Chapter 835 - Preparations (1/2)

For the past few days, Xiuban had been fusing with the blood drop of the Ancient Poison Dragon’s heart, while the fifty High Mages kept devouring its flesh.

Their magical talent had greatly changed from when they absorbed some of the aura emitted by the God Soul Fragment, but their bodies’ innate essence hadn’t changed too much.

After all, these fifty High Mages had only been Mages when they were discarded by the Merlin Family. They were poor souls with no hope of advancing to the Great Mage realm.

They were flawed both in mind and body. Now that they were devouring the flesh of the Ancient Poison Dragon, the fifty High Mages were like painfully built Swordsmen.

All their bodies were in some sort of reddened state as if there was a furnace constantly burning within them.

The flesh processed by Lin Yun, combined with the cauldron of medicine, had turned into some sort of transparent crystal that would immediately turn into scalding hot water after being devoured. They had to keep meditating to cleanse every corner of their bodies.

The surging mana fluctuations transformed into a storm that wreaked havoc through the camp, and the activity of the elements was comparable to a volcano on the verge of eruption.

If Lin Yun hadn’t prepared an array early on to bind the mana fluctuations to the depths of the camp, many people within the Storm Fort would have already become aware of the situation.

With the continuous meditation, the ranks of these High Mages rapidly increased. As their life essence was refined, their power would passively increase. After all, their mana accumulation had reached the limits of their current ranks long ago under Lin Yun’s boundless supply.

The Natural Demiplane’s rich mana had never been restricted to those High Mages.

In that place, there were always High Mages standing up after having recovered from the redness. They wouldn’t say a word as they walked right back to the cauldron to swallow another piece of the Dragon’s flesh. Their mana would then become agitated and their skin would look as if it was dripping blood, and at that time, they would return to continue their meditation.

The Merlin Family’s three cousins were meditating like crazy. Each time they devoured pieces of the Ancient Poison Dragon’s flesh, they would keep eating it until they could no longer handle it, and only then would they start their meditation. Their strength was also rising at a steady pace.

They kept at it for several days, and every day Lin Yun would add a drop of Ancient Poison Dragon’s blood into that medicine cauldron.

The weakest among that group of High Mages was already at the 8th Rank, while the strongest one was already on the verge of breaking through to the Archmage realm.

Lin Yun walked over when he suddenly felt the originally very active elemental forces crazily converging in one direction.

A peak 9th Rank High Mage had a very red complexion. Sweat was already drenching his clothes, and his mana was emitting clear ripples as it spread in the surroundings.

But the surrounding elements were frantically gathering towards him, forming a whirlpool similar to a flame tornado above his head that spewed flames towards him.

A trace of happiness flashed in Lin Yun’s eyes.

“Someone finally advanced to the Archmage realm…”

Lin Yun had racked his brain often. Ever since he received those fifty Mages, he had used every single method at his disposal to increase their strength.

Later on, when their talents evolved, Lin Yun made the firm decision to properly nurture them into important followers.

Even later, Lin Yun thought of giving them a Mana Baptism Potion that only he could compound, but because of the scarcity of the materials, he had no choice but to give up on that.

Later, their power kept increasing, from the Great Mage realm until the High Mage realm, where the Mana Baptism potion would already be ineffective.

At that time, they were only hoping to reach the Archmage realm, but not all of them had high hopes, and either way, they would need to spend a long time.

But it was different now… They saw one of them reaching the Archmage realm, and even Lin Yun couldn’t help being moved.

After all, these fifty were very important followers.

Lin Yun was very powerful. His Magic Conducting Rune was the Magic Array, the strongest Magic Conducting Rune, and he had three Core Meditation Law Sets. This was definitely the strongest setup in the future Noscent that he had come from.

But he was only one person in the end. The power of one person could represent a force, but looking at the thousands upon thousands of years in the future, all those who could do that had gone through countless hardships and could only be counted on one hand.

If there was a war, it would be a lot easier with followers. Moreover, many things could be easily dealt with by followers.

After fusing with the empty Dragon Crystal, if all went as expected, Reina would definitely advance to the Heaven Rank and become an Extraordinary powerhouse. But Reina was following him in order to revive her father. No one knew what she would do afterwards.

The greedy and foolish Xiuban was actually a surprisingly talented Draconic Beastman, and he had first fused with a drop of Three-Headed Golden Dragon Blood, bathed in Ancient God Blood, and was now fusing with a drop of blood from an Ancient Poison Dragon’s heart. His body had already transformed in a monstrous way, and his power was already stronger than a Dragon in its Human Shape.

This fool with an underused brain could be used as a hired thug and a meat shield, but he couldn’t be relied on for anything needing a bit of thinking.