Chapter 35 (1/2)
Translator: La0o9 Editor: La0o9
“Lord Negary?” Noah, who was standing not too far away from Negary, asked doubtfully.
〖 You seem puzzled 〗 under the shade of the great tree, bones of various creatures could be seen littered everywhere. These were the bones of the crows’ food as well as his own over the years, some of them were even human remains, and Negary was sitting on top of a pile of bones made to look like a throne.
“Indeed, this subordinate does not understand my Lord’s actions” Noah replied with a serious voice. Before this, Noah would have never done this, the previous Noah would have only followed Negary’s orders to the letter, but now he was expressing his doubt: “My Lord doesn’t have a ‘dormant’ period at all. Even though my Lord’s soul was temporarily shattered, with my support my Lord should recover very quickly”
〖 It seems after becoming one with me, you’re one step closer to release 〗 Negary sat on top of his throne of bones, his right index finger pressed against his temple while leaning on it. Several dozen crows flew in from afar, dropping a corpse down in front of Negary.
〖 Nozades 〗 called out the corpse’s name, Negary’s left hand lifted slightly and summoned the [Black Crow] germs from inside the corpse, slowly absorbing it back into Negary’s body.
The great tree behind him abruptly went from intense stillness to intense movement as hundreds, thousands of crows took flight from the tree and swooped down on Nozades’ body, leaving behind a new skeleton in just a few seconds.
The black flood returned to the tree, returning everything to absolute silence like before. Negary’s finger once again moved slightly and controlled the skull of the skeleton with his interference force, calling it into his hand. After contemplating for a short while, he chose a spot on the stairs leading up his throne and placed it down.
Negary leaned back on his throne and rested his head on top of his right index finger again, but this time he used a bit too much force and caused his finger to pierce through his head, releasing a thin strand of Life Essence that quickly dissipated. As Negary pulled his finger out from his head, tiny writhing black tentacles quickly connected and closed the wound on his temple before a white mucus seeped out, which quickly dried up and reformed his pale white skin.
〖 It seems that this body is still quite flawed 〗Negary wasn’t dejected or regretful. Flaws were necessary, and all he needed to do was think of how to make up for these flaws bit by bit.
This body was also one of Negary’s experimental results. Through the combination of several dozen different germs and Life Essence, a powerful viral body was created. This body’s physical strength was unmatched, not even the Crowmen could be compared to it.
Other than that, it also had various abilities. For example, his fingernails were created from a type of unique germs that liked to devour metal, when bunched together, the germs became as hard and sharp as the blade of a sword.
The layer of white ‘skin’ germs outside of his body also had the ability to form a layer of interference. According to Noah’s tests, his spiritual sense couldn’t sense Negary who was covered within the layer of interference.
On the other hand, while Negary’s soul was inside, his interference force would not be restricted at all, his control over the flock of crows also wouldn’t weaken. And even more importantly, this layer of ‘skin’ made it so that his consumption of Life Essence became minimal. Even if sunlight shone directly onto him, he wouldn’t consume more Life Essence compared to normal, this was the layer of protection created to protect Negary’s soul.
Unfortunately, it was still incomplete, his control over the body’s strength wasn’t perfect so occasionally, he would accidentally hurt himself like what was seen just now, perhaps that would change after he obtained the [Respiratory Art].
〖 Nozades managed to scout quite a few of Chris’ techniques 〗after absorbing Nozades’ [Black Crow] germs, Negary commented.
Originally, Negary could only absorb a living creature’s Life Essence and Soul Essence right after their deaths, but the [Black Crow] germs managed to make up for this problem for those implanted with it. After a Crowmen dies, their scattered Soul Essence and Life Essence would be absorbed by the [Black Crow] germs, Negary could then collect and slowly absorb this Life Essence and Soul Essence.