Chapter 244 Puppe (1/2)
Fast, Yang Ling's actions were too fast! The Man-eating Vines and warriors of the Church nearby only reacted after Yang Ling tamed and transported the giant Man-eating Vine into the space of the Wizard's Pagoda.
”Sir, Sir…”
The leader of the knights shouted as he ran forward with the remaining two knights, extending his hand to prop up the falling Red-robed Cardinal Kayseri. At the same time, the rest of the Man-eating Vines shifted their focus, quickly surrounding Yang Ling.
Hmph, they're asking for death!
Looking at the blood-soaked leader of the knights and his two subordinates, seeing the pale, wobbly Kayseri pressing on his wound, then seeing the Man-eating Vines approaching him from all directions, Yang Ling let out a cold grunt, then summoned a bunch of Magical Beasts in an instant. Amongst the beasts was the giant Man-eating Vine that he had just tamed.
Chitter…
Following the strange cry of the giant Man-eating Vine, the Man-eating Vines that were swarming toward Yang Ling retracted their spine-covered appendages and turned to heavily surround Kayseri and the three knights. There were cold gleams of light in their sharp spines, causing the scalp of the three knights to crawl.
Even though they had suffered heavy casualties, there were just too many Man-eating Vines. Many of them had died, but another group of them immediately swarmed out from within the cave. Even though the attack radius or speed of the Man-eating Vines that had just came out were incomparable to the Man-eating Vines that they had encountered earlier, they had the advantage in terms of numbers.
”You… Just who are you?” Kayseri struggled to take a breath as he stared at Yang Ling who had suddenly appeared. He fought the pain as he pressed on his wound, ”I am the Red-robed Cardinal of the Roweya Area in the Delar Empire. Even if you kill me, the Church will never let you off!”
Looking at the giant Man-eating Vine respectfully guarding by Yang Ling's side, looking at the many Man-eating Vines surrounding them, yet strangely not launching an attack, Kayseri could not understand the situation. At that moment, given that he did not know of Yang Ling's identity, he hoped that he could avert this crisis by invoking the name of the Church.
”Hehe, who I am is not important!” Yang Ling let out a cold smile as he looked at the pale Kayseri.
The influence of the Church was indeed massive, able to suppress even the Dark Association. But as long as he killed the cardinal and erased the evidence in this dilapidated valley, even the Church will not be able to pin it on him, no matter how great their influence was.
Oh, strange, to think that the Blood Elf Dagger is unable to absorb the Blood Essence in his body. Just what is going on?
Originally, Yang Ling had been prepared to get the giant Man-eating Vine issue a command for the many Man-eating Vines to swarm forward and end the battle quickly, in case anything happened. However, he could not help but feel confused when he saw Kayseri last this long despite his injury, as well as his rapidly clotting wounds.
All this while, be it Magical Beasts or assassins, the Blood Elf Dagger would immediately devour the other party's Blood Essence like a bottomless hole as long as it pierced through its target's body, turning the other party into a mummy within the blink of an eye. He did not expect Kayseri to not only not become a dried-up corpse, his wounds instead seemed to heal automatically!
An influential identity, powerful magical spells, massive amounts of Magical Energy, strange abilities…
Looking at the exceptional Kayseri, Yang Ling suddenly had a thought. Not only will his Wizard Power and mental energy reach new heights when he becomes a mid-level Heaven WIzard, he will also experience a breakthrough in his Soul Tampering Technique. When that time comes, he will be able to turn his enemies into puppets under his control and successfully obtain the other party's memories and secrets.
According to the explanation on the stele, the puppets created by the Wizard Technique will have stiff movements and reactions at the start. With added training over a period of time, the puppets will quickly regain their original movements and demeanor.
There were disadvantages and advantages to the Soul Tampering Technique when compared to directly taming the creature!
Ever since he unintentionally tamed the Heavenly Fox Yuna, he had secretly caught a few troops that were camping in the wilderness as an experiment, but they all ended up failing; He could only successfully tame a Beastman once every ten tries. It seems as though it was harder to tame intelligent races who were physically similar to humans. He did not know if it was because he was still too weak, or that there were some other reasons.
Also, every creature that he tamed will have a faint symbol between their brows or at their vital areas. An ordinary person might not pay any attention to it, but he definitely will not be able to hide it from those who did their homework!
The Soul Tampering Technique was different. As long as he had enough Wizard Power and mental energy, he would be able to create puppets that fell under his control. Even though their reactions would not be as quick as they were in the past, it was not impossible for the puppets to fool the people around him if he trained them for some time.
The influential Church would definitely have relevant records on the secret behind the disappearance of the Ancient Summoners and Ancient Wizards, and he as an outsider will have difficulties obtaining these secrets. If that is the case, nurturing a puppet and seeking to achieve a breakthrough within the Church itself was definitely the most suitable method. As a Red-robed Cardinal with a certain level of authority, Kayseri was definitely a candidate he could not get too many of.
”Hmph, the Church has a large number of reinforcements nearby. Even if you kill us, you would definitely not be able to escape our pursuit!” Seeing Yang Ling silent in deliberation, Kayseri thought that he did not dare attack, fearing the Church's influence. While he was worried, he finally saw hope for survival.