed Pterolycus' specialty is its speed and sharp claws. Still, you're currently shifting to the first-form only, which merely consists of the claws. Your speed won't be that fast. At best, you possess sharp claws as your weapons."

Heroult told Merlin calmly.

With Merlin's single thought, his shapeshifting swiftly vanished, and his hands resumed their initial appearance. It was truly wondrous.

"What's the difference between the different grades of shifters?"

Although Merlin had heard of the shifters' grades before, it was not in detail. After all, since Merlin did not inherit his clan's Deinosuchus bloodline, Count Stanwin was afraid that Merlin would let his imagination run wild. Therefore, he forbade people from mentioning the almighty beast bloodline in front of Merlin.

As a result, in Merlin's memories, he only had a half-baked understanding of the strength differentiation of an almighty beast bloodline. He did not know them well. Now, he used this chance to ask Heroult about this.

"The differentiation of the almighty beast bloodline is simple. The first-form usually includes the arms, the second-form the legs, the third-form the torso while the fourth-form transforms every part except the head. The fifth-form morphs you completely, becoming a true almighty beast. This is the shifter's most externally obvious fifth-form.

"After the fifth-form, it depends on the strength of one's almighty beast bloodline. The fifth-form is a new form called a full-shift while those before the fifth-form are half-shifts!"

Heroult's explanation was very detailed, and Merlin slowly absorbed it all. Shifting had five forms, differentiated between the half-shifts and the full-shift. Whether one relied on an almighty beast bloodline or the parasitism of an almighty beast's will, it was the same.

Merlin nodded, then asked the question that he was most concerned about.

"How does a Host increase his capability?"

This was Merlin's priority. Those who inherited an almighty beast bloodline did not need to worry. By constantly training their bloodline, they could become more powerful, like Count Stanwin. As his Deinosuchus bloodline was concentrated, with incessant training and the passage of time, he naturally reached the peak of the fourth-form. It was even possible to step into the fifth-form and become a full-shifter.

Of course, going from the fourth-form to the fifth-form was a threshold that had blocked many others.

However, Hosts did not have an almighty beast bloodline. How did they boost their strength?

"Master Leon, I've explained this before. You'd have to rely on the Nourishment Pond. Though you've succeeded in becoming a Host, you still need the Nourishment Pond. Its formula can produce rich nutrients that stimulate the bloodline. Under the imperceptible influence of the almighty beast's will, you'll gradually grow stronger. Without the Nourishment Pond, even if your parasitism was successful, it's not of much use."

Heroult had held on to one last bargaining chip. It was not surprising that he was not worried that Merlin's parasitism succeeded. Even so, without Heroult's Nourishment Pond formula, Merlin could not possibly increase his strength.

Following that, Heroult made a supreme effort in inviting Merlin to leave Boulder City for Holy Dragon City. Merlin only had to allow Heroult to study his condition and he could use the Nourishment Pond formula that Heroult manufactured for free. In a very short time, he could enhance his capabilities.

"There's no need for that. Although I'm somewhat rueful to not have the Nourishment Pond formula, I think I'll get some other formula in the future. Curator Heroult, you've gotten your data. We don't owe each other anything."

With that, Merlin stood up, and swiftly left the Fossil Museum.

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Chapter 929: Sudden Changes

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Looking at Merlin's departing silhouette, Curator Heroult's lips quirked into a meaningful smile. He said loudly, "Master Leon, maybe we'll meet again. If you happen to be in Holy Dragon City, you can find me at Brews Castle…"

Curator Heroult's words resounded in Merlin's ear. Merlin left the Fossil Museum without looking back.

"Master Leon, what happened inside?"

The knights who were standing guard around the carriage outside asked panickily.

"Nothing. Go back to the manor."

Merlin replied, and headed into the carriage. He urgently needed to adapt to the changes in his body as well as study the details of parasitism.

…

Below the sprawling city walls, it was dark and dense, filled with crowds of people. Some of them had already begun to shift, and were roaring and snarling wildly. The city walls would not be able to stop them.

"Marshal Kerry's line of defense cannot hold on anymore. With the addition of the barbarians, the situation has become more complicated…"

Commander Hanson said impassively. He had been at the front line for a very long time to observe the battle situation. Now that the Blackbat Militia had engaged the barbarian tribe, he knew that Commander Kerry's line of defense would not last long.

"Hanson, gather the knights and return to Boulder City. We're giving up this territory…"

Count Stanwin's tone was slightly doleful. This territory had been acquired, little by little, through his hard work. Naturally, he was unwilling to hand it over to another person. However, the situation left him with no choice. The joint forces of the Blackbat Militia and the barbarian tribe could not be stopped by Boulder City alone.

"Boom."

Just as Count Stanwin was preparing to leave, a massive Roc spanning hundreds of meters appeared on top of the city wall. The Roc gently spread out its wings and flapped, which stirred up a hurricane. The hurricane killed a portion of the barbarians.

"Marshal Kerry has acted. He's a mid-tier top-level almighty beast bloodline, the Red-tailed Roc!

Hanson remarked in amazement. This was a full-shifter existence. Besides being an outstanding commander, Marshal Kerry's ability was also very impressive. He had achieved the rare fifth-form, which was a remarkable full-shifter.

Looking at the fearsome Roc in the sky, Count Stanwin appeared shocked too. Nonetheless, he said regrettably, "If even Marshal Kerry has acted personally, the situation must be unsalvageable."

As he spoke, from the other side of the battlefield, a black bat with a terrifying aura emerged. It was the leader of the Blackbat Militia. He had also achieved the fifth form of full-shifter.

The two full-shifter existences collided fiercely in the sky. The resulting impact spread in all directions. All the soldiers below them who were hit by the aftershocks were immediately killed or grievously injured.

Upon achieving the fifth-form, these terrifying existences were no longer human. They had begun to wield the terrifying power of the ancient almighty beasts.

"Haha, Kerry, you're not worthy to be my opponent!"

A burst of laughter echoed in the sky. Following that, the gigantic bat emitted an invisible vibration from its mouth. The red Roc appeared to be hit and spiraled downward rapidly. At the final moment, it somehow made its way onto the city wall but seemed like it was severely injured.

"Even Marshal Kerry has been defeated. Honorable Count, it seems like we've truly underestimated the Blackbat Militia!"

Commander Hanson's face turned grim. Previously, all of them assumed that the Blackbat Militia was just the same as the other rebels in the Holy Dragon Empire, and that Marshal Kerry would be able to stop them easily.

However, now it seemed like there was more than met the eye. Moreover, the Blackbat Militia was able to engage the barbarian tribe. If the barbarian tribe were so easily persuaded, they would not have been called barbarians.

The fact that they were able to rope in the barbarians meant that the Blackbat Militia was very resourceful. Additionally, this mysterious leader of the Blackbat Militia had demonstrated such powerful abilities in his first confrontation, to the extent that Marshal Kerry was defeated.

"The odds of Holy Dragon Empire are looking dismal. Let's leave now, away from the territory. The only safe place left for now is Holy Dragon City!"

Count Stanwin sighed. As the master of the territory, he certainly would not give up on his territory easily. However, seeing the abilities of the Blackbat Militia, he knew that he did not stand a chance. He could only give up.

Under the heavy escort of guards, Count Stanwin hurried back to Boulder City.

…

In a spacious room, Merlin was sensing the blood flow in his body. He carefully felt the Two-headed Pterolycus' will and its effect on his body.

