ã However, before that, I will need to resolve this issue ãNegary glanced towards Lan Shan briefly as he led his three subordinates into a secret base. His body started morphing into the Dragon of Eternal Sin form, enveloping this secret base within his [Dragonâs Pressure].
With a swing of his tail, he pulled a lever and released an incubator from its latch, which revealed a humanoid with the exact same appearance as Lan Shan lying inside, this was a viral body created by Negary, mixed with Lan Shanâs blood.
Not too long later, Lan Shanâs complexion became pale, her facial features appeared haggard, while the other âherâ opened her eyes. The eyes of the other âLan Shanâ first appeared a bit blank, then as her body started producing Disasforce, her eyes quickly grew more life-like. However, compared to the real Lan Shan, this âLan Shanâ appeared very ordinary even while she exuded Disasforce.
Soon after that, a âNegaryâ with a blank expression also showed up in front of the Dragon of Eternal Sin, then led the other âLan Shanâ out and away from this base.
Attendants, artificial souls created by Negary to remedy his lack of subordinates and personnel. Through the mass collection of human data and creation of personality models, Negary was able to modify other souls into these Attendants, or forge the Soul Essence he collected into them.
They didnât really have any unique abilities nor creativity, with only two notable advantages: their obedience, and wide range of application.
Included within the personality models created this way was a certain level of common sense, as well as general knowledge equivalent to university students. They could learn any basic series of actions very quickly, thus capable of perfectly executing any of Negaryâs mundane arrangements, essentially the best kind of fodder.
Negary created these two Attendants in order to migrate their Authorities, [Otherworld Invasion] and [Super Plague].
Although Negaryâs control over the [Otherworld Invasion] Authority had been stripped, that didnât mean the [Otherworld Invasion] Authority had actually detached itself from Negary.
On the contrary, since An Ping didnât feel relieved about Negary, the [Otherworld Invasion] Authority was still tightly attached to Negaryâs soul, which would serve as a means of restraining Negary when necessary.
Since the Authority was attached to the soul, whenever Negary transferred his soul around before, the Authority would also transfer with him, so there were a few extra steps required to escape from this attachment.
Thatâs why Negary had created an Attendant from his own soul in order to shift the Authority to it; he also did the same to Lan Shan, but since Lan Shan wasnât Negary, having a piece of her soul cut off caused her to be incredibly weakened.
ã Are you ready, Lan Shan? ãNegaryâs gigantic dragon head turned to Lan Shan and asked her.
âThereâs no issue, Lord Negaryâ Lan Shan nodded her little head and sincerely answered him.
ã Then letâs begin ãNegaryâs body started to morph again.
Standing behind them, Noahâs expression was full of respect as he had knelt down on his knees and prostrated to Negary.
Killer J, on the other hand, helplessly waved his hand: âIâm temporarily leaving the front stage again, but Iâll definitely be backâ
Negaryâs dragon tail moved, splitting into tentacles that attached themselves to the two of them, their bodies swiftly becoming withered as their light vanished from their eyes. Negary had reabsorbed their souls.
The Dragon of Eternal Sin form then seemed to melt into several black tentacles that started to wrap around Lan Shanâs small body.
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On the outside, the battle still waged on, the army was cooperating with the Disaster Kings to eliminate the invaders, attempting to repel the invasion of the New Deity and Progenitor Dragon. If the Path of Error hadnât lost its effect for a brief moment, this method might have actually worked.
But now, more and more native living beings were being converted into devils, the projections of the New Deity and Progenitor Dragon had gotten solid enough that they wouldnât grow fainter no matter how they were attacked.
Seven swung her fist, unleashing her violent Disasforce to cause several devils to rupture and collapse into mucus. From the corner of her eyes, she saw Negary and Lan Shan standing not too far away, staring closely at her.
For some reason, Seven felt that this Negary seemed... off.
Feeling a swift moment of unease, Seven put some of her attention on guarding against this Negary; but surprisingly to her, he simply stood there smiling at her without doing anything.
As time went by, Sevenâs feeling of uneasiness grew stronger and stronger, causing her to realize that this unease didnât come from Negary, but rather somewhere else.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Very briefly, Seven recalled one of their first meetings, when Negary surrendered himself to the D.E.R division. At the time, he said:
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ã If there is ever a time when you feel helpless, feel free to come to me ã
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Currently, Seven was still far from âfeeling helplessâ, but the invasion had reached a point where it could hardly be pushed back, coupled with the sense of growing uneasiness in her mind, caused her to make a decision that she would never do so otherwise. Erupting her Disasforce to dispel that wave of enemies, Seven landed near Negary.
âYou arenât Negary?â as Seven closely observed the Negary in front of her, she finally realized what was off about him, as this Negary didnât have the unique presence that he exuded.
âI am nowâ Negary suddenly chuckled, his body relaxed slightly as his aura itself changed: âMy apologies, I was busy with something earlierâ
âI know what youâre wondering aboutâ Negary smiled: âThe only thing youâve ever actually paid attention to was never this world, but rather Chang Xiaâ
âUnless Iâm wrong, the so-called Disaster King of [Heaven Collapse] should be none other than himâ Negary slowly spoke: âSo, why hasnât he appeared on the battlefield yet, even now?â
âWhat are you saying?â Sevenâs expression changed slightly and asked in an urging voice.
âAn Ping and Chang Xia are the same kind of people. What do you think the most common thing for people like them to do?â Negary gradually explained: âOther than sacrificing other people, that would be sacrificing themselvesâ
The figure of Chang Xia walking into the elevator flashed through Sevenâs mind, the moment when he left to finish the âsecret weaponâ that An Ping mentioned.
The fact that they still hadnât appeared caused Seven to feel uneasy, so she immediately turned to leave.
Watching Seven leaving her post, âNegaryâ lowered his head and smiled, an alluring smile of perfection.
Negary did not transfer his soul into this body, the actions he performed just now were nothing but recorded actions. Since this Attendant was created from the same soul, as long as his gestures and speech were no different from the original, he would still exude the same presence as the real Negary.
Seven originally had gaps in her mentality: her trauma of the Yue Bu earthquake, as well as Chang Xia as a person; since Chang Xia saved her and raised her from her childhood trauma in Yue Bu, she naturally harbored special affections towards him.
She was willing to leave her post at the D.E.R division to come to Chang Xiaâs aid in the 7th domain â Yue Bu, and she was now similarly willing to ignore the threat of the world; becoming a hard-headed brat that would not allow Chang Xia to sacrifice himself no matter what.