Chapter 300 - 69: Soul Enslavement (2)
Chapter 300 - 69: Soul Enslavement (2)
As a Balrog Flame Demon, being the top tier species of the flame demons, upon maturity, it can reach the Great Demon Tier (equivalent to Master Level), and its bloodline will awaken several powerful talent magics.
Instant Teleportation is one of them.
"Too slow."
Just as the Balrog Flame Demon was about to activate Instant Teleportation, a massive, black dragon claw silently pierced through the space, grasped its head, and then violently contracted.
Crack! The Balrog Flame Demon’s head, harder than high-grade metal, shattered into pieces.
The evil spiritual light that was condensed on its body instantly dimmed, and the massive body fell to the ground.
But in the next moment, the seemingly dead headless Balrog Flame Demon erupted with powerful flame energy, and its head regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In midair, the Black Dragon Lord watched this scene indifferently, and the magic spell in its mouth was just ready to be completed.
[Eighth Ring Spell: Enslaved Soul]!
An invisible spiritual light entered the Balrog Flame Demon’s body, causing it to stiffen slightly. After struggling for over ten seconds, it gradually calmed down, just in time for its head to fully regenerate.
The Black Dragon Lord descended from the sky with a thunderous crash, splashing magma everywhere. A Balrog Flame Demon at the Great Demon Tier possesses a Flame Domain, where the surrounding area is gradually turned into a land of magma.
In the territory of a Legendary Balrog Flame Demon, it takes less than a few decades for a group of volcanoes to form.
"Barrow... greetings, Master." The fifteen-meter-high Balrog Flame Demon half-kneeled before the Black Dragon, struggled for a moment, then finally lowered its head respectfully.
Udi nodded slightly, indifferent to the Balrog Flame Demon’s reluctant gaze.
The Eighth Ring Spell of Soul Enslavement forcibly enslaves the soul, but it does not erase the spiritual wisdom of the enslaved creature, nor can it change its own thoughts.
So resentment, hatred, and enmity are normal.
However, regardless, as long as the caster does not lift this spell, the subject must obey all commands of the caster, unable to betray or act against the master in any way.
"Shrink your size and follow me." Udi looked at the kneeling and submissive Balrog Flame Demon, a trace of satisfaction flashing in his brown-yellow dragon eyes.
With this, he had gained another servant with pseudo-legendary combat power under his command.
The purpose of Udi purchasing the Eighth Ring Spell of Soul Enslavement was to recruit a group of powerful servants as helpers.
Using a Servant Contract can also control a life’s existence, but it requires the other party to voluntarily submit to be established successfully, and cannot forcibly enslave.
Just like the previous subjugation of Diya Harut, Udi had worn down its psychological defenses over time, leading Xiaoha to voluntarily submit.
But how many strong-willed beings were like Xiaoha, willing to submit willingly?
The vast majority of strong individuals would rather die than become someone else’s servant or slave.
In such cases, the magic of forced soul enslavement becomes very valuable.
Half a day later, in a corner of the Abyss, on a piece of wasteland.
Within a lava lake spanning hundreds of kilometers, a massive, over thirty-meter Black Fallen Evil Giant was sound asleep.
Suddenly, the Fallen Evil Giant opened its eyes, larger than a bathtub, and punched the space in front of it.
Under the clash of terrifying energy, the figure of the Balrog Flame Demon emerged, then retreated hundreds of meters.
The Evil Giant, seeing the attacker is actually a Balrog Flame Demon, furiously pulled out a twenty-meter long, four- to five-meter thick black-red metal rod from the lava lake, and vehemently smashed it toward the opponent.
Barrow saw the attacking metal rod, his pupils shrank, and his form flickered, disappearing from the spot and reappearing above the Evil Giant’s head.
As soon as the Evil Giant raised its head, a fire pillar over ten meters thick engulfed it.
The Evil Giant, though highly resistant to flames, was scorched to the point of breaking skin and extreme pain by Barrow’s special flame attack.
"Ahhh, it hurts!"