Under Merlin's Mind Power observation, everything was laid bare. There were some effects, and they were quite major. It appeared that the almighty beasts' will from this world was able to affect the blood circulation system, causing one's blood to gradually possess the will and strength of the almighty beast. Nonetheless, this was a very long, drawn-out process.

Based on this progress speed, Merlin would need at least ten years to accumulate enough strength in his blood to level-up to become a second-form shifter.

Therefore, it seemed like the Nourishment Pond formula was very important.

"I wonder if Father has the formula of the Nourishment Pond? However, Heroult said that the Nourishment Pond formula is every Host's most guarded secret, and wouldn't be easily passed on to others."

Merlin was not sure whether Count Stanwin had the Nourishment Pond formula. If he did not, then it would be troublesome. After all, he chose the parasitism path, and many people who had succeeded. Currently, Merlin was a mere first-form shifter, so it was completely unrealistic for him to force someone to hand over their Nourishment Pond formula.

"Forget it. Let's look at the recovery progress of the Illusory World instead."

Merlin's foremost concern was on parasitism but without the Nourishment Pond formula, he had no way to improve his ability. Although he used to be an existence capable of challenging an entire Latitude Cosmos, currently, his Illusory World had been crushed and was only held by a thin thread of natural order. He could not even use its power, so how could he possibly improve himself?

When Merlin immersed his consciousness in the Illusory World, he realized that the Illusory World was still chaotic. There was only an empty structure left, it could not even be called a "world".

"Merlin, according to this rate of recovery, I wonder how long it will take for the Illusory World to recover?"

Titus appeared beside Merlin. Even though the Illusory World had been shattered into smithereens and the Illusory Tribe civilization had been completely wiped out, Titus was a transcendental existence in the Illusory World. Therefore, he did not suffer any harm.

Merlin nodded. The Illusory World was not yet stable. It still needed a lot of attention.

"Hmm? What happened? The Illusory World seems to have stabilized a lot more out of a sudden?"

Upon dipping his consciousness into the Illusory World, Merlin immediately felt a subtle change.

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Chapter 930: Coming Clean

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Merlin's consciousness was immersed in the Illusory World. He had discovered that the Illusory World appeared much more stable than before. He traced the source of this change and found that it was related to the newly merged Two-headed Pterolycus' will.

"The almighty beast's will can stabilize my Illusory World? No, it's more like the almighty beast's will hastened the recovery of the natural order."

Merlin did not know the reason. Was it because of the multifaceted nature of this civilization? Then, once the Illusory World had recovered, perhaps he should consider creating an Almighty Beast civilization using the Almighty Beast world as a blueprint?

In any case, the fact that the almighty beast's will was able to promote the recovery of Merlin's Illusory World natural order, no matter how slight, was certainly good news.

"Chi."

With a single thought, Merlin's arms began to shift into two sharp wolf claws. Just a gentle slash would probably cut through solid walls.

This Two-headed Pterolycus was close to a mid-tier almighty beast. Upon transformation, its abilities were admirable. However, Merlin could only transform into the first-form. He could not wield its full abilities.

"I need to find the Nourishment Pond formula as soon as possible."

Merlin stood up. The servant girls allowed him to eat downstairs. After this body merged with the Two-headed Pterolycus' will, his appetite appeared to be slightly altered. His appetite improved tremendously. He could eat two meals worth of food in a single meal, and had a preference for meat.

At the dining table downstairs, Merlin was eating alone. Beside him, two beautiful servant girls stood in attendance. The fire in the fireplace burned steadily. The chill of winter could hardly be felt in the great hall.

Merlin used his fork to pick up a piece of meat and took a ravenous bite. Suddenly, his head bobbed up. He heard the living room door open with a "creak", then, in walked Count Stanwin and Commander Hanson. A chilly gust followed behind them.

"Father, Uncle Hanson."

Merlin hurriedly stopped his meal, and gazed inquisitively at the two dusty men. Count Stanwin and Commander Hanson had previously gone to the front line and was not supposed to return for a while. However, after just a few days, they had returned. Something must have happened.

Upon seeing Merlin, Count Stanwin's grave face finally broke into a smile. He beamed at him. "Leon, not bad, I see that your body has recovered. You even look stronger than before."

Count Stanwin's gaze was indeed piercing. Ever since Merlin had merged with the Two-headed Pterolycus' will, his body had unknowingly undergone some changes.

"Father, how come you're back?"

Merlin asked hurriedly. His instinct told him that there must be a problem.

"Leon, come with me."

Count Stanwin deliberated and thought that he should tell Merlin. After all, this was a critical matter. As his only son, Merlin had the right to know.

Merlin glanced at Commander Hanson. The latter, too, was wearing a solemn expression. Something disastrous must have happened. He stood up and respectfully followed Count Stanwin into the room.

The furnishing in the room was very tidy. Although Count Stanwin had not been home, the servants still came in to clean it. However, no one dared to touch any item in this room. Count Stanwin was quite strict with his servants.

"Leon, you probably know of the Blackbat Militia at the front line, right? The last time you were injured was caused by the Blackbat Militia."

Count Stanwin spoke to Merlin calmly.

"Father, what's the problem with the Blackbat Militia? Aren't they being stopped by Marshal Kerry's line of defense? Did something happen?"

Merlin asked in confusion. A trace of worry crept into his heart. He recalled that Curator Heroult of the Fossil Museum had left Boulder City in a hurry due to the dismal outlook at the front line.

"That's right, something happened. The Blackbat Militia has joined forces with the barbarians. Currently, Marshal Kerry's line of defense has been broken. In as soon as ten days, Boulder City would be invaded by the Blackbat Militia. Therefore, I've discussed with Hanson and decided to give up the territory. We'll leave Boulder City and escape to Holy Dragon City. After years' worth of savings, we won't be impoverished even if we escape to Holy Dragon City. However, we won't have any territory, and won't be able to live as freely as we do now…"

Merlin found out that, true enough, something had happened at the front line. Old Heroult had escaped pre-emptively. If Marshal Kerry could not stop them, what more Boulder City. If a master simply gave up a territory, it would not be considered as disobeying the empire.

However, if they escaped after the Empire's territory enlistment decree arrived, then they would be dealt with as military deserters. Even a master would not be able to escape the death penalty. Count Stanwin intended to leave Boulder City immediately to exercise this loophole. If the Empire's decree arrived, then the entire Hilderbrandt clan was doomed.

"Leon, you should pack. We'll be leaving Boulder City early tomorrow morning!"

Count Stanwin already made up his mind. If they dithered any longer, it would be too late.

"So soon?"

Merlin hesitated. He felt that he should not hide things from Count Stanwin, especially about his parasitism. There was no need to hide it because sooner or later, Count Stanwin would find out.

Moreover, he wanted to obtain more information from Count Stanwin regarding the Nourishment Pond. Perhaps, with Count Stanwin's extensive knowledge, he might know of some Nourishment Pond formulas.

Furthermore, Count Stanwin was not considered a weakling. He had achieved the fourth-form, which was very close to a full-shifter.

"Father, there's something I would like to speak with you alone."

Merlin glanced at Hanson. It was not that he distrusted Hanson, but since this was his personal secret. The fewer people who knew, the better. If not because they had to leave in a hurry, Merlin would have chosen a later time to explain to Count Stanwin properly.

"Leon, what's the matter?"

