Chapter 1316: A Bottomless Pit
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In the Space of the Mystery Dragon, the war was gradually ending, leaving a broken land to recount the intensity and fierceness of the previous battle. Mu Chen’s face seemed rather grave as he looked at the place where Shi Tian You had disappeared. This was the first time he had met the top powers of the Extraterritorial Race, and their means and strength were enough to scare him.
Although that type of corpse gas was completely different from spiritual power, it was still extremely overbearing and vicious. Once it made contact, the body was quickly deprived of its vitality.
Many superpowers from various parties had gathered in the Ancient Holy Gulf, and now with the addition of these Extraterrestrial Races hiding in the dark like snakes, the situation would become more complicated.
“This person is the strongest of the Corpse Devil Race. No wonder he has come to snatch the Demon Emperor’s corpse.” Standing next to Mu Chen, Jiang Long frowned.
“The Corpse Devil Race…” Mu Chen whispered to himself, but as he was not familiar with the Extraterritorial Race, he was clearly a stranger to all of this.
Jiang Long sighed and said, “Among the Extraterritorial Race, there are 32 major ethnic groups. These are the core forces among the Extraterritorial evils, and the Corpse Devil is one of them. The Corpse Devil has the ability to control and gain strength from corpses. Now the Demon Emperor’s corpse is in Shi Tian You’s hands. His fighting power will inevitably rise again.”
Mu Chen’s eyes hardened slightly. The current Shi Tian You was already extremely tricky. If he really controlled the Demon Emperor’s corpse, his strength would definitely be more tyrannical.
Although the Demon Emperor’s corpse had not regained its previous strength, it was absolutely enough to compete with a top-level Complete Earthly Sovereign such as Wu Tong, who had been brutally killed by the Demon Emperor’s corpse before he could even react.
“I was careless. This person broke the seal and took away the Demon Emperor’s corpse while our Mystery Dragon Army was still weak.” Jiang Long blamed himself slightly. This Demon Emperor had been killed and sealed by the Mystery Dragon War Emperor. Now that his body had been taken away, there would be more trouble, and this made him feel ashamed.
“Commander Jiang Long, if I meet this Shi Tian You in the future, I will fight him with all my strength and destroy the Demon Emperor’s corpse,” Mu Chen promised. After all, the Mystery Dragon Army was weak because of his condensation of the Dragon Tally, and this ultimately opened up an opportunity for Shi Tian You. Thus, he had played a part in this as well.
Of course, the bigger reason he would do this was naturally to win the people’s hearts. The Mystery Dragon Army was different from the one he had won in the past which he could use however he saw fit. They were a living army accompanied by the existence of Commander Jiang Long. Therefore, in order for Mu Chen to grasp this elite army for the long term, he had to win their approval.
After hearing Mu Chen’s words, Jiang Long’s face softened slightly. The Mystery Dragon Army looked at Mu Chen with a little more heartfelt admiration. When Mu Chen saw this, his heart was relieved. Shi Tian You was really strong, and he was even more tricky when the Demon Emperor’s corpse was added in. However, it wasn’t as if Mu Chen had no way of making a check and balance. If they were to truly fight to the death and showcase all their trump cards, it might be difficult to determine the winner. Thus, he was not trying to be brave when he made his promise.
“If that is the case, then thank you, Lord Mu,” Jiang Long looked at Mu Chen and said gratefully. Then he looked to the Mystery Dragon Army and smiled. “You should integrate the Mystery Dragon Army now, Lord Mu.”
Mu Chen nodded heartwarmingly but was faced with a difficulty right after. The Mystery Dragon Army was made up of living humans. Thus, it was naturally impossible for him to put them into the universal bracelet. Was he to move together with tens of thousands of people?
“Don’t worry, Lord Mu.” Just by seeing Mu Chen’s expression, Jiang Long knew what he was feeling frustrated about. He immediately smiled and said, “This Space of the Mystery Dragon is actually our camp. This is a small space carefully opened by our former masters. All you have to do is to use the black magic to gather it, then this space will be turned into a ring and allow itself to be carried everywhere with you.”
When Mu Chen heard this, happiness immediately appeared on his face. If it was truly so, then would he not be able to always bring this army with him?
“But…” Jiang Long suddenly paused before he smiled and said, “In this Space of the Mystery Dragon, the spiritual energy is extremely thin and can only provide us with what we need when we fall into deep slumber. But as we have now all woken up, the demand for spiritual energy has become extremely strong. Therefore, if we stay in the Space of the Mystery Dragon for a long time, the lack of spiritual energy will lead to the decline of our strength.”
Mu Chen was startled. “Then what should I do?” Currently, he did not have the ability to open up a space, nor could he let this Space of the Mystery Dragon connect with the Great Thousand World and absorb the spiritual energy independently.
Jiang Long smiled and said, “We need a lot of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to provide cultivation.”
Mu Chen originally wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but when he saw a glimmer of bad intentions in Jiang Long’s eyes, he immediately changed his mind and asked carefully, “How much do you need?”