A massive oval-shaped defensive shield formed from black rocks gathered above the Evil Giant’s head, shielding it from the fire pillar’s blast and burn.
The battle between the two was fierce and intense.
Meanwhile, while they battled intensely, the black dragon form of Udi silently appeared behind the Evil Giant. Udi’s third demon eye opened, sending an invisible yet terrifying mental shock toward the Evil Giant.
Sensing the threat of death, the Evil Giant instinctively tried to evade, but being merely a nineteen-level Evil Giant, how could it dodge Udi’s sneak attack?
Even a Tier One Legendary Evil Giant would find it hard to evade!
Buzz~ The Evil Giant let out a cry of pain, half kneeling on the ground, rolling frantically.
Udi looked at the suffering Evil Giant, gaining a sense of confidence in the power of the upgraded pseudo-Tier Three Dark Demon’s Eye mental attack.
"Only thirty percent of the mental attack was used, yet it made a nineteen-level peak, pseudo-legendary power Evil Giant lose all autonomous ability... If at full strength, it can probably deliver effective stun control even against a Tier One Legendary Powerhouse," Udi mused.
Legendary Powerhouses experience soul evolution and transformation into a tangible form, being almost a different form of life from those below Legendary.
When enduring mental and soul attacks, Legendary Powerhouses have at least ten times the resistance of those below Legendary.
Thus, even with a full output from the pseudo-Tier Three Dark Demon’s Eye, Udi did not expect it to injure a Legendary Powerhouse’s spirit or soul, but was very satisfied if it could briefly stun them.
Though the Dark Demon’s Eye is inherently powerful, Udi’s own foundation is quite low, with a biological level of eighteen and caster level of fifteen, his spiritual power is limited.
With a weak foundation, even if the Eye of the Black-Eyed Demon amplifies tenfold, it’s only so effective.
In thought, Udi’s prepared Soul Enslavement Spell was also ready, with the invisible magic spiritual light rushing into the Fallen Evil Giant’s mind, while retrieving the mental attack invading its sea of spirit with the demon eye.
Without the mental attack, the Evil Giant stopped its cries of pain, weakly moaning on the ground.
Unbeknownst to it, the Soul Enslavement Spell succeeded.
After a while, the over-thirty-meter high Fallen Evil Giant stood up from the ground, reluctantly addressing Udi,
"Nurraf greets Master."
Thus, Udi had two more powerful pseudo-legendary combat lifeforms loyal to him.
"Third one... it’s settled, it’s you." Udi looked at the information recorded on the scroll.
Six-armed Snake Demon, suspected pseudo-legendary power, commonly appeared at Monument Rift Valley.
Both the Balrog Flame Demon, Fallen Evil Giant, and the third target that Udi set his sights on—’Six-armed Snake Demon’, were only pseudo-legendary combat power.
It’s not that Udi didn’t want to target legendary beings for enslavement, but it was impossible.
The Eight-Ring Spell: Enslaved Soul also has limitations, requiring the caster’s soul strength to exceed that of the subject for successful casting. If the subject’s soul strength exceeds the caster’s, at best, the spell fails and backfires onto the caster, at worst, the caster becomes enslaved by the subject.
Despite the Banquet being able to strengthen the soul along with everything else, boosting Udi’s confidence in exceeding the soul strength of all beings below legendary, he had no such confidence when facing the soul transformation of a Legendary.
If by any chance, his soul strength is less than that of a Legendary being... Udi shook his head, unwilling to take such a risk.
"The Entry Level Soul Enslavement has a maximum limit of enslaving three life forms; once I enslave the Six-armed Snake Demon, then I will go hunt legendary beings." Udi thought to himself.
While not intending to enslave legendary beings, it wouldn’t stop Udi from hunting them.
After all, they are walking [Mutated Talent]...
Moreover, aside from acquiring new mutated talents, it can also greatly enhance the Banquet’s strengthening effect.
Devouring several legendary creatures would quickly elevate Udi’s biological level to the nineteen-level peak.
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