Commander Hanson had graciously taken his cue to leave. On the other hand, Count Stanwin was slightly puzzled. Hanson was his left- and right-hand man, there was nothing he could not know.

"Father, please take a look!"

Merlin held out a hand. With a single thought, his pale white hand grew a thick layer of gray fur, and a sharp claw appeared, exuding a vicious aura.

"Shifter?"

Count Stanwin seemed to come to a realization. His face changed dramatically as he said hoarsely, "Leon, you chose parasitism?"

Merlin was Count Stanwin's son. Naturally, he knew that Merlin did not inherit his Deinosuchus bloodline. Now that Merlin was able to shift, there was no doubt that Merlin chose parasitism and succeeded.

"Yes, Father, I chose parasitism. It's the Two-headed Pterolycus' will, and I've succeeded!"

Merlin said matter-of-factly. Following that, he gazed at Count Stanwin calmly.

"Did Heroult help you with the parasitism?"

Instantly, a flash of anger appeared on Count Stanwin's face as he growled madly. Parasitism, his only son had allowed an almighty beast's will to attach as a parasite. This was a road of no return.

Certainly, parasitism had its benefits but its drawbacks were even greater and more conspicuous. The slightest lapse in attention could result in death. In addition, this danger could not be removed. It would follow Merlin for the rest of his life. Count Stanwin did not want Merlin to choose parasitism. For this reason, he did not care about offending Heroult and sent him away.

Unexpectedly, it was still too late.

"Father, please don't blame Curator Heroult. I did it willingly. Moreover, I think Curator Heroult has already left Boulder City."

Merlin saw the furious expression on Count Stanwin's face and could not help but feel warm in his heart. The sincere concern he showed was similar to Old Wilson, and it made Merlin feel loved.

After a moment, Count Stanwin seemed to calm down, and accepted the fact.

"Leon, you've grown up now and have your own opinion. Parasitism is very dangerous but since it's your decision, you'll have to live with it. So, tell me, why did you choose to tell me? What do you want to know from me?"

Count Stanwin calmed down. There was a different glint in his eyes. Previously, Leon had always been protected by him. No matter what the decision, he had always chosen on behalf of Leon.

This time, however, Leon had personally made a choice. Although Count Stanwin did not agree with it, Leon still made a very significant decision. Leon was no longer the obedient boy he used to be but had gradually matured. As a father, Count Stanwin still felt quite gratified.

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Chapter 931: Nourishment Pond Formula

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"Father, you probably knew a few things about Hosts. Currently, I need a Nourishment Pond formula. Do you know anything about this?"

Merlin did not expect Count Stanwin to have the Nourishment Pond formula. After all, this was the lifeline of every Host, so they certainly would not reveal it easily. Seeing how eager Heroult was to bring Merlin along with him and use him as a test subject, it showed how important this Nourishment Pond was.

Without a Nourishment Pond, the Hosts were completely unable to level-up and cannot enhance their abilities. This meant that they were forever inferior to those who possessed the almighty beast bloodline. Therefore, a true Host must have his own Nourishment Pond.

"Nourishment Pond? Of course, I've heard of it. The most important element for every Host is the Nourishment Pond. An almighty beast's will and a Nourishment Pond – those two are essentials for every Host."

After a pause, Count Stanwin appeared hesitant but seeing Merlin's expectant look, he sighed. "Oh well, since you're now a Host, you also want to have stronger abilities. If you don't obtain a Nourishment Pond, it would be dangerous for you too. I might as well help you grow your abilities faster. I have the Nourishment Pond formula!"

"What? Father has the Nourishment Pond formula?"

Merlin was stunned. The Nourishment Pond formula was the most closely guarded secret of every Host. Heroult, for example, would not share it with anyone else. Unless Merlin was willing to become his test subject, only was he willing to share the formula with him.

Even as a fourth-form almighty beast, it would be difficult for Count Stanwin to obtain the Nourishment Pond formula.

"This happened many years ago. Back when I was a third-form shifter, I encountered a Host, perhaps around the level of a second-form shifter. I had to use many tactics but finally killed him. Hosts typically have a plethora of tactics. In the end, if not for the almighty beast's will going berserk and taking over his body, it might be difficult to say who would've died that day. Hosts are truly terrifying… Leon, it was because I've seen a Host been taken over by an almighty beast's will and become a living corpse, that's why I vehemently objected you becoming a Host. I simply wanted you to have a peaceful life. I didn't expect that you'd be corrupted by Heroult into becoming a Host."

It turned out to be another long story. Merlin could not wait to get his hands on the Nourishment Pond formula. So, he hurriedly asked, "Father, can you still find the Nourishment Pond formula?"

"Of course, I can find it. Although I don't need the Nourishment Pond formula nor do I know how to prepare it, I know how precious it is. It would be a great fortune if I used it to trade in the future. Therefore, I've kept it safe all this time. Come with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Count Stanwin led Merlin into the underground chamber of the manor.

This underground chamber was not very secretive. However, the entrance was made of an extremely heavy slab of stone. Once there was any danger, the stone door would fall shut. Only someone with a strength-type almighty beast bloodline, at least at fourth-form, could break through it. Otherwise, it was impossible to break open the stone door.

A chamber like this was quintessential in every aristocrat's manor. The chamber also had a passage that connected the outside, and could be used to store important items.

Walking down the stairs, there was a musty smell. No one had been down here for a long time. Merlin followed behind Count Stanwin, and observed the chamber passageway carefully.

Soon, they descended the stairs, and lo and behold, the faint candlelight illuminated a spacious room. This was the underground basement. Count Stanwin lit the candles and the entire basement gradually glowed brightly.

The chamber furnishing was very bare. In a corner, there were a few big boxes with unknown contents.

At the forefront of the chamber was a stone table with a small exquisite box sitting on top. Count Stanwin retrieved the small box, and gently blew the thick layer of dust off. Then, he took out a key and opened the box.

"Creak."

The small box opened. Inside was a layer of black cloth. It looked quite mysterious.

Count Stanwin took out the black cloth, and gently displayed it. A foul, moldy air crept into Merlin's nostrils. Merlin frowned and looked closer. He discovered that it was not a piece of black cloth as he thought but an unidentified patch of black animal hide. Moreover, it seemed to have been treated with some sort of chemical to prevent it from decomposition.

This patch of animal hide was about the height of half a man, and was filled with some kind of writing. Merlin's heart thumped. Was this the Nourishment Pond formula?

"Yes, that's the Nourishment Pond formula that I took from the Host whom I killed. I've kept it all this time. Leon, I'm giving this formula to you in hopes that it'll be of help to you."

Count Stanwin handed the animal hide to Merlin, who excitedly began to examine it.

The animal hide was densely etched with almost two hundred exotic ingredients. Merlin had never even heard of most of them. They also needed to be precisely controlled, otherwise, the Nourishment Pond might lose its effectiveness.

After a brief look, Merlin had already committed the Nourishment Pond formula on the animal hide to memory. This particular Nourishment Pond formula was called "the Hermani formula". It was created by a Host named Hermani who had slowly refined it from other Nourishment Pond formulas.

Nourishment Pond formulas were not the same. They could be refined over time. However, such refinement required a lot of experience and extreme familiarity with the effects of the formulas.

This was a very long and meticulous effort, which also entailed an immense workload. At Merlin's current state, it would be impossible to refine it. Not only Merlin but even Heroult would not be able to refine a Nourishment Pond formula. It was simply too difficult and amounted to a fool's dream.