Jiang Long grinned and said, “Not much. A year requires about 800,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.”
Mu Chen’s vision blackened for a moment. Then, he couldn’t help but speak as if he had lost his voice, “Eight hundred million a year?”
At this time, even with his self-control, he almost felt like cursing. Eight hundred million drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was not a small number. When they were in the Daluo Territory, the annual income would be about 100,000,000. However, to raise this Mystery Dragon army, 800,000,000 was needed for a year?
This was simply a bottomless pit!
At this time, Mu Chen finally realized what massive amount of resources was needed in order to cultivate such an elite class of troops…
“Eight hundred million a year should be fine. This is actually less than normal.” Jiang Long had some doubts about this. In the past, when they followed the Mystery Dragon War Emperor, they spent at least 1,000,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid per annum.
The corners of Mu Chen’s lips twitched a little. He was not some Mystery Dragon War Emperor. He was only an Upper Earthly Sovereign. Of course he would not be as rich as the Mystery Dragon War Emperor. Although he had the Mu Estate, the estate’s financial income would still not be enough to fill up this pit.
Jiang Long seemed to have thought of that, too, and smiled in embarrassment. “If Lord Mu is able to find a place to release us, as long as we do not stay in the Space of the Mystery Dragon, 500,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid per year should be enough.”
Mu Chen sighed helplessly. If he didn’t bring the Mystery Dragon Army along with him, everything would be almost meaningless. After all, no one could control them if they were placed in the Mu Estate. He would simply be recklessly wasting natural resources.
Mu Chen finally nodded. “With regards to the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, I will try my best to satisfy all of you.” It was impossible to let them go after going through such trouble to get such a tyrannical army. After all, if the news got out, many supreme powers would want to snatch that army by hook or by crook. Hundred of millions of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid drops were incomparable to an elite army that was capable of countering Heavenly Sovereigns.
In Mu Chen’s estimation, to build an army of this level without taking into account the factor of time, the consumption of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid would go up to tens of billions.
“This is 100,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. Use them first.” Mu Chen waved his sleeves, and immediately, torrents of liquid appeared with spiritual light blooming around them. Spiritual energy filled the space, causing the Space of the Mystery Dragon to become bright.
These torrents were all made by the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. At this time, Mu Chen felt fortunate. When he was competing for the Child of the Continent in the Western Kingdom, he bet 80,000,000 drops that he would win the battle. It was because of this that he had 200,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid with him. Otherwise, he would not have been able to give even 100,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid now.
Jiang Long smiled and nodded when he saw the 100,000,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. With this, their Mystery Dragon Army should be able to practice in the Space of the Mystery Dragon for a month or two without going out.
After the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was given to the Mystery Dragon Army, Mu Chen carefully examined the army that he had obtained. Finally, he discovered that the Mystery Dragon Army had a total of 15,000 people. Jiang Long said that during the heyday of the Mystery Dragon Army, there were 25,000 people. Obviously, that long-term sleep had caused the Mystery Dragon Army to lose quite a number of personnel.
It seems that if there is a chance in the future, I can try to supplement the personnel, Mu Chen said in his heart, but the premise was that he must have enough Sovereign Spiritual Liquid in his hands.
After all, now he was responsible for the cultivation resources of these 15,000 people. This in itself was already a headache for him, and if he wanted to add more people, the price of that sort of cultivation would definitely increase.
“The scale of the Mu Estate needs to be expanded.” Mu Chen knocked on his forehead. The current Mu Estate ruled the northern boundary of the Tianluo Continent, but that was not enough. Thus, if Mu Chen wanted to have a strong capital, it was necessary for the Mu Estate to start expanding. In that case, conflicts and wars with other strong forces on the mainland would be unavoidable, but Mu Chen was not afraid of this. After all, he was no longer a Lower Earthly Sovereign. When he returned to Tianluo Continent and to the Mu Estate, he would even surpass Mandela.
Jiang Long bowed slightly to Mu Chen and said respectfully, “If there is anything Lord Mu needs in the future, you can send a letter directly to the Space of the Mystery Dragon. However, with your current battle troop dispatcher level, you can only control 3,000 Mystery Dragon Army battle spirits. I am looking forward to the day when you can control all of them.”
“I am looking forward to that, too.” Mu Chen smiled and nodded. Then, after he received the black magic from Jiang Long to store the Space of the Mystery Dragon, he did not stay any longer. His body shape changed and turned into a stream of light before he burst out of the Space of the Mystery Dragon.
Mu Chen would not forget that in that cave, there was also a large pile of spiritual pills left by the Spiritual Butterfly Pill Fairy. Of course, the most important one was naturally the Sublimation Pill that he kept thinking about. If he could obtain that sort of pill, then the Sovereign Super Power of the Immortal Golden Body could be strengthened to the second level. For Mu Chen, that would undoubtedly be an extremely tremendous improvement.