Published at 28th of March 2020 05:10:06 AM
“Boom . ”
As soon as Merlin drifted into the third layer subspace, blood-red light filled his vision . It was as if his consciousness was about to be ripped apart by an immense force .
Nonetheless, Merlin’s consciousness was unlike an ordinary person’s . This bit of power was naturally unable to cause his consciousness any harm . Therefore, he inspected with his consciousness and soon discovered that this crimson subspace only contained one colossal will .
“Someone has finally come in and with a decent consciousness too . It’s just a shame that it’s a tiny fellow who’s selected to merge with a puny Two-headed Pterolycus . With such a lowly bloodline, I, the great Blood-eye Dragon, won’t follow you!”
A deafening voice sounded in Merlin’s ears which rumbled unceasingly and was filled with a tyrannical presence .
This was the high-tier almighty beast’s will that was sealed within the third layer subspace – the Blood-eye Dragon!
The Blood-eye Dragon was a high-tier almighty beast . It had been a terrifying and formidable almighty beast, even in ancient times when almighty beasts ran amok . Furthermore, the Blood-eye Dragon had an obvious, unique advantage; it belonged to the Vipera Dragons class .
Vipera Dragons were descendants of the legendary Sacred Dragon, only their bloodline was thinner . Moreover, they had cross-bred with other almighty beasts . Naturally, their strength was far inferior to the legendary Sacred Dragon .
Nonetheless, they were still Vipera Dragons and possessed a trace of the Sacred Dragon’s bloodline . Apparently, if one could stimulate a Vipera Dragon’s bloodline to its limits, they might unleash the true Sacred Dragon bloodline .
Of course, myths were just myths . Sacred beasts were mythic beings in the first place . Who could actually possess the power of sacred beasts? This Blood-eye Dragon itself was already extraordinary enough . Even if only its will was left, it was still equipped with such immense strength . Furthermore, it maintained an intellect on par with an average person . Merlin was somewhat amazed .
“Blood-eye Dragon, a high-tier almighty beast’s will . What, you don’t wish to parasitize my body?” Merlin answered with a laugh .
This was not up to the Blood-eye Dragon . Perhaps others might be unable to handle the Blood-eye Dragon’s will but Merlin had the Illusory World and powerful Mind Power . Only the will of the Blood-eye Dragon remained . To Merlin, this was no threat at all .
“For you to choose a mere Two-headed Pterolycus, you evidently possess no willpower nor intelligence . If I choose to parasitize you, won’t I be forever unable to recover my peak strength? If that’s the case, I’d rather stay sealed in this Bead of Infamy . Go away, I won’t choose to parasitize your body . If you continue disturbing my sleep, I’ll swallow your consciousness and turn you into an idiot!”
This Blood-eye Dragon’s will was rather vicious and already started to threaten Merlin .
Merlin only gave a careless smile and did not take the Blood-eye Dragon’s threat to heart . Still, he did not stay on in the Bead of Infamy and retracted his consciousness .
It was not that Merlin did not wish to immediately switch the Two-headed Pterolycus’s will for the Blood-eye Dragon . One was a mere low-tier almighty beast’s will, the other was a lofty, incomparably powerful high-tier almighty beast’s will . It was also a Vipera Dragon that was a preeminent existence even amongst high-tier almighty beasts .
Nevertheless, Merlin could not switch his almighty beast’s will so easily at that point .
In truth, Hosts had two methods in dealing with an almighty beast’s will . The first was, they could switch immediately upon locating a stronger almighty beast’s will . Even so, they must start from the beginning, slowly progressing from the first-form onwards .
This would take up vast amounts of resources which was what Merlin lacked now . He knew that the Blood-eye Dragon’s will was indeed formidable but for him to reach the first-form required more materials for the Nourishment Pond than what it would need to take to reach the Two-headed Pterolycus’s fourth-form . With Merlin’s current financial ability, he was incapable of creating this Nourishment Pond .
Even if he requested this from Count Stanwin, it would be limited . Hosts used up a lot of resources, especially with a powerful almighty beast’s will . The resources needed for that was inconceivable .
Of course, there was the second method which was to merge the almighty beasts’ wills together . In that manner, one would not need to slowly progress from the first-form onwards .
However, that required a powerful almighty beast’s will as the primary will first . Only then could one slowly attempt to merge other almighty beasts’ wills into the first one, inducing mutations .
At that moment, Merlin only had the Two-headed Pterolycus which definitely could not act as the primary will . Conversely, if he merged with the Blood-eye Dragon in the future, he could try using this method . Still, merging with other almighty beasts’ will and slowly upgrading the almighty beast’s will was extremely dangerous . It would take a long time, many attempts, and Merlin was still very far from this stage .
Therefore, what he could do now was to solve the issue of Nourishment Pond’s materials . Merlin could only smoothly merge with the Blood-eye Dragon with abundant resources and then rapidly advance it to its first-form or even beyond that .
“It’s impossible to earn enough money in a short time span . Even if I did, preparing the materials of the Nourishment Pond won’t be cheap . I’d only be able to use the Nourishment Pond once or twice, which isn’t much help . ”
Countless thoughts zipped past Merlin’s mind . He had many ideas but rejected each of them .
Suddenly, Merlin recalled Curator Heroult who had helped him merge with the Two-headed Pterolycus back in Boulder City . Back then, Heroult asked Merlin to follow him into Holy Dragon City but Merlin refused .
After that, Heroult left only an address for Brews Castle, so that Merlin could look him up at any time .
“It looks like it’s time to look for Heroult . With Brews Castle’s address, it won’t be hard to search . ”
Merlin made up his mind and immediately left the laboratory, then boarded the carriage . After finding out the specific location of Brews Castle, he directed the carriage straight to this destination .
A thin drizzle came down from the sky . The weather during the beginning of spring was still chilly . Raindrops felt icy as they landed on one’s face .
A carriage slowly stopped before an ancient castle . Merlin slowly disembarked from the carriage and looked up at this castle .
This here was Brews Castle, a rather ancient castle . There were no guards outside, and a quick glance into the castle revealed no human figures .
Nonetheless, the lawn within was well maintained, proving that this was not an abandoned castle but one that had residents .
Merlin instructed the coach driver to wait outside . He removed his gloves and draped himself with a black cloak . After a moment of hesitation, he pushed the iron gate open straightaway and walked towards the castle’s hall .
As soon as he entered the castle, Merlin detected an odd, unpleasant odor . Frowning, he looked upwards to the castle but discovered nothing out of the ordinary .
Soon, Merlin stood before the sturdy doors of the castle . Reaching out, he knocked sharply . The clear sound resounded within which sounded empty, giving him an eerie feeling .
“Creak . ”
Under Merlin’s attentive gaze, the castle’s doors were slowly opened from within .
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