"So, the Nourishment Pond formula can be refined?"

Merlin was unexpectedly overjoyed to discover that. Theoretically speaking, the Nourishment Pond formula could be refined, however, performing it was a massive feat. For example, the Hermani formula had more than two hundred ingredients. Merely gathering them was already an arduous task, not to mention handling and measuring each ingredient accurately.

Therefore, it was not at all easy to refine a formula.

"Great, this is indeed a Nourishment Pond formula. With this formula, I can quickly enhance my abilities."

Merlin was very excited. The Nourishment Pond formula was essential for a Host. Without a Nourishment Pond formula, a Host could not be considered a true Host.

"Well, Leon, now that you've obtained the Nourishment Pond formula, you should prepare to leave Boulder City tomorrow!"

Count Stanwin had already made up his mind and would not be dissuaded. If they did not leave soon, it might be too late.

Merlin also knew the urgency of this matter, so he tucked away the formula. In a small place like Boulder City, it would be impossible for him to gather all the ingredients anyway. Therefore, he could only start pondering about the Nourishment Pond once when they arrive in Holy Dragon City.

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Chapter 932: Deinosuchus Beast!

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The Count's Manor was soon moving in full swing. Besides some necessities, Count Stanwin ordered for everything else to be left in the manor.

There were not that many things to bring with them. Some of the servants were completely dismissed. Only Count Stanwin's family members would be brought along as well as the heavy knights. Even then, he could not bring too many. Now that Count Stanwin would soon be losing his territory, he would not be able to afford so many people. So, he only brought along three hundred most elite heavy knights.

The more troublesome group was the Hilderbrandt clan. Many of the ancestors had lived in Boulder City their entire lives, and so they did not want to leave Boulder City. In that regard, Count Stanwin was powerless to object. Those who wanted to stay could stay, and those who wanted to leave could leave together. Even if the Blackbat Militia arrived in Boulder City, their focus should be on ruling the city, so hopefully, they would not kill civilians indiscriminately.

On the other hand, the barbarian tribe might not be as reasonable. Therefore, it was difficult to secure the fate of those who stayed behind.

Regardless of the chaos, the next day, a large group had departed from the Count's Manor in Boulder City. Their speed was not particularly fast since there was a large number of people. However, they still had some time before the Blackbat Militia would arrive at Boulder City, so they were not too anxious.

Merlin sat in the carriage. The road surface was bumpy, which made him feel slightly uncomfortable. This scene was uncannily similar to when he first landed in Blackwater City. Back then, didn't Old Wilson and he escape from Blackwater City in such a manner?

Unexpectedly, despite arriving in a new Latitude Cosmos, he still encountered such unfortunate circumstances.

"Commander Hanson, how many days will it take for us to arrive in Holy Dragon City?"

Merlin summoned Commander Hanson and inquired carefully.

"Master Leon, Holy Dragon City is very far away from Boulder City. It'll take us about three months to get there."

"Three months? That's a really long time…"

Merlin did not say any more. Their group consisted of many people. Even with the protection of three hundred elite heavy knights, the Holy Dragon Empire was not very safe at the moment.

Not only were there columns of smoke in every direction but also chaos reigned in every region. There were also multiple gangs of bandits that acted lawlessly. Hence, such a long journey would certainly include some dangerous encounters.

Merlin glanced at Count Stanwin who was riding a horse calmly. With Count Stanwin around, perhaps they would be able to overcome those dangerous situations. Merlin felt slightly relieved. He retracted his head into the carriage, and began to familiarize himself with the Two-headed Pterolycus' powers.

…

After more than a month, Merlin had become accustomed to this bumpy carriage. Additionally, he had mastered the Two-headed Pterolycus' powers.

The Two-headed Pterolycus' main strengths were its speed and razor-sharpness. Unfortunately, Merlin was still in the first stage of shapeshifting. While his physical condition was slightly enhanced, he still did not enjoy any increase in speed. In terms of razor-sharpness, however, the difference was prominent. Once he had shapeshifted, the sharp claws on his hands could easily pierce through even the thickest breastplates. It was quite formidable.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, Commander Hanson roared. The carriage formation was immediately jumbled up. The three hundred heavy knights immediately reacted and formed a protective circle around the carriages.

A situation must have occurred in front. Merlin opened the curtain, and after some hesitation, jumped off the carriage. Right now, he was slightly more able to protect himself.

"What happened?"

Merlin pulled a random heavy knight aside to ask.

"Master Leon, there's a big gang of bandits in front. The Honorable Count and Commander Hanson have led some heavy knights to confront them."

"Bandits? How many are there?"

Merlin asked as he was worried. The Holy Dragon Empire was strewn with chaos, so lawless bandits were quite common. Throughout the past month, their carriages had not been attacked. Most probably, the considerably large size of their convoy had deterred the smaller bandit gangs.

However, this time, a gang of bandits dared to attack them directly. This indirectly meant that these bandits were very powerful.

"I don't know. It's all a blur, so I don't know exactly how many people there are."

Merlin did not hesitate. He immediately told the heavy knight, "Give me your horse, I'm going to take a look."

Soon, Merlin mounted the horse and galloped to the front.

Soon, Merlin saw his father and Commander Hanson leading about fifty heavy knights. They were confronting a large gang of bandits on the road. The bandits held an upper hand in terms of numbers, but they did not have a lot of horses. Nonetheless, the dark blurry crowd looked extremely frightening. There were at least two or three thousand people.

If they were in an open field, Count Stanwin's three hundred elite heavy knights could easily defeat these two to three thousand motley crowd but right now they were trapped in a narrow path on a dangerous mountain road. These bandits were quite smart. They had set up a series of blockades, so it would be difficult for the heavy knights to rush through.

Consequently, it was difficult for the heavy knights to show their true prowess.

"Looks like there's going to be some trouble."

Merlin's heart sank. These bandits were well-prepared. Now that Holy Dragon Empire was extraordinarily chaotic, a large convoy like theirs was like a fattened sheep waiting for slaughter.

Merlin went nearer. He heard Count Stanwin sneered. "If you don't leave now, everyone will die!"

"Haha, you noble lords, do you think you're still in your territories? There are two to three thousand of us here. Do you think your measly three hundred knights, who cannot break past the blockades, can cause us any harm? You better hand over all your riches meekly, then we might allow you to survive."

The bandits laughed.

"Father."

Merlin hurried forward with a sunken expression. He whispered, "These bandits are tough to deal with. Why don't we take a detour instead?"

Taking a detour meant that they would first have to retreat, with the three hundred heavy knights stationed in front as a defense. It was not only troublesome but also time-consuming. They had to turn back on their current route to get to another route, and might encounter another gang of bandits at any time.

"Detour? Leon, it's not necessary. These are mere bandits. How tough can they be? Now that you're a Host and have the power of an almighty beast, you should take a good look at the power of the Hilderbrandt clan's Deinosuchus beast!"

With that, Count Stanwin dismounted from his horse. Hanson and the other heavy knights respectfully retreated a considerable distance back.

While Merlin was still at a loss, a gigantic roar rumbled from Count Stanwin's mouth. It resembled an almighty beast's cry.

"Rip."

Cracks appeared across Count Stanwin's body and his body began to expand rapidly. From the originally graceful aristocrat, he turned into a fearsome monstrous crocodile. This was shapeshifting, and a fourth-form shifter to boot.

