896 Midnight Fang Part 1 (1/2)
Saleen's six shards of Eternal Control had been completely refined. Saleen was gaining a deeper understanding and awareness towards such things. Not only was Eternal Control manipulated by mental strength, it was also connected to the soul. The rule of Eternal Control was very powerful, but if his soul was weak, he would not be able to control many lives.
His mental strength would determine how many creatures he could command in battle at one go while his soul would determine how many souls he could control in total.
Saleen was unable to determine how strong his soul was but based on what Jason had hinted to him, his determination, mental strength, and spirit would all determined how strong his soul was.
Saleen knew that his spirit was not strong because through his adventure, he realized that in his body, there was a part of him that was still weak and would be in considerable pain once triggered slightly.
That part of him was his past. His childhood.
After his clash with the Angel of Fear, Saleen discovered that loophole in his spirit. Fortunately, he was able to overcome the Angel of Fear's attack, which decreased his fear towards his childhood's memory. Such a loophole in the spirit could be trained.
”Flare, take us to the Midnight Fang.” Saleen put away his shards of Eternal Control and some weapons that he had also refined. Then, he distributed those weapons to the ancient warriors.
The long lances wielded by the 24 ancient warriors were all refined from the whale horns of single-horned white whales. They would be hard to break even in the midst of battles. The long lances made from the whale horns could definitely handle the massive strength of even grade-9 opponents.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
Saleen could tell that the souls of the ancient warriors had already become stronger after being nurtured by the shards of Eternal Control. Even the level of intelligence of the ancient warriors had increased slightly and they were no longer like the shrunken version of elemental creatures. Not only were the shards of Eternal Control capable of controlling souls, they could also repair and protect them.
Over the past few days, Flare has also sensed that his soul was being protected by that mysterious shard, and as a result, he dared to unleash certain techniques that he would have been hesitant to use in the past.
As he led Saleen towards the corner of the Imperial City, Flare explained why he decided to pledge his loyalty to Saleen.
”Master, as elemental creatures, there is no way we can leave Imperial City of Abyss, unless we are led out by a Master, otherwise we will stay here forever until we die. Elemental creatures are different from humans. To us, the passing of time is… if time passed too quickly, our elemental core would become mature very quickly and if so, we would be able to live longer. Here, it is difficult for elemental creatures to evolve. Basically, our grades remain unchanged from birth to death.”
”I see!”
”This is why most elemental creatures are willing to leave this place with their Masters. There is only an endless wait here, waiting for the return of the humans from the very beginning. Except for the Midnight Fangs!”
”Why are the Midnight Fangs unwilling to leave?” Nailisi asked.
”This is a world of dark-element creatures. If it left, where can it find an even better environment?” Flare asked in response.
”Hehe, it's meaningless to be stuck here forever.”
”The Imperial City of Abyss is as large as a kingdom and there are more than enough dark-element creatures roaming around. The Midnight Fangs rules over them. If not for the fact that they don't have many desires, they would have replaced the creatures of the other five types of elements and controlled the exterior of the Imperial City.”
”Desires? Flare, do you desire anything?” Saleen asked.
”Yes. I hope to obtain a fire-element elf so that I can advance beyond grade-12.”
”Haha, what grade is a fire-element elf?” Saleen laughed. He recalled that there was once a time when the Sregl Island mages wanted to capture a fire-element elf, they had to activate all the sorcerers they had and the grand magic arrays that they have been preparing for the previous tens of thousands of years. The fire-element elf was weakened by hundreds of times before finally being barely captured. It was close to impossible for Flare to devour a fire-element elf.
”At least grade-12, and that's why I want it.” There was a clear desire in Flare's purple eyes.
”Is it just up ahead?” Saleen pointed to a towering military depot that was a distance away. It was a tower that was built with black crystals. The ancient humans were extremely extravagant, so no matter how low the quality of these black crystals might be, a huge tower like this was still going to be priceless.
”It's over there. There are plenty of dark-element creatures and all the subordinates are gathered at the ground floor. In order to defeat their leader, we will have to face 144 grade-9 Midnight Fangs.”
”Very well.” Saleen summoned all the elemental stone statue soldiers and blue ice maidens. Under Saleen's command, a total of more than 200 grade-9 elemental creatures surrounded the black crystal tower. Both water-element and ground-element creatures would receive boosts in power in the Imperial City of Abyss, so it would not be so easy for the Midnight Fangs to kill them.