Count Stanwin's height after shapeshifting was at least five meters tall. He had a short but stout tail, and was covered with tough armored skin. A terrifying aura leaked into the air, striking fear in every heart present.

This was the first time Merlin saw the full transformation of a person with an almighty beast bloodline. The last time he was attacked in the Count's Manor, his opponent was not a full-shifter, but only a partial one.

On the other hand, Count Stanwin was a fourth-form shifter. This meant that, besides his brain, he had completely shapeshifted. Hence, he could wield all its combat abilities.

"Bang."

Count Stanwin leaped with both feet and instantly crossed more than ten meters. His bulky body slammed directly onto the blockades on the road. Whether they were huge rocks or gigantic trees, all of them were pulverized. Even the bandits were crushed to death.

His immense form rushed forward, impenetrable by any arrows or weapons. There was not a single cut on his body. No matter what attack the crowd threw at him, he was invincible.

"This… This is the power of an almighty beast?"

Even Merlin was quite shaken. The destructive powers of a fourth-form almighty beast, as shown by Count Stanwin, was almost comparable to a Seventh-level Spell Caster.

Moreover, this was merely a mid-tier almighty beast bloodline, one level above Merlin's Two-headed Pterolycus bloodline. If Count Stanwin had already demonstrated such formidable powers, how much more impressive would the high- or top-tier bloodlines or the legendary rare almighty beast bloodlines, be?

"It seems that although the will of this world is weaker than the Void Zone, it's not that insignificant. Any world that can become a Latitude Cosmos has its own strengths…"

At first, Merlin thought that this world was weaker and simpler, but it seemed that the power of the almighty beast bloodline caught Merlin by surprise.

It was important to note that according to this world's legends, the world used to be ruled by the almighty beasts. Therefore, there were almighty beasts which could destroy the heavens and the earth.

"Huh? He has a fourth-form almighty beast bloodline, flee now!"

"We can't kill him, there's no way. He's too horrifying. A fourth-form almighty beast, no matter how many people we have, it's going to be a massacre…"

Upon seeing the Deinosuchus' fierce and indestructible body, the bandits paled. Besides the advantage in numbers, they did not have any skills worth boasting. There was only a handful of them with the almighty beast bloodline, let alone capable of challenging a fourth-form almighty beast bloodline.

Therefore, after Count Stanwin had shapeshifted, the bandits fell into despair and escaped like lightning. In less than half an hour, neither hide nor hair of them could be seen, except for the mangled dead bodies on the ground.

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Chapter 933: Holy Dragon City

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After getting rid of the bandits, Count Stanwin resumed his original form. His clothes had been damaged as a result of the shapeshifting, so his body was naked. However, the others seemed to be unperturbed. Immediately, a knight delivered a change of clothes to him.

"Father, was that the fourth-form shapeshifting?"

Merlin hesitated slightly before stepping forward to ask. Currently, he was not familiar with shapeshifting. He only knew the basics.

"Yes, that was fourth-form shapeshifting. The Hilderbrandt clan inherits the Deinosuchus bloodline, which is a mid-tier almighty beast bloodline. Unfortunately, only one of our ancestors was a fifth-form full-shifter. Thereafter, no one else has achieved the full-shifter stage. Although I'm already a peak fourth-form shifter, I know that with my bloodline, it's difficult to push further and break past the final barrier…"

Count Stanwin was quite frustrated. The fifth-form shapeshift was very crucial where substantive transformation would take place. However, he could not achieve it. The peak fourth-form was his utmost limit. To be able to achieve the peak fourth-form shifter was a sufficiently formidable feat for Count Stanwin.

After all, the entire Hilderbrandt clan had only produced one almighty existence who had managed to achieve the fifth-form.

The power demonstrated by Count Stanwin's fourth-form was enough to demolish a small mountain. Such explosive power could not possibly be withstood by ordinary people. Moreover, the Deinosuchus' defensive abilities were also extraordinary. A fully-transformed Deinosuchus' most vulnerable part was its eyes, and yet, they could not be pierced even by a sharpened spear. That was the extent of its formidableness.

Therefore, regardless of how many bandits there were earlier, it was inconsequential. If time permitted, Count Stanwin alone would be able to kill all of them.

"Alright now, organize the formation. We're setting off again."

Count Stanwin's presence calmed everyone's hearts. With his powerful abilities, they did not have to fear anyone other than the full-shifters and high-tier bloodlines.

Thus, their convoy continued their journey. This time, it was a lot safer. They did not encounter any more bandits and arrived in Holy Dragon City safely.

Holy Dragon City was the heart of the entire Holy Dragon Empire. Due to the sudden flare of conflict all over the Holy Dragon Empire, many people were also seeking refuge in Holy Dragon City.

The queue outside the city stretched beyond the furthest horizon.

Many people came with large groups, ranging from a few dozen people to a few hundred. The group where Count Stanwin and Merlin were in, was considered one of the bigger ones.

Nonetheless, Merlin's group was incredibly conspicuous due to the elite heavy knights. The heavy armor on their bodies, coupled with the numerous horses and carriages, immediately indicated that they were not ordinary folk, but some form of aristocrats.

Therefore, the guards at the city gate came to check on them very politely.

"Where did you come from? What's your purpose of entering Holy Dragon City?"

To enter Holy Dragon City, everyone had to be checked. After all, there was chaos everywhere and multitudes were seeking refuge in Holy Dragon City. Even the sprawling city was getting congested, so they had to set certain restrictions.

Count Stanwin immediately retrieved an identity card from his body and said sternly, "I'm the ruler of Boulder City, Count Stanwin! Does the Empire forbid me from entering Holy Dragon City?"

Upon seeing Count Stanwin's identity card, the guards of the city gate immediately straightened in respect. Historically, the aristocrats of the Holy Dragon Empire had been very well-respected. It was not like other countries where aristocrats were a dime in a dozen. Here, almost every single aristocrat owned a territory. Furthermore, Count Stanwin was a Count. An aristocrat of his position could not be trifled with by mere city gate guards such as them.

Therefore, the guard said respectfully, "Sir Count can certainly enter. All the aristocrats of the Empire can enter Holy Dragon City as they wish."

Count Stanwin nodded. Despite losing his territory, he still had his identity as a Count. He was a real aristocrat. As long as the Holy Dragon City did not collapse, his identity would be useful.

Thus, Merlin's convoy was given priority to enter. When the others saw the three hundred heavy knights, they stayed silent as they knew that it must be a respected aristocrat.

As soon as they entered Holy Dragon City, a warm breeze washed over them. Although it was slightly chilly outside, Holy Dragon City was bathed in the warmth of spring. Merlin felt puzzled.

"Don't be surprised. This is the Sacred Lion Beast's blood that protects the entire Holy Dragon City. Back then, the Holy Dragon royal family somehow obtained a Sacred Lion Beast's head, and worshipped it day and night, so their bodies were blessed with the aura of the Sacred Lion Beast. Not only did it cleanse their blood but it also gave them the Sacred Lion Bloodline."

"Thereafter, the Holy Dragon royal family used the Sacred Lion Beast's head to rule over Holy Dragon City. As long as the head is unharmed, Holy Dragon City will not fall. That's why, despite the mounting conflicts from every corner of the Holy Dragon Empire, Holy Dragon City is absolutely safe!"

Surprisingly, the Holy Dragon Empire royal family held such a staggering secret. Merlin had "Leon's" memories, so he knew what a sacred beast signified. It was a legendary bloodline which surpassed the highest or top-tier bloodlines.

A sacred beast possessed inconceivable powers and was almost immortal. No one had ever seen a living sacred beast. As for how the Holy Dragon royal family got their hands on the Sacred Lion Beast's head, no one knew. It was the greatest secret and ultimate weapon of the Holy Dragon royal family.

"If they have the Sacred Lion Beast's head and can continuously be exposed to its aura, why would the royal family's bloodline wither? How could the entire Empire descend into such an unstable state where conflict is erupting everywhere?"

Merlin asked confusedly. Right now, conflict was rampant throughout the Holy Dragon Empire because the royal family bloodline was running thin. There had not been anyone capable of suppressing the uprising.

"This involves the core secret of the highest echelons of the royal family. According to rumors, perhaps the Sacred Lion Beast's head has started to decay… The supposed legend that a sacred beast never decays is just a legend. Plus, that only pertains to a living sacred beast. Since the Holy Dragon Empire has been established since such a long time ago, it's not entirely impossible that the Sacred Lion Beast's head has started to decay."

Upon the mention of the decay of the sacred beast's head, a strange glint flitted across Count Stanwin's eyes. As a fourth-form shifter, Count Stanwin, of course, desired to see the legendary sacred beast.

However, this was the highest guarded secret of the royal family. Other than the innermost core members of the royal family, no one else was privy to see the Sacred Lion Beast's head.

"Anyway, let's not be concerned with such matters. Now, we must first find a place to settle down."

Count Stanwin led some heavy knights to visit some old acquaintances in Holy Dragon City. To settle down properly in Holy Dragon City, they would need the help of these old acquaintances. Otherwise, it would be impossible to be settled within a short time.

Meanwhile, Merlin and the others were placed temporarily at a piece of empty land to wait.

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Chapter 934: Nourishment Pond I

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"Pretty lady, do a good deed…"

From the main street, a faint voice sounded. Merlin opened his eyes and saw a few youths dressed in tattered clothes begging on the streets. This scene made Merlin feel very puzzled.

The Holy Dragon Empire was very sparsely populated. In the territories, even the lowliest person could still do some odd jobs to survive. At worst, they could work as servants of the aristocrats. In general, most aristocrats were not overly harsh on their servants.

Therefore, it was impossible for anyone to starve, especially in the bustling Holy Dragon City. However, people begging on the streets.

"Who are they?"

Merlin asked with bewilderment.

"Master, they're refugees! The Holy Dragon Empire is riddled with chaos and conflict inside and out. We're not the only ones who are stranded. Even worse-off are these civilians. As refugees, they don't have anything left to their names, so they have no choice but to beg."

Commander Hanson's tone was unperturbed. His facial expression remained indifferent as though it was a common scene.

Merlin's heart sunk. Yes, these people were refugees. The turmoil in the Holy Dragon Empire did not only affect the aristocrats but also the civilians. They were the largest group of victims. Many people became refugees.

The streets of Holy Dragon City were now filled with homeless refugees. This indirectly showed how severe the turmoil in the Holy Dragon Empire was.

Merlin sensed a grave danger as if Holy Dragon City was also unsafe. The origin of this prickling danger came from every direction. The intuition of someone like Merlin who could challenge a Latitude Cosmos certainly would not be mistaken.

"Abilities, I need to improve my abilities. The Nourishment Pond is essential!"

Merlin secretly made up his mind. Once Count Stanwin had settled down, Merlin must immediately begin to purchase the raw materials for the Nourishment Pond formula to enhance his abilities.

At dusk, Count Stanwin finally returned with good news. Through some acquaintances in Holy Dragon City, he had managed to buy an abandoned manor on the west side of the city.

Therefore, everyone continued their journey toward the abandoned manor.

After about an hour, the large convoy arrived at the manor on the west side of the city. This was an extremely vast but desolate manor. It used to belong to a Count but the Count's family had lost their riches, and moved out of the manor, which was subsequently purchased by a businessman.

Count Stanwin had spent a large fortune to purchase this manor. Despite its desolate condition, it was not easy to obtain a manor considering the current situation of Holy Dragon City. The only downside was that it was quite far from the city.

"Very well, everyone inside. Although it's a little worn out, we'll be able to restore it in no time."

Under Count Stanwin's orders, the three hundred heavy knights moved to inspect the manor both inside and outside. Then only did the family members enter to clean the house.

It was not until late at night that they had managed to roughly clean up a few rooms. Although the rooms were relatively worn out, Merlin could see that everyone was relieved and satisfied with them.

After living in fear and uncertainty over the past couple of months, that experience had finally come to an end. Now that they had a new manor, things would be stable for a while.

Merlin was not in a hurry to rest. Instead, he sought out Count Stanwin alone.

"Father, I have a request."

Merlin said calmly.

"Oh? Leon, what's the matter?"

Count Stanwin was a bit surprised because Leon had never been so polite to him before.

"Father, I would like to start brewing the Nourishment Pond. However, the materials needed to brew the Nourishment Pond are all extremely precious. So, I'm afraid they will require a large amount of money."

Merlin's main purpose was to request some money from Count Stanwin. Based on Merlin's resourcefulness, he could probably accumulate some gold coins slowly but it could not be done in a short period.

Knowing that Count Stanwin was such a wealthy Count, Merlin certainly would not trouble himself unnecessarily.

Count Stanwin smiled. "The Nourishment Pond for Hosts is indeed costly. How about this, I'll give you a thousand gold coins first. If that's not enough, you can ask from me again."

"A thousand gold coins? That should be enough!"

Merlin nodded. These were gold coins. One gold coin was equivalent to a hundred silver coins. This entire manor probably did not cost as much as a thousand gold coins.

As the master of Boulder City, Count Stanwin had indeed accumulated immense wealth over the years.

After receiving a thousand gold coins, Merlin also retired to his room. He then remembered the Two-headed Pterolycus' will in his Awareness.

After the Two-headed Pterolycus' will was suppressed by Merlin's Illusory World, it had been very well-behaved. Faced against Merlin's natural order which was previously capable of defying a Latitude Cosmos, it was inconsequential whether the Two-headed Pterolycus was a thousand or ten thousand times more powerful.

Perhaps due to its instinctive fear, until now, the Two-headed Pterolycus' ferocious will had been very quiet. It did not cause any trouble for Merlin. Everything was calm.

However, Merlin did not relax his vigilance. If he had detected any anomaly, he would immediately use the natural order of the Illusory World to suppress it. Unfortunately, Merlin's Illusory World had not recovered. Otherwise, he would simply control the Two-headed Pterolycus' will. Then, it would not be so troublesome for him to stay vigilant all the time.

"Tomorrow, I'll look around Holy Dragon City to see if I can gather all the raw materials for the Nourishment Pond."

Merlin made up his mind.

…

Early the next day, Merlin left the manor. He was accompanied by two heavy knights. They were the bodyguards Count Stanwin had specifically arranged for Merlin to keep him safe.

These two knights were not at all simple. Both possessed the almighty beast bloodline. Although they only had the lowest-tier almighty beast bloodline, they had achieved the second-form, which was quite impressive. They were Count Stanwin's very dependable assistants.

The fact that Count Stanwin sent his dependable assistants to protect Merlin spoke volumes of his concern for him. In a foreign place such as this, Count Stanwin was of course, very cautious.

Although Merlin felt that their presence was an inconvenience, he did not refuse. After all, the current situation was truly chaotic. Even Holy Dragon City was not safe. With these two extraordinary-looking bodyguards, there should be less trouble for him.

Merlin inquired about the few biggest shops in Holy Dragon City, and came to the nearest shop. It looked like it did not have many customers.

Upon seeing Merlin, the shopkeeper's eyes brightened and hurriedly welcomed him inside.

"What will sir be needing today?"

Merlin did not waste any words. He took out a list containing some materials.

Of course, this was not the entire Nourishment Pond formula but only a small portion. Merlin would not show the formula to anyone easily.

"Do you have everything on the list?"

Merlin asked in a deep voice. The Nourishment Pond formula was extremely important as it would determine whether he could enhance his abilities further. Just by having the formula but unable to brew the Nourishment Pond was completely useless.

"This…"

The shopkeeper looked at Merlin with some hesitation in his eyes.

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Chapter 935: Nourishment Pond II

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Why? Is there a problem?"

Merlin frowned. He grew slightly worried at the shop owner's expression.

"There are no difficulties. It's just that some of these materials are very precious…"

The shopkeeper didn't continue. He secretly glanced at Merlin and felt odd. These materials were strange. If his shop was not large, and had a variety of goods, he would not be able to provide everything. Furthermore, he did not have a large quantity of most of the materials on the list.

"The price… Just be blunt. How much is the total?"

Merlin was glad. There were no problems as long as there were enough materials. Even if the price was a little steep, he had more than a thousand gold coins, so he should be able to afford it.

The shopkeeper made a rough estimation and gnashed his teeth. "This is a big deal. Some materials are too precious. Moreover, the situation in the Holy Dragon Empire isn't very good now, so it's very troublesome to transport them to the Holy Dragon Empire… How about this, one unit of each material for one hundred and thirty gold coins."

"One hundred and thirty gold coins?"

Although Merlin knew the price might be a little steep, he did not expect it to be so expensive. His expression immediately sank. One hundred and thirty gold coins were not a small sum.

The shopkeeper's face grew bitter as he cautioned, "Sir, this is already a discounted price. Some of these materials are too precious. If you want others, we can recommend them to you. The price would be lower as well."

Merlin stared at the shopkeeper carefully. It did not seem like he was extorting him. These raw materials were indeed very expensive.

"Alright, give me one of each for One hundred and thirty gold coins!"

Merlin took out a small bag of gold coins. The shopkeeper's eyes immediately brightened as he sent someone to prepare what Merlin had requested.

Soon, Merlin got the raw materials he needed, and left the shop. Although he still had eight hundred and seventy gold coins, what he just bought was only a fraction of the materials he needed.

The Hermani formula required more than two hundred kinds of materials, each of which was important and indispensable. If one material was missing, the Nourishment Pond formula would not be effective.

Therefore, he needed to continue to purchase other materials. It was likely that there would be very little of the one thousand gold coins left. Merlin originally wanted to purchase some materials in bulk but it seemed that he could only buy one for each.

"Let's go to other shops."

Along with two heavy knights, Merlin visited several other shops in the Holy Dragon Empire. Merlin was very lucky and managed to buy all the raw materials for the Hermani Nourishment Pond. However, the price was relatively high, and he had spent six hundred and seventy gold coins.

In addition to the one hundred and thirty gold coins from before, there were only two hundred gold coins left from Merlin's original one thousand gold coins. The rate of spending left the two heavy knights beside him stunned and surprised.

However, they were only bodyguards protecting Merlin, and would not interfere with Merlin's affairs.

"Almost done. There are only two hundred gold coins left so it's impossible to buy another set of materials. We'll go back first."

Merlin hesitated before making a decision. He would first return to prepare the Nourishment Pond formula. From Boulder City to the Holy Dragon Empire, he had delayed a few months' worth of time. However, he had been looking forward to preparing the Nourishment Pond so he was quite excited now.

Returning to the mansion, Merlin did not see Count Stanwin but he did not enquire either. Instead, he went directly to the basement of the mansion. Every noble's manor had a secret basement, and this basement had been abandoned and hence, unused for a long time. Merlin had allowed some people to clean it up last night, and temporarily used it as his laboratory.

Each Host had his own laboratory as unlike those who had inherited the almighty beast bloodlines, Hosts had to constantly strengthen their bloodline with Nourishment Ponds and targeted improvements after Nourishment Ponds became ineffective.

This required the use of a laboratory. The basement was only relatively quiet, and was still far from a real laboratory.

However, it could still be used now. A suitable laboratory would be built later.

In the middle of the laboratory was an oval pond that had been filled with a dark green juice that looked very viscous. It was a beast bone soup that Merlin had ordered the guards to brew all night. Added with some special materials, it was the most basic liquid of a Nourishment Pond.

Later, one by one, he added more than two hundred kinds of raw materials into the Nourishment Pond according to the dosage stated in the Hermani formula. Immediately, the entire Nourishment Pond started to boil and bubble, emitting a strange and unpleasant odor.

It took Merlin more than two hours to add the two hundred or so materials into the Nourishment Pond. The Nourishment Pond that was dark green had turned black, and was almost ready.

"It should be ready. Let's try the effect."

Merlin muttered lowly. He turned from the basement and took out a large dog that had been prepared in advance.

This large dog looked ferocious and held a fierce gleam in its eyes but it was firmly caught by Merlin and could not struggle.

"Go."

Merlin threw the large dog into the inky Nourishment Pond.

"Splash."

The large dog fell into the Nourishment Pond and spattered droplets around. The dog struggled desperately in the Nourishment Pond, and its body could be seen gradually growing and becoming stronger at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"It's effective?"

Merlin knew the Nourishment Pond was extraordinary but he did not expect the effect to be so good. He naturally needed to test it with a large dog to be safe.

Seeing that it worked, he grabbed the large dog. He did not want to waste all the precious materials on the dog.

The large dog which was thrown to the ground pounced on Merlin furiously. However, Merlin now had the almighty beast's will and his physical quality had improved greatly, and kicked the large dog into the distance with one foot. Despite that, the large dog immediately turned over and stood up without any injuries.

Just as Merlin was watching the dog carefully, the canine suddenly trembled, and let out shrill shrieks. Then, the dog's blood vessels burst one after another, reducing it to a bloody lump of meat. The entire laboratory was filled with the strong scent of blood.

"It's dead?"

Merlin frowned as he approached to take a closer look. From his preliminary judgment, the cause should be due to too much power contained in the dog's body which caused it to burst and die. As for why it contained so much power, Merlin had some predictions.

How terrifying were the nutrients in the Nourishment Pond? It could only be used by Hosts because they could use the almighty beast's will to guide this force into the bloodline, and strengthen the bloodline to make the degree of shifting higher.

However, the large dog did not have the almighty beast's will and could not guide the power of the Nourishment Pond. Therefore, it could only explode and die.

Knowing the key, Merlin had nothing to worry about. He had prepared the Nourishment Pond for a long time. Today, he finally succeeded and could try it.

"Now, I have both the almighty beast's will and the Nourishment Pond. Let's see what changes will happen."

Merlin took off his robe and jumped into the inky Nourishment Pond naked.

When he jumped in, he did not feel hot and dry. Instead, a cool and refreshing feeling circulated in his body.

"Tss-tss-tss."

Soon, the cool and refreshing feeling became spikes pricking Merlin's entire body, making him feel very uncomfortable. He could not help but shout.

"Roar…"

It was a beast's roar. The wolf-like howl came directly from Merlin's mouth. The Two-headed Pterolycus which was quiet in his Awareness had finally awakened.

The Two-headed Pterolycus in his Awareness seemed to have become bigger and more solid. The almighty beast's will grew stronger, which directly led to changes in Merlin's body.

"Morph!"

This shapeshifting was now controlled by Merlin. His hands immediately turned into furry wolf claws, sharp and glinting coldly, striking fear into others.

This was first-form of shapeshifting. Merlin was used to this form but with the help of the Nourishment Pond, the degree of morphing grew much elaborate.

Merlin's legs also immediately cracked and grew black fur. They quickly became strong and full of strength. It seemed that they could jump out of the Nourishment Pond with a single leap.

He had reached second-form shifter!

With just this much, the miracle of the Nourishment Pond had not been reflected yet. After Merlin's legs had morphed, he felt a powerful force. Second-form shifter had enabled Merlin to fully utilize the Two-headed Pterolycus' characteristics, which was speed.

However, the explosive force in his body was still far from enough as his body had not morphed yet.

Third-form shifter was changing rapidly as well. From his legs to his thighs, rear, and abdomen – all of them began to grow tight muscles. Meanwhile, Merlin's body rose to nearly two meters.

Third-form!

Currently, apart from his head and upper body, Merlin was already a living and terrifying giant black wolf!

Merlin felt his strength had increased exponentially while the color in the Nourishment Pond faded rapidly. It gradually changed from black back to green.

Merlin's shapeshifting stopped at his lower abdomen. His upper body and head did not morph at all, and he only had reached third-form.

Even so, Merlin was overjoyed. The effect of the Hermani Nourishment Pond was far beyond Merlin's expectation.

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"Third-form!"

Merlin jumped out of the Nourishment Pond. He looked very strange now, and could be called terrifying. Only his upper body and head were of a human's while all other areas were covered in thick black fur. His claws extended, sharp like blades.

His legs were built with strong muscles and contained a terrifying explosive force. Oddly, Merlin was still standing now but he seemed to have an instinctive habit of lying down.

Now that he had transformed into the Two-headed Pterolycus, an inborn fighting gift appeared in his mind. He could easily use the frightening power despite not being familiar with it.

"Swoosh."

Merlin braced his legs and his huge figure instantly turned into an afterimage, flashing around the entire laboratory. His speed was incredible. If it were nighttime, one would only feel the movement of air, and be unable to see any shadow.

"How swift!"

Merlin was overjoyed. Although he knew long ago that the greatest characteristic of a Two-headed Pterolycus was its speed, he did not expect it to be so fast that a shadow would not be left behind.

With this speed, even if he could not beat an enemy, he could run away.

It seemed that choosing the Two-headed Pterolycus was not without benefits. This was just the third-form. If he could fully morph and grow two wings, his speed would increase multiple times, and it would be horrifying.

"Not bad. The speed is very quick. As for strength…"

Merlin forcefully swept his claws. A white light flashed, and the laboratory's wall was directly gouged.

"Crack."

Merlin's sharp claws had easily sunk into the hard wall almost effortlessly. Third-form shifting of the Two-headed Pterolycus had now demonstrated its powerful ability.

Now, Merlin had finally had the strength to protect himself.

After all, someone who had inherited an almighty beast bloodline needed at least twenty years to reach the third-form. Even Count Stanwin, who was a genius, only had a breakthrough to the third-form of his Deinosuchus bloodline when he was twenty-six years old.

This was the advantage of Hosts. As long as there was a Nourishment Pool, and as long as one could suppress the almighty beast's will, one's strength could be rapidly improved. There was no need to accumulate power for a long time and slowly train to purify the almighty beast bloodline.

Of course, not everyone was as lucky as Merlin. The instability of the almighty beast's will had always been the greatest problem to Hosts because once their strength improved, and their shapeshifting level increased, the almighty beast's will would also become stronger and pose a threat to the Host.

However, Merlin did not have to worry about that at all. Even if the Two-headed Pterolycus' will was a hundred times stronger, it would not pose a threat to him. Therefore, the most unstable factor for Hosts was no trouble for Merlin at all.

Merlin quickly reversed the shapeshifting. He was naked, and he had fair skin and few muscles but it did not mean that he was weak.

On the contrary, it seemed that the Nourishment Pond had not only enhanced the strength of the bloodline and his strength after morphing but it also subtly enhanced Merlin's physical quality. Now, Merlin's physical quality was no inferior to a heavy knight's.

"Merlin."

Suddenly, Titus' voice rang in Merlin's mind. There seemed to be hidden joy in his voice.

Merlin was surprised. Titus usually did not take the initiative to speak. Could it be that there were changes in the Illusory World?

Thus, he immediately immersed his consciousness in his Awareness and saw that his Illusory World was still a general framework and had not recovered much. There did not seem to be any changes.

"Titus, what's the matter?"

Merlin asked while frowning.

"Merlin, didn't you feel it? The Illusory World had changed."

"The Illusory World had changed?"

Merlin felt carefully. It seemed that the Illusory World did not change but he only gave it a cursory glance and did not observe it carefully.

Now, Merlin focused his attention and felt the changes in the Illusory World. As the creator of the Illusory World, Merlin naturally felt the changes quickly.

"It became stable again?"

Merlin was somewhat startled. Previously, his Illusory World continuously expanded while he was still in the Void Zone, and finally expanded to one-tenth the size of the Void Zone. That was already very horrifying.

However, it was only the expansion of the world, and there seemed to be no progress in the stability of the world. Before, Merlin had felt that it was because the natural order in the Illusory World was not strong enough, which caused his Illusory World to be unstable. As long as the natural order of the world was constantly strengthened, the Illusory World would gradually become stable.

The stability of a world was also very important to a Latitude Cosmos. Just like in the Void Zone before, Merlin's power had grown so strong that even the Void Zone could not destroy him but Merlin was also unable to break the Void Zone, and had to leave it instead.

In the end, the Void Zone took the initiative to "abandon" Merlin. If not for that, Merlin would not have been able to break away from the Void Zone by relying on his own strength.

This was because the Void Zone was too stable.

"Is it because of… The body?"

Merlin's heart jumped. He had never thought of this possibility. Was the body related to the Illusory World?

In the beginning, when Merlin had accomplished his Illusory World, his body was not essential. Eventually, he had abandoned his body and lived purely as Mind Power. As long as the Illusory World was not destroyed, he would not die.

However, up until the final battle with the will of the Void Zone, Merlin's Illusory World was never able to turn illusions into reality, and he had never found the reason why.

The Illusory World had a will that was comparable to that of a Latitude Cosmos. However, it had reached one-tenth of the Void Zone but was still unable to turn illusions into reality. It seemed like something was missing.

Merlin never had any ideas. However, now, his mind flashed and he seemed to have grasped something.

The Illusory World was not stable enough and could not rival a Latitude Cosmos at all. Perhaps this was why Merlin had never been able to use the Illusory World to turn illusion into reality.

The stability of the Illusory World seemed to have some connection with the strength of the body but whether that was true or not was still beyond Merlin's conclusion. He could only slowly observe it.

If there was a connection, then Merlin's previous practice of abandoning his body was completely wrong. However, this world had given Merlin a chance to use the Illusory World to turn illusion into reality.

"It seems coming to this Almighty Beast World isn't completely fruitless…"

Merlin felt for the first time that it was not a mistake for him to come to this Latitude Cosmos.

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